2012 Presidential Election

Originally posted by Jim Colyer
Mitt Romney understands economics and will go a long way toward getting America out of debt. He knows business and will stress the importance of creating new jobs. Mitt Romney 2012

He certainly knows how to make Goldman Sachs richer, like Obama. He knows what it takes to get rich. I thought the only jobs government can make are tax paying government jobs? What good is that? Private sector creates jobs, no?

I dont see why anyone would vote for Obama or Romney unless they know for sure that they're getting a piece of the cake in tax payer money or via copy+paste from the fed.

Goldman Sachs 2012. They always win.

Romney knows what it takes to get himself and his crowd richer, the guy was born with a platinum spoon in his mouth and has never gone a day without.

Definitely looks like he would be one of those douche bag kids in some kardashian tv show, perhaps slightly less retarded. They're both bought and paid anyways.

Originally posted by Robtard
Romney knows what it takes to get himself and his crowd richer, the guy was born with a platinum spoon in his mouth and has never gone a day without.

Ryan draws boos while speaking to the AARP

YouTube video

"You don't have to take my word for it..."

-They don't

... says something when the Reps are losing the elderly...

John Stewart's coverage of Romney's "47%" speech: http://entertainment.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/20/13988300-jon-stewart-rants-about-romney-campaign-headquarters-aka-fox-news

If this is true, and I'm not saying that it is, but according to the news; while giving a speech to the Latino community, he appeared to have taken a deep tan, or colored his face with makeup, and it was pointed out by the media as being a poor makeup job near in comparison to black face only in a tan colored flavor. As I watched, what I saw looked like a mask, because the color difference of the areas around his ears, and eye lids were clearly lighter. To be honest, I'm giving him the benefit of doubt, but it really looked as if he used makeup to draw closer to the Latino community. I didn't know what to call him or if I should have laughed.

I'm wondering if he should be in the running for America's next top *******?

Just some thoughts on Romney/Ryan.

Romney avoided paying taxes and while governor of MA, held financial assets in companies that received contracts from the state of MA and gave them preferential treatment at a profit to himself. He also has $102 Million in an IRA which has a $30,000 annual contribution limit meaning that his investment skills would have to defy probability or he's just involved in some shady, shady shit. That's 20 to life right there.

Ryan is actually nastier. On January 20th, 2009, Ryan and 11 other GOP Congressmen had a secret 4 hour meeting with Frank Luntz and Newt Gingrich during which they colluded to block all legislation and destroy the US economy for financial and political gain (any wonder why these vermin, especially Eric Cantor seem to be shorting dollars every time the market goes down?). This is colloquially known as "treason" and common side effects include impeachment, trial, and execution.

Thoughts?

Sources?

Originally posted by FinalAnswer

Lulz were had at the viewing of this picture.

I'm voting for Obama myself. My interests lay with the Democrats (much to my parents' chagrin).

Originally posted by Oliver North
Ryan draws boos while speaking to the AARP

YouTube video

"You don't have to take my word for it..."

-They don't

... says something when the Reps are losing the elderly...

Since the dems have pretty much permanently lost the elderly, 2 or 3 not voting from Connecticut and California are not going to do much to change the outcome. lol

Originally posted by dadudemon
Since the dems have pretty much permanently lost the elderly, 2 or 3 not voting from Connecticut and California are not going to do much to change the outcome. lol

true, but how often do they boo the conservative nominees?

Originally posted by Oliver North
true, but how often do they boo the conservative nominees?

That's not fair: Ryan would get booed at an Evil Henchman's Conference. uhuh

Originally posted by dadudemon
That's not fair: Ryan would get booed at an Evil Henchman's Conference. uhuh

its totally fair, evil henchman or not, someone thought it was a good idea to pick him for VP

Originally posted by Oliver North
its totally fair, evil henchman or not, someone thought it was a good idea to pick him for VP

I've searched and I do not find anything on this (other than amateur forum discussion).

Why was he chosen? For me, it seems almost self-destructive to Romney's campaign.

A little fact about the 47% Shitt Romney Bullshit.

EVERYONE PAYS TAXES!!!!! Sales Tax, Property Tax, State Income tax employment related tax, income tax on benefits including welfare and unemployment insurance, and large gifts and winnings and Americorps awards and living stipends...

Even if you don't earn enough and get it all back, THE GOVERNMENT STILL EARNS INTEREST ON THAT MONEY. In other words, Shitt needs to shut up and since he has no other income other than dividends, start paying 91% on that.

Originally posted by Tzeentch._
Sources?

Note that most of these guys were found to be shorting US dollars during the last pitched battle over the debt ceiling.

Originally posted by Darth Jello
A little fact about the 47% Shitt Romney Bullshit.

EVERYONE PAYS TAXES!!!!! Sales Tax, Property Tax, State Income tax employment related tax, income tax on benefits including welfare and unemployment insurance, and large gifts and winnings and Americorps awards and living stipends...

Even if you don't earn enough and get it all back, THE GOVERNMENT STILL EARNS INTEREST ON THAT MONEY. In other words, Shitt needs to shut up and since he has no other income other than dividends, start paying 91% on that.

Well, he was clearly talking about income taxes. Strawmanning his point is definitely not a very honest approach to the subject if you consider that's pretty much the only thing done by dems and cans.

deja vu

Also, I was part of that "47%" last year: I got paid back more than what I paid in so not only did I pay nothing in income taxes, the US Government paid me to just be a US Citizen, last year. It was awesome. So, please, continue to pay those taxes, people: I need to get mines.

Originally posted by Tzeentch._
Sources?

http://www.vanityfair.com/online/wolcott/2012/03/The-Conspiracy-to-Commit-Legislative-Constipation

as one would expect, it isn't nearly what DJ makes it out to be

Originally posted by dadudemon
I've searched and I do not find anything on this (other than amateur forum discussion).

Why was he chosen? For me, it seems almost self-destructive to Romney's campaign.

Romney has been faced with a really weird problem. If he ran on his record from Massachusetts, he would likely fare well, as he was a very progressive Republican who made rather pragmatic choices while in office. I personally still don't think he would be a good candidate, but at least that Romney would appeal to a broader base of, generally, better informed voters than the ones who make the backbone of the parties voter base. The so called "low-information-voters" tend to be the type that would elect a houseplant so long as it had a D or an R in front of it.

However, because of this, and his general appearance as a Wall Street guy or as a Mormon, he has faced a lot of criticism from within the Tea Party and Evangelical wings of his base. This was seen in the primaries, of course. My suspicion is that Ryan is a nod to those people. His budget is like a Tea Party wet dream and he denounced Rand in order to prove his Christian credentials.

Its a terrible choice, however, because the people he is supposed to appeal to are already R voters and would never vote for a Dem, let alone a black one. We are talking about a group of voters who still emphasize that Obama's middle name is Hussein. Ryan is also stupid, and his budget is stupid, and he has a stupid face and is terrible as a speaker. I'm not sure, aside from trying to keep the base happy, why he would have been chosen.

Its just an altogether terrible Rep ticket this year. What it points out to me, however, is just how ****ed the American electorate is. Even with the literal worst campaign I can remember (worse than McCain/Palin by far... Maybe Dole?) some 40% of the electorate is still just a straight R voter. Like, they aren't even going conservative 3rd party. I'd say the same for progressives who still support Obama. some 80% of your population will never vote for anyone else, no matter how bad the choice is. This election should not be close at all...