Romney's Speech Insures His election

[rareboy]

I am curious to better understand in what way(s) the Democrats’ philosophy is divisive. I have observed other instances in the forum in which one or more posters have mentioned that the Democrats are divisive – sometimes referenced in contrast to how the Republicans “assimilate” (where assimilation seems to be presented as a more desirable outcome).

I have quoted several instances from Governor Romney’s Acceptance Speech (below) in which he also inferred that division is an attribute of President Obama and/or the Democratic Party.

Is this a well-understood or documented association, or is the use of divisiveness to describe Democrats merely an example of provocative political rhetoric?

It is hilarious....that the Republican party....the party that parsed the American public into such distinct sub-groups in order to divide and conquer the vote...the party that has branded women, blacks, hispanics, gays, muslims, immigrants, the poor, the young and even the old as distinct and dangerous constituencies dares to even utter the idea that the Democrats...a party of inclusiveness are in fact the party of division.

The republicans want everyone, no matter their race, creed, colour and sexual orientation to be white anglo saxon men who view the nation and their community through the lens of sterile self-interest.

C'mon. Does anyone think that people are so stupid as to not see this?

 

[archive]

in related news, Tim Cook thinks that Windows 8 is the worst operating system he's ever used and doesn't understand how Windows has a future as a platform.

Youre always giving a response that leads to the funnies. Decent speech, but I am waiting for rhetoric from Obama or Romney that highlights themselves, rather than demonize the other. But sadly, that is not going to happen.

 

[RonR18]

It was a great speech for the moment, hiting the right notes, and will insure his election. Democrats should feel uncomfortable. How can they expect their bitter, divisive, hateful philosophy to compete?

I'm countering your nonsensical post with a not so nonsensical picture:

 

[maxpowr9]

in related news, Tim Cook thinks that Windows 8 is the worst operating system he's ever used and doesn't understand how Windows has a future as a platform.

Most people think Windows 8 sucks. That isn't news. Microsoft totally missed the boat on smartphones after having a good stint in the PDA market in the early 2000s which is killing them now and it is why Google is doing amazing [I know this for a fact because I still have my PDA in my room somewhere which was the "textbook" for my honors IT101 class which had Windows mobile on it.].

Anyways, Willard was as unenthusiastic as he will ever be.

 

[opinterph]

The calculated practise of the Democrats and Democrat media is to continually accuse Republicans of racism without justification. The purpose and effect is to drive a wedge between non whites and whites and Republicans in particular. Obama has promoted the myth that the US is divided between the 1% and the poor. Remember, it was his speeches to that effect which gave rise to the Occupy stuff …

If racism were evident, then bringing that observation to public attention would be appropriate. It is important to note that in such a case, the divisiveness would originate with the entity promoting racism. On the other hand, if the accusation of racism were unfounded, then it seems to me that promoting such an observation would be inappropriate and divisive.

Astute members of the electorate should not subscribe to division between themselves and others simply because a false affirmation appears in the media. So, if we assume that some Democrats or members of the media falsely allege racism, it is fair to also assume that such an accusation may cause discontent among the electorate; however, it is pertinent to note that electing a non-Democratic president would not resolve the problem.

I searched the White House website for statements indicating that the President has accused Republicans of being racist, that he endorsed or helped to create the Occupy Movement, or that he has used the relative wealth or income of citizens to foment strife or division. You indicated that the evidence can be found in his speeches, but my search did not provide sufficient clues to reach a definitive conclusion. I do recall that the President has suggested wealthier citizens should pay a higher tax rate and yet that seems to represent his expectation for fairness, rather than an effort to divide the citizenry and thereby encourage division or animosity.

My curiosity remains.

 

[Benvolio]

Of course, much of the divisivess has come from others, but you do recall his speeches against the 1%, i assume. It implies that thae remaining 99 are poor.
Remember the War on Women? There is no such war, but the claim is imtended to inspire an us vs them thinking by women, an attempt to split women off as another minority. Aa the Democrat convention unfolds please note how much of the speeches are intended to imply that the GOP is against various minorities.

 

[chance1]

From Mitten's speech which I've now seen - it's his best "performance" IMO - granted the bar was low low - which helps

but he looked relaxed, at ease and comfortable in his own skin

he said ........

‘‘The centerpiece of the President’s entire re-election campaign is attacking success. Is it any wonder that someone who attacks success has led the worst economic recovery since the Great Depression? In America, we celebrate success, we don’t apologize for it.’’

 

[Spiff]

When did BO "apologize" for success in America? Sounds like more fabricated history to me. I guess it sounded great with their "You DID build that" theme for the week. But a nonsensical correlation. .

 

[Kulindahr]

From Mitten's speech which I've now seen - it's his best "performance" IMO - granted the bar was low low - which helps

but he looked relaxed, at ease and comfortable in his own skin

he said ........

‘‘The centerpiece of the President’s entire re-election campaign is attacking success. Is it any wonder that someone who attacks success has led the worst economic recovery since the Great Depression? In America, we celebrate success, we don’t apologize for it.’’

Yeah -- he lied again.

 

[maxpowr9]

Of course, much of the divisivess has come from others, but you do recall his speeches against the 1%, i assume. It implies that thae remaining 99 are poor.
Remember the War on Women? There is no such war, but the claim is imtended to inspire an us vs them thinking by women, an attempt to split women off as another minority. Aa the Democrat convention unfolds please note how much of the speeches are intended to imply that the GOP is against various minorities.

I will use an adage that I said when I played WoW: "I am more coherent drunk than you are sober." The sheer amount of spelling errors and solecisms [a word I am sure you have to look up its meaning because Conservatives don't know how to augment their lexicon] you made in that post is quite sad.

We all make errors here and there but like name calling, not using proper grammar only hurts your case.

Yes, the culture wars are waged by the GOP. How many things are they against vs. how many things the Democrats are for.

 

[Kulindahr]

Benvolio said:

Of course, much of the divisivess has come from others, but you do recall his speeches against the 1%, i assume. It implies that thae remaining 99 are poor.

We should all be familiar with Ben's non sequiturs by now, but they're getting tiring. For an alleged lawyer, he can't reason worth a damn.

So why do so many people even bother to respond to him? Is it entertaining to prompt more illogic and predictable propaganda, maybe?

 

[Benvolio]

Yeah -- he lied again.

You are forgetting the contempt in his voice as he sneered, some think they built their business because they are smarter than any one else... Because they work hard... So, yes, BO attacks success. His wotds were offensive enough, but the hostility in his voice was worse. It showed us the real Obama.

 

[andysayshi]

I found myself laughing at times in Romney's speech. A fairly yawnful performance of platitudes and guaranteed cheer moments.

"I'm going to create 18 million jobs!" Great. How?

"Obama has crushed the middle class!" Really? Obama did that??

All in all, a disappointment. I really hoped he might have hit it out of the park in some way, surprising us all. But he just reminded me of one of the Presidents in Disney's "Hall Of Presidents" - a robotic script reader, telling us all the same stuff we've heard before.

I truly wish I hadn't seen Clint Eastwood's speech. That rather sad, rambling, bizarre performance will forever scar my love for the man and his films.

 

[andysayshi]

You are forgetting the contempt in his voice as he sneered, some think they built their business because they are smarter than any one else... Because they work hard... So, yes, BO attacks success. His wotds were offensive enough, but the hostility in his voice was worse. It showed us the real Obama.

Utter bullshit. The tone and theme of Obama's speech was self evident: he was saying that together, Americans can do amazing things. The fact that an entire Convention has been built upon a blatant and obvious distortion should be an embarrassment to the entire Republican Party.

 

[RonR18]

I found myself laughing at times in Romney's speech. A fairly yawnful performance of platitudes and guaranteed cheer moments.

"I'm going to create 18 million jobs!" Great. How?

"Obama has crushed the middle class!" Really? Obama did that??

All in all, a disappointment. I really hoped he might have hit it out of the park in some way, surprising us all. But he just reminded me of one of the Presidents in Disney's "Hall Of Presidents" - a robotic script reader, telling us all the same stuff we've heard before.

I truly wish I hadn't seen Clint Eastwood's speech. That rather sad, rambling, bizarre performance will forever scar my love for the man and his films.

RE: "That rather sad, rambling, bizarre performance will forever scar my love for the man and his films."

Butt who knows, it could backfire on Romney big time. As it shows his callous disregard for people, in that he's even willing to exploit the elderly in an attempt to get more votes. In this case, he allowed an American icon to make a complete fool out of himself in front of a national audience, destroying the image they had of him. And millions of voters may resent Romney for it, particularly the aging baby boomer population.

RE: "I found myself laughing at times in Romney's speech."

It's no wonder, because the only thing missing from his performance was the clown makeup and red nose.

 

[Benvolio]

Utter bullshit. The tone and theme of Obama's speech was self evident: he was saying that together, Americans can do amazing things. The fact that an entire Convention has been built upon a blatant and obvious distortion should be an embarrassment to the entire Republican Party.

That was not his point at all. His point was that people who build businesses do not deserve the credit for their own success.

 

[TX-Beau]

Bullshit......

That's just what you wanted to hear.

 

[LuvFindsAndyHardy]

That was not his point at all. His point was that people who build businesses do not deserve the credit for their own success.

Why would anybody say that? Why would a President of the United States, any president, ever ever say such a thing? Why would you think that anyone who wants to be president would ever really say or believe such a ridiculous thing?

CAN YOU EVEN HEAR YOURSELF??

 

[TX-Beau]

Not in English apparently.

 

[andysayshi]

That was not his point at all. His point was that people who build businesses do not deserve the credit for their own success.

Pretty much everybody disagrees with you. The Obama Administration has clarified what Obama meant. No speechwriter on the planet would write a speech that said what you claim. It doesn't make sense for any politician to say it, and there's simply no way he meant it.

The hypocrisy at the Republican Convention would be hilarious if it wasn't real.

Delaware lieutenant governor candidate Sher Valenzuela attacked Obama for the "You didn't build that" line despite the fact that, just a few months ago, she gave a detailed speech to a business group about how they could do a better job getting government contracts.

A New Mexico business man called Phil Archuletta spoke about how Obama's stimulus bill had made it harder for him to win government contracts. Archuletta's business is making outdoor signs, and more than 50% of his business is Federal Government contracts. He's a rather odd statesman for the message that business doesn't need Government, and Government should get out of the way.

It's was all rather embarrassing to watch play out. The entire Republican platform has been reduced to using lies and distortions. Republicans have actually resorted to fantasy - they've built a super-villian President that doesn't really exist. It's a sad day for US politics to watch a national convention built on lies. And held in a stadium that was built with Government funding.