Is Mitt Romney qualified to by President? According him: NO
@thegreatdebater (7316)
United States
September 22, 2012 1:12pm CST
When you run for office you say a lot of things, and sometimes those things come back to haunt you. Mitt Romney may not of had the most difficult taxes in the history of the country, but they may have been the most unique. At some point Romney had to decide if he was to stick by his comment he never paid less than 13% in taxes, or: "I don't pay more than are legally due and frankly if I had paid more than are legally due, I don't think I'd be qualified to become president,".
His decision was to claim $2.25 Million, instead of the $4.02 that he actually gave. If Romney was to claim the entire $4.02 it would put his tax rate lower than 13%. So using his own words, does that mean he ISN'T qualified to be president?
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/09/21/romney-pays-extra-taxes-to-keep-his-word-and-break-it-too/
http://www.mittromney.com/blogs/mitts-view/2012/09/note-trustee-brad-malt
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@andy77e (5156)
• United States
22 Sep 12
Well if there is anyone, anywhere on this forum versed in voting for unqualified politicians, you would clearly be the winner of that competition. So I guess I have to accept your extensive experience on this topic.
Everyone must now listen to debater here who is the undisputed master of voting for unqualified politicians.
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@debrakcarey (19887)
• United States
22 Sep 12
he said he'd be transparent. but met with lobbyists across the street from the WH so as not to be obvious about meeting with them and left those meetings off his daily schedule released to the press. He promised C-Span would air the discussion on healthcare reform but never met with them to set the details of their coverage, and therefore...it didn't happen.
he said he'd post bills being discussed online....never happened.
etc etc etc
http://www.audacityofhypocrisy.com/fashion-shows/
@debrakcarey (19887)
• United States
22 Sep 12
He forgot about the candidate who said he could change the WORLD, but now is haunted by that statement so much he has to admit he cannot CHANGE Washington from the inside. 
@Fatcat44 (1141)
• United States
23 Sep 12
This post is so hilarious. You are pushing thins so so far. Mitt is the only rich person out there that put his pocketbook where his mouth is and the jerks on the left are upset about it. Let Warren Buffet and Bill Gates put their money where there mouth is.
You guys are too much. I am glad I have you guys on the left for entertainment. Better than Laurel and Hardy. In the ranks of the 3 stooges. I am glod you guys are on mylot.
@andy77e (5156)
• United States
23 Sep 12
Lets review this again..... What caused the recent fiscal crisis? Banks making sub-prime loans. And who pushed for sub-prime loans using the power of the government, law suits, and community groups like Acorn? The left.
So whose actions are doing the damage to the country? The evil scum sucking left. Grow up, and own up, to the damage the left is doing.
Otherwise, it's just a bunch of whiny babies doing OWS, trying to ruin our country.
@crossbones27 (53005)
• Mojave, California
23 Sep 12
How do you know other rich people haven't done it? People should not need to go around bragging about how good they are? If you have to brag then you are probably not that good of a person. Usually its something people will just say about you in random discussions. The only reason you brag is because everyone believes you are not a good person, and you have to let them know of a few things you did that were good, to get them on your good graces again..
We all know as soon as Mitt Romney looses the election he will go back and collect that money. Even if he wins the election he might collect that money. Most anyone with common sense can see how Mitt Romney manipulated the system here. If he is so generous with his taxes, why did he not release every year of taxes that he did this on?
This is why the right wins the Expert Manipulators Award. You guys are excellent at gaming the system and turning it around on how you guys are these noble heroes that are just trying to save the country from evil liberals. When its your very own actions that is doing the most damage to the country.
@debrakcarey (19887)
• United States
22 Sep 12
damned if he does, damned if he doesn't
Ann Romney made the remark that if Mitt released his tax returns as requested the media would twist them anyway they could to make him look bad. And that remark by HER was right as we now see.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/charles-krauthammer-collapse-of-the-cairo-doctrine/2012/09/20/72fb7f62-035f-11e2-91e7-2962c74e7738_story.html
Obama's house of cards is falling around his big ears. Black pastors are calling for black Christians to stay home from the polls
http://freedomoutpost.com/2012/09/black-pastors-say-stay-home-election-day/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Oi_KaZ53eDg
People are paying attention to his 'fake bio' 'composite' past life.
http://teapartyorg.ning.com/forum/topics/washington-examiner-blows-huge-hole-in-obama-s-fake-biography
Hispanics are questioning his policies
http://theulstermanreport.com/2012/09/21/another-glorious-look-at-that-hispanic-reporter-confronting-an-agitated-barack-obama/
European allies are disgusted with him
http://times247.com/articles/german-newspaper-obama-s-foreign-policy-in-ruins
He's making more and more embarassing mistakes like 'can't fix washington from inside after he bragged he could in 2008 by his slogan hope and CHANGE
and not knowing if Egypt was friend or foe
http://theulstermanreport.com/2012/09/14/barack-obamas-own-state-department-corrects-barack-obama/
to his appeasement of terrorists, proclaiming it was a movie that sparked mid east violence, then having to backtrack after LIBYAN PRESIDENT said otherwise. You have to know, that the president who said the mideast would love us after his inauguration has seen the signs, and heard the chants...obama, obama, there are 1 million OSAMAS.
http://www.barenakedislam.com/2012/09/19/u-s-intelligence-sources-are-convinced-that-the-deadly-attack-on-the-u-s-consulate-in-benghazi-libya-was-directly-tied-to-al-qaeda-and-a-released-guantanamo-muslim-terrorist/#comment-123251
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2012/08/25/2012-Untold-Story-Obama-Is-Losing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=DQkSFU75LC0
People are realizing thanks to the power of the alternative media that there are way to many failed policies, lies about his past, radicals in the White House and danger of REAL financial collapse to even consider reelecting Obama. Unless of course they are part of Obama's base who will never vote against him, those 47% who feel no matter what, they will vote for him despite all the dangers we face as a nation with him in charge, cause he's gonna take care of them one way or the other. Either by entitlement spending or protecting them from the inevitable collapse by taxing the rich, or by holding back the terrorist hordes threatening us in the mideast with his charm.
http://unskewedpolls.com/
http://www.westernjournalism.com/the-left-wing-disinformation-campaign-to-deflate-your-enthusiasm-2/
But of course, this is all Bush's fault.
@debrakcarey (19887)
• United States
22 Sep 12
ooops...forgot the Jewish bloc;
http://www.westernjournalism.com/democrat-politician-warns-jewish-voters-about-obama/
@Christoph56 (1504)
• Canada
22 Sep 12
No matter what, there are going to be negative sides for both candidates, and both sides will be able to show how the other side is more disliked, or how they have less of a chance of winning, etc...
But I want to ask about your polling page you listed, unskewedpolls.com... because, after looking around, it seems like those are some extremely skewed polls, saying that Romney is ahead...
Gallup polls say they're even right now, but Obama has been far ahead the majority of the time, the last one being on September 5th, where it was 50-42 for Obama;
http://www.gallup.com/poll/election.aspx
Politico.com says that, as of around September 15th, pew put it at 51-42 Obama, Associated Press said 47-46 Obama, and the National Journal said 50-43 Obama...
http://www.politico.com/p/2012-election/polls/president
The Wall Street Journal has national average of all polls showing that, not only is Obama far ahead, but Romney hasn't been in the lead since October 2011!
Something tells me, your results are more then just a bit skewed.
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@laglen (19759)
• United States
22 Sep 12
Christoph - for you
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@debrakcarey (19887)
• United States
26 Sep 12
And according to our president he should be a one termer. He has admitted he could not change Washington from the inside, and HOPE sure was a fizzle out. 
@thegreatdebater (7316)
• United States
26 Sep 12
He was correct that you can't change Washington from JUST in the inside. The people have to support what you are doing, and tell their elected officials what they want done. Of course, that doesn't mean they will do it, but the more pressure you put on them the more they will hear you. I think all Americans hope the country gets better (except for republicans until the election is over). The election is about what class you think will help the country get better faster. Obama believes the poor and middle class will raise the country from the bottom. Romney feels the country will get better if you give the money to the rich people and it will trickle down. It is as simple as that!!!!
