Romney

[Uncle Ted]

Next thing we know, Ted will be telling us about the Romney-Bilderberger connection.

Yes, that connection can be made via Ben Bernanke...

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[myboynoah]

Mitt Romney, the answer to prayers

“God didn’t tell me to go to nobody else,” she said. “He told me to pray for Romney. I listened to the Lord.”

[Moliere]

Romney is going to need your help explaining this to the American voters. It will smell like a government bailout to them.

Yeah, anyway we can get all Americans to take a corporate finance course sometime before now and November?

If anything, this election has just continued to validate the fact that politicians are elected less on substance and more on tag lines or catchphrases. It's all about rhetoric and Romney is just as bad as the others with his rhetoric, however Romney at least has substance.

[Uncle Ted]

Yeah, anyway we can get all Americans to take a corporate finance course sometime before now and November?

So does this course help people recognize banks that are in financial trouble (largely thanks to the government's involvement in the first place), get large (usually government backed) loans from them, and, then after they fail, negotiate a good sized reduction in their loan amount by using the tax payer's money and bankruptcy? If so, I think a good number of Americans have taken this course already and now you, I, and our children get to pay for the terrible misfortunes of people like Romney.

If anything, this election has just continued to validate the fact that politicians are elected less on substance and more on tag lines or catchphrases. It's all about rhetoric and Romney is just as bad as the others with his rhetoric, however Romney at least has substance.

It is my hope that if Romeny is elected that he can do the same trick with the United States in reducing our debt obligation with China and our other creditors that he did with Bain Capital. Do you think that China will fall for it and reduce the amount we owe them?

Edit: This seems like a good place to add a Ron Paul Commercial...

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[Uncle Ted]

Mitt Romney, the answer to prayers

Romney buying votes with cash...

Mitt Romney did just that here Saturday night, according to ABC News. When a 55-year-old woman, Ruth Williams, who said she lost her job last October, approached the Republican presidential front-runner on the rope line following a campaign rally in Sumter, he gave her what an aide later said was about $50 or $60.

Hmm... I wonder how much Romney will pay for my vote.

[LA Ute]

Brother Uncle Ted, I am beginning to fear for the welfare of your soul as you continue to speak evil of Brother Romney.

[Uncle Ted]

Brother Uncle Ted, I am beginning to fear for the welfare of your soul as you continue to speak evil of Brother Romney.

It was my dark skin that made me do it.

[RobinFinderson]

Dowd writes a piece about Mitt, the TBM.

Interesting to see a mirror held up to the routine aspects of a TBM life. So Mitt adores his wife and family, is deeply committed to both, has discussed ways of expanding church influence with the highest echelons of church leadership, has polygamist ancestors at the great-great-grands level (which is where my polygamist ancestors start as well), counseled a woman to give up her child for adoption (no person with real Mormon experience is going to believe that he threatened the woman with excommunication... what a bunch of baloney), and he worships in Mormon temples where only temple-worthy Mormons gather in white robes to do secret things... like get sealed for all eternity.

As someone too close to Mormonism to be able to get a full sense of the impact of a piece like this, it leaves me wondering whether this is an effective hit piece or not.

[Jeff Lebowski]

As someone too close to Mormonism to be able to get a full sense of the impact of a piece like this, it leaves me wondering whether this is an effective hit piece or not.

Meh. I don't think so. Seemed more sloppy than anything. She is just throwing out random facts (none of which seem new) with little effort to tie it all together. Feels like she just threw it together to meet a deadline.

[Moliere]

Hmm... I wonder how much Romney will pay for my vote.

I thought libertarians were for voluntary charitable giving?

[calicoug]

This is the best article I have read which describes the issues involved in supporting Ron Paul.

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/...senger/250685/

I'd be interested in Ted's thoughts on the matter.

[Uncle Ted]

This is the best article I have read which describes the issues involved in supporting Ron Paul.

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/...senger/250685/

I'd be interested in Ted's thoughts on the matter.

You mean the newsletter articles that came out 20+ years ago that weren't written by Ron, but have been constantly rehashed to try to trick people into thinking Paul is some sort of a racist?

This question has been answered multiple times. Over the life of thousands of newsletters the editor erred in letting a couple of articles, that were paranoid & racist, slip through during some years of publication. Ron Paul's actions speak loader than the words he didn't write...

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And as for Ron Paul profiting greatly from the newsletter his estate doesn't show it. Ron Paul has a net worth of only about $2M or so. It is safe to say that Romney has profited more from the government (see his $10-50M in "bailouts" his company took from the government tax payers, for example). Paul lives in a $300,000 house and both he and his son give back most of his congressional budget every year.

Take a little drive time with TMOT (The Minister of Truth):

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[All-American]

Romney buying votes with cash...



Hmm... I wonder how much Romney will pay for my vote.

An interesting event. To me, it just looks like a foolish move. If it isn't a poor PR stunt (which I don't think it is), it cements Mitt's image as an out-of-touch millionaire hoping to buy his way into the white house. At the very least, he should have been more careful than to give the lady money where an ABC reporter would see it. He would have gotten no flak whatsoever had he simply ignored her.

Of course, the fact that it is such a foolish move, politically speaking, makes me think it was a sincere gesture. If he had his own well-being in mind, he would have been stupid to have done anything besides walk away. I'm inclined to believe that he was genuinely concerned about this lady's well being and wanted to help. That's to his credit. Unfortunately, there is little upside for such a gesture in this political climate, and the fact that he did it anyway may earn him some respect as a person, but not as a politician.

[Uncle Ted]

I thought libertarians were for voluntary charitable giving?

I am a free market libertarian and my vote is for sale. About 1% or 2% of Mitt's net worth should do.

[wuapinmon]

I would vote for this Mitt Romney for President (forgive me if it's been posted before):

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