What are you thinking?

Everyone deserves the chance to live, but if they prove to have murderous intent they shouldn't continue to have this right as they're infringing on other people's right to life. One murder deserves jail time, but multiple murders from the same person should not be tolerated. That is why I personally am for the death penalty.

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 17:40:17 -0400

That’s OK. I also agree with the death penalty. I would also never want my girlfriend/wife to get an abortion, but I would never want to force my own views on some woman whose circumstances I do not know. That’s why I am pro-choice. The whole thing is that to characterise Democrats/Liberals as people who wish death on others is incorrect. There are people who say stupid things on the internet all the time.

President Obama has had more death threats than any previous president of the USA, do you think they came from Democrats & Liberals?

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Thu, 23 Aug 2012 20:49:31 -0400

The Republican Education Plan?

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 15:34:00 -0400

So I recently read that the majority of college students & graduates vote for the Democrats & the % has increased by a small but steady amount over the last few years.

Mitt Romney would probably cut the funding for access to higher education. Is this just about saving money?

Maybe it’s part of a huge Republican conspiracy.

Probably not though, I don’t think Mitt Romney thinks that far into the future.

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Mon, 20 Aug 2012 19:52:12 -0400

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Sat, 18 Aug 2012 09:13:58 -0400

Chronicling Mitt's Mendacity, Vol. XXX

Fri, 17 Aug 2012 16:49:33 -0400

Chronicling Mitt's Mendacity, Vol. XXX :

quickhits:

Steve Benen’s weekly roundup of Mitt Romney’s many, many lies

my-mind-rebels-at-stagnation: Unfortunately, the number he...

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 19:03:07 -0400

my-mind-rebels-at-stagnation:

Unfortunately, the number he mentioned is no longer negligible, but is still stupid.

It should be noted that he also said this: “I have just one purpose…and that is to build up a strong progressive Republican Party in this country. If the right wing wants a fight, they are going to get it…before I end up, either this Republican Party will reflect progressivism or I won’t be with them anymore.” Sorry, Ike. I don’t think you’d be a Republican anymore.

quickhits: Asked about having sought stimulus funding, Paul...

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 18:56:46 -0400

quickhits:

Asked about having sought stimulus funding, Paul Ryan out-and-out lies.

In an interview with a Boston radio station, Paul Ryan was asked about stimulus funding and Ryan just lied about it.

“I assume you voted against the stimulus and I’m just curious if you accepted any money in your district,” a caller wondered.

“No, I’m not one [of those] people who votes for something then writes to the government to ask them to send us money,” Ryan said. “I did not request any stimulus money.”

This is just so not true.

Associated Press:

…Ryan asked Energy Secretary Steven Chu to set aside funds for the Wisconsin Energy Conservation Corp. Ryan said the stimulus cash would help his state create thousands of new jobs, save energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Here are the letters Ryan sent to Chu seeking stimulus funding (pdf).

Look, I know that these letters are embarrassing — mostly because they prove you’ve been lying to the American people. But here’s a bit of free advice — lying to get out of trouble from lying isn’t solving your problem, it’s making it worse.

Still, how good a fit is Ryan for the Romney ticket? A couple of worldclass GOP liars, working together to hoodwink the nation. Honest Abe Lincoln, father of the Republican Party, would be so proud.

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Thu, 16 Aug 2012 16:02:00 -0400

jamespoynton: stuck between a rock and a hard place

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 16:00:43 -0400

jamespoynton:

stuck between a rock and a hard place

jamespoynton: link

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 16:00:05 -0400

jamespoynton:

link

mittromneyforamercia: Dear America, I brought Paul Ryan onto...

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 20:03:14 -0400

mittromneyforamercia:

Dear America,
I brought Paul Ryan onto the ticket so we can have a meaningful discussion of the issues. Just don’t discuss his budget proposal, because it’s not current legislation and I don’t agree with it, except when I do. Also, please tell Barack Obama to stop being so mean. He’s hurting my feelings and he’s destroying the Presidency with his lying and negativity, and being a Muslim, Communist poophead.

Love forever and ever,
Mitt

tokokono: REVEALED: THE GOP STRATEGY A political video that...

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 18:26:07 -0400

tokokono:

REVEALED: THE GOP STRATEGY

A political video that every American voter needs to watch.

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sadiebadassbates: Mitt Romney loves people.

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 18:14:26 -0400

sadiebadassbates:

Mitt Romney loves people.

Paul Ryan admits 'We haven't run the numbers' on Romney-Ryan budget plan, but trust him, it's great

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 18:10:17 -0400

Paul Ryan admits 'We haven't run the numbers' on Romney-Ryan budget plan, but trust him, it's great:

cartonplanet:

Paul Ryan does not much resemble Newt Gingrich to look at, but, like Gingrich, he’s the stupid person’s idea of what a smart person sounds like. The two men approach questions to which they don’t have answers in strikingly similar fashion: First, they alter the premises of the question, subtly attributing the change not to an ideological disagreement but to the questioner’s perhaps well-intentioned ignorance. Then they dive into a glib answer that sounds detailed and intimidatingly smart, but upon dissection it turns out to contain little actual substance. Gingrich uses flowery abstractions; Ryan uses numbers and statistics. But all those numbers and statistics are used in the service of evasion.

In his Tuesday interview with Fox News’ Brit Hume, Ryan put all of his evasion skills to work. Hume repeatedly pressed Ryan on what, exactly, the Romney-Ryan budget plan would look like, but despite Ryan’s confident assertions that this plan “is about offering solutions to get us back on track, create jobs, balance the budget, get people back to work,” when it came to the details of how many jobs, over how long a period, with what kind of service cuts or revenue sources, there was really no there there. Ryan dodged and ducked, from “We can get into complicated baseline issues, but …” to “I don’t know exactly when it balances, but—I don’t want to get wonky on you, but we haven’t run the numbers on that specific plan.” Ryan ran away from his own House budgets, basically responding to Hume’s repeated questions about Ryan’s budget by saying, “That’s old stuff! why are you asking me about old stuff? I’m promoting the Romney-Ryan plan now, and we haven’t run the numbers on that.” Then, pressed about the Romney-Ryan plan, he evaded some more:

Hume: When will we see Romney plan in all its particulars laid out?
Ryan: You have seen more details from Mitt Romney on fiscal policy, on saving entitlements, on getting back to work than the incumbent president of the United States has offered.

Hume: Well, wait a minute, he proposed a full-blown budget.

Ryan: His budget didn’t even try to balance the budget.

How’s that for running away from a question? First lie, then when called out for it, change the subject: What counts isn’t whether Obama proposed a budget at all, it’s whether he proposed one that Paul Ryan likes. That was the question, wasn’t it? No? Well, no worries, let’s just move to the next question.

To his credit, Hume repeatedly returned to questions about the budget and Medicare, and every time, Ryan ran away, often running in circles simultaneously, dropping in meaningless numbers along the way. The budgets he’s on the record having proposed are old news, pre-Romney, not worth talking about. The Romney-Ryan plan is very detailed and yet no details are available, nor will he say when they might become available.

And this is what passes for a Republican who’s serious and knowledgeable about policy.

(Via Laura Clawson at Daily Kos)

chooseryanlosechoice: Mmm….boobies.

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 18:02:24 -0400

chooseryanlosechoice:

Mmm….boobies.

The Romney "budget"

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 18:00:32 -0400

The Romney "budget":

sean-p3:

Maloy:

“Last night, newly ensconced Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan sat down for his first solo interview with Fox News’ Brit Hume and let slip an admission about Mitt Romney’s budget plan — an admission that’s receiving surprisingly little press attention. Asked by Hume when the Romney plan would balance the budget, Ryan said he didn’t know because ‘we haven’t run the numbers on that specific plan.’”

This is an amazing statement. You’re proposing a budget… and you don’t know what the bottom line result of the implementing the budget is going to be? How is that even a budget? Imagine you were discussing your family budget with your spouse, and you suggested that items x, y, and z be purchased. Your spouse asks “can we afford that?” You reply, “well, I haven’t run the numbers on that yet”. That discussion would not go well at my house.

The problem, of course, is that Romney’s “budget” “proposal” consists of little more than hand-waving, so there aren’t really any numbers to add up.

An outsiders view on the US 2012 election

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 17:39:17 -0400

I am not an American and having no allegiance to any party in the US but I have been watching the media coverage of the US elections.

As an outsider I have tried to follow both sides of the argument but I find it hard to believe that it is still possible for the current Republican party to win the election.

The budget they seem to want to run on appear to only benefit the rich & would cripple the poor & middle classes. I say “appear” because they never release any details so it is hard to know for sure.

Mitt Romney comes across as the most insincere type of politician imaginable and does not seem to have any principles of his own. He has just adopted whatever principles would get him the Republican nomination.

I watched some of the Republican debates & the only person that seemed to have any sensible ideas & solutions was Ron Paul.

I definitely didn’t agree with everything he said but he seemed to have an understanding of what his own ideas & arguments were. With Mitt Romney it just seems he is saying things that he has been told to say & has no idea why.

I don’t particularly care who wins the US election. It won’t keep me up at night if Romney wins. I will start to worry if he decides to start a war with Iran but even then I don’t think the UK government could possibly back him with anything.

I just hope for the average American that if Mitt Romney does become President he sees sense and changes his mind (again).