Showing posts with label Romney. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Romney. Show all posts

Saturday, November 03, 2012

Despicable Koch Brothers

The fear mongering of the Right Wing has now been directly assumed by the oligarchs. The foundation for this having been laid over the last four years, by directed propaganda of fear at the elderly, of lies and distortions of the president's medical reforms, and by the inciting of anti-Islamic fervor, encouraging homophobic cultural anxieties beyond religious contexts, deliberate state legislative enactments to disenfranchise voters and destroy collective bargaining by citizens, branding of Hispanic Americans as suspect and, among more, defending the Supreme Court's expansive definition of "person" with its effect of the diminution of the free speech of the human person/citizen. AND NOW are these oligarchs, themselves, working to put their lackey, Romney, over the top by explicitly threatening workers' livelihoods and families. OR are they acting out of desperation. Either way it is despicable. WAKE UP CITIZENS! 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/03/romney-voter-intimidation-businesses-bain_n_2068827.html

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Respect

The headline read "Romney Chokes Up Explaining How He Met Former SEAL Killed in Benghazi Attack" and the story, as quoted from Romney, described his meeting with Glen Doherty, a former seal killed defending the consulate in Benghazi.  Romney finished his tearful "remembrance":  They didn’t hunker down where they were in safety – they rushed there to go help,” Romney concluded with emotion.  “This is the American way – we go where there’s trouble. We go where we’re needed.  And right now we’re needed– right now, the American people need us.  http://www.theblaze.com/stories/romney-chokes-up-explaining-how-he-met-one-of-the-seals-killed-in-benghazi-attack/

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But Romney’s not only telling the story against the wishes of Doherty’s family, he’s also mischaracterizing his encounter with the former SEAL. According to Glen Doherty’s longtime friend, Doherty said Romney had introduced himself four times in the span of less than 30 minutes, saying it was "pathetic" ... and that ... Glen believed it to be very insincere and stale.”  Doherty's mother, interviewed by a radio station, said “I don’t trust Romney. He shouldn’t make my son’s death part of his political agenda. It’s wrong to use these brave young men, who wanted freedom for all, to degrade Obama,”.  Romney ignored the mother's request to stop using her son's memory until national media picked up the story.  http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/10/10/1142665/-Romney-ignores-request-from-mother-of-Navy-Seal-killed-in-Benghazi-to-stop-using-son-in-stump-speech?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+dailykos%2Findex+%28Daily+Kos%29  So breaking it Mr. Romney deliberately and repeatedly used the heroic death of Glen Doherty in an apparently concocted "remembrance" of an earlier encounter between the two of them.

The more egregious conduct by Romney in my opinion was to suggest in this instance that his political ambition in entering this presidential campaign was comparable in courage to the heroic effort of the former Navy SEALs in rushing to protect the consulate staff.  In the recent past many attacks were made here and elsewhere from the Right arguing that President Obama had claimed personal, political credit for the actions of SEALS and other Special Ops at the killing of bin Laden.  What do these same voices from the Right say now about this political message from Romney.  Or will they spin or turn their backs.

Thursday, June 07, 2012

draft dodging hypocrite

"Draft dodging hypocrite."  These words may not have significance to generations of Americans too young to recall personally the war in Viet Nam. These words will have continuing significance to the men who served in the 1960's after having been drafted and especially those who served in Viet Nam.  They should also have meaning to the men and women who have served in uniform then and since.  Mr. Romney is a draft dodging hypocrite.
http://www.military.com/daily-news/2012/06/05/romneys-lack-of-military-service-faces-scrutiny.html?ESRC=eb.nl