Are the GOP Presidential Hopefuls ‘Factually Challenged’? The AP Thinks So…
- Posted on December 1, 2011 at 8:04am by
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Editor’s Note: The following “fact check” was composed by the Associated Press (not the Blaze). Below, find the inconsistencies the AP claims to have found during among GOP presidential candidates.
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Newt Gingrich didn’t know when he would take office if he wins the presidency. Rick Perry got the voting age and the date of Election Day wrong. Herman Cain didn’t realize the president does not sign amendments to the Constitution.
In ways large and small, Republican presidential hopefuls are proving on multiple occasions to be “factually challenged,” as Gingrich rather haughtily described a rival, despite getting some things wrong himself.
Campaigns are long and tough, candidates are often tired and flubs happen. But they are adding up and at some point could give Republican voters pause as they look for the candidate best able to take on the highly polished – though hardly factually infallible – President Barack Obama.
In submitting to what is, in effect, America’s toughest job interview, there may be only so much leeway in getting matters of current affairs and history plain wrong.
Frequent flubber Michele Bachmann’s suggestion many months ago that the Revolutionary battles of Lexington and Concord took place in New Hampshire was an opening shot, of sorts, in a volley of misfires by the candidates. Those battles were fought in Massachusetts in 1775.
On Wednesday, she offered another: She would support the United States shutting down its embassy in Tehran – but there is no U.S. Embassy in Iran’s capital.
Never mind the facts, her top spokeswoman said. “Congresswoman Bachmann is a member of the House Select Committee on Intelligence and is fully aware that we do not have an embassy in Iran and have not had one since 1980,” Alice Stewart said in a statement.
It’s the latest but hardly the worst.
Cain promoted Chile’s retirement system as one that gives workers the option of having private accounts, when in fact they have no choice. Mitt Romney accused Obama of “peacetime spending binges” as if there were no wars going on. Bachmann accused Obama of canceling a Canadian pipeline project that has only been delayed.
On Wednesday, Gingrich told voters packed into Tommy’s Country Ham House in Greenville, S.C., that he would sign legislation repealing health care and Wall Street overhauls when he takes office on Jan. 21, 2013.
“My intent will be to ask the new Congress to stay in session when they are sworn in on Jan. 3 and to pass – and hold at the desk until I’m sworn in on the 21st – to pass the repeal of Obamacare and the repeal of Dodd-Frank and the repeal of Sarbanes-Oxley so that I can sign them on the 21st,” Gingrich told the packed restaurant.
One problem: the Constitution that Gingrich constantly cites during his presidential campaign says the transition of power after an election takes place on Jan. 20.
Gingrich spokesman R.C. Hammond said Gingrich would assume powers at noon on Jan. 20, 2013, following the 20th Amendment of the Constitution. Because that day is a Sunday, the Inauguration’s festivities would be scheduled on Jan. 21 of that year. Ronald Reagan followed a similar schedule for his second inaugural on Monday, Jan. 21, 1985.
Even so, Gingrich was wrong to say “I’m sworn in on the 21st.”
A day earlier, Texas Gov. Rick Perry suggested the voting age is 21 and got the date wrong for Election Day.
“Those of you that will be 21 by November the 12th, I ask for your support and your vote,” he told students at Saint Anselm College in New Hampshire.
The voting age is 18. And New Hampshire is scheduled to be the first state in the nation to host a Republican presidential primary on Jan. 10; the general election is scheduled for Nov. 6, 2012.
Cain said he would back an amendment to the Constitution to ban abortion.
“If we can get the necessary support and it comes to my desk, I’ll sign it,” he told the Christian Broadcasting Network.
Except presidents don’t sign amendments. Congress passes them and the states ratify them. The president could champion them, but the Constitution doesn’t give him or her any formal role.
Since the campaign’s start, each candidate has had a turn explaining errors as either the side effects of an exhausting schedule or simple foot-in-mouth syndrome. Under the intense media scrutiny, each misstep or error draws questions whether each candidate is up for the job.
Romney, too, stepped in it. The former Massachusetts governor said Obama engaged in “one of the biggest peacetime spending binges in American history.” He overlooked the United States’ role in conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya.
Yet not all errors are created equal, said Eric Dezenhall, an aide in the Reagan administration and now an image consultant who has worked with everyone from Hollywood stars to business moguls.
“The key factor in whether a gaffe catches on is whether or not it validates a pre-existing prejudice,” he said.
“When Perry says that the voting age is 21, it validates the pre-existing suspicion that he’s not in command of the basics,” he said. “When Newt or Obama say something that is either misguided or incorrect, it doesn’t resonate because everybody knows they are smart guys, so they get a break.”
And it‘s not as if Obama hasn’t had his doozies. For instance, Obama said during the 2008 campaign that he had visited 57 states. The United States only has 50.
“The flubs that stick are those that fit with a storyline about the candidate,” said Doug Hattaway, a Democratic consultant who helped Hillary Rodham Clinton’s 2008 presidential bid. “Gingrich isn’t a flubber. He’s known for being full of himself and making wacky statements, not flubbing the facts. So the misstatements are less likely to stick to him.”
And voters might not care about factual details, Hattaway said.
“Best case of that is George W. Bush, who couldn’t pass a civics quiz to save his life. Emotional intelligence is more important in politics than factual knowledge,” Hattaway said.
Gingrich might be playing that to his own political advantage.
Before he seemed to reschedule the constitutional transition of power, he criticized Bachmann for stretching the facts about his record on abortion.
“Some people are just factually challenged and it’s unfortunate,” Gingrich told reporters. “In the eyes of a teacher, occasionally I‘d have a student who couldn’t figure out where things were, or what things were, or what the right date was. When that happens, you feel sorry that they’re so factually challenged.”
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Comments (153)
barber2
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 9:46amGuess this is why Obama occupies the teleprompter. When he doesn’t, he flubs . But the media doesn’t seem to notice errors when they are made by a fellow Far Lefty.
Report Post »Bill in Texas
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 9:54amThat’s a funny story considering the AP is usually “ Factually Challenged”.
Report Post »Delta_River_Folk
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 10:49amAMERICA IS BROKEN:
We have a system where laws don’t apply to the lawmakers,
a system where congress sets their own pay and benefits at a much higher rate than the average American gets,
a system where lawmakers personally profit from their decisions,
a system where lawmakers take from one group to buy the votes from another group, and
in the end, a system that breeds greed and corruption by stealing from hard working Americans.
I for one say no more.
We cannot afford to have a system where the fox watches the hen house.
We have to take Washington D.C.’s ability to tax and spend away.
We have to repel the 16th and the 17th Amendments, which will shift power back to the states.
Allow states to tax and spend as they see fit.
I know these changes will create a better system than we currently have.
Reestablishing a new taxation system is only the starting point when reviving America.
We must also increase Energy production, rebuild our Education system, stop Illegal immigration, and focus more on our own homeland not other nations.
Report Post »I am only one person and I have no platform to shout from.
So, I will continue to post on “The Blaze” until someone listens.
We must elect someone who can make this happen!!!
NHwinter
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 11:16amOh please, if the Republicans flub on a few facts that is nothing compared to the continuous flow of outright lies from the Democrats and Obama. List the lies of the Dems and lets see how it compares!
Report Post »JRook
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 11:33amI believe this is the nice way to say what the real problem with some of them are. You can’t fix stupid.
Report Post »umreb78
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 12:07pmThe ObamaPrompter can’t cover all his “FACTUAL CHALLENGES”. Corpsman Daniel Bershard (sp) was in his promter FOUR times in a 6 minute speech….As we know, the Organizer in Chief was at least consistent…on all four ocassions, he referred to him as (phonetically spelled) “KORPSMAN”…maybe the Communications Czar should have loaded the prompter with “Kor’ man”.
Report Post »Marci
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 12:40pmThe media didn’t give a damn about “interviewing” Obama. And they still don’t give a damn about interviewing those on the left.
Report Post »mils
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 12:40pmYEAH…57 states, hawaii is now in Asia, the mess up with the queen of england.. oh poop the list is long and boring…
Report Post »If Obama did not have a teleprompter, or the questions in advance, we’d all be rolling on the floor..
The only way for this to be “fair” is to compare honestly…without the prejudice the presss shows. they are quick to make fun of any conservatives, liberals, obama, really do more than their share..
TheWholeTruth
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 2:44pm“Since the campaign’s start, each candidate has had a turn explaining errors as either the side effects of an exhausting schedule or simple foot-in-mouth syndrome”
Fact check: Ummmm not EACH. I do believe there is one that is consistently missing from these articles. Dare I name him? Yes, I dare. RON PAUL
Report Post »TheWholeTruth
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 2:50pmOh, and while ya’ll are all fighting over who said what wrong, we‘re closing in on WWIII as China’s General from the Defense College has stated that if we attack Iran they will defend even if it means using nukes. But you won’t see that here. Nor will you see that the Senate is about to pass the NDAA S1867 which, in a nutshell, says that America is a battlefield and everyone in it a combatant (for the most part) and that they can use the military to arrest without warrant and detain until the end of the war (War on terror is forever) without trial.
WHERE’S THAT BIT OF NEWS BLAZE?????
Report Post »Spqr1
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 2:55pmTeleprompter is a RW/GOP “blah, blah, blah” talking point. Try thinking for yourself.
Report Post »just_around
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 3:52pmEven if those facts were right, our current President has repeatedly miscounted how many states make up the United States of America. Which “facts” do you think anyone holding or running for president should absolutely know?
Report Post »JRook
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 4:17pmLOL this is too funny watching the folks meltdown here. Just too many facts in one place huh.
Report Post »VoteBushIn12
Posted on December 2, 2011 at 1:08am@JRook
Hahaha, my thoughts exactly.
Report Post »garyM
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 9:41amVechorik
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 9:29am
They didn’t fact-check Dr. Paul. Does that mean he hasn’t mis-stepped once? I doubt it. More likely, the media ignoring Dr. Paul once again.
Best sentence of the article:
Report Post »“Emotional intelligence is more important in politics than factual knowledge,” Hattaway said.
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They didn’t have enough room or either after listening to Paul talk, no one really knows what he said or what his point was!
YoungBloodNews
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 10:44amThat because your an ignorant person Gary. ;)
Its easy to get what he says if you do some research instead of being fed your information…
Stay stupid, it shows.
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 12:28pmAnd Obama and vice president MORON step in it twice a day…. Crickets
Report Post »garyM
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 9:38amBlaze check out how Romney lowered taxes 17 times in 4 years with a liberal democrat congress in Mass, HE SAID HE DID………he is either the best negotiator of all times or a liar, I would say it’s the latter! You won’t see a story like this on THE BLAZE!
Report Post »Obama Snake Oil Co
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 9:44amIs Obama in Asia, England or one of those 57 states?
Report Post »brdatwork2
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 11:38amHere…do your own fact checking. This article has all of Romney’s accomplishments WITH sources cited:
http://aboutmittromney.com/economic.htm
Report Post »My Two Cents
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 11:46amJoe Wilson was right.
Report Post »Hobbs57
Posted on December 2, 2011 at 7:22amBRDAT – Nice article. The way it was written though, if some idiot starts reading it, he may not realize the beginning is the mess that Romney came into. Regardless, very good article. All these bigoted evangelicals out there are going to ruin another election. I don’t know or understand what is wrong with you people that you feel such a strong desire to have somebody who will spoon feed your “special” brand of Christianity, but I assure you this, you are the reason there is such a strong resentment from those on the left against Christians. I have been in enough debates with you folks about Christianity and it is clear you just plain can’t hear me, so why bother. Go ahead and support whoever you want, it only strengthens the notion of your bigotry. A man who cheats on his wife is more Christ like than a man who takes off an entire year from his work because his wife is ill with MS and so he can take care of the family while she is ill. Yeah, you people got it. Sorry, don’t mean to be brash, but I am just tired of the ideology and bigotry. At least admit it.
Report Post »Tony
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 9:32amThe AP has disqualified itself as a news service of record many many times. It has joined the NYT, WP, ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC as an activist organization; It is promoting a progressive agenda intended to sway Americans to give up a bit of sovereignty to be a part of a world governance. This is the stated hope of the recognized dean or model for todays news rooms, Walter Cronkite. .
Report Post »encinom
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 10:22amYawn, the other news site check facts and point out that the Tea Party is wrong, they are meanies.
Let me guess the only “real newssites” are the fringe sites were facts don’t matter like Fox News, the Blazes, Infowars, etc.
Report Post »sWampy
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 11:04amThey lie and say the tea party are liars. They say we had an economic boom during Carter and Clinton, times sucked under Reagan and Bush, all the bad times brought about by the Democrats when they controlled all of Washington were caused by republicans, they claim raising taxes increases revenue to the government no matter how high you raise them, they claim the tea party are violent racists, all out right lies. Of course all these lies are believed by ignorant liberals, because for some unknown reason their brains get stuck somewhere around 8 and they never mature beyond there.
Report Post »SimpleTruths
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 11:04amIn case you didn’t notice we all DO live on the same planet, and while that doesn’t mean we should strive for one world government it does mean that we do have common needs (resources are not distributed equally). Get over your isolationist primitive thinking, we don’t live in caves anymore. Well, at least I don’t.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 12:11pmSIMPLE and OLD: Your names say it all. And the next election will prove that. Not that the outcome will have any effect upon your “good job” up-bring’s resultant arrogance….
Report Post »pamela kay
Posted on December 2, 2011 at 3:51amTONY……Well put, to the point and clear.
Report Post »garyM
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 9:29amAs I said in an earlier post, the Blaze says if we can‘t find enough other people’s negative stories, we run some of ours. Whatever it takes to put Romney back on top. This is truly the Gingrich week, it may be the Gingrich month or even longer. I’m still waiting on the first Romney only negative story! I like Beck and GBTV, the truth lives with me too!
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 2:14pm@ simpletruths
Report Post »Rolls Royces arent distributed equally either… Get over it, and strive for your own resources… But that does require hard work, discipline and responsibility… So most of the OWS CROWD IS OUT…
asking why
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 9:19amI dont really care what the A P thinks what i would like to hear is why is the blaze not reporting on the Nat. Defence Authorization Act bill section 1031 since that would concern the people of america and our possible imprisoment ( thats what i heard ) and would like to know what the bill exactly means i have heard very little on it and didnt know it existed until i heard it on the radio i would like to know more details to where we could understand it in language we could understand without all the were to and section whats im not hearing about it from nothing why all the silence and sliping it passed us
Report Post »SimpleTruths
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 11:07amConsider looking into punctuation, it’s useful in creating sentences that people can understand.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 8:58pmSIMPLE: You might do the same. You have just written a run-on sentence. Guess you must be one of the young “good job” crowd- like Obama . All were educated when “feeling good/ anti-discrimination ” replaced discipline and learning English grammar rules. Sad for all of us. You kids included.
Report Post »mwhaley
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 9:14amGlad to see the AP is starting to check facts. The last fours years I thought that just maybe the AP really did not care about the truth.
Report Post »Vechorik
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 9:29amThey didn’t fact-check Dr. Paul. Does that mean he hasn’t mis-stepped once? I doubt it. More likely, the media ignoring Dr. Paul once again.
Best sentence of the article:
Report Post »“Emotional intelligence is more important in politics than factual knowledge,” Hattaway said.
demint.disciple
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 9:31amThey only care about fact when it concerns conservatives/republicans… Don’t you know anything ? They NEVER fact check to moron in cheif, EVER..
Report Post »TEARS FOR AMERICA
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 9:13amThat is just too funny- like our President passes fact checks? we could go on and on…like Hawaii is part of Asia? Come on…and one of the craziest was his Thanksgiving address where he thanks Alaskan Indians who were RUSSIAN…good grief.
http://biggovernment.com/tloudon/2011/12/01/young-communist-boasts-of-communist-leadership-in-occupy-movement-links-to-re-election-of-obama/
Report Post »patriotsofworkingamerica
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 9:11amFlubs??? 5 trillion in spending? Nothing to show for it? A flub… Inexperienced Czars destroying our country? A flub… Criminal courts for terrorists? A flub… 9% unemployment? A flub… Bypassing Congressional approval for a war in Lybia? A flub… Obamacare? A flub…
Report Post »ELECTING A PRESIDENT WITH A NAME LIKE BARAK HUSSEIN OBAMA????? AND NO VETTING BY THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA WOULD HAVE TO BE THE BIGGEST FLUB OF ALL!!!!!!!
OhSuzieQ
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 9:21amHigh 5 Patriots of working America !!
Report Post »Winedude
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 9:52amNice job sir. Please remember that “Patriotism is the last refuge of SCOUNDRELS!” Samuel Johnson (Emphasis mine)
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 9:05amNotice very little is said about “their” pick for the GOP nomination, Romney. Throw just enough in to make it look like you are including everyone. Look at all of Obama’s gaffes and you would need two or three pages. Nitpickers.
Report Post »Vechorik
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 9:30amNothing about Romney and Paul — biased article, I think written to attack Gingrich.
Report Post »CaliforniaD
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 1:19pmMaybe the article doesn’t stress a lot of Romney gaffs because there are so few. Why not admit this man is a highly intelligent, capable man. We are fortunate for someone of his caliber run for President. He saved the 2002 Olympics asking no pay. He served as Mass. governor for $1.00 per year. He made this personal fortune as a brilliant businessman. He wants only to sere his country, yet he is maligned, ridiculed, and dismissed over trivial “flaws” like his hair, his “smooth talk,” or his religion. If we miss nominating him again, America will suffer once again with another four years of the Obama/liberal disaster from which our country may never recover.
Report Post »bigbear_awake
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 9:03ami guess our gop have just one mess up unlike their dusch-bag A couple weeks ago, the president referred to Hawaii as being in Asia. And yesterday, he didn‘t help make the case that he’s not gaffe-prone when he referred to the British embassy in Tehran as the “English embassy.”
Report Post »dont for get about the 57 states or more
EchoHawk
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 4:36pmFor the love of Christ if another conservative nitwit makes a reference to Obamas “57” states comment their freakin head should explode. One the man was obviously joking about how many campaign stops he’d made and two every last one of you could use a sense of humor not to mention a calculator because the quote your using goes on “we’ve been to, 57 states I think, one left to go” which would imply he thought there were 58 states or there ain’t one of you who can add 57 and 1 and come up with 58.
Report Post »cntrlfrk
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 8:57am‘
OT:
Just got a notice on a new bill being introduced:
“”
S. 1881: SAFE Act
112th Congress: 2011-2012
A bill to establish an integrated Federal program to respond to ongoing and expected impacts of climate variability and change by protecting, restoring, and conserving the natural resources of the United States and to maximize government efficiency and reduce costs, in cooperation with State, local, and tribal governments and other entities.
“”
WTF?
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Report Post »Detah
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 11:33amYour Honor, I object. Assumes facts not in evidence.
Report Post »dnewton
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 8:56amI guess Rick Santorum has made no mistakes. I don’t think you can work for the AP without a letter of recommendation from the DNC. Not only are they liberal on national news, they are also bent to the Left on state and local issues. In Tennessee, you can always plan on the AP helping the Democrats make another run on passing a state income tax, resisting concealed carry laws, re-distributionism and bigger government even if it is worse government. They wailed and moaned when the voter ID laws were passed and still are predicting the end of Utopia because reasonable efforts are taken to limit voting to once per legal person. They have a fit every year when school budgets are passed even though, by law, they have to go up every year by a maintenance of effort clause in the law, even if the school population shrinks. It is not only what they write, but even the photography is filled with liberal propaganda.
Report Post »dbdbdb
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 8:50amThe Lame Stream Media never had a problem with this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpGH02DtIws
Report Post »ares338
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 8:43amAt least when Obama is defeated, the new POTUS can spend the first 3 years of his 1st term saying OBAMA DID IT,
Report Post »Oldphoto678
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 9:37amPresident Obama is not going to be defeated. He is going to leave the White House at the end of his second term as POTUS. Merry Holidays!
Report Post »dbdbdb
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 10:59am@Oldphoto678 OMG! That was funny. There is No Way this poor excuse of a President will be re-elected. PERIOD!
Report Post »SimpleTruths
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 11:15amOldphoto is exactly right, Obama will have his second term. Furthermore the tide of Tea Party backed candidates now in office is going to get largely washed away in 2012 as well. Buyer’s remorse has already been seen in many State and Local districts, poll numbers of constituents in agreement with the Tea Party are below the waterline already. Classic case of over-reach and subsequent course correction coming. OBAMA 2012
Report Post »barber2
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 9:07pmSIMPLE: Love the standard Lefty : Tell a Lie. Repeat it constantly. Makes it true. NOT. Just like that ” 99%” bull-oney you guys keep trying to make us believe ! What is with the Lefty Delusion ? Just like Obama patting himself on the back for doing “more for Israel’s security than any other administration.” Is this a by-product of smoking weed ? ( Wonder if Obama will allow Joe Wilson to attend his next Sad State of the Union speech ??! )
Report Post »The cable guy
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 8:37amFunny, Obama doesn’t seem to know we have a constitution, and the onr thing all the GOP canadates know the Obama never knew is we live in the greatest country in the world. We need to stop letting the other side nitpick at our canadate.
Report Post »christelle
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 8:42amLOL Amen
Report Post »Oldphoto678
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 9:31amTry and stop us
Report Post »barber2
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 11:57amOLD: Think the next election will accomplish that…
Report Post »dnewton
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 8:36amHow many of these mistakes compare with the magnitude of the miscalculation involved in believing we can spend our way to prosperity? A mistake about a fact can be corrected. A mistake in the voting age or date is not likely to cause a huge social problem. A mistake about who can or can not sign an amendment is not going to nullify the constitution nearly as much as the Supreme Court or a Congress that does not care. Have we forgotten that our president had to take the oath of office twice, because of a mistake?
Report Post »ares338
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 8:36amThe fact check is a tool for whomever is doing the checking. Politicians let loose with gaffs all the time. Well, look at Biden!
Report Post »DetritusScreener
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 8:30amThe issue isn’t whether they make an occasional factual mistake. It is about making intentional misleading statements or changing positions without honestly defending it. It comes down to personal integrity and admitting your mistakes without obfuscating. As far as I can tell. there are only two candidates that have the personal integrity that I am so far willing to accept. Bachman and Paul. Its still early, that could change over time and others may find redemption in open honest answers and admission of mistakes.
Report Post »The most important Presidential trait in Personal Integrity.
cemerius
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 8:27am“Republican voters pause as they look for the candidate best able to take on the highly polished – though hardly factually infallible – President Barack Obama” Higly polished? Yes and then read on to see how everyone but curiously low impacting on Romney……Yeah it’s in the bag people Romney is “owed” this time around by the powers in control since he took a “back seat” for that RINO McCain!!!!!! Cast your vote if it makes you feel good but Romney is already written in to the next ledger!!!
Report Post »grudgywoof
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 8:26amIt‘s funny that they didn’t seem to care about the boob Odumbo. AP you got a lot of nerve saying anything about any other candidate.
Report Post »whywonder
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 8:43amThe republican candidates are a joke. Plain and simple they have no ideas that actually would solve our problems. Cutting taxes as a solution for all problems is just intellectual dishonesty and shows a true lack of thinking.
Report Post »grudgywoof
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 9:38amI don’t think that at all. Perhaps you have been listening to the AP to much.
Report Post »RantNationDotCom
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 2:44pm@whywonder:
Report Post »Because borrowing our way to prosperity has been working so well… Right?
whywonder
Posted on December 2, 2011 at 8:27amRant
Report Post »America takes in 180 billion a month in revenue. Our fixed expenses range from 20 to 30 billion a month. No we cant spend our way ouy nor can we just cut taxes. Thats why obama wants a balanced approach. Look at eu nations that tried austerity( like the uk) they failed and now those pols are on the way out.
Darla_K
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 8:21amIt is a good thing that these presidental hopefuls aren’t as illiterature as the one we have now. :) but will the media ever admitt it?
Report Post »cemerius
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 8:30amNope they will continue to bruise their knees over him! Wait til he leaves office in 2012 they will have him as guest speaker on ALL the lib shows to second guess EVERYTHING his replacement is doing…….This creature has NO CLASS!!!
Report Post »HUNITHUNIT
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 9:28amilliterature? perhaps you should work on your own knowledge of language before you bash others for being illiterate.
Report Post »SimpleTruths
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 11:18amHome schooled much?
Report Post »NewLife56
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 8:20amCOMING SOON to AP and The MSM
GOP candidate’s caught farting at White Castle. Obama takes Beano before eating
GOP candidate’s cannot recite the entire constitution. Obama carried teleprompter app so he can read it to people.
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The AP & the MSM have practiced the art of Brainwashing for the past few years now. The sad part is how many people are in fact brainwashed. The “Free” press is dead, it’s gone, I pray it returns, but I doubt any fair press will ever return.
Fox News is truly the last stand and hope we have, but even they are at times floating away
Report Post »watashbuddyfriend
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 8:40amNewlife56, I agree with your comment “…Fox News is truly the last stand and hope we have, but even they are at times floating away….” Same goes for the fence straddling TheBlaze!
Report Post »The Bove
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 8:14amSigh… Same Ol‘ Same Ol’. We will move forward as a country when we hold ourselves to the same standard as we demand of others. Everyone is going to Gaffe in this situation. If the media is going to forgive one side, their comments on the other are meaningless. They have no ‘Cred. as the kids today say.
Report Post »Gerrymanderer
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 8:20amHow can Bachmann get the battles of Lexington and Concord wrong? THAT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT INCIDENT IN AMERICAN HISTORY. It began our struggle for independence. It was the ‘shot heard ’round the world.’ My ancestors died in the American Revolution and I take great offense to screwing history up. What an imbecile, Michelle. Patriots died that day. No respect, Michelle, none whatsoever. READ a history book. May God and the kingdom of heaven bless our great nation as out most beloved George Washington watches down upon us. Disrespecting history is a great crime of the mind.
Report Post »The Bove
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 8:31amGerry, you’re right, but again 57 states etc. etc. If you’ve ever done public speaking, these things happen. If everyone was held to the same standard I would be fine with spouting off on one or the other, but it would be a long, circular argument to site one gaffe after another without end. I guess the simplest plan would be to write them all off as idiots. Maybe IBMs Big Blue could lead us.
Report Post »bikerr
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 9:29am@Gerrymanderer—When you have the same respect for Michele,You might be able to stay on your high horse. Oh, and by the way Her Name is spelled Michele,You just spelled it Michelle.Unless of course you were talking about the First lady!(after all mistakes do happen) Look in a mirror.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 8:06amIf the AP looked at the POTUS with the same scrutiny they reserve for Republican’s…that truth meter would have blown up long ago.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 8:13amI couldn’t even get through part of this article, thinking the same thing. 57 states? Hawaii is part of Asia (when he supposedly grew up there)? My son was born in Hawaii, left when he was 18 months and knows it isn’t part of Asia. I can’t even remember all the gaffs our POTUS made.
Report Post »Spqr1
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 3:34pmThis is why unelectable fools like Bachmann get an ounce of credibility, because people like you can’t understand the difference between a gaff and painfully HUGE gaps in basic knowledge about the world.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on December 1, 2011 at 9:01pmSPQR: Gee, Ms. Bachman always speaks so highly of you…
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on December 2, 2011 at 2:03pmFunny how liberals and Ron Paul supporters are so quick to question eveyone’s intelligence but their own.
Report Post »ZengaPA65
Posted on December 2, 2011 at 3:17pmPeople who don‘t support Ron Paul aren’t smart enough to question other people’s intelligence.
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