Sometimes I get the feeling that many posters feel this is like a football game: the issues have no importance; the only thing that is important is that their side win and the other side loses.

I hope next week is as much a fabulous flop for the R's as this week was. The weekend talk shows should be FANTASTIC!

Kannin, we definitely understand the issues and they are important. An R win scares me to death.

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This one is for the liberals:

Day Two From Newsvine Solitary;

Greetings my lefty liberal friends!

Things are improving greatly here in the Newsvine clink!

Sargeant Sally has assigned me to the Re-Elect President Obama button assembly line (at least they are made here in the good old US of A, unlike Willard's who imports his from China).

The pay ain't great but the perks are fabulous, by the time I get out of here I should have enough buttons to cover half of IA!

Warden Tyler told me, if I keep up with my good behavior, he may allow me to go to arts & crafts class on Monday! Decisions...decisions... lol

I'm sorry to miss the party over at the Dew Drop Inn tonight - please know I'll be there in spirit!

If it wouldn't be too much to ask, I would greatly appreciate it if, you could hit B12 on the old jukebox and play a little "Jail House Rock"!

You all take care & keep fighting the good fight!

{{{hugs}}}

Feisty

ALWAYS vote for the tea Party Republicans or third-Parties, NEVER Democrats, the Socialist democratic party of America has taken over the democratic party, that is why Democrats are so corrupt and greedy now days, a lot of republicans like the Bushes have become corrupt and more like communists. ALWAYS Tea party republicans or third parties.

Here is Barack Obama's Main Accomplishments

Barack Obama's Main Accomplishments:

Signed the National Defence Authorization Act (NDAA) Bill into Law allowing any US citizen to Be Detained WITHOUT trial (A federal Court Blocked it in May because it Violates the Constitution, but Obama is now trying to get it UNBLOCKED!). (Source: rt(DOT)com/usa/news/obama-indefinite-detention-forrest-070/ )

He has Killed HUNDREDS of Innocent people (Including 3 American Citizens) in Pakistan and Yemen with Drone Strikes (He's Ordered even more drone strikes than Bush!). (Source: www(DOT)slate(DOTcom/articles/news_and_politics/map_of_the_week/2012/06/obama_drone_strikes_the_president_ordered_more_than_george_w_bush.html )

The rate of National Debt under George Bush was Around $60 Billion a Month. Under Obama, it's been $190 Billion a Month, so that would be Nearly $600 Per US Citizen (Thanks Obama!). (Source: cnsnews(DOT)com/node/72404 and www(DOT)cbsnews(DOT)com/8301-503544_162-57400369-503544/national-debt-has-increased-more-under-obama-than-under-bush/ )

Obama has By-passed Congress to Enable the DREAM Act (Unconstitutional to By-Pass Congress, and the Illegals he allowed to become Legal Citizens has Committed over 19 Murders and Over 142 Sex crimes). (Source: www(DOT)theblaze(DOT)com/stories/obama-orders-his-own-version-of-the-dream-act-video/ and www(DOT)westernjournalism(DOT)com/breaking-documents-show-obama-implemented-dream-act-despite-congress-rejection/ )

Obama Claims he Campaigned in 57 States (Maybe he wasn't Born in this Country?). (Source: www(DOT)youtube(DOT)com/watch?v=OrsBKGpwi58 and latimesblogs(DOT)latimes(DOT)com/washington/2008/05/barack-obama-wa.html )

Obama abused his powers and ATTACKED Libya without congressional Approval (Source: www(DOT)nytimes(DOT)com/2011/03/22/world/africa/22powers.html?_r=1

Obama has repealed the law prohibiting people with AIDS/HIV to travel to the United States. (Source: nytimes(DOT)com/2009/10/31/us/politics/31travel.html?_r=0

The list is getting Larger!

F6Zman - the brain dead have taken over the Republican party. Did you see what the Deputy PM of Australia said today? Look it up - it puts the blame for the economy exactly where it belongs - with the obstructionists in the Republican party.

Oh, and your post has already been proved to be lies. Get a real life. And, my guess is you wonder why no one takes your seriously. Pathetic!

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Sadly, Feisty, you are missing the Birthday Bash for Newday and Jody! I am bringing Costco's All American Chocolate Cake - 9#'s of decadence!

I don't see how anyone doesn't love our Feisty. She is taking her lumps with humor and class,...

Unlike the re-regs who feel ENTITLED to post here.

I think we should play Don't Cry Out Loud for poor little Queen Annie. I am sick of her whining. They prove EVERY SINGLE DAY how little they know about anything HARD.

My husband is convinced that they have R$mney on essential 'lock down' from public events as sort of a preventitive measure. The less exposure the less likely to gaffe.

PS. I am still calling BS on his 'scrubbed' Certified Tax Summaries. Talk about your basic Out of Touch! These two exemplify High Horse Mountain.

It's Friday afternoon, Kannin; you bet we understand the issues and the importance of this election. The last thing this country needs is another George W. Bush, in fact, Romney is worse than Bush; we don't need a Romney president to bring us more failed trickle-down economics either.

Obama/Biden 2012.

@SeekingSanity Really? Lies? I gave you sources for all of it. But I guess the New york times lies, CBS news now lies and everything besides msn lies.

Happy Birthday Jody and NDD!

Cheers girls!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Many thanks to those who work hard at First Read to bring us the latest in the world of politics. Cheers all!

ummmmm, chocolate cake....does it get any better than this? Thanks, Clara.

Feisty, Bev, and Mickey - we miss you! Can't wait until you're all back to join in the "fun." Have a great weekend you three - and everyone else!

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Thanks, DCIA! Been a nice day so far.

Seeking, Thanks for posting that little communication from Feisty, we do miss her. But I'm glad her sense of humor is still there.

I'm headed over there, with some homemade salsa and guacamole to go with the margheritas. We will toast Jody and Newday for their special day and wish them long lives and prosperity.

To Mark, Domenico and their equally hardworking crew, thank you for your hard work.

SeekingSanity

Feisty, Bev, and Mickey - we miss you!

Good Grief, I didn't know three of our favs were in Newsvine solitary confinement. I thought it was only Feisty and I never saw any of it coming.

....Solidarity........Free Feisty, Bev and Mickey.......

Hey Seeking, reposting breaking the rules?

Seeking . . .

Feisty, Bev, and Mickey - we miss you! Can't wait until you're all back to join in the "fun."

I didn't know Mickey was gone. To the FR crew, please tell me you have Harley! You can keep her!

....Solidarity........Free Feisty, Bev and Mickey.......

AMEN!

GM - I think she's actually having fun with it. And, she's definitely storing up for her return!

Layton - Harley is different - she is BANNED - not just on timeout!

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Obama abused his powers and ATTACKED Libya without congressional Approval

I suppose you would be happier with Gaddafi still in charge plotting Lockerbie style terrorist attacks against the US. BTW, did you know 30,000 Libyans marched in Benghazi today against the terrorists?

news.nationalpost.com/2012/09/21/after-death-of-u-s-ambassador-libyans-march-to-demand-disbanding-of-militias/

(Could someone please tell me how to post a live link? Every time I try to put the full link in, it doesn't display it)

Harley is different - she is BANNED

That's justice!

Seeking,

Thanks for the update from solidtary. Feisty makes the best of her time in the penalty box.

We have the jukebox going at the DDI, the folks are arriving, the beer cold and the conversation is hilarious.

It has been a good week for the Dems and the Romney bus thru Ohio this weekend will be a visible delight!!

Happy Birthday to two great women here on FR. Jody and Newday ,enjoy every minute of your celebration...

We will be having a special guest who will be arriving to sing you a birthday wish.....

Cheers everyone and have a relaxing weekend.

I can't wait, Northstar! Thanks~!

Happy birthday Newday and Jody. I hope you both had a great day. Everyone have a wonderful weekend.

I didn't know Mickey was gone. To the FR crew, please tell me you have Harley! You can keep her!

The day will go down as Bloody Wednesday. Posters from both sides of the fence got wiped out in one fell swoop. The bonus was getting rid of Harley Chic.

Thanks, lisa, have a good weekend!

I thought Mickey was back?

Romney jumped out of an airplane without a parachute and as his campaign plummets he has finally decided to "turn it around"? It's a little late for that, isn't it?

President Obama by default! There doesn't seem to be anybody running against him!

Newday, I wasn't around last week what caused Feisty, Bev and Mickey being suspended.

I'm not sure, lisa. It just seemed one day, the boom got lowered. I don't know what thread it was on!

Well enjoy your birthday bash.

Thanks, lisa

obama is either totally ignorant or willfully duplicitous claiming the libyan attacks had anything to do with the anti-islam film trailer. either way it was a bad move politically and harms our international standing. haha... yet the libs and msnbc hope no one notices, focusing on romney. believe me, the world and the american people see the disaster of obama.

Romney, by contrast, is a proponent of fiscal conservatism. That is, he recognizes the effects of deficit spending.

Except, he doesn't understand or recognize any of these issues. The only fiscal agenda he has is to give tax breaks to the wealthy.

Tell me Kannin, what year does the Paul Ryan plan actually balance the budget? I forgot whether it was 2040 or 2050.

he doesn't understand or recognize any of these issues

Red - Romney took failing companies, whose own management couldn't save, and led 70% of them to success. You can't achieve that kind of superior performance without a keen understanding of basic fiscal issues.

Kannin - unfortunately Romney himself has proved he is a proponent of nothing. He doesn't know where he stands from one minute to the next. And, the Bain lies are just that - lies. They did as much damage with companies and they did good.

Romney has proved he can't be trusted to tell the truth from one day to the next. And, that is one of his many problems. No one knows what he believes - because he believes nothing.

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Of course Kannin you do know that neither the President or the Congress has direct control over what the Federal Reserve does.

Oh and a 70% pass rate would put you at a C-.

Kannin -- That's FALSE. Romney is NOT a conservative. A true conservative would NOT INCREASE the defense budget.

Who willingly takes a pay cut so that they can pay their bills down? Does that make sense?

Romney still has a good chance at winning this, especially now that the focus has turned onto the economy. The fact that he paid significantly more than he had to on his taxes will help him, too. And maybe -- just maybe -- we can all learn the difference between your tax bracket and your EFFECTIVE tax rate!! (Most of us pay an effective tax rate of between 8 and 9%, significantly LESS than Romney's 14%.)

Romney/Ryan 2012 - A New Hope

Red - Romney took failing companies, whose own management couldn't save, and led 70% of them to success. You can't achieve that kind of superior performance without a keen understanding of basic fiscal issues.

Read this, Kannin, if you really want to know about Romney's "keen understanding of basic fiscal issues":

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/greed-and-debt-the-true-story-of-mitt-romney-and-bain-capital-20120829

When did the topic turn to the economy? Mitt's still walking backwards from the video, releases his 2011 tax returns to change the subject except it just raises more questions.

As for Bain, it isn't a stellar performance when vulture capitalists take profitable companies and leverage them so heavily to buy those other companies Mitt claims to have saved; then the highly leveraged companies go bankrupt, Mitt and friends raid the pension funds and walk off with millions. Hardly a good business model for the country. Which programs will Mitt highly leverage in order to pay for increased military spending? Will programs will Mitt highly leverage to give more tax cuts to the wealthy and to big business? Will he leverage education, infrastructure, medical research, school lunch programs for the poor, Headstart, social security, medicare, medicaid to buy more tanks, ships and weapons then declare those other programs bankrupt and walk away? That's the questions every person touting Mitt's CEO stint at Bain should be asking.

I NEVER paid an effective tax rate lower than 20%, ever; in fact, most years I paid much higher.

IT'S THE ECONOMY STUPID.

romney hasn't done anything to you. obama has flushed our economy and world standing.

I guess that time Willard spent in France taught him how to attack by moving backwards!

Willard has nowhere to go......turn around and face the same issues he tried to leave behind.

Nowhere to run Willard, nowhere to hide!

yeh red devil: week ahead romney turns it around and around and around.... again

Obama/Biden 2012 Moving FORWARD! 2012!

moving forward? obama skips on intelligence briefings for campaign events. state deparment knows of terroism danger on 9/11. the white house is the last to know (or admit) the truth, pointing at a non-existant movie. if this is moving forward, it's in the dark with no headlights.

Here I am, NDD. Happy Birthday to you, too. The second ones on me. Whatever the bartender has ready will be fine. You filled IR shoes quite nicely! Glad he left the DDI keys since he's off having some fun.

Thanks to our First Read hosts for giving us the topics to chew on and a place to chew them. Great job FR staff!

Now plug the jukebox and let's get the party started. First up has to be "Jailhouse Rock" which is a lot more fun that what's playing at the Romney headquarters "Cry Me a River".

Have a great weekend everyone.

Jody - "Jailhouse Rock" will be a perfect salute to Feisty, Bev and Mickey!

Happy Birthday to you and newday!

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Ah, good, Jody, can't have the party without you. Can barely do it without Feisty and Bev.

Any chance they could be let out for good behavior?

In any case, Jody! Many happy wishes for the day! So glad we met here.

NDD, me, too.

Thinking about Ann Romney's latest whining about being picked on, where does she get off? Noonan, Krystol, and the others are critical but not vicious. During 2008, Michelle and Barack Obama were not criticized, they were attacked with venom, endured racial slurs and disgusting cartoons, they were ridiculed for being black, their education was questioned. The birth certificate garbage, secret Muslim Kenyan to name a few of the utterly ridiculous and unfounded claims about President Obama; as well as unspeakable meanness and hate coming from the right. It was so ugly and it still often is yet not during the 2008 did we ever hear either Obama complain and whine to the media about how mean people were; and we still don't. Ann Romney has no clue what mean is; she should take a look at some of what was said about the Obamas as a reminder then maybe she'd realize she's lucky.

I know, Jody, I don't get it either.

Queen Ann has a remarkable ability to point out over and over again how entitled she is.

We sprung Feisty and Bev by sneaking a file into Clara's Costco #9 cake, padding their beds with pillows, with a blanket thrown over the top. We're keeping it on the down-low though, so pay no attention to the two blond ladies in the corner sipping their Manhattan's. We don't want Sheriff Tyler and Matron Sally Mama Morton to uncover our escapades, lest we be stamping campaign buttons for a week.

Thanks FR staff for the arena to post - thanks to the Newsvine staff for playing along. I feel a martini coming on, so I'm sidling up to the bar to put in my request, then I'm off to the 'blond' table to celebrate the break-out.

Dear Ann,

Once upon a time there was a man called Harry Truman. He was in the office your man wants to be in but will never achieve. Mr. Truman said "If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen". That is assuming you know where the kitchen is. You know where it is don't you? It is where the slaves prepare your meals. You know the caviar and champaign, truffles and shark fin soup. Yea, that room.

If you think this week has been tough you aint seen nothin' yet.

Adler - If you think this week has been tough you aint seen nothin' yet. Hope this is only the beginning. Romney is already beginning to do a little spin like a top. Another week like this and he'll be totally out of control!

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Okay, here's another song dedication going out to Feisty, Bev and Mickey - "Baby, How Long Will You Keep Me In The Penalty Box?", as - ummmm - "sung" by former Philadelphia Flyer Dave "The Hammer" Schultz:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj9lkXnpm9Q

The only thing more amazing than actually finding this on YouTube is that I actually still own a copy of the original 45!

joAnne,

That is the BEST!!!

I rate it a 7 out of 10 , has a good beat and love the lyrics especially the laugh at the end.

It is perfect for our friends.

Save that link as a welcome back present.

The deficit is not at 14 trillion. The debt may be. But I need to check again but that the last time I checked the deficit was less than when Obama came to office. The debt and deficit are two different things and I wish people would get them straight in their heads. That is what makes them so scared and afraid. And the Romney Ryan ticket want you to stay that way. When I took economics 5% unemployment was the normal rate in a great economy. That means only 3% or 3.1 is a problem. We could go back to 3 or 4 years after the crash in 1929 which I don't understand why more aren't pointing that out and havereal 25%. Now that would be problematic. Also the debt is not a concern for me either. Because when we had the highest debt ever only 14 years later he returned to the lowest debt ever That can happen now. But during the lowest debt ever we had great economic struggles - in the 70's. I think Obama is doing a great job with the hand he was dealt. Romney only has his bank acct to prove he can handle the job. Look at all the other rich people in the world like the Koch bros. Adelman, T Boone pickens. Does the fact they are wealthy mean they know how to run the country? Absolutely not. We need more than that from Romney and we just aren't seeing it. The video was the biggest insight we have had into his thinking. And woe to him that we saw it.

If anyone can follow up on amending taxes, people need to follow up on Romney. I think he has a fixation and obsession for money. If he amends again, that needs to be made public in case he ever tries to run again for president. I wish some would actually check why Bush put Guantanemo base where he did so he could skirt the Constitution, how he skirted the Constitution with the torture issue. Why he went to war and how that panned out. So many things. And now some want to criticize Obama for all that stuff. I remember when Obama went into office, he included the wars in the debt and included money for crises which he knew we would have and he tried to honestly show what shape wewere in financially plus finishing up Bushs budget and cleaning up his mess. For some reason those aren't important for the Obama criticizers. Now it appears that Romney also likes to rearrange, hide and present a different side from reality. That is dangerous for America because we could think we are doing good and even congress could ie McCain when he said the fundamentals of our economy are sound in 2008 when bang we were on the edge of disaster in Nov 2008. We don't need thatfor our country. We need to vote no for any republican for at least 2 more decades so they can't fool us again til the mess is cleared out and gone.

small irony alert

they both attended Harvard Law School;

and only one of them was elected by their peers to lead the Harvard Law Review.

PS. It wasn't the one you think. Good luck with your guy,...his penchant for shoe leather could practically be classified as a fetish, at this point.