October 30, 2012

Mitt Storm Tips

"Everyone in the path of the hurricane should head to their second or third homes for safety." #RomneyStormTips

If your house is destroyed, borrow money from your parents to buy a new one. #RomneyStormTips

This is a time for bipartisanship, despite the President's bungling of this preventable natural disaster. #MittStormTips

My thoughts and prayers go out to 53% of you. #MittStormTips

Once elected, I will take away a female Hurricane's right to choose #Romney StormTips

If you aren't able to swim to safety, then why should the government try to save you? #Romney StormTips

Emergency aid is nothing but a handout for America's "victim" class. Don't expect FEMA under MY administration! #RomneyStormTips

Do not let your chef go home for the night. Restaurants are NOT delivering. #MittStormTips


http://www.talkleft.com/story/2012/10/30/24555/221

October 30, 2012

ROMNEY Prepping For Sandy

October 30, 2012

Based On Race?

October 30, 2012

Christie praises Obama, doesn’t ‘give a damn’ about Romney photo op

Christie praises Obama, doesn’t ‘give a damn’ about Romney photo op

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Fox News co-host Steve Doocy wondered when Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney was going to get some of the same benefits from the hurricane with a photo op in disaster-stricken New Jersey towns.

“Over the last couple of months, you have appeared throughout the country, Governor, on behalf of Mitt Romney,” Doocy remarked to Christie. “We hear that perhaps Mr. Romney may do some storm-related events. Is there any possibility that Gov. Romney may go to New Jersey to tour some of the damage with you?”

“I have no idea, nor am I the least bit concerned or interested,” Christie replied, immediately shutting down the idea. “I’ve got a job to do here in New Jersey that’s much bigger than presidential politics and I could (sic) care less about any of that stuff.”


“I have a job to do,” he added. “I’ve got 2.4 million people out of power, I’ve got devastation on the shore, I’ve got floods in the northern part of my state. If you think right now I give a damn about presidential politics then you don’t know me.”

the rest:
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/10/30/christie-praises-obama-doesnt-give-a-damn-about-romney-photo-op/

October 30, 2012

President Romney coordinating Hurricane Response (for GOP states only)

President Romney coordinating Hurricane Response (for GOP states only)

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He’s now in a full-blown Hurricane Sandy recovery mode, coordinating relief efforts with GOP governors, even though it’s not entirely clear what Romney knows about disaster relief, or how a presidential candidate who’s not in office can even offer any assistant at all, other than some of millions as a donation to the Red Cross. Romney has found that disaster “opportunity” he was looking for throughout the entire campaign.

Mitt Romney continues to interfere with Hurricane Sandy response in an effort to use Sandy as an “opportunity” to bolster his presidential bona fides.

Democratic Hurricane Victims Needs Not Apply

Interesting that Mitt Romney appears to only be calling Republican governors. Oh that’s right, Mitt Romney doesn’t think of the 47% who live in the other half of the country. But in all seriousness, if this weren’t a political stunt meant to make an “opportunity” out of national disaster, Mitt Romney wouldn’t be calling states based on the political affiliation of the governor – he’d be calling the worst hit states.


http://americablog.com/2012/10/romney-further-impedes-hurricane-response-phones-gop-hurricane-governors.html

October 30, 2012

10/29/12 One WTC Still Lit

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AntDeRosa Anthony De Rosa 3h
Only light I see on my block is 1WTC #Sandy pic.twitter.com/wGD5gNgu
https://twitter.com/AntDeRosa/status/263078534883471360/photo/1/large

October 30, 2012

Hero mode: activate, that firefighter didn't give a FUCK-Ran right in there balls out, fucking brave

YEAH!
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/10/29/1152393/-With-Heroes-Like-These-Gotham-City-Doesn-t-Need-A-Batman-Wow-Just-Wow

October 30, 2012

NY TIMES EDITORIAL: A Big Storm Requires Big Government

EDITORIAL
A Big Storm Requires Big Government
Published: October 29, 2012 4 Comments


Most Americans have never heard of the National Response Coordination Center, but they’re lucky it exists on days of lethal winds and flood tides. The center is the war room of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, where officials gather to decide where rescuers should go, where drinking water should be shipped, and how to assist hospitals that have to evacuate.

Disaster coordination is one of the most vital functions of “big government,” which is why Mitt Romney wants to eliminate it. At a Republican primary debate last year, Mr. Romney was asked whether emergency management was a function that should be returned to the states. He not only agreed, he went further.

“Absolutely,” he said. “Every time you have an occasion to take something from the federal government and send it back to the states, that’s the right direction. And if you can go even further and send it back to the private sector, that’s even better.” Mr. Romney not only believes that states acting independently can handle the response to a vast East Coast storm better than Washington, but that profit-making companies can do an even better job. He said it was “immoral” for the federal government to do all these things if it means increasing the debt.

It’s an absurd notion, but it’s fully in line with decades of Republican resistance to federal emergency planning. FEMA, created by President Jimmy Carter, was elevated to cabinet rank in the Bill Clinton administration, but was then demoted by President George W. Bush, who neglected it, subsumed it into the Department of Homeland Security, and placed it in the control of political hacks. The disaster of Hurricane Katrina was just waiting to happen.

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the rest:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/30/opinion/a-big-storm-requires-big-government.html?smid=tw-share&_r=1&

October 29, 2012

Mitt Romney vs. Barack Obama

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/10/29/1152241/-Mitt-Vs-Barack-this-pretty-much-sums-it-up

October 29, 2012

Battleground Tracking Poll: President Obama retakes lead

Source: Politico

Battleground Tracking Poll: President Obama retakes lead

MARION, Ohio — With eight days to go until the election, President Barack Obama has recaptured a narrow national lead over Mitt Romney, riding increased support from women and an edge in early voting.

A new POLITICO/George Washington University Battleground Tracking Poll of 1,000 likely voters — taken from last Monday through Thursday — shows Obama ahead of Romney by 1 percent, 49 to 48 percent. That represents a 3-point swing in Obama’s direction from a week ago but reflects a race that remains statistically tied.

Obama leads by 8 points among those who have already voted, 53 to 45 percent. These early voters represent 15 percent of the electorate, with many more expected to vote in the next few days — though Hurricane Sandy could change that.
But the GOP nominee maintains a potentially pivotal advantage in intensity among his supporters. Sixty percent of those who support Obama say they are “extremely likely” to vote, compared to 73 percent who back Romney. Among this group, Romney leads Obama by 9 points, 53 to 44 percent.




Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1012/82986.html#ixzz2AharQIWB