Romney Promises 'The Opposite' Of Obama On Israel. Romney Says Gas Station's Touch-Screen Ordering Is 'Amazing' It doesn't take a lot to impress Mitt Romney.
At a campaign stop in Pennsylvania on Sunday, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee told a crowd that he had been astonished by a touch screen computer used to order food at the Wawa gas station chain. "Where do you get your hoagies here? " Romney asked a crowd of supporters at the Cornwall Iron Furnace foundry. "Do you get them at Wawas? " "No? "Well, I went to a place today call Wawas, the candidate continued. But it was the system of ordering sandwiches using a touch-screen computer that "amazed" Romney.
Romney’s Jobs Record Is Best (or Worst) A campaign ad that praises Mitt Romney’s performance as governor of Massachusetts presents a slanted view of his record on jobs, unemployment and taxes.
To every claim, there is a “yes, but” qualifier. The Romney ad claims that as governor, “Romney had the best jobs record in a decade.” Yes — Massachusetts added more net jobs during Romney’s four years in office than during the four-year period of either his predecessor or successor. But — that ignores the national recessions before and after Romney’s time in office. If you look at how Massachusetts stacked up on job creation compared with other states, Romney actually fared worse than his predecessor and successor.The ad claims Romney “reduced unemployment to just 4.7 percent.” Thom Hartmann – Mitt Romney Is ‘A Sociopath’ (VIDEO)
Hardly a day goes by without a new Mitt Romney lie.
Despite being surrounded by media, despite every quote being saved for posterity on YouTube and in cyberspace, the Romney of tomorrow may bear little, if any, resemblance to the Romney of today. In this week’s Time Magazine, contributor, Justin Frank, M.D., weighed in on Mitt Romney’s chronic lying. Two months ago, Gulag Bound catalogued some of Romney’s lies. That was two months ago, two months in which Romney has had multiple daily appearances and multiple opportunities to lie. Most recently, he argued that Wisconsin’s Scott Walker’s ability to keep his job was all the proof we needed that the American people wanted fewer teachers/fire fighters/police. Romney Spends Most Of Factory Visit Yelling At Employees To Work Harder. NORTHFIELD, OH—Sources at the Gregson-Turner Paper Co. confirmed that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney spent the vast majority of his visit to the company's Ohio-based factory Tuesday yelling at employees to work harder.
Romney, who said the stop was an essential part of his tour of America's manufacturing sector, arrived at the facility at approximately 10 a.m. and within minutes began mercilessly hounding workers throughout the plant to "get their acts together" and "start pounding out some paper, c'mon. " "You people have been at work for nearly four hours and this is all you have to show for it? With all of this equipment? " a frustrated Romney reportedly shouted from the center of the factory while standing near several dozens crates of the day's completed paper supply.
"What a truly pathetic performance. "For God's sake, there should be 20 to 30 percent more paper out here! " "This is what they're paying you to do? " "And what the hell do you all think you're doing? " Lawrence O'Donnell Hits Mitt Romney for His Evolving Comments on the Vietnam War. Mitt Romney's Ethics Problem: Creepy Fake Cop Edition. Romney Pledges Not to Be 'President of Deception' Like Obama. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Thursday suggested that Barack Obama had been governing as a "president of doubt and deception.
" At a campaign event in Saint Louis, the former Massachusetts governor blasted Obama for not understanding the "free enterprise system. " "Sadly, it's become clear that this president simply doesn't understand or appreciate these fundamental truths of our economic system," he insisted. "Our government has a moral commitment to help every American to help himself -- him and herself. And that commitment has been broken. " "I don't believe, by the way, that it was done with evil intent or ill will," he continued. Ann Romney Says Husband Has Deeply Principled Side No One Ever Sees In Public. LA JOLLA, CA—Ann Romney, wife of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, said Monday that despite her husband's public image as a shameless opportunist with no convictions whatsoever, in private he displays a rare principled side that most people never get to see.
In a casual conversation with reporters at the couple's oceanfront home in California, Romney said her husband's many months on the campaign trail had caused some voters to develop a distorted view of her longtime partner, who she said actually possesses numerous core beliefs and ethical values when relaxing in the company of close friends and family. "Sure, on TV, Mitt might seem like a shameless opportunist who stands for absolutely nothing, but at home he's actually just an ordinary guy with a decent sense of morality," Romney said of her partner of 43 years. Mitt Romney Will Not 'Repudiate' Donald Trump For Birther Views. John Bolton begs for Romney - Mitt Romney. Mitt Romney has always had trouble igniting the Republican base, and apparently some key surrogates have now taken to begging for support.
Bellicose former U.N. ambassador John Bolton, who has been informally advising Romney on foreign policy, was the keynote speaker at a GOP fundraiser in Iowa last night where he pleaded, “Even if you’re not at this moment an enthusiastic supporter of Gov. Romney, will you please get yourself together in the next three or four months?” His inspirational message continued: “He may not have been your perfect candidate, but consider what you will see on the ballot on Nov. 6. This is not a tough decision.” Compassionate Conservatism: Romney Meets Medical Marijuana Patient. ‘Borked Again?’ – Romney Justice Advisor Rejected Once For Being Too Extreme. As we’ve explained previously, Mitt “Severe Conservative” Romney is demonstrating time and again that reactionary conservatives, not moderates, would be running the show if he were to be elected President.
Today’s post focuses on Romney’s strong support for Robert Bork, the former federal judge and conservative activist whose 1987 nomination to the Supreme Court by President Reagan was rejected 58-42 by a bi-partisan coalition in the U.S. Senate because of his reactionary views about the Constitution, civil rights, and the role of the courts in protecting individual liberties.
Since then, it has become clear that Bork’s views are even more reactionary than they appeared in 1987. When Mitt ridiculed Clinton - War Room. Mitt Romney’s “Bill Clinton strategy” is getting plenty of attention this week, and the idea is simple enough: Make it seem as if President Obama’s policies are so far to the left that they’re outside the mainstream of his own party’s tradition. In a way, it’s a response to Obama’s own use of Ronald Reagan – the conservative president who raised taxes 11 times and denounced debt ceiling brinkmanship — as a measuring stick for how far to the right this era’s GOP has moved. But unlike Obama, who was a student and young community organizer during Reagan’s presidency, Romney was a public figure when Clinton was in office, running for the U.S. Senate in the 1994 midterm elections. Which means he actually took positions in real time on some of the key actions that formed the basis for Clinton’s presidential legacy – the legacy he’s now holding up as an example of responsible governance.
Nowhere is this more awkward than on the subject of taxes and deficit reduction. Romney Camp Tries to Limit Reporters’ Access, and Rope Line Ruckus Erupts. Mary Altaffer/Associated Press Mitt Romney with a crowd in St.
Petersburg, Fla., on Wednesday. Mr. Mitt Romney’s Favorite Things – Gregory Brothers Video. Romney Campaign Forced to Downplay Job Creation Claims. The Etch-a-Sketch candidate has done it again and this time it’s about job creation but with a painful twist.
Who hasn’t heard the former Governor of Massachusetts talk about the hundred thousand jobs he created during the time he was the head of Bain Capital? It’s been a recurring theme in his campaign and the paramount reason why he says the electorate should trust him, rather than Obama, with the economy. Romney Doubles Down on Opposition to Gay Marriage During Speech at Liberty University. Yes, Mitt gets worse. It’s not precisely the same as Gary Hart daring reporters to follow him, when faced with Donna Rice rumors back in 1988, and then getting caught in an affair.
But when Ann Romney pointed to her husband’s fun-and-games prankster high school days to show us “the real Mitt,” she made those years even more interesting and relevant to political reporters, and potentially to voters. “I still look at him as the boy that I met in high school when he was playing all the jokes and really just being crazy, pretty crazy,” she told the CBS “Early Show” 10 days ago. “There’s a wild and crazy man in there.”
The right wing is now trying to accuse Washington Post reporter Jason Horowitz of an oppo-research operation, but his meticulously reported and well-sourced story of Romney’s prep-school bullying, including two cases involving gay classmates, won’t be destroyed by the noise machine. After Fox’s Brian Kilmeade shared the Lauber story, Romney actually chuckled, and said: Mitt Romney to Fundraise With Plan B Maker Pharmaceutical Magnate Phil Frost. Jennifer Granholm Takes Mitt Romney to Task for Claim of Saving Detroit. The Life of Mitt. Mitt Romney Takes Credit For Saving Auto Industry. Romney Courts Hispanic Vote With Animated Sombrero-Wearing Parrot. Ann Romney Claims Mitt Is A Crazy Wild Man On The Inside. Mitt Romney is desperate to flip his image around to seem more excitable, likable, and appealing.
Being seen as out of touch with the American people is not a good thing when you’re running for President, just ask John McCain. Romney has tried time and time again to relate, but he can’t do it. He acts like a wealthy braggart who wants people to believe he’s like every other American. Romney's Disconnect With Average Americans. Republicans Urge Romney to Promote Positive Vision. John Adkisson for The New York Times Mitt Romney after delivering his “prebuttal” to President Obama’s Democratic National Convention speech in Charlotte, N.C. Prominent party leaders, unsettled by the frequently combative tone of Mr. Romney’s presidential campaign, are pressing the presumptive Republican nominee to leaven his harsh criticism of President Obama with an optimistic conservative vision that can inspire the party faithful, appeal to swing voters and set out a governing agenda should he win in November. Their worry: that the angry tenor of the Republican primary season could carry over into the general election, leaving Mr.
Romney trapped in a punch-counterpunch campaign that would limit his ability to define fundamental differences with the Democrats. Why Is Mitt Romney So Incredibly Weird? April 24, 2012 | Like this article? Mitt Romney - Who Let the Dogs Out? Romney's solar flip-flop - Mitt Romney. In February 2007, in his very first presidential campaign visit to New Hampshire, Mitt Romney toured a solar power plant. Unsurprisingly for a politician in such a location, he found some nice things to say about renewable energy.
Romney: Young People 'Have to Vote for Me' Bashir: Book of Mormon Promises 'Eternal Damnation' for Romney's Lies. Romney: Obama 'Intent on Punishing People' Instead of Creating Jobs. Mitt Romney, American Parasite. James Sanderson had encountered a rare moment of industrial harmony. "We were doing very good," says Sanderson, president of Steelworkers Local 7898. It’s Mitt’s time! I found Ann Romney calling the Hilary Rosen controversy “a birthday present” a little odd. The outrage machine ginned up the culture war to defend Ann’s “choice” to stay at home, but she’s telling us she enjoyed it? Romney to Obama: Start Packing. Mitt Romney Minding the Gender Gap.
What Mitt won’t say in public - Opening Shot. Just two weeks ago, in what amounted to his opening speech of the general election campaign, Mitt Romney claimed that President Obama has big second-term plans that he’s afraid to tell voters about. “He does not want to share his real plans before the election, either with the public or with the press,” Romney said on April 4. “By flexibility, he means that what the American public doesn’t know won’t hurt him. He is intent on hiding. Chris Hayes Explains Why Mitt Romney Will Not Govern as a Moderate if Elected President. Indecision 2012 - Endless Suffrage 2012 - Last Bland Standing - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - 04/04. Searching for Mr. Right - Mitt Romney & Iowa's Steve King - The Colbert Report - 2012-09-04. The Other War on Women - The Colbert Report - 2012-12-04.
Romney Campaign On Equal Pay For Women: "We'll Get Back To You On That" Romney: Santorum 'on My List' for VP. Romney: Women 'Have Gone Back 20 Years' Under Obama. Romney Taking Steps to Narrow His Gender Gap. Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times. Young Mitt Romney Makes A Lot of Sense Talking About Politics and Partisanship (Video) Counterpunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names.
Romney To Travel Back In Time To Kill Liberal Versions Of Himself. Romney: Obama Wants to 'Establish a Religion Called Secularism' Stewart on GOP's Tepid Support of Mitt Romney - They're Just Not That Into You. Romney: 'Take Our Message to the Women of America' Romney Jokes About His Father Laying Off Auto Workers. The debate the GOP can’t have - War Room. Strategically, this was probably a good week for Mitt Romney to appear on “The Tonight Show.” With the Supreme Court hearing arguments about the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, healthcare is dominating the news, which makes it easy for the press – and Romney’s opponents – to bring up the fact that Romney’s Massachusetts healthcare law essentially served as the blueprint for Obamacare.
Sitting down with Jay Leno gave Romney a chance to stay visible and avoid the impression that he’s cowering in fear, with little chance that he’d face an intense grilling. And generally speaking, he got what he was looking for when he went on Leno’s show last night. But the host did bring up healthcare, asking a seemingly innocuous question that ended up highlighting a very significant problem with Romney’s – and the GOP’s – posture on the issue. Mitt’s 1 percent moments. Indecision 2012 - Mitt Romney-Etch A Sketch Comparison - The Colbert Report - 2012-26-03. Romney: Government Workers Just Look for 'Places They Can Interfere' Multiple Choice Mitt.
Mitt Romney Flip-Flops. Romney: 'I Don't See How a Young American Can Vote for a Democrat' Romney Admits GOP Education Policy is Intended to Kill Unions. Romney: 'No Question' Obama Wanted Higher Gas Prices. Crooks and Liars. Mitt Romney: Planned Parenthood, We're Going to Get Rid of That. Mitt Romney Declines To Enroll In Medicare So He Can Destroy It. Mitt Romney’s early-voting mastery: His rivals never stood a chance. Photograph by Win McNamee/Getty Images. The political media may have welcomed the closing of polls on recent evenings in Florida, Michigan, Arizona, and Ohio with an air of suspense, but the members of Mitt Romney’s team knew they already had more votes than their opponents. In the case of Florida, Romney’s advisers believed Newt Gingrich would need an extraordinary Election Day performance to catch up; in Arizona, they were certain it was mathematically impossible for either Gingrich or Rick Santorum to do so.
Even a late surge or Romney’s own collapse was unlikely to redraw the outcome. “You want to get as many people to vote absentee-ballot as you can—it saves money and banks votes,” says Rich Beeson, Romney’s political director. “So no matter what happens in the last week you have votes in the bank they can’t take away.” Sasha Issenberg is the author of The Victory Lab about the new science of political campaigns. But early voting has changed electoral economics. Jon Stewart: Mitt Romney is the 'Least Bad Chocolate' in the GOP 'White Man's Sampler' Romney: Brokered Convention Would Signal Doom For GOP. Indecision 2012 - Countdown to Loving Mitt - Super Tuesday Results - The Colbert Report - 2012-07-03. Mitt Romney Says He Likes Grits, Saying 'Y'all' Mitt Romney's Zombie Problem. GOP Activists Worry Long Primary For Mitt Romney Could Weaken Him In General Election. WASHINGTON -- Republican activists foresee a long, lumbering presidential campaign that almost certainly will nominate Mitt Romney but may leave him weakened in a fall battle against President Barack Obama.
Interviews Wednesday with GOP officials and strategists in several states found no panic or calls for Romney to crank up his criticisms of Rick Santorum to secure the nomination. Ronald Romney Forgets Iran-Contra. Romney Claims His 'Bold' Tax Plan 'Can't Be Scored' Mitt Romney's 'Cut-and-Paste' Fantasy Candidacy. Share Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney speaks at a campaign rally at Gregory Industries in Canton, Ohio, Monday, March 5, 2012.
(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) Since Jon Huntsman exited the Republican presidential race, Mitt Romney has been collecting the lion’s share of newspaper endorsements as the never-ending Republican presidential race has skipped from state to state. Though there are certainly exceptions, newspaper editorial boards generally maintain a refined taste for free-trade fantasies, privatization, running government “like a business” and the myth of “executive experience.” How Can Mitt Romney Sleep at Night? Is the GOP finally giving in? - Opening Shot. There was good reason to doubt that Mitt Romney’s narrow victory in Michigan last Tuesday would significantly alter the trajectory of the GOP race and speed up his path to the nomination.
Romney’s 3-point margin hardly seemed impressive, especially in light of his native son status, and the reluctance of the conservative base to climb aboard his bandwagon figured to haunt him in the next batch of contests. And when he caused an uproar on Wednesday by contradicting the GOP line on contraception (before quickly clarifying his remarks), it seemed as if Romney was practically begging the right to keep saying no to him. But with Super Tuesday now just a day away, it’s become clear that Romney has received a genuine boost from the Michigan outcome. Romney Now Talking of His Wealth as an Asset. Romney Parries Rivals With Negative Ads. Colbert: Countdown to Loving Mitt. Romney Thanks State He Was Born And Raised In For Just Barely Giving Him Enough Votes To Beat Total Maniac. The poison Mitt has to swallow - Opening Shot. Bill O'Reilly Says Romney Can't Promote His Religion Because Mormonism Is Controversial. Romney Dusts Off Old Right-Wing Attack: Says Obama Claims to be 4th Best President.
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