Give it up on Romney's taxes.

If he did anything illegal, the IRS would have been all over him. Your beef is with the tax regs, not individuals who take advantage of them. There is nothing unethical about following the law.

Ah the good old I was only doing what was legal defense. Really got to love the spin. Its an unethical law but just because the law is unethical doesn't mean using the law is unethical.

I'm still surprised that there was not more coverage of this story when Bloomberg broke it. I suppose that the focus on hurricane Sandy would explain it best. Sure, it was legal but it says a whole lot about the candidate. If it was not illegal, why did Romney not simply report it? My beef is about more than simply tax regs.

Pasco- there are a good number of places you can donate to.

Pasco It's a shame it takes a hurricane for us to find things we can agree on but I will take what I can get lol

well said

I will be first to say that Dragoon. We can have our fun and arguing amongst ourselves, but when our backs are to the wall we all SHINE.It shows we are one. THIS is who we really are. We are Americans. We need to Unite, to find the best way to get things there, or to get the most out of the dollas with no pull off for administrative funds taken by the people who collect these monies . All the other stuff is drivel. Meangless conversation to get a point across.

Right on, Pasco!!!

Twasn't a hurricane. Government classified it as a storm

Some people never give up on the racist argument. Take a deep breath and worry about other things than what we call the Pres. Like the economy, debt, deficit, etc.

Right another words ignore the GOP racist dog whistles and pretend everything is alright with the world because human rights don't matter.

Actually this has been a long standing precedent in modern history. This started (at least as is my recollection) wayyyy back with Bush Sr. versus Clinton. Ever since then we've stopped insisting on saying "President Bush Sr." or "President Clinton" at every turn.

Bush Jr. was referred to as just Bush by liberal pundits including Maddow. Quite honestly it'd be pretty hypocritical of her if she were calling Obama President Obama considering how often she failed to refer to Bush as President Bush. I don't think race plays a factor in her decision to say Obama instead of President Obama.

It may in fact have the effect of demeaning the office of the presidency and there may be a racial element to that, that gets picked up on- I'm not necessarily denying the claim you're making- I'm just clarifying that perhaps the motivation isn't as sinister as I think you might be thinking it is.

Given the history of our politicians I think calling him Mister rather than President is in fact a very sincere show of respect!

Dear Peggy, there is no disrespect in saying 'Mr. Obama'. In fact, quite the opposite. The US of A was born in opposition to the idea of 'Divine Right', royalty who governed because they were born wealthy. As a nation, Americans are proud that our leader is a mr. or ms. with no haughty pretensions of rank or entitlement granted by birth.

Unlike Mr. Mourdock and company, the drafters of the Declaration of Independence believed their Creator granted people free will, the ability to choose.

Katrina was unprecedented. It was a learning experience. Because of Katrina, we know how to better handle these situations. If this didn't go better than Katrina, we would have learned nothing. Of course things are better this time around.

There is a heckuva difference between a class 5 hurricane and a storm that was below the level of a hurricane. It's awful, what Sandy did, but to try to score political points like Jimes is doing is just as bad.