Obama: RNC Like Watching ‘Black-and-White TV’ Because Romney ‘Did Not Offer a Single New Idea’
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US President Barack Obama makes his way off the stage after a campaign event at Living History Farms September 1, 2012 in Urbandale, Iowa. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images)
(TheBlaze/AP) — President Barack Obama lampooned the recently-completed Republican National Convention as better-suited to an era of “black-and-white TV“ and ” trickle-down, you’re on your own” economics Saturday, saying Mitt Romney “did not offer a single new idea” to fix the economy.
“There was a lot of talk about hard truths and bold choices, but no one actually told you what they were,” Obama said in Iowa, chuckling, as he set out on a three-day tour of battleground states in the run-up to his own convention. Later, Obama said, the Republican gathering was so rooted in the past, there should have been a rabbit-ears antenna on the convention hall.
Yet even the site of Obama’s convention, Charlotte, N.C., served as an unwelcome reminder to the Democrats of an economy so weak that it threatens his chances for re-election.
The president carried North Carolina in 2008, but the state’s unemployment rate is pegged at 9.6 percent, well higher than the nation’s 8.3 percent and tied with next-door South Carolina for fifth from the bottom.
President Obama said the RNC presented outdated ideas and would have been better suited to 'black and white' television. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images)
Democrats are taking their turn in the convention spotlight just days after the Republicans met in Tampa, Fla., to nominate former Massachusetts Gov. Romney for the White House and Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan to be vice president.
A parade of speakers in Tampa excoriated Obama’s handling of the economy, which is struggling in the weakest recession recovery of the post-World War II era.
The economy has been the top-rated issue in opinion polls all year, and the president is eager to turn the focus onto Romney on that subject.
Republicans “will take us backwards,” Obama insisted, adding that “Gov. Romney had nothing to say about Afghanistan…or the plans for the 33,000 troops who will have come home from the war by the end of this month.”
“Let me recap it for you,” he said. “Everything is bad, it‘s Obama’s fault and Gov. Romney is the only one who knows the secret to creating jobs and growing the economy.”
Here is the full speech, via C-SPAN:
Obama, pointing to successes, declared, “I said we’d take out bin Laden and we did.”
Romney campaigned in Ohio during the day – the opening of the college football season – and proclaimed it was time the country had a winning season after years of a sluggish economy and high unemployment.
Referring to the number of jobless in the country, Romney told his own cheering crowd, “If you have a coach that’s zero and 23 million, you say it’s time to get a new coach.”
He also pledged to cut the federal deficit and “get us on track for a balanced budget.”
Polls peg Iowa as one of eight or so battlegrounds where the election is most likely to be decided. The president carried it in 2008, and in an indication of the struggle he now faces, he has been lavishing time on it in recent weeks. He spent three days in August on a bus tour that traversed the state from west to east.
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Feller reported from Urbandale and Sioux City, Iowa. Associated Press writers Kasie Hunt in Cincinnati, Beth Fouhy in Charlotte and Steve Peoples in Columbus, Ohio, contributed to this report.
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Comments (377)
VotersOfNY
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 11:17pmYeah, Romney was probably too busy playing golf and basketball and flying all around the country fund raising instead of doing some work. Obama. What have you done for 4 years besides that. We didn’t elect you to campaign. That‘s all you’ve done since you took the oath of president. You have other people doing all your work while you play gold, basketball, bowl, party, party, party. Yeah I know I said it 3 times cause that’s all you do. You’re a bum.
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 10:09am“We didn’t elect you to campaign”…You mean you voted for this idiot…hopefully you didn’t, and if you did, please don’t vote for him again!..It floors me that some would actually vote for him AGAIN..what?
Report Post »barber2
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 11:12pm” Black and white ?” Guess color is a big deal to Obama. Oh, does that make ME a racist ?!
Report Post »grayling646
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 11:27pmI thought it was a racist statement on his part.
Report Post »kat747
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 12:57pmHe was right about watching “black and white tv”……his past 3-1/2 years in office was like watching the days of the Cold War where Communism was trying to take over !
Romney and Ryan 2012 because if we keep going “forward” like Ob wants the USA to do,
Report Post »the USA will not exist – just like Obama and his Czars want to destroy the USA.
KickinBack
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 1:02pmAt least the old Black and White TV’s were made in America.
Report Post »OlderCowGirl
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 2:25pmWhat is it about Obama that he keeps the black & white thing going all the time? Me thinks he’s got some real issues with his black/white parents, deep down. Perhaps? Maybe that‘s why red birds don’t mingle with blue birds…just wondering…
Report Post »DisillusionedDaily
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 3:16pmI keep hearing that Obama has created more than 4 million jobs since assuming the throne. Why does he not mention that there have been in excess of 150 million first time unemployment claims during the same period? Another curious thought is that the employment statistical charts on the Dept. of Labor web site end at Feb., 2009. I wonder why? Just sayin!
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 4:03pmOldercowgirl…me thinks obama has ALOT of issues!
Report Post »The.Truth.Rules
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 4:06pmWell, they didn’t have TV in the village in Kenya where he was spawned, so he must be thinking of Indonesia where he was indoctrinated.
Report Post »50211bs
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 6:54pmConfusing as hell, ain’t it
Report Post »January24
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 7:13pmObama is really, really stupid. He doesn’t understand that MOST of the best ideas are time-honored . . . meaning that they are NOT new.
Here’s one example: Don‘t spend more than you’re taking in. And don’t borrow from people as evil as the Chinese.
Report Post »SELECT
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 7:37pmanybody who would choose four more years like the last, has truly gone ’round the bend. nothing obozo has done has been his idea. he is too stupid to have an idea about the economy. he has advocated his presidency to Valerie Jarrett, Pelosi, and Reid. he understand nothing about this country and i think deep down, he and michelle both hate whites and America in general.
Report Post »scalhoun12
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 10:14pmI like to point out that the ones to say that a person is racist are normally the ones who are racist. Democrats describe republicans as racist, liars, and who step on peoples toes just to get ahead when actually it is the liberals who make up story’s and lie about people to get ahead in an election. We are all guilty of stereotyping. We sound racist when we point out that most blacks are in gangs, sell pot and blacks always act as if whites still own them something. People are more interested in seeing the racism between blacks and whites rather the racism that goes on between the blacks. Blacks are always so fast to make whites out to be the racist when in truth it was the black man who sold their their own kind as slaves. It was a white republic president who freed them. Obama says we are racist. The only reason a republican can be happy that they voted for Obama is the knowledge of knowing ones and for all THEY ARE NOT RACIST. He has no right to call any Americans racist. He has a better change of people voting for him because he is black then people voting for him because he’s muslim.
Report Post »GoodOldUsa
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 11:12pmThe older I get, The Archie Bunker character singing “Those were the days” becomes more appreciated by me.
Report Post »Miami
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 11:31pmThis guy makes NO SENSE, no sense what’s so ever.
The economy comes from the bottom up? How the is that possible? I never got a job from a poor man/woman.
He talked about letting Detroit going bankrupt? Didn’t they go through bankruptcy or was that just a bad dream?
To top it all off he lies about wind mills
Report Post »Sirfoldallot
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 11:34pmDid any 1 notice the fly around his mouth ?
Report Post »nonliberal
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 11:53pmFlys like sewers.
Report Post »casseopea42
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 12:32amHow does Obama know what was said at the RNC. I am quite sure he didnt watch it.
Report Post »HOOT_OWL
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 12:39amHere you go Good…a current version.
I just wrote it to keep in step with the times.
~~~~~
Man the way our kids are today.
For a simple chore ,they demand to be paid
They want tiffany shoes, on my Walmart pay
It’s not easy these days.
And all the kids ,will boo-hoo when.
Claiming any effort, deserves a first place win.
Parents, don’t tell them ,that what they put in ,they get out.
Don’t go to our state to complain.
Report Post »They will just think your insane .
If they’d just use ,half their brain
It’s Not easy these days.
jmk_2keen
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 1:27amThis is true..the garbage today makes me sick…I would give anything for my children and grandchildren to live the times I did. The world has become such a nasty vile place and Obama is a true pied piper leading the fools to slaughter…..give us back American tradition (we sure always hear how we must honor others’ traditions) so bud outta ours, if you do not agree that America was just fine in black & white than you are not worthy of America’s greatness brought by American tradition…God Bless America…my home sweet home!
Report Post »DarkJello
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 1:31am@Mad:
Clint has and did endorse Romney for president! Fact.
Romney, if he wins, should be fired if he performs poorly. That is not “embarrassing”, it is how the system should always work. FDR would have only served 1 term by this standard. But Owebama, like FDR, is a masterful liar. Progressives prefer style over substance 24/7, mostly because that is all they really have in their arsenal. And liberal progressives are the most regressive of them all. Selling their crack on the cheap initially, then ramping it up into the realms of financial slavery.
Romney has plenty of weaknesses, but Owebama has proven he cannot lead successfully.
Report Post »GoodOldUsa
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 1:44amGood revised lyrics Hoot, Highly appropriate for today’s politically correct climate. It will take time but under President Romney’s Administration our great nation will turn around and become stronger again returning to the core beliefs and values most of us on here share. Happy Labor Day Weekend USA !
Report Post »sillyfreshness
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 1:55amAnd Obama’s recipe for American success? Communism. We need more communism to make America into Amerika. The old, stale argument went out 20 years ago after the Soviet Union fell. Give it up Obama. Communism doesn’t work.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 2:19amI’m certain that collectivism, communism and other group based ideologies are from the past. Individualism is the new kid on the block, the fresh new idea. Obama is behind the times and a relic of the idiocy of his era.
Report Post »TEXASGRANNY73
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 2:28amFunny thing to me. Isn‘t this the same guy who said if he couldn’t fix the economy in one term he didn’t deserve a 2nd term? Isn’t this the guy who ran up more debt than all presidents combined? Isn’t this the president who closed down the rigs in the Gulf and they are now in Brazil? Isn’t this the president who has sued virtually every state in the union? Isn’t this the guy who just said here that we have more jobs for teachers but did not say where or whose budget? Isn’t this the guy who hangs out with union leaders who g.d.’ed tea party citizens? Isn‘t this the guy who had absolutely nothing to say when Iran’s young people were protesting in the streets? Isn‘t this the guy who won’t respond to the murder of Brian Terry, a citizen and border patrol agent? Isn‘t this the guy who said you didn’t build it yourself? Isn’t this the guy who closed down NASA? Isn‘t this the guy who didn’t say cease and desist the attacking of Joe, the Plumber, an American citizen for asking a question?
Report Post »Isn‘t this the guy who didn’t close Gitmo? Isn’t this the guy who lost our money Solyndra? Isn’t this the guy who spent a year or more on Obamacare mandate? Isn’t this the guy who appointed his own special commission for a budget but turned it down? Isn’t this the guy who has more czars than Katherine the Great? Isn’t this the guy who just said Romney/Ryan have no plan although Ryan presented one and O turned it down? Gotta? Get real.
Wyerd_001
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 3:26am@MADASHELL, very nice veiw point, even for this story. Also, i wouldn’t mind going back to old ideas where people made money, the “new ideas” this president brought us have so far made things worse…try these old ideas of Newt’s that balanced our budget…
Report Post »majasdad
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 3:50am“Those were the days” is a relative notion, and as such, beautifully depicted by Jon Stewart.
Everyone needs to watch this, especially part II.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/01/jon-stewart-clint-eastwood-romney_n_1848979.html
Report Post »realindependent
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 6:13amHey Romney,Ryan… take note, that’s how you make a speech.
Full of idea’s and direction. What do you have? Tax cuts that didn’t work under Bush, Deregulation that got us into this mess to begin with “for you short memory people”,And cutting programs that protect the poor and middle class. I’t will never work.
That’s why Romney will never win. The polls and news say its a close race because they want those advertising money. Its not close. Obama will win in a land slide….
Report Post »soybomb315_II
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 6:59amfirst things first….Did Romney offer any new ideas in his convention speech? Did he offer specifics on how he will balance the budget or ‘give people jobs’?
Report Post »Shiroi Raion
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 7:19amWe’ve had enough new ideas. Government ideas have us in the hole for 16 trillion. It’s time to undo the bad ideas first. When the economy recovers by a few trillion, then we can think about some new ideas which borrowing and devaluing the dollar is unnecessary. Apparently Obama’s not as smart as Liberals believe. He‘s either not smart enough to know he’s destroying the country or he does know and he’s evil. Either way, he needs to go.
Report Post »HKS
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 7:22amLike for the last four years this guy had no clue about anything but now he has magic to work with, Really, he expects folks to buy that, now he has magic, really. He really is playing to the small minds.
Report Post »mersey
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 7:47amLeave It To Beaver, or leave it to Obama? Beaver has my vote!
Report Post »hillbillyinny
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 8:10amAs my mom aged, she would say to me at times “I think I’m getting too old for this world. . .”
As I age, I understand her sentiments completely!
Romney/Ryan 2012
Report Post »cloudsofwar
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 8:23amwatching Obama is like watching reruns. i WILL NOT watch the DNC next week. i hope for the rest of the country that they WAKE THE HELL UP. Obama will lie,lie,lie. WHY DO YOU LISTEN TO A PROVEN LIAR?????
Report Post »ambrosia
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 8:52amThe Weak one says,
“Republican National Convention as better-suited to an era of “black-and-white TV“ -
wow, now, he’s onto “War-on-TV”,
racist black-&-white TV comments.
What’s next, “War-on-70′s Music” ?
Hey, ********-
do you ever think before you speak ?
If you did, you would sense that America loves that TV era,
we wants to return to the decency & wholesomeness that it withheld-
Love & respect for Family, Country, our Military, God and
all good things in between.
Thanks for playing right into our All American-Apple Pie Hands,
ya‘ big rootin’ tootin’ DOPE !
We WANT Ward & June Cleaver residing in the White House,
not Bonnie & Clyde !
We WANT Rowdy Yates & Rawhide,
not Pee Wee Herman & Urkel !
Thanks for being so dumb & reminding America, on a daily basis,
ALL the reasons why YOU must go !
Talk about black & white TV-
Here’s one reason why it was so good, keep them DOGGIES movin’, Rawhide !
http://youtu.be/MSHr4ubuD64
Can anyone imagine the Wimp-in-Chief saddling up & riding side by side,
next to the gorgeous Rowdy Yates ?
Empty saddle, empty chair…
God Bless Clint Eastwood, God Bless America !
Report Post »SLAPTHELEFT
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 9:25amLet me recap it for you- everything is bad it‘s all bush’s fault and only Obama knows how to fix it.
Oops, that was 2008.
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 9:27amOver 200 comments, on this thread alone, proving PresObama’s right.
Report Post »John 1776
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 9:30amI finally figured out what Obama’s speeches remind me of-
Report Post »Baghdad Bob !
No matter what we hit over there, it was always a “baby milk” factory! Never knew they had that many. Now the line is “Tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires.” Oh, you mean like S-Corps (small businesses)? or do you mean the George Soros’s of the world, who have gotten much richer under your administration?
poorrichard09
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 9:40amBlack and white? Is that a racist comment??
Report Post »We’ve had enough “new ideas”; we want some of the old ideas, you know, like those expressed in the Constitution.
AzDebi
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 9:52amhttp://www.blacklistednews.com/Audit_of_the_Federal_Reserve_Reveals_$16_Trillion_in_Secret_Bailouts/21302/0/38/38/Y/M.html
Report Post »betsyyoung
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 10:23amIf you listen to the dopey twit at all, you will realizes all he utters are abusive comments, lies and garbage! It is really getting old and boring!!! Can’t wait until he is GONE!!
Report Post »ashestoashes
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 11:51amI didn’t vote for Obama…and I won’t vote for Romney..Obama is right on this one..Obama=Romney
Report Post »So tell me..who’s getting chumped.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnrYR8xeZPw
michael48
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 5:02pmashes… then you‘ll have some one you didn’t vote for…feel better??…
Report Post »West Coast Patriot
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 5:46pmMichael, You may be right that Ashes will have someone that he did not vote for, but it will not be Romney, and it will not be Ashes fault, it will be people like you and the rest on The Blaze that refuse to wake up to the corruption in both parties. I have been telling all of you, for quite some time now, that Romney WILL NOT WIN, but you stick your heads in the sand and listen to the establishment reporters like they know everything. Well they do know everything that is told to them by the establishment. He was not going to win even before the criminal activity he was part of at the convention, but now he is losing even more of his base. have fun on election day watching him lose worse than McCain. Look at this chart: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/obama_vs_romney_compared_to_obama_vs_mccain.html
Report Post »Where is the bump that McCain had after the convention in ‘08 for Romney after the convention this year? It is not there. He had a very slight bump, but not near what McCain had, and if you look at the chart, you will see that McCain and Romney are very close to the same throughout the entire primary to this point, but now we see that Romney’s chart is not going to go to a high after the convention. That should be telling to all of you. WOW!
West Coast Patriot
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 6:27pmWell folks, There is discussion on the possibility that Ron Paul may be considering joining a third party run!! I do not know all the particulars yet, but will update as soon as I know more. If this happens, it will be great news for the Liberty movement. Hold onto your seats.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 11:11pm“ Running the same old policies that got us here in the first place ” ( ppssst : be sure to ignore the ACORN pressured/ Discrimination Card pushed loans to “ poor minorities ” which blew up the housing market/ economy ) . ” The ‘Republicans have no new ideas” ( pppst: be sure to ignore that we Democrats haven’t submitted a budget in 3 1 /2 years ) ” I said we’d take out Bin Laden and we did .” ( know w, hat Mr. Narcissist -in-Chief : ” you didn’t “ make that take out”…. many people before you created the infrastructure that provided that take out ! ” ) Can you believe this nasty , negative man ? The White House deserves a “change”…. Nobama 2012 NO DEMOCRATS 2012 ( JFK must be twirling )
Report Post »HOOT_OWL
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 11:11pmI kind of like some of ideas… that came from the 1700’s
Report Post »Miami
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 11:35pmMore like 400 Bc and even Plato figured out that it could not work
Report Post »casseopea42
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 12:34amideas like “hey lets acutally work on the marrage before we divorse” and “lets not spend money we dont have” and “wait a sec, let me check my moral compass”
Report Post »ropati
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 11:10pmBrockie made a big deal of telling people he would not be watching the RNC convention. Now, he’s telling us what went on while he was elsewhere (golfing, perhaps?).
Report Post »Capt_Gregg
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 11:09pm“Everything is bad, it‘s Obama’s fault and Gov. Romney is the only one who knows the secret to creating jobs and growing the economy.”
I’m SHOCKED!!!!! BO actually told the truth!!!!
Report Post »MadAsHeII
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 11:20pmEveryone on this blog site had better pay attention to what is going on. Does anyone do research on here? Mitt Romney and Reince Prievus have hurt my party more than any of you may know. The blatant dictatorial rule that was pushed through without any vote, is a form of dictatorship and it WILL cost Mitt Romney the election. How many of you are willing to step up, stop just towing party lines and stand for freedom and the American way? Watch this as this is important. The words “This is the shot that will be heard around the world” is mentioned in this and we know what that phrase started over 200 years ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fruTILguQA&feature=youtu.be
Start thinking about everything that is transpiring as it could lead to another four for Obama.
Report Post »zipzap
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 11:29pm@madashell – I’m with you in principle, however 4 more years of Obama is too costly in many more ways than money. Sorry – we can fix the GOP later. Right now there is someone who needs to be thrown from office without further delay.
Report Post »MadAsHeII
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 12:12am@ZipZap, I can tell you never even clicked on my link above. I am telling you that if we as Republicans do not start paying attention, Obama will get reelected. In the link they are talking about the leadership of the state parties all over the country not campaigning for Romney if the rule changes are not repealed. If that happens, Romney will not win and then, Obama is reelected. We need to stop towing the party line just because the Party leadership says so. We have to come to the realization that we nominated the wrong guy and we have the wrong guy as the leader of our party. Watch the clip.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 12:49amMADASHEII Ron Paul couldn’t win his home state…. the only rule change that would help the old loser is if on one counted the other guy’s votes….. Don’t like the GOP? Try the Demorat party.
Report Post »pissantno.10
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 1:05amya mad glad ya told me about it i will be voting for obama now jezz that was close i might haved for romney good work brother nit wit
Report Post »MadAsHeII
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 1:18amRepublicorp, What is your problem? You come from a premise that I am some kind of Paulbot or something, but what I am talking about has nothing to do with Ron Paul. Ron Paul is out of it, why do you continue to go on and on about him? You are showing that you are not thinking in the reality of the moment, but are stuck in some Twilight Zone movie where you cannot escape. It is pitiful. I replied to a post you did to me on another story, and I bet you never even went back to see the reply. If you cannot have discussions with people on here and make an attempt to give ideas on how we fix the mess we are in, why don’t you just go away?
Report Post »MadAsHeII
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 1:26am@Pissant No.10, What is it you are trying to say? Every college has English 101, have you thought about enrolling? If you want to vote for Obama, be my guest, I am not. I was going to vote for whoever the nominee was, but since the convention, I am having second thoughts. It will not be Obama though. I am a Tea Party member that believes in Limited government, fiscal responsibility, lower taxes and the Constitution. I will not, however, vote for a candidate that is for stripping our primary voting rights away from us and putting the power to a centralized committee. That is not America.
Report Post »mamatango
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 1:59am@RepubliCorp
Maybe this will help make it more clear…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvQ0qrlX17A&feature=related
Romney may be in trouble if he throws out delegates from something like 14 or 15 states, with tens of thousands of voters behind each of them.
Report Post »soybomb315_II
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 7:02amYou dont have to agree with MadeshII, but what about freedomworks? Freedomworks is very upset about what the RNC did with the rule changes at the convention. The fear is that the RNC has made it nearly impossible for tea party candidates in the future. Read it here….
http://www.freedomworks.org/blog/dean-clancy/romneys-rnc-power-grab-what-happened
Report Post »soybomb315_II
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 7:22amYou all are perfectly happy to abandon the future for possibly removing Obama now, it is PATHETIC.
It is possible to restore the Constitution AND get rid of Obama…But the republican voters over the past year have decided it is best to shut up and let the corrupt RNC decide the fate of the country. Sick to my stomach over this
Report Post »louise
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 8:03amSoy,
Dean Clancy’s article is so well written and explains for everyone in black and white what happened at at the convention. Thanks for posting it for everyone to read.
Madashell,
Report Post »Everyone needs to see the video you posted of the delegates talking about what happened to them at the RNC. Everyone needs to know that these states will not campaign for Romney if Romney does not condemn the deplorable actions of the RNC. These are grassroots, average Americans who believe in Liberty and the Constitution. They are the heart and blood of Liberty.
If Romney continues to ignore this, he will not win. If the Republican party continues to ignore it’s grassroots, they will see a mass exit from to the party over to more Liberty/Constitutional parties such as the Libertarian and Constitution Parties
louise
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 8:28amMamatango, I agree. Great post
Report Post »SLAPTHELEFT
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 9:39amMadashell
I didn’t see anyone call you a paulbot. You called yourself that. You do,what you want to do. We will do what we think is best at this time. Maybe you need to join a Tea party group and get involved in electing new leaders who will represent us. No dr. Earmark is not the nominee.
Don’t worry, we will do the heavy lifting.you can just sit on the sidelines. I know in your paulwellian world one man can solve the problems of this nation overnight.
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 9:51amSoybean, that info is fascinating…further evidence of what more and more appears to be a resignation by the daddy Repubs to losing the presidency to Obama, focus on taking Congress. Makes sense now that Pence, Thune, etc, didn’t run, that Christie, Perry et al. are already talking 2016 as if Romney lost. Looks like he has.
Report Post »soybomb315_II
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 3:03pm@tifosa
Report Post »I had high hopes for 2016 but with these rule changes, it makes the party more centralized and harder for tea party candidates. Its bad enough that we have to fight democrats, but it is becoming more and more clear that the republican party is doing everything possible to hold us back as well
The-Monk
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 3:15pmHi Sotbom315,
“Theblaze regulars had the courage to remind people like Barber that although i do not support Mitt Romney, i am not the enemy.”
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/media-pounces-on-paul-ryan-for-misstated-marathon-claim/?corder=asc#comments
Report Post »MadAsHeII
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 5:25pm@Slaptheleft, Look, I want to clear something up with what you said. I was getting on Republicorp over the fact that he has some kind of obsession about Ron Paul and it is unhealthy. I was rooting for Ron Paul through the primary as I believe his fiscal ideas are better than anyone else and I believe his foreign policy is better in a lot of respects, not all but half. I am and have been a member of Freedom Works for a long time, so you saying I should join a Tea Party is moot. I was going to vote for the nominee, no matter who it was, however, Mitt Romney has now shown me and many at Freedom Works that he cannot be trusted. He has shown that he truly believes that government should be the say all in everything and that is not what Tea Party members are for at all. You can do what you want to do, as you say, and I will definitely do what I must do to try and save our Republic. Unless Romney comes forward and denounces what his campaign and the RNC has done in stripping our voting rights away, I will campaign for Gary Johnson, and so will a lot of Freedom Works members, end of story.
Report Post »Puddle Duck
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 2:05amTell me Mad how will voting for a candidate that has Zero chance of winning save the Republic ?
Report Post »SPOT_OF_TEA
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 11:06pmThe President shouldn’t criticize Romney for that because Marxism is not a new idea either
Report Post »sgtbrown01
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 11:41pmNo **** most of the RNC ideas went back to 80′s tax cuts yes and 1776 principles…but whe all know where Obamas Ideas come from if he thinks they are new he has been visiting his old chume gang
Report Post »Individualism
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 9:11amits not even the LDS practiced it before him.
Report Post »kalli
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 11:06pmStop throwing insults about Romney‘s abilities and tell us why exactly we should be cheering about what you’ve done the past 4 years. We have seen you golfing, vacationing, stealing the people’s money to reimburse your cronies for phoney green jobs, demoralizing the country, inviting radical islamists, our enemies, into the WH, using US resources to fight your ME personal wars, killing American jobs with pushing your disgraceful obamacare on the public with 22 different tax increases, pushing your filthy sexual education in our schools to promote homosexuality and sexual promiscuity, putting out exec. orders like there is no tomorrow making yourself above the law…heck, there is nothing for this traitor to brag about! A vote for this lying deceiver is a vote to destroy the country.
Report Post »nobull14
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 11:12pmYou said it better than me. !!!!!
Report Post »zipzap
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 11:30pmDitto.
Report Post »SPOT_OF_TEA
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 11:35pmNow if we could just get Romney to say that.
Report Post »pwatkins
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 1:28amThat about sums it up. Good post!
Report Post »USALOVER2011
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 2:07amExactly….
Report Post »Hey, nobama…old ideas are better than no ideas, you BIG freak!!!
realindependent
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 7:05amYeah and GWB took more vacation days as president than any other. “clearing brush” on his fake farm. please. Romney will spend more time in one of his 10 houses and 5 boats if he is elected.
Report Post »Want our country back
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 8:52amREALINDEPENDENT, the ONLY thing that Liberals are GREAT at – LYING.
You need to learn how to use GOOGLE, it’s a search engine, and for eg, you can type in, who took more vacations as president, & it will give you a breakdown (maybe you’ve already had one) of those facts and you REAL-NOT-INDEPENDENT are a LIAR with your misinformation – but you are consistent.
Report Post »thedirtmover
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 11:05pmNo “New ideas” ? How about going back to the some of the OLD ideas that worked?
Report Post »DOra Glasberg
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 12:17amLIke taxing the rich at Eisenhower rates. That worked.
Report Post »woodyee
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 3:09amNo Dora, like reducing taxes for everybody like Reagan did – THAT worked!
Report Post »xcapeillinois
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 3:24pm@dora gasbag
Report Post »We got away with Eisenhower tax rates because we had just blown the hell out of the rest of the world’s industrial capacity. You suggesting we do that again?
DOra Glasberg
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 3:43pmReagan RAISED taxes ELEVEN times.
Report Post »You folks make it up as you go along.
Puddle Duck
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 1:51amWrong Gasbag, the Tip O’Niel led House (which was under Dem rule) double crossed Reagan in his second term and renegged on deal that hammered out by the Reagan Admin with the Dem led House…the Dems raised taxes 11 times and then tried to hang that one around the Repubs necks during the election of 88. You Liberals really should learn some basic facts and history before thread crapping.
Report Post »nobull14
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 11:04pmOblamo stand on your record ???????. I do not hear any accomplishment to stand on other the communists way ,no jobs ,no hope, food stamp president, Liar and chief, 5 trillion in new dept with nothing to show for it , Legend in his own mind, If anyone wants to comment more fill in the blanks ?.
Report Post »crackerone
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 11:03pmWel, at least B O offered us the recipe for “White House” “Honey Ale”, so we could drink ourselves out of our misery.
“Dear Leader” one – Romney nothing!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 11:20pmYes ..like the old Soviet Union that used to provide vodka to the masses … keep them drunk and they won’t know how miserable they are …
BTW … ISN’T referring to “black and white TV” RACIST? Obama = racist ;-)
Report Post »kontrarian
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 10:57pmObama’s razzle-dazzle has faded.
Report Post »DOra Glasberg
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 12:18amNot as quickly as Paul Ryan’s.
Report Post »A new record.
Want our country back
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 9:00amDora, how about some facts proving, your point. obama can’t fill his own DNC without providing FREE transportation, FREE lunch, FREE beer, FREE condoms, FREE bull sheet, FREE FREE FREE
Getting the point that the stupid people will ♥ him as long as he’s giving them FREE stuff which is not really coming from him but from us…. you know the ones that actually work & pay taxes, the ones who built the business.
Report Post »Puddle Duck
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 2:12amThe Gasbag has all the facts she needs from Media matters or any of the dozens of Soros funded truth machines at her disposal.
All the left has at this point in lies amd prohection tactics…it’s pathetic I know but they have an election to steal….right Gasbag ?
Report Post »Puddle Duck
Posted on September 3, 2012 at 2:16amshould say “is lies and projection tactics”
Report Post »ThankBabyJesus
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 10:56pmMuch of social Western history, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing what worked with what sounded good. :)
Report Post »F_This
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 10:50pmSmaller government is the best “new” idea I’ve heard in a looooong time.
Report Post »Val_Dragon
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 11:04pmIf Obama controls healthcare in an aging society then he effectively control its death rate. If he controls the death rate then he can effectively control the amount of revenue collected as a result of the death tax (the federal estate tax). This is a tax that is assessed on the value of all of your assets upon your death including your house, cars, furniture, business property, machinery and inventory, stocks, bonds and real estate. This is a big part of his hidden agenda. This is the pot of gold Obama is after.
Report Post »In 2013, the exemption drops from $5 million to $1 million. Under an Obama 2nd term that exemption will fall much further and the death tax rate will climb enormously. This is how he is going to “spread the wealth around”.
Freedombeliever
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 11:04pmNo barry – I’m sorry but THE CONSTITUTION is not a “New idea”. This is so representative of this man’s long-held mindset – that America needs to be “fundamentally transformed” – that he can’t fathom the thought of returning America to what was once a great country.
Report Post »This is beyond indicative of what this guy intends to do if re-elected. The writing is on the wall.God willing he will be rightfully fired in November..
wordweaver
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 10:49pmCatch a clue, lame-o. The Republican House has been sending up new ideas for two years, and your Demo-controlled Senate has squelched every one. Your budget got ZERO votes in both houses.
Report Post »Raging_Waters
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 10:49pmWish we coulda gotten some video of Obuma’s reactions as he was watching the RNC convention…how dare anyone blame him for anything!
Report Post »rawmilker
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 11:07pmOzero, quit making excuses, samo old blame game & villifying your opposition, you’re telling your zombies that the GOP will take the nation backwards? haha, now thats funny!
Report Post »Old Sarge
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 10:48pmIs it me, or did Jay Carney or Obama himself say that he would not be watching the Republican Convention and would be watching ESPN instead?
The DNC ought to open to the music of “the Cantina” in Star Wars, as it would be fitting for that freekshow.
Report Post »kalli
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 11:13pmI know he said he’d not be watching the RNC…he said it as well as his lapdog. Another lie…surprise.
Report Post »nana1212
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 10:46pmThat’s more than Obummo did in his 4-years in the WH! Atleast Romney is trying to make things better and has a lot of great ideas which is more than Obummo thought of. And what do you call “black and white” TV? Isn’t THAT racist, Obummo? I guess you shouldn’t call the kettle black!!
Report Post »roscoe569
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 11:11am“Black and white tv” isn’t rascist you moron, it’s what it was called!
Report Post »F_This
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 10:46pmBased on your 4 years Odumbazz, job creation is a new idea!
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 10:44pmWant a NEW IDEA, Barry?
Report Post »In november, get your first real job.
Raging_Waters
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 10:52pmMaybe as a demolition man?…
Report Post »BHOHG2G
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 11:29pmHe could just go on his beloved welfare role himself. Wouldn’t that be a hoot?
Report Post »barber2
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 11:52pm13th: Nah. Mr. Obama will write ANOTHER autobiography : Dreams of the White House . Not sure if Bill Ayers is still on board. Guess we can compare the books to see if there is a difference ?!
Report Post »db321
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 10:43pmRomney talked about a major plan to get America back to work – Send Obama and his band of thieves packing. The moment Romney takes office Business’ will be start hiring again. Not because they held back, Business are afraid to spend any money with Obama in office.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 10:50pmOf course that‘s not in the president’s job description. Defending the Constitution is though, but we know what he thinks about that.
Report Post »LaughinWillow
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 11:41pmIs this a joke? Do you even KNOW who you’re talking about voting for? Romney made a career out of shipping jobs off to a socialist country that tortures people. And you people are acting as if he “loves america” or some nonsense. If you wanted someone who loved america, you would have pushed for a true libertarian. Instead you get this flip-flopping nonsense spewer with a record of basically saying anything he has to say to get into office. The only good thing about his election will be watching you all twist in the wind as he does absolutely NOTHING to improve the lives of anyone but the folks who bought his spot in the white house. And here’s a clue: it ain‘t y’all.
Report Post »MadAsHeII
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 11:55pm@Laughin Willow, If you go above and click my link, you will see that unless Romney and the RNC repeal the rules changes they made, the Tea Party along with the Paul supporters are not going to campaign in their states as the leadership in those states. This will cause Romney to lose and we will have Obama for another four. I do not believe that Romney or the RNC under Reince Preibus will do such a thing as it would end up putting egg on their faces. So, the logical conclusion is, Romney will not have a chance to win. Everybody better start searching their souls on this in order to figure out that we have nominated the wrong man and we have put the wrong man in charge of the Republican Party. The sooner everyone realizes this, the sooner we can fix it.
Report Post »LaughinWillow
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 1:16am@Madesheii: Right on brother/sister!! And Romney SHOULD lose. The “right” needs to receive a serious message that there are too many of us out here who are not falling for their garbage. It’s one thing to force this flip-flopping nothing nominee on us, but to add insult to injury by cutting libertarians and real conservatives out of the entire primary process? Seriously? It makes me physically ill to think about the fact that any so-called “conservative” is even CONSIDERING voting for Romney, much less enthusiastically doing so. It’s just so gross. But not a surprise either, I guess.
Report Post »lassiegirldawn
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 10:43pmOk, black and white television I call racists. That is about how dumb all this racist crap is.
Report Post »zipzap
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 11:34pmNo, you’re onto something. That language is clearly Democrat code for more divisive black vs. white action. We need to call it what it is and not shrink from it. I’ve seen those speech writers. This was intention. It’s like a dog whistle where only the New Black Panthers, la Raza, the UN and other racial hate groups can understand it. It is a call to arms, crafted into code into the Democrat speech-writers’ words. Hows that for for Hogwash, Matthews and Schultz?
Report Post »mhojai
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 10:42pmHow about mastering those “old ideas” like the Consititution, free enterprise, capitalism, –INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY — before you and your jugeared snark try to force the really shiny new marxist ideas on us?!
Report Post »kameo
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 11:07pmSpot on…said exactly what should be said!
Report Post »barber2
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 11:40pmMHO: Obama is in love with all things “new” while forgetting the “old” values and policies which made America a successful and prosperous nation. He is a ” I Love The New Stuff / Change ” dude. Hopefully, he will love his new job after needing to exit the White House ( sounds like, for the sake of his family, he will have to exit the Rezko Good Deal Home he occupied in Chicago due to near-by shootings ) The Obama Administration : What a strange period in American history .
Report Post »justangry
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 7:32am@mhojai Many in the liberty movement believe the RNC has abandoned governing within the confines of the Constitution as well. I don’t see how ignoring the 4th Amendment with the Patriot Act and drones, the 6th and 7th amendments with the NDAA, and the first amendment with HR 347 are consistent with the Constitution. It’s bad enough they support MANY programs and departments that violated the enumerated powers clause like defense of marriage act, all the unconstitutional departments, etc that all progressives seem to do. No, I’d argue the RNC is as far from the constitution as the DNC. Care to explain which constitutional principles the RNC is pushing?
Report Post »kcinco
Posted on September 1, 2012 at 10:41pm“Let me recap it for you…Everything is bad, it‘s Obama’s fault and Gov. Romney is the only one who knows the secret to creating jobs and growing the economy.”
Yes, that is correct….
Report Post »BillnGA
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 11:31amToo close for me!!
Report Post »BillnGA
Posted on September 2, 2012 at 11:32amToo close for me!!!
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