May 31, 2012
— LauraW Salt in the wound.
"Who wants to put money in a solar company when a government puts a half a billion into one of its choice?" Romney asked, suggesting the Department of Energy loan could discourage entrepreneurs worried they would have to compete against the federal government. "They don't understand how the free economy works."
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Posted by: The Poster Formerly Known as Mr. Barky at May 31, 2012 09:58 AM (qwK3S)
Posted by: The Poster Formerly Known as Mr. Barky at May 31, 2012 09:59 AM (qwK3S)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 31, 2012 09:59 AM (piMMO)
Posted by: Ben at May 31, 2012 09:59 AM (wuv1c)
Posted by: Mitt Romney, studmonkey at May 31, 2012 09:59 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at May 31, 2012 10:00 AM (/kI1Q)
Posted by: Jimbo at May 31, 2012 10:00 AM (O3R/2)
Bob
Etch-A-Sektch doesn't have a clue how ANYTHING works, much less the economy.
All he did was get rich sucking the life blood out of companies.
Let's talk Dick Cheney and Halliburton if you want to talk crony capitalism. THAT Was a crime.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 31, 2012 10:00 AM (UOM48)
Posted by: CUS at May 31, 2012 10:00 AM (84pE9)
Posted by: runningrn at May 31, 2012 10:01 AM (WGmy2)
He should hit up a couple of those coal mines or coal powered electrical plants that are closing down next. There are thousands of areas affected by Obama's failed policies that he could speachify from.
Posted by: Bosk at May 31, 2012 10:01 AM (n2K+4)
That is way 3 deal with job creators. You smash them into the ground, then you say "Ha ha ha, I have vanquished you, job creatorz."
Posted by: Jimbo at May 31, 2012 10:01 AM (O3R/2)
****
Romney in jeans and work boots, going down into the shaft with some workers.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 31, 2012 10:02 AM (piMMO)
Posted by: Mitt Romney, nad stomper at May 31, 2012 10:03 AM (NBj0d)
Posted by: Bosk at May 31, 2012 10:03 AM (n2K+4)
But nobody is listening...
Posted by: Exile at May 31, 2012 10:04 AM (O0lVq)
Romney in jeans and work boots, going down into the shaft with some workers.
Don't stretch it too far. Don't give them a Dukakis on a tank photo-op.
Posted by: Jimbo at May 31, 2012 10:04 AM (O3R/2)
Wow, dude, am I baked!
Posted by: Barack 'Party on, Dave' Obama, TOKUS at May 31, 2012 10:04 AM (VMcoS)
Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at May 31, 2012 10:04 AM (gPDxp)
A flashback to Carter era policies and a threat to Navy combat readiness...
This from The Heritage Foundation:
The year was 1979. AmericaÂ’s military had emerged from
the Vietnam War earlier in the decade and was now facing sizable and significant budget cuts.Capt. Tom Shanahan, commanding officer of
the USS Canisteo, had just returned from the Mediterranean Sea
and was now leading an overhaul of his fleet supply ship. Over the
course of 10 months, the crew assigned to the Canisteo gradually
disappeared, relocated by the Navy to other assignments. Those personnel cuts eventually left Shanahan with so few men that he couldnÂ’t take his ship
to sea. “Little by little, they stripped us of a lot of the people we had, key people,” Shanahan recounted recently. “By the time we were ready to get underway from the shipyard and go back to Norfolk, we didn’t have enough people. We didn’t have enough people in any of the departments, but mainly we didn’t have enough people in the engine room.”
Shanahan took the bold step of refusing to certify his ship as seaworthy He warned his superiors long before his readiness reports. Yet when he deemed his warship not ready for combat, it came as a surprise to many in the military.
Full story and vid here: http://bit.ly/KNL5Ra
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 31, 2012 10:05 AM (piMMO)
Interesting ....
Posted by: minnie at May 31, 2012 10:05 AM (oZfic)
A Romney adviser told reporters the campaign had concealed the event location for fear the Obama administration would somehow prevent them from staging it."
Axelrod has to be kicking himself after his own "secret" speech was pwned by those evil conservatives in Boston.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 31, 2012 10:06 AM (xDqit)
Interesting ....
*****
What is so interesting about it? Are you not accustomed to seeing a loving husband and son display pride in his family?
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 31, 2012 10:07 AM (piMMO)
This guy is much better than the Straight Talk Express, isn't he?
Or is the the part we hate on him for not being a "purity" candidate?
Posted by: Jay at May 31, 2012 10:07 AM (3LaGb)
Posted by: Infidel at May 31, 2012 02:03 PM (O/fK
you might describe them as coming fast and furious....
Posted by: minnie at May 31, 2012 10:07 AM (oZfic)
Don't stretch it too far. Don't give them a Dukakis on a tank photo-op.
Or the famous John F'n Kerry photo in his sperm suit.
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at May 31, 2012 10:07 AM (L7hol)
Posted by: Bob Saget at May 31, 2012 10:07 AM (SDkq3)
What is so interesting about it? Are you not accustomed to seeing a loving husband and son display pride in his family?
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 31, 2012 02:07 PM (piMMO)
It's true and he had the guts to say it in front of the media darling....MO
Posted by: minnie at May 31, 2012 10:08 AM (oZfic)
Posted by: Cicero at May 31, 2012 10:08 AM (QKKT0)
I've got this notion that Romney is kind of an ass-kicker.
Well, we already know he's a mean bully and a heck of a hair cutter! Heh! I say bring it!!!
Posted by: runningrn at May 31, 2012 10:09 AM (WGmy2)
Is anyone else starting to feel a bit sorry for BO and his campaign staff?
Nah, me either.
Posted by: pep at May 31, 2012 02:06 PM (YXmuI)
The Marquess of Queensberry was a pansy.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 31, 2012 10:09 AM (xDqit)
Posted by: Robviously at May 31, 2012 10:09 AM (oG/rt)
Christ, what did I just say?????
Posted by: David Axelrod at May 31, 2012 10:09 AM (VMcoS)
o/t: In introducing laura, GWB said "she was the best first lady in history" and then added "sorry mom, we can agree to a tie"...per abc radio news....
Interesting ....
Well, it was a great line, it brought down the house. GWB has a great sense of comedic timing, and his jokes got the best laughs. His humor isn't forced and it doesn't have that mean edge that Choombama's does.
Posted by: runningrn at May 31, 2012 10:10 AM (WGmy2)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at May 31, 2012 10:10 AM (kqGWM)
Heh. If Team O had a lick of sense they'd have pulled that sign down ages ago. It's one big photo op.
Posted by: the new, improved arhooley -- now with 10% more cynicism! at May 31, 2012 10:11 AM (7P/17)
Posted by: David Axelrod at May 31, 2012 10:11 AM (QKKT0)
Posted by: Jumbo Shrimp at May 31, 2012 10:12 AM (DGIjM)
No man should love his mother more than his wife.
GWB should have stopped talking when he said "sorry Mom."
Posted by: Jimbo at May 31, 2012 10:13 AM (O3R/2)
I admit, I never bet the Mittster would have it in him. I expected him to go the full McCain route.
Well played Romney, well played.
I wonder if the networks will bear witness to this interesting tactical maneuver...
Posted by: CausticConservative at May 31, 2012 10:13 AM (gT3jF)
Interesting ....
Posted by: minnie at May 31, 2012 02:05 PM (oZfic)
Note to the clearly humor-impaired: such statements are known by most people as "jokes," or lighthearted statements intended to instill a sense of mirth in the people who hear them.
Posted by: Slublog at May 31, 2012 10:13 AM (0nqdj)
Posted by: Kevin in ABQ at May 31, 2012 10:14 AM (5UcDQ)
What is so interesting about it? Are you not accustomed to seeing a loving husband and son display pride in his family?
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse
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I'm also CURIOUS about minnie. Actually not.
Posted by: the new, improved arhooley -- now with 10% more cynicism! at May 31, 2012 10:14 AM (7P/17)
Posted by: Jay in Ames at May 31, 2012 10:15 AM (UEEex)
No man should love his mother more than his wife.
GWB should have stopped talking when he said "sorry Mom."
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Lighten up, Jimbo.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 31, 2012 10:15 AM (piMMO)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 31, 2012 10:16 AM (UOM48)
Posted by: runner at May 31, 2012 10:16 AM (WR5xI)
I admit, I never bet the Mittster would have it in him. I expected him to go the full McCain route.
Well played Romney, well played.
I wonder if the networks will bear witness to this interesting tactical maneuver...
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O'Reilly played a few clips of the Romney/Kennedy debates and Romney was no shrinking violet.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 31, 2012 10:16 AM (piMMO)
But that is pathetic. Not a single vehicle on the access road, parking lot empty, lawn full of weeds, no delivery trucks, no roach coach for all the gazillions of employees that should be there, no people going in or out the front door, just a big fake Chinese village of FAIL.
Posted by: the new, improved arhooley -- now with 10% more cynicism! at May 31, 2012 10:17 AM (7P/17)
Don't forget the singing robots!
Posted by: Waterhouse at May 31, 2012 10:18 AM (Go/E/)
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And yet another mocking you'll never see on SNL.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 31, 2012 10:18 AM (piMMO)
Dude, don't Bogart that!
Posted by: David Axelrod at May 31, 2012 10:20 AM (VMcoS)
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But that is pathetic. Not a single vehicle on the access road, parking lot empty, lawn full of weeds, no delivery trucks, no roach coach for all the gazillions of employees that should be there, no people going in or out the front door, just a big fake Chinese village of FAIL.
Posted by: the new, improved arhooley -- now with 10% more cynicism! at May 31, 2012 02:17 PM (7P/17)
I believe the term is "Potemkin village of FAIL".
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at May 31, 2012 10:21 AM (Wqfrr)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 31, 2012 10:21 AM (piMMO)
Romney's a bully. Solyndra balloon was blown up by Bush. More shit like that.
Supporters of the man who promised to change everything.
Posted by: TheLittlShiningMan at May 31, 2012 10:23 AM (PH+2B)
Posted by: Jimbo at May 31, 2012 10:23 AM (O3R/2)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at May 31, 2012 10:24 AM (C8mVl)
Posted by: PJ at May 31, 2012 10:24 AM (DQHjw)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 31, 2012 10:26 AM (piMMO)
- A Chevy Volt is lovingly put together by UAW workers
- Flash in a scene of same UAW workers robbing and beating people wearing shirts which read "taxpayer"
- Next scene Solyndra workers lovingly putting together solar panels
- Flash in scene of Solyndra owners stuffing pockets with taxpayer money, handed out by Obama
- Next scene Chevy Volt drives at high speed into Solyndra building. Big flame ball.
- End with scene of Axelrod combing his comb-over in the mirror repeating "you can't handle the truth. You can't handle the truth."
Posted by: Exile at May 31, 2012 10:26 AM (O0lVq)
Posted by: Jean at May 31, 2012 10:27 AM (ilc7b)
Doesn't every start up manufacturing company that makes products that no one really buys build a gigantic multi-million dollar office building before seeling one unit?
I mean, that sound slike how things are done, in the real world.
Posted by: Rev. Dr. E. Buzz. Bunnies. at May 31, 2012 10:27 AM (tcSZb)
Ya think Team O would have tried to destroy the event? Ya think?
Contrast that with Axelrod's trip into Boston today, and how his team's leak got picked up by Team Romney, which of course, having their campaign HQ right nearby, had no trouble organizing a photo op disturbance.
I'm loving this. Remember when back in '08 the press was gaga about how smartly run the Zero campaign was? Remember that?
Posted by: TheLittlShiningMan at May 31, 2012 10:28 AM (PH+2B)
I mean, that sound slike how things are done, in the real world.
*****
I'm still not convinced it wasn't a money-laundering scheme for Obama.
AND....verdict is in for Edwards.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 31, 2012 10:28 AM (piMMO)
Posted by: Jean at May 31, 2012 10:29 AM (ilc7b)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 31, 2012 10:29 AM (piMMO)
I have the illusion of being involve in the great national debate.
Posted by: Jimbo at May 31, 2012 10:29 AM (O3R/2)
My comment was more directed at the "interesting" minnie.
Posted by: Slublog at May 31, 2012 10:36 AM (0nqdj)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 31, 2012 10:37 AM (bxiXv)
It's an iconic photo.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 31, 2012 10:41 AM (piMMO)
Posted by: Crowsting, who proudly proclaims that Obama=SCOMT at May 31, 2012 10:45 AM (61BD9)
* mostly freeway. Now the HOV lanes are damn toll lanes 24/7.
Posted by: meathead at May 31, 2012 10:45 AM (qKwDx)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 31, 2012 10:48 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 31, 2012 10:49 AM (piMMO)
Posted by: Trish and Chips at May 31, 2012 10:50 AM (3EpAU)
Posted by: steevy at May 31, 2012 10:51 AM (Xb3hu)
*****
I have to admit that in the Condi v Cheney versions of the story, I tend to fall slightly to the Condi side. There just seemed something rather self-serving in Cheney's charges against her.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 31, 2012 10:51 AM (piMMO)
Posted by: Mikey NTH wondering what happened to the pole lamp on the front lawn at May 31, 2012 10:55 AM (hLRSq)
Axelrod has to be kicking himself after his own "secret" speech was pwned by those evil conservatives in Boston.
He's probably conducting a mole hunt right now.
Posted by: Mikey NTH wondering what happened to the pole lamp on the front lawn at May 31, 2012 11:00 AM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 31, 2012 02:26 PM (piMMO)
I heard she endorsed him?
This is where people are wrong. In order to survive in the business world you need to know everything. You need to know your history and you need to know everything about the folks in other countries, the political climate, the social climate...all this stuff impacts business.... If people are naive enough to think romney is weak in foreign policy then they are being deliberately stupid.
Posted by: minnie at May 31, 2012 11:00 AM (oZfic)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 31, 2012 11:06 AM (bxiXv)
He's probably conducting a mole hunt right now.
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Well, they would likely have filed for permission to assemble and they would have notified the press.
It seems there would be a great many ways the news could get out.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 31, 2012 11:19 AM (piMMO)
In other words, they wanted a brawler and they got a schmoozer. Whether she actually accomplished more or less would not be as noticed as the way she did it.
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I'm not altogether convinced that she wasn't undermined by Cheney, not deliberately, but simply due to a difference of opinion or of processes.
I believe she absolutely has it in her to fight, but she's smart enough to be able to say that she exercised all other options first.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 31, 2012 11:22 AM (piMMO)
Another GM success story.
Uh-oh! Looks like the squirrel tried to cross 101 and lost.
Posted by: Clutch Cargo at May 31, 2012 11:28 AM (Qxdfp)
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Romney in jeans and work boots, going down into the shaft with some workers.
Don't stretch it too far. Don't give them a Dukakis on a tank photo-op."
You know Romney rides a horse with his wife. He doesn't wear a suit to do that. He feels very comfortable in jeans and boots, I'm sure.
There was a pix of him riding a beautiful black horse and he looked handsome.
Did you just hear him questioned about the mean people at axelfraud's event? His response was: (I love it) "there are a lot of obama's people who heckle, so I guess what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander."
Be still may heart!
Posted by: n0b0z0 at May 31, 2012 11:33 AM (rsOPT)
Posted by: blindside at May 31, 2012 11:42 AM (x7g7t)
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First step to being a successful businessman is recognizing you can't do everything on your own, and surrounding yourself with competent people.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 31, 2012 11:46 AM (piMMO)
Posted by: blindside at May 31, 2012 12:44 PM (x7g7t)
Bosk @ 17, you are so right. The Mitt campaign should place him and a few top surrogates at some of (what should be) the iconic sites that exemplify the idiocy of not just the current administration's policies, but the similar ones pushed by both sides in Congress that have so damaged our present and future.
I sure wish Mitt and others would do more than just the minimal, obvious hits with these sorts of events. Include some meat. Raise the level of discussion. Edumucate. Add a line or two of substance as to what should be done, and why, and don't just lacerate the incumbent idiots for their obvious blunders.
It's NOT just the economy, stupid. And winning on that basis - at every level - provides no enouragement that the country will do more than take its hands out of the flame, stop pounding its own toes with a hammer, and gouging out its eyes with a fork. Don't just lift the boot of disastrously stupid policies from the neck of the economy - take a machete and cut through some of the undergrowth while you have the chance. Regulation, environmental cultism and lawlessness, liability/shake-down destruction of productivity at so many levels. Don't just show up and collect the souvenirs - DO something.
As for Condi, I was around her from before her career-making "slip of a girl" meeting where Scowcroft took her under his wing - she's fine, but not overly impressive on substance. Her management changes to make Foreign Service career incentives more related to national priorities - if they survived - were welcome. The failure of will in the second term was not caused by her, but it doesn't seem she did anything to fight it. The disastrous, still-unexplained reversal on North Korea - don't know if she went along, or was rolled over on that. I was immersed in one of the major undertakings of the time, and aside from one (almost humorous) incident in which she personally big-footed little ol' me - with only the deputy chief of mission as a buffer between us - she continued the amazing approach of the Bush administration in letting the people in the field truly and completely run their own show.
One of many untold stories, but I remain astounded at the smart and disciplined management style that I personally witnessed and gained from. Of course in terms of the military strategy in Iraq, that deference (in this case to the Army and the counter-insurgency fantasists more than to DOD) was a friggin' disaster, obviously so, but then quickly and easily corrected by Petraeus (strategy: hey, let's actually do something! ya know, fight a war, kind of attack the enemy and impose our will!)
Posted by: non-purist at May 31, 2012 12:53 PM (yJ3Du)
Posted by: blindside at May 31, 2012 01:17 PM (x7g7t)
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