Romney mocks Gore for non-existent private jet.
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Romney mocks Gore for non-existent private jet.
Last night, at the Republican National Convention, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney (R) called for “the immediate drilling for more oil off of our shores” and followed with a personal attack on Vice President Al Gore that received thunderous applause:
And I have one more recommendation for energy conservation — let’s keep Al Gore’s private jet on the ground!
Watch it:
ThinkProgress contacted Gore spokesperson Kalee Kreider, who replied, “Gore doesn’t own a jet.”
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What does Mittens know?
September 4th, 2008 at 3:52 pmHe blames eight years of Bush failed policies on the liberals!
What’s Al Gore running for?
September 4th, 2008 at 3:53 pmAl Gore’s jet has as much substance as Sarah Palin’s experience…..
September 4th, 2008 at 3:54 pmAn attack for no other reason to feed red meat to those in attendance. Look at them and judge for yourselves (seemed like a lot of fat, old people).
September 4th, 2008 at 3:55 pmThis is an extremely important issue that Obama’s campaign and the Democrats must deal with during this campaign. The Republicans continue to degenerate to outright falsehoods. What are we to do when the press will not intervene to set the record straight? How do we cope with maintaining an offense versus wasting time and messaging on spurious arguments?
September 4th, 2008 at 3:56 pmAl Gore doesn’t have a private jet?
That’s too bad. I wonder if Romney would consider selling him Air Romney – I doubt the Mittster has much use for it these days.
September 4th, 2008 at 3:56 pmGod these people are vile. They lie with impunity and they are total hypocrites. Hopefully the McCain camp has insulted the MSM to the point where they will actually do their job.
September 4th, 2008 at 4:06 pmBilbo Hussein Baggins Says:
…lie with impunity and they are total hypocrites.
The Republican creed.
September 4th, 2008 at 4:09 pmUncle Ho Says:
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Hey Mitts, how about some remarks about McPutz’s private plane his c*nt wife got him?
How about some reporter asks McCain if he knows how many planes he and Cindy own?
September 4th, 2008 at 4:12 pmJMOHR Says:
This is an extremely important issue that Obama’s campaign and the Democrats must deal with during this campaign.
correct.
and i’m not hearing NEAR enough pushback from big time dems…
barack had better turn them loose pretty soon…
but the press… oh woe! what a huge letdown… the corporates have a firm grip… i guess it’s up to the emails…
or have all the lies rendered that method dubious? …
i dunno…
September 4th, 2008 at 4:14 pmThen it should be easy to keep it on the ground then !
I agree with JMOHR – we know the Rovian M.O. – attack the opposition on your weak point. (case in point, the dems that grew up on the farm are elitists). Make the opposition spend time denying your falsehoods (it is much easier to spread a falsehood than to spend the amount of time to deny it – plus it diverts you from your message). As a bonus, if the dems come back and accuse the repub McCain as being an elitist, they look like a childish copycat.
September 4th, 2008 at 4:14 pmIts like they cheer for fibs.
September 4th, 2008 at 4:14 pmTP, whenever you post anything about Al Gore, I get a far off look in my eyes, and just sigh at what might have been.
Don’t do it to me right now! I’m mad as hell, and I don’t want to lose it!
PEACE
September 4th, 2008 at 4:18 pmA lie told often enough might still be a lie, but it becomes the “truth” in popular discourse. Think Gore. Think Kerry. Hell, think McCain 2000. This is the Way of GOP Campaigning. And it’s worked in the past.
Question is, have all those who have somehow unbelievably failed to make up their mind be swayed by issues or the narrative.
September 4th, 2008 at 4:20 pmWhat? Al Gore doesn’t have a private jet? With all the millions he’s making off Global Warming, the greatest scam in history? [Sarc.]
September 4th, 2008 at 4:21 pmHey Willard how does it feel to wear magic underwear?
September 4th, 2008 at 4:22 pmWillard: It feels like $500 million.
September 4th, 2008 at 4:23 pmCome on now people be easy on Willard. His sons have fought for….his losing campaign. Bah ha ha ha ha ha ha. Since he is done campaigning perhaps his battle hardened warriors will enlist to fight the evil doers not in the Whitehouse.
September 4th, 2008 at 4:24 pm*
Unbelievable. When your philosophy and worldview has wrecked an economy, destroyed 60 years of global goodwill, started a useless war that has cost thousands of American lives, run up a trillion dollars in debt, made the dollar an also-ran in world markets, shipped a good chunk of the post-WW2 Middle Class to China, indebted your nation to Communists and Islamic Militants, turned an efficient government into one that can’t even collect drowned bodies of its own citizens off battered streets…and you have zero left but tired, divisive ideas that will do NOTHING to get us out of this mess………what do you do when you stand up in front of an angry country expecting answers from you?……..
BLAME THE ‘LIBERALS’.
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be sure to check out your homework…
September 4th, 2008 at 4:25 pmAl Gore has no private jet but Cindy McCain says it’s the only way to get around in Arizona.
September 4th, 2008 at 4:26 pmThinkProgress contacted Gore spokesperson Kalee Kreider, who replied, “Gore doesn’t own a jet.”
That won’t stop them from using it though.
http://progressiveworldreview.com
September 4th, 2008 at 4:28 pmBilbo Hussein Baggins Says
September 4th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
God these people are vile. They lie with impunity and they are total hypocrites. Hopefully the McCain camp has insulted the MSM to the point where they will actually do their job.
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They lie because they know they can say anything they want to and know the media will never call them on it. If, as you (and I) hope, the media would actually do their job, it would change the tone of the entire race.
September 4th, 2008 at 4:30 pmMitt has several
September 4th, 2008 at 4:32 pmspeaking of which:
War Against The Press
It’s the 30 year old right wing go-to play. Will the media finally grow a pair and recognize it this time? Or will they cave like they always do?
http://www.time-blog.com/swampland/2008/09/angry_amateur
s.html
The Terrible, Awful Media
From anchor desks to blogsites, we ‘elitist scum’ have dared to ask …’Who EXACTLY is this woman they want to put a heartbeat away from leading our country?’ How Dare We!?
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/13143.html
The ‘Liberal Media’: Where Are The Democrats?
September 4th, 2008 at 4:32 pmIn Denver, on camera, on air, on the floor…..there were right wingers spinning the Convention every 25 feet….and made to feel nice & comfy. So?
http://mediamatters.org/items/200809030022?f=h_top
Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies Lies
That’s all that comes out of a Republicans mouth. Then they have the nerve to shoot the messenger with the truth.
Despicable.
Wake Up America!
September 4th, 2008 at 4:32 pmattack the opposition on your weak point. (case in point, the dems that grew up on the farm are elitists)
I think that it is darker and more devious than that. However, it is still Rovian.
There is a developing pattern of speaking in republican “code” and it has definite racial undertones.
Sen. Westmoreland (R – Georgia) described Obama as “uppity” recently. When pressed, he changed his description to “elitist”. This is becoming the republican catch-word blacks who don’t know their place. It’s the typical Southern strategy that sank McNumbNuts with the famous phone polling in South Carolina in 2000.
I am also beginning to think that the demonizing of “community organizer” has a similar purpose. Failin’ Palin would have us believe that they are unaccountable trouble-makers. And don’t forget that Martin Luther King was a community organizer.
The republicans are masters at playing the fear card and they are going to be working it hard. They will lie, cheat and steal to retain their power.
The biggest lie of all has to do with taxes and social programs. They prey on the fear of the upper class that they will lose what they have — and the message spills over to the lower classes who fear they won’t get what they want.
The republican ticket is a symbol and tool of this soft bigotry. It must be defeated.
September 4th, 2008 at 4:33 pmXisithrus Says:
Its like they cheer for fibs.
September 4th, 2008 at 4:14 pm
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They don’t just cheer for fibs. They invade countries for fibs.
September 4th, 2008 at 4:33 pmenough Says:
Al Gore has no private jet but Cindy McCain says it’s the only way to get around in Arizona.
that’s because the arizona senator hasn’t earmarked enough tax money for his state’s roads…
if arizona barbie had to DRIVE those roads, it might have made a difference…
September 4th, 2008 at 4:34 pmThinkProgress contacted Gore spokesperson Kalee Kreider, who replied, “Gore doesn’t own a jet.”
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That is entirely besides the point!
September 4th, 2008 at 4:36 pmOh, Mitt. Totally overshadowed by Palin.
September 4th, 2008 at 4:39 pmAl Gore: Viet vet who declined to use his father’s influence to avoid service; U.S. Senator; U.S. Vice President; responded to stolen election by devoting his efforts to combatting global warming; awarded Nobel Peace Prize; Academy Award winner, best documentary.
Mitt Romney: spent his draft eligible years riding a bicycle across France; got rich with Bain Capital buying underpriced companies, stripping their assets and cutting payroll (i.e. firing people); ran for senate claiming to be pro choice and pro gay; won governors race claiming to have nothing to do with right wing of the Republican Party; ran for president pandering to right wing of the Republican Party.
’nuff said
September 4th, 2008 at 4:43 pmenough Says
September 4th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
Al Gore has no private jet but Cindy McCain says it’s the only way to get around in Arizona.
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You mean that EVERYBODY travels this way in Arizona, since it’s the “only way”? Whodathunkit?
September 4th, 2008 at 4:44 pmOOOPS — Romney is projecting again. He forgot that HE is the one with his own jet, as McCain.
September 4th, 2008 at 4:47 pmLet’s strip mine each one of Romney’s back yards.
September 4th, 2008 at 4:49 pmCountry first, party over.
I’d like to start lying about republicans … just make things up the way they do.
Romney is a Mormon who lives in underwear that has holes cut out for his genitals, and he likes to expose himself at parties during which he gets very drunk and brags about the price of his haircuts.
Sarah Palin is a lesbian. She has a second, secret family living in Santa Barbara, California.
John McCain was brainwashed while in custody. He was programmed to fire off nuclear missiles in major American cities during the first week of his presidency. Codeword: yellowteeth.
September 4th, 2008 at 4:51 pmCome on, people… if nitwits like Romney didn’t have their lies to tell, what would they have?
After all, every last, single solitary thing they’ve touched for the last eight years has turned to TOTAL SHI’ITE on them…
Lies, fibs, fantasies… that’s ALL the GOOP has left.
Talk about “Running On Empty”…
September 4th, 2008 at 4:57 pmI’m not a Mormon. So if anyone knows, please tell me if the Mormons have any biblical laws similar to the 10 commandments forbidding them from bearing false witness against someone?
September 4th, 2008 at 5:08 pmApparently the Pentecostal hierarchy has suspended the New Testament since receiving all those federal faith-based indulgen- er “charity” cash from GeeDubya, so Gov. Palin’s covered, but I thought Mormons weren’t supposed to lie, either.
Mormoms had some rules and shit on some weird tablets that they found under a rock or something but then they somehow lost them. Religions crack me up!
September 4th, 2008 at 5:10 pmTracy__5 Says:
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“That won’t stop them from using it though.”
Correction: “That won’t stop him from using one though.”
Aren’t you embarrassed to defend the liars who own planes, while attacking the aggrieved party who does not own a plane?
No, I forgot you’re a Republican. It’s what you do.
Tracy is a perfect example why the Republican Lords feel perfectly comfotable telling any lie at any time about anyone. They can be certain that their army of mindless drones will cheer as they fly to attack the innocent victim of their slander.
September 4th, 2008 at 5:12 pmJohn McCain: Brainwashed by Chinese special forces, I wonder?
Codeword: yellowteeth Too funny!
September 4th, 2008 at 5:22 pmJebus. I hate Repukes.
September 4th, 2008 at 5:23 pmLooks can only take you so far, Mittens, but one of these days you’re going to need some facts!
September 4th, 2008 at 5:30 pmWell I’ll be! Surely some rich Republican can loan Al their jet, to keep Mitt from joining the scroll like list of Republican liars.
Wait, Mitt needs work. How about we pair him up with MiniMe and bring back Fantasy Island? Mitt Romney could take Ricardo’s role. And the seats on the private jet to Fantasy Island could be upholstered with Corinthian leather.
“Boss, da plane, da plane…”
September 4th, 2008 at 5:33 pmAnyone else hear about Mitt’s funky undies? I heard he was all pie eyed at a party showing them off and sputtering on about his fancy hair cut.
September 4th, 2008 at 5:35 pm“And I have one more recommendation for energy conservation — let’s keep Al Gore’s private jet on the ground!”
I don’t take Mr. Breck and his comments seriously. It has become the a joke to me. The pot calling the kettle black. Mitt Romney is certainly not a visitor at IHop, McDonalds, etc. The idiot used his own dinero for his campaign. Did Al Gore dig into his kitty when he ran as President in 2000? I think not. Besides, Al Gore is not running for anything which makes Romney’s comment more laughable. And this is coming from buffoon that was asked this question from one of the GOP Presidential debates:
A hypothetical question about whether he would seek Congress’s approval before taking action against Iran. Romney answered this way:
“You sit down with your attorneys and {have them} tell you what you have to do, and then added “but obviously the president of the United States has to do what’s in the best interest of the United States to protect us against a potential threat.”
September 4th, 2008 at 5:40 pmAnother shoe drops on Palin today:
The GOP candidate for vice president, Gov. Sarah Palin, may be facing yet another ethics investigation back in her home state of Alaska. An ethics complaint obtained by NBC News was filed Wednesday by the police officers union in Alaska, requesting a probe into possible wrongdoing by the governor or her office. It was brought on behalf of state trooper Mike Wooten, an ex-brother-in-law of Palin who is at the center of the “Troopergate” scandal.
http://deepbackground.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/04/1347737.aspx
September 4th, 2008 at 6:08 pmalpuz3 Says:
“Anyone else hear about Mitt’s funky undies? I heard he was all pie eyed at a party showing them off and sputtering on about his fancy hair cut.”
Sure did! That was the same party Sexy Sarah and Mary Cheney were caught munching carpet in one of the guest rooms. Jeebus! The two of them sounded like moose during the rutting season.
September 4th, 2008 at 6:13 pmIt’s an honest mistake. Everyone Mitt Romney and John McCain know has a private jet.
September 4th, 2008 at 6:29 pmThis is typical of the GOP. Facts, reality, truth, these concepts mean nothing to them. They are going to say whatever is ideologically serviceable and couldnt care less whether its a lie or not. Ronnie Raygun proved to them there is no downside to lying to their base. Tracy proves the point perfectly. A lie? So what it makes the point doesnt it? Now normal human beings would understand that if you really HAD a point you wouldnt have to lie to make it but the GOP base wants to be fed their raw meat and stroked and have no USE for strictures on that raw meat, you know, things like TRUTH, HONESTY, INTEGRITY. Those things are for elitist Dems. Lying is fine with them as long as those lies do one of two things. Fit with that elaborate fantasy they have dreamed up in their heads and attack the ‘OTHER’. A lie that fits their fantasy delusions is welcome and an indisputable FACT that doesnt evokes anger and frustration. It must be a sad way to go through life.
September 4th, 2008 at 8:32 pmThat’s because Romeny only rides a bicycle to save energy…
September 4th, 2008 at 8:36 pmTracy__5 Says:
“They can be certain that their army of mindless drones will cheer as they fly to attack the innocent victim of their slander.”
Innocent victim?…you are a commedian.
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And YOU are an idiot who cares nothing about honesty nor decency
September 4th, 2008 at 8:54 pmDon’t forget “white.” Very, very, white. Like notebook paper white. Like baking soda white. Like plaster of paris white.
September 4th, 2008 at 11:40 pm.
Al Gore has a private jet?
Did Cindi McCain buy him one, too?
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September 5th, 2008 at 2:29 am.
R E M E M B E R:
Cindi’s Private McCorporate jet was on loan to Senator Johnny McBush’s election campaign for 7 months in violation to the campaign finance reform legislation Johnny McFlipper flopped on.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/27/us/politics/27plane.html
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September 5th, 2008 at 2:36 ammoderation?
ok TP, moderate this!
Cindy McCain – CUNT!
September 5th, 2008 at 3:02 pmTracy__5 Says:
“A lie that fits their fantasy delusions is welcome and an indisputable FACT that doesnt evokes anger and frustration.”
If you think that Gore doesn’t use a private jet on regular basis then you are the liar.
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Oh please explain to me how your amazing mind reading powers work. You KNOW what Romney MEANT which isnt what he SAID how exactly? Oh thats right you are STUPID so you just THINK you have amazing mind reading powers. You THINK whatever needs to be true as a convienience for your argument becomes true for that reason alone. Gore DOES fly commercial when he can. We all know you idiots would like to chain Gore to his home instead of doing the good work he is doing. Like he could take a bicycle to China. Everyone SHOULD reduce their carbon footprint. IF you fly to China and convince THEM to reduce their industrial carbon footprint you do more good than if you INDIVIDUALLY lived in a cave and ate deer meat the rest of your life. You are stupid Tracy. Very stupid. Your arguments are weak and ignorant. Your transparent psychophancy to power isnt going to convince anyone of anything other than the obvious fact you are a hivemind moron regurgitating the brainwashed inane talking points that are all I have ever seen from you.
September 5th, 2008 at 4:16 pmTracy__5 Says:
“A lie that fits their fantasy delusions is welcome and an indisputable FACT that doesnt evokes anger and frustration.”
If you think that Gore doesn’t use a private jet on regular basis then you are the liar.
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Part of my post dissapeared I will try again. It isnt that I am a liar it is that you are unbelievably STUPID. What a weak attempt to change the argument to a strawman no one is arguing. Did Romney say Gore shouldnt USE a private jet? Why no he didnt he talked about GORES PRIVATE JET. That is saying Gore has his own jet. THAT is known as a lie. IT is NOT a lie for me to point out that Romeny is LYING. It is an embarassment that I have to dumb this down to a level a four year old would find condescending because you are so incredibly ignorant. IF I had said Gore never flies on a Private jet you would have had your first actual point in your posting history. I didnt. If you ever learn to read you will understand that so congratulations on your unbroken string of ignorant and worthless posts.
September 5th, 2008 at 4:20 pmBy the way, the drill, drill, drill faction ignores the fact that the drill ships needed to drill off shore in deep water are available only from the Korean Companies Samsung, Daewoo, and Hyundai. Deep water drill ships cost over $600m. and are on back order. Order one today and get delivery in 2017.
September 5th, 2008 at 11:55 pmTracy__5 Says:
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“You KNOW what Romney MEANT which isnt what he SAID how exactly?”
Yes considering I do know, as does Romney, that Gore doesn’t own a private jet. Apparently you don’t and neither does TP, hence the utter untrue insinuation that Romney was inferring that Gore does own a jet. Maybe some annunciation on Romney’s part is in order especially for you, other posters here, and TP.
September 7th, 2008 at 7:08 pm<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< It is known as a possessive. To put it simply, in defference to your obvious intellectual inadequacy, it means BELONING TO, in short to possess. So are you just happy to lie all day for the GOP or are you ignorant beyond human comprehension? Those really are the only two possibilities at this point
Darn half my post dissapeared again so to recap. No carbon based lifeform that manages to breathe could be as stupid as you. You must either be a leftwinger trying to make rightwingers look way bad or you are just a liar. Are you really trying to claim that Romney saying AND I QUOTE “let’s keep Al Gore’s private jet on the ground!” DOESNT mean the jet is, you know AL GORE’S???? Now do you see that apostrophe there after the GORE? IT is a possesive the rest I already covered but I do want to repeat that you are incredibly stupid. I mean you have to be a new species to reach this level of stupidity
September 7th, 2008 at 7:13 pmTracy please go back to school. I suggest starting at about second grade. At this point I feell like I would have a better chance throwing an egg THROUGH a stainless steel bulkhead than getting a concept through your thick skull
September 7th, 2008 at 7:16 pmTracy__5 Says:
I assume you will continue the free clown show until your stupidity becomes LEGENDARY.
Why did Romney and those he was speaking to at the convention know that Gore doesn’t own a private jet? They knew as did Romney, as did I, that Gore doesn’t own a private jet.
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And yet he SAID GORE’s PRIVATE JET.
“It is known as a possessive.”
If I lease a car as a means of tranportation the car is “mine” to the extent that I use it.
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It might be yours to the extent you USE it but it wouldnt really be correct to call it YOUR CAR. Does Gore LEASE a specific jet that would be called HIS? I see no evidence this is true are you going to cough some up? Oh you arent? Imagine my suprise so if he doesnt have a SPECIFIC JET on long term lease then your made up hypothetical WHAT IF doesnt work at ALL does it? If he flies contract each time that would be more like SHORT TERM RENTAL of a car and NO ONE would call that YOUR car they would call it a rental.
Again maybe he should had said for the weak minded:
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Again THIS would only make sense IF you were talking about a SPECIFIC JET that Al Gore has on long term lease. Got any evidence that Al Gore has a specific jet on long term lease? You dont? So you just made this STUPID hypothetical up? Sure its what morons do to protect the rightwing liars they love. Its sad and pathetic but then so are you.
September 11th, 2008 at 4:55 amAgain some of my post disappeared
Again maybe he should had said for the weak minded:
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What he said WAS for the weak minded. Weak minded morons like YOU that will believe the LIE then when its pointed out it IS a LIE will run to make appologies making up irrelevant and nonsensical reasons why it wouldnt BE a lie if only they were true except YOU DONT EVEN TRY TO SHOW THEY ARE
September 11th, 2008 at 4:58 amThis is an extremely important issue that Obama’s campaign and the Democrats must deal with during this campaign.sohbet The Republicans continue to degenerate to outright falsehoods. What are we to do when the press will not intervene to set the record straight?Bedava mp3 indir How do we cope with maintaining an offense versus wasting time and messaging on spurious arguments?
February 28th, 2009 at 12:19 am