“It’s not worth moving heaven and earth, spending billions of dollars just trying to catch [bin Laden].” – Mitt Romney, 2007[...]
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October 21st, 2012 - 8:53 pm § in Misc.
ROMNEYISMS:The expert in debt
Matt Taibbi Explains Romney’s Wealth Last May, in a much-touted speech in Iowa, Romney used language that was literally inflammatory to describe America’s federal borrowing. “A prairie fire of debt is sweeping across Iowa and our nation,” he declared. “Every day we fa[...]
October 21st, 2012 - 7:00 am § in Misc.
ROMNEYISMS: The gifts that keep on giving ..using the tax code.
How Romney got around the gift tax Bloomberg’s Jesse Drucker reports on Mitt Romney’s use of the tax code to save millions in gift taxes, which has boosted his children’s inheritance. Read more at Counterparties [...]
October 19th, 2012 - 10:01 pm § in Misc.
ROMNEYISMS: One State Two State??
Team Romney: We Do Support Two-State Solution Mitt Romney’s campaign is pushing back on controversial comments that were secretly taped in a May fundraiser. [...]
October 18th, 2012 - 9:16 pm § in Misc.
ROMNEYISMS: Man invents disease
Chronic Lyme disease is a proposed syndrome that sufferers think is brought on by a bacterial infection from a tick bit. The CDC, NIAID, and leading medical professionals agree that the syndrome doesn’t exist. Now that debate has risen to the political sphere as well, as presidential candida[...]
October 17th, 2012 - 7:54 pm § in Misc.
ROMNEYISMS: Confidance
“You know, I’ve got a little secret here,” Romney told a rally crowd of a few hundred supporters. “That is that the Obama campaign thinks Pennsylvania is in their pocket — they don’t need to worry about it. And you’re right, and they’re wrong. “We’re going to win[...]
October 17th, 2012 - 8:31 am § in Misc.
ROMNEYISMS: Mitt, the casinos, the drug lords, and morality.
While Paul Ryan had now disavowed Ayn Rand, his boss seems t have built his career on Ayn Rand’s philosophy that money IS morality. Despite Mormon prohibitions on alcohol, Mitt is very willing to take $100,ooo,oo0 in campaign funds from Sheldon Adelstein, the owner of Las Vegas’ Sands [...]
October 17th, 2012 - 12:17 am § in Misc.
ROMNEYISMS: Did Mitt Have A Great Idea?
“Well, I’m not going to lay out a piece of legislation here,” he said, “because I intend to work together with Republicans and Democrats in Congress, but there are a number of ways one could approach this. One would be to have a total cap number. It could be $25,000, $50,000.[...]
ROMNEYISMS: Government should ban pot from medicinal use because it is a d-r-u-g.
The Washington Post points out Mitt’s odd use of the term the “recreational” when asked about legalized medical marijuana in a sate where “medicinal pot: has become a major industry. “I oppose marijuana being used for recreational purposes and I believe the federal la[...]