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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters
President Barack Obama speaks to an estimated 14,000 people at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, on Saturday.
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- With his wife at his side and Air Force One as a campaign plane, President Barack Obama was holding his first political rallies of the 2012 presidential race on Saturday -- targeting two swing states, Ohio and Virginia, that could be critical to his bid to retain the White House.
The events at two universities, Ohio State and Virginia Commonwealth, were billed as the official kickoff of Obama's re-election bid, even though he's been solidly engaged in his campaign and over a year ago filed the necessary paperwork to run again.
Since Mitt Romney became the Republican Party's presumptive nominee, Obama has criticized his opponent in formal and informal situations -- a sign that he is more than ready to start the attacks that are expected to characterize a potentially ugly and negative campaign.
At Ohio State, Romney was on Obama's radar, NBC's Ali Weinberg reported from the rally.
"Governor Romney is a patriotic American who has a wonderful family, who has much to be proud of. Ran a financial firm and a state. But I think he has drawn the wrong lessons from his experiences,” Obama said to the 14,000 at Ohio State University’s Sottenheim Center.
Republicans accuse Obama of infusing politics into his official White House events and scoff at the notion that his campaigning is just starting.
The Republican National Committee released a statement Saturday in the mocking form of fake prepared remarks for the president's rally in Columbus, Ohio.
"Ohio, thanks for the tepid welcome. I know I'm not as popular here as I once was, so I'll take what I can get," the RNC said in the imagined speech it dubbed "as prepared for reality."
In this week's address, President Obama speaks about his recent trip to Afghanistan, where he met with U.S. troops and signed an agreement that will help put an end to the war.
Obama released an email of his own to encourage supporters to watch his first rally and donate money.
"The crowd's starting to form in Columbus, and they're ready to go," he said in the email. "In a little while, I'll go on stage for the first rally of 2012."
The Obama campaign has mapped out several scenarios to win the 270 electoral votes needed to capture the presidency, and the choice of states for his inaugural rallies was not coincidental.
MSNBC analyst Karen Finney and Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg Public Policy Center talk about President Obama's foreign policy record. The president's record is strong, but will it resonate with voters?
Ohio, with its large cache of 18 electoral votes, is a particularly coveted prize. No Republican has made it to the White House in the last century without winning the state. Obama bested Republican rival John McCain there in 2008.
Ohio has struggled with a loss of manufacturing jobs, but its unemployment rate, at 7.5 percent in March, is below the national average, which was 8.2 percent in March and dipped to 8.1 percent in April.
That could help blunt Romney's attacks on Obama's economic record. The president's campaign also hopes to capitalize on union anger over an attempt by the state's Republican governor, John Kasich, to limit collective bargaining rights for firefighters, police officers, and other state workers. The law was later repealed.
Polls show Obama is leading Romney in Ohio and Virginia. An average of polls by RealClearPolitics showed the president ahead in Ohio by 4.2 percentage points and ahead in Virginia by 3.2 percentage points.
Republicans are criticizing President Obama for campaigning on his victory in killing Osama bin Laden, saying he is politicizing the event. Former US Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs P.J. Crowley joins the conversation.
Virginia had an even lower unemployment rate in March, coming in at 5.6 percent. The Obama campaign will also try to capitalize on an advantage with women voters in the state, where the governor -- Republican Bob McDonnell -- promoted legislation that would have required women to undergo an invasive trans-vaginal sonogram before getting an abortion.
In the face of continued economic unease, Obama's rallies Saturday's were intended to recapture some of the youthful, hopeful energy of his 2008 campaign.
The campus settings were likely to create the atmosphere where Obama is at his best, feeding off the energy of an enthusiastic crowd. Young voters were a crucial voting bloc in 2008 victory.
Reuters and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Awesome!
I'm confused, hasn't this fool been campaining for months now?
NOBAMA 2012
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I just assumed he had been campaigning since he got "shellacked" as he put it, in 2010.
Well John and John....once again, you're wrong lol.
Actually John I would say its been Years not Months.
What can he possibly have to say that we haven't all ready been hearing from him for the last several years?
The rich aren't paying "There fair Share" even though they pay the majority of taxes in the U.S.
We need to "Redistribute the Wealth" even though he Passed his 800 Billion dollar stimulus package, trillion + dollar Health care reform, has been running record setting deficits for 4 years now, the Democrat controlled Senate has failed to pass a budget for four years now, and what do we have to show for it.
Unemployment is still .3% higher than it was when he took office 3.5 years ago. The only reason it has been dropping is because so many people have given up looking for work.
70% of Americans believe the Country is headed in the Wrong direction.
Gasoline prices are hovering around $4.00 a Gallon buts that's Ok because that's exactly what the Left wing wants to make alternative energy competitive with fossil fuels.
The federal Government borrows 40 cents of every dollar it spends.
Our National Dept will be 16 Trillion dollars soon.
The U.s. has over 118 trillion dollars in unfunded liabilities.
http://geekpolitics.com/obama-on-raising-the-debt-ceiling/
And to parrot 'Hey, It's MEEEEE's comment, John and John, there's wrong, and then there's willfully wrong (just as there's ignorant and willfully ignorant). Or to borrow a phrase "Dumb and dumber."
Keep trying, though. Your rants are endlessly amusing (though reliably juvenile). And the real payoff for all of President Obama's supporters is the knowledge that all of you "blame Obama for everything" zealots are going to be absolutely, painfully miserable for another four years!!
:-))
Is Obama automatically the Democrat representative for the next election? Should performance count or because you have furniture in the White House mean you get another reload??
Hmm, good "performance" = automatic second nomination question, Seven. Maybe ask that one of George W. Bush? I'd bet he would have an answer for you.
As for me I would guess it might have something to do with whether another Democrat decided to run (but then your question was really intended to be rhetorical and derisive, so ....nevermind.)
@Robert If you batted 175 in the majors you would be benched, if you dropped every 3rd and 4 pass as a wide receiver you would be benched, if you were a baby with glasses and $hit the bed over and over mommy would keep the snuggies on. There is no difference with the Democrat of choice, someone else should step up to the plate......
You can tell it is a Democratic rally - there are not any empty seats in the background.
And there are women in the audience.
And there are minorities in the audience.
And the audience is enthusiastic about their candidate.
"It is OFFICIAL, Obama kicks off campaign"
LOLOLOLOL.
Mr. Obama has campaigned HOW MANY TIMES since 21 Jan 2009 ? Seems every time he wants "his" legislation passed, he goes on another cross country campaign tour.
And Mr. Obama is really touting his "participation" in the demise of Bin Laden over and over and over again. Nah, he wouldn't spike the football too much. This is the only thing he has positive going for him and the media is continually airing Mr. Obama "spiking the football" videos all over the TV stations.
Of course Obama only runs to venues that will support him. I'm sure he would not receive a warm welcome in Dayton, or even any of the other cities in Ohio that have been hurt by his policies. (Come to my county, where a third of the population is on assistance, bet they won't help your campaign.)Stop campaigning and go home and be a President.....Oh wait, if he is campaigning, he's not making more anti-business, out of touch with reality decisions......So you go ahead and campaign, won't change my vote.....it is time for you to go back to Chicago.
NOBAMA 2012!!!
Image - a candidate holding rallies where they are supported?
Maybe Romney should try that - if he can find someplace where he is supported.
Seven2Seven wrote:
REPLY: I take your point, Seven; actually I didn't miss it the first time (and I got your little "baby with glasses" personal snipe; Ha). But I repeat ... why not address your observation to former president George W. Bush? Or is there some sort of 'partisan blindness' going on here?
Some other Democratic candidate could step up to the plate if so inclined (ref: Carter v. Kennedy in 1980), but other Democrats took a pass (pun intended) and most registered Democrats support President Obama for reelection.
But again, your question was rhetorical, so ... nevermind.
The President is doing great!!! Just listen to the whiners in this forum. LOL
Nerm_L
Do you mean like the enthusiastic support Ron Paul gets. Drawing no less than 4000 to each event every other day and sometimes over 10000.
At least he draws them with ideas, rather than paid performers of the welfare state.
Ron Paul 2012
REPLY: Clever, John. And of course you have some supportive evidence you can cite? One verifiable reference will suffice, I'm not picky. I'll wait, your move ....
@john-737278 -- When does Ron Paul endorse Romney? Romney needs an audience, ya' know.
Maybe Dr. Ron Paul, R-TX, could give some pointers to Romney on how to run a losing Republican campaign?
Obama doesn't deserve to have the American flag hanging over his head. If he gets elected another term, the American flag will have a picture of Obama's head, not 50 stars.
OK, Mr. Romney, in Ohio today Obama said you're a patriot with a very good resume. So let's start trying to live up to the quality of your opponent. Forget the primaries and start sounding like you could handle being President.
No more comments that throw monkey wrenches into delicate negotiations like the Chinese disident before they've even concluded. The I-don't-know-if-it's-true-but-I-know-it's-shameful comment really shows how you need to temper your shoot from the hip reactions.
At least act preesidential.
Seven, you can easily find out the Dem candidates this year. But again, your question was rhetorical, so ... nevermind.
Google - Wikipedia Democratic Party presidential candidates 2012
Robert, These are the same rallies where Obama suggested that Congress take the money he's saving by ending the war in Afghanistan and use half of it to pay down the debt and half to help save the middle class. He does realize that we are paying for that war through debt, right??!Q!?!?
Why is your beloved president suggesting that we pay off the national mastercard with the national visa???
@ John and John
I agree with "Hey it's MEEEE" You are wrong.
Actually he started campaigning in late 2007. Since then he's had to take a couple of days off here and there for pesky golf outings and kissing the asses of foreign enemy's but for the most part every time he's made sounds with his mouth it's been campaigning.
I would love to see a factual stat that shows how many times he's said "I" since he first launched his re-election campaign on Jan 21st, 2009.
why the hell do liberals "laugh out loud" or "roll on the floor laughing" at so much of what they write. Man these people are simple.
Hey, it's MEEEEE (post 1.3)
Well, Mr. MEEEEE, just becuse you say something is wrong, doen't make is so. How about some facts, instead of a juvenile "LOL" like you've just posted?
According to Dana Milbank, a typical liberal elitist in the Washington Post, Obama has had MORE campaigning "events" in his first term that the COMBINED TOTAL of the past five presidents.... let me repeat that "COMBINED TOTAL!!!" Obama's had more campaign events in 28 months (January 2009 - March 2012) than 24 YEARS for the previous five president's first terms. Even the Wasthington Post columnist said our Campaigner-In-Chief makes him "queasy."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/president-obama-campaigner-in chief/2012/04/30/gIQATAfbsT_story.html/
You can full some of the people all of the time (2008 election) and all of the people some of the time (2010 election) but Obama "reign of error" will be over soon. Our irrational exuberance with electing the most unqualified and incompetent person to the Presidency will soon be simply a paragraph in history. Here's a NICE video that shows the "content" of Obama's character. Having served 5 years on Active Duty as a Commissioned Officer, I've never seen such a narcissistic "leader" in my life.
http://www.veteransforastrongamerica.org/
NOBAMA 2012!
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Reagan didn't have a single fund raising event for his second term campaign...not one. But earlier MSNBC was comparing this current sitting piece of feces to Reagan. Campaigning, fundraising and shady trade offs for stimulus money is all barrack does.
Barack's biggest fear is that just a few more people unplug themselves and see who he really is. That would be disastrous for him. But if they don't it would be even more disastrous for us.
"Anyone but barack 2012"
They are easily amused, like a two -year old with granny's car keys. Use short words and sentences so they can keep up. They love knock-knock jokes too.
I have listened to Obama allot recently and he is offering no solutions and once again is a cheerleader/hope and change artist.
As an independent I actually dislike both parties and want a centered president that cares about ALL Americans. To me Obama sold out long ago. I will not be voting for him no matter what at this point. His rhetoric is offering no solutions.
Well the naysayers, critics with no real objection have begun their lament.
I wish a republican to be elected to run the economy in to the ground and pass laws to de-fund education, no health care, higher taxes, privatize your parks and turn them in to billionaires play grounds or develop them.
Remove clean air and water protection, pays your wives and daughter less for work and finally send more jobs overseas... and start another war in some forsaken place...for no good reason. Then you can have Bush all over again running a 5 trillion war debt with China and few others while the banks foreclose on your homes and your pension is lost by Wall street...
forgot one item, religion will be mandatory, everyone at church on Sunday.
Be careful what you ask for.
John & John, he has never stopped campaigning. And he was elected by mistake. He never governed. You see, he never stopped blaming either Bush, the Republicans, or conservatives for his failures. So now, he is trying to fool the people again. Starting with college students, the most manipulated members of society. Are they going to allow themselves to be used again? If they do, today's students would be the most college-educated ignorants.
Vote Obama ....
Keep his freebees flowing like the great Mississippi River .... "LOL"
Obama VOTERS really like his "CHANGE" but have no idea about his agenda:
Yeah, this speaks really positive for Mr. Obama's followers. So, doesn't matter what promises he makes this Presidential election, his followers really like his CHANGES and POLICIES.....and those Obama "bucks":
It is interesting to read the absolute certainty of Republicans (and/or self-described "Conservatives") in these discussion threads that Mr. Obama is going to be defeated in November. Interesting because of the numbers.
In the State primaries and caucuses held so far here is the Republican vote count *(as of April 25):
5,216,795 - Mitt Romney (41.7%)
7,304,344 - Other candidates (58.3%)
12,521,139 - Total Republican primary votes cast
Gosh, it looks to this observer that Mr. Romney has to
first persuade nearly 60% of his own party that he is an acceptable candidate, before he can begin the uphill slog of persuading this nation's 67% of voters who identify themselves as Democrats and Independents.
Even I can do THAT math. I'm just sayin' ...
*Source: Real Clear Politics
Bogus news as usual. He has been campaigning since his inauguration.
Im glad he can start campaigning since romney started 8 yrs ago.
Every single day ....
Since Obama's been on office ....
Our debt and deficit has gone up ....
Every single day ....
Without fail ....
$1 million dollars every 20 seconds upwards ....
Every single day ....
Since Obama's been in office our debt has gone up ....
And up and up ....
Never stopping or slowing down ....
Up , up and away ....
Obama out in 2012 ....
Save whats left of America ....
every single day
every single President since George Washington
the debt has gone up
and up and up.
Obama/Biden 2012
Robert in Oregon
Sorry about the slow reply, I had to go to work to support the state. I would have to say that the only people who could still support this president would either be mentally deficient or on the government dime. He has clearly done nothing but subjugate our rights under the Constitution, or hand out checks. Most who work are worse off than 3 years ago. The only reason the crime rates are so low is that those that normally commit them are better off than the middle class now.
I am Independent. 35% of the US considers themselves Republican. 32% consider themselves Democrat, down from 37% in 2008. That leaves a third of the population that feels they have no representation. And I would argue that it is the 10% far right and left that have divided the nation. That leaves 80% without. You may want to believe that Independents side with Democrats, but if that were true, elections would be landslides, and they are not. I am here to tell you that I am an Independent, please don't count me in among your liberal dogma. You don't represent me or my opinions.
John,
I am an Independent. I really can't tell you who I will vote for this November, but I am leaning towards the Democratic party at this time.Could change but it could not.
Now how do you think people who vote for him are on the governments dime? I'm not employed by the government. Aren't there any Republicans that work for the government? So they are also in this group? Bet there are Independents as well.
I take offense that you say I'm mentally deficient when all you do is spew nonsense with no facts to back up what you claim! What, you think there are not any Republicans getting handouts or checks. Try to check your "RED" states as they have plenty of those things occurring.
I for one have doubts you are a Independent. I can't prove it, but you certainly don't act as a registered Independent like the ones I know.! Independents I know wait and question what a candidate is about before making a decision. At least the many I know.
Just your statement of "please don't count me in among your liberal dogma" seems to say allot about your party affiliation.
I really don't think I have to belong to any party to get representation. That's why I wait and vote for people I think will represent all.
You have a good night.
Indepndent
You are right, it is a vast generalization that I made, but as you pointed out, question what a candidate is about. He has done more to promote non working than most presidents. I voted for him the first time, but will not again. Specifically because he signed NDAA, and HR347 that he should have vetoed. I think that calls ethics into question.
The Pugs have more offensive dogma as far as I am concerned.
REPLY: John, were Ronald Reagan alive and running for the Republican nomination today, and citing the very same beliefs that he held in 1980 and 1984, ... he could not win a single Republican primary.
This is how far to the Right the once-GOP (once Grand Old Party) has shifted. So, based on your standard of measure (any opinion which differs from your own is "Liberal"), ... both Ronald Reagan and I are adherents to my "Liberal Dogma" (thank you very much. And Ron says "Hi"). I'm just sayin'......
Robert in Oregon
Did I not just state how @!$%#ed up the Republican platform is? I had to swallow my food twice having to sign on to the platform to vote for Paul.
There used to be a time when conservative meant don't spend every dime you get your hands on rather than the bat@!$%# crazy religious wackjob crap we see now.
You are right, but I still refuse to sign on to another 4 years of having my rights usurped. I will leave the country first. Many have become more democratic than us. Even Russia and China found NDAA and indefinite detention offensive. What does that say?
Oh, and if Ron says hi, why are you not supporting him.
We'll miss you, John. Don't forget to write.
;-))
PS. Actually, John, (to answer your question) I WOULD support Ron Reagan were he alive today. As Mr. Obama has often mentioned in his many complementary remarks about Mr. Reagan, they shared many base ideals. Too bad the contemporary Republican Party has disposed of the ideals of Ronald Reagan, in its wholesale flight to the extreme Right.
I won't be writing, and I won't be forgetting to take my money with me either. Just as many other millionaires have flocked to the door.
So, how do you reckon with your loss of rights? What are acceptable losses? How much will you give before you break?
Robert,
Please don't prove John's point by being an A$$. To be truthful, the bill he quoted upset me along with many Republican and Democratic friends. We don't hold it against the president as much as Congress, but he did sign it into law. This terrorist business is going to far in removing our rights a US citizens.
I have read many of your post's and you make valid points in rebuttal to many that spew nonsense on this news vine. But some do not believe President Obama are for them. Just the way it is in the world.
Doesn't mean you need to degrade them, just agree to disagree unless they attack you personally.
Hey, 'Indepndent', I'm "just shakin' the bush, Boss. Just shakin' the bush." Not "degrading" anyone, "just shakin' the bush."
If that makes me an A$$ (your word) I guess that might be perceived by some as "degrading" me; but I'll give you a pass. Deal?
Robert, you are the donkey if you get honest. Serious Drool you spew over and over with no substance.......
Robert in Oregon
You can be shakin' all you want, but that would imply that I care what you think. I am here for entertainment, not much else. Re- read my first comment. If that wasn't a bait, I don't know what would be.
Robert,
No problem except a poor choice of "word" by me. I was in the wrong to call you one instead of what I really meant which was don't become one. I admit when I am wrong so I don't need passes. Whether you except it is up to you. Y'all have a good night, Ya Hear!
Of course, 'Indepndent.' No offense taken (and I got that you were trying to save me from myself, ... sometimes not so easy a task). Hey, I've been called a lot worse. In fact I've been called a lot worse just today. HA!!
Later!
"Starts" campaign? That's all this jackass has been doing for the last 3 1/2 years. Oh, and the golf...
“Jimmy Carter” Obama: "This morning we learned that our private sector created 130,000 jobs in April, and the unemployment rate ticked down" to 8.1%.
It is a "good news" trend."
NEWSFLASH TO JIMMY OBAMA: jobs creation was only 115,000 and our economy SUCKS!
“14.5 percent” -- U.S. unemployment rate in April including those who have given up looking for work, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Which is a lot more than the Republicans have accomplished.
The Republicans only record - is the broken record they keep playing.
130,000 jobs created in one month is still more jobs than Romney created in his entire career.
Nerm
Tell that crap to the 52,000 Staples employees.
Tell that crap to the 16,000 AMC Entertainment employees.
Tell that crap to the 145,000 Domino's Pizza employees.
Shall I go on?
Take that back Nerm_L. Romney created lots of jobs...but they are all overseas!!! lol
@slodon -- Romney only 'participated' in creating jobs - he did not actually create any himself.
Leadership doesn't count in TEA country - remember?
Nerm
Then pray tell how has Obama created any jobs?? He is only participating in job creation. Which hasn't occurred.
Jan. 2009 142,201,000 employed
Apr. 2012 141,865,000 employed
That's 322,000 less jobs now then when he took office.
Is that "JOB CREATION"?
Nerm, get your facts straight. Romney has created more jobs than that and regardless, do you realize that you just compared the US employment monthly gain to a single persons accomplishments in the private sector. Wow dude you should join Romney's campaign because that's pretty frickin' impressive if you ask me.
Now, how about you list baracks job creating when he was in the private sector. I'll give you a hint; it's less than 1 and greater than negative 1. That kind of math should keep you busy for a while. You're allowed to use your toes if you want.
Lies, your respect for the commander in chief of our military is a clear demonstration of your lack of service to our country. Maybe you should that moniker the next time you see a veteran.
The personal name-calling shows a deep lack of patriotism for the US Constitution and the American voters.
GreenTimer
Did you ever say that when Bush was called names??
@Slodon,
PLUS we need around 160k jobs per month just to stay flat with the unemployment rate. Your figures show a loss of 8,256 per month since he took office. We will have to grow at 260k jobs per month for five years to get back to pre-downturn unemployment levels. He's obviously not going to allow for that to happen so......NEXT!
Green-
Respect must be earned! What has Obama done to earn any respect?
Has he served in the military?
Has he created any jobs other than government jobs?
Has he stopped pitting American against American?
Has he respected the laws of this country?
Come on, there's an easy answer and it's the same in each case.
Romney Republicans oppose everything 'Obama' --
Obama supports the middle class - Romney opposes that.
Obama wants to create new markets - Romney opposes that.
Obama wants to bring jobs back to America - Romney opposes that.
Obama wants balanced fiscal policy - Romney opposes that.
Obama wants a 'fair chance' for everyone - Romney opposes that.
Obama wants everyone to pay their fair share - Romney opposes that.
Maybe that is why Romney speaks to empty stadiums.
NERM..., allow me to make some modest corrections to your post. It should read something like this;\
Obama supports half of the population with the other halfs' money
Obama wants to create new markets---in other countries
Obama wants to bring jobs back---in federal government
Obama wants balanced fiscal policy---a world currency
Obama wants a fair chance for everyone---the upper middle class and rich can pay for it.
Obama wants everybody to pay their fair share---using the progressive tax system; 10%, 15%, 25%, 33%, and 39% for the upper income reaches. Fair?
Maybe that is why Obama is touting U-3 unemployment statistics when the U-6 gives the truer, clearer picture.
@rightwingnut69 -- You are absolutely, 1000 pct correct. Obama has refused to simply throw money at the wealthy.
Republicans have been trying to get 'trickle down' economics to work since Reagan by throwing money at the wealthy.
Romney/Reagan economics only works by throwing money at the wealthy - so a little bit trickles down.
Repeating the same mistakes is one thing. Doubling down on stupid is something else entirely.
Obama wants to do the smart thing - Romney opposes that.
slodon, yes. Is that all you have, that I don't like disrespect, that it's really bad to respect the President as Commander in Chief?
Tammy, my military training taught me to respect the commander-in-chief and the entire chain of command. Without that respect, soldiers die.
Has he earned the respect? He commanded the military with strength and honor, including a seal team that rescued unharmed a ship captain from Somolia pirates. He accomplished the mission in Iraq.
He has overcome the racial prejudice that fed demands for his birth certificate that NO other candidate has ever had to endure. Through it all, he has maintained a steady demeanor that would have clearly sent most rational folks off on a tizzy.
He has not served in the military, nor had any of the Republican contenders. That does not in any way circumvent the US Constitutions naming him Commander-In-Chief.
Jimmy Carter was a naval officer while Ronald Reagan was play acting as soldier. What is your point about military service?
He can only create government jobs because he is the head of government. His policies, however, have created far more private jobs than President G W Bush did in his first 3 1/2 years, and the number of government jobs has decreased since he assumed office.
Has he stopped pitting American against American? Has he stopped beating his wife?
No candidate can run for office without incurring the disagreement of some portion of the population. That's what politics is all about in America. If you prefer your politics more agreeable, you can use the defunct Soviet system as a model.
Thanks for your questions. Now, ask the same questions of Romney.
Green Timer,
I don't know if that remark was directed at me but I'm going to jump in regardless.
My president will respect me as a born and raised citizen of this country. This man doesn't. He will value my dreams and ambitions and not obstruct those ambitions as long as they don't hurt anyone. He doesn't. He works for me and I will respect the office, however I will not respect nor show even fake respect to a man who finds the constitution of the United States of America to be an obstacle in how he wishes to change it.
You want to reference the veterans? I've had documented family that has fought, died or been wounded in every major conflict this country has had. Those members of my family laid down their lives for the freedom that our constitution protects whether here or trying to give others that freedom throughout the world. Don't even think you can hold the office of the presidency up and say that because I don't respect the douche bag in charge that I have some disconnect with the veterans. Contrary to your statement when I meet service members and strike up conversations I usually find myself saying something to the effect of "yeah, man I'm sorry you've got to serve under such an Anti-American dirt bag". You know what the response has been almost every time. "Yeah, I hear that".
My president will love this country for what it is and what it has provided to the world since the Free Masons started putting the plan together. This president does not! He also does not represent anything that is truly rooted in the foundation America was built on. He wants to marginalize this country as a wold leader and dismantle what millions of service members have died for. The only proof I need is in his own statements and his own writings.
You know what else those people died for? Me having the right to say I will not respect this fool that holds the seat of president. You know something; on the line I would most certainly have your back and pull the trigger to protect you because we may see differently but my guess is you love this country for being this country. On the contrary if that bum was on that line, I'd let you watch his back because I don't appreciate people dreaming of infecting the US with a Marxist society model. I'm sure you don't agree with anything I've stated here but I will respect the presidency the person holding the position of president, on the other hand, has to earn my respect.
Lack of patriotism for the constitution? Are you kidding me? The constitution is there to protect the citizens against our government! Have you ever actually read it? You might want to take a free course at Hillsdale.com it may enlighten you as to the purpose of our constitution. Questioning authority is our right...nowhere in the constitution does it say a darn thing about respecting the president. The only thing we are supposed to do is recognize his position as president. Yep I recognize it...he's the president...he's also a douche bag but it also doesn't say in the constitution that a douche bag can't hold the office of president.
You let me know your opinion...now I let you know mine.
*Anyone but barack 2012*
God Bless America
Vote Obama ....
Keep his freebees flowing like the great Niagra Falls .... "LOL"
Don't forget - Bush handed President Obama a U - 6 unemployment of 14.2%, and two wars.
NET no jobs have been created...looking at the entire picture is realistic otherwise it is just smoke and mirrors as usual.
When Obama took office unemployment was at 7.8% ....
Blame Bush. Got it. We wont forget.
Tampa
And don't forget that barack said if he couldn't fix it in year three it would be a one term proposition. It isn't fixed...we're beyond year three...time to make at least one thing he has said true. Time to make him a one term president.
Rightwing, My comments were not directed to you, but were directed to Tammy. But I will give you the courtesy of a reply.
My comment on the military was in answer to Tammy's question. I honor the service of all your documented family members who served in the military - especially those who faced combat. My family arrived in the US 5 generations ago, and have combat veterans since Teddy Roosevelt.
Active military personnel who would accept a civilian who never wore the uniform calling their commander in chief a dirt bag are few and far between. As would be the case with us combat veterans. What we say among ourselves is an entirely different matter. Do not speak for us.
I fought for your right to call the President a douch-bag and I support your freedom to do so. And as long as you keep preaching that, you ain't gonna move a single vote away from him.
It is unfortunate that your attitude towards the military will make it especially difficult for your family members who actually saw combat to ever share their stories with you. You could learn a lot from them about life.
Thank you for you comments.
OBAMA/BIDEN 2012!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In 2008 it was" Hope & Change".
Ever since its been "Debt & Blame".
Smartest post I've read of all of these.
Obama 2012!
Hey Guy, I think "hoping he won't get changed" is much better.
"Dope and Strange"
Dont forget the four million jobs.He did a couple of things lololololololol Dont hate!!
Don't forget the new $5 trillion in debt. I'm not amused.
WOW, that THAT is GREAT... "Dope and Strange"
Watch and learn.
Romney cant even beat Mccain!!! lolololololololololol
A mock press release with fake quotes from the President? Very mature, RNC. Very mature. What will you do next, take your ball and go home?
When did Republicans ever have balls?
3toget, hey, you go to battle with the army you have, and if mock-press releases is what you have, then mock it up!
"Dope and Strange"
Obama will go down as the worst president in the history of history ....
Even longer than that .... "LOL"
Big Ben
Guess you would like re-write History.
Then you could forget President Nixon.
As opposed to the fictitious story of "Julia"?
Now the DNC has to create fictitious people because they cant find enough real life sob stories that are willing to be associated with Obama.
How many college students do you think will be creating jobs this year?
Whats the chance of a recent college grad getting a job, 50/50, and if they do get a job they will be under paid or under employed.
The employment rate for teens is at its lowest rate in history.
The number of adults over 19 that are still living or receiving help from there parents is at the highest rate in history.
Our national Dept will be 16 Trillion dollars soon, we are borrowing 40 cents of every dollar the Fed spends, and we have 160 Trillion dollars in unfunded liabilities that our children will have to pay for.
Youth of America Vote for Obama. Look at everything he has done for you.
And you see ~ ~ ~ what ~ ~ ~ in a Romney/Republican victory that will stimulate job growth? Other than providing work for sign painters to change names on doors, what program are they offering that will create jobs?
First thing they will do is end the uncertainty that Business have over what is going to happen in the future. They are sitting on trillions of dollars of assets there not spending because there worried.
That uncertainty was brought to you by Obama and the Democrats. Health care reform bill, Frank Dodd financial reform bill, Obama and the EPA constantly bypassing congress to enact environmental regulations they cant do the lawful way through congress, etc.
The Republican House has passed over 30 bills that have been sent to the Senate that Harry Reid conveniently sweeps under the rug and refuses to bring up for a vote. Its a Truth you like to ignore, an "Inconvenient Truth". The left tries to make the house bills sound like they are attacking Grandma, the Poor, the Environment, etc. while the democrats never write a bill of their own and pass it so the House and Senate bills can go to Conference.
How many bills has the Democrat Senate passed and sent to the House this year?
Wheres the Democrats Budgets they passed for 2010,2011, 2012, and now 2013? Oh yeah they don't exist.
David Noah....What do the widdle bitty businesses want? More tax break hand outs??? Where are the jobs your teanuts in the House promised? All they have proposed is tax cuts for the poor poor business and wealthy and have passed hateful social bills that denigrate women, the elderly and the poor. What a bunch of whiny little chicken @!$%#s!!! Patriots?? I don't think so............
http://money.cnn.com/2012/03/27/pf/taxes/corporate-taxes/index.htm
Why are business shipping jobs oversees?
eggberta, those jobs are in the bills Noah refers to that the democratically-controlled senate refused to consider.
Ahh...lest we forget who started this economic trend? How convenient Bush Era Alzheimer's serves the Republican party.
I actually felt both elated and sorry when Obama was inaugurated! He stepped into the worst economy since the GREAT DEPRESSION. If you look at the Bush stats on unemployment, the economy, gas prices, and so on, I find it amazing that you have the nerve to blame this economy on Obama.
No. Obama is the man who came in and took care of your Republican Presidents messy business. You can look forward to seeing his face for another four years as he attempts to finish what he started under what will be a Democratic majority. (That should get some laws passed.)
You failed to mention the content of these Republican bills. Was one "If You See A Rape ACCUSER You Must By Law Give Her A Dollar To Take The Bus To Go The Hospital?" (aka government handout) and in fine print...Where she will then undergo vaginal ultrasound, denied birth control. and given a phamplet on "How To Be A Stepford Wife Republican" ???
What's the next big Republican strategy after their Ted Nugent style "It's a Free for All" entrance into this race? Koch Brothers for Vice President?
David Noah, I'm just a simple man who thinks that demand creates business. So please bear with me as you explain why a business would not respond to a demand for its products, if that demand existed, because it is "worried about the future".
Are you really telling me that these businesses are sitting on their cash, refusing to sell products because they are worried about the future, and that their lack of selling has nothing to do with lack of demand? I really would like to hear how that works to the benefit of stockholders and private owners.
U.S.A.'s tariff on Chinese imports is 2.5%
China's tariff on U.S.A. imports is 25%
China supplied the materials to restore the San Francisco to Oakland Bay Bridge.
Of course. They were the lowest bidder.
I'm not telling you anything GreenTimer I'm just expressing a viewpoint.
Of course a company isn't going to stop selling their product. If a company doesn't see the demand for their product increasing then why would they invest in building new factories to handle the new demand or hire more employes to build the product?
What if they decide they would get a higher ROI building factories oversees because the labor is cheaper, they don't have to deal with as many oppressive regulations, EPA, OSHA, NLRB, FEC, SEC, etc and the Highest cooperate tax rate in the World?
Whats the incentive to stay here?
Green Timer,
Best post I have seen on this newsvine today!
David Noah,
And how long has this out-sourcing of jobs been going on? Are you saying just since Jan.,2009 only? And if so could you point me to where I can find this as a fact? If not, 5 years, 10 years, etc.?
Hasn't the candidate of the Republican party actually done out-sourcing during his tenure at Bain with companies they acquired? What business has President Obama out-sourced?
Just curious as you seem to think businesses have just recently done what you state? And you seem to want to place this on the current President.
Independent----Love your posts. It's clear to me that the Obama-haters can't stand the Truth AND, as one poster so well stated, they are into Bush-Cheney amnesia. To them, 2001 to 2009 never happened. We all have heard of speaking Truth to Power. What you have done is speak "Truth to Idiots!" Hooray!
David Noah, thanks for reply. Sorry mine is not as timely.
In post # 5.10 you allow as to how companies will invest in equipment and manpower if there exists a demand for their product.
So I guess that means that companies are sitting on trillions of dollars because of no demand, and not because of "worry about the future".
My next question is does demand depend on how much money people have to spend? And if not, what drives demand?
And if demand is driven by wage earners having money to spend, who is going to get wage-earners earning wages? Who in the private sector can afford to hire people in the face of no demand, just to get workers earning wages again? What private companies can afford to "prime the pump" of demand?
Because if no private company can do it, how do we get people earning wages again in the face of no demand? Do we just wait for WWIII, and let military spending by the fed government do it, or could the fed government spend money on roads, schools, research and other stuff without going to war to get people earning wages again?
Thanks for the reportee.
Independent, thanks for your kind comment. The same could be said of your own ideas.
Fired up!! Ready to go!!
Re-elect Barack Obama!!
There is still about 6 months till election time. Don't get fire up yet, those stats can change.
.........and they will change. Write that down.
Obama out 2012 ....
Save what's left of America ....
The republicans call a crowd of 14,000 a tepid reception when Romney barely pulls 200? Wow, talk about denial.
200 people showed up?? They must have been serving snacks.
I listened but could not associate what he said with what he's done. He seems to make lots of claims for what he's going to do although 'til now has done exactly the opposite. NO, we cannot afford another 4 years of this disastorus administration.
Think Mutt Robme is going to save your ass? Well..maybe you are wealthy but not if you are the average citizen.
OBAMA/BIDEN2012!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And GWB did what for 8 years?
Bush had an average unemployment rate of 5.25% for 8 years. What has Obama done? Can you say LOSE 322,000 in 3 years 4 months?? Plus have an average unemployment rate over 9% AFTER spending $820 Billion to keep it BELOW 8%.
Don't forget, Bush handed Obama a U - 6 rate of 14.2%, and an unfunded TARP ($775 billion ) which brought the debt to $12 trillion.
Tampa
The Democratic Controlled Congress passed the TARP Funds.Then turned it over to Obama Administration for distribution. It was part of the Transition of power from Bush to Obama. Also the Banks were forced to take the TARP money to hide the identity of the failing banks. It pays to research. You should try it some time.
The TARP funds have been paid back plus interest. The largest outstanding TARP is for GM and AIG. GM isn't a Bank neither is AIG. Go figure that one out.
Obama kicks butt, again. Obama/Biden 2012 Four more years to Hillary!
LOL, I hope Hillary Clinton runs for president, that way, the Democrats will have no chance at winning. Hillary is more nutty than Obama.
I hope Sarah Palin runs again...she did wonders for your party the first time around. (Speaking of certifiable nut jobs.) At least Hilary has a brain in her head and is well versed in politics. So Please..join us here in reality. It's going to be your reality come 2012, so start practicing now.
Michelle, Hillary Clinton said "We are going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good". Only a nutty leader would say that.
And to what was she referring to Random?? It seems to me that may be a way of saying our interests are to serve the common good of all, not just a distinguished few.
She was referring it to rich and middle class citizens, not just a selected few.
Rp,
Still, it's better than Mrs. Palins claim to have foreign experience. See could see Russia from her porch! Really! Boy, what qualifications. NOT! And what was Paul Revere according to her? Silly!
While Mrs. Clinton has proven herself time and again in foreign policy, and not from her porch! Perhaps you should re-think what "nutty" really is! Just saying...
I'm fired up and ready to go forward!! Four more years!!
Obama/Biden 2012
Going forward to where?
What exactly is the plan, the road map, for going forward?
Is it the same map the Democrats have been using for the last 3.5 Years?
4 years of the Democrats failing to pass budgets will be your economic roadmap going "Forward"?
4 Years of record setting Federal deficit spending is yor idea of fiscal responsibility going "Forward"?
The U.S.'s Credit rating being downgraded for the first time in History is Going "Forward"?
Gasoline prices hovering around $4.00 a gallon which impacts every ones pocket book is going "Forward".
$535 million dollars lost to "Solyndra", $830 thousand dollar GSA Vegas Party, Secret Service Sex Scandel, Panetta's $830 thousand dollar trips to Cali, "Fast and Furious", Charles Rangle getting found guilty of 11 ethics violations and he gets reelected, etc. , are your ideas of going "Forward"?
Maybe the Last thing America Needs is the Democrats and Obama's Idea of going "Forward".
Well what pray tell, is MUTT'S plan? Can you tell me that? Of course it will change in the next speech. You know..." ol ANYWAY THE WIND BLOWS" Robme!!!
eggberta, I've noticed that Noah has posted numerous times without needing to insult the president by misstating his name. You however seem to be unable to write a single sentence without being insulting and demeaning. Try to grow up.
OH PLEEZ---"DAVID NOAH" or whatever your real name is. FIRST, Republican columnist David Brooks, a real guy who is often on Meet the Press, said about the Republican Party, "It's not normal." NO SH*T, Sherlock! What about that true statement don't you get? HAVE YOU CONVENIENTLY (Spend all day and night watching/listening to FAUX fake snooze, do you?), FORGOTTEN the EIGHT DISASTROUS YEARS of BUSH-CHENEY??? Who caused the near Depression? BUSH-CHENEY and(R)ats in Congress! Who gave millionaires and billionaires massive tax cuts, huh? BUSH-CHENEY and the (R)ats in Congress. Then, those "job creators" created jobs all right-----> in China, Mexico, India and lots of other near slave-labor countries!
People who talk like you are (1) delusional (2) brain-dead (3) brain-washed (4) brain-drained (5) brain-less and nothing but lemmings-suckers for the Plutocrat-operated Rethuglican "not normal" (R) Party.
THEN, I get a massive LMAO when you list (D) scandals and then CONVENIENTLY (just like FAUX fake Snooze), forget about (R) massive scandals =WORST IN U.S. HISTORY!---first Agnew had to resign after being found to be a crook and had to pay a $10,000 fine, then NIXON had to resign after getting caught offering a million dollars to keep the Watergate burglars quiet. BIG TIME LIAR Daddy Bush pledged, "Read my lips, no new taxes", then signed into law a bunch of big tax increases. Daddy left Saddam Hussein in power in Gulf war I---result--one term Prez. Fast forward to Rotten Ronnie Reagan! MORE Reagan admin. officials indicted than even in Nixon's super corrupt years! Reagan = Iran-Contra and one crime after another. 2000! Bush family commits federal crimes in stealing the Prez election in Florida. Greg Palast proved it completely in the 2003 BBC investigation, "Bush Family Fortunes." The G.W-Cheney, Plutocrat (R)'s got us into 2 illegal and unnecessary wars, plus created the conditions for Wall St. to nearly put our country into a Depression! Do you deny it, Mr. "Noah?"
Mitt is a giant LIAR, much worse flip-flopper than Kerry and nothing but a Clown Mega-Millionaire candidate (at least $250 million) for his fellow Plutocrats. SO, Mr. "NOAH", if you are rich, I can easily see why you line up to attack anyone, including Obama, who is trying to help the whole country, not just the .01 Percent (Mitt, Newt, Sanitarium, Pathetic Palin, ad nauseum.) If you aren't rich, then you must be asleep 24/7 and in that group of people above that I listed with the numbers (1)(2), etc. SO, WHICH IS IT?
"Ready to go for another US Debt Downgrade WOOOOOHOOOO"
John,
Naw! Republicans/Tea party guys won't be in control anymore. Just thought I let you know. You are welcome!
The shellacking Obama took in 2010 was just the first coat of shellac. Nov. 2012 will be the final coat. He is one and done!
2010=Hope
2012=Change
I believe that is the way Bush described the 2006 election, too. I think Obama will be re-elected, Democrats will regain the House and retain the Senate, and a rules change (only takes a simple majority vote) will either suspend or abolish the filibuster. This will ensure things get done in Washington. They may not be the right things but compared to the nothing of the past two years, I'm prepared to take a chance on some of them working to the benefit of the American people.
@ marmee, Mi: We get that you don't like Obama, and that's your opinion. Unfortunately, Romeny hasn't come up with any plans, goals or even a direction (other than to go backward, from the Presidents). Seriously, the GOP primaries had pretty much the lowest turnout in years, and Mitt had a hard time convincing the repub voters. Luckily for him, he has the most money and is able to stay in the longest...but really the repub's still don't like him. He's especially disliked by minorities and women. And all of the endorsements from his own party sound more like "Okay, Mitts the last one standing, so....yea, alright (big sigh)....I have to support Romeny."
It's fine that you don't like Obama, but sooner or later Mitt's gonna have to say something real, and stand by it. He's been afraid to do that, thus far.
Spot on Hey, It's Meeeeee!!!
What you will find Meeeee is that the republicans will like Romney much more than they will like Obama. With an initial field of candidates as large as the republican field was, there are bound to be ideological differences between factions of the republican party just as there are in the democratic party. Ultimately however, who do you think the TEA party members are going to vote for - Romney or Obama???
marmee, i like that.
Say, there, "marmee, mi", are you sitting on some spaceship on Mars? Your Rethuglican-Plutocratic-phony-tea-bag-Koch Bros. Party is out to take America back to 1900 and has done a bang-up job trying to do it. Their goal---destroy the Middle-class by taking all of its money. It wasn't Obama that signed into law the biggest tax cut for millionaires-billionaires in U.S. history---IT WAS G.W. BUSH! DITTO the 2008 "bail-out" of Wall St.---IT WAS G.W.!!! Guess that's OK with you since reading your post indicates to me and others here that you must be living on another planet, not this one. EVER HEARD of REALITY? How many lies will the Rethug. Plutocrats have to publish-say-broadcast before you wake-up from your Head-in-Fanny-Hannity brain-washing? NO president, either (R) or (D), moves U.S. jobs to foreign countries UNLESS they sign laws making it easier for the U.S. business owners to do it. In the end, it is the business owners who move the jobs AND most of the biggest corporations in America are owned and operated by Rethuglican-Plutocrats. Of the Mega-Rich, ONLY Warren Buffett has been honest enough to admit that the Mega-Rich in America are NOT paying their fair share of taxes. Is their hiding of their income - wealth (like Mitt did) in places like Switzerland and the Cayman Islands, OK with you? Is it OK with you that U.S. companies, owned by (R) Plutocrats, like GE and Boeing, PAID ZERO federal taxes last year and many past years, AND even got tax credits???
"Westmich"---if you live in Michigan, are you totally blind to the GIANT resurgence of the auto industry? GM now #1 in the world again! WHAT? How could you miss that UNLESS you spend all day letting FAUX fake snooze fill your head with their 24/7 lies? U.S. jobs are up, Obama and the (D)'s in Congress saved the U.S. auto industry, which is one of the main things fueling the healing of our Bush-family-(R)-Party-damaged economy. WHY do people like you IGNORE the 8 totally disastrous years of Bush-Cheney? WHY DO YOU? Must be some reason, huh? Is there some brain illness that needs a name (Rethug-brain-itis?) (Bush-heimers?) (Mitt-Twitt-brain-bite-us?) (Faux-snooze-neural-numbness?) (Sun-less-Hersey-tunnel-itis? Think Fannity!) Anyhow, I hope you and the poor, sad lemmings who, daily, fill your skulls with the (R)at Pluto-tea-bagger-fake-snooze B.S. (#1 B.S.er: Lush Limpbaugh--Mr. Pilonidal cyst-draft-dodger!) get REAL, face the REAL world and see Mitt & Pluto-(R) Zombies as the Bizarro World they are (look it up.) IF YOU DON'T, WE JUST MIGHT END UP WITH BIZARRO U.S.A. and folks like you will be to blame---you vote for these zoo escapees, don't you?
Bob
If Romney hides his money in over seas accounts,how do you know about them??
egberta.......Spot on? spot..on. Probably one of the most annoying terms in the American/faux brit lexicon. I think I just spit up a little in my mouth.
Why do I listen to the continual lies and distortions. I can't find anything he says backed up by anything he's done. Character and Integrity should be the heart and soul of a President.........I didn't see it today nor have I seen it in very many in his administration............Please, not another 4 years. We can't afford it.
Your ignorance of Obama's accomplishments does not reduce the number of them. Facts don't penetrate your head. You have to pay attention instead of being deaf and dumb.
Wow, Affinity, being a lib I know that it's difficult for you, but how about skipping the petty insults, and providing some actual facts instead....just exactly what are these "accomplishments" you refer to...and please be specific?
spider guess you were watching fox news huh you miss it
Hey Repubs! The stockmarket is back, the banking industry is back, the rich are getting richer.
Tell me again how this trickle down thingee works.
And please, when we ask you for a different solution than the Pres. is doing, bad mouthing Obama is not a valid solution!
Oh, really? The Dow Jones only represents 30 big, stable companies, Farmer. I regularly track the portfolio I sold when the Community Organizer got elected, and it is only worth 62% of my selling price. And, any solution would be different than the President's.....because he has done nothing at all!
spder..truth you tea nuts hate huh.I thought yall like good news
The way Spider spouts is that he still has a stiffy for Palin. Community Organizer? How passe............
eggberta---you sure nailed that "spider" to the wall! Those Honky-Tonk boys saw Pretty (Pathetic) Palin in that bathing suit video and a bunch of bib overalls got ripped! See, they (and millions more with the same mental laxness), go for the pretty picture and fail to see what's behind it----thin air! You know, someone did get a chance to shine a flashlight in Palin's ear and a blast of light came out of her eyes. Oops! See, it's like a huge cave in there. When she talks, it's actually an audio-video recording you are witnessing. She's actually an Alaskan-anthropo-morphic-android.
How much money does it take to cover up this catpile?
Are you kidding? OBL is dead. GM is alive. with the repubs it would be the opposite. He has more integrity and character than any of the repubs put together. Don't be blinded by your hate. By the way I am a white middleaged retired command sergeant major. So, been there, done that!
Mark--Thank you for serving our country and risking your life. I did it, too, in the really awful Vietnam war. Anyhow, your reply to the boneheads supporting The Twitt is short and to the point. I believe that G.W. / Bushies didn't go after OBL because of their Very Tight money connections to the Saudi Royals / BL family. Why else would G.W. allow ALL of the BL's living in the U.S. on 9/11 to get on airliners, go back to Saudi Arabia AND the FBI wasn't allowed to interrogate any of them? Pretty fishy, huh? But that is, of course, just getting started with the Plutocratic Rethug.-Bush Party. We could talk about Jeb, Harris and Clayton Roberts rigging and stealing the 2000 election in Florida! Greg Palast totally exposed the criminality in the June 2003 BBC investigation, "Bush Family Fortunes." Bottom line: we have some people in our country who would vote for Ronald McDonald if he had an (R) next to his name. Maybe they ate too many Big Macs and got Fat-on-the-Brain, but I think some of them hate Blacks and many of them are so politically brain-dead that they WOULD vote for an (R) Ronald McDonald. Hey, they voted for a real Clown back in 1980---Ronald McDonald Reagan! Seems as though his "tricke-down economics" has fallen on hard times, huh? You and I could tell a lot of people about guerrilla warfare (IEDs---good example) and how it is nearly impossible to defeat it. Look at what happened to the former Soviets in the Soviet-Afghan war, 1979-1988! Chinese philosopher Sun Zhu warned about "the locals organizing against you" in "The Art of War" and he was right all of those 1,000's of years ago. NO ONE from the outside has ever controlled Afghanistan and maybe no one ever will.
Bob in Ohio--proudly served my country as did my brother (Vietnam), our father (ww2), uncles (WW2-Korea) and G-grandfather (Civil war.)
fox news the fair and balance channel..we will not air obama's speech today while he talks we will wait and edit it on hannity and Friends to make it sound different to our viewers..we are fair stay tune for more for updates
corporations are people Romney says so
vote smart vote for a real people person not a corporation person that Romney wants
Rombo the robot had just as well be running in the Kentucky Derby today. His chances would be better there than it will be against the President.
how come fox did not air Obama's speech live today when all other news did?I thought fox news said they wanted to hear both sides of the news
They do it's there side and the side that they have edited for the people that watch them.
I'm surprise the libturd media did not stop the presses or news/ amber alert that Buckwheat officially started campaigning.
you were watching fox news health watch huh miss the speech to.. to bad
marco. What a retard you are. Buckwheat? Racist pig!!
marco how true how true.
The tea party wants bad news..hahahaha what leadership hurry the ship is sinking that's what we want that's true leadership
fox viewers did not see obama speech today on fox you know why they did not air it.so then they cant comment on something they know nothing about huh tea corporations
why isn't he in washington solving our economic mess?
this pathological narcissist needs to be sent back to kenya..
why is a governor oh NJ trying to help Wisconsin when he has his own people that needs help in his own state never seen a governor try and run another state he should be governor of both states huh because the tea party walker cant handle it right right oh so tell me why. oh and forgot to call you a dummy with your comment
walker is on his way in saving wisconsin from bankruptcy..
romney is on his way to become president after the failures of the past 4 years..
thats why..
now go pick up your welfare check and run to your momma's basement..
you pos..
He has tried but the peetard party of NO is working against the American people.
Walker is nothing more than a Kochsucker flunky. God..he even thought he was pandering to one of the evil brothers one night when somebody pretended to be one of the "suckers" in a phone call to the gubernor....Hahahahaha. Smart guy that Walker...........LOL
Hey Elvis...got to ron a tad did you? LOL Good job.
thanks im back
There is one candidate that stood on the Senate floor to raise his voice in warning of how raising the ceiling puts this country at risk. In this short, but impassion speech,
which not only moves the reader, but also educates, he makes his points in clear and precise language. Rather than tell you about it, why don't you read it for yourself.
The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure.
It is a sign that the U.S. Government can't pay its own bills.
It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government's reckless fiscal policies. … Increasing America's debt weakens us domestically and internationally.
Leadership means that "the buck stops here. Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren.
America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better.
At the time, Senator Obama was urging Congress not to tolerate an increase that would bring the debt ceiling to $9 trillion. From Sen. Obama's floor speech, March 20, 2006
Let us look at the debt ceiling raises from 2000 until today to see how Obama's words are just as pertinent now as they were in 2006.
January 2012 - $16.7 trillion
August 2011 - $15.19 trillion
February 2010 - $14.294 trillion
December 2009 - 12.394 trillion
February 2009 - $12.104 trillion
Obama becomes President
October 2008 - $11.315 trillion
July 2008 - $10.615 trillion
September 2007 - $9.815 trillion
Obama's speech on the dangers of raising the debt ceiling
March 2006 - $8.965 trillion
November 2004 - $8.184
May 2003 - $7.384 trillion
June 2002 - $6.4 trillion
Bush becomes President.
August 1997 - $5.95 trillion
If Bush, raising the debt ceiling by $3.02 trillion in 4 years is a danger to our country, then how is Obama's raising the debt ceiling by $5.38 trillion in 3 years not a danger to this country? We all know the answer, its worse because Obama created the never ending, ever growing debt crises.
10 years of tax breaks have been the problem and you know that
Elvis
Yes I do, but unlike you I am informed. I know Obama is calling for more and more tax cuts that increase the danger to our economy and our nations with his his never ending, ever growing debt crises
libturds get mad when you tell them the truth..
conversatives get made when you lie to them..
elvis is getting mad..
Conservatives get "made" when you lie to them? Oh dear God. Elvis is clearly getting to you ol "getting made" ron.......... Sucks to be you...........lol
no you know the endof the tax breaks will end on his watch that's why y'all are trying your best to stop his relection
hahahaha