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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLawdy! Paul Begala is on a Twitter rant about Newt comparing Mittens to Ike:
Paul Begala (@PaulBegala)
5/25/12 7:44 AM
Newt: Romney is like Eisenhower. 'Cuz we all recall Ike making a quarter-billion from screwing working folks. Let's compare & contrast...
5/25/12 7:44 AM
Ike = Saved the world in WW II; Mitt = Saved $10 million for Bain by taking FDIC bailout.
5/25/12 7:45 AM
Ike = Created Interstate Highway System; Mitt = Drove on Interstate Highway with Dog Strapped to Roof.
5/25/12 7:46 AM
Ike = Sent troops to Little Rock to enforce integration; Mitt = Wants to amend Const. to force discrimination.
5/25/12 7:49 AM
Ike = Top Tax Rate of 91%; Mitt = Pays 14%. Wants even more tax cuts for the rich.
5/25/12 7:50 AM
Ike = Described self as "militantly progressive." Mitt = Described self as "severely conservative."
5/25/12 7:52 AM
Ike = Bald. Mitt = Ken Doll hair.
5/25/12 7:58 AM
Ike = Ended Korean War. MItt = Opposed end of Iraq War; opposes end of Afghan War.
5/25/12 8:02 AM
Ike = Balanced 3 budgets; Mitt = would add $3 trillion to debt thru cutting taxes for the rich.
5/25/12 8:08 AM
Ike = After public service bought small farm in Gettysburg; Mitt = After private equity bought 4 mansions; installing elevator for his cars.
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Don't know if he's finished. He may be reloading.
Taking down Mittens 140 characters at a time.
xchrom
(108,903 posts)ananda
(28,862 posts)Eisenhower spent time playing golf and saving the world. Mitt committed hate crimes against a dog and a gay student.
Ghost of Tom Joad
(1,355 posts)Chorophyll
(5,179 posts)FarPoint
(12,408 posts)I don't use Twitter....I just don't feel comfortable for some reason...same with facebook...I have accounts that just sleep...but this Tweet is inspiring...I'm going to try it again.
Are_grits_groceries
(17,111 posts)I really started with it during the Green uprising in Iran. I followed someone whose handle was @PersianKiwi. I have no idea what happened to this person. I realized that this short form could be vital. Longer messages aren't practical.
Since then I have followed a variety of people and groups. Some I drop because of various reasons. I don't like to follow people who constantly tweet. Cher is great, but there is a lot of her info that isn't interesting to me. I scroll back through tweets of some people to see what's up. Twitter is also great for breaking news, but you have to keep up if it's a fast moving story. Checking more than one source is vital to wade through rumor.
I think Twitter is as good or as bad as you make it. Finding the right mix of people and categories to follow is crucial. I love being able to drop and add sources so easily.
LiberalFighter
(50,941 posts)You can reach those from the other side. Like if you respond to a repug and use the right method his followers will also see your remarks. And possibly embarrass the hell out of both. For the most part, the 140 character limit is sufficient. Besides, it is important to keep it short so you don't go over their attention span.
tjwash
(8,219 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)Darth_Kitten
(14,192 posts)nxylas
(6,440 posts)Of course it is ridiculous to say that any one person single-handedly won WWII. But he was an important part of a collective effort to destroy the ambitions of one of the most evil men ever to lead a major military power.
tclambert
(11,086 posts)nxylas
(6,440 posts)Just saying.
Darth_Kitten
(14,192 posts)sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)is one of the few that's actually worth the time to read.
kemah
(276 posts)I got this from some other blogger;
Trying to convert French Catholics into his Mormon cult, while living in a mansion with maids and cooks;
President Carter, Naval graduate, Mitt yacht owner
The list goes on.
66 dmhlt
(1,941 posts)ejbr
(5,856 posts)SoutherDem
(2,307 posts)Does anyone have details of the FDIC bailout for Bain. Somehow I missed that one.
bluesbassman
(19,374 posts)The company offered the FDIC and its other bank creditors a deal to reduce the debt, all of which accepted. In the case of the FDIC, the agency agreed to take $5.7 million less in cash, out of the original $38 million. In addition, sources said the agency calculate that the loss of interest payments as a result of the restructuring would exceed $4 million.
Upshot? The bailout saved Bain from having to declare bankruptcy ironic, in light of Romneys more recent insistence that the federal government should not have helped prevent the big car companies from going into bankruptcy. And speaking of irony, hows about Romney calling Barack Obama a crony capitalist (which, by the way, makes absolutely no sense in relation to NLRB appointments) on the same day that this story reenters the spotlight?
http://bluemassgroup.com/2012/01/mitt-romneys-10-million-federal-bailout/
Seems like this would be some pretty heavy campaign ammunition against Rmoney.
SoutherDem
(2,307 posts)Why isn't this being talked about? Well, I know why FOX isn't but this OP was the first I heard of this.
It seem Romney has given enough reasons to be able to counter almost any thing he says, yet I still hear people support him.
Just how do people "forgive" so many of his failures?
bluesbassman
(19,374 posts)Maybe the deal was too convoluted (it was) and there are too many people who would be harmed if it got dredged up again. Or maybe it's just because the mainstream media is just plain pathetic.
I have a feeling though that the Obama campaign will push it if they feel it's needed.
treestar
(82,383 posts)That a bald guy couldn't get elected now. We have really become so superficial.
xxqqqzme
(14,887 posts)be ignored by today's rethugs. I have noticed how the rethugs NEVER acknowledge him. Old st ronnie could do nothing wrong - Ike?......who?
treestar
(82,383 posts)11 Bravo
(23,926 posts)Any member of today's Rethuglican Party would have sent in the troops to help put down the "Black Insurrection".
treestar
(82,383 posts)tblue37
(65,381 posts)and even Nixon, for that matter--as being typical of the "far left fringe."
A Simple Game
(9,214 posts)Jamastiene
(38,187 posts)This is brilliant.
LiberalFighter
(50,941 posts)hwmnbn
(4,279 posts)11 Bravo
(23,926 posts)a murderous, genocidal regime.
Mitt = went to France to avoid the draft and proselytize French people.
aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)Romney kept them on the roof of his car, around Seamus' neck.