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Washington Post is wrong. They have always been against welfare reform and bashed Clinton when he signed it
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_Abyssinia
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Obama campaign tied Romney to Joe Soptic’s wife’s death
buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/obama-campaign-also-tied-romney-to-joe-soptics-wi
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threedogday
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And even Newt Gingrich says the ad is bogus. (With a smirk on his face)
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SamH
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Source?
I’ve seen the carefully edited snip on CNN - I notice they make a huge effort not to report his entire quote. Kind of like the “I like to fire people” quote.
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Ridgerunner
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Except, of course that the Washington Post actually is a Democrat party house organ,
-and- Obama’s action does seem to flout the law,
-and- It does allow for what amounts to total waiver of any work requirements, and
Except, of course, that the “Romney killed my wife” ad is a total falsehood in suggesting that Romney was responsible for the man’s wife’s death.
An expectation of the effects of an action actually taken is not “equivalent” to an intentional falsehood, no matter what the administration and its sock puppet the Washington Post say about it.
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Ridgerunner
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I’ll admit I am ideologically opposed to forcing Catholic institutions, under penalty of fine, to act against conscience. I am also ideologically opposed to promotion of abortion and homosexual “marriage”. Since the Pope is too, I guess he has shown himself to be an ideologue and his words to be “hollow and empty” as well.
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Tietrack
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Bill Clinton, the first Black President, is protecting his home boy Obama even though Blacks stabbed Hillary in the back in 2008. Clinton hasn’t figured out that race trumps everything in the Black culture.
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ringil
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I am, and you know very well, speaking of politically minded ideologues relative to US political parties.
BTW Benedict has bigger things to worry about than US political parties.
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ringil
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lovely.
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Ridgerunner
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What, then, is a “politically minded ideologue” if not someone who has an ideologically-based opposition to a particular candidate or his policies? Every Catholic should be a “politically minded ideologue” when it comes to opposing Obama.
And, of course the Pope has bigger things to worry about than U.S. political parties as such. He has to worry about such things (including in the U.S.) as governments forcing Church institutions to shut down or support contraception and abortion. He has to worry about the degradation of marriage by proponents of homosexual “marriage” and the scandal it gives to the young in particular. He has to worry about the slaughter of millions through abortion. He has to worry about the “human vivisection” that is fetal stem cell experimentation.
Yes, he has a lot to worry about, and the U.S. is one of those places where those things, intrinsic evils all, are taking place under a government that promotes every one of those evils.
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SamH
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What is surprising is that the first black president is doing to much to help the first gay president.
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Catholic_Opinion
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Here is a transcript of the interview ETWN’s Raymond Arroyo did with presidential candidate Gov. Mitt Romney.
Transcript of Selected Excerpts from Exclusive Mitt Romney Interview with Raymond Arroyo to air on The World Over Live on EWTN, Thursday, August 23rd 8PM Eastern
HHS Mandate & Cardinal Dolan
Raymond Arroyo: The Catholic community in this country and people across the faith spectrum were outraged by President Obama’s HHS Mandate – requiring abortifacients and contraceptives to be made available to employees. It set off protests by the Catholic bishops and individual people of faith. What will you do as president about that HHS Mandate?
Gov. Romney: Well, first of all I’ll continue to meet with to Cardinal [Timothy] Dolan [of New York and President of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops] – who by the way is going to offer the benediction on the last evening of the Republican Convention after my acceptance speak. So I am making it very clear that the interest of religious freedom is something I support wholeheartedly and will work with him and with others to assure that each piece of legislation that we consider is thought also in terms of its impact on religious freedom and tolerance. This is a nation where our first freedom is the right to worship God as we choose, and any effort on the part of the federal government to intrude on religious liberty and to reject tolerance in favor of a government mandate is a violation of that first freedom.
Reacting to President Obama’s Charge that Romney means to lower his Personal Tax Burden
Raymond Arroyo: This weekend, the President accused you of choosing Paul Ryan to lower your own tax rate. He said, this is so Mitt Romney could lower his rate to an effective one-percent rate. Your reaction.
Gov. Romney: [Chuckle] That’s a little silly. Obviously, I pay a very substantial amount of money on taxes, also give substantially to charity, and well more than 20 percent – well more – goes to charity and taxes. And I’m not in this race, and I haven’t contributed the money to my campaigns and the time in my campaigns to try to lower my tax bill.
What I’m concerned about is helping people who don’t have work to be able to have a good job. I want folks to know that when they retire, they’re retirement is secure. I want moms and dads to know that their child is going to get an education that will lead to a good job. And I want people to know if they get ill, they’ll get health care that is good and affordable. Those are the reasons that I’m running for president.
And sometimes what Peter says about Paul says more about Peter than Paul. So, I don’t know what the President’s taxes are doing these days.
How Being A Bishop in The Mormon Church Prepared Romney for the Presidency
Raymond: I want to return to your faith for a moment. As a bishop in your church, you helped immigrants who were new to this country, you helped couples make ends meet and balance their budgets, you helped unemployed people find work. How did that position as a leader in your church prepare you for this job you seek?
Romney: Well there’s no question that being a pastor, if you will, a small “p” pastor, where you are working with people of all different backgrounds, different ethnicities, different economic circumstances, some employed and unemployed, as you work with those people, as you try to provide for them a positive path forward in their lives, you understand the very real concerns and pains people have, the struggles that they have. You want to help them and that is one of the things that draws me to this race. I want to help the hundreds of millions of Americans who want to see a brighter and more prosperous future, and I think I know how to do that. And, I’ve laid out the plans that would get America doing what it needs to do to give people good jobs and more take home pay again.
Campaigning with Paul Ryan
Raymond Arroyo: I want to talk about Paul Ryan, your running mate. Watching you all on the trail, and I seen you in person once and now on television a number of times together. You seem rejuvenated. You seem more on point. Why not campaign together? I know that defies the conventional wisdom. Is that going to be a pattern in these last two months of the campaign?
Gov. Romney: Well, we will surely have events that take us together and allow us to campaign to groups of people, and they get to see how we work together. And by the way, I agree with you. I like working with Paul. We have different life experiences. We can each draw on those experiences to do a better job.
At the same time, we have to do something that the President has really caused us to do, which is to have to raise an inordinate amount of money. This is the first post-Watergate president who doesn’t have federal spending limits. He’s brushed them aside. So to be competitive, we got to raise a lot of money, and that means Paul has to go one way, I go another to get the funds necessary to keep up on the air.
Arroyo: I noticed he hasn’t worn a tie since you made him your running mate. Is this a rule in the Romney camp – no ties for Ryan?
Romney: [Laughter] You know, Paul dresses the way he wants to dress. I give him no guidance whatsoever. But in our rallies, we’re typically outdoors on a very hot and sunny day. And who in the heck is going to wear a tie and a jacket on a hot day? Just guys like you, the commentators. [Laughter]
Arroyo: Yes, thanks a lot.
Full entry…
Transcript of Selected Excerpts from Exclusive Mitt Romney Interview with Raymond Arroyo to air on The World Over Live on EWTN, Thursday, August 23rd 8PM Eastern
HHS Mandate & Cardinal Dolan
Raymond Arroyo: The Catholic community in this country and people across the faith spectrum were outraged by President Obama’s HHS Mandate – requiring abortifacients and contraceptives to be made available to employees. It set off protests by the Catholic bishops and individual people of faith. What will you do as president about that HHS Mandate?
Gov. Romney: Well, first of all I’ll continue to meet with to Cardinal [Timothy] Dolan [of New York and President of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops] – who by the way is going to offer the benediction on the last evening of the Republican Convention after my acceptance speak. So I am making it very clear that the interest of religious freedom is something I support wholeheartedly and will work with him and with others to assure that each piece of legislation that we consider is thought also in terms of its impact on religious freedom and tolerance. This is a nation where our first freedom is the right to worship God as we choose, and any effort on the part of the federal government to intrude on religious liberty and to reject tolerance in favor of a government mandate is a violation of that first freedom.
Reacting to President Obama’s Charge that Romney means to lower his Personal Tax Burden
Raymond Arroyo: This weekend, the President accused you of choosing Paul Ryan to lower your own tax rate. He said, this is so Mitt Romney could lower his rate to an effective one-percent rate. Your reaction.
Gov. Romney: [Chuckle] That’s a little silly. Obviously, I pay a very substantial amount of money on taxes, also give substantially to charity, and well more than 20 percent – well more – goes to charity and taxes. And I’m not in this race, and I haven’t contributed the money to my campaigns and the time in my campaigns to try to lower my tax bill.
What I’m concerned about is helping people who don’t have work to be able to have a good job. I want folks to know that when they retire, they’re retirement is secure. I want moms and dads to know that their child is going to get an education that will lead to a good job. And I want people to know if they get ill, they’ll get health care that is good and affordable. Those are the reasons that I’m running for president.
And sometimes what Peter says about Paul says more about Peter than Paul. So, I don’t know what the President’s taxes are doing these days.
How Being A Bishop in The Mormon Church Prepared Romney for the Presidency
Raymond: I want to return to your faith for a moment. As a bishop in your church, you helped immigrants who were new to this country, you helped couples make ends meet and balance their budgets, you helped unemployed people find work. How did that position as a leader in your church prepare you for this job you seek?
Romney: Well there’s no question that being a pastor, if you will, a small “p” pastor, where you are working with people of all different backgrounds, different ethnicities, different economic circumstances, some employed and unemployed, as you work with those people, as you try to provide for them a positive path forward in their lives, you understand the very real concerns and pains people have, the struggles that they have. You want to help them and that is one of the things that draws me to this race. I want to help the hundreds of millions of Americans who want to see a brighter and more prosperous future, and I think I know how to do that. And, I’ve laid out the plans that would get America doing what it needs to do to give people good jobs and more take home pay again.
Campaigning with Paul Ryan
Raymond Arroyo: I want to talk about Paul Ryan, your running mate. Watching you all on the trail, and I seen you in person once and now on television a number of times together. You seem rejuvenated. You seem more on point. Why not campaign together? I know that defies the conventional wisdom. Is that going to be a pattern in these last two months of the campaign?
Gov. Romney: Well, we will surely have events that take us together and allow us to campaign to groups of people, and they get to see how we work together. And by the way, I agree with you. I like working with Paul. We have different life experiences. We can each draw on those experiences to do a better job.
At the same time, we have to do something that the President has really caused us to do, which is to have to raise an inordinate amount of money. This is the first post-Watergate president who doesn’t have federal spending limits. He’s brushed them aside. So to be competitive, we got to raise a lot of money, and that means Paul has to go one way, I go another to get the funds necessary to keep up on the air.
Arroyo: I noticed he hasn’t worn a tie since you made him your running mate. Is this a rule in the Romney camp – no ties for Ryan?
Romney: [Laughter] You know, Paul dresses the way he wants to dress. I give him no guidance whatsoever. But in our rallies, we’re typically outdoors on a very hot and sunny day. And who in the heck is going to wear a tie and a jacket on a hot day? Just guys like you, the commentators. [Laughter]
Arroyo: Yes, thanks a lot.
Full entry…
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Catholic_Press
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GOP Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney sits down for an exclusive interview with EWTN News Director and Anchor Raymond Arroyo at 8 p.m. ET, Thursday, Aug. 23 on EWTN’s news and opinion program, “The World Over.” (Find EWTN at www.ewtn.com/channelfinder.)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/headlinebistro_complete/~4/BOPmH54Mq1w
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markomalley
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From the San Jose Mercury News:
An analysis from the University of Colorado that has correctly predicted the outcome of presidential elections since 1980 is forecasting Mitt Romney as the winner this year.
Political science professors Kenneth Bickers and Michael Berry found that the ailing economy spells trouble for the president’s re-election bid. The professors conduct a state-by-state analysis, incorporating economic data such as unemployment figures.
The results of their analysis show that Obama will win 218 votes in the electoral college, short of the 270 that he would need to be re-elected.
While their study focuses on the electoral college, the political scientists predict Romney, the presumptive Republican candidate, will win 52.9 percent of the popular vote compared with 47.1 for Obama when considering only the two major political parties.
A link to the press release from the University of Colorado.
I think there are a number of other factors. For example, if we are drawn into a war with Iran or with Syria, that could be a huge wildcard (“wag the dog” scenario). Also, if some major scandal comes out before it could be damage controlled, that could have a major effect (“October surprise” scenario).
Also, I don’t know that this takes into account the number of people who are now dependent on government programs, as compared to earlier election cycles.
So, despite this study’s historical accuracy and despite the fact that I believe there to be an absolute moral imperative to the removal of the Obama regime from office, I wouldn’t start resting on any laurels…not until January 2013 (when the House actually counts the real votes that count: the electoral college votes).
An analysis from the University of Colorado that has correctly predicted the outcome of presidential elections since 1980 is forecasting Mitt Romney as the winner this year.
Political science professors Kenneth Bickers and Michael Berry found that the ailing economy spells trouble for the president’s re-election bid. The professors conduct a state-by-state analysis, incorporating economic data such as unemployment figures.
The results of their analysis show that Obama will win 218 votes in the electoral college, short of the 270 that he would need to be re-elected.
While their study focuses on the electoral college, the political scientists predict Romney, the presumptive Republican candidate, will win 52.9 percent of the popular vote compared with 47.1 for Obama when considering only the two major political parties.
A link to the press release from the University of Colorado.
I think there are a number of other factors. For example, if we are drawn into a war with Iran or with Syria, that could be a huge wildcard (“wag the dog” scenario). Also, if some major scandal comes out before it could be damage controlled, that could have a major effect (“October surprise” scenario).
Also, I don’t know that this takes into account the number of people who are now dependent on government programs, as compared to earlier election cycles.
So, despite this study’s historical accuracy and despite the fact that I believe there to be an absolute moral imperative to the removal of the Obama regime from office, I wouldn’t start resting on any laurels…not until January 2013 (when the House actually counts the real votes that count: the electoral college votes).
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bellasbane
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You forgot the boost the GOP will get from all their voter suppression laws. It could tip the balance towards Romney in states like Ohio & Pennsylvania.
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Scott_Lafrance
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Yaaaa, the GOP is going to be out decked out in all black paramilitary garb with billy-clubs at polling stations to make sure that the wrong people don’t vote.
http://images.sodahead.com/polls/001094981/black_panther_voter_intimidation_xlarge.jpeg
Oh, wait…that’s not the GOP…
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Rich_Olszewski
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They will take advantage of voter suppression laws, but they’re won’t be that blatant. The GOP is more subtle than that.
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markomalley
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From Rasmussen Reports:
As the controversy over Republican Senate candidate Todd Akin’s “legitimate rape” comment continues, Mitt Romney’s lead in Missouri has vanished.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Missouri Voters finds President Obama with 47% support to Romney’s 46%. Three percent (3%) favor some other candidate in the race, and three percent (3%) more are undecided.
I think back to an article from the Washington Post about a month ago:
There’s a reason why Democrats spent over $1.5 million trying to help Akin win his three-way primary. He was the most conservative candidate in the field — and the most unpredictable one. He shook up his campaign staff late last year. He recently released a head-scratching and jumbled campaign ad. And Democrats have already launched a microsite highlighting his controversial statements that won’t play well with moderates. (“America has got the equivalent of the stage III cancer of socialism because the federal government is tampering in all kinds of stuff it has no business tampering in,” Akin once said.)
Akin is far from an ideal Republican nominee. But the GOP doesn’t need a superstar to defeat McCaskill. She is running in a state where Mitt Romney is expected to defeat President Obama. She will have to confront opposition ads that will attack her for billing taxpayers for trips she took on a plane she co-owned with her husband. She has long been one of the most high profile backers of the President.
And, recent polling from Mason Dixon Polling & Research Inc. shows McCaskill is losing to Akin by a slight margin. (It is worth noting that the same poll of the primary electorate showed businessman John Brunner leading Akin by 16 points.)
I guess that’s about the best $1.5 million spent in this election cycle so far.
As the controversy over Republican Senate candidate Todd Akin’s “legitimate rape” comment continues, Mitt Romney’s lead in Missouri has vanished.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Missouri Voters finds President Obama with 47% support to Romney’s 46%. Three percent (3%) favor some other candidate in the race, and three percent (3%) more are undecided.
I think back to an article from the Washington Post about a month ago:
There’s a reason why Democrats spent over $1.5 million trying to help Akin win his three-way primary. He was the most conservative candidate in the field — and the most unpredictable one. He shook up his campaign staff late last year. He recently released a head-scratching and jumbled campaign ad. And Democrats have already launched a microsite highlighting his controversial statements that won’t play well with moderates. (“America has got the equivalent of the stage III cancer of socialism because the federal government is tampering in all kinds of stuff it has no business tampering in,” Akin once said.)
Akin is far from an ideal Republican nominee. But the GOP doesn’t need a superstar to defeat McCaskill. She is running in a state where Mitt Romney is expected to defeat President Obama. She will have to confront opposition ads that will attack her for billing taxpayers for trips she took on a plane she co-owned with her husband. She has long been one of the most high profile backers of the President.
And, recent polling from Mason Dixon Polling & Research Inc. shows McCaskill is losing to Akin by a slight margin. (It is worth noting that the same poll of the primary electorate showed businessman John Brunner leading Akin by 16 points.)
I guess that’s about the best $1.5 million spent in this election cycle so far.
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garn9173
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I hope they are right as i’ve seen two different Electoral College projection websites that have Obama winning in a land slide.
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