Open Thread: Mitt Romney Releases Tax Records
Today's starter topic: After a long delay, GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney released some of his tax records today. Even though they failed to adequately look at the background of President Obama, expect the media to be over these records like white on rice.
Will the records help Newt Gingrich intensify his attacks on Romney's venture capitalist background though? Will we keep complaints about Romney's wealth from the liberal media even though John Kerry's net worth is greater and that didn't seem to bother them? Or will the media move on to something else?
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How Many Times.....
Submitted by Blonde on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 11:17am.
..have you been rudely interrupted by someone's cell phone, in a movie, meeting, etc?
Well, here's the best response yet.
Plus, it's quite lovely to listen to.
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 200 (and Counting)
Great Response
Submitted by stratman on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 5:34pm.
A blow gun with a poison tipped dart would have been better, but, barring that, perfect. :-)
The last time I saw a movie in a theater, a 20-something juvenile answered her cell phone and proceeded to relay what was happening on the screen. There were a dozen people in the theater and everyone gave her a look but she ignored all and kept talking. That was about 12 years ago.
State of the Union address
Submitted by Scuba Dude on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 11:16am.
Will NewsBusters be doing a chat room for the State of the Union tonight? I think it would a fun time for us all to get together and mock President Downgrade.
Maybe we can have a drinking game, just don't have it based on the word "I", we would all be plastered and under the table 10 minutes into the speech.
And if NewsBusters does not do a chat room I have one that I can make available to everyone.
Yes, we'll be having one
Submitted by Matthew Sheffield on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 11:26am.
And agreed it will be fun to do our own responses to Obama and the GOP!
Here you go, Scoobs
Submitted by Blonde on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 11:30am.
Grover Norquist has you covered, rec'd this link in an e-mail yesterday.
SOTU BINGO
There are 5 cards. Although I don't think playing Bingo, a drinking game, and chatting will go together particularly well. :)
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 200 (and Counting)
Thanks B! I have printed them
Submitted by Scuba Dude on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 12:19pm.
Thanks B!
I have printed them out. Wonder how long it will be into the speech before one of us is yelling "OBAMA!!!!!!!" : - p
I thought you didn't like
Submitted by Free Stinker on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 12:20pm.
I thought you didn't like Bingo?
/// Sarah Palin Fan since July 11, 2007 /// خال
Sheesh, J
Submitted by Dave. on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 12:25pm.
LOL - I'm gonna be plowed before the first ten minutes is up.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
So, I download my SOTU Bingo cards
Submitted by bkeyser on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 5:31pm.
and it they typify my luck lately- I've got no free space, and all the blocks say either GITMO, Solyndra, or Fast & Furious.
More SOTU
Submitted by Blonde on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 11:35am.
Get your Class Warrior face on.....Occupy SOTU
Buffet's Secretary to sit with Lady M tonight. *groan*
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 200 (and Counting)
Here is why Blonde*
Submitted by cajun2 on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 12:51pm.
Front row seat is lil secretaries hard earned reward for Mission Acomplished
I just don't get it
Submitted by Blonde on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 12:58pm.
How any self-respecting person could allow themselves to be used for a political agenda.
It's one thing to honor heros, which, IMO is appropriate at the SOTU, but being used as a prop is just gross.
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 200 (and Counting)
That's just it.
Submitted by jon_torlin on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 1:10pm.
That person would have to be self-respecting to not allow that sort of thing to happen. I see it as the secretary not respecting herself enough to stay the hell out of it....unless she was being threatened in some way and I suspect that she might be.
-Jon
Me, myself, and I would take less than two...
Submitted by vrwc13 on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 11:33am.
Maybe we can have a drinking game, just don't have it based on the word "I", we would all be plastered and under the table 10 minutes into the speech.
The NPDOTUS will certainly extol his accomplishments while still blaming Bush and the GOP for the failures.
v
The burden of life is from ourselves, its lightness from the grace of Christ and the love of God. - William Bernard Ullanthorne
Sounds like fun!!!!
Submitted by Grumpy in Arizona on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 11:52am.
I wasn’t planning on watching or listening… but a chance mock “The Won” is too good to pass-up!
Side bet: Blonde gets at least two more “mistakes on her list of Obama errors!
- Grump :o)
Oh good one, Grump!
Submitted by Blonde on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 12:04pm.
Obama has been doing so many private events, and nothing in public lately, that I haven't added anything new in at least a month.
One can always hope!
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 200 (and Counting)
Good Luck, Blonde...
Submitted by Grumpy in Arizona on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 12:09pm.
... Although I'm sure it's already in the bag! (Sort of like a 12 furlong race between Seabiscut and Barney Frank).
- Grump :o)
Personal Question (on conservatism) Trips Romney
Submitted by vrwc13 on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 11:26am.
Personal Question Trips Romney
It was a simple personal question, not Newt Gingrich, that exposed Mitt Romney's most glaring weakness during Monday night's debate.
Moderator Brian Williams, calling the election a battle for "the soul" of the GOP, asked the ex-Bay State governor what he had done to further the conservative movement.
Romney didn't offer a compelling answer.
"Well, number one, I've raised a family," he said. "And I've -- I've -- with my wife, we've raised five wonderful sons, and we have 16 wonderful grandkids."
...it ends with
The Gingrich campaign certainly reveled in his answer. Minutes after the debate ended, it sent an e-mail headlined "Mitt Romney's Top Conservative Achievements."
It was blank.
Romney may not be a RINO, but certainly a CINO
v
The burden of life is from ourselves, its lightness from the grace of Christ and the love of God. - William Bernard Ullanthorne
Ouch.
Submitted by Blonde on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 11:40am.
That's what is called "thundering silence".
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 200 (and Counting)
Four letter word...
Submitted by vrwc13 on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 11:53am.
At least he didn't say the four letter word that ended Perry's chances...oops
v
The burden of life is from ourselves, its lightness from the grace of Christ and the love of God. - William Bernard Ullanthorne
Disaster
Submitted by grapids38 on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 11:30am.
This is going to be a disaster for the next few months. The MSM is going to nit pick every figure and every punctuation mark on the tax return. Clinton made over 75 million in speaking fees since leaving office in 2001 according to CNN. I don't remember hearing anything on John Kerry's return in 2004. This is going to be a typical smear campaign in the media. Yuck!
You know grapids, candidates
Submitted by Scuba Dude on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 11:43am.
You know grapids, candidates tax returns are not as important to me as things like school transcripts and other documentation.
Clinton is a private citizen now (thank goodness), though I would like to know where he is getting his speaking fees from and how much they influence Hillary.
John Kerry married into money since he would fail if he ever had to be the sole provider. Has he ever had a job in his life?
I still would like to see President Downgrades school records. How good of a student was he? What were his grades? How did he pay for Columbia and Harvard? Where is his thesis?
There is a plethora of documentation that is missing from his life due to him having it under lock and key.
Romney
Submitted by ahusser on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 6:25pm.
Is turning to milquetoast before our eyes. Please GOP candidate's stop doing what the left want you to do. Should have turned it around and said. I will show my tax returns when the President shows his college transcripts, birth certificate, student loan application etc. etc. etc. Although I consider myself a a "nice" guy. This race is not for nice guys. Don't let the opposition define how this race is going to be run. We are going to be polite, good sport losers in that case.
"Somehow, I told you so, just doesn't quite say it." Will Smith in 'I, Robot.'
Page Load Errors
Submitted by Dave. on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 11:48am.
Has any body else been experiencing a lot of page load errors in recent weeks?
I have lost more than a few posts because of it, and it will happen sometimes when I just try and load the site initially, or open another article.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Ditto here Dave.
Submitted by MightyMouth on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 11:56am.
I sense a server upgrade funding drive is coming..
MM,
Submitted by Dave. on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 12:01pm.
LOL - Yeah, but one would think they would want to get the bugs out of the last one, first. :-^)
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Yeah Dave
Submitted by bkeyser on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 11:56am.
"Varnish", I think. Some kind of cache front-loader or something; I don't know anything about this stuff but I often get an error window from them when clicking here.
bk,
Submitted by Dave. on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 12:05pm.
I have started copying the text onto the clipboard (when I remember to do it) before I hit the Save button so at least I'll still have it should the error occur.
For some reason, it doesn't seem to affect the subject line.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
From Drudge...
Submitted by MightyMouth on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 11:50am.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/01/22/george-soros-on-the-coming-u-s-class-war.print.html
"Occupy movement to turn violent..." We can only hope and pray for that George... TV is so lame these days!
Mighty,
Submitted by Blonde on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 12:07pm.
Class Warfare begins tonight.
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 200 (and Counting)
Thanks Blonde...
Submitted by MightyMouth on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 12:14pm.
That has got to be the funniest thing I have seen all day! (other than Biden opening his pie hole)
Just read that Mark Kelly,
Submitted by ricklail on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 12:45pm.
Just read that Mark Kelly, Gabrelle Giffords husband, would be on the other side. Seem anything on tjhat? Little Debs of the Wasserman crime family will be all over TV after the speech. i already know what she is going to say, Evil rich, quack, quack, quack, Extreme tea party quack, quack, quack,quack, quack, quack quack, quack, quack,quack, quack, quack quack, quack, quack,quack, quack, quack quack, quack, quack,quack, quack, quack. Got tired of typing quack. Decided to copy and paste
quacks me up
Submitted by jon_torlin on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 12:47pm.
Dunno why, kinda reminded me of that poker player Paul Magriel. ;-)
-Jon
My I suggest?
Submitted by BuffNBone on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 1:33pm.
From now until Nov 6th, how about a compiling a score sheet of racist/sexist/class warfare accusations, nebulous "codeword" allegations, and comments taken out of context.
Points could be given based who makes the comment and how often they are repeated. There could be different categories (and subcategories):
An elected official on camera in primetime
With or without a teleprompter
Political party consultants speaking in spin rooms
Network anchors or morning show hosts
Weekday or Sunday morning
Rushlike media montage
Not bad, Buff
Submitted by Blonde on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 1:53pm.
Maybe we should start a forum.
Because every time I start pondering the "code" list, I get a headache. I think it's too big for one person.
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 200 (and Counting)
My take on class envy
Submitted by ricklail on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 11:48am.
Caveman A goes hunting and brings back two 12 point bucks. His neighbor Caveman B comes over and looks at them. He asked how he did it. Caveman A tells B that he went out and found just the perfect peice of flynt to made his spearheads. He spent days making the spears. For days he practiced throwing his spears in preparation for the hunt. He then spent several hours stalking his prey. Caveman B said that sounds like a lot of work. I don't want to do that. You have so much. You have a bigger cave with paintings on the walls than I have so you need to share one of those bucks with me.
Nice...
Submitted by MightyMouth on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 12:08pm.
...but let's finish the story... Caveman B forms a union and forces Caveman A to work for Caveman B. Since Caveman B works for A, everything he has belongs to B. Including his wife. A cannot deal with this situation so he quits. He gets 99 weeks of free money and eventually finds another wife. This cycle is actually a pretty good deal for A, never out of money or new wives... Win win!!
Bruins MVP Blows Off Trip to White House
Submitted by Dave. on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 12:10pm.
This took some real stones.
Bet it won't be long before the charges of RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACISM! will be thrown at him from the MSM.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Don't doubt me Dave...
Submitted by MightyMouth on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 12:35pm.
Obama will win this one! Stay tuned!
The charge
Submitted by jon_torlin on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 12:45pm.
Dave, that's why I've been calling myself a neo-racist conservative because anything that disagrees with Soetoro is considered racist. You might as well call yourself a neo-racist because the old definition of racist doesn't apply. That is the new(neo) definition that's being used these days, and I'm proud to call myself that.
I add on the neo because it gives you the advantage rather than the lib-msm calling you a racist wouldn't fit. So you come out ahead by beating them at their own game and you know they would hate it.
-Jon, a neo-racist conservative
Now for Newt to release ALL
Submitted by wiwf on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 12:15pm.
Now for Newt to release ALL of his Freddie Mac contracts... Ha!
This is yet another reason for the FairTax
Submitted by Dave. on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 12:21pm.
I don't agree with candidates being forced to release their tax returns, as I consider it a hideous violation of their privacy.
Little wonder we have such a hard time finding good people to run for public office.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Dave, I would much prefer a
Submitted by Scuba Dude on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 1:45pm.
Dave,
I would much prefer a Flat Tax. "Fair" tax has a whiff of libturdism about it. You know, it's not "fair" or We want to make things "fair".
Know what I mean?
Regarding the SOTU
Submitted by bkeyser on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 1:10pm.
all I want to know is, what are the new tax rates -top to bottom- Obama proposes, and how soon after they are passed will the federal deficit be erased? He can include cuts to military spending, and anything else he deems "revenues" - just give me a date-certain the deficit will be zero based upon his plan.
Don't hold your breath on the deficit reduction.
Submitted by MightyMouth on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 1:35pm.
I think there will be one huge snowball fight in hell before that happens!
FINAL SCORE
Submitted by ricklail on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 3:25pm.
HADITHA MARINES 8- MURTHA -0 The last of the trials for the Haditha Marines is over. SSG Frank Wuterich has plead guilty to dereliction of duty. Possible 3 months of confinement, loss of 2/3 a month's pay for 3 month's and a less than honorable discharge. That is a shame because he will lose all benefits. No Marines were convicted of murder. These charges should never have happened!!!!!!!!!!
BUSH: No Child Left Behind
Submitted by ricklail on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 3:13pm.
BUSH: No Child Left Behind OBAMA: No Child Left a Dime
I'm hoping for a remake
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 3:34pm.
Sweetest words ever spoken by a Democrat?
"I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President." Lyndon Johnson
State of the union pre-bs...just 15 seconds of what's to come.
Submitted by upcountrywater on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 4:17pm.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=NJoE0ZJ7Rn8
But wait ... here's some some more 15 seconds of obamatruth.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HposLSsvHZc&feature=relmfu
You Didn't Build That.
public=private to the feddies
Submitted by jon_torlin on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 5:33pm.
Looks like they switched the definitions of public versus private and consider gov't jobs their own private sector.
I swear to God I think I will puke if I even watch a few seconds of this SOTU where I'll be hollering STFU.
-Jon
The Republican Base Simply Does Not Like Mitt Romney...
Submitted by vrwc13 on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 5:10pm.
The Republican Base Simply Does Not Like Mitt Romney & Why The Press Rarely Reports It
The Republican base does not trust Mitt Romney. Because they do not trust him, they do not like him as a candidate. His campaign, all too clever to try to sit on an ephemeral lead that any outside observer could see was more vaporware than reality, has decided to go fully negative now against Gingrich.
...and this will do nothing but hurt the GOP and McRomney doesn't care, because he is in it for himself.
v
The burden of life is from ourselves, its lightness from the grace of Christ and the love of God. - William Bernard Ullanthorne
If you like one-liners
Submitted by bkeyser on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 8:15pm.
there's a hilarious twitter feed trending right now #stuffobamawontsay