Showing posts with label charity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label charity. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Trump Attacks the Press

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Donald Trump is now the GOP nominee, so he should expect greater scrutiny from the news media. But Toupee-nator doesn't know how the news media works, and that makes him upset. He wants praise and thanks. All the time. If you don't have something good to say about Trump, you are a sleazy loser. Sad.

Trump was ticked-off that the media wanted to ask him questions about "millions" he supposedly raised for veterans, when there was no proof the vets received the money. God forbid the press should ask questions!

For a year, the news media laughed at Trump and fawned over him for ratings. In return, he kept reporters penned up in a sort of corral behind at fence at most of his events. Now he feels hurt that they are asking him hard questions, so he treats them just like one of his toadies such as the pitiful Chris Christie, calling them names and slamming them for doing their jobs. But unlike Christy, the media doesn't work for Trump, even though it has seemed that way to the public. Maybe this press conference marks the day the media woke up and turned against their grumbly cash cow.



From Paul Waldman on Washington Post:
“The press should be ashamed of themselves,” he said. Reporters “are not good people,” he said. “The political press is among the most dishonest people that I’ve ever met,” he said. “The press is so dishonest and so unfair,” he said, without identifying a single thing anyone in the media said on this topic that wasn’t true. When ABC News reporter Tom Llamas asked Trump about his well-known penchant for exaggeration, Trump said, “What I don’t want is when I raise millions of dollars, have people say, like this sleazy guy right over here from ABC. He’s a sleaze in my book.” When Llamas asked why, Trump responded, “You’re a sleaze because you know the facts and you know the facts well.” And this may have been the most revealing part:
“Instead of being like, ‘Thank you very much, Mr. Trump’ or ‘Trump did a good job,’ everyone’s saying ‘Who got it, who got it, who got it,’ and you make me look very bad. I have never received such bad publicity for doing such a good job.”
He actually believes that it’s the job of political reporters covering a presidential candidate to write “Thank you very much, Mr. Trump.” It’s not the press’ job to discover the truth or ask questions or hold the powerful accountable; their job is to promote him and compliment him. And when he doesn’t get the glowing coverage he wants, he attacks.







From CNN
The billionaire had called the news conference to announce an accounting of his at least $5.6 million in fundraising for veterans groups, but spent most of the 40 minutes criticizing and insulting reporters -- collectively and at times individually -- as "dishonest," "not good people," sleazy, and among the worst human beings he has ever met.
And he vowed the White House briefing room would be just as combative as the Trump Tower lobby, where the developer addressed reporters Tuesday, should he ascend to the Oval Office.
"Yeah, it is going to be like this," Trump said when asked if this is how he would behave with the press as president. "You think I'm gonna change? I'm not gonna change."





"I think we're seeing a man-child
throwing a temper tantrum."
~ Jon Favreau on MSNBC's Last Word


















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Monday, October 15, 2012

"Atlas Scrubbed" - Paul Ryan Fakes Charity at Ohio Soup Kitchen

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From CBS News
Brian J. Antag, president of the Mahoning County St. Vincent De Paul Society in Youngstown, told the Washington Post that the Romney campaign had not asked to make the Saturday visit to the soup kitchen. He said that he runs an apolitical faith-based organization which has bylaws barring it from hosting political candidates, and that the visit jeopardized donations from private individuals.

"They showed up there and they did not have permission," he said. "They got one of the volunteers to open up the doors." Antag added that Ryan and his family "did nothing" while on the premises.

"He just came in here to get his picture taken at the dining hall," he said.

Our campaign and Congressman Ryan were pleased to bring attention to the meaningful charitable contributions the St. Vincent De Paul Society makes to people in need.
~ Chris Maloney, director of communications in Ohio for the Romney Campaign (rhymes with baloney)

Sin....Sin.... big old ugly SIN = Using the POOR as a campaign prop
~ comment by The Fighting Irish on Washington Post

This is the future for our seniors under Ryan, BTW..line up for charity because your government guarantees, the ones you paid into all those years, will disappear and that Medicare voucher will just about cover pre-lim's.
~ comment by hrayovac2 on Washington Post

Atlas Scrubbed.
~ comment by Travis Pitts on Washington Post



All I really need to know about Paul Ryan I Learned From This Soup Kitchen Photo Op
~ avengerco on Tumblr

It would have been more appropriate for him to dress like P90X Paul Ryan.
~ comment by Evilito on New York Mag

You didn't scrub that!
~ comment by Cags on New York Mag

Dude! Rage Against the Tureen!
~ comment by FiscalClifford on New York Mag

Note the spotless apron, and the, I'm guessing, water-proof watch.
~ comment by liberalagogo on Daily Kos

Out! Out damn'd spot!
~ comment by Anne Elk on Daily Kos

Actually, it had nothing to do with staging a "reg'lar" guy photo of Rep. Ryan donning an apron and washing dishes.
He was merely trying to find a water source.
I mean, come on. After Thursday night's performance, we know how important hydration is to Ryan.
The apron was a ruse. Workout boy needed to rehydrate.
Minutes after this photo was taken, he was seen tearing off the top of a fire hydrant right outside the building.
~ comment by Bender Rodriguez on Daily Kos

Paul Ryan wants to be Pontius Pilate and wash his hands of the poor.
~ comment by LakeSuperior on Daily Kos

We think soup kitchen patrons are lazy moochers but we care deeply about them all the same.
~ comment by PianoMan on Daily Kos

So, you know, still lying.
~ Wonkette

Those children look like they have never seen a pot or pan in their lives.
~ comment by MissTaken on Wonkette

He's acting out Grover Norquist's old fantasy of dragging government to the bathtub (or in this case, an industrial sink) and drowning it. With the help of his kids
~ comment by LastGasp on Wonkette

Ayn cringed while Atlas mugged.
~ comment by Barto on Wonkette
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Friday, September 21, 2012

Romney Dumps "A" Tax Return, So . . . There, Take That!


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Just the one for 2011. Tax Rate: 14%.

View Document Here: New York Daily News

From Bloomberg
Romney and his wife, Ann, have paid 100 percent of the taxes they owe, Brad Malt, a partner at the law firm of Ropes & Gray LLP in Boston who manages the Romneys’ investments, wrote in a blog post on the campaign’s website.

Romney makes most of his income from investing an estimated $250 million fortune, and much of that income is taxed at a top rate of 15 percent, rather than the top rate of 35 percent that applies to wages. Romney, 65, is a former Massachusetts governor and co-founder of Bain Capital LLC, the Boston-based private equity firm.

. . . The campaign said it will release a letter from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, which prepares Romney’s returns, summarizing his filings for the past 20 years.

More From Ezra Klein's Wonk Blog on Washington Post
In 2011, Romney earned $14 million, mostly from investments that are taxed at a lower, preferential rate. He also gave a very large amount of money to charity—more than $4 million. So, thanks to the charitable deduction in the tax code, he was technically allowed to reduce the amount of income subject to the income tax even further.

The trouble is, if Romney did that, he would have ended up paying less than 13 percent of his income in federal taxes (back-of-the-envelope calculations suggest the amount would have likely been somewhere around 11 percent). That would have conflicted with his statement in August that he has paid at least 13 percent the past ten years. So Romney opted to limit his charitable deduction to just $2.25 million, essentially agreeing to pay the government more in taxes than he needed to. In the end, Romney had an effective federal tax rate of 14.1 percent.

There’s nothing wrong with voluntarily donating a bit more to reduce the federal deficit. Although there is this awkward quote from Romney during a primary debate in January: “I pay all the taxes that are legally required and not a dollar more,” he said. “I don’t think you want someone as the candidate for president who pays more taxes than he owes.”


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An email to the Romney campaign account dedicated to responding to questions about tax returns, returns@mittromney.com, produced this response:
He has been clear that no American need pay more than he or she owes under the law. At the same time, he was in the unique position of having made a commitment to the public that his tax rate would be above 13%. In order to be consistent with that statement, the Romneys limited their deduction of charitable contributions.
~ BuzzFeed

I read the 13.66% over the 20 yr. period to be the average tax rate. If this were true there is the possibility that he could very well have not paid any taxes in certain years but higher rates in others to average it out to the 13.66%. Hisrate would have been higher when he was salaried at Bain. Harry Reid might yet have a point.
~ comment by Calibrese on WaPo Wonkblog


At first I thought this was an April Fool's Joke. But it isn't April. I can't imagine that David Axelrod will now say, I'm glad Mitt put this issue behind him. This will drag Mitt's taxes back into the debate. And there's not many days left. I just can't imagine why they would do this. There are 40 days left and you have now made more of them about Mitt's taxes....you don't serve a life sentence and then confess afterward. They've taken their beating on this (already) ... I just don't understand how a (being) 'little pregnant' strategy (works).
~ Republican Strategist Alex Castellanos via Politico.com


Mitt's Desperate Friday News Dump
In the near future, I think we might be able look back to say that this was the week the Mitt Romney campaign entered its death throes. I suppose some miracle cure is still possible, but given that his vice presidential pick is getting pelted by boos from seniors and he himself was caught on tape calling half the nation shiftless moochers, sending things so off the rails that Mitt now wants to talk about his tax returns, of all things, you know the Romney camp is in quite a panic. That's a hell of a Friday news dump.
Mind you, he's still not releasing those tax returns. He's released the much-promised 2011 version, finally, but the rest of it is not really tax returns, but an artist's interpretation of what his tax returns would look like, if he did release him. A very polite and notarized letter from his mother doctor accountant saying please excuse Mitt Romney from releasing his tax returns as other presidential candidates have. I sincerely promise everything is on the up-and-up in there and there is no reason to look any further; signed, some guys paid by Mitt Romney to say this
~ Hunter on Daily Kos

It just kills me that he pays a much lower tax rate than I do, and I actually work for a living. I am part of the 53%. I don't want my tax rate lowered. I want Mitt's raised. I like national parks, education, healthcare, veteran's benefits, etc., and I am willing to pay for them.
~ comment by blue jersey mom on Daily Kos

This was so stupid of Mitt to release today. The 47% klusterf*!k is baked in and dying down. The MSM has talked about it non-stop for the past week. The press was looking for a new shiny object to fawn over & this big dummy just added a new layer for MSM to talk about for the next few days. I think Mitt is working for the Obama campaign. I LOVE IT!!
~ comment by shevas01 on Daily Kos

if you listen closely you might be able to hear the sound of a nail going into a coffin, its the first nail but a nail none the less, more nails to follow i am sure, stay tuned america.
~ comment by PC on Daily Kos


































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