Romney Implies Obama Will Remove God From Coins, Obama Campaign Fires Back

[trailmonkee]

Source: TPM

Mitt Romney suggested Saturday in Virginia Beach that President Obama wants to remove God from coins, provoking a fierce retort from the president's campaign.

"I will not take God out of our platform," the Republican nominee said after reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. "I will not take God off our coins, and I will not take God out of my heart."

In response, Obama spokeswoman Lis Smith called the insinsuation false and an act of desperation.

"It’s disappointing to see Mitt Romney try to throw a Hail Mary by launching extreme and untrue attacks against the President and associating with some of the most strident and divisive voices in the Republican Party, including Rep. Steve King and Pat Robertson," she said in a statement. "This isn’t a recipe for making America stronger, it’s a recipe for division and taking us backward."


Read more: http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/romney-implies-obama-will-remove-god-from-coins

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puuuuuuuuuuuuufuckinglllllleeeeeeaaaaazzzzeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!

good thing is, any idiot who would believe this would NOT vote for President Obama anyhow..... does dumb-ass Rmoney know this? and why is he wasting his time with this shit... there has to be another motive besides getting votes?

[frazzled]

1. Do they really think this kind of attack will help them?

It will just drive more people away.

Remember what happened to the Republicans when the crazy Pat Buchanan ranting took center stage in their message. Despicable, really.

[YvonneCa]

56. Total distraction from what Mitt will take away...

...not what Obama will do. Just like 'Obama will take your guns.' They're playing the fear card, hoping you won't want to ask about Medicare vouchers (CouponCare).

[zbdent]

2. Mitt's confused ... "I will not take God off our coins"

Coin of the Realm IS the Republican god ...

[itsrobert]

46. Does he mean the Swiss Franc?

I don't know if it has God on his money coins or not.

[12AngryBorneoWildmen]

60. Good one!

Actually some denominations have Swiss Miss

http://www.google.com/imgres?q=swiss+miss&hl=en&newwindow=1&safe=off&tbo=d&biw=1679&bih=936&tbm=isch&tbnid=nV5XyYMElHTc5M:&imgrefurl=http://www.kaboodle.com/reviews/swiss-miss-costume&docid=Vrnu_HH6jRVFqM&imgurl=%253Fv%253D1224250166000&w=300&h=300&ei=lcRLUOSIK5OG9QT8moGAAg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=415&vpy=160&dur=2921&hovh=225&hovw=225&tx=119&ty=117&sig=113487900611465567480&page=1&tbnh=114&tbnw=105&start=0&ndsp=56&ved=1t:429,r:3,s:0,i:166

[Iliyah]

3. The GOPpers do not own the rights to God or Jesus Christ.

I'm getting sick and tired of the GOP dividing the GOODNESS of GOD with blatant distortions, misinformation and down right lying. GOPpers do not only have the rights to GOD, he is universal and these so called "Christians" are Godless.

[RKP5637]

11. They are FAKE christians IMO. n/t

[Berlin Expat]

29. Actually, they're

followers of the Objectivist Jesus.

[caraher]

66. If only I had artistic talent...

I'd steal that name for a comic strip: "Objectivist Jesus"

[Berlin Expat]

71. LOL!

Sadly, I have no artistic talent either.

But "Objectivist Jesus" would be a great satirical idea for someone out there who can draw.

The idea isn't hard: pretty much just twist everything Jesus ever said in the Gospels with an objectivist spin.

For the words in the speech balloons, I'd definitely use the King James Version, the real old-school Elizabethan English. That would rock.

[central scrutinizer]

83. Objectivist Jesus vs. Supply Side Jesus

would make King Kong vs. Godzilla look like the bush leagues

[Ikonoklast]

77. Objectivist Jesus says, "You can die for your own sins, why are your fuck-ups *My* problem?".

Obectivist Jesus says, "I am The Way, The Truth, and The Light...and for only three easy payments of $59.95, I'll send you the five CD set detailing My secret plan to get into Heaven.".

Objectivist Jesus says, "Look, I'm real sorry that all you guys are hungry, but if you would have been smart enough to plan ahead, you would have brought your own loaves and fishes. Now bugger off, can't you see that I'm eating?".

Objectivist Jesus says, "Suffer the little children to come unto Me...just as long as they bought a ticket first. Send the others away, the leeches, I'm not in the business of just giving My love away for free.".

Objectivist Jesus says, "Do unto others whatever you feel that you can get away with, after all, it's every man for himself here.".

Objectivist Jesus says, "That what you do to the least of your brethren, they probably deserve it. After all, if I loved them, they wouldn't be poor, sick, or crippled now, would they?".

[Berlin Expat]

97. Now that's

funny. I like it, and it's certainly in line with the Ayn Rand philosophy.

[oldsarge54]

98. Actually, No

The problem with fundamentalists is that they have forgotten they are Christians. They live their lives based on the Old Testament and the Pauline writings, and totally forget the example and words of Jesus in the middle bit, the Gospels. Makes it sort of hard for the other type of Christian to look themselves in the mirror.

Actually, I'm closer to Jesus when I use the pagan "great commandment" (I use that term advisably) "An it harm no others, do as thou wilt."

[babylonsister]

4. It's all about the distraction imo; the more he talks about coins, the

less he has to talk about his boneheadedness in ignoring the troops, or his tax returns, or just about any topic, because there is no 'there' there.

[Blue Meany]

5. To which of the Mormon gods are you referring, Mitt? n/t

[BrainMann1]

12. The coin God, of course

[coldbeer]

17. Mitt thinks he is GOD

Mitt said "I am what I am". Look up "I am."

[JudyM]

41. LOL -- great line, BrainMann1! nt

[chuckstevens]

6. Do You Really Want to Go There?

Mittens is getting more desperate by the day. I really don't care that Mitt is a Mormon, seriously, but if he is going to imply that Barrack is Godless, hasn't he just put his Mormonism on the table for all to examine?

Did the Angel "Moroni" really appear to Joseph Smith? Did Jesus really come to the United States? Was your grandfather a polygamist who had to flee to Mexico on immorality charges? Let's talk about the details of Mormonism with Evangelical Christians. I'm sure they would be just fine with it! Oh, but wait! Mitt's white, so we can't made slanderous statements that imply he is Godless.

[hedgehog]

31. He opened the door!

[Marthe48]

40. What Mitt Believes

Steve Pizzo has started a site, examining Mormon beliefs:

http://whatmittbelieves.net/

I'd say if Mitt is questioning President Obama's beliefs, we'd all better get some insight about LDS. I'd say whatmittbelieves.net is a starting point. Today's nugget: Mormons just decided that cold drinks that contain caffeine are ok!

[xtraxritical]

45. To put it bluntly Romney believes a sex addicted polygamist talked with god and

is a biblical prophet. That would be Joseph Smith. Brigham Young is just as strange. Mormonism is a cult specifically designed to subjugate women. Wikipedia Mormon history and discover the atrocities they have committed against non-believers and Indians.

[NoMoreWarNow]

75. yes, the religion is a joke

I don't know how anyone can take it seriously

[awoke_in_2003]

112. Not sure...

how one can take ANY religion seriously.

[abolugi]

7. I LOVE the smell

of desperation in the morning!! ( or afternoon, as the case may be...)

[russspeakeasy]

9. Anything to avoid the tax question.

[Solly Mack]

8. Bother

[sasha031]

10. I've seen petitions on facebook, telling people to not allow Obama to take god out of their money.

Romney's team is trolling in the the right wing nut bubble, taking their conspiracies & putting them into the mainstream to attack.
Wonder when we will start hear him talking about Agenda 21?

[trailmonkee]

15. but why is he doing this... it would only net some random votes...

it's like he is stirring up hate for a reason other than just winning the election...

[Overseas]

47. You forgot the sarcasm tag.

[Berlin Expat]

33. How fascinating;

I didn't know that God lived in American currency.

Jeez, and all these years I've thought God dwelled in a place called "Heaven" or the "Hereafter".

So, does that mean that if I rip up a dollar bill, I'm destroying where God lives? Or does God drown and Heaven get flooded if I leave a bill in my pocket when I toss it into the washer?

The theological implications are staggering.

*headdesk*

[Overseas]

48. Start an alternate one-- Stop Mitt from putting the Cayman Islands flag on our cash.

[YvonneCa]

68. Or take their guns...

..away. Or anything else to rile up the fearful base. It's what they do. It brings out their base and distracts them from the real issues we face...serious issues that need to be debated.

[sasha031]

88. ...

[Zambero]

13. The "Flag Factory" mentality at work here

I don't think this latest ploy will buy them any votes, and it may well backfire. Any votes Romney might have in the bag by way of lies, misinformation, fear, guilt by association, hatred, intolerance, and bigotry have already been "secured". There are only rational voters remaining, and some of them may decide they've heard enough from the nutbag right that has taken over the GOP.

[madrchsod]

14. that`s it? that`s all he has?

WOW what a loser

[RKP5637]

16. Romney has nothing constructive to offer, so he talks this bullshit and they run ads

that the gays are taking away the straights sanctity of their marriage, yet more bullshit, and then more bullshit. And then Ryan with his bizarre financial mind. GOP really means "Grand Old Propagandists."

[Berlin Expat]

35. There's nothing more laughable

I hear then with the wingnuts say, "If the gays can get married, then that threatens my marriage!"

Really? So if Joe and Steve, or Heather and Jessica from down the street get married, does mean that the average wingnut is suddenly going to be filled with the overwhelming urge to divorce his/her spouse and marry another person of the same gender?

If so, well, then the wingnuts clearly have some issues they need to address. Mostly a sweet, sweet (yet oh-so-forbidden) yearning for hot, sweaty gay sex.

C'mon wingnuts; fess up. You know you want it.

[RKP5637]

55. Yep, they clearly have some sexual immaturity issues in their marriages and in their lives in

general. Their preoccupation with sex and other peoples lives is amazing, and anymore, it seems to ripple throughout the entire republican party. To me, it illustrates the immaturity of wingnuts.

[Berlin Expat]

59. It reminds me of

something H.P. Lovecraft wrote about the Puritans and their obsession with sexuality as well.

Essentially, because they were so sexually inhibited, their inhibition turned into a morbid fascination with sexuality which degenerated into an unhealthy and ultimately perverse obsession.

Seriously; you've got to wonder. I've read some of the posts over at FR when I'm trawling around over there, and these "upright, God-fearing Christian folk" sure do have an almost encyclopedic knowledge of gay sex.

Guess they must watch a lot of gay porn.

For research, of course.

[RKP5637]

64. Yep, strictly for research!!! Next, they will move onto actual body contact to

validate their research findings. ... nothing like direct physical experimentation to validate a hypothesis!

[Berlin Expat]

72. Well, of course!

Can't validate a hypothesis without empirical experimentation, now can you?

Naturally, all in the name of science.

[libguard]

18. I think he meant GOLd. trying for the paultards.

[Politicalboi]

19. This is just getting more and more

Ridiculous. I wish Obama would take that dirty word off our money, but he's not going too. Where do they come up with this shit. If Rmoney wants to talk about "god", then maybe we all need to know about being a Moron, I mean Mormon. Lets go after the baptisms and magic underwear. Fuck this shit. These loons have jumped the shark big time. Get your fucking "god" out of my country. I don't want it, and those of us who don't want that shit around us have rights too.

Separation of church and state. Remember! Assholes.

[Berlin Expat]

36. If I were President Obama, and provided

I were re-elected, next April Fools' Day, I'd have a presser and announce that "In God We Trust" is going to be replaced on all American bills and coins with "lā ʾilāha ʾillà l-Lāh, Muḥammadur rasūlu l-Lāh." Then I'd wait about 30 seconds, then I'd say, "April Fools'!"

In that 30 seconds, every RWNJ head in America would explode simultaneously.

But that's just me and my warped sense of humor.

[NoMoreWarNow]

86. that would be awesome!

[pitbullgirl1965]

39. Do what I do:

I take a Sharpie, cross off God and put Slayer there.
In Slayer We Trust! If you ever see a bill like that, thank a godless heathen. Slayer fans will get the reference: the famous billboard.

[The Last Democrat]

53. They

were called “Chapel Chaps” when I lived out there.

[BeyondGeography]

20. Their internal polling must be setting off alarm bells

As in fewer and fewer persuadable voters/must max out the base.

[C_U_L8R]

21. Money is Mitt's god

and there's nothing he won't do to stuff his own pockets

[madaboutharry]

22. The real disappointment is that

Mitt Romney was educated at Harvard where he earned a law degree and an M.B.A. He is not a stupid man. He doesn't even believe the words that come out of his mouth, knowing they are lies. That is what is most pitiful of all. It is evidence of his soullessness.

[kestrel91316]

23. You DO realize that referring to our president as "BO" is considered an insult, right?

I think you know full well what those letters, said individually, generally mean. No one on the left calls him that.

Please do reconsider before it causes us to reconsider YOU.

[trailmonkee]

37. fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuccccccccccccccccckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I haven't posted much, but every time I say anything other than President Obama, people take offense????? I meant nothing by it... just didn't feel like typing out p-r-e-s-i-d-e-n-t-o-b-a-m-a..... doh! now see you made me do it anyway!! oh well.... President Obama it is.... form now on.... jeeesssshhhhh (that btw means Jesus)....

thanks for the heads up

changed it - Thanks

[kestrel91316]

49. We just call him Obama. We all know he's president. No need to get snotty.

I know you can't possibly be ten years old, so.............

[trailmonkee]

43. btw, your last line was a little stinky and not very kind.... look at my other posts....

.....and you will see that your comment wasn't warrented.... I am a proud liberal and I am more interested in forwarding liberal causes than fitting in... I have no problem making adjustments for folks that find offense where I did not know it existed.... and have no problem making a change, for you, and others that might take offense to my using Barrack Obama's initials?

a couple last items... If I were a repug like you might have been implying in your post, I would have used the initials BHO, since they ALWAYS make sure everybody is reminded of President Obama's 'exotic' middle name.

also, my initials happen to be 'TP', you know what that stands for? I have had those initials, last time I checked... my entire life and I have never taken offense and actually find it kind of funny that I got stuck with that one.

I say, with all kindness... try not to be so judgemental... your comment would have been taken with appreciation and gratitude, but you had to throw that little zinger in, what up? anyhow - Peace!!!

[kestrel91316]

50. After you've been here a while you will understand why we get kind of prickly about that sort of

thing from newbies.

Keep backing up our president and working FOR him and you'll prove yourself just fine.

[trailmonkee]

52. gotcha...

[heaven05]

24. flailing

he's flailing

[liberal N proud]

25. Is this what is important to Romney?

He says he talks about what he thinks is important.

Next, do people actually buy this bullshit?

[lumpy]

26. Romney is a SMALL, petty man.

No stature what-so-ever.

[LovingA2andMI]

27. It's getting pretty bad for the Mittens

And his campaign is falling apart. Maybe Mittens need to suspend his campaign for a week, re-group and bow out gracefully now.

President Obama is going to take In God We Trust off of money.... Seriously?

"Mittens, your campaign is OVER Son"....George Romney calls from the grave.....

[Diclotican]

28. trailmonkee

trailmonkee

In Norway we have our kings "motto" "alt for Norge" or everything for Norway if we take a literal translation about it. It goes all the back to our first king in modern time Haakon the 7th, who in 1905 was made king of Norway. And for more than 40 year, worked hard to gain respect and care from his people - his motto was "alt for Norge" something that all 3 kings from 1905 have had as their motto...

Maybe US should try some like this - who is natural, but who everyone could agree was the best way to "coin" it?

Diclotican

[hedgehog]

30. I am a very devout Catholic, and I think the casual use of God's name on currency,

in the Pledge of Allegiance and in speeches trivializes the entire concept of "God".

[RKP5637]

57. I think that's an excellent point! I thought in the conventions, for example, it

really got to the point of trivializing the concept of God which means a lot to some people. To me, the politicians were using it as a tool, as a form of propaganda. I don't know the word count in the conventions, but to me it was way overused and in trite redundant phrases. I'm not a religious person, but I certainly agree with what you are saying.

[bluemarkers]

67. same thing with the anthem before ball games

I agree wholeheartedly - once I pointed out that my mom b1927 never ever said "under God" the whole time she was in school. She turned out fine. (except being a Democrat lol) I get tired of some people wrapping themselves up in a god and a flag and trying to make others feel uncomfortable

as to the anthem, I've been to more ball games than I can count and still can't sing the thing!!

[orpupilofnature57]

32. Being a cultist mitt witt should lay off God.

[LovingA2andMI]

34. THIS ^^^^^

So True, So Right!!

[TheCowsCameHome]

38. Ooooohhhhhhhhhh, I can't wait for the debates........

I want to see Obama rip Rmoney's lying head off.

[jsr]

42. The Lying Bishop speaks

like a malevolent asshole, as usual.

[SoapBox]

44. Mittens...you are a

POS.

[Drunken Irishman]

51. 'Hail Mary'... I love it! Paint him as the desperate losing candidate that he is!

[cr8tvlde]

54. Have we heard from the "other" cultist??? The Ayn Rand Disciple?

How do they get away with this? Between master cultists Moroni and Rand, still amazes me the level of denial of the "Christian family values" folk.

Question: I never watched an entire speech, but did EITHER of them close RNC or campaign speeches "God bless you and God bless America"?

[MrScorpio]

58. Why is he talking as if the First Amendment doesn't even exist?

Crazy!

[Mustellus]

61. Its the money that they whoreship.....

.... they just want God to bless it

[trailmonkee]

93. whoreship.... nice!

[demwing]

62. wow...something smells like desperation, Mitt.

time to change your undies...

[They_Live]

63. Wait a second

didn't Jesus throw the money changers out of the temple? So, by extension wouldn't God NOT want to be imprinted on our money?
That's right. God told me so.

Anyways, boy those Rmoney guys are desperate if this all they come up with.

[Kalidurga]

81. Your post is all kinds of awesome....

Starting with your user name. My favorite John Carpenter movie. If I ever get another dog I am going to name him Nada. I am no longer a Christian, but I remember well the lesson of Jesus throwing out the money changers. Mitt ran one of those things at Bain. I think Mitt made baby Jesus cry. I think a real Christian would demand that God be taken off of our currency and replace it with Mammon.

[trailmonkee]

87. dont forget the whole 'unto caeser' thing as well.... maybe we should just go back to that?

[Spitfire of ATJ]

65. Which "God"?

Elohim or Jehovah?

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[Mnpaul]

69. Mitt's down to using rehashed Palin talking points

desperation is in the air

[fugop]

70. Romney/Ryan: The Chain Email Campaign?

Seriously, is his entire campaign now going to be to mine panicked chain emails? That's what this is starting to feel like. God off freakin' coins? What the hell, Mitt? You do realize your campaign is going to wind up with its own Snopes page, right?

[regnaD kciN]

73. Obviously, this is part of Full-Of-Mitt's new campaign strategy...

...to melt down voters' minds before the election. If we're all brainless, he's a shoo-in!

[NoMoreWarNow]

74. hee hee hee! It's so awesome!

[zonkers]

76. Walk it back, Milton.

[Tom Ripley]

78. It's a Hail Moroni!

[CoffeeCat]

79. If Mitt Romney wants to talk religion...

...then let's do it up!!!

Ok, Mitt, you brought up religion, so why don't we talk more about your religion!

Are you wearing the magic underwear right now? Can we see it?

Did you wear the magic underwear the night of you convention? If so, why didn't it work?

Also, your religion believes that Jesus used to live in Missouri. Do you believe he went up in the St Louis arch and if so--is this proof that Jesus was not afraid of heights?

I can't wait to talk more about Mormonism and how unique it is! Thanks Mitt for bringing up the topic of religion.

[Dustin DeWinde]

80. so let me get this straight

Obama is an atheist AND a Muslim? The GOP divorce from reality is complete

[Warren DeMontague]

82. I'm so glad he's talking about what is truly important.

[reflection]

84. This is the second thing I've read today

that makes me think Romney is beyond desperate. The first was his slam of his own running mate's vote for cutting defense spending. He is doing anything he can to blunt Obama's convention bounce, and it won't work. The only people who will respond to this sort of nonsense are the tinfoilers who were going to vote for Romney anyway.

Like the old internet flame goes, Romney is behaving like a rabid rat, spinning in a circle, waiting for the bite of the snake.

[bejoyman]

85. Avoid Attack!

I think this type attack will not help Romney.. He should speak logically.

[olddad56]

89. the Republicants should change it to read "In Money We Trust". Money is their God.

[trailmonkee]

92. i like it!

[kiranon]

104. Perfect. n/t

[Dawson Leery]

90. Rethugs know they cannot win with they extreme economic policies.

They are going to bombard the airwaves with ads smearing gays and non-believers. Most likely, this will backfire.

[DeSwiss]

91. Backwards is the only direction Republicans know.....

- K&R


[center][/center]

[PD Turk]

94. I love the smell of desperation in the morning

Smells like....victory

[trusty elf]

95. In Dog We Trust

[IMG][/IMG]

[ck4829]

96. Shout it out, "MITT ROMNEY ASSOCIATES WITH EXTREMISTS!"

K&R

[yellowcanine]

99. Obama spokesman should have said "religion and patriotism are the last refuges of scoundrels."

Samual Johnson quote updated for the 21st century in America.

[tabasco]

100. This is the kind of thing Kerry was above responding to.

If you're fighting gutter rats, you have to fight them in the gutter.

[global1]

101. Where Are Your Back Taxes Mitt?.....nt

[patrice]

102. Looks as though LDS is trying to use Christianity to take down PO. nt

[Gman]

103. Poor Mitt. He's gotta dance with the one that brung 'im

As we say in Texas. And they're friggin' nuts.

[magic59]

105. That would be offensive to republicans

Since their God IS money.

[ThoughtCriminal]

106. In God They Trust

[CTyankee]

109. Ah, Poussin! The Adoration of the Golden Calf...

perfect!

[LongTomH]

107. They're trying to fire up their base!

They've pretty much given up trying to reach 'undecided' voters. They have to know (as dumb as they are!) that any red meat they throw to their base is going to turn off undecided's.

[Heywood J]

108. Romney's coins would say

"One nation under Kolob".

[Retrograde]

110. Doesn't Congress control coinage?

One would think a Harvard-educated lawyer would know this.

[FSogol]

111. Hey Mitt, the Cayman Island Currency doesn't say, "In God we trust."

Why is that ok?

[NICO9000]

113. Who is his God?

It sure ain't the one I was taught to believe in! His god apparently has no problem with constant lying and character assassination.

Really, is this all they've got? Pathetic.

[JRLeft]

114. God has no place in politics or on currencies, but it is not a make or break deal for me.