Day: August 24, 2012

Why Does Romney Not Expect to Be Asked About His Birth Certificate?

Trish

Yes, he really said this:

No one has ever asked to see my birth certificate. They know that this is the place that we were born and raised.

And these people said this about the remark:

  • Take a moment or two to think about that, what he’s actually saying, and what it says about Mitt Romney. — Jim Messina, Campaign manager, Obama for America
  • [Romney] wasn’t using prepared remarks. — A Romney campaign aide quoted by CNN
  • The governor has always said, and has repeatedly said, he believes the president was born here in the United States. He was only referencing that Michigan, where he is campaigning today, is the state where he himself was born and raised. — Kevin Madden, Romney senior adviser
  • It’s one thing to give the stage in Tampa to Donald Trump, Sheriff Arpaio, and Kris Kobach. But Governor Romney’s decision to directly enlist himself in the birther movement should give pause to any rational voter across America. — Ben LaBolt, Obama campaign press secretary
  • I thought it was great because why should we have to worry about whether the president has a birth certificate or not? — Guy Myers, a Romney supporter from Clarkson, Mich., who witnessed the remark

Gawker Publishes Romney Financials

Buck Banks

950

Pages of internal financial documents for 21 cryptically named entities in which Mitt Romney had invested — at minimum — more than $10 million as of 2011 published by Gawker. “Almost all of them are affiliated with Bain Capital, the secretive private equity firm Romney co-founded in 1984 and ran until his departure in 1999; many of them are offshore funds based in the Cayman Islands. Together, they reveal the mind-numbing, maze-like, and deeply opaque complexity with which Romney has handled his $250 million fortune.”

Four Years Ago Today: Hate Group Spokesman Exhorts Followers to Pray That Rain Will Ruin Democratic Convention Event in Denver

Jon Ponder

Via Joe.My.God:

Focus On The Family spokesman STUART SHEPARD, speaking four years ago today: “Would it be wrong to ask people to pray? Would it be wrong if we asked people to pray for rain? O.K., not just rain, abundant rain. Torrential rain. Urban and small stream flood advisory rain. Would it be wrong if we prayed for rain on, say, a particular night at, say, a particular location? Ah, say the evening of August 28th, right here at Mile High Stadium here in Denver. During the prime time t.v. hour when a certain presumptive nominee is set to give a certain acceptance speech at a certain Democratic National Convention?

“I’m talkin’ umbrella ain’t gonna help ya rain. Not flood people out of their houses rain, just good old swamp the intersections rain. We’re not asking for hail the size of canned hams, or lightening bolts to set the bunting on fire. Just rain. Beautiful rain. Network cameras can’t see the podium rain. Attendees can’t walk to the indoor arena without wishing for hip waders rain.

“I know you might ask why would I pray for that. Well, I’m still pro-life and I’m still in favor of marriage being only between one man and one woman. And I’d like the next president, who’ll select justices for the U. S. Supreme Court to agree. So I’m praying for unexpected, unanticipated, unforecasted rain that starts two minutes before the speech is set to begin. Would it be wrong to pray for rain?”