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Title: Will this vacation snap harm Romney's image?
Post by: Texacon on July 06, 2012, 01:10:41 PM
Me too Bad Dog.

Meanwhile, over in DUmmieland they try to float stuff like this to win the election;

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=907973

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rfranklin (12,212 posts)

 Will this vacation snap harm Romney's image?


(http://abcnews.go.com/images/Politics/ap_romney_speed_boat_jef_120705_wblog.jpg)

Uhm, yeah .... that really pisses me off.  A nice family enjoying a little bit of free time on the water .... together.  Not like Michelle running off to Spain while Hubby runs off to play golf somewhere. 

Dammit, they got us, this election is in the bag for O'bama.

 :rotf:

KC
Title: Re: Will this vacation snap harm Romney's image?
Post by: Rebel on July 06, 2012, 01:15:41 PM
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jpak (25,540 posts)
3. Overloaded boat? No parents in PFDs? Speeding in shallow water too close to shore?

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Boating Responsibility Fail.

Yup

Not overloaded, "speeding" next to the shore is subjective, DUmbass, and you don't HAVE to wear a PFD as an adult. It just has to be on the boat, you ****ing retard.
Title: Re: Will this vacation snap harm Romney's image?
Post by: Texacon on July 06, 2012, 01:17:58 PM
Not overloaded, "speeding" next to the shore is subjective, DUmbass, and you don't HAVE to wear a PFD as an adult. It just has to be on the boat, you ****ing retard.

They can't be traveling that fast.  The girl in the picture wearing a ball cap is facing forward and still has a hat on her head.

KC
Title: Re: Will this vacation snap harm Romney's image?
Post by: RWKindaGuy on July 06, 2012, 01:22:37 PM
Not overloaded, "speeding" next to the shore is subjective, DUmbass, and you don't HAVE to wear a PFD as an adult. It just has to be on the boat, you ****ing retard.

Remember who you're dealing with, Rebel.  That's Jpak from gungeon fame.  He was born in a state of political retardation.
Title: Re: Will this vacation snap harm Romney's image?
Post by: Bad Dog on July 06, 2012, 01:29:25 PM
Not overloaded, "speeding" next to the shore is subjective, DUmbass, and you don't HAVE to wear a PFD as an adult. It just has to be on the boat, you ****ing retard.

Sorry, but I'm going to have to wait for Nautical Nadin to pass judgment on this one.
Title: Re: Will this vacation snap harm Romney's image?
Post by: Texacon on July 06, 2012, 01:40:31 PM
In reference to the boating picture.

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Fraudsteromney (5 posts)

29. After 10 years of daily DU I finally have to comment

I've been an avid lurker for a decade, though holding a public and high profile position I've abstained from ever signing up here.

The responses to this picture are sad at best. And for people here to blatantly just make up crap is laughable. (I'll preface this by saying that I hate Romney and everything he stands for and will proudly be pulling the lever for The Pres.

My husband is a Coastie officer and we both teach a free boat safety class at the local VFW and without a doubt, children riding in a BOWRIDER is safe, fun and encouraged. The boat is designed wih seats up front for that very reason. Riding on a bow is dangerous and illegal, but this is clearly a BOWRIDER.

People on here have such visceral feelings that they see a picture, know nothing about boating and automatically just start spouting off bullshit.

The biggest manchurian candidate in our countries history is running against us and we resort to making up bullshit on a family photo op. that is sad  Reply to this post

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Fri Jul 6, 2012, 11:27 AM
 
Raven (10,441 posts)

30. After 10 years of lurking here, I would

have thought you might have found something more profound to comment on for the first time. I am sure you know more about boating than I do but there just seem to be too many little people on that boat to be safe...too many little people and two few adults. I live on a lake and I can tell you first hand that these damn high powered boats ruin things for everybody...people and wildlife. If this was a picture of Obama there would be hell to pay.

Raven knows how many adults should be on the boat!   :-)

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Fri Jul 6, 2012, 01:39 PM

progressivebydesign (15,551 posts)

91. thank you Raven, perfectly put.

Sad that someone saved their first post to take their fellow DUers to task. Gosh, usually we like to welcome new posters.. but now it's kind of awkward.
 
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Fri Jul 6, 2012, 11:28 AM
 
CJCRANE (11,994 posts)

32. Welcome to DU!

Thanks for your input.

That's the beauty of DU, we can all add to the discussion.

 
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Response to Fraudsteromney (Reply #29)
Fri Jul 6, 2012, 11:33 AM
 
Gidney N Cloyd (8,777 posts)

33. You lurk for 10 years and this mild thread is what draws you out?

 
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Response to Gidney N Cloyd (Reply #33)
Fri Jul 6, 2012, 11:42 AM

Fraudsteromney (5 posts)

34. Yes

A thread where my side of the isle just blatantly starts making up BS is the perfect time.

Are people really so stuck on stupid that a family on a boat causes them to just start spouting off crap?

And for ten years i pretty much loved reading various posts taking a good pulse of the left and using information to better serve my community.

But this post is analogous for our current political state and in some ways DU
 
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Response to Fraudsteromney (Reply #34)
Fri Jul 6, 2012, 11:55 AM
 
CJCRANE (11,994 posts)

35. You did what we all do here...

you had an opinion and some extra information to add...and you did.

Now people will read this thread and read your post and make up their own minds.

Like I said before, that's the beauty of DU, we get to see different sides of the argument, and if we think someone is wrong we get to tell them why.

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Response to CJCRANE (Reply #35)
Fri Jul 6, 2012, 12:07 PM
 
MADem (74,212 posts)

41. I made up my mind--the poster missed the point most people are taking from the photo, entirely.

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It has nothing to do with boating (or Jet ski) safety, or anything of that nature. It has to do with out-of-touch rich people playing around at their private lakeside mansion. I think that's what the overarching majority take from it.

As the military drawdown progresses, this poster just might be unlucky enough to have a better sense of what it feels like to be one of the Great Unwashed....even more so if the Coastie spouse hasn't racked up enough years on deck to be eligible for retirement.

To me, that "first post" tells me more than the poster might have intended.
 
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Response to MADem (Reply #41)
Fri Jul 6, 2012, 12:16 PM

Fraudsteromney (5 posts)

45. Agree that

Pointing out a rich person enjoying something that most cannot afford is FAIR game.

And I wore a uniform for my share of years and do not want to sound elitist because I know about boating.

I was only referring to the posts of people actually saying that he was being unsafe and even breaking maritime laws.

I don't know why it irked me so (did have a sleepless night with a sick baby so this gal is cranky).

However I think we can point to thousands of problems with the Rom-

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Fri Jul 6, 2012, 12:42 PM
 
MADem (74,212 posts)

63. Do you think piling a ton of small children in the bow of that vessel is a good idea?

Not that "boating safety" is the issue, and all...but that just looks "dumbass" to me. I wouldn't do it.

By God!  And because MADem won't do it neither should anyone else!!
 
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Fri Jul 6, 2012, 12:16 PM
 
SalviaBlue (1,398 posts)

44. I count at least 10 children in the bow of that boat.

You think that's safe?

You loved DU for 10 years and now because of this post you have to accuse DUers of "spouting off crap." Nice debut. and welcome. 

I always try to get my safety instructions from someone who has a screen name of Salvia*.*

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Response to SalviaBlue (Reply #44)
Fri Jul 6, 2012, 12:42 PM
 
Marrah_G (18,186 posts)

64. On that lake, it is completely normal.
 

Whoops!  LOL  That's a great thread over there.  I should have made a thread all it's own over here for it.

KC
Title: Re: Will this vacation snap harm Romney's image?
Post by: Chris_ on July 06, 2012, 01:43:46 PM
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Title: Re: Will this vacation snap harm Romney's image?
Post by: BEG on July 06, 2012, 01:46:16 PM
Me too Bad Dog.

Meanwhile, over in DUmmieland they try to float stuff like this to win the election;

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=907973

Uhm, yeah .... that really pisses me off.  A nice family enjoying a little bit of free time on the water .... together.  Not like Michelle running off to Spain while Hubby runs off to play golf somewhere. 

Dammit, they got us, this election is in the bag for O'bama.

 :rotf:

KC

Run with it DUmmies  :rotf:


The Obama Vacation List

-- President’s Day 2012, Michelle and the first daughters in Aspen, Colorado to ski.
-- Christmas 2011, the first family in Hawaii for an extended vacation.
-- Summer 2011, in Martha’s Vineyard, Mass., for the annual beach break.
-- June 2011, the first lady, her mother and daughters traveled to South Africa and Botswana.
-- President’s Day 2011, the first lady and first daughters travel to Vail to ski.
-- Christmas 2010, in Hawaii.
-- August 2010, the first family traveled to Panama City Beach, Fla., for some sun and fun at the beach.
-- August 2010, Obama spent the weekend alone in Chicago for his 49th birthday bash.
-- August 2010, the first lady and daughter Sasha traveled to Spain for a mother-daughter vacation.
-- August 2010, summer vacation again at Martha’s Vineyard.
-- July 2010, the first family went to Mount Desert Island, Maine.
-- May 2010, the first family had a four-day trip to Chicago.
-- March 2010, first lady and daughter spend Spring Break in New York City.
-- Christmas 2009, Hawaii again for the annual break.
-- August 2009, at Yellowstone National Park and the Grand Canyon for a short vacation.
-- August 2009, their first summer vacation as first family at Martha’s Vineyard, Mass.
Title: Re: Will this vacation snap harm Romney's image?
Post by: GOP Congress on July 06, 2012, 02:01:54 PM
So let me get this straight.

"FraudsterRomney" has been lurking for 10 years, that would put him as a DU reg since 2002.

In 2002, Romney was NOT EVEN GOVERNOR of Massachusetts yet! So this guy is INCREDIBLY PRESCIENT.
Title: Re: Will this vacation snap harm Romney's image?
Post by: Texacon on July 06, 2012, 02:05:35 PM
So let me get this straight.

"FraudsterRomney" has been lurking for 10 years, that would put him as a DU reg since 2002.

In 2002, Romney was NOT EVEN GOVERNOR of Massachusetts yet! So this guy is INCREDIBLY PRESCIENT.

In her defense, she says in her first post that due to her position in her community she has lurked but abstained from signing up.

KC
Title: Re: Will this vacation snap harm Romney's image?
Post by: Kyle Ricky on July 06, 2012, 02:05:55 PM
Now that is funny there. Wow. They bitch about Romney spending his own money to go on a family trip, but praise Fat Ass Moochelle when she spends $300,000.00 of the tax payers money to to Spain? Wow. What a bunch of douchebags.
Title: Re: Will this vacation snap harm Romney's image?
Post by: JohnnyReb on July 06, 2012, 02:07:47 PM
So DUmmie wants to go boating too, huh. Well, tell mom to turn off the sump pump in the basement.
Title: Re: Will this vacation snap harm Romney's image?
Post by: jukin on July 06, 2012, 02:08:41 PM
The hate is so strong in the DUches. Hate runs a close second to stupidity at the DUmp.
Title: Re: Will this vacation snap harm Romney's image?
Post by: BEG on July 06, 2012, 02:14:52 PM
The hate is so strong in the DUches. Hate runs a close second to stupidity at the DUmp.

Hate is who they are. It permeates every aspect of their being.
Title: Re: Will this vacation snap harm Romney's image?
Post by: JohnnyReb on July 06, 2012, 02:19:07 PM
Hate is who they are. It permeates every aspect of their being.

HATE: The Higgs-Boson particle of their very existence. The basic component of their physical body and mental state of mind.
Title: Re: Will this vacation snap harm Romney's image?
Post by: Karin on July 06, 2012, 02:26:18 PM
And BEG, add to your list, Independence Day 2012:  Paris, France. 


DUmbasses, when the Preezy and Weezie go on vacation to one of these hot spots, do you ever walk around Internetland?  The genpop started getting a little peeved after the first three or four.  Now it's a boiling rage.  It's OUR money, and WE don't get vacation.   
Title: Re: Will this vacation snap harm Romney's image?
Post by: Gina on July 06, 2012, 02:40:29 PM
DOESN'T Romney just look cool?  Unlike Obama on his bike?
 :rotf:
(http://www.streetsblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/06_16/obama_bike.jpg)

Title: Re: Will this vacation snap harm Romney's image?
Post by: Kyle Ricky on July 06, 2012, 02:40:44 PM
And BEG, add to your list, Independence Day 2012:  Paris, France.  


DUmbasses, when the Preezy and Weezie go on vacation to one of these hot spots, do you ever walk around Internetland?  The genpop started getting a little peeved after the first three or four.  Now it's a boiling rage.  It's OUR money, and WE don't get vacation.  

They were in France on the 4th this year? Nope, they were in Washington Celebrating Malia's 14th birthday.

My understanding was that they were going to go over seas, but caved into the pressure and stayed here.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/malia-obama-celebrates-14th-birthday-independence-day-fireworks-article-1.1107981
Title: Re: Will this vacation snap harm Romney's image?
Post by: Texacon on July 06, 2012, 02:44:54 PM
DOESN'T Romney just look cool?  Unlike Obama on his bike?
 :rotf:
(http://www.streetsblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/06_16/obama_bike.jpg)



LOL!  I forgot about those pictures.  The only thing that would've made that better was if he had rolled up his pants leg on the chain side of the bike!

 :lmao:

KC
Title: Re: Will this vacation snap harm Romney's image?
Post by: dandi on July 06, 2012, 04:27:55 PM
That's exactly where I'd want the kids in a bowrider so I could keep an eye on all of them as a group. Not fooling around and grab-assing in the stern where it's easier to fall overboard. DUmbasses have no common sense at all.

Hey DUmmies, why don't you Photoshop a dog riding up there? You got so much traction from the last canine story about Romney.

 :lmao:
Title: Re: Will this vacation snap harm Romney's image?
Post by: Duke Nukum on July 06, 2012, 05:11:21 PM
Um, no. Next question.
Title: Re: Will this vacation snap harm Romney's image?
Post by: JohnnyReb on July 06, 2012, 05:23:27 PM
LOL!  I forgot about those pictures.  The only thing that would've made that better was if he had rolled up his pants leg on the chain side of the bike!

 :lmao:

KC

He needs a 'coon tail on each handlebar grip, some mud flaps and the clothes pins holding some carboard against the spokes to make some motor sounds.
Title: Re: Will this vacation snap harm Romney's image?
Post by: Skul on July 06, 2012, 06:00:39 PM
Once again, the DUmpmonkeys display their utter lack of photographic knowledge.

Let me halp you, DUmbasses.
1. Telephoto lens
2. Fore-shortening
3. Gnads will explain it to you. (ya, right. She's googling her butt off right now)
Title: Re: Will this vacation snap harm Romney's image?
Post by: BEG on July 06, 2012, 06:11:31 PM
He needs a 'coon tail on each handlebar grip, some mud flaps and the clothes pins holding some carboard against the spokes to make some motor sounds.

Racist!!!!  :panic:
Title: Re: Will this vacation snap harm Romney's image?
Post by: Skul on July 06, 2012, 06:20:53 PM
Racist!!!!  :panic:
Don't shout so loud, ya spooked me!  O-)
Title: Re: Will this vacation snap harm Romney's image?
Post by: EagleKeeper on July 06, 2012, 06:28:32 PM
The only thing I have to add to this thread that I don't think has allready been mentioned.

The boat does not seem to be up on plane so, if true, it's not going that fast.
Title: Re: Will this vacation snap harm Romney's image?
Post by: dixierose on July 07, 2012, 03:40:33 PM
The only thing I have to add to this thread that I don't think has allready been mentioned.

The boat does not seem to be up on plane so, if true, it's not going that fast.


Ding...ding...ding. I was going to make that point myself; but you beat me to it. Great minds think alike :-)

 :cheersmate:
Title: Re: Will this vacation snap harm Romney's image?
Post by: formerlurker on July 07, 2012, 04:11:39 PM
Video of the boat (http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/t/video/mitt-ann-romney-speedboat-vacation-16719134)
Title: Re: Will this vacation snap harm Romney's image?
Post by: Texacon on July 07, 2012, 04:20:26 PM
Video of the boat (http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/t/video/mitt-ann-romney-speedboat-vacation-16719134)

LOL!

OMG did you see them almost run over that sailboat?!  Heh.

KC
Title: Re: Will this vacation snap harm Romney's image?
Post by: BEG on July 07, 2012, 04:24:36 PM
Could Obama even drive a boat?  :p
Title: Re: Will this vacation snap harm Romney's image?
Post by: Kyle Ricky on July 07, 2012, 04:47:55 PM
(http://www.streetsblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/06_16/obama_bike.jpg) (http://renchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/peewee.jpg)

Can anyone tell these two apart? I can't.
Title: Re: Will this vacation snap harm Romney's image?
Post by: JohnnyReb on July 07, 2012, 07:04:04 PM
(http://www.streetsblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/06_16/obama_bike.jpg) (http://renchin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/peewee.jpg)

Can anyone tell these two apart? I can't.

The dork in the suit looks more manly...more presidential.
Title: Re: Will this vacation snap harm Romney's image?
Post by: obumazombie on July 07, 2012, 07:07:39 PM
Boat may have to go on my list of banned words. Especially if it is packed with illegal aliens.
Title: Re: Will this vacation snap harm Romney's image?
Post by: miskie on July 07, 2012, 07:13:31 PM
Could Obama even drive a boat?  :p

It depends -- Is he north of Niagara Falls, heading south ? If so, then yes - He has a great deal of experience piloting the Ship Of State downward. I'm sure piloting a simple Bowrider downward is a piece-o-cake.
Title: Re: Will this vacation snap harm Romney's image?
Post by: Evil_Conservative on July 07, 2012, 08:15:01 PM
Cool boat.  I wish we had something like that to enjoy on the weekends.  :)
Title: Re: Will this vacation snap harm Romney's image?
Post by: formerlurker on July 08, 2012, 07:51:59 AM
(https://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/s720x720/559135_10150919385404157_1105363273_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Will this vacation snap harm Romney's image?
Post by: dixierose on July 08, 2012, 08:30:22 AM
^

I had that as my sig for a while...
Title: Re: Will this vacation snap harm Romney's image?
Post by: Kyle Ricky on July 08, 2012, 11:43:24 AM
(https://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/s720x720/559135_10150919385404157_1105363273_n.jpg)


^

I had that as my sig for a while...

Hi5 to the both of you for speaking the truth.
Title: Re: Will this vacation snap harm Romney's image?
Post by: Kyle Ricky on July 08, 2012, 11:44:37 AM
The dork in the suit looks more manly...more presidential.

I say we vote for the dork in the suit over Obama  :lmao:
Title: Re: Will this vacation snap harm Romney's image?
Post by: Skul on July 08, 2012, 12:16:27 PM
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Response to madrchsod (Reply #1)
Fri Jul 6, 2012, 01:24 PM
Mayflower1 (82 posts)
83. Just keep in mind..

<img src="  Pic of JFK and kids on fancy boat. No PFD's
Comment was totally ignored.
I wonder why? :-)
Title: Re: Will this vacation snap harm Romney's image?
Post by: Bad Dog on July 08, 2012, 12:18:28 PM
Comment was totally ignored.
I wonder why? :-)

Bad mole.  Bad, bad mole.
Title: Re: Will this vacation snap harm Romney's image?
Post by: Kyle Ricky on July 08, 2012, 12:19:27 PM
Comment was totally ignored.
I wonder why? :-)

Because it is o.k as long as one of their own is doing it? I wonder what they did when they saw John F'n Kerry on his yacht? They probably had ten pages of how nice it looks and how he is so lucky to have one.
Title: Re: Will this vacation snap harm Romney's image?
Post by: GOP Congress on July 08, 2012, 03:41:01 PM
In her defense, she says in her first post that due to her position in her community she has lurked but abstained from signing up.

KC

It didn't hurt Steve Dawes any.  :lmao:
Title: Re: Will this vacation snap harm Romney's image?
Post by: JohnnyReb on July 08, 2012, 04:09:16 PM
Response to madrchsod (Reply #1)
Fri Jul 6, 2012, 01:24 PM
Mayflower1 (82 posts)
83. Just keep in mind..

<img src="  Pic of JFK and kids on fancy boat. No PFD's  

Comment was totally ignored.
I wonder why? :-)


Simple....JFK could walk on water.