POLL: Who Should Mitt Romney Pick For Vice President?

Robert Mihaly August 3, 2012 at 03:40 am

...and I forgot to mention that the "Fast and Furious" gun fiasco was not something Eric Holder put together. That was an ATF program, and it replicated a program that was conducted during the Bush administration. Unfortunately, they blew it. But ever since the Republicans got a majority in the House, they've spent all their time trying to discredit anything that could be remotely pinned on the Obama administration, except when they were attacking women's rights or threatening to shut down the government. I'd like to know when they're going to do something useful.

tom m August 3, 2012 at 04:23 am

robert here is a link to the 32 bills sitting in the senate that were passed by the house that the democrats refuse to bring to a vote
http://majorityleader.gov/JobsTracker/

James Murphy August 3, 2012 at 04:29 am

nice link

James Murphy August 3, 2012 at 04:31 am

are you clicking your shoes together everytime you repeat "mitts not going to win"

Edger August 3, 2012 at 12:40 pm

Amazing how people with troll behavior, don't use their real names when making comments . Why are they so afraid?

I.M. Wright August 3, 2012 at 12:44 pm

Thanks for reminding me -- when should I return your glass slippers, James?
#PWNED

I.M. Wright August 3, 2012 at 12:45 pm

A person who is proudly displays their stupidity et al, they deserved to be called out. Simple as that.

I.M. Wright August 3, 2012 at 12:45 pm

And that coming from someone using only a first name, huh?
STHU, hypocrite.

James Murphy August 3, 2012 at 12:58 pm

more names >>>>proudly displays their stupidity ???

James Murphy August 3, 2012 at 12:58 pm

names >>>>>Ignorant Broad?

James Murphy August 3, 2012 at 12:59 pm

still more names >>>>> STHU, hypocrite.???? and these are your points

Joe Giles August 3, 2012 at 01:01 pm

Somebody should add D to their initials, HA, HA.

joe ponikarovsky August 3, 2012 at 01:58 pm

so...every year romney spends more on the upkeep of his wife's horse than the median household income of stow. how exactly does that make the average stow-ite think he'll look out for your best interests?

Robert Mihaly August 3, 2012 at 02:59 pm

If you really want to believe what Eric Cantor has to say about anything, knock yourself out. Really. If you want to look critically into what's in or behind these bills, you'll immediately recognize that they contain so many poison pills that they could meet the definition of toxic waste. They don't solve problems. When they aren't just aimed at undoing a useful regulation, they are going to create a problem. Not all proposed legislation deserves to become law, and I'm guessing that the ones I'm not familiar with meet that definition. I base that on the knowledge that the bills I AM familiar with most certainly should NOT become law. What do we see in Congress but a majority party that opposes legislation that would be beneficial to the many and pushes legislation that works against the many to benefit the few? They just aren't doing the work of the people. Consider the fact that, instead of passing the Senate's extension of the middle class portion of the Bush tax cuts, they held out for a bill that again rewards the greedy rich, and then they went home. If the cuts for the wealthy are warranted, they could pass them on their own merit. But they aren't merited, so they took the ball and left the middle class cuts in jeopardy. Talk about malpractice. Governance requires well-considered hard decisions...not blind adherence to ideological stances.

James Thomas August 3, 2012 at 03:06 pm

I would like to think that Arianna and Patch would object to this chauvinistic display.

James Thomas August 3, 2012 at 03:09 pm

I would like to think that Arianna and Patch would object to this chauvinistic display

James Thomas August 3, 2012 at 03:17 pm

I. M. Wright,
STHU, hypocrite.

Ahbras August 3, 2012 at 03:39 pm

I can tell that you are not color blind.

Ahbras August 3, 2012 at 03:46 pm

Tom, you hit the nail on the head.
Romney's accountant is SUPERMAN! His accountant takes tax breaks for Romney's living full time in house in UTAH while trying to establish a permanent residence in Mass, (while Romney was trying to qualify for a run for Gov of Mass.) I thought that only the schrodinger cat can be in two places at once and dead & alive at the same time. It looks as if the accountant was able to have Romney live full time in both UTAH and MASS.

Ahbras August 3, 2012 at 04:01 pm

hmmmm. Who is telling women they cant have birth control paid by the insurance companies? Who is doing the mandating in the name of religious freedom? Who is taking away everyone else's religious freedom just.
Is there a difference between the the T-Party mandates and sharia law? And you have the nerve to accuse the Dems of trying to control thought and actions. Government is to protect ALL the people NOT just those" Extremes" wanting to impose their "sharia law" on every one. Extremism is NOT the best for America. Compromise and tolerance is humane. Closed minded, fact absent ignorance and Intolerance is dangerous. Ignorance is a huge problem since ignorant people have the perception that they have all the facts, irrespective of actual facts and truth. Then, they become violent when presented with real facts. It is time to stop the hate, communicate with love, patience and understanding. That is the only way we can survive. Hate is destructive, it blinds people to truth and life. It takes away our life, liberty and pursuit of happiness.

Ahbras August 3, 2012 at 04:50 pm

I agree, everyone else is boring, or dont want to run, Or rather, trying to distance themselves from Romney. Romney is becoming hazardous waste. I wonder what will happen at the convention?

Chris (Kit) Myers August 3, 2012 at 05:28 pm

Yeah, Mr. Mihaly, "Governance requires well-considered hard decisions...not blind adherence to ideological stances." I guess you are talking about the far-reaching health bill where Nancy Pelosi made the comment to the House of Representatives that it has to pass so that we can see what's in it. Well, Mr. Mihaly, if that's the best your party can offer, I'll take vanilla.
Now it's time for I.M. Wright to show me his intellectual capacity by calling me names. Go for it, I.M.. Go for it!

Joe Giles August 3, 2012 at 06:00 pm

D.I.M.

Robert Mihaly August 3, 2012 at 08:07 pm

No...I wasn't referring to the health care LAW, but since you mentioned it, much of it was proposed a couple decades ago by REPUBLICANS and CONSERVATIVE think tank Heritage Foundation, especially the dreaded INDIVIDUAL MANDATE and the reliance on existing health insurance companies and employer-provided health insurance. And then Republicans morphed into something else...who knows what...and started throwing out anyone who didn't kowtow to their increasingly extremist rush to the "right." If he weren't still supportive of the Republican ideals he grew up with, I'm sure Rep. LaTourette could enlighten you. My party could have done better, but for your party. Eventually we'll probably end up with a single payer system, because I can't imagine that the CEOs of private insurance companies won't hike rates to keep up their extravagant lifestyles.
"I'll take vanilla"...is that a racial jibe? Or are you tone deaf to what it sounds like?

Wilburforce August 3, 2012 at 08:41 pm

I prefer Columbian Supremo over boring Vanilla !
Or someone from Cuba.......

Jean Williams August 3, 2012 at 10:11 pm

robert there is 2 budget bills on that list (which are the only 2 proposed so far)

Robert Mihaly August 4, 2012 at 02:12 am

BTW, I thought you guys were into individual responsibility... so what's your problem with the individual mandate? What...when you have to exercise individual responsibility it doesn't seem so attractive? It does to me. I don't want my health care payments and insurance to be paying extra for deadbeats who could afford insurance but choose not to buy it. I don't have a problem paying extra for people who work hard for low wages, except that the way these so-called job creators keep laying more off, there's a whole lot more of them. The whole point of insurance is to spread the risk. If you're fortunate, you pay for coverage you never use. On any given day, a perfectly healthy person could find himself fighting for life. When hospital bills pile up, it doesn't take long to wipe out the family fortune for most of us.

Robert Mihaly August 4, 2012 at 03:33 am

Of course you mean there "Are" 2 budgets. One of them would have to be the Ryan Budget...the one that would eventually kill Medicare and Medicaid, gut the safety net for the poor, give more tax cuts for the wealthiest, paid for with reduced spending that would benefit most of us, and, of course, raise middle class taxes. The numerous assumptions he makes are pure pie-in-the-sky wishful thinking. Actually, with the additional tax cuts for the rich, he would INCREASE the debt over time, and his plan would take decades to even put a dent in the deficit. I take it that the Ryan Plan is one of the budget bills you refer to. You didn't specify the other, but I'm sure it's equally unworkable. So...as the kids would say, "Big wow!"

James Murphy August 4, 2012 at 04:58 am

so robert where are the democratic budgets at for the last 3 years

Robert Mihaly August 4, 2012 at 03:10 pm

I can give you all of them and more, James. The 2013 Budget proposal was submitted to the 112th Congress on February 13, 2012 by President Barack Obama. The 2012 Budget proposal was submitted to the 112th Congress on February 14, 2011 by President Barack Obama. The 2011 Budget proposal was submitted to the 111th Congress on February 1, 2010 by President Barack Obama. The 2010 Budget proposal was submitted to the 111th Congress in February, 2009 by President Barack Obama. The 2009 Budget proposal was submitted to the 110th Congress by George W. Bush. None of them have been balanced, thanks mostly to an economy going over the cliff, two wars and a Medicare drug benefit paid for with borrowed money, and a Congress that has forgotten that even Ronald Reagan raised taxes when it was necessary. It is not incumbent upon Congress that it create a whole different budget...just that it pass or alter the budget proposal sent by the President.