What Romney should say tonight

October 03, 2012

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If you had asked Glenn six months ago what the GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney's approach in tonight's debate should be, he would have had a difference answer than he did this morning.

"You know, six months ago you got to go after him. You've got to go after him. I don't think you do," Glenn told listeners this morning.

This morning Glenn gave the points that he believes Mitt Romney should make during tonight's debate. They aren't points that discuss his radical past or Marxist tendencies.

If Glenn were Mitt Romney, here's exactly what he would say tonight —and it may surprise you.

"Mr. President none of the things you've said about me are true. You've even admitted to lies and mistakes in your approved ads in your 60 minute interview," Glenn started.

"Tonight, Mr. President that should not happen because it's not about politics. It's about our country, and it's about credible. Whom can we trust anymore?

The American people don't trust the news media. They don't trust the Republicans. And they don't trust the Democrats. They don't trust you. And they don't trust me. But they're going to go in and make a decision."

"Whom do they trust Mr. President? Whom do they trust?"

"Let's look at some of the facts."

"You attacked my record at Bain, yet in every single case I wasn't even at the company when you accused of layoffs and outsourcing in every single case.

You went so far to post a story from the poor man who lost his wife to cancer on your website, and Stephanie Cutter hosted him on one of your campaign conference calls. So this isn't something from a super PAC that you had no control over it was on your website. You tried to use the story that it was me who laid him off, so he lost his job and lost his insurance. And then his wife got cancer, and died. Instead, the truth is — because that's what this has to be about Mr. President, and the American people need to know the truth — the truth is, he lost his job after I left the company. His wife went on her own company's insurance, then dropped it, then got sick. And then, seven years after I was involved with this man or his family, seven years after I left the company, she got cancer, and died.

That's a tragic story not only for that family but, Mr. President, that is a tragic story of an American President without any credibility.

You and your surrogates have accused me of not paying my taxes, even when an organization that has 8% of the population saying, "no I can trust the news from the "New York Times" — 8%. Even the New York Times says, "the President is wrong."

You continue to claim I haven't released my tax information. I have. I have released my tax information for the past two years, as much as Ronald Reagan did. And I released the summary tax information going back 20 years. To illustrate the futility of releasing this tax information, last week, when I had discovered I paid more tax than I needed to I was attacked for that even though you harp on the fact that you want the wealthy to pay more. "Pay their "fair share." I paid more and your people attacked.

Then you went around and attacked me when I did pay $500,000 more than I was paying and that's just the beginning of it. Because your constantly attacking me and anyone who has earned their money. You've constantly attacked my wealth. Yes, I have been successful. Since when — since when has that been a curse in America and not a blessing?

With that wealth I have helped to bless the lives of others: through employment, investment opportunities and charity. One of the revelations in my taxes, if you care to look, is that last year I donated 30% of my income — that's four million dollars — to charity. I didn't wait for the government to act. I knew people were hurting and needed help. We're in a tough time. Charities are hurting for cash. I upped my charity."

"Let me break out of Mitt Romney for a second," Glenn interjected, "Because the man in me would say, "now up yours." But that would be inappropriate."

"Why would I up my charity? Because I am my brother's keeper, not the government.

And that's the difference between the two of us.

You've taken a phrase I have used and you took it out of context. This is a choice that America has to make. Whom do you trust?

About 47% of Americans, I said, aren't paying taxes. To claim I wouldn't care about half the country if elected is ridiculous. That's what you said. Mr. President, you know that's disingenuous at best. I was referring to the fact that I can't worry about getting their votes. Not that I don't care about them as human beings or their struggles.

You know that Mr. President, we're adults. You've alleged that I never struggled and I don't care about hardworking Americans. Mr. President, I've worked long and hard to get where I am today, as has my wife. As far as caring for people, I've never been comfortable extolling the work I've done for others. Let's just suffice that I have personally given my time, my council, and my money to help people of all income levels in all stages of life. I've been doing that my entire life. I was raised that way.

Service is in my D.N.A..

The fundamental difference between us is you have turned that responsibility over to government agencies. You believe your job is to fight for bigger government who will in turn fight for the people. I believe that it is my job to fight for the people. It's more of a direct line but I learned that in business.

I believe it's my responsibility to get involved. I believe it is your responsibility to get -- you believe that it's your responsibility to get the involved with other people's time and money. I believe people should make that decision themselves. But it's not just about what you've said about me and the lies you've said. That just has to be said because it is a contest between the two of us. But that's not something we should dwell on. We spend tonight's hour on is what you have done.

Mr. President you promised to cut the deficit in half by now. I know it's evil George Bush's fault but you've had four years. This year's deficit is the largest in the history of the planet earth. It's $1,275,800,000,000. You've added more to the national debt in four years than President Bush did in eight. You called his efforts unpatriotic. What does that make yours, sir.

You promised to close Gitmo. You didn't. You promised not to hire lobbyists. You hired 17 within the first two weeks. You promised to allow five days of public comment before signing any bills. That hasn't happened. You promised to televise healthcare care. You didn't. It was all behind closed doors. It was with special interest groups. You promised healthcare care costs would decrease. What has happened. They're up 25%. You promised Americans if they liked their healthcare plan they'd be able to keep it. Up to 30% of employers have dropped or plan to drop out of their healthcare when Obamacare is fully implemented because they can't afford it anymore. You promised to reduce earmarks to 1994 levels. Nope. They continue. You promised that if you make less less than $250,000 none of your taxes will increase. Obamacare will raise taxes on million on Americas. Plainly centered around those that are making $55,000 a year not to mention the smoking tax. The tanning tax, and uninsured. You said that Obamacare mandate was not a tax. And then your people went in and argued to the Supreme Court it was a tax.

You promised that the world would respect and love us again. Instead our allies have no idea where we stand. Instead our enemies are emboldened. The middle is on fire. And our embassies interest and people in the Middle East are under siege. This White House, this White House has lied to the American people just on Libya enough.

You promised over and over again jobs, those three little letters was job number one. Say what you will about your efforts of creating and saving jobs but unemployment has been above 8% for 42 straight months. There's 80 million unemployed or under employed in this country. I don't care about the 47%. Mr. President I'd like to give these people dignity by giving them a job not another government program. You promised to take responsibility. You haven't. You blame Bush for absolutely everything. And then when you can't blame Bush let's go back to the Libya. You've blamed everybody from the Navy SEALs. Or should we blame Gerald R. Ford for everything. You promised a new tone Mr. President.

The tone is not as bad it's much, much worse. You'll have a book fair with Hugo Chavez but you have no time to meet with anyone who opposes you.

Mr. President, millions of Americans hope for change. The same change they hoped for last time and then didn't get it. What they got was more of the same. But they got deceit in record numbers. They're footing the bill. They're working hard. Too many Americans think Washington is playing a game and we're spending their future.

There is one thing Mr. President I do agree with you on. You told Matt Lauer before you were elected if I don't have this done in three years this is going to be a one term proposition.

And with that Mr. Moderator I'll end my one point of unity and agreement with my opponent.

I think Mitt Romney needs to be -- needs to rinse all of the sarcasm out of my delivery and needs to be laser focused on the facts and absolutely laser focused on the impact on the American people.

Mr. President we're here to talk about the domestic policy. There is nothing more crucial to domestic policy that the mom who's taking her kids to soccer practice and ballet, and has to stop at the gas station. Because of your policies in the Middle East, offshore drilling, the keystone pipeline, there's nothing more relevant to them than the cost of gasoline. It's doubled since you've been in office. The guy you appointed as secretary of energy said that he was hoping for 8 dollars a gallon gasoline. He retracted that as soon as he got into office. That doesn't make sense unless you're playing a media game and lying to the American people again because you said your policies would make electricity costs necessarily skyrocket. So for fairness, you don't have a problem with that. Mr. President, have you gone to the coal miners, and have you talked to the coal miners in Ohio, West Virginia, people who have been Democrats for their entire life. They think quite honestly you are just a nightmare. Why?

Mr. President, why have you shut out of 500 coal fire plants, you've shut down 100. Now I understand we all want to be clean, and but we have to have energy, and we can't -- you want to talk about 47% who cares about the 47%. The one who's going to make their electricity prices necessarily skyrocket how is the 47% going to be able to afford that? Or are you developing another program for another handout and another ticket to slavery? When we have technology that will replace 50% of our electricity I'm fine — I'm fine. I'd like to get rid of them too. I'm not sitting here fighting for the Stanley steamer.

New technology let's embrace it. But we don't have it yet Mr. President, and every time you invest you lose. Every time you've taken the hard earned money from the pockets of people you say it's a bad thing it's a bad thing we should have Social Security be able to have the people invest their own money with a chance that maybe they get a higher return. Why? Because you say that's not right because they might lose it all. Stocks are risky thing. Yet you take the money from their taxes and you invest it in the riskiest of things, and then you say we got a bet.

This isn't Vegas. This is the United States of America and it's Washington D.C. We're supposed to have trust. America doesn't trust any of us in Washington with their money. Nor should they."

Trump branded a tyrant, but did Obama outdo him on deportations?

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MSNBC and CNN want you to think the president is a new Hitler launching another Holocaust. But the actual deportation numbers are nowhere near what they claim.

Former MSNBC host Chris Matthews, in an interview with CNN’s Jim Acosta, compared Trump’s immigration policies to Adolf Hitler’s Holocaust. He claimed that Hitler didn’t bother with German law — he just hauled people off to death camps in Poland and Hungary. Apparently, that’s what Trump is doing now by deporting MS-13 gang members to El Salvador.

Symone Sanders took it a step further. The MSNBC host suggested that deporting gang-affiliated noncitizens is simply the first step toward deporting black Americans. I’ll wait while you try to do that math.

The debate is about control — weaponizing the courts, twisting language, and using moral panic to silence dissent.

Media mouthpieces like Sanders and Matthews are just the latest examples of the left’s Pavlovian tribalism when it comes to Trump and immigration. Just say the word “Trump,” and people froth at the mouth before they even hear the sentence. While the media cries “Hitler,” the numbers say otherwise. And numbers don’t lie — the narrative does.

Numbers don’t lie

The real “deporter in chief” isn’t Trump. It was President Bill Clinton, who sent back 12.3 million people during his presidency — 11.4 million returns and nearly 900,000 formal removals. President George W. Bush, likewise, presided over 10.3 million deportations — 8.3 million returns and two million removals. Even President Barack Obama, the progressive darling, oversaw 5.5 million deportations, including more than three million formal removals.

So how does Donald Trump stack up? Between 2017 and 2021, Trump deported somewhere between 1.5 million and two million people — dramatically fewer than Obama, Bush, or Clinton. In his current term so far, Trump has deported between 100,000 and 138,000 people. Yes, that’s assertive for a first term — but it's still fewer than Biden was deporting toward the end of his presidency.

The numbers simply don’t support the hysteria.

Who's the “dictator” here? Trump is deporting fewer people, with more legal oversight, and still being compared to history’s most reviled tyrant. Apparently, sending MS-13 gang members — violent criminals — back to their country of origin is now equivalent to genocide.

It’s not about immigration

This debate stopped being about immigration a long time ago. It’s now about control — about weaponizing the courts, twisting language, and using moral panic to silence dissent. It’s about turning Donald Trump into the villain of every story, facts be damned.

If the numbers mattered, we’d be having a very different national conversation. We’d be asking why Bill Clinton deported six times as many people as Trump and never got labeled a fascist. We’d be questioning why Barack Obama’s record-setting removals didn’t spark cries of ethnic cleansing. And we’d be wondering why Trump, whose enforcement was relatively modest by comparison, triggered lawsuits, media hysteria, and endless Nazi analogies.

But facts don’t drive this narrative. The villain does. And in this script, Trump plays the villain — even when he does far less than the so-called heroes who came before him.

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

Exposed: America’s ancient power grid is a national security disaster

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If America wants to remain a global leader in the coming decades, we need more energy fast.

It's no secret that Glenn is an advocate for the safe and ethical use of AI, not because he wants it, but because he knows it’s coming whether we like it or not. Our only option is to shape AI on our terms, not those of our adversaries. America has to win the AI Race if we want to maintain our stability and security, and to do that, we need more energy.

AI demands dozens—if not hundreds—of new server farms, each requiring vast amounts of electricity. The problem is, America lacks the power plants to generate the required electricity, nor do we have a power grid capable of handling the added load. We must overcome these hurdles quickly to outpace China and other foreign competitors.

Outdated Power Grid

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Our power grid is ancient, slowly buckling under the stress of our modern machines. AAI’s energy demands could collapse it without a major upgrade. The last significant overhaul occurred under FDR nearly a century ago, when he connected rural America to electricity. Since then, we’ve patched the system piecemeal, but it’s still the same grid from the 1930s. Over 70 percent of the powerlines are 30 years old or older, and circuit breakers and other vital components are in similar condition. Most people wouldn't trust a dishwasher that was 30 years old, and yet much of our grid relies on technology from the era of VHS tapes.

Upgrading the grid would prevent cascading failures, rolling blackouts, and even EMP attacks. It would also enable new AI server farms while ensuring reliable power for all.

A Need for Energy

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Earlier this month, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt appeared before Congress as part of an AI panel and claimed that by 2030, the U.S. will need to add 96 gigawatts to our national power production to meet AI-driven demand. While some experts question this figure, the message is clear: We must rapidly expand power production. But where will this energy come from?

As much as eco nuts would love to power the world with sunshine and rainbows, we need a much more reliable and significantly more efficient power source if we want to meet our electricity goals. Nuclear power—efficient, powerful, and clean—is the answer. It’s time to shed outdated fears of atomic energy and embrace the superior electricity source. Building and maintaining new nuclear plants, along with upgraded infrastructure, would create thousands of high-paying American jobs. Nuclear energy will fuel AI, boost the economy, and modernize America’s decaying infrastructure.

A Bold Step into the Future

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This is President Trump’s chance to leave a historic mark on America, restoring our role as global leaders and innovators. Just as FDR’s power grid and plants made America the dominant force of the 20th century, Trump could upgrade our infrastructure to secure dominance in the 21st century. Visionary leadership must cut red tape and spark excitement in the industry. This is how Trump can make America great again.

POLL: Is K2-18b proof of alien LIFE in the cosmos?

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Are we alone in the universe?

It's no secret that Glenn keeps one eye on the cosmos, searching for any signs of ET. Late last week, a team of astronomers at the University of Cambridge made an exciting discovery that could change how we view the universe. The astronomers were monitoring a distant planet, K2-18b, when the James Webb Space Telescope detected dimethyl sulfide and dimethyl disulfide, two atmospheric gases believed only to be generated by living organisms. The planet, which is just over two and a half times larger than Earth, orbits within the "habitable zone" of its star, meaning the presence of liquid water on its surface is possible, further supporting the possibility that life exists on this distant world.

Unfortunately, humans won't be able to visit K2-18b to see for ourselves anytime soon, as the planet is about 124 light-years from Earth. This means that even if we had rockets that could travel at the speed of light, it would still take 124 years to reach the potentially verdant planet. Even if humans made the long trek to K2-18b, they would be faced with an even more intense challenge upon arrival: Gravity. Assuming K2-18b has a similar density to Earth, its increased size would also mean it would have increased gravity, two and a half times as much gravity, to be exact. This would make it very difficult, if not impossible, for humans to live or explore the surface without serious technological support. But who knows, give Elon Musk and SpaceX a few years, and we might be ready to seek out new life (and maybe even new civilizations).

But Glenn wants to know what you think. Could K2-18b harbor life on its distant surface? Could alien astronomers be peering back at us from across the cosmos? Would you be willing to boldly go where no man has gone before? Let us know in the poll below:

Could there be life on K2-18b?

Could there be an alien civilization thriving on K2-18b?

Will humans develop the technology to one day explore distant worlds?

Would you sign up for a trip to an alien world?

Is K2-18b just another cold rock in space?

Big Pharma’s role in rising neurological disorders: Will RFK Jr. uncover the truth?

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Our children are sick, and Big Pharma claims to be the cure, but is RFK Jr. closer to proving they are the disease?

For years, neurological disorders in our children have been on the rise. One in nine children in the U.S. has been diagnosed with ADHD, and between 2016 and 2022, more than one million kids were told they suffer from the disorder. Similarly, autism diagnoses have increased by 175 percent over the past decade. RFK Jr. pledged to investigate the rising rates of neurological disorders as Secretary of Health and Human Services, and this week, he announced a major initiative.

Earlier this week, RFK Jr. announced that the HHS has embarked on a massive testing and research effort to uncover the root causes of autism and the sharp spike in recent diagnoses. The HHS Secretary vowed that the results will be available by September of this year, leaving many skeptical about the study's rigor. Conversely, some speculate that the HHS may have unpublished studies revealing critical insights into these disorders, just waiting to see the light of day.

Glenn brought up a recent article by the Daily Wire referencing a New York Times piece in which experts questioned the legitimacy of ADHD diagnoses. Glenn agreed and suggested that people are just wired differently; they learn, work, and study differently, and the cookie-cutter, one-size-fits-all school system simply fails to accommodate everyone.

New York Times' ADHD Admission

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Earlier this week, the New York Times published an article that made a shocking admission: there are no concrete biological markers for ADHD. The clinical definition of ADHD is no longer supported by the evidence, and there are no physical, genetic, or chemical identifiers for the disorder, nor is there any real way to test for it. The paper also admitted that people diagnosed with ADHD would suddenly find that they no longer had any symptoms after a change of environment, profession, or field of study. This suggests that "ADHD" might simply be a matter of interests and skills, not a chronic brain sickness.

The most horrifying implication of this admission is that millions of people, including children, have been prescribed heavy mind-altering drugs for years for a disorder that lacks real evidence of its very existence. These drugs are serious business and include products such as Adderall, Ritalin, and Desoxyn. All of these drugs are considered "Schedule II," which is a drug classification that puts them on the same level as cocaine, PCP, and fentanyl. Notably, Desoxyn is chemically identical to methamphetamine, differing only in its production in regulated laboratories rather than illegal settings.

Worse yet, studies show that these medications, like Desoxyn, often provide no long-term benefits. Testing demonstrated that in the short term, there were some positive effects, but after 36 months, there was no discernible difference in symptoms between people who were medicated and those who were not. For decades, we have been giving our children hardcore drugs with no evidence of them working or even that the disorder exists.

RFK Jr's Autism Study

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Autism rates are on the rise, and RFK Jr. is going to get to the bottom of it. In the year 2000, approximately one in 150 children was diagnosed with autism, but only 20 years later, the rate had increased to one in 36. While some claim that this is simply due to more accurate testing, RFK Jr. doesn't buy it and is determined to discover what is the underlying cause. He is an outspoken critic of vaccines, asserting that the true scope of their side effects has been buried by greed and corruption to sell more vaccines.

RFK Jr. doesn't plan on stopping at vaccines. Similar to ADHD, RFK Jr. suspects other environmental factors could increase of autism or exacerbate symptoms. Factors like diet, water quality, air pollution, and parenting approaches are all under investigation. It's time to bring clarity to the neurological disorders that plague our nation, cut through the corruption, and reveal the healing truth.

Neurological Intervention

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Big Pharma has been all too happy to sit back and watch as the rate of neurological disorders climbs, adding to the ever-growing list of permanent patients who are led to believe that their only choice is to shell out endless money for treatments, prescriptions, and doctor visits. Rather than encouraging lifestyle changes to improve our well-being, they push ongoing medication and costly treatments.

All RFK Jr. is doing is asking questions, and yet the backlash from the "experts" is so immense that one can't help but wonder what they could be hiding. Both Glenn and RFK Jr. have their suspicions of Big Pharma, and the upcoming HHS study might be one of the most important steps to making America healthy again.

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