OK, I realize this is from a right wing spin machine type site, but it is interesting nonetheless. http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-s...food-and-supplies-sandy-victims#ixzz2Aoy9BldZ Rachel Maddow wasted 1/2 hour of my time yesterday ranting about this and, frankly, she's full of shit. And here's the link to the Red Cross WWW site: http://newsroom.redcross.org/disaster-response-guide/smart-giving-tips-for-disasters/ Just wow. She advocates sending only money to these organizations. I'm sure she'd find this FACT to be inconvenient. http://www.snopes.com/rumors/charity.asp
I don't think their main beef is with Romney collecting items for hurricane victims, it's with him relabeling the political rally a “storm relief” event and politicizing the disaster.
He didn't politicize the disaster, though. I think both he and Obama did the most they could, given the circumstances. And they absolutely repeatedly bashed him for collecting goods instead of sending cash. I saw her do this with my own eyes. EDIT: to the point of saying it was a problem for the Red Cross to sort through all the cans of stuff, etc.
I thought MSNBC's ratings were so bad that it really doesn't matter what they do, because no one watches the station.
did you not see tape on this? I guess not. In all the video I have seen, he is in casual dress, there were no signs of "Romney/Ryan" in any of the shots. It was all about collecting stuff and thanking those who had given. I think it says a lot about who he is to have done this. watching mddow show..seems to me that the only promotion of political purpose were from her shots..never saw anything on Cnn, BBC, Fox etc..somehow I doube that she is being honest with the film, as she has not proven to be honest with her own words..
Oh ok, seems weird to watch a show where an idiot gives her opinions and then complain because she said something stupid.
I think he handled a difficult situation as well as he could and that Romney shouldn't be criticized for it, but I also don't think it says anything about who he is. It's a whole lot about nothing in my mind.
fair enough barry puts wheels down on Air Force One in the disaster zone.. aside from the cost of the plane, secrete service etc, he pulls hundreds of police and emergency workers of from doing actual important things, other than babysitting He does nothing but gets a few photo shots... Mitt says he will hold off on campain rallys, the storm is more important first off, why he did is good all around, So he has a already rented hall, celebs showing up and people ready to attend, well, why not put all of the above to good use?
I did stop watching. She is from the Woodrow Wilson school and just about what you should expect. Funny how she took trill up his leg Mathews down though, he uses to be watchable. But on the other hand maybe I just missed Crossfire.
As far as President Obama goes, if he wasn't wanted, I don't think he'd be in NJ because Gov. Christie (not exactly a shy guy) would have made that very clear. In fact, I think I read somewhere that NYC asked him not to visit and Obama respected that. Again, I don't think Obama should be criticized for the way that he's handled Sandy issues either. With the election so close, it just seems like everyone is a little overly focused right now.
Well as long as he does what is ask of him, he will be fine. Bloomberg and others are giving him good advice.
Strongly disagree. I really enjoy all the political discussions and am sad to see the election season coming to a close. Edit: yes, that was all implied green font. I can't wait to be done with it either.
notice that many of th supplies that barry states he will have available are the same of the same type that Mitt has been gathering and yes, for all the bad press I love to spread on barry, this is a nod to how he handled this, as an aside ol chris shre is a lot more humble when he is begging barry for aid..kind of sad to see the watch dog with all his teath pulled. http://video.foxnews.com/v/19372699...-on-hurricane-sandy/?playlist_id=938973798001
