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Twitter Followers Dump on Trump

Donald Trump, you all know him right? The most pompous asset the Republican party have right now, weighed in on the ongoing debate of Mitt Romney’s financial secrets. Trump took to Twitter and tweeted his support for Romney keeping his secrets from the American people, with the following tweet;

Suggesting that the president is lying about his education – a claim Trump has held ever since he captured the public’s attention with his baseless suggestions that President Obama was born in Kenya, Trump’s tweet caused a little stir among other twitter followers.

Here are some responses.

 

 

 

 

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Mitt Romney Politics

Chris Christie Hits Mitt Romney – “You Can’t Lead…”

Last time we mentioned Chris Christie in a post, he was busy chasing after someone on a boardwalk in New Jersey after an apparent criticism was lodged his way. “You’re a real big-shot!” Christie shouted, after the man passed by. “You’re a real big-shot, shooting your mouth off!”

We are mentioning him again because of something else he said on Monday.

Mr. Christie, a supporter of Republican presidential nominee Mitt Flip Romney and himself a possible vice presidential candidate, spoke before an audience at the Brookings Institute in Washington, D.C. No, it is not that Christie actually spoke instead of shouting at the audience that made news, it is what he said and the obvious relevance of his message to Flip Romney that had people talking.

Romney, as you all know is a flip-flopper. He constantly changes his position in a blatant attempt to get votes. With that in mind, listen to the words of Chris Christie as he delivered a message any flip flopper should understand.

“We shouldn’t be listening to political consultants whispering in our ears, ‘Say as little as possible,’ we shouldn’t be listening to those voices that say, ‘Just use the party doctrine and don’t stray.’ We should be telling people how we think and how we feel and let them judge us up or down. […] You can’t lead by being a mystery. You can’t lead by being an enigma. You can’t lead by being aloof. You can’t lead by being programmed. I think you have to lead by being yourself and who you are and then people will trust you. And when they trust you, they will follow you.”

No names necessary. This was a hit at what is unfortunately becoming a Romney trait – selling your soul to gain a vote.

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David Plouffe – The Rich Are Buying The White House for Mr. Romney

White House senior adviser David Plouffe on Tuesday explained that presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney had raised massive amounts of money in June because rich people were “trying to purchase the White House.”

During an interview on ABC, host George Stephanopoulos asked Plouffe if President Barack Obama was on track to lose after Romney raised $35 million more than him last month.

“Money matters in politics,” Plouffe said. “We’re running a great campaign. We have millions of volunteers out there registering voters, donating 25 or 50 dollars. But you have to have enough money to run and win your campaign.”

“And our big concern is these super PACs,” he added. “You’ve got a few wealthy people lining up trying to purchase the White House for Mr. Romney.”

Over the weekend, Romney raised millions of dollars in a single day by holding three fundraisers at the homes of wealthy donors in the Hamptons, including a mansion owned by conservative billionaire David Koch.

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President Obama Hits Pretender Romney On Financial Secrecy

President Obama himself has jumped into the flap over Mitt Romney’s tax returns, saying voters are entitled to more information on the Republican’s offshore bank accounts.

“What’s important is if you are running for president is that the American people know who you are and what you’ve done and that you’re an open book,” Obama told WMUR-TV of Manchester, N.H., in an interview on Monday.

“And that’s been true of every presidential candidate dating all the way back to Mitt Romney’s father,” Obama added.

Obama’s campaign has also released a new video on Romney’s finances.

George Romney, then the governor of Michigan, released 12 years of tax returns when he sought the presidency in 1968.

Mitt Romney has released only his most recent tax returns; Obama’s camp is demanding more as they raise questions about Romney’s overseas accounts, and whether he has used them to avoid paying U.S. taxes.

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Romney Would Have To Save $5000 for 20,000,000 Years To Get $100,000,000 In His IRA

I just cannot understand the secrecy.

Why exactly is Mitt Flip Romney holding on to his financial information this long and this hard. We already have lots of data that would make the average voter look at Romney with squinted eyes and a raised eyebrow. Data like his $75 million investment in a company that destroyed fetuses, his multiple offshore bank accounts that set up to bet against the US Dollar, his work at Bain Capital where he oversaw thousands of American jobs eliminated, and now this: a new revelation that he has another offshore account set up as an IRA account containing between $20 to $100 million dollars.

With the present rules of an IRA account where a maximum yearly contribution of about $5000, questions remain about how in the world Romney’s IRA could have as much as $100 million.

To put things into perspective, if Romney followed the present IRA rules, he would have to contribute $5000 for 20,000,000 years to meet his present IRA holdings. We know Romney’s Mormon religion forbid him from drinking alcohol or doing drugs, but no matter how healthy he eats or how extreme his exercise routine is, he is not 20,000,000 years old!

But alas! Paul Krugman is saying there are “legitimate” ways Romney could have saved this fortune in an IRA. Krugman says:

There are legitimate ways that could have happened, just as there are potentially legitimate reasons for parking large sums of money in overseas tax havens. But we don’t know which if any of those legitimate reasons apply in Mr. Romney’s case — because he has refused to release any details about his finances. This refusal to come clean suggests that he and his advisers believe that voters would be less likely to support him if they knew the truth about his investments.

And that is precisely why voters have a right to know that truth. Elections are, after all, in part about the perceived character of the candidates — and what a man does with his money is surely a major clue to his character.

Exactly!!!

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What’s At Stake

OK lefties, let’s face some serious reality. The unemployment picture is probably not going to improve much between now and the election and Congress is certainly not going to pass any landmark law that’s going to help either the jobs picture, the debt, social programs or the environment.

At this point in the election cycle, many people will be making up their minds about whether the president deserves a second term or whether to give someone else a chance. These people are not paying attention to the election at the same level that we are and many of them won’t care about the GOP’s policies that might negatively impact them. They will only see that the country is going in the wrong direction.

That’s where we must step in. Begin now to make sure that your wavering friends and neighbors know the consequences of electing Republicans to all three branches of the government, and giving them free reign to enact their tax-cutting, social program-starving, feed-the-rich diet program they’ve promised America. Posters, bumper stickers and, yes, social media posts are a nice way to reach people, but the best is through one-to-one contact. Be friendly. Try to educate and explain as opposed to being strident and oppositional. I know it’s difficult given the passion you feel, but most people just want to get information and go on with their day.

This is a winnable election against a much-less-than-inspiring opponent, but the Republicans will have more money to spend and we know that they spare no penny, fact or anti-fact to make sure that their message gets out. We need to fight that penny for penny and fact for fact.

Start now. Fight hard. Be persistent. Tell the truth. Smile. We only have until November 6, but I believe that we, and the country, will win.

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Poll Shows President Obama Leading in 12 Battleground States

A new poll released Sunday indicates the presidential race between Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama is still tight in a dozen major battlegrounds.

According to the latest survey by USA Today/Gallup, the president has a small advantage over his Republican rival, 47% to 45%, in 12 key states. The two-point margin falls well within the poll’s sampling error.

Obama’s edge over Romney represents the same two-point margin he held when the same poll was last conducted in May.

When zooming out to include voters from the other states, the gap expands to a four-point margin in favor of Obama, 48% to 44%.

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Watch As Flip Romney Defends President Obama’s Jobs Creation Numbers

There are some very smart people working on the UP with Chris Hayes show on MSNBC. One of them took President Obama’s actual jobs numbers and superimposed the graphic over a video of Mitt Flip Romney. Romney on the video was talking about his time as Governor of Massachusetts. He was demonstrating the jobs curve he claimed he brought to the state.

Watch the genius work of the graphic department on the Chris Hayes show.

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Bobby Jindal Should Be A Used Car Salesman – Answer The Question! – Video

It was a simple question. Are the American people wrong for wanting to look at Romney’s offshore accounts? The question was posed to Bobby Jindal, the Republican governor for Louisiana who appeared on ABC’s This Week as a Mitt Flip Romney surrogate. It should have been a simple answer, yes the American people should be concerned or no, Romney’s offshore accounts are non of the American people’s business.

But instead, Jindal started talking and talking and talking, until the only words I heard were blah blah blah… Sidenote: Mr. Jindal has a way of talking you to sleep, as I began nodding during his response. I regained my conscientiousness when the Democratic governor of Maryland Martin O’Malley began answering the question.

Video below.

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Obama Campaign Hits Flip Romney’s Chinese Connection

A new ad from the Obama Campaign hits Flip Romney where it hurts – in China. Yes, China, where Romney has made millions of dollars from outsourcing American jobs for cheap labor and a huge profits.

The Associated Press reports;

The 30-second spot opens with a clip of Romney during a 2011 Republican primary debate. He says “the Chinese are smiling all the way to the bank taking our jobs and taking a lot of our future. And I am not willing to let that happen.”

A narrator responds that Romney “made a fortune letting it happen.”

The Obama ad refers to a newspaper account about the role Romney’s firm played with companies that were “pioneers” in helping outsource jobs. It pointed to one business that said it was a “one-stop shop for their outsource requirements.”

“Mitt Romney’s not the solution. He’s the problem,” the narrator says.

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Presidential Address – Creating Long Term Economic Stability

The President of the United States:

For months, I’ve been pushing Congress to pass several common-sense ideas that will help us do that.  And on Friday, I signed into law a bill that will do two things for the American people.

First, it will keep thousands of construction workers on the job rebuilding our nation’s infrastructure.

Second, it will keep interest rates on federal student loans from doubling this year – which would have hit more than seven million students with about a thousand dollars more on their loan payments.

Those steps will make a real difference in the lives of millions of Americans.  But make no mistake: we’ve got more to do.

The construction industry was hit brutally hard when the housing bubble burst.  So it’s not enough to just keep construction workers on the job doing projects that were already underway.

For months, I’ve been calling on Congress to take half the money we’re no longer spending on war and use it to do some nation-building here at home.  There’s work to be done building roads and bridges and wireless networks.  And there are hundreds of thousands of construction workers ready to do it.

The same thing is true for our students.  The bill I’m about to sign is vital for millions of students and their families.  But it’s not enough to just keep their student loan rates from doubling.

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Stephanie Miller Tells Al Sharpton – ObamaCare Would Have Helped My Sister – Video

Yesterday we told you of Stephanie Miller, an Ohio resident who got the chance to meet President Obama and thanked him for passing ObamaCare. Today, Ms Miller met with Rev. Al Sharpton on MSNBC’s Politics Nation and told her sister’s story, explaining that her sister would still be around if she had ObamaCare.

A moving story of one American who is personally experiencing life without her loved one because of a healthcare system that concentrated more on profits than it did on human life. Stephanie’s story is magnified millions of times all over this country and ObamaCare will help these Americans.

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