Letter: Candidates need ability to think for themselves
October 23, 2012 at 7:00 pm in Worthington Daily Globe
Is our political system letting us down?
It seems like it is all about getting our respective political party candidates electe Continue Reading
Barack Obama
Joe Biden
Nancy Pelosi
Harry Reid
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Buy voting for any democrat you are supporting their leaders. You think these people are leading this country in the right direction? I wouldn’t trust any of these people to lead me to the bathroom!
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You failed to list John Boehner, the CURRENT Speaker of the House, who has “lead” the Congress to their not-so-fantastic 10% approval rating! I realize that, if you had mentioned him, your rant would have been bi-partisan, and we couldn’t have that! Most people believe there’s plenty of blame to go around.
Whom did you trust to lead you to the bathroom during the Bush years? Just curious.
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Dana Maria Perino, that is when she wasn’t busy with Big Bird… Not dick cheney.. I’m about as bi-partisan as they come. I dislike both parties! I actually voted against Bush. To this day I still have some respect for him, un-like obama. Right here and now in the present the democrats are the biggest mess I’ve ever seen so I have to base my vote on that. Call me a flip flopper, but right now in these times we cannot afford to give a proven loser and the biggest liar (deceiver) I’ve ever seen a second chance. We need to move on and I do think Romney is more honorable than obama! That’s easy!
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Dana Perino? The one-time Bush press secretary and present-day Fox News commentator? That’s who you looked to for leadership in the Bush years? Wow! There WAS a definite shortage of leadership in Washington during that period if she’s the best leadership model you can come up with.
And, oh yes, the Republicans REALLY have their act together, don’t they!? Certainly compared to the Democrats, is that what you’re saying? That’s hysterical. They have absolutely NO leadership, unless you count Rove, Norquist, Rush Limbaugh and Fox News who seem to be calling all the shots. Romney is in no way the leader of the Republican party. Few in the party listen to him. He’s the “anybody-but-Obama” puppet whose views change with the direction of the wind. Nobody knows what he stands for today, nor what he will stand for tomorrow. And that, sir, is the truth.
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GEORGE SOROS – OBAMA PUPPETEER AND EVIL PERSONIFIED
Read this here: http://noiri.blogspot.com/2012/07/george-soros-obama-puppeteer-and-evil.html
This would be your democratic leader.
The real truth…
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Deano – what a load of baloney! You pass this on as if it happened yesterday. It is such a stretch of the truth. You should be embarrassed to even put it out there.
The TRUTH — Steve Kroft interviewed Soros for 60 minutes in December 1998! Steve Kroft did NOT write the blog even though the blogger said he did. And the blog is an “anti-mullah” blog, ” dedicated to the removal of the Islamic Regime in Iran.” The text of the Kroft interview, and further analysis, is found here, for those interested.
http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=43876
Once you get past the first pile of lies, why would any of the rest of it have a hint of truth? It’s obvious you bought into it, but why would anybody else?
Find someone else to hate. It appears to be all-consuming.
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Something in the liberal party has been trying to separate God and country for a long time. We do have separation of state and church but not God and country. George Soros if definitely a bad actor and I believe the biggest financial force behind the Democratic Party. If it is anti God the liberal dems will be pushing for it. haven’t you noticed?
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And what does “separation of God and country” have to do with this debate? Or “separation of church and state”? Your claim about liberal dems pushing for it – and being anti-God – is again total baloney. There are more powerful and colorful words to describe it, but this is a family newspaper. It’s mind-boggling that anyone would agree with you.
Each party has its HUGE financial backers. This isn’t a “who gave the most” discussion. If it were, you’d have to include Adelson, the Koch Brothers and Siegel for the Republicans. The Koch brothers warned 45,000 employees of lay-offs if Obama is re-elected! Siegel did something similar in Florida. That smacks of voter intimidation — and they certainly sound like bad actors to me. I guess you’re OK with that? But prefer instead to dredge up a 14-year-old interview with Soros?
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I would say this is voter intimidation: http://blog.heritage.org/2010/07/16/the-new-black-panther-party-case-a-timeline/
I guess in the liberal mind if you are in disagreement with them, you are evil, and everything you say must be lies, or scare tactics to get people to vote.
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George Soros makes the actors eastend pointed to look like boy scouts. For those that don’t know who he his, Google (George Soros and the democratic party). That should scare the crap out you! Oh, set your browser to show only from past year. Soros is said to own the Democratic Party. He is the biggest threat to the U.S. ever. If you ever wondered what\who is behind all the craziness going on in this country you will find your answer with Soros. There is no one in power in that party that thinks for themselves. Once you know who this guy is, what he does, and how he steers the Democratic Party you will be shocked. If not you are not. You are not an American!
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Someone is “not an American” because they don’t agree with – or aren’t shocked by – this stuff? Soros owns the Democratic party? You have lost touch with reality. What exactly IS your obsession here? What is the point? I’ll answer that for you. There IS none.
Your thought process is amazing and confounding.
Wasn’t Karl Rove called “Bush’s Brain”?
How many times has Romney made a flip-flopping position change (abortion, immigration, Afghanistan, tax cuts — you name it) ONLY to have his handlers have to “walk it back” the next day? Who’s the puppet? It guess it just depends on who is pulling Romney’s strings, or whose lap he happens to be sitting on at the moment.
Bottom line — and much more on topic — Romney does not have the ability to think for himself. When he does, somebody “clarifies” it for him. Google that.
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I’m pointing out that there is way more to it then just whether or not you like obama or Romney. Whether or not candidates think for themselves, it’s the path they take that counts. We have seen the obama\soros path. I for one do not want to continue down that path.
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The ultra-conservative website CRC reported in June 2012 that George Soros has visited the White House a whopping FIVE times since President Obama took office. The last time was in February, 2010, and the information came from the White House visitors’ log. None of those meetings was with the President.
http://www.capitalresearch.org/2012/06/george-soros-has-visited-the-white-house-5-times/
If there was some grand conspiracy going on, you’d think these folks would have dug it up, or made it up. Can we just give this a rest?
You’re mistaken if you think that it’s not important for a President to be able to “think for himself”! That’s laughable.
I’ll take 4 more years of an Obama administration any day over a Romney-Ryan-Rove-Norquist-Limbaugh-Hannity–O’Reilly-Boehner-McConnell one, especially when the President isn’t expected to have an ‘original thought’.
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Regardless of political views, when is it ever a good idea to sign a pledge that will remove an option to solving a problem? By signing off on the Norquist pledge, those members of Congress have told and shown to their electorate that their voices come secondary to a lobbyist.
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I would say this is voter intimidation: http://blog.heritage.org/2010/07/16/the-new-black-panther-party-case-a-timeline/
I guess in the liberal mind if you are in disagreement with them, you are evil, and everything you say must be lies, or scare tactics to get people to vote.
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July 2010 (and earlier)? Can you find anything just a LITTLE MORE recent? It might help your argument.
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Does Voter Fraud count? Is October 24, 2012 recent enough for you? http://michellemalkin.com/2012/10/24/okeefe-bombshell-corruptocrat-jim-morans-son-caught-on-tape-in-voter-fraudforgery-scam/
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I agree. He’s a pinhead. It’s more “fraud” than “intimidation”, but nevertheless, he was wrong.
I love the examples of “voter intimidation” around the country, especially, in the swing states. For example, in WI felons were warned that voting is a crime, when in fact it isn’t in that state. Hispanic voters in another state received a flyer from the “election commission” telling them to vote on November 8 – 2 days AFTER the election. Spanish-speaking voters in PA were warned on huge billboards– “if you want to vote, show it (an ID)”. In fact that law was struck down but the billboards stayed up for days afterwards. The Tea Party has built a network of “poll watchers” through something called “True the Vote”. Numerous Republican Secretaries of State from swing states have been “featured speakers” at their conferences. The “poll watchers” will do just that — hang out at the polls and look for “bad” people — mostly people of color, of course, who might be intimidated by somebody checking them out. Google any of this and you’ll see.
Do you think all this is anywhere near as reprehensible as what some pinhead in Virginia tried to do? That VA guy is an amateur compared to the organized voter intimidation going on around the country. That should frighten you far more than the Black Panthers.
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This article is a bit long — but it should concern EVERYONE. The Romney campaign has developed a “training manual” for poll watchers in Wisconsin, and urges them to be incognito so as to NOT appear to be part of their campaign. This smacks of ‘voter intimidation’ to me! Really, folks… can’t we trust the election judges to run this effectively? Do the judges — and the voting public — really need to be WATCHED? Do YOU want to be watched or checked out when you enter the voting booth? Give me a break. This is pathetic. Needless to say, WI is not happy.
http://openchannel.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/30/14812255-wisconsin-objects-to-romney-training-manual-urging-incognito-poll-watchers?lite
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