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Romney shows softer side in 2016 campaign preview

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By STEVE PEOPLES and THOMAS BEAUMONT

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And heaven knows I have experience

My named heavenly planet, Kolob, knows everything.

referencing his work with the poor, sick and elderly as a volunteer Mormon church pastor

Members of the 47%? What a martyr!

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Members of the 47%? What a martyr!

As if the Dems ever cared about the poor. So what's the Democratic party doing to fix the over 10% Black unemployment rate? Let me guess, more low paying jobs?

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@bass4funk What is the Republican party doing to fix the 10% black unemployment? Excuse me for laughing if your answer is "eliminating welfare" or "growing the economy".

Let's hope Mittens has it in him to tank another GOP presidential run.

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Christmas in January! Reminds me of Mission Impossible: "This Romney message will self-destruct in 30 seconds."

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'Referencing his work with the poor'

Does that mean people on under $250,000 a year?

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Please, oh, please, oh please oh please..

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As if the Dems ever cared about the poor

Why am I reminded of people in trailer parks railing against universal healthcare as socialist?

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C'mon R money, quit ! Ii kagen ni shi nasai !

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Still, wouldn't be as bad as the likes of Rand Paul or Rick Perry

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Yes! Go Romney. If the GOP selects him it will be yet another gift to the Dems!

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What is the Republican party doing to fix the 10% black unemployment?

Better ask yourself, why do Blacks keep voting for a party that leaves them in poverty and they complain about their economic plight????

Excuse me for laughing if your answer is "eliminating welfare" or "growing the economy".

Hmmm 47 million people have been on welfare for the last 37 months a big portion of that African American. This joker of a president has supposedly created enough jobs. So I'll laugh if you don't mind.

Let's hope Mittens has it in him to tank another GOP presidential run.

If Biden runs, that would be a third time as well, right? Also, why don't we do a side by side comparison of Obama's accomplishments vs Romney's.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7vo0DEItIIY/UB7zdtfbXFI/AAAAAAAA1k4/FD8V4xSr7mQ/s1600/120805-romney-vs-obama.jpg

Generally speaking neither Obama or Hilary can even come somewhat close.

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'Better ask yourself, why do Blacks keep voting for a party that leaves them in poverty and they complain about their economic plight????'

Better ask them. Perhaps the fact that Mitt was a member of an overtly racist religion until they were pressured by law to change these appalling ideas didn't help.

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Better ask yourself why Republicans are seemingly bent on suicide. C'mon here - the jokes write themselves! He's been helping the poor since 2012 by investing $10,000,OO0 in his son's start-up investment fund, subsequently drawing another $600 million from people who don't know the lad - he'd had no experience in the field, after all - but simply wanted to help. If only you deadbeat JT posters could be such good parents.

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bass4funk: Let me guess, more low paying jobs?

Works for Rick Perry.

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Better ask them. Perhaps the fact that Mitt was a member of an overtly racist religion until they were pressured by law to change these appalling ideas didn't help.

Nice try, but the party of dependence wouldn't be much of a party at all if they didn't have people that they could easily indoctrinate and making them believe that the ONLY way to achievement in life is to rely on the government. And as for the race card for the past 6 years and at every single term, this admin. has used and frankly overplayed the race card issue too much. And now Obama's lap dog Sharpton is the NEW spokesperson on race? This admin. gets nuttier by the day.

Better ask yourself why Republicans are seemingly bent on suicide. C'mon here - the jokes write themselves!

Actually, the biggest joke was to think that your president would be a uniter, a healer, and having the best foreign policy, create outstanding jobs and NONE of that is true. HIGH paying jobs, NO! HIGH unemployment, YES! Foreign Policy, a COMPLETE DISASTER and the list goes on, but how much time do you have?

He's been helping the poor since 2012 by investing $10,000,OO0 in his son's start-up investment fund, subsequently drawing another $600 million from people who don't know the lad - he'd had no experience in the field, after all - but simply wanted to help.

Yeah, Ok! So why are so many Blacks and Hispanics are unemployed, why is welfare going up? 47 million people is not a small segment of society. Where is the money? Food stamps are up by almost 50%. 99 weeks of unemployment? So this president believes the only to help people is to give them a fish everyday instead of teaching them how to fish. Why am I not surprised.

If only you deadbeat JT posters could be such good parents.

So now you think you know how we raise our kids? lol

Works for Rick Perry.

Yes, businesses that were on the brink of failing and coming from the brink of bankruptcy which made a profit and the restaurant business wasn't his only endeavor, not to mention he HAS a history of creating jobs, has an impeccable record as a business man and Obama has a....well, community organizer, I guess that's something...perhaps.

Nice try. Anyway, we still have 659 more days until the madness of Obama comes to an end.

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The most suprising thing I got from this article is that Rick Perry is still considering a run, that guys 2012 campaign was an absoluete disaster

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[Romney] HAS a history of creating jobs,

. . . creating jobs overseas to save companies costs. That's good for fat cats who own capital, not so good for those high paying jobs you're blaming Obama for not having created.

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. . . creating jobs overseas to save companies costs.

That's one aspect of it. Any normal investor and businessman would do the same. There are hundreds of companies that do the same. You would have to be a complete incompetent fool to keep any company in the states at the current corporate tax rate at 40%. But other than keeping the main headquarters of some of the companies overseas, many of the store outlets in the US still provided jobs, something that Obama wouldn't have the first clue about, but I will give Obama credit for one thing. He sure knows how to squeeze a company dry. That's for sure.

That's good for fat cats who own capital, not so good for those high paying jobs you're blaming Obama for not having created.

As I said before, paper hat jobs don't count.

http://www.aei.org/publication/how-many-jobs-did-romney-create-at-bain/

In other words, Bain Capital and Romney delivered strong results for their customers, better than other private equity firms that on average outperformed the public markets. Today, those customers include the California State Teachers’ Retirement System and the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. nts under Romney, the large job creators are clearly Staples and Sports Authority. Both of these were small, young companies when Bain Capital invested in them. Bain invested in Staples when it had only one store, so there were likely fewer than 200 employees at the time. Bain appears to have invested in the Sports Authority when it had fewer than ten stores. Unfortunately, there are no public data to say how many people were employed at that time. At the end of 1998, Staples had more than 42,000 employees, Sports Authority had almost 14,000, Gartner Group had almost 3,000, and Steel Dynamics had over 500. So at the beginning of 1999, when Romney left Bain Capital, these four companies alone employed almost 60,000 total employees. While some of the job growth at Sports Authority came from acquisitions, there is no doubt that these four companies created tens of thousands of jobs over the period.

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You would have to be a complete incompetent fool to keep any company in the states at the current corporate tax rate at 40%.

Two comments on that:

I was referring to labor costs. In other words, Romney did not deem paying workers a decent wage in the best interests of his investors. You know, the important people who need another summer home and yacht. I know that was his 'job', but that doesn't mean I have to respect him for it.

According to your logic, the corporate tax rate should have compelled companies to flee the US (except for foolish ones). So why do these companies stick around? The fact is this: the effective corporate tax rate today is lower than it was under Reagan, Bush I, Clinton, and Bush II. And please don't forget that corporations have been earning record profits for the past few years now. And virtually none of that is being passed on to workers. All hail unfettered capitalism! Romney is not a 'maker'. He's a 'taker'. He's among the morally bankrupt elite that build their wealth on depriving others of a decent living.

You're gonna blame Obama for low paying jobs? You've got a point. I'll include him along with all the other 1 percenters on both sides of the political spectrum who are robbing working people of the capital they produce.

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@Plasticmonkey Top drawer. Your last post is the best I've read for a long time. It's refreshing to see someone who is prepared to put the blame around rather than go for blind partisanship.

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"No gaffe was bigger than Romney’s remark — secretly recorded at a high-dollar Florida fundraiser — that he doesn’t worry about 47 percent of Americans who “believe they are victims” and “pay no income tax.”

On Friday, however, he hinted that he had learned his lesson."

Yes, Romney has learned to pick and choose when speaking the truth at campaign events.

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I was referring to labor costs. In other words, Romney did not deem paying workers a decent wage in the best interests of his investors.

So what is your interpretation of a decent starting wage as a new inexperienced worker?

You know, the important people who need another summer home and yacht. I know that was his 'job', but that doesn't mean I have to respect him for it.

You do NOT, you are right, but I have NEVER met a poor person employ, expand or take care of another person. Because they don't have the financial power to get the economy up and running-period.

According to your logic, the corporate tax rate should have compelled companies to flee the US (except for foolish ones).

No, the corporate tax rate should be under 30% to encourage businesses to come back, stay, grow and invest in the market and in the economy at 40% it's not going to happen regardless good or as you imply, foolish.

So why do these companies stick around? The fact is this: the effective corporate tax rate today is lower than it was under Reagan, Bush I, Clinton, and Bush II.

Ahh, so you think raising the capitol gains tax from 13% to over 28% is fair and encouraging economic growth?!? And don't forget to add inflation on top of that point.

And please don't forget that corporations have been earning record profits for the past few years now.

As they should.

And virtually none of that is being passed on to workers.

Not having a job to start off and then working your way up to better educate yourself and make yourself more valuable as a worker in the future so that the person can compete with the high paying jobs, that is actually what and needs to be passed on. There you go with that nonsense liberal spin about spreading the wealth, another give me a fish scenario?

All hail unfettered capitalism! Romney is not a 'maker'. He's a 'taker'.

Yeah, regardless of what Think Progress, MoveOn and other over the tope liberal papers try to spin and that's why he has a business track record as a job creator. He didn't get to where he's at by following Obama's advice on business, but then again, Obama wouldn't know how, because if he did, he wouldn't go for another tax hike.....again!

He's among the morally bankrupt elite that build their wealth on depriving others of a decent living.

Actually, that would be your president. 46 million people on food stamps for the last 37 months. Hmmm, isn't Obama the person that is occupying the presidency now for the last 6 years?

Remember only 658 more days to go until the madness of Obama is behind us.

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Bass, I'm not sure if you intentionally miss people's points or just type before you think.

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