The Romney/ryon ticket, is sooooooooo wrong on their idea of what america is. The real problem is that all, republicans feel that way too. From their do nothing, congress, to the wars thay are waging on american, is pure stupidity. There has got to be a court in this country, that have enough clout, to stop these kinds of wars. 47% of the population is trying to get ahead, and the top 2%, are trying to keep them down. My guess is that the republicans, are not trying to keep america free, but return to the days of kings, and queens. In 1776 we won our freedom. Now thay are trying to take it away from us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Of course the thrust of Romney's remarks at that fund raiser were in answer to a question as to what his strategy was to win the majority of support of the voters, and Romney answered truthfully that the 47% of individuals with earned income that pay no taxes no INCLUDE those who are in patterns of federal and state assistance, be that Welfare, housing, food stamps, extended unemployment benefits, etc. and that these individuals would not be receptive to his argument for tax reform that cuts tax rates, especially for corporations and small businesses, but also income tax rates, to spur economic growth. Contemporaneous to this statement, Romney had also made a statement in a nationally televised interview that had been widely rebroadcast, that he would not be worried for the working poor and the poor in his campaign...that they have a safety net, and if the safety net needs repair when he is President, he would tend to that. But that his concern would be for the Middle Class,and his economic policies geared to provide them the relief of a renewed economic opportunity for good paying jobs.

I'm sorry the good sister has a "broken heart"; of course she also signaled her allegiance to this Democrat Party President whose policies have done so much to place so many American citizens on some forms of federal assistance, dropped the average family income by $4,300, never had an unemployment number below 8% in every month of his Presidency, and now has the lowest labor participation rate and the lowest number of new small business start-ups (the engine of new employment opportunities) since the 1970s.

So exactly what policies will bring the relief for the unemployed and underemployed and suffering indivduals the good sister's heart breaks for; same-o same-o failed policies of Obama, or the economic revival aimed at the Middle Class of Romney? We have six weeks and three debates ahead of us to make that decision folks.

Mitt Romney, the very ugly American. He is dangerous for America and for the World.

Empathy, Catholics and the Polls…

(Daniel Burke, Huffpost, Religion News Service, 09/27/2012) President Obama's support among Catholic voters has surged since June, according to a new poll, despite a summer that included the Catholic bishops' religious freedom campaign and the naming of Rep. Paul Ryan, a Catholic, as the GOP's vice-presidential candidate.

On June 17, Obama held a slight edge over Mitt Romney among Catholics (49-47 percent), according to the Pew Research Center. Since then, Obama has surged ahead, and now leads 54-39 percent, according to a Pew poll conducted on Sept. 16.

The Gospels tell us that we are to strive to be Christ-Like to use Christ as our "EXAMPLE" in life and in our decisions. Jesus, did not have an indifference to the poor, the aged or the disenfranchised, quite to the contrary he spoke for them. Jesus did not lie to his people in order to accomplish the greater good, if your message is good there is no reason to lie. I don't know what has happened to the Republican Party but they no longer share my Christian Values and as a Catholic, I will be voting for President Obama, he may not be perfect, but then NO ONE IS, but he does share my Christian Values.

The HOLY SCRIPTURES reference the poor and social justice 300 times. Mitt Romney’s reference to the 47% was anything BUT Christ-like. His on-going deceptive ads; his indifference to the struggles of the American Middle Class and the poor; and his immoral love of money over humanity are troubling to Catholics.

Case in point, Romney newest video release by Mother Jones, in which Romney confirms the mission of Bain Capitol was to “HARVEST” profits from company’s they invested in, not to create a company to grow American Jobs. Money before humanity, a lack of EMPATHY!

His new political ad, where he speaks directly to the camera, is a hollow attempt to gloss over the devastating realization that Mitt Romney cares only about his wealthy friends and not the 47% of Americans which include, seniors, veterans, students, our Troops in Harms way; the working poor, the sick and the poor in spirit. Fool me once shame on Mitt, fool “US” twice shame on “US” for accepting Mitt Romney continuing LIES and DECEPTIONS!

Catholics have a great responsibility to speak for those that are in need and to be Christ-like. Consumed with detestation for abortion, contraception and homosexuality the Republican Party have strayed far away from central core message of Jesus Christ, the Holy Bible, the Gospels and “CHRISTIAN VALUES”, we are our brother’s keeper!:

Psalms. 140:12. I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and justice for the poor. (The Social Safety Net, Affordable Care Act, Medicare, Tricare and Medicaid and Food Stamps)

Deuteronomy. 15:7. If there is a poor man among you, one of your brothers, in any of the towns of the land which the LORD your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart, nor close your hand to your poor brother; but you shall freely open your hand to him, and generously lend him sufficient for his need in whatever he lacks. (Affordable Care Act, Medicaid, Food Stamps, Unemployment, the Minimum Wage)

Isaiah . 10:1-3. "Woe to those who enact evil statutes, and to those who continually record unjust decisions, so as to deprive the needy of justice, and rob the poor My people of their rights... Now what will you do in the day of punishment, and in the devastation which will come from afar?" (Income inequality, Supreme Court decisions that work against “WE the PEOPLE”. Wall Street vs. Main Street, Medicare, Social Security, voter suppression, Regulations affecting air, water and food, tax inequality and the ONE TRILLION DOLLAR FAILED WAR on DRUGS)

Luke 6:24. "But woe to you who are rich, for you are receiving your comfort in full." (Income inequality, unfair tax rates that only benefit the 1% and Corporate subsidies vs. the Social Safety Net and avarice)

Proverbs 29:7. The righteous is concerned for the rights of the poor; the wicked does not understand such concern.” (Medicaid, Welfare to work, Unemployment insurance, minimum wage, Affordable Care Act and Food Stamp Program, Dream Act and Student Aid)

Matthew. 6:24. "No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and Money." (Corporate greed and the avarice of the 1% and Wall Street)

Matthew 19:24 “Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." (Greed, indifference and avarice of the plutocracy)

Matthew 5:9 “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.” (Diplomacy over War and Saber Rattling with Iran and Middle East Policy)

Timothy 6:10. For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith, and pierced themselves with many a pang. (Re-Defining Christian Values-the Ryan Budget and prosperity doctrine, indifference to the plight of the Middle Class and the Poor, avarice of the 1%)

Matthew 7:1-5“Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye. (Judgment of each other and intolerance of our differences, Races and Beliefs)

James 4:11-12 “Do not speak evil against one another, brothers. The one who speaks against a brother or judges his brother speaks evil against the law and judges the law, but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. There is only one lawgiver and judge, he who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor? ” (Tolerance and respect for one another, honoring God’s greatest gift the gift of FREE WILL)

Galatians 5:14 “For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” (Tolerance and Respect for each other and the pursuit of happiness)

Proverbs 31:9 “Open your mouth, judge righteously; defend the rights of the poor and needy.” (Medicaid, Education, Food Stamps and the Social Safety net)

Leviticus 19:34"You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God." (Immigration reform, Anti-Immigrant sentiment, the Dream Act)

Ezekiel 47:22 “You shall allot it as an inheritance for yourselves and for the aliens who reside among you and have had children among you. They shall be to you as native-born children of Israel. With you they shall be allotted an inheritance among the tribes of Israel." (Immigration reform. the 14^th Amendment to the Constitution, The Dream Act

Proverbs 12:22 “Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but those who act faithfully are his delight.” Psalm 101:7”No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who utters lies shall continue before my eyes.” (“We Built That” misrepresentation by GOP and “Obama is removing the work requirement to welfare, all the speeches at the convention by GOP leaders, blatant lies not good for the Party of so called “Christian Values”)