magley64 Posted August 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2012 I'm not about to claim that Romney didn't pay taxes - but I will say that he released his returns to the McCain campaign, and they chose Palin....that's true... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cg2112 Posted August 5, 2012 Report Share Posted August 5, 2012 Oopshttp://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/07/16/romney-called-for-tax-transparency-in-past-campaigns/"It's time the biggest-taxing senator in Washington shows the people of Massachusetts how much he pays in taxes," Romney said in April of 1994, according to a report in the Boston Globe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jporter12 Posted August 6, 2012 Report Share Posted August 6, 2012 Roads and bridges:He was talking about infrastructure, that was the whole point. Wouldn't it be really weird for him to be talking about infrastructure, then throw in exactly one sentence in the middle of all that to say that business owners didn't build their own businesses?And he hasn't fired any speech writers over this BS that he keeps spewing? Even if he didn't intend for things to sound the way they do (it seems to happen an awful lot) he should be at least reading over his speeches before saying things that sound so screwy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jporter12 Posted August 6, 2012 Report Share Posted August 6, 2012 What's the quote about knowing someone by the company they keep? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cg2112 Posted August 6, 2012 Report Share Posted August 6, 2012 And he hasn't fired any speech writers over this BS that he keeps spewing? Even if he didn't intend for things to sound the way they do (it seems to happen an awful lot) he should be at least reading over his speeches before saying things that sound so screwy. Why would he fire any speech writers? His words were pretty clear to pretty much everyone would wasn't looking for him to say something wrong. What's all this BS he keeps spewing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disclaimer Posted August 6, 2012 Report Share Posted August 6, 2012 Silly Porter, you always aresaying things that sound so screwy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted August 6, 2012 Report Share Posted August 6, 2012 And he hasn't fired any speech writers over this BS that he keeps spewing? Even if he didn't intend for things to sound the way they do (it seems to happen an awful lot) he should be at least reading over his speeches before saying things that sound so screwy. Not yet, but like any President or politician, I bet he's keeping count.There are always changes over time.And it doesn't matter if some understand and some don't.It's that "some hear it the wrong way" that causes all the troubles.Reading a script is pretty much blind trust in whoever wrote it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jporter12 Posted August 6, 2012 Report Share Posted August 6, 2012 And it doesn't matter if some understand and some don't.It's that "some hear it the wrong way" that causes all the troubles.Reading a script is pretty much blind trust in whoever wrote it.^^^ This.He just keeps giving those against him more to talk about! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magley64 Posted August 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2012 ^^^ This.He just keeps giving those against him more to talk about!I think the point here is that it doesn't matter what he says, it's going to get hacked up, dubbed over, and twisted by the faux nuz... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jporter12 Posted August 6, 2012 Report Share Posted August 6, 2012 I think the point here is that it doesn't matter what he says, it's going to get hacked up, dubbed over, and twisted by the faux nuz...That happens with them all, I'm just saying that maybe he should try to not make it so easy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cg2112 Posted August 6, 2012 Report Share Posted August 6, 2012 Not yet, but like any President or politician, I bet he's keeping count.There are always changes over time.And it doesn't matter if some understand and some don't.It's that "some hear it the wrong way" that causes all the troubles.Reading a script is pretty much blind trust in whoever wrote it.That hardly matters. There is always a way to take something the wrong way, especially if it's politically advantageous to do so. Remember how Al Gore invented the internet? He never said that, and in fact what he actually said wasn't inaccurate, but the sound bite probably cost him the election. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smashweights Posted August 15, 2012 Report Share Posted August 15, 2012 (edited) I agree, I think he's talking about the roads and what not if you listen to it in context, but the rest of the speech IS about how you didn't build your business. That and the almost mocking tone he takes toward anyone who thinks they are successful because they're smarter and harder working than anyone else is what I think is more damning. Notice all of his examples of people/things that helped you succeed are from the government? He basically says, "You're not successful because you're smart (crowd applause!), you're not successful because you work really hard (crowd applause!), you're successful because the government made you that way. We gave you a teacher, a road, a bridge, the internet, it's the government that made your success, not your ideas or hard work."That's what people should really be infuriated about. Edited August 15, 2012 by smashweights 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted August 15, 2012 Report Share Posted August 15, 2012 All hail the government... (insert pic of HypnoToad) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magley64 Posted August 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2012 LOLhttp://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/ann-romney-tax-returns-nothing-hiding-154632291.htmlAnn Romney on tax returns: ‘There’s nothing we’re hiding’Then why are you hiding it? Clearly you're hiding something... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrown57 Posted August 16, 2012 Report Share Posted August 16, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magley64 Posted August 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2012 You think the grinch is one of his financial partners? Could be... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smashweights Posted August 16, 2012 Report Share Posted August 16, 2012 LOLhttp://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/ann-romney-tax-returns-nothing-hiding-154632291.htmlThen why are you hiding it? Clearly you're hiding something...I think the IRS would have caught it by now. kthxbye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magley64 Posted August 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2012 I didn't say they were hiding it from the IRS...But if they have nothing to hide, why are they hiding it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disclaimer Posted August 16, 2012 Report Share Posted August 16, 2012 For the same reason Obama hid his birth certificate. Whatever that reason was... Romney's is the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted August 16, 2012 Report Share Posted August 16, 2012 I hide stuff, and there's nothing to hide...you ain't nuthin' without nothing to hide and hiding stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magley64 Posted August 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2012 I wish i had nothing to hide yet hid stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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