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Updated 6 p.m. ET -- President Barack Obama was set to announce broad goal of reinvigorating America's middle class during his second term at Tuesday's State of the Union address, calling it the "North Star" that guides policy making in Washington in the immediate future.
"A growing economy that creates good, middle-class jobs - that must be the North Star that guides our efforts," Obama would tell lawmakers in tonight's speech to a joint session of Congress, according to excerpts released by the White House. "Every day, we should ask ourselves three questions as a nation: How do we attract more jobs to our shores? How do we equip our people with the skills needed to do those jobs? And how do we make sure that hard work leads to a decent living?"
The top issues for Americans – jobs and the economy – were expected to be the central focus of Obama’s speech, the fourth formal State of the Union address he’s delivered since being elected in 2008. If the country’s struggles to emerge from a severe recession defined Obama’s first term, then the task of returning to the U.S. to a robust pace of growth was arguably the most urgent facing Obama as he enters his second term.
Obama’s remarks are expected to focus on how to best help the middle class, particularly through investments in programs. The president was set to tell lawmakers these new plans were "fully consistent" with their past budget agreements and that, more importantly, they would not worsen a ballooned federal deficit.
"Let me repeat - nothing I'm proposing tonight should increase our deficit by a single dime," Obama would say. "It's not a bigger government we need, but a smarter government that sets priorities and invests in broad-based growth."
The Cycle hosts and NBC's Luke Russert spin on the state of the union, what they expect to hear from the president, and their predictions on Rubio's rebuttal.
That emphasis comes against a spring budget battle between Obama and Republicans on Capitol Hill amid the looming threat of “sequester,” the automatic and swift spending cuts that the administration warns would cripple the economy and harm the national defense. The Jan. 1 fiscal cliff deal put off those cuts for two months, but Democrats and Republicans appear nowhere near a deal to avert the onset of those spending cuts in a few weeks.
“It's pretty clear to me that the sequester's going to go into effect,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Tuesday on Capitol Hill. “I have seen no evidence that the House plans to act on this matter before the end of the month.”
Related: At least four members of Congress already in seats for State of the Union
With the specter of sequestration hanging over tonight’s speech, Obama’s arguments on taxes, spending and entitlement reform will shape the contours of the fiscal fights in the weeks ahead. Perhaps the biggest open question heading into Tuesday’s speech was whether the president would be as forceful in making his case as he was during his second inaugural address. That speech – a liberal call to arms on the size of government, gay rights, immigration and beyond – was said by the administration to be intended to be paired with this State of the Union address.
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President Barack Obama speaks during an Armed Forces Farewell Tribute in honor of outgoing Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta at Joint Base Myer-Henderson in Arlington, Va., Feb. 8, 2013.
Indeed, elements of that inaugural address are sure to feature prominently in tonight’s speech before a joint session of Congress. Obama has made a comprehensive immigration reform law that provides a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants a centerpiece of his second term agenda. The administration has also pushed for tighter regulations on firearms as part of a broader effort to curb gun violence. The fate of those measures is less certain.
Related: From rock stars, to CEOs and gun victims – a diverse guest list for State of the Union
Foreign policy will receive its due time, too, in Obama’s speech. The president is expected to announce that about half of the troops currently remaining in Afghanistan would return to the U.S. within the next year. Obama will almost certainly address Tuesday’s nuclear weapon test by North Korea during tonight’s speech, as well.
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The American People are behind the President 100%!
Yes we are American Girl!
4 more for 44.
Amer Girl and Job1!
Yes, we are and will be standing with President Obama 100%!
Why can't a popular President run for a third term? Yes, We Should.
When Reagan was retiring in 1989, Republicans and even some DEMs argued for a change to the 22nd Amendment.
When Clinton was retiring in 2001, DEMS and even some Republicans argued for a third term for Clinton.
Recently Bill Clinton argued that the 22nd Amendment is outdated..but he quickly pointed out he was not arguing for his potential 3rd term. He won't even think about it.
But why can't we do away with the 22nd Amendment now.
Yes We Should.
I can't claim to speak for everyone (no one can- sorry American Girl), but I can speak for myself:
The world is your stage, Mr. President. Those of us who voted for you have given you a mandate.
Use it. Now.
Go big or stay home!
American Girl-724855
The American People are behind the President 100%!
Yes we are.
Little off topic Liberals,
MSNBC is reporting gun fight with Christopher Dorner now. Dorner said in his Manefisto, if we had gun control he wouldn't be doing this.
I agree.
American Girl-724855
Wow, I haven't heard a lie this big since Hillary Clinton blamed a terrorist attack on a "Youtube Video."
Are you friggin insane? Of course you are. Read your post.
I wonder if Obama learned anything from the prayer breakfast in how to give an epic speech.
BTW...how many times will he say 'fair share' tonight?
Beverly in Chicago:
Please, Please, Please tell me you're lying!
100%? Don't think so. Just not counting me will knock it off of 100%. Slightly delusional are we?
James-546195-1049965
The over/under on that and "balanced approach" is 25.
100 percent, trying to push his sorry butt out the door!
Umm, Bev, maybe you are 100% delusional.
The American people may be behind the president, but the president isn't behind the American people. He will tell everyone what they want to hear, then continue to ignore all of the problems facing the US. At best he will create another committee and call it good.
Well, one of the first things that Obama accomplished his second term, was Drone strikes on Americans, or hence "license to kill"
That shows you what his priorities are...
Beverly, if you believe that murderers are never liars and always follow laws, then you are a moron.
This is a violent sociopath.
I'm like, what?? Illegals getting drivers licenses?
Huh, Gov Quinn is one wacked out dude
Please, Please, Please tell me you're lying!
No, No, No, No, he has a valid point as troubled as he is! As I said before I don' condone his killings.
@John, Tucson, AZ
Umm, Bev, maybe you are 100% delusional.
John, I'm not a t-bagger. Check out Doner facebook friends.
What happened to the Drones? If he is isolated in the woods. Why are they being used. Why didn't Dorner kill the hostages?
Something's wrong!
The only delusional one, is Dorner!
It was reported, that in his manifesto, he did in fact say "that if the assault weapons ban was still in effect, none of this would be happening"....he was referencing Sen Feinsteins proposal.
Strange, I know, but Dorner knows he should not have had the ability to purchase such weaponry! Somehow, he supports gun control!
Chilled......What do you expect from left wing psycho's like Dorner?
Check out Ted Nugent delivering the gun nut response to Obama's speech:
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/02/12/the-state-of-the-bubble/192637
BTW: Nugent really did say everything that's in this cartoon. Makes ya proud to be an American.
PutAmericaFirst asks:
Not sure I understand your post, but......I'm not concerned about the political affiliation of mass murders/psychopaths! That's up to those who would try to evaluate them to determine why!
Was Dykes a RWNJ? Was Lanza a RWNJ?.....In either case, I don't know.....what we do know is that innocents were murdered.
I'm only concerned about their ability to kill on a massive scale!
The CEO of Apple is a guest of the President tonight. Apple paid a tax of 9.8% on their profits last year, they have $84 billion outside the country which they do not bring back so they can avoid US taxes, they do all of their manufacturing outside the US and yet he is being honored?
Well, this conversation started out nice - American Girl & Job 1, I wish you were right! but then the Haters moved in, aka The Trolls, aka, the ReThiglicans who don't seem to be FOR anything, just against everything that would have made for an interesting discussion.
Seems like they can't disagree without being bloody disagreeable.
It interests me that the very people who say that President Obama is divisive are precisely the same people who never have anything positive to offer, while he continues to try his best to find common ground.
Oh well.
FORWARD, MR. PRESIDENT - many of us appreciate your leadership! :-)
Here is the preview:
Fair Share will be used a lot. It will ignore the fact that the Rich pay far more in taxes for this country than most of Europe, nothing to note the top 5% pay essentially all the taxes.
Obama will say I, me, we, my administration while taking credit for anything good that has ever happened.
Obama will lay blame to everything bad that has ever happened on Bush or Congress. He will take no responsibility.
Obama will talk about investment, despite the fact that he's already had 12 Trillion dollars in "investment" since he took over, 5 Trillion of that in spending above the revenue generated. He will make no note of this, but try and convince you that throwing good money after bad is actually a viable strategy.
Obama will take about how the ACA has helped those with pre-existing conditions. He will ignore the fact that premiums are up over 2k instead of down 2500k like he promised. He will ignore that the IRS is estimating the base plan required to be 20k for a family. He will not mention that the premiums for those under the age of 30 are expected to increase by 87-145% while lowering payments to seniors who are wealthier. He will ignore the fact that even Elizabeth Warren is calling for a repeal of the 2.3% revenue tax on medical devices, what is essentially 10% of ACA funding. He will ignore the fact that exchanges won't be set up in time. And he will ignore the every increasing CBO estimates of cost for the program. But gosh darnit, a few Americans will get paid.
He will talk about equal opportunity, but every example he gives will be an example of non-equal outcome. He will ignore the fact that even with equal opportunity, some squander the opportunity while others work hard. But hell, buzzwords work on the simple minded.
He will talk about the evil tax breaks for the Oil Industry which are not actually tax breaks for Oil at all, but standard industry deductions not tied to any particular industry. The same with breaks for private planes. He will also fail to note that those two deductions equal about 5 billion over 10 years, a drop in the bucket. He also wont' mention how he was the one that asked for further tax breaks for favored industries like Hollywood in the BCA.
He will talk about a rational plan of equal spending to equal revenue, ignoring the fact that his last agreement had 41 dollars in revenue to every dollar in cut.
He will once again try and convince America that not spending money on the Iraq War after the drawdown counts as a spending cut no matter how many times the CBO corrects him in that they do not include war spending in baseline projections. But hell, his ignorant base will eat it up.
He will also again claim credit for the Iraq draw down, even though all he did was follow the Bush draw down plan.
I think I covered 80% of the speech, please go and enjoy other viewing options.
rachel-3673200
Beverly, if you believe that murderers are never liars and always follow laws, then you are a moron.
This is a violent sociopath.
rachel,
Of souse he's a nut. It doesn't take a genius to see that. But, just remember there are two sides to every story.
Don't tell me you forgot about Rodney King and O.J.???
Glen Rogers, O.J. Simpson, Nicole Brown Simpson confession: Serial killer says he killed O.J.'s ex
http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/national/glen-rogers-oj-simpson-nicole-brown-simpson-confession-serial-killer-says-he-killed-ojs-ex
Hey, there, babbling "lil michelle" "Priorities" is a pretty big word for you. Do you really know what it means?...When this argument was being fought 10 years ago, which side of the fence were you on?...Or can you remember? Apparently you just barf out whatever the latest nut-bag idiocy is, otherwise you would realize that it was your side that was wanting what you are so opposed to.
With only one brain cell, it's a shame how you waste it. You should spend your time on more appropriate pursuits....like figuring out the complexities of tic-tac-toe.
(If you are capable, please provide us with your documented and verifiable outrage against BushII when he was fighting for what you've been told to call it..."a licence to kill".)
Nazi see, nazi do.
WANT TO KNOW WHY LIBERAL MEDIA IS NOT treating Chris Dorner as the cop killer he is? He loves liberal media and Obama:
Chris Matthews, Joe Scarborough, Pat Harvey, Brian Williams, Soledad Obrien, Wolf Blitzer, Meredith Viera, Tavis Smiley, and Anderson Cooper, keep up the great work and follow Cronkite’s lead. I hold many of you in the same regard as Tom Brokaw and the late Peter Jennings.
Oh, also he hates the NRA and Republicans. Imagine Dorner being a gun-loving, NRA, Tea-Part member and think of the converge his story would receive and the need for extreme gun control coming from Doner's "heros."
Jesse -spot on! The drone issue needs to be taken out of the Presidents sole control. Only half our troops home from Afghanistan??? Why not all of them? Why not close some bases??
Obama hasn't accomplished anything but Obamacare, and no one knows the outcome of that on the economy yet.
"Read my lips"?
That was the first lie I recall as an adult coming from a Republican politician.
Want to bolster the middle class? Just do the opposite of what this president has done. Incentivize the business private sector rather than punishing them with higher taxes, more regulations, and higher costs due to ObamaCare and they will hire and expand helping both the lower and middle class find jobs and income too.
Do the same thing you have done the LAST four year and get the same result the NEXT four years of further failure.
I stand with American Girl 100%, she is Tops !!!
TO: ProBusiness who wrote:
I guess you don't recall, but we've already done that, which is how and why businesses are making record profits, and this is not new. American Workers salaries have been stagnant for some 10 years, fringe benefits for American Workers have also been stagnant.
In return for American Workers' patience in waiting for businesses to do the right thing for American Workers, the only thing we got back was a Republican call for the repeal of the minimum wage.
If businesses are going to do the right thing and begin to hire and give American Workers back our cost of living increases and our fringe benefits, then we could see light where we can trust them and give them our support, but so far all businesses have done for the American Workers is backstabbing.
Best MAN ......... to hit our white house ........... literally ............. in decades. NO doubt.
Republicans ........... worst thing to hit our congress ............. since shame and dishonor.
I am not behind Obama at all he is all wind and no substants. He spend more money than we the people can pay.....
Lil Michelle ...
Right ... drones have only been in use for the past 4 years ... good hell thing!
By the way, what are you today? An independent? A republican? Use democrats are tired of you stating you're one of us.
49% of Americans DID NOT give Mr. Obama a MANDATE to continue his Progressive spending.
What is Mr. Obama now with "North Star".....King of the Universe ?
SOTU speech:
There, now you will not be required to watch his speech tonight.
How do we attract more jobs to our shores? - lower taxes, less regulation, less government
How do we equip our people with the skills needed to do those jobs? - lower taxes, less regulation, less government
How do we make sure that hard work leads to a decent living? - lower taxes, less regulation, less government
What are the Odds on the number of times he will say;
"Let me be Clear" and "Make no Mistake"?
What? Imagine my surprise to not find documented, verifiable outrage from "lil michelle"...I guess she needs the extra time to figure out what "verifiable" means.
Good luck, "lil michelle". It is difficult to provide evidence when you are a filthy liar.
David Noah - that should make for a fun shot drink competition!
Thank you Ido, probably watch it anyhow though. lol Being historic and all.
President Obama, I have supported you in two elections.
However, I fear that you will ultimately put Wall Street before Main Street.
Please, prove me wrong...
Actually, I think we should go the other way. We have Presidents, even good and popular ones (not always the same) limited to two terms. How about term limits for Congress? Why can't we change out our representatives and senators after a couple terms -- say four terms for Congress and two for the Senate, then they no longer can run for Congress. Other than the issue of them working even harder to 'feather their nests' and grease up the revolving door into lobbying or the business world as a 'government relations executive' we'd be able to put some slight limit on the amount of damage they could do. Plus, there's always the chance we'd get some Congress-critters who were interested in doing something good for the entire nation's future instead of just their own. Count me in favor of keeping the 22nd Amendment, and adding Congress to it.
what is the murder rate of Chicago with Guns despite the gun ban? ya i thought so.
Interesting a guy who is having his personal war with the LAPD is screaming for gun control as he's using guns. And you wonder why there are conspiracy theorists out there that think this gun 'debate' is all perpetuated by the left and Hussein.
I agree Barry is the best man to hit the white house. After all he is blazing a path of glorious incompetence due to the far liberal che worshipping lefties
Yes, Mr. President, we need a growing middleclass to support your balanced approach of revenues and more revenues.
AmericanGirl: You are right we DID already do that in 2003 and led to an incredible expansion and growth of the economy until Democrats took over Congress in 2007 and stopped it leading to the economic collapse. Then Obama gets elected and continues the failed policies that the Democrats started in 2007 and we are we are now: stagnant and high unemployment.
Funny thing: Everytime you incentivize the business sector the economy grows. Every time you punish the business sector you get stagnant GDP growth and high unemployment. And Obama has punished the business sector and now have stagnant GDP growth and high unemployment. Surprise surprise surprise.
Speak for yourself. I'm tired of the lip service. Just like how he dismantled all those Bush policies concerning the bullsh!t "war on terror," right? NDAA authorization, drone strikes that are killing innocent people in foreign countries and the ability to wiretap you without a warrant. All these are still being done under Obama.
You people that criticized the Bush administration (as well as me) that did a complete 180 with a man doing the same things; piss off with you. You're nothing but political tools.
Somebody doesn't know what bubbles are. Peter Schiff would like a word with you.
I don't want any more of his help
My wife's take home pay is $60.00 Less as of January 1. $30.00 from the return of the full rate SS Tax and $30 more in federal taxes.
Last time I checked someone making $38,000 - $41,000 per year isn't the super rich.
I see on here nothing but the same old suspect posters praising what a good job he is doing and how he is saving the middle class.
I guess helping us means beating us even harder!
"Let me repeat - nothing I'm proposing tonight should increase our deficit by a single dime," Obama would say. So, he really expects us to believe that he is proposing a balanced budget? Or, as they say, if it sounds too good to be true, it usually is. And, that's been the case with everything this liar has said.
Ranman: I can see you don't like to look at facts but the Bush Tax Cuts both grew the economy AND tax revenue. Yes, there was a bubble but we don't need to get into why (Hint: Barney Frank and the Democrats caused a great deal of that and is well documented but that is for another discussion).
But you can't grow the economy by threatening higher taxes and that's what the Democrats did when they took over Congress in 2007. When they made it clear the tax cuts would not be extended businesses react negatively. Democrats caused the business confidence decline.
But facts are to liberals what sunlight is to Dracula - I think it burns their eyes.
Obama creating programs for middle class jobs.........
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More government jobs for incompetent minority workers, Mr Prez?
Why can't a popular President run for a third term?
I know you liberals don't like to hear this, but we have this thing called a constitution. Besides, term limits stop us from having a dictator, like you libs would like to let obama be.
Personally I don't like the love he's given the middle class. My family isn't better off than we were when he started his first term, we're worse off. So I really don't want anymore of his 'middle class' love.
Ranman
The "bubble" was housing which started in 1977 with the CRA. The CRA was given real teeth in 1999 (Graham-Leachy-Bililey financial reform act - added in a compromise to get democrats to vote for repealing provision 2 of Glass-Steagall). Before 1999, The communities had to approach the federal government with a complaint or a class action suit. After 1999, the federal government now was pressuring banks to make loans to unqualified people.
If you track housing, that was the beginning of the bubble was 1999, not the Bush tax cuts.
Mr President, Sir; Many Men, Women, and Children are huddled in various areas of the country tonight. Many are homeless. Those who aren't are mostly behind on their obligations. They are angry and confused, but mostly, afraid, and without hope. The vast majority don't trust republicans to help them. They look to you, yet, with fear of the strength of your resolve, afraid to hope, afraid of fading words that seem never to bring relieving sustenance. They have suffered a while now. They ask only a fair chance. They wait. With great anxiety they will listen. A way, just a way, a way to labor for the reward of relief. Good people Sir. Good people. May the burden of their hurt temper the nuance of your words, and the resolve of your heart. My President Sir!
*yawn. Keep humping those legs you libs. You live in a dream world that exists in your own wet dreams.
A bunch of rhetorical, blah blah, nonsense will occur while those who were so small-minded to fall for it will sit dutifully by their tv tonite, drooling, mesmerized with a thousand yard stare. So let the feeding begin! And don't forget to blame each and every woe on former presidents who aren't here to defend themselves so as to keep the blame off your elected 'savior' who has simultaneously been driving this country into unprecedented debt that we'll never recover from.
Bev,
No gun control law would have kept guns from Dorner. This is a perfect and tragic example of how the mental health system in this country fails.
Forget new gun laws. Economic prosperity, enforcement of existing laws and a good hard look at our mental health institutions will reduce or prevent crazy violence.
One of the men arrested for murdering Hadila was out violating his probation on gun charges. Rahm needs to find a way to keep the gang bangers in jail. No one takes the laws seriously and then people die.
Candice,
The state is already looking at NO early releases.... They MUST serve their full sentence.
We need to keep weapons out of the hands of people like Dorner. Start with a weapons ban for all military and law enforcement personnel.
The President - has a unique opportunity - to come clean with the people of America - admit he doesn't really know how to get the jobs and economy heading toward prosperity - as seen by his 4 plus years in office
Quit playing the excuses and blame record - and get serious with the people about a real proven plan to restore jobs, the economy and faith in our leadership
Otherwise - he's just blowing more of the same and we'll continue - to get the same failed results
More Obama mouth sh**it...he says anything on the teleprompter put up by his pollsters after they decide what the American people want to hear. This guy is about as genuine as an alligator wallet from the Gobi desert. America, we have spent our children's and grandchildren's future...and this guy along with congress both dems and repubs have been having one he**ll of a party. Anyone hear the piper in the distance? Take out your earplugs...it's the tune he plays while the sucking sound of inflation drains the lifeblood of a nation.
Feisty,
They should have implemented serving full terms/no early releases a long time ago. The one on probation is 23 years old with three convictions! Why was he on the street? Because we can't afford to keep them all in jail.
For all the money wasted in this state, I think most of us wouldn't mind paying a little more for permanent housing - 4 by 6 rooms - for the gangs killing the children.
I must say this for POTUS I have not seen someone use so many words to say absolutely nothing. But I am pretty sure you could use the contents of his speech to fertilize every square inch of america for the next year including Death Valley and turn it green.
The promotion of rewards and special treatment for immigration lawbreaking is morally reprehensible and counterproductive to economic growth. ILLEGALS are a catastrophic drain upon American taxpayer resources! For the middle class and poorer Americans, it is most harmful and devastates job opportunities and jeopardizes living wages.
A GOVERNMENT WHICH REFUSES TO ENFORCE ITS OWN LAWS IS INTOLERABLE!
So the plan is to give illegal immigrants $9 an hour jobs in manufacturing, that we spend billions of taxpayer dollars to create? Really, this is the plan? Spend billions, by raising new taxes, to create low paying jobs?
You have got to be kidding me. Worst plan ever!
President Obama gave a fantastic "State of the Union" address.
Some of his best statements:
- Only cutting Social Security and Medicare is a bad idea.
- Health care payments should be based on the quality of patient care.
- We should not violate a secure retirement.
- We should keep the promises that we have made.
- Tax loopholes do not promote growth.
- Deficit Reduction is not an economic plan.
- The above GOP position is not the guiding "North Star."
- We should have tax reform that brings jobs back to the U.S.
- A quality Pre-Kindergarten education should be made available to all children in this country.
- The Violence Against Women Act passed the Senate chamber.
- We will eliminate the Al Qaeda risk and get out of Afghanistan!
- Of the last 100 years, during the last 15 years, 12 of those years have recorded the highest earth temperatures.
- We must address the pattern of extreme weather changes.
- Green Energy will make us less energy dependent.
- We cannot drift from one manufactured crises to another.
- Every citizen should have the right to vote.
- From our elected officials, all of the victims of gun violence deserve a vote from them.
Obama should be applauded! In the face of unpatriotic and vehement GOP obstruction, our president is committed to unraveling the Republicans' wrecking of America and of her people.
At President Obama said, "Let's Get the Job Done!"
Another reason we need to have better Mental Heath care:
From the piggy: "Why can't a popular President run for a third term? Yes, We Should"
SHE ACTUALLY MENT IT!!!
And no... the "American people" are NOT behind that racist 100%... only the 47% are actually behind him...
Sadden American,
What has President Obama said that motivates you to call him a racist?
On November 6, 2012, an enlightened electorate allowed Obama, to "coast" to victory.
What do you think about naming every November 6th, VW day...Victory in Washington!
The 47% includes our elderly, the infirmed, the working poor and many struggling middle class people.
Guess what? If you add 47 + 52, you get the 99%.
Romney was only concerned about the 1%.
What were Romney's plans for the 52%? Mitt's goals for the majority of our citizens were not good.
Whenever, he was asked about his "economic agenda" his favorite "fall back" line was:
"The math is too complicated to explain."
The American people did not want a president who could not tell the truth and who flip-flopped more than a goldfish.
Yup, more promises to the gullible and naive,commonly referred to as the Democratic base,(every used car salesmans dream), and he PROMISES to get right on 'em,.......... right after he fullfills the rest of the promises he's already made.......and he gets back from his vacation...........and his golf game..........and..........
American girl said,
"The American People are behind the President 100%!"
Might want to read this ...
Poll: Americans Don't Really Like the Job Obama's Doing
By Susan Jones
The Gallup poll shows that Obama's lowest approval rating is 31 percent, for his handling of the federal budget deficit. Only 39 percent approve of the way he's handling the economy. And the economy is expected to be a main topic of discussion Tuesday night.
Obama's Job Approval on 9 Issues:
National defense - 53% Approve, 44% Disapprove
Foreign affairs - 46% Approve, 48% Disapprove
Immigration - 46% Approve, 48% Disapprove
Energy policy - 44% Approve, 46% Disapprove
Gun policy - 42% Approve, 54% Disapprove
Taxes - 41% Approve, 57% Disapprove
the economy - 39% Approve, 60% Disapprove
Middle East: Israelis/Palestinians - 36% Approve, 55% Disapprove
The federal budget deficit - 31% Approve, 65% Disapprove
American girl...Another low information voter!!
"President Barack Obama was set to announce broad goal of reinvigorating America's middle class during his second term at Tuesday's State of the Union address, calling it the "North Star" that guides policy making in Washington in the immediate future."
Let's see now;
The Unemployment Rate is still higher now (7.9%) than in Bush's last full month in office (7.3% in December 2008).
The average middle class family has lost an average of 10% of their income ($5,000) since Obama took office.
The National Debt has increased by $6 Trillion in 4 years, and Obama projects another $4 Trillion in another 3.5 years.
Deficits have averaged $1.3 Trillion per year for the last 4 years (vs $251 Billion for Bush's 8 years).
There are fewer people working now than in December 2008 (Bush's last full month).
And Obama's answer is continued "MORE TAXES AND MORE SPENDING."
He must be a very slow learner.
J.D.,
"gullible and naïve?"
For 33 years, we have been waiting for the wealth to "trickle down." What is taking the rich so long to let the cash drip on Americans? More than likely, there are many middle class citizens who are sorry that they bought the GOP lie that "the market fixes everything and no to small government is the answer!" It was not too much regulating of Wall Street that caused America's economic collapse. It was that these kingfish were given the reigns to financially do whatever they wanted to do. If you are not in the 1%, you are to be pitied!
25Walker: Go out and earn your money just like the rest of us.....there is no need for anyone's money to "trickle down" just like the fools of the occupy movment, wealth should not be redistributed, go out get a job earn your money and invest it, in stocks, bonds, CD's what ever you like, invest it by opening a bussiness if you so choose, and if you earn a million dollars tell me something do you want to give 95% of it away to someone who has not worked as hard as you have?
I am not rich and never will be, but it is because of my choices in life, I have served 20 years in the military including 2 tours of combat and many other overseas tours. I have given my blood, sweat, and tears along with my brothers and sisters not for riches you can spend , but for the riches of living in a country where you can be anything you want as long as your willing to work hard and give 110% of yourself. Not because I was lazy and wanted someone else to work and give me their earnings.
Now I am in college to be a teacher and give more back, and teach yet more people that you are limited only by yourself. Will I be rich? not in money , but I will know that what I have done in life was for the better not just of myself, but others if they had the guts to take advantage of what they are given.
SO you and all the others on here, both left and right need to quit whining and blaming others for what goes on, be a man, or a woman and accept personal responsibility and give everything inside of you and you can reap your own rewards. It is time for you to grow up.
Innkeeper, you are among the blind - following the amorality of the right. You have grabbed onto their lie that Americans...the elderly, the infirmed, the poor and the struggling middle class are lazy!
Without any constitutional, economic or moral merit, the 1%, from a "stacked deck" deals. From the majority, the greedy withhold decent wages and decent jobs. They shirk their patriotic duty to pay taxes. They have deprived our treasury of billions of critically needed dollars.
Get real!
There is no need for 1% of the population to control all of the wealth.
the "fools" of the occupy movement came after the robbery committed on Wall Street.
Already, our wealth is redistributed - the money gushes straight to the very top.
...from you and the right, more wild assumptions - the "lefties" are lazy. Any fool that listens to you for "advice" deserves the misery that you will bring.
Have you earned one million dollars? Are you a licensed and registered investment banker?
Under the GOP, the majority will always have a difficult time obtaining fair economic opportunities. Under the Republicans - you and most Americans will never be rich.
I have served 20 years in the military
John Kerry is a military hero - he is a Democrat. Joe Biden's son serves in military combat zones.
The majority of working Americans give their blood, sweat and tears. What makes you so special?
When true Democracy works, this country can be filled with opportunities.
The greedy do not mind putting people to work - as long as they do not have to pay employees a fair wage.
Woe unto the hapless student that registers for your "class." Based on your narrow and ill-defined view of America, your students will certainly be mislead.
Your "post" is one BIG whine. Foolishly, you have blamed the disenfranchised for their plight.
It is time for you and the right to work with President Obama's forward platform, to move this country forward!
25Walker: Bad news for you John Kerry is part of the 1% you are griping about, as are many others of your Mighty Democrat Politicians, I don't see any of them doing a damn thing to readjust this "problem" betweeen you and them, and if your own leaders won't do it why should anyone else? Guess they do not lead by example they prefer to lead by trying to bully others. You may want to rethink who is misguided and mislead in this country you may find so many of the other side in a reenactment of a David Copperfield show, All smoke and mirrors.
And as for my students they will only be mislead if they can not think for themselves, if all they can do is listen to propaganda instead of collecting facts and making their own decisionsthen yes they will be. A teachers job is to show people how to use the tools of information and knowledge, not tell them what to think.
Just heard a summary on local radio. Stimulus money for jobs, more taxes, immigration, gun safety. Guess it is going to be pretty much sameo but, we will see what he has for details. Here's hoping he goes a bit more center. (crossing fingers)
Let's hope he has learned how to Lead - and bring this country together.
Obama simply cannot become something he has never been ... a world class leader ! He is still playing the class warfare game even after the election. I guess that means he will ignore existing laws and run again for a third term ! Billary will be so mad after the pact the reached !!
TO: Wyo2 who wrote:
You're not getting it, Republicans don't want to come together. Republicans want to go back to squeezing every penny, nickle and dime they can squeeze out of everyone's pockets, just like they did under the last Republican Administration that bankrupt the American People and destroyed the entire United States Economy.
Tell em girl.
I said it. I hate Democrats and Republicans and I stand in the middle. The last republican administration was 4+ yrs ago, and frankly I am sick of a President who can not take accountability for his actions, or non-actions. I am sick of the same old blood in Washington and think we need more independents in office that can work and play together - like 5 year old children. Obama does not surround his office with people who know how to jump start the economy, he is a community organizer with no accounting skills.
In Obama speak, "bolstering the middle class" = more Robin Hood taxation.
You're not getting it, Republicans don't want to come together.
Obama has succeeded in dividing this country along financial, racial, religious, gender lines more than any president before him. It's not the republicans that don't want to come together, it's this administration that's forcing us apart.
The Jobs bill......Obama will not let employers use E-Verify for these jobs to verify citizenship, so tax dollars are being used (that we don't have) to create jobs for illegal immigrants.
........................When will you help Americans?
Oh yes, blame & point fingers ad nauseum. The national debt has been driven up to levels that we will never recover from because your party of spend spend doesn't know how to fix the economy. Yes, things may give the appearance of 'getting better' but this is temporary. Then we will all pay for it! Your assumptions about repubs is ridiculous and shows how abysmally hypnotized you really are.
Alex m
Are you for real? As a 30 year Republican, I have changed to Independent. The teabaggs have killed ANY Respect the GOP had. And I'm Not alone. The games they are playing are going to destroy this country, and for What? A bunch of back hill rednecks that don't want ANY tax's. (but they must think the roads just appear, the military is FREE, the roads, schools,policemen and hospitals just appear out of...air)
These idiots have the House Republicans running scared. They should be scared, because in 2014 a LOT more of them will be Gone. Get a clue! The 1% & the Republicans have Duped you and you are to naive to notice. THEY don't care about you. You are just a minion to be used.
The ONLY Republicans that will be left standing in 2014 will be the ones who put WE THE PEOPLE before petty politics and work across the aisle. So far not to many will. And you believe their Lies. SAD
pro freedom lots of #
And the "party that got us into this mess" was MY OLD party. Run the country on credit. (Rumsfield) "Deficits don't matter (Cheney)
It's the Republican's job to be the check and balance to the policies of the President and Democrats. The President is supposed to be the leader that helps each side find common ground and compromise in such a way that his agenda might be pursued for the good of all Americans. All of the Americans that he is now supposed to be working for.
The drinking game at my house will be one shot of Jack each time the President chastises the Repubs. I'm guessing we'll be sloshed within the first 20 minutes. Too bad. I was looking forward to Rubio and Paul's response.
Wyo2: You are right that there needs to be more focus on getting work done in Washington. Enough of the petty games. Whether it is Independents, Democrats, or Republicans whoever is there making the choices needs to do just that: make decisions and get things done. We're sick of the partisan B.S., and we're pretty sure you are, too. Join us at nolabels.org/SOTU #fixnotfight
STOU address bingo: have a drink for the following words:
invest fair-share inherited stimulus me/my/I NRA tax-the-rich
If Ted Nugent is allowed in, I hope they do a full cavity search, given the nature of the threats he made against the President. Park a Secret Service agent next to him too.
Will he be wearing a suit or hunting camouflage?
Given how BIG of an @!$%# the Nuge
hasis, it could be very time consumingEither way, will he be wearing Depends under them?
Feisty, They should do a cavity search on you and look for a brain.
Feisty, They should do a cavity search on you and look for a brain.
Feisty reminds me of a catfish, all mouth and no brains!!!!!!!!
Nugent made no threats against the president, so give it a rest.
Apparently, the Secret Service disagreed with you...
Feisty, can you believe YouKiddinMe?...
......Kiddin should voice a complaint to the Secret Service.....
Nugent will have lots of Secret Eyes all over him this evening.........
Hey fisted...does obammacare pay for your KY?
Cavity search??? I hope whoever gets cursed with that task has haz-mat training!!!
This is a typical post by small government TeaPeople.......name-calling and focused on another adult intimate behavior!
have to forgive jr. ladies, a child ......... is ........ well.........just a child. Keep spankin 'em and thank you for EVERYONE of your posts!
Feisty is no worse than the people who buy Republican Party talking points hook, line, and sinker. She just does it in the opposite direction.
chilled
Sounds more like after dinner entertainment for LWNJs.
Apparently, the Secret Service disagreed with you...
If he had made a serious threat against the president, he'd be incarcerated right now. He isn't, so the SS doesn't back you up fiesty.
In fact there have been far more serious things said against the president on these boards alone than the nugent ever said.
Sorry Pal,
The Secret Service took it serious enough to investigate, no matter how many lame attempts at spinning it you post.
Didn't Mr. Crap himself also threaten to be dead or in jail by now?
And they have been reported to the proper authorities, thank you for following along... Judging from your comments, you can be expected a knock on the door any day now! ;o)
By all means, continue to defend a draft dodger (Nuge) whose only way out was to @!$%# himself for a week or so!
Speaks volumes for the character of the right wing these days.. lmao
Oh so, typical but never surprising!
The State of the Union is truly EXCELLENT.
President Obama has been a wonderful success. The economy is looking up. The DOW is over 14,000 again.
And you are still delusional!
So Obama took care of the rich. How about the little guy? We still have more people on unemployment than we did when he took office and wages are way down.
Pigotry,
Let see how the market does after his speech.
As president of Bizarroworld, he's doing an excellent job: unemployment is stuck and not improving, government is spending money faster than a New Jersey congressman in a Dominican whorehouse, economic growth is down around 1% and possibly slipping below even that, taxes are rising faster than Al Gore's Cayman Island bank balance.
If only you had a clue you would understand why the market has recovered.
Pig- you are becoming a bigger ball washer than Feisty. And just as delusional.
They bow at the altar of Obama's stupidity ! It has not worked for 4 years, but they keep bangin their heads up against the wall !
ONLY people that bang their heads are OBVIOUSLY republicans. Been doing it for DECADES!
Does "stupid party" ring a bell?
Does phony political THEATER ring a bell?
Does ONE AMERICAN political party infighting ring a "f"ing bell?
Pigotry is CLEARLY one of the people who would not pass a firearms background check.
She's INSANE!
Pigotry......have a shot of whiskey every time Obama uses the word "folks" and you'll continue to think he is doing a GREAT job. (how much are they paying you to support him?)
Pig- you're doing a great job too! A great job spreading your own propaganda and nonsense. I wonder how they tip you off when the next article like this comes forth so you can be first to post. How much do you get paid? Is there an application process?
Pro free????
Troll much? You an jim & onermail or are you all the same troll???Hummm!
And as far as anyone getting Paid...Jealous are you? Still living in Moms basement? I thought so.
hey praysalot- you accuse me and another of trolling... yet what is it you just did? HYPOCRITE
Wow, for one who supposedly 'prays a lot' you got a lot of work to do in that department, eh hypocrite?
Maybe you can enlighten us how you get paid to be an online azshole. Must not pay enough- your mouthwash 'aint working.
American girl, You need to put the crack pipe down.
Shut the "f" up kid. She has more brains than you will EVER have.
PIGOTRY,AMERICAN GIRL JOB1,CHILLED,BEVERLY IN CHICAGO,BALI BOB you are always way out but on this you are in a different world,alice in wonerland comes to mind
TO: Pigskin-3344532 who wrote:
And yet you were the one who lost the election, and we are the ones the majority of the American People agree with and because of that, we won the election.
and we are the ones the majority of the American People
You are the ones the majority of the people that voted agree with. A large percentage of conservatives didn't even vote because they didn't support romney. If republicans had had a REAL candidate, obama would've lost by a land slide.
There's a big difference there.
Don't bother trying to reason with the libbies- they're too lost in their own psychosis to be reached.
2012 United States Population: 313,847,465
250,342, 321 or 79.9% are voting age or older.
121,757,410 or 48.6% of the people old enough to vote bothered to vote.
62,615,406 or 25% of eligible voters voted for President Obama.
59,142,004 or 23.6% of eligible voters voted for Governor Romney.
25% is not a majority.
Hardly a mandate.
President Obama won with 25% of the vote.
Hardly a mandate
Fort Hood hero says Obama betrayed them: http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/fort-hood-hero-obama-betrayed-victims/story?id=18465024
Obama stands with covering up Islamic atrocities and terror attacks. Could it be that he wants to lie and say "none on his watch?"
So Does the News media they only bother with Gun control like the Pres. They never say a thing about the Islamic atrocties here and overseas WHY????????
Because they're ruled by the left-wing Islamic agenda of the prez, raised Muslim as he was?
Does it bother you, "rachel" that to express your heartfelt opinions, you have to become a filthy liar?
Lucky thing you are not a christian - they have a special place for filthy liars in their afterlife.
There are complicated legal issues with classifying it as a terrorist attack, which would make prosecuting the shooter more difficult. The Executive Branch can't change the laws. If Congress doesn't like it, then they need to take action so these people get the treatment they deserve.
TO: Shockedanddisgusted who wrote:
No way, are you kiddin? Bother who?
Hell, Republicans would prefer to be "filthy liars" than to either be broke, or pay taxes.
No problem!
I beginning to think that Hell is going to look like a giant teabagger rally.
What? No litter. No illegal drugs. No public urination or defication. No destruction of public or private property.
So I take it that american <lol> girl, shocked and re-elect all agree with screwing over our men and women that were wounded and/or killed during fort hood...
There are no complications in having a trial of the truth. He was a terrorist and should be put down like a terrorist. Playing these political games only hurts the victims... which is what's happening.
Shock go back to your OWS pup tent your pimp is calling you
And viknat chimes in with such intelligence...defending a filthy liar with old, inaccurate generalizations. Gosh...I am so surprised.
Nazis defending nazis. Say hello to your hero Adolf when you and rachel go to your special place in the hereafter.
How many times is he going to "lay out his agenda"? ROTFLMAO.... he is going to talk about creating jobs ( the last four years show he failed at that). Then he is going to tall about the economy and a strong middle-class (even Biden admitted they were worse off in the last four years) then he will blahhh blahh about education ( even though we spend more per capita than any other nation but now are ranked at 21), then some BS about making the world safer by not taking away our 2nd Amendment rights but by taking away guns. Then he will blame his complete an utter failure on someone else ( he may start with that) and probably cover "investing in our infrastructure" (code for funds for friends and unions).
This will all be followed by loud (canned) applause as the lil' dictator heads off for vacation on Air Force One. You would think after four years of this dog and pony show that even the liberals would start to wise up. I know that is a stretch but geez compare facts and reality to his speeches and you have to wake up.
Some of the peole are brain washed or brain dead to listen to his BS!!!!
Thanks, now I won't have to listen to his dribble. But who is he going to blame since Bush has been gone 4+ yrs now?
They will switch to blaming Rreagan .... even though he has been dead for quite some time himself ! LOL !!
Yeah, but don't think a Repub would do any better. It's all of them that do this S@#$.
Blame Reagan? They are still blaming Romney.
That's all he knows how to do - lay out his agenda.
It's like those people who are all planning but no action. They talk the big talk but can't walk the talk.
All You people who say you are 100% behind Obama he not going to give you a job in his Cabinet, so don't keep your hope UP.. You need to get a boot 100% behind the Congress and I hope you know where to put the BOOT. Get them off their high paid Butts and get them to approve a budget not for the President but the People. You know a Government of the people,by the people & for the people11 Not OBAMA
Typical. Obama will state an ambitious agenda then fail to follow through with his promises. He has followed that same pattern over and over and over again. Then he blames others for his own failure.
Do you hate America because you are delusional, or are you delusional because you hate America so much?
Apparently, "put..." you have no clue what congress is or has done. Perhaps you should ask for more information from those that are pumping the propaganda into your brain cell.
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The country is divided pretty much down the middle so how in hell you can make the claim the American peopleare behgind the POTUS 100% is beyond me. Then toss in another laugher about repealing the 22nd amendment to allow him a 2rd term. I bet that wouldnt even gain 30% of the approval from states to repeal. 2/3's are required to change the constitution. I figured I would point it out for some of oyu as it is clear you have no idea how it works.
This man sold himself as a center politician when he was elected in 2008 but he is anything but. As time goes on he has shown himself to be a partison liberal. And all he is doing is dividing this great country even more. He isnt alone and the other side isnt helping either I readily admit.
So tonight he will spew more of the same tired ideas that are not working and are only driving us into more debt. There are jobs out there but some people just will not lower their expectations and take a paying job and get back to work until they can find a better job. That is how things always worked in this country until the last 4 or 5 years. It's time many of those folks get up and take those jobs and get back to work.
And another laugher out of this man is people got a big surprise in their checks in the last month with the payroll tax break expiring. The lie of only people making over 200K, and then 400K being taxed more opened many peoples eyes up. And then just this past weekend while we are in the middle of a debt crisis the POTUS proposes a 1% pay increase for federal workers. So you will take from the middle clas by allowing the tax break to expire and essentially give it to the federal workers Mr. President??! Say it isnt so.
This man's approval rating and his handling of the economy has dropped in the polls as of late and it will continue to do so. Only the blindest of the blind will continue to think the man walks on water.
Carry on blind liberals.
Would you be so kind to share these polls with us, to back up your claim?
The latest Gallup poll has his approval rating at 52%
But wait, there's more;
Hey Webba!
Have you found those polls to back up your comment yet?
The above links will give you the info you no doubt have already seen but choose to ignore.
I see you ignored some of the other things I posted and I figured as much. And before you break out the insults and names I am not a right wing wacko. I actually voted for this failure in 2008. I bought into all the "goiverning from the center" and "cutting spending with a fine scalpel", neither of which he has done nor intends to of course. What I see as time goes on is a man who will say whatever he needs to go get what he wants. He will pretend he is for cutting cpoending in order to raise taxes but once he gets his tax raise shockingly...not....he isnt for lowering the spending.
The sooner this man starts governing from center the better. If he doesn't do it soon nothing will get done over the next 4 years.
Yes I just posted them Feisty. My apologies for not being able to post them up in a split second. Unfortunately some of us have to work for a living and being that I am a business owner I tend to be very busy during the day making sure I keep all my employees busy with work and with paying may taxes and what not. I am sure you wouldn't understand.
Funny thing ...that link that BIIGGG FEASTY just posted shows that only 22% think more gun control will lead to less murders !
Keys to understanding an Obama speech:
"Invest" - use taxpayer dollars for pet projects that benefit cronies and contributors.
"Fair share" - soak the rich
"Close loopholes" - soak the rich
"Balanced approach" - You pay, I spend.
"Support education" - Pay back the teachers unions for their votes.
"Working families" - Union members, pay back for their votes
"Deficit reduction" - reduce the rate of increase not the actual amount.
"Support alternative energy" - more Solyndras
"Control health care costs" - reduce payments to providers and hope some will still see patients.
"Gun control" - get rid of as many second amendment rights as possible.
"Immigration reform" - legalize anybody not likely to vote Republican.
Webba
You don't know any lefties if you think that Obama is not a centrist. He is very much in the center. He has also gone way out of his way to compromise with the right, but you guys just won't have it or are incapable. The right in this country today is so blinded by hate and their ignorance they can't see.
Read a little history.....This country got out of its economic troubles the same way every time....massive deficit spending, and it's the only way to do it. That is absolutely obvious. A sound bite.....you can't cut your way to prosperity.
Also, guns DO kill people.
The right isn't delusional, they know what they're saying is nonsense. They're hypocritical and dishonest.
Poor Webba!
Another EPIC FAIL from the right! lmfao!
Obama will further split the nation tonight is what he will do. I can't wait to see how many times Bush comes up. Here is what we will get out of this; "What's in you're wallet?"
I doubt that. He will talk about getting things done and improving the nation. Everyone will like that idea. The problem with Obama is his failure to lead and get things done. His my way or the highway attitude with failed policies doesn't work so well.
Obama and the Democrats won't get any gun control past the Congress, by pushing gun control.. Bami and the Dems will lose the Senate in 2014.
The Congress will not go along with Obama's grand spending ideas for the Moocher class... 2.2 Billion for Obama Phones?
This is the Height of the American Welfare state, the bills are coming due and next year Middle Class Americans that pay for HealthCare will be waiting in massive lines and wait times for their Doctors...
The LifeLine Program was created by the Reagan Administration. Cell phones were added by the GW Bush Administration.
The Obama Administration reformed the program in January 2012 to tighten eligibility requirements.
No Federal tax dollars are used to fund the program.
The phones are paid for by fees added to your phone bill by the feseral government.
41% of those who have received the phones are estimated to not meet the requirements for having the free phones.
The program, which began in the mid-1980s, has exploded in the past four years after being expanded from supplying landlines to the poor to providing cellular phones.
A Mexican telecom mogul , and one of President Obama's top donors are both getting even richer from the U.S. government program that supplies so-called "Obamaphones" to the poor.
Carlos Slim, who has an estimated net worth of $70 billion, owns a controlling stake in TracFone, which makes $10 per phone for each device it provides to poor Americans. The company, whose president and CEO is Frederick “F.J.” Pollak, also makes money from extra minutes and data plans it sells to subscribers who get phones and service through the government's Lifeline program.
Since becoming a cell phone program 4 years ago Subscribers have been able to sign up for more than one phone, even though only one per household is allowed. The FCC found about 270,000 duplicate subscriptions in 12 states alone in 2011. The FCC says its overhaul will save $200 million this year, and $2 billion over three years.
When Middle Class White America in Iowa, Colorado, Virginia, Ohio etc... Get their first hand experience that ObamaCare only hurts them and costs them more money, they will finally see that Obama was only helping inner city Baby Mommas and Baby Daddies..
Tax and Insurance paying White America will also be asked to give free healthcare to over 20 Million of Obama's Illegal Children...
It will be the same old @!$%#!
Taxes...GOOD! Work...BAD! Welfare leaches...GOOD! Self-reliance...BAD! Socialism...GOOD! Doing for ones self...BAD! Democrat liberals...GOOD! Patriotic Americans...BAD!
There, now that the entire teleprompter liberal gibberish that will be spewed from the pie-hole of this jack-ass has been summarized we can do something productive with that time, like a do-it-yourself root canal without anesthetic!
The short version?
Bend over America, this is gonna hurt.
More of the LGBT agenda. You will learn to like the pain.
Support for gun measures
WP/ABC Poll
1/10-13, 2013
Background Checks at gun shows 88%
Background checks on gun ammo 76%
Federal database of all gun sales 71%
Ban on high capacity magazines 65%
Ban on "assault weapons" 58%
Armed guards in all schools 58%
Ban on semi-automatic handguns 51%
So get those and have them support repealing the second amendment. Banning hand guns? Really?
Too bad he's not just the president of gun control. His poll numbers for his handling of the economy stink - but you just keep your head in the sand there Obbie.
I believed he was for the middle class when I voted for Obama, here in Florida where our votes really counted this time in a very close race. But now I see how sneaky things are being done in new tax laws, taking away exemptions and reducing middle class income. There is no news about these things, they are just happening under cover. Check under the hood of your Turbo Tax results this year and you'll see what I mean.
bla bla bla give me more more money to waste bla bla bla
Anyone still wasting their time to hear what he has to stay? wish my mute button would block out his face as well.
If it bothers you so much, you might want to learn how to use the "OFF" button...
My guess is that the word "off" has one too many syllables for "jeff" to comprehend.
www.gallup.com/poll/160385/obama-rated-highest-foreign-affairs-lowest-deficit.aspx
Theres one of the lnks you so much crave. It didn't post up the other ones for some reason and being I am not a "seasoned veteran" of posting for hours on end on this site it did not work for me. But its very easy to find and if you use GOOGLE you can surely find them yourself Fiesty.
Want to bolster the middle class: Stop running up the deficit, get something done to create jobs, stop figuring out new ways to tax us, stop being obtuse about drilling for oil HERE IN AMERICA, stop dithering around and losing hundreds of millions of dollars on phony "alternative energy" scams. One vacation a year is all you should take! Stop the flood of economy-sucking illegals over the border,
Get a copy of the constitution, get it read. Follow, support and defend it like you promised to do...and lied.
Here is another of the links.
www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=obama%20approval%20rating%20poll&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&ved=0CDoQqQIwAg&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpoliticalticker.blogs.cnn.com%2F2013%2F02%2F08%2Fobamas-approval-rating-edging-down%2Fcomment-page-1%2F&ei=HNIaUZGRBo649gT76IGoDA&usg=AFQjCNGUnPkCx-rbEjoDEY86G9lgBQrInQ
Obama Approval
RCP Average
1/17 - 2/11
--
51.0
42.7
+8.3
Gallup
2/9 - 2/11
1500 A
52
42
+10
Rasmussen Reports
2/9 - 2/11
1500 LV
55
44
+11
CBS News
2/6 - 2/10
1148 A
52
38
+14
FOX News
2/4 - 2/6
1010 RV
49
45
+4
Quinnipiac
1/30 - 2/4
1772 RV
46
45
+1
Reason-Rupe/PSRAI
1/17 - 1/21
1000 A
52
42
+10
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president_obama_job_approval-1044.html
Another pep rally. All rhetoric and no action from ALL the politicians. Ho hum. The Titanic continues to sink while the band plays on. Just watched the documentary "Inside Job" last week. Hmmm... Yup, everyone keep paying attention to the distractions - never mind the man behind the curtain. There are some real systematic problems in this economy. North, South, East and West Star... whatever...
lolo: Writing a nice long letter to your congresspersons will make you feel better about everything. Tell them what you are expecting from them.
Really, Sandy? It'll go in the round file I'm sure. A letter? Maybe if I had a couple of million dollars to give them. No offense, but that just sounds naive. Maybe you're being sarcastic?