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1. Imagine if Michelle Obama had gone on "The View" and said of her husband:
"I walk into a room and Im happy, then Barack dumps everything on me and I have to calm him down and stabilize him."
2. Imagine if the president's daughter had followed by saying of her father:
"You leave my dad alone for too long, he starts to get crazy so we need my mom to stabilize him."
Does anyone NOT think this would be a [font size="4"]HUGE[/font] story, one covered by ALL the network and cable news shows?
LaydeeBug
(10,291 posts)aandegoons
(473 posts)It would have been the end of this election. The media is so fucked up in this country it's infuriating.
JustAnotherGen
(31,828 posts)The Campaign would turn Sasha loose on Tagg. Seriously - I think she's a cute little smart ass.
Oh yeah - my dad is bigger than your dad.
Oh yeah? Well I grew up in Chicago playing in the snow and my old man says if you stick your tongue on a mailbox. . .
Oh yeah? I bet you can't fit in the cabinets in my dad's desk in the Oval Office?
Oh yeah? I bet I have more friends than you.
Half joking - but that's what that asshole sounded like. An eleven year old little girl who it is understandable if she says things like that.
Comrade_McKenzie
(2,526 posts)napkinz
(17,199 posts)Then again, the president might find Bo tied to the top of Tagg's car.
(The rotten apple doesn't fall far from the tree.)
jsr
(7,712 posts)I'm sure that's how they'd explain it at every opportunity.
enough
(13,259 posts)I can't decide whether it's white privilege or IOKIYAR. Both I suppose.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)... why haven't Rachel, Ed, Lawrence or Tweety discussed this on their shows?????
The way Lawrence went after Tagg for threatening to punch the president, I just don't understand why he didn't pick up on this story about what Ann said of her husband on "The View."
What is going on!
Brigid
(17,621 posts)I've been meaning to ask.
SalviaBlue
(2,917 posts)napkinz
(17,199 posts)INOKIYAR
Live and Learn
(12,769 posts)Last edited Sat Oct 20, 2012, 12:36 PM - Edit history (1)
Suppose Obama wouldn't show his tax returns, would we ever hear the end of it? Look how the harp on the Libya brouhaha as if anyone really cares when someone called it a terrorist act. This is their ridiculous form of revenge because Obama has been so strong on foreign policy that they have nothing else.
rbrnmw
(7,160 posts)who had buried himself not by how he handled Iran really but by the speech he made that republicans and even some democrats condemned saying basically he was blaming the American People for the stagnant economy They called it the Malaise Speech and it sunk President Carter's chances for reelection
Live and Learn
(12,769 posts)I don't understand your point.
rbrnmw
(7,160 posts)That don't remember or never knew they blame the loss of President Carter's Reelection on the Iran Hostage situation saying it was because he was weak on FP and didn't negotiate the Hostage situation well I'll give them some voters may have voted against him for that but it was mostly because of the Malaise Speech. I was giving my perception as a person who was alive then and remembers 1980 well.
Live and Learn
(12,769 posts)I still don't understand the leap in logic but then again, I don't understand a lot about how that side thinks so you may be right.
I am not familiar with the speech you are referring to. Guess it is time to learn something and look it up. Thank you.
rbrnmw
(7,160 posts)here's that speech
rbrnmw
(7,160 posts)but it pissed a lot of people off
Live and Learn
(12,769 posts)that it really was a nice speech. But I guess asking any of us to park our cars for a day or give up much of anything is not something a lot of us want to do.
In fact, it ticks me off whenever the Republicans say it. Of course, that is because they mean we should do all the giving while they do all the taking.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)Zen Democrat
(5,901 posts)Not only did Carter never use the the word "malaise" but the speech was more a call to arms regarding ENERGY! The media were whores for the Republicans during Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama .... behold the myth of a liberal press, it's actually the truth of the corporate thumb on the scale.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)It's unbelievable what Romney can get away with.
CrispyQ
(36,478 posts)Wolf Blitzer's head would be spinning like Linda Blair's did in The Exorcist.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)I don't understand why they're not discussing it. The MSNBC evening shows in the past have done a good job covering the important stories ignored by the mainstream media.
Scratching my head in utter disbelief.
AnotherMother4Peace
(4,247 posts)Whisp
(24,096 posts)are any of the commentators/pundits saying this, and saying this often and loud enough for people to get it?
somehow I doubt it.
o yah, but they are just 'commentator's, it's not their job right? so some people say. They just get paid for their opinions.
well, whose job is it then?
who is there to prevent this kind of double standard, or at least to show it's ugliness in the proper light?
madrchsod
(58,162 posts)isn`t he the one that mr `i`m going to punch the president`is always beating up on...?
napkinz
(17,199 posts)Transcript:
RADIO HOST: Im gonna ask something I know a lot of people want to know, or at least I do. What it is like for you to hear the President of the United States call your dad a liar. How do you react to that?
TAGG ROMNEY: Uh, you know, uh, well, jump out of your seat, and you want to rush down there to the debate stage and take a swing at him. But you know you cant do that, because um, well first because theres a lot of Secret Service between you and him
http://front.moveon.org/whoa-tagg-romney-caught-on-tape-saying-he-wanted-to-take-a-swing-at-the-president/
madrchsod
(58,162 posts)rbrnmw
(7,160 posts)napkinz
(17,199 posts)ProfessionalLeftist
(4,982 posts)--if owned by or directly connected to Obama as they are Romney - would cause a HUGE scandal and completely discredit Obama. But when voting machines are connected to Romney, they instead refuse to report on it.
IntereSTINK.
2pooped2pop
(5,420 posts)Well, except Baghdad Bob was reporting in support of his country while I see our media as being traitorous to our country. They direct the country in the wrong direction by what they report and what they ignore.
All should face treason charges and the penalty is apt.
mainstream media liars cheaters, republican enablers. Traitors.
ProfessionalLeftist
(4,982 posts)2pooped2pop
(5,420 posts)back in college days that he had to be hospitalized for. This was supposedly because Ann had promised to wait for him and began dating someone else.
I think this was from the book The Real Romney. I found part of the story in a bullcrap story that Ann had cheated. Bullcrap because it was way back then. But then recently I saw a post where Ann had said that Rmoney had to be hospitalized for it. I will try to find it for you.
It was a long time ago but does add to his mental wellness issue. It seems like when he doesn't get his way, the spoiled brat comes out and can't cope because he is not used to not getting his way.
We do not want this loose cannon in charge.
We People
(619 posts)Or if suddenly he'd lost all his fortune and advantages in life. I seriously doubt he'd have been able to make it.
Poor Mitt. In either case, he probably would have ended up in a permanent straight jacket.
ProudProgressiveNow
(6,129 posts)napkinz
(17,199 posts)perfect
Brigid
(17,621 posts)napkinz
(17,199 posts)ROMULAK!
lunatica
(53,410 posts)He would have been lynched for insulting the white woman Ann Romney.
AnotherMother4Peace
(4,247 posts)a headline, because that is exactly what would have happened.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)Mitt is his puppet.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)Very few people even know Grover exits.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)mentalsolstice
(4,461 posts)I think this is already being planned in many Republican back rooms, and the M$M and pundits are salivating over the possibility. Just think of the news cycles. We could be looking at having a Ryan presidency within the first year of the administration.
dmr
(28,347 posts)Scary idea, isn't it?
napkinz
(17,199 posts)Sarah Palin?
shanti
(21,675 posts)it would probably go something like that.
ChisolmTrailDem
(9,463 posts)cannot blow their failings into a huge deal like they can do with almost anything about us?
napkinz
(17,199 posts)aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)and the American media adores and worships excrement.
Catherine Vincent
(34,490 posts)Cha
(297,323 posts)on another thread..
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=1591578
You have to see the OP here.. " Mitt Sanity (Video) - Various comments about Mitt's emotional well-being by his Own family..
A Vid made by DUer Oilwellian!
napkinz
(17,199 posts)We should call Romney's ...
The Mitt Meltdown!
upi402
(16,854 posts)over & over
day after day
napkinz
(17,199 posts)ProudProgressiveNow
(6,129 posts)napkinz
(17,199 posts)kentuck
(111,103 posts)and Atlas Shrugged....and so did the Republicans.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)You have the wife of a candidate for president TWICE now saying her husband is mentally unstable. I can't for the life of me understand why they're not covering it.
But what really bothers me is that you used to be able to count on the MSNBC evening shows to cover important stories being ignored by the MSM.
Rachel ... Ed ... Lawrence ... Tweety ... Hello????
Enrique
(27,461 posts)yes, the standards are quite different
napkinz
(17,199 posts)The MSM had a field day with those stories, casting doubt on the sanity of Governor Dean and Vice-President Gore.
But Governor Romney's wife TWICE SAYS that her husband is mentally unstable ... and that they completely ignore.
treestar
(82,383 posts)And not producing the tax returns would be a disqualifier.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)You know the media would play up the "angry black male" stereotype.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)October 15th, 2012
by Rmuse
During an important election to decide the fate and direction of a country, a voter is likely to consider a candidates consistency of actions, values, methods, principles, and expectations, as well as outcomes from previous experience in political office before supporting a candidate. Many voters contemplate a candidates honesty and truthfulness, or accuracy of actions, before deciding to cast their vote, and few would choose a candidate renowned for lies and hypocrisy because it defines the candidate as morally deficient with anti-social tendencies. Americans are witnessing a morally deficient candidate for the presidency, and if it is not obvious by now that Willard Mitt Romney is a pathological liar, a hypocrite, and deceitful in words and deeds, it is about time his possible mental illness, Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASP), is exposed to the American people.
An individual suffering from ASP is calculating, manipulative, frequently charming and alluring, and fits the clinical portrait matching depictions of con artists and predators found in literature, and is masterful at using machinations of a criminal who fails to conform to social norms with respect to lawful behaviors. Some criteria psychologists use to diagnose ASP are deceitfulness, as indicated by repeatedly lying, conning others for personal profit, and lacking remorse or rationalizing having caused harm. Besides persistent lying, Romney demonstrates an innate inability to care about harming others borne out of narcissism, elevated self-worth, and a sense of extreme entitlement and cannot tolerate authority figures. If these criteria seem suspiciously similar to convicted felons and life-criminals, it is because over one-third of the prison population suffers from different degrees of ASP and, like Romney, they have a childhood history of the disorder.
Over the course of the campaign, stories of Willards childhood bullying and disregard for people other than himself abound, and besides chasing and holding down a gay classmate and cutting his hair, there are other instances of his disregard for others. Romneys impersonating a police officer is not just a prank, and victims of Romneys faux law enforcement attention may have a different opinion of his behavior that contradicts the portrait of the squeaky-clean Mormon boy. Indeed, Romney carried his disregard for young Americans into college when he protested in favor of sending young men to fight and die in Viet Nam while his religious deferments allowed him to luxuriate in a French castle while he proselytized French people into his cult.
Willard carried his disregard for other people with him to Bain Capital where he repeatedly lied and conned unwitting companies and shareholders into believing that, under Bain management, their firms would flourish only to end up in bankruptcy as Romney and his partners pillaged their assets, shuttered businesses, and raided employees pensions all for personal profit. Romneys narcissism drives him to claim he saved the Salt Lake City Olympics, but he is remiss to give credit to the American taxpayer who funded his efforts to the tune of $1.5 billion, and then destroyed records to conceal malfeasance and cronyism related to his Mormon business associates. He continued covering tracks at the end of his failed term as Massachusetts governor when he charged taxpayers for wiping computers to conceal internal correspondence, and his bankruptcy gang repeated the cover-up practice by destroying books and records in the eToys bankruptcy between 1999 and 2001. Old habits die hard, but especially when they are borne of a cognitive disorder like ASP.
Read more: http://www.politicususa.com/mitt-romney-mentally-ill.html
ProudProgressiveNow
(6,129 posts)napkinz
(17,199 posts)Amerigo Vespucci
(30,885 posts)"President OBAMA...eating a CHEESEBURGER...while America SUFFERS. Tonight, on a very special "Hannity"..."
napkinz
(17,199 posts)News Alert: Barack Obama is sooooo European! He's so OTHER! He's not one of us!
Rethugs would start demanding we use Freedom Dressing! (if anyone remembers Freedom Fries a few years back)
Oilwellian
(12,647 posts)LOL You're as obsessed on this issue as I am. The video is taking off. There are 3,535 direct YouTube views and 1,678 embedded views. I'm still waiting for the stats to come in, showing where those embeds are. Thank you so much for all you've done to push this story and the video. It's all worthwhile if it gives pause to any undecideds that may still be out there. Thank you to ALL DUers for their support in getting this story out.
Before the election is over, this video may push me to an overall million viewer landmark on YouTube. I will be totally psyched if that happens. Today will tell a lot as to whether it really takes off to at least the 25-30 thousand viewer level within the next few days. I hope it continues to gain momentum.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)Your video is just what the doctor ordered ... in this case, a psychiatrist!
If Michelle Obama had made the same remarks about her husband, every network and cable news show, every newspaper would be ALL OVER IT!
How this story is not getting convered is unbelievable.
That the MSM is not covering it is unconscionable.
Is there any way you can get Rachel, Ed, Lawrence or Tweety to view your video?
Someone has to get the ball rolling on this.
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If you have a chance, keep these other threads dealing with Mitt's mental instability kicked:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021577258 Josh Romney on stabilizing his dad
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021573494 Ann and Josh on Mitt's mental state
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021580700 Mitt's mental health
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021583552 Ann has to explain further re Mitt
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021577314 binders full of Mitt's mental health records