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I want to throw up

By Bronwyn's Harbor on February 27, 2012 at 5:22 PM in Current Affairs

I’m not even going to bother to find links to Santorum’s quotes because I’ve heard them at least 10 times already today, and probably so have you. Nor will I give him “air time” on this blog by posting a video of his insane drivel. Santorum is one of the top reasons I am going to drag my infirmed body to the caucus soon — me, who never thought I’d darken the door of a GOP caucus. I’m speaking of these two disgusting comments:

1) Santorum said that John F. Kennedy’s HISTORIC speech on the separation of church and state made him “want to vomit.” WTF? Kennedy’s speech was critically important because of all the Americans, including my parents, who were terrified that putting a Catholic in the White House would mean that the Pope would run our country. And now, all these decades later, Santorum’s Catholicism is NEVER held against him, in good measure THANKS to JFK’s having paved the way by assuring frightened Protestants they need not fear a Catholic in the White House. And THIS is the crap that Santorum spews against a WAR HERO who stood up to the Catholic haters and who literally gave his life for his country. I have tears in my eyes because I am so upset by Santorum’s black-hearted, hate-filled speech.

2) Santorum said that Obama is a “snob” for wishing that all young people could go to college. Then he bashed colleges everywhere as places where liberal professors will poison the minds of impressionable youth. WTF? Uh, I went to one of the most liberal elite universities in the late 1960s, where the far-left English professor was the first in university history to lose his tenure for inciting violence and far more. And where one of the most popular classes was taught by Michael Novak, to this day a major thinker for conservatism.

And how many of us here went to college, and emerged with our capacity to think — critically — still intact?

It is incomprehensible to me that Santorum leads national polls.

Unless there are VERY dramatic shifts in the Republican presidential contest, Barack Obama will easily win reelection.

My state is bright blue. But i am going to crawl to that GOP caucus if I have to just to try to make sure that the Republicans in my state are not so stupid to throw away their delegate votes on Santorum. And I’m dragging my apolitical neighbor with me.

This is CRAZY.

My blood pressure is soaring.

I must chill.

I won’t even proof this. Trust it’s understandable. Your turn.

Anonymous

Santorum is light years better than Romney (who’s a Democrat).

Anonymous

Santorum is lights years in the opposite direction. I wouldn’t care if Romney was a D or an R. I’m an I and I like the guy. He has a smart business head on his shoulders, has a proven track record and he isn’t a radical on social issues. Santorum is a Washington insider, lobbyist with no record in business except lining his pockets for influence and he has a neanderthal view of almost every religious and social issue in the book.

Anonymous

“Santorum is a Washington insider, lobbyist with no record in business except lining his pockets for influence and he has a neanderthal view of almost every religious and social issue in the book.”

A more succinct description would be “Bat-shit Crazy”

Anonymous

that too
Anonymous

Thanks. I really needed to laugh!

Anonymous

I think myshiba meant light years “behind” Romney. More like stone age thinking.

Anonymous

Right….

Saner, too.

See?
Anonymous

can you please explain why you think that? i have asked that question on several blogs and no one answers. i don’t see it. and i’m a political junkie and read everything i can get my hands on.
Anonymous

here’s from newt:

“I think there are profound reasons that Rick lost the Senate race by the
largest margin in Pennsylvania history in 2006 and I think it’s very hard for
him to carry that all the way to the general,” Gingrich said. “Then he comes
South and you take the case right here. He voted for the unions over FedEx. I
suspect most folks in the state don’t know that. But in fact he was a big labor
Republican in Pennsylvania and I suspect when you get to Memphis and you say to
people, `Gee, this is a guy who wanted to guarantee that FedEx give into the
unions.’ Santorum won’t be as popular the following morning.”

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_GINGRICH?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-02-27-16-22-02
Anonymous

he’s more on santorum “the non-democrat” from the national review, as conservative as it comes; and not pro-romney

Santorum on Housing: Privatize Gain, Socialize Loss
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner

Anonymous

he opposed TARP.
————————–
That`s pretty safe to say. He wasn`t in office when tarp went through.

http://noquarterusa.net Larry Johnson

You are an idiot. Santorum is a religious fanatic. Akin to those who flew planes into the World Trade Center. Not much difference at all, except he loves him some Jesus and hates Allah.

Anonymous

And yet, Santorum is up 49/46 over Sparky in the latest USA Today/Gallup polling. In almost every poll I’ve seen Obama can’t even break the 50% mark…even against Gingrich.

I’m not saying I’m all rah-rah for Santorum, but projecting gloom and doom for anybody not named Romney, I think, is under appreciating how dismal and weak Obama’s reelection position really is.

Anonymous

I can hardly believe these polls. I think they want to skew the polls so that Santorum looks good. I think if he were the guy going up against Obama, it’s a slam dunk for Obama.

Anonymous

Given the time until the general election and the things Santorum has been saying lately I agree with you.

Santorum will never catch a break from the MSM. I think there is a little more respect from them when it comes to Romney.

Anonymous

A close one tomorrow night:

The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Republican
Primary Voters in Michigan, taken Sunday night, finds Romney with 38%
support to Santorum’s 36%. Texas Congressman Ron Paul and former House
Speaker Newt Gingrich remain far behind with 11% and 10% of the vote
respectively. One percent (1%) likes another candidate in the race, and
five percent (5%) remains undecided.

Anonymous

If Santorum is the nominee they will make sure he spends the whole summer running around and trying to defend himself on social issues. That way Obama`s record on the economy will never be brought to light.
Anonymous

Who could vote for someone THIS friggin stupid?

Santorum blames 2008 mortgage crisis on $4-per-gallon gas

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/212809-santorum-blames-2008-mortgage-crisis-on-high-gas-prices

Anonymous

Actually he could have stolen that idea from me. Although I didn’t say $4 gas caused the crises but it was the straw that burst the bubble. And $4 gas started the inflation in consumer prices that stretched families budget where they could no longer afford the homes they shouldn’t have been able to buy in the first place. Remember we as a country had no inflation since the Clinton administration. But that is not the cause of the mortgage crises, the sub prime mortgage rates are what caused the mortgage crises. Just follow the time line:

China buying every drop of oil because of the Olympics ==> Oil prices rise dramatically ==> $4+ gas ==> inflation ==> Mortgage Crises

I am no economist but that is the way I see how this crises developed. If I am wrong then I am open to correction.

Anonymous

With the real estate “boom” underway, home prices were constantly
rising, and sales remained brisk. Owners realized that they could “flip”
(quickly re-sell) their homes at higher prices, rapidly moving from one
to the next. Low fuel and food costs helped spur these real estate
sales, convincing buyers that they could afford to live in increasingly
more expensive homes, without the slightest sacrifice in their standard
of living.

Buyers, mortgage brokers, and lending institutions all realized that
“flipping” made it possible for homes to be purchased and temporarily
owned by people with insufficient incomes to pay for them. Some brokers
encouraged people to put false income data on their mortgage
applications, while small lenders defrauded larger banks into purchasing
mortgages from them based on falsified applications. This sort of
mortgage activity would have caused a crisis earlier, if it had not been
for the continuing rapid home sales.

With the mortgage industry having been deregulated by the government
years earlier, some were taking a more “creative” approach to lending.
The unrealistic technique of offering high-interest “subprime” loans to
people with poor credit histories became quite common, with many brokers
and lenders employing dishonest tactics to deceive buyers about them.
At the time, ever-rising home prices made it possible for lending
institutions to easily resell (at a higher price) any homes that did get
foreclosed upon.

When real estate sales sharply declined and prices began to drop, the
“bubble” burst and owners were unable to escape the current home (and
mortgage) they had intended upon “flipping.” The monthly payments on
many of their adjustable mortgages went up, and increasing fuel costs
caused the price of consumer goods to rise. As many of them became
unable to make the payments, and banks could no longer find buyers for
foreclosed-upon properties, the mortgage crisis began.

Basically, the current mortgage crisis was caused by the unsound
financial decisions of many lending institutions, brokers, and home
owners who based their actions upon the formerly-booming real estate
market. The crisis was also caused by the government’s failure to
properly regulate the mortgage industry, and the questionable economic
theory of giving high-interest loans to people with problematic credit
records.

http://blog.mortgage101.com/2008/02/01/what-caused-the-mortgage-crisis/

http://www.alexlogic.com AlessandroMachi

You just explained why the mouse went for the piece of cheese and got sliced in two. However, to understand why the cheese was put there, you should watch the 60 minutes video on credit default swaps.

http://parallelforeclosure.blogspot.com/2012/02/sixty-minutes-explains-credit-default.html

Anonymous

My sentiments exactly although you expressed them much better than I could.

On your # 2) I would like to say that not all young people want to or are suited to go on to higher education. Right now we a have need for highly skilled labor especially in areas like the Dakotas. And we have a surplus of unemployed College grads, some who want the government to pay for their student loans. What we really need is jobs and trained people for all those jobs. Until that happens class distinctions in this country will widen even further until we will look like a third world country.

Anonymous

Yes, not all young people are suited to higher education. According to Wiki this is Santorum’s ” He obtained an undergraduate degree from Pennsylvania State University, an M.B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh, and a law
degree from the Dickinson School of Law.”
A greater waste of higher education I have never seen.

Anonymous

Is it any wonder that my phone autocorrects his name to sanitarium?
Anonymous

Santorum is the kind of Republican that kept me a Democrat for so many years. He is of the opinion that teaching subjects such as evolution is the work of Satan. If he had his way, every child would be taught that the earth is 6000 years old, despite any evidence to the contrary. It’s interesting that the word conscience literally means: against (con) science.

I see no difference between radical Catholics and radical Islamists. Both seek to dumb down the population so that their authority is unquestioned. Their methods might differ but the results are the same.

I’m right there with you about needing to chill on the BP. It all makes me so angry. Just when I thought I could support a real political alternative to Obama the party that could offer it has decided to rally behind a Neanderthal. So I am beginning to feel politically disenfranchised again and starting to get pissed off.

I can assure you of this: If the Republicans nominate Santorum or Gingrich I will not vote for a single Republican in November. If that pisses off some of the partisans here so be it. I don’t support stupid parties any more. That’s why I left the Democrats.
http://twitter.com/Juliezzz Juliezzz

Tell me. Is Santorum getting crowds like this? I don’t think he is. If he was it would be plastered all over the news and Drudge.

Ron Paul is the ONLY one of the Republicans that can beat Obama and this shows why.

Ron Paul Michigan State University Auditorium Intro and Crowd – 2-27-12

01:32

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9iEtZnrb3M&feature=player_embedded

Anonymous

You know that I support Romney but if the right wing takes him down I am moving to Paul.

Anonymous

In Santorum’s paranoid thinking
Mitt and Ron are the new dream
team.
I can only imagine how that would
screw up Newt’s and Rick’s game.
LOL.
http://twitter.com/Juliezzz Juliezzz

I can respect that )

Anonymous

If Santorum is the be all and end all for the conservatives, why were they not supporting him in the fall?
They just don`t like Mitt so much that they will throw the election and let Obama keep picking judges for Scotus.
Very childish and very stupid.

Anonymous

Or what happened to their Gingrich love? A few weeks ago he was the heir apparent of Reaganism.

Anonymous

Honestly at this point, I do not believe it matters. I think the Republicans have completely self destructed. In case no one has been paying attention to their other comments that are even more egregious and just plain old STUPID! Their latest foray into helping to control the budget by lowering the cost of welfare is the idea of random drug testing for anyone on public assistance. We are NOT talking about only convicted drug users, but everyone getting federal aid. That’s about 50,000,000 people! One moment they are crying about the nanny state Obama wants to put us in, the next they are proposing the largest move away from freedom in US history! Now I am all for testing on those convicted of drug crimes, but when you start forcing innocent people to prove they are innocent, you have become the Soviet Union! Not too mention, once this can of worms is opened, where does it end. How about drug testing before you can get/renew your drivers license? Or how about drug testing before you can make a legal gun purchase?

All that isn’t even considering that it would cost MORE money, not less! How many federal (union member) employees would be needed to conduct random drug tests on 50 million people? And nearly every one of them would end up voting Democrat to protect their higher than private sector pay checks and benefits! Then add in all of the appeals since federal workers routinely screw up EVERYTHING. And their idea could make Obamacare seem cheap by comparison. It’s already well known that the highest costs behind federal assistance is NOT the benefits paid out to poor people. It is the bureaucracy that runs it! around 70 cents of every dollar in federal aid is spent on administrative costs so how does adding more BS and numerous more hurdle’s make it cheaper? The only way it would is if the poor just started starving to death before they could receive any benefits!

Anonymous

ALL of the politicians in Washington are receiving federal aid. It’s called taxpayer provided salaries. I propose that we, as citizens, require that each one of them submit to random drug tests. If they want to treat us like criminals we should do the same.

Anonymous

I think I would prefer it if they WERE on drugs. At least that would help explain their massive stupidity! Honestly, what chance will the Republicans have when the Obamamedia starts harping about this?

Anonymous

Not a fan of Santorum, but I don’t think he will be the nominee even if he wins Michigan tommorow.
I like Mitt Romney, as a person I think he’s a good man, and I think he can beat that idiot in the WH.

As for Santorum, if he’s the nominee I’ll still vote for him holding my nose, but I know many other independents in my family who will just sit it out. The thing I don’t get is Santorum doesn’t seem to realise while I as a pro-choice independent agree with his position that catholic institutions cannot be forced to provide contraceptions products that’s against their beliefs, he overdoes it on the other side. I remember him using Congress to get into the Terry Shiavo case. Personally I don’t care that he’s a social conservative, but I do care that he wants to use legislation to force his views on me.
I think he’s gained a lot of traction because Marxist Barry is forcing catholic institutions to do something that’s against their tenet, that’s govt interferring with church business (the church isn’t advocating for banning contraceptions for all, its against being forced to provide it, directly or indirectly through their insurance premiums), and on that point I will agree with Santorum, but unfortunately repub voters seem to have forgotten how much baggage Santorum has, and its all on tape. The man’s an idiot. I truely hope repubs are stupid enough to vote for this man. He may be a good family man, but he’s a terrible candidate against the marxist jerk in the WH.

Please repubs, do NOT nominate this man! Heck, even Newt’s better than Santorum.

Anonymous

I LIKE ROMNEY TOO. I especially like his “flip-flopping” because that means that the man has been around the block intellectually and sees — as do all thinkers — that there are two sides to issues, usually. Furthermore, his comprehension of differing issues means that he can relate to those with differing opinions and work with them in a tempered manner, reaching — oh, the word! — COMPROMISE! (Because, hello, compromise is the only way, in this more and more divisive country that we can begin to heal and get better ecoomically.)

Anonymous

This is how Romney operates.

Romney’s style is to be a contrarian. “If you come into a meeting with a presupposed conclusion, he will challenge you,” Bullock says.

“He will take the other view even though he might agree with you, just to challenge the depth of your knowledge and the assumptions you’re making to make sure you’re on solid footing. So he’s not one who widely accepts positions. He is very intellectually challenging of assumptions and positions, which makes for a very healthy debate.”

In meetings, “He will come up with things that people never thought of before,” Bullock adds. “Because of this contrarian style, other people will come up with things they’d never thought of before.”
http://twitter.com/Juliezzz Juliezzz

so being wishy washy is a good thing? wow who knew! Standing on quicksand gains you respect I guess because you can seem to be all things to all people without ever really letting people know who you really are. Obama perfected this, Compromising is what has got us all the corruption in Washington today. “Take one for the team” Santorum knows this too.

good god we are doomed aren’t we.

Anonymous

Is it wishy washy to admit you may have been wrong on a few positions you hold and make some changes. Or is for the best to never change an opinion even if it is proven to be outdated or flat out wrong. To me the later could be called just stubbornness, inflexibility or rigidity. If a person changes a position after much careful thought and research they are not wishy washy, but evolving as a human being. In my humble opinion.

http://twitter.com/Juliezzz Juliezzz

If you really believe you are wrong then no I don’t think its wishy washy. Problem is, some of the things Mitt flipped on have been in the last 3 years. That smells of political expediency.

The whether changed (or the attitude toward global warming and cap and trade as well as bailouts and Healthcare) and Romney seems to have his finger in the air to determine where to move his sail.

Anonymous

his biggest so-called flip flop is on abortion. my understandind is that when running for governor he pledged not to scale back abortion rights that had already been secured in MA. he has said that once he became governor and a couple of bills came up for his signature, he realized that he could not sign them. one of the bills would have allowed harvesting fetus for cloning and medical research. he vetoed it. that maintained his pledge that he would not scale back; the pledge did not include a promise to expand non-life positions. he has said that he realized that thereafter he realized that he is really a pro-life politician.

in fact, the mormon church is anti-abortion. so it stands to reason that his current pro-life stance is genuine.

i don’t know of any other so-called flip-flops

http://twitter.com/Juliezzz Juliezzz

abortion is the least of my worries. It’s his stance on Cap and Trade that worries me

Here he says he supports cap and trade on a global basis involving all countries. What that means is handing over the handling of such a tax to a world government and undermining our sovereignty by definition.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAGpLOKtQDA

Ok so that was then NOW he doesn’t support that. OR DOES he?

Here he says he believes in Global Warming and support Natural Gas as week can mine it interdependently and it lowers CO2

What assurances do I have that the agenda of entering into a world carbon tax on virtually EVERYTHING still isn’t on the table with him?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIDESZWAlz8&feature=related

He says it’s not a good idea in the economy we are in. But what if we pull out of it. Then is it a good idea?????? IT WILL NEVER BE A GOOD IDEA.

And bottom line he gives me no good reason to trust him

Anonymous

because his primary objective is to turn the economy around.

http://twitter.com/Juliezzz Juliezzz

r…i…g…h….t

just like Obama’s primary objective was to end the wars. Nah just like Obama, Romney’s primary objective is to serve his masters Goldman Sachs in what ever way they see fit. Quid pro quo for all that campaign money

Economy? Really? Hows going to war with Iran going to help our Economy?

Anonymous

come one, julie. the only reason you say that is because you are a paul supporter.

http://twitter.com/Juliezzz Juliezzz

What? That makes no sense.

More like, you give it a pass because you are a Romney supporter.

Anonymous

Yep!
Anonymous

Michigan Democratic strategist Joe DiSano has taken it upon himself to become a leading mischief maker.
DiSano says he targeted nearly 50,000 Democratic voters in Michigan
through email and a robo call to their homes, asking them to go to the
polls Tuesday to vote for Rick Santorum in attempt to hurt Romney.
“Democrats can get in there and cause havoc for Romney all the way to the Republican convention,” DiSano told CNN…
DiSano says over the last 7 days or so that he has been working on this, he has gotten some 12,000 commitments from Democratic voters to go to the polls and vote for Santorum.

http://hotair.com/archives/2012/02/27/dem-strategists-robocall-to-michigan-dems-get-out-there-tomorrow-and-vote-for-rick-santorum/

Anonymous

Does not surprise me one bit. I hope Mitten’s folks are ready with that talking point should it be really close and Mittens loses.

Anonymous

Since Santorum is doing it too the talking point has already written itself. And if Romney still wins you can bet that the talking point will be mentioned more than a few times before Super Tuesday.
Anonymous

Not much talk out there about the early voters in either state. I heard figures recently but didn’t commit them to memory. I just recall being surprised that so many people had already cast their vote and this was before Ricky’s surge started. Of those cast, the large majority had been Romney’s voters.

He’s got a very good organization out there to do this early ballot initiative and know how many votes they have banked going into the primary. It is quite helpful and just might be his cushion as it was in Florida. The Arizona early voters were even more heavily for Romney and more had voted.

Anonymous

according to a poll from PPP (which i think is a DEM polling outfit, but pretty accurate), 60% of early voters in MI, went for Romney. Not sure how many early voters there are.

Anonymous

This morning on Morning Joe, the question was asked if Romney had banked enough absentee votes to make up for current polling. Mark Halperin said probably not.

Anonymous

I will say one good thing about the repub nomination process, its a whole lot more democratic that the “Democratic Party” primary one, especially when the DNC takes 4 delegates a candidate EARNS and gives it to their annoited one.

Anonymous

Well it isn’t over yet. The disappearing 8 precinct votes in Iowa and the Maine debacle are coming close.

Anonymous

more analysis of santorum’s economic plan (published in the Wall Street Journal) that shows either (1) his basic misunderstanding of the economy; (2) he is a panderer; (3) he is as big a spender as most of the congressional REPS and DEMS, with whom he served; (4) all of the above.

Santorum apparently can’t see the disconnect between this statement…

“• A pro-growth, pro-family tax policy. I’ll submit to Congress comprehensive tax policies to strengthen opportunity in our country, with only two income tax rates of 10% and 28%. To help families, I’ll triple the personal deduction for children and eliminate the marriage tax penalty.”
…and this statement…

“as I did as the author of welfare reform in 1996. ”

To whatever extent Santorum was instrumental on Welfare Reform in 1996, all the benefit of the ’96 reform was undone with the negative tax rates implemented by the Bush tax cuts – tax cuts that he feverishly supported. Then, to compound prior mistakes, he wants to TRIPLE the personal deduction for children. Good God. We’ll have people making $55K and actually paying a negative tax rate. For all the talk about what is or is not sustainable, paying people to be citizens is plainly unsustainable, particularly when we’re already $15T in debt, rising $200B every day.

Santorum is going to cut eveyone’s taxes and tell us where these spending cuts are going to come from at some later date. Gee, where have we heard that before?

“I’ll reform Medicare and Social Security so they are fiscally sustainable for seniors and young people.

How?

“and allow families whose mortgages are “underwater” to deduct losses from the sale of their home in order to get a fresh start in difficult economic times. ”

So, if a person making $75K took out a mortgage that they couldn’t afford 5-years ago, will be able sell that property at a loss and then have a taxpayer who didn’t take out a mortgage that they couldn’t afford, pay the difference? Really? How much is that gonna cost – in borrowed Chinese dollars?

Anonymous

Great analysis. I don’t suppose we will hear the answers for a while.
Anonymous

by the way, that’s not my analysis. i cut and paste from another blog

Anonymous

Could you provide the link please?

Anonymous

there are a couple of posts reviewing santorum’s economic op ed that was published in the Wall Street Journal today. A lot of the comments are also very good.

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/292068/santorum-housing-privatize-gain-socialize-loss-nicole-gelinas?toggle=y#comment-bar
Anonymous

there are a couple of posts reviewing santorum’s economic op ed that was published in the Wall Street Journal today. A lot of the comments are also very good.

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/292068/santorum-housing-privatize-gain-socialize-loss-nicole-gelinas?toggle=y#comment-bar

Anonymous

http://biggovernment.com/publius/2012/02/27/dems-launch-robo-calls-supporting-santorum-in-michigan/

dems start robo calls for santorum in Michigan

Anonymous

Santorum is making the same robo calls. See above.
Anonymous

I have a friend who is a lifelong Democrat liberal Obama supporter and he recently made this statement to me, ” I could live with it if Romney was elected but I don’t think I could handle it if one of the other Republicans became President.”

So Romney should put out Robo calls to Dems urging them to vote for him because otherwise they might get stuck with Huey, Dewey or Lewey (Santorum, Gingrich or Paul).

http://twitter.com/MarvinMarks Marvin Marks

I think many of us (Obama supporters) feel that way. I think we see Romney as a pretty reasonable guy (although somewhat weird and completely detached from the lives of normal Americans) but Santorum & Gingrich in the White House would represent a huge step backwards for our society and I fear would be the beginning of the end.
http://twitter.com/Juliezzz Juliezzz

So what you are saying is that Romney is so much like Obama that there wouldn’t be that much change. So little difference that an Obot could live with it.

But when push comes to shove do you think Dems given a choice will choose Romeny over Obama? Nope! They’ll flee back to Obama for those down ticket dems. Guaranteed

The one Republican that CAN GET and CAN KEEP crossover democrats and ex-Obama supporters is Ron Paul and that’s because of his stance against the NDAA and other encroaching laws on civil liberties and his Anti war stance.

The fact that Paul has a huge loyal following that are exclusive to him, that he gets young people and brings new people to the party, and that he steals votes from Obama is why he’s the only one that could beat him in November

Anonymous

http://nationaljournal.com/2012-presidential-campaign/gop-governors-to-gop-white-house-hopefuls-talk-economics-please-20120227?mrefid=freehplead_1

GOP govs want candidates to talk economics not social issues. do you think any of them will listen

Anonymous

The media won`t let them otherwise the conversation swings back to Barry`s record.
but Ricky is letting them do it.
Anonymous

romney’s been focusing on the economy more and more.
http://twitter.com/Juliezzz Juliezzz

Paul has been talking about the economy. It just doesn’t always get covered.

Economy Squeezed As Debt Accelerates

By: Dr. Ron Paul, U.S. Congressman

– Posted Monday, 27 February 2012 |

Senator
Jeff Sessions, ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee has
pointed out that our per capita government debt is already larger than
Greece’s. Per person, our government owes over $49,000 compared to
$38,937 per Greek citizen. Our debt has just reached 101% of our Gross
Domestic Product. Our creditors see this and have quietly slowed down or
stopped their lending to us. As a result, the Federal Reserve has been
outright monetizing debt as a way to patch things together and keep the
economy on life support a little longer. There is rapidly shrinking
demand for our debt, and confidence in the dollar is falling. This
phenomenon is hidden only by the fact that confidence in all other fiat
currencies is falling faster.
None
of this seems to really alarm the administration, obviously, as they
have just released a budget that accelerates spending and borrowing. The
reason the debt and deficits plague the economy, according to this
administration, is that the American economy is not taxed enough.
Therefore, hidden in the fine print of the budget is a provision that
ramps up the corporate dividends tax rate from its current 15% to 39.6%.
In addition, certain deductions and exemptions will be phased out; an
additional 3.8% Obamacare investment tax surcharge will be tacked on,
bringing the effective dividend tax rate to 44.8% in 2013. Keep in mind,
this is not just a tax on big business, this is a tax on anyone who
depends on dividend income to live – retirees will be hit hard by these
changes and dividend yielding stock prices will adjust downward rapidly
to reflect their decreased value.
Not
only this, but the Obama administration is worsening the uniquely
American policy of taxing income of US based companies earned overseas.
No other country presumes to tax globally in this manner, so it amounts
to a huge penalty for basing a company in the US. Companies have been
able to manage this penalty by deferring taxation until it is
repatriated or by paying dividends. What will happen to US based
businesses with strong international ties if these allowances are
abolished as the Obama administration proposes? A massive wave of
permanent capital flight will undoubtedly cause the already high levels
of unemployment to rise.
Businesses
are struggling and failing in this economy. The government ultimately
depends on a healthy business climate to provide jobs and a tax base. It
is penny wise and pound foolish to add to business tax burden in a
misguided attempt to close the colossal gap between our government’s
revenue and spending. Rather than crippling and absorbing more of our
shrinking economy, government needs to be drastically cut – not in 10
years, but immediately.
Those
who understand the underpinnings of the dollar and how the Federal
Reserve works have known for some time that we are on an unsustainable
course, that major chaos is in store if nothing is done quickly to
reform things. Politicians pay lip-service to reforms that never
materialize or turn out to be at best small and meaningless, or at worst
actively harmful. It seems more and more inevitable that because the
necessary changes would be too inconvenient for the elites to enact now,
we will get them later Greek-style, through collapse and chaos.

Anonymous

THIS makes me want to throw up.

Santorum’s campaign, meanwhile, confirmed it was also using a robo call urging Michigan Democrats to cross over and vote for Santorum on Tuesday.

Makes ya wonder just whose team he is on.

Anonymous

why isn’t a single republican or conservative publication or blog calling him out on this? they all parrot the romney death star meme about negative advertising but both newt and now santorum have been out there attacking romney personally.

Anonymous

This isn’t just negative advertising, it’s dirty politics. It’s one thing for someone like Limbaugh to promote this, quite another for an actual candidate.

Anonymous

You have got to ask yourselves………Why do the Dems want Rick?

Anonymous

I know the answer.

Anonymous

it also shows that santorum must believe that the tide was turning toward romney.

http://www.facebook.com/people/Hank-DeCat/100001190387982 Hank DeCat

Not calling him out? HotAir actually posted that Dems crossing over doesn’t mean they are trying to cause havoc in the GOP primary to help Obama in the GE, but that they are doing it because they really, really LIKE Santorum and that Santorum is merely “reaching out to the Regan Dems.”
Of course, if Romney was doing this then it would be horrible. The magic underwear makes all the difference, ya know.

Anonymous

Isn’t it amazing how far the right wing will go to take out Romney? First Gingrich attacks him from the left and now Santorum is doing it. Not to mention that Santorum was against the auto bailout too. Hypocrisy knows no bounds with these radicals. I’ve really just about had it with these folks and the party they claim to represent.

Anonymous

He’s on the Rick team. His ego and the fact that he now has a stage and the white hot spot light has blinded him to what the real cause should be – this country, not the individual candidate.
Anonymous

Add to that I just heard Rick on Hannity trying to spin a response to Rommney’s comments that called him out on the robocalls by saying that Rick’s campaign had reached a new low with those robocalls. Rick said that Rommney couldn’t criticize him because Rommney was making robocalls with Rick endorsing Rommney in the 2008 electin against McCain and saying that Rommney was a conservative and that was unfair. In other words he was making the case that words he used himself was not fair to be used by Rommney. The man is a complete idiot. Now that these robocalls have been made public watch all the morning shows help spread the word among Dems of voting for Rick against Mitt. They now have cover. This may well cause Mitt to lose MI.

Anonymous

Here is the call.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=mjgpOfT0FS8

Anonymous

Isn’t this akin to treason to the Republican party. If Santorum loses they should lock him out of the Convention.

Anonymous

Doesn’t seem to be treason to attack another member of the GOP anymore. Reagan’s 11th commandment has been obliterated.

Funny how those that pontificate about Romney being willing to say or do anything to win, that would be you Ricky, seem to be willing to say or do anything to win.

Independents and woman are taking a 2nd look at the GOP and they don’t liking what they see. They are not ABO and this “culture” crap is sending them right back to the dark side.

Anonymous

Hope you are wrong about the women’s vote.

Anonymous

I wanted to see Romney but got caught up doing something else. Hopefully I will have the opportunity to watch it tomorrow. I assume that Hannity went along with the whole thing without actually challenging him.

Anonymous

hannitty was actually not too bad in interviewing both santorum and romney. as even handed as he can be.

Anonymous

You nailed it when you called him black-hearted. It’s mind-bending to see that he gets any support at all, let alone the majority in some polls. Ye gads, what does that say about this country? Now is when I wish like hell that Jon Huntsman was still in this race.

Anonymous

Rumor has it that Huntsman is running as an Independent, at the request of the Obama campaign.

Anonymous

That rumor is way out there. Can’t imagine Huntsman doing any of Obama’s bidding and even more so, can’t imagine Obama would want a very distinguished and reasonable opponent who would have a real chance, as opposed to Santorum and increasingly Romney, to beat Barack.

Business reports just out saying that, since Huntsman was appointed as head of Huntsman Corp, he’s re-organized divisions, he’s realized what’s going on in various markets where their products were under-performing so moved the manufacturing, and profits are being realized. The business article was very favorable to him being at the helm. This man could have been a real contender if the wingers in the party had opened their eyes to his potential.

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2012/02/27/huntsmans-back-on-the-job.aspx

Anonymous

if only hank would run for president, I might feel better about voting this time

http://hotair.com/archives/2012/02/27/video-meet-hank-the-cat-thats-running-for-congress/

Anonymous

Two thumbs up!!!!!!!

Anonymous

B.H -
I know how you feel.
“Stupidity to the Left of me, Stupidity to the Right of me.”

Yep, I have been there too!!!!!!
Anonymous

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/02/27/andy-cobb-to-democrats-dirty-your-hands-with-santorum/?utm_source=Raw+Story+Daily+Update&utm_campaign=9914796c52-2_24_122_27_2012&utm_medium=email

daily kos wants you to vote for santorum

Anonymous

This may actually work in favor of Romney in the long run. After all it will give Mitt an out if he loses his home state of Michigan. A Democratic state anyway. It already makes Santorum look like a desperate jerk in that he has to call on Obamabots to win an election.

Anonymous

I agree that it could backfire and actually help Romney. I think Mitt will win Arizona but not sure of Michigan because of all the crap going on. The Michigan exit polls should prove to be very interesting as to how many Dem crossover voters show up to vote for Santorum. I bet RNC officials are furious about his robo calls. I would not be suprised if some of Rick’s fundraising begins to decline because of some maneuvers behind the scenes. In the end, it all boils down to how much they want to beat Obama.

Anonymous

the fundraising is just as likely to drop because even his big money supporters understand that throwing up over JFK’s iconic speech, being anti-college; talking about the devil, etc.

http://twitter.com/MarvinMarks Marvin Marks

I don’t think people are going to buy it. If Romney can’t win Michigan and he’s making weak excuses like that… well… it’ll be something to hold onto. But not much.

http://twitter.com/Juliezzz Juliezzz

Romney really must be floundering for his campaign to have to make his crowds look more excited and full of grass roots sign makers.

Mitt Romney FAKE “grassroots” signs at church rally

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GkR4dIHKKE&feature=player_embedded
Anonymous

A little NASCAR update. Satantorum’s campaign car came in 19th.
Anonymous

This “Culture Warrior” crap only reminds me why I stayed a Democrat for so many years. I didn’t “like” a lot of what they said and did but then one of the antediluvian members of the GOP would open their mouth and I stayed put. Unhappy with the left but unhappier with the thought of aligning myself with the right.

I wish both parties would stick to governing this country and keep their damn noses out of our crotches, bedrooms, sickrooms and personal business. I know that’s a forlorn hope because those things excite the base of both/either party and the base must be fed it’s supply of minding other people’s business or they will have a tantrum.

Anonymous

How utterly appropriate that his name is on his ass.

Anonymous

romney is being classy. yesterday on hannity he wouldn’t go along with santorum calling obama a snob instead saying that americans should have the opportunity and be free to follow their own choices, be it college, trade school or something else.

this morning he said he wasn’t willing to make incendiary remarks to get votes. “i’m not willing to set my hair on fire” to win. but he is still hitting hard. he said that santorum and obama were both “economic lightweights.”

wake up MI, vote for Romney. othewise we are going to have to put up with santorum’s upchucking, devil, and who knows what else for another 3 or 4 months.

http://twitter.com/MarvinMarks Marvin Marks

The thing is: Obama himself said exactly the same thing Romney did (re: vocational schools etc) … Obama never said all Americans should go to a 4 year college. This is a case of Santorum hearing what he wants to hear (as he did with the JFK speech) … and usually what he wants to hear is a very distorted version of reality.
Anonymous

Rest easy Santorum is NOT going to be the presidential choice. But, Romney? I’m sorry he is the John Kerry , John McCain and Obama of the Republican party all rolled into one. He owns three houses, four vehicles and is a millionaire several times over. He touts his private sector business, but then so did Obama as a community organizer. He is the author of Romney Care that Obama pretty much copied.

Remember, Romney took federal money for the Olympics (no it was not all for security), so he didn’t bring about the success of the Olympics all by himself. He also took Federal dollars when he was MA Gov.

In the event you haven’t realized it before, I am not a Romney supporter nor will I ever be. I am not going to be one of those ABBO. I am still a registered Democrat, who did not and will not vote for Obama, but unless the Republican establishment can come up with a different candidate(s), I’m sitting this election out.

I’m now looking forward to see who the Dems put up for 2016. There is talk about Cuomo.

Anonymous

How can you compare Pres Obama’s 3-years as community organizer with Romney’s 25-year private sector career. Did Pres Obama have a single achievement as a community organizer; did a child come forward to say he turned his life around; a family say he saved their life or home; a school say he turned it around. NO. Romney was a missionary in France for 2 or 3 years, then got married; obtained a joint MBA & JD from Harvard (cum laude; one of the top students in the business school); then he was hired at Bain, left to be the founder of Bain Capital, which still survives as one of the best venture capital companies (everyone, includ Dems talk about it being one of the best); went back to the main Bain company when in ran into trouble, in 2 years he turned Bain around; he left Bain Capital to turn the Olympics around; became governor of MA, turned a deficit into a $3 billion rainy day fund, without raising taxes. He made enough money that he can live as a wealthy man for the rest of his life. His father gave him the best education money could buy but not seed money; compare George W, who also graduated with a Harvard MBA and ran every company he touched into the ground, and was bailed out by his father’s friends. By the time George Romney died in his 90′s Mitt Romney was a wealthy man and gave his entire inheritance to the Mormon church.

Or for that matter, how can you compare Romney’s life of exceptional accomplishment and personal rectitude to McCain’s or Kerry. Both are divorced; they married into wealth. McCain was the son and grandson of storied admirals, but was a complete cut-up at Annapolis. I admire him greatly for his service, particularly after he was captured, held captive and tortured by the North Vietnamese. But he also never ran a company. In fact, he might have won the presidency but for the fact that he seemed unable to speak competently about the financial meltdown in 2008.

Kerry also never ran a thing in his life. He divorced and got an annulment from his first wife (I am a big critic of annulments particularly after you’ve had two children and been married for years; same creepy move as Newt).

Romney took peanuts in fed money for the Olympics. About the same amount of money as the bridge to nowhere. He didn’t take a salary as MA governor or head of the Olympics. There is a news story that one of the first things he did was cancel the executive catered lunches and instead bought Domino’s pizzas at $5/pie; and sold each pizza slice for $1, thus making a $3 profit per pie for the executive lunches.

Wouldn’t that be refreshing in DC. No more $19 muffins for DOJ events.

I get all this info by doing web searches and reading multiple articles so I am not quoting one biased story.

There is not a whiff of scandal in this man’s background. And there are wonderful stories of his selflessness. But in American politics today, scandal and brutishness passes for accomplishment; and true accomplishments and a life led with honor is viewed as inauthentic. I guess so few people have led such honorable lives in today’s world that it looks inauthentic.

I challenge you to compare that sustained history of accomplishment, everywhere he goes with anyone on the political scene today. Not Santorum, not Newt, not Paul, not Obama. Not ANYONE.

Anonymous

Okay, I get it, you are a Romney supporter – good for you.

Regarding his stint in France as a missionary, it is my understanding that all Morman males must do at least 2 years of missionary work for the church. So he did what was expected of him from his church. I’m not knocking that at all, I think it is a good thing. But don’t make him out a saint because he did this – it was expected!

You state that Romney took peanuts in fed money for the Olympics. About the same amount of money as the bridge to nowhere.

I don’t know how much the Bridge to Nowhere took, but of the $1.32 billion budget, the Federal government provided $382 million of that budget, but because Romney lobbied, yes you read that right, lobbied, Congress for money for security and non-security related items, the Federal government threw in an additional 1.1 billion indirect support for highway & transit projects for the Olympics.

The claim that he left office as Gov. of Mass. with $3 billion, (actually it was only $2.155 b) without raising taxes – it depends on what the definition of “taxes” is: He did by raising fees on businesses, State property taxes, gasoline taxes, court fees, you name it, he raised it. I guess fees are different than taxes, Internet sales taxes, etc.

I don’t think talking about the marital indiscretions of previous candidates, presidents, etc. is necessary because we all fall short of being perfect.

I could go on, but I will quit for now. Have a great day!

Anonymous

Oh, I forgot to mention I can and do compare Romney to Obama. and come up with the same answer, they are both politicians who will do and say anything to get themselves elected.

Do you really really think Romney is going to be able to turn the ecconomy around? NOT!

http://profile.yahoo.com/XEDHO55LWYQG4LL5WIPYHHMDSI miriam

I’m beginning to think these pronouncements of Santorum reveal a deep-rooted contempt for human beings. And a highly inflated moralistic ego on his part. In his view it was fine for him to go to college, but the average human mind cannot stand the intellectual ambiguity that education usually produces. Women are not capable of making choices so they must be told via the law what to do and not do. Santorum is flawed individual so he believes everyone else is even more flawed. This kind of sanctimony is dangerous.
http://twitter.com/MarvinMarks Marvin Marks

It’s pretty remarkable that someone this ridiculous appears to have a real shot at the Republican nomination. I think this shows just how far right the GOP has drifted. Someone like Santorum should be getting laughed out of the race rather than being treated like a reasonable choice for the White House.

Anonymous

”It’s pretty remarkable that someone this ridiculous appears t have a real shot at the Republican nomination.” That’s exactly how most of us feel about the Democratic Party and Obama. What in hell were they thinking, that this guy, with so little experience had the ability to be President. Unfortunately, our fears were realized. Obama is not up to the job.

http://twitter.com/MarvinMarks Marvin Marks

Absurd comparison. Particularly now that Obama has been President for three years and all of your so-called fears have been shown to be baseless nonsense.