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Dot Turner, a resident of Brookdale Senior Living, turns 103 Monday, and said she’s just glad to be alive. She is the residence’s longest living resident.

Dot Turner, a resident of Brookdale Senior Living, turns 103 Monday, and said she’s just glad to be alive. She is the residence’s longest living resident.

Responsible for the heartbreak and the strife that has taken place in that community. when people talk about losing their homes, does mitt romney care? does he have a plan to put these 170 people back to work? or are they just like furniture, they get moved around in the economy and we just sit on them? yet today, he once again blamed the president for the economy. >> his priority is not creating jobs for you. his priority is trying to keep his own job and thats why hes going to lose it. >> mitt...

Responsible for the heartbreak and the strife that has taken place in that community. when people talk about losing their homes, does mitt romney care? does he have a plan to put these 170 people back to work? or are they just like furniture, they get moved around in the economy and we just sit on them? yet today, he once again blamed the president for the economy. >> his priority is not creating jobs for you. his priority is trying to keep his own job and thats why hes going to lose it. >> mitt...

Responsible for the heartbreak and the strife that has taken place in that community. when people talk about losing their homes, does mitt romney care? does he have a plan to put these 170 people back to work? or are they just like furniture, they get moved around in the economy and we just sit on them? yet today, he once again blamed the president for the economy. >> his priority is not creating jobs for you. his priority is trying to keep his own job and thats why hes going to lose it. >> mitt...

We would love to see a debate held in freeport, which is home of one of the famous lincoln-douglas debates and we would like to see how we could keep our jobs here at home. >> how are you going to follow up on that? are you going to ask the obama team and romney team to do just that or is this community talk right now? youre on a national show saying you want this to happen. i think its a heck of an idea. >> well, the mayor is on the case, and he is determined to make it happen. >> okay, shelly,...

Would like to see how we could keep our jobs here at home. >> how are you going to follow up on that? are you going to ask the obama team and romney team to do just that or is this community talk right now? youre on a national show saying you want this to happen. i think its a heck of an idea. >> well, the mayor is on the case, and he is determined to make it happen. >> okay, shelly, why is the plant being shut down? are the workers not as good as the chinese workers? what was the reason given f...

City of freeport, illinois, and dot turner, a worker at the plant for 43 years. i want to thank both of you for joining us tonight and telling the american people what its like on the verge of being outsourced. dot, i want to ask you first, if you lose your job, what are you going do? >> well, im going to have to try to retrain myself at my age and do something different. >> what kind of impact will that -- this loss have on you and your family? >> well, ill be losing a real good income, and ill...

Handle those on a local level because its federal policies that make the difference. we would love to see a debate held in freeport, which is home of one of the famous lincoln-douglas debates and we would like to see how we could keep our jobs here at home. >> how are you going to follow up on that? are you going to ask the obama team and romney team to do just that or is this community talk right now? youre on a national show saying you want this to happen. i think its a heck of an idea. >> wel...

Romney spokesperson told the huffington post romney left bain in 1999 and has no knowledge of the situation in freeport. his surrogates appear to be just as clueless as the former govern. when asked if mitt romney should intervene, allen kinzinger, a romney supporter, ignored the question. >> when you talk about bain capital, its an attempt by this administration to not talk about their record. which is really what the american voters are going to vote on. >> im not talking about the administrat...