First this GREAT news and then the debate tonight!

Could it be a better day to be a Democrat?

Spanky

I see your reply is trite as usual.

Why can't the GOP stay on topic in a discussion? The article is about VOTING RIGHTS......pay attention, boy, you might learn something.

Was Obama to blame for Embassy bombing in Kenya or the bombing In Lockerbee? This man is blamed for everthing. When The stock market tanked. FOX news had field day blaming Obama.

Piss-poor attorneys that can't stay on point are, well, piss-poor attorneys. Right Spanky?

Thank God the Koch brothers got slapped in the face on this one. No doubt Clarence Thomas is pissed. He's got some 'splainin to do to the cocky Kochs.

Great news for Ohio voters. I assume their GOPer puppet Sec of State must implement the Ohio State Courts rules and abide by them.

Of course, now Husted is trying to restrict absentee ballots by placing two different due dates on the ballots (just like he tried to implement two sets of early voting dates). The military absentee ballots must be received by midnight Nov 5 whereas everyone elses must be received by midnight Nov 2. It's a little late in the game to keep changing the rules. It is so blatantly obvious what this idiot is up to. Now there's a guy who really should be charged with interfering with the voting process, obstruction of elections, etc.

Anyone see any liberals running scared?

a political philosophy, movement, or regime (as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition

Sounds like the philosophy of this SCOTUS and this Republican party under Romney, doesn't it? There is A LOT more riding on this election for the "middle class" than just taxes and jobs.

Mitt Romney has spoken infamously about the 47% being irresponsible and moochers on society. Republican Congress has wielding the filibuster to prevent anything not rubber-stamped by the right-wing. The SCOTUS has granted corporations person-status. Republicans are fully prepared to ban abortion, contraception and in general take over control of women's bodies.

There is NO QUESTION that the birther movement of the Republican party has used the race of the President and others to attack and divide politically.

I think it has become clear what a win for Romney and the Teabagger movement will mean in 2012, fascism in America.

I think it has become clear what a win for Romney and the Teabagger movement will mean in 2012, fascism in America

And it will be wrapped in a flag, carrying a cross...

Voting rights ARE important and frankly pretty durn critical in a Presidential election year. This article in and of itself IS important espectillay since Ohio is a vital swing state.

Ouch RedDev - name calling.

Gee Spanks, I didn't call anyone names. I simply posed a question, Spanky style. Can you stay on point or are you a piss-poor attorney?

How about Hillary, eh?

Hillary Clinton has more balls that you will ever have, WAC. While yours are busy crawling up deep inside your WAC sack as you prepare your pointless PowerPoint presentations, she is telling Americans embassy security falls under her domain and she will ensure a thorough review of any failures to avoid them from happening in the future. That is what powerful people do vs. wimpy white collar workers that spend their day animating slides with swishy bullet points.

Odd how independents favored Ryan's performance, eh?

Really? I'm an independent and I didn't favor Ryan's performance. He had some key points that were interesting but he fell a little flat for me on some of the subjects he talked about. I was hoping to get more from him, like a little more detail on their policies since they have been very quiet about what they plan to do with closing the loopholes and their foreign policy. There was too many broad generalizations and when the moderator asked for more detail, Ryan just repeated his broad statement again and failed to answer her question. I like to be a little more informed on what each party is offering and so far Ryan and Romney have kept a lot up in the air and it makes me very nervous if I were to vote for them in the next few weeks. I'm still weighing my options though. As of right now I am leaning towards Obama and Biden since Ryan and Romney are not giving a better picture yet as to what they are offering.

Feisty Redhead Roselle, IL

First this GREAT news and then the debate tonight!

Could it be a better day to be a Democrat?

Hi Feisty, I would like to change your phrase to Could it be a better day to be an Ameican?' This way who ever wins will be good for all.

I'm getting tired of party lines. Let's get toghether and fix this Great Country.

Every low down dirty trick they try to keep President Obama from being elected always back fire in their faces; that's why I know there's a God...Republicons are some of the lowest despicable people I have ever seen in my 60 years on this earth..

Democracy (1) Koch Brothers (0)

I seem to recall a very smug Ohio Secretary of State.... "Done!"... LOL

Fantastic news!!!

Caesar Augustus-

i think spanky's point is missed on the Super Smart liberals. just too smart to see it. Liberals have just 'evolved beyond common sense'

Your ilk are the only people I have ever seen that speak of education and intelligence as if they are dirty words. And you wonder why people laugh at you?

Can you stay on point or are you a piss-poor attorney?

Reddev - he's a piss poor attorney. And he is probably charging a client for the time on FR!

Obama/Biden 2012

Really? I'm an independent and I didn't favor Ryan's performance. He had some key points that were interesting but he fell a little flat for me on some of the subjects he talked about. I was hoping to get more from him, like a little more detail on their policies since they have been very quiet about what they plan to do with closing the loopholes and their foreign policy.

I am in the exact same boat. I was really hoping that Ryan would give some information, any information, on specifically what their plan is.

Unfortunately, he sounded like every other politician: Promise the world, give no details on how to deliver.

That is my greatest fear with the current Republican ticket. In this information age, we want information on what they will do, not feel-good talking points. They say they will create 12 million jobs. Great! How?

They claim that they will cut revenue and increase defense spending. Ok, how will we pay for that? Closing loopholes? Which ones?

And worst of all, they have stated that deductions like the home owners interest rate deduction are on the table. So they are willing to take away a deduction that this middle class guy uses, and it will still not be enough to pay for their plan. I can't afford to lose that deduction, can you?

I don't like Obama's spending, but at least it will not take away deductions I need. The lesser of two evils is looking like Obama, right now . . . unless Romney can stand up and give us actual details for his plan. Don't give my typical "promises", give me DETAILS.

sure mike, and you'll go all day degree to degree, pedigree to pedigree with me. I dont hate education, I just find funny how you libbies feel so compelled to talk down upon people whilst claiming youre smarter than them.

Your spelling and grammar do not help your argument.

Guess Newsvine missed a few of the right wing Bots when they cleaned house of the multiple logins so you could not make a post in anything including the food section!

So I guess they have to resort to plan b which is the usual way they win Ohio...

Put this in front of that http://

justice-integrity.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=453&catid=44&sectionid=1&Itemid=1

looks like the grand ole plutocrat party's attempt to suppress the MOST important democratic activity a citizen can participate in has FAILED in Ohio. What a disgrace the GOP has become... attempting to prevent people from voting. This is a victory for the USA and democracy.

Yes Feisty it's great news since the early vote was for military only and Obama was trying to stop it!

Indie071

I don't like Obama's spending, but at least it will not take away deductions I need. The lesser of two evils is looking like Obama, right now . . . unless Romney can stand up and give us actual details for his plan. Don't give my typical "promises", give me DETAILS.

I agree. With Obama we already know what we are looking at and, as you had said, unless Romney can give us details on his plans....it becomes a situation of "how much are you willing to risk" by voting for a party that won't give details. We don't need all the specifics but a better understanding of what he is going to do would be nice for once. It scares me and it is unfortunate that we are at the point of having to pick the lesser of two evils, but I would rather go with someone I already know what to expect than someone who refuses to give details on how they would be better over the other person. If Romney really wants to get my attention, he needs to start laying out how he plans to accomplish what he has in mind and what the details are in cutting the extra spending while closing the loopholes. So far he has come off as someone who has no real plan.

Republicans = cheat, cheat, cheat. Oh, steal and lie.

It's just the Repub-tards trying to control voting.

For all you indies who want to know what R/R plan is for the future - hang tight- they'll let you know AFTER the election.......until then it will be the usual GNOP myth of cut taxes for the rich....Raise Leg....Trickle Down.....

GNOP - we don't need no fact checkers...GNOP CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!

C'mon Mythe - Show us the 1040's...What ARE you hiding@?!

ONE WEEK should be the period for elections. This 6 week crap is BS.

Not one debate to even see the man who could be running the country yet people are voting.

So sad how polarized the gov't has made people,

The GNOP plan is to controll Womens Choices 1 Vagina at a Time

I will be interested to see the results of the absentee ballots in Florida. You just know the republican crooks down there are rigging those votes, just like they rigged the voting machines in favor of gdubya.

willowbrook - you bring up a good point. Why change something that was working? Ohio tried to change from what was working to something that discriminated against non-military voters. Many low wage voters could vote on sunday after going to church, but the repub governor thought that was evil and tried to change it so only the military could vote on sunday. Obama wanted to make sure that EVERYBODY could vote on sunday.

Frank - are you really that stupid, or are you just trying to enrage the informed people on this website.

Obama wanted to ensure EVERYONE was given the same opportunity for early voting. He did NOT propose the military had to vote later, he proposed that everyone could vote as early as the military. If you don't see the difference - well, I guess that explains why your voting for Romney. You suffer from ABO syndrome and your view of actual events is distorted so that everything Obama does is a great sin against humanity.

To The Overlord: I'm afraid the GOP wants to take over, but our minds and souls as well. In Georgia, a disabled girl in a wheelchair cannot charge a man with forcible rape, because she couldn't fight back. The rapist was set free because of Republican laws, and that is typical of the Ryan-Akin law that all the Republicans have pledged to support.

They are not just against science theories, but present-day facts. They yell "no global warming" while building ships to go over the north pole and drilling for oil up there, and meanwhile the low ice in 2012 caused the worst drought because the jet stream turned into doldrums, affecting the plains states and other countries. Which earns America more money, all the wheat and corn from those fields when there is enough rain, or a few ships in September that don't pay taxes in the U.S., and oil that gets a subsidy? The winter in Alaska and Europe is worse than usual, because of wind and water vapor from the north in those months.

There are real hazards along that tar-sands route: sure there has been no big earthquake east of the Rockies in 100 years (bigger than the little one that affected Washington D.C.), but if you read the New Madrid Fault records of 1811 and 1895, it is pure folly to place anything you don't want bursting anywhere in the great plains. Even though the 1811 quake (an 8 or 9) only goes off about every 500 years, there is a serious quake (a 6 or 7) every hundred years. We are due for another one.

These are not personal attacks, but based on facts, and I think all the food resources from the grain-growing regions is about as relevant as you can get for everybody. And what they are doing to women is relevant too, if people care about their mothers, sisters, and daughters. I can't understand why people would vote against their best interest and put any Republican into office.

And what exactly is the Obama, Biden plan? A few more hundred round's of golf, several more tax payer funded extravagant vacation's, doubling (again) the price of gasoline while dumping taxpayer money in company's like Solyndra, (a little chrony capitalism for ya) maybe a few more war's without the approval of Congress, lot's more executive order's passed in the dead of the night.....etc...etc... I can go on believe me

I'm glad we know so much about the Obama plan.......Sheeeesssshshh!

Democracy (1) Koch Brothers (0)

Actually Democracy (2). The courts also blocked a lawsuit to disqualify provisional ballots from being counted.

Giantego: Plan B in Ohio means that in some places, there is no paper ballot, and the vote is taken by a computer that can be hacked from the outside. The only way to force a paper ballot is by early voting.

In Ohio, there is much LESS access to early voting, even though this law was struck down in some places. That is because there used to be special early voting polling places (one per large city), but at least those places had a lot of room. Now it is necessary to go to the Board of Elections, and there is no place to park (all spaces are filled by workers), and no place to stand or sit. So, they have still effectively cut off the ability of a disabled or elderly person to vote. Sure they can "mail in" the ballot: they must remember to affix a lot of postage on the outside (if not enough postage, it is not a valid ballot).

Please people, get out there if you can to early vote. On election day in Ohio in 2000 and 2004, there were such long lines, in the cold and wind, that many people couldn't stay to vote. These were not lazy people, but people who had to get to the babysitter, or had to go to their second job, or had to sit down and there was nowhere to sit, or just couldn't be out in the cold for that long. Voting is not supposed to be some kind of punishment.

Did other Ohioans get that notice in the mail that many polling places will be "consolidated" or "moved" to another location? I can remember other elections when I had to drive all over my city trying to find a moved polling place. By itself, moving and consolidating polling places will lengthen the lines. This new (GOP) Ohio Secretary of State is like a person who shows up to work but doesn't want to do the job.

Anyone that is voting for a canidate on what he says in a debate rather than what his past record is is going to be very sorry.

here sheeple

maybe a few more war's without the approval of Congress

That was Bush. If you forgot, he used the WMD excuse to go into Iraq and spread our troops a little thin between Afganistan and Iraq. Nice try though to place that on Obama who is working to pull the troops out of the areas we shouldn't be in anymore and not keeping them there past 2014. As far as the gas prices, that is due to supply and demand, not Obama on the phone saying "raise it, we need more money in our pockets". Recently in California we saw a jump in price because of a refinery having issues and Gov. Brown made the decision to switch to the winter blend gas early to drop the prices. Obama has no hand in the gas prices and it will do you good to research who exactly is in charge of that and why the prices are effected the way that they are. Nowhere in your research will you find Obama or any other president responsible for that.

State of Awareness

hey im sure youre aware that Bush did get congressional approval (unlike beyond the 60 day mark in libya). dont believe me, just google it. as for Afghan, Obama has the power to move on from there, he choses not to for reasons that would probably destablize the region. Now Iraq im sure you would give Obama credit for that pullout but again Google SOFA Iraq.

Obama has no hand in the gas prices

no and yes, he does set energy policies that would not appear to be favorable.

Now what did you say about research? thats ok I understand you found bliss in ignorance, i'll leave you be.

Frank-739698 is a typical example of the UN-INFORMED consumer of political news...

Frank-739698
Yes Feisty it's great news since the early vote was for military only and Obama was trying to stop it!

WRONG... So wrong even Romney would distance himself from it. Frank, Please learn to read and critically think.

Jody:

It's a little late in the game to keep changing the rules.

It's never too late for Republicans to change the rules if they think it can confuse voters of the wrong type. In Pennsylvania, they still have up billboards warning that you must have photo ID to vote, even though the court ruled that voters did not need it in this election.

BTW: "Voter fraud" is a totally lame excuse for the Republicans' restrictive voter ID laws, but they can't even use it at all for restrictions they've tried to put on early voting. There's no more potential for voter fraud 3 days before the election than there is on Election Day. And the potential on Election Day is near zero.

Caesar Augustus-

State of Awareness

hey im sure youre aware that Bush did get congressional approval (unlike beyond the 60 day mark in libya). dont believe me, just google it. as for Afghan, Obama has the power to move on from there, he choses not to for reasons that would probably destablize the region. Now Iraq im sure you would give Obama credit for that pullout but again Google SOFA Iraq.

Per the article found here:

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/09/obama-notifies-congress-of-troops-deployed-to-libya-and-yemen/

President Obama has taken the formal step of notifying Congress that he has deployed troops “equipped for combat” to Libya and Yemen to defend U.S. citizens and property, pursuant to the War Powers Resolution.

“Although these security forces are equipped for combat, these movements have been undertaken solely for the purpose of protecting American citizens and property,” the president wrote in a letter to Congress. “These security forces will remain in Libya and in Yemen until the security situation becomes such that they are no longer needed.”

A security force from the U.S. Africa Command deployed to Libya Wednesday to support security of U.S. personnel after the killing of four Americans in an attack on the U.S. embassy in Benghazi. An additional security force arrived in Yemen Thursday after the assault on the U.S. Embassy in Sana’a.

The troops there are for security purposes, not to start a war or get involved in the issues that are going on over there.

Obama has no hand in the gas prices

no and yes, he does set energy policies that would not appear to be favorable.

Yes, he votes on regulation policies and I missed that. That is my fault. But he is not solely responsible as people are quick to point out. He may vote on specific regulations to do something about the air pollution but it is mainly supply and demand.

http://www.thepriceoffuel.com/whataffectsfuelpricing/

So after doing my research, I retract my statement on the president as he does vote on regulations concerning natural resources and air pollution, but I do say that there are other factors that play a role in the gas price rise much more than what regulations are in place. Regulations may be in place, but it's the supply and demand that plays more of a factor than the regulations do. Secondly, we do have troops in Libya, but they are there for security purposes for our embassies and US citizens, not combat, unlike Iraq and Afganistan. Not to mention the president did send a formal notice of such to Congress, not one stating that he is sending troops over there to get involved with the altercations between the government and it's people that would require Congress approval. He already stated that he doesn't want to get into another war with Libya.

no and yes, he does set energy policies that would not appear to be favorable.

Energy policies have very, VERY little effect on gas prices. They are primarily controlled by speculators on the global market.

That means when prices spiked under Bush, I DID NOT blame Bush. When prices spike under Obama, I DO NOT blame Obama.

I get it. You HATE Obama and blame every little thing that goes wrong in the world on him. But trust me when I say that your pathetic little partisan rants do nothing to sway an independent to your side.

If you would like to have an actual, logical, fact-based discussion on actual issues the President controls, then we can discuss that. But your partisan mud-slinging, focused on obvious lies, only serves to discredit you.

My real fear gets cranked up when I see Right Wing zealots that are totally uniformed clones, getting the leverage via the Koch brothers and other treasonous bastards.

Even a Mongoloid Idiot could see that the Far Right will resort to anything to screw themselves and the rest of us by buying into the trash that Romney is selling.

There is no doubt in my mind, and I've been around over 80 years watching US politics, that if Romney wins, there will eventually be a civil war. Americans are not like Arabs, we are used to being free and can tell the difference when we are held down to make some A Holes richer.

bob-1805084

How does it feel to be the leader of the totally uniformed?

Feisty Redhead Roselle, IL

"First this GREAT news and then the debate tonight!

Could it be a better day to be a Democrat?"

Any day would be better since D-day was your High lite......

Spanky:

RE: your post #1.9

Maybe it would serve you better if you read real FACTS and poll numbers rather than make them up as you post. Obama STILL leads Romney by 22% in likability according to the latest Reuters/ipsos poll conducted on October 14th. I will admit it is down from the first debate when it was a 28% lead for President Obama. I know, the TRUTH just 'kills' you, right Spanky! Well, if that's the case just make up some more junk numbers; it'll make you feel better I'll bet! However, they will still be lies!

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/16/us-usa-campaign-debate-poll-idUSBRE89F07N20121016

State of unawareness- is that really your best defense? Today, this country has the resource's, the technology, and the labor force to make us energy independent but this President and his policy's have cut drilling, put ridiculous regulation's on the production of coal and natural gas and stopped one of our biggest ally's, Canada, who wanted to supply us with oil and create job's with the keystone pipeline, and your precious leader said NO!

I noticed a lack of reference's to what this President has done positive in his 4 year's in office. Could that be because there is no excuse for putting the nation another 5 trillion dollar's in debt and yet despite twisted job number's there are more people unemployed, underemployed, with lower income's, and when this atrocity of a health care bill kick's in, medical cost will be higher and treatment harder to get.

And then there are the crime's committed by this administration that are totally indefensible like fast and furious and the recent Libya scandal, lie's, cover up which they must ultimately answer for.

hey dan mr. top 10% do you realize your party the dems are backed by the communist party so is your party really American or are you just confused by book smarts or a lack of common sense

@pat Boston Ma...so trying to make it easier for the military to vote is "Voter Suppression"? Typical liberal Backwards thinking by you.

It is time to reform the judicial elections to finally have full disclosure so the people can know exactly who they are voting for.

nothing like having a comunist judge falsly swearing the oath of office.

Or a negligent judge who is paid over 100K a year and decides to not do any work for a few months.

Just remember who these political activist judges are so we can vote in a truly impartial judge. there is a book called "The Corrupt Judge" that sounds so similliar to these judges.

Let me guess, the judges name is John and he is on some hooker's list of cash customers.

Living in California with the news reporting on election results in other states has caused a low voter turnout.People figured that their vote wouldn't count so why bother.This early voting should be outlawed.People should either vote by absentee ballot or go to the polls on election day.Only in America with our freedoms do people complain about voting being an inconvenience.We have seen the results of this voting apathy over the last two decades.

here sheeple

State of unawareness- is that really your best defense? Today, this country has the resource's, the technology, and the labor force to make us energy independent but this President and his policy's have cut drilling, put ridiculous regulation's on the production of coal and natural gas and stopped one of our biggest ally's, Canada, who wanted to supply us with oil and create job's with the keystone pipeline, and your precious leader said NO!

First of all, he is not my "precious leader". I don't know who I want to stand behind right now because, as I stated earlier, I'm an INDEPENDENT. So don't try to paint me as someone who fully supports the guy because I honestly don't. With that being said, I don't like Romney either. I wish we had better people to pick from, but we don't. So fix your attitude there in making assumptions. Secondly, yes we do have the resources but you also have several interest groups and corporations who throw up roadblocks because they see it will cause a problem for them in losing business. These are the groups I really have a disdain for because they care more about the money they are bringing in from their current process than looking for new ways to utilize these resources and tap into the thousands of people waiting to work. There is more going on behind the scenes than the president saying yes or no to something. You have several groups that get in the way as well. There have even been companies who are taking funds the government has given them for cleaner air research and working to get away from fossil fuel and what happened? Nothing. Those companies used the money in other dealings while claiming that "research" is still being done in finding a better option. As far as the pipeline, I thought it was a good idea. I do have some of the same concerns that were brought up when it was introduced, but I understood that it would have made us less dependent on overseas oil. But I don't know the full story, and neither do you, behind the decision the president made in not going that route, only what he has publicly announced. Again, there tends to be more going on behind the scenes that we don't know about that we are not privy to knowing. Thirdly, I am not going to go into what Obama has or has not done for everyone as that has been posted numerous times on other threads and it's been beaten to death already. I know what to expect from him, both good and bad, but I am looking for something more from Romney/Ryan to get my attention. Both have said nothing in their plans. NOTHING. It's vague generalizations with no mentioning of their plans and a lot of negative attacks. Romney has one more chance on Monday to voice what he's going to do if he wants my vote. If he isn't going to give more details on his plans on how he's going to change things, then my vote won't be going to him as he's had plenty of opportunities this year to map out how he plans on changing things and not just state generalities of what he wants to do. There is a big difference in saying what you want and saying HOW you are going to achieve what you want.

Democracy wins.

Actually, I thought it was the democratic process, the will of the people, that passed the legislation that was struck down by a partisan judge.

Voter suppression loses.

If anyone's vote is suppressed, statistically it is the military's - the very ones who deserve it and do more to preserve our democracy than any other.

This law was simply an acknowledgement of that problem and an effort to address it in a cost sensitive and sensible way.

Dems fought the law - suppresses the military vote - simply because the military typically votes 2-1 repub.

As do the Republicans.

The ones that lose are the military .... democrats, repubs and independents.

Bobby,Bobby,Bobby, I'm from ohio and Jon husted a republican ,secretary of state tried to implement the ORDER to cut off early voting. This wasn't passed by the voters. In other words shut up you nitwit. Now don't you feel like as dumb as you sound?

Military votes are not suppressed - it's just that civilians get the same opportunity to vote. It's not like there's a limited supply of ballots and only the first ones in line will get to vote. Your fellow conservative got it right in his post below:

sfcret

I, as a conservative agreed that military personnel residing in the state should not be given preference.

Democracy is not only about the will of the people, it's about the protection of the minority from the "tyrrany of the majority". If de-segregation had been left up to "the will of the people", the south would probably still be segregated. De-segregation had to be court-mandated. Regardless, you're wrong, this was passed by the republican governor, not a voter referendum.

How is the military vote being suppressed? They were the only exception to the GOP-led law banning early voting and they can still vote early, so can others, thanks to this ruling. This law, like the other voter-suppression laws passed in GOP-led states, was designed to keep certain groups from being able to vote. Early voters are often african-americans who are bussed to the polls after church on the sunday before election day.

If anyone's vote is suppressed, statistically it is the military's

Now explain to us again how this suppressed the military's vote. Are you suggesting military personnel are somehow denser than the general public and thus need extra days for early voting? You certainly aren't giving them very much credit, are ya now little Bobby.

;)

Bobbo: Wrong on so many counts. Military does not lose in any way or form. The Ohio 'Publicans attempted to limit early voting to only military members. The court struck that, promoting early voting for everyone. How does the military lose???

By the way: Don't count the military vote for the 'Publicans just yet. From Day One, the President has made great efforts to address the concerns of military members (I'm one of 'em...). Small things... like ending two wars, shifting to drones instead of harm's-way boots, diplomacy instead of knee-jerk (and hopeless) nation building, TriCare solvency, housing improvements.... Talk to Adm Mullen..... You need more information before spouting off. Zip up: Your agenda is showing....

Republicans in this election,if not all elections,enjoy suppressing the vote. Sounds like a 3rd world country. Next they will show an ad of a man hanging on a tree and call it "He voted Democrat" I heard they have one that says "Put the White back in the White-house" How about Koch Brothers telling their employees to vote Republican or look for a job next week. They cannot play fair. And to think I was one of them 20 yrs ago. Reagan would turn Democrat today,if he were still alive.

With all due respect, ur a dumb ass.

Name-calling only makes YOU look like the "dumb ass"

Emily, here in Florida it is called Souls to the Polls, Gov. Rick Scott and republicans made sure that the Soul's Sunday was not longer available, did away with the Sunday before election day voting. Suppression in Florida you betcha.

Obama 2012

dimples, I can see clearly that what you said was with all due respect.

Tough luck republicans. You are liars and you are cheaters.

And I say that with zero respect.

Dems fought the law - suppresses the military vote - simply because the military typically votes 2-1 repub.

All you have to do is read before you post your propoganda and people would not be able to laugh at your lame posts. Nowhere in any of this did anyone want to supress the military vote and is fact the same cause led to the right wing trying to suppress the regular voters. That old argument you posted is a leftover from the Florida Bush give away where the right wing stole the presidential election and use the above link that I posted to see how they did it in 2004

If I were a democrat in Fla, I would be asking for a re-count already. You just know Scott will be trying to rig the vote. Let's see see how many absentee ballots are for republicans. Liars and cheats.

No way our troops should get any special treatment. Thank you Obama for putting the hammer down on our troops. Bout time somebody let them know that they deserve no special treatment. I hope you are able to save Big Bird as well.

What an interesting study in Sociology this is. If Obama were a white person, even you hypocritical liberals would be calling for his head. He was put in office by the liberal biased media and tons of people who just wanted to be part of history by putting a novelty act into office. Now you've seen and lived the consequences of putting a complete novice who has never had a paying job in his life in office. Now you're excited about another debate????? Romney was like a master and Obama was a first day 101 debate class student, and you want more. Wow. I know this debate will be geared in an attempt to help Obama but what can he say. Ummm, Mitt is lying, I promise; and don't believe every smart economist in the country, they are lying too, and don't hold me accountable because this is all Bush's fault; and I promise I will keep working hard to put as many people as possible on the government, sorry tax payer $$$ so you won't have to do anything ever again except vote Democrat. What a pathetic and utter failure he has been. What really funny, is Obama debated Romney the day after his last lesson, without Romney there and only said that Romney lied. Now that is everyone of your calling cards, Romney lied. Oh, go to Factcheck and see. But don't let the fact that Obama and Bill Ayers sat on the board of the entity that owns and operates Factcheck.

The ghost of Kenneth Blackwell is now dead. Long live FREE and FAIR elections for the people of Ohio and every other state in America. Freedom lives, so VOTE now!!

OBAMA/BIDEN 2012

That's so Funny...@ Emily... the republicans abolished slavery and passed the equal rights ammendment. And you are so against that?

" The protection of the minority from the tyranny of the majority" the majority wins any fair election or don't you have a clue?

Speaking of, "The Tyranny of the Majority", when Obama had a Democratic majority in both the Congress and Senate the only thing that they did was force you to buy a certain servide that your employer don't have to provide now. Health Insurance...Remember, "it is not a tax" while they passed the largest tax in human history. The IRS collects it and it is really a penalty for not buying the service as the law requires you to do.

I think this is the best comment "no comment" that Feisty ever posted. She can say more with NOTHING then saying anything.....LOL

That popcorn is going to go down a little bit rough tonight without some beer to numb your pain. Got Rolaids??

trilliondollar blatherskite,

Funny how Feisty's blank comment got a higher rating than your mindless babbling did!

Leave me alone ok......Funny how knuckle dragging neanderthals such as yourself feel the need to post and defend Feisty. "She says it all... when she says nothing at all"..

The Only Reich Wing Knuckle Dragging Fascist Neanderthals are strictly , GOP/TP = American Taliban

Obama/Biden unless you want angry white guys dictating to you and your Va Jays Jays

Feisty's post, or lack thereof is pretty much what happened in the last debate. I guess she was reliving that great experience.

seriously

Under obama 6 trillion more
in debt middle east in a turmoil border guards killed by one of his projects
ambassador killed from lack of proper security Under obama a greater divide in
AMERICA under obama a new tax that will hurt middle class citizens the most
(obama care) under obam a total lack of transparency. Under obama the division
of races has tripled. obama 1st president to win because of his race obama
causes 1st presidential candidate to lose because of his race(mccain) possibly
second candidate to lose because of his race. That is the true picture of the
lawyer in the white house DO YOU REALLY WANT THIS AGAIN

Racism at its purist.

The justice refused to stop early voting so that the law officers could do backround checks on voters who claim that they can't get an ID... this is so funny..

They cast their votes and cannot take them back now, but they can be held accountable.

there is no need for anyone to vote on Sunday. And there is no discrimination against the non-military. The military are not in the state or at least far from home and cannot travel home to cast their vote and should fall under the rules for those who need to vote absentee. It is discriminatory to do this for the non-military in Ohio while not letting the Military vote. Get the discrimination correct. There is already plenty of opportunity for Ohioans to vote, they need to get off their lazy butts and do so when it is time, not expect special rules to accommodate their laziness. And for sure, all those who vote early, we should make sure they are not voting again on election day. If they do....throw both votes out!

Does all the self-important, self-righteous meanness make your tummy hurt?

Do you read what you write after you write it and before you post it?

Do you honestly think anyone will agree with what you've said except someone else out to suppress the vote?

i concur.

The minorities can't get an ID, but they can vote early?

let's just have election day on election day.

Here is a question for you all.

If the 4 who died in the embassy cast their votes early, and then died in the terrorist attack, before election day, should their votes be counted after they are dead?

With this criminal governor,He's the worse piece of trash this state ever

elected. He should be in jaii. Major Medicare-medicaid fraud. He wormed

out and took the 5th on everything,then bought the job with money he stole.

Florida Republicans are as thick as carpet Baggers. They all play show me the money. Now they want to unseat the court judges that do not see it their way.

JB, here in Ft. Myers the republican are thicker than fleas on my neighbor's out door dog, continuously scratches and rolls, feel sorry for it. I certainly don't feel sorry for the Boca Crowd at Mitts dinner party being regaled as to how my family and me are a blight on the American Society.

Obama 2012

Doesn't make any difference as Florida will be a red state in 2012

Probably could not find a way around it as it is clearly supression. I mean look at it. They give a portion of the electorate a certain comfotable date to vote that favors people who normaly vote for them then turn around and try to give people who nrmaly vote the other way lless time. Thats fair?

West Palm Beach and further North you got a big Rush Limpbaugh crowd of middle class white people too ignorant to know they're voting against their own interests and being lied to. It's sad that they're willing to embarrass this great country by voting for the empty suit that is Romney. These people have been taught from birth, like a religion, that Democrats just want to give away your taxes to "lazy black" people. They will at all costs deny reality and ignore facts that don't fit with what Rush, Fox News, or the drudge report tell them to think. The sad reality is...people like Rush make so much money talking like an ignorant disgusting human being on the radio, so it's hard to see this type of brain washing going away anytime soon.

Clearly voter suppression no way in hell our troops should get any special treatment. Thank you Obama for cracking down on our troops. I am so glad you didnt let them vote three extra days than civilians. That would have been voter supession if our troops got three more days than civlians.

High Rolla, this does not suppress military votes, it just allows everyone to vote the same as they did in 08.

Ryan....Be careful...Your closet racism is exposing itself. What makes you think people other than whites living in South Fla. are so much more intelligent than whites living in the North? You are the epitome of racism at it's apex.

I know Im glad our troops are not given any special treatment they should be treated like everybody else. No way should our troops get special treatment they should get treated the same as civilians. I think that whole VA thing should be done away with as well. Eveybody should get the same medical care. Its discrimating against poor and minoritys. Thank you Obama for standing up to our troops how dare anybody think they should get three extra days to vote. Everybody needs to be treated equal.

Jim from Brooklyn - I heard somewhere that two or three of these court members are up for election and the Koch Brothers are down there with their money to try to get rid of them!

The really important thing is that the Illinois Governor who tried to sell Obama*'s Senate seat, is in prison now and cannot vote anymore.

maybe he voted early because he knew that he would be a convicted felon on election day.

I know Im glad our troops are not given any special treatment they should be treated like everybody else. No way should our troops get special treatment they should get treated the same as civilians.

Spoken in the back rooms of Republican get togethers, eh?

I mean the Right is all for patriotism and honor until they have to follow that code. Never seen the Right do anything much for the Vets though they like to talk a good game. Much like fiscal conservatism actually.

And really, come on. How does it in any way impact people who are sending in absentee ballots be their vets or not if the ballots are due on the same day?

The idea here is to confuse people who might vote so they won't. Traditionally larger turnouts favor Dems.

By all means, don't speak too soon Tom! I wouldn't count out the Pres just yet!

You better make sure he shows up for the debate and doesn't get it confused with Letterman.

All this anti Obma crap you guys spew just makes people who can see clearly how good he really is as opposed to that POS you guys nominated make it to the polls an make sure a friend or two goes also.

I wouldn't be to sure of myself. Mitt did not have nothing to offer the last time but a bunch of lies. The president has gotten over his shock of Mitts' 360 flip flop and will be ready for him tonight. Obama/Biden 2012, Straight democratic ticket.

I think Oblama should stick to more important TV stuff like the "The View". At least he has a proven track record there!!!

The only thing Obama* is good at is lying..."it is not a tax" , "if you have a business, you did not do that, Someone else made that happen"(Obama*).

"let's just pass the law and fix it later" (Pelosi, Reid, Biden, Obama*).

"Change we can believe in, yes we can".

Change from Democracy to Socialism.

Get your healthcare insurance or pay a tax/penalty.

800,000 children of illegals are now among the 47% who fully depend on the taxpayers for housing, school/college and food, clothing ect.

there will be a tax increase if he is re-elected. There is no way to avoid it with these socialist programs of his.

So why isn't the MSM forcing the Obama administration to comply with its own voting rules for the military? Maybe that's because military members historically tend to vote towards the right?

skep, what is it that the President is supposed to do? This is about Equal Protection for all Citizens in Ohio, not Republican induced rule making without the Citizens having input.

skeptical, boy are you off base, pun intended, with that one. The Obama Administration did not seek to block military voting; they sought to prevent unfair limits on everyone else while giving the military extended days/hours to vote. Husted was unfairly limiting the votes of all other Ohio citizens. The Obama team argued there should be no distinction between hours for military voters and the rest of the state's citizens. In other words, equal opportunity!

Bet it never occurs to you, skept, that by allowing the military additional voting days/hours, it discriminates against every other voter.

Those who are active in the military tend to vote for the Republican party. That is until they get out and they find that that very same Republican party that they voted for is the one which believes they are takers, not makers.

They will also find out the Republican party intends to eliminate their VA benefits, heck they want to eliminate the VA altogether.

Most of the Republicans would just prefer to have our military members fight the war and DIE, that way the GOP can use the hero without having to pay for them.

Romney spins his position like a weather vain. In the debate he was a moderate,in his ads he's a extreme right winger, He panders to the audience. A perfect used car salesman. The question is,which Romney are we going to get.Will it change like New England weather.

I don't know about that dirp. I know there are military that vote or are republican, but I don't think they are mostly republicans. I'm a military mom, and I can tell you that a lot of military moms sure are not republicans. Republicans favor war. Even our sons know that.

i love how republicans like to scream about voter fraud, yet the only cases we can ever find of voter fraud are republicans

It's usually the older white men in the military who are the repugs. The younger people are usually Dems or independents.

You know,every year I've voted in Ohio have never had problem voting on election day,but there almost every time a Certain County Cuyahoga seemed to be dragging there feet or have problems. Never was in favor of early voting 30 day's out,something could happen that can be a game changer in the election. Two weeks a most or vote absentee for Early vote, If not lets move it back 6 months so we can vote early and often.

seriously

Under obama 6 trillion more
in debt middle east in a turmoil border guards killed by one of his projects
ambassador killed from lack of proper security Under obama a greater divide in
AMERICA under obama a new tax that will hurt middle class citizens the most
(obama care) under obam a total lack of transparency. Under obama the division
of races has tripled. obama 1st president to win because of his race obama
causes 1st presidential candidate to lose because of his race(mccain) possibly
second candidate to lose because of his race. That is the true picture of the
lawyer in the white house DO YOU REALLY WANT THIS AGAIN

Go4Broke,

I don't get why you think if someone knows for certain who they will vote for a month or two out that anything would change their opinion with debates or whatever. There should not be restrictions when early voting has been happening in many states without issue for years now. This is just a way for Repub legislatures/govenors/sec of states to try to restrict the people they know historically vote on the days and weeks before election (as it's more convenient for them to get there) and they happen to historically vote democratic. Didn't you hear the PA Gov say their new voter id law (not being implemented now) would guarantee PA went for Romney? It's obvious what's going on here.

Minorities can't get an ID but they can vote early?

This gives law enforcement more time to do backround checks on signatures of registrations. and be sure that the laws are enforced.

Illegals do not have the right to vote and felons do not have the right to vote.

This just might backfire on Obama*...

Yes, AnaBanana, this exactly!

I agree AnaBanana and I also am concerned about this far-right-wing ideological SCOTUS, I have little doubt they will appoint Romney president should they get another FL-type election debacle as in 2000. We can't let it get that close!

AnaBanana, well said. Too often we focus on presidential and congressional elections forgetting that probably one of the most important aspects of the election concerns the Supreme Court with appointees impacting the country years and years after any president leaves office.

Obama/Biden 2012. FORWARD with 4 more for 44!

Ana, Scalia won't go, he likes his SCOTUS perks too much from big Republican donors. Thomas is just there, too bad the Republicans didn't listen to Anita Hill. Thomas just sits there like a toad with nothing worthwhile to say, appears to be in some sort of fog.

Obama 2012

skyparrot,

Actually, the appointment of Thomas is something I blame on Democrats. Biden especially. He made a very bad political calculation and went against Anita Hill. Another example of the good ol' boys club trampling on a woman. Someone who didn't even want to be part of the confirmation. Was forced to tell her story and then trampled upon by Republicans and not defended by Democrats. Yes I blame that confirmation on a lack of spines from Democratic men, especially Biden.

Ana, my memory shouldn't have been that short, I do remember the hearings and the scorn heaped upon Anita which was quite despicable, don't think it would happen today like that. Well, maybe it would if ISSA got involved. Regardless, great day for Ohio and the rest of the Country.

Thanks Ana.

Obama 2012

Anabanana...If you closed your eyes and listened to the Republican right wingers on Roberts Court, you'd swear they were the Roman Curia.

Republicans will only get the votes of women whose husbands are their sole source of income. Women who are educated, independent, pay their own bills and taxes will just tell Republicans male bullies to go shove it.

They will not revert womanhood to the days before our right to vote, own property, make decisions without a husband hawking over it all or be denied equal opportunity in healthcare and education. If men in the US can't learn that women don't need them and that it's better to be wanted than the obligatory and specious needing a man...they need to be seen to and altered promptly.

Doubt it. Just look at the people who vote republican. Most of them would be better off under democrats for the most part.

anna and ewent

you girls just keep drinking the party kool aid dont you. Just because we dont want to pay for your abortions and birth control doesnt mean we're against it. I couldnt care less if you want abortions and birth control, in fact that would mean less left wingnuts. I just dont want to pay for it with my taxes and I dont think a business or church should be forced to pay for it if its against their moral principles. You call that descrimination against women, but thats BS, if anything you are the ones descriminating against their religious beliefs.

federal law prohibits descrimination, you want unequal opportunity, you want the same same pay, more benifits reguardless as to whether you do the same work or not. In fact most federal positions and education are skewed towards women and minorities, moving them to the front of the line when there are more qualified people applying for the same position. That my man hating friends is real descrimination, nit you whiny " they wont pay for my abortion" false descrimination

Spoken like someone who knows next to nothing on the subject. My vote would not depend on whether or not the government pays for abortions, that topic really doesn't matter to me. I don't think they should cut funding from Planned Parenthood, which seems to be the disagreement, so many people want to act like funding planned parenthood is funding abortion. That is incorrect. It funds for early cancer screening and OBGYN visits for women of low income, has STD testing, pregnancy testing, and a whole range of care besides abortion. Abortion accounts for only THREE PERCENT of what they do, so it seems like an attack on low income women when you want to cut funding for PP.

What actually matters though~ are the legislative moves republicans in control of states have made on women's right to choose and even a woman's right to certain birth control options. Thankfully the personhood amendment didn't pass in Mississippi, but instead of voting on jobs bills and doing their job on the economy, republican leaders have been attacking women's rights all over America. Pretending it hasn't happened doesn't mean it hasn't actually happened. The republicans have made it clear that getting rid of abortion is high priority, even over the economy. Even romney is being schooled by the right wing, and he's such a puppet he will now be pro-life like a mofo. His campaign keeps flip flopping on whether or not they support abortion in cases to protect the mother's health. romney said it would, but then his campaign walked it back, ryan said it except he may have said the woman's life, and I haven't caught up with all the recent news in the past 5 days to know whether or not the campaign walked it back a second time but I wouldn't be surprised if they did.

If flip flopping was a good enough reason to not vote John Kerry into office in 2004, then why are the same people who hated that tolerating it with romney? Or is it that they haven't gotten fed up yet?

2 more debates, I wonder if romney will set a new record for flip flops, lies, and general shmuckiness for a presidential debate. There's no point in even paying attention to romney, he'll have some thing(s) to walk back or correct tomorrow.

"you girls" Dano? You must be part of that 1950's mad men group I spoke of.

Dano,

You're so off base, it's scarey. Public businesses do not get to yell "freedom of religion!" They're businesses that serve the public! If they have religious affliation, like a hospital, they are still a public business and have to obey the laws just like all other business that serve the public. They do not get to invade their employees' freedom from or of religion by basing their business insurance plan on a set of religious beliefs. I sincerely don't get why that's so hard to understand! It's protecting the rights of the employees! Secondly, churches themselves are exempt, as they're not a public business.

Additionally, pregnancy, birth, abortion, birth control for women, etc, are medical situations! Of course they should be covered. You consider it a choice, but so are almost all other medical conditions. Almost all things people get medical treatment for are a result of choices they made in their lives. From type 2 diabetes, to heart disease, to many forms of cancer, to strokes, to broken bones, to pregnancy and beyond. Birth control for women involves hormones or devices put inside her body. It involves several ongoing DR appts and testing and procedures. It often involves several tries to get the right kind/dosage. It's not just like going to buy a pack of condoms at the gas station.

Why should your wife's pregnancy be covered? Isn't that a choice you made? Isn't birth control a heck of a lot cheaper than childbirth? That's why insurance companies have no problem paying for it. And, research shows easier access to birth control significantly reduces abortions. Aren't we all in favor of that?

And by the way, NO ONE says equal pay for unequal work-where did you even come up with that one?

"a hispanic woman can rule better than a white man" and this is a quote from a prejudiced supreme court justice nominated by Obama*

Obama* and her were at Harvard Law school during the hight of the decades long Harvard Law School Cheating fiasco.

My partner is in Cuyahoga county...one of the more contested areas in Ohio and did early voting....straight Dem ticket...along with his entire large family.

Score one for the good guys!

The, is the river still on fire from the oil spill? Just curious.

Obama 2012

Nah...I took a cruise on that river this summer...it wasn't burning.

But they have a lot of issues with fracking around there.

A lot of radon in people's houses...etc.

Thanks, I was speaking of the dirty oil spill from the broken pipe-line, that took almost 2 years to clean up. I know about the fracking, and faucets on fire, the industry wants to begin that here, so far its a no go, republican controlled state, Florida, and the environment will suffer, inevitable.

Obama 2012

skyparrot...I am vehemently against that fracking. Not just to be opposed to it. It's my express opinion that the state I live in had a record of one earthquake every 70 years. Now that PA is allowing all that fracking, the northwestern parts of NJ are suddenly having minor earthquakes every 6 months. And this is the BS the Frackers want you to be has no consequences?

NJ is bounded by water on two sides of the state, Delaware River and Atlantic Ocean. How many earthquakes from this idiotic fracking does it take before Frackers wake up and stop their lying about the damage its doing to the underbelly of the earth?

Don't they see the wizard behind the curtain"Don't look at the man behind the curtain" The right wing has been sold a basket of sour grapes . The pitchman has pandered to the right extreme so much,he adopted one "Ryan". Its like a "Palin move to get the "Tea Baggers" on his side. The votes he picked up were moderates praying that he was for real. He is no moderate. He's bought and payed for by"No New Taxes Billionaires that like it to stay the same. How he's going to pay for all the BS he promised,I don't have a clue. Neither does he.

When people Vote Blind, aka straight party ballot. they get more of the same.

who did you vote for?

or do you even know?

That is how the same Drunken Uncle gets elected over and over.

The real problem is that people don't care who they vote for as long as it is a certain party.

The republicans abolished slavery and the confederacy = democrats still want their slaves back.

How many of you think that illegal aliens will fight for america, if the draft is a part of the path to citizenship? none.

So, assuming you actually work, you work for a law breaking company? Don't you have any ethical standards?

How stupid are you really to say that corporations are not law abiding? They are for proffit only? I assume then that you don't hope to make any money from working? You aim to just make enough to pay your bills. You don't plan to save any, to give anything to your kids when you die? Because if you do, then you are no better than the corporations!!

Get a clue!

Skeptical:

Money someone makes from working is not PROFIT!

People are not corporations. And the profit corporations make is not paid as wages to their workers.

Companies with Ethical Standards, really, name one. Koch Boys giant polluters and fight the EPA continuously. PB, fined up the wazoo before the Gulf spill, Wall Street, ethical, banks, Damon being investigated for Medicare fraud, Romney company. Ethics, please, ethical American Companies are not that common, but there are some.

Obama 2012

it will be a blast to find out how many votes are thrown out because of the immigration status or criminal convictions of the voters.

800,000 children of illegals do not have the right to vote either.

sfcret, Don't you think there needs to be some uniformity on voters rights - even at the state level? As I understood the situation in Ohio, it was a county-by-county decision (depending on the party in power) and that seems a bit cumbersome to oversee. I think the ballot counting in Ohio is going to be a royal mess this year.

Ursula - That is up to the states and should be left to the states and not the federal government or federal courts. I to understood that it is up to a county by county decision, but if the people of Ohio don't like it they can change it by changing state laws.

No, sfcret, it is my understanding that Husted must abide by the Ohio high courts decision to implement the same early voting rules across the state as was implemented in 2008 after the 2004 debacle.

The federal government is not telling states how to run their elections but it is the federal government's responsibility to ensure that all of a state is given the same opportunities for all its citizens.

Yes Ursula, there should be federal regulation on voting. Show some ID with proof of citizenship and you can vote. If not, you are too phucking stupid to vote!

the duckster,

How about my 72 year old mother who was born 2000 miles away from where she has lived for the past 70 years. How does she prove she's a citizen? She hasn't had to get a certified birth certificate for anything else in her life and now she somehow has to get one from the county in which she was born? She doesn't even know what county it is. What if she can't afford to pay the fee if she does figure out some way to do it? How long will it take? Don't you see there are problems you personally might not suffer from or understand that plague a lot of voters, especially elderly, poor, and minorities. It's not about being lazy either. It's about obstacles put in their way when there really is no fraud to speak of in the first place. It's overreaching-negatively affecting hundreds of thousands of people nationwide for a problem that doesn't exist. That's why we need an SC to protect civil rights against the majority.

NIKNIL Our paths haven't crossed in a while it is good to read from you again. At the most 30 minutes should be a long time for anyone to have to vote.

Shows what is wrong in this country. How can anyone, Republican or Democrat, just vote party line? Regardless of your politics, some races just have a candidate who isn't supportable even if he/she is in your party.

Prime example - that jerkoff running for senate from LA Akin. There are plenty of examples from the Dem side as well, Akin is just fresh in everyone's mind, and is clearly unsupportable.

Hi Prog!

Been working a lot lately...thank goodness for my President saving the automotive industry. Hope you're doing well also!

I'm not going to watch the debate live tonight due to some work commitments but I'm truly sending my best wishes for a good debate (I almost typed "good, honest" debate but since Willard's gonna be there, that's impossible).

I'm also going to take a vacation day on voting day to volunteer to help some folks get to the polls in my area....Obama needs all the Democrats to get out there and help to make sure he gets re-elected.

The thought of another GW Bush type in the White House makes me sick. I'm going to do whatever I can do to help make sure it doesn't happen.

Why be mad at Akin?

At least he's honest about the stupid crap he believes...unlike Willard and lyin Ryan...who blantantly lie about their beliefs to the American people in order to get elected.

Frankly, Akin is one of the more decent republicans. At least you know where he stands so you can decide whether or not you agree with him....Willard just lies his butt off.

Voting the ticket may depend on your financial position, the foreign policies of both parties are aganist the working man but the democrats do seem to offer a little more protection for the less wealthy wihin the country.

Just wondering, you are voting in MI and your partner is voting in OH?

skeptical12345Shows what is wrong in this country. How can anyone, Republican or Democrat, just vote party line?

The way our system is set up gives us no choice. It is the only way to tell one party or the other that we dont agree with their message/answers for our country. It has become impossible to be moderate in our two party system. Follow the party line or you dont get the good committee assignments, and the next election we will put a party purist against you. This country needs a moderate third party.

TheNikNik

Hi Prog!

Been working a lot lately...thank goodness for my President saving the automotive industry

GM went bankrupt or don't you read the papers???

Obama didn't save anything, Hell Bush gave them Billions of Tarp Money

Congress declined to act, but in December 2008 the Bush administration provided a "bridge loan" to General Motors with the requirement of a revised business plan

On the March 30, 2009 deadline President Barack Obama declined to provide financial aid to General Motors, and requested that General Motors produce credible plans, saying that the company's proposals had avoided tough decisions, and that Chapter 11 bankruptcy appeared the most promising way to reduce its debts, by allowing the courts to compel bondholders and trade unions into settlements.

The new GM held an IPO on November 17, 2010 that raised an estimated $20.1 billion.^[30]

On the Housing problems:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyqYY72PeRM

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxMInSfanqg

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMnSp4qEXNM

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJtm0rnbm10

Yep its all Bush's fault ***rolls eyes***

Liberals so love to re-write history its amazing

They for real have very little understanding of the document nor how this country was built but they yell the loudest when they think they can prevail on a certain issue by bringing up the constitution. When the constitution does not support their issue they want to forget about the constitution.

So you agree that the justice dept. enforce the law against the black panther group that suppressed voters in the last Pres election?

Skeptical:

I don't think even you believe the crap you spew. You know full well that the repiglicans are trying to actively supress voting in every swing state this election and have been for some time.

The black panthers weren't suppressing the recount in Florida in 2000 either which enabled GW Bush to steal an election that Al Gore WON and resulted in one of the most horrific 8yr presidential nightmares this country has ever suffered through.

You're so embarrassed about GW Bush as a party...you're hiding him and his cronies because you don't want the obvious comparisons to Willard being made.

Willard Romney is EXACTLY like GW Bush..and we all know it.

Seriously, you're so full of crap....stop watching news for Fux.

Progressive idiot. I think you meant to close your rambling, incoherent, and foolish post with "God Damn America"!

Skep, all 4 members of the New Panther Party are being watched, trust me.

Obama 2012

you talk smart there dope. don't sure mention the military and how they have been getting screwed every election year. 235,000 ballets thrown out because of being returned late (hummm wonder why)because being sent out two weeks before filing date. wis just got caught, for trying to send out the absentee ballets on the day of the return deadline. gee. think votong surpression. I think so.

If Obama wins Ohio...he wins a second term... the bottom line.

Agreed.

It won't last. Trust me.

I think it will, with the great economy Ohio is seeing right now it will be hard for Romney to compete with that. Obama is sitting pretty in Ohio.

Well then. I guess as long as Ohio is happy we should all be. Good luck with that.

If your not happy its got ALOT more to do with yourself then who is in the white house. Anyway, i'm just talking about Ohio and how that 1 state is shaping up.

I stop dealing with people when they get nasty. Typical liberal, throw out a persoanl jab because you have no record to stand on. Hmmmm where have I seen that before?

Wasnt getting nasty at all. All i was talking about was 1 state, Ohio. You went overboard a little i think. Chill. Your 21.5 statement was a smartass statement by the way.

Ballots have not been counted, many early voters are voting for Romney also. Just because they are voting now is not an indication how they voted.

Way to not let actual facts get in the way of your liberal talking points. Well played libtard!

Sounds like a racial agenda. People should make a list of their bigot reps and remove them come election time. All the Dixiecrats moved to the Republican corner after Pres Johnson's civil rights legisation passed. Big time defection.

You would think in the 21st century things would change. People still vote race over politics. That's how stupid it is.

Republicans want to kill little kids and drown puppies and give hippies bad haircuts and throw your grandma over a cliff and force women to have babies and outlaw holding hands in public! Yeah, those dang Republicans, they'll eat your brains, too. I know what I'm talking about, I saw it on the Ed Show, he tells me everything I need to know. Now, if we can just get Obama re-elected and he can do whatever he wants then. Maybe he'll write a new Constitution for us and we can put things in it like "free houses for everyone" or like on Oprah, "You get a car, you get a car, everyone is getting a car!" I guess it would have to be a Chevy, though. Man, it's gonna be so great! Then, in 2016, we'll just demand that Obama get a third term! Yeah, like FDR, I mean, because Obama is just like FDR and Kennedy and Lincoln and all of those guys. We just gotta win! I'm gonna go vote early now and then see if I can vote again on November 6th. They probably won't notice. It's for a good cause. Free stuff for everybody, the rich will pay for it all! Woo hoo!

The Germans could have used the Romney play book.

The bottom line. "THIS MAN CANNOT BE TRUSTED WITH AMERICAS FUTURE" He cannot be trusted period. So many Lie's,how can he keep up with the backlash.

The first sign of trouble it's off to Dubai with his fortune and we Americans will be holding the bag.

Wow, that's a pretty ignorant statement. But, then, most who support Obama are pretty ignorant of the facts to begin with and they honestly believe that Obama has the best interests of this country at heart despite the fact that he is systematically destroying us from within by drastically increasing our national debt, overloading our social safety nets and bypassing Congress in order to unconstitutionally grant amnesty to millions of ILLEGAL immigrants.

JD...give me a break.

We already know this Repiglican lie. The Repiglicans tried to suppress voting for everyone BUT the military and the Democrats wanted the same early voting law to apply to EVERYONE....which is fair.

Its also a common fallacy that the military is heavily in Romney's favor. The trend of the military being right-wing is very much changing because the Obama Democrats have been working their butts off to provide support to military families. That's why the DNC convention heavily featured the military families...and the RNC convention didn't even mention Afghanistan...not once.

There's the RNC support for the military...not even a mention.

Early voting of every kind favors Obama...because Early Voters are more informed, more energized, and more likely to make sure that they get counted.

That's why repiglicans want to suppress them..

An educated, early voter = a Repiglicans worst nightmare.

Obama/Biden 2012!!!!

jdbird, if that's true, surely you can find a succinct quote from the legal papers filed by the Obama campaign that will prove you're not lying?

Go ahead, I'll wait.

I am never suprised at what the crazy, hateful Repugnuts come up with. They are know for obstructionism and lies. Did you check out their boy Lyin Ryan's "visit to the soup kitchen". Can you say embarrassing, phoney, and down right dishonest?

www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2012/10/16/ryans-despicable-soup-kitchen-antics-a-perfect-metaphor-for-gop-tickets-disrespect-for-the-poor/

www.nydailynews.com/news/election-2012/paul-ryan-attacked-soup-kitchen-photo-op-article-1.1184588

I just went and read the Court of Appeals opinion in the case.

First off, Ohio has early in-person voting. Second, the Ohio Secretary of State interpreted a really messed-up new law passed by the state legislature as cutting off early voting for everyone except members of the military.

The Obama campaign sought and received a preliminary injunction requiring that if a county elections office allowed early voting on the weekend prior to Election Day for members of the military, it had to allow any voters who wanted to vote on those days to vote then, too. (Which put things back to exactly where things were before the messed-up new law and its interpretation.)

No one's ability to vote was restricted or suppressed or shortened by the lawsuit or the injunction. The early voting rights of members of the military in Ohio were exactly preserved.

It was just that the rights of non-military voters were restored to being the same as the rights of military voters because there was never any proof of any good reason to short-change them.

You should look carefully at the honesty of anyone who's telling you that the Obama campaign was seeking to or did suppress military votes, or anyone who's telling you that the Obama campaign is "somehow spinning this as a win for the Obama camp."

Because those people are lying.

Yup, later reports was that he was washing already clean pots for the photo op, such an ethical guy our boy Ryan, disgraceful.

Obama 2012

Ron...this lie has been floating around for months.

The extremist right-wing media on Fux news like Hannity posted on his site that Obama was trying to stop the military from voting because they were leaning towards Romney.

The funny thing is that a) Democrats actively exposed the lie. (Only complete dumbass teatards are still spouting this crap) and b) the military in Ohio is looking like its trending Democratic.

So the Repiglican traitors got kicked in their empty nutsack not once...but twice.

These f'ing morons never quit the lying, cheating crap. Its every election now because they know the only way they can win is to CHEAT like the ditchpigs they are.

Don't you know "Fox News" is owned by Bain Capital. Rush,Savage,are also on payroll. Its a feeding system for the right wing agenda.

You're lying.

Nope it's the truth. Clear channel is owned by Bain Capital and is why I will have nothing to do with them or anything they have any interest in.

That's complete b.s.

But what is true is your liberal Factcheck garbage is owned and operated by an entity that had Obama and Bill Ayers sitting on the Board of Directors.

What is interesting is that Clear Channel employs thousands of people. So even if Bain did own them, it's not worth mentioning because they have provided jobs for thousands. You only like to mention the one or two that didn't work out. Such hypocrites you libs are.

I do have to give FOX news credit for one thing. They were repoting the attacks in Libya looked to be terroist . It took msnbc 2 weeks to report that it might be a terroist attack. MSNBC was reporting that it wzas a mob reaction and even Ray Charles could see it was a terroist attack.