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Published: Sunday, June 19 2011 12:00 a.m. MDT

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The Politics of Listening
A Tropical Paradise USA, FL

Frank Pignanelli & LaVarr Webb, these 2 won't get our votes. Utah's ambitious RINO men in politics and business. Anybody asking Mitt Romneycare or Jon "Former Obama Employee" Huntsman about this in Utah yet?. There's no question that some men in powerful positions start to feel they are infallible and can do whatever they please. Really, is this the best the GOP can do?" - Romney's weaknesses (i.e. health care, flip-flopping, etc.) are still maximized. Presidential hopefuls Mitt Romney and Herman Cain have declined to sign a pledge that calls for White House hopefuls to push for anti-abortion goals if elected president, Politico reports. The pledge requires that candidates promise to nominate or appoint pro-life judges, Cabinet members and administration officials. It also calls for zero taxpayer funding for abortion and the defunding of Planned Parenthood. Governor Romney pledged in the last campaign that he would be a pro-life Mormon president. Romney was concerned that abiding by the pledge would strip taxpayer funding from thousands of healthcare facilities and would hamstring him in selecting officials for the executive branch.


Like it or not Utah, that's my views, not yours.

"Happy Father's Day".

The Missing Link
A Tropical Paradise USA, FL

The "flip flopper" Mitt Romney restated his support for a reversal of Roe vs Wade after opting not to sign what he called an "overly broad" pledge promoted by an anti-abortion advocacy group. Those signing the list vow to nominate judges and appoint executive branch officials who are opposed to abortion. Signing on have been Minnesota Congressman Michele Bachmann, former House speaker Newt Gingrich, Texas Congressman Ron Paul, former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum. Romney, Georgia businessman Herman Cain and former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson opted not to sign. Romney said it was one thing to end federal funding for a family planning organization like Planned Parenthood, but it was an entirely different matter to end all federal funding for thousands of hospitals across America. Democrats charge that Romney has changed his views on abortion at least once. In 2002, while campaigning for governor in socially liberal Massachusetts, he vowed to "preserve and protect" a woman's right to have an abortion.


American fathers are spending more than twice the amount of time with their children than they used to in years past. It's due to a sweeping new trend called "unemployment."

CJ
Murray, UT

Frank ,
You think Romney is a poor choice? How about the worst two Presidents in history , Carter and Obama? The least qualified Republicans would be better than these two. The last decent Democrat to hold office was Truman. If you wanted someone to run an organization and you looked at the resumes of Obama and Romney side by side you would get a good long laugh at Obamas.

SUNNY ALL DAY
Saint George, UT

"...the least qualified Republicans would be better than these two...'.

President Obama was elected because the voters played "anybody but a Bush Clone, McCain and Palin...".

Those who ignore the past are doomed to repeat the past.

Let's make sure we know exactly what the Republican "Annointed One" is going to do this time, (SPECIFIC GOALS, OBJECTIVES and TIMELINES) to fix the economy, unemployment, housing, immigration, Social Security, Medicare, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, and a completely divided nation...for starters.

Anything less will result, in another "pandering politician", for 4 more years.

Truthseeker
SLO, CA

The share of the income commanded by the top 0.01 percent rose from 0.85 percent in 1975 to 5.03 percent in 2008. For the 15,000 families in that group, average income now stands at $27 million.

In world rankings of income inequality, the United States now falls among some of the worlds less-developed economies.

After executives, managers and financial professionals, the next largest groups in the top 0.1 percent of earners was lawyers with 6.2 percent and real estate professionals at 4.7 percent. Media and sports figures, who are often assumed to represent a large portion of very high-income earners, collectively made up only 3 percent.

Executive pay at the largest U.S. companies was relatively flat in the 50s and 60s, it began a rapid ascent sometime in the 70s. More importantly, however, the finding that executive pay was flat in the 50s and 60s, when firms were growing, appears to contradict the idea that executive pay should naturally rise when companies grow.
(Washington Post)

The Real Maverick
Orem, UT

This is great news to me!

A Romney or Palin GOP ticket screams 4 more years for Barack Obama!

Awesome!

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