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WASHINGTON — Look out, America. “Joe the Bumbler” is coming to a town near you. And the president should be very afraid — he should be very afraid.
LMAO @ Joe! 1/20/13.......
Joe Biden blooper machine’s a gift to the GOP - BostonHerald.com (http://bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view/20220423bumblin_biden_blooper_machines_a_gift_to_t he_gop/srvc=home&position=3 - broken link)
Those are the big gaffes? Biden called Romney “Sen. Romney” instead of “Governor Romney;” called the university president "Dr. Pepper,” instead of “Dr. Paper, etc.?”
Everyone makes slips of the tongue and calls "Iran," "Iraq" or "Osama" when they meant "Obama" -- and most of those gaffes have the shelf life of a banana. But that's a far cry from Romney, however.
According to Michael Kinsley, a gaffe is when a politician accidentally tells the truth. That’s certainly what happened to Mitt Romney. Speaking in Michigan, Mr. Romney was asked about deficit reduction, and he absentmindedly said something completely reasonable: “If you just cut,... as you cut spending you’ll slow down the economy.” A-ha. So he believes that cutting government spending hurts growth, other things equal.
The right’s ideology police were, predictably, aghast. And a Romney spokesman tried to walk back the remark. Almost surely, he is, in fact, a closet Keynesian.
We know who Romney turns to for economic advice; heading the list are Glenn Hubbard and Harvard's Gregory Mankiw. While both men are loyal Republican spear-carriers, both also have long track records as professional economists. And what these track records suggest is that neither of them believes any of the propositions that have become litmus tests for would-be GOP presidential candidates.
Given his advisers, then, it seems safe to assume that what Mr. Romney blurted out reflected his real economic beliefs -- as opposed to what the Republican base wants to hear. And therein lies the reason Mr. Romney is running a campaign of almost pathological dishonesty.
The truth is while Biden may mistakenly substitute one name for a wrong one, Romney is so deeply committed to actual insincerity that voters can't trust anything that he says.
So, when Romney said, "I’m not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there," it completely contradicted his statement a few days earlier where he said the exact opposite -- that safety net programs that take care of the poor have “massive overhead,” and “very little of the money that’s actually needed by those that really need help, those that can’t care for themselves, actually reaches them.”
That's why Romney's Etch-A-Sketch gaffe paints Romney into a corner as a world-class flip-flopper and the Biden gaffes are insignificant in comparison.
Those are the big gaffes? Biden called Romney “Sen. Romney” instead of “Governor Romney;” called the university president "Dr. Pepper,” instead of “Dr. Paper, etc.?”
Everyone makes slips of the tongue and calls "Iran," "Iraq" or "Osama" when they meant "Obama" -- and most of those gaffes have the shelf life of a banana. But that's a far cry from Romney, however.
According to Michael Kinsley, a gaffe is when a politician accidentally tells the truth. That’s certainly what happened to Mitt Romney. Speaking in Michigan, Mr. Romney was asked about deficit reduction, and he absentmindedly said something completely reasonable: “If you just cut,... as you cut spending you’ll slow down the economy.” A-ha. So he believes that cutting government spending hurts growth, other things equal.
The right’s ideology police were, predictably, aghast. And a Romney spokesman tried to walk back the remark. Almost surely, he is, in fact, a closet Keynesian.
We know who Romney turns to for economic advice; heading the list are Glenn Hubbard and Harvard's Gregory Mankiw. While both men are loyal Republican spear-carriers, both also have long track records as professional economists. And what these track records suggest is that neither of them believes any of the propositions that have become litmus tests for would-be GOP presidential candidates.
Given his advisers, then, it seems safe to assume that what Mr. Romney blurted out reflected his real economic beliefs -- as opposed to what the Republican base wants to hear. And therein lies the reason Mr. Romney is running a campaign of almost pathological dishonesty.
The truth is while Biden may mistakenly substitute one name for a wrong one, Romney is so deeply committed to actual insincerity that voters can't trust anything that he says.
So, when Romney said, "I’m not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there," it completely contradicted his statement a few days earlier where he said the exact opposite -- that safety net programs that take care of the poor have “massive overhead,” and “very little of the money that’s actually needed by those that really need help, those that can’t care for themselves, actually reaches them.”
That's why Romney's Etch-A-Sketch gaffe paints Romney into a corner as a world-class flip-flopper and the Biden gaffes are insignificant in comparison.
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Nice try at making excuses for Biden.
Not making any excuses at all. Anyone who thinks that these make a difference in elections is deluding themselves. If they did, the guy who said these would never have been re-elected:
"Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB-GYNs aren't able to practice their love with women all across this country." —Poplar Bluff, Mo., Sept. 6, 2004
"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we." —Washington, D.C., Aug. 5, 2004
"I want you to know. Karyn is with us. A West Texas girl, just like me." —Nashville, Tenn., May 27, 2004
"Then you wake up at the high school level and find out that the illiteracy level of our children are appalling." —Washington, D.C., Jan. 23, 2004
"Free societies are hopeful societies. And free societies will be allies against these hateful few who have no conscience, who kill at the whim of a hat." —Washington, D.C., Sept. 17, 2004
"I want to thank the astronauts who are with us, the courageous spacial entrepreneurs who set such a wonderful example for the young of our country." —Washington, D.C. Jan. 14, 2004
"We will make sure our troops have all that is necessary to complete their missions. That's why I went to the Congress last September and proposed fundamental — supplemental funding, which is money for armor and body parts and ammunition and fuel." —Erie, Pa., Sept. 4, 2004
"After standing on the stage, after the debates, I made it very plain, we will not have an all-volunteer army. And yet, this week — we will have an all-volunteer army!" —Daytona Beach, Fla., Oct. 16, 2004
"Tribal sovereignty means that; it's sovereign. I mean, you're a — you've been given sovereignty, and you're viewed as a sovereign entity. And therefore the relationship between the federal government and tribes is one between sovereign entities." —Washington, D.C., Aug. 6, 2004
"I hear there's rumors on the Internets that we're going to have a draft." —second presidential debate, St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 8, 2004
Not making any excuses at all. Anyone who thinks that these make a difference in elections is deluding themselves. If they did, the guy who said these would never have been re-elected:
"Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB-GYNs aren't able to practice their love with women all across this country." —Poplar Bluff, Mo., Sept. 6, 2004
"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we." —Washington, D.C., Aug. 5, 2004
"I want you to know. Karyn is with us. A West Texas girl, just like me." —Nashville, Tenn., May 27, 2004
"Then you wake up at the high school level and find out that the illiteracy level of our children are appalling." —Washington, D.C., Jan. 23, 2004
"Free societies are hopeful societies. And free societies will be allies against these hateful few who have no conscience, who kill at the whim of a hat." —Washington, D.C., Sept. 17, 2004
"I want to thank the astronauts who are with us, the courageous spacial entrepreneurs who set such a wonderful example for the young of our country." —Washington, D.C. Jan. 14, 2004
"We will make sure our troops have all that is necessary to complete their missions. That's why I went to the Congress last September and proposed fundamental — supplemental funding, which is money for armor and body parts and ammunition and fuel." —Erie, Pa., Sept. 4, 2004
"After standing on the stage, after the debates, I made it very plain, we will not have an all-volunteer army. And yet, this week — we will have an all-volunteer army!" —Daytona Beach, Fla., Oct. 16, 2004
"Tribal sovereignty means that; it's sovereign. I mean, you're a — you've been given sovereignty, and you're viewed as a sovereign entity. And therefore the relationship between the federal government and tribes is one between sovereign entities." —Washington, D.C., Aug. 6, 2004
"I hear there's rumors on the Internets that we're going to have a draft." —second presidential debate, St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 8, 2004
So, it's o.k. if the left posts things like this, but when the right does it, it's not o.k.?
Joe Biden blooper machine’s a gift to the GOP - BostonHerald.com (http://bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view/20220423bumblin_biden_blooper_machines_a_gift_to_t he_gop/srvc=home&position=3 - broken link)
Romney's everyday campaign speeches are a gift to the DNC...
Romney's everyday campaign speeches are a gift to the DNC...
Stay on topic, this is not about Romney.
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