Friday, December 30, 2011
Presidential politics Mitt Romney's son is a birther
Posted by Max Brantley on Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 11:09 AM
Republicans and Democrats alike expect another Mitt Romney chameleon performance when and if he wins the Republican presidential nomination. His pandering to right-wing religious cranks in Iowa will be replaced by the "moderate" and "progressive" Romney that brought Obamacare to Massachusetts, had room in his heart for abortion rights and so on.
But that day lies ahead. Today, the Romney clan is wearing birther garb. His son Matt seemingly has joined the call demanding to see President Obama's birth certificate. (It's long been seen and judged legitimate.) This numbnutz also commented approvingly on the proposition that Obama must release his college grades before Daddy Romney is made to release his tax returns. One record is irrelevant; one relevant. Such rational thinking has no place in a Republican primary or, apparently, at least one branch of the Romney family.
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So, wait a minute. You don't believe that Obama was really born in the US, but you think that some guy found golden tablets on a hill in upstate New York, which explained . . .
IMPEACH THE USURPER NOW!
9/11 & Pearl Harbor were both false-flag operations to drag us into war.
"There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our homes
and the other is the Bill of Rights."- Marine General Smedley Butler
And the ONLY candidate I will vote for is the one (Donald Trump?) who admits Obama is ILLEGAL. I am still a birther because Obama is still illegal. He was born a British Subject in Kenya before his Indonesian adoption. The Hawaiian Birth Certificate is forged and he is using stolen CT SSN 042-68-4425 that fails e-verify. For the love of God won't some congressman reach down, grab a pair and IMPEACH this usurper? John 3:16
Doc, it;s the Temple Garments. You'll never understand the mindset until you've donned a swell pair of Temple Garments. They protect you from all sorts of things even bullets on the battlefield.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cbfgmorIGE
I would add to Mark D's commentary that I pray to all the gods that the people of these United States have an opportunity to vote for Donald Trump. I hope his Third Party gets on the ballot in at least 2/3 of the States.
Who could save Americans from themselves other than Donald Trump on a Third Party ticket?
Mitt's son claims he was "joking." Was he?
Or was he pandering for votes to his presumed subset of moronic right-wing extremists?
Here's the video. You decide.
http://concord-nh.patch.com/articles/mitt-…
We need to take up a collection and buy a heavy duty tinfoil hat for that Welby dude.
Norma, see Driftglass' epistle to Sully regarding Ron Paul and the pandering to the right wing crazies in politics, which is the only way they can win elections.
"Bigotry is the indestructible Adamantine skeleton on which the flesh of 10,000 political campaigns, religious crusades, anti-science think tanks and "traditional morality" ballot measures have been hung."
http://driftglass.blogspot.com/2011/12/all…
For God's sake, Outlier, post that on the Open Line!
Breathtaking, from Driftglass!
Checking in from iPhone as I can!
Fully stocked limo definitely way to go!
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