Mitt Romney is calling out President Obama for negative campaigning. But isn’t Mitt the one who carpet-bombed his primary opponents with negative ads and relentlessly attacked this president? Chris talks to Howard Fineman and Cynthia Tucker.
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Romney such a hypocrite!! He had so many negative ads against his running mates for the republican party. Plus how much did he pay those miners, cause they had coaches of the side to have them clap for Romney, what a joke!!!
I don't understand Romney's comment on negative campaigning. Where was he and the republicans when Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-co) said that his association with President Obama would be like touching a "Tar Baby". REALLY!! There has been so many racial comments on the republican side until it is not funny. So they need to look in the mirror!!!
To any charge toward Romney made by Chris could be found some toward Obama just from boring thick book of broken promises at least. And Chris does not waste second of his show for even appearance of objective point of view. This is intimate hypocrisy to pretend to be journalist and act as campaign spokesman.
Chris this is very serious business the Elderly are on the line those currently Elderly and those facing aging. To completely "Lie" to the elderly is a disgrace to every American.
We have a Morman and a Man who's entire life per his own admission has followed the teachings of a "Russian Athiest" Is this really happening to our country. Ayn Rand is the new VP Republican picks, Paul Ryan Hero.
I am hoping that America will place their families above this Lying crowd. There's nothing wrong with being rich, but those who are didn't get that way by themselves no one lives in a vaccum. Whether it's our roads, bridges, workers making your products, the American people buying your products, those "Job Creators" the American people who are the real job Creators, because no rich person becomes rich unless we the American people are buying their products or services.
Last night I was so dissapointed in Eara Klien someone who many of us respect for his stand on the facts. But last night when he was "reluctant to be honest with the American people about the Romney/Ryan Plan and admit that it will not provide benefits for those who have paid into our Medicare System for years but are less than age 55, they are completely out. He would not admit but danced around that fact that Romney/Ryan's Plan turn the entire Medicare system into a Coupon System, forget their fancy words "Premium Support" Republicans had to make up a good sounding title Premium Support to fool a bunch of Old People into voting against their own Medical Insurance and Social Security Benefits.
Our country is in serious trouble, I can't believe that the good people of this country will let Romney/Ryan lie them into throwing away all their benefits in Medicare and Social Security for any reason.
Romney/Ryan plan means that everyone in this country who's not rich had better get ready to let their parents, uncles, aunts that age move in. Because this plan takes away their independence their ability to have the dignity to take care of themselves. Also families won't be able to pay for their Medical expenses at that age.
America is being asked, do you want to be a country of the "Rich and everbody else or stay independent, work toghether and build our country into the country that we know it can be.
This hate, bigotry, distain from any one should be totally unacceptable in our country, we have been there, and have come a long way in mending fences all the way from Slavery to now.
Chris, you are doing a great job of holding those who come on your show accountable, don't let them get away with any lies regardless of party, for the first time in my life time our country needs Media people who actually care about our country and the people in it to take a Stand and tell the American People the truth.
I firmly believe we will whether this storm. When you have any party that is 100% for the Rich and would be willing to take from those less fortunately as the Romney/Ryan plan does and gives to the Rich while others go hungry, without Medical Care and a place to lay their heads, it will not stand.
America must get the truth, the lies run in ads on tv, it would be great if we had TV stations who absolutely "Refused to Run Ads that Flat Out Lie" regardless of the amount of money they make.
We will weather this storm and America will return to the country we know it can be.
Last the Olympics was the perfect of who we are as a country. Watching those men and women of all races, color, stand and work together representing our country was a very proud moment.
In the Olympic we stood together pulling for every American of all races, ethnicity, color, we worked as one we pulled and cheered as one. Let's remember what being proud to be ONE in our country means.
Bottom line the most important commandments, since we get pushed on Christianity so much, scripture is not about stealing from the poor, or hurting the elderly, or standing for the Rich and letting them take from those in need it's the exact opposite.
the 2nd most important commandment after loving God, is "Love Thy Neighbor as They self" it does not say if, or maybe, or dependent upon certain circumstanes
Time to live it, if indeed you really believe.
What strikes me, and that I haven't yet heard mentioned as an example of "dog-whistle" language, is the Romney camp's increasing use of the imagery of "disgracing" or "demeaning" the office of the Presidency in order to deflect hard-hitting criticism of their own policies. It fits very neatly with the photograph in a viral email that regularly resurrected and passed along to me from my dad's "old white guy" email circle, featuring Obama with his feet up on his desk as an example of profound disrespect, usually with a mention of "living in government housing." It's only August. I shudder to think what's coming up on the horizon.
chris you are the HYPOCRITE
In your view it is ok for obama to do it, but if romney does it you go after him like a rabid dog
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They fell for it again. That thing Biden said was pretty harmless really. Santorim made a reerence to the ACA putting Americans in chains while on the campaign trail and the Democrats didn't even blink. President Obama has been slandered and maligned since he walked across the threshold of the White House and he's handled it like a man. If he, or anyone speaking for him takes an honest shot every so often, it's only because they're entitled.
Remember one of Romney's first ads mis-representing Obama quoting John McCain? Game on. The difference is the President isn't wasting time making mountain ranges out of mole hills. Meanwhile the Romney campaign and the entire Right Wing Empire has wasted two days trying to spin this into something it's not. We got a week out of the tax return thing and even got the leader of the Republican Party to call the Senate majority leader a "Dirty Liar".
Tit for Tat. Romney is self destructing. The added pressure of actually having to define a position seems a bit more than he's up to. Is it his ego that prevents him from ignoring what others say about him, embarassment over his in-ability to defend almost any position he has ever taken. They need to be honest about what their plans really are and let the chips fall.
At least the Vice President did not out a CIA agent and shoot someone in the face
At least the Vice President did not out a CIA agent and shoot someone in the face
"divisive, hatred, jealousy" Romney "thinly veiled race bating"