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StarryNite

(9,458 posts)
Fri Oct 26, 2012, 07:22 PM Oct 2012

What are the 5 worst things Rmoney will do if elected?

These would be changes he has said he will make if he gets his way. I know it's hard because he is a lying flip flopper.

I think destroying women's rights would be at the top of the list.

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What are the 5 worst things Rmoney will do if elected? (Original Post) StarryNite Oct 2012 OP
Destroy the middle class. Horse with no Name Oct 2012 #1
Yes, he will do that. StarryNite Oct 2012 #2
Or finish it off-- janx Oct 2012 #6
start a multi-trillion dollar ground war with Iran tjwash Oct 2012 #3
Good one.... StarryNite Oct 2012 #5
Why do you think the koch brothers and every major defense contractor... tjwash Oct 2012 #7
This is one of my biggest concerns! nt Sadiedog Oct 2012 #28
Start a war -- somewhere, anywhere -- because Republicans think that starting JDPriestly Oct 2012 #4
I don't think he would even get us out of Afghanistan... StarryNite Oct 2012 #8
Start another war. HooptieWagon Oct 2012 #9
Yeah, there go our parks. :( StarryNite Oct 2012 #11
Repeal the ACA. Cut taxes for the super wealthy. Raise taxes on the middle class. Honeycombe8 Oct 2012 #10
Yeah, it would be a win for the uber wealthy but StarryNite Oct 2012 #12
1 Appoint judges who will overturn Roe V. Wade Agnosticsherbet Oct 2012 #13
The overturn of Roe V. Wade will set women back StarryNite Oct 2012 #16
He will have his ugly stupid-looking face on television all the time along with his idiotic comments meti57b Oct 2012 #14
For the purposes of this forum only, 5 top things: dimbear Oct 2012 #15
Yeah but Magical Mormon Underpants StarryNite Oct 2012 #17
It's a little odd that the Teaparty's candidate has prolly never had a cup of tea. n/t dimbear Oct 2012 #20
LOL How ironic is that? StarryNite Oct 2012 #43
Only 5 Worst things? Filibuster Harry Oct 2012 #18
None RomneyLies Oct 2012 #19
That's right... he won't RobertEarl Oct 2012 #23
debunked RomneyLies Oct 2012 #24
Ha, you debunked yourself RobertEarl Oct 2012 #40
Hand SCOTUS to the teabaggers and billionaires...EVERYTHING else results from that mtnester Oct 2012 #21
#1 thing nycbiscuit Oct 2012 #22
5 Worst Things dontknowmuchbout Oct 2012 #25
romney would make us listen to his music DonRedwood Oct 2012 #26
I kind of like Meat Loaf but in the example you gave, StarryNite Oct 2012 #38
It's like this.. kentuck Oct 2012 #27
That's what scares me. StarryNite Oct 2012 #32
Which of them is worse though Romney or Ryan? Sadiedog Oct 2012 #29
Ryan actually seems worse to me too. StarryNite Oct 2012 #33
Sometimes Ryan even scares himself... kentuck Oct 2012 #36
start a war upi402 Oct 2012 #30
Kinda like what bush did only it wasn't a declared war? StarryNite Oct 2012 #34
And a pile of cash you could see from space upi402 Oct 2012 #39
1. lower capital gains tax treestar Oct 2012 #31
Oh, that Queen Ann... StarryNite Oct 2012 #35
Infest the SCOTUS with teabaggers - kiss goodbye to decades of progress. backscatter712 Oct 2012 #37
Romney won't fucking be elected. I am fucking tired of these types of posts. nt bluestate10 Oct 2012 #41
He won't be legitimately elected but StarryNite Oct 2012 #42
I agree; don't like seeing the scenario treestar Oct 2012 #44

StarryNite

(9,458 posts)
2. Yes, he will do that.
Fri Oct 26, 2012, 07:27 PM
Oct 2012

I was just looking for some specifics, which like I said, it's hard because he is flip flopping on everything.

tjwash

(8,219 posts)
7. Why do you think the koch brothers and every major defense contractor...
Fri Oct 26, 2012, 07:31 PM
Oct 2012

...are dumping so much money in to his campaign?

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)
4. Start a war -- somewhere, anywhere -- because Republicans think that starting
Fri Oct 26, 2012, 07:29 PM
Oct 2012

a war helps the economy. Obviously, after Iraq and Afghanistan, we know that wars hurt rather than help the economy.

StarryNite

(9,458 posts)
8. I don't think he would even get us out of Afghanistan...
Fri Oct 26, 2012, 07:31 PM
Oct 2012

but he could always add another war. rethuglicans sure do love their wars...as long as other people fight them and they can go to France and lay on the beach or whatever.

 

HooptieWagon

(17,064 posts)
9. Start another war.
Fri Oct 26, 2012, 07:35 PM
Oct 2012

Supreme Court nominees. Shove middle class into poverty. Eliminate EPA, OSHA, and other govt agencies. Sell off or privatize federal owned lands inc. National Parks. Drilling and fracking everywhere.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
10. Repeal the ACA. Cut taxes for the super wealthy. Raise taxes on the middle class.
Fri Oct 26, 2012, 07:38 PM
Oct 2012

Gut the EPA or defund it. Cut regulations for corporations & banks.

StarryNite

(9,458 posts)
12. Yeah, it would be a win for the uber wealthy but
Fri Oct 26, 2012, 07:46 PM
Oct 2012

the middle class will get stuck with the bill while the "47" are completely left to fend for themselves regardless of how they wound up in their situations. I have a feeling that 47% would grow as more jobs are outsourced and more veterans of more wars come home maimed and unable to work.

Agnosticsherbet

(11,619 posts)
13. 1 Appoint judges who will overturn Roe V. Wade
Fri Oct 26, 2012, 08:02 PM
Oct 2012

2. Sign bills passed by Congress that will destroy the few rights that gays have won. (See 1. Any justice that overturns roe v. Wade will not support gay marriage.)
3. Rubber stamp any bills passed by Republicans that limit the rights of women, gays, and minorities.
4. Continue destroying unions in America which will result in lower wages for the poor and middle-class and higher profits for the rich and investor class.
5. Help destroy medicare as we know, turning it into a voucher system that is a profit machine for big insurance companies and leaving millions without health-care.

The worst things Romney will do will be do erode the rights and the lifestyles of the middle-class and poor to benefit the wealthy and investor class.

StarryNite

(9,458 posts)
16. The overturn of Roe V. Wade will set women back
Fri Oct 26, 2012, 08:34 PM
Oct 2012

and we had come so far. It really scares me. Getting rid of Obama care will leave a lot of Americans uninsured.

You mentioned a lot of horrific things he will do.

dimbear

(6,271 posts)
15. For the purposes of this forum only, 5 top things:
Fri Oct 26, 2012, 08:28 PM
Oct 2012

1. Bans coffee

2. Bans alcohol

3. Bans cigarettes

4. Bans Coca Cola

5. Bans tea

Tell your friends.

Filibuster Harry

(666 posts)
18. Only 5 Worst things?
Fri Oct 26, 2012, 08:38 PM
Oct 2012

okay I'll give it a shot:

1) eliminate the minimum wage

2) will have his tax cuts (no cap on deductions); I mean, do you think Mitt will cap his $ 4 million in deductions? Think about it: a cap on $50,000 or pick a number increases his tax big time ( a no -no to Grover Norquist and the republicans) How do you think they would react if the president was going to cap Sch A at $ 50,000? They would go berserk !!!

3) eliminate tax credits

4) repeal Affordable Health Care Act

5) cut programs or give to the states so state and local income taxes go up and property taxes increase too

 

RobertEarl

(13,685 posts)
23. That's right... he won't
Fri Oct 26, 2012, 08:57 PM
Oct 2012

But they will probably make him president via use of the way votes are counted. They have these computerized vote counting machines and we all know how easy that is to add things up just the way they want when you own them. Romney even owns some of the very machines that will count his votes and yours too, maybe. That sucks, but that is the only way Romney gets to be president.

 

RobertEarl

(13,685 posts)
40. Ha, you debunked yourself
Fri Oct 26, 2012, 09:48 PM
Oct 2012

I didn't say Tagg. I said Romney. Why would you bring up something that has no bearing on what I wrote?

Does "RomenyLies" mean Romney lies or does it mean you are here to tell lies that make Romney look good?

nycbiscuit

(46 posts)
22. #1 thing
Fri Oct 26, 2012, 08:55 PM
Oct 2012

will be his appointments on the Supreme Court.
The effects will last long, long after his administration. The SC could overturn Roe v Wade, upholding DOMA or expanding it into an amendment, expansion of Citizens United, elimination of restrictions of non-profits and religious organizations to campaign.

Romney would also redesign/eliminate Medicare and Social Security, invoke a tax policy that will surely add exponentially to the debt, expand of the military/defense spending, militarily provoke our adversaries...

There's just so much that could go wrong.

dontknowmuchbout

(11 posts)
25. 5 Worst Things
Fri Oct 26, 2012, 09:10 PM
Oct 2012

1. Even more militarized foreign policy (attack Iran, even more drone strikes)
2. Further deregulation of the financial sector
3. Even faster spreading of neoliberal trade mechanisms that dry up any space in other countries for alternatives
4. Even further Patriot Act type restrictions, particularly on the ability to protest
5. Even faster transfers of wealth to the very rich (even more rapid worsening of Gini coefficient)

StarryNite

(9,458 posts)
38. I kind of like Meat Loaf but in the example you gave,
Fri Oct 26, 2012, 09:39 PM
Oct 2012

Two Out Of Three Ain't Good. Or One Out Of Three Ain't Bad?

kentuck

(111,107 posts)
27. It's like this..
Fri Oct 26, 2012, 09:26 PM
Oct 2012

If Obama wins, we have a chance.

If Romney wins, we are up shit creek...without a paddle...

StarryNite

(9,458 posts)
32. That's what scares me.
Fri Oct 26, 2012, 09:33 PM
Oct 2012

I don't think there is any way that Rmoney could actually win. But I do think another stolen election is very possible.

kentuck

(111,107 posts)
36. Sometimes Ryan even scares himself...
Fri Oct 26, 2012, 09:36 PM
Oct 2012

He looks in the mirror and he cannot believe someone as young as he could be so old and bitter...?

upi402

(16,854 posts)
30. start a war
Fri Oct 26, 2012, 09:31 PM
Oct 2012

a real one with piles of dead innocents and nearly as tall piles of cash for Neocon Inc.

StarryNite

(9,458 posts)
34. Kinda like what bush did only it wasn't a declared war?
Fri Oct 26, 2012, 09:35 PM
Oct 2012

It was merely an invasion/occupation where hundreds of thousands of people were killed.

treestar

(82,383 posts)
31. 1. lower capital gains tax
Fri Oct 26, 2012, 09:32 PM
Oct 2012

2. war with Iran
3. vouchers for public programs
4. waffles back and forth on issues so even the executive branch has no idea what will happen next week
5. Queen Ann as FLOTUS

backscatter712

(26,355 posts)
37. Infest the SCOTUS with teabaggers - kiss goodbye to decades of progress.
Fri Oct 26, 2012, 09:38 PM
Oct 2012

Kiss goodbye to child labor laws, and minimum wage laws, and workplace safety laws.

Kiss goodbye to Roe v. Wade - kiss goodbye to abortion rights, to contraception rights, to women's rights in general, to LGBT rights.

Kiss goodbye to Brown v. Board of Education. Kiss goodbye to the Civil Rights Act. Say hello to the new Jim Crow.

Romney must be stopped at all costs!

StarryNite

(9,458 posts)
42. He won't be legitimately elected but
Fri Oct 26, 2012, 10:02 PM
Oct 2012

if you think a stole election is impossible then you don't know anything about recent history. And the absolute worst thing we can do now is to put our guard down.

treestar

(82,383 posts)
44. I agree; don't like seeing the scenario
Sat Oct 27, 2012, 02:48 PM
Oct 2012

I figue it can motivate some people - motivation by fear of a right winger White Horse President.

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