According to the latest issue of Rolling Stone Barack Obama called Mitt Romney a “bullshitter” during an informal meeting with Rolling Stone editor (and scribe of aforementioned article) Eric Bates. According to the article, when told that Bates’ 6-year-old supports him, Barack said:
“You know, kids have good instincts. They look at the other guy and say, ‘Well, that’s a bullshitter, I can tell.’”
(Hold for applause)
Mitt Romney – who has backtracked, flip-flopped, and changed horses midstream on every issue debated and even mirrored Obama during some sections of the televised debates – has not commented on the rather salty new nickname Obama picked for him. But when he does, assuredly, Mitt will hem and haw and ultimately think whatever anyone pays him to say.
Source: LA Times
October 26, 2012 at 1:31 pm, Maritza Diaz said:
Gobama we want you to win!
October 26, 2012 at 2:01 pm, Mathilde Young said:
I know I'm making the right choice in voting for the mature candidate – ROMNEY!
October 26, 2012 at 2:23 pm, Gavin Lee Hollingsworth said:
By mature do you mean vacuous?
October 26, 2012 at 8:13 pm, Ned Hepburn said:
Why don't you just piss in the face of the entire civil rights movement while you're at it? C'mon, Mathilde. Follow through!
October 26, 2012 at 8:18 pm, Mathilde Young said:
Calling people names is not mature… Romnesia, BSer… really? Just a lame attempt by Obama to distract from his FAILED record.
October 26, 2012 at 9:29 pm, Ned Hepburn said:
Better a couple name callings than disenfranshising 47% of the American public. And women's rights.
October 27, 2012 at 3:46 am, Mathilde Young said:
Romney said he was for 100% of America… There are more people in poverty than ever before… If someone is hurting the middle class, it's OBAMA.
And, Romney is not against women's rights… It's women in the WH that are making 18% less than men… Unemployment for women has been worse than for men under Obama… Under Obamacare women can only get pap smears every 4 years instead of annually- Under obamacare mammograms every 3 years instead of annually– That's the real war on women
October 28, 2012 at 1:59 am, Ned Hepburn said:
You are blind.
October 28, 2012 at 2:01 am, Mathilde Young said:
No, i think the FACTS are blinding you
October 28, 2012 at 2:27 am, Chris Baker said:
So when the Tea Party and other conservatives called Obama the Antichrist, a Muslim, and a socialist, that's acceptable, but calling someone who has demonstrably lied or changed his opinion a bullshitter is jumping the shark? Seems inconsistent, considering there is evidence to support the bullshitter remark, but none for the name-calling that was leveled against Obama with glee for the last 4 years.
October 28, 2012 at 2:34 am, Mathilde Young said:
ROMNEY didn't call Obama any of those words. The election is between ROMNEY and OBAMA.
And, Obama has flip-flopped (or 'evolved') on ALOT of issues too. Gay marriage (during an ELECTION YEAR), God at the DNC, Transparency (e.g. Obamacare and when was his last press conference?), earmarks, no new taxes for the middle class (or, is that a LIE and not evolving?), etc)
November 06, 2012 at 7:00 pm, Ig Knot said:
Whoa there Mathilde. You are an idiot. I have health insurance because of Obama and get a pap smear EVERY YEAR. You said "the facts are blinding" Ned. Do you honestly believe Romney is really for 100% of america just because he SAID he was on television? Please die soon.
October 26, 2012 at 2:26 pm, Kara Taylor said:
No politician gets in office and does everything that they say they're going to do. And not everyone can fix a shitload of problems in 4 years. We gave Bush 8 years to fuck shit up, won't you give Obama another 4 to fix it. Romney will run this country into the ground, there will be no middle class only the wealthy and the working poor living in relative poverty, and it will just go to prove how backwards and ignorant Americans are.
October 26, 2012 at 5:17 pm, Courtney Russ said:
How is he gonna run it into the ground?
October 26, 2012 at 9:20 pm, Kara Taylor said:
Not even entertaining that conversation with someone I don't know. The comment was meant to be posted on my personal facebook page among people I do know. If it was also posted publicly on Death and Taxes, I have no problem voicing my opinion but will refrain from a web debate with anyone.
October 26, 2012 at 9:49 pm, Courtney Russ said:
I wasn't trying to debate you I was just wondering why you would say that?
October 26, 2012 at 2:49 pm, Jennie Maroney said:
You can take a man out of Chicago but you can't take Chicago out of the man.
October 26, 2012 at 8:15 pm, Ned Hepburn said:
Someone that speaks honestly about assholes? Exactly.
October 26, 2012 at 10:58 am, Romney Landslide Possibilities Emerge as FL, VA, NC Go RED! | Right On! Weekly Magazine said:
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October 26, 2012 at 3:35 pm, Brandy Lawrence Davis said:
Lol…I agree with my president!!!
October 26, 2012 at 5:26 pm, Joe Martinez said:
If you don't make 250000 you really have no reason to vote Romney. He will keep you from reaching the top by cutting programs across the board that helps the middle class live and strive to become people that make that much and given the background of most of the middle class when we make that much we will not care paying a higher tax rate. It's for the greater good. Think long term people.
October 26, 2012 at 6:15 pm, Graham Banks said:
Mo one gets to the top via government largesse, only by hard work and effort.
October 26, 2012 at 9:44 pm, Joe Martinez said:
Believe it or not, our whole way of American living is based on what laws, programs, etc. that our government enacts on our behalf, so in turn we do need government to help out one way or another. Left or right. Except one helps the demos and the other helps the pocket book of a 1% that 99% of America will never see. The middle class are the hardest working people in America, no one can refute that.
November 06, 2012 at 6:58 pm, Ig Knot said:
Graham Banks So "hard work and effort" paid for roads, bridges, schools, medical research, etc, etc?
November 06, 2012 at 7:18 pm, Joe Martinez said:
They say no socialism yet that is what pays for "public" schools, "public" roads". It's crazy how idiotic these folks are.
October 26, 2012 at 6:00 pm, Libby Peltier Montgomery said:
Amazing coming from a man who lied to the whole world when he said the ambassador getting killed was because of a video. Just another reason not to vote for Obama. He has no maturity.
October 26, 2012 at 8:14 pm, Ned Hepburn said:
Do you have proof of that or did you just read it somewhere and rehashed it into the comment section of a website?
October 26, 2012 at 8:30 pm, Mathilde Young said:
There is proof – Videos of Susan Rice on FIVE talk shows. On Sept. 16, five days after the attacks, She repeatedly said that the attacks were “spontaneous” protests that got out of hand and they were motivated by anger to an internet video. On Sept. 18, Obama appeared on the David Letterman Show and was asked if the attack was was an act of war. Obama responded, “No. Here’s what happened. You had a video that was released by somebody who lives here, sort of a shadowy character, that is extremely offensive video directed at Mohammed and Islam, making fun of the prophet Mohammed. And so this caused great offense in much of the Muslim world. But what also happened was extremists and terrorists used this as an excuse to attack a variety of our embassies, including the one, the consulate in Libya.” More than a week after the attack, Obama’s answer on the Letterman show was knowingly and purposefully misleading Americans.
You can look for them yourself if you wish to educate yourself.
October 27, 2012 at 9:19 pm, Will Stanley said:
Mathilde Young
"used this as an excuse " That pretty clearly states that he didn't think it was because of the video…
October 28, 2012 at 1:57 am, Mathilde Young said:
I don't think so… And, he had no proof that they used the video as an excuse…
October 28, 2012 at 2:00 am, Mathilde Young said:
Will Stanley Bottom line – we're finding out the members of the WH and State Department WATCHED the Benghazi attack in the Situation Room in the WH. There were marines 1 hour away. And aircraft bases nearby. Obama did NOTHING. Obama can add another title.. Entertainer-in-chief, LIAR-in-chiefn and Coward-in-chief.
November 06, 2012 at 6:55 pm, Ig Knot said:
How quickly do you think people an hour away can intervene in a fire fight? Let's test that theory Mathilde. Let's cut your wrists and throw you in a bear pen. Then we can see how long you last in the hour waiting for assistance.
November 06, 2012 at 7:05 pm, Mathilde Young said:
OH, I know the answer… ONE HOUR… BUT.. The fighting went on for at least FOUR HOURS. My math skills tell me someone could have helped.
Too bad the Transparency President is HIDING details of the attack….
November 07, 2012 at 2:22 am, Ig Knot said:
No you wouldn't! You're saying you could fight off bears while losing blood without losing at least a limb? My point is even in swift action, it takes time to mobilize and lives will be lost in the process. Idiot.
November 07, 2012 at 2:36 am, Mathilde Young said:
How long into the firefight did the Seals DIE? If it was 6 hours into it, someone could have helped..
And, really, name calling? how immature.. just like Obama.
November 07, 2012 at 2:40 am, Will Stanley said:
Where did you get that information? They watched it towards the end of the attack after there was a drone doing another mission came in, but the problem was they didn't have an actual visual on the ground. Due to the fact that they had no visual, flying the marines in through Libyan air space can very easily be seen as an act of war. They asked for increased security for the embassy before the attack, but the Republicans refused funding. They waited to go in, because they had CIA members heading to the Embassy to get a visual on the situation. When that visual came in with the CIA members, they sent people in to get a handle on the situation.
The other point that is so frequently brought up, "Did/does Obama think this was the result of terrorism?" The issue that people don't look at, because they don't know about these issues well, is that terrorism has a legal definition now, which is used by the FBI for investigations and criminal prosecutions. Because the attack was on the US Embassy and the Embassy is sovereign US soil, which means it is the FBI's jurisdiction. Obama held off on using the word terrorism, because he wanted to allow the FBI to do their investigation without someone coming back and saying the president called it terrorism, and knows that it is a legal term. He actually thinks carefully before speaking.
Now, does he agree with the mainstream opinion of the word terrorism? Yes. It is clear he does. People claiming that the phrase "act of terror" is Obama playing with words need to understand that it is because we have given terrorism a legal definition, with legal consequences. He used that phrasing because it allows the FBI to do an untainted investigation. He clearly spoke to the fact that this was the mainstream kind of terror attack.
Whether you dislike Obama waiting or not, it was a choice that was made based on larger considerations. I hear Republicans constantly go on about the brilliant Ronald Reagan who was bold and a defining character for national security. I have to ask though, did Reagan not do a similar thing with the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Beirut_barracks_bombing
Understanding that a knee jerk response of retaliation will have farther negative affects on our country and our service members. I have no doubt that the people responsible for the attack will be handled with justice, but it will be done so in a responsible way, while recognizing other nations' sovereignty. Just as the buck stops with Obama for blame, the buck stops with him for his administration's credit for correct actions. After so many years, he and his administration, which includes the Navy Seals, as he is the Commander-in-Chief, got Osama, and they will do the same here, with proper attention to collaboration with other nations. You may not feel this is necessary or makes the United States look weak, but it is one of the best ways to strengthen ourselves, by restoring faith in our actions to other countries. It is a long process and an imperfect one, but a necessary one.
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October 27, 2012 at 8:05 am, William Crafton said:
Man, you guys talk like bi-partisan politics are still relevant. Understand this – no matter who wins, WE LOSE. WE FUCKING LOSE.
November 06, 2012 at 6:55 pm, Ig Knot said:
You're delusional Will
November 07, 2012 at 12:49 am, William Crafton said:
No, just cynical and realistic. Look up the word hegemony, and you'll understand better.
November 07, 2012 at 2:49 am, Ig Knot said:
I already understand. We need to band together and starve corporations.
November 07, 2012 at 4:50 am, Ig Knot said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdvITn5cAVc