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A detached Romney tends wounds in seclusion after failed White House bid
Washington Post, by Staff
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Posted By:FlyRight, 12/1/2012 5:30:48 PM
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| San Diego - The man who planned to be president wakes up each morning now without a plan. Mitt Romney looks out the windows of his beach house here in La Jolla, a moneyed and pristine enclave of San Diego, at noisy construction workers fixing up his next-door neighbor’s home, sending regular updates on the renovation. He devours news from 2,600 miles away in Washington about the “fiscal cliff” negotiations, shaking his head and wondering what if. Gone are the minute-by-minute schedules and the swarm of Secret Service agents. There’s no aide to make his peanut butter and honey sandwiches.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
dr.lakerman, 12/1/2012 5:34:09 PM (No. 9043456)
The voters made the biggest mistake ever. And many of us are sad. We had the opportunity to elect an authentic American, who, even those who voted against him, believed he was more capable than the kenyan klown. Instead, we sent in the klown, for a second term. there is no rational way to explain this.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Theadora, 12/1/2012 5:35:57 PM (No. 9043462)
I´m sure they are both upset.
Imagine knowing that you won the election and that it was stolen from you by a bunch of thugs.
It must be devastating!
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
mgwitt, 12/1/2012 5:36:05 PM (No. 9043463)
Very well said #1. The American people will be the real losers after this thug gets done with America.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
ruready?, 12/1/2012 5:42:03 PM (No. 9043469)
Obama never loses. He never negotiates in good faith. He lies at will. He destroys foreign policy. He slays our ambassadors and lies about it. He hates Israel and treats Netanyahu like dirt. He uses the EPA as a goon squad against our industries. He hijacks our Dept of Energy to push green energy.
Wickedness incarnate.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Coy860, 12/1/2012 5:50:16 PM (No. 9043479)
I am sad that we will not have a chance to restore DIGNITY and HONOR to the White House. America will be dragged through the dirt for another 4 years. But hey, there´s always an Obamapho for everyone.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
tangles, 12/1/2012 5:52:15 PM (No. 9043484)
The media would have us think the Romney´s are broken. They happen to have a strong faith, a strong family and their own money. Lots of us are sad but sad for our country.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
capt scurvey, 12/1/2012 5:52:29 PM (No. 9043485)
Massive voter fraud and not a peep out of anybody.
I´d be depressed too...
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Illinois Mom, 12/1/2012 6:05:53 PM (No. 9043500)
After listeing to the lies, the attemps to smear his good name, knowing that voter fraud played a large part of the loss and then hearing your supposed "friends" in your own party slam you after the loss it tends to be a "downer."
BUT...a family of faith that has already fought (and beaten back) breast cancer and MS with grace and dignity will be fine.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
killerbee, 12/1/2012 6:07:21 PM (No. 9043501)
What´s he supposed to be doing? He isn´t a member of congress or the governor of a state or any other public position, so why can´t he take a well-deserved break?
I guess someone doesn´t want to talk about Obama´s ridiculously insulting proposal to (not) avoid the fiscal cliff. Or the continued revelations of Susan Rice´s various incidents of incompetence and perfidy. Or his very special expensive vacation. Or ATF agents being demoted and discharged because of Fast and Furious (what´s that?). Or all the other ongoing stories that tell the true story of the worst president in the history of the US.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Bazi, 12/1/2012 6:09:39 PM (No. 9043503)
Snarky comment about Ann Romney crying & horses. A pox on the Washington Post!
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Susannah, 12/1/2012 6:12:29 PM (No. 9043505)
I´m tired of hearing that Romney didn´t "connect" with people. Tens of thousands of people stood out in the rain and sleet for hours, all over the country, waiting to see him. Obama couldn´t draw flies to honey. So who did a bteer job of connecting?
And if we´ve come to the point where a candidate who conducts himself with dignity and reserve--qualities we used to admire--is unacceptable because he´s dignified and reserved, then we´re lost.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Objectivity, 12/1/2012 6:14:06 PM (No. 9043506)
And what would the losers at Warren Buffett´s Washington Post know about a decent guy like Romney? Seriously.....Team 44 is all yours western news media.....go over the cliff with your messiah
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Susannah, 12/1/2012 6:14:55 PM (No. 9043507)
In post #11, that should be "better job of connecting."
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
jalo1951, 12/1/2012 6:18:50 PM (No. 9043508)
I wake up every morning and wonder how can so many Americans be so damn dumb that they would re-elect obama.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Italiano, 12/1/2012 6:26:09 PM (No. 9043518)
Michelle from Hell probably envies Ann. Hopefully, it will not be a pleasant four years for her.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Malia2012, 12/1/2012 6:28:06 PM (No. 9043524)
Gee, more "breaking news" from the WaPoop! Got news for them, the Romney´s have NO wounds compared to what is going to happen to this Country thanks to the outright THEFT of the Election and leftist-idiots like the ones toiling away at rags like theirs, NYSlimes and the rest of the rabble. Don´t worry about the Romney´s WaPoop "staff", they will be fine. This Country, not so much...
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Urgent Fury, 12/1/2012 6:34:16 PM (No. 9043529)
The Washingto traitor Post deserves a lot more than a "pox", and I hope I am around to see when they get it.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
JoElla Bee, 12/1/2012 6:35:01 PM (No. 9043531)
One of the greatest disappointments has to be watching what is happening in D.C., when he genuinely believes he knows what to do to turn things around, that he was "this close" to beginning the work of doing that, and knowing that he can´t do anything about it now.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
heartlandgal, 12/1/2012 6:40:18 PM (No. 9043536)
I will never understand how people could have voted for Obama and not Romney. Romney would have been so much better! But, my stupid in-laws voted Obama. The big guy thinks the dems are for the working guy. He is so wrong.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Persecutor2, 12/1/2012 6:43:33 PM (No. 9043539)
I´m not gonna read the stinking article. I´m just gonna suggest that the WaPo "staff" go attempt physiological impossiblities on itself.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
DARling, 12/1/2012 6:49:30 PM (No. 9043545)
He has a plan. To be a devoted husband, a great father and grandfather, and the successful businessman he´s always been.
Obama is the one without a plan. I think he made a critical error this week, when he insisted upon having the tax cuts now and spending cuts later. People are tired of his tax and spend ways. I think he could have gotten away with it if he had even pretended that he wanted to rein in spending.
He has had several rounds of stimulus spending with no results. How much longer can he get away with this? I know liberals are stupid and want their safety net, but they are going to be losing their jobs as well. It is easier for liberals when only the nameless "rich guys" are suffering.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
tomanderson61, 12/1/2012 6:50:18 PM (No. 9043546)
The Washington Post is really sick. I mean, written my mentally unstable people.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Martha Howe, 12/1/2012 6:59:17 PM (No. 9043550)
Tacky and hateful article out of the WaPo.
Surprise.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
rochow, 12/1/2012 7:00:24 PM (No. 9043552)
This country is now being ´ruled´ by an illiterate teleprompter reader and the moron mob that rarely gets up before noon to collect their ´free stuff´! In 2010 at least we got the House. What did this Kleenex peddler get us now? Not even the Senate! Throw Boehner and McConnell out,they are self serving and care only about themselves. I am furious how the Romneys were treated by the gutter media and the gay community organizing thug!
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
nina584, 12/1/2012 7:04:56 PM (No. 9043554)
This is wishful thinking by a bankrupt newspaper. Romney has enough money to have or do anything he wants/
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
Stopstoreload, 12/1/2012 7:17:10 PM (No. 9043572)
This article is a lot of BS, 98% of it being conjecture, fantasy and wishful thinking built around the simple facts that he lost,is in this location, and occasionally has visitors. It is a rock sandwich and a pathetic excuse for reporting journalism, and the author, the editor, and the publisher should be ashamed.
Let the man alone.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
doodah, 12/1/2012 7:18:59 PM (No. 9043575)
Here´s what I´m hoping. The person(s) who falsified the bonus birth certificate presented on the WH website would get a huge case of the guilts and he would come forward and say so and the many ACORN folks behind the scenes who tampered with the early voting ballots (many virtually disappearing)and with the machines in the morning hours of Nov 6 would be found out...and everyone who saw Obama in that gay bathhouse in Chicago in 2007 would fess up. On the subject, the great solace for Romney is that he is a fine man, an honest father and husband and many folks liked him alot. He has nothing to be ashamed of. I believe that he really won. But if we don´t get voter I.D. laws in all the states, there is no reason to have another election. Period.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
Charactercounts, 12/1/2012 7:19:16 PM (No. 9043576)
The wounds are all ours, the American people´s. Instead of a competent businessman and decent human being, we will have to suffer through four more years of a vengeful, spiteful, incompetent man who is bent on destroying our country.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
judy, 12/1/2012 7:27:57 PM (No. 9043582)
Hey farrrrrr left wing WP...he can´t be any more detached than the millions who voted for him... I will never be convinced he lost. The dems didn´t want voter ID´s for a reason....
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
Subal, 12/1/2012 7:32:48 PM (No. 9043585)
Between the huge crowdws supporting Romney, the articles I´ve read on voting machine software hacks in the four critical states and the 0"bummer statement at poll closing time saying, "don´t worry, we´ve got the votes" , I am convinced the election was stolen.
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
Burger, 12/1/2012 7:36:41 PM (No. 9043590)
To Win the next Election the Republican Party needs to do things it simply will not do. First, pull your kids out of public school, and file a lawsuit over property taxes. The public school system is a tax funded army of supporters for the Democrat party. They supply warm bodies, feet on the ground, and indoctrinate children. The public school system is so invasive that it generally enjoys primary employer status in many small communities. Unless, and Until, The GOP makes a direct assault on this government institution, Liberty dies.
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
Rubinski, 12/1/2012 7:39:31 PM (No. 9043595)
Romney probably did win, IMO.
As for me, I attempt to fight off continuing anger and resentment at what Obama and supporters are doing to our country. God help us all.
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
MHR, 12/1/2012 7:40:37 PM (No. 9043597)
The WaPo wouldn´t have a clue as to what´s going through the Romney´s minds at the moment, and the Romney´s have too much honor and class to speak to them....
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
judy, 12/1/2012 7:40:43 PM (No. 9043598)
And don´t forget the military, they didn´t receive their ballots in time & the ones that did the votes were not counted.
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
smcchk, 12/1/2012 7:44:09 PM (No. 9043605)
What if, indeed! The ship of state would be turning grandly around and plotting a new course without a massive iceberg in its way, with President Romney at the helm.
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
farmwife, 12/1/2012 7:46:05 PM (No. 9043609)
What Romney is doing is living his life. And no doubt looking to find ways to protect himself and his family from the crap that will be coming down the pike for the next four years. Or more.
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
ginadee, 12/1/2012 7:50:13 PM (No. 9043611)
I believe the Romney´s are already fine. They have a strong and loving family reinforced with a strong faith in God. I believe Mitt Romney will go on to do great things with little notice.....you know ..the things you do when no one is looking. Who knows? Maybe God has blessed him with the loss. Maybe God has bigger and better plans for him.
The Wash. Post article was so disgusting.
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
Country Boy, 12/1/2012 8:00:14 PM (No. 9043620)
I´m with #7
"Massive voter fraud and not a peep out of anybody.
I´d be depressed too... "
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Reply 39 - Posted by:
TruthandJustice, 12/1/2012 8:09:11 PM (No. 9043634)
Long ago..one paper supported evil...
The Washington Post is the paper of record.... that funded and presented Saul Alinsky...the evil communist, who dedicated his book Rules for Radicals to his hero LUCIFER
Truly a marriage made in HELL
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Reply 40 - Posted by:
jasmine, 12/1/2012 8:13:01 PM (No. 9043636)
I can easily identify with the guy who loaded up the family truckster, put the dog on top, and set out with his wife and kids for a family adventure. It´s easy to identify with families who pay their own way.
I have nothing in common with a guy who blows millions of taxpayer dollars on lavish vacations for himself and his family, and then scolds Americans for not paying their own way.
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Reply 41 - Posted by:
TruthandJustice, 12/1/2012 8:37:27 PM (No. 9043657)
The evil Wash Post...once again rubs salt in the wounds of the good, decent, self made successful man Ronmey ...while giving further cover to the closeted, know nothing, thief and liar Obama...
Sure does show that Soros now own a nice piece of the Washington Post
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Reply 42 - Posted by:
judy, 12/1/2012 8:54:00 PM (No. 9043670)
WP just loves to write tales, there is no way Romney would allow them into his world.
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Reply 43 - Posted by:
Janjan, 12/1/2012 9:35:03 PM (No. 9043696)
The election is over Wapo. You can go back to kissing Obama butt. Leave the Romneys, and for that matter the rest of us, alone. You have a big job ahead of you spending 4 more years covering for these Marxist America hating pigs in the WH that you have managed to force down America´s throats. Rejoice and be glad in it. Your day is coming.
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Reply 44 - Posted by:
tonyl, 12/1/2012 9:40:59 PM (No. 9043700)
I was an early Mitt supporter. I introduced him to my mayor in 1994 when he was a virtual unknown running against Ted Kennedy. He´s a good man. The lose just doesn´t add up. There had to have been massive voter fraud but there were still alot of dumb people out there too. I´m afraid that good people like Mitt will never win as long as there´s corruption and ignorant voters.
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Reply 45 - Posted by:
eorsc, 12/1/2012 9:49:31 PM (No. 9043709)
Why do people keep saying "Marxist" and "communist"? The word is Islamist! The White House has sided with the extreme Muslims in every case. We were told not to call the Fort Hood murderer who shouted "Allah Akbar" a terrorist and then they declared the word terrorist off limits. The Jerkster has been wearing his Allah ring since he was 18. What is so hard to understand about this?
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Reply 46 - Posted by:
lonestar4, 12/1/2012 10:00:00 PM (No. 9043717)
Things might not go as well as Obama would like. After 4 more years, he and Michelle will no longer be seen as the wonder couple that the 47% believe them to be. I predict they will be loathed by even the O cult believers, MSM, Hollywood, gays etc. We are all going to get a taste of just how low he will go. He might have some illegal power for awhile but he will be hated like all arrogant ´rulers´. I mean, who has ever had to live under an egomaniac like say a Stalin, Mao, Hitler after all the promises they initially made and then grown to love them? No one. History doesn´t speak kindly of the ones of this mold..
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Reply 47 - Posted by:
Chuzzles, 12/1/2012 10:29:36 PM (No. 9043735)
Why on earth do they keep dragging garbage out like this? I have never seen the media try to make Gore or Kerry seem depressed or down in the dumps. In fact, they left them alone. The one good thing about this election is that not only do the dems own the disaster, but so does the media.
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Reply 48 - Posted by:
Grady, 12/1/2012 10:37:59 PM (No. 9043746)
Romney was going to be a Great President. The right Man for the time. but the American people that make this country great are pushed closer to our 2nd amendment right by design from this administration.
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Reply 49 - Posted by:
Blackops, 12/1/2012 10:44:12 PM (No. 9043750)
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Reply 50 - Posted by:
Blackops, 12/1/2012 10:50:04 PM (No. 9043759)
If there is evidence of vote fraud and a stolen election then why doesn´t the RNC spend its money on litigating the results and quit whining. The republicans have been in a under attack since at least ´92 and still don´t realize it they are in a fight. It is now do or die. M
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Reply 51 - Posted by:
belwhatter, 12/1/2012 11:03:23 PM (No. 9043772)
#50 I completely agree with you - the republican party has reverted to Whigdom - it is time for it to furl its banner and go away - it´s past time for a new strong and dynamic movement to take the helm - the democrats are all out of their minds and many of them are going to reap a bitter harvest come 2013. Romney was probably too nice a guy to compete in the low down tricks of politicking.
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Reply 52 - Posted by:
hamrman, 12/1/2012 11:09:12 PM (No. 9043777)
Hold your head high Mitt, with the exception of massive voter fraud and a little over half of the American Sheeple being asleep at the wheel (or should I say asleep in the voter booth), you won the votes and heart of fine American Patriots coast to coast. You brought real Leadership and class to a Liberal Three Ring Circus...which continues today unabated...the American Sheeple were not worthy of you. Even now they continue in their slumber and blind obedience to a force that they still don´t understand!
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Reply 53 - Posted by:
HonestDon, 12/1/2012 11:31:28 PM (No. 9043799)
Romney tried to fight pigs like a gentleman. Guess what? The pigs, right at home in the mud, won. Go figure.
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Reply 54 - Posted by:
EnsignO´Toole, 12/2/2012 12:08:00 AM (No. 9043834)
Just remember that although Richard Nixon lost in 1960, and resurrected himself and became president in 1968 and won re-election in 1972. Anything is possible.
Romney could become a real thorn in Obama´s side, by writing articles and appearing on Fox and even some of the alphabets. He is so much smarter than Zippy, I think he could come across as an authority on fiscal issues. Little by little people would begin to wonder why he isn´t the president because he makes so much sense.
That may be just day-dreaming on my part, but I hope Romney will study what Nixon did after the 1960 loss and what he did to get back into politics. One thing is for certain, he must not use the same advisors who were handed down to him from John McCain. Romney should pay a visit to Sarah Palin, and Ann should go with him. I think they might find they have lots in common.
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Reply 55 - Posted by:
Sunhan65, 12/2/2012 12:19:03 AM (No. 9043839)
Mitt Romney is, by all accounts, a good man, a great father, and a superb husband. That´s what he is now. That´s enough.
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Reply 56 - Posted by:
NYbob, 12/2/2012 12:49:56 AM (No. 9043866)
How can a guy this smart and experienced with campaigns, NOT have someone on staff put together some kind of polling place strategy? Did NO one in that campaign understand the need for oversight in certain counties that have a long history of overt voting fraud? The DNC sure understood what they needed to do and they did just enough to assure no recount. Even if they had to ´eject´ Republican poll watchers from EVERY Philadelphia polling place. I knew there would be fraud there, why didn´t the Republicans?
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Reply 57 - Posted by:
get er done, 12/2/2012 12:55:59 AM (No. 9043873)
Ditto to #7 & #38. There was massive voter fraud in the recent presidential election and World Net Daily and Hannity.com have been reporting and talking about voter fraud.
And there now is a lawsuit in Florida challenging Obama´s electoral votes. If 16 other States´ electors refuse to vote, then the election goes to the House of Representatives (president) and Senate (vice president.
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Reply 58 - Posted by:
NotaBene, 12/2/2012 1:01:21 AM (No. 9043879)
Dear Governor Romney:
Thank you so much for running an excellent campaign based on Amercan civilization and the Constitution.
Your loss is ours. You did the best that was possible against an incumbent community agitator.
I will be forever grateful for your service to the cause of freedom.
Best wishes,
Nota Bene
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Reply 59 - Posted by:
thelmalou, 12/2/2012 1:19:04 AM (No. 9043896)
RE: #50 - Because the RNC is prohibited from doing so based on a Consent Decree issued in 1982. See Christian Adams´s explanation (and other links) at http://pjmedia.com/jchristianadams/ .
RE: The Romneys - I came to really admire and care for these people. I wasn´t a backer until I had to be, but I grew to believe he was a good candidate. They are most certainly good and decent people. God will take care of them, because they trust in Him. I wish them all the best, and wish I could give them a hug.
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Reply 60 - Posted by:
cheeflo, 12/2/2012 1:45:22 PM (No. 9044631)
Unsatisfied that Romney was defeated, the WaPo tries to make a fine man appear pathetic. It´s not even fit to line bird cages.
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Reply 61 - Posted by:
broken01, 12/3/2012 11:25:59 AM (No. 9045936)
The Washington Compost has always been and continues to be a big joke. Much like the NYT this "newspaper" isn´t even fit to be in my fireplace. Did this rag print a similar story about Lurch Kerry back in 04. I can´t seem to recall one. I two am sick and tired of the main stream presstitutes saying that Romney was detached. The campaign crowds that I went to didn´t bear that nonsense out in the least. I´ve got news for the dumb liberals stinking up the Compost offices. We do have one of the most detached ingrates to ever funk up the WH in my lifetime. Heck even "BJ" Clinton was more personable than this clown(his problem was below the belt). So you guys can take this article and stick it where the sun don´t shine.
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Reply 62 - Posted by:
beca, 12/3/2012 11:54:43 AM (No. 9046007)
cant say what i want to about the garbage known as the wash post.............i want to keep posting here,.........they are despicable in every way
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Reply 63 - Posted by:
lana720, 12/3/2012 1:01:24 PM (No. 9046160)
Americans are all the worse for this loss. The ComPost is called that for a reason.
We will now see our demise at the hands of amateurs, only good at destruction. zippy has gotten everything he wanted - destroy our economy, destroy our jobs and destroy our Constitution, national will and spirit. Good and evil cannot stand in the same place.
We need to go underground, keep our Faith and rebuild singly, our own personal lives and then we can win.
I feel so badly for these wonderful people, Mitt, Ann and their family who are such a great asset to our country. They are self-made and I am sure are realistic and well-adjusted people because their values are strong and they love one another.
Mitt Romney won this election and many hearts. God bless them and help us!
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Reply 64 - Posted by:
Nutmegger, 12/3/2012 2:47:08 PM (No. 9046396)
Hi folks. Reply 50 cites reason Repubs. gave up the right to question minority votes way back in 1982. Until this action gets resolved, GOP will never win another election. I voted straight Repub. I was called back to hear my vote was kicked back out of the box. I had to turn it over and reinsert it to make it count. My readings of election tells me that approx 16 million votes were illegal. Especially in districts where Zero got more than 100% of the votes. End of story.
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Reply 65 - Posted by:
King of all trolls, 12/3/2012 2:53:10 PM (No. 9046413)
Go ahead. Kick us when we are down. Enjoy it while it lasts.
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Posted By: FlyRight- 4/3/2013 5:18:30 PM
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In a measure of solidarity with those affected by the budget-slashing government sequestration, President Obama is giving up 5 percent of his salary for rest of the year, which is almost as admirable and sensible as a mansion-owner shutting off his marble fountains during a drought.This is not to imply that the president shouldn´t demonstrate some unity with those who´ve been furloughed or lost work because of the blind slashing the sequestration prompted. People like Jeff Maryak, profiled by BuzzFeed, who is considering re-enlisting to make ends meet after a 27 percent pay cut.
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Military buildup in China near North Korean border continues as tanks, armored vehicles spotted
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Washington Free Beacon, by Bill Gertz
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Posted By: FlyRight- 4/3/2013 6:44:35 AM
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China continued moving tanks and armored vehicles and flying flights near North Korea this week as part of a military buildup in the northeastern part of the country that U.S. officials say is related to the crisis with North Korea.The Obama administration, meanwhile, sought to play down the Chinese military buildup along the border with Beijing’s fraternal communist ally despite the growing danger of conflict following unprecedented threats by Pyongyang to attack the United States and South Korea with nuclear weapons.
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President Obama´s image machine: Controlling the narrative while limiting media access
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Associated Press, by Staff
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Posted By: FlyRight- 4/1/2013 2:45:58 PM
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WASHINGTON — A photo of the Obamas hugging that was released on Election Day 2012 has become the world´s most popular tweet on Twitter. A dressed-up version of Barack Obama´s State of the Union speech, packed with charts and graphs, is huge on YouTube. A playful picture of the president cavorting with a 3-year-old in a Spiderman costume is a favorite online. It´s all courtesy of the Obama image machine, serving up a stream of words, images and videos that invariably cast the president as commanding,compassionate and on the ball. In this world, Obama's family is always photogenic, first dog Bo is always well-behaved and the vegetables in the South Lawn kitchen garden always seem succulent.
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MTV’s ‘Buckwild’ star Shain Gandee, 21,found dead after being reported missing
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Washington Post, by Lisa de Moraes
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Posted By: FlyRight- 4/1/2013 2:33:01 PM
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MTV’s “Buckwild” has its first cast death. Shain Gandee was among three men found dead in a vehicle Monday in the Sissonville area of West Virginia — about 31 hours after he and his uncle, David, had been reported missing. David, 48, and Shain, 21, told people they were going four-wheeling in Shain’s 1984 Ford Bronco, at about 3 a.m. Sunday at Larry’s Bar in Sissonville, the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Department reported Monday morning. The third man found dead in the vehicle who has not yet been identified, according to press reports.
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Dionne Warwick: dizzying downfall of a bankrupt diva
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The Telegraph (UK), by Jacqui Goddard
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Posted By: FlyRight- 3/31/2013 7:22:03 AM
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Her name is among the brightest in recording industry history, her songs providing the soundtrack for a generation and earning her a place as one of the most successful hit-makers of all time. After more than five decades of music-making that won her five Grammy awards, more than 60 charted singles and global album sales totalling more than 100 million copies, Dionne Warwick might have been assumed to have earned herself a comfortable retirement.
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Dream season ends for Florida Gulf Coast
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ESPN.com, by Jason King
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Posted By: FlyRight- 3/30/2013 8:01:50 AM
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ARLINGTON, Texas -- At 11:46 p.m. CT on Friday at Cowboys Stadium, a group of Florida fans rose from their seats and began a rather sobering chant. “Al-most mid-night!,” they yelled. “Al-most mid-night!” Standing on the nearby court, Florida Gulf Coast’s players could only hang their heads. The clock was about to strike 12 on one of the better Cinderella stories in NCAA tournament history. The first No. 15 seed ever to advance to the Sweet 16 finally came off its cloud in a 62-50 loss to Florida. “We made history,” guard Brett Comer said.
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Ashley Judd is not running for Senate
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Washington Post, by Chris Cillizza
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Posted By: FlyRight- 3/27/2013 5:23:17 PM
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Update: Ashley Judd has announced via Twitter that she will not run for Senate. “After serious and thorough contemplation, I realize that my responsibilities & energy at this time need to be focused on my family,” she wrote. Actress Ashley Judd has decided not to pursue a bid for the Kentucky Senate race, according to two sources familiar with her decision.A source close to Judd said that Secretary of State Allison Lundergan Grimes’ interest in potential race made the decision not to run easier. “The timing just wasn’t right,” said the source.
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McCain: ´I don´t understand´ GOP filibuster on guns
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Politico, by Jennifer Epstein
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Posted By: JoniTx- 4/7/2013 12:18:14 PM
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Sen. John McCain says he doesn´t understand the threats from some of his Republican colleagues to filibuster a bill on background checks to buy guns. "I don´t understand it," the Arizona Republican said on Sunday of the threat coming from Sen. Rand Paul,Sen. Ted Cruz, Sen. Mike Lee and nine other Republicans. "The purpose of the United States Senate is to debate and to vote and to let the people know where we stand.” "What are we afraid of? ... If this issue is as important as we all think it is, why not take ... it up and debate?"
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´My bangs are getting a little irritating´: Michelle Obama admits she already regrets her high-maintenance hairdo
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Daily Mail (UK), by Margot Peppers
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Posted By: pineledger- 4/7/2013 7:43:42 AM
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Michelle Obama has admitted that she is already tired of the bangs she first sported in January. The First Lady said in an interview with Entertainment Tonight: ´Bangs are a day-by-day proposition. They´re starting to grow out, get a little irritating.´ Still, she hasn´t let her hairdo woes get her down. ´It´s okay,´ she said after her initial complaint. ´We´ll be good.´ The first indication that her hairstyle was becoming a burden came about last weekend, when Malia, 14, was spotted adjusting her mother´s hair during the White House Easter Egg Roll.
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Why Obama´s ´Best-Looking Attorney General´ Comment Was a Gaffe
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The Atlantic, by Garance Franke-Ruta
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Posted By: Oblio- 4/6/2013 6:51:15 AM
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President Obama´s biggest gaffe yesterday when speaking of California Attorney General Kamala Harris was not in flirtatiously complimenting her as "the best-looking attorney general," but in introducing an observation from the system of beauty into a forum that was about the system of power.What´s that, you say? Irin Carmon does a great job in Salon in laying out the bounds of propriety for when it´s appropriate to talk about a woman´s looks as a general matter. But I´ve long felt we lack a solid theoretical underpinning for easily discussing these issues, and why precisely it is that
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Christians, here´s why we´re losing our religion
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Fox News, by Craig Groeschel
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Posted By: STLstudent- 4/7/2013 5:13:55 PM
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Recent research indicates that the number of people who do not consider themselves a part of an organized religion is steadily on the rise. Interestingly enough, though the number of those religiously unaffiliated is increasing, there is little to no trend in the number of those who express atheist or agnostic beliefs. People aren’t saying they don’t believe in God. They’re saying they don’t believe in religion. They are not rejecting Christ. They are rejecting the church. This begs the question, “Why are we losing our religion?”
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Broadcasters worry about ´Zero TV´ homes
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Associated Press, by Ryan Nakashima
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Posted By: Ribicon- 4/7/2013 2:43:40 PM
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Los Angeles — Some people have had it with TV. They´ve had enough of the 100-plus channel universe. They don´t like timing their lives around network show schedules. They´re tired of $100-plus monthly bills. A growing number of them have stopped paying for cable and satellite TV service, and don´t even use an antenna to get free signals over the air. (Snip) Last month, the Nielsen Co. started labeling people in this group "Zero TV" households, because they fall outside the traditional definition of a TV home. There are 5 million of these residences in the U.S., up from
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Mother Of Slain Benghazi Officer To Sean Hannity: ‘They Want Me To Shut Up’
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Mediaite, by A.J. Delgado
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Posted By: StormCnter- 4/7/2013 5:00:16 AM
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On Friday, Sean Hannity brought Pat Smith, mother of the late Sean Smith, on his radio program. The 34-year-old information management officer was one of four Americans murdered in the Benghazi embassy attack on September 11, 2012. In the chilling interview, a distraught Ms. Smith, in tears, pleaded for answers and spoke of the efforts to silence her. Ms. Smith first relayed how her son, prior to the attack, requested additional security in advance and warned the State Department: He did tell them, ahead of time, he typed it into his little typewriter over there,
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Hillary Clinton Would Not ´Clear the Field´ for 2016
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New Republic, by Tod Lindberg
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Posted By: StormCnter- 4/6/2013 5:22:36 AM
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No one is more preoccupied these days with Hillary Clinton´s 2016 plans than the Beltway political class—not even the former presidential candidate herself. To hear some tell it, her decision will be dispositive for all other Democrats thinking of entering the race. And pundits and reporters aren´t the only ones positing the "The Hillary Factor": No less than the House Democratic whip, Steny Hoyer, told BuzzFeed, “I don´t know that anybody would run against Hillary…. If she runs, she clears the field.” It´s an understandable conclusion, given Clinton´s stature in the Democratic Party and her 70 percent
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Obama critic apologizes for his ´poorly chosen words´ on gay marriage
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The Hill [Washington DC], by Alexandra Jaffe
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Posted By: JoniTx- 4/6/2013 12:18:19 PM
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Neurosurgeon Ben Carson, considered by some to be a potential Republican contender for president, apologized to Johns Hopkins University for the "poorly chosen words" he used in expressing his opposition to gay marriage last month.“I am sorry for any embarrassment this has caused,” Carson said in the letter, reported in New York Magazine.(Snip) "Although I do believe marriage is between a man and a woman, there are much less offensive ways to make that point. I hope all will look at a lifetime of service over some poorly chosen words.” Carson will remain as commencement speaker at Johns Hopkins,
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Vanishing workforce weighs on growth
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Washington Post, by Jim Tankersley
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/6/2013 11:28:59 PM
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Put out an all-points bulletin: Millions of Americans have gone missing from the workforce. Every month that those would-be workers are gone raises the odds that they might never come back, dimming the prospects for future economic growth. The vanishing trend is more than a decade old, but it accelerated during the Great Recession. Throughout 2012, economists held out hope that it had stopped. But then came Friday’s jobs report, and hopes were dashed. The Labor Department reported that the U.S. labor force — everyone who has a job or is looking for one — shrank
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The Secrets of Princeton
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New York Times, by Ross Douthat
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Posted By: Oblio- 4/7/2013 8:08:09 AM
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Susan Patton, the Princeton alumna who became famous for her letter urging Ivy League women to use their college years to find a mate, has been denounced as a traitor to feminism, to coeducation, to the university ideal. But really she’s something much more interesting: a traitor to her class. Her betrayal consists of being gauche enough to acknowledge publicly a truth that everyone who’s come up through Ivy League culture knows intuitively —
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Beyonce, Jay-Z celebrate 5th anniversary in Havana, Cuba
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Los Angeles Times, by Nardine Saad
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Posted By: Fiesta del sol- 4/6/2013 8:20:04 AM
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Beyonce and Jay-Z celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary in Cuba this week. The couple, who married on April 4, 2008, took in the sights of Old Havana, visited a school, dined on a rooftop terrace and strolled the fan-filled streets in their island best.(snip).The power couple declined to answer journalists´ questions about their visit to the island nation, but some outlets are reporting that the moguls are there as tourists, though that would be illegal because of the half-century embargo the U.S. has on the Communist country. However, the Miami Herald said Washington has issued special licenses for
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