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Mike Wallace Interviews The Contender For The GOP Presidential Nomination

[johnrosedale]

Hey Mike Wallace,

I read your softn'fluffy interview on Mitt Romney. Here are a few of the harder things you missed:

Mr. Romney, as Governor of Massachusetts, didn't raise our taxes, choosing instead to "fee" us to death. For example, I have 2 kids in public school. It costs me over $ 2,500. per year to enroll my kids in basic school activities such as soccer, baseball and chess club. Real Estate taxes were raised, and under state mandate, are aggressively collected at up to 103% cost of projected market value.

Mr Romney did nothing to monitor or stop the "Big Dig corruption. He was absent for the last 2 years of his administration, only "visiting" his home state to try and score political capital such as railing aganst gay marriage and abortion rights, issues he supported when he ran for governor.


For Mitt, in the end, it's all about Mitt and how he looks, not what he accomplishes. All in all, he is a nice haircut in am empty suit.

[anticdisposi]

Romney was not honest about his church's stance on polygamy. He said it was "outlawed in our church in the 1800s." Polygamy is an eternal law in the LDS church. It was never "outlawed" and is still official church doctrine. It is simply not in practice because of US law.
Polygamy is an extremely sore spot with mormons because they cannot simply say, as Romney tried to do, that the church no longer believes in it. They have to support it while trying to distance themselves from it. It's quite tricky.

[writethisway]

People, people. Don't you see what is happening. The Mormon Church is about to implode. It is going to splinter at best.

They don't get involved in wars or take political sides. Oh right. Except when Romney has, well I am just throwing this in, a VISION and knows President is the way to go. Because it will be the righteous thing for him to do seeing that the continent of America is going to be central to worship. I am sure the military is going to love him. Hey, when the military wants to go to war, they want to go to war. Good luck with all that! On the other hand, I saw a clip that he wants to keep America safe with the military. Again, it is important to keep America safe as he really wants to keep the American Continent safe for Jerusalem or Zion or whatever to have this continent for central worship. I bet he won't be able to make a presidential war decision that will drive even his wife nuts and she pops him one in the mouth.

contd.

[writethisway]

People, people. Don't you see what is happening. The Mormon Church is about to implode. It is going to splinter at best.

They don't get involved in wars or take political sides. Oh right. Except when Romney has, well I am just throwing this in, a VISION and knows President is the way to go. Because it will be the righteous thing for him to do seeing that the continent of America is going to be central to worship. I am sure the military is going to love him. Hey, when the military wants to go to war, they want to go to war. Good luck with all that! On the other hand, I saw a clip that he wants to keep America safe with the military. Again, it is important to keep America safe as he really wants to keep the American Continent safe for Jerusalem or Zion or whatever to have this continent for central worship. I bet he won't be able to make a presidential war decision that will drive even his wife nuts and she pops him one in the mouth.

contd.

[mudrose-2009]

Iceman_1960

However, Athens had ruined itself by carrying to excess the principles of liberty and equality, by training the citizens in such fashion that they looked upon insolence as democracy, lawlessness as liberty, impudence of speech as equality, and license to do what they pleased as happiness. - (Isocrates, Areopagiticus 20)

Hopefully we won't share their fate.

[mudrose-2009]

Iceman_1960

However, Athens had ruined itself by carrying to excess the principles of liberty and equality, by training the citizens in such fashion that they looked upon insolence as democracy, lawlessness as liberty, impudence of speech as equality, and license to do what they pleased as happiness. - (Isocrates, Areopagiticus 20)

Hopefully we won't share their fate.

[mudrose-2009]

Iceman_1960

However, Athens had ruined itself by carrying to excess the principles of liberty and equality, by training the citizens in such fashion that they looked upon insolence as democracy, lawlessness as liberty, impudence of speech as equality, and license to do what they pleased as happiness. - (Isocrates, Areopagiticus 20)

Hopefully we won't share their fate.

[jch393]

As a regular viewer of 60 Minutes I was very disappointed with Mike Wallace's interview of Mitt Romney. The interview was nothing more than a puff piece of Mr Romney's career and family. On the issues, Mr Wallace's questions were soft balls with no substance or follow up. On Iraq, Mr Romney says "mistakes were made". After four years, $400+ billion US taxpayer dollars spent, hundreds of thousands dead Iraqis, tens of thousands dead and wounded US soldiers, and so much more with no ending in sight. Add to the fact the whole Iraq War is/was based on lies, half truths and fear. The best Mr Romney can say is mistakes were made. This is the biggest mistake and lie. Mistakes were made. Mr Romney is living on the same Cloud 9 as our President. Completely out of touch with reality. Mr Wallace failed to ask any follow up questions to Mr Romney%u2019s %u201Cmistake%u201D statement. Nor did Mr. Wallace connect Mr Romney%u2019s statement about having values to how he applies those values. We all have values, but how does Mr Romney apply his values to the %u201Cmistakes%u201D made in Iraq? In short, Mr Wallace%u2019s interview didn%u2019t go beyond a candidate infomercial. 60 Minutes and Mr Wallace failed to provide any journalist value to its viewers. I ask that 60 Minutes take a more active and responsible role in questioning our leaders and candidates applying to be our future leaders.

[jch393]

As a regular viewer of 60 Minutes I was very disappointed with Mike Wallace's interview of Mitt Romney. The interview was nothing more than a puff piece of Mr Romney's career and family. On the issues, Mr Wallace's questions were soft balls with no substance or follow up. On Iraq, Mr Romney says "mistakes were made". After four years, $400+ billion US taxpayer dollars spent, hundreds of thousands dead Iraqis, tens of thousands dead and wounded US soldiers, and so much more with no ending in sight. Add to the fact the whole Iraq War is/was based on lies, half truths and fear. The best Mr Romney can say is mistakes were made. This is the biggest mistake and lie. Mistakes were made. Mr Romney is living on the same Cloud 9 as our President. Completely out of touch with reality. Mr Wallace failed to ask any follow up questions to Mr Romney%u2019s %u201Cmistake%u201D statement. Nor did Mr. Wallace connect Mr Romney%u2019s statement about having values to how he applies those values. We all have values, but how does Mr Romney apply his values to the %u201Cmistakes%u201D made in Iraq? In short, Mr Wallace%u2019s interview didn%u2019t go beyond a candidate infomercial. 60 Minutes and Mr Wallace failed to provide any journalist value to its viewers. I ask that 60 Minutes take a more active and responsible role in questioning our leaders and candidates applying to be our future leaders.

[jch393]

As a regular viewer of 60 Minutes I was very disappointed with Mike Wallace's interview of Mitt Romney. The interview was nothing more than a puff piece of Mr Romney's career and family. On the issues, Mr Wallace's questions were soft balls with no substance or follow up. On Iraq, Mr Romney says "mistakes were made". After four years, $400+ billion US taxpayer dollars spent, hundreds of thousands dead Iraqis, tens of thousands dead and wounded US soldiers, and so much more with no ending in sight. Add to the fact the whole Iraq War is/was based on lies, half truths and fear. The best Mr Romney can say is mistakes were made. This is the biggest mistake and lie. Mistakes were made. Mr Romney is living on the same Cloud 9 as our President. Completely out of touch with reality. Mr Wallace failed to ask any follow up questions to Mr Romney%u2019s %u201Cmistake%u201D statement. Nor did Mr. Wallace connect Mr Romney%u2019s statement about having values to how he applies those values. We all have values, but how does Mr Romney apply his values to the %u201Cmistakes%u201D made in Iraq? In short, Mr Wallace%u2019s interview didn%u2019t go beyond a candidate infomercial. 60 Minutes and Mr Wallace failed to provide any journalist value to its viewers. I ask that 60 Minutes take a more active and responsible role in questioning our leaders and candidates applying to be our future leaders.

[chalres-2009]

Northeastern Elitist Flip Flopper. Sounds like someone else. Good Luck with That.

[mudrose-2009]

And this has been your History Minute...

Posted by Iceman_1960

And I'm grateful to you for this brief moment -- in fact it was better than the History channel.

[mudrose-2009]

However, he told me that he wasn't one of those there that was flying the American flag upside down..........fyi.
So you know what you are dealing with.
Posted by perception5

Perceptions,and your point?

[mudrose-2009]

However, he told me that he wasn't one of those there that was flying the American flag upside down..........fyi.
So you know what you are dealing with.
Posted by perception5

Perceptions,and your point?

[iceman_1960]

"I imagine he meant democracies. I don't believe China, India, etc. were democracies. No doubt great civilizations, however."
- Posted by mudrose at 01:14 PM : May 14, 2007

Thanks for the clarification.

I'm not sure what statistical conclusions could be drawn about "the world's greatest [democracies]from the beginning of history," however, democracy was so extremely rare in world history until yesterday, so to speak.

In the recent scholarly work "Origins of Democracy in Ancient Greece" (published in 2007), it is pointed out that democracy is extremely rare in human history, when you get past the level of so-called "village democracy," something that almost everybody had, similar to the rough democracy of Native American tribes.

The sophisticated democracy of Athens, with a constitution, and with 34,000 citizen voters, is unique in history until fairly modern times. Athens denied voting rights to women and slaves (as America did until "recently"), but because the Athenians rejected property qualifications for voting, a higher percentage of Athens' population voted in elections, than in the America of the Founding Fathers.

And this has been your History Minute...

[perception5]

Husker, I read just about anything but the New York Times and the Washington Post. How 'bout you do you read anything?

Posted by mudrose at 01:19 PM : May 14, 2007

.....Dear mudrose, something you should know about huskerarmy........he was one of those 300 people at the Pentagon on March 17th during the huge anti war protest.

However, he told me that he wasn't one of those there that was flying the American flag upside down..........fyi.
So you know what you are dealing with.

[mudrose-2009]

Husker, I read just about anything but the New York Times and the Washington Post. How 'bout you do you read anything?

[mudrose-2009]

Husker, I read just about anything but the New York Times and the Washington Post. How 'bout you do you read anything?

[iceman_1960]

"Romney says voters will accept Mormon background" - CNN headline.

He's right.

Jack Kennedy's Roman Catholicism, supposedly such a hurdle, turned out to be one of the biggest "straw man" issues in American political history back in 1960.

Anybody who is all hot and bothered over the fact that Romney's great-great-grandfather had 12 wives, will be too dumb to find his or her way to the polling places anyway.

["Mitt Romney, who is a Mormon, is reeling from reports that his great-grandfather had fives wives and at least one of his great-great-grandfathers had twelve. That poor b*astard had to register at Crate and Barrel 12 times. And that's back when all they sold were crates and barrels." - Stephen Colbert]

[mudrose-2009]

Posted by Iceman_1960
Oklahoma? Duh?

About the time our original thirteen states adopted their new constitution in 1787, Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor at the University of Edinburgh, had this to say about the fall of the Athenian Republic some 2,000 years earlier:

"A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government."
"A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury."
"From that moment on, the majority always vote for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship."
"The average age of the world's greatest civilizations from the beginning of history, has been about 200 years"
"During those 200 years, those nations always progressed through the following sequence:
1. From bondage to spiritual faith;
2. From spiritual faith to great courage;
3. From courage to liberty;
4. From liberty to abundance;
5. From abundance to complacency;
6.from complacency to apathy;
7. From apathy to dependence;
8. From dependence back into bondage"

I imagine he meant democracies. I don't believe China, India, etc. were democracies. No doubt great civilizations, however.