What are you talking about? Your use of quotation marks is a bit silly.

Please folks, gag me with a spoon. They are both playing politics, I'm sure they will even play a game or two of golf.

and to American Girl-724855 who wrote.

ell us, in your mind, exactly what did President Obama divide? North from South? East from West? Republicans from DemocratTs? or do you mean whites from blacks?

The only racist bunch of people here are You and the Beisty lol left of left liberals. just the usual ones here. You and the President are DIVIDING this COUNTRY!!!!!

Hey concern citizen, the liberals are the ones that are NOT meddleing in private matters such as gay marriage and abortion. Yet the conservatives cater to their religious base (who are the true dividers). The liberals of old are gone, they are now the conservatives. Look at all of the 'racial' blunders that have been said by santorum et al??? Get a clue man, get a clue.

hope that President Obama comes out swinging at anyone who dares speak against his any member of his family living or deceased!

here legally or not.....

King of Kings ...

You have to admit the republicans are very Liberal with the environment & letting investment banking ( securities) mingle with commercial Banking.

Obama is not much of a fighter Kaye...

The top 3 worst Presidents in my voting lifetime:

Bush43

Bush41

Reagan40

And if I may quote the Great Unifier "Facts are stupid things."

TO: Concern Citizen-856329 who wrote:

"... gag me with a spoon ... American Girl-724855 ... you and the President are DIVIDING this COUNTRY!!!!!"

How, by stopping the carpetbaggers?

We just got rid of the last bunch of Republican thugs who ripped this country completely apart, terrorists attacked us, we got lied into an "OIL" war, and Republican crooks walked off with so much money they nearly bankrupt the entire world, and THOSE are thugs you're defending?

You gotta be kiddin me.

Obama/Biden 2012

Deceased?

What Obama meant to say was "Congratulations President elect Romney!"

Mackinac Island is located in Michigan and is surrounded by Lake Huron. There are no automobiles on the island except for emergency vehicles. The streets are filled with horses. Some carry a single rider, some pull wagons loaded with luggage from the dock to the many hotels. Some pull coaches filled with folks who are just having a good time and enjoying the beautiful scenery.

As one can imagine with so many horses moving through the street there are opportunities for the horses to dump on the street, And there are opportunities for employment because of the horse manure on the street. Yet the ‘street cleaners’ cannot remove all of the manure fast enough. So the many walking tourists occasionally encounter some horse manure on the street as they glide through the village in search of souvenirs and that famous Mackinaw fudge.

So what do they do when they encounter a pile or two of feisty horse manure in their path? They just ignore it, walk on by and enjoy the festivities.

Now perhaps if we were to consider the person claiming to be ‘Feisty someone or other’ as horse manure we could ignore and walk on by to a glorious recovery of this Nation led by a real American, a person who does not hide his past, a person whose character has not been associated with Chicago thugs, nor a character like Larry Sinclair nor a ’pastor’ who rejoices in GD’ing America.

Let’s send an eviction notice to the pretender in the Oval Office this November.

tigerlover-4113331

What Obama meant to say was "Congratulations President elect Romney!"

Lets hope NOT tiger, for the sake of the American people! We U.S. citizens can not stand to have a President controlled by and beholdin' to Grover Norquist...

Norquist said his group plans to spend about $8 million in the campaign season preceding the Nov. 6 elections, highlighting candidates who have signed the pledge and those who have not.

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has signed the pledge. So did nine of the 10 initial Republican presidential candidates.

Norquist's pledge, which started in 1986, has become Republican dogma for many federal or local party candidates.

Only six Republicans in the House of Representatives have not signed the pledge. Seven Republican senators have not signed.

© 2012 Thomson/Reuters. All rights reserved.

[emphasis added]

Heaven help us all if we should get a Norquist puppet for President.

Much better off with President Obama!

That is just a fact given that Romney would place a lobbyist and the Mormon Church and the almighty dollar and the 1%ers all above the United States of America.

We certainly DON'T need that!!!

Obama is also in the 1% and the fact that Romney gives 10% of what he earns to his church, that 10% is before ... and Obama does not give jobs to his friends..but what was it he said? Judge me by the people who are around me, in that case you should throw all the Czars he appointed and him out of office.. had the senate the right to approve his appointees, and the senate is still basically democratically controlled, there would be very few of his, associates in those jobs..

What planet are you living on or if your smoking something please market it so I can get some. I live in the Washington Metro area and have watched construction be destroyed. I'm a recovering Democrat that has watched this idiot work his so called magic and look at the state the Country is in. Bush junior was an idiot also but when you hear obama talk about Bush barrowing at the expense of tax payers what the hell do you think your guy has done 5 trillion more in debt and it hasn't even been four years, God help us all if he gets four more years but I really don't think he will because the smart people will over power this time.PS: I'm not a Republican and would never want to vote for one of them but at the same time I have no choice this time around because I don't want my kids to have to live in hell if he wins again.

Sure, kind of like JFK placed the Catholic Church above the USA. Oh, wait...

Didi said:

Please do not clump ALL Democrats into your little paper bag. There are quite a few of us out here that are extremely intelligent. You only have the right to speak for yourself....not for others, especially since you have NO idea what you're talking about. It really gets to me when posters think they can speak for others when they have no right to do so. Each person is an individual....we can speak for ourselves....we don't need you to speak for us or to intimate that we believe something that we don't just because that's the way YOU think. I'm sure there are just as many intelligent Republicans as there are Democrats.....to say otherwise is ridiculous! Don't deem to speak about others when you have no idea what they think or feel! Get the picture?

lather, rinse, repeat

So... just for clarification Stan, Hugh, jackie etc.

Are you advocating that we elect a Norquist pledger to run the country?

Come on - show of hands:

How many of you posters truly want a Norquist pledger in the White House?

Don't be shy...

go on and show us your idiocy!

I don't like Romney any better than Obama, I just don't think his Mormonism is a reason to dislike him. The Norquist pledge is indeed one of my main reasons for not being much of a Romney supporter.

However, when choosing between the lesser of the two evils, I do tend to lean Republican, for the simple reason that the government is going to mess up and be incompetent no matter which party's in power, but if the Democrats are in power, they're going to introduce more government for them to mess up. If the government was actually capable of doing what they say they will, however, I would lean Democrat.

TO: Concern Citizen-856329 who wrote:

"...The only racist bunch of people here are You and the Beisty lol left of left liberals. just the usual ones here. You and the President are DIVIDING this COUNTRY!!!..."

Only in your dreams.

Any other talking points or hate speech you'd like to repeat today? I know Republicans have got a million of them.

Obama/Biden 2012

What Obama meant to say was "Congratulations President elect Romney!"

What Obama meant to say was "Congratulations President elect Rove.. I mean Trump.. I mean Mr. Koch.. oops I mean Romney!"

Chatty Kaye......

You may want to re-direct your comments to the White House, Mr. Axelrod, Mr. Obama's Cheecago campaign headquarters, and the Democrats spokespeople: Hilary Rosen, Chris Mathews, etc.

Yep, congratulations telephone call immediately followed by attack ads.

Jackie...

Your logic does make things very clear...if our tax dollars were actually respected and valued by political leaders and were indeed mostly spent wisely, a lot of folks would have less of a gripe about paying them.

But when one opens one's eyes and actually see how our dollars are often abused by some who hand them out and others who receive them...it's pretty easy to resent the tax dollars paid and the people who abuse them.

It's gentleman being gentleman at this point....

Unfortunately Romney will come across as an entitled elitist in the debates... He cannot help it.

And fortunately Obama will will make minced MItt meat... in a gentlemanly way.

Sorry, stand-ins are not allowed in debates. Barack goes it alone.

tom343 - do you think Romney will pull a Palin and write his notes on his hand? Obama will wipe the floor with Mitt - who will wish he had a stand in.

"Breaking News"The Flux News Network has officially joined the Mitturd Romney campaign with it's political splice and dice of President Obama speeches.more to come after this commercial break.This has been brought to you by the RNC and we endorse all the contents.Faithfully Rinse Penis Chairman.

really smokeinmyeyes2? really?

whatever teacher let you pass 3rd grade made a huge mistake...

Obama's only big flaw....extending his hand in friendship to the right-wing!

Obama is a Nobel Peace Prize winner and he is still trying to earn that award. Let him at least try...

Obama is a Nobel Peace Prize winner and he is still trying to earn that award. Let him at least try...

lol, the world knows barry never earned that Nobel Peace Prize.... and the panel of Swedish Socialists who gave that award must be kicking themselves over that idiotic decision

And GWB is wanted on war crimes, and he did earn that!

You forgot to mention his complete lack of leadership skills.

Obama's only big flaw....extending his hand in friendship to the right-wing!

Romney, don't take it! It's a trap. Traditionally Obama doesn't use toilet paper.

Civility, huh?

Nibor--I usually try to say more constructive things, but you're a total clown. Seriously, is this all you have?

Nibor: I take it you learned that from your family.

Nibor,how's that rash on your ass,dammit Mama said moisten the corn cob first,don't go dry or you'll cry......

eye2eye---wasn't that the excuse Romney gave earlier----that prior candidates hadn't released their tax returns until later in the process.? Well---we are at the end of the process and where are the tax returns?

P.S. I'm still predicting they will be released over the July 4th holiday when no one is paying attention.

Eye2, Steeler - Birth certificates are in vogue for 2012, not tax returns. Gee guys, get with the times...

Obama/Biden 2012

Gee guys, get with the times...

Actually it's college transcripts that are in vogue these days...

Now that the issue of the president’s birth certificate has been laid to rest (mostly), some conservatives are turning their attention to a new obsession: Barack Obama's college transcripts.

Last week, a website that already had offered a $10,000 reward for Obama's transcripts from Occidental College, Columbia University and Harvard Law School, increased the bounty to $20,000.

About a year ago, Donald Trump, among the highest-profile "birthers," helped get the mini-movement started. After the president released his long-form birth certificate, Trump abruptly changed subjects:

"The word is, according to what I’ve read," said Trump, "that he was a
terrible student when he went to Occidental. He then gets into Columbia; he then gets to Harvard. ... How do you get into Harvard if you’re not a good student? Now maybe that's right or maybe it’s wrong, but I don't know why he doesn’t release his records."

What do these "transcripters" (if we may coin a phrase) hope to prove?

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics

Seems any shiny object will do...

Steeler Fan, It's almost like "Hush money", two men meet late at night, one slips an envelope to the other and they both part...Mittens gate.

Doubt we will ever see those college transcripts and certainly not before the election is over. Gosh no, People may actually start to think someone with a .9 average shouldn't be running the country! Actually, it probably wouldn't matter, how much more proof do you need that an idiot is running our country?

Feisty---the college transcript nonsense is just a dog whistle for "affirmative action". Gotta keep the right wing base riled up, after all.

To 96ws6: 0.9 GPA's don't graduate, let alone get jobs as professors at University of Chicago.

This transcript hunt is to try to find the one grade that sticks out and try to make a case that Obama is not intelligent, and that there has been a massive conspiracy by the people who run Harvard and UofC to get this man elected. It is all so ludicrous.

Jeff: No one ever said that most Republicans were intelligent, although I can't speak for ALL of them. The ones that I know aren't that brilliant. I'd like to see their transcripts, wouldn't you?

didi why would you want to see their transcripts you couldnt read it with a iq of 10

Romney will release his tax returns, his grades, his term papers, his thesis, his wife's thesis.

DiDi

Most Republicans are Cum Laude and in the subjects industry calls 'hard' degrees; E.E., Cps, M.E., Chem, Physics and the like. Most Dems I know are Ed majors, Psych majors, Poly Soc, soft degrees, completely subjective marks, value-laden unemployable time-marking degrees. The nastiness of this forum made me bring this up in defense. You have absolutely no call to accuse your friends and neighbors of stupidity just because they see things differently than you do.

And to that poster who says that publishing Obama's transcript is some sort of attempt to make him out as stupid? Res ipse loquitor!

How and why would all (or any one of) these institutions of higer education "team up" (many years ago) to conspire to get Obama elected President in 2008? But facts , logic intellgent thought process and reality does not work when you are a Republican. and their "don't how me accountable for my actions or words -- just do what i say' attitude-- Economics and basic math and history are not "good subjects" for most republican -- especially in the last several yearts-- I do find it interesting that many of the people "leading the charge" againist Obama and gis grades on this thing never graduated from college themselves -- . Jus like it is a proven fact (not option) that more better educated peole tend to vote democrat (with the exception of the most wealthy -- Romney's friends). Again facts, reality , truth. not good sunjects for republicans. .

GT, I will ask about Romneys Tax Returns until I get an answer, It should bother everybody that a candidate running for President refuses to show them, I don't care if the question is "in Vogue" how silly, if you're hiding something then something is wrong.

Obama/Biden 2012

tom343 - in your dreams. Too bad you know very few Democrats. They are smarter and more successful than the GOP by large margins. You don't know any Republicans who graduated Magna Cum Laude - much graduated at all. And, the highly intelligent Democrats avoid people like you. They just don't have time to waste on gutter trash!

Jockland: Excuse me, but you don't know me, so how can you say what my IQ is. As a matter of fact, my IQ was in the 140's when last tested. I'm also a retired Lieutenant Colonel, having served in the U.S. Army for pver 24 years. I have 6 college degrees......how many do you have? Apparently, intelligence is not one of your fortes. Before you open your mouth, you might want to think! Just because you THINK people are stupid who don't agree with you certainly doesn't mean that it's true!!

FYI I spent 40 years in the most acclaimed technical works this country ever produced, surrounded by PhDs and MSs. And Army Officers, too. What you say is just a pathetic whine. Nobody that matters believes a word of what you typed.

Tom343: If you read my post, you will see that I said "the ones that I know," not speaking about ALL Republicans. I have no knowledge of other Republicans....just the ones that I am associated with. As for college degrees.....as mentioned above, I have 6 (2 AA's; 2 Bachelors, and a dual Master's). My degrees were in various subjects, and I sincerely doubt that you can factually say that "most" Republican's degrees are in "hard" subjects. Unless you have factual information that clearly states that, I don't think your comment can be considered valid. I know a lot of Democrats I (the ones that I know) who have degrees in Engineering, Physics, Math, Biometric Engineering, Electrical Engineering, etc., so to say that Democrats don't also have degrees in the "hard" subjects is a bit ludicrous on your part. I don't think it matters what "party" you're a member of...there are probably just as many Republicans as Democrats who have advanced degrees....it's apples and oranges.

Tom: I really don't care what you believe......I know what I've accomplished, my friends and family know what I've accomplished, and whether you want to believe it or not is not my problem. I was merely responding to a comment you made....but rather than intelligently responding back, you accuse me of lying. Not MY problem....more YOUR problem. I can easily prove everything that I said if I needed to, but it isn't necessary. I'm not one to pathetically whine.....sorry.

Tom, I don't know where you hang out, but I have my Ph.D. in Biochem--one of your, I'd guess, "hard" degrees--and at least 90% of my fellow doctorates are Democrats, as am I.

I'll happily consede that many business and econ majors are likely Republicans, but, as a rule, most of the higher-educated science people I know are Democrats. Just saying.

I think Didi just opened a can of whoop-ass and laid a smackdown on a couple of mouth breathers.. Nice job!

eye2eye-3869672, we've been asking to see Jugheads college transcripts for 4 years, how long should we wait?

Truth_Hurts-3416308

Obama is no druggy, but Romney was and remains a bully.

That is because Obama must have fully rehabilitated from his admittedly frequent weed and cocaine use back in college.

Really? That's really going to be your issue after the election of President Whats-His-Face?

ItsAboutTime: Do the research and listen to the president in his own voice state that he drank beer heavily, tried drugs enthusiastically and learned that smoking pot in a brand new van wasn't much different than smoking pot in a dorm room. Keep digging and you will hear the president answer in response to the question, "Did you inhale?" that he did and that he thought that was the point. Keep digging and you will find, written in the president's own book that he did a little blow when he could afford it.

Truth - I'll take the "Druggy"

Obama/Biden 2012

GT: Your icon is disgusting.

Grow up...Romney is not a bully. However, if you consider a driven, successful businessman a bully because of something he did in grade school, then Obama is a druggy for doing drugs in college and smoking. Just saying...how far back to you want to go in their past experience? It will not go will for Obama if you compare apples to apples. Have you read his book, btw? So many Liberals have not, yet they blindly support him. It will open your eyes.

Obama was an addict until he recently when he says he "quit" smoking...since nicotine is technically an addictive drug too.

GT: Your icon is disgusting.

You know you like it.

Hey 'Go USA' - Until you have an avatar of your own, don't criticize others. Until then, if you don't like my avatar,

"KISS MY ASS" and not the one on the avatar......

"Truth-Hurts" says anyone calling Romney a bully must call Obama a druggy also. But Obama wrote about his drug experimentation days. Romney instead tried to hide and then deny and now minimize his violent high-school homophobia. He actually attacked another boy with scissors. So far no one has accused Obama of mugging old ladies for crack money. Give that time. So what should we conclude? Obama admits that he enjoys feeling good, and Romney is not ashamed of dangerously violent fits of hate-based rage. The truth really does hurt.

Hey GT-2021701. If the donkey faces right then shouldn't the elephant face left?

Go USA-851295

I've done my homework. Obama was not a druggy, regardless of the 'words' you use to describe his behavior in college. If you polled half of Congress, I bet you would get the same answers and would you call one of your holier than though GOP candidates a druggy? At least Obama has the courage to admit what he did, not try to lie about it.

Truth_Hurts-3416308

Romney out right apologized for his behavior and "Bullied" Homosexusals while in HS. However, did he do anything to speak out against that kind of behavior today? Nope, all he did was apologize because he had no other option. If he had been a true 'statesmen', he would have said "BULLYING Of this kind is morally wrong". Of couse, he can't say that, because it would cost him to much of the relgious right wing vote.

Accomplished business man? Sure, if you count buying up a successful corporation, taking out massive amounts of "DEBT" against it, firing every worker, then claiming bankruptcy and letting the American Taxpayer bail him out (BAIN) a success.. then yes, according to you, he is.

Obama/Biden in 2012.

Obama was far too kind to the wavering birther bully.

Understandable since Romney will be ordering Obamas U-Haul trailer in January.

The words I used were from his book - the one he wrote, and they were used to describe his behavior in high school.

”Dreams from My Father” has been widely acclaimed as an introspective and insightful read far from the anodyne campaign-oriented books politicians often produce, traits that Obama’s critics believe make it ideal for use against the candidate.

In a passage describing his high school experience in Hawaii, for example, Obama explains the allure of drugs: “I kept playing basketball, attended classes sparingly, drank beer heavily, and tried drugs enthusiastically. … If the high didn’t solve whatever it was that was getting you down,” Obama intones, “it could at least help you laugh at the world’s ongoing folly.”

Source:http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0708/11542.html

nibor - wishful thinking on your part. Romney will just be returning home to ride the car elevator up and down and try to figure out why no one likes him!

1. GT-2021701 has an obscene 'avatar'. No one needs their own 'avatar' to note this.
2. There is no such thing as homophobia.
3. If Obama's scholastic records show he was mediocre, then he was mediocre.
4. If Obama at one time or other used Cocaine, Marijuana and was a drunk, then so be it. He at one indeed was a criminal and perhaps a felon.
5. If there is nothing to this birther stuff, BHO could make it go away in a heart-beat. If instead, those who bring it up are cursed at and ridiculed, reasonable people must assume there is substance to it.
6. The Democrats have Andrew Cuomo for a good candidate. The Democrats with any hope of keeping the White House should drag BHO into a room and do a Torricelli on him. Come up with some reason that he decided to quit.

@ itabouttime

Did Romney work for Bain at the time of the GST steel closing?

What about the 1100 workers at Solyndra that were laid off? Can we blame Obama for that?

How about the 2300 people from Fulton Wis. Birdseye plant (Blackstone private equity firm that held a fundraiser that Obama was present at while the Bain ifomerical first aired.)

Or how about the 1.3 million people that he threw out of the country?

tom343 - just one of your "points"

Obama HAS DEBUNKED the birth certificate issue - to the satisfaction of the Republican governor of Hawaii; the Republican National Committee; and all sane people. Oh - that's the problem - my bad. Forgot, for some like you there is no sanity in the GOP!

Mackinac Island is located in Michigan and is surrounded by Lake Huron. There are no automobiles on the island except for emergency vehicles. The streets are filled with horses. Some carry a single rider, some pull wagons loaded with luggage from the dock to the many hotels. Some pull coaches filled with folks who are just having a good time and enjoying the beautiful scenery.

As one can imagine with so many horses moving through the street there are opportunities for the horses to dump on the street, And there are opportunities for employment because of the horse manure on the street. Yet the ‘street cleaners’ cannot remove all of the manure fast enough. So the many walking tourists occasionally encounter some horse manure on the street as they glide through the village in search of souvenirs and that famous Mackinaw fudge.

So what do they do when they encounter a pile or two of feisty horse manure in their path? They just ignore it, walk on by and enjoy the festivities.

Now perhaps if we were to consider the person claiming to be ‘Feisty someone or other’ as horse manure we could ignore and walk on by to a glorious recovery of this Nation led by a real American, a person who does not hide his past, a person whose character has not been associated with Chicago thugs, nor a character like Larry Sinclair nor a ’pastor’ who rejoices in GD’ing America.

Let’s send an eviction notice to the pretender in the Oval Office this November.

Mike Mathias

Did Romney work for Bain at the time of the GST steel closing?

YES: http://www.realromneyrecord.com/cases/gst-steel and please read all of the rest of the BROKEN Promises from ROMNEY to the people who worked for it.

What about the 1100 workers at Solyndra that were laid off? What about them? Can we blame Obama for that?

You can blame Obama for anything you like. I am VERY Skeptical of what happened with Solyndra. If it comes out that President Obama himself did facilitate this and has full knowledge, then I would expect him to receive the same punishment as anyone else. Just remember this, Congress passed the Stimulus BILL that included funding for Solyndra. So if you want to start pointing the finger of blame, let's go to everyone in Congress as well.

http://www.iwatchnews.org/environment/energy/solyndra?gclid=CN-IuZiFqbACFcleTAod_Ag_VA

How about the 2300 people from Fulton Wis. Birdseye plant (Blackstone private equity firm that held a fundraiser that Obama was present at while the Bain ifomerical first aired.)

What about it? Since you want to point the finger of blame, show me more :)

Or how about the 1.3 million people that he threw out of the country?

You mean convicted felons that were here illegally, and his administration expedited it? Show me how that's bad.

Josh Brogan

Interesting Analogy. I was thinking that after Obama wins in November, we should send out a box of kleenex and Charmin to the conservative right. That would be a 'FREEBIE" too :)

Go USA-851295

Thank you for actually posting a link to verify the comment you left. Glad to see that someone can actually back their facts up.

itsabout time. I suggest you read Obama's book to learn about who you are really voting for. Obama's past is not a publically vetted as Romney's is.

No, that's way too friendly! We're all enemies now, not just opponents! Haven't you read this thread? Some are acting like Obama is a fake jerk for calling him, and others are acting like he's been way too nice. Whatever happened to decorum?

Romney probably isn't a bully today like he was as a kid. That doesn't mean he is not ruthless. He has people working on his behalf that are, indeed, bullies.

Both Romney and Obama are smart and successful men. If they weren't they wouldn't be where they are today. One was working closely with the least of our brothers and sisters and the other used our brothers and sisters for his own personal gain. You figure out which is which.

As for the drug thing. I wouldn't be afraid to bet that many of our leaders did drugs as kids. Some probably do today. Bush was a lush and did drugs. Some of the most outspoken talking heads (Limbaugh) are addicts. We have had Presidents in the past that swilled alcohol. President Harding had booz in the White House during prohibition and President Grant was sometimes so drunk they had to sober him up before public appearances. The same goes for President Taylor.

Both President Obama and Governor Romney are gentlemen and behave as such. I can't say as much for some of their supporters, however.

I don't think he was a bully in high school. I think that he pulled a prank and that people today are all too eager to label people "victims."

As for Obama's gentleman status, that remains to be proven. Gentlemen don't demonize groups of people at one function and then ask for their financial support at another.

GO USA - total H Y P O C R I T E!!!

That is the problem with bullying GOUSA...People like you tend to not acknowledge it...I wonder how you would feel being tormented day after day and being held down buy a bunch of dudes and getting your hair cut ? I wonder how you would feel if it was done to your child ? I was never successfully bullied, they tried but I had a killer left hook and right upper-cut.....And you know what I was the bad guy...I am not proud of hurting people even though they started it.. And did it to many others.....I practice turning the other cheek today..But I have changed and can admit to my wrongs, Romney can't and you can't admit that it was wrong....That is why your GOP party is a thing of the past and we will progress onward...And you nuts think you have a monopoly on Christ's teaching....HMMmmmm....Maybe you right-wingers ought to practice what you preach and stop advocating bullying in school and around the world bombing women and children....Which you justify in your mind because they are a different race than you....

Its his first name, just like Hussein is the Presidents middle name. People use them to get a rise out of the other side. In my opinion both are Pathetic ploys to get a rise out of the other sides fringes.

Yes. Romney's name is Willard Mitt Romney. I am not sure what you mean by swaying votes. It's his full name - he just happens to go by his middle name. I am sure that he had little to do with what he was called by his parents.

AKA Mutt and/or Mittens.

I am sure that he had little to do with what he was called by his parents.

I think his parents called him "Retard".

GT: I am not sure what is more disturbing - your post or the fact that two people voted for it.

If I had been President Obama I would have said "Oh and Mitt do me a favor, bark like dog for me."

I guess that's why I'm not President.

Both Obama and Rmoney being "brief and cordial" wa a wise thing. Maybe some here could bebefit from thre example --Now about the "drug" thing -- this is not 1950 folks -Let's not get a;; "holier than thy" here ---I think we all know that there is a very good chance that anyone born and growing up after in the last 50 years has been "exposed to" if not actually done some drinking or did some kind of drug (especially in high school or college) -- Even Mitt (despite being a Mormon) -- Much rather have a guy who use to drink and do drugs many years ago (kind sounds like GW Bush-- don't it?!) -- to a high school bully and elistst snub who still "does not care about poor people" - and thinls corproations are people and have more rights than actual human beings. Both are actual Mitt statements -- not my words.

Do you really think calling someones accomplishments a "cow-pie of distortion" is more classy than "the morons on his re-election blog" can do?

He made the attack because he wanted to, he made the call because it is the expected protocol.

As everyone knows, the President was keeping with Willard's metaphor, when he spoke of a "prairie fire of debt". And obviously, we all know the speech was made in Iowa, where terms like "prairie fire" and "cow pie" have local appeal.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/15/mitt-romney-obama-spending_n_1518339.html

You mean 4.1m Federal Jobs that does not create wealth for this nation? Way to go Obama!

JFK, you obviously haven't been paying attention. The federal gov'ment has shrunk during Obama's Administration. No he didn't create more gov'ment jobs but combined, consolodated people and takst, and reduced redundancy.

Baloney Adler. Obama has grown federal spending at least 3% per year.

So how does Obama measure up?

If one assumes that TARP and the takeover of Fannie and Freddie by the government as one-time budgetary anomalies and remove them from calculations — an approach taken by Holtz-Eakin — you get the following picture:

—A 9.7 percent increase in 2009, much of which is attributable to Obama.

—A 7.8 percent increase in 2010, followed by slower spending growth over 2011-13. Much of the slower growth reflects the influence of Republicans retaking control of the House and their budget and debt deal last summer with Obama. All told, government spending now appears to be growing at an annual rate of roughly 3 percent over the 2010-2013 period, rather than the 0.4 percent claimed by Obama and the MarketWatch analysis.

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You are saying the government has SHRUNK under Obama and tell JFK to pay attention? Really?

Exactly. Government has shrunk by half a million jobs while the private sector has grown. Look, credible citations!

"The government sector of the economy shrank during the first three years of the Obama administration, but the private sector grew more rapidly than it did during the first three years of either of George W. Bush’s terms in office. "

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/05/04/business/economy/off-the-charts-shrinking-government.html

And it's also true that under Obama, spending has risen slower than at any time in the past 60 years. The canard about his "out of control" spending is pure myth.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2012/may/23/facebook-post-gets-it-right-about-obamas-record-sp/

The government sector is not the federal government. Local and state governments shrunk because they cannot deficit spend. And yet, local and state governments have managed to squeak by somehow. Amazing, isn't it?

Clotho two things that are not myth:

1. $5 trillion in new debt since Obama took office

2. Complete abdication of governing to resolve the debt he promised to cut in half his first term

OMG - are you kidding? I have not heard this Mutt story. I do not care for Bill Maher but I will be Googling this. This might actually top Seamus the pet dog story.

I do not care for Bill Maher

I love Bill Maher....

Obama/Maher 2012

From the WH Correspondents Dinner:

"What's difference between Limbaugh and Maher?"

"People who watch Maher know he's an a-hole"

Bill Maher's investigation that suggest he has five wives.

This is true. One for each of Mahers brain cells. Functional Maher brain cells would make Romney monogamous.

Of course this could be true. As I read these comments a lot of people seem to have doubts about his marriage license with Anne... hmmm? Seems like I've heard a lot of people say that - of course, I can't name names! And you know if you hear one thing it might be true so I want to see the other four marriage certificates so that I can verify that they are blank! What?! Mitt doesn't have the four other marriage licenses to prove that they're blank! I and alot of people I've talked to find that very suspicious. I know someone said that the marriage license he has is genuine, but you know I've never seen it and of course we all know what you can do with a computer so what ever he posts online is probably a fake. If it wasn't a fake he'd go ahead and let us see it, but he's probably afraid that we'll be able to see the white-out that's covering the names of the other four wives. I've even heard that he pays them wages and files employee taxes for them but of course his dad, George, still has Hispanic friends from Mexico who work at the IRS and won't allow those records to see the light of day...at least not until after the election.

You never see anyone on the right say a single kind word about the President,

Be patient. Everyone is still trying to find something... anything. If all else fails, am sure someone will say something nice as he ends his only term.

OBAMA/BIDEN - Done in One

Barry,

you have cute kids.

Congratulations on the end of your four year term.

There.

Who the hell is this Barry guy you idiots keep talking about. Barry Goldwater is dead and has been for some time know. Unless you mean Barry Manilow. What a joke you people are. The jokes on you.

nibor? Is that you Robin?

By following the established precedent of congratulating challengers, wow how impressive. When he is on his own we get comments like "cow-pie of distortion", presidential indeed. (sarcasm)

Admit it: You're finding it harder and harder to dislike the President on a personal level, aren't you? It's OK, you're allowed to find him personable, intelligent, charismatic and charming, while still attacking his policies. Very few people actually dislike the man, and it's easy to see why.

"Cow pie of distortion" is a pretty funny response to Willard's "prairie fire of debt."

Clotho, "Likeability" and "Competence" are two, entirely different things !

In the White House, I will take "Competence" over charming, "imitates Al Green", "dancing with the czars" Obama any and every day of the week. We need someone who knows how to turn the economy around .... not someone who is making the talk show circuit and yukking it up with Hollywood.

Obama is financially incompetent to lead this country. We have had NO BUDGETS under Obama's reign. Obamacare will be a disaster with inefficient government bureaucracy controlling 1/6 of our economy ...... befrore they blast off to Vegas to blow taxpayer millions on wasted "meetings" and "planning conferences".

Oh he will. After he cries, kicks the dog and screams "Why Why????"

kicks the dog and screams "Why Why????"

I can see it now.... it was supposed to be MY TURN!

Your Avatar shows you are a "classless" POS!

Feel better now sweetie-pie?

Is this when I'm supposed to give a @!$%# what you think Patty?

If so, it's another epic failure on your part!

Now run along and brush your 'tooth'...

"Feisty".....you obviously don't work, since you are on here 24/7.

Getting those 99 weeks of unemployment? Almost 2 yrs...........

Go brush your 'tooth'...

Feisty, Now my monitor is broken... LMAO!!!

Feisty, Now my monitor is broken... LMAO!!!

I swear GT - someone opened the troll bridge today!

All the hormonally imbalanced, hysterical, hate-filled, Harpy's have escaped!

FR, I think they're all upset the GOP is throwing away $1 billion on this clown when they fill it would server them better if he GOP would just send them a check for their vote. That kind of money could go a long way to buy some new dentures.

I agree. If you remember correctly when Obama was pushing to get the debt limit increased his near exact words were something like, America needs the Republican't to get on board. It will keep people working by securing unemployment benefits. If I were a political nut I would have had a stroke. Since when did unemployment start counting as "employed"? Unemployment is meant to pay you for up to 6 months at the benefit rate to help you until you find another job. It is not "A Job". But somehow they count it that way. Glad folks are getting assistance but where does that money come from that pays for unemployment? The government which gets it's money from taxes that Americans and businesses are paying. I'm all for some charity but blindly dishing it out with no regard from where it comes from is crazy. I'm afraid we are in a downward spiral that will continue to tax people and businesses until the companies shutdown and create more unemployment. Hope you get a job soon, Patty.

OMG.........the slobbering on this site is hysterical!

Hey "Blow Job", If you don't like the site, go somewhere else. We won't miss you!

Joey, Unemployment comes out of our paychecks. Yes, when you are unemployed you get assistance you already paid for. Kind of like insurance. You pay for it until you need it and then when the need comes you benefit. Normally 6 months is plenty of time for someone to find a job but with this recession it would seem that people need more time. We are slowly coming out of it. More and more people are being hired every day. It will take time. Bush didn't screw it up over night, it took him 8 years. It will take at least 8 years to fix it. Whether it is fixed by Obama or a combination of Obama and Romney. (I doubt Willard would do much, however, to fix the real problem and might even make it worse, but we can give him benefit of the doubt)

Patty, better then Bush bending them over.

So why are you here Patty??! Accusing people of being unemployed. And wouldn't you be one??? Or are you blogging at work!?

The truth is it boggles the mind why the right wing lemmings are rooting for the LYING 1%-ter who thinks it is HIS RIGHT to be president regardless that he does not deserve it! It's pathetic that you all can't get in your hollow brick brains that Wiley Romney is a SELFISH, SELF-ABSORB, LYING HYPOCRITE. Take off the hate glasses and look at his past experience. The only one who truly BENEFITTED financially in his tenure in BAIN was HIMSELF!! He was a lousy MA governor - the unemployment was in the DUMPS. The ONLY saving grace he provided for that state was the healthcare plan that he NOW WANTS TO ABOLISH for the rest of the country. He don't give a damn about education, because he wants you all to STAY STUPID, so you can NOT see who he truly is. He has 2 Harvard degrees and he did not pay a penny towards tuition because he was born rich. He did not serve the military, because he had a wealthy excuse to HIDE OUT in FRANCE. His sons inherited the same benefits, PAID for college and did not have to serve in the military. BUT he'll make sure your sons and daughters will be serving in another war he most likely will start -because he is that clueless! All he cares are that his millions stays in his PERSONAL coffers without having to pay taxes! ANYONE who would give their precious vote to this greedy selfish vulture is beyond NUTS!!

You blame Obama that you are unemployable ? He isn't the one with no skill set feeling sorry for herself and spending all day on blogs instead of getting it done.

Extending unemployment wasn't just the right thing to do for moral reasons. It was essential to keeping the economy from crashing further. Every dollar of unemployment that families received went right into the economy, to pay for food, energy, rent, etc. It helped the country's economy for everyone.

I am no fan of Romney but lay off his religious beliefs. There won't be a hot line to Salt Lake City any more than Kennedy had one to Vatican City. The LDS Church does not condone polygamy any more. If Willard is a Bishop he is like many other LDS elders who achieve that title. As for the King James version of the Bible, Catholics don't use it either. Athiests can believe or not whatever they want. The nice part about living in America is we have the freedom to worship or not as we see fit and should be free of ridicule and persecution. Many of our ancestors came here to avoid religious persecution. The founding fathers were well aware of the diversity of faith that existed and still does, even moreso, today. And that is why we have separation of church and state among other traditions. (By the way, Thomas Jefferson wrote his own version of the Bible)

-Mormons use the KJV all the time, they're not trying to "downsize" it
-the mainstream Mormon church is not affiliated with the wacko splinter groups like Jeffs', and has consistently condemned them
-polygamy has been against church policy since 1898, and being a polygamist is probably the fastest way to get yourself excommunicated from the Mormon church

Also, the Catholic church has had abuse problems, and nobody has a problem electing them anymore. The mainstream Mormon church hasn't had the same kind of abuse problems - the splinter groups are NOT a part of the same church - and you have a problem electing them?

I think Obama offered him tickets to the Inaugural Ball to show Mitt there are no hard feelings.

Did I stutter?

You have been fed a pile of propaganda. Please educate yourself instead of being misled. We are for jobs.....sustainable jobs that grow our economy, not jobs borrowed from the future. That does nothing but destroys the prospects for the next generation. Why do you want us to harm those in college and younger?

Take your meds.

, AND '' FIRED JESUS '' !!!!!

Wear, I thought Trump fired Jesus?

BK ; I'm trying to be as civil as possible ; Are there enough right wing lunatics out there to elect Romney , if he aligns himself with the Birther nutcase '' Donald '' ? I don't think so , if there were , Santorum would be the Republican candidate !!!!!!!!!

wear; rightwing, leftwing and independants will elect Romney....none of which are lunatics, much to the chagrin of the Obama supporters. Wanna see some lunatics, take a look at the supporters of Obama.....ALL WITH THEIR HANDS OUT SELLING THEIR VOTES FOR ALL THAT HE WILL GIVE. A bunch of political whores.

BK ; ROMNEY IS NOT A LIKABLE GUY , that filthy rich crook has no personality !!!!! ; he is just a pair of dirty jeans , filled with jealousy for president Obama. no matter how much money he has , he cannot buy class. which is something he doesn't possess at 65 yrs. old , and never will !!!!!!!

BK ;

Under Reagan and Bush: $3.4 Trillion increase in the debt.

But wait, there's interest on that debt ... GO HOME YOU TRICKLED DOWN ECONOMIC REPUBLICAN CONSERVATIVE STEAL FROM THE DIRT POOR AND GIVE TO THE FILTHY RICH 1%ers '' H I P O C R I T !!!!!!!!!

Just like a mortgage, the debt earns interest, and so the Reagan-Bush-I debt grew during the Clinton years. The average debt interest rate in those years was about 6.5%, which would increase it over 50% without compounding, but with compound interest the total debt – including interest – increased by $2.2 trillion.

• Total Republican debt from above: $9.5 trillion
• Interest on Reagan-Bush debt under Clinton: $2.2 trillion
• Interest on $11.7 trillion after G. W. Bush: $0.3 trillion
• (detailed calculation)
• Grand Total Reagan-Bushes Debt: $12 trillion (as of Sept. 30, 2010).

If the Republicans had not run up this $12 Trillion debt, we could easily have pulled out of the Great Recession.

WeAre -

Alrighty - I will give you those numbers you qoute, and good for you. But.....one question.

If the total of the Reagan/Bush/Clinton interest on the debt/Bush 2 interest on debt totals 12 trillion, I would agree that this is not a good thing.

The question then would be this - the debt is now at roughly 16 trillion, representing what would be roughly a 25% increase in the debt - in only (approximately) 3.5 years.

How long were Reagan, Bush 1, Clinton, and Bush 2 president? Are you actually trying to claim that our current president is doing BETTER with this problem, given his growth in debt vs time in office?

And oh yeah - congratulations on the rants filled with a mix of religious hatred, obvious hate of anything not liberal, and a truly glaring lack of ability to make any logical sense at all.

I come to this site for amusement, and you, sir (or ma'am, of that is the case) win my chuckle of the day award. I thank you for taking the time to entertain me - I honestly do appreciate it.