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RufusTFirefly Wrote: Sep 18, 2012 11:50 AM

"Thurston Howell Romney" was written by conservative New York Times columnist David Brooks: "The people who receive the disproportionate share of government spending are not big-government lovers. They are Republicans. They are senior citizens. They are white men with high school degrees. As Bill Galston of the Brookings Institution has noted, the people who have benefited from the entitlements explosion are middle-class workers, more so than the dependent poor."

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John in Gwinnett,Ga Wrote: Sep 18, 2012 11:55 AM

David Brooks NYT..... ""Usually when I talk to senators, while they may know a policy area better than me, they generally don’t know political philosophy better than me. I got the sense he knew both better than me. [...] I remember distinctly an image of--we were sitting on his couches, and I was looking at his pant leg and his perfectly creased pant, and I’m thinking, a) he’s going to be president and b) he’ll be a very good president.”

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RT250 Wrote: Sep 18, 2012 11:54 AM

No one here has the brains to address those points, Aint. I read that as well, it was very informative but wat too complicated for TH.

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ResistWeMuch Wrote: Sep 18, 2012 11:53 AM

"Conservative" David Brooks?

LOL

More like: As he clicks the heels of his wingtips three times and says, "There's no place like the crease of Barack Obama's slacks! There's no place like the crease of Barack Obama's slacks!"

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george washington Wrote: Sep 18, 2012 11:52 AM

Thurston Howell Romney, lol...

What happened to calling him Rmoney?

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PetermanHighcock Wrote: Sep 18, 2012 11:55 AM

I like RMoney.

I bet there are rappers out there wishing they'd thought of it;)

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Video: Romney Holds Presser to Respond to 47 Percent "Controversy"

Both Kevin and Carol discussed the latest object of media concern-trolling last night. Rather than let this narrative sit out there and fester, Mitt Romney opted to take the bull by the horns, explain exactly what he meant at that closed-door fundraiser, then face reporters' questions: