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As speculation abounds about Mitt Romney's selection for a running mate, the Obama campaign is revving the engines to ensure its supporters in the home states of the possible picks are ready to dish some local dirt.
In emails to supporters in Ohio, Florida, and Minnesota, Obama for America invites critics of hometown pols Sen. Rob Portman, Sen. Marco Rubio, and former Gov. Tim Pawlenty to "share what you think Americans need to know about" the could-be vice presidential candidates.
An email to Obama for America's Minnesota supporters calls Pawlenty "our former governor and 'Obamneycare' critic" and asks if the onetime presidential candidate "will really be Mitt Romney's running mate."
"Most Americans don't know Tim Pawlenty," the email reads. "But as a Minnesotan, you do -- and the truth is painful for the middle-class families who lived under his leadership. Like Romney, Pawlenty proved that when he's in charge, fees and taxes go up, job creation goes down, transparency gets worse, and women's rights are threatened."
The message: Those who know the talked-about running mates need to spread the word to a nation that doesn't know much about the "disaster" each would be as Romney's partner in the White House.
An email to Floridians dumps a sampling of opposition research on Rubio: "In the Florida State House, Rubio balanced the budget by sticking it to the middle class. And in the Senate, Rubio's led the way on almost every extreme position Mitt Romney has embraced. If chosen as Romney's VP, we can count on Rubio to lead us right back to the failed economic policies of the past. Remember -- this is the guy who called George W. Bush a ‘fantastic’ president."
A similar message was sent to Ohio Obama backers about Sen. Rob Portman: "The most damning pieces of his record involve choices he made as a senior member of the Bush-Cheney administration and conservative congressman, the consequences of which still reverberate on a national scale."
The message continued: "As one of the architects of the top-down Bush budget, Portman practically invented the policies that punished middle-class families while exploding the deficit, and crashing our economy."
Each email contains a link to a clearinghouse site where participants can, for example, "share what you think the rest of the country should know about what Rubio's really done in Florida -- the good, bad, and ugly -- and why he'd be a disaster as our next vice president."
The grassroots communication effort is similar to one launched by the Obama campaign during the GOP primaries.
So far, none of the other possible picks - like Wisconsin's Paul Ryan, Louisiana's Bobby Jindal, or New Jersey's Chris Christie - have received the same treatment. But as the buzz picks up, more such efforts could be on the way.
NBC's Andrew Rafferty contributed to this report.
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When are the Vietnam veterans gonna apologize to Romney for partying in Vietnam while poor Mitt suffered in France?
Dish the dirt. It's not like the Republicans aren't doing it every chance they've had for three years now.
Funny how the Republicans whine when the Democrats get in the gutter with them to slug it out.
According to Saul Alinsky you need to make the Opponent live by their own rulebook. Your the ones that wrote the rules. You certainly can't blame the opposition by playing by the same rules you do.
The "Occupiers" have demonstrated there are no rules, Not even Laws, that need to be obeyed, so anything goes.
Didn't The Donald send an investigator(s) to Hawaii to dish the dirt on President Obama's birth certificate?
Didn't he say something along the lines of - I can't believe what they're finding!!!!!!
Since you can't find any dirt on Mitt (HAHAHA) no doubt you will resort to find it any where you can.... Good luck with that...
Oh and by the way, when Mitt becomes president you will need to dust off your resumes and find a job... No more sitting on your arses and collecting a paycheck complements of olama's government handout program....
And how long will it be before one of our beloved teabag trolls come on here complaining because that mean old Obama is picking on the honest Republican candidates and not running on his record. Let me be the first to answer that with a great big boo f---ing hoo. It hurts when you hear the truth and the other side knows it.
wtf are you talking about, troll? There's enough dirt on Mitt to fill a hole the size of Massachusetts.
Better wake up. But just in case that happens, at least we libtards can fill out a resume. You on the other hand................
Tony,
Given that we have had over 8% unemployment for the last 41 months that is a needed requirement in today's world.
Maybe if the country had the same unemployment rate as Mass. when Gov. Romney finished his term (4.7%) everybody would be working and not sending out 100 resumes for every job out there.
Tony, i'm a 1%er who has a strong business, but I'm sitting on loads of money just waiting for olama's exit so i can start hiring again... i do hire both democrats and republicans by the way... but republicans are harder workers -- go figure
How funny would it be if Romney picked General Petraeus.
I guess the looney libs would have to do another 180 and go back to calling him General Betray-us.
Sure you are. And i'm an alien that's traveled 700 light years to get here. Quit trying to bullsh!t people. You're nothing but a friggin' troll that spends his days leaving his poop stains on any blog you can find.
Sure Jerry. Drink much kool aid today? I remember not too long ago that you baggers were bitching because the President signed a bill extending unemployment benefits. If I recall the statement was that they needed to get off of their asses and go look for a job. Now, all of a sudden, there isn't any. Why the change of thought?
Bullies like Romney don't like it when they get hit back, or questioned, or interviewed, or expected to release tax returns like everyone else, or revealing his bundlers, or talking about his grocery or hardware purchases. Why is Romney running for POTUS? What does he think this is, La La Land?
Tony,
If I am wrong please tell me then the unemployment rate in Mass. when he finished his term. You actually made my point that is the nation had the same rate as Mass. the President would not have to extend unemployment benefits because people would be working.
Temper Temper Tony... you really must try to control it... you know it will be your undoing.... I'm sure It must be tough when your man is losing in the polls and the American people have lost hope in Olamo. boohoo
In other words, "email me if Paul Ryan short-sheeted your bed in college."...Jim Messina
This is a race to the bottom that Pres. Obama has won by 20 lengths.
This will backfire on Obama. Most people are smart enough to see through this kind of campaign and hate the negative tone. He is revealing his desperation and it is not pretty.
The stories are aleady made up, the libbies here are just waiting for a name to put in the blank
Old,
They do not need a name just a "reliable source"
djames1277
Yeah... I gotta call BS and you're a big f'ing liar on that one. Any business owner that wasn't in receivership knows you had better not be asking your employees whether they are dems or repugnicans. That's a lawsuit waiting to happen. What a maroon....I gotta agree with you there,Tonybeerm
Know what's funny? I read this at about 8:00 a.m.
I'm shocked that this site actually reported on it at all.
So, I'm guessing that there was not much dirt coming in-so, get it out to all their pet media, and hope for the best-or, in this case, worst.
Sad. Desperate, and sad.
Those internal polls must be devastating.
# True Patriot
It's called a sense of entitlement,TP. Like Wannabe 1st lady Ann said," It's our turn." And bullies don't want a fair fight. They want victims. That's why Rmoney needed other boys to hold down his vistim at the rich boy school. He doesn't want fair. He wants a regal coronation. It ain't happenin'.
Governor Rmoney was the 47th out of 50 governors in job creation.
Governor Rmoney invented Obamneycare.
Governor Rmoney left a big budget deficit.
Rmoney lied on his tax returns when he said he was living in Massachusetts while he was living, and filing taxes, in Utah.
Rmoney got $1.6 Billion from the feds to gst him through the 2002 Olympics.
We don't have to make up anything about Romneyhood. All we have to do is talk about huis history.
Hey, Pawlenty! How about the sex offender you pardoned so his wife could open a day care! Good on you, Timmy because he went out and offended again!
There was an elderly couple killed by a Pawlenty parolee too. Can't remember the whole story but looking for it.
And when that bridge collapsed..where was the staff that held the portfolios? On junkets that they refused to come back from.
You're a real pip Timmy.
So you have one Moonbat that starts this thread with Romney being a wimp dodging Vietnam and you have another Moonbat in post 1.12 calling Romney a bully.
You leftie loons are just too funny.
Thank-you President Obama for being our President , and the Ruler, Master and Overlord of all Republicans and Teabaggers for the NEXT FOUR very long YEARS.
You, President Obama, do Not Lie, Cheat, and Avoid paying Taxes for the last Ten years, like the Unhonorable Mitt Romney does!
You do Not take off your Wife's Million dollar Olympic Show horse as a Tax write-off, by calling it a "Therapy Horse" like the Unhonorable Mitt Romney does.
You do Not have hidden Swiss Bank Acounts and phony off-shore Cayman Island "Sluch-Funds", where you "laundry" your ill-gotten loot like the Unhonorable Mitt Romney does.
And you did Not "Retire RetroActively" from Bain Capital , like Mitt Romney did!
Screw politics. Let's all watch HGTV or the DIY Networks!
I don't know, Brockton, he both bullied someone and avoided the draft, which according to most definitions, makes Romney a big ol draft dodger.
Truth too painful?
no jo: you are quite correct. Romney's internal polls are devastating. How very odd for you to be truthful.
Why doesn't Obama ask his supporters to 'dish the dirt' on his wonderful record as POTUS?
djames127-
If you are sitting on a stagnant pile of cash waiting for a change in administration, then you have just defined yourself as part of the unemployment problem, not the solution...unless of course you plan on keeping that "load of money" for yourself instead of investing in Americans. That way, you'd further be investing in yourself by expanding your business, and therefore your "loads of money."
BTW, I am a Democrat who's been gainfully employed with the same place for 33 years. My husband, another Democrat, has 38 years under his belt. We are both industrious and successful. Additionally, if I were running for POTUS, I would share my record of employment and economic success by transparently sharing my tax returns.
Be careful of the broad brush you use to paint your picture. You're getting paint where you don't want it.
That's not my temper, it's me schooling you. You have proved to be rather uneducated which in turn cancels your claim that you are a successful business owner. It's one thing to see you post the same old sh!t over and over again, it's another thing when you resort to bullsh!ting to try and advance it. You're a dime a dozen sonny. Now run along, the adults want have a conversation.
Thank-you President Obama for being our President , and the Ruler, Master and Overlord of all Republicans and Teabaggers for the NEXT FOUR very long YEARS.
Christ you moonbats can't keep anything straight. Those "teabaggers" as you call them have had Obama's nuts in their back pocket since he was elected. Right? Everyday I read post after post that the economy sucks because the teabaggers won't let Obama have his nuts back.
Yeah, sorry djames, you lost that one big.
By the way, any business owner who decides not to hire based on who is President is lying about being a business owner. Quit making a complete fool of yourself.
phine: was thinking about you today and hoping you were doing better. Glad to see you posting.
Yawn...........ZZZZZZZZZZ.......zzzzzzzzzzz.......mik have Jim Messina email some fresher DNC talking points. http://twitter.com/Messina2012
Wow! What is really in Mitt Romney's Tax Returns?
Perhaps some shady Financial dealings with known, and/or unknown, Middle Eastern Terrorist groups? We already know that Mitt Romney has Outsourced thousands and thousands of good old American Jobs to China and Mexico.
The shady Financial dealings with known or unknown Middle Eastern Terrorist groups is the latest credible "chatter" on all the Political blogs and World Wide Web. It's definitely a "story that has legs", and it's Not going away! Too bad, how sad, we're all glad.
Maybe it's some completely LEGAL, like Mitt Romney taking Advantage of the 2009 I.R.S. "AMNESTY PROGRAM", for ILLEGALLY HIDING his Ill-gotten Loot in hidden SWISS BANK ACCOUNTS and then LAUNDERING that Ill-gotten Loot in PHONY Off-Shore CAYMAN ISLAND Shell Companies.
Either way, MITT ROMNEY is "POLITICAL TOAST" (metaphorically speaking of course), come this November 2012.
All hail Obama!
Ruler, Master, and Overlord of all you Republicans and Teabaggers for Four more Years!
Its so easy to ruffle the LIBS feathers... They get mad at anything and everything, right Tony? Very childish behavior when things don't go their way... and the election isn't going their way so they will continue to bash at thin air.. hoping by some miracle that their man gets in... but so far he isn't looking good.. the luster has worn off...
LIBS don't have common sense or understand what it means to be a success. Its the same old BS talking points you hear their leaders spew out.. They chastise people who have worked hard and played by the rules.. like Mitt Romney. And we hear comments from so called leaders that say "you didn't build that" only to underscore their futile understanding of decency, fair play, compromise, and gaining consensus to build instead of tearing down.
LIBS tear down they don't build anything... don't have any legacy, don't care about others who are different...
Hope and Change?? Really? Dirtiest Chicago politician ever. He is sleazy, shifty, a liar, a panderer, a druggie and so many more words for which there is no room. I am amazed that anyone can believe, trust or vote for this slime ball.
get out of this site and read the truth about this bum of a president.
only idiots could support barry -- witness harry and nan -- two of the biggest morons walking the face of the earth.
have a nice night. i will as i canvas my neighborhood sharing the positives of what romney will bring to this great country.
You just proved again, djames, that you aren't a business owner. See, we don't count your lemonade stand. I had three businesses and I am retired.
And a LIBERAL!
Quit making generalizations, you just prove how undereducated you are.
djames...
Businesses do not hire people because of how much cash they have on hand.
We hire because we have a a product to produce for customers willing to pay for same.
SORRY YOU PHONY!!!
Okay. That is just plain scary.....
Brockton,#1.24. Bullies are wimps. Once you fight back, you see it. Question: Who's crying now? Answer: Romney.
When you're unable to win the reelection based on your record, you ask folks to help you by digging up dirt on your opponent. A DESPERATE and failed president for sure.
Typical ploy from Obama's Campaign headquarters in Cheeecago headed by the most arrogant person on Earth, Mr. Axelrod. Wait a minute, he can't take that from Mr. Obama.
With each negative ad the Obama campaign dishes out, it most certainly has it's approval stamp from Mr. Obama. VERY UN-PRESIDENTIAL when you have to use attack ads instead of touting your one and only term in office.
The Presidential campaign has become a CIRCUS headed by the Liberal Clown.
Chicago politics just keep steam rolling.
newday - Are you lying again about yourself? The other day you told me you were self employed, worked for commissions only and made more in one month than I did in a life time. Now you claim you are retired. You know what I think you are nothing but a bull s**t artist, and not a very convincing one.
Anything to divert the media from reporting on what Obama is doing:
Obama just gave ANOTHER 1 MILLION U.S. jobs to foreign criminals and welcomed them to stay in your neighborhoods.
Deferred action program could legalize 1.8 million young immigrants
"As many as 1.76 million young illegal immigrants could qualify for temporary legal status under President Obama's deferred action program, says a new report from the Migration Policy Institute. That's more than double the Obama administration's initial estimate of 800,000 people who would benefit from the program."
"Initially, only young illegal immigrants under 30 who entered the country as children, graduated from high school and had no criminal record would make the cut. Now, young people who didn't graduate or receive their G.E.D. can still apply for the legal status as long as they re-enroll in high school by the time they apply."
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/deferred-action-program-could-legalize-1-8-million-221839009.html
Desperation for political power has never been so blatantly treasonous, courtesy of Obama and the pathetic, spineless Democrat sheep.
Old draft dodger Mitt is bad enough
sfcret
newday also is a farmer worried about flood insurance and has a child with significant special needs. Seems like she is all over the lot. You'll never pin her down.
dal
Mitts draft number in the first draft call was 300. The draft never got past 195. If he had a deferment so what.
My number was 15. My deferment got me through college although Uncle Sam picked me up the next month. Draft dodger?? I think not.
No, sfcret, I said I had 3 businesses that I retired from. I retired to raise my children, one of whom has special needs. Where the heck did you get commissions from?
Reb, sweetie, not too bright are you? I have never said that I am a farmer who is worried about flood insurance. Where in God's name did THAT come from? Because I have horses?
Wow. Not TOO delusional.
Actually one of your figures is a little low, miklkit. By the time Romney was finished running back and forth to Washington for money and the Salt Lake Olympics was over, U. S. taxpayers had bailed out the Romney olympics to the tune of $2.7 billion tax dollars.
Wait a minute Reb.
Didn't you tell me you were a woman?
How on earth would YOU have a draft number?
What else would you expect from any part of that putrid Democrat party? When they don't find dirt they make it up (see Harry Reid) and the media (see NBC) carry their water for them. It's good that the media never check into the party of donkeys or guys like Clinton, Edwards, or Obama would never have a chance.
OK, dishing up the dirt here:
...the numbers for Bush's last three months. Between October and November, 597,000 jobs were lost; between November and December, 681,000 were lost; and between December and January, 741,000 were lost.
April 2012 marks the 26th straight month of gains in private-sector employment, for a total of 4.2 million private-sector jobs.
DJIA Dec 1, 2008 = 8149
DJIA Aug 8, 2012 = 13168
Dec 29, 2008 U.S. corporate earnings fell for a sixth-straight quarter, the longest streak in at least 20 years, as consumer spending on automobiles, homes and retailers collapsed.
May 11, 2012 Fortune magazine released its ranking of the 500 biggest US corporations Monday, which showed that they received a record-breaking $824 billion in combined profits in 2011, up 16 percent from 2010.
The dems are so desperate at this point it is hilarious to watch them make stuff up. They preach to their choir witch is dwindling rapidly so obummer has to pander to the gay marriage crowd even though 4 months ago he was against it. Then he has to pander to the illegal alien crowd and now since the black vote is leaving him in droves over his support of gay marriage he decides thru executive order to lower the bar for black students which is now pissing off the hispanic and asian voter.
i.e. it is now OK, despite what the White House said a day ago, for Harry Reid to find "anonymous sources" to support preposterous allegations against VP candidates.
BTW: I am still waiting for Obama's college transcripts (which he has sealed) and Harry Reid's tax returns. (I'm just curious as Harry lives way beyond his salary - I don't recall him having written a book or done anything, except, maybe taking bribes, is it Union support. Where is your money coming from, Harry?)
Kind of like those they were protesting isn't it?
Were still waiting for Romney's tax returns. You guys got the birth certificates. Both the standard (which wasn't good enough) and the long form. Now it's your turn to pony up. Then you can make more demands. Quit acting like a righty. It's the righty's turn to man up.
Obama is getting even more desperate...
Birth certs were forged...
Let's have the college transcripts that were never released, but are also "standard" for presidential candidates to let out.
Still waiting on Obama years later. hmmmmmm.
Unfortunately in our current political environment all we have is mud slinging. It would be astonishing to me if the VP candidate were not called the "worst person in the World" within the first week of the announcement. No dialogs, just vitreal.
Gillanator: It took Obama 3 years of pressure, from Donald Trump, not the Republican Party, for Obama to produce his birth certificate. So why not give Romney 3 years to produce his tax returns.
BTW: I am just making a point, not expressing an opinion. Any President, in three years of time, could get our modern technology, through the CIA for i.e., to create a perfect forgery. The foot print would be difficult, but not impossible, but, then again we don't have Obama's foot print.
Gil-2872519
Obama produced his birth certificate long before Donald Trump pushed for it. If romney has NOTHING to hide, why doesn't he produce his tax returns? Maybe he just didn't pay any taxes at all.
Forgery? How much longer are doubters going to go with this... the dog won't hunt anymore.
As for Romney's running mate.. PICK Sarah Palin. Cmon I know you want too. OH wait, that's who McCain picked OVER YOU in 2008.
"i'm a 1%er who has a strong business, but I'm sitting on loads of money just waiting for olama's exit so i can start hiring again."
Its so easy to ruffle the LIBS feathers... They get mad at anything and everything
Wait......
This birth certificate thing is still an issue?! Are most of you who are arguing that it isn't real being serious, or just doing it to create controversy?
If it's the former, may I let you in on a few truths. It is likely the certificate is real, the moon landing did happen, there's no such thing as the 'new world order', Elvis is dead, the English royal family and other people in positions of power are not giant lizards, alien abductions don't happen, that is not likely to be D. Trumps real hair, Nancy Pelosi was not the reason the Beatles split up and Norquist's pledge is ridiculous.
There, shattered a few myths.
News98
If you are so concerned about Obama's birth certificate, why don't you go up to the WH and ask to see it personally. Even the cry baby Bohener has given up on this one.
How funny, Obama has made his "PERSONAL" Birth Certificate Public. However, Romney doesn't have to make his "PERSONAL" taxes Public? LMAO, the righties and their hypocrisy are astounding. Romney is hiding something, and it comes out in his taxes, it will hurt him in the Presidential Race. What a coward.
The rest of the comment isn't worthy of a reply, nothing but drivel.
Every criticism about Romney can be said about Obama. They are both the same. Open your eyes people.
I have to say one thing though, I have never seen an acting President ask the American citizens to find dirt on potential VPs.
Post your proof. Not your opinion.
"Have It Your Way," as the Burger King slogan goes. And most politicians do, twisting words to fit their interests. But sometimes they go beyond french-frying facts to serving whoppers.
Whoppers,
This word so fits MR. Romney's and about everything that comes out of his mouth which he has to retract later in the day, week, or months to follow.
Romney could care less about anyone but his rich buddies and his own money, (not yours or the countries) everyone else doesn't count for anything to him and hes proven this time and time again.
Voting for or believing anything this guy says or promises is like peeing your pants in a dark suit, You get a warm feeling but nobody notices. And you still have pee'd in pants on.
Jo Ann-666954
Good point... but don't forget Nixon. I think what he did was a lot worse than this.
Is Larry Flint now working for Obama for America? This is hilarious. No substance, A horrible Presidential record to run on, no dirt on Romney. Hey Radical Left Wing Liberal/Progressive Wack Jobs! Your Chicago thug machine tactics ain't gonna work. America is better than that.
Romneycare, his potential VP picks, his supporters, and all their kind are to blame for the current mess. Amazing that they have any support at all, considering we are not even out of the hole dug for us by Party Boy Bush.
Did Rubio really call Dumbya a 'fantastic president'? Was it some sort of joke? The guy nearly scuttled the ship, and now some of these dummies are clamoring for more! Incredible.
tonybeeerm,
Looks like your opinion is as good as your avatar - sick. Is that a hotdog or something else in it?
I suppose you're the one who made the ad that blames Romney for a womans' death. Both ad and avatar are sick.
Although most politicians in both parties take these tactics, it's still sad to me. Why can't we focus on issues and ideas, and not dirt?
Ok kiddies, here goes.
I told you all last year that Romney would be the nominee.....no one believed me, but there he is and now I'm going to tell you that Tim Pawlenty WILL BE the Vice Presidential nominee. I told you that last year as well.
Take it to the bank, it's a done deal.
Obama/Biden 2012
Glad to see Barry & Co taking the high-road this election day..... taking a stand on his accomplishments in the White House, the changes he's made that has bettered all of our lives, helping to eliminate wasteful spending, reigning-in run away debt, building a better job market for Americans. Not lowering himself to dirty attacks on his opponent's past, while releasing everything about his own past affiliations, school records, close friends, book deals, home purchases... and, uh..... wait a minute......
djames1277
Thanks for proving the Democrats and Obama to be absolutely CORRECT! You're on this blog BRAGGING that you have loads of $ and a business but you're not hiring because you don't give a damn about your fellow citizens. You're the problem. You're why the unemployment rate is high. And then you actually BRAG about it. And all it's about is you didn't get your way in the last presidential election--and consequently you have helped create the mess we're in--and you're PROUD of it!
And you think this is a reason to vote Republican! You are a traitor to this country and the best reason to vote Democrat.
And I'm curious what's Romney college records like?
Anyway, all Romney needs to do to prove Harry Reid's lying is release his tax returns. Reid cannot prove it--even if he disclosed his source. That would still be "hearsay."
Only Romney can prove the truth--by doing the right thing--and releasing his tax returns. He gave McCain 23 years' worth. Aren't we worthy of at least 10 years worth? What's he hiding?
WWJD,
You obviously have no clue on how to run a business, keep a business in business, or make a business successful. You must think success is automatic. All you need is money and expand and hire more employees and the problem is solved. If I were a business owner I would wait until after the election. Why would I risk having my business go under by not knowing what the future holds? Wouldn't that put more people in the unemployment line including myself? Your comments are juvenile, retarded, and irrational. From reading your post I wouldn't be surprised if you were having a little tantrum while you were typing. Kids these days.
So now the Obama camp is ADVERTISING FOR DIRT ? Are you kidding me ?? Why not just put out want-ads in all newspapers across the country.... surely that will create "some kind of garbage" for them to throw out !
Of course, then the Obama camp would spread the dirt (manure, bu11$hit, Harry Reid type "made-up stuff") and declare it to be from a good source .... one that cannot be revealed ! LOL !!
Now we know why Obama spent $4 million to have ALL his college records sealed ..... he did not want the dirt to come back on him. Yes, Obama had a poor performance at Occidental, but somehow got into Columbia where nobody remembers having classes with him..... and then into Harvard as a foreign exchange student on a phony application !
Proof ? Proof you say ??? Prove I am wrong. Show us all his college records. Oh, that's right, Obama had them sealed because he is hiding something.
I'm dumbfound by liberals logic or total lack-there-of.
Several Obasma supporter have made reference to Mitt Romneys deferments from military service, even calling Mitt a draft dodger, yet neither Obasma, or their ultimate hero, Bill Blow Job Clinton have ever served a day in the military. So does military service matter or doesn't it? Guess not, but only if you're the democrat candidate.
Mitt Romney is rich, this is a huge negative to democrats, BUT only so long as your name isn't Kerry or Kennedy, in which case being wealthy is a sure sign that the candidate is eminently qualified to be president.
Drug use, just the rumor of Bush using drugs was proof enough that he did it, and was unworthy of the office. Obama openly admits to smoking pot among who knows what else he snorted or shot. But thats OK, go figure.
Taxes, more specific, paying them. Obasma hired several cabinet members who had not paid "their fair share" even under the grossly unfair Bush Tax cuts that supposedly allow the rich to keep every dime they make. But alas, even this proved too much a burden to the point that 1 or more of Obasma's appointments had to be deep 6ed because he didn't pay his taxes. On the other side of the coin, the IRS doesn't seem to have any issues with Romney, yet the democrats want you to believe he hasn't paid a dime in 10 years. So I ask again, which is it, do our public office holders and cabinet members need to pay their taxes or not. Or is it just republicans that need to pay and democrats don't. This is all so confusing.
Before this election is over, I predict there will be a new species of mammal, I'll call them pretzel people. They are people who contort their views and standards to fit the situational ethics they hold to the point it affects their physical appearance.
@jerry l-1335133, thanks for the dumb comment of the day. When Mitt Romney left office in 2007, yes, the unemployment rate in Massachusetts was 4.6%. It was 5.6% when he started, close to the national average at that time of 5.8%. So keep things in perspective. The unemployment rate when Romney left office in 2007 was strong in most of the country. The 4.6% unemployment rate in Massachusetts at that time was exactly equal to the nation's unemployment rate. But a year after Romney left office, the nation's economy collapsed. Did you forget that? You can't blame Deval Patrick for the nation's economic collapse. By late 2009, the unemployment rate in Massachusetts had reached 8.7%. Nationally, it was even higher. Currently, it's down to 6.0% in Massachusetts, which is more than two points lower than the national average. Are you going to give Deval Patrick credit for that?
This is so classy. It's so nice to see that President Obama is in fact sticking by his word to be a post-partisan unifier.
Bruce-308647: "This is so classy. It's so nice to see that President Obama is in fact sticking by his word to be a post-partisan unifier."
It's hard (impossible) to be a unifier when no one on the other side is willing to unite. I'm glad Obama has finally learned his lesson and Democrats are finally getting some backbone. Now they're playing the way Republicans have been playing for decades and so the Republicans whining begins. Boo-hoo! They can dish it out but surely can't take it.
Mr. President, why are you worried about the Republicans, Mitt Romney, and who he picks as VP. All you have to do is run on your accomplishments over the last 4 years and forget what the Republicans do. Afterall, after 4 years there HAS to be plenty of accomplishments to show and discuss.
Like unemployment where you, uh, er, ............... okay maybe not.
But what about economic growth you see GDP, ummm, uhhh, your right ........... never mind.
What happened to the "summer of recovery" - certainly there are ............... your right - that won't work.
But remember how you said there were no red states or blue states but purple states and how you were going to bring the country together. Surely there is plenty of examples where, oh I see, errr .............. yes you are right - can't discuss that.
But you certainly have helped the middle class so just talk about, oh okay, skip that one too .................
Okay domestic policy has not been good but stress your foreign policy and we just had the Egypt uprising and your push for democracy in Egypt - that is an EXCELLENT thing to talk about because democracy, ummm, errr, WOW that didn't turn out well so better not bring that up.
But remember Iran and North Korea and how you handled those ................ your right - better not bring that up either.
As I look through your accomplishments I realized I can't think of any either!!! NOW I see why you are looking for "dirt" because you have been such a failure the ONLY way you can win is to campaign on "I suck but my opponent sucks worse". Funny how THAT strategy has never worked in the history of presidential elections so have fun trying that failed strategy!!
It's Abouttime: Where have you been for the last two or three years? Do you not read? There is a big difference between a "Certificate of Live Birth" and a "Birth Certificate". Read a bit and you might learn something.
PS: I never questioned Obama's Birth Certificate, and know of no expert who has examined it. I just said that he had access to the "best" to forge one. Do you doubt that is a corect statement of fact -- note it is not an opinion.
Right on ProBusiness! Factual, point by point, but you do have to remember that these silly liberals simply do not want to be toubled by irrevelant things as "facts". Once you inject facts and reasoning into the argument, for some reason, these silly liberals will start a pseudo smear campaign, and start the name calling!
There are even a few life-long Democrat sheep who recognize how pathetic and insulting the Democrat campaign is, of course it doesn't stop them from remaining obedient the party line, but at least they realize they are voting for loser scumbags with no morals and no respect for voters.
Reid's Romney smears an insult to voters
"Support his policies or oppose them, no one is for one minute suggesting that Mitt Romney did anything other than obey the tax laws of the United States....It's all about the smear."
"The same is true with the attacks on Romney's tenure at Bain Capital. Romney is not being attacked for breaking the law... He is being attacked because it might look bad that companies he was involved with actually outsourced jobs or fired people. That he was fulfilling his responsibility to his shareholders in doing so and that the record of Bain was fairly good in terms of value creation is irrelevant when the objective is creating a negative narrative at all costs."
"I have voted Democrat all my life. I served in the Clinton administration and worked for a Democratic congressman on Capitol Hill. I will vote for President Obama. But I deplore these tactics."
http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/08/opinion/rothkopf-campaign-tactics/index.html?hpt=hp_c1
Gil-2872519
Actually that is not accurate. Obama supplied the birth certificate in 2008. He didn't have the long form and it was not specifically requested at that time (unlike Romney's tax returns)
Feel free to read the facts for yourself.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama_citizenship_conspiracy_theories
Somewhere above in all this madness, someone used the expression "reliable sources." We could probably use some reliable sources. However, "reliable sources close to the White House" could be someone standing in the street outside the fence which surrounds the home of the President.
Reliable facts are reliable facts.....if you can find them.
WWJD you fell for a trap. DJames identified himself as a 1%er. Think about it dude. You have been had.
I am not voting for Obama but I have to ask, have anybody ever seen a Mitt Romney bumper sticker?
I keep reading this defense of Romney that he is such a good man because he contributes MORE to Charity than anyone else.
Okay, so…
I went to the web site where you (and everyone else) can see Mitt Romney's two tax returns, as well as President Obama's 12 tax returns.
I copied the information from Romney's and Obama's Form 1040, for their AGI (Adjusted Gross Income or Taxable Income), and also the Schedule A, Line 19, for the amount of their Gifts To Charity.
After doing a little calculating, this is what I discovered.
In terms of ACTUAL DOLLARS given to Charity
Obviously Mitt Romney does give more actual dollars to Charity than President Obama. That's only logical, because Romney is wealthier and has a lot more dollars than Obama does.
However, in terms of PERCENTAGE OF TAXABLE INCOME...
It is extremely clear, without any doubt, that
If you don't trust my numbers, go to this site and check it out for yourself! Like President Obama, I have nothing to hide. (Too bad Mitt can't say that!)
Tax History Project, Presidential Tax Returns
http://www.taxhistory.org/www/website.nsf/Web/PresidentialTaxReturns/
At this site YOU can actually see President Obama's 12 years of Tax Returns and Mitt Romney's two years of partial tax returns. You can also see Tax Returns from VP Biden, as well as some Republicans who ran against Romney in the Primaries, and other presidents going back to FDR.
(even giving Romney full credit for 2 partial Tax Returns) stands at ...
President Obama has released 12 years of Tax Returns, whereas candidate Mitt Romney has released only two years (of what have been reported to be incomplete/partial) Tax Returns. Facts are Facts!
Hahaha, rightwingers aren't used to "libruls' fighting back and kicking their rightwing arses. Welcome to the new progressive culture.
How many times does the president and Dems have to reach across the aisle on false promises from the GOP, and offer olive branches only to have it slapped away? Forget about trying to negotiate with Teapublicans who are too busy plotting and rigging the system. The GOP/TP can't be trusted anymore than their lying and cheating candidate Mitt Romney.
Go on the offensive! Yay Harry Reid!
Bruce-1628250 -- Excellent work! When ever rightwingers use the fallacious argument about how the rich pay so much in taxes, it's bacause they make so much money in the first place. Just like charity, you have to go by the percent effective rate paid in taxes.
In Romney's case 10% of that 13.79% is tithing to the Mormon church that all Mormons in good standing pay. Of that 10%, most goes to operating costs and investments such as building maintenance, temple construction, etc. that I don't consider as charity. So really Romney only paid 3.79% to charity compared to Obama.
You must be a native born citizen of this nation in order to hold the office of POTUS.
http://www.presidentsusa.net/qualifications.html
The publication of tax returns by presidential candidates is merely a tradition.
@Bruce
I'm sure the Charities that receive the donations don't give a rats azz what percentage of your income you're giving them...they count the amount given.
CMS5.. you are WRONG !!
IF the CoLDS finds out that a member has tithed LESS THAN 10% they are admonished & ostracized if not excommunicated... MORMONS DEMAND 10% or MORE to their "church".
So THAT Charity DOES give a ratsazz !
Bishop Willard by NOT releasing his tax statements is also thumbing his nose at the CoLDS & running the risk of being TOSSED OUT OF THE "church".
Harry Reid is also a MORMON, & it is more than likely that HIS SOURCE @Bain is one as well, which is why he refuses to give the name AND why he is so adamant !
Johnny War Hero took a look at Bishop Willard's tax statements & RAN TO SARAH PALIN.... THAT should tell AMERICA ALL THEY NEED TO KNOW...
except that
The GOP ran a WAR HERO last time & lost their azzes
So this time, to ensure a win
they run a RICH DRAFT DODGER & TAX EVADER.....
now THAT is what I CALL CERTAIN FAILURE !!
The GOP wants to LOSE, why else would they choose such a hollow candidate ?
Sorry for the dissertation, but this is important:
Gil-2872519: Then you should get all over your right wing representatives. So do you think that McConnell & Boehner (Two of the most powerful politicians in the world) don't have access to experts? It seems that the Arizona Sheriff don't have a problem with it now. If he can access this, then why not McConnell and Boehner? I would think they would jump at the chance to bring Obama down. Maybe the best answer is that they have, and have confirmation that it is real and know it's better to keep their mouth shut and allow the peons to continue to doubt. Otherwise your right wing representatives either don't listen to anything their public is saying or they are just complete idiots.
It might help if you think things through before you post them.
I have to call BS. You're not sorry about the lengthy post of propaganda BS, because you have posted it all over the Vine. Is it possible for right wingers to come up with an original thought of their own? This is the second time in as many days that I have posted against a righty for copying and pasting huge posts without a single point made by themselves. Having scanned your over sized right wing propaganda filled rant, I can see quickly many points that are inaccurate. Why don't you try reading from several sources and actually learning some issues instead of just reading some crap from someplace and plastering all over the Vine, without even attempting to join in on the debate? I have to say that your posts definitely fall under the category of NO VALUE in my opinion. You probably are more than capable of contributing valuable post to the discussion on your own without have to just copy and paste a whole article you found somewhere.
About damn time the Dems decided to go for the jugular. God knows the Repubs have done it for long enough.
The right wing nuts NO likey when they get a taste of their own medicine!
They've been howling like vampires hosed with holy water all day long... lol
Suck it up Pub's you ain't seen nothing yet!
Better be careful what you ask for Feisty you just might get it.
Some of us are smart enough to pace ourselves to win the war not every little battle.
By the way what is it again that Obama has done to be Given (Not Earn) the Nobel Peace Prize?
After 3.5 Years you must have something? anything?
Do you think if we spend another Trillion dollars f tax payers money on another Stimulus we'll be able to keep the unemployment rate above 8% like the last one?
Fiesty where are you I wan't to Play.
How about we start with the Racist rant from one of Obama's "Truthers" in Virgina?
http://voicesofthenation.com/racist-alert-senator-louise-lucas-of-virginia/
Lets discuss the "Occupiers" that Obama supports Protesting an Anti Child Sex trafficking Conferance in Oakland?
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/are-occupy-oakland-members-in-favor-of-child-sex-trafficking-wait-until-you-read-what-theyre-saying/
Are Occupy Oakland Members in Favor of Sex Trafficking? Wait Until You See What They Did
Obama has been an impotent little puppy dog since the 2010 shellacking. Just another 93 day to go before he heads off back to Chicago with the legacy of worst President ever and the one man responsible for the death of progressivism.
Martin Bashir. Rev. Al. Ed Schultz. Chris Matthews. Rachel Maddow. Lawrence O'Donnell. Steve Benen
The only thing you'll get from them is real reporting along with social conscience on anything United States of America.
I don't think Rachel reads from a teleprompter. I could be wrong, but she looks as though she is speaking from her heart. Whenever she says - this is why this matters - and then goes on to explain why, I don't ever get the impression that she's reading from a teleprompter.
Has anyone else noticed that?
All of Rachel Maddows lies on national tv are well documented. A few of which she surprisingly made on air retractions and apologies for. I think being a dirty liar must be some type of genetic predisposition for liberals.
Noah
Obviously, you are entitled to your opinion, but Barack Obama became a Nobel laureate in exactly the same fashion as Dr. Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandella ... the award was granted by the Nobel Committee.
He has spent those 3.5 years getting the Affordable Healthcare Act passed .... legislation that will save Americans hundreds of billions of dollars while drastically reducing the number of uninsured citizens.
He has spent the past 3.5 years proposing jobs legislation such as the American Jobs Act which the GOP has opposed. Then they criticize him for not accomplishing more employment gains. Ridiculous! You can't criticize a program that you did not allow to happen.
He has spent those 3.5 years trying to reduce spending in a responsible manner, but the GOP has blocked that objective because they want to retain the tax breaks for oil companies and the wealthiest taxpayers.
The GOP plan is based on the absurd notion that we can't tax the job creators. Ridiculous! No one hires an employee because they have more money in their pocket. They hire an employee because they believe that employee can make them money. Tax breaks for the wealthy are much more likely to be spent on European cars, European vacations and European bank accounts than to hire American workers.
You middle class Republican voters who buy the absurd GOP platform are lackeys and water carriers for the Koch brothers and the Romneys of the world. Low information voters are their target. BULLS EYE!
You all know that BIll the Cat is addicted to cat nip and Opus loves to sleep in the freezer? Perfect leaders for our country.
Don,
The comment was what did he do to earn the award which of course is nothing.
On the AHA please check your numbers because they have been revised and are now going to cost the taxpayers a fortune. Two parts that were going to be the cost savings which were the 1099 fiasco and the CLASS portion have both been repealed.
He passed his stimulus which was his original job legislation proved to be a failure with him even laughing about it and saying "I guess shovel ready was not as shovel ready as I thought"
He has not tried to reduce spending because he will not discuss Social Security, and Medicare which are two of the largest driving forces along with defense.
Kind of difficult for you Dems to report much dirt on anyone. Requires reading and writing.
Spend less time at the Welfare office, food stamp-brigade, and unemployment lines and go get an education. Jobs may magically start appearing for you.
But, you will have to do some work, and that may cause you to have to actually get off your butts.
hjack, is that right?
No need to go for the jugular because Olamo has cut his own throat...
just look around you.. high unemployment rate that is expanding, house market a complete wreck, 50% of American's on food stamps, hostile jobs market, gasoline above 3.5 dollars and heading up, 16+ trillion in debt, no confidence in the American people... consumer spending is down... no one going to the movies... It looks like the surface of the moon... a barren waste land..
The American people deserve better than this.. He is ruining it for our children... and its time for this failed Prez to go...and new leadership to take over...
The stories are already made up, Gov Romney just needs to make a decision so these libbies can fill in the blank.
Continue to play with yourself!
I have no time or desire to engage with a tea bagger... I'm just that into you & your type! ;o)
Hi Pat!
Which is exactly why these people scare the @!$%# out of the right wing nitwits! There is a valid reason, Fox watchers have been proven to have a serious IQ deficit!
You can lead a right wing nut to water... but... you can NOT make them think! ;o)
Of course you have a valid source to back up your bull@!$%#...
Feisty, you seem to be armed with barbed talking points all of a sudden. Did you just get back from summer cheerleader camp?
@ David Noah...
he opened and established dialogue with people who bushco had been treating like red-headed step-children. You RWNJs really need to educate yourselves and get over this "black man" complex. Trolls and troglodytes...
Hi Feisty, I reached out to you here last night, but I don't think you saw my post.
Did you all enjoy your weekend? I hope so! I read on your post yesterday morning that you all met with Vice President Biden in Vegas. That is so so so so awesome. He's quite the gentleman and fantastic vp.
It was awesome Pat!
Being with so many rational like minded people is good for the soul! ☺
Biden is always a gentleman, which is one of the characteristics that set their hair on fire!
Are you packed for your adventure yet?
PS: Happy Belated Birthday! I didn't realize you shared yours with OUR President! I tried to comment on Saturday but the WI-FI was sketchy to say the least!
Of course you have a valid source to back up your bull@!$%#...
Try maddow lies in the goggle box and you will find a wide array of lies from Maddow.
Why are you so lazy? Do you have to be spoon fed everything? Oops pardon me you're a liberal of course you do.
Pat-Pssst. Did you read the one about Feisty meeting the Obama's? To get an award?
Same deal.
They're all nuts. Delusional. Not in this world. Not, even, on this planet.
I disagree with your politics- but I really don't think you're in that same, crazy, class. Don't fall in.
Brockton:
I did that and found out you are debunked. Maddow wins, you lose.
GO plug yourself back in... bitch... your battery acid is overwhelming your system... AGAIN!
Poor Donna & her white supremacist buddies having to watch it all slip away from their grip! And being so helpless.. lmao!
If Donna aka NJNB didn't have hate & deceit in their system, she would have NOTHING!
Ain't that right Snookie?
Feisty,
So so happy to hear your weekend was a success and that you were among friends (good good friends). Wonderful people here on First Read. Good for the soul. You got it.
(And nope, not packed yet. 10 more days. And thanx for the birthday wishes!)
I did that and found out you are debunked. Maddow wins, you lose.
Debucked my ass. There's video of her even lying to Jay Leno on the tonight show.
Maddow is just another Dirty Liar like Harry Reid.
To get an award?
Too funny NJ -- I saw that post yesterday about her special back stage access.
I almost fell off my chair.
What makes you think I'm a Tea bagger Fiesty?
Jumping to conclusions without any evidence as usual.
Why is it that we only see Feisty and her other minions on Pro Obama and Anti Romney posts?
I never see them on Economic stories, Climate Stories, etc... They always seem to be the first, second or third posters. Isn't it curious that they always seem to be the first ones on as if they are sitting there waiting?
Based on the pattern of behavior we can only surmise that Fiesty and her minions are Paid Shills for the Democratic party.
Harry Reid, on the Senate floor no less, and by the Way the White House threw him under the bus, claimed Romney hasn't paid any Taxes in Ten Years without any proof.
Of course the Left screams he is "Guilty until he Proves himself innocent", that he is hiding something because He's not releasing what there demanding.
In iother words there Playing exactly to the Fiesty's that are easily influenced and jump to conclusions without any facts or evidence.
I have this on an extremely reliable source. Fiesty and her Minions are PAID SHILLS FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
Go ahead and prove your not. Never mind we can see in earlier posts you talking about meeting Biden, etc.
nojoe: Actually I'm going to do everything in my power to meet up with these guys next year. I think their plans are to meet in DC or perhaps NYC. I would very much like to meet each and every one of them. I'm proud of the way they're fighting for America's future. You never know what they're going to come up with each day, and I so look forward to reading their thoughts. They do their homework and it's a pleasure for me to see their point of views.
So I would appreciate it if you didn't insult my friends. I share private conversations with many of them and they are wonderful warm caring people.
Words I'm unable to use to describe the right wingers here. Nasty comes to mind when I read their posts. Untruthful comes to mind. Mean spirited comes to mind. Racists comes to mind.
We're democrats here and we're sticking together, like we always have.
Here, for your entertainment, was their last "brush with greatness"- purely in their imaginations.
FEISTY PROGRESSIVE BLOG JOUSTER TO GET FIRST FAMILY'S PERSONAL VISIT THIS WEEKEND!
WASHINGTON， D.C.， Thurs， April 1， 2011 (Illusory News Service) – A spice-tongued liberal news blogger known for her barbed Internet defense of President Barack Obama has been told to expect a First Family visit to deliver the President's appreciation.
Known only by her screen name on MSNBC's Newsvine discussion blog， Chicago-area Feisty Redhead – Roselle， Il will host a private family drop-by at her home during a Presidential trip soon to the Chicago area. Sources say it will be coffee， cakes and conversation with the President， First Lady Michelle Obama， and their two daughters.
White House sources said that the private meeting allows the blogger， who had also volunteered more than 1，000 hours during the 2008 presidential campaign， to keep her identity a secret. No press， no cameras， just as simple and low-key as any Presidential meeting is possible to be， it was reported. Time of the personal visit to express the First Family's gratitude for spirited defense against malicious right-wing attacks will not be made public.
For too long， Americans who admire and respect this President have kept quiet as prominent right-wing propagandists such as Rep. Michele Bachmann， Newt Gingrich and Donald Trump spit out a steady stream of lies， misinformation， and outright libels against the leader of our country and his family， posted Feisty in a message.
And there are so many trolls in the blogosphere who take their leads and talking points from such spokespersons， as well as from the vituperations claiming to be 'news and commentary' aired on Fox News and the programs of Glenn Beck， Rush Limbaugh， and Sean Hannity， she continued. It is up to us to speak out and expose the empty rhetoric and warped treatment of American issues repeated by both paid right-wing blog trolls as well as simple rabid ideological fanatics.
According to sources， the brief meeting with Feisty will include a personal message from the President that she will later post on the Newsvine First Read daily political memorandum
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/01/us/politics/01feistyredhead.html?_r=1&ref=politics
It is incredibly sad for them that they live in such fantasyland. It's terrifying for the country that there are still so many of them.
Mean spirited?
The Obama crowd ran an ad today with a guy sitting in a chair saying that Romney killed his wife!
You democrats sure do stick together. A baseless fabricated lie by Harry Reid and now Romney killing some guys wife.
Hope and change? Not red states not blue states but united states?
Remember all that nonsense?
Will you look at that?
Old Snook's dug deep into her fantasyland drawer... lmfao!
Still stewing over how we kicked your fat ass... ehh..Donna?
Remember, all of your foot stomping and bogus threats at the time? How to make an ass out of yourself in public has YOUR name written all over it!
Oh, and by the way Donna, so much for your BS about having me on ignore! Once again, no one would believe YOU if your tongue was notarized!
You still hold the title for the biggest LIAR on First Read! Take a bow!
no joe, What the hell is terrifying about this? It was an April Fool's Day joke.
Fiesty I just want to say thank you. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Thanks to your comment about meeting Biden in #2.18 and Pats comment #2.17 talking about your Trip to Vegas, you have proven that you are not just some blogger wanting to be heard and voice an opinion but a Democratic Operative.
Was that one of those $38,500 dollar a plate fundraisers in Vegas? Did it cost alot to fly to Vegas from Chicago, spend a couple of days there, gambling and having a good time, etc.?
Your vanity has exposed you.
I hope everyone knows now that you are not just some concerned citizen, some middle class person, commenting because you are concerned for the United States and the middle class, and takes that into consideration when weighing the validity of your comments.
pat --
Martin Bashir. Rev. Al. Ed Schultz. Chris Matthews. Rachel Maddow. Lawrence O'Donnell. Steve Benen
The only thing you'll get from them is real reporting along with social conscience on anything United States of America.
reporting? they are entertainers pandering to the viewers of the low rated network. hannity, oreilly, and others on fox are also entertainers pandering to the viewers of the highest rated network.
years ago the networks would put a disclaimer on the screen indicating that the person talking was expressing their personal view, they were commenting on topic. that is all the folks mentioned here do, comment, they do not report.
Mean spirited and delusional, bb. It's actually pathetic.
First, a manufactured visit from the president.
Then, a manufactured visit with the vice president, (I'm pretty sure that's a demotion- but, whatever).
Put that in context with the Obama Bain ads-that failed.
Harry Reid's ridiculous accusations- that failed.
NBC having to doctor their polling- also a fail.
What happens to a cult when the leader is unemployed? I'm not sure- but the country will sure do better.
Pat,
Donna has some serious issues when it come to humor & satire... It's a side effect of living under a rock! ☺
Remember, this is the same bitch who has repeatedly called you a communist!
Lay with scorpions and eventually you will get stung!
Differences of opinions are not "lies", they're just different views of the same facts. Rachel is a careful and meticulous journalist, but she and her staff are human, they do make mistakes.
Fox News and Limbaugh are also human, and they also make mistakes. The difference is that Rachel always offers corrections when an error is discovered, even minor errors, and apologizes when it is warranted. Fox News, on the other hand, rarely makes corrections even when their errors are blatant and obvious. Limbaugh never makes corrections and never apologizes.
That's where the difference in honesty lies - Rachel corrects her mistakes, Fox and Limbaugh continues the same errors, without corrections, even when proven false.
Wow, no jo: you ever consider that you might want to analyze why people having friends makes you SO crazy?
I used to become quite impatient with it, since it seemed so childish.
Now, I do believe that as a compassionate person, I must simply be concerned for your emotional well being.
By the way, you ever wished phine well? She REALLY is going through some things just now, and she has been nice to you.
Or is that way yonder too real for you?
Fiesty why don't you tell us about how your suffering, barely making ends meet, what its like to be unemployed and living from paycheck to paycheck?
Tell us all about your struggles as a poor or middle class person. What its like to have your house being foreclosed on because you cant make the payments, barely having enough money to feed your family, not being able to find a job?
Middle class Joe is one of the biggest idiots the country has ever had for vice president, no wonder liberals embrace him, he is one of them.
FLYeisty is onna roll.
She probably just got back from another Democratic Party lecture series headed by Mr. Bixelrod on how to talk in circles without saying anything. Seems the Liberals have to have someone tell them what to do and say.
Typical Liberals, using this thread as a Community Social Network.
Anything to divert the media from reporting on what Obama is doing:
Obama just gave ANOTHER 1 MILLION U.S. jobs to foreign criminals and welcomed them to stay in your neighborhoods.
Deferred action program could legalize 1.8 million young immigrants
"As many as 1.76 million young illegal immigrants could qualify for temporary legal status under President Obama's deferred action program, says a new report from the Migration Policy Institute. That's more than double the Obama administration's initial estimate of 800,000 people who would benefit from the program."
"Initially, only young illegal immigrants under 30 who entered the country as children, graduated from high school and had no criminal record would make the cut. Now, young people who didn't graduate or receive their G.E.D. can still apply for the legal status as long as they re-enroll in high school by the time they apply."
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/deferred-action-program-could-legalize-1-8-million-221839009.html
Desperation for political power has never been so blatantly treasonous, courtesy of Obama and the pathetic, spineless Democrat sheep.
Feisty, if she has called me a communist in the past, I missed it. But that's nothing surprising here. It's pretty much standard operating procedure with republicans.
All democrats are communists, welfare/unemployment recipients, uneducated, etc. as far as they are concerned. Not nice people at all. No wonder no one wants to vote for that party any longer. And no wonder Mitt's campaign had to buy tweeters.
Seriously Pat? And this is being paid for With Taxpayers dollars.
Can you say Ministry of Truth? You do know what that is reference too?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/23/white-house-online-rapid-response_n_865652.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Truth
Obama is such a failure it's incredible there are so many brain dead obots who still lick his boots. One and done! He is Robbin' da Hood. One and done!
Rev. Al a journalist?? You are definitely sniffing some glue!! That poor bastard couldn't find his way out of a church even if a gospel choir sang him the directions!
bali bob,
"About damn time the Dems decided to go for the jugular." Before you condemn the GOP look at your partys' latest ad about Romney being responsible for a womans' death. Then tell me that your party is going for the jugular or just a dirty kick in the balls.
Sorry but like obama himself the democratic campaign is all about dirt no matter if it's true or not. That piece of sh!t political ad is the height of obamas' moral values because we all know that these campaign ads are "... and I approve this ad" verified. He loses either way.
Go ahead democrats defend this ad as good responsible political campaigning! Suckers.
Check it out people! Oh what a giveaway! Thank you, djames, for proving the Democrats right!
In post #1.8 djames says "i'm a 1%er who has a strong business, but I'm sitting on loads of money just waiting for olama's exit so i can start hiring again... "
Then, in post 2.12, djames says: "No need to go for the jugular because Olamo has cut his own throat...just look around you.. high unemployment rate that is expanding, etc."
AH HA!!!! Now nothing you say, djames, has ANY credibility. This is EXACTLY the Republican tactic. You are the Republicans' "poster child." All you do is:
Obstruct and do nothing to help the economy (even though you're a 1% er WITH a business)--and THEN blame it all on OBAMA!
You are a despicable traitor to the USA--and you should be ASHAMED of yourself. But you have no shame, do you? No heart. No conscience and most of all--NO CREDIBILITY.
This story proves the SIMPLICITY of Democratic strategy: "To hell with our record.... we can't and won't run on that ! We must destroy our opponents personally and professionally in ANY WAY WE CAN .... nothing is off the table. We'll throw so much $hit at them, they won't have time to wash it off".
Where's the budget Barry ? Where's the "plan" for your next term ?? Do you have a clue, Mr. President ???
Don't feel bad News98 but it looks like your among many that have been duped. Look at comments#2.17 and #2.18.
There’s a 1 per center here folks.
Just like the Fairy Tales you Love and adore she likes to take off her Crown, Put on Peasant cloths, and go into the streets and mingle with the Peasants and Common folk pretending to be something She’s not.
She likes to pretend she understands the Plight of the Poor and Middle class and how She’s the defender of the Poor against the Rich when it turns out She is the Rich. She likes to berate the Rich, how their not paying their “Fair Share”, How the Rich should pay more, etc.
Ask her if She’s a shill for the Democratic Party, ask her is She’s a Democrat Operative and she won’t respond. Ask her how it is that She always seems to be able to get the first post or close to it.
We know how proud She is to have flown to Las Vegas to meet Vice President Joe Biden at a High Priced fund raiser.
Tell us what it’s like to go to a $38,500 Dollar per Plate fund raiser? That’s enough money to pay the Mortgage on an average size home for Two years.
How much did it cost for Round trip tickets From Chicago to Vegas, a Luxury suite at the Luxor, Caesars Palace, Bellagio or wherever you stayed, Room Service, maybe a little shopping, drinking, gambling etc.? Maybe it was enough money to feed a family of four for a year?
What’s it like to have so much throw away cash that you can just take a trip to Las Vegas to mingle with the Rich and Powerful?
You will be writing that Political Donation off on your taxes correct? Using the same loop holes you berate the Rich for using to avoid paying taxes and paying their “Fair Share”.
Of course She won’t answer me.
She will declare I’m a Tea Bagger, Conservative, or Republican and responding to comments from "those types" of Peasants is beneath her. She wouldn’t want to soil her hands or risk getting dirty responding to a Peasant.
Don’t think of answering those questions as if you’re talking to a Peasant, answer them because you are talking to the 99%, Independents and Undecided voters, and why they should believe anything you have said for the last several months.
As Ricky would say “You have some splainin to do Lucy”.
It is amazing what a drunk w/ a laptop can do from a bar stool in a couple of hours.
There are even a few life-long Democrat sheep who recognize how pathetic and insulting the Democrat campaign is, of course it doesn't stop them from remaining obedient the party line, but at least they realize they are voting for loser scumbags with no morals and no respect for voters.
Reid's Romney smears an insult to voters
"Support his policies or oppose them, no one is for one minute suggesting that Mitt Romney did anything other than obey the tax laws of the United States....It's all about the smear."
"The same is true with the attacks on Romney's tenure at Bain Capital. Romney is not being attacked for breaking the law... He is being attacked because it might look bad that companies he was involved with actually outsourced jobs or fired people. That he was fulfilling his responsibility to his shareholders in doing so and that the record of Bain was fairly good in terms of value creation is irrelevant when the objective is creating a negative narrative at all costs."
"I have voted Democrat all my life. I served in the Clinton administration and worked for a Democratic congressman on Capitol Hill. I will vote for President Obama. But I deplore these tactics."
http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/08/opinion/rothkopf-campaign-tactics/index.html?hpt=hp_c1
Johnny War Hero took one look at Bishop Willard's tax statements
& RAN TO SARAH PALIN....
THAT should tell AMERICA ALL THEY NEED TO KNOW...
except that
The GOP ran a WAR HERO last time & lost their azzes so this time,
to ensure a win they run a RICH DRAFT DODGER & TAX EVADER.....
now THAT is what I CALL CERTAIN FAILURE !!
The GOP wants to LOSE, why else would they choose such a hollow candidate ?
btw...
I notice that Bishop Willard has ALREADY STUFFED THE BALLOT BOX of opinion... buying 200,000 "Twitter Users" to INFLATE the numbers of his base ....
if you cannot BEAT THEM then offer to BUY THEM.... RWNJ policies that WILL cost them ANOTHER POTUS ELECTION !
WHAT are the RWNJ's going to do when the GOP TANKS AGAIN ??
WHINE LONGER & LOUDER ?...pick up the gun ?....leave the country ? Join the MORMON CHURCH?
This is also known as "a little dab will do yer" and when it comes to spreading the schmidt Romney and whomever he picks will prove easy targets.
Way I see this is simple, you hard right wingers and the tea party get on here to cuss rant and rave with little or no truth, then you left wingers get on here and cuss rant and rave bring back moderates, your two groups is whats wrong with this country now, I want people in office the give and take and can get things done is that so wrong, I sure hope not.
We've always done this. OFA needn't worry. Just pay attention to real journalists like David Corn and Eugene Robinson and Charles Blow and Richard Wolffe and the Boston Globe and Think Progress and Daily Kos and Media Matters and of course websites like The Obama Diary. They'll do their jobs. Word spreads fast in this country now. We don't count on Sunday AM programs any longer. We don't need them.
And to think, we don't even have to lie. Like Rush and Fox News.
President Obama, we have your back.
Pat,
Daily Kos, Media Matters, and the rest are just as bad as Rush, and Fox News. I cant understand how people get so blinded by their ideology, they just refuse to see.
thetotas
you really need to read some "Bloom County" by Berkley Breathed. Will brightned your view of politics!
Know it helps me!
Faux noise lies every day and has for over a decade legally. no one with a functioning brain stem takes them seriously.
Did you know that Rush's audience averages 67 years old? You people are dying off fast.
The country has a complete idiot in the VP slot in middle class Joe, who makes up most of what he spews. Which means he fits in nicely with liberals, who also make up most of what they spew.
Pat -- there's one Sunday news show that I like and try to watch if I'm home. I'm not sure if I should mention it, though (might be against the code). Oh well: F.Z. I don't always like everything he says, but it's nice to get a different perspective on some things.
Thinkprogress is about as insightful and true as the National Enquirer or perhaps Star Magazine...
Whenever I see an Obama 2012 bumper sticker down here in the South, it helps me realize the American people are not ALL nutjobs.
Let's send Mittens back to his vacation homes or any one of his six home states, and be happy that we don't have to look at his stupid, faintly smiling in his idea of a Presidential manner face ever again.
the totas,
"Daily Kos, Media Matters, and the rest are just as bad as Rush, and Fox News. I cant understand how people get so blinded by their ideology, they just refuse to see."
Hence YOU can't see just how blind you are either by your logic.
miklkit,
Average age is 67? Sure that's what you claim without proof. I say the average age is more like 43 and that FACT is backed by the same amount of proof you have for your "fact".
mik--
Are you saying that America's 'greatest generation' who knows not only the value and cost of freedom, but likely had parents who instilled financial frugality due to surviving the Great Depression are Republican?
Hopefully, they don't die off too quickly...and let's hope the values they stand for never die off.
Sorry, but thetotas is right. Anyone who believes that their side is a beacon of truth and light, while the other side is nothing but lies and evil, is a damn fool. And that goes for Republicans as well as Democrats.
Mister MOUTH OF THE RWNJ's Rush Limbaugh is about to pay in spades for his mouthing off talents.... did you see WHO BHO picked to speak at the convention...?
The BAIN of RUSH...Sandra fluke... there is NOTHING like giving the enemy a BIG STICK to beat you with !
Come debate time if I was BHO, I would list ALL of the flips & flops Bishop Willard has utteed in public & then say..." How can a rational human counter the words of a CRAZY liar & a tax cheating draft dodger who refuses to BE A MAN ?" ....and walk off the stage !
Well of course there asking there supporters to make crap up. They don't have a record to run on. They are so embarrassed and scared they need any tiny piece of dirt they can find to try and embarrass and ridicule the opposition which is truly embarrassing for the DEMs.
Clueless LEMMINGS like you are embarrassing to the U.S, go educate yourself with a little truth(GOOGLE).
Bloom County FOREVER!
tonybeeerm, what is that you are inserting in your mouth?
Isn't it funny how the teabaggers jumped on this like rabid dogs? So funny.
Obama/Biden 2012
Show us the tax returns, Romney!
Nah, phine, CALVIN AND HOBBES!
And Peanuts.
If Obama had a record to run on, he would. But when all else is lost, make stuff up. Which is what Harry Reid did, and what we can expect from the Obama camp for the rest of the campaign.
I think "the Far Side" is the best!
Rick- you're as full of it as Rmoney. We could write pages on what Obama has accomplished even in spite of obstructors and haters like you and Demon-t and Ruin. Tough break dude. But why, I wonder, if Reid is such a liar, doesn't Rmoney expose him? Hmmm???? Why wouldn't you expose as a liar someone slandering you unliess it wasn't a lie? Boy, it must really suck to have to try and support a lying thieving POS like Rmoney...what a revolting development.
I would say whats really funny is how those Democrat Shills like Fiesty and Pat Boston jump on all these posts.
Maybe when Fiesty comes out of hiding you should ask her how much she enjoyed her trip to Vegas to Meet biden? Apparently she was quite impressed with him and had a good time in Vegas.
Pat Boston seems to have a high opinion of Biden as well and speaks of him as if he knows him personally.
It just makes you wonder how many others on here are actually paid operatives for Obama and the Democrats like Fiesty and Pat Boston.
Just keep track of the same handful of people you see on here always making the first comments as if they "Know" when these articles will be posted.
Oh, God, here we go again with the dark world of the conspiracy theorist. Do get out into the light, won't you?
Since it was the Democratic Party that has given us the Ku Klux Klan, as leader of that party, that would clearly make Mr. Oboutme the Exalted Grand Dragon of that organization....just pointing out a historical fact. I just don't understand why he has turned his back on the black community...now there is a group of people that have truly suffered the worst under his prezidency. He was able to snooker them so outrageously because they did not understand that he is first and foremost a Marxist/communist and secondly he is a 1/2 black man.
alaskagirl and whereR,
Ok but explain the "Romney's responsible for a womans' death" ad if your party is so damn truthful. And remember, these ads are "approved" by the candidate before being shown. And don't even try to say that obama didn't know about or didn't approve the ad; remember he's from chicago where politics are particularly dirty.
If Obama had a record to run on, he would.
Typical postings here. When you have nothing to run on, obfuscate at every turn.
It's Myth Romney with nothing to run on. He hides from health care reform and his taxes, won't discuss Bain and Massachusetts doesn't exist in his mind. Mitt Romney is running on anger and cash. Don't kid yourself.
How true... another worthless article from the libs who are completely out of touch with the mainstream of society...
Go Mitt!!!! kick some ass!
Upset,
Since you mentioned health care. Since it passed in Massachusetts every other Governor in the country over the last 10 years has had a chance to make it legislation in their own states, can you please tell me out of 49 other states how many have the same plan?
so why are you here commenting if it's such a worthless article? Did you even read it? Ya know, FOX is full of worthless, lying crap and that's why I don't watch or read any of it. Why add to the success. You on the other hand, are here participating and therefore are promoting a rival news organization. Sounds pretty stupid to me. But hey, if the shoe fits wear it.
All 49 of them Jerry. It goes into full effect in 2014, but pieces are appearing lately if you care to open your eyes. You are on the wrong side of history friend. Living in denial is brutal, but good luck with that. Myth Romney is literally running from his greatest political accomplishment.
Day after day...this is hilarious. You kool-aid drinkers on the far-right and far-left are hysterical.
Upset,
The model for AHA was the Health care act passed in Mass. when Romney was Governor. Since that time no other state has copied the plan, it was the Federal Government that passed it. My question was if the plan was so good why did no other state even those with huge Democratic majorities copy the legislation?
djames: That steaming pile of Mitt can't even whip Dirty Harry Reid! Dirty Harry is standing his ground and Mittwit is running away.
Did you say run on or run away? Because Obama is certainly running away from his record.
Anything to divert the media from reporting on what Obama is doing:
Obama just gave ANOTHER 1 MILLION U.S. jobs to foreign criminals and welcomed them to stay in your neighborhoods.
Deferred action program could legalize 1.8 million young immigrants
"As many as 1.76 million young illegal immigrants could qualify for temporary legal status under President Obama's deferred action program, says a new report from the Migration Policy Institute. That's more than double the Obama administration's initial estimate of 800,000 people who would benefit from the program."
"Initially, only young illegal immigrants under 30 who entered the country as children, graduated from high school and had no criminal record would make the cut. Now, young people who didn't graduate or receive their G.E.D. can still apply for the legal status as long as they re-enroll in high school by the time they apply."
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/deferred-action-program-could-legalize-1-8-million-221839009.html
Desperation for political power has never been so blatantly treasonous, courtesy of Obama and the pathetic, spineless Democrat sheep.
"Obfuscate". "When you have nothing to run on obfuscate at every turn".
I'm not sure what you're trying to say. Maybe the definition of that word has changed since the ancient days when I went to school. I always thought it meant to "darken", or "confuse".
Seeking to illuminate the facts would seem to be the opposite. I don't like it when definitions change; it just seems too George Orwell 1984ish.
Oh, I'm sorry. It could be that you were making a reference to Mitt Romney (or maybe the anti-Obama trolls on this page). If so I'm sorry. It makes more sense now.
...the numbers for Bush's last three months. Between October and November, 597,000 jobs were lost; between November and December, 681,000 were lost; and between December and January, 741,000 were lost.
April 2012 marks the 26th straight month of gains in private-sector employment, for a total of 4.2 million private-sector jobs.
DJIA Dec 1, 2008 = 8149
DJIA Aug 8, 2012 = 13168
Dec 29, 2008 U.S. corporate earnings fell for a sixth-straight quarter, the longest streak in at least 20 years, as consumer spending on automobiles, homes and retailers collapsed.
May 11, 2012 Fortune magazine released its ranking of the 500 biggest US corporations Monday, which showed that they received a record-breaking $824 billion in combined profits in 2011, up 16 percent from 2010.
Nothing to run away from.
Yes, its a sign of complete desperation from a failed president and an out of touch democratic party.. What losers.. HAHAHAHA
Democrats = EPIC PARTY OF HATE AND FAILURE!!!!
GOP= Divide and Conquer
Wrong again, I'm an independent who loves to throw mud at both Democrats and Republicans.. Now its the Democrats turn...
Right, where.....divide the populace into the haves and willing-tos and the have-nots and won'ts. Conquer? Not necessary. When the money runs out, the second group will come around or die.
Wow! from "hope and change" to Chicago politics at it's best. The Dems. are really desperate. And just think, the crap they're spreading now and they are actually ahead in some polls. Can't imagine what they would say and do once they get behind.
GOP= Divide and Conquer
Obama has divided America by race, employment, wealth, religion, immigration status, income..., and politics. His presidency has been a disaster for America. Perhaps the next stimulus can give every American a FEMA trailer...
There only ahead in the polls because they are only calling democrats.. so the polls are subjective at best. What olama should be worried about is the fact that he is not blowing Romney out... That is bad news for an incumbent... and it will not break his way come election time...
New sound leadership is needed to right this ship... and Olamo is not it!
Mittwits resume:
Draft dodger
Tax dodger
Vampire capitalist that takes money out of company pension plans knowing we the taxpayers would have to pay it back.
That is taking from the poor and giving it to the rich.
Romneyhood!
How did you get to be a 1% spending 12 hours a day on the internet?
Obama isn't winning? Mitt better pull out those tax returns and prove everyone wrong pretty quickly. He's trending down again.
Anything to divert the media from reporting on what Obama is doing:
Obama just lowered the requirements for his U.S. job giveaway so that ANOTHER 1 MILLION criminals can now become official Democrats, you can bet that by November he will unilaterally decree that they now have voting rights too.
Deferred action program could legalize 1.8 million young immigrants
"As many as 1.76 million young illegal immigrants could qualify for temporary legal status under President Obama's deferred action program, says a new report from the Migration Policy Institute. That's more than double the Obama administration's initial estimate of 800,000 people who would benefit from the program."
"Initially, only young illegal immigrants under 30 who entered the country as children, graduated from high school and had no criminal record would make the cut. Now, young people who didn't graduate or receive their G.E.D. can still apply for the legal status as long as they re-enroll in high school by the time they apply."
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/deferred-action-program-could-legalize-1-8-million-221839009.html
Desperation for political power has never been so blatantly treasonous, courtesy of Obama and the pathetic, spineless Democrat sheep.
Any means to an end is the Obama way. Say anything, do anything, just make stuff up as winning is all that matters. With no record to run on, lies are the flavor of the day for Obama. Harry Reid showed everyone how its done, now get out there and continue the Obama campaign tradition. Remember, lies only matter if we can catch the other side doing it.
Mitt doesn't have to release any more tax returns than the minimum required. If I were him, that's exactly what they would get - THE MINIMUM !
The only additional thing I would submit would be a statement to Harry Reid.
It would be, " Harry go p*$$ up a rope !"
There are even a few life-long Democrat sheep who recognize how pathetic and insulting the Democrat campaign is, of course it doesn't stop them from remaining obedient the party line, but at least they realize they are voting for loser scumbags with no morals and no respect for voters.
Reid's Romney smears an insult to voters
"Support his policies or oppose them, no one is for one minute suggesting that Mitt Romney did anything other than obey the tax laws of the United States....It's all about the smear."
"The same is true with the attacks on Romney's tenure at Bain Capital. Romney is not being attacked for breaking the law... He is being attacked because it might look bad that companies he was involved with actually outsourced jobs or fired people. That he was fulfilling his responsibility to his shareholders in doing so and that the record of Bain was fairly good in terms of value creation is irrelevant when the objective is creating a negative narrative at all costs."
"I have voted Democrat all my life. I served in the Clinton administration and worked for a Democratic congressman on Capitol Hill. I will vote for President Obama. But I deplore these tactics."
http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/08/opinion/rothkopf-campaign-tactics/index.html?hpt=hp_c1
It is funny how the Pugs are all too eager to get down and dirty, lie, cheat and use every dirty trick in the book but when the Democrats fight fire with fire, they run off crying to their mommies. While I wish our politics would take a higher road and discuss the issues more, the Pugs were the ones that have had some success by playing this way and the only way it stops is when the Democrats demonstrate they can be just as mean and nasty as the Pugs. Way to man up Dems, send the Pugs off crying!
I am absolutely amazed any Democrat could even spot a lie. Obama, Reid, and Pelosi have spent their years in Washington just making stuff up about the other side. It would seem by now that even liberals would find it impossible to see a lie through all the lies being told by their own party. But you have to know that anyone from CA that still supports the Democratic Party is a complete loon, after all the Democrats have run that state into the toilet for sure.
Deny, Deflect, and Denigrate---the three pillars of Team Obama's campaign!
Of course, with the record that President Obama now has, we shouldn't be surprised. What would actually amaze us all would be the President running on his record!
Record unemployment.
Record deficits.
Record people on govt. aid.
Record debt.
Record foodstamp recipients.
Record number of agents killed by a failed JD gun-running operation.
Only credit rating downgrade in our history.
And the GOP Obstuctionist are responsible, Remember Boehner(where are the Jobs Mr. President)?
What jobs? Are you talking about the "shovel-ready" ones promised by the President? Or some of the jobs that the stimulus would produce to keep unemployment under 8%? You know, the 8% we haven't been under during Obama's term? THOSE JOBS?????
It was over 8 when He took over, so what exactly is your argument?
So you admit he hasn't changed anything then? Took over it was 8 and STILL IS!!!!!!!!!What a President!LOL!!!!
And I really love how you capitalize "He" like Obama is your idol!
Doesn't the President tell us that we have had 22 months of job creation, which is about the same time the Republicans took control of the House, and this year haven't over 1 million jobs been created.
jerry, isn't it funny how the Dems like to tout those job creaton numbers, but blindly ignore the FACT that they improved after the GOP took the House. Kind of hard to figure out those Dems--always taking credit for any good while crying about "obstructionism"!
Jerry - job creation is the absolute last thing the 2010 tea party fools want before the election. They've done everything they can to prevent recovery because it would ensure Obama's re-election and I think you know that. Congress has earned it's 10% approval rating.
Mike, why don't you do a little fact checking before you go running off at the mouth. No one knows how stupid you are until you speak. This only took 3 minutes to pull up.
1. Ordered all federal agencies to undertake a study and make recommendations for ways to cut spending
2. Ordered a review of all federal operations to identify and cut wasteful spending and practices
3. Instituted enforcement for equal pay for women
4. Beginning the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq
5. Families of fallen soldiers have expenses covered to be on hand when the body arrives at Dover AFB
6 Ended media blackout on war casualties; reporting full information
7. Ended media blackout on covering the return of fallen soldiers to Dover AFB; the media is now permitted to do so pending adherence to respectful rules and approval of fallen soldier’s family
8. The White House and federal government are respecting the Freedom of Information Act
9. Instructed all federal agencies to promote openness and transparency as much as possible
10. Limits on lobbyist’s access to the White House
11. Limits on White House aides working for lobbyists after their tenure in the administration
12. Ended the previous stop-loss policy that kept soldiers in Iraq/Afghanistan longer than their enlistment date
13. Phasing out the expensive F-22 war plane and other outdated weapons systems, which weren’t even used or needed in Iraq/Afghanistan
14. Removed restrictions on embryonic stem-cell research
15. Federal support for stem-cell and new biomedical research
16. New federal funding for science and research labs
17. States are permitted to enact federal fuel efficiency standards above federal standards
18. Increased infrastructure spending (roads, bridges, power plants) after years of neglect
19. Funds for high-speed, broadband Internet access to K-12 schools
20. New funds for school construction
21 The prison at Guantanamo Bay is being phased out
22. US Auto industry rescue plan
23. Housing rescue plan
24. $789 billion economic stimulus plan
25. The public can meet with federal housing insurers to refinance (the new plan can be completed in one day) a mortgage if they are having trouble paying
26. US financial and banking rescue plan
27. The secret detention facilities in Eastern Europe and elsewhere are being closed
28. Ended the previous policy; the US now has a no torture policy and is in compliance with theGeneva Convention standards
29. Better body armor is now being provided to our troops
30. The missile defense program is being cut by $1.4 billion in 2010
31. Restarted the nuclear nonproliferation talks and building back up the nuclear inspection infrastructure/protocols
32. Reengaged in the treaties/agreements to protect the Antarctic
33. Reengaged in the agreements/talks on global warming and greenhouse gas emissions
34. Visited more countries and met with more world leaders than any president in his first six months in office
35. Successful release of US captain held bySomali pirates; authorized the SEALS to do their job
36. US Navy increasing patrols off Somali coast
37. Attractive tax write-offs for those who buy hybrid automobiles
38. Cash for clunkers program offers vouchers to trade in fuel inefficient, polluting old cars for new cars; stimulated auto sales
39. Announced plans to purchase fuel efficient American-made fleet for the federal government
40. Expanded the SCHIP program to cover health care for 4 million more children
41. Signed national service legislation; expandednational youth service program
42. Instituted a new policy on Cuba, allowing Cuban families to return home to visit loved ones
43. Ended the previous policy of not regulating and labeling carbon dioxide emissions
44. Expanding vaccination programs
45. Immediate and efficient response to the floods in North Dakota and other natural disasters
46. Closed offshore tax safe havens
47. Negotiated deal with Swiss banks to permit US government to gain access to records of tax evaders and criminals
48. Ended the previous policy of offering tax benefits to corporations who outsource American jobs; the new policy is to promote in-sourcing to bring jobs back
49.. Ended the previous practice of protecting credit card companies; in place of it are new consumer protections from credit card industry’s predatory practices
50. Energy producing plants must begin preparing to produce 15% of their energy from renewable sources
51. Lower drug costs for seniors
52. Ended the previous practice of forbidding Medicare from negotiating with drug manufacturers for cheaper drugs; the federal government is now realizing hundreds of millions in savings
53. Increasing pay and benefits for military personnel
54. Improved housing for military personnel
55. Initiating a new policy to promote federal hiring of military spouses
56. Improved conditions at Walter Reed Military Hospital and other military hospitals
57 Increasing student loans
58. Increasing opportunities in AmeriCorps program
59. Sent envoys to Middle East and other parts of the world that had been neglected for years; reengaging in multilateral and bilateral talks and diplomacy
60. Established a new cyber security office
61. Beginning the process of reforming and restructuring the military 20 years after the Cold War to a more modern fighting force; this includes new procurement policies, increasing size of military, new technology and cyber units and operations, etc.
62. Ended previous policy of awarding no-bid defense contracts
63. Ordered a review of hurricane and natural disaster preparedness
64. Established a National Performance Officer charged with saving the federal government money and making federal operations more efficient
65. Students struggling to make college loan payments can have their loans refinanced
66. Improving benefits for veterans
67. Many more press conferences and town halls and much more media access than previous administration
68. Instituted a new focus on mortgage fraud
69. The FDA is now regulating tobacco
70. Ended previous policy of cutting the FDA and circumventing FDA rules
71. Ended previous practice of having White House aides rewrite scientific and environmental rules, regulations, and reports
72. Authorized discussions with North Korea and private mission by Pres. Bill Clinton to secure the release of two Americans held in prisons
73. Authorized discussions with Myanmar and mission by Sen. Jim Web to secure the release of an American held captive
74. Making more loans available to small businesses
75. Established independent commission to make recommendations on slowing the costs of Medicare
76. Appointment of first Latina to the Supreme Court
77. Authorized construction/opening of additional health centers to care for veterans
78. Limited salaries of senior White House aides; cut to $100,000
79. Renewed loan guarantees for Israel
80. Changed the failing/status quo military command in Afghanistan
81. Deployed additional troops to Afghanistan
82. New Afghan War policy that limits aerial bombing and prioritizes aid, development of infrastructure, diplomacy, and good government practices by Afghans
83. Announced the long-term development of a national energy grid with renewable sources and cleaner, efficient energy production
84. Returned money authorized for refurbishment of White House offices and private living quarters
85. Paid for redecoration of White House living quarters out of his own pocket
86. Held first Seder in White House
87. Attempting to reform the nation’s healthcare system which is the most expensive in the world yet leaves almost 50 million without health insurance and millions more under insured
88. Has put the ball in play for comprehensive immigration reform
89. Has announced his intention to push for energy reform
90. Has announced his intention to push for education reform
Oh, and he built a swing set for the girls outside the Oval Office.
Did I mention he passed health care reform ?
There are policies that many of us disagree with or wish he would improve or facilitate more quickly, but come on, this is a pretty sweet list.
Thanks John for using google as a reliable source.
I think that you might have missed a few! Check out the Illegals Tax Identification Number fraud Just google search ITIN fraud, and see how Odumbo supports giving illegals $4.2 billion dollars of hard earned taxpayers dollars., All of the solar companies that Odumbo gave millions to, even though he was advised they were about to fail , for his involvement in fast and furious gun running scandal. Your list is short, compared to all of the un-American things that this useless do-nothing has done. He has no idea what the Constitution is., he thinks that is somthing that it is done in a bathroom. He is useless!
I read all of your Obama non-accomplishments....It is true Obama did per-pose many of the non-accomplishments you stated. Actually all Obama has done is divided America against each other and a country divided cannot stand..So I guess spending all the money on these items is OK. Let me tell you a fact that is documented...No spin, just a fact....From George Washington down to George Bush all the Presidents combined ran up the National Debt to about 6 Trillion. Obama on the other hand will have added more then 6.5 Trillion by the end of his first term. WE [AMERICA] CANNOT AFFORD OBAMA FOR 4 MORE YEARS.
Here is an answer to your list of Obama's achievements. I'll just stick with the first 4. Any more would take to much time and space. But I think 4 is enough to prove that Obama hasn't done anything worth bragging about.
1. Ordered all federal agencies to undertake a study and make recommendations for ways to cut spending
Where are the ways to cut spending? Are they still recommending? Why hasn't SPENDING gone down?
2. Ordered a review of all federal operations to identify and cut wasteful spending and practices
Where are the wasteful spending cuts? Are they still identifying the waste? Again. Why hasn't SPENDING GONE DOWN??
3. Instituted enforcement for equal pay for women
We have had equal pay for women since 1963,or so if I remember right. So what did Obama do FOLLOW THE LAW??
4. Beginning the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq
The agreement for the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq was signed by Bush and the Iraqis in 2008. BEFORE Obama was elected.
And that Healthcare thingy is going to COST 1.3 TRILLION!! Where is the savings there?? Where in the ACA does the price of an X-Ray come down?
Now I'll stop there with the DEBUNKING of you Obama Achievements. THEY DO NOT EXIST!!
Obama just lowered the requirements for his U.S. job giveaway so that ANOTHER 1 MILLION criminals can now become official Democrats, you can bet that by November he will unilaterally decree that they now have voting rights too.
Deferred action program could legalize 1.8 million young immigrants
"As many as 1.76 million young illegal immigrants could qualify for temporary legal status under President Obama's deferred action program, says a new report from the Migration Policy Institute. That's more than double the Obama administration's initial estimate of 800,000 people who would benefit from the program."
"Initially, only young illegal immigrants under 30 who entered the country as children, graduated from high school and had no criminal record would make the cut. Now, young people who didn't graduate or receive their G.E.D. can still apply for the legal status as long as they re-enroll in high school by the time they apply."
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/deferred-action-program-could-legalize-1-8-million-221839009.html
Desperation for political power has never been so blatantly treasonous, courtesy of Obama and the pathetic, spineless Democrat sheep.
The problem with the unemployment surge as a result of King O's policies is that only the Republicans are unemployed. All of the Democrats in this country have jobs. Don't believe me ? Just ask around, have you ever read a liberal commenter on any forum complains about NOT having a job.......no you haven't..!!!
Reid and his dopey Palooozi think that Odumbo is useless and should go with a cardboard figure of Dopey the dwarf as his running mate., at least it would have more sense than Odumbo. The only thing that Odumbo is pushing for is to get all young girls on birth control pills. We don't need your kind here, you can go back to wherever you came from. He still thinks there are 57 states, because he says he visited them all! I say make it mandatory that to hold a government office, you should at least have a basic class in American history. This guy is useless!
Google "President Obama Accomplishment" for a real reality check.
The "records" Obama has supplied us with (as I outlined in #8) is all the reality check most thinking people need!
But those were caused by Bush, We were losing 750,000 jobs per month, millions were losing their homes and the stock market almost crashed.(all before Obama even took office. Explain yourself.
<the sound of crickets>
I could explain it all day long, but the simple fact of the matter is that you would never understand. You are just too blinded by the shining light that is President Obama. Hope you never lose that tingle down your leg like Matthews.
Funny how unemployment ONLY increased during Bush's terms when the Dems took Congress over. And it NEVER really went down!
I like crickets - they bring good luck.
Mike, your head is so far up your a$$, there's NO HELP for you.
John, read post 8.8 and STFU
Hello phinephancy ! I hope you are feeling well today and enjoying yourself.
Yes, sometimes the politics of negativism obscures the important things in life .... but we must not let it !
Have a great day !!
Who is OSAMA's running mate?
How about another Kenyan... or terrorist
That would be Ayman Al Zawhari, not Kenyan but a terrorist. Hopefully, he will soon be joining his former "running mate" as shark food, thanks to the efforts of Navy SEALS or Air Force drones, or Army Rangers or the Marines, under orders to "shoot on sight" from their Commander in Chief, President Barack Obama.
He is trying to get Mexicos president to be his VP, this will totally ensure the foreign criminal vote... which is about all that remains of the Democrat party.
Deferred action program could legalize 1.8 million young immigrants
"As many as 1.76 million young illegal immigrants could qualify for temporary legal status under President Obama's deferred action program, says a new report from the Migration Policy Institute. That's more than double the Obama administration's initial estimate of 800,000 people who would benefit from the program."
"Initially, only young illegal immigrants under 30 who entered the country as children, graduated from high school and had no criminal record would make the cut. Now, young people who didn't graduate or receive their G.E.D. can still apply for the legal status as long as they re-enroll in high school by the time they apply."
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/deferred-action-program-could-legalize-1-8-million-221839009.html
Desperation for political power has never been so blatantly treasonous, courtesy of Obama and the pathetic, spineless Democrat sheep.
Yes, Carney is finally right for a change. Odumbo has NOTHING to run on, so all that he can try to do is to dig up trash! Everytime he tries to dig something up, it just backfires on him , and shows just how ignorant that he really is.
There are even a few life-long Democrat sheep who recognize how pathetic and insulting the Democrat campaign is, of course it doesn't stop them from remaining obedient the party line, but at least they realize they are voting for loser scumbags with no morals and no respect for voters.
Reid's Romney smears an insult to voters
"Support his policies or oppose them, no one is for one minute suggesting that Mitt Romney did anything other than obey the tax laws of the United States....It's all about the smear."
"The same is true with the attacks on Romney's tenure at Bain Capital. Romney is not being attacked for breaking the law... He is being attacked because it might look bad that companies he was involved with actually outsourced jobs or fired people. That he was fulfilling his responsibility to his shareholders in doing so and that the record of Bain was fairly good in terms of value creation is irrelevant when the objective is creating a negative narrative at all costs."
"I have voted Democrat all my life. I served in the Clinton administration and worked for a Democratic congressman on Capitol Hill. I will vote for President Obama. But I deplore these tactics."
http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/08/opinion/rothkopf-campaign-tactics/index.html?hpt=hp_c1
This is a good example why Obama will lose on November 6, 2012. Obama cannot run on his record and if he did he would hand the election to Romney..........So all Obama can do is attack and try to fool America that he is the best choice..........So Obama has finely played the main RA_CE Card when he said, "I am not the President of Bl_a— ck America." So I guess he is not the President of Wh_i— te America either? Does that mean he is not the President of La_t_ino, As_ia, or Je_w_ish America or etc., etc.? Talk about being a RA_C_IEST that he claims you are if you do not vote for him. So since I am not voting for him I guess that makes me a ??.........................................[Smart Voter] I hope more people will see through this empty tank of smelly gas each time Obama opens his mouth and lies.
Obama has a great record across the board, to bad you're so BRAINWASHED by Faux to appreciate it.
The only records olama has achieved are record deficits, taxes, food stamp participants, unemployment lines... Nice record to run on Olama...
Give me Romney any day of the week...
Taxes haven't be this low since Truman was President(1950).
So raising taxes is a bad idea? Is that what you want to happen? Spending more money while lowering taxes---isn't that what keeps all you Dems up late at night sniveling about Bush?
THAT's because the 1%ers are paying most of it... I'm sure you don't pay any taxes...and you probably don't have a job either... are you posting from the 99% encampment by Wall Street? Or did they evict you yet??
The 1%ers are paying 15% or lower, we're talking percentage, not amount.
Ok talk percentage. How about this percentage? About 47% of American workers pay NO federal income tax!
I think ANYTHING the rich pay would be a hell of alot more than those non-paying 47%! In fact, if it wasn't for those "rich" people, we wouldn't be able to extend unemployment or offer foodstamps to so many, nor would there be so much Section 8 housing, TAFN growth, or free cell phones!
Do you know that 94% of our national debt belongs to just three individuals?
Reagan
Bush
bush/cheney
Do you know that the last Presidents to pay down on the national debt were Clinton and Carter?
Do you know that if Reagan, Bush, and bush/cheney had balanced their budgets we would have almost no national debt today?
The median yearly income is $26,364. That means that over 150 million Americans make that much or less. The poverty line is $22,000 for a family of 4.
People who are living in poverty do not pay income taxes, but we do pay payroll taxes, which make up 40% of the federal government's income.
If you want to read the top 50 accomplishments of "Our" President, you can view them here:
Romney has a VP position and if you think you can do better, there's time to get on the ballot and stop whining. The other 182 accomplishments are at this link:
People love to talk crap and sound intelligent but Our President has kept us safe and got rid of Ossama, AlQaeda#1, #2 and doubled the drone strikes over Muslim countries like Pakistan despite the criticism. You're safe and you should be grateful you've got someone in the White House that keeps us safe. I'm tired of these ungrateful, unpatriotic so called Americans who run our President down. He's another man and not Merlin the Magician. Stop complaining and do some research.
For true Odumbo facts, just google search ---effiesuewashington.org__family members opinions!
A right-wing web site? BINGO, That's your problem.
Or just read a real news site:
Obama just lowered the requirements for his U.S. job giveaway so that ANOTHER 1 MILLION criminals can now become official Democrats, you can bet that by November he will unilaterally decree that they now have voting rights too.
Deferred action program could legalize 1.8 million young immigrants
"As many as 1.76 million young illegal immigrants could qualify for temporary legal status under President Obama's deferred action program, says a new report from the Migration Policy Institute. That's more than double the Obama administration's initial estimate of 800,000 people who would benefit from the program."
"Initially, only young illegal immigrants under 30 who entered the country as children, graduated from high school and had no criminal record would make the cut. Now, young people who didn't graduate or receive their G.E.D. can still apply for the legal status as long as they re-enroll in high school by the time they apply."
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/deferred-action-program-could-legalize-1-8-million-221839009.html
Desperation for political power has never been so blatantly treasonous, courtesy of Obama and the pathetic, spineless Democrat sheep.
im shocked that the kenyan cocaine addicted patological liar-in-chief would dish dirt and fabrications instead of running on his own dissapointing record, oh wait....no im not.
Congratulations President Obama! You are the DIRTIEST American of all time. Total sleaze bag. You will not be getting my vote! LOSER!
Go with the GOP SMOKE AND MIRRORS I see, LOL
Dirtiest of all time? Dumbya easily qualifies for that. He is the only President to go into office with a criminal record, and exited as a wanted war criminal.
As unfortunate as it is that politics have to go this way, one must fight fire with fire. The GOP now will get to taste their own medicine ten fold. If you don't like it, then stop the negative ads and talking points using a partial sentence the President said taken out of context and using it against him.
But then, truth and GOP can't be used in the same comment. They've lied and obstructed since the inaugeration. Hope they're proud of themselves -- putting their own greed for power and control before the American people. Whatever happened to working together -- throwing partisan garbage aside -- to help heal America when it needs it badly. You used to do it in the past when the country was hurting. Shame on you!
Obama/Biden 2012
Vegas, how do your like your double-digit unemployment under Oblama?
I for one am still angry with you republicons for crashing our economy and then doing nothing to help fix your screwups. You had control of all three branches of government and what did you do? You gave us the Great Recession and Bushvilles.
With no record to run on, this is just about all Obamer has left.
And paying foreign criminals to vote for him:
Obama just lowered the requirements for his U.S. job giveaway so that ANOTHER 1 MILLION criminals can now become official Democrats, you can bet that by November he will unilaterally decree that they now have voting rights too.
Deferred action program could legalize 1.8 million young immigrants
"As many as 1.76 million young illegal immigrants could qualify for temporary legal status under President Obama's deferred action program, says a new report from the Migration Policy Institute. That's more than double the Obama administration's initial estimate of 800,000 people who would benefit from the program."
"Initially, only young illegal immigrants under 30 who entered the country as children, graduated from high school and had no criminal record would make the cut. Now, young people who didn't graduate or receive their G.E.D. can still apply for the legal status as long as they re-enroll in high school by the time they apply."
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/deferred-action-program-could-legalize-1-8-million-221839009.html
Desperation for political power has never been so blatantly treasonous, courtesy of Obama and the pathetic, spineless Democrat sheep.
It sure is fun to read republican comments. Wonder why they ended up on this board though. The tripe they spout are all from faux news. Clearly the accusations come from faux and are wrong. Right wing=greed. Left wing=caring for fellow Americans. Seems nothing changes, at least as far as I recall politics starting in the 50's. And there was another little problem before that. I believe it was called the Great Depression. Kinda like the right wings latest creation; the Great Recession. Greed again.
You must be on drugs! Obama's tactics are lower that "devil himself" (maybe that's why)
Wow..Barry and company really are pigs arent they?....the narcissist in chief just cant stand to lose......we all know he cant run on his accomplishments,has to sling the mud...this is your commander in chief,eh libs?..a lying narcissist,marxist,non citizen kenyan antichrist...you must be proud..
Point your finger and there's 3 pointing right back at you. Talk about twisting the story, WOW
There are even a few life-long Democrat sheep who recognize how pathetic and insulting the Democrat campaign is, of course it doesn't stop them from remaining obedient the party line, but at least they realize they are voting for loser scumbags with no morals and no respect for voters.
Reid's Romney smears an insult to voters
"Support his policies or oppose them, no one is for one minute suggesting that Mitt Romney did anything other than obey the tax laws of the United States....It's all about the smear."
"The same is true with the attacks on Romney's tenure at Bain Capital. Romney is not being attacked for breaking the law... He is being attacked because it might look bad that companies he was involved with actually outsourced jobs or fired people. That he was fulfilling his responsibility to his shareholders in doing so and that the record of Bain was fairly good in terms of value creation is irrelevant when the objective is creating a negative narrative at all costs."
"I have voted Democrat all my life. I served in the Clinton administration and worked for a Democratic congressman on Capitol Hill. I will vote for President Obama. But I deplore these tactics."
http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/08/opinion/rothkopf-campaign-tactics/index.html?hpt=hp_c1
the food stmp president molested his own daughters in the oval office. this is 100% unadulterated truth as reported by a completely reliable anonymous source. cocaine makes people do the darndest things!
Practicing you freedom of speech is see, LYING
how dare you accuse me of lying! i am a corpse-man from the 57th state! also, obama nmolests his daughters and it is now up to him to prove he doesnt. got it?
Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, LOL
awe libs, collapse me, maybe that will change the truth and you can go about making up your own, like obama. YOU DIDNT BUILD THAT, SOMEBODY ELSE MADE THAT HAPPEN. (its even WORSE when in FULL context, but thanks for playin! also, sasha and malia will need many years of therapy to recover from what their father has done to them. obama is one seriously sick individual.
The "Bull Moose" party was pretty cool
you mean hes not a lying,narcissist,marxist,non citizen ,kenyan,antichrist?..i didnt catch a denial on those facts,philbert?..i point a finger at this devil..no apologies..
Get them to talk about anything except Obama's record.
How about we just talk about the plans the candidates have for putting people back to work ? Is this really about what we did in college ?
Mittens plan is to strenthen the 1% and take the boots to the Middle Class, Seniors, Minorities, Gays, the enviornment and the possibility of the American Dream.
Obama's plan is to continue to give the finger to America's unemployed workers and give a few million more illegals deferred action status and work permits.
Woofy,
Well if you look at our Fl governor, he sounded alot like good ole Mitt but Scott has accomplished one thing, lawsuits and more money for attorneys. He has not improved unemployment one bit, in fact he has made it worse. Much like Rubio, he has been and is being investigated and is trying to squash that investigation. Scott has the advantage, he just gets rid of anyone who investigates him. Rubio is calling for an end to his fraud investigation. And I am sure Scott will help him out.
They have done NOTHING for our state.