‘Fear of the Other’: Krauthammer Breaks Down Why Obama’s Attacks Might Be Working
- Posted on July 16, 2012 at 10:33pm by
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President Obama has laid siege to Mitt Romney’s business record and his wealth using practically every tool in the Democratic playbook. And if the polls are any guide, it‘s at least imposing a ceiling on Romney’s poll numbers, and may be giving Obama an edge in key swing states that depend on domestic manufacturing to stay afloat. Romney’s responses, meanwhile, are seen by some insiders as being excessively meek and contentless.
And that, according to Fox News contributor Charles Krauthammer, is essentially the problem. Speaking with Bret Baier tonight, Krauthammer argued that President Obama has engaged in a systematic campaign to make people afraid of foreigners, or to cultivate, as he put it, “fear of the other.” And Krauthammer was not afraid to note the irony of that tactic, given that it’s a tactic conservatives have been accused of using against President Obama for some time.
“There is a point to this outsourcing argument,” Krauthammer said. “It plays to the fear of the other. The irony is that it‘s Obama who’s playing to this fear when he‘s the one who pointed out in 2008 how that’s a result of bitterness.”
Krauthammer is referring to this statement by President Obama in 2008 (emphasis added):
It’s not surprising then that they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.
The irony, as you can see, is rather strong. Watch this clip of the Fox panel involved, including Krauthammer’s analysis, below, courtesy of Mediaite:
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BrunMan
Posted on July 19, 2012 at 1:40amProblem is, Obama embodies all of the same things he’s accusing his opponent of, and worse. Hope Romney‘s campaign can get a grip on the opposing message before it’s too late. I’ve always said however, that the public has short term memory loss. Much of this will blow over long before the actual election, so I‘m hoping Romney is doing the ’rope-a-dope’ (a’la Muhammad Ali) while Obama wears out his message, then he will begin the counter attack.
Report Post »Sunnyy
Posted on July 17, 2012 at 9:47pm@Chris260
hey, thanks for that post…calling for calm made me feel a little better anyway ;)
Report Post »Verceofreason
Posted on July 17, 2012 at 12:11pmIs Charlie aware John Sunono just told folks Obama needs to learn to be MORE American.
Report Post »You Republicans love to do things and then accuse the other party of being guilty of it.
Like the Democratic‘ war on women’s health services.
What a silly silly group of folks.
The_Cabrito_Goat
Posted on July 17, 2012 at 2:06pmYou wont find many people sympathetic to Republicans here. We view them as a means to an end.
Report Post »Individualism
Posted on July 17, 2012 at 11:28amYour average voter seems to be as dumb as bricks.
Report Post »JRook
Posted on July 17, 2012 at 11:01am“fear of the other.” Are you people serious. GB, RUSH, Fox News, Republicans in Congress have spent the last 3.5 years doing nothing but making wild outrageous attacks for no other purpose than making people fear Obama. Everything from his a Kenyan to he’s a socialist, marxist, communist. This is exactly the type of crap that will backfire on you with the independent vote. You know the people who actually use their brains and see this BS for what it is and of course the group that actually elects the President. After the ideologues on both sides waste their votes.
Report Post »The_Cabrito_Goat
Posted on July 17, 2012 at 2:03pmI remember for years, people have been saying “2012 is going to be the worst election campaign ever”
It’s already here. In fact, it’s BEEN here for a while now. The only difference is we can’t seperate regular politics from filfthy rotten campaign tactics these days because of how common it seems.
The point I’m trying to make is, do not count out Obama just yet. Like Krauthammer said, lies and smears can and have been working to Obama’s favor, as well as for the past 3.5 years.
You have no idea what you can accomplish with a complicit media, especially when all the chips are in with this election.
You also underestimate just how many people are sleepers and dreamers, unawake and unaware.
I’m rightfully fearful for the future of myself, my posterity, and this country as a whole.
If America falls, where can freedom run?
Report Post »RaydocX
Posted on July 17, 2012 at 10:08ami cannot say i have seen it used politically, but everytime a criminal targets a citizen, part of the process is ‘othering’ them sufficiently that it is ‘ok’ to steal from them. it is a too human ability that this administration is encouraging, irregardless of the damage it does to civil interaction and the very fabric of this society… power/ control at any cost.
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on July 17, 2012 at 11:00amHow can I get, and lose five hundred million…..like Solyndra ………
Report Post »Verceofreason
Posted on July 17, 2012 at 8:45am@Brother ED
Your description of a venture capital company has nothing to do with Bain.
They were that TYPE of co, in name only.
Bain purchased companies to make a quick profit.
Report Post »Raiding pension funds and cutting costs to the point of destroying a company.
Bain’s only concerned was their investors.
hauschild
Posted on July 17, 2012 at 8:59amBut, the government IS allowed to “raid” social security and medicare???
Where do you people come from??? Is there a lack of oxygen in your atmospheres???
The naivete and utter hypocrisy of leftists is palpable.
Report Post »brother_ed
Posted on July 17, 2012 at 10:54am@VERCEOFREASON
I would hope that a company is interested in a return for their investors.
If it would create a better return by turning the company around, they would do it.
If not, they will gut the company.
By implying they gut a company that could‘ve been saved just to satisfy the demands of the investors is to go against the premise that they are looking out for their investors’ best interests.
Report Post »Verceofreason
Posted on July 17, 2012 at 12:12pmI agree 1000% the gov’t should NOT have raided SS.
Report Post »But, hon, that was a REPUBLICAN idea.
Really. Do some homework.
PATTY HENRY
Posted on July 17, 2012 at 12:42pmveres: congrats on the biggest lie posted today! YOU libs just don’t get it, do you? Now the dope-in-chief is trying his best (mediocre) to convince us that WE (the producing side of the USA) need to not only build the businesses, but to pay ALL the taxes and we should feel lucky doing so.
Report Post »I DON’T THINK SO, DUDES. Take your guilt and sit on it.
WE make all the money; we pay all the taxes; WE paid for the bridges, roads, schools, dude, not you free-loaders. NO longer will you be able to make your living off our labor. (PS we are also almost the total of Charitable giving in the USA…not like your Joey Bidden who gave $150.00 or something stupid like that) … WE earn the money; WE pay the taxes; WE give the Charity. WHAT THE HELL DO YOU DO?
PATTY HENRY
Posted on July 17, 2012 at 12:45pmBAIN bought businesses that were going out of business (failing) and re-sized, re-structured, cut waste, re-purposed. These were doomed businesses anyway. A few of them couldn’t be saved. SO????
Report Post »would you rather have seen them all fail??? THIS EFFORT SAVED JOBS. THE key point: these were businesses that were failing. Try to understand that – if you can.
BrunMan
Posted on July 19, 2012 at 1:49amWhere are the cries of hypocrisy about Obama doing the very same thing with GM that they are accusing Romney of doing at Bain? Taking over a failing company, taking it into Chap 11 bankruptcy, erasing all existing shareholder value (and a few pensions, I’m sure), then issuing new stock to enrich some new people, then outsourcing much of the new manufacturing to China. Does any of that sound familiar? But, there is one very important distinction here…Romney did it privately, with money raised by investors, Obama did it with OUR tax dollars, and without our consent. NO government should be dabbling in private business, period.
Report Post »TomSawyer
Posted on July 17, 2012 at 6:29amOut sourcing is not an evil idea that can be avoided with good character of business people. It is a result of policy. When you hike the minimum wage above the average wage of Asia, and then open up free trade, you give some businesses two options:
1) Go out of business
Report Post »2) Out source.
TomSawyer
Posted on July 17, 2012 at 7:19amI think Romney’s response was the best possible to a bold and well thought out liberal attack against him. Romney just demonstrated an understanding of liberal attacks. Romney did not say he was for or against outsourcing, nor did he try to explain how policy created the problem. Arguing either way would have failed. He can not say we should lower the minimum wage (like Bachmann did) nor can he say we can not out source. He instead said, I never made a decision one way or the other. Most conservatives do not understand that liberals tend to use a pickle strategy like this. They want an unfair fight that is won by deception of public opinion. They do not want to be right, they want to appear right. Conservatives think the exact opposite. Remember these responses to a liberal attack: 1)for 2) against 3) indeterminate. Romney’s edge is understanding the 3rd option. He understands liberals.
Report Post »leasecommander
Posted on July 17, 2012 at 4:25amLet’s assume for a minute that Mr. Romney did outsource jobs, the question is why? He outsourced jobs because he was trying to make a profit and the business regulations here often don’t allow that. Where is the outrage against Apple, or G.E., both liberal favorites? Mr. Romney was doing what he was supposed to do for his shareholders, make money. Did he close some factories? Sure he did because sometimes it is best to limit your losses, those of us in businesses have all tried to do one thing or another and found that it wasn’t working, so, we stopped it. The entire argument is crazy and a waste of precious time, the liberal media and the Obama administration are playing on the fact that they can get the support of those that won’t evauate the actual facts and merely make a decision on the mainstream headlines. Yep, it is sad but true.There should really be no doubt that Mr. Romney would be best for improving business in the U.S. and this is the only tactic that the Democrats have and they are going to play it hard as they can, REGARDLESS IF IT IS THE TRUTH OR NOT !!!!!
Report Post »ThorLoser
Posted on July 17, 2012 at 2:45amI don‘t quite understand the position that it’s awesome to hire illegal aliens but not to create jobs in that aliens nation of origin so that they don’t feel the need to come here illegally in the first place.
It’s somehow ok for the president to shut down US drilling jobs while investing 2 billion dollars in foriegn state owned drilling projects, sending billions more in aid money from taxes and attempting to set up carbon trading schemes to send them even more money.
It‘s suppose it’s been set up to be a win-win scenario for progressives where they regulate jobs to death so that a company is forced to either go bankrupt or outsource work to other nations. In one case they take over the company because it’s too big to fail and in the other they claim that the heartless market has failed the american people due to rampant corporate greed.
How are these “American jobs” anyway? Using that term makes it sound as though the job creators didn’t actually create a job, they found one laying around on the sidewalk, pocketted it and snuck it out through customs thereby stealing it from the american people in some heinous act of sedition.
Report Post »toomuchgovt
Posted on July 17, 2012 at 5:45amGreat point. Potus record on outsourcing (one example) GM employs 300,000 workers less than half (100,000) are in the US. The potus took over the car company with our money and proceeded to fire his union thugs. He must have needed them to have more time to bully voters and not let work get in the way.
Report Post »West Coast Patriot
Posted on July 17, 2012 at 2:25amRomney will not defeat Obama. He does not have the base, as he is not truly trusted. Democrats are afraid of Romney, so the Dems that are frustrated with Obama will hold their nose for Obama, kinda like you guys for Romney. Independents? Youth vote? Paul Supporter vote? Think about it. He does not even have 100% of the Republican vote. How is it you think he can win? Give me some research that you have done to prove me wrong. You can’t as I have already researched it all. Paul supporters WILL NOT vote for Romney, if he was the only candidate running, because of his and the RNC federal crimes committed against Paul supporters throughout the primary (which none of you seem to care about, principles). We make up at least 45%, possibly over 50% of the Independents, the youth are either for Obama or Paul. Look at the latest polls on the election: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/us/general_election_romney_vs_obama-1171.html This is not just the right leaning Rassmussen Poll, but all of them.
Report Post »Paul would kick Obama’s @ss in the general. He just would.
historyguy48
Posted on July 17, 2012 at 7:26amComrade, how did I know that you were a strong Paul supporter? Well comrade, he isn’t the guy, that’s all there is to it, he just isn’t the guy.
Report Post »So, if we have an election, and I wouldn’t count on that to much if I were you, you have a choice, a simple choice. You can help to put our communist Dear Leader back into office and then you can explain to your kids and grandkids how you helped to end the American Experiment, because if he is re-elected, this is the last meaningful election, ever!
Of course, that is only if you survive the other fun things he is bringing to us.
Or you can suck it up, hold your nose and vote for Romney.
All I can say about him is that he isn’t a communist!
And that’s far better than Dear Leader!
West Coast Patriot
Posted on July 17, 2012 at 12:07pmHistoryGuy, Oh yeah, that is a smart statement, Romney is a progressive and will slow Obama’s speed toward the cliff from 100 mph to only 90 mph, but at least he isn’t a Communist! That is just ludicrous.
He isn’t the guy? The last time I looked, nobody has the nomination yet. That will be done in Tampa. Until then, Paul is still in the running. Romney was not the guy either: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6Khyh6xsSs&feature=youtu.be Try to listen all the way through, if you have decent concentration.
You guys followed the establishment reporters through the entire process, the media said Perry, you all ran, he said oops, the media said Herman Cain, you all ran, he couldn’t keep it in his pants, the media said Santorum, you all ran, he drops out, the media says Romney, you all ran. The media never said Paul, if they had you would probably be for Paul, but you will never know as you just listen to the media and it is imbedded in your brain that everything is your own decision so you know no better.
Report Post »West Coast Patriot
Posted on July 17, 2012 at 12:31pmOh, By the way, read this article: http://reason.com/poll/2011/05/10/80-of-americans-voting
Report Post »DEFCON4
Posted on July 17, 2012 at 2:05am@SOC-ROCKS, Well there‘s Bill O’reilly, Geraldo ………?
Report Post »CHRIS260
Posted on July 17, 2012 at 1:55amBoat’s not sinking buddy, it’s a submarine waiting to surface in November and launch the nukes. The sleeping giant is awake, sitting quietly by the door with ballot in hand waiting to knock you numbskulls over the head with it. Keep wasting your money and time with delusional ads and polls. Oh is it coming, the landslide is coming.
Report Post »watersRpeople
Posted on July 17, 2012 at 1:34amWhen you battle a certain type of person, peoples, or philosophy, the so-called defender usually becomes the very thing they are battling. That’s why never before in all of history was there a nation quite like the U.S was in it’s infancy, and it’s why the Founding fathers of the U.S saw the unique opportunity to create the U.S.
Report Post »watersRpeople
Posted on July 17, 2012 at 1:29amIt’s like this: for the most part the American people are Communist….period. We can thank Reagan for the nail on the coffin.
Report Post »Verceofreason
Posted on July 17, 2012 at 12:29am“Fear of the other”
Report Post »This guy must be high.
The Republicans have been portraying Barrack Hussein Obama as the OTHER
from day one.
The boat’s sinking Kraut and the FOX rats are delirious.
bigdaddyt46
Posted on July 17, 2012 at 4:35amdo everyone a favor and go back to sucking and playing with your boyfriend’s hotdog. that will keep both your hands and mouth buzy so you can’t type/say your idiotic dribble. you are a first class moron
Report Post »The_Cabrito_Goat
Posted on July 17, 2012 at 2:40pmwoah there
Report Post »LoveBringsTruth
Posted on July 17, 2012 at 12:03amPlease stop with the main stream media regurgitation.
The blaze and blazer writers are acting like a glorified blog.
All of the talking heads are TOLD what to say and all of them will say because they have zero character and zero moral fortitude. Isn’t that right SE Parrot Cup.
Nothing but repeat news garbage is just that. Repeated garbage. Get your aces out on the street you wimpy ass bloggers.
Report Post »Cosmos102
Posted on July 17, 2012 at 12:02amPeople need to check with Rasmussen’s daily polls. Democrats have definitely been making gains with their attacks. Don’t assume just because you know better, that everyone else does too. There are millions of people who never listen to the news, and are easily persuaded by slick headlines. Most of the news is slanted toward Liberals. Romney is going to have to step up his game or America as we know it, will die.
Report Post »brother_ed
Posted on July 17, 2012 at 12:44am@COSMOS102
I would agree that most people’s knowledge consists of the headlines they read and the sound bites they hear.
It is my hope that these Obama attacks will back-fire. Some have; the war on women for example.
I also hope that Romney is saving his money for the homestretch, and will flood the swing states with ads.
Most people also believe the LAST things they read and hear, and maybe Obama will run out of money by then.
Report Post »encinom
Posted on July 17, 2012 at 12:59amRomney is crashing, Obama is defining him as the out of touch rivh guy, that has shipped American jobs off to China. AS for the war on women, single women, college age women, etc. are mobilized against the GOP’s assualt on their rights. Basically, its the stepford wives that support the GOP and no other women. The GOP is losing the hispanic vote. Romney is becoming Kerry.
Report Post »CHRIS260
Posted on July 17, 2012 at 2:03amThe polls don’t mean a dam thing, geez would you people knock it off with the dam polls. The only polls that are going to matter are those flying flags half staff because Obama will be beaten so bad this election. They will be sending out search and rescue teams to uncover him from the landslide.
Report Post »marcus_arealius
Posted on July 17, 2012 at 2:14amThe little dick moron Ecicommie is trolling again. Try getting out of the basement once in a while you little queer.
Report Post »JohnLarson
Posted on July 16, 2012 at 11:10pmIt’s funny how any conservative who acknowledges reality is all the sudden a RINO…
Krauthammer is one of the few conservative intellectuals you still have, most have died out, pretty soon all you’ll have is Joe The Plumber in the conservative brain trust.
Report Post »MODEL82A1
Posted on July 16, 2012 at 11:15pmNo, JOHN, Krauthammer, the “intellectual” is all Yours.
Report Post »RougeFastFingers
Posted on July 16, 2012 at 11:22pmJoe the dog still has more common sense then any democrat, socialist or neo-communist Obama supporter has ever had.
Report Post »MODEL82A1
Posted on July 16, 2012 at 11:23pmJOHN, of course as a fellow “intellectual”, when Krauthammer actually stumbles onto the truth and hammers Obama, You’re right there defending him (Krauthammer), then too, right? Lol! Lemming.
Report Post »socialism.rocks
Posted on July 17, 2012 at 12:26amagreed krauthammer is very intelligent witty i enjoy him….to bad fox dont give him a show i might just watch -
i would say he is the brightest in the whole conservative movement he is able to communicate on a level republicans can understand… kinda like reagan
krauthammer is ten times more intelligent then reagan ever was
but fox news will never allow anyone over 55 a show
Report Post »soybomb315
Posted on July 16, 2012 at 11:10pmIMO, it is starting to work because:
1. The american public has a short attention span and it Americans are ignorant. In order to move the ball, you have to educate them…
2. Romney is incapable of defending himself for whatever reason. For example, refusing to release tax returns is a losing proposition.
Romney does not have his foundation in the constitution or freedom, so he does not know how to counter Obama’s socialist statements. On top of that, Romney generally doesnt have a whole lot of ideas about how to change this country for the better. Reforming the tax code is a winning argument but Romney has stated in the past that he wants to keep the existing code
Report Post »MODEL82A1
Posted on July 16, 2012 at 10:59pmThe fact that Charles Krauthammer and Dick Morris (among others) are actually still employed as “Conservative Pundits” speaks directly to the roughly half of Republicans who are almost as stupid as ALL Democrats.
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on July 16, 2012 at 10:51pmo they are working alright, they are working on getting America to wake and see that if obama and his commies are left in power,there will be no America in the future. so i say keep on throwing the crap towards the fan and it will blow right back in your face,and man it is really starting to drip all down the front of their clothes,
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on July 16, 2012 at 11:43pmIts coming anyways! The only way people will learn is if they fall down maybe even a time or two. Then they will wake up and realize whats been taken away from them and be powerless to do anything about it. Live the good life now people! Socialism is here to stay unfortunately because not enough people get it and the mass media along with the educational system props up their sick ideology that only ends in mass starvation, murder and mayhem in general. There is no utopia, there is only us…fallen man with an America that once was something great. Mourn her!
Report Post »MeteoricLimbo
Posted on July 16, 2012 at 10:43pmThe Unions are the big reason for outsourcing problems. The Unions are the big reason for the public education system problems…..Thank goodness the Unions are there to save us all huh
Report Post »socialism.rocks
Posted on July 16, 2012 at 10:57pmanother anti freemarket anti free enterprise republican
within free enterprise and free markets people have a right to contracts and to unionize….that is part of the market force… you mental midget
anyone who is against free exchange of labor in a contract is anti free market anti free enterprise…
shows you republicans as what you are———–anti-free market crapitalists
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on July 16, 2012 at 10:59pmand,but,you know,you,you, you are a racist for saying things like that,
Report Post »you are so true,but you are not suppose to be smart enough to figure that out,because obama and his cronies said so, what i don’t understand is why romney does not bring that up,and why he does not tell America that obama is a commie lover, hell fight fire with fire, because you can bet if you play fair you will lose every time, so when the commies start spewing crap,then way not throw sh*t balls and then they will have a reason for spewing the sh*t
soybomb315
Posted on July 16, 2012 at 11:17pm@MeteoricLimbo
I’m no expert on this but it seems to me like the unions rose to power thanks to crony laws passed by the government to restrict the ability of private companies to find ways around unions. The result, was more unions in America and then unions in industries where there is no need for unions
Once again, the problem is corrupt government laws.
Report Post »digitalPimple.com
Posted on July 16, 2012 at 11:22pmHe’s speaking of public unions I believe and that is not free market, that is crony capitalism.
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on July 16, 2012 at 11:31pm@ socialism sucks, the mental midget here is you, if socialism is so great,why are all of those country in the toilet??? and by the why, 99% of all workers in socialist country are union. and that will explain why their whole economy is going down the sh*t hole, and why their health care system is so bad,only communist countries have worst systems and socialism is a half step from communism,if Americas free market system is so bad why are you still here,you can leave any time, and why are you paying far less taxes than any other country in the world, also why do we have the best health care system in the world, you love the milk and honey,you just don’t want to have to milk the cow or get stung getting the honey, that is socialism, let some one else do the work and then take it from them.
Report Post »brother_ed
Posted on July 16, 2012 at 11:34pm@SOCIALISM.ROCKS
In a free-market society, a business is free to go elsewhere to find cheaper labor.
When unions and government get together – the one to demand higher wages than the market dictates, lifetime health care and pensions; the other to keep the jobs from going overseas (or to another state), or pile on tariffs, then it is no longer a free-market society.
Report Post »SolanumVexus
Posted on July 17, 2012 at 12:16am@socialism.rocks
Unions, in most instances, are the antithesis of a free market, and in the public sector they are the very embodiment of fascism/crony capitalism.
Try reading Sowell and stop embarrassing yourself.
Report Post »http://www.amazon.com/Basic-Economics-Common-Sense-Economy/dp/0465022529/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&sr=1-4&keywords=thomas+sowell
Verceofreason
Posted on July 17, 2012 at 12:31amWithout unions you’d be making $1 an hour like the Chinese and working 7 days week.
Report Post »Tool.
socialism.rocks
Posted on July 17, 2012 at 12:45ambrother_ed you are a utter moron – free-trade has done more to destroy capitalism in the world then anything-
you can destroy the local tax base by sending jobs oversea’s – then it has to go to the federal level
then the federal level goes broke … then the system is completely broken and then we socialists win
libertarianism and free trade is both socialist….. numb-skull
free-trade with china is by designed…. its letting capitalists run wild letting capitalists take the wealth hoard it- to break the system it is allowing conservative capitalists to destroy themselves…
everything is done by design conservatives are such stooges- they dont even know the game… let alone how to play the game
humanity hates chaos it loves order……
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DTbashsKic&feature=related
Report Post »brother_ed
Posted on July 17, 2012 at 1:13am@SOCIALISM.ROCKS
Free trade is what creates competition.
Unions have been artificially propping up costs. So have tariffs. So have minimum wages. They are an impediment to free markets.
Competition is the reason things improve. Manufacturers have to find a way to make their products better and more efficiently. In the end, this is better for the consumer.
Some manufacturing jobs require skilled labor. They require an educated work force. If companies only looked at the cost of labor then all jobs would go to Mexico or China. But they must look at the quality of labor as well.
I would rather leave the stitching of inderwear to the Panamanians and let us manufacture the planes.
But then again, maybe I need to listen to more Pete Seeger.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on July 17, 2012 at 5:20amNobody has a right to be in a union, sorry. You have a right to freedom of association, but in a true free society and free market, the employer has every right to fire your butt for organizing against him.
If you meant it in the way I just detailed, great. I doubt you did though. Unions need government guns to exist with any clout. That’s not free market.
Please, try to keep up.
Report Post »The_Cabrito_Goat
Posted on July 17, 2012 at 1:50pm“within free enterprise and free markets people have a right to contracts and to unionize….that is part of the market force… you mental midget
anyone who is against free exchange of labor in a contract is anti free market anti free enterprise…”
Thank you for telling me this. Now I know even more what kind of dribble will be shoved down my throat in college next year. Everytime you post, it’s some kind of deconstructionist, “critical theory” nonsense. Where do you learn this garbage?
“libertarianism and free trade is both socialist….. numb-skull”
Freedom is synonymous with socialism, aka the larvae form of communism? ….right.
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on July 16, 2012 at 10:43pmOf course the attacks from Obama are working. Evil is in charge at present; in this country. The living and true God, Jesus Christ is not being considered at all. As usual, He has been left out of the conversation by both parties. And neither party is partial to what Christ thinks anyway. Reagan was not afraid to invoke the name of Christ; nor was George W. These two buffoons that are running are **** scared of saying boo about God in any fashion. Good Lord, wussies to the left; wussies to the right. GOP for me, but man; we don’t have a champion by any stretch of the word.
Report Post »soybomb315
Posted on July 16, 2012 at 11:14pmTrue to that
IMO, we have evil vs hypocrite. No thanks
Report Post »Mutiny
Posted on July 16, 2012 at 11:29pmThis is what happens when you support fakes. Bachman, Cain, Santorum, Perry, and Gingrich all were better than Romney but still not worth a crap as far as their politics goes. At least maybe one of them would have been on offense against Obama. How can the worst president in US history be on the attack?
Since I am talking about past nominees and why Romney is the worst one we could have had, Ron Paul would have crushed Obama over immigration, Obamacare SC ruling, and now this jobs stuff. But hey, Bill Oreilly, Rush, Hannity, Beck, Levin, and the rest of you talk radio clowns said before Iowa he couldnt win. Well how the verse goes, “you reap what you sow”. Thanks guys.
I shouldnt have said all of talk radio, there is one guy I know who wasnt fooled.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOqQrDI7fvA Jerry Doyle rocks.
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on July 16, 2012 at 11:42pmCoulda, woulda, shoulda and all that. But again, I say God has been left out as usual. I never heard Paul talk about God either. He’s no different. The founders were dependent on God; we have, as a society, left Him completely out of the picture. So, yes; we reap what we sew. We had a very lack-luster group to choose from to be sure. Even Ron Paul.
Report Post »spirited
Posted on July 16, 2012 at 11:43pmWell, except, Romney said this in his 2012 NAACP:
…” More than these public acts, it was the kind of man he [George Romney, Mitt's father] was, and the way he dealt with every person, black or white. He was a man of the fairest instincts, and a man of FAITH who knew that every person was a child of GOD.
I’m grateful to him for so many things, and above all for the knowledge of GOD, whose ways are not always our ways, but WHOSE justice is certain and WHOSE mercy endures forever.
Every good cause on this earth relies in the end on a PLAN BIGGER THAN OURS. “Without dependence on GOD,” as Dr. King said, “our efforts turn to ashes and our sunrises into darkest night. Unless HIS SPIRIT pervades our lives, we find only what G. K. Chesterton called ‘cures that don’t cure, blessings that don’t bless, and solutions that don’t solve.’”
Of all that you bring to the work of today’s civil rights cause, no advantage counts for more than this abiding confidence in THE NAME above every name. Against cruelty, arrogance, and all the foolishness of man, this SPIRIT has carried the NAACP to many victories. More still are up ahead, and with each one we will be a better nation.
Thank you, AND GOD BLESS YOU ALL.”
Report Post »MODEL82A1
Posted on July 16, 2012 at 11:44pmMUTINY, Ron Paul is/was a radical Leftist. His devout followers fall into two basic groups, 1) The Constitutional Newcomer/Simpleton who hasn’t actually studied the founding of the United States of America at all and 2) The Dopers who want it to be even easier to get their dope. Which one are you?
Report Post »CatB
Posted on July 16, 2012 at 11:55pmGeorge Romney was the governor when I was a kid in Michigan .. met him once .. at the state fair .. I was very impressed .. he shook my hand .. I think George as well as Mitt were/are good men .. I pray that a “good man” can still get elected President of the United States .. Reagan was.
OMG 2012 .. LIBERTY!
Report Post »Verceofreason
Posted on July 17, 2012 at 12:35amThey are working because Romney’s whole career was at BAIN.
BAIN destroyed companies and killed American jobs to profit their investors.
That’s what a company like BAIN does. THAT”S the business Romney ran. Not a supermarket.
If you want to run as a succesful businessman your business (and taxes) become the issue.
Report Post »brother_ed
Posted on July 17, 2012 at 12:57am@VERCEOFREASON
I must not understand something and maybe you can help me.
This is how I see it:
A venture capitol company like Bain buys a company that is not doing so well, but has potential. They then try to make it profitable by trimming expenses. When all else fails, they sell off the assets to recoup their investment.
If they are successful in turning the company around, people are employed. If they are not successful, the employee looses a job that was in danger anyway.
Where am I wrong? I can see the evil in a ‘hostile take-over’, but if a company is faltering, then I see no problem.
Report Post »CHRIS260
Posted on July 17, 2012 at 2:08amWe have three months to go… Romney realizes the public can only take so much negativity. Give the man time… Be patient… The worst they can say about Romney is better than the best Obama has to offer, wait until the debates and a month out. It will come. Calm down people.
Report Post »West Coast Patriot
Posted on July 17, 2012 at 2:37amTron, You have never researched Paul, I can tell. Paul’s own words:
Report Post »“My faith is a deeply private issue to me, and I don’t speak on it in great detail during my speeches because I want to avoid any appearance of exploiting it for political gain. Let me be very clear here: I have accepted Jesus Christ as my personal Savior, and I endeavor every day to follow Him in all I do and in every position I advocate.
It is God Who gave us life. As He is free, so are those He created in His image. Our rights to life and liberty are inalienable.”
“America became the greatest nation in human history because a dedicated band of Patriots believed their God-given rights were worth fighting for, even if it meant challenging the world’s most powerful nation in what many deemed a “hopeless” cause.”
“I am running to Restore America Now, and by that I mean that it’s time to protect and promote the basic God-given rights inherent in the promise of America.”
“We must stand for life – not allow millions of innocent children to continue to be slaughtered with the government’s approval.”
“For my stands and beliefs, I am told that my efforts are “hopeless.” Like those who were proud to stand up for what they knew was right to create our nation, however, I firmly believe that now is a better time than ever before to reclaim our liberties. No situation is hopeless for those who receive their strength from their faith, family, and freedom.” — Ron Paul
West Coast Patriot
Posted on July 17, 2012 at 5:04pmTron, No answer for that? What is it with you people? Is it just that I am right and you do not want to answer based on that? Blind leading the Blind.
Report Post »Paul has a plurality of delegates in 6 states and will be placed into nomination against Romney at the convention. http://dailypaulradio.com/radio/2012/07/17/ben-swann-facts-clarification-from-the-rnc-rules-committee-ron-paul-has-6-states/
You can no longer truthfully say coulda, woulda, shoulda. Quit lying to the American people you MSM shills.