Republican candidates for 2012

• stlouiedipalma

  Writerbuckeye;807069 wrote:From the first link:
  
  "Should anyone be surprised that Immelt gets to keep his CEO job while cheerleading the Obama administration and soliciting government contracts for GE?"
  
  Add in the TARP bailout and it covers everything I claimed. GE is primed to get all kinds of green contracts as payback for its "cheerleading" of Obama and his policies. The Brian Williams piece -- the ONLY one like it done by any member of the MSM -- was probably the crowning touch toward the bailout and future contracts.
  
  From the Examiner column:
  
  In all seriousness, the obsequious coverage is as obvious and transparent as the Teleprompters on which the president relies. And it comes with expectation of ROR (return on ruination of a once respected news network for monetary gain).
  
  If you aren't seeing any of this, it's because you're willfully blind and naive.

  
  Who's being blind? Your whole viewpoint is biased as hell. You can interpret the piece any way you want, it doesn't prove your point (which is opinion only) at all.
• stlouiedipalma

  Writerbuckeye;808595 wrote:Eh, we (those on here) aren't even close to all the people who think the President is a narcissist and probably has a personality straight out of a psych textbook. And not all of them are on the conservative side of the political spectrum, either.

  
  Prove it.
• stlouiedipalma

  Who will vote for Obama? At least 51% of the electorate, that's who.
• stlouiedipalma

  Manhattan Buckeye;810630 wrote:Yes, still pay taxes as an ex-pat, our voting district is our last domicile, which is Richmond, VA. We still owe taxes in the state, and vote in that precinct which is the 3rd district of Virginia. It is a huge Democrat heavy district so votes one way or the other are meaningless (I think Obama won by a 75-25% margin and Rep. Scott is untouchable even if he's clueless).

  
  You are an expatriate and still pay taxes? You either don't know the tax laws or you make an obscene amount of money. I'm hoping the latter but judging by your posts it's probably the former.
• stlouiedipalma

  Sarah or Michelle???
  
  Hmmm...
  
  Should I vote for a dumb c*** or a stupid c***?
  
  
  Pretty shocking, huh? No more shocking than some of the insults we hear every day about the President of the United States.
  
  Think about what nonsense you post before you hit that "post reply" option.
• BoatShoes

  stlouiedipalma;813376 wrote:You are an expatriate and still pay taxes? You either don't know the tax laws or you make an obscene amount of money. I'm hoping the latter but judging by your posts it's probably the former.

  
  This is incorrect. He said that he is domiciled in Richmond, VA.
• BoatShoes

  majorspark;813345 wrote:You could be right. I don't know his beliefs either. Many intellegent and reasonable men can can reach the conclusion a supreme intelligent being created all things within the bounds and rules that the Creator set up. Elements of that creation have been given the ability to evolve and adapt to their environment. I fall in this category. Maybe Christie does as well. I hope you don't believe that those of us that believe the Universe and any life that inhabits it were formed by mere happenstance are ignorant neanderthalls..

  Didn't intend to suggest that at all.
• bigdaddy2003

  

  stlouiedipalma;813373 wrote:Who will vote for Obama? At least 51% of the electorate, that's who.

  
  Simply put it will be the 20ish percent who are truly liberal and the other percentage will be the political idiots like a few of my friends who have no clue what is going on but know that their parents or grandparents were democrats and that they were told that they were better than Republicans. Every person that I know who is independent already has it set in their mind that they won't be voting for him. Obviously that is just in my corner of the world but I think it will be a good representative of the whole.
• Writerbuckeye

  

  If I had voted for Obama based on what he SAID he was going to do -- I wouldn't vote for him again because he didn't do hardly any of those things. And what he did try, seemed to fail.
• Manhattan Buckeye

  stlouiedipalma;813376 wrote:You are an expatriate and still pay taxes? You either don't know the tax laws or you make an obscene amount of money. I'm hoping the latter but judging by your posts it's probably the former.

  
  How about stop questioning me? As an ex-pat we have a foreign exclusion of about $180K, anything above that you can and WILL pay taxes. We weren't about to pack up and move 10,000 miles away to not take jobs that paid less than that. We don't flip hamburgers (I can understand the confusion since that appears to be the only job available in the Obamaconomy back home) It isn't an obscene amount of money - our freaking rent is $6,500/month. We don't work for the peace corps, we're true ex-pats, and we aren't here for a a few months until we find ourselves, this is our home for the next 5-10 years, so I think I know a bit more about our tax liability than you do.
• stlouiedipalma

  Thank you. I know the tax laws regarding ex-pats and I figured if you were paying taxes you were making a boatload. Most of the ex-pats I know don't pay for housing either. Maybe they have better employers than you do, who knows? I understand you're away from home for years at a time, but the financial benefits are awesome, with expense accounts, health care coverage and all. Now I see why you don't want those Bush-era tax cuts revoked.
  
  As far as not questioning you, keep in mind that you brought it up first. That makes you fair game in my book. I made a boatload in company stock while I was active with my company and you'll never hear me bitch about having a lot of money or being questioned about what I make public. I suppose I should be a right-wing conservative like you, but I feel that those of us who have done well owe a little something to those less fortunate. It's called COMPASSION, in case you're wondering.
• believer

  

  stlouiedipalma;814074 wrote:I suppose I should be a right-wing conservative like you, but I feel that those of us who have done well owe a little something to those less fortunate. It's called COMPASSION, in case you're wondering.

  Conservatives aren't compassionate nor do we care about the less fortunate.
  
  The next time I give blood, the next time I VOLUNTARILY (IE: without gubmint mandate) contribute to Haiti relief funds, tsunami relief funds, temporarily house Katrina refugees, work with my church group to paint the houses of elderly neighbors, etc. etc., I'll try to remember that only liberals do compassionate things.
  
  You're killing, Stlouie, you really are. LMAO
• Writerbuckeye

  

  Louie being a limousine liberal explains a lot.
• gut

  Seems to me BO will be perfectly happy as a 1-term President...He can start writing (and selling) his book sooner. More time to hang with their newfound celebrity friends. And overall being a former President is just going to play better with their lifestyle, with th tv appearances and public speeches and what not, and on to becoming rich leftist elitists. Basically he's going to become the left's versionof Sarah Palin.
• believer

  

  gut;814169 wrote:Seems to me BO will be perfectly happy as a 1-term President...He can start writing (and selling) his book sooner. More time to hang with their newfound celebrity friends. And overall being a former President is just going to play better with their lifestyle, with th tv appearances and public speeches and what not, and on to becoming rich leftist elitists. Basically he's going to become the left's versionof Sarah Palin.

  Don't forget golf. He'll have more time for a lot more golf. Oh wait a minute...that's not an issue at the moment. Forget I said anything.
• BGFalcons82

  

  believer;814218 wrote:Don't forget golf. He'll have more time for a lot more golf. Oh wait a minute...that's not an issue at the moment. Forget I said anything.

  
  It's only an issue when we are in 2 wars and the prez is a Republican.
• believer

  

  BGFalcons82;814254 wrote:It's only an issue when we are in 2 wars and the prez is a Republican.

  True. It's even an issue if the Republican prez has STOPPED playing golfing out of respect for those who are in the line of fire by his command. Bush stopped playing golf shortly after the Iraq invasion and the leftist media skewered him for his supposed "politically motivated gesture."
  
  Now we have a Nobel Peace Prize "winning" prez who has expanded our military presence in the region and we hear crickets from the media when their Appointed One frequently tees it up. Amazing.
• I Wear Pants

  Well that's because it was fucking stupid. I don't care if Bush or Obama plays golf in their downtime, which they do get and need because they are people even as president. I think Bush stopping golfing was dumb but also not a very good reason to "skewer" him especially when there were plenty of real reasons for that (notice I use that same argument for Obama, consistency ftw).
• Manhattan Buckeye

  stlouiedipalma;814074 wrote:Thank you. I know the tax laws regarding ex-pats and I figured if you were paying taxes you were making a boatload. Most of the ex-pats I know don't pay for housing either. Maybe they have better employers than you do, who knows? I understand you're away from home for years at a time, but the financial benefits are awesome, with expense accounts, health care coverage and all. Now I see why you don't want those Bush-era tax cuts revoked.
  
  As far as not questioning you, keep in mind that you brought it up first. That makes you fair game in my book. I made a boatload in company stock while I was active with my company and you'll never hear me bitch about having a lot of money or being questioned about what I make public. I suppose I should be a right-wing conservative like you, but I feel that those of us who have done well owe a little something to those less fortunate. It's called COMPASSION, in case you're wondering.

  
  You don't know dick. What's compassion is working our asses off so others don't have to. In the last 90 days my wife and I spent 26 nights together. This is the life that we chose, and we took the opportunity that presented itself. I'm not apologizing nor am I being lenient on the late-term abortion that is the U.S. economy right now. If we have a $26 drink at Raffles or enjoy a weekend in Bali - we've put in our time, which is more than I can say for the POTUS who has had everything handed to him, and the U.S. is suffering.
• believer

  

  Manhattan Buckeye;814891 wrote:What's compassion is working our asses off so others don't have to.

  For liberals, we are not only supposed to work our asses off so others don't have to, but the more we make, the more they want to take.
  
  After all, if you don't pay your fair share, the less fortunate won't enjoy your compassion.
• Belly35

  

  As I read many of the OC post I am getting the feeling that many of you one time Public Servant Obama fans are not so liberal, supportive and confident that Obama is who you expected.
  
  For you Obama voters please express whether you still support Obama now or will you be looking for someone else in 2012?
• fish82

  

  stlouiedipalma;813381 wrote:Sarah or Michelle???
  
  Hmmm...
  
  Should I vote for a dumb c*** or a stupid c***?
  
  
  Pretty shocking, huh? No more shocking than some of the insults we hear every day about the President of the United States.
  
  Think about what nonsense you post before you hit that "post reply" option.

  Such as what? Socialist? I can't think of anyone who would equate that with "stupid ****."
• I Wear Pants

  Belly35;814903 wrote:As I read many of the OC post I am getting the feeling that many of you one time Public Servant Obama fans are not so liberal, supportive and confident that Obama is who you expected.
  
  For you Obama voters please express whether you still support Obama now or will you be looking for someone else in 2012?

  Well I didn't vote for Obama but I seem to be "defending" him on here as much as anyone.
  
  I never expected Obama to be the GOAT president or any of that nonsense. But I also didn't and don't prescribe to the worst of all time that many on the right seem to believe. As of right now I don't see a Republican candidate that I like so I probably would vote for Obama. Hopefully there comes a candidate that I like better because while I haven't liked a Republican candidate yet I also don't really enjoy having to vote for Obama who I think hasn't done a very good job on a number of fronts I consider important (Net Neutrality/telecom policy, banking regulation, wars, cohesive and well planned energy policy that drives us towards "green" energies while at the same time not overtly punishing important industries, etc).
• Ty Webb

  

  Belly....
  
  I still fully support President Obama and will Be voting for him
• gut

  I will vote for anyone with a pulse over Obama. He clearly doesn't have the answers so someone else gets a shot. Sure, in theory the Repub candidate could be worse but that still doesn't make Obama any better for the job - I'd settle for someone equally unqualified without the crushing liberal agenda. People need to pay more attention to the Senate and House races and get some good people in there since we seem to have mostly bozos to choose from for POTUS.
  
  Obama had this gem today - "We can't cut our way to prosperity".....Bullshit