MSNBC Anchor Criticizes Romney’s Storm Volunteerism: Red Cross Doesn’t Want or Need Your Non-Monetary Donations
MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell on Tuesday questioned the sincerity of a “storm relief” event organized by Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in Ohio, arguing that the Red Cross apparently has no need for donated clothes or canned goods.
“You’ve got the image of Mitt Romney doing what, they say, is not a campaign event in the same space they were going to hold a campaign event. They say they’re making collections for hurricane and storm relief,” the MSNBC anchor said during a Tuesday broadcast of “Mitchell Reports.”
“We checked with the Red Cross. The Red Cross said, while they’re always grateful for donations, that this is not what they need or want. They always tell people, ‘please donate money, because we have our own packagers, wholesalers’ — they have their own distribution system,” she continued.
Yes, with major weather events like Superstorm Sandy, the Red Cross does put an emphasis on monetary donations. That’s probably why, along with tables “piled high with flashlights, batteries, diapers, toothbrushes, mini-deodorants, fleece blankets, cereal, toilet paper and canned goods,” the Romney event also featured two large TV screens encouraging supporters to text “REDCROSS” to 90999 and “make a $10 donation.”
“And to now get these canned goods from the Romney event in Ohio, and have to first package it — used clothes, they have to clean, they can’t go directly to victims. So, what they need are donations of blood and donations of money,” said Mitchell. “It does seem like a thinly veiled, uh, why Ohio? Why choose Ohio for –”
“You, know, right, because the storm is kinda’” the Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza chimed in.
“Not in Ohio?” she said, finishing his sentence for him.
Well, actually, if you want to get technical about it:
Yes, the effects of Superstorm Sandy have been felt in Ohio:
Hundreds of thousands of homes across Northeast Ohio were still without power this morning as high winds and rain from tropical rainstorm Sandy lashed a wide swath of the country, from Florida to Canada and as far west as Chicago.
And just for good measure: “The state of Ohio is opening its emergency operations center after Superstorm Sandy left more than 250,000 people without power.”
Representatives from the Red Cross have not yet responded to TheBlaze’s request for comment regarding Mitchell’s remarks, which you can see below:
UPDATE — In case you missed it, MSNBC’s Martin Bashir also felt it was necessary to criticize the Romney campaign’s disaster relief efforts:
Note the chyron (the words on the bottom of the screen):
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bumfuzeled
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:15pmMarsha Evans, president of the Red Cross makes $951,957/year salary plus expenses. That’s why they want money. I say to everyone, keep your money and donate goods that way leeches like Evans has to make a living doing something else.
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sWampy
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:18pmAmen. If you don’t want what we can spare you get nothing.
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PATTY HENRY
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:21pmTWEET this WITCH: https://twitter.com/mitchellreports Romney clearly said YESTERDAY that instead of sending him money, send it to the RED CROSS.
THESE PEOPLE are so dirty, these MSM MSNBC creeps, but she is as bad as they get. SO she makes up this ” They don’t need clothes… NO ONE SAID ANYTHING ABOUT CLOTHES. SHE is just miffed because ROMNEY got right out there and did some positive Acts while her guy was still going UH UH UH… STHU Andrea… You lying, classless, characterless broad.
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honor007
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:28pmMy comment has nothing to do but with the statement Obama gave. This guy just said in a speech about Sandy just a few minutes ago. “We are tougher, we don’t leave anyone behind”
Come on Blaze, get the clip. My head did an Excorist spin when I heard those words come out of his mouth?
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Hiswill
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:29pmSend your donations to Mercury One: http://fundly.com/mercury-one-disaster-relief-fund
Glenn can get it done. I saw 11 semi-trucks and trailers at Restoring Love filled with food and paper goods. Then they were sent on their way to needy areas of the country.
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1state2stateRedstateBluestate
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:31pm@SWAMPY
yup. No choosy beggars. just hard-working future presidents. :)
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Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:32pmShe is 66 and needs to retire. The gold-digger married Alan Greenspan and doesn’t need social security or Medicare. She’s such an ugly person inside.
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TreadRightly
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:35pmGreat info. Never donate money directly to this corrupt group or Unicef or any other UN tentacle.
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SocialistSlayer
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:35pmYeah, I don’t donate to the Red Cross because they took all the money after 9-11 and didn’t use it for that. They all drive around DC in Big expensive SUV’s like they are some kind of kings. They don’t want donations only money because they can pay themselves huge salaries, drive fancy cars and Limos and Jet all around the world on cash donations. What a scam of an operation.!
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U.N.hater
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:35pmNever ever give money EVER! Where’s all that cash clinton and busch collected? Remember the movie The flim flam man?
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supertruckerdave
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:36pmI’m curious, how much, if it were up to you, should someone who runs such a great organization make then. Do you think someone would do it for $40,000 a year, because if this is what you’re thinking no one is going to do it. I would imagine that running Red Cross is a monumental task.
mercenary4freedom
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:39pmThese people remind me of the bums on the street holding signs that read “will work for food”. As soona s you tell them hey come on I have some work for you and I’ll pay you with some food, they start the uhh, ummm, ehh, errr, well I ;d rather have $$ so I can get the food I want, aka booze.
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PATTY HENRY
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:42pmAND AND AND the bottles of water, clothes etc were CITIZEN to CITIZEN you dopes, not to RED CROSS and I have to agree…after 9/11 when we spent the better part of that day so upset for our country and were donating blood…only to find out later that this RED CROSS facility did not have
capacity to freeze blood but the Head of the San Diego RED CROSS made over $ 300 K at the time, plus expenses and a paid for PH condo!! ….. WE have to get these people’s thinking straightened out!!
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U.N.hater
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:43pm@superdave: I’ll do it for 40k a year….
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dmprisk
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:46pmDitto
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SocialistSlayer
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:47pmI like how her picture on twitter was from 20 years ago – Now she looks like an alcoholic- Crack Skagg !
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13th Imam
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:50pmRomney campaign
Screw the Red Croos and screw Angrier Mitchell. Give the food to soup kitchens, churches, or synagogues. Seems the Red Cross , like the DEMOCRAT Party , wants cash so it can be funneled to it’s Black Holes (Racist??).
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AMMO461
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:56pm@ Supertrucker – $40,000.00 a year would be too much. Look at all the veteran groups whose national commanders work for FREE as well as everyone else in the organization. And overall, I would say those organizations do more for the country/community than the American Red Cross could ever do considering most of the money collected goes in the administrators pockets. If you are truly doing something from you heart with pride and dedication – you will do it for tears of admiration and respect – not money!! Ain’t it strange how most (98%) of the Vets in these organizations are conservatives…….
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Selftrack
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:58pmFor Supertrukerdave: Considering her span of control and responsibilities, $250K-$300K plus expenses seems quite enough. Especially when compared to the amount that the head of the Salvation Army makes per year. The Red Cross is (or was) largely voluntary and humanitarian, so exactly why would the head of the Red Cross need to make nearly $1mil per year. I’d do it for much less than her and I’m suspecting there are many in the US who would also. A four star general with considerably more responsibility and span of control only makes ~$200K per year.
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Hanna
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 4:10pmOh yes and we sure do want to keep her people in business don’t we? NOT. This is SICK! Ok people we have to do something! Is there some way we can start some kind of a fund that OUR people can donate toward in honor of Mitt Romney’s effort that cannot be messed with in any way? Come on we have accountants, lawyers, everything else in our midsts, lets get on this and show these BSer’s what happens when each of us does what we can!!! PLEASE, come on people, ideas….lets go!
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Hanna
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 4:11pmAnd btw…………do not donate another dime to the Red Cross;/ Ungrateful self serving…………….grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
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Hanna
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 4:13pmActually, I do understand why the Red Cross would prefer to have money. IF they were on the up and up they have more flexibility to purchase what is really needed and to facilitate movement of goods and services etc but the way that was reported was insulting. I’ve had it with these loons, and btw I could give a rip less about THEIR suppliers;/
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DarkJello
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 4:21pmI work with many doctors and NONE of them make anywhere near what top execs at the Red Cross score! And yet each of them does more good for America.
Mitt Romney’s attempts to organize relief is the way to go. Most of what we donate to him and other similar outifits actually goes to those in need, instead of those that want ridiculous salaries! America can do better, but more people need to take responsibility for their own actions. An even bigger, more corrupt, and more heartless federal apparatus is NOT the best path!! Period.
That CNN propagandist is Fugly!!
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rx4nv
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 4:23pmJust for Andrea’s information, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (of which Mitt Romney is a member) is a partner with the Red Cross. The Red Cross gets a great deal of blood, food, clothing, hygiene kits and other necessities from the “LDS” church. (You would be surprised how much is donated to the Red Cross from the “LDS” church). Why would you criticize Mitt for collecting this stuff which would likely then be turned over to the “LDS” church and requested by the Red Cross anyway? I think the Liberals have a hard time understanding that people donating their time, effort and goods is the way a country comes together, more than waiting around for the government to give it to you. Mitt has been trained (when he was a bishop and even just a member of the “LDS” church) how to organize an area in times of disaster. Give him props for stepping up and being part of America, instead of sitting in a fancy plaza waiting for FEMA to give him a report next month on what the damages were.
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Landon410
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 4:24pmdamn greedy republicans trying to donate stuff…. they’re so greedy
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Joel Knows
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 4:26pmIf I remember right Salvation Army and a few of the church relief groups DO prefer to receive canned goods, clothing, blankets, and a host of other things that they can give out for relief right a way.
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mtcountrygrl
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 4:30pm@SuperDave
The DIRECTOR of our local Youth for Christ office makes less than $40K a year, and the staff make around $30K. All of their salaries are sponsored by private sponsors, so that all the money raised can go to help troubled kids. Other than 4 or 5 full time folks the rest of the staff is volunteer. They help mentor kids in jail, sponsor GED training, job training, clean social events, counciling, etc. Charity should not make you rich, if you are in it for the money, you are in it with the wrong heart!
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jerseyflash
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 4:31pmA few years ago my father and I were helping flood vistims in Rartain,NJ….my father is a BIG coffee drinker…he walked over to a RED-CROSS station
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mtcountrygrl
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 4:32pmI will not give cash to American charities, except St. Jude and Christian charities I have properly vetted. Overhead is often the largest part of these charities budgets. I will however give to individuals in need, and to organizations (such as food banks) that accept goods. Only thing I will ever give Red Cross is goods and blood, until they learn that charity workers should not be in it for the money!
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ironside1955
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 4:34pmMaybe someone could donate a face life to Andrea. Whew, now that’s what I call a disaster!
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Longgonegator
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 4:41pmExactly – but someone needs it. Maybe not the RC. They would berate him if he donated a large check as well.
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PlowMan
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 4:45pmWhile I think the red cross does some good things there are other organizations out there that have a higher percentage of donated funds going directly to relief. Here is one, that I know of, that is very good at what they do. I don’t know if they are in the Sandy affected area yet or not. But they will stay long after the Red Cross is gone. They are a small outfit but they are doing smoe great things. http://www.ides.org/disasterrelief.html
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WarMunger_Al
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 4:46pmSupertrucker-
It is called volunteerism. It is supposed to be a charity, not a high margin business to make people wealthy. I would run the Red Cross for $40,000. I would do a better job and would ensure more of the donate monies actually get where they were intended to go.
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esipress1
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 4:46pmMarsha Evans hasn’t been CEO of the red cross since 2006, her salary then was around 600K the new director is paid about 500k a year, get your facts right.
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AmericaMustBeFree
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 4:47pmMitt Romney and family have been doing this kind of thing all their lives.. its what Mormon’s do during times of duress for our brothers and sisters all over the world. After all we all come from the same God! I am a proud Mormon.. I live in a very small town, the closest big town from us is 23 miles away.. occasionally we have food drives for our local food bank… we are always amazed at the generosity of people.. for MSNBC to make light or ridicule Mitt and all American’s for their generosity is disgusting.
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DennisNJ
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 4:51pmThis has been the way of Red Cross for decades. Give donations to Salvation Army or some other truly non-profit organization.
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Paydert33
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 4:57pmWOW!…..BUMFUZELED….that is so right-on! Good going. Sure….. they need enough money….not for WE The People…but to keep up with her freek-un salary and other way over paid duds in the Red Cross. For Andrea-meat-head to say that about Romney when he is doing charity work is down right…..well, I can’t think of an appropriate word without getting deleted.
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pissantno.10
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 4:58pmonce lived in a one horse town. there had not been a flood in this area for 20 years. i had only lived there about three months there was a storm about 30 miles north of us 4 homes got flooded . i have no clue how they knew but the red cross showed up and helped us salvage what we could and paid for 2 nights at a hotel i guess i cant say there all bad.
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BobatTREB
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 5:19pmin 2005 IVAN sent 5 feet of water to my house. We were without power for 2 weeks. I can tell you personally; we appreciated those who sent clothes and food and bottled water. FEMA had locations where you could stand in line for hours waiting for bottled water, when they were open. But there were churches and other organizations, including people who drove to our area carrying supplies, which were greatly appreciated. So much so, that when Katrina hit Mississippi, we loaded up our 25 foot trailer with supplies we purchased and others donated, and carried them over to inter-faith church centers in Boloxi where they were glad to see them… twice; near 16,000 lbs per load. Angrya Mitchell needs to take a chill pill.
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jorskippy
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 5:31pmRomney is a very caring person. Hundreds of people will be thankful for the water, canned food etc that he and his campaign staff are collecting. Romney is a doer. Obama sits in the White House.
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dugbru
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 5:34pm@ stupidtrukerDave.. oops i mean super trucker.. Romney bailed out the Salt Lake Olympics, a huge task, and did it for NO money, Ditto his term as govenor.. He was not in it for money, but to do public service.. HMm on 2nd thought it is STUPID trucker .. buh bye troll….
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4x4conserve
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 5:34pmAccording to Urbanlegends site…..
As of 2010, Marsha J. Evans, was no longer employed by the American Red Cross. According to United Press International, Gail McGovern took over as CEO of the American Red Cross in 2008 at an annual salary of $500,000 plus a signing bonus of $65,000.
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Tracker3
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 5:36pmYou are so right. If you need to give and we all do, give to the Salvation Army. They are totally honest, and most work for free and there’s no way they are out to “make a buck”. It is indeed shameful that MSNBC chooses to give the news this way. Red Cross always wants the money. Maybe its too much trouble to process gifts. . I choose to give to Billy Graham’s Good Samaritan Fund, Joyce Meyers Hand of Hope, and other Christian based organizations that I know where my money goes.
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WATER-THE-TREE
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 5:38pmIf anyone should donate it should be HER. If you work for the RED CROSS it should be for free!
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WATER-THE-TREE
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 5:41pmI could and would do it for that. So STHU.
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Really2012
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 5:44pmShe is paid more than the President?? WOW…
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SocialAPS
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 5:45pmFYI: Gail J. McGovern is the President/CEO of The Red Cross and her yearly compensation package is over $1,000,000.
http://www.forbes.com/lists/2011/14/charities-11_American-National-Red-Cross_CH0013.html
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Marine 1
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 5:47pmForget Mitchell – she’s just another stupid liberal media type who owes something big time to her bosses.
Forget the Red Cross as well. That is a huge scam.
Donate to your church or other decent charity organization instead.
Romney doing service should tell everyone volumes about who the man is at his core. Like him or not, Romney knows about service and is showing it.
I’ll bet anyone that the Mormon church is already on scene at numerous locations on the east coast with emergency supplies and services too. They were the first to appear the day before Hurricane Andrew struck. I was there and saw numerous semi loads of supplies waiting to go into Dade County.
Romney doing service while the illegal Prez sits on his backside in the WH. (Oh, sorry, he did go to Florida for a pizza.) Nearly forgot about that.
By their fruits ye shall know them. And the liars shall make fun of those that perform Chrisitian service for their fellow men.
Mitchell – what a joke!
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yiska8
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 5:47pmThe libs have some mean, old, lunatic witches on their end. Is Andrea hitting the pipe these days? She looks like she’s going clean turkey or something. Gross.
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muffythetuffy
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 5:51pmSHE FEELS THAT WAY BECAUSE SHE IS NOT A CHRISTIAN
Leftist liberals are angered by charity going to people they despise. Obama’s Red Cross would insure that the money only goes to Obama voters. These Liberals are monsters.
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yiska8
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 5:52pmThe Red Cross will get what they get and LIKE IT! And why is the head of the Red Cross practically a millionaire? I thought this was a volunteer based organization? Way too incestuous a relationship with the federal government. The more gov is involved, the higher the salaries for “non-profits and emergency relief organizations.”
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whatahka
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 5:53pmI have to comment on part of this article. I work for the local food bank in the KC area and I can state as fact that these agencies do have greater buying power. For every dollar donated to the food bank, they can provide $7 worth of food and services to the hungry. HOWEVER, they NEVER turn down donations of food and time. It’s the volunteers and the people that donate that make these organizations work. Without them, these agencies wouldn’t exist. It’s all for the common cause. Therefore, I have to say that Romney is doing EXACTLY what he should be doing……rallying the support of the people.
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bfbarbs
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 5:54pmI am from Ohio, and this had already been scheduled as a campaign stop, but Romney did not talk politics, he made it into a helping those in need donation stop. He announced for those who could, to please give to the Red Cross. I don’t believe the food donations were intended for the red cross, but other charitable groups in Ohio that have semi’s and deliver the food & clothes right to those in the hardest hit areas. In Ohio we have a few good sized Christian church’s that are some of the first to arrive after these disasters to help, way before FEMA decides to get there. Listening to this video just made me want to slap Mitchell right across the face, acting like she is or they are better than any of us.
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nicknbama
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 5:56pmMr. Romney appears to be picking up two cases of water. And, it appears he is doing it improperly. He should be lifting with his legs from a more squatted position. It looks like he is using too much back in this lift. If he hurts his back as president, due to his obvious poor lifting practices, the nation could be hit with a presidential workman’s comp claim…Just sayin’!
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Legion5
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 5:57pmWhy doesn’t anyone question this salary for an alleged nonprofit? This is terrible the Red Cross should be investigated….
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Partofthemeltingpot
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 6:04pmWhat an ungrateful twit! Romney volunteering in this way is nothing new. It is a part of who he is. HE is a MAN of character!
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Angel_light
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 6:13pmjust found this on the Red Cross website- “The American National Red Cross is registered as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.”
yeah and I’m the dang tooth fairy……non-profit my a$$
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tnman65
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 6:14pmBoy, did you hit the nail on the head. They can’t put canned goods in their bank accounts.
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patriot077
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 6:15pmOr donate to the Salvation Army which seems to use donations far more wisely.
http://www.forbes.com/lists/2011/14/charities-11_Salvation-Army_CH0144.html
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Brooke Lorren
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 6:16pmI usually don’t have money to give, since I don’t make very much. If you don’t want any of my food, then I don’t have anything to give. If I did have something to give, I’d give it to Mercury One, or perhaps Samaritan’s Purse, if they’re going to help (which they probably are).
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LetUsReason
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 6:18pmThe Red Cross–a relief organization that doesn’t want relief, just money.
Sounds like those panhandlers that hold a sign saying “Hungry. Homeless. Anything helps,” but they give you a dirty look when you offer them food instead of money.
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ihveit
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 6:34pmabsolutely right.. the red cross wants money to funnell overseas.. they dont want to bother with water and clothes etc… they might dirty their hands…
do they help YEA but not for free.. they need money to pay themselves first..
they claim it costs to much to ship this stuff… i can rememver when the red cross and salvation army took whatever they could get to help people
as to the salvation army i would not donate a dime to them … another institution that has become a profit organization..
but do as you will …. even a little help is better than no help in ememrgencies.. i just would like to know what percentage goes to HELP and how much to SELF PAY
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Goobergregory
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 6:39pmtotally agree. They want the money because they skim so much of it off the top before ANY of it gets to ANY victims. Goods and food are the way to go. Bite Me “Red” Cross.
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bluegrandma52
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 6:39pmSwampy, just because the RC doesn’t want goods doesn’t mean they aren’t wanted by the people in hard-hit areas. Not everyone can get to a RC station, and the RC can’t take care of the millions of people who are without basic needs like canned food, bottled water and warm clothes. Romney clearly told people to donate money to the RC, and for those people who wanted to share their goods, he was willing to collect and transport those goods to people who could use them. A warm coat does not have to be new to be useful to someone without one.
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January24
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 6:44pmAn option is to donate to Samaritan’s Purse. My understanding is that this organization has less of an overhead burden than the Red Cross and that, therefore, more of your money goes to actually helping people.
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Goobergregory
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 6:46pmHey SuperDummyDave….
“I’m curious, how much, if it were up to you, should someone who runs such a great organization make then. Do you think someone would do it for $40,000 a year, because if this is what you’re thinking no one is going to do it. I would imagine that running Red Cross is a monumental task.”
ME:
There is HUGE difference between 40K a year and over 900K! Ok… let’s get real here. People who are working for these organizations SHOULD have some passion about it and not take over 900K a year and taking it away from the actual CAUSE! I would do the job for a living wage and feel like I am doing the world a service. I am talking 75 to 100K… that is a reasonable wage in most markets. If they CHOOSE to live in Manhatten then they have to take that into consideration. It should be a calling, helping others, not a windfall.. idiot!
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DarkJello
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 7:02pmIf Romney donated to homeless, blind, black kids the MSM would still BEACH and MOAN about his “racism”… against some other group. He did not help people from Guatemala!! He ignored New Zealand!! Why no aid for Russians in Siberia?!?
No matter what happens, the filthy rich and willfully blind propagandists will complain from THEIR ivory towers! If we, as americans, vote their pal into office again we deserve nothing good.
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Dr Vel
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 7:07pmEven though Glenn is against boycotts I say we the people must start doing something about the treasonous left wing media. Start a campaign online letting the companies advertising with them know that We the People have had enough! Stop buying from any company who advertises on any of them. Stop buying or going to movies and take a bite out of money going to Hollywood as well. If we cannot even do this little to save this country what good are we? I have not gone to a theater in 12 years nor bought any movies. Enough of these people getting rich off our money while they work to destroy our freedom!
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roselee71
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 7:09pmthis women must be brain dead and should be replaced keep her salary for your donations you must be able to come up with someone with compassion for the job.
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TMDesign
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 7:15pmAmazing. The guy can’t even get away with helping storm victims without getting flak. So far, here’s the difference between Obama and Romney with this storm situation:
http://pic.writelydesigned.com/106/
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Posted on October 30, 2012 at 7:21pm@BUMFUZELED
Reading that figure really bothered me, so I had to look it up. According to About.com, Marsha J Evens is not with the American Red Cross now (although in 2003 she was paid $468,599 in salary/benefits. As of 2010 the CEO is Gail McGovern who makes: $500,000 PLUS a signing bonus of $65,000. In fact other charities are…. United Way CEO: $1,037,140 and UNICEF CEO: $201,351.
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coldnorth
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 7:21pmI used to donate blood, but the Red Cross won’t take it. Something about MadCow exposure. I don’t give $$ because of how they diverted donations from 9/11 survivors. No thanks Red Cross, I give my charitable dollers to someone more responsible.
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maxarma1
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 7:22pmWell I am a Joplin tornado survivor and I can tell you for a fact that I did not see a red cross rep for 2 weeks after the storm. Also they came in a stepped on the local red cross branch and demanded all donations be sent to the national office. Sorry but I don’t think the national office has a friggin clue how to run anything! You send money for the people of Sandy find local churches on the east coast and donate there cause they will get the items to the people Much Much Much faster!
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VTDave
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 7:22pm@4X4CONSERVE
According to Snopes the CEO of the Red Cross, Gail J. McGovern, was last reported to have made $1,032,022 in yearly compensation.
http://snopes.com/politics/business/charities.asp
dublinthewagons
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 7:26pmHow much did andrea Mitchel donate? Birth control pills for two months. Democraps expect everyone else to give.
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XdemXrepub
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 7:40pmI sure hope Mrs Alan Greenspan contributed a big sum of Federal Reserve Notes.
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StarkeRaving
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 7:40pmagreed–
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CopperHog
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 7:41pm•As of 2010, Marsha J. Evans, was no longer employed by the American Red Cross. According to United Press International, Gail McGovern took over as CEO of the American Red Cross in 2008 at an annual salary of $500,000 plus a signing bonus of $65,000.
•Brian Gallagher is still President and CEO of United Way, and currently earns $1,037,140 a year, according to a December 2010 report from the American Institute of Philanthropy.
•W. Todd Bassett is no longer National Commander of the Salvation Army. The current National Commander, Israel L. Gaither, is paid somewhere between $79,389 and $243,248 annually for his services. (Since the Salvation Army, as a religious organization, doesn’t report its expenses to the IRS, the only available figures for executive salaries are estimates, which vary greatly from source to source.)
•UNICEF’s Executive Director, Anthony Lake, earns $201,351 a year, according to a 2010 communique from the organization — dramatically less than the $1,200,000 per year claimed in the message above.
•Dave Toycen, the President of World Vision Canada, earns $184,000 per year plus a “moderate vehicle allowance,” according to that organization’s annual report to the Canada Revenue Agency. Again, that is significantly less than what is claimed above.
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grayling646
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 7:51pmHmmm, this is what I found when I checked your info. The problem for liars on here is that some people will take to time to check what they say. I’m not defending the Red Cross. I’m calling out a liar that is Bumfuzzle. Here is Sarah herself responding to a similar idiot.
Hi, This is Sarah, from the American Red Cross. Thanks for inviting me to respond to your question. The current Red Cross acting CEO makes about $334,000 per year. I know this may seem like a lot, but really it isn’t if you consider what a big job the CEO has and the size of our organization. If the Red Cross was a public company, our combined expenses of $3.5 billion, paid workforce of nearly 35,000 and volunteer base of over half a million would give the organization an equivalent ranking of a Fortune 650 company.
It is important to attract and retain talented individuals. Compensation figures made public in our 990 reflect the competitive market for top not-for-profit executives typical of a large market like Washington, D.C. You can see our complete financial report by visiting our website http://www.redcross.org/pubs/#report.
Also, to respond to another commenter, 89 percent of every dollar is invested in humanitarian programs and services. Only 10.8 percent of our budget goes toward operating expenses, like salaries and electricity. This is an extremely low percentage according to watchdog groups. We are excellent stewards of the donor dollar and have received a four-star rating from Charit
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Bluebonnet
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 7:52pmAndrea Mitchell is a wicked witch, tomorrow is her day. \
Many WWII Vets will not give money to the Red Cross. They always wanted to be paid for coffee and donuts, while the Salvation Army was always on the scene with free coffee & donuts for the Service men.
Rather than give money to Red Cross where the administration gets a large proportion of money raised, I’d ask how much they take for administration & other costs and how much goes to charity.
Then, I’d give to the 700 Club, “Operation Blessing” who are always first at the scene and last to leave and get little or no recognition from the MSM for the good work they do.
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Valezka.Vidra
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 8:06pmOMG, so true. They don’t use all the money toward helping people. I found out after I donated what was a lot of money for me (went with less food and less necessities for about a week, but I was OK with that) to the Red Cross following hurricane Katrina that only about what–half?–goes to actual relief efforts. Pissed off? You bet I was.
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SLAPTHELEFT
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 8:15pmTypical lib feces….
Don’t help just send more money.
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Red Meat
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 8:52pmMitchell and the RC can go eff themselves. We donate our time and $$ to the Salvation Army.
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Daarew
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 9:11pmActually the CEO is now Gail McGovern and she earns over a million a year. Please send money, I’m sure she would like a raise.
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1911a1
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 9:13pmRight on!
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DIR
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 9:45pmWell at least Mitt is donating quality goods. Something helpful, unlike Bill and Hillary who donated their old used undergarmets, for right off purposes. Remember that? Who wants an old bra and panties used by Hillary. and some old soiled drawers and an old stained dress from Billy Joe Clinton. Billy Joe personalizes his undergarmets with a skid mark of authenticity, which is suppose to make them more valuable. I wonder if they were washed before donated. I’m surprised they haven’t been reported as being auctioned off on EBay to some rich liberal who’ll hang the trophy catch on a wall in some cheezy restaurant.
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WAZTIM
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 9:47pmAmen, Amen, Amen. Andrea Mitchell is such a douche bag. The best part of her ran down her mommy’s leg soon after conception. I just hope one time in her elite life that she will need a can of corn beef hash and a bag of potatoes to make it. Just once let her feel exposed, wanting and dependent on someone else’s kindness to make it through the day. I loathe her and those like her on the left. They can rot in H(*& as far as I am concerned. Woe to those who call evil good and good evil. Lord God your judgements are true and righteous, woe unto them.
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bb010864
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 9:55pmYou are right on that !!
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Alisterbane
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 9:57pmgive food ,clothing, prayers. bad idea to give money.
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samuelms
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 10:00pmThis is why I can’t stand NBC news – because it’s biased liberal garbage to the point of misrepresenting even charitable acts if it helps the Lefts agenda.
Andrea Mitchell and Martin Bashir, you are pathetic.
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zoose
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 10:28pmSave your money and go next door and help your neighbor.
You are wasting you money if you give to those Red Cross people.
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FROTHYDISCHARGE
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 10:34pmgood point. and if any one is interested, Romney is a True Believer genuine Mormon. This is what they do after disasters. Don’t believe me call your local Mormon Church next time you have a local disaster and you’ll be turning away help. Romney would be doing this if nobody was watching.
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UNALIEN
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 10:53pmPresstitutes.. that is all
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crawgator406
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 12:29amyou are exactly right thats why people don’t give monetary donations anymore because a very large portion goes to administration cost they say.
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StrongWesternbabeluvinherWesternMAN
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 12:52amWhat some of us r doing is calling 1st our local chapter of Red Cross..explaining that our donations unless cash are no longer needed? When they say, ” Oh no we need everything.” I ask for their email and forward mandria itchell’s comments and then we go up to state and then further and forward this to all. If 20 people in every state did this…..The Red Cross would be calling MSNBC asking mandria Itchell 4 a retraction because people are now sending 2 Samaritan’s Purse or another good one is Salvation Army…..or any other organization that was reported 2 give more to the victims of storms and less used for their own organizational expenses…Red Cross had 2 clean up their act a few years ago because of an investigation…..If more people call and get emails and forward this to different chapter’s attention the sooner MiSsiNBrainsCommentators will have to retract…recoil and crawl back under their rocks.
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koyettsu
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 1:07amI stopped donating money years ago, I buy up some food and take it to a food pantry at a local church. That is my donation, I refuse to give money to these groups that take huge chunks out of it and keep it for themselves. It is MUCH more effective giving 100% of my donation to the people who need it instead of 65%.
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sillyfreshness
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 1:53amAndrea Mitchell=leftist, hooked nosed, “chosen person” in the media.
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MIBUGNU2
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 1:59amThese vile msnbc BOZO’s dictate what or how Americans
should feel about this disaster..Get back under your rocks..
Can you imagine being around all these ***** at a party…
didn’t take Tingles long to jump right on that Global Warming
Bullshi**.. must have gotten a white house memo……they’ll
all be clamoring about this from here out..it is now ROMNEYS
fault for global warming. these jerks have small minds, let’s
come up with something new BOZO’s.. is it PANIC, Yet ?????
oh.yea Chris, lean forward and kiss my aZZ !!! AH……
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seresmary
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 2:42amAmen, I wouldn’t give a dime to the Red Cross, any and I mean any organization that pays that kind of money to a “charitable” organization ought to be ashamed of themselves. Besides I wonder how much all those “boobs” including Andrea Mitchell has contributed to the relief efforts…. hey Andrea try the Salvation Army, or Samaritan’s Purse they do excellent work and they don’t complain and they don’t pay out big salaries either. I would like to make a list of all of them at MSNBC Chris Mathews, Rachel Maddow, Andrea Mitchel, and especially ole Al Sharpton and take a tally of the amount of money that they contribute or time for that matter, shame on them. All Obama has to do is show up and say a few words and look like he knows what he is doing and they pin a rose on him. Marys
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kadster01
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 3:49amThere is a special place in hell for all at MSNBC. Vile, despicable people who weave lies for a living, to disparage the innocent and praise the enemy. I think your room is ready, Andrea.
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TXBadOneToo
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 4:06amAndrea should dedicate a show to tell her ‘Monetizing Fed Hubby The Bernank’ to shut off his ink jets and start pushing some real American monetary policies.. I have about as much respect for Andrea as I do for M. Vick (for fighting and murdering dogs) and Eric Holder (for being blind to racism – when the victim is of colored skin).
Andrea has no cred with me nor anyone I know.. Her 15 minutes of fame are over..
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Skylight
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 5:24amAnother good organization to donate to is Samaritan’s Purse (Franklin Graham’s organization). They have already rolled out trucks to the devastated areas. They are very reputable and their books are open for inspection.
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loriann12
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 6:18amYea, is anyone besides me disturbed that they have their own suppliers? Can you say rip off? I can’t imagine a disaste relief agency that won’t accept goods/supplies and only wants money. If it were me, I’d accept goods/supplies from just about anyone if everything I had were gone. I remember as a child, a local family lost everything in a fire. The boy, in my grade, wore the same size clothes as my brother. We gave them half my brother’s clothes and they were happy to get it.
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loriann12
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 6:24am@supertruckerdave Yea, $40,000-50,000 sounds about right to me. My husband busts his azz for about $31,200 a year and when you add in the military retirement, we gross about $50,000. It’s a comfortable living, even with a house payment and 2 vehicle payments. Let them be like every other American family….it’s supposed to be a voluntary relief system.
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tifosa
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 7:13amDisaster relief efforts (photo op) in Ohio along with a political statement… go figure. Look at his woeful response to the floods in MA in 2006. puh-leez
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The FD Mayor
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 7:21amDonate to the Salvation Army…they don’t complain about any donations, nor do the look for the publicity.
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Carol in Indy
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 7:57amAmen bumfuzeled
With donations of cash, the cases of fraud will be overwelming.
We have seen all this before.
Msnbc is the greatest thing to happen to conservatism.
In less than THREE short months we will have a REAL commander in chief.
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The FD Mayor
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 8:05amDonate to the Salvation Army….they never complain, and will take anything you can give, plus they don’t seek the publicity
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1947
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 8:32amMitchell you are one SICK what ever they call you…..at a time when people need help you have to turn it around as a S__t on you for trying to help deal…….You are a sick individual.(COMMIE)…As Connie Mack said FLA knows first hand what these storms can do and how important HELP is and what it means at a time of need…not everyone is a low life like you
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rickc34
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 8:51amMake your donations to THE SALVATION ARMY. The American Red Cross is becoming a for profit organization and has left it’s roots behind.
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TruufWarrior
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 8:59amI’m glad someone brought this up. There was an article a while back listing the salaries of these people that run these agencies. It was very eye-opening. People running these charities should not be making this much money. Sometimes very little of you donations go to the actual need. It’s shameful we live in a society that profits on the misery of others. You know sorta like the media does.
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Oldphoto678
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 9:01amPhoto-op. Nothing more than a way to get his face on camera.
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VISITORNUMBER3
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 9:21amIf you’re going to donate anything, why not donate here?
http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/www_usn_2.nsf
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Do Not Panic All is Well
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 9:24amThen the Red Cross can kiss our donating asses good bye like Obama can.
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OutObamaOut
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 9:27amWowza, she makes a lot of money. I think that Romney has handled this situation well. His campaign was asking for donations to red cross to help while Michelle Obama was sending out email asking for people to donate to her husband… These dumb reporters can and do say what they want… I know which kind of person I would rather have in the White House.
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Augydoggy
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 9:28amAmen again. I have only donated to the Salvation Army and will not EVER donate to the R.C. Money is better accounted for with the S.A and There are no million airs working there.
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clarity2199
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 9:28amWhat the heck are you people talking about? Geez, I feel like I’m reading a bunch of liberal crap! I thought the Republican side isn’t supposed to hate the rich and feel jealousy for them?? Let them make their damn money, as long as they do their job. The news report isn’t about the Red Cross, even if they’re mentioned…it’s about bashing Romney again!
I find the news report disgusting and tasteless, not that I don’t expect anything better from MSNBC. But you people need to figure out who you should be bashing and why.
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yougottabekidding
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 9:36amOldphoto678
What have you done???????? Give money? Give blood? Volunteered? I’m betting you saying too bad!
As far as whats her face what an ass!
Give a drunk money for food and you can be sure they are going for food, RIGHT!
By the way I heard hussain say that we leave no one behind! Did he forget about Benghazi I do believe THEY left some brehind
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mersey
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 10:01amMitchell is a sad excuse for a woman. I can’t prove it, but how much do you want to bet that Mitt Romney gave a large donation to the Red Cross to go to the hurricane victims? Romney has too much class to make the donation public, but he’s that kind of person. Progressives, stop giving away taxpayer money and start giving your own. Dolts!
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MotoLeo2
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 10:18amI always donate to the Salvation Army. Especially after the Red Cross debachel of 9/11/01
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G-WHIZ
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 11:11amBSMSNBC AND WASHERWOMANSHULTZ would never donate even to their own self-dissaster.
They’ll just starve to death waiting for FIMA…”WHAT? MEE SPEND MY-OWN MONEY??”
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patriotsoldier
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 11:47amOut of touch!!!! there is no other explaination…. Salvation Army is the only charity I would ever give anything to. I have seen them in action, while the red cross gave out waters out of there air conditioned RV, the salvation army was giving out food, wood, diapers, formula…. And honestly if this woman was to ever do one hard days work she would see that the romney campaign meant well and SOME ONE would benefit from these supplies…
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ThemDemsLie2much
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 11:53amAndrea, “Andy before he met Alan”, doesn’t have a clue regarding charity. Dems don’t give to charity! They take it!
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RDavis49
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 11:58amI 100% concur with you…. It would sure be interesting to see how much of her “meagar” annual salary she donated to the cause wouldn’t it? Andrea Mitchell does a lot of sitting on her butt for a living and does nothing I’ve ever seen to get out and get her hands dirty helping others in her community, this time is no exception. The only dirt she knows in her life is what comes from her pea brain and ultimately out of her mouth. Mom used to say “Consider the Source” before you believe what anyone says. So true Mom, so true…..
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IMO888
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 12:30pmI emailed the Red Cross this morning telling them they need to put out a statement regarding what Andrea Mitchell said because it sheds a bad light on their organization. I mean is she now a spokesperson for them? I did get a response from them saying they are grateful for the donations and are working with the Romney campaign to process those donations. Since Andrea wants to pull them into the political arena I recommend everyone email them as well…………. http://www.redcross.org/contact-us/general-inquiry
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cdrdi
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 1:39pmBy the way, Marsha Evans receives a tidy sum as a retired Navy Rear Admiral. Her job prior to the Red Cross was as head of the Girl Scouts USA (you know the one that referes girls to media matters for fact checking and teaches them about planned parenthood).
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TEARS FOR AMERICA
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 2:16pmI am with you! Crazy…
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georgette
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 2:23pmit was bound to happen……… “politically correct” giving…
the media reminds me of giving young children a task ………here— help mommy sort socks……here–let’s sort “giving”…..here’s the goooooooooood pile…here’s the baaaaaaaaad pile…
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SELECT
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 2:30pmMitchell should mind her own liberal business. I’m not so much in love with the red cross. They seem to pay their full time employees way too much money.
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pitboss711
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 5:31pmTwo black panelists who don’t agree with how Romney helped Sandy victims. Sounds to me like they’re RACISTS!!!
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smokeysmoke
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 6:16pmI dont mean to be calous…. but we do need to have a discussion about, HOW WE ARE NOT GOING TO FEDERALLY INSURE PEOPLE WHO LIVE DIRECTLY ON THE COAST… this hurricane and for a decade more i dont think anything should change quickly, but we do need to stop having the FEDERAL GOVERENEMNT LIABLE FOR DAMAGE WHEN PEOPLE BUILD TOO CLOSE TO THE OCEAN, AND RIVERS… the reason hurricanes are getting more expensive every year is that we keep building more and closer to the beach and the river edge, never thinking that bad hurricanes happen all the time
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anothercomment
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 6:51pmFor those who want to donate, and want the reassurance that the money will be used as intended:
http://www.mercuryone.org
And
Mercury One on Facebook
Be patience with the website, it seems to be having capacity problems!
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brandy123
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 6:54pmAndrea Mitchell you should be ashamed of yourself. You took the goodness and generosity of people willing to help other people and tried to make it look bad. Shame on you.
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ProbIemSoIver
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 7:20pmAnd we don’t need worthless opinions from a GENERAL ELECTRIC TELEVISION minion.
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Grey Eagle
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 7:54pmPeople were just coming up to Romney’s bus and he was handing out things that were needed. Andrea Mitchell is another part of Obama media. She is disgusting.
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pickupyurcross
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 9:54pmJust a quick comparison of two of the largest charities: American Red Cross and United Way.
Red Cross Revenues 3.71 Billion, Expenses 3.35 Billion, Top Pay 1.032 million
United Way Revenues 4.23 Billion, Expenses 4.23 Billion, Top Pay $813,338.
United Way gives out everything and relies 100% on donations and the top pay is $200,000 less per year.
http://www.forbes.com/lists/2011/14/charities-11_United-Way_CH0253.html
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svend
Posted on November 1, 2012 at 7:47amamen
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The Giver
Posted on November 1, 2012 at 4:24pmDonate to Glenn’s MercuryOne all goes to charity, and CBN! Great charities.
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WarMunger_Al
Posted on November 4, 2012 at 8:40amMaybe they should ask the residents of Staten Island what they would prefer. Considering FEMA and the red cross haven’t done squat to help them. FEMA has run out of water to give them, because they are incompetent and failed to actually store up water for the emergency ahead of time, as they are supposed to do by regulation.
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For my Liberty!
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:15pmJust one more example of the nastiness of Liberals……and Yep, the Red Cross wants money….because only about .30 cents of every dollar you give GOES to those that need it…the REST is for “administration” ….I stopped giving to the Red Cross a few years ago. When I donate, I do it DIRECTLY–JUST as Romney is doing.
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CatB
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:27pmYes .. he had an event today where people brought food and such and are taking it to those in need .. if you can’t do that .. I trust Glenn and those he is working with to do the same …
http://fundly.com/mercury-one-disaster-relief-fund
You can donate here .. I did.
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truthseekerusa
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:37pmStopped giving to the Red Cross decades ago. Now we have MercuryOne that we can trust to use our money wisely as it has been doing for the food banks. Lets have a contest to see if MercuryOne can raise more money than the Red Cross and how much of each actually goes to those in need.
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13Lena
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 6:48pmLet’s tweet her till she has a nervous breakdown.
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saranda
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 6:49pmAccording to charitynavigator.org the American Red Cross has administration costs of 4%, and 92.2%is given to “program expenses” defined as the percent of its budget a charity spends on programs and services it exists to deliver.
Anyone have thenumbers for MercuryOne? Interestingly I cannot info on Mercury One.
Give to whomever you like but at least make sure you can actually see where the money is spent. That would include most churches that take money need with no reporting and then end up owning commercial enterprises with no connection to church activities. And tax free no less.
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DIR
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 8:33pm@LENA13
She’s already had the nervous breakdown. Barry is loosing and she’s gone nutz. She needs something more suitable like a Molotov cocktail, shaken not stirred, topped off with a cocktail umbrella lanced pinapple wedge.
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Goobergregory
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 9:02pmMe too MY LIBERTY! I would go shopping at the local Costco and took the food to the local food banks (when I was working) so that there was nothing else they could do with it but give it directly to the people who needed it. I wrote a small check every once in a while to them as well because I do understand that they have topay folks, but it sure seems to me that a lot of these so call charitable organizations take more than they give!
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Eric_The_Red_State
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:12pmObama went off to see if he could help those in Las Vegas….
Liberals are sure an ugly crowd…… mean ….. hurtful……. angry……..
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Stelex
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 8:01pmI’d say that’s being kind…..Liberals will use anything, anything to their advantage. The have no soul, no baseline of morals. They can rationalize anything. This election is a war……most don’t understand that. Which is why we may lose. The very fabric of America hinges on this and the next few elections. Romney is a stopgap. He’s not the answer.
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OniKaze
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:12pmThis lady is a MORON…
When Disaster truly hits, and most of the cities are underwater people don’t need money… They need supplies… What good will money do you when ALL of the stores are closed from being underwater..???
What a foolish moron.
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eaglesview
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:12pmShe can’t see past her Liberal partisanship.
What, citizens helping other citizens in need ?.
Why we can’t have that, can we Andrea?.
Idiot!
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UpholderOftheConstitution
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:11pmHi Andrea, your ugly liberal dark side is showing and it is horrifying and ugly. Troll on MSNBC!
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Jeffersonian in CA
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 5:15pmBoth sides are dark and ugly… the inside and the outside… maybe her stinky backside looks better
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kvan
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:11pmWhat else do you expect from msnbc??
A gracious Thank You, Mitt, no mitchell and msnbc have to insult or find something wrong with whatever President Romney does and EX-president obama can do no wrong!
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BODYBAG
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:44pmAny sliver of “legitimacy” MSLSD once had went out the window once they hired Al “Hog Maws” Sharpton as a “news analyst”. Al cannot even speak the english language correctly.
From that point forward I would question anyone’s career decision to work for them knowing
that they put Sharpton on the air.
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SILENT NO MORE
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 1:05pmWe can have an impact on MSNBC if we all write the sponsors that support this garbage. A. Mitchell has already been caught editing video to make Romney look foolish, when in truth, the video actually shows he is right on. The extent MSNBC will go to spread bald face lies and manipulate scripts and videos to support their Far Left Wing Extremist to spread Socialism, just what this country doesn’t represent. Someone needs to sue Mitchell for defimation, lies and just plain UGLY!
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HOOT_OWL
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:11pm‘They have their own wholesale suppliers’…When did the Red Cross become unionized..?
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booger71
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:18pmThe Red Cross has a huge bureaucracy like the Federal government. Convoy of Hope does it much better
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ADNIL
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:56pm“they have their own wholesale suppliers” RIGHT! just like the Pentagon does. You know, $500 hammers, $1500 toilet seats…. just sayin.
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RossPoldark
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:10pmThe Paradoxical Commandments
by Dr. Kent M. Keith
People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.
Love them anyway.
If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
Do good anyway.
If you are successful, you win false friends and true enemies.
Succeed anyway.
The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.
Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
Be honest and frank anyway.
The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds.
Think big anyway.
People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs.
Fight for a few underdogs anyway.
What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway.
People really need help but may attack you if you do help them.
Help people anyway.
Give the world the best you have and you’ll get kicked in the teeth.
Give the world the best you have anyway.
© 1968, 2001 Kent M. Keith
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912always
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 6:06pmThat just about sums it up.
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ClaraJune
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 6:11pmI like that a lot! Thanks for sharing.
P.S. I give my “relief” donations to the Salvation Army. I remember hearing from the guys in ‘Nam that the Red Cross had “stores” behind the lines where soldiers could buy cigarettes, candy, etc. Meanwhile, the Salvation Army was right out in combat situations with the troops, giving away cigarettes, candy, blankets, etc. I donate blood through a local blood center. Forget the Red Cross.
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Watermain
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 11:01pmVery nice.
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Mr.Fitnah
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:09pmIt’s Hate TV not Hate radio.
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AvengerK
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:20pmAh yes…the morally bankrupt, inherently hateful American left where even an act of goodwill in a time of grief and need is arbitrarily and summarily refused and devalued because it came from a “right winger”. Apparently food and clothing isn’t needed by people who have lost their homes and their possessions with only the clothes on their backs.
I just saw Obama give a speech at a Red Cross center…he threw in the obligatory “folks” euphemism he’s want to throw around when he wants to appear like he’s “one of us” and came off professorial and elitist again. But what particularly struck me was when he said that as Americans we don’t leave anyone behind…but apparently that doesn’t apply to ambassadors and security personnel in Benghazi begging for help against terrorists and are refused that help by their president.
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Larry E
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:09pmAt first I couldn’t believe anyone could be as petty and stupid as Andrea looks. Obviously I was wrong.
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crazyrightwingmom
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:34pmDid you notice these old hacks just keep going on and on?? I am old (so I can criticize:)), but I’m sick of looking and hearing from them.
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13Lena
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 5:30pmI tweeted her told her she was a joke.
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Livia
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 12:26pmcrazyrightwingmom, I’m right there with you on the age bit. Someone has to try and bring some sense to these folks. It may as well be us, we have lived through a lot of the good, the bad and the ugly, AND we know what we are tlaking about.
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Bruno-The-Rainbow-Man-Dancer
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 4:55pmI hope this Andrea gets her home gets swept away into the ocean and lets see if she call for help. I give her none. Is she a transgender??
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Tri-ox
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:08pmAndrea Bitchell is a paid obama spokesperson, so of course she is going to criticize Romney’s charitable relief efforts.
‘Pausing the political, Romney holds relief event for storm victims’
http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/30/14807359-pausing-the-political-romney-holds-relief-event-for-storm-victims?lite
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Cornflake
Posted on November 1, 2012 at 1:21amIt isn’t just Andrea, that has made such outrageous statements. Look at the programs of, “The ED Show,” and “The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell.” The comments they make are stunning. They constantly stroke the Obama capaign, while tearing down Mitt Romney, as if he were a leper. This, while they display a banner of, Lean Forward! What is in it for MSNBC, to try to form facts in a negative manner toward one political party? In the daylight hours after Sandy hit shore and caused her damage, all other networks were reporting on the damage done by the storm. Yet, MSNBC, was declaring the woe of the democratic party and how they must get out paper ballots, and stated that this froze the campaign and would not allow Romney to campaign, while the Prez. would gain the spotligt because he appeared presidential, while doing his job as President! I don’t understand, but the station and their reporters are too obvious in their bias toward the current administration.
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toomuchgovt
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:08pmJust saw O on TV, he LOOKED so presidential right down to his purple tie.
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bigbear_awake
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:08pmsure they want money what % of the 1 goes to the people in need?
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CatB
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:26pmYou can donate here .. faith based organizations along with Mercury One are going to get supplies to those in need.
http://fundly.com/mercury-one-disaster-relief-fund
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ricckky
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:07pmshameless, simply shameless–what more can one say?!!!!!
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thegreatcarnac
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:07pmI am sure MSNBC is not the mouth piece of the Red Cross. Then again…..it might be. The red cross is not apolitcal. It is certainly not a conservative group. Personally..I don’t give through the Red Cross. I use other organizations.
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 5:29pmI swore off making donations to the Red Cross back in the early ’80s when I found that they were trying to charge one of my troops a pretty hefty interest for a loan to take he and his family back to the states on emergency leave. A number of us NCOs got together and raised the money within our unit in two days and sent them on their way. That’s the way to do it.
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2SENSEWORTH
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:04pmJerk-nose.
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Dont-hate-on-me-2
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:03pmI dont give money to any of these places anymore after i found out how much of each dollar goes to payroll.
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CatB
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:11pmRomney was collecting food and other items today to bus into those in need … I heard a lady on the radio who was at the event today .. people were bringing bags full of food and such and Romney/Ryan are going to have them delivered to those in need .. no middle man needed…. direct to the communities in need.
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hauschild
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:03pmThis woman is really pathetic.
I often wonder how a person gets to a place like that in their lifetimes; the place where they absolutely despise every thing or aspect that smacks of traditional America.
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DatabaseSue
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:02pmMitchell is one of the most embarssing women in journalism and NBC is right there with her
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:11pmAgreed – I cannot wait to see the expressions on their faces when Obama loses.
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Gebo
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:40pmEveryone should stop buying cable from Comcast as they own NBC. When the money stops flowing they will get the point. Actually all advertisers of the WAPO, NYT, NBC, CNN, CBS, ABC, HuffPo, Buzzfeed and a few others should get messages from all citizens asking for the truth or the money stops with a big boycott from the public.
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hauschild
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:44pmBut, that’s the thing. Obama can’t lose with these people, so they’ll be using tricks and pull stunts nobody’s seen yet that’ll make their stunts from all previous elections with dead people and felons voting look like child’s play.
These people live in a bubble, but they also have tremendous power over a lot of clueless minds in this country.
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BetterInformed
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:02pmRomney also directed online campaign donations to the Red Cross.
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CatB
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:02pmReally .. Andrea .. in your ivory tower you say that people do not need the help of others ??? Where do you think government gets their money .. and who do you think does a better job of taking care of those in a disaster .. it has been and will always be in America .. NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS. These people will say ANYTHING to promote their god Obama. HEY ANDREA >> WHAT ABOUT BENGHAZI… since you know nothing about providing for those in need .. why don’t you demand the tapes and PAPER TRAIL from BENGHAZI!
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MittensKittens
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:01pmand coming from a skank like Andrea Mitchell, it doesn’t surprise me…
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DGeezy11
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:00pmWow well I guarantee that is going to sway some voters to Mitt side. What a moronic thing to say, why Ohio? Well do you expect the people who got hit by the storm to donate food to themselves? MSNBC where brain cells go to die…
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Oneirishman
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:08pmHa. This is why I love reading posts here. Thx for the chuckle.
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moonlight on the bay
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 11:32pmI, too, got a laugh at your MSNBC “slogan”. Certainly better than “Lean Forward”!
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HotFixIt
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:00pmWell, if the Red Cross doesn’t want the donations.. I am positive that Mercury One can find a way to make sure they get to people who need them!
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JonSigMan
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:06pmYep, I’m sure they can :)
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CatB
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:12pmThat is where I am donating .. I know it wil get to the people in need through Mercury One.
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Ratix
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:15pmThanks for putting that out there. Glenn mentioned as such on his radio program. Donate to Mercury One’s disaster relief fund if you are able to.
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CatB
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:16pmHere is the link for Mercury One
http://fundly.com/mercury-one-disaster-relief-fund
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jasonsmommy
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 8:05amThey are lying. He said to donate to the Red Cross and then he also said that the food that they received was going to be given to a church for them to give out to those in need.
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