Romney calls for increasing minimum wage

[Balog]

So sad that we ended up with a socialist in the White House instead of someone severely conservative like Romney.

http://www.latimes.com/business/jobs/la-fi-mo-mitt-romney-minimum-wage-20140509-story.html

"I think we ought to raise it because, frankly, our party is all about more jobs and better pay, and I think communicating that is important to us," he said.

He noted that income inequality has widened in the five years Obama has been president, though much of that is because of the impact of the Great Recession, which started in late 2007.

"I also believe the key for our party is to be able to convince the people who are in the working population, particularly in the Hispanic community, that our party will help them get better jobs and better wages," Romney said.

[Nick1911]

Keep on trying to be centerists, Republicans.  The socialists won't vote for you, and the conservatives won't vote for you either.  And your party will die off.

[Waitone]

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"I also believe the key for our party is to be able to convince the people who are in the working population, particularly in the Hispanic community, that our party will help them get better jobs and better wages," Romney said.

Lemme give you a hand there, Mitt.  What you are in effect doing is trying to convince people to vote for Democrat-Lite.  All the same programs without the stalinist boot on the throat.  I don't know what you guys are paying Rove but it is evidently too much.  Anyone with a functioning brain cell would prefer the genuine article rather than some washed-up, white bread imitation of a full monty democrat socialist.  Keep it up and the Stupid Party will lose in an epic collapse of support.

[HankB]

. . .  Keep it up and the Stupid Party will lose in an epic collapse of support.

And entrenched Republican politicians will respond by blaming conservatives and the Tea Party.   

[Fitz]

Keep on trying to be centerists, Republicans.  The socialists won't vote for you, and the conservatives won't vote for you either.  And your party will die off.

Quiet, you!

It's not the republicans' fault they lose... it's all those dang tea partiers, fiscal conservatives, and libertarians who aren't blindly pulling the lever for whatever ahole the GOP puts in front of them.

Silly voters, thinking they should actually vote for who they want.

[brimic]

Quiet, you!

It's not the republicans' fault they lose... it's all those dang tea partiers, fiscal conservatives, and libertarians terrrrsts who aren't blindly pulling the lever for whatever *expletive deleted* the GOP or DEMS puts in front of them.

Silly voters, thinking they should actually vote for who they want.

Fixed that for you.

[dogmush]

Why will this guy not just go away?

Dude, no one likes your *expletive deleted*it. That's why no one voted for you.

[Ben]

Why will this guy not just go away?

Dude, no one likes your *expletive deleted*. That's why no one voted for you.

I think one of the problems is that he actually seems to be a nice guy. There's little in common in the Ben and Romney political Venn diagram, but I'd have a beer with the guy. If he was Peter King, more people would hate him, but sometimes our lowest common denominator voting public votes for the guy that they "like" the most, not the guy with the best game plan. I like having a beer with one of my best and oldest friends, but I'd never in a million years vote for him for any public office.

[Balog]

I think one of the problems is that he actually seems to be a nice guy. There's little in common in the Ben and Romney political Venn diagram, but I'd have a beer with the guy. If he was Peter King, more people would hate him, but sometimes our lowest common denominator voting public votes for the guy that they "like" the most, not the guy with the best game plan. I like having a beer with one of my best and oldest friends, but I'd never in a million years vote for him for any public office.

 

[Perd Hapley]

Yeah, he's a Mormon, there, Ben.    

Sounds like he's gearing up to get back in the race. I mean, Bush is trying to run for the fourth time; why shouldn't the Glove?

[Ben]

Yeah, he's a Mormon, there, Ben.    

Sounds like he's gearing up to get back in the race. I mean, Bush is trying to run for the fourth time; why shouldn't the Glove?

Hey, the Mormons make some of the best whiskey around. He can drink a coke while I have the beer.

[brimic]

If we are going to elect a socialist clown shoes to be president, I'd rather thst mr clown shoes has a (D) after his name than an (R), though that is mattering less and less with every (s)election cycle.

[Fly320s]

Hey, the Mormons make some of the best whiskey around. He can drink a coke while I have the beer.

No caffeine. Still Mormon. 

[Ben]

No caffeine. Still Mormon. 

Lukewarm water then ya pains in the keisters.

[Marnoot]

No caffeine. Still Mormon.  

You'll get as many answers as Mormons you talk to about it, but in that realm coffee and tea specifically are what we are to abstain from, not caffeine per se. As caffeine is not called out in the letter of the law, whether it violates the spirit of the law is left to personal interpretation.

If I have a bad night with the baby or otherwise get too little sleep, I won't hesitate to down a 20 oz. Coke when I get to work, but I specifically avoid making that a daily or otherwise too-frequent thing as a caffeine addiction violates my personal interpretation of the spirit of the law.

Or in other words, I'm sure ol' Mitt would be fine having a Coke with Ben. 

[Neemi]

Unless he's a Pepsi guy...

 

[Fly320s]

You'll get as many answers as Mormons you talk to about it, but in that realm coffee and tea specifically are what we are to abstain from, not caffeine per se. As caffeine is not called out in the letter of the law, whether it violates the spirit of the law is left to personal interpretation.

If I have a bad night with the baby or otherwise get too little sleep, I won't hesitate to down a 20 oz. Coke when I get to work, but I specifically avoid making that a daily or otherwise too-frequent thing as a caffeine addiction violates my personal interpretation of the spirit of the law.

Or in other words, I'm sure ol' Mitt would be fine having a Coke with Ben. 

Thanks for the LDS info.

[Perd Hapley]

Unless he's a Pepsi guy...

 

A politician with good sense? Not likely.

[Waitone]

Hey Marnoot, are you aware of any books of Mormon theology written for the great unwashed?  I'm looking for something like "Mormonism for the Stupid" with short words and big pictures.

[Marnoot]

Hey Marnoot, are you aware of any books of Mormon theology written for the great unwashed?  I'm looking for something like "Mormonism for the Stupid" with short words and big pictures.

There's always the appropriate entry from the "For Dummies" series: Mormonism For Dummies. I haven't read that one so I can't vouch for its quality. One I've referred curious friends and associates to in the past is Our Search For Happiness. It explains the basic tenets, history, and beliefs of the LDS church, and is a pretty lightweight read. I think have an extra copy of the latter rattling around in the basement. If you want I could track it down and mail it to you. No pictures though...

[MillCreek]

Hey Marnoot, are you aware of any books of Mormon theology written for the great unwashed?  I'm looking for something like "Mormonism for the Stupid" with short words and big pictures.

I am pretty sure that if you ask nicely, two nice young men will be immediately dispatched to explain everything to you!

[Perd Hapley]

I am pretty sure that if you ask nicely, two nice young men will be immediately dispatched to explain everything to you!

LOL

[Sergeant Bob]

Thanks for the LDS info.

I used to have some Mormon neighbors, in SoCal, and their kids (7 or 8 of them) were the best behaved kids I had ever seen! I'm good with Mormons but, Mitten Romney ain't one of them!

[Marnoot]

I'm not a Romney fan either. I did not vote for him in the primaries. I held my nose on election day because I genuinely thought he'd at least be better than 4 more years of Obama. Maybe there wouldn't have been much difference. 

[Fitz]

I'm not a Romney fan either. I did not vote for him in the primaries. I held my nose on election day because I genuinely thought he'd at least be better than 4 more years of Obama. Maybe there wouldn't have been much difference. 

Someone gets it