HELEN:
Margaret, I am not sure if you read the story in the paper about Paul Ryan’s visit to a soup kitchen in Ohio, but it’s a real lulu. Evidently he and his wife and children stopped by after the place was already closed, but they had cameras so Congressman Calculator smiled and washed some already clean dishes before heading off again.
I tell you what. That, my friends, is some good bullshit. In a desperate attempt to show how the Romney / Ryan campaign really does love those pesky poor people, they faked a visit to a soup kitchen where Ryan quite literally didn’t even get his hands dirty. I hear next week he is scheduled to stop by a battered women’s shelter to watch a football game and have a beer or two with the ladies.
If you had any doubts that the Republican Party was pandering for your vote, it should be crystal clear now. But really, now that Palin is out of the way, are any of us going to change our vote based on the candidate for Vice President? The guy we really need to focus on will be debating tonight. I wonder which Mitt Romney will show up this time? Will it be the guy who thinks 47% of Americans are moochers or the guy who believes in universal healthcare? Wait a minute. That’s the same guy. Now I am confused. Which one is black? That’s the guy you can’t trust, right? One of them is a Muslim from Kenya and the other one is a Mormon from Mexico… right? Who is the Republican candidate again? I can’t keep them all straight. Let’s review:
Mitt Romney. Is he the Pro-Life or the Pro-Choice guy?
- “I respect and will protect a woman’s right to choose.” ~ Mitt Romney
- “I never really called myself pro-choice.” ~ Mitt Romney
- “Roe v. Wade has gone too far.” ~ Mitt Romney
- “I believe that since Roe v. Wade has been the law for 20 years we should sustain and support it.” ~ Mitt Romney
- “When I am asked if I am pro-choice or pro-life, I say I refuse to accept either label.” ~ Well. There seems to be a ring of truth in that one.
Hmmm. Maybe we should just move on. That’s one of those topics that people are pretty luke warm about anyway. You know us women… we change our minds about abortion about as often as we change our hairstyles. What about a really hot topic like immigration. Is Romney the Dream Act guy or the Put Up a Fence guy?
- “Immigrants should have a chance to obtain citizenship.” ~ Mitt Romney
- “I think there should be no special pathway to citizenship. I feel that’s the course we ought to take.” ~ Mitt Romney
- “I mean, I say that jokingly, but it would be helpful to be Latino.” ~ Mitt Romney
OK. Look. You can’t be set in stone about these things. A President has to keep an open mind. What we really need is an honest guy who will level with us. So is Romney the guy who tells the truth or the guy who lies just because he can?
- “I have a gun of my own. I go hunting myself. I’m a member of the NRA and believe firmly in the right to bear arms.” ~ Mitt Romney
- “I don’t personally own a gun. My son does.” ~ Mitt Romney
- “I think the global warming debate is now pretty much over and people recognize the need associated with providing sources which do not generate the heat that is currently provided by fossil fuels …” ~ Mitt Romney
- “I have to tell you with regards to global warming that that’s something, which, you’re right, the scientists haven’t entirely resolved…” ~ Yep. Him again.
- “This is a campaign about the 100 percent.” ~ Mitt Romney
- “There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what… My job is not to worry about those people. I’ll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives.” ~ Some guy who looks an awful lot like Mitt Romney
Folks. If you want a jackass for President, then any one of the Mitt Romney guys is your guy. I suggest, however, that if you have a brain in your head you should vote for the other guy. I mean it. Really.
MARGARET:
Oh dear. Now I am thoroughly confused. Does this mean I need to vote more than once?
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I like Huckabee a lot more this election than I did in 2008. I see him now as an hoesnt person who isn\’t letting his core religious beliefs interfere with his decision as to who is the best candidate to beat Obama and get this country back on track again. And I think he has the ability to get more folks on Romney\’s side. Another thought: Last election after Super Tuesday, Romney realized there was a good chance that he would not win the GOP nomination, so instead of hanging in until the potential bitter end, he did the honorable thing for the party and dropped out. Should he do well on Super Tuesday, I\’m wondering if Newt and Santorum will also show a little honor and do the same thing?
By: Elena on February 3, 2013
at 8:11 PM
[...] debate this week is the same one who has been showing up in politics for years – the one who will say anything to get elected. Well. I’m done. I’ve seen and heard quite enough and I am voting for President [...]
By: Herman and Eddie Munster were better when they were in Black and White « Margaret and Helen on October 19, 2012
at 12:59 AM
your full o crap lady, wheel chair or not….My husband was an handicapped WWII veteran and he was smart enough to vote his heart and not listen to folks who don’t care to see the truth.
By: Anonymous on October 18, 2012
at 10:58 AM
Robert and JC – Thank you. I questioned when I was young and received no answers I could trust as believable. However, I have yet to give up on Santa!
Peace.
By: Cynthia on October 18, 2012
at 9:24 AM
Robert, I think the people who mistake Genesis for scientific fact also believe that Cinderella, Snow White, the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny, and other fairy tale creatures are “real” too. And rather unfortunately, their actions demonstrate that many of them believe in incest and polygamy as well – or at least that the little lecture on putting aside your wife doesn’t really apply to them. Current event example: D D’Souza and the Kings College. More hypocrisy.
PS I like Cynthia’s posts too!
By: JC on October 18, 2012
at 6:45 AM
Cynthia, I appreciate your short to the point commentaries especially when they show the hypocrisy’s of organized religion. Isn’t it interesting that we have a fairly large portion of our population that denies science and evolution but have no problem with the Adam and Eve story that is based in incest, and that most of our politicians pander to that very crowd. I wonder how many who believe in the Adam and Eve story of creation, ever wonder who their first sons Cain and Abel had sex with to further populate the world with humans?
By: Robert on October 18, 2012
at 6:20 AM
If only Mitt Romney’s name could be on that Zumba Studio list in Maine…problem solved!
By: Marci on October 17, 2012
at 10:06 PM
Dear Religion,
This week…
I enabled a man to jump from the edge of space and land safely on earth.
You caused a 14 year old girl to be shot in the head for wanting to go to school.
Sincerely,
Science
Peace.
By: Cynthia on October 17, 2012
at 9:11 PM
oh, and for you Newbies, we have a long term troll. He haunted the blog under a number of names and now posts as “Anonymous” because he thinks it makes it more difficult to get rid of him. Just assume that any anti-Obama or anti-liberal “Anonymous” is this fool. He has never had an original thought and quotes Drudge and equally ludicrous sources. He plagiarizes with some regularity. He offers different and very inconsistent explanations of why he is here. And, when busted, he will claim that whoever criticizes him is “obsessed” with him. Sorry–I may point out a dog turd on the sidewalk without being obsessed with the dog. This is no different. It’s a pile of excrement (albeit one looking for attention).
By: Donna on October 17, 2012
at 7:28 PM
please don’t feed the troll. And it’s lying again. Ms. Crowley made very clear that she was correct in her correction.
By: Donna on October 17, 2012
at 7:16 PM
Well now we know which Romney showed up; the lying, angry, arrogant Mitt!
By: Patricia on October 17, 2012
at 6:12 PM
What is the full Crowley quote, with context, clearly-well-meaning-Anonymous?
By: Anonymous on October 17, 2012
at 5:23 PM
Romney says he’d go to Staples to buy some white-out to erase his binder story but the profit he’d make from the white-out purchase wouldn’t adequately compensate him for his time.
By: Anonymous on October 17, 2012
at 5:21 PM
Lol. As a Canadian I agree with you COMPLETELY. And I have to say it’s a lot of fun watching you American’s debate from here Some of you, yes, Elizabeth from the View is one, are so passionate that it makes for great entertainment…. Good luck with your election!
By: TiredMama1 on October 17, 2012
at 5:07 PM
strange how Candy Crowley also says Mitt was actually right…he just used the wrong word…..
so if Mitt was right does that mean Obama lied???????
By: Anonymous on October 17, 2012
at 4:33 PM