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Sunday, August 12, 2012

The reaction from Florida
Posted by Jill | 6:52 AM
When I want to know what's going on in Florida, or the reaction to Willard Rmoney's pick of The Man Who Would Steal The Rest Of The Social Security Trust Fund And Take Away My Father's Chemotherapy And My Mother's Pulmonologist Don't Kid Yourself That This Is Just For The Under 55 Set, I go to the comments sections of the newspaper sites.

First, some samples from the Naples News. Naples in in Southwest Florida. It's not dominated by seniors the way the east cost is, but it's so wingnutty that liberals tiptoe around the topic of politics at parties, lest fights break out. The word from the local populace:

"This is the beginning of the end of the homosexual takeover of America!"

(Are you sure of that? Paul Ryan IS very dapper and does P90X....

"Lets hope that Connie Mack and Bill Nelson are yesterdays news!! Vote out all incumbents!!"

(You DO know, don't you, that Connie Mack is running AGAINST Bill Nelson, right?)

"Never heard of Paul Ryan but he looks like Anthony Wiener's twin. Perhaps a gambit by Romney to round up the women and perv vote. Who knows? A warning to young men, unless you thrive on nightmares and sexual confusion, avoid the image of Wasserman Schultz."

I feel the republicans made the best choice they could from a very weak group of candidates........What bothers me is Ryan's Career choice before entering politics.......... He took young boys on overnight camping trips for a living...... Let us hope none of the wee laddies snitch him out..... He does have the look of a young beady eyed Jerry Sandusky.......

(The above commenter posts as "ISPEAKFORGOD")

"Romney picks Paul Ryan for VP.

Ryan advocates the end of Medicare as we know it to be replaced with "Coupons" to use at the doctor.

He wants to Privatize Social Security and put that money in the stock market, just when you should be reducing risk.

Ryan wants to lower taxes on the wealthy, raise taxes on the middle class and poor.

His Ryan Plan has been condemned by his own Catholic Church as it relates to the poor.

Even Romney immediately distanced himself from The Ryan Plan.

Ryan is a member of the House of Representatives from Wisconsin. He has never even run in a state election and 54% of the people never heard of him.

Is this the level of expertise we want in the White House?

Romney just shot himself in the foot.

But, hey, it takes the attention away from Romney's lack of transparency and his refusal to release his tax returns.

At least for a few days.

Mitt, enjoy the weekend."

(The above must be one of my father's friends)

"It is believed that Sodomites and Muslims are the two riders of the Pale Horse of the Apocalypse: Death and Hades (Rev. 6:7-9).

Once Sodomites control the West and Muslims control the East (both near completion), these two minions of Satan will turn against each other and conflagrate the earth, bringing the Apocalypse.

Then, the righteous will be taken to their glory in the Kingdom, and the unrighteous will be “cast into the furnace of fire, where there will be wailing and gnashing of teeth” (Matt. 13:42)."

(And that, my friends, is your "***headdesk***" moment of the day.)


Now over to the Palm Beach Sun-Sentinel:

"-Shades of 2008. It is almost classic how similar the situation is! A WEAK republican candidate for president of the United States is in trouble in the polls. He's sinking, and he knows that he cannot do anything about it. He needs a spark- His campaign needs a catalyst. He makes the decision to go radical- He picks an outsider with little experience but a big mouth.....
And we all know how THAT one turned out!
The moment I heard that McCain had picked Sarah Palin as VP candidate in 2008, I knew Barack Obama had won the presidency. And last night when I read that they throught that Romney[Swiss bank accounts] was going to pick Paul Ryan...I instantly knew that it was GAME OVER!
The Democrats and Barack Obama are now going to add one more MAJOR demographic to the pile that they already basically own: Senior citizens. Paul Ryan wants to GUT medicare, and all they have to do is point this out to the public. Since over 90% of seniors vote in EVERY election....this choice for VP is about 50 more nails in the Romney campaign's coffin....."

"WHAT A BEAUTIFUL IS TO RECEIVE THE ADVERTISING BY MAIL EVERY SINGLE DAY AND SEE THE BACKGROUNDS OF ALL THOSE RUNNERS FOR ELECTED POSITIONS....FROM THE LOWERS TO THE HIGHER ARE SPECIAL IN SOME WAYS,THEY SEEM TO BE EGOCENTRICS, THEY ARE THE BEST PEOPLE,THE BEST PARENTS,THE BEST FRIENDS THE BEST HUSBANDS THE BEST IN EVERYTHING,AT THE SAME TIME THEY ATTEND TO EVERY WORSHIP AND THEY ARE DOING THEIR BEST TO MAKE THIS COUNTRY THE BEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.BESIDE THEY NEVER EVER HAVE HAD ANY TROUBLE AT LAW,NO EVEN A TRAFFICS TICKET.ALL OF THEM ASSURED ME THEY ARE MY BEST FRIEND , PALS AND ALL OF THEM PROMISE MY TO DO ALL THE POSSIBLE THINGS FOR A BETTER LIVE FOR ME
NOW I AM THE MOST HAPPY AMERICAN CITIZEN COUNTING ON AL THOSE NEW FRIENDS THAT THE ONLY THING THEY ARE LOOKING FROM MY IS MY VOTE ,IT MAKES MY A VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE.AT LEAST THEY SEND TO ME GREETINGS IN THE VOTING SEASON. I APPRECIATE IT. I THANK TO GOD BECAUSE ALL THE CANDIDATES ARE TELLING ME THE TRUE"

"Republican agenda revealed -
If the presidency is won then the plundering and pillaging of the middle class will continue. Rob from the poor to give to the rich.
If the presidency is lost then John "Boner" (Speaker of the House) will continue on his evil mission to play games and tie up congress so that nothing gets accomplished, and force the American people to vote Republican if they want things to get moving again. But it will just be back to the same old BS that got us in this mess in the first place."

"Rubio wanted to work with dems - wrong move if you are a "Tea Partier" whatever that means"

"to all of those believing that Romney paid no tax.... he I am sure is going to display all of his checks to the IRS he wrote for estimated Federal tax quarterly payments. Just to shut all the liars up. No high figure income earner goes without scrutiny by the IRS.... I am sure he took every possible deduction allowed by law. What is wrong with thst... ???Poor folks get deductions for earned income tax credit, dependents, etc. Many times the IRS actually pays low earners instead of low earners paying taxes."


How indicative this is of how Florida will go in November, I have no idea. Either seniors, near-seniors, or those who figure on living long enough to become seniors someday are dumber than I thought, or else the wingnuts are just more likely to take the internet class at the local library. The Miami Herald has some polling numbers from America's Dick and in a state where Obama should be trouncing Romney by double digits, the numbers aren't all that impressive -- yet. We'll have to see how it looks after William Saletan's orgasm is finished and Mark Halperin gets medical attention and the thrill leaves Chris Matthews' leg and the media that actual people watch start looking more closely at Ryan's actual positions.

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Anonymous BNJ said...
http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2012/08/11/more-seniors-prefer-ryan-budget-plan-than-obamas-gallup/
8/12/12, 8:26 AM  
Blogger Jill said...
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/79607.html

I can post links to bolster my viewpoint too, Barry. Talk to me in a month.
8/12/12, 3:08 PM  
Anonymous Southern Beale said...
Ha ha ha ...

Romney campaign keeping Ryan out of Florida. Killing Medicare, privatizing Social Security and opposing the Cuba embargo apparently aren't very popular in the Sunshine State. Nobody could have anticipated ....
8/12/12, 8:15 PM  
Blogger Bob said...
Ever see Irish-Americans of opposing political views fight? Right wing Irish-Americans - & I don't say this loosely - are often lunatics with fascistic sympathies & are outrageously anti-union. I mean shoot the fucking strikers kind of loony. Watch Biden try to push Ryan's buttons to bring this out of him.
8/12/12, 11:27 PM  
Blogger Jill said...
Sorry, Barry, but America is not in love with your arrested development Randoid prince: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/79607.html
8/13/12, 3:17 PM  
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