Mitt Romney for President--Part something

I have no problem with someone being an ideologue. That's not a virtue in itself. But I suppose there's something to be said for being wrong for a consistent reason.

You should love Mitt Romney then. His whole rep is being the exact opposite of an ideologue.

I have never blasted Obama for being devoted to a point of view. Just for being devoted to the wrong one.

 

You don't come across as a good reader of people or a follower of conversations.

 

I know plenty of people that are consistently wrong for a consistent reason. I certainly don't want them in charge. I want them advising the person in charge so that person can make the opposite choice.

That, in a nutshell, is game theory.

 

Remember when posters here were up in arms because he refused to endorse gay marriage?

 

My sarcasm meter is utterly worthless on this one.

 

Saw this on another site and I kinda had to post it here. For the life of me I can't figure out why I love it so. I think it's the arm motions. Focus on the arms.

 

Because it's an apt metaphor for the fate of the republic if he's elected?

 

Who has a Jenga game that size? You either get the normal size or the Ellen DeGeneres size, but nothing in between. It's like the $10,000 bet; Romney just doesn't know how to play it "middle class" or "Donald Trump."

 

If you support Mitt Romney, you support a man who denies this graph.



OK this might be a bit technical, but the point is that this graph shows that Keynesian spending is powerfully successful at boosting GDP during a downturn -- which Mitt well understands, being a Harvard-trained MBA. But Mitt pretends that he doesn't understand.

It's not good to have a President who knows that what he says about economics is wrong and what he will do about economics is wrong, but he must do it because that is what his party believes about economics.

Just saying. It's not good.

 

Man-of-the-people Mitt loves him some "Wawas"

 

I have lived in PA for 20 years. That is the first I heard of Wawas.

When he is in my current part of the state, he will have to pretend to be amazed by Sheetz or Cogos (the former is properly pronounced "SHEET-ses" in Pittsburgh.

Edit. My wife and I are moving across the state this week (unless things keep cluster********ing on us). No Wawas or Sheetz in Scranton.

 

Really? They were all over West Philly. Wawas carrying Tastykakes. And don't give me some stuff about how you never heard of Tastykakes either.

 

I have thanks to a search engine just now. Turns out they have them in my current town, but only in the Dollar General Store. I, like Mitt, tend to shop at the higher end convenience stores, like 7-11 or the aforementioned Sheetz (with the preferred Pittsburgh pronunciation).

 

"Wawas" is actually better than 7-11, at least in Jersey. 7-11 is usually rundown while Wawas are clean and have heroes (not hoagies) and decent coffee.

 

You and Mitt. Ha!

I gotta go with Wawas as being (slightly) higher on the prestige scale, although I always preferred 7-11 because of Slurpees.

 

Back to substance briefly... and something that really bothers me and I'm sure others:

Romney Adviser Takes U.S. Political Debate Overseas

Glad to see Obama, looking quite presidential at the G20, quickly and strongly rebuke the Romney campaign. What part of "politics stops at the water's edge" don't they understand?

 

Oh, and while I'm talking about the G20 summit.... I'm curious how the Romney campaign will spin this little tidbit of news:

Russian shipment of attack helicopters for Syria halted off Scotland

I'm sure it's completely coincidental that the ship turned around and headed back to Russia just after the President met with Mr. Putin privately for 2 hours at the start of the summit.

Remember, folks, Obama is weak on foreign policy and an apologist for America. Foreign leaders laugh at him behind his back and respect the US much less as a result of his being president...

 

Actually, it was. The reason why that shipment turned around was not because Obama talked to Putin, but because the insurance on the ship was through a British insurance company and the British government rang up the insurance company and told them that they had information that the ship was carrying arms to Syria, that there was currently EU sanctions prohibiting the shipment of arms to Syria, and that if the insurance company didn't pull the insurance on the ship they would be punished for violating those sanctions. So rather than face the punishment, the insurance company rang up the shipping company and said the ship was no longer insured and the shipping company decided that heading into an active war zone without insurance probably wasn't a good idea.

 

Yeah. I heard that story too. Like I said, completely coincidental...

 

The Mrs. didn't know about the Magic Mormon underwear till I pointed it out one day when Mitt was speaking in a white button down. She still doesn't understand it

 

WTF why not send them by Iran, they are afraid Iran will keep them?

 

No Obama is weak on the economy. He won't be re-elected because of the economy.

 

That whole video tape was doctored as you well known

 

Believe it or not I played stick ball off the Berlin wall some of it is still standing.