He who is supported by mega-rich super pacs.

Typical Republican projection, Romney style.

The standard Republican defense of Citizens United is that it gives our poor beleaguered corporations the same amount of "speech" as the all-powerful unions. And no, I am not shitting you.

CEOs, and Wall Street tycoons.

....military contractors, oil companies, industrial farms, coal companies, charter schools, etc.

Yes, but teachers are the problem.

Geez they are such hypocrites!

Especially since rethugs claim that billionaires and foreign countries somehow have the same amount of money as the dwindling unions?

M'kay. More ready, shoot, aim.

Let's cut off their corporate money.

Not the fucking Koch brothers or Sheldon Adelson or any massive corporations, no; the fucking teachers' unions.

He's outrageous.

No "conflict of interest" there.
Fuck off, Romney.

And by undermining them and rendering them powerless, it takes away power from the middle class and Democrats.

I wonder who told him to say that.

The ONLY reason Repubs don't like teachers, lawyers, and unions in general is because they contribute to Democrats. If these group suddenly began contributing primarily to Repubs you'd never hear a bad word from their mouths.

Today's.Republicans.Cannot.Stand.An.Educated.Population.

47% who vote for them are ignoramusses.

whose business is under investigation for bribery of foreign officials along with other issues. As usual, Romney makes himself a laughing-stock by this comment.

prepare to endure a Scott Walker-style assault on unions, only on steroids this time around.

and a whole host of other dark money.

Let's start with that, alright?

Asshole.

You see, as we learned with the comments about airplane windows and the 47% of us who are complete deadbeats, Mitt has a sense of humor so advanced, most of us mere mortals (at least the mortals among us who don't own magic boxers) simply cannot understand it.

Mitt's campaign is rife with jocularity so sophisticated, I almost think I'm watching a sitcom on the Beeb!

Romney: "Oh kid, just suck it up, I took tests all the time in grad school and then I got to grade the teacher on how he did".

Suck It Up and STFU.

Damn.

Someone will explain to this dipshit that if he got his way repukes would be out a whole heeeell of a lot of money, and then someone will send out a press release that it was all just a joke! Ha ha!

The only reason that Adelson has given untold millions to Mitt's campaign--is because he wants a war with Iran. In effect, Adelson is buying a war--by funneling money to a presidential candidate who will give him that war--in return for those generous campaign donations.

Now, THAT is sick.

Teachers, giving to candidates who support them is bad--but purchasing a war from a sell-out politician is okely dokely?

Mitt Romney is an ass.

and is willing to spend his potentially ill-gotten gains to try and make that happen as well.

and he makes W look like a pretty reasonable guy, by comparison

(makes McCain look like a political genius)

After this election, future generations will wonder why Game Change was such a success

Back when Unions represented 40% of the workforce, it was a significant factor, and still is. But Unions are down to 7% of workers. Once again, the Repubs are exaggerating the [power of unions--in order to break them--after they are already broken.

They keep reviving old dead scare issues because they have no cirrent issues to discuss that wu ill help them. The repubs are a dying party, and all their cheating has not helped them.

because they contribute so heavily to his campaign. Maybe that money should somehow be diverted or cutoff?

It's so unreal, almost like a joke is being played on us and he's trying to see how far he can go (as far as stupid statements) and still get elected.

I also have several family members of the newer generation, mainly cousins, who are teachers. Some of these cousins are staunchly in favor of rMoney, and they are unaware of his hateful, arrogant, ignorant stance towards teachers and public education in general. They're mainly brainwashed by his claim of piety and devoutness (gag). I'm doing my very best to show them what he is really like, especially in regards to education and teachers, and so is my mother, who devoted her life to teaching, got little in return for it, and who is doing everything in her power to make it known what he's really like. Problem is, I'm not sure we'll get through to them before election day. I do NOT understand any teacher who could take a look at his true nature regarding education and teachers and still vote for him, I just don't.

I like the idea of each registered voter getting an annual voucher of say, $50, and those vouchers are the only money that can be spent on campaigns, political ads, etc.

Don't fall for that bs. No on 32.

... a Harvard prof named Lawrence Lessig.


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Wherever his father is, he should be ashamed.

Mittens did not earn any type of degree. He is too stupid and arrogant to be taught anything. His dad bought his degree. He has never earned anything in is entire sorry life.

We just drop all the "he's dumb, he's out of touch" concepts and just go straight to "Mitt Romney is EVIL. Mustache Twirling, tie a lady to a railroad track, evil?"

This guy is the personification of the Evil Banker stereotype. He would be the guy kicking the crutch away from Tiny Tim. No hope, no remorse, and nothing will change him.

He'd tie the train to a tree and strap the woman to the top of his car.

Hitler was evil
Pol Pot was evil
Pinochet was evil
Idi Amin was evil

Mitt doesn't come close to that league of evil - he's too stupid to even have a clue

I'm afraid that the only reason he's not on that list is because Mitt hasn't had the power to do so.

The man truly scares me. How many will Mitt kill if he gets into office and enacts his programs?
No Healthcare -Emergency room only.
No food programs. -(leading to poorer health)
Another War.
No housing for the poor. (that 1st hard winter will be horrific. We may have people dying on the streets.)

I'm taking his comments to their logical extremes, but an unchecked Mitt would probably be the tipping point for a civil uprising.

Hitler came to power with 38% support and managed to sway people to his side with the use of propaganda.

Mitt couldn't sell heaters to the Eskimos he's just that bad when it comes to Charisma. And it doesn't help that his wife comes across as a crass Marie Antoinette wannabe.

The man has the charisma of a cardboard cutout.
And Ann is about as pleasant as a Staph Infection.

Ann is way worse.

Barbara had issues but was way more tolerable

Give him time...

oxymoron ... rhetorical device or figure of speech in which contradictory or opposite words or concepts are combined for effect. —

His toes must be permanently wrinkly from all the time they spend in his mouth. No wonder Dick Morris covers for him.

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I'm not holding my breath.

Hypocritical Bullshit.

He could start by pointing out how ridiculous his singling out of the teachers is, as has been done on this thread. Then he could thank Mitt for bringing up the subject and say he is looking forward to working with him after the next election on fighting for a limited public allowance for both candidates and a bill to void the Citizens United ruling so that ALL outside influence is curtailed or limited as well.

Put Mitt on the spot like that in one of the debates, if he brings it up. If Obama could ever accomplish pushing through public financing in his final term to go along with his health care plan....he'd go down in history rivaling FDR.

will get their own union, thanks to Mitt.

"Get up and say something stupid today".

he's revealing too much Repub insider shit. pretty soon he'll be spilling the details of the Nazi coup repubs in power are overseeing.

And your bitter, crusty, old billionaire douchebag backers don't? Are you fucking kidding me???

it really helps get this shit out into the open, so more people will read it.

And OMG WTF??? So let's see if I have this right: Sheldon Adelson can spend 80 Million PLUS on Romney's campaign, the Koch Brothers can spend tens of millions on Romney's campaign and the campaigns of anti-union, anti teacher, anti police, anti firefighters, and THAT IS OKAY?????

Please oh please, MSM, Call his fucking ass out on that!!!! Bring up Adelson and his unbridled millions and millions!!!

I didn't ask you for your political opinion. Just like he said to that teacher: "I didn't ask a question". The man needs serious help.

And cut off Shelly-got a whore adddlebrains money because he wants Mittwitt to get rid of estate tax and the Koch suckers want to pollute the planet. fuck these aholes!

I was wrong. Mitt actually is a bigger asshole and cares less about the people of this country than the coked up frat boy and maybe even darth vader! America is doomed if he somehow buys off the voting machine people and has them hacked to make him the winner.

.....therefore anti-American and thus the conflict of interest.

Just look at how many businesses fly a flag as if America is the ONLY place in the world where someone can own their own muffler shop.

For Republicans, this is their attempt at a hostile takeover.

Only corporations are people, right Mittens?

Keep it coming Mittens!

then Mitt shouldn't be taking donations for his rich corporate friends!

The man is sharp, I tell ya!

Next, he figures Democrats have a conflict of interest with voters who vote Democratic..... Wait, I think Republicans already espouse that theory.

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on this

Or is that somehow different?

exiled to the cayman islands

and he listed the Top Ten Contributors to RMoney's campaign,

All 10 were BANKS,
and two of them were foreign owned.

Conflict of Interest?


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not by their excuses.
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This has been a difficult year and a half for teachers in my state. Your responses buoyed my spirits. Thanks for that.

Corporations should have their corporate welfare cut off, as they donate far more money to RapeubliCON campaigns than teachers and unions donate toward Democratic campaigns!

There are no Federal Teachers Unions. Teachers Unions are at the local and state level, with either the ATF or NEA being the national union.

He also made reference to the fact that local teachers unions bankroll the campaigns of those sitting on the school boards. Maybe someone should remind him of the school board campaigns that were bankrolled by the Koch Brothers. There was one school district in Georgia that was taken over by nitwits bankrolled by the Kochs and they segregated schools, by taking away buses & a whole bunch of other crap.

He should stop talking about what he doesn't understand.

There is something essentially evil about that quote.

Seems to me, anyway.

it gets them is job loss & public humiliation, though.

Mitt has great gobs of corporate super-PAC money, and he says donations from unions are a problem?

Fuck you, Mitt!

EVIL!!!!!!!!

What a jerk.

This is the real reason they attack welfare recipients, public servants, teachers etc. They think they're cutting into the Democratic base. I guess they feel they can win angry people over by working on their fears and prejudices.