Willard also claims to not know where his off-shore tax havens are located!

So much for his financial expertise!

Keep hammering him Team Obama - nothing wrong with telling the cold, hard TRUTH!

Show us your tax returns Willard! If John McCain can see them, then so should the rest of America!

"As a baseless charge, this is something that can potentially be dispelled," said former Pennsylvania Rep. Phil English, a Republican who represented the blue collar town of Erie. "But if the Romney campaign does not aggressively engage it and address it directly, I think they could suffer, potentially, a significant loss of voters."

Translated: "If voters figure out what Romney is really like we are screwed."

If it were a "baseless charge" then it wouldn't resonate with the swing-state voters like it does. They are starting to see through the fog to the real Romney.

Plus, if it were a baseless charge the Republicans would file a copyright infringment lawsuit, they hold exclusive rights to using "baseless charges" against opponents!

“There’s a tendency by Republicans to assume the truth will catch up."

What-what? The whole Republican philosophy since Reagan has been to repeat lies often enough that they will be accepted as truth. This is the party who brought us "welfare queens", "trickle down", "entitlement society", "compassionate conservatism" - I could go on and on.

Mitt provided John McCain 17 years of tax returns as a VP possibility but will only allow the American people (voters) to see one year (2010) plus a provisional return for 2011.

More evidence that Republicans will give Romney a pass on providing all the information provided by all modern Presidential candidates and after all the complaints that Senator Obama wasn’t fully vetted.

Why ?

Swiss bank accounts, Cayman island accounts, money...money....where is all the money......

If Romney doesn't trust America with his money, how will he protect the money of the middle class......???

Never mind the fact that a couple of years ago when asked about blind trust, Romney said they were a ruse. A ruse that people used to pretend they didn't know about their trust. Romney said this before he was planning on using the blind trust as an excuse.

Couple that with the fact that while governor, Romney thought that outsourcing jobs to India was the thing to do as his job creation record went from 37th to 47th. He was not concerned about jobs, he was only concerned about the cost so he could pass the savings on as tax cuts for the richest.

Then the rich who can't be asked to invest in America and jobs, are being asked by the republicans for hundreds of millions of dollars of donations to convince you to vote for their tax cuts and against the economy of America.

Are you smart enough to see through the republicans con games?

VOTE FOR TRUE FREEDOM...VOTE FOR A DEMOCRAT 2012

Here in Florida the Republican Pacs are running ads with out right LIES about Presidnt Obama and Senator Bill Nelson.

I think we have a double standard here the Democrats are telling the truth about Mitt Romney and the Republicans are LIEING about President Obama.

I guess all is fair in love and politics.

This is the first time in the History of the Republic that the Democratic process has been for SALE. We have the Republican Supreme court to thank for this mess via the Citizens United decision. It was stupid to cancel election laws that has been in effect for many many years to allow for a Corporation to be called a person. JUST STUPID.

Forget the Swiss accounts - Rmoney is lost in the Bermuda Triangle, he has a "company" there sheltering a HUGE amount of wealth & income from Uncle Sam. Mitt better renounce his US Citizenship to avoid paying taxes all together.

Why ?

Dennis, The reprecussion from showing them is more severe than the reprecussion from not showing them....

Obama/Biden 2012

Thanks to Gingrich and Santorum for educating voters about Romney's Bain record. As much as Romney would like to deny the Ampads, we all know what Bain's short-term decision making resulted in: profits for few while many lost jobs, homes, and life savings....

Believe in America by Mitt Romney at www.mittromney.com

Mitt Romney will "raise the visa cap to allow the 1.25 million high skilled jobs currently available to be filled by highly-educated immigrants. This will stimulate the economy and create support jobs for Americans."

Mitt Romney will "attach a green card to the diploma of every immigrant graduate with a degree in math, science, or engineering."

Mitt Romney will sign "Trans-Pacific Partnership to open up markets in Asia and create jobs for Americans." Like NAFTA, but Asia.

If that's not a conservative Republican plan, what is?

RedSoxRule(the cellar)-

I would think that as a Red Sox fan who claims to hate liars you would be particularly upset about Mitt Romney lying about being there at Fenway Park when the Red Sox won their first World Series in 80+ years.

Romney told an Air Force pilot he was there at Fenway Park when the Red Sox won the World Series against the Cardinals.

Two problems with that story: One, he was actually in New Hampshire campaiging for GW Bush. Two, as any true Red Sox fan would know Game Four of that particular World Series was in St. Louis......

President Obama- The guy trying to get you hired.

Mittronic Rombot- The"raider" that got you fired.

Everybody knows...

Rombot.Has.Nothing.

RedSox,

about your CT SSN claim: this is from the SS Administration (link provided to an actual scan of the letter)STOP LISTENING TO FAUX!

One should not make too much of the "geographical code." It is not meant to be any kind of useable geographical information. The numbering scheme was designed in 1936 (before computers) to make it easier for SSA to store the applications in our files in Baltimore since the files were organized by regions as well as alphabetically. It was really just a bookkeeping device for our own internal use and was never intended to be anything more than that.

Most likely, this was due to a clerical error. At the time, President Obama was only 15 years old, and lived with his grandparents in an address on Beretania Street. The President’s house in Hawaii was in zip code 96814 and the zip code for Danbury, CT. is 06814. Since the '0' and '9' on a typical typewriter are immediately adjacent (remember, the president's Social Security number was issued in 1977, before the age of computers), it would have been a common error to accidently type a '0' when the ZIP code really began with a '9'. Another possibility is that President Obama, a left-handed 15 year old boy at the time, may have written his own ZIP code in a less-than-fully-legible manner, making the '9' look somewhat like a '0'.

In a letter to Investigator Susan Daniels, the Social Security Adminiatration said (ADDED 6/6/2012):

Dear Ms. Daniels:

This letter is in response to your letter to Commissioner Astrue concerning President Obama's Social Security Records.

After reviewing the information you provided, we disagree with your conclusion that a person's Social Security number depends upon the address of residence. Furthermore, we do not have information related to your question regarding the numbering of Selective Service forms. Please direct questions regarding a Selective Service form (SSS form 3B) to the Selective Service System.

Sincerely,

/s/
Frank Biro
Acting Associate Commissioner
Office of Public Inquiries

In any event, there is no evidence whatever that President Obama's Social Securiy number was obtained by fraud

The reprecussion from showing them is more severe than the reprecussion from not showing them....

BINGO!

Every middle-class working class family writes of $77k in expenses on a ballet dancing horse... don't they?

That horse was the lucky one!

The other one of little Annie's "pets" they dopes the hell out of (wonder if they wrote off the drugs used as an expense)?

Gotta love it, pull up facts about Romney and Bain Capital and the Republican response is to go back to the......wait for it.....

Birther / Social Security number argument !!!

Good, they have reason to fret. Here's some more info on what private equity firms are trying to do on behalf of Romney -- PLAY KINGMAKER

FORTUNE -- As he gears up for the final stretch in the marathon that is the Republican nomination campaign, Mitt Romney has no shortage of eminent financiers to call on -- for advice or money. Billionaire hedge fund titans such as Julian Robertson of Tiger Management, Louis Bacon of Moore Capital, and John Paulson of Paulson & Co. have all lined up behind the front-runner. Steve Schwarzman, the co-founder of private equity giant Blackstone (BX), recently held a high-level fundraiser for Romney at his Park Avenue apartment. Romney's old friends at Bain Capital, the buyout firm he co-founded in 1984, have also been generous in their support. But perhaps none of Romney's Wall Street supporters will be more crucial to the candidate's success, or have more influence on his thinking, than Paul Singer.

Singer is the founder of a $19 billion hedge fund called Elliott Management. And he has a well-earned reputation as one of the smartest and toughest money managers in the business. Over the past 35 years Singer, 67, has produced an extraordinary 14% average annual return after fees, nearly double the price appreciation of the S&P 500 (SPX). He's achieved that record in large part by buying the debt of bankrupt companies and nations -- a strategy that has earned him considerable opprobrium in some circles. His firm, which is engaged in a costly, protracted legal war with Argentina over its defaulted sovereign debt, is so influential that fear of its tactics helped shape the current Greek debt restructuring. Among the sophisticated investors who have placed their confidence in Singer is Mitt Romney himself. According to Romney's financial disclosures, the trust managing his more than $200 million fortune has at least $1 million invested with Elliott.

http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2012/03/26/paul-singer-mitt-romney/

Gee, these guys do this with GOVERNMENT HELP.

If Romney releases all his tax returns he will lose the election. He has a lot to hide.

The Republican plan to replace President Obama with Mitt Romney seems to be based upon LIES< LIES<LIES>

When the Democratic campaign points out the facts concerning Mr. Romney the Republicans get their panties all balled up in the crack. They choose Mitt as the Republican standard bearer and now they have to follow his banner. It is going to be avery difficule road for the Republicans because of Mitt and the uncontrollable Republican base.

Every Republican in an Elected Office seems to want to be in control. Speaker Boehner has an imposible job of trying to present any kind of unified front to the party because they are all NON conformist. Why should I agree to something I don't believe? They don't comprehend compromise.

Republicans you choose Romney so you are stuck with your selection.

The NOGOP is worried that Romney's record will be examined. They should be.

They are worried that voters will see that they are obstructionists. They should be.

The Bain ads have been proven FALSE. More LIES. Obama and his team are going to have to start to really dig deep for contributions because this contest hasn't really begun to spend money yet. It is kind of funny how all the pundits were saying that Obama would probably spend $1 billion on his re-election this year and everybody was fine with it. Then his money hasn't really come in and now the libbies are screaming that Romney's going to buy this election. Didn't Obama buy his election 4 years ago???

1/20/2013 - the end of an error

Sorry for all you libbies but your guy is gone in November.

Eric - The "birther" movement was started by a Hillary supporter. Look up Philip J. Berg, democrat Deputy Attorney General. It's just another "twist" or LIE from the left.

Defend America

Mitt Romney will "raise the visa cap to allow the 1.25 million high skilled jobs currently available to be filled by highly-educated immigrants.

Is this another way for Romney to "off-shore" our jobs??? giving away high-skilled, high paying jobs?

Cant run from the past Mittens...

The debates are goanna be great :)

Defend America-

So the Republicans are up in arms about Obama's plan to not pursue deportation of children brought here illegally because it would cost Americans their jobs, meanwhile Romney's plan is to allow more legal immigration to take high-paying engineering jobs away from Americans?

Illegal Immigrants are bad - they take away minimum-wage jobs.

Legal immigrants are good - they take away high-paying jobs.

JH-479998

The Bain ads have been proven FALSE. More LIES.

so your claim is that both Santorum and Gingrich are liars?

Hey Mitt 'Gumby' Romney, do us all a favor and turn in your passport and go live with your money OR be a man and lay it all on the table.

It's not that people are against wealth, but more the seemingly sneaky way it's being hidden. Once you chose to run for office, you gave up your private citizen status. People don't like or trust you for a reason.

The "birther" movement was started by a Hillary supporter.

It might have been brought up by a Hillary supporter, however, the tea people grabbed onto it and haven't let it go...

Personally, I'm happy they keep harping about it!

Shows moderates & Indy's how over the edge the one time "big tent" has gone!

varguz...

Then go somewhere else...

Romney wants your money to pay for his tax breaks under the Ryan Plan that he supports. Romney has NO PLAN for anything but to support the Ryan plan that makes the middle class pay for Romneys tax breaks.

Once more repubs , take a look at what the Ryan plan does to destroy the middle class.

From: dpcc.sen.gov Romney supports this disaster Ryan plan

Republicans have claimed that their tax plan would renew the expiring Bush tax cuts and reduce tax rates even further without increasing the deficit, all by getting rid of unspecified "loopholes" in the tax code. But a new analysis by the Joint Economic Committee (JEC) shows that Republican math simply doesn't add up. The new JEC report shows that the Republican tax plan would actually necessitate a $1,300 tax increase on average middle-class families to pay for a tax cut of over $285,000 for each millionaire.

The Republican tax plan would cost a total of $10 trillion - $5.4 trillion to extend the expiring Bush tax cuts, and according to the Tax Policy Center an additional $4.6 trillion to lower the top tax rate to 25%. Republicans have refused to name any of the specific "loopholes" they would repeal to cover the huge price tag of lowering taxes on the rich, and the JEC report explains why. In order to make their tax plan revenue neutral, Republicans would have to eliminate nearly every deduction and credit in the tax code, including those that mainly benefit middle-class families.

JEC's report shows that because Republicans would do away with middle class deductions, even with lower tax rates the Republican plan would amount to a net middle class tax increase.

• Families making between $50,000 and $100,000 would pay over $1,300 more in taxes, while families making between $100,000 and $200,000 would pay over $2,600 more.
• Meanwhile, millionaires would reap massive additional tax cuts. Under the Republican plan, those making over $1,000,000 would get a tax break worth over $285,000.
• The Republican tax plan would give the top 0.1% of earners more than $1 million in tax breaks.

The American people overwhelmingly oppose giving millionaires more tax breaks at the expense of the middle class. Republicans should work with Democrats to pay down our deficit in a balanced way that will create jobs here in America and ask the wealthiest to pay their fair share again.

Obama/Biden 2012

Biggest problem for Romney is that he HAS A RECORD, and at least in MA, people know the sort of govenor he was. And his record as govenor, such as wrt how many jobs he created vs outsourced should be a subject of debate. The sort of govenor he was would have EVERYTHING to do with the sort of president he'd be, certainly on domestic matters. The govenor's office in a state, is not THAT FAR removed from the role as US President if you take foreign affairs (doesn't enter into the individual state's domain) out of the equation....

But here is where the nature of politicians comes into it. Romney runs against Obama-care, and says some stuff following the Supreme Court decision. Only problem, what is it about the MA healthcare law, and an individual mandate in MA? Sometimes actions speak louder then words, and one can be expected (quite reasonably) to remain consistent to their own past behavior, in some form or another. So uh yeah, what was that about practicing what one preaches, and putting their money where their mouth is? It's nice to speak of caring about what the voter thinks, but looks totally insincere when the words, don't match or hold consistency to past actions.... In that, the actions should be given more weight then the words, and expectations should fall along with what a person did, not so much with what they are saying, conviently, and while advertising themselves for a campaign....

Nuadormrac

Biggest problem for Romney is that he HAS A RECORD, and at least in MA, people know the sort of govenor he was

I do, I do! and that explains my total dislike for Romney.

lol @ republican Representative complaining about "baseless charges".... how dare Democrats use effective potentially baseless attack adds that is the Republicans job!

My respect for Factcheck.org has slid down since I read their objections to the Romney out-sourcing ad. Fact check loves to have it both ways, and still come out favoring the Republicans:

We have written extensively about Bain Capital’s modus operandi with Romney at the helm. And we have documented instances in which Bain enriched itself and its investors with hefty fees and dividend payments that left companies heavily in debt and vulnerable to bankruptcy. The New York Times on June 22 found that in some cases, even when companies went bankrupt and hundreds of employees got laid off, Bain managed to make money on its investments

http://factcheck.org/2012/06/obamas-outsourcer-overreach/

AND YET They object to an ad attacking Romney's record at Bain?

I am still waiting for a plan from Romney. When are Rove and Norquist going to tell Romney what his plans are? In the meantime I will repost the only known plan of Romney.

Let's take a look at the Romney plan

Romney has a long term plan alright...and that plan is not to have a plan, and to not talk about his plan of not having a plan, because every plan that Romney planned, was not the plan, that he previously had planned. The plans he did have were also the plans he did not have before he said they are his plans. The plans he didn't have were the plans he said he had when he needed to have plans because he had no plans.

President Obama/Biden 2012....you can plan on that

No Bain, No gain.

Here ya go

http://www.mittromney.com/blogs/mitts-view/2011/09/believe-america-mitt-romneys-plan-jobs-and-economic-growth

Fisty said, "Willard also claims to not know where his off-shore tax havens are located!"

If you have a 401K or other investments, do you know exactly where your funds are invested? I don't except to know that some of them are "world wide". He doesn't make his own investments anymore than Joe the plumber and cares not what they are invested in. As long as it gives him a return.

@ Disfigured Hasbara Troll "Why is it when I Google, “Romney lies” results in over 27 million hits???'

I just googled, the result is '1 trillion+ hits' -

I guess vulture capitalism does work! It beats everything else in multiplying your return.

Obama/Biden 2012

Amy, your respect for Factcheck.org slid because they revealed the outsourcing ads as false...when they are false? There is no proof that any jobs were transferred from the US to China, Mexico, etc. How are they favoring Republicans? Just because they write negative facts about Romney in your quote above doesn't mean they should also support an ad that lies about other Bain activities under Romney.

You can object to Romney's record at Bain, but why lie about the reasons you object?

ummm,. the Romney backed superpacs have outspent Obama by 3:1 so far.

JH-479998

The Bain ads have been proven FALSE. More LIES. Obama and his team are going to have to start to really dig deep for contributions because this contest hasn't really begun to spend money yet. It is kind of funny how all the pundits were saying that Obama would probably spend $1 billion on his re-election this year and everybody was fine with it. Then his money hasn't really come in and now the libbies are screaming that Romney's going to buy this election. Didn't Obama buy his election 4 years ago???

Romney saying that Obama apologized for America is also a lie. So is the "fact" that Obama has increased the debt more than any other president in America's history. The last one is on Mitt Romney's own campaign website. You want to talk about lies??? Make sure your candidate is clean first.

Secondly, Obama would have raised that money through FUNDRAISERS, not Super-Pacs. Romney is making much of his money from Super-Pacs. The Koch Brothers pledged to spend $400 million on the entire campaign, along with Karl Rove's $300 million and Sheldon Adelson's $100 million. Does it seem fair that four people are spending $800 million in one election cycle???

OBAMA BIDEN 2012

There are three things about Romney that are deadly to undecided voters:

1) Bain Capital was "arbitrageurs" --- they used the assets of companies to buy the companies and then took the assets as Bain profits and let the companies go into bankruptcy. If you want a case study look at Toys R' Us. What this caused that was worse than anything was for businesses to stop keeping "rainy day" funds to carry them through "down" business cycles. When the Bush Depression hit, this cause companies to lay off more people more quickly than they should have. And it kept them from re-hiring as quickly as they should have. This was far worse than the offshoring of jobs and the layoffs they caused because they caused hundreds of thousands of people to be laid off in companies they never touched.

2) Something is extremely fishy about Romney's Bermuda holdings. There is something there that the GOP desparately does not want discovered. Prominbent Republicans, including Graham and McCain are leaning on the Brtish government to lean on the Governor of Bermuda to refuse to release any information about Romney/Bain holdings in Bermuda. Given the amount of effort that is going into this and the amount of political capital being spent to keep it quiet ..... where there's smoke, there's fire. This could be the one issue that kills Romney's thin chances of winning.

3) Karl Rove said, "A candidate's religion is fair game." But the GOP does not want people discussing that Romney is NOT a Christians. If you think that Mormons (LDS) are Christians, ask your pastor/minister/priest. They will tell you that ALL Christians accept the Nicene Creed as the definitive statement of beliefs. Mormons DO NOT accept the Nicene Creed. This is being discussed pretty openly from pulpits in churches, especially in the South. It will not cause very many people to vote against Romney, but it will cause a lot of them to stay home and not vote.

The current odds for Nov 6th are 67.3% of Obama winning and 32.8% of Romney winning.

Bain has made money for Romney, but now it's Bain in his Arse (pain in his arse?).

Can anyone explain why, anyone in the "middle class" would vote for Mitt Romney?

One can pile up every negative accusation against President Obama and it would NEVER equal the facts against Mitt. Mitt does not know work. He has been privileged all his life and the softness of his hands will prove his lack of concern for real workers. Workers his happily ruined by ridding their jobs, to make huge profits for Bain Capital and their investors.

My brother-in-law is a prime example, of the ignorance, of pro Romney ideals. He feels, President Obama wants, to take his right to bare arms away! Another acquaintance of mine, believes President Obama is not an American and is affiliated with the Muslims. I remind that person, Muslim is a religion, just like Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, etc.

The problem with the logic mentioned about is they are not true facts and eveen if they were, it is their arguments are only on fraction, of what our President needs to address.

I am not sure if these people are iliterate of ill-informed. At any rate, President Obama is the United States only hope for getting us out of this financial and joblessness state we are in. As a middle class American, I believe in President Obama.

I just hope those who are leaning toward the Mitt, will look at the facts regarding Mitt's loyalty to his wealthy friends. Mitt is has no idea what it is like to work for a living; struggle to pay bills or put food on the table. He has never wanted for anything except, the Presidency! What a huge mistake it would be, if the middle class, who believe Mitt is the answer, voted for him, based on his lies and misleading talking points.

OBAMA/BIDEN 2012

Bain has made money for Romney, but now it's Bain in his Arse.

Now can the rest of America do the math and determine republicans on all sides of the aisle must go if this country has any chance

That being said.. democrats need to start primary their own who don't stick to progressive values. I hate Republicans and will never vote for one EVER NO MATTER WHAT, but that doesn't excuse us from taking out our own trash

That is so true SickOfTheBickering.

Romney net worth = ~$200 million

Jefferson = ~$212 million

Washington = ~$525 million

Kennedy = ~$1 billion

Why is this even an issue? Did net worth make Washington, Jefferson, or Kennedy bad Presidents?

Mitt Romney will "raise the visa cap to allow the 1.25 million high skilled jobs currently available to be filled by highly-educated immigrants. This will stimulate the economy and create support jobs for Americans."

Yeah got to dilute that tech middle class somehow.

Mitt Romney will "attach a green card to the diploma of every immigrant graduate with a degree in math, science, or engineering."

That way we can discourage the production of our own graduates with degrees in math, science, or engineering.

That pesky middle class. Sheesh they act like they expect to be paid a living wage or some such happy horse@!$%#.

Well, if it proves nothing else [which it obviously does ; ] it proves that we shan't see the likes of MY good friend Mr. Booker Mr. Clinton for awhile. As for Mr. Randell I hear he was then offered a post officially at MSNBC.

That is WHY President Obama has the BIG chair boys. ;]

Bain is nothing more then a Mob Bust out firm legalized. They overburden already failing companies in a lot of cases and run them into the ground not before liquidating assets for profit for them alone. It is done because after "LENDING" those companies cash they are then indebted to Bain, leaving them ripe to try to pay it back. When they cannot. Like a degenerate gambler would.

Besides,.. The man cannot even live up to his fathers reputation of releasing ten years of Tax Returns. This country is about living up to its ideals living up to its predecessors. How close does one think Mr. Romney would come to doing that given his dubious reputation? Hmm. Indeed. ; ]

Cheers

This is pretty much the worst year for the Greed Over People party to nominate someone with a background

like Romney's. He is a poster boy for income inequality and using globalization to line your own pockets while

unemployment lining your fellow citizens.

Anyone considering voting for Romney should ponder this:

When was the last time the Koch brothers spent their money for anything other than their own benefit?

They "invest" in politics - don't you wonder what their "return" on this election will be if their boy Romney wins?

Romney is nothing but a fake. He can only hide the truth about himself for so long. When it gets out, he's screwed and if doesn't come clean, he's screwed. That is exactly how desperate the Republican were to come up with a candidate that wasn't dirtier than hell.

Republicons are creating voter suppression laws all over the country to prevent the elderly, the young, and the poor from voting. Republicon leadership says the less number of people voting the better their chance of winning. Alec and rich republicans meet with repub politicians who create laws to pass legislation for the rich. Voter suppression laws will keep elderly from trying to save their Social Security and health care. Voter suppression laws will keep college students from voting. Voter suppression laws will keep the poor from voting because they do not have cars, drivers license, etc now needed to vote. States like Texas do not even have a Motor vehicle registration station in many counties. How would they get voter ID?

You have a right to vote and republicans are taking it away!

Obama/Biden 2012

Romney lost to McCain who lost to Obama.

Obama/Biden 2012

SickOfTheBickering...

Because the ultra-rich refuse to pay their fair share, not to mention most people whom are ultra rich make their money un-ethically.

Animal hording...

Junk hording...

Money hording...

All the same to me

Franklin Delano Roosevelt also came from a wealthy family, however he was routinely called a "traitor to his class" by Republicans because he created a safety net for the middle class, including unemployment insurance, social security, and shovel-ready government jobs to employ folks during the Great Depression (including my grandfather, who built beautiful bridges on Mt Desert Island)

The problem isn't Romney's wealth, it's that his policies favor the rich instead of all Americans.

To quote JoeB..Romney demands you show your documents but he can LIE on his to the SEC and Hide the documents of his tax returns from the American voter...A vacuous coward and gleeful liar is willard milhous...

You reap what you sow willard! You carpet bombed your opponents with lies in every race you have run'''lost all but one...The President is telling the truth and you can not handle the truth! All Hidden, secret, ERASED and OFF -Shored by the LBO ceo had to BUY to run!

JH.,

"The Bain ads have been proven FALSE." By who? When? How?

Just a blanket statement supporting your view doesn't hold much water.

Mutt Romney appears to be the exact opposite of his father George.

Too bad George didnt give his snot nosed brat of a kid a good swift kick in the azz to straighten him out.

Mitt Romney will "raise the visa cap to allow the 1.25 million high skilled jobs currently available to be filled by highly-educated immigrants. This will stimulate the economy and create support jobs for Americans."

Yeah got to dilute that tech middle class somehow.

Mitt Romney will "attach a green card to the diploma of every immigrant graduate with a degree in math, science, or engineering."

That way we can discourage the production of our own graduates with degrees in math, science, or engineering.

Kragg: I happen to be an engineer, and let me say that if the DEMOCRATS weren't so much into the idea of CULTURAL DIVERSITY then we would be able to get more American Engineers on the job. Those companies who hire immigrants do so much of the time to fulfull their quotas.

Another thing, democrats don't have a clue about, is ALLOWING every immigrant( illegal especially ) into the country at a time when the country clearly doesn't need more people. That's perhaps why they continue to do it.

unoitall

Google:

Obama lies = over 62 million results

Romney lies = under 4 million

ROFL! The stupidity here is nauseating.

There we go, occupiers of MSNBC repeatingting the same lie over and over untill they all believe is true. Drinking from the same jar of kool-aid and making sure everybody say the same.

Hail Obama

Hail Obama

Hail Obama

Romney's campaign slogan is, "Putting Jobs First."

His position is totally hypocritically.

At Bain, he did not put People and their Jobs, First.

Reaching and obtaining ill-gotten profits, Mitt put himself first.

Let's put America first:

Vote a Straight Democratic Ticket!

Obama/Biden 2012!

GOP = No Health Care for the Rest of Us...

I happen to be an engineer, and let me say that if the DEMOCRATS weren't so much into the idea of CULTURAL DIVERSITY then we would be able to get more American Engineers on the job. Those companies who hire immigrants do so much of the time to fulfull their quotas.

I too happen to be an engineer working for a company that is heavily involved in offshoring and an extensive H1-B visa program. Cultural diversity has nothing to do with more immigrant engineers being hired and everything to do with fattening the bottom line. They inflate job requirements to ridiculous levels in order to disqualify entry level engineers so they can claim there is a shortage of qualified Americans to do these jobs. Then they can import labor more cheaply or build data centers in other countries.

Barry can't run on his record, so he must smear Willard. It's all he's got at this point, and it's textbook Chicago-style politics. All you need is a legion of mindless Democrat minions to blindly buy into it, and this comment board proves there's plenty of those...

@vwterry

I've seen the add, and it is technically not a lie. What it does, is imply - or make people arrive to the conclusion - that Romney's work at Bain Capital resulted in jobs shipped overseas; when that cannot really be proven. It may have, but there is no way to tell. Nor can you say it actually destroyed any jobs in the end, for the jobs may have just shifted to the competitors of the destroyed companies.

Still, that does not condone the business model. Buy a company, riddle them with debt, pretty-up the books, sell it and profit; later the company goes bankrupt, people lose their jobs and often any retirement savings, and the lenders are SOL. How is this legal and not considered outright theft is beyond me.

Nobody except Obama libs gives a damn about Bain Capital. What they DO care about is 8.2% unemployment and a pathetic 80,000 jobs added per month. The DNC can spew all the smoke about Romneys wealth, etc. that they want to, to try to cloud the real issue, but most folks arent; buying it. Barry's a big failure, and changing the subject will not hide the facts.

Obama attempting to turn Romney's extensive business experience into a political liability and at the same time turning his monumental incompetence into a political asset.
If he can pull this off, he'll get re-elected because this country is full of stupid and gullible people.

Wait until it comes out about how many of those hard core democrats have been in bed with and benefited from Bain. The list will be interesting reading.

I cant wait till after the election and all these republican PR trolls disapear from this site.

Pay you're fair share and STFU

Oh...and have a nice day :)

Just the latest edition in msnbc's daily negative stories against Republicans.

What else is new?

By the way - Romney is now ahead among Likely Voters in enough states to get to his magic 270 electoral votes to win the election.

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Fisty, truth? What does Obama know about truth? LOL

Obama is the biggest liar in politics. How did he do in College? Hoe did he travel to Pakistan? How did he get a Connecticut SSN? LOL

Obama should have the motto "I can not tell the truth". Just the opposite of Washington. How sad we have become when we have such a person as our president.

He did well enough to graduate Magna Cum Laude from Harvard Law School. It's called a Passport, anyone can get one. And, no travel to Pakistan was not forbidden when he went. Since, SSNs are by the location of the office where they were isssued and not where the person lived. It is feesable that his mother applied for his SSN at an office in Connecticut. But, you know all of these points have been debunked years ago.

I read this article, and the comments about it, and I start to wonder if I read the same poll as everyone else. So, I went back and checked- yep- I was right. This is from the ABC/WaPo article and attached poll

There's no such net negative in views of Romney's background buying and restructuring businesses – an even split on whether his Bain Capital background is a major reason to support or oppose him (23-24 percent), with 50 percent saying it makes no difference.

So, three quarters think his experience at Bain is either a reason to support him, or that it makes no difference.

Romney, by the way, has a huge lead with swing voters in this poll. That's why he will win this election. You can read the whole thing here

http://www.langerresearch.com/uploads/1138a1The2012Election.pdf

Negative ads come in various forms. Republican negative ads tend to be outright lies and even conspiracy theory fuel. The president's negative ads tend to be legitimate criticism in pointing out real flaws. Both Parties exaggerate, but once again, the GOP takes the blue ribbon. Here are recent examples:

RNC chair Reince Priebus: "A vote for the president is a vote against liberty, freedom, and America!"

Sound familiar, perhaps like this? "If you don’t support the war, you don’t support the troops."

Or "The Affordable Care Act is largest tax increase in the history of the World!' -- NOT.

The Chicken Little Sky is Falling hyperbole is a result of desperation. The more voters learn about Romney, the less they like him. We always knew this to be the case. The Bermuda story is just one in a long list of baggage, and that the blind trust was set-up in Ann's name the day before Romney was sworn in as governor is the real question. Character matters -- especially for our Commander in Chief and leader of the free world.

Romney is a weak, capitulating mistake and the GOP/TP are cranking out the propaganda with huge amounts of gazzilionaire money because they are freaking out. What you rightwingers should do is use delegates at the convention to oust Romney as the nominee -- Get a better candidate.

Romney cannot win this election on the basis of His own character, and His handlers know it. They are therefore depending on the productions of their PAC's to deliver the office for Him on their behalf. They plan to do this by spinning as many lies as "Karl Rove" and those like Him can conceive, and of course, keeping Romney as quiet as possible, while running out the allotted time. The "President" and His team are onto this, and will wage His campaign with the same tactics, but, having the President to speak as often as He can. Additionally , with regard to Romney running out the time, republicans are scared to death that the President is, in fact, toting the clock.

One of the posters on this site already debunked the ads with facts that can be found by any and all who chose to want truth and substance over rhetoric which is full of lies and half truthes. Interesting reading.

No Joe, that poll is interesting. Yet having 59% of Romney supporters not really voting for Romney but against Obama does not exactly exude confidence in the candidate, does it. I would be depressed if the only reason I am winning is because people hate the other guy more.

To Feisty Redhead Roselle, IL who wrote:

Keep hammering him Team Obama - nothing wrong with telling the cold, hard TRUTH!

The Washington Post's own Fact Checker gave the Obama ads, claiming Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney is an “outsourcer-in-chief and that Romney led Bain Capital invested heavily on companies that outsourced jobs overseas, Four Pinocchios.

"Yet the campaign clearly seized on this report because their interpretation fit with a long-term “outsourcing” attack they have waged against Romney. One of their outsourcing ads before the article ran, in fact, earned Four Pinocchios.

Yet he ignores the FACT that he led the bailout of GM and Chrysler by having the US Government buy out the companies. That same year, both GM and Chrysler filed for bankruptcy. I thought it was bad when Romney said that they should have used bankrupcy laws instead of having the US Governement bail them out. Then Obama pumps $6.6B into Chrysler so that the company can come out of bankrupcy and have its assets sold to a foreign automaker, Fiat. What part of all of this is Team Obama telling anything that even resembles the TRUTH???

Romney is one of the biggest frauds to ever run for President. The thing that really stinks is how Karl [pig man] Rove and The Koch traitors will be spending hundreds of millions of dollars on commercials filled with lies to convince the American people that Mitt 'the corporate raider' Romney is an American hero................. I think I'll turn off my TV until November to avoid the non stop flood of Republican crap.

Want to guess how many Reagan voters in 1980 pulled his lever because they did not want Carter to have a second term?

Actually, the really interesting thing is how closely this election parallels 1980-

Carter won in 1976, and most of the media thought the "Republican brand" was irreparably damaged by Nixon. Carter turned out to be a one man repair crew.

Most of the media -including republican pundits- complained that Reagan was not putting forth a strong case to vote for him. They wrung their hands over polls that, at this point, showed Carter ahead by anywhere from five to nine points. In fact, the polls were not "tied" until a week or two before the election- which Reagan won by ten points in the popular vote, and an electoral blow out.

It goes without saying that the economy is just as torpid as it was under Carter-with few seeing any hope for improvement. And, while the polls, at the time, seemed to indicate that Carter had the edge on foreign policy- that did not prevent people from voting Reagan into office.

So, I see the connections- and it really does not matter whether people are voting "for" someone, or against the other guy. What matters is who wins- and I am almost certain it will be Romney.

We simply cannot afford four more years of Obama.

Bill, straight out of Romney's mouth:

"I pushed the idea of a managed bankruptcy, and finally when that was done and help was given, the companies got back on their feet, so I’ll take a lot of credit for the fact that this industry’s come back."

He should take ownership of the Fiat sale too then.

starsailing -- Aside from Romney's 59-point plan (once all the vague nice-sounding nonsense is removed) that boils down to these two points; the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. And of course, in the Land of Mitt Believe:

"It's time for us to cut back on government and help the American people." Cutting jobs creates jobs. Getting rid of demand increases demand.

The public sector does not contribute to economic growth because they are elves who grow their own food and sew their own clothes and never spend or pay taxes. We don't need teachers, cops and firefighters, this is a conspiracy theory. Let the states go bankrupt.

President Obama didn't clean up the Republican mess fast enough, so he is completely to blame.

The way back to recovery is to give the rich even more tax cuts, to further deregulate Wall Street, and to increase defense spending even more. Tax cuts for the 1% "job creators" will trickle down, tax cuts pay for themselves, the "invisible hand" of the free market corrects itself. Romney knows this because an angle spoke to him.

Let the middle class and working poor run its course and hit bottom.

When Republicans say they don't like compromise, they are saying they don't like the system our founding fathers set up. Romney stands by what he said whatever that was.

Romney just needs to get 50.1%, and will do and say anything to get it. Mitt Romney -- NOT in touch with the common man. He’s not in it for you.

“'As a baseless charge, this is something that can potentially be dispelled,' said former Pennsylvania Rep. Phil English, a Republican who represented the blue collar town of Erie."

While that may be true, Phil, what is the GOP strategy when the charge is well-founded, as in this case? It's gonna be a tough row to hoe, especially in light of the GOP strategy employed during the primary by some of the contenders, to wit:

"Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Texas Gov. Rick Perry pummeled Romney over his business record and personal wealth leading into the South Carolina primary, contributing, in part, to Romney’s loss in that contest."

Yes, sir, a mighty tough row to hoe indeed.

Hey @Feisty!

This morning I saw speeches by Romney and Boner that were apparently written by the same person. I say that because both referred to Obama as "destroying the finest health care system in the world." I have googled and binged and duckduckgoed and I cannot find a single thing about Obama destroying the French health care system. Can you help?

Tyler,

How many times have Feisty and Friends shown disrespect to others on this site?

How many times have you suspended them?

And even further... with her (Feisty) history of repeat offenses in this area... why no ban?

Simple questions... any answers?

(with all due respect... you seem to have a bit of a double standard when it comes to enforcing the CoH.)

I don't like Obama, never did but Romney will destroy us. The Democrats don't have to make up stories to put old Mitt in a bad light. Just read out his accomplishments in business and kiss your jobs goodbye. I wouldn't touch this guy with a ten foot pole. He will destroy the middle class. Ever see pictures of the depression where people were living in parks in tents. That will be the middle class if Romney has his way.

I am nor will ever be of or support one particular party.

Most Republicans I know will vote for Mitt because he isn't Obama. Truth be known they know practically nothing about him other than he is the republican nominee. They as well don't really have good reason to dislike Obama. Propaganda seems to rule the airways.

Personally I don't really care who is president. Bush presidency so should of showed our real problem is congress. Congress needs to be put in their place.

I would like to see Obama loosen up for job producers in this country, not business as usual. American business.

Henry Ford had it right.

There is one rule for the industrialist and that is: Make the best quality of goods possible at the lowest cost possible, paying the highest wages possible.

Could you imagine if this was America's Mantra? Capitalism that worked for everyone.

Capital doesn't have to come from an outside source look to your employees for capital. When the company does good you do good, when you do good so does the company.

Honor, respect and integrity.

Raddave- How do you know Obama graduated Manga Cum Laude from Harvard? You ever see his transcripts? Didn't think so. Maybe because Obama said so in his (sic) autobiography...too funny if you believe that.

You libs kill me. You support some clown that never ran a business in his life. Associates himself with others that have never, ever been in the private sector and has a Treasury Secretary that is a KNOWN tax cheat and thinks that having an ID to vote is akin to offering up your left arm.

Then, you have a guy who clearly was born into a good family (i.e. Kennedy?), but has done wonders for himself and his family. Made a ton of money. Donates a ton of it to charity (much more as a percent of income than the Obamas OR Biden). Saved a number of companies (BTW, private equity firms use private money and are INVITED to save companies by their owners...not like Obama who has the business accumen of a troll and picks losers to support with OUR money) and jobs, but that's not good enough. The double standard is amazing...now go blame Bush...we know that's all you have...

And, MA was 50th in job creation when he started and 31st when finished. Average was 47 percent, but MA was already near full employment. When a class is 95% full of water, and you go to 96%, that isn't a very big percent increase, but the total is pretty darn good....

And, yes, I much prefer the ditch that Bush drove us into...5% unemployment, $350 billion deficits (remember, the Clinton surplus was with a Republican Congress driving him there), recover from the dot.com bubble, recover from 9/11, tax cuts and increased revenue to the federal coffers, etc. Seems like a GREAT place to be as compared to the Obama canyon he has driven us to. The entire country started going to heck as soon as Obama and the Dems came to 2/3 majority of the federal gov't...2007...but, again, it's all Bush's fault...

"The Obama campaign has spent millions on advertising trumpeting that claim, disregarding the nonpartisan group FactCheck.org’s research that the underlying assertion was untrue."

Obama won't let something like the TRUTH get in the way of a good 'Spin'.

Do any of you Romney hating libs own a home? If you do, beginning in January 2013, right after the election, you will be paying a 3.8% tax to the Feds when you sell your house. Or maybe you are on the government dole in some way so you don't care. This was one of the things that was hidden in the 2,700 page disaster we like to call Obamacare. What did this tax on our homes have to do with our healthcare? I guess that nit-wit, Pelosi was right when she said we have to pass the bill to see what's in it. Well surprise! We need to get Obama out of office and someone in who will repeal this nightmare and not liking Romney's name, Williard, oh so funny..... (what are you 2 years old) isn't enough to not vote for him. Obama is liar, he said he wasn't going to raise taxes on anyone making under 250,000 dollars a year. This is the biggest tax hike in history and it will hurt the middle class the most. You act like Bain was responsible for all the jobs going overseas. UNIONS are the reason jobs are going overseas because nothing can be made cheaply when they are involved. Obama loves unions, so do you really think any jobs are going to be made under his presidency? We keep getting poorer and poorer.

Capital doesn't have to come from an outside source look to your employees for capital.

Personally have thought for a long time that employee owned coops are the way to go. Problem is they don't put a silver spoon in the one percent's mouth.

SickOfTheBickering "Tyler, How many times have Feisty and Friends shown disrespect to others on this site? How many times have you suspended them? And even further... with her (Feisty) history of repeat offenses in this area... why no ban? Simple questions... any answers? (with all due respect... you seem to have a bit of a double standard when it comes to enforcing the CoH.)"

Ditto to that.

What's with the double standard, Tyler?

People SHOULD be upset by his work at Bain. Romney is touting himself as a business leader capable of creating jobs. Really?!?! Based on his vast experience at Bain Capital, where he clearly utilized tax loop-holes to advance his companies in various states, then close the companies and eliminate jobs or ship thousands-upon-thousands overseas. Certainly not based on his experience as a Mass. Govenor, where the unemployment rate in Mass. INCREASED as the national average DECREASED as well as other new England states decreased. Under Romney, Massachusetts was 47th out of 50 states in job creation/retention. Clearly, he did NOT create jobs and has yet to release a plan to do so other than re-use all of President Bush's ideas. Which created this mess to begin with. I know between the racism and the rhetoric, the GOP wants you to believe that President Obama is evil, not a US citizen, not creating jobs (although we've now had 24 straight months of job GROWTH, and more jobs created under Obama than in 8 years of President Bush) - but the truth is that Mitt Romney IS NOT the man you want him to be. As someone who lived thru the "Romney years" in Massachusetts, we learned one truth - that Romney will tell you exactly what he thinks you want to hear. He is a fraud. A phony. And his recent claims of wanting to go to war with Iran, keep our troops in Afghanistan longer than 2014, put American soldiers on the ground in Syria, end Medicaid, tax breaks for the wealthiest 1% while ending programs such as meals-on-wheels, fuel assistance, and pre-school assistance for the poor and middle class is taking this country down a dangerous road. We cannot afford another war(s), and helping fellow Americans in need is NOT providing a handout. This country was NOT founded to only hep the wealthiest, but to provide opportunity to all. Take a look at Romney's positions and experiences in Mass. and compare them to what he NOW claims to stand for. they are COMPLPETELY different, and will change over and over and over. This country can NOT afford that.

If you do, beginning in January 2013, right after the election, you will be paying a 3.8% tax to the Feds when you sell your house?

You need to read snopes.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/taxes/realestate.asp

Kragg "Capital doesn't have to come from an outside source look to your employees for capital........Personally have thought for a long time that employee owned coops are the way to go"

That would be a great idea except for one little flaw - the typical employees don't have any 'capital' to invest, and it takes money to start a business.

You act like Bain was responsible for all the jobs going overseas.

No it's corporate greed plain and simple. Sustainable growth just doesn't fill your golden parachute enough anymore.

the typical employees don't have any 'capital' to invest, and it takes money to start a business.

Silicon Valley has it about as close to right as you can get in the current business environment. By giving employees stock in the start ups they are far more motivated to make sure the company succeeds.

Tyler, How many times have Feisty and Friends shown disrespect to others on this site?

None that I've personally seen but I have seen a large number of times when the conservative collapse brigade on here has collapsed her for no reason whatsoever. She's effective and it burns your ass.

Paul-4412303 -- Are you serious about the president's educational background?! We get that folks like you don't believe FactCheck, Snopes, Wikipedia, but do you really believe someone can run for the Senate let along POTUS and not have this debunked if it was a lie? Yet you believe some chain Email forwarded to you from your crazy uncle. WTF is wrong with you people?

Against Union Thievery -- Provide actual text from the ACA, a government website, etc. to back up your claims. Googling only brought up Drudge, FreeRepublic and individual Op-Eds via Facebook. And I'm not going to waste more BTUs fisking your post.

I cannot find a single thing about Obama destroying the French health care system. Can you help?

Sorry Chris... no can do...

But, I did run across something about water being wet and how it was all President Obama's fault!

Beth-3499017 "People SHOULD be upset by his work at Bain."

Why? Because some people got laid off in his attempt to keep a company going that was headed for bankruptcy? Perhaps we should count the number of jobs 'saved' when Bain Capital took companies over instead focusing on the ones lost. Also, consider this;

Under Romney, perhaps some people got laid off, but virtually all of them likely found another job, and he was able to add about 100,000 more net new jobs by turning the companies around.

Under Obama, about 70 million people have been laid off (YES - IT'S TRUE, because first time claims for unemployment (layoffs) have averaged about 400,000 per WEEK, and for the 174 weeks Obama has been in office, that = 69,600,000 layoffs - half of the workforce). Fortunately, the vast majority have found new jobs - but not all. Unlike Romney, who added about 100,000 more jobs than were lost, the number of people working in June 2012 is still about 1.3 million FEWER than when Obama took office - according to the official government Bureau of Labor Statistics.

With such a miserable record, Obama's claims are like 'The pot calling the kettle black'. And please, no racist comments - my wife is Black, and my 5 kids are 'mixed heritage'.

Bain, Bain, Bain, Bain, is that all you got?? Things are beyond desperate in luny liberal land. Does anyone really believe Odumbo can win on Bain? Does anyone believe that Bain will resonate beyond the 33% who are Odumbotards? Its a long time till November and I think that message will get very stale to say the least, say nothing of when the majority of Americans know the truth of what it is that Bain did/does, most will side with Romney on the issue. Is it better to let a company go completely under, thus every employee loses their job, or restructure it to make it profitable, so some of the employees still have work? Its a no brainer, only a fool or a liberal would say the former, all other Americans will say the latter.

Chris-749391 -- The Teapublicans definitely get "talking point memos." This is proved time and again--Don't ya just love all the video in a stream with the exact same phrasing, not just a word but entire phrase? There are so many highly-qualified and talented people out there who are unemployed that would love a job in congress. If a politician is not capable of independent thought and expression (a minimum qualification), s/he should be tossed out.

hardtostarboard -- You think it's only about Bain? That's just the tip of the iceberg of all that is "severely" wrong with Romney. Even rightwingers don't trust him due to outrageous flip-flopping, lack of details to promote himself, and not releasing tax returns. But the real problem is he is not in it for you -- Just the 1%.

So Romney's a robber baron who looks like a piece of taxidermy? What are the Republicans whining about? All he has to do is shout "Praise Jesus" a few times, and their constituency will stampede to vote for him.

Own it, Republicans. All crying needs to cease. It's going to be such a long, long summer and fall. Please spare us.

For those concerned about the debt - there is one very good reason to vote for Romney. A newly elected Republican President who tells Congress that we need increased taxes as well as spending cuts to cut the deficits is going to be heard much more favorably by the Republicans in Congress than Obama, who will refuse to cut spending and won't get any tax increases.

Here in Florida the Republican Pacs are running ads with out right LIES about Presidnt Obama and Senator Bill Nelson.

In Michigan, a billboard on I-75 just north of Detroit, has a good one. It states that current US Senator Debbie Stabenow (D) voted against the Keystone pipeline costing Michigan thousands of jobs. I'm still trying to figure that one out since the damn thing is nowhere near the state. Lies like this just show how desperate the Republicans are.

This morning I saw speeches by Romney and Boner that were apparently written by the same person. I say that because both referred to Obama as "destroying the finest health care system in the world."

Good ear Chris, good ear. Chances are that exact phrase was given to them by Frank Luntz, chief wordsmith at the GOP Ministry of Propaganda. Any time you hear the same or nearly the same words being used across the entire Conservative spectrum it's because their plan won't stand on its own so they've massaged the wording until finally they get a spin that sounds good.

Wet Willy and the rest of the "foul play" guys, I guess you might start learning about Chicago political games pretty soon. Right now it is sort of a lets just play with them until they present something to talk about. I just don't see anything the GOP is offering that can A) Be called a plan and B) is in the interest of the vast majority of Americans. I really don't like indirect concepts like "trickle down" being a plan. It always depends on someone else doing what you think they should do, trouble is if you don't direct it then it never happens in the manner you wished for. So you talk about leadership and what do you propose, "we'll just give em more money and everything will get better". I think even freshman econ has more logic to it. Get over it, give us a plan. We know you don't want to throw anything out there this soon as people would look it over and point out the faults so you just keep waiting don't you???

ROY WILSON-336103....

What is up with all you righties and "truth", I see it on bumber stickers, all over forums.

What "truth" do you speak of?

No birther comments either please...

Just LOOK at what Obama has done to the country? He has divided us every time he opens his mouth. And so many delusional (and foul mouthed) liberal Democrats are too willing to shed your backbone and be pawns to the man who is stsytematically selling out what WAS America and her Constitution.

You demonize and rant about Romney's wealth and your twisted perception that GOP is only interested in money. Oh really? From the Forbes List of the wealthiest people/politicians in USA, 60% are DEMOCRATS. But you let Obama play you like a fiddle with his "campaign" to inject class envy at every turn.

Suuure he's creating jobs. For the welfare and food stamp office employees. He hired his Jobs Czar, Jeffrey Immelt who sent thousands of G.E. jobs overseas. G.E. being doesn't even pay taxes, yet that's okey dokey with Obama. Same with Gietner..nooo problem. He talks about helping the middle class, then plunks a tax on us that is the largest in history. And it will cause the loss of thousands of middle class jobs. He cut the military budget, causing the loss of thousands of jobs, military, civilian, and causing the shut down of manufacturers of military vehicles, ships, shipyards, weapons. Also causing the loss and probable demise of small businesses whose customers and clientele were the military families from the bases in their towns. Restaurants, housing, grocery stores, clothing stores...any and every business that depended on the livliehood from business from the military and their families. And then there is the Keystone Pipe Line. And banning fracking, the CLEANEST, GREENEST way to get natural gas. But gives billions to Brazil, and his buddy George Soror to drill for oil that he promises Soros that the U.S.A. will be his biggest customer...and at the same time banning drilling of our own abundant resources. His policies stifle job creation because employers can't AFFORD to hire more workers, besides not knowing WHAT regulation, tax, mandate will come down on them. And those are jobs lost and not created for the middle class, people.

It boggles the mind that you liberals, KNOWING the kind of subversives he embraced, were his mentors and shaped his ideology....and yet you still support him. UNbelievable!

You go ahead and bash Romney because of his wealth, but Romney is LOYAL to AMERICA, doesn't apologize for us, bow to dictators, whisper promises to the Russians, court he radical Muslim Brotherhood. And he DOES respect our flag and our Constitution.

is going to be heard much more favorably by the Republicans in Congress

We do not intend to leave that many of them there.

TruePatriot-445959 "Paul-4412303 -- Are you serious about the president's educational background?!"

This is a silly issue. It's obvious that Obama was a mediocre student in high school, since he did not graduate with any honors. He also obviously did not score high enough on his SAT to get into a prestigious university even with 'Affirmative Action', but he also obviously really applied himself when he finally got into Harvard and he graduated Magma Cum Laude which, while not the highest honor, is quite good. He was also President of the Law Review which, while it was changed to more of a 'popularity contest' than strictly based on academic achievement, is a very prestigious honor.

The right bash Obama as destroying america for allowing 800k people who've lived in this country since being babies to stay temporarily and most consider themselves americans but approve Romney's 59 point plan which would ship them from other countries by the boatload and give them automatic legal status. Why is that?

Mitt Romney will "raise the visa cap to allow the 1.25 million high skilled jobs currently available to be filled by highly-educated immigrants. This will stimulate the economy and create support jobs for Americans."

Mitt Romney will "attach a green card to the diploma of every immigrant graduate with a degree in math, science, or engineering."

So he'll bring in highly skilled workers who'll work for less than americans with comparable skills but create "support jobs' for americans. Yes we'll hire more americans to sell McDonalds to our new workers.

Sadly, The only losers after the election will be the American people. No matter who wins the election, the American people WILL be the losers.

It's amazing tyler how you ban or suspend anyone who says anything about one of these liberals but they can type any nasty thing they want. True liberal fashion tyler. You can suspend me anytime you want but to quit not going to happen. If you get into a conversation with any of these libs they will turn to name calling and insults to get their point across, another fine liberal quality.

I am a conservative and obama is an idiot and your all idiots for following him. I dont think he's good for this country and don't want him to be re-elected but if he does I feel you libs are going to get more than you bargained for.

As far as Romney's money your all just pissed because he has it and you don't. get over it, it's not yours, your not going to get it. go back to you public assistance programs.

Aggie-345886 -- Hahaha, you have had too much Brigham tea.

And you ROY WILSON-336103, my oh my.

Here's something I never thought I'd write: There's actually a dumber group of loopy, conservative, wing-nuts out there than birthers. The group is called "transcripters," and they are bound and determined to get a hold of President Obama's post-secondary grades in order to prove that—wait for it—he wasn't a good student.

Really? Has the lunatic right lost any sense of pride in its work? And does it come as any sort of surprise that Donald Trump is involved here?

According to a story in Monday's L.A. Times, transcripters are making a big push, offering a $20,000 reward for copies of Obama's transcripts from Occidental College (where he studied from 1979 to 1981), Columbia University (where he transferred from Occidental and completed his undergraduate studies), and Harvard University (where he went to law school).

...Well here's a notion: Maybe he didn't get into those elite universities as a bad student, but rather as one good enough to do things like graduate magna cum laude from Harvard Law, which he did (after becoming president of the Law Review). Why doesn't he release his records? I'd guess that, beyond the fact that the whole line of inquiry is insulting and irrelevant, he knows that, as with his birth certificate, releasing records would settle nothing. They'd quickly be denounced as forgeries while another conspiracy would be plucked from the fevered imaginations of his deranged critics. Probably they'd start asking for presidential dental records to prove that he has cavities. Or that he's not a vampire. Or something.

You want to spend $20,000 to prove the president’s not that smart? What’s next, SAT scores? Actually, yes...

In terms of conspiracy theories, this is the annoying, tag-along kid brother of the one about how Obama can’t function without a teleprompter. It would surprise no one to find out that the whole thing was an elaborate gag by The Onion designed to prove how gullible the conspiracy right and the freak show-obsessed media have become.

Instead of asking him why he won’t disavow Trump, they might have to start asking the former Massachusetts governor how he can keep a straight face around the guy.

http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/robert-schlesinger/2012/05/29/transcripters-make-birthers-look-smart

@ rmc357: What does this mean?

If you get into a conversation with any of these libs they will turn to name calling and insults to get their point across, another fine liberal quality.

I am a conservative and obama is an idiot and your all idiots...

Actually I'm pissed at what he cost's this country aquiring it. People like Buffett, Jobs and the FB guy are great, they create jobs and wealth. People like Romney suck the life out of great american companies for their own gain.

P.S. I've paid taxes all my life probably much more than you and never received as much as an unemployment check. Can you say the same?

spider-737231 - Nobody except Obama libs gives a damn about Bain Capital. What they DO care about is 8.2% unemployment and a pathetic 80,000 jobs added per month. The DNC can spew all the smoke about Romneys wealth, etc. that they want to, to try to cloud the real issue, but most folks arent; buying it. Barry's a big failure, and changing the subject will not hide the facts.

Yeah, spider, because we all know Bush was creating way more than 80,000 jobs a month, right?

Oh, wait....

From CNN Money, Feb. 6, 2009:

Job loss: Worst in 34 years

Employers slashed 598,000 more jobs in January as unemployment rate climbed to 7.6%.

Kragg "(Romney) is going to be heard much more favorably by the Republicans in Congress....We do not intend to leave that many of them there."

I guess you missed the point. The Democrats would have to win 13 seats from the Republicans in the Senate to be able to overcome a filibuster. Since only 11 Republicans are up for election this year, your chances of doing that are 0%.

Like I said - it will take both spending cuts AND tax increases to get control of the Deficits. That won't happen under Obama, but it likely would under Romney.

Question for Against Union Thievery insisting unions are the reason for outsourcing jobs.

If unions are 7% of private industry right now, how are they forcing the other 93% of industry to ship jobs overseas?

Your statement on 3.8% tax is just a talking point falsehood.

Find an accurate news source, Rush and Glen are the same as Howard Stearn. NONE of them are news...

Republicans had one real Republican to choose and they didn't choose Huntsman.

Mitt is a killer but the kind that measure the "insignificant" and takes aim.

He is a Mormon for Christ's Sake :)

American Socialist "ROY WILSON-336103....What is up with all you righties and "truth", I see it on bumber stickers, all over forums....What "truth" do you speak of?.......No birther comments either please..."

The "truth" that Obama has been a disaster for this country.

By the way - I have no doubt that Obama was born in Hawaii - It was in a Hawaiian newspaper birth announcement just after his birth. Since I'm sure his mother didn't plan on him running for President, there was no reason to plant a falsehood.

'The Donald' is just doing his usual job of keeping his name in the media.

I too happen to be an engineer working for a company that is heavily involved in offshoring and an extensive H1-B visa program. Cultural diversity has nothing to do with more immigrant engineers being hired and everything to do with fattening the bottom line. They inflate job requirements to ridiculous levels in order to disqualify entry level engineers so they can claim there is a shortage of qualified Americans to do these jobs. Then they can import labor more cheaply or build data centers in other countries.

Kragg: While I agree with you that they are not hiring as many entry level engineers, the H1-B visas are being fulfilled by those who are immigrants to fufill the minority quotas. I have been in offices that had 12 people to offices and those that housed over 100 engineers. Trust me, most of the time it is to fufill a quota on cultural diversity( BLAME DEMOCRATS). Unlike the other professions, engineers are really one of the few occupations where you get to mix with everyone from around the world. Most of those people, I noticed come from India, China, Columbia, Ecuador,Philippines etc... ( all minorities) .

Very few are hired from Russia, or the European Countries.

There are plenty of people in the US that have those requirements, trouble is none of them are minorities.

You want to do something about that problem? Tell Obama to stop letting in immigrants ( at least for the time being). These immigrants like to stay here for a few years, working only to pay for their PHD's and then taking all their experience back with them to their home countries.

They wouldn't have been hired if not for the quotas.

systembroke "Question for Against Union Thievery insisting unions are the reason for outsourcing jobs...If unions are 7% of private industry right now, how are they forcing the other 93% of industry to ship jobs overseas?"

Since private sector unions were once about 30% of the private sector workforce, I suspect that a large portion of the jobs shipped overseas were indeed former union jobs - thus their number is now only 7%.

Funny how that works, huh?

If you think that Mormons (LDS) are Christians, ask your pastor/minister/priest. They will tell you that ALL Christians accept the Nicene Creed as the definitive statement of beliefs. Mormons DO NOT accept the Nicene Creed.

LOL! You can spout all the ignorance you want, Chris-749391, but the "Nicene" Creed is an invention of the Catholic church, it has no direct basis in scripture and is not a prerequisite to follow Christ. God is no respecter of persons, nor the funny little reasons those persons use to try to belittle others.

This is being discussed pretty openly from pulpits in churches, especially in the South. It will not cause very many people to vote against Romney, but it will cause a lot of them to stay home and not vote.

I have no doubt that you are correct about this. Ignorance is a province exclusive to no particular demographic, and a big reason my Southern Baptist relations will probably stay home this November is directly related to Romney's religion (or, more accurately, their hubris concerning their own faith and their prejudice regarding his).

Those of you on the right are becoming more and more crazy and prone to reference the lunatic fringe of your party. What is it with Obama's transcripts? How many politicians have published their school transcripts? Have you seen Romney's? Personally, I want to see Romney's tax returns and the fact that those of you on the right are not concerned with the fact that he has not released them leads me to believe that your concern about Obama's college transcripts is "much ado about nothing".

Elliot - Did you happen to read Romney's "plan" that you referenced earlier in this thread? If you did, I do not understand your point because I read it and it is not a plan. It is a series of sound bites and charts and empty promises - things that would be impossible for him to deliver on and statements made to "constituents" which have changed like his underwear and are predicated on what he thinks people want to hear at the time. I used to think he was just an empty suite but now I think he is a dangerous man.

ROY WILSON-336103

For those concerned about the debt - there is one very good reason to vote for Romney. A newly elected Republican President who tells Congress that we need increased taxes as well as spending cuts to cut the deficits is going to be heard much more favorably by the Republicans in Congress than Obama, who will refuse to cut spending and won't get any tax increases.

Are you insane??? Romney hasn't said ONCE that we need tax increases to fix the deficit; in his opinion, it's cuts all the way. On his campaign website, the only time he refers to tax hikes is when he is talking about the ACA and about how they supposedly "hurt job creators." Romney wants to CUT taxes; he plans to eliminate the estate tax, the AMT, and cut rates by 20%, sending the top rate from 35% to 28% and shortening the gap between the highest and the lowest tax rates significantly. Obama already signed in $2.1 trillion in spending cuts and was willing to sign another $700 billion if he got $1.2 trillion in higher revenues. Roy, please cut the crap and stick to the facts.

OBAMA BIDEN 2012

WELCOME ALL TO THE BUSH DEPRESSION.......Sponsered by the corporate welfare queens of the gop(greedy one percenters) and the tickets are free for the middle class - just pull up your own little spot in the gutter. And I agree, it certainly does seem like a lot of connies are fretting away on this blog.

Freshieee "Are you insane??? Romney hasn't said ONCE that we need tax increases to fix the deficit;"

Smart people learn from history - You don't win elections if you talk about tax increases.

That's why Obama has tried to claim his Obamacare tax is not a tax, even though his argument before the Supreme Court was that it IS a tax - an argument that prevailed in the Supreme Court. Now he's back to trying to say that it's NOT a tax again. What's the definition of 'HYPOCRISY'?

By the way - Who's going to be taxed by Obamacare? Not the rich because they have health insurance so they are exempt. Not the poor because they get free Medicaid - courtesy of the taxpayers.

So the Obamacare TAX will be on the Middle Class. Surprise, surprise, surprise.

Well, at least they can both honestly claim to have created jobs in this market. If it weren't for political ads, companies such as FactCheck.org wouldn't exist. And if Romney wants to win, his campaign needs to tighten up and get serious. Ignoring Obama's negative ads doesn't work. Cliches about the "lesser of the two evils" and "the devil you know" are cliches for a reason.

Dennis, Columbus, OhioRestored

Mitt Romney should know what a "kick in the gut" is as he did it directly to 10's of thousands while he was heading (CEO) Bain Capital – putting them out of work without their pensions, health care or even a severance package.

Shame on you Mitt Romney

ditto that, and then he uses businesses to make hefty profits and then let them close down on the people as well as he did in his own home town he governed.

He has no shame, and he has a lot more cash hidden overseas than he is letting the people know about.

Hey conservaturds...Romney, The GOP, the banksters and big greedy corporations that all have billions to buy your GOP candidates for congress and cry about having to pay taxes are the whole reason why the country is at 8.2% unemployment! Thats a fact jack! They have billions to buy republicans to keep you in the poor house for generations! You better go to bed every nite praying to god that there are liberals out there with real facts that will save your futures damn it! Sure there are some bad apple democrats but we will oust them and not keep them because we somehow think like you. What part of facts do conservatives dont get? The GOP dont want healthcare because it lessens the possibilities of monoploies to rape the public and you have problems with that? Our president has done a great job defending the people he works for! Including conservatives because they harm themselves by not knowing better. Its been GOP congess who obstructed EVERYTHINGfrom day one and yet lie,lie lie..and pull some reverse psychology on vulnerable people who are not that informed. Conservatives come to this site everyday and still havent figured out that your beloved GOP just want to keep you in debt and their rich donors FLUSHwith all our money..Good GOD conservatives! wAKE UP! Obama will do the POUNCE to these BANKSTERS and Oil companies that are bending this nation over when re-elected and they know it...OBAMA 2012~!! Liberals ON the RISE...We aint gonna take this crap anymore..we have woken UP! Keep fooling yourselves Conservatives bcz all your doing is showing your true ignorance to everything.

Man! I heard of traveling salesen back in the 1800's selling snake oil to people but todays conservative didnt get the message that the jig is up! Is there anything conservatives wont believe? Its 100% sunny day with no clouds but Boehner says its cloudy and his base follows him? Duh! Anybody that actually fact checks and followed the obama presidency know what has happened and how his presidency was attacked at all cost to this country. The biggest lie is that the Republican party and GOP are anything but CONSERVATIVE..lol but they get their poorest part of their base to agree on staying in poverty and one day the will hit the lottery. Must be some good SNAKE OIL ELIXER passed on from generation to generation. We need our LIBERAL/PROGRESSIVE society back..11 years of Bush has broken the back of america and Liberals always save us from destruction..always..dont believe e? Try checking facts conservatives..LIBERALS UNITE! Take our country back and kick out the greedy Basterds. OBAMA 2012!

No Moron Mormon no job maker! Hay dumb JOE, When Bushwhack lift office we were losing 750,000 jobs a month, last month we were up 80,000 jobs, that's a 830,000 job increase from when Bushwreck left(june '08 for Bushwreck and june 12' for Obama)

Put this in your pipe and smoke it you America hating liberal pukes.

Sometimes, this facet of Romney’s personality isn’t so subtle. In July 1996, the 14-year-old daughter of Robert Gay, a partner at Bain Capital, had disappeared. She had attended a rave party in New York City and gotten high on ecstasy. Three days later, her distraught father had no idea where she was. Romney took immediate action. He closed down the entire firm and asked all 30 partners and employees to fly to New York to help find Gay’s daughter. Romney set up a command center at the LaGuardia Marriott and hired a private detective firm to assist with the search. He established a toll-free number for tips, coordinating the effort with the NYPD, and went through his Rolodex and called everyone Bain did business with in New York, and asked them to help find his friend’s missing daughter. Romney’s accountants at Price Waterhouse Cooper put up posters on street poles, while cashiers at a pharmacy owned by Bain put fliers in the bag of every shopper. Romney and the other Bain employees scoured every part of New York and talked with everyone they could – prostitutes, drug addicts – anyone.

That day, their hunt made the evening news, which featured photos of the girl and the Bain employees searching for her. As a result, a teenage boy phoned in, asked if there was a reward, and then hung up abruptly. The NYPD traced the call to a home in New Jersey, where they found the girl in the basement, shivering and experiencing withdrawal symptoms from a massive ecstasy dose. Doctors later said the girl might not have survived another day. Romney’s former partner credits Mitt Romney with saving his daughter’s life, saying, “It was the most amazing thing, and I’ll never forget this to the day I die.”

So, here’s my epiphany: Mitt Romney simply can’t help himself. He sees a problem, and his mind immediately sets to work solving it, sometimes consciously, and sometimes not-so-consciously. He doesn’t do it for self-aggrandizement, or for personal gain. He does it because that’s just how he’s wired.

Many people are unaware of the fact that when Romney was asked by his old employer, Bill Bain, to come back to Bain & Company as CEO to rescue the firm from bankruptcy, Romney left Bain Capital to work at Bain & Company for an annual salary of one dollar. When Romney went to the rescue of the 2002 Salt Lake Olympics, he accepted no salary for three years, and wouldn’t use an expense account. He also accepted no salary as Governor of Massachusetts.

Character counts!! (and yes...that's worth reading again!)

I guess you could do the same if you had billions of undeclared dollars overseas! HE didn't do that for the maintanance man at bain capital he did it for one of his millionaire friends what the phuck does that prove zombie!

ROY WILSON: Your comment.

"By the way - Who's going to be taxed by Obamacare? Not the rich because they have health insurance so they are exempt. Not the poor because they get free Medicaid - courtesy of the taxpayers.

So the Obamacare TAX will be on the Middle Class. Surprise, surprise, surprise"

Untrue, Most of the middle class or at least the responsible ones have insurance. How can those from the party that claims they want people to be responsible for themselves demand a small part of the population the right to be irresponsible? Why would they fight against a tax/mandate that forces those that refuse to pay their own way to do so?

Dennis, Columbus, OhioRestored

Mitt Romney should know what a "kick in the gut" is as he did it directly to 10's of thousands while he was heading (CEO) Bain Capital – putting them out of work without their pensions, health care or even a severance package.

Shame on you Mitt Romney

BARAK OBAMA should know what a "kick in the gut" is as he did it directly to 10's of thousands while he was bankrupting GM Chicago style – putting thousands out of work without their pensions, health care or even a severance package. And the elderly pensioners were thrown off their healthcare and pension stripped away leaving them to fend off SSI income alone.

Shame on you BARACK OBAMA

Larry-367607 "ROY WILSON: Your comment. "By the way - Who's going to be taxed by Obamacare? Not the rich because they have health insurance so they are exempt. Not the poor because they get free Medicaid - courtesy of the taxpayers. So the Obamacare TAX will be on the Middle Class. Surprise, surprise, surprise".......................Untrue, Most of the middle class or at least the responsible ones have insurance"

So show me where I'm wrong. The 'rich' have insurance to protect themselves, so they are exempt from the 'tax'. The poor already qualify for Medicaid at taxpayer expense, so they are exempt.

So who else is left to pay the 'tax'? Since most people in the middle class have insurance through their employer, those most likely to not have insurance and subject to the 'tax' will be the lower income middle class (working poor) which does not get insurance through work. These are the ones that typically go to the emergency rooms for free medical care, since they have nothing to 'attach', but now they will bear the brunt of the Obamacare 'tax'.

So again, I say - "Show me where I'm wrong".

Ironically, these are the same people that voted overwhelmingly for Obama in 2008. I guess you might call that 'Retribution'.

Larry what about the low income people living check to check that even with subsidies can't afford the insurance? These will be the hardest hit out of this law as they will now be subject to a fine/tax/penalty. Starts in 2014 and by 2016 a single person will be taxed $695 and over $2k for a family. The ones that have no extra money will now have to deal with the IRS, for the crime of sitting home and doing nothing.

BM3_Boats

"The largest recipient of Obama's program to jumpstart green energy projects was the Spanish Company Abengoa, which took in $2.7 billion in loan guarantees for three of its projects.

Which has plants and employs American Citizens in Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska and New Mexico.

Willard Romney on the other hand bought American companies, took them apart and sold the pieces, laid off the workers and stuck the American tax payers with the bill for their pensions.

Next!

Factcheck.org argues that Romney didn't continue to outsource when he left Bain as the Dems claim he did ...but he did outsource/offshore the resources of American companies, to make huge profits for himself and Bain's investors and speculators, by dismantling these companies at home, when he was working for Bain, full-time.

Obama Campaign Challenges Fact Checker Report on Romney Outsourcing

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/07/obama-campaign-challenges-fact-checker-report-on-romney-outsourcing/

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"Sorry Romney supporters….if Romney is going to take credit for jobs created at companies he “managed” while at Bain then he must also take responsibility for jobs sent “off-shore” by companies he “managed” during his time there. Can’t have your cake and eat it too."

Posted by: 40acres | July 2, 2012, 7:40 am 7:40 am

Well, this is f'ing funny!

There’s a tendency by Republicans to assume the truth will catch up.

What unmitigated horsecrap! All I have to do is remember the Republican talking points over the last year:

It started with: "Bush did not cause this! The recession is Obama's fault!"

When people weren't stupid enough to buy that, it became: "Well, maybe Obama didn't cause it, but he has made it worse!"

When people weren't stupid enough to buy that either, it became: "Well, Maybe Obama didn't cause the recession and maybe things are getting better BUT it would be a LOT better without Obama!"

The last thing Republicans assume is "that the truth will catch up." Otherwise they wouldn't spout this kind of crap!

Obama has been smoking to much grass. Romney as a successful businessman did create jobs in America. After all he invested in Dunkin Donuts, Staples office supply, and Bain owned Modus Media which created 700 domestic jobs and supported IBM and Dell. Romney also as Governor of Massachusetts had an unemployment rate of 4% during his tenure. For anyone who believes the notion that he was a failure is smoking as much as Obama. Romney was governor of a Democratic state and he worked well and compromised with a Legislature and Senate comprised of a Democratic majority.

Conversely, has Obama worked with and compromised with Republicans? No! Did Obama work hard to fix the economy when the Democrats held the majority during his first 2 years in office? No! Just Obama's loans from the stimulus bill to renewable energy firms proves that Obama is a liar. The department of energy provided a $737million loan guarantee to Solar reserve in Sept. 2011 they created 500 jobs in Mexacali Mexico and 15 in the USA. First solar employs 700 workers in Malaysia to manufacture solar panels, they received a $1.2billion loan guarantee from DOE while they are $829million in debt. So for Obama to stand in front of you and denigrate Romney for outsourcing, he uses our tax dollars to create jobs...overseas.

How'd our last CEO President work out?

Believe the "I owned a big company so I'd be a perfect President" mythology all you want...it's already been debunked.

Obama is up as much as +8 in the swing states because of these ads. That's why Republicans are wringing their hands.

Obama already won on health care, Romney can't defend it.

Heck, Romney can't even define a specific plan for the economy and jobs. He's supposed to fix everything? Right............................

Not sure what polls you are looking at JFK but the ones I've seen show Obama increasing his lead in the swing states. Something's working. I guess the vultures - sorry, chickens - are coming home to roost for Team Romney.

While governor, Romney outsourced American jobs to India.

While his jobs creations went from 37th to 47th he was sending needed American state jobs overseas and didn't see a problem. Of course the savings went to tax cuts for the richest, so much for valuing American jobs.

Now the republicans want him as president? And get this, because Romney knows how to create jobs.

Just because Romney could not create jobs as a governor with his business knowledge, what makes you think he can create jobs as a president?

VOTE FOR AMERICA...VOTE FOR A DEMOCRAT 2012

Romneycare knew at the time that he was trading money for other people's misery. You have to live with your choices. Too bad.

If his lead has not increased why are the Republicans upset?

Romney will not win this election and that is good for most Americans. Remember that feeling you had when you woke up a couple of weeks ago the day after the Scotus ruled that ACA was constitutional? Get used to it

It may only be July, but the Presidential campaign has been in full swing for months in the battleground, swing states. Voters in these states will decide the election and so have been getting plenty of attention from the campaigns. Obama has dumped almost $50 million in advertising in these states, three-fourths of which have been negative attacks on Romney. Romney has spent only about $16 million, an almost 3-1 disadvantage. Yet, yesterday'sUSAToday/Gallup battleground poll showed that GOP voters in these states have become more enthusiastic about voting since the campaign began. Tell me again how those Bain attacks are working?

Overall 46% of voters in swing states report feeling extremely or very enthusiastic about voting in November. This is slightly higher than nationally, where 43% of voters report feeling extremely or very enthusiastic. However, among those who are "extremely" enthusiastic, a clear divide is emerging:

However, voters in swing states who support Romney for president are more likely than those backing Obama to say they feel "extremely enthusiastic" about voting -- 31% to 23%. The same pattern is seen by party, with 32% of Republicans in the swing states and 25% of Democrats reporting extreme enthusiasm.

Interestingly, in Gallup's May Battleground poll, supporters of Obama and Romney expressed equal levels of "extreme" enthusiasm about voting. As the campaign as unfolded in the swing states, Romney's supporters have become more enthusiastic than Obama's. Remember, this is after Romney has been outspent 3-1. What happens when the spending become 1-1?

Nationally, supporters of Obama and Romney continue to report equal levels of enthusiasm. Its only in the swing states that there as been the shift in enthusiasm towards Romney. This is important, because the campaigns have only really been engaged in the swing states. And, where the campaigns have been engaged, the numbers seem to be shifting towards Romney.

This is also important because many of these swing states feature important down-ballot contest for House and Senate. There are at least 7 competitive Senate races in these swing states. If the GOP maintains his enthusiasm edge through November, it could be another very big night for Republicans.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/07/10/poll-swing-state-gop-most-enthusiastic-about-voting

Romney...the pitiful last.

All through the republican nomination process there was always someone ahead of Romney. Bachmann, Cain, Newtster, Perry, Santorum, etc. All of them had leads over Romney despite their cheating on their wives, being a lying looney, and forgetting what the hell they were talking about. Down to nothing but Mittster the republican party has no choice left. No one left but the guy who was losing to all the Loonies. Now repubs try to hold up Mitt, (who lost to McCain who lost to Obama)as their golden boy. He is their golden boy all right, gold in his offshore accounts that he is hiding from the public. Romney, the pitiful last, for a worse tomorrow today.

Obama/Biden 2012

Stop spreading lies.

Mass. went from 50th to 47th in job creation; not 37th to 47th.

Mind you, this is while lowering unemployment to 4.7% This is better than what is considered full employment.

HOW THE HELL CAN YOU LIBERALS SIT THERE WRITING OUTRIGHT LIES EVERY DAY; YOU MUST LEAD A VERY DULL LIFE.

http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LASST25000004?data_tool=XGtable

Obama is sold out to the multinational corporations too, but Romney is an old money rich kid whose greed, lies and Mormon magic pants are even more outrageous than Obama's failings. Both the GOP and the Dems are sold out to the ruling elites. But Mormon Mitt is way more in love with money and greed than Obama, so the lesser of two evils choices is Obama, sad to say.

Romney lies:

" ‘Obamacare’ puts the federal government between you and your doctor."

"Obamacare … means that for up to 20 million Americans, they will lose the insurance they currently have, the insurance that they like and they want to keep."

"Obamacare adds trillions to our deficits and to our national debt."

When Mitt Romney was governor of Massachusetts, "we didn’t just slow the rate of growth of our government, we actually cut it."

President Barack Obama is "ending Medicare as we know it."

Says in the 2012 State of the Union address, President Obama "didn't even mention the deficit or debt."

Summer vacation for all the school kids. Nothing better to do but post accolades to their Messiah who is going to give them all the free stuff their entitled little asses think they have coming. Suckers!

If his lead has not increased why are the Republicans upset?

Carl: Same thing could be said for Obama. If Obama's lead is as big as the democrats say it is, why the need to bring this up now? Could it be that the President numbers are starting to slide with the passing of the new Healthcare bill?

Republicans worried about Obama? that is hillarious; about as meaningful as saying Republicans were worried about Democrats before the 2010 mid-term elections.

That "unexpected" landslide win by Romney in November is going to be even more fun to watch knowing that the liberal media is going to keep feeding the sheep false hope like this up to election day.

Can't wait to watch all the Republicans following Romney to be crying in the soup on election day.

Yeah, Eric ... kind of like Nov, 2010 when Obama said "we got shellacked" ???

It looks like you are counting your chickens BEFORE they hatch. Short memory, huh ?

Repulicans cant possibly be whinning about negative ads.

They are the masters at that going back to Lee Atwater who had a come to Jesus moment before he died from cancer.

Karl Rove took over from Atwater and never missed a beat. Now Rove has the help of the Supreme Court to help him raise a gazillion dollars to accuse President Obama of being everything but a child of God.

Karma is a beeatch and Rove will get his. Just ask Atwater.

Really Eric, won't that take you away from your politifact.com site.....LMAO! Get a job son!

The only reason any of the ads accuracy is questioned is because there's no way to prove that borrowing and paying a special dividend of half a companies value caused them to go bankrupt or jobs to go overseas. There's certainly no question those loot and scoot strategies didn't help turn a company around.

Republicans promised jobs, jobs, jobs in 2010 and yet there are no jobs.

And those giveaways to big oil and the deregulation of clean air and water sitting in the senate are not jobs bills.

Eric, please point me to where the Republicans were campaigning about jobs in 2010.

I recall it being about overreaching, overspending and socialism.

This is my favorite ad of 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PvYGG22N7o

Here is the google results for "2010 Republican campaign ads"

http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=2010+campaign+ads&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8#hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&tbm=vid&sclient=psy-ab&q=2010+republican+campaign+ads&oq=2010+republican+campaign+ads&gs_l=serp.3...634386.639572.1.640412.13.12.1.0.0.1.231.1961.0j11j1.12.0...0.0.rk-mFj-WO3M&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=e46a28a62e595e95&biw=1440&bih=799

Help me find where the main message of 2010 is jobs.

Or admit that you are a liar.

Repulicans cant possibly be whinning about negative ads.

They are the masters at that going back to Lee Atwater who had a come to Jesus moment before he died from cancer.

Karl Rove took over from Atwater and never missed a beat. Now Rove has the help of the Supreme Court to help him raise a gazillion dollars to accuse President Obama of being everything but a child of God.

Karma is a beeatch and Rove will get his. Just ask Atwater.

Sheila

Even Pinocchio has an smaller nose than you. I don't need to do any effort , just looking at the ads of MSNBC I can see how negative is Obama's campaign. Obama has nothing to offer , he is a disgrace , his only weapon is attach and move from the real issues. Obama can't deliver , is a failure in economy, energy, foreign relations, thanks to him our country lost the respect in the international community, is fail to face China to end their game with their currency because he sold our country to China for 5 trillions dollars. Russia make a mockery about him and Obama is giving up our nuclear power to our enemy. Talking about outsourcing jobs, Obama gave 500 millions of dollars to Petrobras for exploration in Brazilian waters, Soros is one of the stock holders.

Elliot.......you're telling Eric to show proof the repubs were talking jobs in 2010 campaign?.............

ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahah....had to catch my breath.............ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah

My support of Obama is self serving, I'm greedy. Romney proposes giving himself a tax break and eliminating the deduction for my home mortgage and making me pay taxes on my employers health plan which is now exempt which would raise my taxes several thousand a year. I believe I need it more than he does.

KarlStevens-2597445 -- You can say Romney changes his mind like he changes his underwear, but as Cher learned you are supposed to use the term "celestial" garments, not "magic" underwear -- What the difference is we don't know.

Seriously, it's one thing for folks who belong to cults to become senators or governors, but it's another thing to become POTUS, Commander in Chief, and leader of the free world. I'll protect Mormon's right to practice the religion of their choice, but I cannot vote for someone with crazy beliefs to such a powerful office.

And this is only one of MANY of Romney's flaws...

I'd like to propose the first question in the debates directed at Romney be this.

Mr. Romney, Being as how your business experience is what you claim is your best qualification to be president do you acknowledge that many of companies you as a leader of that company acquired, your company then borrowed substantial amounts on those companies assets to pay yourselves a special dividend and if so how doing so helped these companies grow or survive?

I do remember when the young woman asked President Clinton...Boxer or briefs?

Would be funny to have Mittster have to answer....Magic!..........and then have to explain....

Lord Voldebama sent our tax dollars overseas to fund that auto company. This wasn't a private business man with his own money this was our President sending our money overseas, when it isn't his money he is gambling. Gambled on GM telling us how well they are doing now, but no one reports that our government had to buy 79% of their June sales to get them to show a profit. That means that only 21% of the sales were by private citizens. Not only that but they had to quit making the Volt because of all the problems not to mention that they had to give so much as a rebate, I believe they ended up losing money. Don't even get me started about the have to call back all of the Chevy Cruizes because of a fire risk. Hey MSNBC report that will you?

You liberal bigots sure have studies up on Mormonism.

Keep up the bigotry, it looks good on you.

Elliot for 4 years we have seen nothing but name calling about President Obama being a Muslim and altered photos showing him as a witch doctor, now you have a religion that Romney has to explain. Magic underwear...or boxers? Clinton answered, ......time for Romney to hang out his beliefs...on the clothesline!

Elliot doesn't like it when people treat his candidate with the same lack of respect our's has had to deal with for 3 1/2 years. I guess i could check his post hsitory to find out what names and slanders he's used against president Obama but what's the point?

Yes, but Mormons did not fly airplanes into the WTC. Why shouldn't we question a son of a Muslim born man and a man who has "heard the call to morning prayers" of the Muslims?

I do not MIND Mormons as they have not RECENTLY killed 3,000 people. Muslim terrorist have!! But I am of two opinions either he is a Muslim or he went to a church with a really nasty pastor who did very little but 'damn America'. Either option is not so good!! But you do have to pick one!

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I am not slamming Obama if he is a Muslim bc he has the Right to be one, but I would rather he not pander to a people which consider Most Americans to be heathens and not worthy of life.

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These videos are interesting and a good view of Obama and why we still argue about his....religious loyalties if you will allow me to phrase it that way!!

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While he so strongly panders to the Muslims here is he opinion of certain christian bible passages, notice how he did not mention any of the BAD parts in the quran!

answering-islam.org/BehindVeil/btv14.html

Its not exactly all butterflies and ice cream goodness!!!

@ romneyismynightmare....Obama is a bigger nightmare! But keep drinking the kool aid...you'll find out in November when the American people speak loud and clear.

Gee, Skip, "government cares?" Where in the world did you come up with that one. No one in government gives a rip about anything but keeping their job and pension intact.

You want to see outsourcing? just look Obama's buddy and "Job Czar" Immelt. GE has been shipping thousands of jobs overseas for years... and B.O. made him part of our government as a reward.

Immelt is a Life long republican who disagrees with OBAMA. More myths.. Turn off Fox news and Take a break from Rush and get some oxygen to your brain..

WE are the government. We the people.

The enemies of the government are the enemies of us.

Bob, where do you think CEO's like Jamie Dimon get all the money they make ($23.1 million for Dimon in 2011)? From millions and millions of "little people" like you and me who have to keep their money in a bank to live in this country.

You think taxes are expensive? They're not a drop in the bucket to what you spend supporting this country's fat cats every year.

It was Republicans that killed the anti=-outsourcing jobs bill in 2010 ahead of the elections.

I think we all know that Republicans have supported outsourcing.

Eric, everytime a liberal supports raising the minimum wage....THEY are supporting outsourcing of U.S. jobs !

Our country is now in a global economy where wage rate differentials are economically pushing jobs to countries where labor rates are less. That is a simple reality you liberals refuse to face.

Jim: You are a true capitalist. All we have to do is be willing to work for the same wages as the poorest country on earth and we could compete. How silly of us not to see it. The U.S. of A. the next 3rd world country. Eliminate minimum wage, eliminate environmental laws and we can all be like Zimbabwe.

Larry, You are a typical libbie.... you take a simple point about labor costs and DISTORT THE HELL out of the message ! Nobody wants the U.S. to be like Zimbabwe. But raising the minimum wage in a recession while so many are out of work makes about as much sense as raising taxes right now ! If you continue to raise the cost of producing goods here in the U.S., then those goods will simply be produced elsewhere where the costs of production are less expensive.

High labor costs and even higher LABOR BURDEN COSTS are exactly the reason why GM and Chrysler had to be bailed out. For years, union greed has pushed the demands for more and more benefits .... thus allowing foreign competition to get a bigger share of the U.S. auto market !

Larry, you are a true socialist who wants to return our country to third-world status by totally strangling the competetive opportunities capitalism has to offer! Jobs at less-than-desirable pay are better than NO JOBS at all ..... unless, of course, you prefer to suck on the government tit for food stamps, welfare, unemployment compensation and government "subsidized" Obamacare.

@ skip1 Our government is by we the people in America. Government is not a business, it provides the infrastructure and rules by which we operate, based on our representative form of government. If you believe that all the people should be under the government then where is the tax revenue going to come from. Expansion of the private sector jobs, expands the tax base and will decrease the deficit. Expansion of government by adding more people to the system will bankrupt this country. This country was founded on individual rights and freedoms and is the land where you can make your dreams come true....through the private sector. Less government, less government regulation, more jobs. Look at history my friend...government only impoverishes you. 30 years ago we didn't have all these rules and regs. and government interfering in our lives. We worked hard to get where we are.

@Feisty I think we've all established by now that if your rebuttal to a valid argument is to immediately bash Fox News, you've officially run out of talking points.

Although, coming from a person who has regurgitating canned comments and opinions down to an art, this doesn't surprise me too much.

Bravo Zulu from a former BM3! The UAW has blinders on and fingers in their ears to avoid this sad truth.

Hi Hopey.....do search on...fox news dumber....and see studies that show people are dumber for watching fox news..........Tha'ts....fox news dumber.........enjoy!

Don't forget Romney is for total amnesty for immigrants as well

.......teabaggers say leave my Social sec alone, leave my Medicare alone, ,leave my Post Office alone, the repubs openly say they will end all of those. Then Teabaggers vote repub, who not only kill what the teabaggers want, but they vote against ending tax breaks for bringing companies overseas, they vote against stopping big oil subsidies that even the CEO says they don't need anymore, they voted against giving tax breaks to companies who bring back jobs and keep jobs in the U.S.

Teabaggers you do not make a million a year, why vote against your own self interests? The repubs laugh at you for voting against yourself....The banksters just blew 5 billion away just weeks ago and they want to crash the economy all over again to get the rest of your money. GREED =Republicons. Grover Norquist, Romney, Paul Ryan wants you to pay the taxes of the billionaires . Why vote against yourself teabaggers?

Romney was not an investment banker--GET YOUR LIES STRAIGHT

See #6.1 above, elliott-3020456 !

And?

Bush spent over 1.5 trillion in stimulus spending in 2008 most to bail out banks and financial institutions. But it's Obama spending 787 billion on stimulus in 2009 that caused all our problems even though Bush spent far more than Obama bailing them out. Kind of biased aren't they?

Under President George Bush’s administration, the Federal government gave $29 billion to bail out Bear Stearns, $178 billion to American taxpayers in the form of economic stimulus checks, $300 billion to bail out American homeowners, $200 billion to bail out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, $150 billion to bailout AIG, and $700 billion to bail out banks (TARP).

Yes, Bush started the ridiculous spending in his last year; 0bama maintained the high spending for his entire first term.

The Bush spending was meant to be a one time deal, not a new standard spending level.

elliot - And we bail out the oil companies every year to the tune of $200 BILLION + a year, every year.

Was Bush going to stop that, too?

The American Coalition for Ethanol estimates that when combined with state and local government aid to large oil companies, subsidies amount to anywhere from $133.8 billion to $280.8 billion annually from all sources of taxpayer aid that goes to the oil and gas industry.

President Barack Obama announced he is supporting a bill in the Senate that removes subsidies for oil companies. CBS News reports the legislation, sponsored by Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., was voted down in a procedural move. Menendez needed 60 votes to pass the bill but only got 51 votes to move forward. The bill would have ended oil subsidies to large companies such as ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP, ConocoPhillips and Royal Dutch Shell.

Why would Romney not want to run on his record. It's his record. If he's not proud of it, he should have created it differently. He should be shouting "I'm the king of outsourcing. I enjoy sending American jobs to China, India, Mexico and the Phillipenes, and I made a ton of money for myself and the big corporations doing it. That's what I'm about. The American worker doesn't matter. I represent the rich. The 1% will give them positions as slaves. This is why you should vote for me." He should be proud of who he is. Even Charles Manson is proud of who he is.

Why would Romney not want to run on his record. It's his record. If he's not proud of it, he should have created it differently. He should be shouting "I'm the king of outsourcing. I enjoy sending American jobs to China, India, Mexico and the Phillipenes, and I made a ton of money for myself and the big corporations doing it. That's what I'm about. The American worker doesn't matter. I represent the rich. The 1% will give them positions as slaves. This is why you should vote for me." He should be proud of who he is. Even Charles Manson is proud of who he is.

Elliot, this is for you-

Spending as a percentage of GDP has risen under every president since Eisenhower with the highest rate being under Carter at 13% and the lowest under President Obama at 1.4%

The increases by each administration is as follows

Eisenhower- 3.2%

Kennedy- 6.6%

Johnson- 9.2%

Nixon- 10.4%

Carter- 13.4%

Reagan- 6.8%

G.H.W. Bush- 5.4%

Clinton- 3.5%

G.W. Bush- 7.7%

Obama- 1.4%

(Source- Office of Management and Budget.)

Romney only has control of his own money... for now.

Based on what he has done with his money, (tax shelters, offshore accounts, vulture capitalism), do you really want to trust him with yours?

I would be MOST worried about what Romney would do with your money.......

Well, fielden, Romney has taken care of his money well, which leads me to believe that he will take care of the people's money just as well, unlike Obama who believes that all rich people, except for himself and his democratic richies, should give their money to everyone else, even those who refuse to go to work.

Actually Disfigured, Obama's policy in supplying foreign aid is what got us into the mess we are in. How much in aid did he send? Billions? While his own nation is in poverty? Remember all the money he paid out to the Middle East?

I especially liked the post by BM3_Boats (Post #5).

Spare me the liberal crap. To top it all off, he wants to provide aid to every illegal immigrant out there. Again, knows how to spend money, doesn't know how to make it.

About to make you more Unhappy....

Foreign aid is roughly ONE percent of the U.S. budget, and much of it must be spent in ways that benefit U.S. corporations: Dumbazz It has always been about one percent under both democratic and Republican presidents Signed, Enough of squishing rightwing bugs for today

Unhappy, the Bush Administration TRIPLED foreign aid to the tune of $70 billion, mostly to African nations where the people never saw part, if ANY of the aid because of corrupt politicians, and without strings attached, and that was in the midst of America hurting. You want to talk about middle-east aid? How about the Bush family, Saudi royalty & Bin Laden family ties for over 40 years, and the aid sent to keep partnerships going, which is why Egypt is only second to Israel as far as the most aid sent to any one country. Why Bush HAD to get 'certain' Saudi families OUT of the U.S. right after 9/11 happened, other than it being PERSONAL. 6 million jobs were shipped OUT of the U.S. by BUSH'S trade and outsourcing policies, which Bain Capital took advantage of.

Well, fielden, Romney has taken care of his money well, which leads me to believe that he will take care of the people's money just as well,"

Well, if that really is true--why doesn't he release his tax returns? Or want to talk about all his off shore bank account and shell companies?

No, You should be more worried about what Romney wants to take from you if elected to give to himself. If elected Romney will lower his own tax rate by 10% and pay for it by eliminating the home mortgage deduction and exemption for employer health care which if you receive either losing them will cost you thousands a year in taxes. If you don't currently have either eventually you probably will.

Doesn't Romney have enough?

Sorry TNSEVOL - Hard to worry about what Romney is going to do with my money when I think of what Hussein has already done with my money. If you are worried that Romney will spend more than Obama, you should be thrilled - that's even more of a good thing, right?

my2centsworth - Do you realize that American GDP is now higher than it was in 2007? Are you getting any of that? Or is the top 2% taking ALL of those gains?

That's what your GOP has done for you. Are you thrilled?

unhappy....remember when Romney was caught hiring illegal aliens....too funny huh........Gazillionaire and he can't even hire americans........So cheap Romney hired more illegals from the same firm. What did he do when caught either time/ Did he turn them in to ICE?...nope the Mittster turned them loose. When confronted on the story in the news Romney said..."Awww geeeez." and walked away!

The misinformation is working!

You want to see outsourcing? just look Obama's buddy and "Job Czar" Immelt, GE has been shipping thousands of jobs overseas for years... and B.O. made him part of our government as a reward.

Romney is the Anonymous corporate CEO vulture SOB that laid you off when he outsourced your job to foreigners

America1: Romney is just protecting his money from govt. thieves.

Why do you find it difficult to believe that the President likes to take care of everyone else in the world except his own country? Afterall, how much did we send in aid to these foreign powers?

What does Obama know about the offshoring views of his advisors, and when did he know it?
Some Obama advisors have have advocated or led firms that used offshore outsourcing.

For instance, the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness is headed by General Electric chairman and CEO Jeffrey Immelt, whose company was one of the first, in 1990s, to establish a development center in India.

In 2009, Obama appointed Diana Farrell, a former director of the McKinsey Global Institute, McKinsey & Co.'s economics research arm, to the National Economic Council as a deputy economic adviser to the president.
McKinsey has long argued that offshore outsourcing brings benefits to U.S. firms.

PJ Immelt is a lifelong republican who disgrees with OBAMA.... More FOX news myths and Turn off Rush and maybe you will get some oxygen