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Mitt Romney Rips Obama for 1998 Video, Said He Believes in "Redistribution"
In an effort to deflect attention off a video tape showing Mitt Romney's contempt for "47 percent" of Americans, conservatives have released a 1998 audio tape in which President Obama says "I actually believe in redistribution." (Hear audio below.)
The recording was reportedly made Loyola University. At the time, then Senator Obama said: "Because I actually believe in redistribution, at least at a certain level to make sure everybody has got a shot."
Appearing on Fox News on Tuesday, Mitt Romney said: "Frankly, we have two different views about America. The president’s view is one of a larger government. There is a tape that came out where is the president is saying he likes redistribution. I disagree."
"I think a society based upon a government-centered nation where government plays a larger and larger role, redistributes money, that’s the wrong course for America. That will not build a strong America or help people out of poverty."
"We believe in free people and free enterprise, not redistribution. The right course for America is to create growth, create wealth, not to redistribute wealth."
However, Romney did not mention that any type of tax system is a redistribution of wealth, even his plan, which he has not released details for.
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Now THAT is funny - Mister
Now THAT is funny - Mister FlipFlop-on-a-weekly-basis goes back 14 years to try and find dirt on the President. I wonder how much money was spent on that exercise? Oh, I forgot... spending money here is OK - just don't spend any money on the 47%...
"Mitt's ancestors fled the US as fugitives from the law because they refused to obey the laws about marriage. Then when his father's family begs to come back into the country, we let them in with open arms, and even give them welfare for a few years to help them get on their feet.
But a child who was brought here through no fault of their own must immediately "Self-deport"? Do I have that right?
ROLF, you hypocrites are
ROLF, you hypocrites are amazing. "Mr, Mister FlipFlop-on-a-weekly-basis", lol -- just name-calling to ditsract from Obama's record of lying & cronyism. Dirt on Obama is easy, & Biden gaffs are all over the place.
Notice that US Law forbids discrimination in hiring, yet Obama makes appointment based on discrimination -- placing people due to being female, gay, lesbian, black, etc. rather than based on selecting the most competent. Why is discrimination & reverse-discrimnation okay for him but not for everyone else?
Oh, and why is Obama practicing discrimination in his administration elsewhere? Those NEW Black Panthers who intimidated elderly voters at the poll -- they were already guilty but Obama refused to carry out the punishment. Then, Obama ignored them placing a bounty on someone's head: good grief, what the heck is that?!
Now, Obama & Clinton are using taxpayer $$ to place ads overseas basically apologizing for someone Constitutional right...to free speech. I recall that liberals had no problem with free speech when it meant using taxpayer $$ to fund art exhibits of blasphemous, anti-Christian "art". Now, the libs ignore their stance of supposed "separation of church & state"....to choose sides in a religious matter of free speech? Hah!
And the turds continue to roll out of his admin less than 14 yrs ago! Look at him falsely using executive privilege to cover for Eric Holder, blocking Congress on their request for info.....in what Obama boasted would be the most transparent administration in US history. Ooops!
Almost nobody has even heard of that poor fellow who was illegally booted from court after showing evidence of discrimination against men & blacks. Maybe because he was a white guy (ordered to discriminate it seems). http://www.supremelyunjust.weebly.com shows something on it. Obama & the DOJ didn't care about that.
Oh, and what about Obama's crooked real estate deal before becoming president? Ooops, again.
Then, there's the fact that Biden is simply a brown-nosing Obama lapdog lackee who'd probably get us into WWIII if he ever had 1/2 a chance to screw things up that bad. God forgid we ever need him to take over, it almost seems,..except that Obama has such a cloudy, marxism-laden past full of foreign sentiment...that he could turn out to be a communist mole someday. Oh, sure, that's not likely: after all, he simply told the Ruskies to wait 'til after the election, when he'd have more "flexibility" (to do whatever they want). (sigh)
Then, you have Obama's energy dude telling about how he wanted to (artificially) drive up the cost of gas so that it would force the U.S. toward alternative energies! It's on record that he said that!
Obama & his cronies seem like the worst bunch of crooks we've ever had,...and that's even admitting that it probably goes crooked somewhat from both sides at times.
As for Romney's forefathers being Morman & leaving the U.S., you likely don't know quite why; but, even if it was for polygamy, that is still more biblical than nasty liberals' perversions like sodomy, lesbianism, transvestite behaviors, & other things -- baby-killing abortions (a favorite of Obama), etc. , and he at least doesn't stand for giving our jobs to illegal aliens while turning a blind eye to enforcing immigration Law. BTW, Obama is sworn by oath to uphold the U.S. Constitution, and the Constitution says Congress has the power to make the Laws; so, Obama is therefore violating his presidential oath to uphold the Constitution.
Just 14 years? I wonder what
Just 14 years? I wonder what it cost to find out that Romney once forced a haircut on a high school classmate 50 years ago? Talk about scandalous. Oh, my!
You are talking about the
You are talking about the assault on a classmate while mitt's 'friends' were holding the kid down, right? Because he was gay, right? Yeah - that's the same thing as a political comment made 14 years ago.
President Obama didn't go fishing for something because he was desperate.... as mitt is now.
Your post makes you sound like a imbecile....
There was nothing in that
There was nothing in that stupid, sophomoric incident 50 years ago (!) that had anything to do with being "gay", and you know it. Talk about "desperate", digging that up is the ultimate in desperation on the part of the press. In any case, I'll take a haircutter to a Socialist/Marxist any time.
Redistribution...at what
Redistribution...at what cost??! We simply cannot afford $trillions in debt while in a worldwide recession & no thought for a future that could realistically include a European meltdown yet.
McCain was a mistake & Romney
McCain was a mistake & Romney was a mistake, to some extent, but Romney has a lot better chance at winning, since he has business competency & we are in a worldwide recession. The GOP is so worried about pleasing everyone that they stumble over themselves to do it. They need to instead be reaching out & explaining their values & beliefs to non-GOP people, especially latinos & african-americans, since American demographics are changing so much. As more minorities get higher into business, they will start wanting to keep more of that slice of the pie they earn instead of giving it over to the govt to spend as it wills.
I love Jon Stewarts comments
I love Jon Stewarts comments on this: Bill O'reily - that was waaaaay back in May 2012. Jon Stewart - Oh? When was this video, oh, just back in 1998. Wait, wait, that was like 14 mays ago!" Derp lol. But yeah, we get it, 4 months is a long time to Romney, cause he can flip flop that fast on major points. Republicans snatching for a bad clip of the president have to go back 14 years?!?! Yeah, cause that isn't long enough for someones policies and beliefs to change. Herp a derp Faux "News" Herp a derp.
Republicans are desperate enough to mislable and misconstrue anything they can get their hands on, including this. The president wasn't even talking about monetary redistribution in the clip in the way they are trying to make it sound. This is just them screaming to the ignorant masses: :OH NOES! SOSHALISM DERP! Gotta laugh so I don't cry over how stupid and desperate the Repubs have become.
"How do you know so much about everything?'" was asked of a very wise and intelligent man; and the answer was "By never being afraid or ashamed to ask questions as to anything of which I was ignorant." - John Abbott (1821-1893)
We have had tax debates & how
We have had tax debates & how to distribute those taxes before we even had a US Constitution. That will never change, because our nation & the world constantly DOES change. Our infrastructual needs, military needs, etc... Change. The RNC played this video throughout the 2004 campaign & it's been on YouTube for over 5 yrs. It's hardly new. The RNC included this video in it's recent donation drive NOT for donations, but to fire up Republicans. This election was never about Romney. They want to remind voters of that. It's ONLY about putting the RNC back into power. They need VOTERS to HATE Obama so passionately that nothing(even Romney) will keep them from voting Obama OUT! History proves that Hatred & fear motivates voters to the polls more than supporting a candidate you like. So in these last 48 days the Dems can't just sit back watching Romney implode. GOP voters don't care(most didn't like Romney to begin with!).
EVERYONE making less than $250,000 a yr has a lot to lose if the GOP gets the White House. So get out & vote YOUR INTERESTS. You know Republican will. The GOP elites believe because they can afford to send their kids to college & finance their grandparents' retirement in comfort, they should NOT be required to pay any taxes that go towards those things. NONE! "Let hourly workers take care of their own, as we do". Who cares if the working class gets an educated or if those too ill or weak to work live in squalor & malnutrition? It's better for the elite if the lower classes have to risk their lives in military service for a chance at higher education. High unemployment keeps wages lower for businesses. The Democratic Party does NOT believe in a permanent under-class. It believes investing in the health & education of all Americans is as important as business & national defense to keep this nation strong. If you believe every American is a natural resource who contributes to our national GDP you need to vote. Your vote will make a difference in all levels of government and determine American values for the 21st century.
It's hilarious watching this
It's hilarious watching this train wreck called the republican party explode! their hell bent on nominating second rate bozos that simply embarrass the gop on a daily basis! This is a disgrace! McCain and the milf was I thought rock bottom for republicans but they fooed me! now it's this elite wanna be god numb skull Willard rommey! this idiot just can't shut up! But the typical republicans will rubber stamp anything this clown says! FYI republicans rommey is 10 points behind Obama in Michigan and Michigan is rommey's birth state!! now spin that republicans LMAO. you republicans should have went for Ron paul lol
I have to agree, I couldn't
I have to agree, I couldn't believe they came up with McCain last time. One of the "Keating Five" from the biggest savings & loan disasters of the 80's?!! Are you kidding me??
And now at the Republican convention, they have pissed off their own party by hi-jacking it and telling EVERY STATE out there that they wouldn't allow Ron Paul delegates to vote!!!
So it's no longer the whole party that is going to select a candidate, but just the 'select few'.
How they can not see that they just screwed themselves I have no idea, but there it is...
Gary Johnson for President 2012
Wealth distribution is
Wealth distribution is essential to democracy. Without wealth distribution this country would quickly become a plutocracy.
"Distribution"? Who is going
"Distribution"? Who is going to decide how much you can have as opposed to me? How wealthy, as a percentage over the poorest among us, will the richest be permitted to become? 10%? How about 25%? Again, who decides?
If you believe in such garbage, then you are a Socialist, my friend. You believe in "fairness" and not "freedom." But that's not real life. When you were in school, someone always made the best grades, someone made OK grades, and someone was always flunking. They got what they earned. Did you consider it "unfair"?
Democracy has nothing to do with who ends up with what. Individual ambition and circumstances do. Poor circumstances are not a hindrance to achievement, nor is position and privilege an assurance of it. People can and do earn wealth they didn't start with, and many also lose it.
This post makes you sound
This post makes you sound like an even bigger imbecile....
Ah, you do understand how
Ah, you do understand how taxes work, right?
As for Socialism, I am so sick of hearing that word used like communism in the red scare. It's ignorance of the worst kind. Obama isn't a socialist, but George W. Bush was. Our Democracy failed when Ol' Dubbya decided to screw us all and betrayed Capitalism: The bailouts. Companies are supposed to sink or swim under their own merits, not sink or get saved by daddy government. So WHO is the Socialist? And if the republicans grew up and stopped fighting like petulant children, BHO could have done something about our problem. But no, they are selfish bastards only concerned with getting back into power, so the cockblocked POTUS at every turn, and then have the sheer BALLS to say it's his fault?!?!?! I would say the republicans are the true problem in this country, based on their representatives actions and their own actions towards ruining our country... Hmmm?
"How do you know so much about everything?'" was asked of a very wise and intelligent man; and the answer was "By never being afraid or ashamed to ask questions as to anything of which I was ignorant." - John Abbott (1821-1893)
Ah, you know something? You
Ah, you know something? You are right! Thanks for the correction. He isn't a Socialist. He's the same thing he was in college: a Marxist.
When John Drew, another Marxist student radical at Occidental College, met young Barack in 1980, they got into a heated discussion about Obama's hope for the coming revolution that would end capitalism and overthrow the ruling classes that had oppressed the downtrodden for generations.
Drew finally convinced him to turn instead to more traditional political means to accomplish the same things (because, after all, you can't come right out and say you're a Marxist and have anyone take you seriously), so they agreed to shake on that. The revolution would have to wait.
And in the years since, Obama has continued to drop little hints that he's still down with the struggle: he sought out "Marxist professors" (his words) as friends, attended a church for 20 years where Black Liberation Theology was preached each week (which is rooted in Marxism), got into community organizing and fighting for the public sector unions (ACORN & SEIU, anyone?) which--if you check out who usually marches in their strikes--you'll see a host of Marxists, Communists, and other radicals tagging alongside them, and--as if that weren't enough proof of who he is--he goes and hires an admitted communist, Van Jones, as his Green Jobs czar (later he quits when he got exposed by Glenn Beck). He speaks of "redistribution"--a concept born of Socialism and Marxism--and repeats, ad infinitum, his "class warfare" talk and the desire to see the rich taxed more to give the "little guy" an equal shot.
All of this is unionism/socialism/Marxism talk, not free enterprise/capitalism--AMERICAN--talk.
No, Obama left mere Socialism behind--that's for suckers. He went full bore into Marxism at a young age and hasn't looked back. And some people want to give him the reigns of this country for another four years?
Ye gods.
I see what you did there, you
I see what you did there, you used the word "Democracy" the way the Stalinists did. Very ironic.