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Post by weltschmerz on Nov 18, 2012 14:38:33 GMT -5
10 days later - Paul was still wrong. Speaking of wrong, and Mittmentum... How utterly wrong is this? What a prince. Mitt Romney showed the size of his largess when after losing the election he cut off funding to the credit cards for thousands of his staffers, leaving some stranded and without a revenue source. Many campaign workers found themselves in restaurants, or cabs with an anxious vendor waiting to be paid and the staffer's credit cards declined. Mitt Romney left them holding the bag, and he was no longer willing to foot the bill. Some workers found themselves stranded in strange cities across the nation, hundreds or thousands of miles from home, without a penny in their pocket and no plan of action to take next. This entire scenario is a window into the type of man Mitt Romney is at his core. When there is nothing to lose, and the cameras are not rolling, he is a ruthless individual. Some members of the Romney staff took it in stride. MSNBC.com reported one staffer who, when asked about the credit cards being cut off, shrugged and said: "Fiscally conservative." www.examiner.com/article/mitt-romney-cuts-off-campaign-workers-credit-cards-leaves-workers-stranded?CID=obnetwork
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Post by EVT1 on Nov 18, 2012 14:52:24 GMT -5
This is not surprising- he was an elitist dickhead from day one. I call it a victory for democracy- evidently you can't buy an election despite the Scotus giving it the green light. He was so oblivious he didn't have a concession speech- all he had was a victory website. I bet Obama had a speech ready if he lost. That's the trouble with heavy rich people- they have no idea about real life.
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Post by djAdvocate on Nov 18, 2012 15:24:12 GMT -5
This is not surprising- he was an elitist dickhead from day one. I call it a victory for democracy- evidently you can't buy an election despite the Scotus giving it the green light. He was so oblivious he didn't have a concession speech- all he had was a victory website. I bet Obama had a speech ready if he lost. That's the trouble with heavy rich people- they have no idea about real life. the good news is that he is finished, politically. other than wasting our time, i can't think of any bad news.
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Post by EVT1 on Nov 18, 2012 15:44:12 GMT -5
The country dodged a bullet. My hope was that if he won he would be practical not partisan- man was I wrong.
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Nov 19, 2012 8:44:37 GMT -5
10 days later - Paul was still wrong. Speaking of wrong, and Mittmentum... How utterly wrong is this? What a prince. Mitt Romney showed the size of his largess when after losing the election he cut off funding to the credit cards for thousands of his staffers, leaving some stranded and without a revenue source. Many campaign workers found themselves in restaurants, or cabs with an anxious vendor waiting to be paid and the staffer's credit cards declined. Mitt Romney left them holding the bag, and he was no longer willing to foot the bill. Some workers found themselves stranded in strange cities across the nation, hundreds or thousands of miles from home, without a penny in their pocket and no plan of action to take next. This entire scenario is a window into the type of man Mitt Romney is at his core. When there is nothing to lose, and the cameras are not rolling, he is a ruthless individual. Some members of the Romney staff took it in stride. MSNBC.com reported one staffer who, when asked about the credit cards being cut off, shrugged and said: "Fiscally conservative." www.examiner.com/article/mitt-romney-cuts-off-campaign-workers-credit-cards-leaves-workers-stranded?CID=obnetworkWe need a guy like this in the White House. Would staffers not eat if someone else didn't foot the bill? We need someone unafraid to confront the out-of-control entitlement mentality in American today.
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Nov 19, 2012 10:03:43 GMT -5
There's no amount of tinkering that'll remotely fix the ObamaCare POS. Scrapping it and starting over with full choice, free market focused solutions is our only hope both individually and as a country. I hope the GOP will refuse to fund it. If they do I expect that they will find themselves going the way of the Whig party...it is time to move on...that battle is over...for now anyway... That may be so, but winning isn't everything. It may be that we are at the point where it's all about legacy now and the question that will be asked by historians (if there are any) in other great civilizations to come will be- what did you do to stop it? If we're going down, we ought to die with our boots on.
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Post by Value Buy on Nov 19, 2012 10:28:56 GMT -5
10 days later - Paul was still wrong. Speaking of wrong, and Mittmentum... How utterly wrong is this? What a prince. Mitt Romney showed the size of his largess when after losing the election he cut off funding to the credit cards for thousands of his staffers, leaving some stranded and without a revenue source. Many campaign workers found themselves in restaurants, or cabs with an anxious vendor waiting to be paid and the staffer's credit cards declined. Mitt Romney left them holding the bag, and he was no longer willing to foot the bill. Some workers found themselves stranded in strange cities across the nation, hundreds or thousands of miles from home, without a penny in their pocket and no plan of action to take next. This entire scenario is a window into the type of man Mitt Romney is at his core. When there is nothing to lose, and the cameras are not rolling, he is a ruthless individual. Some members of the Romney staff took it in stride. MSNBC.com reported one staffer who, when asked about the credit cards being cut off, shrugged and said: "Fiscally conservative." www.examiner.com/article/mitt-romney-cuts-off-campaign-workers-credit-cards-leaves-workers-stranded?CID=obnetworkHmmn, the election is over, you lose, and you are supposed to keep the staff on who were there to get you elected. Sounds like something a Democrat/socialist might do, not a true Republican. Sounds like Democratic sloths trying to get every last dime they can get out of the business, before it implodes. They failed, it is over, the business is done. Elections are nothing but big business. Just ask the Democrats. If Romney had won, you keep the business going, starting on the planning of the 2016 election, just like Obama did after 2008. Many here talked about the unions, busting Hostess, sending them into oblivion, and understood why Hostess pulled the plug in the middle f the week,since there was no way to keep it going. Now, if Mitt is just pocketing what is left after his defeat, you might have an argument. Political donations are not always there when you think they are. Lots of money is anticipated through "promises", and the actual check never really gets cut to the campaign. Let's wait and see how much money is actually left.
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Post by thyme4change on Nov 19, 2012 10:30:46 GMT -5
Yes, and the program is shaky, and a bunch of people still hate it.
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Post by Waffle on Nov 19, 2012 12:06:12 GMT -5
Yes, and the program is shaky, and a bunch of people still hate it. I don't know how you define "a bunch", but I've always heard that Social Security was an enormously popular program. I did a quick google to try to quantify that and came up with a relatively recent (last year) poll. Below are a couple of question/answers from the poll. It seem that the most negativity regarding SS comes from younger adults. Probably because they've told that SS will not be there for them. "Would you say that the Social Security system has been good for the country, has been bad for the country, or has had no effect on the country?" Good Bad No effect Unsure % % % % 9/23-25/11 79 15 5 1 "The Social Security system has been described as a 'monstrous lie' and as a failure. Do you think those phrases are an accurate description of the Social Security system, or don't you think so?" Accurate Not accurate Unsure % % % ALL 27 72 1 18-34 years 42 58 - 35-49 25 73 1 50-64 21 78 1 65 & older 14 84 1 Democrats 20 79 1 Independents 31 68 1 Republicans 31 69 - www.pollingreport.com/social.htm
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Post by thyme4change on Nov 19, 2012 12:09:39 GMT -5
27% see it as a failure? That seems like a "bunch" - I didn't say everyone, or even most people - but if more than a quarter of americans think the program is a failure - I would say that is a "bunch."
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Post by Angel! on Nov 19, 2012 12:54:43 GMT -5
Speaking of wrong, and Mittmentum... How utterly wrong is this? What a prince. Mitt Romney showed the size of his largess when after losing the election he cut off funding to the credit cards for thousands of his staffers, leaving some stranded and without a revenue source. Many campaign workers found themselves in restaurants, or cabs with an anxious vendor waiting to be paid and the staffer's credit cards declined. Mitt Romney left them holding the bag, and he was no longer willing to foot the bill. Some workers found themselves stranded in strange cities across the nation, hundreds or thousands of miles from home, without a penny in their pocket and no plan of action to take next. This entire scenario is a window into the type of man Mitt Romney is at his core. When there is nothing to lose, and the cameras are not rolling, he is a ruthless individual. Some members of the Romney staff took it in stride. MSNBC.com reported one staffer who, when asked about the credit cards being cut off, shrugged and said: "Fiscally conservative." www.examiner.com/article/mitt-romney-cuts-off-campaign-workers-credit-cards-leaves-workers-stranded?CID=obnetworkHmmn, the election is over, you lose, and you are supposed to keep the staff on who were there to get you elected. No, but you should probably pay to get them home. That is like your company sending you on a business trip & laying you off while you are away & then telling you to find your own way back. Maybe it isn't something he had to do, but certainly something that someone who gave a crap about people would do. Just shows his true colors.
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Post by mmhmm on Nov 19, 2012 12:59:47 GMT -5
Wow. What else is there to say? I can't even imagine doing something like that to anyone, much less someone who's worked hard for me and believed in me. It really boggles the mind to imagine how some folks must think!
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Post by weltschmerz on Nov 19, 2012 13:28:30 GMT -5
Hmmn, the election is over, you lose, and you are supposed to keep the staff on who were there to get you elected. ---------------------- Nobody said anything about keeping the staff on. But for Christ's sake, help get them home if they were campaigning on your behalf.
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Post by djAdvocate on Nov 19, 2012 18:25:32 GMT -5
Yes, and the program is shaky, bullshitand a bunch of people still hate it. a bunch of people feel that way about standing armies, as well.
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