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ellisonz

(27,709 posts)
Thu Jan 12, 2012, 12:16 AM Jan 2012

Toons: Courage Citizen, Pimple Paul, Young Mitt Learns Firing is Real Fun and More. 1/11/12


By Larry Wright, The Detroit News - 1/11/2012


By Kirk Walters, Toledo Blade - 1/11/2012


By Jimmy Margulies, The Record of Hackensack, NJ - 1/11/2012


By Parker, Florida Today - 1/11/2012


By Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune - 1/11/2012


By Joe Heller, Green Bay Press-Gazette - 1/11/2012


By Randall Enos, Cagle Cartoons - 1/11/2012


By John Cole, The Scranton Times-Tribune - 1/11/2012


By Bill Day, Cagle Cartoons - 1/11/2012


By David Fitzsimmons, The Arizona Star - 1/11/2012


By Mike Keefe, Cagle Cartoons - 1/11/2012


By Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune - 1/11/2012
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By Randy Bish, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - 1/11/2012


By Paresh Nath, The Khaleej Times, UAE - 1/11/2012


By Hajo de Reijger, The Netherlands - 1/11/2012 - "Syrian Warpaint"


By Pat Oliphant, January 11, 2012


By Steve Benson, January 11, 2012


By Walt Handelsman, January 11, 2012


By Mike Luckovich, January 11, 2012


By Don Wright, January 11, 2012


By Jim Morin, January 12, 2012


By Ted Rall, January 11, 2012 - Rall obviously wants a challenger from the Left.

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Toons: Courage Citizen, Pimple Paul, Young Mitt Learns Firing is Real Fun and More. 1/11/12 (Original Post) ellisonz Jan 2012 OP
kick Angry Dragon Jan 2012 #1
Kick n/t Tx4obama Jan 2012 #2
Mitt Romney didn't say "I like to fire people" skepticscott Jan 2012 #3
The exact quote was "I like being able to fire people who provide services to me..." a la izquierda Jan 2012 #4
And Al Gore didn't say "I invented the Internet" jeff47 Jan 2012 #5
Nor did President Obama "say" polmaven Jan 2012 #6
And are you happy skepticscott Jan 2012 #7
Yes jeff47 Jan 2012 #8
Agreed. ellisonz Jan 2012 #10
yeah, that talking point still hasn't died among certain friends.... Blue_Tires Jan 2012 #12
I don't think the context helps there. The sentiment is the same, & the full statement DirkGently Jan 2012 #13
Face it...you, me and everyone else skepticscott Jan 2012 #15
Good job tamermba Jan 2012 #9
The last one caught me by surprise SlipperySlope Jan 2012 #11
Obama got 82% in NH. n/t ellisonz Jan 2012 #14
 

skepticscott

(13,029 posts)
3. Mitt Romney didn't say "I like to fire people"
Thu Jan 12, 2012, 07:05 AM
Jan 2012

Why do so many people, here and elsewhere, find it necessary to dishonestly say that he did? He said "I like to be able to fire people", which is a very different thing, especially in the context he used it, and is a sentiment shared by just about everyone, if you stop and think about it.

There are more than enough dumb things that Romney actually said to tear him down without having to make stuff up. It just makes liberals look silly when they do.

a la izquierda

(11,784 posts)
4. The exact quote was "I like being able to fire people who provide services to me..."
Thu Jan 12, 2012, 09:22 AM
Jan 2012

and yes, you're right, it's stupid for anyone to pull it out of context.
But you know darn well they'd crucify Obama just the same if he made a ridiculous comment along these lines.

jeff47

(26,549 posts)
5. And Al Gore didn't say "I invented the Internet"
Thu Jan 12, 2012, 10:47 AM
Jan 2012

I'll be happy to listen to complaints about a Republican being taken out of context when they stop taking Democrats out of context.

polmaven

(9,463 posts)
6. Nor did President Obama "say"
Thu Jan 12, 2012, 12:44 PM
Jan 2012
If we don't stop talking about the economy we're going to lose, but that didn't stop the Romney campaign for pretending that he did.

DirkGently

(12,151 posts)
13. I don't think the context helps there. The sentiment is the same, & the full statement
Thu Jan 12, 2012, 07:48 PM
Jan 2012

was disingenuous to begin with. Romney has and likely still does enjoy being "able to fire people" in all kinds of contexts. His decision to dishonestly cloak healthcare issues in the context of the joys of the power to "fire" is legitimately revealing. He has always been the firer. He thinks of corporations as "people," and feels entitled to extract wealth from others by leveraging the ability to fire against them. It's a real hobby of his.

And the idea that rolling back our meager healthcare reforms in favor of the Republican's deliberately false vision of a "free market" of insurance (in which the insurers, not the consumers would hold all the power to "fire&quot doesn't exactly turn the statement on its ear.

 

skepticscott

(13,029 posts)
15. Face it...you, me and everyone else
Thu Jan 12, 2012, 08:26 PM
Jan 2012

on this board likes being able to fire people in exactly the same way that Romney expressed, and we do it all the time.

SlipperySlope

(2,751 posts)
11. The last one caught me by surprise
Thu Jan 12, 2012, 04:27 PM
Jan 2012

But it did make me chuckle. I forgot that there even technically were Democratic primaries this year.

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