Obama No Drama - Defending the POTUS since 2012

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NEW YORK (The Borowitz Report)—In what his campaign described today as a bold strategy to insure victory in the Presidential contest, Republican nominee Mitt Romney will undergo a procedure to have his mouth wired shut until Tuesday, November 6th.

The decision reportedly was made in response to the release earlier in the day of rare video footage showing Mr. Romney saying what he really thinks.

In the video, Mr. Romney blasts the American people for being “insanely obsessed with food, clothing, and shelter,” and asserts that many of them are “too lazy to hide their money overseas.”

At another point in the video, Mr. Romney refers to his own hardscrabble childhood: “I was never handed anything in life. If I wanted to cut a gay kid’s hair off, I had to pin him to the ground myself.”

Romney campaign aides were upbeat about the mouth-wiring procedure today, with some saying they wished they had thought of it months ago.

When asked about the procedure at a campaign stop in Ohio, Mr. Romney said, “Mmmnff ffnn mmfff nnnnnff.”

iphisquandary:

I honestly can’t see why anyone would support this douche bag. Even right wingers called him out on his failure to thank the troops for their sacrifices during his RNC speech. And his defense when he’s called out by Fox News? That his speech isn’t “a laundry list” and he only included “what was important.” This guy is so fucking arrogant and selfish and dickish I can’t even. Michelle Obama and Barack Obama went out of their way to not only thank the troops and mention their sacrifices, but also to tell stories about soldiers and their families. They took a good chunk of time out of their speeches for something they obviously feel is “important.”

Romney’s failure to thank the troops is inexcusable. And at the very least, he could have said something a lot better in his defense than it not being “important.” Of course it’s important! The vast majority of Americans don’t see the line of fire, will never have to leave the comfort of their country to fight in these wars, can easily forget that this violence is happening, and can turn a blind eye to the young people our nation is sacrificing. If we aren’t reminded of the hardships the military faces, will we ever end these wars? Will we ever learn from our mistakes? And even if you are pro-war, pro-military, pro-whatever, you would have to agree that not acknowledging the hard work of the individuals in our military is deeply problematic. This man is just arrogance personified.

Meanwhile, if Romney wins, Obama will actually pay less taxes! These facts are just amazingly indicative of what this election means. We elect Romney and the wealthiest people in our country halve their taxes (assuming Romney’s plan gets through Congress). We elect Obama, who is way more in touch with the American people, and the wealthy, including himself, pay more. People talk as if all politicians are hypocrites, but these facts tell an important story. Obama sees himself as wealthy and he applies his politics and beliefs to himself. He not only talks the talk, but walks the walk.

Are Republicans deliberately harming the economy to get Obama out of the office? There are some reasons to thinks so, according to this disturbing article by Michael Cohen of The Guardian. Either way, Cohen reminds us that, although our president is a Democrat, our economy is still Republican at its core, with a Conservative majority in the senate, and Bush’s tax cuts still in place.