pacino wrote:

jerseyhoya wrote:

pacino wrote:mitt romney's budget proposal would cut FEMA to 1.8 billion from 13 billion.

Just so we're clear...Mitt Romney (like any other Presidential candidate) doesn't actually have a detailed federal budget proposal, so any statement like this is hackery of the first order.

Just so we're clear, are you saying Mr Romney would NOT cut this program? This program he stated should be given back to the states, if not outright privatized?

jerseyhoya wrote:Everyone in campaigns misleads, stretches the truth, cherry picks facts, etc. Don't think that's a sophisticated or worldly position.

'Roe v. Wade has gone too far.'
'I believe that since Roe v. Wade has been the law for 20 years we should sustain and support it.'

'I think the minimum wage ought to keep pace with inflation.'
'There's no question raising the minimum wage excessively causes a loss of jobs.'

'I respect and will protect a woman's right to choose.'
'I never really called myself pro-choice.'

'I like mandates. The mandates work.'
'I think it's unconstitutional on the 10th Amendment front.'

'I will work and fight for stem cell research.'
'In the end, I became persuaded that the stem-cell debate was grounded in a false premise.'

“I’m not in favor of privatizing Social Security or making cuts.”
“Social Security’s the easiest and that’s because you can give people a personal account.”

“I’m a strong believer in stating your position and not wavering.”
“I changed my position.”

“I would like to have campaign spending limits.”
“The American people should be free to advocate for their candidates and their positions without burdensome limitations.”

“I supported the assault weapon ban.”
“I don’t support any gun control legislation.”

Two of the pivotal field offices in the country making phone calls to voters in swing states aren’t in Ohio or Colorado—they’re in Idaho Falls and Rexburg, Idaho.

Frank VanderSloot, head of a controversial “multi-level marketing” corporation that sells dietary supplements and cleaning supplies, is donating two of his company’s offices to Americans for Prosperity (AFP) to “create one of the largest call centers in the nation.” According to local reports, AFP is recruiting teenagers and others in Idaho with a promise of $10/hour to make anti-Obama calls to voters in key states. The combined efforts of VanderSloot, an avowed conservative billionaire and financier of the Romney Super PAC, and AFP, the dark money group led by the Koch brothers, may be Romney’s last hope in unseating President Obama.

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Take Ohio, the state that is likely to decide the election. In the Buckeye State, Obama has 131 field offices compared to Romney’s forty. That may seem like a stark difference until you consider Romney’s outside-money allies.

American Majority has four offices in Ohio directing efforts to bring people door-to-door to “Fire Obama;” Americans for Prosperity has six offices in the state and at least four paid organizers; and FreedomWorks is coordinating with at least seven local Tea Party groups to GOTV. Other right-wing groups sending field staff to Ohio: Heritage Action, the NRA, the Susan B. Anthony List, the Republican Jewish Coalition, Crossroads Generation, True the Vote and the Faith and Freedom Coalition.

td11 wrote:Does Romney Actually Have a Bigger ‘Ground Game’ Than Obama?

Two of the pivotal field offices in the country making phone calls to voters in swing states aren’t in Ohio or Colorado—they’re in Idaho Falls and Rexburg, Idaho.

Frank VanderSloot, head of a controversial “multi-level marketing” corporation that sells dietary supplements and cleaning supplies, is donating two of his company’s offices to Americans for Prosperity (AFP) to “create one of the largest call centers in the nation.” According to local reports, AFP is recruiting teenagers and others in Idaho with a promise of $10/hour to make anti-Obama calls to voters in key states. The combined efforts of VanderSloot, an avowed conservative billionaire and financier of the Romney Super PAC, and AFP, the dark money group led by the Koch brothers, may be Romney’s last hope in unseating President Obama.

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Take Ohio, the state that is likely to decide the election. In the Buckeye State, Obama has 131 field offices compared to Romney’s forty. That may seem like a stark difference until you consider Romney’s outside-money allies.

American Majority has four offices in Ohio directing efforts to bring people door-to-door to “Fire Obama;” Americans for Prosperity has six offices in the state and at least four paid organizers; and FreedomWorks is coordinating with at least seven local Tea Party groups to GOTV. Other right-wing groups sending field staff to Ohio: Heritage Action, the NRA, the Susan B. Anthony List, the Republican Jewish Coalition, Crossroads Generation, True the Vote and the Faith and Freedom Coalition.

The fatal meningitis epidemic sweeping the United States can now be traced to the failure of then-Gov. Mitt Romney to adequately regulate the Massachusetts pharmaceutical company that is being blamed for the deaths.

At least 344 people in 18 states have been infected by the growing public health crisis and 25 have died so far.

But the epidemic may also play a role in the presidential campaign, now that state records reveal that a Massachusetts regulatory agency found that the New England Compounding Co., the pharmaceutical company tied to the epidemic, repeatedly failed to meet accepted standards in 2004 — but a reprimand was withdrawn by the Romney administration in apparent deference to the company’s business interests.

“It goes all the way up to Mitt Romney,” said Alyson Oliver, a Michigan attorney representing victims of the outbreak. According to Oliver, on at least six occasions, NECC was cited by authorities for failure to meet regulatory standards and almost subjected to a three-year probation. “It goes directly to the heart of what Romney says about regulation, ‘Hands off. Let the companies do their thing.’”

td11 wrote:

Monkeyboy wrote:Saw Christie endorsed Obama today, saying he's the right man for the job during tough times and stuff like that. Good for him.

Maybe I'm starting to like that fat tub of goo (Jerry Royster reference, ftw).

wouldn't quite call it an endorsement, he was just effusive in his praise

pacino wrote:in all honesty, i've stopped looking at polls. i find them annoying. i just tell my family to get out and vote. all i can do.

CalvinBall wrote:Donald J. Trump ‏@realDonaldTrump
Hurricane is good luck for Obama again- he will buy the election by handing out billions of dollars

Donald J. Trump ‏@realDonaldTrump
Not only giving out money, but Obama will be seen today standing in water and rain like he is a real President --- don't fall for it.

Werthless wrote:Please highlight the lie, in bold. I can't see the 100% outright, boldfaced lie that you're alluding to.