Thurston Howell Romney

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Thurston Howell Romney
By DAVID BROOKS on September 17, 2012

In 1980, about 30 percent of Americans received some form of government benefits. Today, as Nicholas Eberstadt of the American Enterprise Institute has pointed out, about 49 percent do.

In 1960, government transfers to individuals totaled $24 billion. By 2010, that total was 100 times as large. Even after adjusting for inflation, entitlement transfers to individuals have grown by more than 700 percent over the last 50 years. This spending surge, Eberstadt notes, has increased faster under Republican administrations than Democratic ones.

The people who receive the disproportionate share of government spending are not big-government lovers. They are Republicans. They are senior citizens. They are white men with high school degrees. As Bill Galston of the Brookings Institution has noted, the people who have benefited from the entitlements explosion are middle-class workers, more so than the dependent poor. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/18/opinion/brooks-thurston-howell-romney.html

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Mitt Romney, caught on videotape
Posted by Glenn Kesslerat on 09/17/2012, The Washington Post

Three Pinocchios
 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/mitt-romney-caught-on-video-tape/2012/09/17/38578a5e-012f-11e2-b257-e1c2b3548a4a_blog.html

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Benjy Sarlin on  September 18, 2012

Conservative columnist Bill Kristol lit into Mitt Romney in the Weekly Standard over his leaked remarks that 47 percent of Americans are hopelessly dependent on government and thus will vote for President Obama.

"It remains important for the country that Romney wins in November (unless he chooses to step down and we get the Ryan-Rubio ticket we deserve!)," Kristol wrote on Tuesday. "But that shouldn't blind us to the fact that Romney's comments, like those of Obama four years ago, are arrogant and stupid.

Noting that many of the 47 percent of Americans who don't pay income tax are core Republican groups like seniors and active military, Kristol added that "Romney seems to have contempt not just for the Democrats who oppose him, but for tens of millions who intend to vote for him."

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/bill-kristol-romney-remarks-arrogant-stupid

[Woody]

Benjy Sarlin on  September 18, 2012

Conservative columnist Bill Kristol lit into Mitt Romney in the Weekly Standard over his leaked remarks that 47 percent of Americans are hopelessly dependent on government and thus will vote for President Obama.

"It remains important for the country that Romney wins in November (unless he chooses to step down and we get the Ryan-Rubio ticket we deserve!)," Kristol wrote on Tuesday. "But that shouldn't blind us to the fact that Romney's comments, like those of Obama four years ago, are arrogant and stupid.

Noting that many of the 47 percent of Americans who don't pay income tax are core Republican groups like seniors and active military, Kristol added that "Romney seems to have contempt not just for the Democrats who oppose him, but for tens of millions who intend to vote for him."

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/bill-kristol-romney-remarks-arrogant-stupid

Sure, they were stupid.  Still gonna vote for him.

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Benjy Sarlin on  September 18, 2012

Conservative columnist Bill Kristol lit into Mitt Romney in the Weekly Standard over his leaked remarks that 47 percent of Americans are hopelessly dependent on government and thus will vote for President Obama.

"It remains important for the country that Romney wins in November (unless he chooses to step down and we get the Ryan-Rubio ticket we deserve!)," Kristol wrote on Tuesday. "But that shouldn't blind us to the fact that Romney's comments, like those of Obama four years ago, are arrogant and stupid.

Noting that many of the 47 percent of Americans who don't pay income tax are core Republican groups like seniors and active military, Kristol added that "Romney seems to have contempt not just for the Democrats who oppose him, but for tens of millions who intend to vote for him."

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/bill-kristol-romney-remarks-arrogant-stupid

Sure, they were stupid.  Still gonna vote for him.

I would never thought you would have done anything differently,  because stupid does as stupid sees. kentay

[Woody]

Benjy Sarlin on  September 18, 2012

Conservative columnist Bill Kristol lit into Mitt Romney in the Weekly Standard over his leaked remarks that 47 percent of Americans are hopelessly dependent on government and thus will vote for President Obama.

"It remains important for the country that Romney wins in November (unless he chooses to step down and we get the Ryan-Rubio ticket we deserve!)," Kristol wrote on Tuesday. "But that shouldn't blind us to the fact that Romney's comments, like those of Obama four years ago, are arrogant and stupid.

Noting that many of the 47 percent of Americans who don't pay income tax are core Republican groups like seniors and active military, Kristol added that "Romney seems to have contempt not just for the Democrats who oppose him, but for tens of millions who intend to vote for him."

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/bill-kristol-romney-remarks-arrogant-stupid

Sure, they were stupid.  Still gonna vote for him.

I would never thought you would have done anything differently,  because stupid does as stupid sees. kentay

Kentay has a new catch phrase.  Who says you can't teach a fat old dog new tricks.

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http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/09/real-romney-is-a-sneering-plutocrat.html

[Woody]

I thought you said the election is over? 

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I thought you said the election is over?

I am just trying to help all of those Republicans who were going To vote for Romney to see what kind of a man he is behind the mask. kentay

[Woody]

I thought you said the election is over?

I am just trying to help all of those Republicans who were going To vote for Romney to see what kind of a man he is behind the mask. kentay

Yeah, let's tell 'em he is a very successful business man who's initiative is responsible for possibly tens of thousands of jobs. 

[kentay]

I thought you said the election is over?

I am just trying to help all of those Republicans who were going To vote for Romney to see what kind of a man he is behind the mask. kentay

Yeah, let's tell 'em he is a very successful business man who's initiative is responsible for possibly tens of thousands of jobs.

Woody, you couldn't be more wrong about your master Romney. Each day we find out more and more about your hero, I can hardly wait for him to release his income tax return. I would hate to pay the bill of the tax Lawyers that are trying to make it look as good as they can, but it's still going to tell us more about the secret man who hides his money overseas. I think it's ironic when he worries so much  about others income taxes and yet won't show us his tax returns. What a man you have Representing you and the Republican Party. Got to go, see you tomorrow, study hard.  kentay

[Woody]

I thought you said the election is over?

I am just trying to help all of those Republicans who were going To vote for Romney to see what kind of a man he is behind the mask. kentay

Yeah, let's tell 'em he is a very successful business man who's initiative is responsible for possibly tens of thousands of jobs.

Woody, you couldn't be more wrong about your master Romney. Each day we find out more and more about your hero, I can hardly wait for him to release his income tax return. I would hate to pay the bill of the tax Lawyers that are trying to make it look as good as they can, but it's still going to tell us more about the secret man who hides his money overseas. I think it's ironic when he worries so much  about others income taxes and yet won't show us his tax returns. What a man you have Representing you and the Republican Party. Got to go, see you tomorrow, study hard.  kentay

Are you saying he was not a successful business man?

[RWE]

You'd never see Romney taking a three hour cruise on a boat piloted by these guys.

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Benjy Sarlin on  September 18, 2012

Conservative columnist Bill Kristol lit into Mitt Romney in the Weekly Standard over his leaked remarks that 47 percent of Americans are hopelessly dependent on government and thus will vote for President Obama.

"It remains important for the country that Romney wins in November (unless he chooses to step down and we get the Ryan-Rubio ticket we deserve!)," Kristol wrote on Tuesday. "But that shouldn't blind us to the fact that Romney's comments, like those of Obama four years ago, are arrogant and stupid.

Noting that many of the 47 percent of Americans who don't pay income tax are core Republican groups like seniors and active military, Kristol added that "Romney seems to have contempt not just for the Democrats who oppose him, but for tens of millions who intend to vote for him."

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/bill-kristol-romney-remarks-arrogant-stupid

Sure, they were stupid.  Still gonna vote for him.

Stupid is as stupid does.  :cheers:

Even Forbes is piling on....

http://www.forbes.com/sites/johnwasik/2012/09/18/time-to-occupy-mitt-romney/

[kentay]

I thought you said the election is over?

I am just trying to help all of those Republicans who were going To vote for Romney to see what kind of a man he is behind the mask. kentay

Yeah, let's tell 'em he is a very successful business man who's initiative is responsible for possibly tens of thousands of jobs.

Woody, you couldn't be more wrong about your master Romney. Each day we find out more and more about your hero, I can hardly wait for him to release his income tax return. I would hate to pay the bill of the tax Lawyers that are trying to make it look as good as they can, but it's still going to tell us more about the secret man who hides his money overseas. I think it's ironic when he worries so much  about others income taxes and yet won't show us his tax returns. What a man you have Representing you and the Republican Party. Got to go, see you tomorrow, study hard.  kentay

Are you saying he was not a successful business man?

I am not saying anying just posting what other Republicans are saying about your man Romney. kentay


 
By Igor Volsky on Sep 18, 2012