Thread: Mitt Romney

Boon,

Thank you for the post ^^ above on Nate Silver.

One math model was accurate, but later not as much.

We shall see.....9 days away.....

Leave No Lie Left Untold...the Republican campaign strategy 2912.

Originally Posted by quimbian corholla

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

Pretty impressive wouldn't you say?

So impressive that Romney's campaign is now reduced to bad photoshops..

Romney Campaign Exaggerates Size Of Nevada Event With Altered Image

^ This is the best post I have read in sometime. As a Baseball fan (the birthplace of sabermetrics and the place that Nate Silver got his start) and gambler I know the true value of sabermetrics they are an invaluable tool in forecasting baseball. The math does not lie. Plain and simple.

I would pay attention to the people who set the betting odds for a living with regards to who is going to get elected before I would listen to some lardass rightwing blogger. The odds makers have Obama as the heavy favorite. See;

Presidential election odds: Barack Obama still a big favorite over Mitt Romney - Linemakers - Sporting News

15,000 at Romney's rally in Land O'Lakes, Fla., per fire marshal via campaign. One of Romney's largest events to date.





Mitt Romney draws 15,000 in Land O’ Lakes, Florida | Twitchy

Huge: Des Moines Register Endorses Mitt Romney



First time they have endorsed a Republican for president since 1972.

Ten months ago this newspaper endorsed former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney for the Republican nomination for president. An overarching consideration was which of the party’s candidates could we see occupying the White House, and there was no question that Romney was qualified for the job.


Now, in the closing days of the general election campaign, the question is which of the two contenders deserves to be the next president of the United States.
Both President Barack Obama and Governor Romney are superbly qualified. Both are graduates of the Harvard University Law School who have distinguished themselves in government, in public service and in private life. Both are devoted husbands and fathers.


American voters are deeply divided about this race. The Register’s editorial board, as it should, had a vigorous debate over this endorsement. Our discussion repeatedly circled back to the nation’s single most important challenge: pulling the economy out of the doldrums, getting more Americans back in the workforce in meaningful jobs with promising futures, and getting the federal government on a track to balance the budget in a bipartisan manner that the country demands.
Which candidate could forge the compromises in Congress to achieve these goals? When the question is framed in those terms, Mitt Romney emerges the stronger candidate.


The former governor and business executive has a strong record of achievement in both the private and the public sectors. He was an accomplished governor in a liberal state. He founded and ran a successful business that turned around failing companies. He successfully managed the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.


Romney has made rebuilding the economy his No. 1 campaign priority — and rightly so.

Des Moines Register endorses GOP's Mitt Romney

The popular vote is certainly close. As usual the swing states will determine- and it is here that Romney needs a bounce. I imagine it will be pretty frantic in Ohio etc in the next ten days. I was a bit surprised to learn that the largest winning vote since records were kept was LBJ, at 62%. Seems Potus races are all pretty close really.

^ Chicago Tribune just endorsed Obama, only the second time they've endorsed a dem.

Originally Posted by sabang

Chicago Tribune just endorsed Obama, only the second time they've endorsed a dem.

Hometown boy - what did you expect?

btw, seen the latest:

AP is reporting 150 gunman took part in the Benghazi attack, and Brietbart is reporting that US had 2 drones and 1 AC-130 gunship on task during the attack. Drudge is reporting that Obama's job approval has dropped 7 pts in 3 days.

The Chicago Tribune may have to reconsider that endorsement.

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

Nat Silver has been discredited. Heh, check out his invalid congressional projections from any of the elections.

As no doubt you're fully aware, the cumulative probability of guessing 49 out of 50 coin tosses correctly, which is what this is disputing Silver's 2008 prediction was, is 1/8.881784197001E-16.

Leadership: Romney Uses Campaign Bus to Deliver Hurricane Relief



The Romney campaign has canceled campaign events, commercials, and fundraising appeals in states that will be impacted by Hurricane Sandy, and is instead using a campaign bus to help deliver supplies to those who will be impacted by what forecasters are predicting may be a "storm of the century."


What's Obama Gonna Do? Call Out Big Bird?

Heh, in fact informed sources have Obama in his 'bunker' attempting to stonewall the Bengazie-Gate information that is leaking out before the voters. Rots a Ruck!

Aren't you supposed to deliver hurricane relief supplies after a hurricane?
Which informed sources have Obama in his bunker, and where exactly is his bunker?

^
Down in the bowels of Big White? His secret bunker wouldn't be too secret if folks like you and me knew where it is.

BTW, some good news depending on your point of view:

Ohio Gov. John Kasich declared Sunday that GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney is now poised to beat President Barack Obama in his critical battleground state.

Appearing on NBC's “Meet the Press,” Kasich cited internal campaign polling that shows Romney with a lead in The Buckeye State.

Kasich Predicts Romney Wins Ohio

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

Leadership: Romney Uses Campaign Bus to Deliver Hurricane Relief

Funny that, Romney said in the primaries that FEMA should be shut down and responsibility given to the states:

Mitt Romney In GOP Debate: Shut Down Federal Disaster Agency, Send Responsibility To The States

From the link: Mitt Romney was asked, in the context of the Joplin disaster and FEMA's cash crunch, whether the agency should be shuttered so that states can individually take over responsibility for disaster response. "Absolutely," he said. "Every time you have an occasion to take something from the federal government and send it back to the states, that's the right direction.

UPDATE: "Gov. Romney wants to ensure states, who are the first responders and are in the best position to aid impacted individuals and communities, have the resources and assistance they need to cope with natural disasters," the Romney official said.


Huh? So in other words, kill FEMA and stop Federal aid.... until it's needed, and then, what? Reopen it? And then shut it down again? LOL at the logic of these fools.

can anyone shed some light on the 'Sacred Underpants'
that the mormans wear.
male and female underpants are the same
apparently Romney wears them and
is it true that Romney was once a bishop ?
this is worryin,

Bloomberg News: Romney ‘rented’ Mormon church’s exemption to defer taxes for 15 years

By David Edwards
Monday, October 29, 2012 15:08 EDT


Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney used a loophole to “rent” the Mormon church’s tax exemption status and defer paying taxes for 15 years, according to a new report.

Tax returns obtained by Bloomberg News through a Freedom of Information Act request indicated that Romney set up a charitable remainder unitrust (CRUT) in June 1996 just before Congress cracked down on the loophole in 1997.

“In this instance, Romney used the tax-exempt status of a charity — the Mormon Church, according to a 2007 filing — to defer taxes for more than 15 years,” Bloomberg’s Jesse Drucker explained. “At the same time he is benefitting, the trust will probably leave the church with less than what current law requires.”


Estates lawyer Jonathan Blattmachr told Bloomberg that Romney’s trust benefits from the Mormon church’s exempt status because charities don’t pay capital gains taxes when they make a profit from the sale of assets.

“The main benefit from a charitable remainder trust is the renting from your favorite charity of its exemption from taxation,” Blattmachr said, adding that the charitable contribution “is just a throwaway” and the church would receive little if any financial benefit from the trust.

“I used to structure them so the value dedicated to charity was as close to zero as possible without being zero,” he pointed out.

The CRUT allows individuals to “defer capital gains taxes on any profit from the sale of the assets, and receive a small upfront charitable deduction and a stream of yearly cash payments,” Drucker wrote. “Like an individual retirement account, the trust allows money to grow tax deferred, while like an annuity it also pays Romney a steady income. After the funder’s death, the trust’s remaining assets go to a designated charity.”

In fact, the amount available to go to the Mormon church has decreased from at least $750,000 in 2001 to $421,203 at the end of 2011 as Romney has collected yearly cash payments from the trust.

The Romney campaign declined to answer questions about the trust but insisted that it was “operated in accordance with the law” in an email to Bloomberg.


The trust represents a small fraction of Romney’s more than $250 million fortune and is only one of several methods the formal Bain Capital CEO has employed to avoid paying taxes.

Earlier this year, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), who is also a Mormon, had suggested that the Republican presidential nominee refused to release his tax returns because he had not paid any income taxes over a 10-year period.

In a September speech on the Senate floor, Reid said that leaked tapes insulting the 47 percent of Americans who don’t pay income taxes as “dependant” on the government have gave the world a “rare look at the real Mitt Romney.”

“For all we know Mitt Romney could be one of those who have paid no federal income tax. Thousands of families making more than a million dollars per year pay nothing in federal income tax,” the Nevada Democrat observed. “Is Mitt Romney among those? We’ll never know because he refuses to release his tax returns.”

“We know that Mitt Romney pays a lower tax rate than middle-class families, thanks to a number of things he’s done: Swiss bank accounts, Cayman Islands tax shelters. And we can only imagine what new secrets would be revealed if he showed the American people a dozen years of tax returns like his dad did.”

Reid noted that most of “those people” who Romney talked about “are not avoiding their tax bills using Cayman Islands tax shelters or Swiss Bank accounts like Mitt Romney. Millions of the 47 percent are seniors on Social Security, who don’t have Bain Capital retirement funds or inherited stock to fall back on.”

Bloomberg News: Romney ‘rented’ Mormon church’s exemption to defer taxes for 15 years | The Raw Story

Another view into the self-entitled world of Mitt Romney.

Originally Posted by billy the kid

can anyone shed some light on the 'Sacred Underpants'
that the mormans wear.
male and female underpants are the same
apparently Romney wears them and
is it true that Romney was once a bishop ?
this is worryin,

Why is that worryin (sic)?

He's an honorable man with good family values which the Hollywierd crowd for example revile. Sad fucks...

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

He's an honorable man with good family values which the Hollywierd crowd for example revile. Sad fucks...

Lot's of Nazis had nice pretty families with good family values. What the fuck difference does it make?

Originally Posted by Humbert

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

He's an honorable man with good family values which the Hollywierd crowd for example revile. Sad fucks...

Lot's of Nazis had nice pretty families with good family values. What the fuck difference does it make?

Absolutely nothing whatsoever of course.

And in my experience those who pontificate on things such as "family values" are precisely the same people that lack them.

A Fascinating documentary about Mitt Romneys family. Yes all the good stuff is there like polygamy, incest, and even a serial killer. Most Americans have no clue that Mittens family is from Mexico.

it would be interesting to know what percentage of people who cast a ballot for romney next week are really just voting against the president.

^I think a lot of people may be voting for Romney as a way to break the gridlock in congress. They think that Obama may be unable to get anything accomplished in a second term. They are willing to take the risk that breaking the gridlock by any means is more important than policy.

Sorry to disagree, but a lot of Americans are going to vote against Obama, not for Romney.

Part of it's racial, and if you don't believe that all you have to do is listen to the dog whistles on this board.

But if Obama were to lose a lot of it would be because people have lost sight what's good for them. This would be especially the case if women turn en mass against Obama, and if the young and middle aged vote themselve out of Medicare and Obama Care in exchange for limited vouchers payable to insurance companies. Stupidity like this is not unheard of in American politics. We've done dumber things and gotten a crowd around them to support it, but something as dumb and empty as Romney so close to the catastrophe his neo-bretheren brought us...? Another empty suit in the hands of the NeoCon puppet masters on his staff. It's frightening to consider the consequenses.