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Subscribe to RSSUpdated at 4:30pm ET Iowa is crucial to President Barack Obama winning a second term and just in case the Iowa delegates at the Democratic convention in Charlotte, N.C., might forget that fact, even for a moment, an all-star cast of speakers is showing up at the Iowa delegation’s breakfasts this week to flatter them, exhort them and remind them of how important they are.
John Brecher / NBC News
Newark, New Jersey Mayor Cory Booker speaks to Iowa delegates at their breakfast event prior to the Democratic National Convention on Monday, Sept. 3, in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The Iowa delegates gave rousing welcomes to mayors Antonio Villaraigosa of Los Angeles and Cory Booker of Newark, N.J., Monday morning at the delegation’s breakfast.
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Noting that he had worked as a union organizer for 25 years before being elected to the California legislature, Villaraigosa said Democrats’ grass roots organization is the key to victory. “We’re going to be knocking on doors, we’re going to be calling voters; we know that Iowa is critical to this election and I hope to visit.”
In fact, the Los Angeles mayor will be the keynote speaker at the Iowa Democratic Party’s annual Jefferson-Jackson dinner on Oct. 20.
Booker warned the delegates of the lack of fervor that cost Democrats the New Jersey governor’s race in 2009. “If we had the same kind of enthusiasm, the same kind of energy, the same kind of organizing, the same kind of voter turnout that we did in 2008, we would have easily won in 2009,” Booker said. “The point is very simple: it’s not about them, it is about us, it is about how well we organize, how much we go door to door.”
Booker mentioned to the Iowans that his great-grandparents moved to Iowa from Alabama and that his grandmother was born in Des Moines in 1918. Telling the delegates that the election has big consequences – such as who appoints the next Supreme Court justice – Booker again brought up his family roots in assessing the election’s impact: “What’s exciting to me is that just like my personal family history, it’s going to turn on the state of Iowa.”
John Brecher / NBC News
Sue Dvorsky, Chair of the Iowa Democratic Party, listens to Newark Mayor Cory Booker speak to Iowa delegates at their breakfast event prior to the Democratic National Convention on Monday in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Iowa is where it all began for Obama with his dramatic caucus win in 2008 and it might be where victory is decided on Nov. 6. The importance of the state’s six electoral votes was underscored again this week by the rival campaigns’ scheduling: Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan will be speaking at rallies in Adel and Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Tuesday.
And Obama is heading back to Iowa the day after his acceptance speech to rally young voters at the University of Iowa – after just having campaigned in Sioux City and Urbandale on Saturday.
Iowa ranks sixth among the states in the amount of money being spent on TV ads by each side, behind Florida, Ohio, Virginia, North Carolina, and Colorado, according to NBC ad tracking data. The Obama campaign and Democratic outside groups have spent $22 million in Iowa so far, compared to $24 million spent by the Romney campaign and GOP outside groups.
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Alluding to the enthusiasm gap that Booker warned against, delegate Dennis Roseman, a retired University of Iowa mathematics professor and an active and early Obama supporter in 2008, said that things today are different from four years ago when Obama won Iowa in the caucuses and again in November.
“Four years ago was very exciting, it was all very new, it was all about change and what’s possible,” Roseman said. “We didn’t have the depth of the economic problems that we are facing right now. Even though things are improving, people’s attitudes are somewhat negative, having suffered through a lot. So right now it’s a struggle, no doubt about it.”
In Charlotte, N.C., Michelle Obama is gearing up to speak at the first night of the Democratic National Convention, touting the president's record on women's issues amidst criticism from the Republican campaign over the state of the economy. NBC's Chuck Todd reports.
He added, “We’re doing really well in our part of the state and there’s a lot of enthusiasm – but we have a big state and we have to really fight hard to stave off either complacency or a certain amount of negativism.”
A big student vote for Obama is vital. In 2008, Obama won 70 percent of the vote in Johnson County, home of the University of Iowa, with a margin of more than 30,000 votes over Republican John McCain.
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Since Iowa is already a state with very high voter registration, Sue Dvorsky, chair of the Iowa Democratic Party, said the Democrats concentrate on adding new voters by registering college and university students “which can’t happen until they get back (to school in September) so now that effort is full-blown.”
Obama’s Friday campaign event at the University of Iowa will focus on college students “because we know that’s where our new registrants are,” Dvorsky said.
Republicans point to the 28,000 increase in active GOP voter registrations since 2008, but Dvorsky explained this by pointing to competitive GOP intraparty battles which had spurred interest among Republicans. “They’ve had three consecutive primaries. They had a very, very vigorous gubernatorial primary in 2010 that we didn’t have, then they had the (presidential) caucuses with multiple candidates and multiple winners that we didn’t have. And then they had a record number of primaries against their own (state legislature) incumbents – from the Right.”
As for the Republican advantage in voter registration (as of August), Dvorsky said she anticipated that when the Iowa Secretary of State’s office releases new numbers on Tuesday “we will have bitten into that substantially.”
She added that Republicans greatly improved their voter turnout effort in 2010, for example, “their vote by mail went by about 100 percent.”
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But she portrays the Iowa GOP as divided among the Ron Paul forces, the Rick Santorum backers, and Mitt Romney’s supporters, calling it “a party that is still fairly fractured.”
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She also pointed to another motivation for Democrats to turn out on Election Day: the battle for control of the state Senate – the last line of defense for Democrats against legislation they oppose, since Gov. Terry Branstad is a Republican and the state House is Republican-controlled.
The Democrats now hold a one-seat majority in the state Senate. On Election Day, there will be 26 competitive state Senate elections.
“We believe we are in an existential position: we have (a) one seat (majority) in the Senate,” she said. “It must be retained. There is no option for us to fail.”
Asked about the Republicans’ great success in 2010 elections in Iowa and whether that’s a harbinger for this November, State Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal said, “You can point to 2010 and I can point to 2011 – last fall, a special election in a suburban district, Cedar Rapids, handpicked by the Republicans to pick up after appointing a Democratic state senator to the Iowa Utilities Board. They thought that was a seat they were pretty much guaranteed to get back” and create a tie in the state Senate.
But, Gronstal said, “We put together a great get-out-the-vote effort. We do that better than the Republicans in Iowa and we won that election handily in the end.”
Obama must rely on that same kind of get-out-the-vote effort on Nov. 6 to keep Iowa in his column.
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You go girl!
Woops it is lost; First Read's very own Jody is bringing Iowa to the Obama side of the leadger.
Woops, you go girl!
It will be all about the ground game. So far, Obama has outspent Romney 3:1 on the ground game.
I'm looking forward to the convention.
I for one will definitely be looking forward to Jody's recaps on what's playing out in Iowa!
Late change to the schedule at the Democrats convention:
5:15 PM Speech by Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley - "How we are not better off than we were 4 years ago"
6:15 PM Rebuttal speech to Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley by Martin O'Malley - "How we are better off than we were 4 years ago"
Gotta love Ryan's retraction on the plant closing.........the lies are coming home to roost for the Republicans.
JAS1
I see you are still working on that schedule. Try to get it in on time or you're fired.
Hey JoAnnaSmith,
Do you have any updates on Charlie Rangel's speech - "How To Pay Your Taxes?"
Did I hear Jesse Jackson is going to speak on "Ten Ways To Have A Great Career Without An Actual Job?"
I just hope the Democrats take the high road this convention by focusing not so much on bashing the "other guys", but instead on how they plan to improve the situation in this country. I believe most Americans are tired of the mud-slinging game and want to hear substantive solutions to our country's problems. Sure, I'm aware they will probably have some "attack dogs" up on stage to point out the Republicans' short-comings, but I'd like to see and hear them focus more on their own strengths instead of just the GOP's weaknesses.
JAS - the totality of your posts today are nonsense. I guess that's all you've got considering the idiocy of the Republican convention - plus Romney/Ryan last week!
Obama/Biden 2012
JoAnnaSmith1
Late change to the schedule at the Democrats convention:
5:15 PM Speech by Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley - "How we are not better off than we were 4 years ago"
6:15 PM Rebuttal speech to Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley by Martin O'Malley - "How we are better off than we were 4 years ago"
Joanna you keep on (this are you better off jazz ) makes me think your a selfish self centered person. the real question is, Is America better off than 4 years ago, the answer is YES YES YES.
the market, auto industry, banks, are much better off than 4 years ago which mean AMERICA is better off. is America better off not losing me in the field, we are not stick in the mud in afgan, did we let Libya and Egypt settle there OWN problems with loosing 1 American YES so that mean America is mush better off.
see Joanna the term are you better is a loaded question that the GOP hopes the president runs away from but he Will not, because unlike you its America first and not Joanna first.
Does Bev have a son?
bob-1805084
Does Bev have a son?
Why?
because we see that you think everything is about you, No Jo, Joanna that thinks its not about america but you!!!
just for the record, I'm much better off than 4 years ago as well as my fellow construction workers, architects, engineers who were hit harded than any body, during the great recession of 2008. in late 2009 7 out of 10 were out of work, now that number is at 4 in 10!!!
sure Jeff then why are we at 8.3% unemployment? I can't wait to hear the explanation.
You can't blame bush and repubs either.
Oh really?! I wonder why not.
http://blog.reidreport.com/2010/02/the-view-from-the-lost-decade/
Should I blame Mitch McConnell instead? Or maybe John Boehner. I get so confused.
Well, anyway. Just think what that chart linked above might have looked like today if either one of those buffoons had actually acted in the interests of American workers, rather than solely for political interest.
What an idea.
C'mon Iowa you can do it!
Oh, and just in case someone asks you if you're better off today than four years ago? The answer is an unqualified "YES" and here is why.
1. Bush II is no longer President.
2. Darth Cheney is no longer Vice-President.
3. Osama bin Laden is DEAD!
4. GM is alive and profitable.
5. Sarah Palin is NOT Vice President.
6. Our troops are home from Iraq.
7. We are NOT experiencing a WORLD WIDE DEPRESSION (No thanks to GB II)
8. We have HEALTH CARE REFORM.
9. The economy is improving.
10. Our image overseas is better than ever (Again, no thanks to GB II)
Ok, that should do it.
Obama/Biden 2012
Since the liberals on First Read are so adamant at following polls, Rasmussen's daily update has Iowa divided up as this:
Romney 46%, Obama 44%.
Close but Obama isn't ahead yet. Try as the democrats may, I believe Iowa is going to Romney in November. Undecided votes are at 6% and historically the majority of undecided's go to the challenger.
Let's break out the balloons for the democrats... why not? They think Obama is going to win at any cost... What that cost is, is anyone's guess.
Teaparty Low IQ said:
You Republicons and Teaturds make me sick to my stomach
Would you like me to call you a doctor? Maybe you need some Pepto...
Maybe it's just that you realize that Obama isn't the same candidate he was in 2008 and has gone way past his 15 minutes of fame.
Caesar Augustus-
sure Jeff then why are we at 8.3% unemployment? I can't wait to hear the explanation.
You can't blame bush and repubs either.
caesar was a great man, but that response tell me YOUR NO GREAT CAESAR.
CAESAR SALAD MAYBE!!!!
Low IQ -
Huh?
Anyway about the economic recovery thwarting .... What was the most important thing for Obama, the first thing Obama focused on and devoted so much time on?
Economic recovery and jobs ... or Obamacare - something that would negatively stress business further, something that wouldn't even take effect for years?
Obama vowed to fundamentally transform America. Conservatives want to preserve the Constitution and rule of law. Who is the traitor? These repubs were elected to represent their constituients. They did. Don't like the Constitution, huh?
What did they prevent? Obama got Obamacare, he got Frank-Dodd, he got his Cash for Clunkers, he got his stimulus that failed .....
Sheesh ... the dems have had the Senate for the last 6 out of 6 years, the House for 4 out of the last 6 years and the White House for the last 3 1/2 years.
Obama got what he wanted ... he failed.
And you guys are blaming 15 little repubs?
Do you understand how pathetic and effete that makes the dems?
Btw - Since Obama is a failure because 15 guys didn't agree with him ... and since my guess is that there will be another 15 guys that don't agree with Obama the next 4 years, aren't you admitting that Obama doesn't have the ability to get anything done and the next 4 years are doomed?
Shouldn't we get a big boy president that can accomplish things even when not everyone luvs him?
Just asking.
Bill Clinton will give the Republican PACs some wonderful material for an ad. Split screen maybe where on one hand he praises Obama and the other screen he's telling Ted Kennedy this guy would have been carrying our bags; Bill Clinton again praises Obama then a cut to his quote “A few years ago, this guy would have been getting us coffee,” Clinton is quoted as saying in “Game Change,” by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin; Bill Clinton praises Obama some more then the other screen having the Obama campaign calling Clinton a racist http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPNdIrnwyfE; Bill Clinton praising Obama then the cut away to him calling Obama an amateur and a kid; Bill Clinton praises Obama over Romney the the other screen where Clinton talks about Romney's "sterling career."
WILL THE REAL BILL CLINTON AND BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA PLEASE STAND UP. That will be a fantastic ad.
Brian -- that is an incredible list. Excellent my man and right on target!!!!!!
Ron Indiana
Woops it is lost; First Read's very own Jody is bringing Iowa to the Obama side of the leadger.
Ron, We know it and the right wing wackos know it too. That's why they spew nonsense, collapse posts and completely ignore FACTS!!!! Of course they are endorsed by a LYIN VP choice Paul Ryan and the presidential nominee, MYTH Romney. Romeny's campaign said it will not be dictated by fact checks.
"We're Not Going to Let Our Campaign be Dictated by Fact-Checkers"
http://www.onthemedia.org/2012/aug/31/were-not-going-let-our-campaign-be-dictated-fact-checkers/
@ Jody, you go ahead girl. No one does it better than you with, a clear, concise, compendium; and swiftly; might I add, let's not not forget your feminine perspective. You are the essence of a rational, intelligent person.
4 more for 44
Obama/Biden 2012
News today...obama is "struggling" with the question of ARE U BETTER OFF NOW OR 4 YR. AGO!!
That is a yes or no question!! How do you struggle with a yes or no question??
Clint Eastwood summed it all up in 10 minutes!! No One can afford another 4 years of this Craziness!!
BozoHussan==NBC=GE= Chicago MOBpolitics=lie,cheat, steal ,twist every crises to benefit your Pravda Press PROPAGANDA!!
Bev's son Jeff -
Actually I was thinking that reading your post was like watching a dog eat spaghetti ... you try not to look at it, look anyway and end up just walking away - shaking your head not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
Anyway, sorry you were hit harded than any body and are now doing mush better.
The shellacking will continue in November. President Obama has been the best thing for the conservative movement than we have seen in years. All the nasty talk from the progressives will not change the attitude of the majority of thinking Americans. I just hope that the far lefties can handle the end result.
President Obama, enjoy your retirement.
great job Jeff and AM. Hey legal Beagle, I hope you're not a defense attorney. Also AM, where is Obama's laser focus? is it on Ebay or craigslist. Sure aint in his possession
Could you rewrite this and make it more understandable? I think you have some important points to make and would appreciate if you did so. Thank you.
And you didn't mention the taxpayers, are they better off?
Teaparty Low IQ said:
BrianB
The only thing that would make me feel better is that when Obama gets re elected, That all of you koolaid drinkers get some of the Jim Jones Special Made Brand. The United States would be a much more better place and the I.Q of Americans would jump up 20 points
So tell me, since you are so emotional about this, what will you do when Obama loses? You do realize this isn't 2008 and Obama's popularity is way down... polls are being skewed to show he's closer to Romney than he actually is. How will you feel when new leadership comes along... I hope your hospitalization is up to date...
Jeff, just because the engineers and architects you know have improved, doesn't mean the industry as a whole has improved. The industry has been going through surges where they hire and lay off because the work load is that drastically different over time. One architect or engineer hires because they get a number of contract and find they must lay off 3 - 6 months later because no more contracts are signed. A lot of Engineers and Architects are taking on consultants to meet these short term needs, but a least here in Northeast Ohio, that seems to have dried up a bit.
Daniel Streibig
Daniel, you're in another realm
President Barack Obama Receives Frost & Sullivan's GIL (Growth, Innovation and Leadership) Visionary Award
Support of Automotive Industry is deemed to be vital to the long-term health of the U.S. economy
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Aug. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Frost & Sullivan believes that the true mark of leadership is when a person with great influence makes a tough, important decision in the face of great opposition. President Barack Obama's bold stance to support the U.S. automotive industry in 2009 serves as a perfect illustration of this point. As President of the United States, he displayed visionary perspective and genuine courage in making a crucial decision of great import to the industry and the country. For these qualities, Frost & Sullivan considers it an honor to bestow upon President Obama its GIL (Growth, Innovation and Leadership) Visionary Award.
After President Obama took office, he faced an economy going in reverse, the financial infrastructure crumbling, the housing market failing, unemployment rising at alarming rates, and a country mired in two expensive wars. In the midst of this adversity, the U.S. automotive industry–the bedrock of American innovation in the 20th century–was threatened like never before. To have allowed the auto industry to be subject to pure free market influences would have risked, at a minimum, a prolonged decline of the industry. Such a decline could have caused a ripple effect of catastrophic proportions across the entire supply and value chain of the industry. President Obama had every incentive to ignore this threat, to avoid burnishing the "socialist" mantle he was saddled with by his political opponents. Instead, he chose to act.
President Obama made the crucial decision to provide assistance to the Big 3 automotive firms - General Motors (GM), Chrysler and Ford (although Ford ultimately accepted a credit line as opposed to a bridge loan) - both as a critical short-term safety net and to support the long-term innovation and growth of the industry. Why is Frost & Sullivan recognizing this decision now, three and half years after it was made? The jury is in, from an economic impact standpoint. By most reliable accounts, 150,000 to 200,000 new jobs have been created in the auto industry as a result, with additional jobs saved, if not added, in ancillary industries like plastics, steel and consumer goods. In the state of Ohio alone, roughly 850,000 automotive and automotive-related jobs have been preserved, according to the Center for Automotive Research (CAR). GM reclaimed the title for world leader in automotive sales in 2011, an accomplishment that could not have been contemplated back in 2009. The Big 3 automotive firms have created new jobs and added shifts, reporting double-digit sales growth as recently as June 2012. GM and Chrysler have paid back government loans well ahead of schedule (independent of the 32% ownership stake that the government still has in GM, as a long-term strategic investment). There is a renewed sense of hope and vigor in the U.S. automotive industry today, with increasing investments in R&D and innovation.
PR Newswire (http://s.tt/1m5De)
4 more years for 44
Obama/Biden 2012
Brianb, great list , let me add to it.
10 other things you might not know about blowblama-islama-odumba-nonumba-aykarumba
1: President Obama is training an army of Islamic spider monkeys to climb down your chimney on Christmas Eve to steal your guns
2: President Obama has a secret white child.
3: President Obama is fattening up Bo for Thanksgiving.
4: President Obama’s first choice was to be President of Kenya but his Kenyan birth certificate was proven to be a fake.
5: President Obama is Rush Limbaugh’s drug dealer.
6: President Obama is also the leader of the KKK and the Black Panther Party.
7: President Obama is training the captives held at GITMO in the art of relaxation. He will then release them in Disney World.
8: President Obama owns a prayer rug store in Dearborn, Michigan.
9: President Obama is Greek.
10: President Obama has never seen Elvis.
President Obama ran on Hope and Change
President Obama has us Helpless and Chagrined
1/20/2013 - the end of an error
Gold Peak - "Inclusion" only if you're on his side - President Obama is the most divisive man in politics.
Poor little Bb. He pounds the Tea party drum and waves the flag but can't tell us how the Bush/Romney policies will make the lives of middle-class people better. I still think you enjoy being a Koch sucker.
You just aren't very convincing. I dare you to give us some facts and figures to back up your constant whining. Facts and figures please, not accusations and foot stomping.
Blackcatwhitecat---Little Bb is going to believe everything you just said. LOL!
Gary Johnson 2012!
Does Bev have a son?
Why?
Yes, I do you old magpie. In fact, I have two, one a veteran of the Iraqi war and the other has currently re-enlisted so dumb folk like you can become educated and be prepared to fight back any threat to America.
Also, I have a great grandson who recently turned 10. He has more sense in a millennium than you do in a minute. At age 8 he asked me to turn off FOX
NEWSNOISE BECAUSE THEY SAID "BAD THINGS" ABOUT OBAMA > If an eight year old can see through the bull crap why can't you?I warn you'd better not say anything derogatory about my ten year old grandson.
Actually BCWC, I appreciate humor. That is quite a humorous list... Maybe I'll add it to mine. I especially like number 1. Made me laugh.
bob-1805084
Bev's son Jeff -
Actually I was thinking that reading your post was like watching a dog eat spaghetti ... you try not to look at it, look anyway and end up just walking away - shaking your head not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
Anyway, sorry you were hit harded than any body and are now doing mush better.
sorry but i'm doing something your not!! WORKING!!
Right now i'm trying to finish out a 4 million dollar plumbing estimate.
see this tells me america is better off, because 4 years ago there were NO projects bidding at this size for plumbing. hotel owners, office building owners are spending alot of money that will show in the construction spending that will be released in 3 months.
see unlike you, i'm not sitting at home with my thumb up my a$s and i don't have time as you to take my thumb out of my ass to check the spelling.
remember wash your hands, your kids might use your computer.
Who knew FR would focus on Iowa today. Let's just say I am doing everything I can, along with a lot of other Iowans, to make sure President Obama and other democrats win here. We are being inundated with outside SuperPAC money spent not just for Romney but for all the local, state and federal seats. Yep, you heard me right, the right-wing SuperPACs are even infiltrating local supervisor races.
Wonder if Amy Walter realizes that of Iowa's GOP delegates to last week's convention, 22 were given to Ron Paul, only 6 to Romney and after the dissing by the GOP at the convention with rules changes--those 22 aren't happy campers; they have said they will support state and federal republicans but no mention of Mitt meaning likely Write-in for Ron Paul.
4 more for 44! Obama/Biden 2012
Bev said: Yes, I do you old magpie.
Gee Bev, that sounds like a racist word to me. Magpie! I thought you told everyone here that you weren't a racist...
Tom ,Yreka said:
Poor little Bb. He pounds the Tea party drum and waves the flag but can't tell us how the Bush/Romney policies will make the lives of middle-class people better. I still think you enjoy being a Koch sucker.
You just aren't very convincing. I dare you to give us some facts and figures to back up your constant whining. Facts and figures please, not accusations and foot stomping.
Blackcatwhitecat---Little Bb is going to believe everything you just said. LOL!
Hey Tom, I've been on the boards since this morning asking the question of any liberal that wants to expound... what are Obama's 2012 economic policies... so far all I got was a website showing what Obama's 2008 failed policies were... Nobody knows what Obama's policies are because nobody can find them. Imagine that, after giving 3,462 speeches, Obama hasn't announced what his policies are... not unless you know them. Care to step up to the challenge, little man?
These are very funny. Nice job bcwc!
Bev: What were you watching Faux for. I am so glad your grandchild knew to turn it off. ☺
Obama/Biden 2012
Teaparty Low IQ said:
If Republicon controlled Rasmussen has Robme up by only 1% Then that really means that Independent polls have Obama up by 6-7%.
I took the day after the election off so I can BBQ and have a cold beer and watch all the REICH WING crybabies whine. lololololol
I heard a rumor that Grover Norquist Muslim Wife has ties to the Muslim Brotherhood and Al Qaeda, we know for sure she has ties with the AMERICAN TALIBAN
I have a better suggestion for you... You might want to have an ambulance on stand by just in case your emotions cause you to have a breakdown. I would hate to see your neighbors, your spouse, kids, etc become harmed because you blew a gasket. It's people like you I worry about in theaters.
Brianb- as usual, you're lying. Since I'm working I'm going to take the time to refute just a few of your stupid lies:
• First President to hide his medical, educational and travel records Total Lie - why do you make this stupidity up?
• First President to have 22 personal servants (taxpayer funded) for his wife First of all, none of our President's have had SERVANTS - they have staff. 2nd, this lie has been debunked over and over again. First Lady Michelle Obama has the exact same number of STAFF as Laura Bush. All first ladies in modern time have had about the same number of STAFF.
• First President to keep a dog trainer on retainer for $102,000 a year at taxpayer expense Any dog trainer expenses are paid by the First Family - NOT TAXPAYERS!
• First President to go on 17 lavish vacations, including date nights and Wednesday evening White House parties for his friends; paid for by the taxpayer This President has taken fewer vacations than Bush did during the same time in office. And, like Bush, the First Family pays for their own vacations. Taxpayers pay for the Secret Service and their expenses - as we do for all First Families.
Brian - you make yourself look desperate by posting known lies over and over again. But, I guess, when Romney is your candidate, you have nothing else to do but lie the way he does - over and over again!
Obama/Biden 2012
Sorry, all this belongs to the 2006 Democratic congress takeover. But nice try, anyway.
Working? You must be in a union with all the time you seem to have on your hands on a daily basis. Either that, or you work for the Chicago school system.
Laker Steve - no but I am capable of multi-tasking! I know it's tough for you radical righties to do even one thing well so I completely understand that you're dumbfounded by people who actually do a few things at one time - and do them all well!
Obama/Biden 2012
@Seeking
Because the left has done such a STELLAR job, right? I mean seriously.....the DNC is going to be all about Obama's stellar work ethic, right? It's going to be about how they had 2/3 of Washington since 2006 and 23 million people are unemployed as a result, right? Along with trillions of debt added.
Just checking, since the left is so good at multi-tasking ;-)
bev -- In 2009 they had this release:
Frost & Sullivan, the Growth Partnership Company, is actively seeking individuals and institutions interested in investing in or lending to the firm.
sounds like they are one of those evil firms that wants to make money for individuals and institutions. not sure that barry should accept an award from a company like this.
Laker Steve - Since I have seekingsanity on ignore, I don't get to read his posts. Actually I can, but I don't because his usual fare is nothing but rambling insults to conservatives... I don't deal with children. If he's working, it's probably one of those work from home jobs where he steals e-mail addresses from others so he can spam accounts. Since I have a spam filter I'm double protected from his nonsense.
Brianb- too bad you can't see what an idiot your post looks like once it's debunked!
And, I'm glad I'm on ignore from you. Means you couldn't handle serious topics so you had to resort to ignoring facts!
It's clear Brianb has to ignore people since his posts are always so foolish.
Obama/Biden 2012
Teapartylowiq - A liberal wanting to re-elect Obama... a person that hasn't even given his plan to restore the economy of this country.... a president that is going to keep on restricting the freedoms of the people... a president that has so many things going against him that Jimmy Carter even looks good...
Obama - who gave $500 million to a green company that went bankrupt less than a year after the money was issued... guess there was no scandal in that... A president that watched over this country going $5.3 Trillion deeper in debt without a single word to his democrat controlled congress... in fact he encouraged it.
A president that has the main stream media in his pocket, so much so that most polling companies have added an additional 6-10% oversampling of democrats to make Obama look good... Guess it will look real bad when those numbers aren't there on November 6th... On the 7th, there will be one major eruption... Mount Low IQ.... the rumblings will be heard from coast to coast.
low IQ - why don't you increase your IQ by asking Harry Reid where all those jobs bills ended up? Maybe he will show you his table.
TeaParty Low - ignore Brianb - he rants and raves about his "facts" which don't exist. Then he posts a long list of utter lies in hope he will find some idiot to believe them!
Obama/Biden 2012
Brian, why don't you stop, do some reading, check your facts (there are lots of sites) before you really make yourself look foolish?
Hmmm there are Still Democrats in Iowa? Maybe a few but not many as Odumba's Wall Street Controlled Propaganda Machine makes out!
America Wake Up.....Wall Street Controls OUR Government and THEY are now setting US up for THEIR Great Collapse triggered by THEM.....Nasty Foreign Euro Banksters...Out To Save The Obomination Come November!
Get get your Money of Wall Street.....Get It Out NOW forget any Penalties......its all imaginary....Put your money into something REAL now because all of the Big Boys & Girls are getting their Money Out Of Wall Street as fast as they can! Read The News.... This Is The Same As AUGUST 1929 and the OCTOBER (sooner or later) GREAT CRASH is Coming once again!
Save what little you can and get it out of Wall Streets Pyramid Scheme in any way that you can!
Quantitative Easement III is coming this fall and once again they will be devaluing our dollar to save the Wall Street Banksters by Destroying Main Street Workers!
No Amount of Wall Street Generated False Enthusiasm is going to make up for Obama's Hope & Change Lies and His Broken Promises To America!
We can not and will not make ANY exceptions to these Same Party Different Wing Politicians for they have proven over and over they all work for WALL STREET and NOT FOR OUR CHILDREN'S FUTURE!
America..... Make a REAL Choice For Once....Refuse To Re-Elect ANYONE....One Term & Out They Go Until Once Again ALL Incumbents Have PROVEN They Work For We The People!
NO EXCEPTIONS........
blackcatwhitecat - if I don't have guns will the spider monkeys still visit at Christmas???? Oh Please!!!!
Obama/Biden 2012
Obama to the Hague For Not War Crimes in 2013 and let US not Forget about Bush and Cheney While we are at it!
Iowa is an agricultural state. I'm surprised there are any Marxists in it. Must have driven across the border from Illinois and registered through Acorn.
A new Reuters/Ipsos polls Romney was leading Obama among all-important independent voters by 33 percent to 28 percent, the poll survey said 76 percent of Americans believe the country is on the wrong track and 73 percent have a similar belief about jobs in the United States.
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday shows Mitt Romney attracting support from 47% of voters nationwide, while President Obama earns 45% of the vote.
The new Elon University/Charlotte Observer Poll shows the GOP presidential candidate leading President Barack Obama 47 percent to 43 percent in North Carolina. Swing State where today start the Democrat Convention. LOL
The 2012 election is clearest distinctions between those who believe in free people and free markets and those who believe in central
http://www.usdebtclock.org/
Will the Dems talk about the debt hitting $16,000,000,000,000.00
Speaking of the debt. Here is a fact check to understand where the debt came from.
http://www.factcheck.org/2012/02/dueling-debt-deceptions/
Expect Republicans to blame the entire debt on Obama, because of the "Bush who?" syndrome.
Here is another clock and maybe it is scarier.
www.galen.metapath.org/popclk.html
Figure how much you will pay or save in taxes, Obama vs Romney.
http://www.barackobama.com/om-tax-calculator?source=om2012_PR_G_taxes-search-bg_taxes-obama_&omtype=ovf&subsource=mkwid|fZ1tnZzU|kw|obama%20tax%20calculator|matchtype|b|pcrid|15888941413|pl||&gclid=COHQmeSwnLICFccUKgodMxoAkw
@Eric
Your link to Factcheck shows that Obama is slightly behind Bush in total amount of debt, and he will surpass him before the end of his first term.
You can argue that Bush caused much of the debt through tax cuts, wars and Medicare D. But Obama has basically signed off on the majority of the tax cuts ($3T vs $3.7T), escalated the war in Afghanistan (30,000 new troops), and funded Medicare D with funds from Medicare Advantage and Medicare A. So how are they so different? Both have been reckless with the fiscal management of the country.
Here's some facts on the deficit proposals for you Alan, NJ:
https://www.politify.com/election/national
To me, it seems we'd be worse under Romney, far worse.
Alan -- One had the same amount of debt in less than four years in office while the other was accumulated in eight years.
Alan, had we not been in such a deep hole, the stimulus would have had a greater effect.
I have never seen an advantage to the "let it all fail" policies the Republicans like.
Obama couldn't just stop the wars, and he certainly couldn't have raised taxes on his own.
Republicans are as much to blame as Obama, given their level of obstruction to helpful policies that would have returned jobs to Americans sooner.
You can blame Obama, but Republicans have held the economy hostage just to elect Romney.
Yeah Ben, by calling the rich "job creators" I'm sure that site is totally unbiased.
Eric said: Expect Republicans to blame the entire debt on Obama, because of the "Bush who?" syndrome.
Let's look at some facts... Who controls the spending in this country? It's Congress, not the president. I don't blame Obama for the spending... I blame congress... since 2006, who has been in control of congress? It's the democrats... so who has done the spending? Democrats. In 2008 who had complete control of congress? It was the democrats... and at the same time they issued 1.2 trillion dollars in stimulus and omnibus spending without any input from... you guessed it, Bush or the republicans. It was all on the democrats shoulders... When Obama took office the national debt was 9.8 trillion dollars... it's now 16 trillion... or will be by tonight.
Liberals seem to forget that democrats love to spend other people's money and they blame it on republicans... double standards and hypocracy knows no shortages with liberals.
Is that why Mitt Romney's proposals will increase the deficit by over $500B? Because the democrats love spending?
eric -- your conclusion once again is to blame republicans. barry had a democrat congress for much of his first two years that could do anything they wanted to do with any republican concurrence -- ACA, Dodd -- are two examples of their doing that. they could have passed a stimulus twice as big but they did not do so; as commander in chief barry could order all of the troops to come home immediately but he did not do that; and he could have raised taxes to the level of his choice but he did not do that.
republicans have a hand in all of the failures as do the democrats. barry has had nearly a full term and has been unable to figure out what to do; he has failed in foreign policy, failed in domestic policy and issued executive orders that only add to uncertainty since he is incapable of working with the congress.
time for a change.
If Obama couldn't just stop the wars then why do you claim ending the Iraq war as one of his achievements, and why did he send an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan? We are paying for this war the same way as the Bush years through borrowing.
If he had done nothing in 2010 then the Bush tax rates would have ended. However, his policy as stated is not to raise taxes on those earning less than 250K. So, even if he had managed to keep his election promise and only raised taxes on the top 2%, where was he going to find the $3T in spending cuts to offset his tax rates. In addition he has also cut payroll taxes with no offsets.
So I do not see how you can exclude him from being responsible for the size of the deficit. He has made two policy decisions, just like Bush, that are causing a large percentage of the deficit.
Xabre
If you want to know how to grow crops better, you ask a farmer. If we want to grow an economy we depend upon a political party. Kind of stupid, don't you think?
When you look at President Obama's taxpayer-funded GM bailout, consider these facts:
Obama set the theme for the RNC with his 'you didn't built that' faux pax!
Clint Eastwood has set the theme for the DNC as 'it's physically (and logically) impossible to tout any achievements of the obama first term! All they can possible do is promise his next term won't be worse.... but that too will be a lie!
Let's see "you didn't build that" is a Republican lie and quote taken out of context.
Clint Eastwood in his 20 minute ramble was more exciting than Romney's speech which got some of the lowest marks of those kinds of speeches in years.
Are we better off? Yes, google GDP graph, jobless claims graph, and the DOW average.
I'd ask Osama Bin Laden if we are better off....as well as a number of other Taliban/al-Queda leaders that are pushing up daisies if we are better off....
Stock market UP!....401k recovering...jobs created - a lot more than under the unmentionable...not where we want them to be....but with all the Hoopla in 2010 from the party of NO - we should have had a lot more...
GNOP can't stand facts...THEY CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!
C'mon Mythe..show us the 1040's! What ARE YOU hiding@?
The economy has sucked for over 4 years now... thanks to a Democrat Congress from 2006 to 2010 and obama's socialist/communist agenda! The libbies only response to the negativity is the tired Obama killed Osama... and now even that claim has been severely tainted by the top selling book from the Navy Seals... lol.
With the debt at $16 trillion.. and the rest of the economy stagnating, this ain't the best time for the root cause of our suffering (Democrats) to hold a party for the Bungler in Chief!
SteveH USA
that should be a Navy Seal, not Seals, and it looks like the pentagon may wipe his ass with it. Stay tuned.
That's funny, Bush was President 2006 to 2008. He must have signed all those bills. So why are Democrats to blame?
Furthermore, in 2010 the Republicans took over Congress but well before that they filibustered every initiative Obama tried to save the economy. Seems like they had a choice didn't they?
In terms of the debt clock, with Romney as President, his tax plan would add 5 trillion to that 16 trillion for a total of 21 trillion dollars.....who needs that?
You get your convention, we get ours.
eric -- the democrats passed the bills and bush signed them. equal blame.
the republicans took control of the house, not congress. get your story straight.
filibuster is a recognized senate activity that the democrats could have changed if they so desired.
so in barry's term the debt has increased more than for any other president. under barry's proposal the debt will increase by 3.5T.
romney's contribution and barry's are both bad. with what barry has done so far, i expect him to blow the debt out further if he gets reelected.
i believe it is time for a change in strategy and a change in the oval office.
ABC News Political Director Amy Walter — a big fan of rankings — has ranked a list of Obama 2008 states from most likely to flip for Romney to least. Here’s what she came up with:
1. Indiana
2. North Carolina
3. Florida
4. Ohio
5. Iowa
6. Nevada
7. Virginia
8. Colorado
9. New Hampshire
10. Pennsylvania
11. Wisconsin
Romney doesn’t have to swing all of these states to the Republican column in November. But he needs to win 60 percent of the 124 electoral votes these states hold.
It ain't lookin too good for team Obama.
If you're right it ain't lookin' too good for the American people.
Romney has a much harder path to reach 270 than Obama.
Here are the latest polls at realclearpolitics: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/elections/
Pennsylvania and Missouri will go to Obama in terms of swing states. Seniors in Florida, are having a difficult time with the Romney Medicare voucher plan. Romney can't win if he doesn't win Florida.
If Obama gets a bump from this convention, Romney could be done.
I heard that great news too No-More-For-44!
I see the Dow Jones is down 93 points...partly because of the disturbing manufacturing news and partly because stockholders know that nothing good will result from a DNC no one really wants to go to!
People are buying more cars, and the housing market is improving. Bad news for Romney.
It ain't lookin too good for team USA if there are that many people willing to believe the GOP lies. One might think that there would be a certain level of shame beneath which people would not go. Such may not be the case. Perhaps, to be charitable, the people are merely dupes to the Big Lies of the GOP, and actually believe them to be true. Demonization of your opponent and absence of any policy other than vague pronouncements may set a new paradigm if Romney actually wins-what a great legacy that would be for American politics! People who are considering voting for Romney should consider that. Whether Obama wins or loses it is still a great tragedy that so many lies have been told.
Eric's been drinking too much obama beer this morning... doesn't seem to have a clue about what's really happening!
I love name calling....let's me know that I've won my point.
Yes, 16 trillion, too bad that Boehner walked away from the 4 trillion dollar deal. It would have saved the Tea Party downgrade and slowed down that debt clock.
Want to see that debt clock speed up.....vote for Romney/Ryan.....cause our military just has to be bigger.....
Deficit != Debt
Obama - Biden 2012 Forward with the Truth!!!
Karl Rove's Super PAC, Crossroads GPS, and the Koch Brother's Americans for Prosperity have given up in PA and pulled their advertising dollars, conceding victory to President Obama.
http://veracitystew.com/2012/08/31/rove-koch-brothers-call-it-quits-in-pennsylvania/
Try again Contempt. It was Reagan and 2 times running. Barak is the smallest spender since him.
www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2012/05/24/who-is-the-smallest-government-spender-since-eisenhower-would-you-believe-its-barack-obama/
Romney and Ryan did not get a bounce after the Republican convention. They actually lost ground.
The newest research from Nate has it as the NOV 6 factors:
“Obama chance of winning 74.8% Romney 25.2%”
“Projected Winner Obama 308.2”
“Projected Loser Romney 229.8”
However, if the election was being voted in “Now Cast” Today:
Totals
“Obama chance of winning 71.1% Romney 28.9%”
“Projected Winner Obama 293.3”
“Projected Loser Romney 244.7”
Thanks to George W. Bush.
Obama – Biden 2012 - Still Cleaning up Bush’s Mess!!!
That's funny my taxes go down with the Obama plan and up with the Romney plan.
http://www.barackobama.com/om-tax-calculator?source=om2012_PR_G_taxes-search-bg_taxes-obama_&omtype=ovf&subsource=mkwid|fZ1tnZzU|kw|obama%20tax%20calculator|matchtype|b|pcrid|15888941413|pl||&gclid=COHQmeSwnLICFccUKgodMxoAkw
Obama - Biden 2012 Forward with the Truth!!!
4 more for 44!
Hm, apparently I was wrong on the number that Mitt Romney would increase the deficit by:
https://www.politify.com/election/national
Yeah, forced to buy more cars. Cash For Clunkers was such a rousing success that it ended.
Why do the Democrats always worry about the get out to vote campaign and getting people registered to vote? I would only guess that if these people were so gung-ho about their party and their beliefs you would not have to hold their hands to get them to the polls.
Because we have to counter Republican voter suppression.
We don't have to bus anyone in. There were 12,000 for Obama in Boulder this weekend. Obama's speech is in an arena where 65,000 will listen to a much better speech than Romney gave.
ContemptMe - you mean like the GOP did last week. See, that's how it's done with BOTH parties!
Obama/Biden 2012
Eric - You are full of crap with your voter suppression talk. People have known for months what was needed to vote, so why didn't they get off their assess and get it done instead of complaining about it. If you look at voter turn out over the past 40 or so years it hasn't gone up much and sometimes down, even when it has become so much easier to vote. If one is inclined to vote they will make sure they are properly registered and have the proper identification when going to the polls.
I believe we should go back to one day of voting, 2d Tuesday in Nov, or vote by absentee ballot. It is asinine that we claim there should be 3 to 10 days prior to actual election day to vote. Voting should not be taken lightly and should be taken as one of the most cherished rights citizens have.
If voter suppression is "crap", how come Republican have spent a lot of time in the swing states changing the voter ID laws.
It's really pretty transparent that Republicans are trying to keep people from voting. Heck, the courts are striking down laws right and left thank goodness.
Because they cheat Eric, I think this was made obvious in what they did to Dr. Paul during the RNC convention don't you?
Either way Romney or Obama it's lose/lose for the American people.
"You didn't build it".
"Infrastructure helped you build it"
Who builds on a deserted island?
Eric - You are obvioulsy NOT an entretrenuer...nor will you ever be one!
What Eric said is entirely true in every regard. Every entrepreneur has had a teacher that taught them the skills they needed to create a successful business. Most entrepreneurs have had help from financial institutions when it comes to loans (I didn't want to say 'all' here). And all entrepreneurs receive help when it comes to infrastructure. These are facts.
Look at your logistics, and tell me how freight was transported to/from you. Next, tell me how your employees get to work. Then after that, tell me how you get the electricity for your business. And even after that, tell me the names of every teacher you ever had.
You paid every teacher from K-12? How did you accomplish that?
Contemptible - YOU are NOT paying more in Taxes than President Obama. And, I'm certain I pay more than you -so what????
Obama/Biden 2012
Gotta love infrastructure: US mail, roads, bridges, police, fire department, internet............
How did you build your business without those?
We Progressives love Fact Checks that prove what we have known all along that Willard Mitt-Wit and Lying Ryan are "DAMN GOOD AT LYING."
little Eric.... The question is how did obama drive our country off the cliff with that great stuff? It took barry and a village of libretards to do it!
It will take some very hard work from Romney/Ryan to fix it!
"Trickle down" economics drove us off that cliff. Bush built that.
Romney/Ryan couldn't fix a flat tire.
SteveH, did you miss Bush/Cheney driving the USA bus off that cliff or have you wiped all memory of the 8 years and just who was driving when the bus went off the cliff?
Actually during the period from 2001 to 2007, this country was doing very well except for the period immediately superseding 911. Unemployment was under control after the tax cuts went into effect. For several years it was close to 5%, a good normal. GDP was high and no recessions were in sight... what changed it? The election of 2006 when democrats took control of congress. 17 months after the dems took control both the housing and banking bubble burst...
Tell me liberals, the democrats had nothing to do with it... tell me this with a straight face.
Brianb- the Democrats had nothing to do with it! :-! Straight face - Oh that's right - you have me on ignore! Too bad!
Obama/Biden 2012
Barry is running scared because he has to convince half the voters in this country that his economic plans are working and reducing the national debt. "You didn't build it".
Usually those that employ pathological lies (Romney/Ryan) are the ones running scared.
Usually those that attempt to disenfranchise voters are the ones running scared.
Usually those that attempt to race bait low information White voters with false welfare ads are the ones running scared.
Well look what crawled out of the sewer...............morning Mr. Ed.
Look who has greatly devalued a Mech E degree from Purdue?
Obama Accomplishments:
- Implement the largest failed economic stimulus program in the history of the country, costing over $800 billion and delivering very little economic growth. Check.
- Implement a series of failed economic tactics including Cash For Clunkers, Cash For Appliances, and Cash for Caulkers. Check.
- Campaign on a promise to close the terrorist prison at Guantanamo and then fail to actually close the facility. Check.
- Campaign on a promise to not place former lobbyists in high positions in this administration and then proceed to install former lobbyists in high level positions in this administration. Check.
- Campaign on a promise to significantly reduce the number of earmarks in the Federal government and then proceed to allow billions of dollars a year to be diverted into political earmarks. Check.
- Randomly blame bush. Check.
- Promise to quickly extract U.S. troops out of Iraq and then proceed to use the extended Bush exit plan. Check.
- Renew the freedom destroying Patriot Act with virtually no changes from the Bush administration version and continue not to staff the civil liberty oversight panel required by the law. Check.
- Randomly blame Bush. Check.
- Oversee an incredibly botched and illegal gun running sting operation called Fast and Furious that allowed thousands of military grade weapons to fall into the hands of violent Mexican drug cartels, weapons that have led to the death of an American immigration agent and dozens of innocent Mexicans, weapons that have further destabilized the central Mexican government, and weapons whose sale violated both U.S. law and international treaties. Check.
- Fail to have an effective contingency plan and operations plan in place, reminiscent of Hurricane Katrina, when the Gulf of Mexico oil rig accident happened, resulting in widespread ecological damage and economic damage. Check.
- While oil leaked into the Gulf waters from the leaking oil rig, embark on at least two vacations, take two cross country trips for political fund raising, and play numerous rounds of golf. Check.
- Oversee the average cost of a gallon of gasoline go from $1.79 at inauguration to $3.40 in January, a 90% increase (Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics). Check.
- Establish a record for average February gasoline prices at $3.53 a gallon. Experts quoted in an Associated Press article forecast the average price will hit $4.50 by April. Check.
- Oversee the average price of a gallon of fuel oil go from $2.51 a gallon at inauguration to $3.70 in January, a 47% increase. Check.
- Oversee the cost of a pound of ground beef go from $2.97 at inauguration to $3.29 in January, an 11% increase. Check.
- Preside over the first ever downgrade of the United States government credit rating. Check.
- Add TRILLIONS of dollars to the national debt, more than every other President from Washington through Clinton added COMBINED. Check.
- Randomly blame Bush. Check.
- Give out hundreds of millions of dollars to political friends' alternative energy endeavors (Solyndra, Ener1, Beacon, Evergreen, Spectra) and watch them all go bankrupt, taking taxpayer wealth down the drain with them. Check.
- Set records for the most Americans ever on food stamp rolls. Check.
- Endorse and sign legislation to reform the financial services industry, legislation that promptly fell on its face by not foreseeing the 8th largest bankruptcy in U.S. history, the collapse of financial services firm MF Global and the possible criminal destruction of over $1 billion in client assets, the exact type of behavior the legislation was supposed to prevent. Check.
- Break the oath of the Presidency taken at inauguration by not enforcing the laws of the land such as DOMA. Check.
- Break the oath of the Presidency taken at inauguration by blatantly ignoring judicial rulings such as the Gulf oil moratorium judicial ruling. Check.
- Randomly blame Bush.
- Break a campaign oath by trampling on the checks and balances tenets of the Constitution by making high level government appointments without Congressional oversight and approval. Check.
- Trample on freedom of speech and freedom of religion rights by forcing religious organizations to forego their religious beliefs in light of secular government mandates. Check.
- Support the repeal of the military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy only after a national Republican organization successfully fought for the repeal through the court system. Check.
- Randomly blame Bush.
- Preside over the worse economic recovery from a recession since the Depression. Check. - Allow Iran to get three years closer to having nuclear weapons. Check.
- Allow North Korea to get three years closer to having nuclear weapons. Check.
- Fail to foresee or be prepared for the Arab spring and the opportunities and risks inherent in the movement for freedom in the Middle East. Check.
- Trample on the Constitution and the War Powers Act by illegally involving the U.S. in military in significant military action in Libya without Congressional approval. Check.
- Hold dozens of photo ops with professional and amateur athletic teams, including the Texas Christian University rifle team, but hold few, if any photo ops with inspirational teachers, brave policemen and women, or heroic war veterans. Check.
- Do not develop a workable and coherent national energy policy and strategy that helps the economy and reduces our dependence on foreign energy sources. Check.
- Do not develop a workable and coherent education reform strategy and policy so that we can start educating our kids as well as the rest of the world educates theirs. Check.
- Do not develop a workable, coherent, and compassionate illegal immigration policy that protects and seals our borders and fairly leverages the contributions of existing illegal immigrants within the country. Check.
- Do not develop a workable and compassionate alternative to our lost war on drugs, threatening to shut down existing marijuana clinics that provide pain relief to untold number of Americans suffering from highly painful diseases and maladies. Check.
- Remain silent and do not try to unite a divided country when political allies slander ordinary Americans having a difference of opinion, allowing these American citizens to be called racists, Ku Klux Klan members, knuckle dragging Neanderthals, a__h___s, terrorists, barbarians, gerbils, and un-American. Check.
- Randomly blame Bush, the Japanese tsunami, ATM machines, and a host of other factors for many of the above failures. Check. - Manipulate the calculation of the unemployment rate to falsely make it look like the unemployment situation is improving. Check.
- Allow over $500 billion of taxpayer wealth a year to continue to be lost annually to waste, inefficiencies ands criminal activity in major and minor government programs including, but not limited to, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, food stamps, and unemployment insurance. Check.
- Wage class warfare of rich Americans against poorer Americans by falsely implying that Warren Buffet's Federal income tax rate is typical of those Americans earning over $100,000 a year. Check.
- Ignore the pending financial meltdown of Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid in order to not alienate a few voters in November. Check.
- Fail to write the regulations and guidelines needed to implement legislation that was passed in 2008 that cracked down on food stamp fraud.
- Fail to come up with a reorganization plan or termination plan for the dysfunctional and expensive Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and FHA entities. Check.
- Approve the first ever, government sanctioned assassination of an American citizen without due process and institute an official government committee to review and recommend subsequent assassinations of Americans without due process.
I may be wrong but I do not remember Carter coming anywhere close to this number of failures during his entire four years as President. I do not think he set anywhere near the number of records that the Obama administration has set as far as the weakest economic recovery ever, the most failed economic programs, the most Americans ever on food stamps, etc. I do not think Carter had nearly as many firsts as Obama such as the first government sanctioned American citizen assassination, the first ever U.S. credit downgrade, the first ever TRILLION dollar annual government deficit, etc. I do not think Carter had nearly as much disdain for individual Constitutional rights, Constitutional tenets. or the rule of law.
With a record like that AND a poor economy you would think a titan such as Romney would have a 5 to 10 percentage point lead in the polls? It appears Romney can't even make a layup.
You know the credit downgrade was specifically listed as a result of the "Super-Committee's" failures to reach compromises, right?
all with the wonderful help of the party of "NO" whose sole aim since day 1 has been to make Pres. Obama a 1 term president.....in spite of the 2010 election promising JOBS JOBS JOBS...how MANY Jobs bills have the GNOP passed?? The GNOP way - Party ahead of Country!
GNOP - can't stand facts...THEY CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!!
C'mon Mythe...show us the 1040's..What ARE YOU hiding@?
Lots of lies and misinformation in that list, HiG.
Matthew - pretty much ALL lies and misinformation but it's all the radical right has - look at who they're running!
Obama/Biden 2012
I have 3 questions to the Republicans.
1. How many jobs did Mitt Romney create as Governor & CEO?
2. Name 5 achievements of Mitt Romney
3. Where does he stand on any issue?
I am willing to bet you have no clue! I will be waiting for answers
I too have a question for Republicans: why do you think cutting $600B in tax revenue will close the deficit?
He helped pull the state out of bankruptcy w/o raising taxes. I'd like to see Barry do that.
Contemptible - Republicans were embarrassed by the Eastwood debacle. Not one SMART Republican thought it was anything more than a total embarrassment.
Oh, that's right - I said SMART Republicans - guess that leaves you out!
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I have a question for you Tommy, if Bain and Romney are so bad why do so many unions, pensions and Democrats have their cash invested there? Is Bain good or bad, I am confused.
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/look_who_parks_their_cash_at_bain_88KSQrw8BXciEidja2ZQXN
ksw, take a remedial business course and get a better understanding of the difference between creating shareholder wealth and creating jobs.
Do some research Tommy. After doing so you will vote for him.
Conservative - how very condescending of you to assume Tommy hasn't done any research on Romney. For those who have - there is absolutely NO WAY we would vote for the lying Romney. Maybe you should DO SOME RESEARCH - then you would NEVER vote Romney!
Obama/Biden 2012
Uh Ed I do understand about creating jobs, that was not the point of my question to Tommy. The point was the actions by those on the left that are in direct opposition to their righteous indignation toward Bain and it's profits.
Tommy: Willard has created lots of jobs in India, China...
Obama/Biden 2012
Exito - Democrats and Unions invested their money in Bain so how does that fit your logic?
Ksw and Conservative Rebellion,
You have not answered the questions!! If you do not know the answer, just state that you don't know!
@Rebellion, I have done my research and that is why I am voting for President Obama.
@Ksw, I asked a question and never stated Bain Capital was bad!! So please answer my questions!!
Nice deflection Tommy.
You still have not answered my questions! If it is too hard please let me know!!
KSW and Conservative continue to miss the point. Bain's purpose was NEVER to create jobs. So if Romney (or the thickheaded) use his experience at Bain as a reflection of him as a "job creator", it's fair game to point out that it's just as likely that American jobs will be LOST as it is that they'll be created.
Running a for profit business has no direct correlation to running the most powerful nation on earth. A fairer comparison for Romney's unfitness for governing would be his record as governor of MA, which he and his surrogates never talk about.
I don't have a problem with Bain Capital! I have a problem with Mitt Romney stating that he created millions of jobs and he can not not prove it! As governor he was rated next to the bottom in job creation. That is a fact!! I know how many jobs he created in Mass., but I want a supporter to tell me!!
The stock market has nearly doubled since President Obama began the US climb out of the ditch.
Every retired American with a pension, realize President Obama helped save your pension's funds.
Every American with a 401k, realize the President Obama has nearly doubled your money.
President Obama's push for greener energy has resulted in thousands of jobs in the natural gas drilling sector. Ohio, how do you like the natural gas drilling jobs that were created by the green energy push?
Working Americans today are paying a lower tax rate than 4 years ago. Would you rather President Obama hadn't lowered your taxes?
Don't tell me President Obama hasn't improved things from 4 years ago.
Actually Obama has decreased my 401K. The stock market made sure of that. What drugs are you taking?
So you claim to invest in the stocks, but in ~3.5 years in which the stock market has made ~+70% jump, you netted a loss? How did you pull that off?
Drum, you must have one piece of sh_t 401k. Just an observation. Is your financial advisor named Elmer?
70% jump.................it's losing money 70% of the time.
Obama has nothing to do with the stock market.
That's not an answer. What specific methods of investment did you use to pull off a loss while the market is doing so well?
Conservative - you really don't have a clue do you? The stock market is a direct reflection of how people feel about the economy and the country as a whole. Are you in elementary school or what?
Obama/Biden 2012
Barack Obama:
Alias Barry Soetoro pawns himself as Barack Obama, the humanitarian, the POTUS, the campaign for hope and change. But we know better. Barry is a radical Marxist who was raised by Communist parents and Communist grandparents. His mentors were known Communists, his contacts in college were strictly Marxists supporters, Marxist professors and a group of Pakistani activists as stated in his book, "Dreams From My Father".
Barack Obama, tell us about Frank Marshall Davis or Bill Ayers. Surely you remember Mr. Davis. After all, your mother knew him all too well. Mr. Ayers, a known terrorist, responsible for at least a dozen bombings, helped your early Illinois campaign by raising money, thru his organization Underground Weather. Tell us about your trip to Pakistan ('81) with Pakistani Wahid Hamid.
Share with us your ideals of socialism, after all you're a member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), referred as the "New Party". Please tell us why you have been influenced by the writings of Karl Marx, the prelude to Communism. Share with us your association with Rev. Jeremiah Wright. Do you justify this man's message by condemning our country by saying, "God bless America? No, God Damn America"? Was this a forethought supporting your belief in Marxism?
United States of America………………you didn't build it Barack Obama.
Haven't phoned a friend yet have you?
No, but here's another quarter for you to call someone who cares.
It appears conservatives have devalued education as far back as 1974?
and who do you get you info from, white supremist group no doubt, racial fascist website.
Obama had did his job right he shouldnt had spent but half of what Romney spent....LOL.....Dosen't that show hes lagging? LOLOL
Joe, are you having a stroke?
Government welfare programs are created to buy the
votes of those who want someone to take care of them?
Work for it or do without. Romney--Ryan--2012....Get ready to go back to work after the elections...hahahahahah
joe66,
when you know not what you speak, best to not speak at all.
Joe - no government welfare programs are there to help people out during tough times - like this recession. When jobs were lost it became difficult for people to feed their families. Since the GOP has blocked EVERY jobs bill President Obama has put forth, those programs are still needed.
It's sad you'd prefer to see children going hungry but it's definitely the Republican way!
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I'm worried Joe does not know how to speak.
Trying to debate with Obama voters is like trying to pick up a turd by its clean end.
Just trying to tell you libs who to vote for since you really don't know. Obama has flunked and needs replacing.... ever one knows that now, even you.
Joe ---- funny thing ,it was people like you that decided my vote , for Pres . Oboma . It seems you have no respect for the office. your people started a slander show before you even knew what kind of job our Presedent could do.
Joe66 - YOU don't speak for EVERYONE. Most Americans know President Obama has done a good job with the mess he was handed. It will take more than a decade to fix the mess the GOP created. We'll give President Obama a 2nd term to continue working on it, then we'll hire Hillary!
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Deeking Sanity, If you read below and look it up you will understand the mess obama inherited is of his own making and no amount of lies will change the facts.
Do you remember January 3, 2007??
This is just a History lesson. I am sending it to all regardless of party . I bet I
know who wouldn't read it -- those afraid of the truth. It is history and
nothing can change it.
The day the Democrats took over was not January 22nd, 2009, it was actually January 3rd 2007, the day the Democrats took over the House
of Representatives and the Senate, at the very start of the 110th Congress.
The Democratic Party controlled a majority in both chambers for the first time since the end of the 103rd Congress in 1995.
For those who are listening to the liberals propagating the fallacy that everything is
"Bush's Fault", think about this:
January 3rd, 2007, the day the Democrats took over the Senate and the Congress:
The DOW Jones closed at 12,621.77
The GDP for the previous quarter was 3.5%
The Unemployment rate was 4.6%
Fuel prices were under $1.65 a gallon.
George Bush's Economic policies SET A RECORD of 52 STRAIGHT MONTHS of JOB
CREATION!
Remember that day...January 3rd, 2007 was the day that Barney Frank took over the House Financial Services Committee and Chris Dodd took over the Senate Banking Committee.
Barney Franks significant other, Herb Moses, was the CEO of Fannie Mae!
The economic meltdown that happened 15 months later was in what part of the economy?
BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES!
THANK YOU DEMOCRATS (especially Barney) for taking us from 13,000
DOW, 3.5 GDP and 4.6% Unemployment ... to this CRISIS by (among MANY other
things) dumping 5-6 TRILLION Dollars of toxic loans on the economy from YOUR
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac FIASCOES!
(BTW: Bush asked Congress 17 TIMES to stop Fannie & Freddie -starting in 2001 because it was financially risky for the US economy).
Barney blocked it and called it a "Chicken Little Philosophy" (and the sky did
fall!)
And who took the THIRD highest pay-off from Fannie Mae AND Freddie Mac? BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA
And who fought against reform of Fannie and Freddie? OBAMA and the Democratic Congress, especially BARNEY!!!!
So when someone tries to blame Bush...REMEMBER JANUARY 3rd, 2007.... THE DAY THE DEMOCRATS TOOK OVER!"
Bush may have been in the car but the Democrats were in charge of the gas pedal
and steering wheel they were driving the economy into the ditch.
Budgets do not come from the White House…They come from Congress and the party that controlled Congress since January 2007 is the Democratic Party.
Furthermore, the Democrats controlled the budget process for 2008 & 2009 as well as 2010 & 2011.
In that first year, they had to contend with George Bush, which caused them to compromise on spending, when Bush somewhat belatedly got tough on spending increases.
For 2009 though, Nancy Pelosi & Harry Reid bypassed George Bush entirely,
passing continuing resolutions to keep government running until Barack Obama could
take office.
At that time, they passed a massive omnibus spending bill to complete the 2009 budget.
And where was Barack Obama during this time?
He was a member of that very Congress that passed all of
these massive spending bills, and he signed the omnibus bill as President to
complete 2009.
Let's remember what the deficits looked like during that period:
If the Democrats inherited any deficit, it was the 2007 deficit, the last of the
Republican budgets.
That deficit was the lowest in five years, and the fourth straight decline in deficit spending.
After that, Democrats in Congress took control of spending, and that includes Barack Obama, who voted for the budgets.
If Obama inherited anything, he inherited it from himself.
In a nutshell, what Obama is REALLY saying is "I inherited a deficit that I voted for, and then I voted to expand that deficit four-fold since January 20th."
There is no way this will be widely publicized, unless each of us sends it on!
"The problems we face today exist because the people who work for a living are
outnumbered by those who vote for a living."
And as an after thought did you notice when the economy started showing improvements? The day the House of Representatives went back to the Republicans to try to curb spending. January 3, 2011.
I have come to the conclusion that the right wing is incapable of accepting responsibility for anything. They probably deny fathering their own children. If every single person elected in the past fifty years had been a Republican, they would still find a way to blame the Democrats for the mess they have made. If they couldn't find a Democrat, they would probably blame the Congressional janitorial service. Anything other than admitting they could be wrong about anything.
You guys screwed it up. You. Bush, the Republicans. You got some occasional help from an errant Democrat, but the bottom line is that your trickle down economics just don't work. They will never work. You can't steal from the poor to give to the rich. The poor run out of money way too fast.
Bush started two unfunded wars. Bush signed the unfunded Medicare Part D into law with a rider attached that refused to allow the drugs to be purchased less expensively. This was done to enrich their buddies in the pharmeceutical trade. It had nothing to do with good government, only greed. Bush provided the richest taxpayers with a huge unfunded tax cut. In other words, he reduced revenue and increased spending and you wonder why the deficit skyrocketed? Bush did that. Not Obama. Not Clinton. Not the White House gerbil. Bush, the one and only.
It is good to see the Democrats rallying the folks in Iowa to support President Obama but the cynic in me also wonders how much this rallying is about the 2016 primaries. I'm behind Hillary if she chooses to run but I'm sure there will be other primary challengers as well.
"You didn't build it".
joannasmith, how many times do you need to hear we are all better off without GW BUSH!
we are all better off due to the obama health care, all of us, which includes you!
we are all better off for the auto bailout and the million related jobs saved!
we are all better off that our troops are comming home!
we are all better off and when obama/biden and all democrats are elected, we will be on to the best years ever!
KR, I had an attack in 2010. It paralized me partially but a quick thinking doctor helped me turn it around. Under IDIOTCARE the damage would have been irrepable because I could not have seen a doctor for weeks. Idiotcare is not better for 85% of Americans. It does help the illegals though.
Majority of Americans don't think Obama deserves a second term.
By a wide margin.
But if the alternative is a pair of pathological liars that want to start a war with Iran, won't cut military spending, and cater to the 1% ers then we may have Obama for 4 more years. Comprendez?
Contemptible - posting a list of the GOP lies doesn't make you look smart - you know that, right?
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oh Mitt Romney tells 533 lies in 30 weeks
No Way and No How can these two lying buffoons, Lying Willard and Lying Ryan win anything.
Do you remember January 3, 2007??
This is just a History lesson. I am sending it to all regardless of party . I bet I
know who wouldn't read it -- those afraid of the truth. It is history and
nothing can change it.
The day the Democrats took over was not January 22nd, 2009, it was actually January 3rd 2007, the day the Democrats took over the House
of Representatives and the Senate, at the very start of the 110th Congress.
The Democratic Party controlled a majority in both chambers for the first time since the end of the 103rd Congress in 1995.
For those who are listening to the liberals propagating the fallacy that everything is
"Bush's Fault", think about this:
January 3rd, 2007, the day the Democrats took over the Senate and the Congress:
The DOW Jones closed at 12,621.77
The GDP for the previous quarter was 3.5%
The Unemployment rate was 4.6%
Fuel prices were under $1.65 a gallon.
George Bush's Economic policies SET A RECORD of 52 STRAIGHT MONTHS of JOB
CREATION!
Remember that day...January 3rd, 2007 was the day that Barney Frank took over the House Financial Services Committee and Chris Dodd took over the Senate Banking Committee.
Barney Franks significant other, Herb Moses, was the CEO of Fannie Mae!
The economic meltdown that happened 15 months later was in what part of the economy?
BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES!
THANK YOU DEMOCRATS (especially Barney) for taking us from 13,000
DOW, 3.5 GDP and 4.6% Unemployment ... to this CRISIS by (among MANY other
things) dumping 5-6 TRILLION Dollars of toxic loans on the economy from YOUR
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac FIASCOES!
(BTW: Bush asked Congress 17 TIMES to stop Fannie & Freddie -starting in 2001 because it was financially risky for the US economy).
Barney blocked it and called it a "Chicken Little Philosophy" (and the sky did
fall!)
And who took the THIRD highest pay-off from Fannie Mae AND Freddie Mac? BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA
And who fought against reform of Fannie and Freddie? OBAMA and the Democratic Congress, especially BARNEY!!!!
So when someone tries to blame Bush...REMEMBER JANUARY 3rd, 2007.... THE DAY THE DEMOCRATS TOOK OVER!"
Bush may have been in the car but the Democrats were in charge of the gas pedal
and steering wheel they were driving the economy into the ditch.
Budgets do not come from the White House…They come from Congress and the party that controlled Congress since January 2007 is the Democratic Party.
Furthermore, the Democrats controlled the budget process for 2008 & 2009 as well as 2010 & 2011.
In that first year, they had to contend with George Bush, which caused them to compromise on spending, when Bush somewhat belatedly got tough on spending increases.
For 2009 though, Nancy Pelosi & Harry Reid bypassed George Bush entirely,
passing continuing resolutions to keep government running until Barack Obama could
take office.
At that time, they passed a massive omnibus spending bill to complete the 2009 budget.
And where was Barack Obama during this time?
He was a member of that very Congress that passed all of
these massive spending bills, and he signed the omnibus bill as President to
complete 2009.
Let's remember what the deficits looked like during that period:
If the Democrats inherited any deficit, it was the 2007 deficit, the last of the
Republican budgets.
That deficit was the lowest in five years, and the fourth straight decline in deficit spending.
After that, Democrats in Congress took control of spending, and that includes Barack Obama, who voted for the budgets.
If Obama inherited anything, he inherited it from himself.
In a nutshell, what Obama is REALLY saying is "I inherited a deficit that I voted for, and then I voted to expand that deficit four-fold since January 20th."
There is no way this will be widely publicized, unless each of us sends it on!
"The problems we face today exist because the people who work for a living are
outnumbered by those who vote for a living."
And as an after thought did you notice when the economy started showing improvements? The day the House of Representatives went back to the Republicans to try to curb spending. January 3, 2011.
Vote to Vote: That is a lot better record than obama. Obama has told the truth 37 times in five years.
ROMNEY:
I saw this over at Forbes' website. Changed my mind in a positive way regarding Mr. Romney - he will have my vote in November:
- Romney graduated with “University Honors” from BYU (also known as “Highest Honors”, their most prestigious from of recognition, somewhat equivalent to valedictorian) with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English; he’s not just a numbers guy
- Master’s degree in Business (Harvard, a Baker’s scholar: top 5% of business students)
- Master’s degree in Law (Harvard, graduated Cum Laude / with Honors, top 1/3)
- Earned both master’s degrees (business AND law) at Harvard University simultaneously (Could you do that? I couldn’t.)
- Enormously successful in private business and now worth between $200 and $250 million (compare this to Obama and many of Obama’s closest advisers who have never had to turn a profit or go hungry, and, no, don’t whine about workers Romney let go when taking over a company while at Bain Capital because you’d be forgetting to look at: A) the fact that Bain was INVITED by the companies to have Bain invest in them; there were no “hostile takeovers” by Bain Capital and B) the workers’ jobs Romney saved by saving a dying company and C) the jobs he created after those struggling companies were turned around and started to grow again)
- Gave away his inheritance in 1998 to start / help fund the “George W. Romney Institute of Public Management” at BYU (his father, George Romney, died in 1995)
- As head of the 2002 Winter Olympics (Salt Lake City) turned a potential loss (-$379M shortfall) into one of the few profit-earning Olympic games (+$100M profit)
- Donated his entire Olympics salary and severance package ($1.4M) to charity
- Put aside partisanship prejudices/trash-talk by successfully campaigning/winning the governor’s seat (2003 – 2007) as a Republican in a heavily Democrat-controlled state LONG before Scott Brown
- While governor of Massachusetts, at HIS request, served the people of MA at the salary of $1/year (that’s right, ONE DOLLAR)
- Previous executive leadership experience as a state governor, including Massachusetts’ Commander In Chief of state military forces (Yes, a state governor is legally the Commander In Chief of that state’s National Guard forces unless those troops are called to active-duty by the President)
- Turned Massachusetts’ budget from red to black while governor (- $3.0B to +$2.16B; that’s “billion” with a “B”)
- Cut taxes 19 times as Massachusetts governor (that’s not a typo, NINETEEN)
- As MA governor, developed a plan that would make deadbeats pay for their own health care (you may not like the MA health care law but that’s what it’s sole purpose was. Still don’t like it because of the mandate? Don’t move to MA.) (BTW, how would YOU have solved the MA healthcare free-loader problem and how would you have done it with an overwhelmingly Democrat-controlled state legislature like Romney had to work with?)
- “Service over self”. Romney endorsed McCain only 2 days after ‘Super Tuesday’ in 2008 when it became obvious McCain was the clear front-runner; America is more important to him than his ego
- Volunteer service to community as a church head pastor for 13 years all with ZERO pay (that’s right, none); 5 years as a “bishop” and 8 years as a “stake president”
- Would give ALL his Presidential salary ($1.6 million total) back to the American taxpayers if elected (yes, he’s on record as committing to this)
- Voluntarily turned down enrolling in Medicare when he turned 65 on March 12, 2012
(in other words, he’s NOT sucking up our precious tax dollars because he knows he can, and therefore should, take care of himself)
- He also chose to NOT receive any Social Security payments upon turning 65 because, again, he knows he can take care of himself and therefore should not rely on our tax dollars to help fund his daily living
- Looks, talks and acts “Presidential”
- Understands commitment (never divorced, in a loving 43 year marriage)
- Understands morality (never had an affair)
- Understands family (5 kids, all successful adults)
- Willing to let all of America see his birth certificate without a fight
- Released his most recent filed tax records (2010) proving he’s not a tax cheat (the IRS has no problem with his filed taxes), with more tax records (2011) promised to be released before the election
P.S. – If all one can say about a candidate is that they are a member of “X” church and ignore the talents and character of the person, that person does not deserve the privilege of voting.
seriously someone tell me why obozo deserves a second term....what is he gonna say?..."come on americans i promise to get it right the second time around"......america can't afford four more years of bullshiat from obozo....a vote for obozo is a vote for national suicide..
Bush deserved a second term and Obama doesn't !!
What is this comic relief Tuesday???
Does the Republican Party pay you ass-holes to post this stupid S-hit?
Seriously
bush is gone moron.......
So is Adolph Hitler ass-hole ... but he isn't forgotten is he jack-off?
And Bush isn't gone.... The cowardly butthole now resides in Texas like a cowrdly dog with its tail between its legs to protect its genitals after F-ing this country up almost beyond repair.
Oh we just want 8 more years of BUSH policys.
That all Mitt Robme is offering so far..
Tax breaks for the rich and to repeal all the regulations.
The right want less gov, the same reason criminals want less cops..
you libs whining and crying about bush are so pathetic.........
The Republicans want less Government until it comes to controlling a womens Vagina !
The hypocrit ass-holes !!
Only a F-ing ass-hole would give Trillion dollar tax breaks to rich at the same time he takes us into a Trillion dollar war.... And now 3-1/2 years later Republicans ask...."Why hasn't Obama corrected the biggest fu-ck up for a President in America's history?...He's had (3-1/2 Years) !!
Well, we hit 16 TRILLION in national debt today. The show of very wealthy supporters of obamy's just lined the stage today. You know the ones he's supporting and doesn't like.
GB: does the idiot left wing party tell you what to say. Any one with an IQ over 1 wouldn't post your ignorance. But then, they did tell you what to think.
It will be a great day when Americans down grade Obama the very same way he earned America her first down grade in her history when Americans vote this socialist out of office in a very FAST & FURIOUS WAY.
stclaire - you mean the downgrade that was directly attributed to the Republicans in Congress refusing to work with the President? Yeah, that's why we're voting out as many Republicans as possible!
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what a dope...nothing is obozo's fault??.........pathetic
Contemptible - posting a long post full of nonsense doesn't make you look smarter - just the opposite. And, it shows complete desperation - but nothing we don't expect from Republicans.
And, for the record, I'm a woman.
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You about wore out that comment someone typed for you.
Joe66 - I'm sure in your mind that post makes sense - but only in YOUR mind!
However you do prove my point - there is absolutely no sanity to be found in the GOP!
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hey why is obozo spending so much time campaigning?....if he had done his job there would be no need to campaign.....and how will obozo justify asking for a second term?......obozo is a liar, a distorter, and a divider...a vote for obozo is a vote for national suicide...
Can anyone really look at John Bohner and not know immediately this man has an Alcohol abuse problem???
My guess is this lush couldn't survive a day without a drink.
so what?...you look at obozo and you can tell he is a liar and a distorter and a divider.........
He may have that alcoholic look, like Nancy Piglosi, but hardly drinks.
A former Republican has told the press that Mitt Romney's tax returns are in Kenya, not a bank vault in Switzerland. They reputedly contain a recipe for yellow cake that originated in Nigeria.
Mitt Romney water boarded over the holiday weekend.
nice ;)
Wasn't Obama born in Kenya?
no one really knows....obozo is total bullshiat..
-- Clint Eastwood at the Republican National Convention on Aug. 30, 2012
It looks like some republicans are now going through buyer’s remorse for picking these foolish men, Willard Mitt-Wit, and Lying Ryan the talking lying buffoons, as the Republican choice for President -Vice President of the United States. You people really sit your bar low.
Job1 - the sad thing, Mitt was the BEST the GOP had to offer - if you disregard Jon Huntsman who wasn't radical so not a good Republican!
Pretty sad the party has sunk so low!
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Nonsense Job1 nothing but "MORE DNC PROPAGANDA"!
Wall Street Selected Romney in the HOPE a Weak Competitor would ensure their #1 FACEMEN Bailout Barry's Re-Election! Better a PROVEN DEVIL YOU OWN and all that........
Surprize Surprize Surprize....Americans would Rather a Suspected Wall Street Liar With "Some" Morals.....Than a WALL STREET PROVEN LIAR With NO MORALS WHAT SO EVER!
Remember Barry bin NOBODY anyone? What A Magical Seal Whopper Told To American Just To Get Out Of Being IMPEACHED Over Libya!
Romney--Ryan--2012 ..our only choice.
Joe, you sound like you may have the answers to these question
I have 3 questions to the Republicans.
1. How many jobs did Mitt Romney create as Governor & CEO?
2. Name 5 achievements of Mitt Romney
3. Where does he stand on any issue?
I am willing to bet you have no clue! I will be waiting for answers
Tommy-499410
I could ask the same questions about Odumbass. He hasn't done anything in 3 1/2 years but blow thru money & blame everthing on Bush. He cracks jokes about Romney's dog & tells us nothing.
So Kevin, you don't have a clue!! How can support someone and can not answer 3 little questions. Are the questions too hard?
So Tommy, I would support anyone over Odumbass, possibly even you. You haven't shown YET that you can't do the job. He HAS at every turn.