Romney Grabs a Sign

Although Romney doesn’t impress me in the least, I think perhaps he was just being a good sport, holding up the girl’s sign – hey, it DOES rhyme. However, this just adds more evidence to my opinion of him – he’s not very bright.

Nothing wrong with it:
1) Mr. Romney didn’t create the sign.
2) The sign isn’t comparing anyone to anyone else.
I’ve seen worse signs from the likes of peta and other organizations and no one said anything about them.

Why is this even a story and why is Obama upset over such a sign? Both he and osama bin laden’s cowardly henchmen demand that coalition forces are disbanded, US Armed Forces declare their FAILURE AND DEFEAT and return home? ….oh, and they both use the same definition of “supporting the troops”! Gag. Come on Obama, be proud of your FAILURE AND DEFEAT position and the ENEMY you embrace!

If Barack Obama was caught proudly and arrogantly, holding a supporters sign that said;
“No to Mitt Romney , Warren Jeff’s ( The MORMON Polygamist , Child Rapist , Cult Leader ) and Trophy Wives Husbands,”
every single poster who is defending Mitt Romney would have a living conniption fit.
They would cry xenophobia and sexism in a heart beat. What Mitt Romney did is absolutely no different than the analogy I just gave and we all know it!

How did the forefathers intend for this country to be run hundreds of years ago? Unequal opportunities for minorities, segregation…? It is definitely time for a change. This country is ready and in need of a man of strong man of faith who is capable of doing a good job. Let’s stop the religous bigotry. Candidates know that they will be scrutinized for almost anything and it was wrong for the govenor to pose for a picture with such a vile phrase.

“I definitely think it is time for America to elect a president that is a solid, christian man…” …Ummm really? America hasn’t elected a non-Christian President, EVER!! Maybe what we need is not a “solid christian man” but someone who ISN’T a “solid christian man”. Maybe a nice peaceful, rational, Buddhist who doesn’t consider talking to someone a sign of weakness? Maybe an atheist or agnostic who won’t spend all their time pandering to the religious right? Just a thought, but it seems that we’ve had 231 years of white, christian men running things and everybody seems to have a complaint about where this country is headed. Maybe we should change things up a bit.

I disagree with Mr. Burton (Obama spokesman)statement. This kind of thing is not “… what makes Americans so tired of politics….” it makes poliics American and fun. It pulls them into politics and the discussion. The clever rhyming and creativity of the citizens of this country gives them a chance to get involved and understand the issues (oh, forgot Democrats don’t want people to understand so they will not vote smart).
Besides, what canidate refuses to pose with a supporter? He didn’t make the sign (despite the efforts of the headline to make it sound that way). In fact, the sign doesn’t even endorse Romeny, this sign could appear at any of the Republican (or even some Democrat) canidates’ rallies and be still true to the holder’s view.

Hillary cannot deny she’s a Marxist until she unflinchingly unveils her socialist manifesto thesis from Wellesley College to the internet in full format, and then point by point denies every socialist dictate she advocates in writing.
Obama has nothing to do with Osama other than a name rhyme and that both their fathers were Muslim. It may, esp. in these times of terrible terror threats from fundamentalist Muslims, cast a shadow of doubt on how Obama could NOT be more greatly-sympathetic to our would-be assassins, and that is only fair to state aloud.
Osama can just plain burn in hell.

Romney needs to concentrate on the real issues. Not silly rhymes. This sort of thing makes him seem small and not very presidential at all. We are at war! Trying to tie a fellow american to the enemy through a child’s rhyme is not becoming of someone who is trying to earn the position of solving the Iraq problem and leading us in the greater war on terror.

Headline should have read: Obama plays “gotcha” politics. Poor wittle Obama got his wittle feewings hurt?

Maybe he might win over some Republican extremists with his attacks of Obama in the last few days. But he just cheapens himself to me. I”m tired of attacks which spin the words and usually have no basis. I”m tired of any attack that seems like a “Swiftboatfortruth” type of attack. Wish you luck Mitt, but you lost this Goldwater Conservative. You need to get back on topic to win me back.

Why would I vote for a person who believes that I was cursed Black? I’d rather vote for David Duke.

Thanks ABC! Now perhaps we can move on to more IMPORTANT issues….

Where’s the controversy? He posed with someone holding a sign. Big deal.

What is age appropriate sex education for a kindergartener? Is it putting an egg of an avacado over a glass of water and watch the evolution of the plant?

I really liked this guy for a while, even sent his campaign $50. He has done a good job of changing my mind. I thought he was a little above the fray but he is as much in the gutter as the rest of them.

It truly is unbelievable what a dirtbag Mitt Romney is. So now he hates Obama, animals, gays, education, the rule of law, … Does this guy ever get anything right? We can thank Republican voters for George Bush, and I’m sure they’re just drooling at the chance to vote for Mitt Romney.

The candidates and the press will only stick to the issues if the American people demand it.
AS for the Clinton’s, they have moved on in their marriage, personal and political lives and I suggest we do the same. For a former president and acting US Senator of this nation, we should have the good manners and decorum to listen to what they have to say on the issues and problems of today.
This is a very important campaign and election, we will either debate the issues and search for solutions based on knowledge, intelligence and experience. Or we can listen to the same old name calling, dog wagging, racist, sexist, and religious slurs.
Flag waving cannot disperse this kind of stench and national pride should not allow it. Why do we continue to listen and uphold people whose only claim to fame is the degrading of others?
This government was formed on a separation of church and state, we are not a theocracy so one’s religion is not an issue – it is a personal comment and a slur.
In the end you get what you settle for. We as a nation have settled for far to little for far too long.
Our congress is quagmired in this muck -we have to move forward.

Shocking! We’re losing a war, our schools suck, and our health care is the laughing stock of the industrialized world. So what do the neo-cons want to debate?…sex ed!!! HAHAHAHA. Oh, and why is Osama still on the loose anyway? We’ve spent a trillion dollars and can’t find the man responsible for 9/11? Why the republicans still hold a single office in Washington is beyond me. History will judge this to be a time of madness and shame for America.

As for the super-Mormon condoning the comparison of Obama to Osama, how is this any different from what the leftist media is doing every day? For example, see Friday’s (June 20) editorial by Eugene Robinson in the Washington Post comparing our President to Osama. Or the newly elected “muslim” representative from Minnesota who recently compared our President to Hitler?
The precedent set by the left over the last six years for attacking the President for anything and everything (and the tacit support of the media), including calling him a liar, a war criminal, blood thirsty killer, etc. is going to come home to roost for the left. The bottom-line is that Republicans play the blood-sport game better than the Democrats and the pendulum will swing back much harder. The tragedy is while we still fight each other over nothing, our enemies are growing in strength, every day. The reason their strength is growing is not for lack of effort or strategy in killing them, it is because our sense of purpose here at home is not unified and focused. We need someone to unite our people and move beyond the same old politics. That person is not running for President and they do not exist in our political establishment.
Wake up America, the next attack is coming. Are you ready?

KENNEDY: There you go.
Why don’t we just ask Osama bin — Osama Obama — Obama what — since he won by such a big amount. Seriously, Senator Obama is really unique and special.

Gotta hand it to Romney hes a salesman. Constantly tossing out the red meat to the base.
At least Reagan, who Mitt trys to imitate, was good natured in his criticisms of the Democrats. Romney is gaining the reputation as a cheap shot artist.
As time passes, and voters start to examine him in detail, it will become clear that he has a history of saying whatever it takes to win.

Well the media has made SOMETHING out of NOTHING once again.

I would just love to see Obama debate Romney on the issues. Barack would kick Romney to the curb, maybe the street.

Molacai,
I believe that any of the top three Democratic presidential candidates would clean the floor with the top three Republican presidential candidates in a debate.

Pete,
Last time I checked, PETA wasn’t running for office.

is’n it amazing that every republicans are afraid to face Obama on General Election. so to prevent that happens GOP’s are trying to link Obama to Osama. are we serious or just joking arround, how ever the GOP’s difine Obama, I will vote for him. I am axious to see debate between Dem’s and GOP’s which will be the ultimate
I am For Obama, Don’t Tell GOP’s!!!!!!!!!

I am a white, married for 24 years, college educated conservative middle aged woman who is an independant but have always voted republican. We have a 19 year daughter serving in Iraq in the Army and a 23 year son in the Air Force serving in Korea. Barack Obama has peeked my interest and I have read up on him and his beliefs and ideas. I’m tired of people saying that Barack Obama’s father was a Muslim, he was and is not…his African grandfather (whom he never met or knew was a muslim). Barack really didn’t even know his own father, he had no formal religious upbringing, he is just as white as he is black, raised by white grandparents in Kansas and Hawaii. I believe he has a servant’s heart to bring people together on common ground and make things better for the underpriviledged and those that have been done wrong black or white, he is not perfect and maybe his political inexperience can be a good thing, so far he is not deeply rooted in Washington’s politics and special interest groups. Hillary is in so deep and has been for so long and will stop at nothing to gain the power of the presidency. I do not believe ANY rebubican will win the white house after the Bush fiasco(someone has got to be behind the scenes pulling his strings)he is not acting like himself. I agree is not the smartest president we have ever had but he seems to be a loose cannon right now. Unless something drastic happens I will vote for Barack Obama next election if he’s the candidate, I hope he stays the course and focuses on the issues and doesn’t get caught up in the political mud slinging that most Americans are sick and tired of hearing. And hopefully people will research the candidates for themselves and not rely on rumors and hearsy.

Speaks volumes about the minds of some South Carolinians and Romney. The same set of lunatics who hailed Giuliani’s grandstanding with Ron Paul at a Republican debate. If people have sunk to this level, their opinions are of no merit. Romney pandering to these lowlifes says a lot about his shamelessness. It is clear that some Republicans see race baiting and slander as acceptable in the election cycle. The party of morals is anything but.

In answer to “To the Romneyites, is there really much difference between a Mormon and a Scientologist?”: Why on earth would you ask a Mormon about what Scientologists believe? Go to the library, talk to Scientologists, write John Travolta or Tom Cruise. I’m a Mormon and have no clue what Scientologists believe so why on eart would you want me to compare the two church’s beliefs?

Maybe my eyes are failing but I see no comma between “Obama” and “Osama.” I’m willing to bet the sign’s creator specifically meant “Obama Osama.” That Romney would endorse such a statement speaks either to ridiculous naivete or joining in a despicable, fallacious political smear.

Fresh Ideas don`t come from stale Politicians. 2008 the year to change the hate for the current Government, or disolve it!

amen, Jock…it’s like not knowing the mike is open or that there are cameras rolling everywhere, esp if you are a leading presidential candidate

Are people offended because it puts Obama and Clinton in the same phrase as Osama Bin Laden? Does it indicate some kind of allegience between the three? The answer to the latter is no. The answer to the former is yes because people bring their own bias to the forefront. I guess if the sign said “No to Obama and Chelsea’s Moma”, the Clinton and Obama camps would be raving about the clever rhyme, right? This is what you come up with when you can’t track down drug use or affairs in someone’s past. If you really want to talk about the issues, then do not make this an issue.

It’s true Kennedy made the Osama – Obama verbal slip (He had problems pronouncing Judge Alito’s name too – kept calling him Alioto)
Anyway… all you people that work full-time in the indignant industry need to find another line of work. Geeez…you’re such a drag.

spock – get real. lesson 2 – the war in Iraq has made the terrorist threat ten times worse, thanks to bush and co. lesson 3- where have you heard that analogy made (bush to hitler) besides on some fringe left extremist blog that no one visits? whereas the obama osama misnomer is all the talk on fox news. oh, and tarantino style, back to lesson one : the media has one bias and one bias alone, and that is the bias of advertising grubbing, corporate $$$-kissing.

if you don’t like the romney response wait a bit and he will change it. junior high jabs and postings really tell where he is coming from. grow up and get a real job

I don’t know why any of you people are buying Romney’s spiel. The man says what the focus group wants to hear, and does what’s best for Mitt Romney. He takes credit for things he should not, and passes the buck under pressure. He was a terrible Governor in Massachusetts, he would be an equally terrible President. As for the sign, his response says it all. Mitt Romney doesn’t care about anyone. He just wants your vote, and he’ll tell you whatever you want to hear to get it.

Obama was the first one to start popping off with his mouth about other candidates, I respect the person to focus on the issues and detach themselves from the other childish flakes.

To all the so called parents that are ticked that Obama would SUPPORT sex ed to students as young as kindergarten doesn’t have a clue what he was actually referring to.
Planned Parethood ASKED him his opinion of the subject and he stated it. He also says whatever schoolboard/states deteremine what is AGE APPRORIATE.
Here are so stats to wake you:
++30-40% of victims are abused by a family member.
++Another 50% are abused by someone outside of the family whom they know and trust.
++The median age for reported abuse is 9 years old.
++More than 20% of children are sexually abused before the age of 8.
and one that should make you aware of the importance of sex ed:
+++Young victims may not recognize their victimization as sexual abuse+++