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What if Governor of NJ was Boehner, Cantor, or McConnell

Posted: Oct 31, 2012

A scary thought if you live in NJ, I think. Nice to see a Republican reaching out to work with Obama for a change. Too bad it took a hurricane to do it.

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You have it backwards. Obama won't even talk - to most Republicans.. O the divider. nm

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You need to tell Christie that....sm - JTBB

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especially since Christie is one of Romney's most effective supporters. I wonder whether or not Christie would praise a president Romney after he gets rid of FEMA and something like this happens?

Romney: Disaster mgmt is like cleaning up - high school football field after a big game.

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Just a little "rubbish and paper products." No biggie. I'm so glad this idiot decided to campaign today.

And his Storm Relief Rally was staged - boostraps

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His staffers went out and spent $5000 at Walmart on stuff, supporters picked stuff up from the stash pile as they walked in, "donated" it, shook Romney's hand as he offered them a genuine fake thank you.

I won't go so far as to call Romney an idiot but maybe the person who thought this was a good idea was one, probably the same guy who thought up the photo op Ryan soup kitchen pseudo helper.

Garbage - and not even remotely true.

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My husband and I were there and no one handed us any bags of anything. We brought 2 flats of water (which the RC greatly appreciated) and both gave blood.

I know it's a hard concept to grasp about a republican, but sometimes a charitable gesture is just that - not a photo op.

I'm sorry, but multiple sources report this - bootstraps

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I'm sure your story is true. I'm sure there were outside donors, but the RC did do what was reported. Too bad they just didn't welcome and depend on folks like you.

What multiple sources? What you are saying - is simply not the truth ! nm

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It is the truth - bootstraps

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I posted a link on my previous post, but here's another, a mainstream ABC News site. It's a really good article about the Red Cross, but the last paragraph addresses my point.

That is an outright lie ! I am in Ohio and was at - the thing too... and donated !! nm

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So sending canned and dry goods and ignoring - expressed Red Cross policies is

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your idea of good disaster management policy? Those who showed up at the CAMPAIGN event, rebranded as a disaster relief drive, without donations were provided with nonperishable food props that sure looked authentic on film.

Are you REALLY this uninformed????? - sm

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Below is one of many, many, MANY links proving that it's TRUE.

I hope the Atlantic coast can complete their restoration before January, because if Romney wins, he wants to privatize FEMA, meaning each resident for him/herself and probable price gouging under a president who doesn't believe in regulations.

And before you say THAT is a lie, I realize that Romney is now saying that FEMA will remain fully funded, when he previously said that privatization is the best.

How can you support a man who lies so much?

Real Presidential leadership is in the process of happening right now. President Obama seamlessly set into motion FEMA, not tolerating any red tape. Governor Chris Christie has nothing but the nicest things to say about Obama, after trashing him in the past. This is proof that Obama WANTS to work with and for everyone, regardless of party status. Everyone, even the 47% that Romney would ignore.

http://www.clevelandleader.com/node/19290

Hey! ... what in the world are you talking about?!!!! - OBAMA wanted FEMA cut too, and

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your accusations about Romney lying? Hello ! Romney explained he wanted the money to go instead to the states. THEY know best how to help themselves! Also, the lying one is your magnificent Obama... you watch... his lies about Libya will show him to be the great deceiver. He has you fooled, but not me.

Obama trims 3%. Romney guts 40% - maybe more, maybe less

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and pits disaster victims funding against such priorities as (wait for it) tax cuts for the ubers, in a sort of warped competitive scheme that is contingent on TRUSTING the GOP to negotiate in good faith (like that's gonna happen). We all know who comes up on the losing end of that bargain.

This is a place where Romney's "I don't DO specifics" is screwing him big time. The bulk of Obama's cuts are to the disaster relief funds arm of FEMA appropriations. They are based on real-live math and reflect decreasing disaster relief end-costs from Katrina. The $6.1 million requested still provides a $500 million surplus in excess of forecast needs. His overall FEMA budget trim will also result in 3% cuts to salaries and expenses (fondly referred to by the wingers as government "waste"), with smaller cuts to emergency food and radiological emergency preparedness. Contained in his plan are the SPECIFICS of funding INCREASES for state and local programs and a significant infusion for flood insurance funding. Further cuts to disaster relief are exempt from future cuts under Obama's plan and FEMA is allowed to carry over unused funds from one year to the next. Oh, and there is NO MENTION of privatization.

Under the Ryan plan, there is no exemption for future FEMA cuts. One-third of cuts to non-defense discretionary spending in their plan goes to state and local governments to funds that include disaster relief. The only thing that plan specifies is that any FEMA funding will be subject to full offset within the discretionary levels. Let the "dialing for disaster dollars" games begin.

The vague nature of Romney's so-called "plan" paints a grimmer picture. He says he will cut federal spending to less than 20 percent of GDP by 2016 without touching entitlements or defense. Hence, the MATH tells us that non-defense discretionary spending, which includes FEMA aid, would have to be reduced by 40 percent. Again, no specifics beyond his stern declaration that disaster victims will "have what they need" (whatever THAT means). Perhaps he will send a team of volunteers prepared to line up every 30 feet and clean up their "lanes" like he did when he cleaned up that football field in high school...his interim plan on the road to privatization. God knows what THAT would look like.

If he is lying, at least he isn't allowing the - Truthhurts

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murder of U.S. citizens, and I'm not just talking about Benghazi.

Obama has lied so much during his senate and presidential days, even HE doesn't know what truth is anymore. He believes every word out of his own mouth, truth or not.

Well, all I can say is your multiple sources - are wrong.

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You might want to take the word of people that were actually there. If you had been there and seen this with your own eyes, you would know what had happened.

What part of $5000 worth of Wal-Mart handouts - are you not getting here?

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Good luck trying to coax that cat back into the bag.

OK, I'll try one - more time...

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If the Romney people spent money at Wal-Mart, they were not bagging it up and handing it to people so they could walk through the line and hand it back. I don't think I can make myself any clearer.

So what do you think "Just grab something." - referred to?

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By my read, it refers to exploiting disaster relief for political gain, especially considering the place was awash with "victory rally" buttons and Romney's biographical video being plastered all over those giant screens. This failed rush to appear relevant ranks up there with the botched press conference Romney held during the Benghazi attack.

What's obvious is that you're going to believe the - worst no matter what...

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so enjoy your hatred of Romney - for at least the next four years, maybe eight.

Hope your day gets better :)

I think it's YOUR hatred of Obama that - sm

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makes you support Romney so strongly. Romney has done nothing but LIE -- there is much videotape PROVING THAT -- but instead, you would rather harm YOURSELF and the rest of your life by voting for him.

That's SOME hatred you've got going on there.

No hate zone here, but pity for the pathos of his handlers - is in abundant supply.

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It must be positively exhausting having to run around the country putting out the fires they set. Still at it only 4 days out, I see.

It was a photo op - old and burned out

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and if you don't believe it, I have a bridge to sell you. The responsible thing to do would have been to stop campaigning and tell people to send money to the Red Cross which is what they requested. They don't want to have to use their valuable people to sort through and distribute these items but rather buy what is needed for a particular area which is must faster and more efficient.

This stuff really aggravates me. - backwards typist

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If Obama or Michelle does it, they're wonderful and so caring.

If Romney does it, its fake and a photo op.

Give it up already. We know you hate anyone who is rich and Romney is your newest target.

Why not target Michael Moore, Beyonce, JZ, Springsteen, and the rest of Hollywood, etc. They all got rich on YOUR dollars. If people wouldn't have gone to their concerts or shows, they wouldn't be where they are today.

Oh please,,, because Christie praised Obama and - O got the photo op? Whoopie.

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Obama is all about class warfare and has divided this nation like no other president. It is sad and depressing. He also lied about Benghazi, which probably won't fully come out until after the election. He says he leaves no man behind... well, unless you repeatedly ask for help stationed in Libya!

I think Obama showed compassion - sm

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and great leadership during Hurricane Sandy.

You apparently want to go back to the Bush era kind of government that got us into this mess to begin with, with the huge deficit he left for Obama to clean up his mess.

Obama is NOT all about class warfare; he has NO 47% that he would just ignore.

Hopefully, some thoughtful people will see how this President acted in the face of a major disaster. I certainly want 4 more years of his fantastic leadership. It took Bush 8 years to bring this country to the cliff of destruction. Obama will and has brought us back. Romney will drive us over the cliff.

That is funny and sad at the same time. He - only makes big messes bigger..

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and he is not truthful, but loves photo ops. He is incompetent and was never qualified to be president. All of his policies have failed miserably, but go ahead, vote for the enemy of the rich who is only killing jobs with Obamacare. It is pitiful what Obama has done to a once great nation.

Try telling that to the lady who's marina was destroyed - he embraced and reassured.

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That's what they need to hear in times like this, not the snake oil your post is hawking.

Didn't see that. Saw Christi hugging a lot of people in his state - Truthhurts

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and reassuring them.

Obama couldn't care less. He just wants political points because 11/6 is coming up really fast and Obama is starting to lose in the polls.

It's a shame that people don't see the fake baloney Obama is putting out there.

I agree 100% - me

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Obama was on top of this storm and ready to offer aid immediately. Had already called 7 states disaster zones before it was even over. Where was George Bush when Katrina wiped out New Orleans? The government response was so slow it was ridiculous. He was like a deer in the headlights, Duh, what hurricane?

Obamas has compassion only for Obama - Screwed up Benghazi so bad

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Obama thinks a few photo ops will make everyone forget OBAMA WATCHED 4 AMERICANS BEING MURDERED AND DID NOTHING.

Your comments are really funny. - backwards typist

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First of all, he was campaigning in Florida right before Sandy hit. He wasn't planning on coming home. He hurried home FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS PRESIDENCY to make it look like he was a leader.

He's doing NJ with Christie for political points because Christie is republican and because there's only 5 more days until the election. He wants everyone to think that he wants to work with the other side, which is absolutely false. If he is re-elected, watch how fast he pulls away from the other side again. BTW, didn't hear him say anything good about PA, which was hit hard, too. Did you?

Mayor Bloomberg even told Obama to stay out of the city. Didn't need him making matters worse with traffic and police.

Did he rush back to the WH with all the tornadoes and floods during the summer? Nope. Did he offer to cut the red tape for those disasters? Nope. Same with the oil spill - remember that? How many days before he went down south to check everything out? Wasn't it 7 or was it 10 days?

Your argument doesn't hold water with a lot of people.

Just when was the last time you think GOP "reached out" - across the aisle? nm

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That's right, bipartisanship takes both parties trying. - grits

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...hence the "bi"

You are absolutely wrong - bootstraps

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It was the Republicans who vowed to make President Obama a one-term President.

Republicans have been turned down EVERY time - by Obama, and Obama himself has never

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had a budget... well, one, and even his Dem friends voted it down because it was such a joke. Obama is the most inept, incompetent failure of a president, yet he will probably be reelected.. we get what we deserve at that point.

I'm afraid he WON'T be reelected. - sm

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I'm slowly resigning myself to the possibility that the voting machines (that one of his sons has a financial interest in) will be rigged. I believe that the New World Order will see fruition and that Romney will have purchased the presidency. I believe it's been preordained by the powers ($$$$$$$$) that be and will be installed by the Supreme Court, as in the case of Bush, who is another natural disaster.

Romney has done nothing but LIE throughout this entire campaign. I can't understand how anyone could vote for him.

Funny - anon

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I know several people who think Obama is the figurehead for the New World Order.

Nope. That's always been the Neocon plan. - See link. sm

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This is a very interesting link and speaks of the NWO under a President Romney.

http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/17-reasons-why-a-vote-for-mitt-romney-is-a-vote-for-the-new-world-order

Now YOU'RE scaring me. - backwards typist

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I thought most of the people on this board were smart and could think for themselves.

Have you been listening to Al Gore lately? Or was it DWS, Pelosi, or Reid?

I am afraid also - me

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I have always been a good judge of people, and when I look at Romney I don't even see a man. I see nothing but evil. Really can't explain it, but that is how I feel. I will be very afraid to have him as President.

Not to worry - mbmt

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According to statistician Nate Silver, President Obama has at least a 75% chance of being reelected.

Please don't scare me. {{shaking}} I don't like horror stories anymore. LOL nm - backwards typist

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Yes, and from DAY ONE before he had a - sm

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chance to do ANYTHING.

He seemed to talk to Christie pretty well. - sm

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Considering all the TERRIBLE things that Christie has said about Obama, Obama had no chip on his shoulder or put New Jersey last on his list.

I wonder what would have happened if this storm had occurred in Wisconsin and RYAN was asked for a statement.

These two GROWNUPS are fixing the situation, WITHOUT red tape.

I'm very proud of my President. It's a shame that the Republicans won't let much progress occur under Obama's leadership. They have such a vile hatred for Obama, and I hope they get voted out.

I wish I could like this twice. - grits

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Very well-stated.

You got that right - Obama a loser - ...

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probably the same, but not with the same gusto - bootstraps

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In dire need, citizens forget politics and just want help. They trust their elected officials to come to their assistance. This is an empirical necessity and I doubt any elected official in the face of a disaster would not welcome the POTUS because of political affiliation.

However, Christie's perfect empirical and humanistic reaction may make the GOP right-wing gods very unhappy. Remember what they did to FL Gov Crist when all he did was give Obama a slight embrace in Tampa?

Certainly a different circumstance, but I'll be interested to see what kind of embrace Christie gets from the right wing down the road, that is if the right wing even has any clout down the road.

It wouldn't matter to Obama who it was, as long as - it helped his reelection.

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Face it, he's looking good right now doing absolutely nothing but walking down the street with a (gasp) republican. He'd do the same thing with Boehner, Cantor, McConnell, or Mitt Romney for that matter if he thought it would get him some votes. Sorry, but he can't erase almost four years of terrible policies in one walk with a (OMG) republican. Don't worry, though. I'm sure in the next day or two, he'll be back to his usual divisive self :)

the Republican walked down the road w/him - bootstraps

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Presidents visit disaster zones. Christie had to obligation to accompany him.

The whole scenaria doesn't have to be partisan.

If I was a victim of a disaster, I could care less who was walking with whom as long as I knew someone was going to take care of me.

At least no one is abandoning these people as they did in New Orleans.

typo alert s/b "no" obligation nm - boostraps

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Oh, stop. You know it was corruption on the N.O. Mayor - backwards typist

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and even the governor of the state dragging her feet at the time of Katrina. It was proven that the mayor pocketed money and the governor thought she could handle Katrina by herself. She stated a couple times that she had everything under control and that the mayor of NO was in control of his town and evacuating the people.

Sometimes, I just can't understand why hatred takes the place of common sense and/or research for the truth.

Exactly. Obama is the biggest opportunist - and phony, stomach-churning, actually.nm

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Interesting tidbit - sm - -

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Some not so funny facts about Governor Romney's time in MA....

http://wonkette.com/488211/mitt-romneys-guide-to-flood-management

While we're on Romney gaffes - "great" quotes (a must-see) - sm

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1. "There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. All right, there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you-name-it. ... My job is not to worry about those people. I'll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives." -Mitt Romney, in leaked comments from a fundraiser in May 2012

2. "Corporations are people, my friend ... of course they are. Everything corporations earn ultimately goes to the people. Where do you think it goes? Whose pockets? Whose pockets? People's pockets. Human beings, my friend." --Mitt Romney to a heckler at the Iowa State Fair who suggested that taxes should be raised on corporations as part of balancing the budget (August 2011)

3. "When you have a fire in an aircraft, there's no place to go, exactly, there's no -- and you can't find any oxygen from outside the aircraft to get in the aircraft, because the windows don't open. I don't know why they don't do that. It's a real problem." --Mitt Romney, suggesting it would be a good idea to crack a window at 35,000 feet, Beverly Hills fundraiser, Sept. 22, 2012

4. "I like being able to fire people who provide services to me." --Mitt Romney, using an unfortunate choice of words while advocating for consumer choice in health insurance plans (January 2012)

5. "I'm not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there." --Mitt Romney (January 2012)

6."I went to a number of women's groups and said 'Can you help us find folks?' and they brought us whole binders full of women." --Mitt Romney, on staffing his cabinet while he was governor of Massachusetts, presidential debate, Oct. 16, 2012

7. "As president, I will create 12 million new jobs." --Mitt Romney, during the second presidential debate
"Government does not create jobs. Government does not create jobs." --Mitt Romney, 45 minutes later (Oct. 16, 2012)

8. "My dad, as you probably know, was the governor of Michigan and was the head of a car company. But he was born in Mexico... and had he been born of, uh, Mexican parents, I'd have a better shot at winning this. But he was unfortunately born to Americans living in Mexico. He lived there for a number of years. I mean, I say that jokingly, but it would be helpful to be Latino." -Mitt Romney, in leaked comments from a Florida fundraiser, May 17 2012

9. "It's hard to know just how well [the 2012 London Olympics] will turn out. There are a few things that were disconcerting. The stories about the private security firm not having enough people, the supposed strike of the immigration and customs officials, that obviously is not something which is encouraging." --Mitt Romney, insulting Britain on the eve of the Olympics by suggesting the country is not ready, NBC News interview, July 25, 2012

10. "I believe in an America where millions of Americans believe in an America that's the America millions of Americans believe in. That's the America I love." --Mitt Romney (January 2012)

With Romney, you need to make a new list every day. - nm

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Sickening - mbmt

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Number 1 on the list makes me sick. If that does not drive people to vote for President Obama, nothing will.

Crikey. That last one was like a kid's tongue-twister. - grits

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I bet he couldn't say it again if you bet him 10 grand.

Gotta laugh to keep from crying with this guy.

Very interesting article that gives a glimpse into the - future. nm

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It sure is...even when his state was most certainly going to need....sm - OP of this post and verbal gaffes one

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disaster assistance, he vetoed the $5.7 million that would have been matched by the $22 million from the feds. And - what happened to his state 2 years later?

I have few words for selfish, shortsighted persons such as Romney.

Some of the verbal 'goodies' are almost Dubya-like (minus the slight stutter). But yes - that 47% one is just an amazing preview of the elitism to which we'd be treated.

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Way to go, Gov!! http://videos.huffingtonpost.com/nj-gov-christie-blasts-house-gop-john-boehner-517629458 And before the flaming starts regarding HuffPo, I'd like to say that this is a VIDEO of Christie's own words. ...

Apr 23, 2016
Just heard the governor of Virginia has made an executive order that inmates 200,000 of them can now vote. Funny, I thought all of your rights were taken away from you when you started serving prison sentences. Anything for his Hillary to win. ...

Jan 06, 2015
Next up is former GOP Connecticut Governor John Rowland, who is waiting for sentencing on 7 counts of conspiracy, falsifying records, perjury and illegal campaign contributions. Maximum time would be 57 years. No problem. He's already served time in 2005 for corruption. ...

Mar 30, 2015
He refuses to state whether or not his idiotic "religious freedom law" will allow people to discriminate against gays. Of course it will. Good for all the businesses and athletes who are boycotting this law and the state. I am really getting sick of this being the "I Hate Obama" board, "no, I hate him more," "no, I REALLY hate him." If you think that's politics, it's not. It's just boring. So, anyone, what think you about this situation of governors approving laws that make it ...

Jan 26, 2012
I saw Boehner twisting his mouth all around when he accepted Gifford's letter of resignation. Then he wiped a tear away. He looked so pathetic, I felt for him. Do you suppose there is still a heart beating in that Trop50 container somewhere. ...