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Romney's Visit Made Wawa a Winner

Political pundits say Wawa benefited from publicity over Mitt Romney's controversial campaign stop.

 

The latest edition of PoliticsPa's Ups & Downs List says the Delware County-based Wawa convenience store chain got a boost from Mitt Romney's visit to Pennsylvania on Father's Day weekend.

Where's the best spot in your community for Romney or Obama to campaign? Tell us in the comments section below.

It was a controversial campaign stop since Romney was set to visit one Wawa but showed up at a different location when protesters and former Gov. Ed Rendell rallied at Romney's original destination.

Here's a rundown of commentary on Romney's "Wawa-gate" including everything from the finer points of hoagies versus subs to the text of Romney's speech at the event.

Wawa has about 570 stores in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia.

Related Topics: 2012 presidential election, Gov. Ed Rendell, Mitt Romney, and Wawa

Amend Wun

8:27 am on Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Um...Connexions Gallery perhaps. :)
Not sure Romney would "show" well there, but I think Obama would be a hit.

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Harrison T Williamson, Jr.

9:59 am on Tuesday, June 26, 2012

God Bless the next President of the United States of America, Mitt Romney! Back to prosperity and honesty in the White House starting with change on November 6th

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PennState

12:25 pm on Tuesday, June 26, 2012

You are delusional on so many levels.

Tony

10:02 am on Tuesday, June 26, 2012

I'm confused. Where is this "...Wawaz..." Romney was speaking of. "...Wawaz..." putz

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Mazz

3:53 pm on Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Because that's what matters right Tony? That a candidate knows you don't add the 's to a regional convenience store. Much worse than saying "corpse man" or 57 states, I know. How about the point he was making about American innovation? Did that go over your head?

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Tony

10:59 am on Wednesday, June 27, 2012

no Mazz and I do not agree with everything about Obama and his administration. I am just pointing out fact vs fiction. Romney is liberal = fact. Facts back that up. Now he is saying something else, but hasn't proven those statements during his entire life. Now if it were Obama vs Paul or Obama vs Gary Johnson, there would be some libertarians conservative views and records that would be hard to contradict. BUT ROMNEY....hahaha biggest joke ever

Mike Shortall

2:31 pm on Tuesday, June 26, 2012

President Obama should try campaigning at any of the fine country clubs in the area, since he'll need quite a few very rich boosters to fill up the corporate suites - at $1.2 million a pop - for his DNC acceptance speech at BANK OF AMERICA Stadium in Charlotte, NC.

Unfortunately, George Clooney, Sarah Jessica Parker and the rest of those Hollywood 99%'ers don't live around here. Of course The President won't need to "heroically come out" for gay marraige before jetting out the next day to George's Hollywood digs and netting over $14 million in donations. But no one ever said this would be easy!

Now I must remember to uncheck the "Send me email updates for this article" after that last Patch debacle of a commentary thread.

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Tony

3:07 pm on Tuesday, June 26, 2012

I think Romney should stop by at Wendy after his stop at Kolob. Bring Joseph Smith and his buds and we will have a prosperous "Amercia"!!! Yes! Yippy!

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Frightwingslayer

3:12 pm on Tuesday, June 26, 2012

I'm surprised that Mitt has time to raise money..he's gotta get those dang elevators put in for his cars in each of his twenty houses. The guy is so out of touch it's sickening..Wawazz..Geez..What a joke!!

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Ben Miller

3:24 pm on Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Says the guy who likely voted for John Edwards and Al Gore...

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Mazz

3:49 pm on Tuesday, June 26, 2012

And can only make a class envy comment with no real point at all. I'm sure you were just as critical toward the Obama's eating Arugula and hob-nobbing with Clooney and Wintour.

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Stephen Eickhoff

3:50 pm on Tuesday, June 26, 2012

If the best you can come up with is that he mispronounced the name of a regional chain of convenience stores that he'd never heard of... well, Piggly Wiggly to you.

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Adam Atkinson

8:06 am on Wednesday, June 27, 2012

So does everyone on this forum think that a presidential candidate incumbent or otherwise doesn't need to fund raise. I mean lets be real. Romney has more money than the Lehigh Valley (that might be an exaggeration, but it could be true), and that money was made at the expense of the middle class working people he put out of a job. 14 million is a drop in the bucket for what it takes to run a campaign. Sad but true.

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Stephen Eickhoff

4:10 pm on Wednesday, June 27, 2012

You obviously don't even know what a capital company does. If you do, pretend I'm an idiot and explain it to me. Hint: when one is involved with your company, your company is already in bad shape.

Liberalism is a mental disorder

3:44 pm on Tuesday, June 26, 2012

OK... MItt is rich. He understands economics and business and industry. You don't want that right.... you want the political activist, terrorist buddy, community organizer, complete failure as a leader, putz, Barack Obama. What the hell is wrong with you people? You hate Romney because he is successful? Obama is a multi-millionaire too. Do you have him?
You are SUCH zombies. Obama comes out and says he supports gay marriage.... but he can't do anything to get gay marriage passed in states... gays fall all over themselves and vote for him.... he comes out an says latinos brought to this country should temporarily not be deported.... the Latinos foam over him... but he will not, has not, and can not do a damn things to actually address illegal immigration, because he is NOT a leader, has completely polarized the government with his actions.
Gays and Latinos... a vote for Obama means a guarantee that NOTHING will really happen for the next four years. It just means four years of gridlock AND four years of horrible economy AND horrible deficiet spending.

Wake the *%()#)@# up people. Obama is a FAILURE. 100%. And he counts on you lemmings to come running to do his bidding, WITH NO INTENT TO EVER DELIVER FOR YOU.

Latino's... you saw how he rammed ObamaCare through the first two years when he had control of house and senate? THAT COULD HAVE BEEN IMMIGRATION REFORM, EXCEPT HE DIDN"T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT LATINOS. Lemmings....

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Tony

3:48 pm on Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Liberals are Losers, we were just discussing how Romney stopped at "Wawaz". Now that you have posted blaytant non-sense, we can get back to his sub at Wawaz and how he ate that yummy sub from "Wawaz". I agree people need to wake up, before we know it Joseph Smith and his buds from planet Kolob will be here to save the planet, and if you don't believe ( and sinned in the past) then you will NOT be saved. True story

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sqwat tingdog

4:59 pm on Tuesday, June 26, 2012

AHH...so we move to the Great Mormon Hope who's so damned patriotic and loves his country so very much that he takes all his cash and invests it in bank accounts in the Cayman Islands, Switzerland, and the rest. How'd he make all that money? By creating jobs----in Singapore! You're such an idiot.

Liberalism is a mental disorder

3:45 pm on Tuesday, June 26, 2012

As for where Obama should campaign.... a sewer plant, since all his ideas are crap.

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Tony

3:57 pm on Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Well, or Romney should campaign in "Amercia" like his campaign stated. Well the only factual information we have to go off of is that Obama is governing like Reagan, (just as fact, that Reagan's own budget director states) and Romney governed Massachusetts like the big liberal he is. His record proves it. I know its bad that all the voters got duped into voting for ROmney rather than a true conservative like Paul. But now you are stuck with ROmney, a big schm^ck.

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Liberalism is a mental disorder

4:03 pm on Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Tony.. if they made stupidity a felony, you wouldn't be able to vote in Nov. Oh Gawd... that would be nice...

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Tony

4:56 pm on Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Liberals are Losers, in November this country will be worse off if that Romney idiot even comes close to being elected. I'm not saying Obama is the best, I'm not even democrat, but he is a lot better than mr. etch a sketch living it up at Wawaz in Amercia!

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Morgan King

1:15 pm on Wednesday, June 27, 2012

A shining example of well-reasoned, intelligent political discourse.

Bruce Bailey

4:04 pm on Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Why all the anger and attacks from Romney supporters? It comes off as mean and ugly, not the best public face for that campaign.

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Liberalism is a mental disorder

4:05 pm on Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Ya Tony.... do you know what a "corpse man" is? Is that a dead guy? Obama gave a military decoration to a "corpse man".... is that like a zombie? Which one of the 57 states was the "corpse man" from? Zombivania?

This is the schmuck you support..... Corpse man...... oh gawd.....

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Tony

4:21 pm on Tuesday, June 26, 2012

I cant make this stuff up. It is fact and true. Zombie and Obama? You must mean Romney and Zombies by baptizing the dead. For instance, Romney believes in baptizes the dead (zombies) such people as Anne Frank. His father in law was baptized after his death because he was a "non believer". What kooky stuff is that all about??? Who in their right mind would believe that??? ohhhhh Romney does, and he says he will govern with his religous beliefs in mind. Maybe Romney is some how creating this bath salt stuff in order to gather zombies and then baptize them so he looks good to Mr. Joseph Smith up at planet Kolob.

http://news.yahoo.com/why-mormons-baptize-dead-people-anne-frank-proxy-214500437.html

http://articles.businessinsider.com/2012-01-27/politics/30669682_1_ann-romney-proxy-baptisms-temple-ceremonies

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Mazz

4:47 pm on Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Tony, you conveniently leave out the "by proxy" part in your comments. You do understand they don't dig people up right? As a catholic, I take the "Body and Blood" of Christ at church. Am I a crazy cultist too?

By the way, since your so amped up about Romney saying Wawa's..... You spelled America wrong above. You don't even know how to spell your own country! What a buffoon! Hahaha! How dumb! Hahaha! Stupid, isn't it?.....

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Tony

4:52 pm on Tuesday, June 26, 2012

@Mazz, no they aren't digging up the dead, but they are baptizing people who do not want anything to do with it. Mitt's father in law, wanted nothing to do with it and before he died he stated not to baptize him. Mitt did it anyway. I guess he cares, because without baptizing his dead father in law, the father in law would have upset Joseph Smith and gone to hell. Also, FYI, I didn't spell America wrong, Romney did. I was making a point. lol.

http://news.yahoo.com/romneys-campaign-misspells-america-app-213732483.html;_ylt=A2KJ3Cb3IOpPvXcADJPQtDMD

I guess when ONLY watching Faux News. you dont get the mishaps of Romney, only the bashing of Obama

Marc L.

4:31 pm on Tuesday, June 26, 2012

It's kind of sad that the entire politcal process has been relegated to bashing the other guy. Vote for whoever you want to vote for and try to keep the rest of the conversations civil. Just because the Democratic and Republican leaders can't get along (or get anything done) doesn't mean that the general populace has to fall in line with that sort of defeatest attitude.

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Jim L

4:47 pm on Tuesday, June 26, 2012

We're ALL losers until this country's population get's back to where it was. Some, a little to the left; Some, a little to the right, and this absurd Ultra Conservatism AND the Ultra Liberalism STOPS and we meet in the middle.
A little of this and a little of that. It used to work well in the past when things were worked out and both parties gave up a little.
As the Late Rodney King said: "why can't we just all get along"!
I can't stand looking and listening to any of them now, haven't for the past 6 or so years

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Liberalism is a mental disorder

10:58 am on Wednesday, June 27, 2012

We can't compromise because we are WAY TO FAR TO THE LEFT ALREADY. A country full of lazy bums living off an every shrinking group who works...

Democrat: Let's run off that cliff
Republican: No... that's stupid, we'll die. I'm staying right here.
Democrat: OK... let's compromise and walk off the cliff

That's where we are now. We need to pull back from the liberal cesspool this country has become. Bums, bums and more bums. Welfare, food stamps, rent assistance, social security disability, Medicade, AFWDC, WIC, you name it. And the BUMS are creating far more bums for the next generation.... the dumber and the poorer you are, the more kids you have... why not, you get a bonus check with each new brat.

David Curran

4:49 pm on Tuesday, June 26, 2012

The most telling point in the article is how Romney changed venues because of a couple of protesters.

Real courageous.

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Mike Shortall

12:30 am on Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Kinda like coming out for gay marriage the day before you head to Hollywood for a campaign fund-raiser with the entetainment elite at Geaorge Clooney's house.

My, what "bravery" ...

Mazz

4:53 pm on Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Now, Tony, how about the content of his speech at that stop? American innovation and the entrepreneurial spirit? Anything of value to offer?

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Tony

5:00 pm on Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Yes, that is all good and well, but what has he done in his own state to prove that he is the best. Nothing. He passed RomneyCare, was all about single payer system and Obamacare (which is based off Republican ideas 1990's), he was for abortion, now not for abortion, was for taking gun owner's rights away, now not for taking those rights away. Tell us...what do you like so much about him? He has flipped flopped on every instance just to get the nomination and his campagn stated it will etch a sketch that, so what will be left...the biggest liberal ever come November.

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Mazz

6:29 pm on Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Romney was at the bottom of my list as far as GOP candidates go, Paul was first. Right or wrong, I expect the following from Romney:

1) he's not a communist and will remove them from the whitehouse.
2) he improves the business climate with his understanding of industry
3) he approves the pipeline, drilling leases, and improves other strains on energy
4) he doesn't run the country like Massachusetts, because its different and really couldn't if he wanted to.
5) he gives libertarian ideas a chance to be heard. With Obama, there is no way.
6) he chooses better SCOTUS replacements than Obama will.
7) he repeals or grants waivers to all states for Obamacare. See #4

If he does half of this, we will be in a much better place, even it is only buying time against the inevitable. There is no way he will pass liberal agendas with the growing conservative group in congress and will be held accountable by a larger libertarian, economically conservative base. With another four years of Obama, we have no voice at all.

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Tony

8:52 am on Wednesday, June 27, 2012

@Mazz…that is the funniest statements. Here are the facts:

1.) No one is a communist here. Romney is not a communist, neither is Obama. That is fact. There are no facts that either of them are.
2.) Romney’s business skills did nothing for his own state. They were near dead last with creating jobs. And his business skills also shipped American jobs overseas and bankrupted companies. Fact
3.) Never proved otherwise. Romney NOW comes out for pipeline but his past governorship shows he was against it and even had his own Solyndra. Facts
4.) Complete opinion. He is NOT running the campaign like he did on his proven track record because he wants to dupe everyone to get a vote. That is obvious.
5.) Giving libertarian ideas. LOLOLOLOL. Are you kidding me??? Paul and Gary Johnson, they are REAL libertarians. Romney is by far the most liberal presidential candidate ever. READ his past records. Must do your research on Romney. Too funny.
6.) Absolutely no facts to back up the SCOTUS replacements. Romney has proven in his past records that is not the case.
7.) Highly doubt that since Romney was 100% FOR national healthcare. Youtube it. It has come out of his own mouth. That is Fact.
So now that I have provided fact for the 7 in your list, what else do you like about Romney?

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Liberalism is a mental disorder

10:54 am on Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Tony the Dolt... you are obviously great at parroting the Rachel Maddow line. Romney was near last in job creation in Mass. BECAUSE THEY HAD FULL EMPLOYMENT. YOU DOLT. YOu can't create jobs when EVERYBODY IS EMPLOYED.

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Tony

11:31 am on Wednesday, June 27, 2012

here comes Liberals for Losers with no facts and just rants. Here are some FACTS again...LOL. love proving your opinions wrong...Here are the facts under ROmney governorship:

1. Ranked 47th in job growth
(http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/01/opinion/patrick-romney-record/index.html)
(http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/jun/22/david-axelrod/dems-say-when-mitt-romney-was-governor-massachuset/)

2. Suffered the second-largest labor force decline in the nation
(http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2012/jun/11/mitt-romney/mitt-romney-says-massachusetts-unemployment-hit-47/)
3. Lost 14 percent of its manufacturing jobs
(http://www.politifact.com/new-hampshire/statements/2012/jun/14/barack-obama/obama-attacks-romney-over-40000-lost-manufacturing/)

4. Experienced “below average” economic growth and was “often near the bottom”
(http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2012/06/obama-romney-massachusetts-economy/1)
5. Piled on more debt than any other state
(http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2012/jun/18/barack-obama/barack-obama-ad-says-mitt-romney-was-no-1-state-de/)
Sums it up….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlnaYOv0DZY
you also can’t find this material on Fox News because it would contradict their goal of getting Romney elected. Not fair and balanced.

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Liberalism is a mental disorder

12:49 pm on Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Politifacts, huh? Just another branch of the left wing.... already addressed the job growth number, dolt.

And how about some of Obama's numbers.... 15% unemployment.... more debt in 4 years than virtually all presidents combined.... NO major policy initiatives after Obamacare gets overturned.

Obama know NOTHING about business or the economy. As far as Mitt and Mass.... it's amazing he could get ANYTHING done in that liberal cesspool with 85% liberal democrat state legislators. At least he got something done.

OBAMA HAS DONE NOTHING. NOTHING. What are you supporting... four more years of NOTHING except $6 trillion in debt for more give aways?

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Liberalism is a mental disorder

12:56 pm on Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Hey,.. Tony the Dolt... did you actually READ the whole "debt" link you provided? I think not....
Most of the debt was not of Romneys doing, and MUCH OF IT IS LOCAL DEBT.. like cites and such. This reflects Mass. overspending at local and county levels for years before and after Romney. This is the type of crap you liberals spew. You provice a link, and it REFUTES what you contend. You moron.

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Tony

1:21 pm on Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Yes, i did read the entire article and was hoping that would be your response, because then with your comeback, you are stating then Obama isn't responsible for his predicessor's debt either and the debt of the states, military, etc. If you are saying Romney wasn't then for sure you would have to agree the same for Obama....or are you be just a hypocrite?

sam

5:13 pm on Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Excellent reply Tony :) Keep up the good work.

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Tony

10:34 am on Wednesday, June 27, 2012

thanks sam...i'm only providing facts and real numbers not made up non-sense

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Steve

12:45 pm on Wednesday, June 27, 2012

And Obama is full of integrity ? LOL......I love what he did with the Arizon matter recently where he acted day #1 to impede Arirzona's immigration effort by severing their ties with the feds..... You can't make this stuff up ! What will Obama do to get the latino vote while not protecting our borders.

As for lies.....here's an oldie but goodie with almost 2 millon hits:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UErR7i2onW0

We are now spending $2 billion more each DAY than we take in. With no budge, the "priniting press" is going on full throttle. How long can this country go on paying off one credit card with another credit card ? And yet, Obama's plan was to cut $1.4 trillion in spending over 10 years. Well. $1.4 trillion over ten years doesn't even cover the interest expense the government pays. What a joke........

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Tony

1:24 pm on Wednesday, June 27, 2012

and so what you are saying Steve is that its Obama's fault? the entire thing? come on man...we have 2 non-sense wars started with Bush, that we went in and now fixing up their countries. The house sure has done alot. hmmmm. who is in charge of the house...they passed the budget as well... hmmmm who could that be.... The printing will continue under Romney, which is my point. Everyone duped into Romney when Paul should have got the vote. Now we are stuck with a liberal Romney (past record as fact).

James

2:10 am on Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Give me an honest President who keeps his promises. I'll respect your opinion and hope you can tolerate mine.

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Joe Phoenix

6:02 am on Wednesday, June 27, 2012

What's really sad is that you all believe that a new president will change everything. Does anyone realize that our presidents are merely puppets? They say what they are told to say. They won't change anything. So, it doesn't really matter who is in that office. Our government is nothing but a legalized crime syndicate that will continue to rob the American people. What we really need in there is a house cleaning.

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Bob Byrne

9:16 am on Wednesday, June 27, 2012

I think it could be argued that presidents do in fact change many things. Washington, Lincoln, FDR, JFK, and certainly this president have made very significant changes by exerting their influence and working with Congress. In the case of the current President he just made significant changes to immigration law, some would argue without regard to Congress.

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Liberalism is a mental disorder

10:46 am on Wednesday, June 27, 2012

What significant changes did JFK make? This president? He hasn't gotten anything done, and his immigration change is just deciding to not uphold the law he swore to uphold.... again.... another Patcher who is obvious liberal. Never seen a comment by a Patch person that was not 100% liberal democrat.

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Tony

11:32 am on Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Liberals are Losers....what president then made change that you agree with? Bush...he has taken more of our liberties than ANY past or current president. Please continue...

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Liberalism is a mental disorder

12:51 pm on Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Reagan.... Bush I.... Even Clinton... he followed the lead of a Republican congress.

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Tony

1:26 pm on Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Ever wonder why the banks are all screwed up...passed by Clinton....but do some research on who did away with the Glass-Steagall act, soley republicans pushing it through with ties to Enron and other scandals. Ohhh those glorious respectful republicans really no how to put on a show as well

Tom Bartman

8:13 am on Wednesday, June 27, 2012

It is so funny how the male progressives still hang on to their boy. They thought O was it - and now they still hold on to him. The rest of us are asking how much more of this guy can the country take?

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Frightwingslayer

9:13 am on Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Any working man that backs Richy Rich Romney is as dumb as a chicken that votes for Col. Sanders..Dumb, just plain Dumb!!

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Liberalism is a mental disorder

10:50 am on Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Right... Obama with his 15% unemployment, and horrid economy is the man of the people... Union membership at it's lowest ever..... local and state governments going broke.... backlash in places like Wisconsin taking away union rights.... Allowing a million ILLEGALS to get work permits with 15% unemployment..... NOW HERE IS A MAN WHO IS OUT FOR THE LITTLE GUY.

What you stupid liberals never understand is that when rich people are getting richer, THERE IS GENERALLY A THRIVING ECONOMY, AND PEOPLE ARE EMPLOYED. You jealous, dense, dimwits don't seem to understand this.

HOW IS OBAMA GOING TO MAKE YOUR LIFE BETTER? By taxing somebody rick and giving you the money? DOLTS.

Jim Gregory

10:31 am on Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Have to agree with Frightwing..If you're rich and want to stay rich, Romney is your man..Can't blame you..However, if you are working class, it makes no sense to turn the government over to Romney and his corporate masters.. Undoubtably, our nation will become the corporate states of America..

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Liberalism is a mental disorder

10:51 am on Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Hey Jim... how's that Hope and Change workin' for ya ??

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Marc L.

10:01 pm on Sunday, July 1, 2012

I can't answer for Jim but I'll answer for myself. Obama hasn't been a perfect President but he has certainly helped to change what was/is a deeply flawed healthcare system in the U.S. so that's some pretty big change. His immigration reform was another big change. He's passed laws to help women get paid on the same level as men, so I think that's a welcome change. All of this change for the positive gives me hope. So I'd say that "Hope" and "Change" are working very well and we can count on that. Moving "Forward" to the election.

Frightwingslayer

2:27 pm on Wednesday, June 27, 2012

15% unemployment, lol..There you go with that Fox news so called news again..Come into the real world...Yea, you moron, what us stupid people dont understand I guess is that when Romney and his Rich friends get rich and piss some of the small change on us we must thank him profusely..Yea, his give to the rich and make us all rich ideas worked real well during the Bush administration..Tried, tested , and failed..The good news is that Romney is dead in Pa. and all the votes from you morons on the right arent worth crap! So spout off all you want , you jerk!
By the way, right on Jim!!!

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Marc L.

10:04 pm on Sunday, July 1, 2012

They're not called "Rich people" and "the wealthy" anymore. They're called "job creators." That's the new buzzword that the conservatives are using to help us normies see that they're the ones responsible for all of our good fortune. And, more importantly, it means we can blame these "job creators" for getting rid of employees during a recession. That's clearly Obama's fault of course. [/sarcasm]

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Ben Miller

10:59 pm on Sunday, July 1, 2012

Well, realistically, Marc, it IS the wealthy that are job creators. Poor people and middle-class people don't own factories and businesses. Put yourself in the position of one of those factory owners. The government decides to tax you more... are you going to just say, "Ok" and pay more or are you going to find a way to make up for the lost income, finding a way to make your product more cheaply? Be honest. Obviously the rich aren't going to bend over and be taxed more, especially when some of them are being taxed 60%+ of their income already.

The most expensive part of any business is the workforce itself, so you get rid of a couple people here and a couple people there, combining jobs. You make your product more using less money, because you have fewer salaries to pay. Don't forget, most employers invest well over twice a person's salary in benefits.

So in the end, Obama's brilliant plan (and yours) is to ultimately lay people off all over the country.

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Ben Miller

11:01 pm on Sunday, July 1, 2012

And "Frightwingslayer" I believe you just made a death threat against a Presidential Candidate. You said, "The good news is that Romney is dead in Pa."

Jim Gregory

2:49 pm on Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Hope and change isn't working well with the rightwingnuts obviously. I I had hoped they'd stop watching Fox news and change into informed citizens..I can tell from your comments, Mr. U R Loser, that it hasnt worked well.

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Phoenix from Philly

3:18 pm on Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Mitt runs on fear and Obama runs on hope. Plain and simple. We are way better off now then we were before Obama and it is going to get better. All this talk of communists and socialists reminds me of the stories that I heard about 50s and McCarthyism......all a bunch of BS. Did it get us anywhere as a country? Not at all. The elected republicans are using nothing but fear to elicit reactions from a public simply because they want power and control.

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Stephen Eickhoff

4:08 pm on Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Unemployment was 7.6 when Obama took office-- now it's 8.1. The national debt was lower before Obama took office and put 787 billion dollars into stimulus. Bush bailed out the auto manufacturers-- but Obama approved a special payout to the unions, leaving everyone who had GM stock in their retirement funds in the lurch. Obama gave millions to "green energy" companies that subsequently failed. Obama put a moratorium on Gulf drilling, then when a judge struck down this unconstitutional executive order, he just issued another one. Then he told Brazilian oil companies it was perfectly OK for them to drill in the Gulf and we'd love to buy THEIR oil.

You state that "Mitt runs on fear" as if it were some kind of truism. I'm not a Romney supporter per se, but I oppose the mean-spirited and divisive rhetoric of this President, and reject his attitude that the Constitution is a mere impediment to his personal desires. He criticizes the successful, and coddles the underachieving. He has absolutely no real-world experience in business and assuming he finishes this term as President, it will be the first time he completed a term in public office before jumping to his next "project".

Success in the USA is not driven by government intervention, but the hard work of honest people. Obama thinks the private sector is "doing fine" and that breaking more windows will keep the economy going.

David Curran

3:52 pm on Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Agreed Frightwing, Romney's agenda (currently) is little different from Bush's failed administration. How anyone can suggest that those policies are effective after 2008 is beyond me.
I think what many people probably overlook is that Romney is generally not well liked. He is nervous, visibly uncomfortable around average people and a fake. Everyone picks this up, hence the lack of enthusiasm even among Repubs.
Anyone who has changed their positions on fundamental issues as much as he has cannot be trusted.

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Tony

4:40 pm on Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Great comparison from a Libertarian Republican Gary Johnson. Romney flip flopper of century:

http://www.garyjohnson2012.com/candidate-comparison

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Earnest

8:35 am on Sunday, July 1, 2012

What we know about Romney:

- He has spent much of his life wanting the title President of the United States and focused on making a lot of money, per his fathers advice, to fund his political ambition.

- He is good at shopping and then selling the stuff he buys for a profit.

- He is proud of the money he made, while closing down companies that devastated American families as they lost not only their jobs, but also their families health insurance, and pensions. To him it's not personal it's business, and those families are just collateral damage.

- He knows how to manage all the loop holes that permit him to legally avoid paying taxes.

- He keeps large sums of money in foreign countries/ banks.

- He knew how to legally dodge the draft, while others went in his place.

- He's extremely self-conscious and uncomfortable around the majority of Americans, the average every day people, which is demonstrated in his awkwardness.

- He has been for things before he was against them, and he has been against things before he was for them, depending on the political office he is seeking and how he could get people to vote for him and add a title to his resume.

- He made one of his largest financial donation to the Church of Later Day Saints when they were engaged in leading the political campaign against California's vote on Proposition 8.

- He has a tick list of what he would take away from the majority of Americans and what he would do for a few Americans.

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David Curran

10:06 am on Sunday, July 1, 2012

Thanks Ernest for the info, if I may add another:

-He transported his dog (Irish Setter)on the roof of his car for a 12 hour ride, causing the animal undue stress, which resulted in diarhea oozing down the rear window.

How could anybody with a heart, or at least a minium of common sense do this to a family pet?

Earnest

8:54 am on Sunday, July 1, 2012

Additional things we know about Romney:

-Romney wrote an op-ed in 2009 laying out suggestions for President Obama to follow on health care...."First, we established (incentives) for this who were uninsured to by insurance. Using tax penalties, as we did, or tax credits, as others have proposed, encourages 'free riders' to take responsibility for themselves rather than pass their medical costs on to others." - Exactly what Justice Roberts upheld.

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Stephen Eickhoff

11:51 am on Sunday, July 1, 2012

I haven't heard anything that explains why Obama is better than Romney. First of all, Obama ate dogs-- so if we're going to turn this into a PETA issue, stop right there. Second, Bain Capital is a company that is brought in when another company is going down the tubes. If it can be saved, it is. If your company is in good shape, you aren't calling a company like Bain. Criticizing Bain Capital for failed companies is like criticizing a field medic for losing a few patients. Third, if anyone can give me a list of organizations Obama worked for other than lobbyists, unions, and governments, please do. Most of the rest of us live in the real world, working for companies that actually produce something.

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Earnest

3:56 pm on Sunday, July 1, 2012

Mr. Eickhoff, There is a big difference in the judgment of a grown man putting a pet in an abusive situation (note the dog later ran away and they never saw him again) and a child age 9 being served dog meat his step-father, in a very different culture.

Reasons why President Obama is and will continue to be better than Romney? Let's start with the fact that the President clearly knows who he is as a person and has accomplished great things for the American people at an extremely difficult time in our country's history and managed to do those things when an entire political party has sworn to destroy the President and in turn the United States. Also, he is clearly not afraid to stand up to his donors, ie. Wall Street, failing education policy makers, bankers that and credit card businesses.
- First full day in office, President Obama froze White House salaries.
- Just days after taking office, President Obama signed and Executive Order ordering an audit of government contracts, and combating waste and abuse.
- Saved the entire auto industry, and even the economy of the entire Midwest.
-Ordered 65 executives who took bailout money to cut their own pay until they paid back all bailout money.
- Made it so banks could no longer use your money to invest in high-risk financial instruments that work against their own customers' interests.
- Supports the concept of allowing stockholders to vote on executive compensation.

The list is very very long.

David Curran

12:07 pm on Sunday, July 1, 2012

The Seamus incident goes to his character (lack of empathy) and his judgment. I find the anecdote very revealing. Do you want someone with these faults leading our nations military?

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Stephen Eickhoff

3:02 pm on Sunday, July 1, 2012

Do you want someone who sat in a radical's church for 20 years and somehow didn't notice leading our military? That has at least as much bearing-- which frankly, might be little. Because it's a red herring.

Somehow, I feel that you're really not terribly concerned about who leads our military.

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David Curran

7:40 pm on Sunday, July 1, 2012

Mr Eichoff, I may have brought up the dog situation but you have brought up religion. If you want to a contrast/compare one church/minister Pres. Obama may have followed than it is fair game to discuss some of the historical tenets of Mormonism. I do not want to go there; do you?
Religion aside, Romney is ill suited to be our President. He just is not a good enough person in my mind. His history(flip-flopping and pandering to any audience) and conduct on the campaign trail (Running away from protesters and not stating specifics on issues) is an embarrasment and not worth of the office.

Kathleen Shaver

12:32 pm on Sunday, July 1, 2012

President Obama did not start a war based on lies peddled to the American people, a war costing thousands and thousands of lives. President Obama has done more to secure our country militarily than any past president and is responsible for eliminating Osama Bin Laden. The president is working to assure better health care and jobs for returning soldiers and their families through the "Joining Forces"
initiative.

If the administration had let the automobile companies fail as many conservatives had advocated, what would the jobless rate be today?

Empathy? Today, more people have health insurance and are receiving preventative care without co-pay due to the Affordable Care Act; the "doughnut hole" is decreasing for seniors on Medicare and in PA alone, 4,582,000 people are assured that there will be no lifetime limit on their health insurance.

While you talk about eating dogs, the rest of us are moving forward.

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Stephen Eickhoff

2:58 pm on Sunday, July 1, 2012

Mitt Romney started a war? Why was I not notified!

If GM had been allowed to go into a normal bankruptcy, we don't know what the jobless rate would be. I do know that we wouldn't have had countless retirees lose half of their savings so that unions could have 100% guaranteed pensions. The bondholders would have been on equal footing with those workers.

Empathy? I donate to charity, and I support medicare and medicaid both through the taxes that are seized from me and through my verbal support of these programs when they are run properly and efficiently... which is rarely, unfortunately.

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Stephen Eickhoff

2:59 pm on Sunday, July 1, 2012

By the way, David up there initiated the dog discussion; I didn't. Do try to keep up.

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Kathleen Shaver

8:06 pm on Sunday, July 1, 2012

Okay, I'll try.
I don't think that GM or Chrysler could have gone into "normal bankruptcy" as there was nothing normal about the crisis in the financial markets at the time. The auto companies would not have been able to get the necessary loans from the private sector to keep them afloat during bankruptcy .

My understanding is that the UAW unions actually accepted a number of wage and benefit cuts in the deal and that the agreement to allow the industry to pay into the healthcare retirement fund with equity was a concession and a significant risk given the tenuous financial position of the industry.

While it is true that unions have successfully bargained for generous benefits and pension plans in the past, thousands of retirees have lost their savings because of greedy unregulated investment bankers who literally gambled away their money and CEO's who run away with a huge portion of the profits.

And I think we were talking about whether the President showed empathy, not you.
Try to keep up.

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henry W. heuer

8:26 pm on Sunday, July 1, 2012

I just couldn't leave it. Stephen, when Obama took office,the economy was colapsing. The middle class lost 20 percent of its wealth, not billions but trillions. It's the worst downturn since the great depression. The economy barely survived Your statement implies that it was Obama's fault stating that unemployment went up from 7.6 to 8.1. Your intention was to somehow blame Obama for this disaster. Don't be coy. That was your intention. It was under a republican presidents watch the the economy nearly died. Please be honest. Apologize for essentially lying. One politician we cannot blame is Obama. Please be honest.

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