For Joe Biden to take credit for the courageous
acts of other men, especially an act that
ultimately cost many of those men their lives,
is about as despicable as a man can get.
But, then again, Joe Biden is about as despicable
as a man can get. Biden and his handler not only
disowned the means by which the intel was gathered
to find bin Laden, they tried to close the facility
where bin Laden's location was uncovered.

Knowing that killing Bin Laden would make those
men a prized target, a wise Commander in Chief
would have immediately pulled them from harm's way,
instead Obama sacrificed them to the Taliban. Now,
Obama's clown waves the flag over their graves.
Proud, ain't they.

Watch Axelrod and a few of the dem govnors squirm when asked that question. Some are just as usual not answering just diverting to what it would be un Bush or Romney. Bush and Romney haven't been in office for the last four years. No wonder the Governors are reluctent to answer, they don't want to look like fools and say we are better off than 4 years ago.

We should believe what biden says is true? Really?? Wait, I have to tighten the chains so they don't get away.

Forget the chains and give Biden a "Straight Jacket" and a padded cell.

I am 74 years old and planned to retire nine years ago. However, under the Bush economy I lost more than half of my net worth, which was the bulk of my retirement income. I finally was able to retire this past month. My retirement accounts are back where they were when Bush took office for his second term in 2004.

I am indeed far better off than I was when Bush economics held sway. Bear in mind that when Obama took office in 2009 the Dow was at 6500 and threatened to sink even further; it is now above 13,000! Don't let Romney/Ryan pull the GOP wool over your eyes. Obama did not make the economy worse. He pulled us (me!) back from the brink of ruin, whereas Bush stole nine years of my retirement.

And try to recall that during the 2008 campaign when McCain tried to posture himself as the savior of the economy neither he nor the GOP was able to contribute one single economy-saving idea, it was Team Obama that saved us (me!) from complete ruin.

Maybe HE'S better off but my family certainly isn't. Idiot.

Republicans say that we can't raise taxes on the rich because they are the job creators, or that regulations killing jobs. So first of all, do people like Trump and the Koch brothers actually create jobs? Secondly, if regulations are KILLING jobs, why have we had a monthly average of over 165,00 jobs created over the last 2 years? Who is creating these jobs? Not big businesses. Why don't big businesses create more jobs? NO DEMAND. Small business are creating these jobs. Why? Because they aren't afraid of regulations?? Wal-Mart is building more stores, creating jobs, is there a demand for retail?? I guess. Does any one know why other big business won't hire?? You know here in the Tampa Florida area, just about every 9 miles along just off US 19, here is a Wal-Mart store. There must be 20 with in a 20 mile radius. Why don't they give their employees better pay raises of bigger bonuses instead of building MORE stores.

This is a classic example of why Obama/Biden have to go. They are totally out of touch with reality.

They are so high on themselves, and don't really care about "us". They care more about their legacy and egos.

No we are not better off today, regardless of whom you want to blame, Bush or Obama, or Elmer Fudd.

The fact that the Obama administration continues to LIE, and cannot just admit this was more difficult than they thought, and that they were, OMG, wait for it, WRONG, tells me they have no clue what to do, so they have to duck and weave to avoid what they perceive as a negative opinion. Obama is not a strong leader, he is indecisive and, well, for lack of a better way to describe it, incompetent. He just doesn't have the experience to do the job. We tried, but it didn't work!

All he does is attack anyone who has a different idea, and of course, it's all Bush's fault, and it couldn't possibly be Obama's fault HIS PLANS DIDN'T WORK. Oh, don't remember all those promises he made on national TV that the stimulus would reduce unemployment, shovel ready jobs, he'll cut the debt in half, he'll work in a bi-partisan way, and the list goes on.

I know I'll get "well the Republicans are obstructing everything Obama tries to do". Well, he is not being bipartisan in his policy, and writing policy that everyone and their Uncle knows the Republicans will be against. If he would be a true LEADER he would be inclusive rather than divisive, the bills presented may have a better reception. I know it was just a promise to get elected, we couldn't possibly have expected Obama to keep his word, you know, that change and hope thing. Nice ad, no substance.

And of course instead of cutting the defecit in half, he added over 5 TRILLION to it. All after Bush was gone, and with a solid Democrat Congress, no Republicans needed. You cannot blame the Republicans or Bush for this, that is BS, and is childish to even try (IMHO).

While I don't particularly like the Republicans social agenda, there is no alternative. Obama/Biden will destroy the country further. While the liberals are stroking out trying to accept that Obama has failed, they refuse to let go of him, so as a result we will most likely have Romney as president.

So I say this not in support of Romney, but as a realistic assessment that Obama has failed and would be the worse choice for the US! NObama 2012! Save America!!!

You can take this personally, and attack away, I expect nothing less from some extremist liberals, but that is a non-attack, non-racist, not partisan assessment of how I see things.

PS: I'm not a tea-party, religious zealot, or conservative exteremist. I actually voted for Obama in 2008, but as much out of being against Palin, as for Obama's rhetoric. But I was optimistic after he won. Not so much anymore :)

The highest poverty rate in 50 years, the worst economic recovery in 70 years, 23 million unemployed, insurance premiums going thru the roof, highest longest running enery costs of any sitting president, food costs through the roof, hidden taxes popping up everywhere, I am much worse off than I was 4 years ago. Obama is running against Romney, NOT Bush. I do believe most liberal democrats have had lobotomeys.

Under Obama his top appointees on his "Jobs Council" were offshoring their companies jobs to China the whole time while supposedly trying to create jobs stateside. American's who are working has had their incomes erode faster under Obama than any president in recent memory. I'm voting for romney, NOT Bush or Obama.

Biden needs to go back on his meds. When will these morons start taking responsibility for their actions. Always blaming others for their failures. That's all the administration is about, total failure. They can't run on their record, so they blame others and criticize anyone that has an idea that could help this country. They do this because they have nothing to offer. Oh they will tell you what you want to hear but look what happened 4 years ago, when Obama said that he will bring hope and change to this country. He hoped to change this country to the way HE wanted it, not what the American People want. So NO we are not better off than we were 4 years ago. The only ones better off are most likely the newly hired GOVERNMENT workers and the ones getting GOVERNMENT assistance, like that's a real plus. 40+millions on food stamps now that what this administration wants. We the People hired them to do a job. We are their boss. Why then do most of you want to be their lackeys. You want Freedom? So work for it. But if you want free stuff from the GOVERNMENT, well bend over. They will really give it to you, more ways than one.

Get out there and vote in November. All American Citizens have the right to vote and voice their opinions. You don't vote, then shut up, keep your opinions to yourself. If you can't get out there and vote because you don't like the ones running for office, then just stay in your home and lock the doors and close the blinds and say nothing. It's not the ones that do vote, but the ones that DON'T vote is where the problem is.

Obama Accomplishments:

- Implement the largest failed economic stimulus program in the history of the country, costing over $800 billion and delivering very little economic growth. Check.

- Implement a series of failed economic tactics including Cash For Clunkers, Cash For Appliances, and Cash for Caulkers. Check.

- Campaign on a promise to close the terrorist prison at Guantanamo and then fail to actually close the facility. Check.

- Campaign on a promise to not place former lobbyists in high positions in this administration and then proceed to install former lobbyists in high level positions in this administration. Check.

- Campaign on a promise to significantly reduce the number of earmarks in the Federal government and then proceed to allow billions of dollars a year to be diverted into political earmarks. Check.

- Randomly blame bush. Check.

- Promise to quickly extract U.S. troops out of Iraq and then proceed to use the extended Bush exit plan. Check.

- Renew the freedom destroying Patriot Act with virtually no changes from the Bush administration version and continue not to staff the civil liberty oversight panel required by the law. Check.

- Randomly blame Bush. Check.

- Oversee an incredibly botched and illegal gun running sting operation called Fast and Furious that allowed thousands of military grade weapons to fall into the hands of violent Mexican drug cartels, weapons that have led to the death of an American immigration agent and dozens of innocent Mexicans, weapons that have further destabilized the central Mexican government, and weapons whose sale violated both U.S. law and international treaties. Check.

- Fail to have an effective contingency plan and operations plan in place, reminiscent of Hurricane Katrina, when the Gulf of Mexico oil rig accident happened, resulting in widespread ecological damage and economic damage. Check.

- While oil leaked into the Gulf waters from the leaking oil rig, embark on at least two vacations, take two cross country trips for political fund raising, and play numerous rounds of golf. Check.

- Oversee the average cost of a gallon of gasoline go from $1.79 at inauguration to $3.40 in January, a 90% increase (Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics). Check.

- Establish a record for average February gasoline prices at $3.53 a gallon. Experts quoted in an Associated Press article forecast the average price will hit $4.50 by April. Check.

- Oversee the average price of a gallon of fuel oil go from $2.51 a gallon at inauguration to $3.70 in January, a 47% increase. Check.

- Oversee the cost of a pound of ground beef go from $2.97 at inauguration to $3.29 in January, an 11% increase. Check.

- Preside over the first ever downgrade of the United States government credit rating. Check.

- Add TRILLIONS of dollars to the national debt, more than every other President from Washington through Clinton added COMBINED. Check.

- Randomly blame Bush. Check.

- Give out hundreds of millions of dollars to political friends' alternative energy endeavors (Solyndra, Ener1, Beacon, Evergreen, Spectra) and watch them all go bankrupt, taking taxpayer wealth down the drain with them. Check.

- Set records for the most Americans ever on food stamp rolls. Check.

- Endorse and sign legislation to reform the financial services industry, legislation that promptly fell on its face by not foreseeing the 8th largest bankruptcy in U.S. history, the collapse of financial services firm MF Global and the possible criminal destruction of over $1 billion in client assets, the exact type of behavior the legislation was supposed to prevent. Check.

- Break the oath of the Presidency taken at inauguration by not enforcing the laws of the land such as DOMA. Check.

- Break the oath of the Presidency taken at inauguration by blatantly ignoring judicial rulings such as the Gulf oil moratorium judicial ruling. Check.

- Randomly blame Bush.

- Break a campaign oath by trampling on the checks and balances tenets of the Constitution by making high level government appointments without Congressional oversight and approval. Check.

- Trample on freedom of speech and freedom of religion rights by forcing religious organizations to forego their religious beliefs in light of secular government mandates. Check.

- Support the repeal of the military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy only after a national Republican organization successfully fought for the repeal through the court system. Check.

- Randomly blame Bush.

- Preside over the worse economic recovery from a recession since the Depression. Check. - Allow Iran to get three years closer to having nuclear weapons. Check.

- Allow North Korea to get three years closer to having nuclear weapons. Check.

- Fail to foresee or be prepared for the Arab spring and the opportunities and risks inherent in the movement for freedom in the Middle East. Check.

- Trample on the Constitution and the War Powers Act by illegally involving the U.S. in military in significant military action in Libya without Congressional approval. Check.

- Hold dozens of photo ops with professional and amateur athletic teams, including the Texas Christian University rifle team, but hold few, if any photo ops with inspirational teachers, brave policemen and women, or heroic war veterans. Check.

- Do not develop a workable and coherent national energy policy and strategy that helps the economy and reduces our dependence on foreign energy sources. Check.

- Do not develop a workable and coherent education reform strategy and policy so that we can start educating our kids as well as the rest of the world educates theirs. Check.

- Do not develop a workable, coherent, and compassionate illegal immigration policy that protects and seals our borders and fairly leverages the contributions of existing illegal immigrants within the country. Check.

- Do not develop a workable and compassionate alternative to our lost war on drugs, threatening to shut down existing marijuana clinics that provide pain relief to untold number of Americans suffering from highly painful diseases and maladies. Check.

- Remain silent and do not try to unite a divided country when political allies slander ordinary Americans having a difference of opinion, allowing these American citizens to be called racists, Ku Klux Klan members, knuckle dragging Neanderthals, a__h___s, terrorists, barbarians, gerbils, and un-American. Check.

- Randomly blame Bush, the Japanese tsunami, ATM machines, and a host of other factors for many of the above failures. Check. - Manipulate the calculation of the unemployment rate to falsely make it look like the unemployment situation is improving. Check.

- Allow over $500 billion of taxpayer wealth a year to continue to be lost annually to waste, inefficiencies ands criminal activity in major and minor government programs including, but not limited to, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, food stamps, and unemployment insurance. Check.

- Wage class warfare of rich Americans against poorer Americans by falsely implying that Warren Buffet's Federal income tax rate is typical of those Americans earning over $100,000 a year. Check.

- Ignore the pending financial meltdown of Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid in order to not alienate a few voters in November. Check.

- Fail to write the regulations and guidelines needed to implement legislation that was passed in 2008 that cracked down on food stamp fraud.

- Fail to come up with a reorganization plan or termination plan for the dysfunctional and expensive Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and FHA entities. Check.

- Approve the first ever, government sanctioned assassination of an American citizen without due process and institute an official government committee to review and recommend subsequent assassinations of Americans without due process.

I may be wrong but I do not remember Carter coming anywhere close to this number of failures during his entire four years as President. I do not think he set anywhere near the number of records that the Obama administration has set as far as the weakest economic recovery ever, the most failed economic programs, the most Americans ever on food stamps, etc. I do not think Carter had nearly as many firsts as Obama such as the first government sanctioned American citizen assassination, the first ever U.S. credit downgrade, the first ever TRILLION dollar annual government deficit, etc. I do not think Carter had nearly as much disdain for individual Constitutional rights, Constitutional tenets. or the rule of law.

Wow! What an impressive list of accomplishments!

The question should be, Ryan and the GOP wing of Congress what did you do to help the economy and the American people?

In an January 20, 2012 in an interview with Laura Ingraham Mitt admitted that the economy was improving. During the GOP convention Ohio's Governor Kasich said how great Ohio was doing (Auto Industry). So how can Mitt say during the convention that Obama made it worst? flip,flip,flop. Dow was at 6000 in 2008 today it is over 13000+. Corporations (job creators) are sitting on 2trillion $'s. It might be a better argument that "trickle down economics" doesn't work for the average American.

"Biden - 'America is better off- after Obama's first term"

But the Obama sychophant Governor of Maryland says (drumroll . . . . ) not. Ooops.

Anyone going to aske me for a source?

And, per Pigotry:

#1.2 - 'you are better off, but sometimes you don't know it.'
Oh, gee, a lot of us are too dumb to know it? Highly suggestive of hubris, at the least. Certainly insulting.

and

#1.3 - 'Do you want to go back to the same old failed policies of Bush?'
There you go again: BIOB - the same old failed attempt as buck-passing.
Well, no, and putting aside 2 years of a democratically controlled congress ushering out Bush and usheriong in Obama, what about the same old failed policies that have us at $15.9996 T in National Debt and over 20,000,000 unemployed?

Hit the road, Barack, and don't you come back no more.

F&B666

After reading most of the comments all I have to say is, You can put lipstick on a PIG and guess what, It is still a PIG. Sorry Democrats 64 days and counting until November 6, 2012.....

Walk into any Mall in America, count the for Lease signs, now tell me how Great were doing. Socialism does not work. Never has never will. I do not understand why Obama thinks he can make Socialism work. Tax, Tax, Tax, Bigger Govt., Bigger Govt., Bigger Govt.

I presume many are familiar with the self-congratulatory declarations by the current administration re 'job creation' and it's plan and ability to do more. I've said before that in my opinion, the best federal actions can do is create some jobs by spending existant or non-existant public money, either for make-work or needed projects. The funny thing about this administration saying its policies, and only its policies, will be so wonderful is this interesting little tid-bit to arise from that relatively new, popular spectator sport, factchecking:

"as the Washington Post points out, Moody's Analytics predicts 12 million jobs by 2016, no matter who sits in the Oval Office."

And, of course, we don't want anyone to have to waste time cutting and pasting that into a search box, so here is the origin:

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57504387-503544/fact-check-mitt-romneys-convention-speech/

So, in an attempt to light the Romney campaign's pants on fire, well, I reported, you (plural you, but not "ya'll") decide.

F&B666

Does anyone else wonder how two very apparent and offensive consistencies seem to go unnoticed or ignored, even though they are very tell-tale?

The first, is that over the last twelve years, by most any measurement, the Republican Party and it's representatives have actually done next to nothing for the majority, the 99%. Oh, they have faulted the Democrats, especially Obama, very aggressively and with enthusiasm but when all of the distractive noise is cleared away, they have actually made no effort for the people, only working diligently to serve their masters, the 1%, and together bombarding the people with propaganda. Anyone not needing to be defensive and capable of being rational should easily see that and be able to agree.

Second, does it seem to anyone else like there could be a school that they go to, to perfect their look-alike performances, like maybe the "Karl Rove Training School of Obnoxious Arrogance"? I mean you take Boehner, Cantor, Ryan, Bachmann, McConnell, Santorum and several others, including GWBush, Cheney and Rove himself, and there is a definite consistency in their demeanor; they are all arrogant, bold, stubborn, uncompromising, argumentatively aggressive, unyielding and belligerent - just self-serving nasty. Now some may consider that to be strength, a quality (I'm sure "the money" does as it's done in their interests) but the reality is you can't work with people like that, there is just no possible way to deal with them or to ever achieve anything (the results we have seen strongly attest to that). It even appears they let Norquist, Limbaugh, Palin, Beck and a few others into their school.

Now those two things tell a story and simply identify the GOP as a no-hope resource for the majority. To support today's Republican / Tea Party is to support them as "puppets" for "the money" and is just asking to be conned and taken for granted. We have already seen and paid the costs for that with Bush-Cheney ... and for sure we are better off without any more of it.

BO defined his own failure:

The Quote of the Decade:
"The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the US Government cannot pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government's reckless fiscal policies. Increasing America 's debt weakens us domestically and internationally. Leadership means that, "the buck stops here.' Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better."
Senator Barack H. Obama, March 2006

Obamas America:

No Jobs

No Construction

No housing Market

More People on welfare

For Lease signs up all over the country

More Taxes on the way

Thousands of New IRS Agents to Enforce the New Taxes

This the Face of SOCIALISM

Not Very Pretty

More Debt on the way to make it Worse

The only reason Biden is still on the ticket is because Hillary doesnt want to be Barrys VP. This guy is a doofus.

Obamas Future America:

No Energy

Higher Taxes

More IRS Agents

Empty Stores

Long Lines

More Taxes

More Govt. Agents to Enforce Tax Laws

Sounds like life behind the Old Berlin Wall

Welfare, Welfare, Welfare

I know I would sure hate to go back to 4% unemployment......that would really suck.