Was it Jason Carter? The one in office in GA? We went to high school together in IL.
That's who I assumed it was, but I googled just now to confirm and there's no specific links, but I saw something that suggested it was a different Carter grandson but nobody seems to be certain. So I've met Jason, who is apparently not the person who captured this video so I was wrong. Too funny you went to high school with him. He was adorable.
Why can't people admit that many, if not most of us mooch off the government somehow? When I do it, it's not mooching. When everyone else does it, it's mooching. We are terrible at assessing our own situations objectively.
This was a douchetastic thing for Romney to say and while I do hope this becomes an election gamechanger, I don't think it will. Because his base of voters who fall into that 47% will assume he is only talking about welfare queens.
Why can't people admit that many, if not most of us mooch off the government somehow? When I do it, it's not mooching. When everyone else does it, it's mooching. We are terrible at assessing our own situations objectively.
This was a douchetastic thing for Romney to say and while I do hope this becomes an election gamechanger, I don't think it will. Because his base of voters who fall into that 47% will assume he is only talking about welfare queens.
All of this. My dad goes off about Welfare Queens (Hi! sitting right here Dad) but he doesn't count me in that category. He also doesn't recognize himself in this 47% either. I doubt he still pays federal income tax and his healthcare is thanks to the VA. He defends that by saying that was his "deal with the government. I give them four years, they give me medical for life." Uhm, okay then.
I have no issue with my dad getting his h/c through the VA but OWN IT old man!
I think the juiciest part is the part about hispanics...
In the video, Romney is heard saying, "My dad, as you probably know, was the governor of Michigan and was the head of a car company. But he was born in Mexico ... and had he been born of Mexican parents, I'd have a better shot at winning this. But he was unfortunately born to Americans living in Mexico. He lived there for a number of years. I mean, I say that jokingly, but it would be helpful to be Latino."
Hey, nice that Romney admitted his dad wasn't really Constitutionally qualified to run for President back when he did so. And oh Mitt, he WAS born to Mexican parents. They were just white Mormons.
Isn't a baby born to two American citizens living abroad an American citizen?
ETA: From the U.S. Constitution, a natural born citizen: Any one born outside the United States, both of whose parents are citizens of the U.S., as long as one parent has lived in the U.S.
Did I miss where Romney admitted his grandparents never lived in America prior to giving birth to his father?
I think the juiciest part is the part about hispanics...
In the video, Romney is heard saying, "My dad, as you probably know, was the governor of Michigan and was the head of a car company. But he was born in Mexico ... and had he been born of Mexican parents, I'd have a better shot at winning this. But he was unfortunately born to Americans living in Mexico. He lived there for a number of years. I mean, I say that jokingly, but it would be helpful to be Latino."
JFC.
This guy divides the world into shiftless layabouts, rich people, pawns to be used for political expediency, gays, and uteruses. The uteruses and gays aren't people but can still be a sub-category for any of the above.
Don't forget the corporations. Or do they fall into the rich people and/or politically expedient people category?
This guy divides the world into shiftless layabouts, rich people, pawns to be used for political expediency, gays, and uteruses. The uteruses and gays aren't people but can still be a sub-category for any of the above.
Sadly, this is really sums it up.
Lack of conviction and lack of compassion does not a leader make
Oh yes, this is exactly the person I want in charge of our country's foreign policy:
During the freewheeling conversation, a donor asked Romney how the "Palestinian problem" can be solved. Romney immediately launched into a detailed reply, asserting that the Palestinians have "no interest whatsoever in establishing peace, and that the pathway to peace is almost unthinkable to accomplish."
Romney spoke of "the Palestinians" as a united bloc of one mindset, and he said: "I look at the Palestinians not wanting to see peace anyway, for political purposes, committed to the destruction and elimination of Israel, and these thorny issues, and I say there's just no way."
If I were Iran, if I were Iran—a crazed fanatic, I'd say let's get a little fissile material to Hezbollah, have them carry it to Chicago or some other place, and then if anything goes wrong, or America starts acting up, we'll just say, "Guess what? Unless you stand down, why, we're going to let off a dirty bomb." I mean this is where we have—where America could be held up and blackmailed by Iran, by the mullahs, by crazy people. So we really don't have any option but to keep Iran from having a nuclear weapon.
Guess what - you don't have to have a nuclear program to make a dirty bomb!
If I were Iran, if I were Iran—a crazed fanatic, I'd say let's get a little fissile material to Hezbollah, have them carry it to Chicago or some other place, and then if anything goes wrong, or America starts acting up, we'll just say, "Guess what? Unless you stand down, why, we're going to let off a dirty bomb." I mean this is where we have—where America could be held up and blackmailed by Iran, by the mullahs, by crazy people. So we really don't have any option but to keep Iran from having a nuclear weapon.
Guess what - you don't have to have a nuclear program to make a dirty bomb!
My head hurts. I mean, it hurt before, but now it's worse.
If I were Iran, if I were Iran—a crazed fanatic, I'd say let's get a little fissile material to Hezbollah, have them carry it to Chicago or some other place, and then if anything goes wrong, or America starts acting up, we'll just say, "Guess what? Unless you stand down, why, we're going to let off a dirty bomb." I mean this is where we have—where America could be held up and blackmailed by Iran, by the mullahs, by crazy people. So we really don't have any option but to keep Iran from having a nuclear weapon.
Guess what - you don't have to have a nuclear program to make a dirty bomb!
Do you have a source for this part specifically? Not doubting, I'd just like to link to it. ;-)
If I were Iran, if I were Iran—a crazed fanatic, I'd say let's get a little fissile material to Hezbollah, have them carry it to Chicago or some other place, and then if anything goes wrong, or America starts acting up, we'll just say, "Guess what? Unless you stand down, why, we're going to let off a dirty bomb." I mean this is where we have—where America could be held up and blackmailed by Iran, by the mullahs, by crazy people. So we really don't have any option but to keep Iran from having a nuclear weapon.
Guess what - you don't have to have a nuclear program to make a dirty bomb!
Do you have a source for this part specifically? Not doubting, I'd just like to link to it. ;-)
Although maybe he thinks he's making a good bet by doubling down on this kind of tough guy "tell it like it is" rhetoric?
But - doubling down and "telling it like it is" shouldn't involve insulting a big portion of the people likely to vote for you. There aren't enough $250K+ voters to win over if some of that 47% gets insulted and walks away from him.
So his argument is that Iran could control the US by threatening to set off a dirty bomb which would kill thousands of Americans, therefore we shouldn't let Iran have nuclear weapons (how exactly we would prevent this has not been explained).
Setting aside the factual error that you don't need a nuclear program to make a dirty bomb...Why could Iran not do the exact same thing with a non-dirty bomb?