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How Is Romney "Out of Step" with American Values?

April 18, 2012 @ 4:01 pm

In a campaign speech in Exeter, New Hampshire, Vice President Joe Biden attacked Mitt Romney as "out of step with American values."

This is an outrageous charge that demands a direct challenge from fair-minded sources in the media. In what way does Mitt Romney fail to honor American values? His family life has been exemplary: 42 years of marriage with five married sons and sixteen grandchildren. He gives prodigiously to charity, with no hint of impropriety in either his business or political careers. Does Romney violate "American values" just because he's rich?

In fact, Americans have always honored the goal of creating wealth through hard work and honest effort-as did Romney. Biden and Obama are actually more out of step with traditional American values, through their support for bigger government, more dependency, and less individual accountability.

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  • kata wrote...
    Don't mess with Joe!
    April 18, 2012 4:42 pm
    And a happy almost Earth Day to all of you. I say that because tomorrow is actually the day that officially marks the occasion. But the truth is we're here kicking off an entire Earth Week. And I hope our administration has kicked off an entire earth administration. -Joe Biden
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  • Howard goldman wrote...
    It is ironic
    April 18, 2012 5:11 pm
    I think it is Ironic that 2 people who never worked a day in their lives (Obama and Biden) are getting millions of dollars from another group of people who never work and hate the working class(Hollywood) are telling us Mitt Romney is out of touch. I can't wait to see Obama lose (I would use another word for this but I don't need the secret Service questioning me because some member of the ACLU is offended and can't counter the argument) in the debates. What does he have on his record to defend? The Buffett rule? Why didn't he go for this when he had the majoritues in both houses? Oh all of a sudden he pours on teh calss warfare...You know Obama should really check his history because this French War Strategy he is using didn't pan out that well for them in WW2.
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  • fitz1 wrote...
    above
    May 15, 2012 10:54 am
    how sorry I feel for you. First, learn to spell! people who need help somtimes do work! they may have lost their jobs, something may have happened in their lives that made their children really sick or hungry. How dare you judge them!! I thought god did that. Our side tries to help people in their time of trouble your side has a piece missing from you called compassion. our side has love and caring. Your side is big and tough and well.... I need a shower
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  • Drool wrote...
    "prodigiously to charity"
    April 18, 2012 6:12 pm
    He tithes to his church. If you consider building gold plated monuments to yourselves charity, then fine
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  • kata wrote...
    are you referring to ...
    April 18, 2012 7:46 pm
    the Joseph R. Biden Railroad Station or the Charles B. Rangel Library?
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  • Hamsterama wrote...
    Drool and Charity
    April 18, 2012 7:55 pm
    If, by "gold plated monuments" you mean "LDS Humanitarian Services" that have poured hundreds of millions in money and commodoties into 150 countries over the years, then you are right on the mark. But I get the feeling that your attention can't be held by the mundane acts of feeding and clothing thousands, so enjoy your class envy.
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  • William Lawn wrote...
    And why do they do that Ham?
    April 22, 2012 4:18 pm
    Converting more to "the faith" has nothing to do with it?

    If there were a "Manchurian Candidate" running in this election, I'd say it was the guy who straps dogs to the roof of his car.

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  • Drool wrote...
    It Would Be Easier to See His Values...
    April 18, 2012 6:14 pm
    If he released his tax returns. Apparently there is something to hide there.
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  • Rangerhawk wrote...
    Don't stop at tax returns
    April 18, 2012 8:54 pm
    I'd like to see Romneys college records and travel Visa since he was an adult too. You know there's something in those too he's gotta be hiding. Full disclosure!
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  • Chuck Gould wrote...
    Being born rich constitutes...
    April 18, 2012 7:09 pm
    "hard work and honest effort"?

    Wasn't his father President of American Motors?

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  • Drool wrote...
    It Was Hard, Chuck
    April 18, 2012 7:29 pm
    Mitt and Ann had to live off selling stock daddy bought him so they wouldn't have to work while at school. Then when they got a house loan they went to daddy again for money.
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  • ron prevost wrote...
    that WAS our parents' goal
    April 19, 2012 5:44 am
    For those of us in the Baby Boomer generation, (as the slightly young Mitt Romney), it was the hope and dream of out parents that WE should never suffer and struggle as they did during the Depression. My parents helped me get started, and most of us to some degree or another. George Romney was just in a stronger position to help his kid. ......... But I don't think that help hurt our work ethic.
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  • cigarfan wrote...
    How is Romney out of step?
    April 18, 2012 8:30 pm
    Cigarfan's top 10 "out of step" Romney values: 10)Romney thinks corporations should have "personhood". 9)Romney subscribes to the most virulent form of Capitalism (Bain). 8)Romney opposes single payer healthcare due to corporate lobbyists $$. 7)Romney opposes same-sex marriage. 6)Romney supports Israel's apartheid/occupation/colonialism/siege of the Gaza strip/West bank/East Jerusalem. 5)Romney is the representative of american exceptionalism/ethnocentrism/nationalism and Xenophobic arrogance/ignorance of today's GOP. 4)Romney embodies a worldview e.g. Mormonism -that denies women in leadership. 3)Lack of anti-war rhetoric. 2)lack of criticism of corporate corruption. 1)Lack of racial studies experience. 1)
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  • Hamsterama wrote...
    How is Cigarfan out of step?
    April 18, 2012 9:39 pm
    Top Two: 1. Thinks up stuff that she doesn't like. 2. Assigns those items to people that the Huffington Post tells her not to like.
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  • Rangerhawk wrote...
    Obviously out of step
    April 18, 2012 8:50 pm
    When consider that "American" values have been on the decline and under constant assault by "progressives" since the 60's (I'd say stumbling) any potential leader who isn't also stumbling is out of step.
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  • messiah101 wrote...
    Medved conveniently left out that Biden was referring to
    April 18, 2012 9:28 pm
    Romneys views on economics (and the average American)what a horrible attempt at spin by a true bush leaguer.Of course are normal lineup of wingnuts accepted it as the truth.But thats par for the course
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  • Hayduke wrote...
    Anyone who puts the family dog on top of the car is out of step.
    April 18, 2012 10:00 pm
    I don't care how long ago it was. You gotta wonder about the judgement of a guy who could do that to his pet.
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  • Rangerhawk wrote...
    Unless it's in a kennel and secured.
    April 18, 2012 11:04 pm
    Safer than in the back of a pickup truck if you ask me and it's perfectly legal too. Plus, it's a family pet, not a person.
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  • KeysAndStops wrote...
    Missing the mark
    April 19, 2012 5:45 am
    Boy, I sure am glad I don't have to waste my time debating with any of you. You've all missed the mark. First, consider the source: Biden is a bag of hot air. He's got no substance. He's an empty polititian with about as much value as a gnat. Second, because of that emptiness, it is better to discuss the facts about American values and who really is in step with them. Quit this useless and unproductive bickering and stick to the issue.
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  • oddthumbs wrote...
    Biden is a bag of hot air
    April 19, 2012 7:31 am
    Says a voter who wanted the Sarah Palin in the job instead. Palin is a zeppelin of hot air in comparison to Biden.
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  • messiah101 wrote...
    I like the word ZEPPELIN
    April 21, 2012 9:22 pm
    For some reason.
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