Obama just isnt getting the "free" air time he got in 2008. back then CNN was basiclly an Obama infomercial. In 2012 even the liberal media outlets can't find anything to support Obama on.... Let's vote for change in 2012!

Having to spend $8.8 million this early in the campaign probably is not good news...it just means he is desperate to distract from all the negatives in his administration.

If there is one thing that Obama is good at, it's spending money.

John - How much has Mitten's spent so far?

I saw a Hillaryous editorial cartoon in the weekend paper. It shows a jackass wearing a suit and limping along with one of those walker's used by the elderly and the caption "WALKER" underneath. To the right is an elephant wearing a suit and riding fast on a Segway, doing circles around the jackass with the caption "SCOTT WALKER" underneath.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

John, Tucson - no it means the President is going to counter Romney at every opportunity. Nothing bad about that - it's called politics - you know, the way all candidates do it!

Obama is the worst and most disgusting president in the history of history ....

Even cave men would have booted him out already ....

Hey BigBen - don't take this personally, but you need to get some new material. Those same old cut and pastes are getting old.

Obama is the worst and most disgusting president in the history of history ....

Now, now BigBen, history is full of many a nasty President from many a nasty country ... a wee bit over the top today are you?

Well, depending on who you want to believe, Obama has either;

A) won already. I find this doubtful. This is the Virginia-is-Obama's model. Supported by recent polls, but it's pretty far out.

B) Is about 23 electoral votes away from winning. This is the 'fight for virginia, colorado and new hampshire/Iowa' model.

or C) Is about 43 electoral votes away from winning. This is the 'fight for virginia, colorado, iowa and wisconsin' model.

Now, regardless of what you believe personally from the many pollsters out there...theoretically speaking, mind you...couldn't the sudden big ad money just be sort of trying to 'put it away' quickly?

I love how everything is 'blood in the water' to both sides :) sometimes it's just simple mathematics.

such spending may be the latest round of stimulus ... but only to We The Corporations (media corporations) who benefit most -

Guess FR had to look long and hard for it after pushing positive Willard all last week nothing positive was posted about President Obama.

Hey Chilled, They're playing the ratings game ....

GT,

The whole "private sector is fine' issue was taken out of context, as all the journalists at the WH will tell you. Because they were there, when the President talked about public and private sector jobs directly to the WH press. He was standing right in front of them!

The private sector is doing better than ever and is common knowledge.

The context of the President's remark was in relation to the 4.3 million private sector jobs created over 27 months in the private sector ..... versus 700,000 layoffs at state and local levels in the public sector.

Mostly teachers, police and firefighters got laid off. It is still possible to put them back to work via the American Jobs Act. Because of those layoffs, the public sector is weak, and that is not good for the economy or for families.

So far, GOP congressionals have refused to bring the 2 million jobs in the AJA up for debate.

Got Amnesia?

Republicans always love to forget that it was the republicans who voted for tax cuts during war time against all reasonable thinking. In fact the first time in our history where tax cuts were given during war time.

After the republicans voted on purpose to create the deficit while being un-patriotic and greedy. Now they want to pretend it was President Obama's fault.

After the republicans voted on purpose to not create jobs while protecting the rich as if they are the ones who are suffering in this country.

Now the republicans have voted in mass for the Ryan/Romney budget which has been proven in England would bring another recession to America on purpose.

Must make you republicans feel all warm and cozy knowing that you are voting for the party that would throw America under the bus for Romney and his permanent tax cuts.

Amazing the republican party that wants permanent war to protect democracy all over the world, except in America where the republicans are suppressing and purging the voter roles of democrat and independent legal voters.

When baby bush jumped up and angry said that Kerry could not have won Florida they promised me Florida just before the screen went blank. Then instead of counting the votes the supreme court that gave us citizens united decided that they got to decide the election instead of the voters.

I wonder why I don't trust a republican to protect our democracy?

VOTE FOR AMERICA...VOTE FOR A DEMOCRAT 2012

Big Ben

8 reasons why Ronald Reagan was the worst President of our lifetime.

1. Reagan cut taxes for the Rich, increased taxes on the Middle Class
2. Tripling the National Debt

3. Iran/Contra

4. Reagan funded Terrorists

5. Unemployment issues

6. Ignoring AIDS

7. Reagan gave amnesty to 3 million Undocumented Immigrants

8. His attack on Unions and the Middle Class



http://www.examiner.com/article/8-reasons-why-ronald-reagan-was-the-worst-president-of-our-lifetime

big ben

Feb 18, 2012 –

The poll said, " Americans still rate George W. Bush among the worst president

Hey Chilled, They're playing the ratings game ....

Oh, I forgot about that GT!.....

Bet this little nugget from the SC will get The Donald all fired up. The SC refused an appeal by the Birthers!

....enter the Donald........

Just a quick note: After First Read has been gleefully milking the nontroversy over Obama's minor flub on the private sector, they said Obama is "still bleeding." As much as Chuck Todd might enjoy sticking the knife in and twisting, the Gallup polls suggest that Obama hasn't been doing a whole lot of bleeding. His approval rating is up to 50% and disapproval down to 44%. That's what the political pundits call REELECT territory (although mostly they called it that when Obama's approval rating was much lower.

Of course, the polls and the antics of political journalists are mostly sound and fury signifying nothing. If Europe craters between now and election day, Obama will lose. If the economy shows even modest progress, he'll win.

The Republican Committee or Mitt have no reason to subject us all to negative ads.

Huey -

Neither does Obama. All O needs to do, with respect to neg. ads, is re-run all the neg. ads that Newt and Santorum ran against Mitten's in the Primary's. That should be enough to get O an easy victory.....

Obama/Biden 2012

GT-2021701

All O needs to do, with respect to neg. ads, is re-run all the neg. ads that Newt and Santorum ran against Mitten's in the Primary's. That should be enough to get O an easy victory.....

and there is so much material to choose from! The Republicans did all the dirty work for the President.

Afternoon Irony Break

Hello, everyone. I just stopped by to drop off a delicious little tidbit I read in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, earlier today.

What I read was that both parties are now boycotting Scott Walker's bi-partisan bratwurst summit. At least two Democrats -- Mark Pocan and Kelda Helen Roys -- are boycotting it on the theory that Walker ought to do something other than fry brats to show that he is serious about working together.

Well, okay. I get that.

But the funny thing is that Steve Nass, a Republican representative, has also indicated that HE does not plan to attend, either, allegedly because the Democratic party chairman said at the convention this past weekend that "Scott Walker will see the inside of a jail cell before he sees the inside of another term." In his explanation, Nass said, "We encourage our children to stand up to bullies. That's exactly what must happen in the Legislature."

Huh?

Does anyone besides me see the irony in this? Nass has decided not to attend Walker's bi-partisan event in order to "stand up" the "bullies" who have criticized Walker.

Exactly how he thinks that boycotting Walker's event stands up to bullies is beyond me. Shouldn't he be standing "with" Walker, rather than running AWAY from him?

Sounds more like cowardly to me.

Frankly, I suspect that Nass is actually less worried about bullies than he is about being photographed with Walker, and then having someone photoshop a jailsuit on him, or on them both.

Could happen, you know.

Later, my friends.

The MSM could give a damn about Obama or the AMerican people. They are busy licking their chops over all the money that is rolling in thanks to Citizens United.

They may have really liked Senator Obama in 2008 but President Obama is all aboout tyring to win something for the Middle Class and the MSM is all about the Benjamins!

Oh well... you gotta love this free enterprise thingy what with the SCOTUS making it possible for all this foreign money to fund the USA election campaigns.

The delicious irony of it all. Citizens United makes it clear that "we the people" is now a joke.

I think the President based his statement on the fact that the big private sector corporations are making record profits and the stock market is higher than it has ever been. The President has proposed a plan to increase jobs substantially, but the congress refuses to pass it. I keep hearing Republicans whining about the 30 "jobs bills" the House has sent to the Senate. I guess they have somehow failed to notice that cutting taxes for big corporations and millionaires does not create jobs so they think that doing the same thing is miraculously going to produce a different result.

Great comeback GT. You sounded like a third grader having an argument on the schoolyard during recess.

Is that all ya got these days?

Huey - I was just answering your 3rd grade comment, with 3rd grade comment:)

Spend baby spend -

Mitt the MisFitt got a lot of money as a vulture, it's time to spit it out ... without any possibilities of a return - no chance of winning in November

...from a vulturist to an altruist?

From the story above, note North Carolina numbers...

North Carolina: Obama $1.1M, Romney $193K, Crossroads GPS $449K
Obama/Pro-Obama $1.1M
Romney/Pro-Romney $6.42M

Then, the overall total

Total:
Obama/Pro-Obama $8.823M
Romney/Pro-Romney $4.712M

How can Romney's total be 4.712M when he spent 6.42M in North Carolina?

sirie - Mitt's never been good with numbers. What do you expect?

To: Beverly in Chicago

Big Ben 8 reasons why Ronald Reagan was the worst President of our lifetime.

Bev, how can you be so off! The dems even see him as one of the best, calling him the "Great Communicator". Why, even President Obama has quoted him, appeared with picture adds with him, and he has even said that he is somewhat like Reagan.

So, according to your logic, if Reagan is one of the worst Presidents them Obama will be or is worst than worst.

Concern Citizen - no the "dems" do not. The people calling him the "Great Communicator" are the GOP - no one else.

President Obama will be among the best Presidents of modern time.

Anna Molly,

I love irony....It reminds me of the old say " What if we had a war and no one showed up""

Maybe Walker could have the brat party and invite the homeless and share a meal with his fellow citizens in WI.

The president and Dems must go on the offensive in a range of ways--the president in swing states, and the DNC in closely contested elections nationwide at the congressional and state levels. First, get out early to prevent Swift-boating by owning the air as much as possible right now. Then continuing with the ground game, especially finding ways to gain in rural areas. And finally hitting everything possible in the last 30 days of the election cycle.

Talking about rural America, and white, blue-collar men, this is where the president and Dems have got to improve their efforts. Watch the NRA and fear mongering about guns. Watch the religious groups and fear mongering about supposed War on Religion. Nip these things in the bud.

Then remind rural folks about the local Post Office, investing in Internet infrastructure, and the good things Dems have done for agriculture, heck deregulation, transparency, and things that cause distrust of government. These people live in an Echo Chamber that must be corrected.

Houston! -- Agreed.

Romney said in Iowa. “...It’s time for us to cut back on government and help the American people.”

Anyone with half a brain, stop to ponder this one statement, and ask why this has not been in the news for the last several day.

If Europe craters between now and election day, Obama will lose. If the economy shows even modest progress, he'll win.

You may be right, but if Obama doesn't start hitting this lightweight back, he could still lose. I don't know what he's waiting for. Romney proved in the primary debates how ineffective he was. He's gotta take the offensive and get this clown to start answering questions instead of letting him ask them.

Got to agree Tony. Looking like a gentleman doesn't get you anywhere, and appearance is everything in politics. I say drop the gloves on the *bleep* hole, hold him down and shear him of his Reagan-esque locks.

Film it.

Put it on national T.V.

Then arrange a tour in France of all the places that Mitt used to live when he was evading the draft there in the 1960's. Interview people who knew him while he was cowering under the bed as less wealthy kids were getting blown up in Vietnam.

Corporations are people now, so go into a busy airport and have them page J.B. Weld, H.D. Heinz, and Martin Marietta,..........have a roving microphone,...........see if anybody gets it.

I could have lots of fun with this.

Love your moniker BTW.

Looking like a gentleman doesn't get you anywhere, and appearance is everything in politics. I say drop the gloves on the *bleep* hole, hold him down and shear him of his Reagan-esque locks.

Film it.

Put it on national T.V

Yea, that would be cool. Don't know if Obama is tough, but I'm sure he could whip Mitt's a$$. In fact, I think a ten year old girl could do that. The lawsuits after may be rough.

Corporations are people now, so go into a busy airport and have them page J.B. Weld, H.D. Heinz, and Martin Marietta,..........have a roving microphone,...........see if anybody gets it.

I've always been partial to Mike Hunt or Hugh Jass. Heywood Jablomey is another good one.

Love your moniker BTW.

Thanks. The other guys hate it, so it stays.

Only the people with pictures of him on their desks, Amy. That's a short list.

Actually, that ad spending isn't doing them too much good at all

http://www.buzzfeed.com/zekejmiller/big-obama-spending-fails-to-move-the-needle

Send those emails, Amy! It's the only way you'll have to see him after January.

True indeed Amy. People remember the days that Obama said "If I don't have the economy turned around in 3 years, I don't deserve to be re-elected", and when as a Senator Obama said raising the debt ceiling was "a sign of leadership failure" was "irresponsible" and "unpatriotic, but while as President, Obama has had the debt ceiling raised five times with a sixth one probably occurring before the election.

And now we learn from this President that the private sector is doing just fine. Who knew?

But, the economy has turned around, JoAnna. In fact, Scott Walker was re-elected on the fact President Obama didn't let the American automobile companies go bankrupt. The exit polls in WI show voters plan to re-elect the President.

We have had over two years of job creation every month. In fact. the economy has added more private sector jobs in the last two years under Obama, than it did in eight years under George Bush.

Hehehe!

Keep telling yourself that Amy! Perhaps it will console you in November. (HA!)

I get all warm and fuzzy when I think of JAS and NoJo voting for the King of Mendacity, Wayward Willard. He is and I repeat from a previous post, the Bernie Madoff of Politics. Line up and bend over gals.

But, the economy has turned around, JoAnna. In fact, Scott Walker was re-elected on the fact President Obama didn't let the American automobile companies go bankrupt.

No Amy. you're confused, Scott Walker won because he brought the state budget in line with tax revenue. He told the state union members that they had to pay their fair share towards their retirement and benefits. He also told the union members they were not required to pay into their union dues, and over half of them didn't. The voters and taxpayers of the state agreed with Scott Walker while the union members turned their backs on their unions, in fact 37% of them voted for Walker.

Ames: President Obama didn't let the American automobile companies go bankrupt.

No Amy, you're confused (seems to be a trend), GM and Chrysler did go bankrupt.

Keep telling yourself that Amy! Perhaps it will console you in November. (HA!)

Sick - Like ole Spanky would say, learn how to read the polls.......

Obama/Biden 2012

I'm glad Obama's poll numbers are steadily tanking .... "LOL"

Monday, June 11, 2012

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Monday shows Mitt Romney attracting 47% of the vote, while President Obama earns 44%. Five percent (5%) prefer some other candidate, and four percent (4%) are undecided ....

You should be too ....

Ideo: I get all warm and fuzzy when I think of JAS and NoJo voting for the King of Mendacity, Wayward Willard. He is and I repeat from a previous post, the Bernie Madoff of Politics

Poor ideo - just not relevant any more. Romney is now Bernie Madoff? Why not just go with Charles Manson, you'd look just as dumb.

Bigben - Read the electoral polls! They don't bode well for your boy.......

JAS ... now why does Manson enter your let us say odd imagination? Charlie was just a regular mass murdering bastard. Madoff is a world class liar, as is Willard. As to looking dumb, that is a far cry from actually being like you ... just plain dumb.

"Oh, yeah, I remember when the President was encouraging America during the darkest days of the financial crisis."

Yeah, I remember him promising his trillion dollar stimulus was not full of pork and would make the unemployment rate fall below 8..

ideo: JAS ... now why does Manson enter your let us say odd imagination? Charlie was just a regular mass murdering bastard. Madoff is a world class liar, as is Willard. As to looking dumb, that is a far cry from actually being like you ... just plain dumb.

My. Still angry about Wisconsin ideo? Or was it the bad Obama economy? Or was it Obama not being sure what's going on in the private sector? Or was it Clinton praising Romney's "sterling" record at Bain? Or was it Clinton saying the Bush tax cuts should be extended? Really ideo, is that what has you all upset and angry? It's time to move on and look ahead. We've got Supreme Court decisions coming down soon. I hear one of them is really important.

now why does Manson enter your let us say odd imagination.

That mind association game is fairly easy. Manson => Mass Murder; Mass Murder => Serial Killer; Serial Killers => Dress up as cops; Impersonating cops => Romney; Romney => Manson!!

BigBen -

Rasmussen is historically off by about five points in favor of the Republicans, so don't get too excited. National polls don't really matter either - you have heard of the electoral college. right?

Bob in VA -

Wrong again. President Obama DID NOT promise unemployment would stay under 8%, that is another Republican talking point that is in outright distortion/lie. There was a graph on one page of a financial presentation prepared by his economic staff, with a disclaimer under it that said it was based in the latest projections and highly subject to change. President Obama NEVER mentioned the graph and NEVER said anything about 8% unemployment.

My. Still angry about Wisconsin ideo?

That's it JAS, you keep clinging to Wisc. because its the only win worth talking about that you'll have in the next 4 years.....

Obama/Biden 2012

My. Still angry about Wisconsin ideo? Or was it the bad Obama economy? Or was it Obama not being sure what's going on in the private sector? Or was it Clinton praising Romney's "sterling" record at Bain? Or was it Clinton saying the Bush tax cuts should be extended? Really ideo, is that what has you all upset and angry? It's time to move on and look ahead. We've got Supreme Court decisions coming down soon. I hear one of them is really important.

Cannot help you out there JAS as none of the above apply ... frankly I spent the last several weeks making musical instruments for kids in Nova Scotia so I have not been following your nation's twists and turns. My commentary in the past few days is directed at the same old bombast you and your ilk spew in response to every liberal post. You do all sound the same with this constant Wisconsin crap. I am amazed that you have not bored yourselves to death with your ad-nauseous repetitions of blather.

I do believe it is time to refer to you and your fellow travellers as Willard's Dullards.

Bob if you pulled that vaginal probe out of your ears you wouldn't have to be repeating lies like the 8% unemployment lie that has been disproved many, many times.

It was not said by President Obama, it was said by someone who didn't know that bush and the republicans left our country in twice as bad shape as anyone originally thought.

Of course don't complain on how bush and the republicans left our country, complain about the person who is trying to fix the republicans mess.

Bob is not concerned about America, he is only concerned about his repeat-a-lies.

Don't forget that England is now looking at a stimulus because it worked here in America. The republican austerity plan of taking from the poor to give to the rich only caused a double-dipped recession in England.

Poor Bob would follow his hate and vote for another recession on purpose. Then he would try and convince you that he is the smart one.

That's it JAS, you keep clinging to Wisc.

History has a way of repeating .. and Wisconsin followed the rule. They elected a corrupt, loud-mouthed politician that created one of the most divisive America's when they voted red-scare McCarthy to two terms. Wisconsin repeated history when they elected corrupt, loud-mouthed red-scare Walker as governor a 2nd time. Thankfully history repeats itself, and Walker's political career will go up in flames as his corruption is exposed.

JoAnnaSmith1

No Amy, you're confused (seems to be a trend), GM and Chrysler did go bankrupt.

You're confused. GM and Chrysler didn't go out-of-business, sell-off-the-assets to China bankrupt, which they would have done if Obama had followed Mitt Romney's advice to let private sector float the loans, which not even Bain Capital was willing to do at the height of panic during the Bush Recession.

June 11, 2012

This will be a tight one, and my current Projection: (Currently the states that will play the biggest are Michigan, Ohio, Virginia and Wisconsin.

Projected Winner Obama 297

Projected Loser Romney 241

What JAS1 fails to mention about Wisconsin is that citizens may have kept Scott Walker but they put a serious hitch in his git-a-long. They turned the Senate back to a Democrat majority. You see, WI voters may have been convinced by ads that recalling a Governor was just not right, they did remember that removing said Governor's total power is effective, too.

Dress up as cops; Impersonating cops => Romney; Romney => Manson!!

So, true.....Romney liked to dress up in a Michigan State Trooper uniform that his Dad got him. Then drive around in his lil Rambler as he put a red dome light on top.......

Impersonating a police officer is felony stuff (he never got caught).....but Dad would have got him out of the charge.

There is something wrong with Willard. Bully...impersonating a police officer.....dog on car......and always lying!

Houston, As usual, you are quite the distortionist ! JoAnna DID NOT SAY they went out of business and sold off their assets, she said they went bankrupt ..... which they did ! Only Ford had their turnaround in full progress. GM DID, in fact, go through a bankruptcy engineered by the Obama administration to screw GM bond holders while bailing out union unfunded pensions. Chrysler also went belly up, defaulted on some government loans ( Ithink about $143 billion) before being bought out by Fiat.

But hey, you never do let the truth get in the way with you and a disingenuos post !

"Cannot help you out there JAS as none of the above apply ... frankly I spent the last several weeks making musical instruments for kids in Nova Scotia so I have not been following your nation's twists and turns."

But yet you comment on U.S politics. Honestly, your opinion is worth sh*t.

Funny how you forgot to mention that the rich pay the majority of all taxes collected ....

the rich pay the majority of all taxes collected...and the working class provides the military with the vast majority of it's troops. What's your point?

Funny how you forgot to mention that the rich pay the majority of all taxes collected ....

Bigben - Evidently not enough

Funny how you forgot to mention that the rich pay the majority of all taxes collected ....

Funny, there is an easy fix to that - pay people a salary above the poverty level and let them contribute to the tax base. Why, if enough people made a good income, we could decrease taxes on the wealthy.

Americans First---great post. It makes me wonder how much is enough for the 1%. How much are the Kochs protecting when they say they will spend $400 million on the election?

What BigBen fails to grasp is that the rich paying the majority of taxes means that most of Americans aren't faring too well; the rich are controlling the biggest share of the wealth in this country. If 1-2% of the population is paying a majority of the taxes, it means that 98-99% of the rest of the country are not sharing in economic wealth.

In 2008, income disparity was the greatest it had been since prior to the Great Depression; it hasn't improved. The GOP policies of the last 30 years, since Reagan, have been to reward those who already have by giving them the greatest share of tax cuts, and eliminating union jobs which create competitive wages in non-union private business. That's not liberal chatter, that's just simple economic fact which is not political bias.

If 1-2% of the population is paying a majority of the taxes, it means that 98-99% of the rest of the country are not sharing in economic wealth.

Very well expressed, Jody. Big Ben "fails to grasp" a lot. We gotta connect the dots for these people.

Yup, 40% of the people make less now than 3 years ago. Go OBAMA!!! Got to love his policies!!! Right GOP? Love the free money? How's Detroit doing these days? Are the lights on tonight?

Medicare is a Federal program.

"They cut 20,000 Mainers from Medicare, reduced teachers' benefits"

So...the progressive Amy's goal is to make everyone a helpless government dependent, give unionized teachers gold plated pensions, and lifetime employment without any accountability.

And last but not least, punish hard work and success with confiscatory tax rates.

Got it.

GermanGem

oops, I made a gaffe! I meant to say Medicaid. The Republicans cut 20,000 low income people from Medicaid, not Medicare.

Bob in Virginia-5210392

gold plate pensions? The average teacher in Maine retires on $19,000 a year and is not allowed to collect Social Security, even if they paid into the system through another job.

Bob in VA-

punish hard work and success with confiscatory tax rates

That's right, the current HISTORICALLY LOW tax rates on the wealthy are "confiscatory" and "punish success". Meanwhile Romney balanced his MA budget with the help of a Capital Gains Tax increase approved before his election but in place during his term. In fact, the combined state and local tax burden on MA residents INCREASED under Romney.

Also glad to see how well Virginia is doing with the help of the Stimulus and other Federal monies that Republicans were so against. Has your Gov. Bob sent Obama a "Thank You" card yet?

After all, if you are going to hold Obama responsible for the bad you have to give him credit for the good, right?

So I guess in a republicans brain that when republican Eisenhower raised taxes to 90% to pay for World War II that he was just just punishing the success of the rich?

I guess when republican Reagan raised taxes 11 times he was only punishing the success of the rich?

I guess it had nothing to do with being a patriot and loving your country and wanting to succeed as a nation?

The rich are not job creators as all the money to create jobs is being donated to the republican party not to create jobs but to insure that no matter how Americans suffer their tax cuts for Romney and the rich come first.

Rich first, country last.......vote for a republican.

give unionized teachers gold plated pensions, and lifetime employment without any accountability.

Hey Vag-Bob,

Based on most of your posts, whoever educated you sure in hell wasn't held accountable.

I can't blame you for being upset...LOL

Bob the Probe for VP, you do realize that the best "gold-plated" pensions aren't unionized teachers, fire and police but duly elected Federal Congressional legislators, State Governors and State lawmakers. Yep, while they rant about those evil public sector union pensions, they take home the top, gold-plated pensions for themselves. I find it amazing how, the past 30 years, completely the GOP has brainwashed people into believing that because others (those evil union workers) have something they don't (non-union workers), they should demand those others don't have something good either instead of demanding that they have it, too. There was a time when that is exactly what union jobs did for non-union jobs but the GOP Corporatocracy has been successful in convincing middle class people that their ills are caused by others' gains. It is the ultimate Reverse Robin Hood.

I have seen some very good Obama ads filled with facts. However, the Super Pack ads for Romney are loaded with false statements that I have fact checked, and have been proven lies.

TNSEVOL

MSNBC fails to mention that so far around 70% of Team Obama's ads are positive

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Yeah - thats right - everything is just fine !!!

More Americans are on food stamps that at any time in the history of the USA - Obama says "just fine"

More American Debt than at any time in the GALAXY's History - Obama says "just fine"

"Just fine" must be a code phrase for "all f-d up" - that would be more believable.

Bo when did Obama say that American's are "just fine" must have missed that fox moment. Or is this just more lies by you. Bo sit!

Sorry Tis the Season - I, Like Obama, was referring to us non-gubment workers.

Bo you don't read well do you. When did Obama say Americans are just fine. I did not say Government workers, if you can't read any better than this I guess its not wonder you can't get a single point correct. And if this is the same report I saw, He was not talking about individuals at all. Government or otherwise, but then I should not be suprised you missed that. If you can't answer the question just say so. Please try again.

Tis The Season - Dont worry - Your Food stamps will continue to give you your free cheese.

"He was not talking about individuals at all" - are you freeking crazy - what, was he talking about butterflies and rose blossoms? You must have drunk way to much kool-aid.

The Private sector is all of us non-gubment individuals - The private sector is AMERICA - the Government is there to serve the private sector - Remember its "WE THE PEOPLE"

Not what Obama and Tis The Season want - "WE THE GUBMENT"

and NO we are not FINE !!!

Yes, and thanks to Obama - We have less !

Bo you have to be the dumbest dog on the planet. You just go about making things up don't you. Obama was refering to Private sector companies doing fine. And if you look at the Stock Market kind of hard to argue, its also hard to argue when corporate profits are through the roof. Jobs are being added every month. Thats in the plus column. Is everything perfect by no means but it is improving even if you don't want it to be. Kind of makes your position weak when things are moving up and not down, so you have to make things up. Have we recovered totally not in any sense yet. As for net worth gee I wonder how that would happen when peoples incomes have gone down due to pay cuts, lost jobs, cost increase like food, gas, property taxes. How about you get some of those big corporations to increase pay for their workers you know the ones that got them the profits they are sitting on.

Hours later Obama agreed with me and said they are not fine - so, which of obama's faces do you agree with?

Tis the Season.

"How about you get some of those big corporations to increase pay for their workers you know the ones that got them the profits they are sitting on."

Maybe we should raise the US Corporate tax rate to the highest on earth - that will get them to spend more money in USA - Thats what Obama thinks - Hows that working out for you - Nevermind its "FINE"

flip flop, flip flop, change story, taken out of context... why didn't Obama blame Bush for his gaffe?

So BO-dog ... enlighten me as to what Fast and Furious was called under the Bush Administration. As to Iran-Contra? Damn that best President evuh, Ronald Reagan.

Non- Existant

Bo, Bo! this program started under the Bush Admin.

Well Bo ... you could try-

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/01/05/144761413/documents-suggest-bush-administration-used-fast-and-furious-tactics

or

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/10/new-documents-reveal-previous-problems-with-atf-phoenix-cases/

there are countless others.

Not according to Holder - or is he lying?

According to Holder "Fast and Furious" didn't even exist after he emailed about "Fast and Furious"

But, Dont Worry - I'm sure its just FINE

BoTheDog is chewin' on the bone of the day. Try some meat fella.

Im FINE

Bo ... I'll believe that you are "FINE" when you stop using capitals to spell words. Capitalised words reek of undue emotion, or at worst a misplaced acronym.

@ Ideo According to this it was not the same program. It was shut down by Bush and started up again under Obama's administration with changes. I think this says why it is very different.

"Unlike the previous program, there appears to have been no plan - or way - to follow them once they crossed the border. The guns would be "found" only when they turned up at a crime scene. Mexican authorities did not know what was going on. US agents based in Mexico to assist that country's government did not know what was going on."

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/purple- Iwisconsin/158355565.html#!page=1&pageSize=10&sort=newestfirst

Thanks for the love flying pig - we may be related - :)

Bo ... you would need a dna spicing of Greek, Russian, and of course Irish. Europe was the first melting pot and then people moved off to the USA ... no knowing what's in our blood at this point.

ksw62118

One way or the other it was a continuation of policy ... rather rampant from one Admin to another don't you agree?

It was a continuation of policy but there is a huge difference if Fast & Furious had no way of tracking the arms. The other issue I have with F&F is why not release the documents. I thought one of the promises by the President was 'more transparency'. It appears to be more of the same politics as usual.

The GOP also claimed they didn't find anything criminal in Fast & Furious but would probably bring it up again in time for the election. That would be because it began under the Bush administration just like Solyndra. Both were a continuation of pre-existing policy.

The other issue I have with F&F is why not release the documents.

To protect those who serve? Yes I know, officers died. Do we want more to do so for the political agenda of one side or the other?

... and Jody as usual has a fine point to make.

It gives the appearance of cover-up which is in direct opposition of the President's promise of more transparency.

As to the political agenda, both sides are equally guilty of trying to control information.

ksw62118

I would be aghast if any Administration did not cover up either their wrong or right doings. It is you must agree an ugly world in many aspects. All administrations get some things right and some things wrong and all do so by following an ideological bent. We the minions have but right or wrong in our arsenal and it behoves us not to bring any but Copeland's 'Fanfare to the Common Man' to the voting booth ... rich, poor, man, woman, black, white, gay or not and shades in between ... and without love to either but to all.

It gives the appearance of cover-up which is in direct opposition of the President's promise of more transparency.

ksw -

The transparency the President spoke of, didn't include intelligence ops or stings. Can you imagine if O was transparent when planning the BinLaden operation? It would be in the news the same day, and BinLaden would still be alive and well.....

@GT Sorry not buying it. It appears the President is ok with leaks(transparency) that make the administration look good. I guess it is a "leak" when you want to look good and classified when it makes you look bad.

http://washingtonexaminer.com/politics/washington-secrets/2012/05/obamas-bin-laden-leaks-angered-military/622606

@Jody Appears Holder gave 7000 pages that were heavily redacted. Again it implies cover-up.

"During his last appearance on the Hill, Holder conceded that the Justice Department generated over 140,000 documents in response to a congressional subpoena. It has refused to give the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee more than the 7,600 pages already delivered (in an often heavily-redacted form)."

ksw62118 - your source please. Nowhere does it state the documents were heavily-redacted.

ksw - Based on what that reporter said in the article, it wasn't a leak. He stated as follows:

But, he revealed at a counter terrorism expo this week, the info came directly and officially from the White House, not some garbage can digging operation. “I said to him, ‘Sir, that information came officially to us from the podium at the White House,’” Shanker said.

If it comes from the podium, its declassified anyway

@ Seeking with a handle like that and a little thing called Google you could find on your own. Here is one of many, you did not try very hard.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57423017-503544/republicans-prepare-contempt-citation-against-eric-holder-over-fast-and-furious/

Nothing to see her - just move on - dont worry about the dead americans -

Tis the season dosen't care about dead americans and cover-ups

All is FINE in tis the season land.

OH bo did I hurt your feelings now were did I say I did not care, point to the sentence were I said that. Come on boy you can do it. I am just sure that Holder if he did this wanted a boarder agent to be killed, are you really that callus. Or just that stupid! How about rather than making up news we wait for it then report or comment on it. That way you might not appear so ignorant if it goes the otherway.

Dont worry about me - Im FINE

Concern - Regan was a good speaker but a lousy Preisdent. President Obama will be listed as one of our best Presidents - who served during a difficult period but still did a good job.

SeekingSanity - It appears you wasn't around when Reagan was President. Reagan has, on numerous occasions, been selected as one of the best Presidents in history. Obama isn't rated yet, but the way he is going, he will be lucky to beat President Carter.

Jesus had it, God has always had it, civilization has been advanced by it, so liberal is as old as mankind. Reactionaries worship at the tombs of dead liberals.

The federal revenue sharing programs are still there. Detroit is near bankruptcy, for example. Police, fire fighters, and teachers are critical. The United States is a nation, not a confederation of city states. Since communism went belly up 15 years ago, the anti-government party is now Republican.

Under Obama, government spending has gone up 1.8%. That is the smallest increase in spending in 60 years. The all time biggest increase was under George Bush. Tax cuts and the Great Recession also began on his watch - both causing massive deficits. Republicans lie.