Senator McCain seems to think and has stated that our President isn't capable of being Commander In Chief because he never served. Has Romney? Does any of Romney's kids plan on serving their country? Are your kids part of the 47% just because they are serving in the military instead of being self supportive?

#1- we are not the world's police force. We should not get involved in internal squabbles within other countries.

#2- we cannot afford to give away toys to whichever side we think is right, and we certainly cannot afford to go blow up and rebuild other countries again.

Merlin, that's funny because what's that right in front of Romney? OMG is it a teleprompter?!? lol.

Wow, Romney wants to arm the rebels in Syria! Sounds just like Chaney and his buddies from the last administration. How did that pan out? Remember Chaney on Iraq, "They will greet us with flowers." You don't have to worry about any of the Romney's going to war and fighting for our great nation. No Romney as ever served in the U S Military. My husband is a proud veteran. God Bless our Troops, God Bless America and God Bless President Obama.

Good comment. Maybe you can tell me why they keep referring to him as Governor Romney when he is no longer Governor. Is it a lifetime title like former presidents?

He also mentioned helping build a Palestine state. I guess he forgot he already made this headline view known:

"Mitt Romney argued that the Palestinian people ultimately don't want a peaceful settlement with Israelis and that pursuit of such a peace process would ultimately be feckless during a private fundraiser last May.'

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/18/mitt-romney-palestine-video_n_1892862.html

Mitt is all over the place on every issue.

TeaGoofy as they come...

Romney is dilluted.. Bush started the wars and made America a pariah to the Middle East. Romney is the SAME way! He's the worst foreign policy advocate I ever had to smell... He stinks up everything from England to China!

Romney stating that Obama has made America less liked, is like the Republican party saying they had nothing to do with the GW Bush/Investment Banker/Iraq War debacle!! They ruined the economy and Romney isn't about to show his full records on the killing he made on the American public.

The Republicans are blind to the truth and they'll always claim to see a mirage where you see sand!

Questions for Romney Supporters:
If Romney wins the WH, are you willing too..... Fight in the war yourself? Send in one of your own loved ones? Pay for it no matter what it costs to ourselves? Ensure the vets that come back from the war have a job? Console the families when their loved ones come home in a box?

I think we've paid our dues for awhile and it's time for the rest of the world to pony up.

It was the period with the highest chance of and actual conflict in the middle east when the last republican was in office. Now Romney, want to be Bush II, scares me more than the idiot Bush II did. In fact with the republicans trying to figure out how to reduce their taxes we were attacked on 9-11. Thanks republicans.

War for sure in Mideast if Romney gets elected.

When all else fails, attack the foreign policy. Makes sense. He doesn't care about half the people in the country, wants to shut down public television, planned parenthood, make war, deny women's rights and the workers right to deal, along with shipping everyone back to their country of origions, even if they were born here. Does that include his father who was born in Mexico? This guy just can't speak the truth, so he has to invent fervor by bringing up foreign wars that have nothing to do with this president. Way to go RobMe.

The risk of conflict in the Middle East is a sure
fire guarantee if Mr. Romney and his scary
sabre rattlers get in the White House.

Romney and the neocons up to their usual fear mongering. They do it every four years. And because of it, thousands get killed, thousands come home to nothing. That's the GOP way.

Tweet TOD:

Former GOP Senator: "Romney & Ryan would be disastrous for America's service members, veterans & military families" huffingtonpost.com/larry-pressler…

Romney and Ryan. We couldn't have asked for a more dangerous duo for Americans if we tried.

How hard is it for people to see? These two have disaster written all over them.

Let's have more wars. Let's gut health care. Let's gut medicare. Let's gut education. Let's gut infrastructure.

But damn it no raising taxes on my wealthy friends!

RepublicansForObama-6186389

...President Obama has Already informed the CIA to "Arm to the Teeth", the Syrian Rebels with as much Weaponry and Armaments as possible...

And yet you guys call Romney the warmonger. Your hypocracy knows no bounds. But, for all your diatribes, I notice none of the lefties try to build up the case FOR Obama. It's always AGAINST Romney. Why is that? Nothing to stand on? Afraid of the Mormon boogeyman?

Johnson 2012 - D and R are both WRONG

Since Romney can't find anything right with America maybe he should move to where he keeps his money.

Romney is just upset because U.S. controlled puppet dictators are becoming a thing of the past in the Middle East. It used to be that the U.S. just pulled the strings and they danced like marionettes. If Romney becomes President, the risk of war in the Middle East will no longer be higher; it will become actual, with the U.S. involved in it.

This is truly amazing. Willard Romney has to be the most "ass backward", and in fact, the "stupidest", gwaddamned Presidential candidate to ever kiss the ass of any special interest donor since candidates have been kissing donors asses. We all, other than the genuine psychopaths, have learned the self destructive lunacy of stirring hornets nests. We can destroy the nests, but, all that accomplishes is a scattering of the hornets, who then build new nests in different locations. Course, those who turn great profits from building and brokering various war armament love it. Those though, who have to go and use that armament suffer greatly. It's the one economic area that yields no positive economic return, and, in fact, diminishes the whole economic value of the nation, often, in incalculable dimensions. It is one thing when the nation has to defend Itself from an aggressor, but, quite another when the country becomes the aggressor, as the debris of history so vividly illustrates. Nothing more dangerous than an uninformed and ambitious fool, open to the transactions of money for favor, derived from unscrupulous benefactors. Romney has just proven Himself such a fool.

Romney is a buffoon who pretends to be something he's not and who thinks that his play acting has everybody fooled. But while his play-act of being presidential on domestic policy has fooled some people, his pretense of having enough understanding of foreign policy to criticize Obama's leadership as "rudderless," and the ability to do better himself, is laughably transparent.

You know the Republicans are getting desperate when they dust off that old tired 'teleprompter' schtick.

Romney said he would "identify and organize those members of the opposition who share our values" in Syria, and arm them.

They are Muslims and do not share Christian values. People of different faith or culture do not work within our cultural or religious frame work. Most Republicans where against any involvement in Lybia, but now their party leader is for involvement in Syria? If we are going to engage the Middle East, we will have to do nation building and there is no appetite or money for that right now. As far as Israel goes, there is no other country in the world that has the might of the US government at it's finger tips. No matter who is in power, the US will not let Israel fall.

Romney is delusional. He believes that Americans have a 5 second memory span, that we want war, hate gays, love the insurance industry, owe any success we have to the 1% and believe he is a saint. I don't know how he got the GOP nomination but I'll bet they are sitting back, scratching their heads and thinking ... maybe it would have been better to put Palin in there - at least she was good for a laugh.

A vote for Romney is a vote against the American middle class.

Obama / Biden 2012

Wait till Ma and Pa get to send their kids to die in Syria. Mitt will be remembered for sure then. :)

Its amazing the almost violent reaction leftists have to even a moderate Republican.

Nice straw man. :)

Which Romney are you talking about btw? Mass-Mitt or the Born-Again-Mitt?

Says a lot about who the real extremists are...

Morons who believe anything Mitt says as long as it's to the GOP base. :)

viknat re Lincoln: Abraham Lincoln served as a volunteer in the Illinois Militia from April 21, 1832 – July 10, 1832 during the Black Hawk War. Lincoln never saw combat during his tour but was elected captain of his first company. He was also present in the aftermath of two of the war's battles, where he helped to bury the militia dead. He was mustered in and out of service during the war, going from captain to private and finishing his service in an independent spy company commanded by Captain Jacob Early.

per wikipedia

Travis from Soviet Occupied New England,

"Its amazing the almost violent reaction leftists have to even a moderate Republican."

They're not reacting violently because Romney is a moderate Republican. They're reacting violently because Romney is an idiot! Anyone, right or left, should react violently to that.

Note to Romney - standing in front of a group of flags doesn't make you look Presidential - you just look like you need the props!

Travis...... - yes Romney WAS governor of Mass - for one term. He was so hated he didn't even bother to run for a 2nd term.

Obama/Biden 2012

Here We go again, why not stick our nose where it don't long, seems that the RIGHT always want to go to WAR but it's not their KIDS that die fighting that WAR, ROMNEY has a couple of sons he can sacrifice to the cause maybe he should have them enlist and lead by example!

"The House Veterans’ Affairs Committee chairman committed Thursday to taking a closer look at President Obama’s Veterans Job Corps Act but warned that he views it as an expensive and bureaucratic way to provide only temporary employment.

The plan, which has been blocked in the Senate by Republicans, would create jobs in three ways: It would provide grants to pay for temporary jobs in conservation-related work on federal lands and in maintenance of national veterans cemeteries; it would order federal agencies to hire up to 10,000 more veterans; and it would provide hiring preference for veterans in first-responder jobs in law enforcement and firefighting.

Overall, the job corps bill is expected to create 20,000 jobs, many of them temporary, which would put only a small dent in the estimated total of 700,000 jobless veterans."

Apparently some in the military were not to fond of the bill either!

Here he comes...just a month before the election...just to get the voting herds lined up and ready...ladies and gentlemen, may I re-re-re-re-re-introduce George Bush !!! Democrats have shown that they couldn't live with him, but they most assuredly cannot live without him !!!

Romney: 'Obama has a rudderless foreign policy. He hasn't started even one new war. I will start at least 2 wars in my first term. The 47% can join the military if they want money from the government.'

ONTOR

Obama's ear to ear smile won't help him get elected this time .

Think again Buddy. President Obama leads in most polls. Myth only leads among old white men. MYTH needs more support than white men old rich white fossils. More women , seniors, veterans, LGBTs, the youth, Asians, Native Americans, and Latinos support our President. Mathematically this poses a problem for MYTH!!!!

The very low levels of trust in Romney’s foreign policy abilities are striking. Only 24% of Latino voters believe Romney would do a better job than President Obama on critical Middle East policy matters. This number nearly mirrors the share of Latino voters indicating they will vote for Romney in November. When asked about Latin American foreign policy, only 17% of Latino voters indicating Romney and the Republican Party would do a better job in the region. The trigger for this sentiment is likely associated with the Romney campaign’s approach to several different policy issues and international events that have been widely criticized, even among the Republican ranks.

For now, Latinos are solidly behind Obama and believe he will do a better job of dealing with foreign policy matters. The only question is if the mythical October (or November) foreign policy surprise will arrive, and alter perceptions. To date, Obama has weathered such ‘surprises’ rather well.

http://www.latinodecisions.com/blog/2012/10/02/foreign-policy-and-the-2012-latino-electorate/

No matter what October Surprise the Romney campaign conjures up it will be proven as nothing than another MYTH Romney gaffe!!!

4 more 4 44

Obama/Biden 2012

It is only a RISK if he is elected PRESIDENT. The DUMB ASS CAN'T WAIT TO START WW III.

Want to give big BU$$INESS TO ALL THOSE ARM DEALERS. HOW MUCH MORE CAN WE DISLIKE THIS CANDIDATE? HE WORKS HARD AT BEING HATEFUL!!!!

God save us from these WARMONGERING REPUBLICANS and MITT ROMNEY! Pray a lot!

bscol

1. I voted Democrat because I love the fact that I can now marry whatever I want. I've decided to marry my Doberman Pincher, Doc. Answer: The fact that you are thinking about bestiality speaks volumes about what gets you off. Being free to marry who you like, does not include animals, but since I am a liberal...whatever flows your boat bscol, just leave my pet alone and answer to the authorities.

2. I voted Democrat because I believe oil companies' profits of 4% on a gallon of gas are obscene but the Government taxing the same gallon of gas at 15% isn't. Answer: Gas stations are not Oil companies and oil companies would not drill if they are getting 4%.

3. I voted Democrat because I believe the Government will do a better job of spending the money I earn than I would. Answer: Another bs argument. Government is there for all the people and that includes the people who needs help and not just corporations, since they are people too.

4. I voted Democrat because Freedom of Speech is fine as long as nobody is offended by it. Answer: Wait, your freedom of speech is being taken away, but yet still you can spew crap from your computer. Yet again, another bs argument. If you really cared about freedom of speech, where were you the patriot act rip some of our freedom away? (Yep, I blame both GOP and Dems for this crap too).

5. I voted Democrat because I'm way too irresponsible to own a gun and I know that my local police are all I need to protect me from murderers and thieves. Answer: Local police are there to protect us. I am sure you would like to have the police to be around when you are not home, because I am sure a gun cannot shoot itself. So, the local police is another example of our tax dollars at work.

6. I voted Democrat because I believe that people who can't tell us if it will rain on Friday can tell us that the polar ice caps will melt away in 10 years if I don't start driving a Prius. Answer: Nevermind, this comment is devoid of any common sense or valid points.

7. I voted Democrat because I'm not concerned about millions of babies being aborted so long as we keep all death row inmates alive. Answer: How many ads have you seen from the pro-life group about adoption? Not much if any at all. Contraception can stop those babies from being aborted, but hey that is a common sense approach and most conservatives seems to lack that gene.

8. I voted Democrat because I think illegal aliens have a right to free health care, education and Social Security benefits, and we should take away the Social Security from those who paid into it. Answer: I would say you are lying, but that would be an under statement to an idiotic statement.

9. I voted Democrat because I believe that businesses should not be allowed to make profits for themselves. They need to break even and give the rest away to the government for redistribution as the Democrats see fit. Answer: Another tried and true tired line used by the right. See what happens when poor people and the middle class doesn't have money to consume goods made by those wonderful for profit businesses? Yep, they go crawling to the government for money. More and more I feel like I am wasting my time counter pointing, since you get delusional as I read down your list.

10. I voted Democrat because I believe liberal Judges need to rewrite the Constitution every few days to suit some fringe kooks who would never get their agendas past the voters. Answer: I just want to thank Chief Justice Roberts for help with healthcare reform. I am so glad Obama appointed him. Oh wait a second... :)

11. I voted Democrat because I think that it's better to pay billions for their oil to people who hate us but not drill our own because it might upset some endangered beetle, gopher or fish. Answer: Take a look at US and North American oil product. It's up and so is Natural Gas production. BTW: They are waiting for pipelines, so they can export our natural resources, but you are to clever to ever look into that.

12. I voted Democrat because my head is so firmly planted up my a$$, it's unlikely that I'll ever have another point of view. Answer: GSS = GOP Superiority Syndrome. Only cure for this is to vote for Obama in for a second term. Then we will have GOS = GOP Outrage Syndrome.

I am a democract and I approve my answers to a silly conservative rant.

Three things.

A.) Where is the money going to come from to pay for American intervention in the Middle East when Romney reduces revenues with his tax breaks and the $14 trillion debt we currently owe?

B.) Romney says this today. It's election time. What happens when he flips then flops on this issue?

C.) How is it with the Conservatives can always find money to to be involved in the Middle East (which Middle Easterners resent) but we can't fund a decent standard of living or health care for our seniors?

Seeking ....

Note to Romney - standing in front of a group of flags doesn't make you look Presidential - you just look like you need the props!

The thing is he does. Notice how often he likes to stage his speeches to look like press briefings???? As noted in MANY posts above, Mitt Romney IS NOT the President and should keep his opinions on foreign policy to himself. During his campaign he has done nothing but antagonize other countries.

Why doesn't Mitt ever talk about what HE'S done for this country?????

Obama/Biden 2012

Beverly

Gallup Obama 47, Romney 47. Gallup is done based on the actual national percentage of Registered Democrats, Republicans, and others. A few days ago, Obama was up 5 points over Romney.

Registered voters is who could vote. That is 6 points of people who are either voting for a different candidate, and have already decided they probably will not vote for the Incumbent.

Your candidate might well have the lead on paper today, but tomorrow that goes away.

Rasmussen uses Likely voters. They poll to determine who is going to vote and how those are going to vote and use responses that reflect that determination. Today, that is also tied.

If Rasmussen shows romney ahead, Romney will probably win. IF Gallup shows Romney to win, Romney will Win.

Fake it till you make, eh Mitt?

Layton...

As you're an avid supporter of everything 'Obama'...how would you know what a 'press briefing' looks like ??? Mr. Obama has taken questions at those things like twice since he's been in office. Can't remember seeing him answering questions from the press very much at all.

The President prefers tougher, more rigorous venues to answer the hard questions...like "The View" or "Late Night with David Lettermen"...and I hear that he really had to be thinking fast of his feet when Mr. Obama got thru the grilling he got on the "Pimp With a Limp" radio program.

Chicken Hawk

From the article above:

Romney essentially argued that, in most instances, Obama had failed to project a clear and coherent American policy abroad.

And if the Governor didn't watch Faux, he'd know along with the majority of Americans that this President has been a leader and a champion on Foreign Policy.

Governor, when are you going to stop lying.

I would much rather have President Obama and Hillary Clinton keeping America safe than the Chicken-hawk Governor who wants the same disastrous foreign policy as President Bush.

Salud

Merlin and other who may have posted about teleprompters. There weren't any on either podium. The rules for debate also stated, "no notes." There was one person, tho, who doesn't obey words of civility, and that was Romney. As he turned to his spot behind the podium, he reached into his pant pocket and laid his notes on the podium. It's the first 11 seconds on the video. This morning, 10/9/12, Morning Joe Scarborough even said, "...and he [Romney] didn't miss a beat, looking down at his notes and..." Joe is a die-hard republican and said it loud and clear. That's Romney for you. That's a repub/tparty for you, lie, cheat, win at all costs.

Cunning ? Yes - Intelligent - Heck No !
Mitt with shallow knowledge and superficial briefings, don't think that you can become an expert on freign affairs overnight
or project yourself as a STATESMAN' by draping yourself with all those flags ?
At least half of the US population is not that stupid.
No Apologies Mitt ... you think the Chinese or Russians care for your rhetoric or your extreme pandering to Netanyahu and the Jewish extreme are going to stand behind you on a rainy day?
Your rhetoric thus far has not only been irresponsible but totally shallow and devoid of substance. Sure you can say all you want to say to grab 2 minutes of limelight but be prepared to become a mere footnote in history. There are many so called ' corporate' captains like you around who think they can conquer this world .....
Join the list of greedy monsters that have lived amongst us and raped this world and middle class of their fair share... the likes of Welch, Immelt, Blankfein, Oil Barons, Insurance Co execs etc.

In less than 24 hours Romney is already modifying his foreign policy. In his pre-released transcripts he said "We share the values" of the Syrian Rebels and said we should supply them with anti-aircraft and anti-tank weapons. Very stupid irresponsible statements. Today he modified his position only saying that we should help get the rebels armed. Also irresponsible without knowing any intel on what's going on and who's behind it. Romney isn't privy to an intelligence information anymore than the general public is.

Yes we know that many regular Syrians have taken up the fight, but who is behind them? Who is the recognized leadership of the rebels? No doubt the Syrian government is reacting in a manner that seems to take no concerns for innocent civilians. He's been denounced for that and sanctioning policies have been put in place. The trouble is that not too long ago Assad was an ally staunchly opposing and conducting operations against Al Qaeda trying to get them out of his country. There should be no doubt that this started with Al Qaeda and Al Qaeda affiliated groups attacking the Syrian government. But today it has morphed into a full blown revolution with many ordinary Syrian civilians participating. But what are these people fighting for? Do they even know? I have little doubt that many feel they are fighting for their own lives and maybe to some very vague way, becoming part of the "Arab Spring" movement. But what are their positions? What do they seek to change in the way Syria operates? No one knows. In all likelihood, Al Qaeda started this and the over reaction of Assad just got many others involved.

The facts are that the US government, including the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been talking with and meeting with Syrian rebels to determine who's in charge. There should also be no doubt that we are helping provide small arms to the rebels. However all indications are that there is no reliable or even accepted leadership of the rebels. Knowing full well that Al Qaeda is at a minimum, a player, it is foolish to seriously backing a group, or more appropriately, a bunch of unorganized fighters. Opposing Assad's tactics and providing some assistance to keep him at bay is reasonable, and that's what we are doing. However, providing serious weapons and support to crush Assad quickly may not be such a good idea, because you have to ask, what happens next after he's ousted? Most likely, the most organized group within the rebel hoards, will rise to power. And at least today, that is Al Qaeda.

In a lot of respects, it actually makes sense to let things develop and let a true organized opposition group with recognized leadership, emerge. In reality, that is what we did in Libya, but it developed relatively quickly as there was strong leadership by their rebels, long before it became a major conflict. It is fine to back the general development of movements, but until that movement can define itself, it is dangerous to escalate it into power before it is ready.

Romney wants to shape the movement and steer it in a way that fits with our goals. The problem is that we have historically pushed people into power in this region only to have it backfire on us because the people were not behind the group we selected. This never works. Innocent people are dying and we should be concerned about that and doing things to save lives as we are. But rushing in to bring it to a conclusion is dangerous without understanding clearly what takes its place. Likewise rushing in to install our desired "puppet government" makes no sense either. That is in reality what Romney wants to do.

One of the things Romney will do on his first day in office is to contact each of our allies and insult them.

Since he already did that to England and Israel, that's two less phone calls he'll have to make.

MDC - No, I am not a "Leftie" - I am an American and, as such, I believe that we have a duty to protect our country, but that does not mean we have the right to invade every country on the planet that has natural resources we want or start a war simply to put more money into the pockets of the military-industrial complex.

It is my opinion, after reading a great deal about him, that Romney would be dangerous to the American middle class, that he is an entitled frat boy who has no empathy for the poor or middle class and is anxious to send us into unnecessary wars simply to help his cronies make a lot of money at the expense of the taxpayers and the young men and women who would become fodder for his greed.

If you are so curious about my political views you can read my commentaries on www.donnaappel.org.

We are tired of wars. Unless you are willing to send your own sons to war.

You want our young men and women to die because you want to police the world. We tried that under bush it did not work.

Romney now sits and waits patiently for the military industrial complex to toss him a cookie and pat him on his head. What a tool.

Jahmekan said;

They are Muslims and do not share Christian values.

Er, I'd like to differ with you on that.

While there are theological differences, and the Qu'ran is most like the Old Testament in general tone and content, they do acknowledge Jesus as the Messiah, they do acknowledge that he was Immaculately Conceived on Mary, and many of the Qu'ran's laws are the same as in the Bible's book of Leviticus and Deuteronomy--stoning of disobedient children, raped women forced to marry their rapist, etc.

From where I stand as a Pagan (and therefore outside the Abrahamic belief systems) there's really not much difference between you. The difference is chiefly in the matter of where your religion is in your evolution; Jews wen through their 'let's kill everyone who doesn't agree with us' when they crucified Jesus; the Christians went through their 'let's kill everyone who doesn't agree with us during the middle ages (inquisition) and although there are still a few places in the world where Christians kill witches, for the most part you've learned to get along with other religions. The Muslim religion is still relatively young (wasn't founded until about the 7th century CE so they are right now trying to evolve past their 'let's kill everyone who doesn't agree with us stage.

People of different faith or culture do not work within our cultural or religious frame work.

This country was founded on separation of Church and State. There should be no question of whether another's religion 'works within our religious framework'.

This country was also founded on immigration, many different peoples from many different countries. Therefore, you cannot say someone else's culture doesn't work within ours. Our culture has been influenced by many other cultures from all over the planet, and as a result, there will always be something in our culture that offends someone else but there will also be something in our culture that they identify with. The intent here is to enforce our secular laws so that they eventually come to realize that playing nice with others is the only way to live here.

Obama is in so far over his head it isn't funny. He knows nothing about dealing with our allies, nor about dealing with our enemies. If it wasn't for Hillary Clinton we'd be in a lot of trouble with regard to our foreign policy. She's held things together in our State Department, while this nincompoop in the White House tries to figure out what day it is.

Maintaining a strong military, and making it known that we won't tolerate threats from hostile nations, or that we will not negotiate with terrorists isn't "war mongering."

But rather, it is simple common sense.

Obama's Presidency started off with an apology tour.

Romney's will start of with a Victory Tour in celebration of our return to GREATNESS, again!

Obama said he's fired up and ready to go....so let's FIRE him, and send him on his way back to Chicago!

DEMOCRATS FOR ROMNEY, 2012!!!!!!!!!!

Romney calls for the US to arm the Syrian rebels!

At the same time, Secretary General of the UN calls for everyone to stop sending arms into Syria - that its making the conflict WORSE!

Whose more in touch with what's really going on right now in Syria? One guess and it isn't Romney!

Romney must get excited seeing all these opportunities for war.

To be clear I have been a lifelong member of the Democratic Party
– I voted for President Obama based on these reasons.

Obama promised

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to bring the country together like never before

-
to bridge the gap between all races and enter
into a new era of hope

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to cut our national debt in half by the end of
his first term (why our media fails to ignore the importance of this boggles my
mind) the reality of what he did turns into a 11 trillion dollar lie * in 2008
our national debt was 10,000,000,000,000 – if Obama did what he promised it
would now be 5 trillion – it just tipped the scales at 16 trillion. How he gets away with this is insane to me –
just an average middle class American.
To see a man or even a neighbor go to jail for stealing a pack of gum –
it just amazes me what our leaders get away with.

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to bring a new era in the relationships with
other countries around the world and because he has the racial profile he does
it would allow American hating extremist around the world to look at us in a
new light – the reality is after securing the country of Iraq (at the cost of
billions in cash as well as life) we are about to let them be overrun by west
hating extremist * the same goes in Afghanistan – our current sitting president
is so concerned about his political position with the up and coming election he
chose to make it world knowledge that we are leaving Afghanistan. This says to me a person who served 4 years
in the navy – that he could care less about the safety of our troops that are
still there. Here is what is happening now
– because the Afghan people know we are leaving them to fend for themselves – factions
of average village people are now trying to show Al Qaeda that their village is
anti America – thus our troops are experiencing heightened attacks from those
we have actually been trying to help for more than ten years

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to create millions and millions of green
jobs. The reality is that pipe dream
does not exist – but because of Obamas arrogance he thought the average American
would go out and purchase solar panels for their house or purchase a chevy volt
at a cool 50,000 each. He didn’t realize
the reality of why we use coal to provide electricity across the grid or oil to
heat our homes or gas to drive a car – they are the cheapest and most efficient
forms of energy. The facts are the only
reason any green jobs exist is because they function wholly on the backs of the
tax paying citizens. To see Obama at the
last debate attempt to demonize the big oil companies (which no one is ever going
to love – including me) because they have received up to 2 billion in tax payer
subsidies – but the real shocker is the fact that he gave 90 billion to green
energy companies like Solyndra and those companies donated millions to his campaign
– I don’t like using my hard earned tax money to be stolen by a fraud. Here is the truth – Obama wants gas prices to
sky rocket – that is why he has shut down any new permits to drill oil in this
country – so now oil companies have to purchase land in order to drill in
private – when what they had been doing is paying the government huge fees in
leasing government land – so his thought is if the gas prices get high enough
us idiot American will run to a green energy source – and we would but we will go
bankrupt. The coal industry produces
electricity at 3-5 cents per Killiwatt hour – while solar/wind produce energy
at $22 dollars and hour – our government has given and continues to subsidize the
wind/solar at $20 dollars – how stupid is that. 90 billion going to private companies – if this
were going to something the extreme left hates – there would be pure outrage.

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To balance our Federal Budget – the reality is
Democrats have had control of the House and Senate since 2006 – and in 2010 the
people spoke and kicked many of them out – now they only control the
senate. So for the 4 years Obama has
been president our government runs without a budget. On a credit rating that has just been
downgraded for the first time in modern history. And due to be dropped again after the
election if Obama is re-elected. Which
means our national debt is going to grow faster – and sealing the fate of our
children and grandchildren. This proves
again that this man is not a leader – or he just doesn’t care.

-
Jobs Jobs Jobs – like our dufus VP said on the campaign
trail – Obama is all about that 3 letter word JOBS JOBS JOBS – what a dufus. The reality is Obama spent the first two
years in office with complete control of all 3 houses – and he spent if
fighting for a healthcare bill that has no business playing a role in this
country under our constitution. I agree
there needs to be changes to our healthcare system but this is far from what
needs to be done and to have our speaker of the house at the time say (“we will
find out what is in it after we vote for it”)
you cant make this @!$%# up – crazy loony people running our country. Scary.

What really sucks – is I bought into the hope and change – I
am a white male – but have 1/6 Native American Indian blood and I played football
in college – which brought me together with my now two best friends who are
African American – but I only use those terms to describe this here when in
reality they are my brothers. They are
in shock as to what has transpired and they do not believe a word that comes
out of our current sitting Presidents mouth.
I could go on and on but I am sure I will get bashed for daring to speak
my mind and against the god in chief for so many of you.

And how exactly are we going to pay for these wars? Does Mitt Romney we propose putting more foreign wars on the credit card like Bush did, or will he act responsibly like Obama and make sure that any wars (new or existing) were accounted for?

It is impossible to be both a War Hawk and a Deficit Hawk at the same time.

It's going to be very difficult to "get tough on China" when you're begging to borrow money from them to fund a war with Iran.

Better yet, if we're going to practice Nation Building...let's start here at home.

I heard Mittens say a couple weeks ago that he would solve the entire Middle East conflict by telling Egypt and the other countries that he is standing firm, and if they want aid from the U.S. they would have to stop fighting and adopt a democratic government. At least that's what he said he would do if he had Obama's job.

Who knew that was all we had to do all these many decades ago to bring peace to the Middle East. That Ramneybo is a legend in his own mind.

One thing he said that sticks out is planet earth 'looks to the United States' leadership. If the United States will not lead, someone else will.'

That is an ignorant statement. Anyone that believes America should be the world's leader could easily be the next Hitler. Hitler also believed that the world would be better off led by his own country.

What the GOP fails to understand is that not every culture on this planet is waiting with abated breath for U.S. leadership. We already know who our allies are, Romney apparently does not, as he has insulted two of them already. He has also labeled Russia an enemy at a time when our relations are already strained. Let's take a look at his vague policies to this point:

1. Russia is an enemy

2. Peace between Israel and the Palestinians cannot exist and a two state solution will be a can kicked down the road.

3. Arm Syrian rebels with heavy weapons when rebel ranks are swelling with Jihadists.

4. Interfere with Egypt's transformation into Democracy.

5. In his speech, he not once mentioned working with allies to resolve the Iranian issue. He continually speaks of us, us, us, never mentions working within NATO or UN charters.

6. Will increase military spending by $2 trillion dollars even though the Pentagon has not requested it. In fact, the Pentagon has been requesting lower budgets in an effort to reduce costs. Never mentions how he'll pay for it.

He is beginning to come across as a neocon that believes it is our duty as a country to enforce democracy around the world, whether they want it or not. Americans are tired of war, and Romney seems determined to start at least two right away, possibly three if he wants to wipe out militants in Libya indiscriminately.

patriotfanforever

There is a different between debt and deficit. Obama promised to reduce the deficit (year over year overages), which was running several hundreds of billions of dollars per year. He instead raised it to over a thousand billion dollars per year.

The debt is another issue. It's the sum total of everything we owe.

• The House passed a resolution (H.J.Res. 37) prohibiting the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from pursuing a government takeover of the Internet- Blocked by Democrats

• The Protecting Jobs From Government Interference Act (H.R. 2587),- Blocked by Democrats

• Cement Sector Regulatory Relief Act (H.R 2681) to stop excessive regulations on the cement industry that the Energy & Commerce Committee says could force up to 20 percent of the nation's plants to shut down. - Blocked by Democrats

• : Last week, the House passed legislation (H.R. 2250) that would stop burdensome new regulations impacting thousands of job creators that use boilers -Blocked by Democrats

• The bipartisan, House-passed Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act -Blocked by Democrats

• The House passed a series of American Energy Initiative bills (H.R. 1229, H.R. 1230, H.R. 1231) - Blocked by Democrats

• The Jobs and Energy Permitting Act (H.R. 2021) will end permitting delays in Alaska and other areas to boost offshore energy production, help lower gas prices and create an estimated 54,000 jobs, according to a Northern Economics research study.- Blocked by Democrats

• The North-American Made Energy Security Act requires the Obama Administration to make a determination by November on whether or not it will allow the Keystone XL pipeline expansion to move forward. - Blocked by Democrats

NOT TO MENTION WHAT SHOULD CURRENTLY BE IN THE NEWS AND SOMETHING MSNBC WANTS TO DOWNPLAY IS THIS:

Obama administration's decision to ignore Congress and purchase Thomson Prison in Illinois, a backdoor move that may pave the way for the administration's controversial attempts to import the terrorists housed at Guantanamo Bay to the United States:

So apparently our beloved President wants to import terrorists now!

Personal Responsibility!!!

Your to freaking stupid to speak. Tell me exactly how a attack on Iraq gave me any freedoms. I still have the EXACT SAME freedoms I had before and the EXACT FREEDOMS I would have had if we had NOT gone to war in Iraq. Keep up your stupid lies that these wars in Iraq and Afganastain gave me freedom. All they did was kill American soilders for NO reason. They should have NEVER been there in the first place.

Every time we see a middle east country institute a government by popular vote, is has come back to sting us. The Palestinians voted in Hamas. The Iraqi government is near dysfunctional. The Muslim Brotherhood won the Presidency in France. Libya has already dissolved it's first government and fired the PM. The Afghanistan government is rife with cronyism and fraud.

We can be there for these countries if asked to be. The attitude that we WILL BE THERE to lead and impose our values because we are the world's leader is a dangerous one.

VA Gal,

I too, am a proud veteran, but you have to be kidding when you say God bless Pres. Obama. Your husband, being a proud veteran, knows what will happen to the USA if Obama gets to do the gutting of our military that he is planning. I hope you are not speaking for your husband, he cant be that misguided.

Romilio,re- #1.35; Or, maybe not, this time our enemies are dealing with a President who is not going to tolerate their $hit. And certainly not opologizing for America as the cause for their terroristic ways! ROMNEY/RYAN '12 JAN.20,13 THE END OF AN ERROR!

@Chef

There is a different between debt and deficit. Obama promised to reduce the deficit (year over year overages), which was running several hundreds of billions of dollars per year. He instead raised it to over a thousand billion dollars per year.

Spending increases under President Obama have only grown 1.4% since he has taken office. Obama did not increase spending over a trillion a year, that claim isn't even close to factual. The reason for our current deficit spending is a serious loss of revenue and a shaky economy. We also have not had congress pass an actual budget in years. They spend as they go.

The Bush tax cuts have to end some time, the sooner the better. Romney's plan adds to the deficit at a far greater pace than Obama ever will. his tax cuts will cost $500 billion a year, and he intends to pour $2 trillion into the military. Ending tax cuts for the wealthy will not pay for these policies in and of themselves, so where is the money going to come from? Borrowing!

Personal Responsibility!!!

You're alive, speaking English and have the right to spew your liberal garbage because of those wars.

and none of it is thanks to Romney or his 5 sons. It's always the ones that are not willing to sacrifice their own lives or those of their children that want to start war.

Personal responsibility, you got kids? Are you going to make them enlist when they turn 18? PROMISE?

WOLF: OBAMA ADMINISTRATION VIOLATES LONG-STANDING PRECEDENT
IN CIRCUMVENTING CONGRESS TO FUND THOMSON PRISON

Washington, D.C. (October 2, 2012) – In an unprecedented move, the Department of Justice (DOJ) today proceeded to acquire the Thomson Correctional Facility in Illinois for $165 million, despite the expressed opposition of the House Appropriations Committee.

Reps. Hal Rogers (R-KY) and Frank Wolf (R-VA), Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations and the subcommittee on Commerce-Justice-Science (CJS) respectively, have once again expressed vehement opposition to funding the prison.

Wolf, whose subcommittee funds the DOJ, denied the request for several reasons, including that it is considered an earmark by DOJ and was originally intended to house terrorists being held at Guantanamo Bay.

“President Obama’s unprecedented directive to Attorney General Holder to circumvent Congress to purchase Thomson prison is deeply troubling,” Wolf said. “It directly violates the clear objection of the House Appropriations Committee and goes against the bipartisan objections of members in the House and Senate, who have noted that approving this request would allow Thomson to take precedence over previously funded prisons in Alabama, Mississippi, West Virginia and New Hampshire. Notably, it also flies in the face of concerns raised by scores of family members of 9/11 victims, who signed a letter in July objecting to the purchase of this prison.

“At an alarming $165 million, the size of this request is unprecedented,
he continued. “The purchase also violates the Obama administration’s own policy against funding earmark requests, as the Justice Department designated Senator Durbin’s request for the Thomson acquisition. Moreover, the timing of this $165 million windfall to the president’s home state of Illinois, just weeks before election day, is suspect.

"Most importantly, I am concerned that this purchase will set in motion the administration’s plan to close the terrorist detention facility in Guantanamo Bay by transferring terrorist detainees to U.S. maximum security prisons, like Thomson. One example of this ongoing effort is the request of Senator Durbin’s colleague, Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Diane Feinstein, to the Government Accountability Office to conduct a survey of U.S. prisons that could be used to hold Guantanamo Bay detainees, which is ongoing.

“Today’s actions are just the latest in series of disconcerting moves by this Justice Department, including its handling of the Fast and Furious Operation, allowing nepotism in hiring, its questionable dismissal of voting rights cases and the politicization of decisions that benefit special interest groups,” Wolf concluded. “This may be the most disreputable Justice Department in modern history.”

Rogers agreed:

“The Obama administration has been trying for years to open Thompson prison in order to transfer terrorists from Guantanamo Bay onto U.S. soil,” he said. “Congress has vehemently denied this request and has refused funding for the prison at every step of the way. The American people do not want Guantanamo detainees in the U.S., and should not have to tolerate the risk of these terrorists residing in their backyards. This back-door move by the Obama Administration to open Thompson and reject the will of Congress and the American people is dangerously irresponsible, and will be met with the full and unfettered opposition of the Appropriations Committee.”

Wolf and Rogers were joined in their opposition to the funding request by bipartisan members of both the House and the Senate, including: Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), Wolf’s Senate counterpart on the CJS Subcommittee; Sens. Richard Shelby (R-AL), Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Thad Cochran (R-MS); Rep. Charlie Bass (R-NH); the entire House Alabama delegation; and more than 100 families of victims of the 9/11 attacks.

Mitt is not helping US policy in the Middle East. Publicly calling for US aid for forces opposing Syrian government would only reinforce Syrian government argument that the US is behind the uprising there. Perception does matter. There are many in Syria that believe Assad's claims.

In Egypt, cozying up to Egypt's President will only weaken his government. Anti-US sentiment left over from years of colonialism and US interventionist policy in Iraq and Afghanistan would only increase with a Romney foreign policy. Morsi is trying to distance himself from US to avoid being painted as our puppet there by his more extreme political opponents.

Romney means well, but his ignorance of US position in Middle East in the minds of middle easteners is mind-boggling.

Romney only strengthens the hand of pro-Assad forces in Syria and anti-Morsi forces in Egypt with his saber-rattling rhetoric. That he is so naive of perception of US in Middle East is very disappointing.

Ray

You may want to reread. I said Obama increased the deficit TO over a thousand billion per year, not BY.

As to the rest of it, are you saying the tax revenues are down due to jobs? Then shouldn't the president fix that? He promised to reduce the deficit by half and the easiest way to do that is to raise the revenue (i.e. the number of workers paying taxes).

You'll probably come back with something snarky like "Well the republicans...." to which I would respond "1) PAYGO. The dems wanted it, the dems got it, now the dems gotta live with it. and 2) So you're saying the president doesn't directly affect jobs? Then he should quit saying he does."

The Bush tax cuts? Those were renewed by the president so they are now The Obama Tax Cuts. If he wants to be president he has to own it.

Johnson 2012 - The other 2 are dopes.

SB...

I can't believe you brought up one of Mr. Obama's best buddies...Jeff Immelt...as one of your dreaded "greedy monsters". You remember Mr. Immelt, don't you...big Obama donor and the first person to be seated on the President's "Economic Jobs Committee"...you know...the committee whose mission is to help save the economy but whose actual meetings are NOT attended by the President about 6 out of every 10 times they meet. But Mr. Obama does get there about 4 out of those 10 times. The meeting times tend to conflict with Mr. Obama's visits to high school gymnasiums, golf courses, and Hollywood fundraisers.

Besides..."Economic Jobs Committee" meetings sometimes need to take a back seat to more urgent matters such as grilling radio debates with "Pimp With A Limp" or working with Whoopi Goldberg on what needs to be done to get the nation running smoothly.

Obama's weak on foreign policy like Donald Trump is weak on self-promotion.

And as for this:

Why do you morons think we have not been invaded

Why would you assume we WOULD be invaded? If China invades, they spend a remarkable amount of money to try to get back the money they've already invested. It'd be an incredibly stupid move on China's part to invade, regardless of whomever the leaders of the country might be. There's nothing to gain from it. It's your paranoid fantasies that drain our budget trying to fight against ghosts and goblins that have our country bankrupt, and have made us have to borrow from China in the first place.

Romney and the Vietnam War

1965: Mitt Romney protests in favor of the Vietnam War and draft.

1965-1969: Applied for and received 4 (four) draft deferments. Apparently he was cycling around Spain handing out religious literature.

1994- Romney quote: "It was not my desire to go off and serve in Vietnam, but nor did I take any actions to remove myself from the pool of young men who were eligible for the draft."

Yeah, he only "removed" himself from the United States.

2007- Romney quote: "I longed in many respects to actually be in Vietnam and be representing our country there, and in some ways it was frustrating not to feel like I was there as part of the troops that were fighting in Vietnam."

Huh...so Romney "longed to be in Vietnam"...apparently he didn't "long" hard enough....

...apparently...

Unhappy-1583758

Thanks for proving that the very Republicans who claim that Obama didn't keep his promise to close Guantanamo, are the same hypocrites who block the attempt.

At an alarming $165 million, the size of this request is unprecedented,

let's see, in FY2011 (July 1, 2010 - June 30, 2011), SCDC (the state adult prison system in South Carolina) expended $336.6 million. Cost to build a 1,500-bed high security institution - $141 million.

Sens. Richard Shelby (R-AL), Jeff Sessions (R-AL),

$462.5 million - total cost of prisons in AL

yeah, $165 million is really out of this world when you look for an excuse to be outraged, and to say "no."

h engbers

what will happen to the USA if Obama gets to do the gutting of our military that he is planning.

you mean the cuts that Paul Ryan voted for?

patriotfanforever,

Let's be clear. You have never been a Democrat. You have only been on this board for a couple weeks and every post you have made is so anti-Democratic, you make the likes of many right wing posters look like moderates!

You are completely entitled to post whatever you want, but come on, don't try to tell us you're a "life long Democrat". The fact that people can easily see through that smoke screen immediately takes away an credibility from your posts that you might otherwise get.

Do you really think anybody is buying that? Even if you were a Democrat who was very disappointed and disillusioned with Obama, you would not be on here posting like this so intently undemocratic, many times in such a short period. Nobody who has been a "life long Democrat" turns that far right without having a lobotomy!

I know Democrats who aren't all that happy with Obama, because he hasn't been able to push through enough of a Democratic agenda. They wish he had done better. But they are not about to completely abandon their principles and even remotely suggest that people should be supporting Romney instead.

I suggest you create a new persona and this time either come clean about what you represent or tailor your comments to a far more nuanced attempt to deceive us. I've read your posts and Mr. patriotfanforever, you're no Democrat.

bayllie,

you're wrong about the wars in both iraq and afghanistan. those wars did nothing more than take away our rights. president Bush, with an executive order recinded our writ of habeus corpis-this protects us from being arrested and thrown into jail without representation by council and a speedy trial. the patriot act was passed that allows the government to spy on us and arrest us without telling us why-to put us in jail forever if they choose without charging us. we lost a lot because of these wars.

we've had enough war!!!! to quote a famous musician, "how many deaths will it take til we know, that too many people have died?" how many americans need to die on foreign soil before we realize that the people in the middle east need to be left alone to resolve their own problems? they don't want us there, they don't need us there. as long as they know, and they DO know that if they use nuclear weapons, it will be the last thing they do. why do you think that for all the prosthesizing and chest pounding over the last fifty years that we have never had an actual nuclear attack? even north korea that is run by lunatic jr. has never set off a bomb? it is because they are crazy not suicidal.

romney said that the people on this planet look to the united states to lead-why do we have to lead with an uzi in our hands? why can't we lead by example with an olive branch and a dove? i know we have to help protect isreal and i would never suggest we turn our backs on them, but right now today, iran is on the verge of imploding because of the sanctions put upon it. their defiance is a smoke screen and they are not stupid enough to believe that if they were to attack isreal that there would be no reprisal. we wouldn't even have to step foot in their country. we have nuclear submarines that could level their country in an hour. they know that.

the terrorists are religious fanatics and romney believes that we should involve ourselves in trying to push our agenda, including that ideal of manifest destiny, pushing our way of life unto others who don't want it. it is beginning to look more and more like the radical right in this country is trying to start another crusade.

the last thing we need is another holy war. i wonder sometimes if the radical religious is deliberately trying to start a middle east world war so they can bring about the armageddon, because of their delusion that God is going to descend from the skies and save them.

i wouldn't vote for romney if he had a halo circling his head. i would just assume it was another right wing trick.

yeah, $165 million is really out of this world when you look for an excuse to be outraged, and to say "no."

Bayllie: You seemed to miss the point. OBAMA DIDN'T GET CONGRESS' APPROVAL TO BUY THIS PRISON. HE BASICALLY DISREGARDED CONGRESS( more evidence he doesn't know the difference between the legislative and executive branches....... hint SARAH).

In other words, He could have closed Quantanamo Bay and moved the prison somewhere else. And what's surprising is that the President has 165 million dollars to spend on ONE prison...... it's a little outrageous to me.

I don't really know what policy would be effective (if one exists) to pacify the muslim crazies in the middle east (and elsewhere) but going around groveling and constantly apologizing certainly isn't it.

Perhaps we can learn from those muslim countries in the middle east that had some semblance of calm, but we would see that those countries maintained this calm by employing an iron fist.

Chef Darrell,

Obama inherited a $1.3 trillion deficit and an economy shrinking at 8.5% (4th Qtr 2008). To cut deficits in time of such economic deterioration would have been exactly the worst thing anyone could have done.

To stimulate economic growth is what every single President since Hoover has done in the face of a recession. Every single one. It is the only way to end the recession quickly and Obama did it with little help from the plotting, obstructionist Republicans ending the recession by Summer 2009.

While the stimulus worked to quickly end downturn, Republicans badmouthed stimulus thus undermining consumer confidence which is a big variable in quick recoveries.

A 2nd round of stimulus as proposed by Obama and blocked by House republicans in 2010 would have spurred US economic growth back to 3-4% which would have rapidly reduced unemployment and as a result, increased tax revenues. Budget deficits would have been reduced quickly and cutbacks in government spending in a fuller employment, expanding economy would not have hurt economic growth much.

Tea Party and Republicans slowed the recovery. They prolonged the suffering of the unemployed. They deserve a pink slip from the American voter. They've earned it.

OBAMA and Democratic Congress 2012...............For America's future.

alessa

bayllie,

you're wrong about the wars in both iraq and afghanistan. those wars did nothing more than take away our rights.

I'm not excusing the wars. I am simply pointing out that war-happy hypocrites like Romney love to start wars while sending other people's kids to fight them.

Amanda, just responding to the comments of Mr. Mitt Romney. You can see where I stand on religion by going to my profile. I still stand by my statements. American style culture, religion or democracy will never work in the Middle East.

Unhappy-1583758

Bayllie: You seemed to miss the point.

no, I'm not missing the point and again, thanks for pointing out why Obama did not close Guantanamo. Every time a rightie posts it as Obama's broken promise, I will direct them to your post that nicely lists all the Republican hypocrites that block the attempt.

OBAMA DIDN'T GET CONGRESS' APPROVAL TO BUY THIS PRISON. HE BASICALLY DISREGARDED CONGRESS

( more evidence he doesn't know the difference between the legislative and executive branches....... hint SARAH).

The federal Bureau of Prisons has the authority to make the purchase of the unused state prison in Thomson, Ill. You need to school yourself on that.

unusual but not illegal.

Let me guess, you get your info from Fox News like sources....

Mitt Romney's military policy: ensure that no other nation or extranational group will dare to oppose the agenda, interests, or values of the United States government out of fear that if they do, they will suffer violent, destructive reprisal.

That's not a new idea. It used to be called imperialism. Or tyranny. Today, it's called terrorism if it's a non-state entity doing it and neoconservatism if it's done by a government. In any case, it's a policy that writes off our ability to ever improve our standing in the opinion of the world and to instead make that irrelevant. It is an arrogrant approach, and very dangerous.

Obama inherited a $1.3 trillion deficit and an economy shrinking at 8.5% (4th Qtr 2008). To cut deficits in time of such economic deterioration would have been exactly the worst thing anyone could have done.

4th qtr 2008 was from July-Sep 2008 (assuming you're talking fiscal calendar)...before the election....so why then did Obama promise to reduce the deficit?

While the stimulus worked to quickly end downturn, Republicans badmouthed stimulus thus undermining consumer confidence which is a big variable in quick recoveries.

Ahhh yes, it's the republicans fault. The republicans weren't the ones who kept promising to rebuild the infrastructure, that was Obama. What part of the stimulus went to those (shovel ready) tax generating jobs? The republicans were, however, the ones cut out of the healthcare reform that took up the first 2 years of Obama's term. You remember, the plan that we had to pass to find out what was in it?

Had the president been more of a leader and less of a finger-pointing divider, we wouldn't even be discussing Romney's name.

A 2nd round of stimulus as proposed by Obama and blocked by House republicans in 2010 would have spurred US economic growth back to 3-4% which would have rapidly reduced unemployment and as a result, increased tax revenues

PAYGO rears its ugly head again. Obama signed it in 2010, but later proposed a big ol' unfunded stimulus before the ink was dry? And he is the "smartest guy in the room"?

BO 2012

The DO NOTHING GOP always VOTED "NO" to create JOBS!!!...

You're a bit misguided here on what the votes were for & who voted for what.

Sep 12__S.3457____Veterans Jobs Corps Act, S.Amdt.2789 --- NO

Last vote on the Amendment was "On the Motion to Proceed S. 3457". Reid, the Democrat leader, has not brought it up for a final vote. Majority of Dems & Rep voted yes to proceed.

Jul 17__S.3364____Bring Jobs Home Act --- NO

This was a vote on “cloture”, which means to end debate so that an up-or-down vote can be taken. All but 5 Republicans voted no on ending the debate.

Jul 11__S.2237____Small Business Jobs and Tax Relief Act --- NO

This particular action was a vote on Reid's ammendment which was voted overwhelming NO by both parties. 80 rejected. Last action was on July 12th, another vote on “cloture”. Again, all but 4 Rep & 2 democrats voted no.

Jun 29__S.2237____Small Business Jobs and Tax Relief Act --- NO

Exact same bill as above. There was no vote on Jun 29th on this bill.

Jun 5___S.3240____Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012 --- NO

Bill Passed with 16 Rep voting Yes.

Dec 15__H.R.3630__Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011 --- NO

This bill was introduced in the House by a Republican!!! Passed by the majority of Rep & Dems.

Enough of your non-sense, you don't even know who friggin introduced the bills in the first place, let alone who voted for them or against them. Go back and do your homework...

clb,

The last Veterans jobs bill is still sitting waiting to be voted on and leaving many Vets uncovered for the almost 3 months that the republicans went home to campaign. Screw the Vets. but be sure to get re-elected.

Just like the Farm Bill that is sitting there and the farmers are not covered for corp insurance, crop subsidies etc. during this time so that the republicans can do Nothing. Do Nothing. The Huffington Press and Wall Street Journals have indicated that this House has produced and acted on the least legislation of any House in US history. So I did my homework and I get the A and you get the D or F!

Take your pick!

Unhappy, Thank God we had all those Democrats there to block the removal of all these regulations that will protect Americans from the excesses of big corporate America.

saying Monday that the threat of conflict in the Middle East is greater than it was four years ago.

The further destabilizing in the Middle east began in 2003. Romney can say whatever he wants, but I was there. After we got rid of our lap dog Saddam, Iran and other groups became free to run amok.

This started long before Obama took office. The Bush self proclaimed Holy Crusade is what put us in this position we are seeing now with Iran.

When you kill the babysitter, the children are free to wreak havoc.

Unhappy, Thank God we had all those Democrats there to block the removal of all these regulations that will protect Americans from the excesses of big corporate America.

Clwyd: Yeah.... that's why corporate America has to keep on sending our jobs oversees, right? So next time you see someone unemployed you can say "Thank God for all those Democrats!"

The federal Bureau of Prisons has the authority to make the purchase of the unused state prison in Thomson, Ill. You need to school yourself on that.

unusual but not illegal.

Bayllie: Despite what you might think, that looks very bad for the President. I find it odd that the only place he can move the prisoners to is his home state of Illinois. Second, we all know that the President did indeed stomp all over the rights of the 9/11 victims when he did that. Third, we all know he did it while going against Congress. Fourth, the person responsible for the Federal Bureau of Prisons is none other than Eric Holder( appointed by Obama)which was questioned during that ATF gunwalking scandal. Seems to me like the President is so corrupt that he is even into the Justice system when the DOJ claimed that those allegations were false.

Yet, we constantly hear on MSNBC about the president's transparency......... This looks like the media is protecting him more than you realize. This has nothing to do with Fox News....... I don't even watch Fox news..... but the fact that you keep bringing up Fox news makes we want to believe that you have nothing to defend the President with.

You need to stop drinking the Kool-Aid.

"It is the responsibility of our president to use America's great power to shape history — not to lead from behind, leaving our destiny at the mercy of events," Romney said.

Call it a gut feeling, but somehow I don't get the sense that our Founding Fathers would agree. George Washington and a slew of others warned us about getting involved in foreign entanglements. Funny, I don't see anywhere in the Constitution anything mandating that we MUST be the world's daycare provider.

Unstable mideast is exactly what Romney wants, isn't it?

Citizen Romney vacillates between an inept analysis ("But when we look at the Middle East today … it is clear that the risk of conflict in the region is higher now than when the president took office.") and outright illegal arms trade ("Romney said he would 'identify and organize those members of the opposition who share our values' in Syria, and arm them.")

And Sidekick Ryan thinks that concept of "foreign policy" is "what leadership looks like"???

All that's missing is John McCain singing "Bomb-bomb-bomb, bomb-bomb Iran" in the background to complete a tableau that's a recipe for greater instability and ensuing disaster.

Unhappy,

Why not ask Mitt how many jobs he sent overseas for Bain and how much was the profits that were gained by him. Greed does that to you. Ask why we were losing 750,000 jobs a month when bush left office and we are now gaining 160,000 to 200,000 a month! 4.6 million jobs gained with Obama and over 7,000,000 lost by bush in the last year and a half of his term!

The demolabrats are crying about the prospect of another war as they prefer the Syrians die whole-sale. What is strange is how they supported obama circumventing a congressional vote to kill Libyians. Yea yea yea I heard it already " there were no boots on the ground '', however; mass death and destruction resulted in obama's UNCONSTITUTIONAL WAR against Libyia. Unless we are now dictated to by the UN congress members should have held the inept fool obama accountable.

This speech was disappointing. I expected more fire in his speech than a version of how Bush handled the middle east. This situation is a very bad reminder of the Nixon years when no matter how much the American people wanted our troops to come home immediately but we were stuck there because "powers that be" wanted us there regardless of the will of the people. Obama will not let us just leave the middle east pretending that we have FRIENDS there. Romney also says we have to stay there pretending that we have FRIENDS in the middle east. To be honest that speech was a downer. I want an ALL or NOTHING response. We either go to war which is total commitment and America agenda oriented or we have Peace which means we leave TODAY, lock, stalk and barrel. Here sadly Romney showed that he has the same blind spot as Obama. The closest thing to a friend in the middle east is Israel. Everyone hates us. When will America get it. If someone kept hurting me and spitting on me I would get the message that he/ she is not my friend. Why do politicians say someone is a friend who continually hurts us. Only politicians can turn an "open Shut" issue into a muddy mess.

I get it now, it makes perfect sense! Romney understands that what rescued our economy from the Great Depression was WW2, so to rescue our so-so economy now, he's going to start WW3!

Let's start with Syria & Iran, then maybe move on to Pakistan when our "friends" in power there finally lose control of the hostile Islamic population that hates our guts and burns our flag. Let's not forget North Korea.

A front line in the Middle East and another one in Asia-Pac. It will be almost like the good old days!

I marvel at the arrogance of this guy who’s only foreign policy experience is pissing off world leaders from Britain to Israel…………. People better wake up soon, Romney is an empty shirt with lots of corporate money backing him up; he has absolutely nothing positive to offer the American people………..

If Romney and his Republican war monger backers get their way, I fear instead of America being the trusted leader of the world; it will be transformed into a corporate dictatorship dispised by the world......

Ahh incorrect Big Al in LV

He does know how to stash his personal funds in foreign countries to avoid taxes. So he at least knows how to manipulate the system to his favor. But imagine if he was as rude to Foreign Leaders as he was to the Moderator the other night----that could not end well!

And his latest speech takes the cake/with icing---the one whereby he disses the Q&A session with kids because he doesn't have time to deal with children.

Yeeah he sure would be a great leader huh. He disses the kids because he doesn't have time for them while hiding funds over seas to avoid the American Way!!!!!!!!

All Rom is is that of a rich man who still wants to make his daddy happy while disrespecting any and everyone who gets in his way! Over all he is still a little boy in a business suit playing games. Unfortunately Monopoly is just a board game; yet he lost the Scottie while trying to get ahead.

I remeber that bill Clinton's gutting of the military and Intelligence led up to 911. likewise Owebama's follied plans to gut the military will spell another such terrorist attack on us. It has nothing to do with an international nanny state. We must be strong or face the consequences.

The only thing Right about Mitt Romney is his ability to lean waaaaaaay right when he's talking to those he "hopes" to get donations from; like his 47% Dinner. But when "Debate Romney" shows up, he's the "Moderate Mitt." Romney is either a Chameleon, a Liar or Schizophrenic. Which is it?

Romney and Foreign Policy should not be used in the same sentence. Remember his self-imposed "World Tour" disaster in August? He went around pissing off every country he visited--the first stop being the London Olympics. And Mitt's "Therapy" horse? Mitt has NO SHAME.

Mitt said: "I'll increase Defense Spending." And, "I'll ARM Syria." And, "I'll stand up to Russia." You Go Boy! Mitt doesn't have a clue let alone a "Foreign Policy." Nitt Witt Mitt just talks down President Obama, who, by the way, DID what the Repub's under Bush COULDN'T do. Or, WOULDN'T do is more like it.

Mitt "thinks" he aced the first debate--but lies don't count, Mitt. Poor Mitt doesn't even realize he cast his die-and that his "Shapeshifting" days are numbered.

Let me make one thing clear to all my fellow commentators, liberal and conservative, on this vine: this is not 1980. In 1980, America was threatened (psychologically, not physically) by both Islamic fundamentalists and Communist incursions in Afghanistan and Latin America. We were in the midst of the Cold War but also with an Islamic fundamentalist twist. Now, we are not faced by a single monolithic nation or alliance that sought our destruction; we are faced by a number of enemies, all of them relatively tiny, all of them based somehow on religion or history. What we did immediately after 9/11 was a mistake; we should not have invaded Iraq based on rumors about WMDs or blitzed Afghanistan because of their Taliban-led government. We should have gotten a coalition of allies and respected nations to rethink our policy in the Middle East, taken a united effort to fight off terrorists, and seek a "reset" of our relations with our Middle Eastern counterparts. We also should not have discarded some of our most cherished freedoms (I'm talking about YOU, "Patriot" Act) in the name of security, even though security does have a price. What Romney is proposing is practically nothing new: he proposes to tighten economic sanctions on Iran, even though Obama has already done that to great effect; he proposes to express support for Israel, even though Obama has already done that. Romney essentially has no foreign policy; all of his ideas have either already been done or a rehash of the Bush policies (more unilateralism, more defense spending, feeding the military-industrial complex, etc). My fellow Americans, if you want to go back to the Bush administration and its unilateral bull@!$%#, by all means vote for Mitt Romney. Now, if you want a shot, not a very big one but one nonetheless, to dramatically alter American foreign policy and reverse course from the imperialistic policies of the past half-century, you HAVE to vote for Obama. At least he opposes acting like an armed and drunk Texas cowboy...

OBAMA BIDEN 2012

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I see you are changing your story. You go from

OBAMA DIDN'T GET CONGRESS' APPROVAL TO BUY THIS PRISON. HE BASICALLY DISREGARDED CONGRESS

( more evidence he doesn't know the difference between the legislative and executive branches....... hint SARAH).

to

Bayllie: Despite what you might think, that looks very bad for the President.

huge difference since originally you were implying Obama disregarded Congress.

Again, he does not need Congress' approval as you first stated.

Does it look bad? No. I wrote it's "unusual" because it is always easier to "ask Congress for permission" because if president doesn't, Congress can make the entire process difficult.

But we don't have to worry about the Congressional Republicans making Obama's life difficult, do we? They have been doing it since the evening of January 20, 2009.

I find it odd that the only place he can move the prisoners to is his home state of Illinois.

That wasn't the plan from day one - but you seem to forget that the reason it never happened is because he whole process was blocked by those who criticize Obama for not keeping his promise. CAN YOU SAY HYPOCRITES? They want it both ways.

what did you expect? When then-candidate Obama stated he was going to close Gitmo, what did everyone think was going to happen? Kill the prisoners? Release them? Or move them to a prison on a US soil?

Everyone knew that. So please don't act like you are surprised!

Second, we all know that the President did indeed stomp all over the rights of the 9/11 victims when he did that.

That's such a bullsh*t. You wrote 100 families oppose it. 3000 people died on 9/11 so let's assume 3000 families lost someone. You will always have people who opposed something. And to write that Obama is "stomping" all over rights of the 9/11 victims is crap. There are plenty of 9/11 fmilies who oppose the “island outside the law” where terrorism suspects could be detained without process and interrogated without restraint. Guantanamo has been a catastrophic failure on every front. It brings no closure. People are detained without any kind of process to either convict them or release them.

Gitmo is a failure. PERIOD. It's time to convict those who are responsible for the deaths of American citizens. Keeping them locked up without finding the truth if some or all are even involved is pointless and is against everything this country's Constitution stands for - even for those who were born elsewhere.

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Clwyd: Yeah.... that's why corporate America has to keep on sending our jobs oversees, right?

you seem to comment on topics you have no clue about. Corporations offshore jobs because labor is cheap (not cheaper -CHEAP) in other countries, they don't have to pay taxes - sometimes ever if they play their cards right, and they get to expense out the cost of moving their opperation elsewhere.

The current tax code rewards all that - something that need to be fixed. And even though baby steps were attempted to be taken, the Republicans keep blocking the small changes in our tax code. Why not reward companies for bringing jobs back? Why not reduce their taxes?

The corporate America offshores jobs for one reason: PROFIT. They want to rake profits of 2012 but want cheap labor of 1912. On top of that, while they don't want to pay US wages, they want the US consumers to pay the top price to pay for the Chinese crap.

If you want to be supportive of the orporations' right to make profit, go to your boss tomorrow and tell him/her that you are willing to give up your OT, holidays, vacations, breaks, health insurance, etc. Otherwise you are part of the problem why corporations offshore jobs.

As his recent remarks only serve to remind us, Citizen Romney's "grasp" of foreign policy exceeds his reach.

BY A LOT!

Citizen Romney would be almost as great a detriment to America's interests abroad as he would at home.

@jahmekan - Great reponse to the guy "That voted Democrat" not!

@Mike,

Clever rhyming poem by Chris D. but he doesn't have the facts right. war on women? war on America? REALLY? Pres. Bush signed the initial TARP and I think we would be in worse shape otherwise. If you want to be mad at someone about that then I guess you can be mad at Pres. Bush but things were spinning out of control. Pres.- elect Obama did ask him to sign for additional funds so Pres. Bush may have signed it but with Pres. Obama's full support, of course. In the end when the ratings agencies are not correctly rating investment instruments, you're going to have a disaster. Pres. Bush said he would do it again when asked 2 years ago.

Of course, very few people, DEMO or REPUB know that Pres. Bush signed TARP into law because the REPUBS managed to convince so many people that it was the Dems who did the bailing out.

@jackstraw

"Hey Mike ..... Vietnam was a farce, and so are you".

What a fool. You call Vietnam a "farce" and one of our Veterans a "farce". These were all young men who answered the call of duty, for their country. YOU disgrace / disrespect the survivors, the dead, and wounded who all afforded YOU the opportunity to sit at your computer in complete disregard for anything. So, what war did you serve in for your country?

You are pathetic and shameful. You are not even worthy to say his name. BTW, does your parents know you are on the computer?

Thank you to all who served! Semper Fi

I just saw another clip of Romney saying something at that fund raiser, that he is now contradicting in his speech today. But, you know, the most remarkable thing about the clip is that the donors between the camera and him are completely busy eating their dinner and are not giving Romney a single bit of their attention. It's almost like, "hey, sure, I'll pay you $10K for dinner, but that dinner better be good, because I don't give a crap what this buffoon has to say."

Choose a President who picks our battles, not goes charging into them. Romney wants to undo what Obama has done by sending more troops to the Middle East when Obama fought hard (stilling working hard) to get troops out.

We have enough nukes to destroy every continent on this planet but that's not what diplomacy is; it's not about who carries the bigger stick....

It's the 1960s all over again. We stuck our nose in where it didn't belong and it got chopped off. And now "The Man" wants to do it again. (Or at least he says he does thinking it will get him elected.) And he does realize I hope, that any weapons we give the rebels will be used against us some day. (Can you say Afghanistan?).

Sorry to disappoint you (Bev and friends).....but I am a veteran and still serving. Most of the folks here in the military ARE NOT wanting 4 more for 44.

He's also trying to take away our absentee ballots. Hmmmm. What do you say to that.

BTW....the other choice is not great either.