Fuck Romney

[Hammer of Los]

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She chokes clearly when she says "his mental wellbeing."

I'm feeling sorry for Mitt now.

I guess he's under a lot of pressure.

She doesn't look at all like a confident or happy human being.

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[semper occultus]

Is the ghost of Mitt Romney's ancestor haunting Kendal pub?

10:51am Thursday 27th September 2012 in News

www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk

A GHOST that is a distant relative of American presidential candidate Mitt Romney is believed to be haunting a newly-refurbished pub.

The mischievous spirit of Agnes Romney has been sighted by staff at Romneys, in Kendal, and has knocked drinking glasses off tables, opened drawers and closed doors.

Her brother is believed to be the great great grandfather of the Mitt Romney, the Republican Party nominee running against Barack Obama.

She was also the first cousin, once removed, of the famous Kendal painter George Romney.

Assistant manager Hennie Kuger, of Kendal, said he had seen the early 19th century ghoul in window reflections and believed she was ‘hanging around her old home’.

The 32-year-old thought sightings of Agnes would end once renovation work at the hostelry on Milnthorpe Road was completed but she ‘keeps making her presence known’.

“I came to England in 2002 and worked here when it was the Kendal Arms,” he said.

“That’s when I first heard stories about Agnes. I’ve never been a believer in ghosts myself but one evening when I was having my meal upstairs in the function room I saw a reflection of an old woman in the window “It was dark outside and in the reflection she looked like a little lady, a bit like my grandma.

“When I looked behind me there was no one there. Agnes used to live up in the top of the building with her sister.”

Mr Kuger said other staff had also reported mysterious goings on at Romneys. He added: “Quite often, late at night, we hear footsteps and sometimes you hear creaking.

“Glasses just fall off the shelf. Once, we filled a bin to prop a door open and when we came back to it the bucket had moved and the door was shut. She also opens drawers.

“I think she’s just hanging around in her old house.”

Martin Orrom, of the Romney Society, said Agnes’ links with the Kendal pub were unclear, as was much of her life.

He said: “I can’t see any link between her and the house in Kendal, although George Romney’s house, where he lived after retirement, is quite close on Milnthorpe Road.”

[Hammer of Los]

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A Simple Prayer

Adorned in Emperor's Attire,
Parades he Now, the Mormon Messiah.
Shadowed by Spectres from his Past,
Surrounded Now by Hysterical Cast.

A Fortunate Son he Appeareth to be,
Yet Mayhap the Man be not so Lucky.
His Mental Health doth Take the Strain.
The Iron Man Pounds on his Brain.

The Watcher Now doth Turn his Gaze.
The Dancing Torch Light Now Ablaze.
We All Pray his Hopes wilt Tank;
The War Machine he shalt Not Crank.

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[Bruce Dazzling]

Howie weighs in.

[Lottie McLotsaluck]

For some reason the Stern talk stopped at 12:59 for me. However, please listen to this people,especially those out there who have trouble picturing LBOs (leveraged buy outs) and the like! Howie is a great 'explainer' -don't know much about the fellow otherwise.

[compared2what?]

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She chokes clearly when she says "his mental wellbeing."

I'm feeling sorry for Mitt now.

I guess he's under a lot of pressure.

She doesn't look at all like a confident or happy human being.

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You're right, she really doesn't. Know what, though? When she's right, she's right. I myself have been worried about Mitt Romney's mental wellbeing since, approximately....I think it was two weeks ago. I saw some video of him a rally in Ohio, and thought: "Wow. He's really not holding up too well, is he?"

Been mildly worried ever since. I mean, I don't care for the guy's politics, but I don't want to see him driven mad by them just because I am. Because who would that help?.Two wrongs, etc.

[Hammer of Los]

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I don't care for the guy's politics, but I don't want to see him driven mad by them just because I am. Because who would that help?.Two wrongs, etc.

You are right c2w.

But we don't want him winning that election, either.

Do we?

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[NeonLX]

I'd say let Mittler go right off the rails. Become completely unhinged, live on teevee, in front of tens of millions.

I need something entertaining to bring back my interest in this "electoral" process.

[Hammer of Los]

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hehehe

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[NeonLX]

I am generally not a resentful person but when it comes to fantastically wealthy people--especially those who have inherited their station in life--telling the rest of us that we need to pull ourselves up by our bootstraps and tighten our belts, etc., then yeah, I get a little perturbed. Mittler's whole life has been focused on enriching himself at the expense of thousands of other people.

Sorry, I just can't help feeling somewhat bitter about it.

Then there's Paul Ryan.

[compared2what?]

The question on minds of many hard-working American tax-payers is: "What dark secret is candidate Romney hiding in his (pre-2010) tax records that's worth all the bad press & suspicions
caused by his secretiveness?"

[snip]


Using only the power of scientific thinking, I proffer the following falsifiable prediction:

Mitt Romney is hiding the fact that the he was one of the 5000 wealthy American tax-dodgers that Swiss bank UBS turned over to US authorities, as part of a USDOJ-brokered 2009 deal, which both fined UBS for hiding rich American's money in a massive tax-evasion scheme, and offered the 5000 rich Americans "amnesty" (from criminal prosecution, trials & prison time), if they paid back the tax revenues they stole from US Treasury during the previous years.

I'd also say that's where the smart money is. And if not there, somewhere awfully darn close to it. I mean, what could this...

During the 20-year period covered by the PWC letter, Gov. and Mrs. Romney paid 100 percent of the taxes that they owed.

...possibly mean if it doesn't mean that the same could not be said of each of those years individually?

He must have paid just MASSIVE penalties on one of the more recent unreleased ones, it's the only explanation. Shame that he can afford it. Except politically.

[seemslikeadream]

BIG BIRD TO MITT ROMNEY
Thanks for the Shoutout!
(Even Though You Want Me Dead)
BEAKING NEWS

[brainpanhandler]

For some reason the Stern talk stopped at 12:59 for me. However, please listen to this people,especially those out there who have trouble picturing LBOs (leveraged buy outs) and the like! Howie is a great 'explainer' -don't know much about the fellow otherwise.

Actually he's a pretty crappy "explainer'. He fumbles around saying nothing clear or specific until about 3:10 when I think he finally switches to reading off of some notes and starts to make a little more sense.

You'd do better to simply read the wiki article on lbo's:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leveraged_buyout

[Allegro]

^ Mitt Romney Gangnam Style | College Humor

[seemslikeadream]

Tuesday night's presidential debate had its "Big Bird" moment.


And it arrived when Mitt Romney answered a question on wage inequality by saying he received "binders full of women" as part of his efforts to find female cabinet members as governor of Massachusetts.

And -- just like Big Bird -- these binders full of women quickly took over the Internet.

In addition to a pretty awesome Tumblr featuring some very literal photos of the phrase (and a revival of a former meme, Texts From Hillary) a handful of parody Twitter accounts quickly popped up.

@Romneys_Binders reached 10,000 followers before the debate was even an hour old by imagining just which women were in these binders...

Romney's Binder @Romneys_Binder

Monica. pic.twitter.com/W3laOYap
16 Oct 12

... and @RomneysBinder also emerged with tweets like, "Americans need jobs. I am now accepting applications for Secretary of the Interior. Good one for the ladies, yes?"

#BindersFullOfWomen also remained a trending topic on Twitter for most of the night and the phrase easily picked up where all things Big Bird left off from the first presidential debate:

Ben Brown @Libraryben

I'll never forget the day I found my dad's stash of #bindersfullofwomen #debate
16 Oct 12

MJ Garcia @VaHi_MJ

I'd like to think that the binder that I am kept in is a Lisa Frank Trapper Keeper #debate2012
16 Oct 12

Whitney Jefferson @twitney

the law office of binder & binder: putting ladiez in your workforce since '83
16 Oct 12


@pattonoswalt

"Binders? I have Moleskines full of women." -- Brooklyn misogynist. #debate
16 Oct 12


Eddie Quiñones @eddiequinones86

If you liked it then you should have put 3 rings on it. #BindersFullOfWomen
16 Oct 12