Puterbac News Network and Political Discussion Thread

[Hacksaw]

Heh...so true.

[Professor Tiger]

Nice.

I'm really surprised that Obama hasn't gone on a gun control campaign so far. That's probably due to the mess that Fast and Furious became.

But when he gets reelected, look out. I'm going to buy a lifetime's worth of ammo.

[bluetick]

"Niceley said his threat against New Yorkers, who he said tend to speed through Tennessee on their way to Florida, was meant lightheartedly."

heh. Pensacola??

Frank Niceley is part of the clown college gang in our state legislature. He sued Obama to show his birth certificate (a now famous youtube video shows his stand on the matter). He is a strong supporter of cock-fighting and routinely votes to keep penalities lighter than a parking ticket (according to Niceley, cockfighting spurs tourism here since the neighboring states ban it - we can use the jobs, too). And he's grabbed headlines nationwide in his one-man pursuit to stop government from flouridating our drinking water (no kidding). And he's always fighting for Creationism to be taught in the schools alongside with evolution (he's all but given up trying to ban references to Darwin).

If New Yorkers think he's some kind of hayseed...then they're being way too hard on hayseeds.

[Owlman]

. And he's grabbed headlines nationwide in his one-man pursuit to stop government from flouridating our drinking water (no kidding)....
If New Yorkers think he's some kind of hayseed...then they're being way too hard on hayseeds.

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[puterbac]

Kudos to SCOTUS for 9-0 ruling that a GPS tracker does require a search warrant.

Somewhere LRD is pissed.

[AlabamAlum]

Agreed. It's a win for liberty-loving people everywhere.

[puterbac]

Heh...wash post makes no mention that he was a sr senate aide to DEMOCRATS

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/nat ... story.html

[Dr. Strangelove]

So what's everyone's take on Newt versus Mittens? Who has the better chance to beat Obama?

[bluetick]

So what's everyone's take on Newt versus Mittens? Who has the better chance to beat Obama?

Newt.

People love redemption. Newt womanized and did unsavory things that got him booted as Speaker, and then peddled influence on Capitol Hill and made millions.............but then he found God at Tiffany's (or vice versa), and now he's good to go.

[Jungle Rat]

So what's everyone's take on Newt versus Mittens? Who has the better chance to beat Obama?

Your mother.

[sardis]

What's Mitt more worried about on his 2010 tax return? The fact that voters see he only paid 15% in taxes or that the Mormon church sees he fell short of tithing...

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/romney-pa ... 00877.html

[Hacksaw]

Why is it that we only seem to be inquisitive about candidates' personal records when they're Republicans?

Oh, yeah...9:1.

[sardis]

So what's everyone's take on Newt versus Mittens? Who has the better chance to beat Obama?

I don't know, DSL, looks like Oprama is in the drivers seat.

How will the Wisconsin recall vote on their governor turn out? Will a pro-union Democrat beat him out or will there be another disappointment with Ed Shulz and millions of union money in tow just like at their senatorial recall election?...

[bluetick]

The Republican front-runner spoke after Rick Perry joined GOP opponents Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich in calling on Romney to release his returns so that "people of this country can see how you made your money."

I don't know. Seems like Mitt's opponents were pretty inquisitive about his financials...but that too could have been an invention of the MSM, right?

[puterbac]

What's Mitt more worried about on his 2010 tax return? The fact that voters see he only paid 15% in taxes or that the Mormon church sees he fell short of tithing...

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/romney-pa ... 00877.html

Did he pay the taxes owed by law?

Yes. So wtf is the problem.

Anybody that had capital gains that were long term paid 15% tax rate as well.

[bluetick]

What percentage did his secretary pay?

[puterbac]

What percentage did his secretary pay?

Who cares as long as she followed the law?

The envy of wealthy people is amazing.

It just so happens he makes most of his money from capital gains versus earned income.

If he's making this money from cap gains he is making it because the things he invested in went up in value. And those investments allowed those companies to expand, grow, buy equipment, etc which leads to people being hired. Is this a bad thing?

We certainly do get the govt we deserve.

[puterbac]

Good Stuff. To bad OH screwed the pooch....

It’s Working in Walker’s Wisconsin

The governor’s controversial labor reforms are already saving taxpayers millions.

http://www.city-journal.org/2012/22_1_scott-walker.html

[Dr. Strangelove]

LMAO at Hack whining that the Media and the Dems forced Mittens to reveal his tax returns. NEWT has been the one screaming about it the most. AND he's the one who has brought up Romney's time at Bain again and again. Hack will remember none of that when he goes to the polls and pushes the button for Gingrich.

[Professor Tiger]

Neither Newt nor Mittens will beat Obama. Newt will at least make it close. Mittens will make it a blowout, just like his fellow Establishment-approved candidates McCain, Dole, and Bush Sr.

And I hate to break it to Hack and puter, but if Mittens' tax returns show he paid only 15% on his income, and he stashed a portion of his wealth in the Caymans, then that is a HUGE problem for him. Romney knows it. That's why he is being dragged kicking and screaming into releasing his tax returns.

Regular working class Americans, who are working their asses off to barely make ends meet, yet pay a higher tax rate than fabulously wealthy people like Romney, will never, ever, accept the absurd excuses that plutocrat Republican conservatives try to peddle:

"If I earn hundreds of millions of dollars but I pay a lower tax rate than you do, it's because I'm smarter than you and work harder than you. You're just jealous and a class warrior. Now, bring me a gin and tonic."

It may come as a shock to PNNery, but average working class people don't take that very well.