Hello from Romneyland

[diverdog]

I am up in Boston and I have yet to see one single Romney sticker or Scott Brown sticker. The first does not surprise me but the second one does.

BTW does anyone know why Romney only served one term as governor?

[SicEmBaylor]

I am up in Boston and I have yet to see one single Romney sticker or Scott Brown sticker. The first does not surprise me but the second one does.

BTW does anyone know why Romney only served one term as governor?

I was in Boston last week, and I saw 2-3 Romney and Scott Brown stickers.

[Whet]

I seriously doubt you will see either in the projects.

[pphilfran]

My guess is he wanted to run for prez and was having trouble with the pubs in Mass....didn't want any more neg crap hanging over his head for the run at prez..

Just a guess based an tidbits here and there...

[rock on sooner]

Lessee, Bostgon has nearly 618,000 folks so I guess 2 or 3
Romney and/or Brown stickers is okay...

[cleller]

They both got elected. Is that good enough?

[AlboSooner]

Romney if he wasn't so out of touch with the common man, would win the election. When I see Romney I get that chill in my heart that he might fire me, even though I have never worked for the man.

[Curly Bill]

Romney if he wasn't so out of touch with the common man, would win the election. When I see Romney I get that chill in my heart that he might fire me, even though I have never worked for the man.

I like that Obammy is so "in touch" with the common man. Can you imagine how bad things would be if he was out of touch?

[soonerhubs]

I couldn't care less if he's a socially inept Weirdo. I want a President who can take care of our tax money. All the allegations by the Obama camp tell me Romney will do just that.

[East Coast Bias]

Is anybody excited about this guy? It is less than 100 days until the election and I have not seen anyone here make the case that he should be president, based on HIS merits, or even extoll his virtues. Don't get me wrong, there is plenty of Obama bashing, since that is what we like to do here, but would someone like to tell us why this guy is a credible choice for President based on what he brings to the table.

[Whet]

he has actually worked for a living. He has actually create jobs and wealth. He has been successful in business, knowing what it takes to create positive results. He has never eaten dog. He never had a second name, like Barry Soetoro. He does not follow Alinsky methods or principles. He was never a community organizer. He isn't part of the corrupt Chicago machine politics. He has not won his elections by destroying his opponents, or getting them kicked of the ballots.

And, he is NOT Barry Soetoro, aka, Barcack H. Obama.

[AlboSooner]

I like that Obammy is so "in touch" with the common man. Can you imagine how bad things would be if he was out of touch?

I never said Obama was in touch with the common man. However, he does come across as more likeable.

[diverdog]

I am in Boston today. Number of bumper stickers so far:

Obama. 0
Brown. 0
Warren. 1
Romney. 0


I am thinking no one likes their choices.

[SicEmBaylor]

I saw one car with both a Romney and Warren sticker.

[badger]

BTW does anyone know why Romney only served one term as governor?

From what I read, he didn't seek a second term because he had the higher aspiration to run for president in 2008 and spent a LOT of time out of Massachusetts during his final year in office making a national name for himself.

[rock on sooner]

Well, Whet, I understand your line of thought about Romney, 'cept
for that thing about not destroying his opponents in elections. I
assume primaries count as elections so you should ask Gingrich,
Santorum...all the Pubs that ran against him...whether or not he
destroys his opponents in elections.

[diverdog]

Brown is running some good commercials. He seems very likable.

[rock on sooner]

Brown is running some good commercials. He seems very likable.

I think he won 'cause he stuck himself in the mddle..slightly left of
center and slightly right of center...that's why Warren has a tough
time.

Whet , where are ya, Bud? Romney didn't destroy his opponents??

[soonercruiser]

I am up in Boston and I have yet to see one single Romney sticker or Scott Brown sticker. The first does not surprise me but the second one does.

BTW does anyone know why Romney only served one term as governor?

Diver,
In Boston?
Were you looking for a place more liberal than Delaware?

BTW - Did you see a lot of Cherokee Indians driving cars with Warren bumper stickers?
:smiley_simmons:

[soonercruiser]

I like that Obammy is so "in touch" with the common man. Can you imagine how bad things would be if he was out of touch?

YOU DIDN'T MAKE THIS POST, CURLY!
Someone posted it for you!
:very_drunk:

[Curly Bill]

I never said Obama was in touch with the common man. However, he does come across as more likeable.

If you like socialists I guess maybe so.

[diverdog]

Diver,
In Boston?
Were you looking for a place more liberal than Delaware?

BTW - Did you see a lot of Cherokee Indians driving cars with Warren bumper stickers?
:smiley_simmons:

Nope. Just looking at Harvard and MIT for my oldest rug rat. He has a shot at getting into a good school. Boston is really nice but I could not live there. We are in Portland Maine right now and I love this town.

[East Coast Bias]

Nope. Just looking at Harvard and MIT for my oldest rug rat. He has a shot at getting into a good school. Boston is really nice but I could not live there. We are in Portland Maine right now and I love this town.
If you want a more liberal place New Hampshire is close by? You probably remember i work in Portland, Diver? I am pretty sure I am the only OU fan up in these parts. I will send my contact info...

[pphilfran]

Nope. Just looking at Harvard and MIT for my oldest rug rat. He has a shot at getting into a good school. Boston is really nice but I could not live there. We are in Portland Maine right now and I love this town.

You just visiting Portland? I thought you lived in Dover or thereabouts....

[soonercruiser]

Nope. Just looking at Harvard and MIT for my oldest rug rat. He has a shot at getting into a good school. Boston is really nice but I could not live there. We are in Portland Maine right now and I love this town.

Good luck to your son, Diver!
If you own your home, you're gonna have to mortgage it to pay for MIT.

I've got a sister in Castleton-on-Hudson, NY. But never made it to NE.
That's on my bucket list.
(I love fresh crab and scallops)

[diverdog]

You just visiting Portland? I thought you lived in Dover or thereabouts....

Yep just visiting. We are staying near Bar Harbor. It is beautiful up here. Tuesday my sons and I are going to backpack the Bold Coast of Maine.

http://www.maine.gov/doc/nrimc/mgs/explore/bedrock/sites/jun10.htm

http://www.google.com/search?q=bold+coast+maine&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari#biv=i|0;d|8sfAVgy-su6NwM:

[diverdog]

Good luck to your son, Diver!
If you own your home, you're gonna have to mortgage it to pay for MIT.

I've got a sister in Castleton-on-Hudson, NY. But never made it to NE.
That's on my bucket list.
(I love fresh crab and scallops)

Thanks.

You should visit New England. Lots of history up here.

[hawaii 5-0]

Lobster is very cheap right now.

5-0

[diverdog]

No kidding. Under $5 a pound. The recovery of the lobster fishery is a real conservation success story.

[StoopTroup]

It's the new Republican Mantra. A one term Governor is at least better than a Zero Term Vice President. At least 5 time US House of Representative of Wyoming Dick Cheney thinks so.

[StoopTroup]

Lobster is very cheap right now.

5-0

Yum. I'd eat it for breakfast.

[badger]

I ate lobster once. It seemed like such a waste, eating so little off such a big, bright red, sea critter.

[StoopTroup]

That's why they used to charge $40 for them

[virginiasooner]

I couldn't care less if he's a socially inept Weirdo. I want a President who can take care of our tax money. All the allegations by the Obama camp tell me Romney will do just that.

Of course Romney will take care of your tax money -- by turning it into HIS tax cut!

[okie52]

Of course Romney will take care of your tax money -- by turning it into HIS tax cut!

Heh...is he getting some special tax cuts?

[StoopTroup]

I couldn't care less if he's a socially inept Weirdo. I want a President who can take care of our tax money. All the allegations by the Obama camp tell me Romney will do just that.

That's one of the scariest outlooks I've ever heard. I also agree with you that he will reduce spending, it's all the other things he won't do that will make spending less a worse idea than what Obama offers. Now if I thought Romney had a long term solution i could read about I might feel differently but all I see is he's got an idea about spending less when Obama says that what we invest now will reap future benefits. Then Oven Mitt follows that up with "I'll spend a billion dollars of your tax money to repeal Obamacare that I'm the Author of!". He's one of the worst double talkers I've seen in my life and he like McCain was, is foaming at the mouth like a rabid dog in hopes they will win like GWB did in 2000.

[badger]

Heh...is he getting some special tax cuts?

Is our country broke yet?

[soonerhubs]

I trust Mitt. Call me crazy, but I think hat between these two choices, he'll be much better for this country. I feel that the ongoing fight between President Obama and the righties in Congress would end, and we could finally make some progress that looks much more in touch with reality (especially on the fiscal side of things). I won't call Obama names. I won't say he's stupid or marginalize his changes in political leanings. I'll simply say that I disagree with his leadership style and policy approach. I leave the simplistic caricature drawing to someone else.

[StoopTroup]

I trust Mitt. Call me crazy, but I think hat between these two choices, he'll be much better for this country. I feel that the ongoing fight between President Obama and the righties in Congress would end, and we could finally make some progress that looks much more in touch with reality (especially on the fiscal side of things). I won't call Obama names. I won't say he's stupid or marginalize his changes in political leanings. I'll simply say that I disagree with his leadership style and policy approach. I leave the simplistic caricature drawing to someone else.

I'd like to think Mitt could take things backwards to a time where there is no fighting and Rodney Kings World of "Can't we all just get along?" would appear again. Thing is President Obama was elected for four years and the 1st opportunity the right had to put their scare tactics in motion, they fired it up with unlimited Nuclear Power. They used the Tea Party Movement that they didn't fully support to attack everything our President was trying to put in place and tried to get all Americans to believe that after 6 months the entire economic collapse in this Country was his and his administration fault.

Never was he given a chance. Now right or wrong the damage is done and I don't believe that Mitt will get anymore of a chance than President Obama did. With Mitt as POTUS, it will only flip and the people who are in Congress will only be a mirror image of what we currently have.

I have no faith in Mitt. He's had to sell out and promise to repeal Obamacare even though it's obvious he doesn't believe that and that he's only saying it for votes. That alone is hard to stomach.

[okie52]

I'd like to think Mitt could take things backwards to a time where there is no fighting and Rodney Kings World of "Can't we all just get along?" would appear again. Thing is President Obama was elected for four years and the 1st opportunity the right had to put their scare tactics in motion, they fired it up with unlimited Nuclear Power. They used the Tea Party Movement that they didn't fully support to attack everything our President was trying to put in place and tried to get all Americans to believe that after 6 months the entire economic collapse in this Country was his and his administration fault.

Never was he given a chance. Now right or wrong the damage is done and I don't believe that Mitt will get anymore of a chance than President Obama did. With Mitt as POTUS, it will only flip and the people who are in Congress will only be a mirror image of what we currently have.

I have no faith in Mitt. He's had to sell out and promise to repeal Obamacare even though it's obvious he doesn't believe that and that he's only saying it for votes. That alone is hard to stomach.

I guess that Republican controlled congress for Obama's first 2 years was just too much to overcome.

[SicEmBaylor]

Romney is not going to reduce spending. He may reduce the rate of increase in spending, but I highly doubt spending will see a real net cut. Having said that, I sure as hell trust him more than Obama.

[StoopTroup]

Romney is not going to reduce spending. He may reduce the rate of increase in spending, but I highly doubt spending will see a real net cut. Having said that, I sure as hell trust him more than Obama.

Which is very odd for someone who hates Yankees.

[SicEmBaylor]

Which is very odd for someone who hates Yankees.
So was Ronald Reagan....so was Calvin Coolidge. My contempt for yankees has nothing to do with whether or not I think, individually, they'd make a good President.

Bush, Carter, and Woodrow Wilson were all southerners after all.

[badger]

Which is very odd for someone who hates Yankees.

Who doesn't hate Yankees, from baseball fans to foreigners :P

Seriously though -- there's definite regional pride outside of S-E-C! S-E-C! college football. From the coastal elitists to the Heartland to the north vs. south, you name it, people think they're superior to other areas.

[okie52]

Obama's a Southerner?

[rock on sooner]

I guess that Republican controlled congress for Obama's first 2 years was just too much to overcome.

Okie, we all know that the Pubs were in the minority the first two years
of Obama, but noone ever wants to talk about all the stalling stunts
and blocking stunts that the minority can an often does, no matter which
party it is. Stoop says that he thinks Mitt COULD take things backward.
I'll take it further..he WOULD...already said so...take us back to what
W did that caused the mess in the first place. Only difference, hopefully,
would be no unfunded wars but you can be sure there would be
tax breaks for the wealthy, squarely on the backs of the middle class, the
most recent discussion is elimination of mortgage interest as a deduction
and start taxing health benefits.

Mitt has never met a subject or policy that he can't flip flop on.

[rock on sooner]

Obama's a Southerner?

South Chicago?:congratulatory:

[BillyBall]

He has never eaten dog

But he did use his as a hood ornament once...

[okie52]

Okie, we all know that the Pubs were in the minority the first two years
of Obama, but noone ever wants to talk about all the stalling stunts
and blocking stunts that the minority can an often does, no matter which
party it is. Stoop says that he thinks Mitt COULD take things backward.
I'll take it further..he WOULD...already said so...take us back to what
W did that caused the mess in the first place. Only difference, hopefully,
would be no unfunded wars but you can be sure there would be
tax breaks for the wealthy, squarely on the backs of the middle class, the
most recent discussion is elimination of mortgage interest as a deduction
and start taxing health benefits.

Mitt has never met a subject or policy that he can't flip flop on.

Obama had a majority in both houses that few presidents have ever enjoyed.

Obama has done what on taxes the last 4 years? Apart from mouthing taxes on the rich he embraced the Bush tax cuts.

Tax breaks falling squarely on the middle class shoulders? How about a $60,000,000,000 tax break for unions on Obamacare regardless of income? Doesn't sound so good to the non union middle class to me. Obama criticized McCain for considering taxing cadillac plans and then does it himself (except for unions).

We already know how bad Obama sucks on energy and immigration.

We've already had an unfunded war with Libya.

Has Romney come out in favor of removing mortgage interest deductions? Link? I know the dems are in favor of removing the 2nd home deductions.

Flip flops? Sure, Romney has flip flopped on some issues...just like Obama (gay marriage, cadillac plans, earmarks, etc..). Or in Obama's case, I guess it was just evolution.

[BigTip]

I ate lobster once. It seemed like such a waste, eating so little off such a big, bright red, sea critter.

I guess you're not a caviar fan then, eh?


lol

[diverdog]

So was Ronald Reagan....so was Calvin Coolidge. My contempt for yankees has nothing to do with whether or not I think, individually, they'd make a good President.

Bush, Carter, and Woodrow Wilson were all southerners after all.

A Texan calling Easterners elitist sure rings hollow. There are no bigger blowhards on the face of the planet than a bunch of Texans.

[soonercruiser]

Which is very odd for someone who hates Yankees.

I thought it was the Red Sox (not Wet Sox) that hates Yankees?

[soonercruiser]

A Texan calling Easterners elitist sure rings hollow. There are no bigger blowhards on the face of the planet than a bunch of Texans.

You mean like Aggies???

Okies got a sign on the border with Texas.
The Oklahoma side says...."Warning! Government sign...AVOID SHARP EDGES!"

The Texas side says...."Aggies! Rub this sign vigoursly for good luck!"
:playful:

[SicEmBaylor]

A Texan calling Easterners elitist sure rings hollow. There are no bigger blowhards on the face of the planet than a bunch of Texans.
? I never called anyone an elitist. And, I'm from Oklahoma not Texas.

[diverdog]

? I never called anyone an elitist. And, I'm from Oklahoma not Texas.

Flip flopper. Lol

[soonerhubs]

Obama and the Dems bitching about filibusters and calling for civility for the past year and a half reminds me of a story.

There once was a bully who bullied a kid all spring. He did it for 14 weeks, taunting the kid with remarks such as, "I'm bigger than you. I have more power! Get over it!" He would frequently pummel the kid. The kid begged for civility and a bit of peace, but his pleas were always ignored.

Summer came. The victim hit a growth spurt that made him bigger and stronger than the bully.

That fall, the bully became the victim. He started getting his *** kicked on a regular basis. All of sudden he started crying for civility and asking everyone to get along.



The game of politics appears to be a changing of signs between two groups. The signs will often carry the same message, they merely change hands from left to right (or vice-versa).