Posted on 08/19/2012 7:06:50 PM PDT by grundle
What a depressing choice the American people are being presented with this year. We are at a point in our history where we desperately need a change of direction in the White House, and we are guaranteed that we are not going to get it. The Democrats are running the worst president in American history, and the Republicans are running a guy who is almost a carbon copy of him.
The fact that about half the country is still supporting Barack Obama shows how incredibly stupid and corrupt the American people have become. No American should have ever cast a single vote for Barack Obama for any political office under any circumstances.
Obama should never have even been the assistant superintendent in charge of janitorial supplies, much less the president of the United States.
The truth is that Barack Obama has done such a horrible job that he should immediately resign along with his entire cabinet. But instead of giving us a clear choice, the Republicans nominated the Republican that was running that was most similar to Barack Obama. In fact, I don't think we have ever had two candidates for president that are so similar. Yes, there are a few minor differences between them, but the truth is that we are heading into Obama's second term no matter which one of them gets elected. The mainstream media makes it sound like Obama and Romney are bitter ideological rivals but that is a giant lie. Yeah, they are slinging lots of mud at each other, but they both play for the same team and the losers are going to be the American people.
Republicans are being told that they have "no choice" but to vote for Romney because otherwise they will get another four years of Obama.
This "lesser of two evils" theme comes out every four years. We are told that we "must" vote for a horrible candidate because the other guy is even worse.
Well, millions of Americans are getting sick of this routine. Perhaps that is why it is being projected that as many as 90 million Americans of voting age will not vote this year.
Yes, Barack Obama has been so horrible as president that it is hard to put it into words.
But Mitt Romney would be just like Barack Obama.
Those that are dreaming of a major change in direction if Romney is elected are going to be bitterly, bitterly disappointed.
The following are 40 ways that Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are essentially the same candidate....
1. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney both supported TARP.
2. Mitt Romney supported Barack Obama's "economic stimulus" packages.
3. Mitt Romney says that Barack Obama's bailout of the auto industry was actually his idea.
4. Neither candidate supports immediately balancing the federal budget.
5. They both believe in big government and they both have a track record of being big spenders while in office.
6. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney both fully support the Federal Reserve.
7. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are both on record as saying that the president should not question the "independence" of the Federal Reserve.
8. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney have both said that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke did a good job during the last financial crisis.
9. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney both felt that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke deserved to be renominated to a second term.
10. Both candidates oppose a full audit of the Federal Reserve.
11. Both candidates are on record as saying that U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has done a good job.
12. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney have both been big promoters of universal health care.
13. Mitt Romney was the one who developed the plan that Obamacare was later based upon.
14. Wall Street absolutely showers both candidates with campaign contributions.
15. Neither candidate wants to eliminate the income tax or the IRS.
16. Both candidates want to keep personal income tax rates at the exact same levels for the vast majority of Americans.
17. Both candidates are "open" to the idea of imposing a Value Added Tax on the American people.
18. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney both believe that the TSA is doing a great job.
19. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney both supported the NDAA.
20. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney both supported the renewal of the USA PATRIOT Act.
21. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney both believe that the federal government should be able to indefinitely detain American citizens that are considered to be terrorists.
22. Both candidates believe that American citizens suspected of being terrorists can be killed by the president without a trial.
23. Barack Obama has not closed Guantanamo Bay like he promised to do, and Mitt Romney actually wants to double the number of prisoners held there.
24. Both candidates support the practice of "extraordinary rendition".
25. They both support the job-killing "free trade" agenda of the global elite.
26. They both accuse each other of shipping jobs out of the country and both of them are right.
27. Both candidates are extremely soft on illegal immigration.
28. Neither candidate has any military experience. This is the first time that this has happened in a U.S. election since 1944.
29. Both candidates earned a degree from Harvard University.
30. They both believe in the theory of man-made global warming.
31. Mitt Romney has said that he will support a "cap and trade" carbon tax scheme (like the one Barack Obama wants) as long as the entire globe goes along with it.
32. Both candidates have a very long record of supporting strict gun control measures.
33. Both candidates have been pro-abortion most of their careers. Mitt Romney's "conversion" to the pro-life cause has been questioned by many. In fact, Mitt Romney has made millions on Bain Capital's investment in a company called "Stericycle" that incinerates aborted babies collected from family planning clinics.
34. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney both believe that the Boy Scout ban on openly gay troop leaders is wrong.
35. They both believe that a "two state solution" will bring lasting peace between the Palestinians and Israel.
36. Both candidates have a history of nominating extremely liberal judges.
37. Like Barack Obama, Mitt Romney also plans to add "signing statements" to bills when he signs them into law.
38. They both have a horrible record when it comes to job creation.
39. Both candidates believe that the president has the power to take the country to war without getting the approval of the U.S. Congress.
40. Both candidates plan to continue running up more government debt even though the U.S. government is already 16 trillion dollars in debt.
Did you bump your head before you wrote that?
I am not happy about Romney's response, which is weaker compared to his earlier statement that he would veto the Dream Act. However, I am more concerned about the reaction of the Republican leadership in Congress--McConnell, Boehner, and Cantor--who should have called for Obama's impeachment for failing to uphold federal law.
The Reps--all of them--are afraid to discuss the immigration issue. They view it as a distraction and off message. It is all about the economy and jobs. They could have used the backdoor amnesty to go after Obama on the issue of jobs. 1.8 million "Dreamers" will have their status legalized and be issued work permits, thereby competing with US citizens for jobs.
Holding Romney responsible for checking the immigration status of contract workers is nonsense. Do you check the legal status of all workers who come to your home or business?
i’m sure there are 240 points that prove that ron paul and daffy duck are the same.
It is kind hard to believe that this Mitt Romney was against the homosexual agenda, when he claims to be more pro-gay agenda, than Ted Kennedy.
QUOTE: “If we are to achieve the goals we share, we must make equality for gays and lesbians a mainstream concern. My opponent cannot do this. I can and will.
“We have discussed a number of important issues such as the Federal Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), which I have agreed to co-sponsor, and if possible broaden to include housing and credit, and the bill to create a federal panel to find ways to reduce gay and lesbian youth suicide, which I also support. One issue I want to clarify concerns President Clinton’s “don’t ask, don’t tell, don’t pursue” military policy. I believe that the Clinton compromise was a step in the right direction. I am also convinced that it is the first of a number of steps that will ultimately lead to gays and lesbians being able to serve openly and honestly in our nation’s military. That goal will only be reached when preventing discrimination against gays and lesbians is a mainstream concern, which is a goal we share.
As we begin the final phase of this campaign, I need your support more than ever. By working together, we will achieve the goals we share for Massachusetts and our Nation.
Sincerely,
W. Mitt Romney
It is kind hard to believe that this Mitt Romney was against the homosexual agenda, when he claims to be more pro-gay agenda, than Ted Kennedy.
QUOTE: “If we are to achieve the goals we share, we must make equality for gays and lesbians a mainstream concern. My opponent cannot do this. I can and will.
“We have discussed a number of important issues such as the Federal Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), which I have agreed to co-sponsor, and if possible broaden to include housing and credit, and the bill to create a federal panel to find ways to reduce gay and lesbian youth suicide, which I also support. One issue I want to clarify concerns President Clinton’s “don’t ask, don’t tell, don’t pursue” military policy. I believe that the Clinton compromise was a step in the right direction. I am also convinced that it is the first of a number of steps that will ultimately lead to gays and lesbians being able to serve openly and honestly in our nation’s military. That goal will only be reached when preventing discrimination against gays and lesbians is a mainstream concern, which is a goal we share.
As we begin the final phase of this campaign, I need your support more than ever. By working together, we will achieve the goals we share for Massachusetts and our Nation.
Sincerely,
W. Mitt Romney
I’m going to vote for the RINO for President since that’s the only means available to rid my Republic of the fascist. That’s because I’m a patriot, that is, I’m someone who has chosen to put the welfare of my Republic ahead of my own personal puny “principals”.
What you are seeing is the false-idol crowd attacking Romney at every opportunity. As you already realize, it’s a lot of histrionics, exaggerations and arm waving that result in Romney still being the better candidate.
Well said. These people are NOT patriots.
Mitt kept those same illegals for 11 years, he knew they were illegals.
The Catholic Voter guide here endorsed John Kerry in the last election.
Other Catholic leaders are clearly telling us to vote Obama out of office.
Still a dilemma for you...
Im sorry that the GOP-e have put you in this perdicament.,.
Have you ever written a post and hit enter and then what you are replying to shows up. And you think...that didn’t say at all what I thought it said.
So you try to retract your original post...but can’t.
So you just send yourself to bed. :)
kabar Willard had the chance to jump right in the middle of Obamas EO on the illegal aliens ...
He should have been making mincement of Obama and making ads of the lines of illegal aliens to use to show that Obama is not acting as our president but a community organizer...
He hasnt said a word...
What candidate for office keeps his mouth shut like that ???
Is that what you what him to do if he was to get to be president ???
Ignore any threats to our safety and economy ???
at least ONE MILLION ilegal aliens are going to flood the jobs market displacing America citizens...
anjd competing for housing and other free goodies...
our taxes went to pay for their $400+ fees thats more than $400 MILLION ...
Is that the way for an AMERICAN president to act ???
do nothing ??? say nothing to stop it ???
He is quick to protect his ego when something personal is said about HIM ande his silly self...
he has yet to protest and demand that Obama protect the interests of the American we the people
or show an intention to try ..
These are real dangers and threats to our Constitutional rights as a nation...
and yet your boy Wee Willie says NOTHING !!!
If Obama wins, why do you think we will ever have another election? With his executive fiats, he will be the king forever.
Source
Where is the GOP leadership in Congress on this issue? They actually have the power to do something about it. Boehner and Cantor are bottling up immigration reform in committee not allowing it to come to the floor for a vote. Lamar Smith and Steve King are pissed about it. Rubio wanted to offer his own Dream act, but Obama beat him to it.
The Chamber of Commerce owns both parties. People like Murdoch and Blankfein are pushing the Reps including Romney for an amnesty and an increased guest worker program. We are bringing in 125,000 legal foreign workers a month now despite the fact that 23 million Americans are looking for fulltime employment.
Romney at Langone, Murdoch, Blankfein meeting: I won't be 'flip-flopper' on immigration Read the entire article.
"Mitt Romney last week told a private group of potential supporters and business and media elites, including Rupert Murdoch, that he was treading carefully around the issue of immigration to avoid looking like a "flip-flopper."
The moment, the subject of the media mogul's now famous tweet, took place at a private fundraiser/meet-and-greet put together and hosted by Ken Langone at the Union League Club in Manhattan late Thursday afternoon, several hours after the Supreme Court decision on health care came down, multiple sources told POLITICO.
The event was attended by between 40 and 50 people, sources said, including some major names in fundraising, finance and media. They included Murdoch and his top adviser Joel Klein, Randy Falco, the CEO of Univision, Goldman Sachs head Lloyd Blankfein, real estate scion Bill Rudin, hedge fund executives Stanley Druckenmiller and Julian Robertson, Jets owner Woody Johnson, former Rudy Giuliani adviser Anthony Carbonetti, and pollster and strategist Kellyanne Conway, according to sources familiar with the list of attendees.
How have you missed the Romney immigration scandals?
Here is a catch-up outline.
That was GOVERNOR Romney at the personal home of the Governor, first Mitt Romney and wife, and then Governor Mitt, with all of his state resources and security, were interacting with the Guatemalan illegals at their home for 10 years. The landscaper that the illegals worked for, was a naturalized Colombian himself, (A naturalized Colombian, Guatemalan illegals, and a sitting Governor), IDs better have been checked.
In December of 2006, the republican Governor was exposed, and suffered national embarrassment for using illegals for 10 years.
In December of 2007, in a national debate, Rudy Giuliani accused Mitt Romney of having run a “Sanctuary Mansion”. On national TV, Mitt Romney indignantly denied the claim.
A few days after the debate, the Boston Globe decided to look again at Mitt’s house, and guess what, they found Guatemalan illegals, they were working for the same Colombian, MITT HAD NEVER FIRED THEM!
Ten years and a national scandal, turned into 11 years, and a second national scandal, with all the same players, the same “contractor”, Guatemalan illegals, and the same Mitt Romney and his wife interacting with them at their home during the week.
Lamar Smith and Steve King can both be relied upon to stand up for Americans and fight against allowing illegal aliens to stay..
Ive been in panel meetings in Washington and heard them personally...
but they cant do it alone...
Its unfortunate that the leadership in the house wont back their efforts...
The only acceptable action is deportation...
Id be more concerned about the anarchy from the other 270 MILLION people than what 30 MILLION illegal aliens might do...
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