Obama rallies Iowans at outset of swing-state tour

President Obama touted his record at a campaign event in Davenport, Iowa, telling supporters he's kept the commitments he's made and still "has the same values, cares about the same people."

 

Updated 4:32 p.m. - DAVENPORT, IA -- President Barack Obama kicked off a swing state barnstorm with a rally Wednesday in Davenport, Iowa – the state he credits with giving his 2008 campaign its first big boost.

Mandel Ngan / AFP - Getty Images

President Barack Obama arrives on stage for a campaign event October 24, 2012 at Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds in Davenport, Iowa.

“This is the first stop on our 48-hour fly-around campaign marathon extravaganza,” Obama told a crowd of 3,500 at the Mississippi River fairgrounds.

“We're going to pull an all-nighter -- no sleep. We're starting here in Iowa; we're going to Colorado, then we're going to go Nevada, then we're going to Florida, Virginia, Ohio. I am going to stop in Chicago to vote,” he said, urging the crowd to vote early in Iowa, as he will in his hometown. 

Obama also continued to hit a theme of “who can you trust more,” saying that, unlike Romney, Obama’s positions on issues over the past decade have been consistent.

“You could take a videotape of things I've said 10 years ago, 12 years ago and you'd say, man, this is the same guy, has the same values, cares about the same people - doesn't forget where he came from. Knows who he's fighting for,” he said.

The Romney campaign responded to the president's event with a  statement from campaign spokesman Ryan Williams: "President Obama proved once again today that his campaign is getting smaller and smaller as Election Day approaches. Another four years of President Obama’s policies will mean lower incomes, higher taxes, and more debt. A glossy brochure full of the same policies that haven’t worked over the last four years is no substitute for a real agenda that will help grow the middle class and restore America’s strength. In two weeks, Americans will choose Governor Romney's positive agenda over President Obama's increasingly desperate attacks.”  

After the rally in Davenport, the president was headed to Denver, CO for another campaign event.

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Gosh, having attached the President's picture to my comments, I feel a little self conscious about my grammer and spelling!

  • 30 votes
#1 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 1:30 PM EDT

ROMNEY will say anything according to who he is targeting - that is the GOP strategy.

By contrast, President Obama has been consistent in his views going all the way back. You can look at what President Obama said as a Senator, and it is the same. We know who and what he is fighting for. We know what Barack Obama stands for, and his consistency has earned our trust.

Mitt Romney is presenting ZEROZEROZERO of anything consistent.

He is a blank slate for Adelson/Norquist/GOP and the transnationals to write what they want on it. He will serve the 0.01% -ers.

Hence, Romney's "47%" remarks caught on videotape. And Ryan's "30%" remarks on audio.

  • 43 votes
#1.1 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 1:33 PM EDT

shoot, grammar! Not sure I can live up to this avatar.

  • 27 votes
#1.2 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 1:37 PM EDT

Obama also continued to hit a theme of “who can you trust more,

This from the guy who's administration has lied to the American Public for 3 weeks about Libya.

You have got to be kidding.

  • 22 votes
#1.3 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 1:37 PM EDT

Amy, you kidding?

Your comments, and Yaself are stellar. No worries.

  • 25 votes
#1.4 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 1:39 PM EDT

The last thing we want is a man without a core. Like Grover said, "all they need is someone who can hold a pen and sign the bills they put in front of him". Mitt fits that description. Mitt is a plain canvas there for RNWJ's, WS, NEO CONS to paint what ever, however they want on.

Obama/Biden 2012

  • 40 votes
#1.5 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 1:39 PM EDT

just24 - and that's all the country would get with Romney - someone who can jump every time Norquist tells him to. How low the Republican party has fallen!

Obama/Biden 2012

  • 44 votes
#1.6 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 1:48 PM EDT

Oh, thanks, Backhouse! I enjoy your comments too!

  • 21 votes
#1.7 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 1:52 PM EDT

When hasn't Obama been campaigning. America needs leadership, not a socialist activist.

  • 17 votes
#1.8 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 1:54 PM EDT

OBAMA/BIDEN 2012!

  • 39 votes
#1.9 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 1:58 PM EDT

No worries Amy, Obama is a loser, your words can only improve on the disaster that guy is to this country and to the office of the President.

  • 18 votes
#1.10 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 1:59 PM EDT

Belittle - not a socialist activist

No one belittled you. You did. That's a comment from an uninformed person.

  • 17 votes
#1.11 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 1:59 PM EDT

Commie Girl? Paid liar?

  • 4 votes
#1.12 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:00 PM EDT

Hey Obama when you get to Florida make sure you tell them about this...

Obamacare's Hidden Switcheroo
The law plans to cut $200 billion from Medicare Advantage to fund Medicaid.

By John Fund

If Obamacare remains the law of the land, its planned cuts to Medicare Advantage will force many seniors to go back to traditional Medicare at greater expense. The Florida Association of Health Plans found that because Medicare Advantage plans have more benefits and lower co-payments than traditional Medicare does, patients in that state could see their overall Medicare costs rise significantly — from $2,214 to $3,714 a year, depending on the insurance market they are in.

All this casts doubt on President Obama's infamous statement that under Obamacare, anyone who likes his current health-insurance coverage will be able to keep it. Tell that to the 13 million seniors who are about to see their Medicare Advantage benefits dismantled or transformed beyond recognition. No one expects HHS to comply with Issa's subpoena in time for voters to know the whole truth. But the outlines of what we do know are bad enough, and critics of Obamacare should do all they can to point out the law's hidden costs and uncounted victims, as states begin to implement Obamacare, piece by awful piece.

This is in addition to the 716 billion he's stealing from medicare... woohoo!!

I just love the way Obama is looking out for Seniors... aka Grandma... Watch out for that cliff!!

It's time to turn the page on this failed presidency...

The middle class, Grandma, Grandpa and your children/grandchildren can't afford 4 more!!

  • 19 votes
#1.13 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:01 PM EDT

TO: Belittle who wrote:

"When hasn't Obama been campaigning. America needs leadership, not a socialist activist."

That's funny, cause Romney has been running for office for some 12 years, ever since the people of Massachusetts tried him out as Governor, then, when Romney's 1st term was up, they kicked Romney out of office.

Obama/Biden 2012

  • 43 votes
#1.14 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:01 PM EDT

Romney needs to have one of those fast talkers read this after he states a position.

Position subject to change. Past behavior is no indicator of future results. Not available to 47% of current citizens. Any interpretation of the words 'devotion', 'dedication', 'promise', 'truth' or 'honor' is reserved for Mitt Romney. Offer limited. May not be combined with similar offers from Paul Ryan. Restrictions apply. Purchase and lifetime commitment required. See fine print for details. Brought to you by Sheldon Adelson and the Koch brothers. A wholly owned subsidiary of Grover Norquist.

  • 42 votes
#1.15 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:02 PM EDT

Commie Girl: - Romney was not using American taxpayers money. I am sure you can see the difference.

  • 11 votes
#1.16 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:07 PM EDT

I have got to vote, where is Trump?

  • 3 votes
#1.18 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:12 PM EDT

Vermillion Sky - no Odummer (clealy you mean Romney since no one is dumber than him) and helmet boy (Ryan) will not be leading the country - thankfully.

It will be President Obama and VP Biden - again!

Obama/Biden 2012

  • 30 votes
#1.19 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:13 PM EDT

Trumps announcement just shows the failure of Obama's economics. In 2008 he would only have to offer $1M. Now he has to offer $5M and he's still ignored. You want inflation?

  • 3 votes
#1.20 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:16 PM EDT

Amy, you doing just fine.

  • 14 votes
#1.21 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:23 PM EDT
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amy....why are using a picture of a born liar, a trained distorter, and an anti-american divider?.....he looks like a douchebag...

  • 13 votes
#1.22 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:30 PM EDT

alan,nj...did trump extend that same offer to rawmoney for him to show his tax returns?...I mean it's all about tranparency isn't it?...damn hypocrites

  • 18 votes
#1.23 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:33 PM EDT

Romney says he knows how to create jobs. His record as Governor tells a different story. According to the nonpartisan Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center's 9-3-06 report:

Massachusetts is just one of nine states that failed to register a net gain in employment between the start of the national recession in March 2001 and June 2006; it is one of only six states that failed to register a net employment gain between the end of the recession in November 2001 and June 2006. In fact, of the states in these two groups, only Michigan and Louisiana have experienced deeper job losses than Massachusetts since 2001.

Romney cannot claim he knows how to create jobs from his record as Governor of Massachusetts.

Romney's claim about his Bain experience should be "I know how to make money from eliminating American jobs. If any jobs were created by Bain during my tenure there, it was only an accident as our main strategy revolved around creating wealth for ourselves." This would be an honest answer, but as we know by now, Romney can only lie about creating jobs.

Romney does not know how to create jobs in the public or private sector. He knows how to make money and minimize the taxes he pays on it.

Romney's failure as a job creator as Governor of Massachusetts is clear. His record on education there is even worse. He cut aid to education resulting in college tuitions rising 62% there in his 4 year stint as Governor. it is no wonder he trails by 20 points in his home state. Massachusetts know Romney's record there and they don't like it.

  • 24 votes
#1.24 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:33 PM EDT

It'll be close in Iowa. More than half the people who come out today to see the President will vote, and about half of those will vote for Obama. Same for Romney. The game is to match crowd for crowd. The federalists (Tea Party) will no more support ObamaCare two weeks from now than they did in the 2010 midterm elections, and I predict they will be out stronger this time around. Is there a Tea Party in Iowa?

There must be one Obama Apologist vote to offset every Tea Party vote. Does Iowa have enough Obama Apologists?

  • 4 votes
#1.25 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:34 PM EDT

SS

Dumb and dumber are in the White house now.

That's just the truth. It would bother me also if I was voting and conning others to do the same for the worst President ever but I am not so the truth does not bother me.

What an epic failure you are supporting.

  • 10 votes
#1.26 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:42 PM EDT

Maxx, my father's Medicare costs have already increased significantly. He pays more for premiums, more for his medications, and a LOT more for his dialysis. The Wrath of Hussein on today's seniors is already happening.

  • 11 votes
#1.27 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:43 PM EDT

scott - there are no apologists votes for Obama since there is nothing to apologize for. That would be the Romney camp that needs all the apologizers.

mcpaddywack - you show daily what a juvenile you are with calling the President names. You're truly pitiful.

rukidding - no but my guess is dumb and dumber definitely reside at your home! What an epic failure of a human being flip-flopping Romney truly is!

Obama/Biden 2012

  • 21 votes
#1.28 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:43 PM EDT

God Bless President Obama

From the article above:

We're going to pull an all-nighter -- no sleep. We're starting here in Iowa; we're going to Colorado, then we're going to go Nevada, then we're going to Florida, Virginia, Ohio. I am going to stop in Chicago to vote,” he said, urging the crowd to vote early in Iowa, as he will in his hometown.

I too voted during my lunch today.

Sure feels good knowing that President Obama is going to be leading this great country for another four years.

After Monday's debate, the majority of the un-deciders have flocked over to the President, and rightfully so.

American's can't afford any more trickle-down economics.

American's understand that the Governor is just unfit to be the President.

Salud

  • 33 votes
#1.29 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:53 PM EDT

Starterup...you owe me one keyboard as my last one is now covered with nose-ejected mountain dew... Thanks for the laugh... I could actually hear a small tv voice reading that real fast in my head as I read it... keep up the good work..

O&JOE2012

  • 16 votes
#1.30 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:56 PM EDT

Starterup...you owe me one keyboard as my last one is now covered with nose-ejected mountain dew... Thanks for the laugh... I could actually hear a small tv voice reading that real fast in my head as I read it... keep up the good work..

O&JOE2012

  • 6 votes
#1.31 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:57 PM EDT

sorry for the double post...dang gremlins..

  • 5 votes
#1.32 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:57 PM EDT

alan,nj...did trump extend that same offer to rawmoney for him to show his tax returns?...I mean it's all about tranparency isn't it?...damn hypocrites

Common. Trump doesn't have enough moola for Romney. Romney donates over 5m to charity in a bad year...and doesn't need the tax deduction. You're comparing apples and oranges.

  • 6 votes
#1.33 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:04 PM EDT

Romney says he’ll balance the budget in “EIGHT TO TEN years” AND slams Obama for not doing it in FOUR...

http://www.eclectablog.com/2012/10/romney-says-hell-balance-the-budget-in-eight-to-ten-years-slams-obama-for-not-doing-it-in-four.html

Romney also says Obama doubled the deficit.

Obama reduced it by BILLIONS...

From 1.4 Trillion to 1.1 Trillion = 300 BILLION.

Despite GOP obstruction and pledges to NEVER create cash to help BO.

  • 23 votes
#1.34 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:06 PM EDT

Hey Bo... My favorite one is that Romney will create 12 million jobs.. but the experts have already said that 12 million jobs would be created because of the stuff already in place.. So it appears that Romney is trying to steal credit for these jobs... He's pretty pathetic..

O&JOE2012

  • 21 votes
#1.35 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:12 PM EDT

Alan in NJ -

Romney donates over 5m to charity in a bad year...and doesn't need the tax deduction.

Yet another Romney flip/flop. He took the lower charitable deductions to stay above his promised rate of 13%, even after saying:

"I don't pay more than are legally due, and frankly if I had paid more than are legally due I don't think I'd be qualified to become president. - Mitt Romney

On this one issue I have to agree with Mitt Romney - he is NOT qualified to become president.

  • 15 votes
#1.36 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:18 PM EDT

Yeah, I've wondered why the jobs thing hasn't been more often reported. The 12 million jobs number comes from three nonpartisan sources. Macroeconomic Advisors has predicted the current economy is set to add 11.8 million jobs in the next four years, if everything stays the same. Moody's Analytics is on board with that, coming in at 11.84 million jobs in the next four years. The Congressional Budget Office came in a bit below that, at 10 million jobs in four years. All of them say their predictions are based on the last four years. As Moody's guy said:

"...the economy’s fundamentals are much improved, as households deleverage, the financial system re-capitalizes, and American businesses become global competitive. Moreover, the construction cycle is on the verge of turning up significantly, which by itself will create a boat load of jobs, particularly in 2014-15."

As we've seen now with everything from the auto bailout to foreign policy, Romney's MO is first to criticize, then - if the policy works - to take credit for it. I can see why Romney is trying so hard to win 'low information voters'. He's going to need them.

  • 16 votes
#1.37 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:20 PM EDT

@Starderup#1.15: A really good one. Laughed my ass off. Thanks

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#1.38 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:20 PM EDT
  • Iowans your country needs you!
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  • Vote for Obama!
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  • ROMNEY TEST: Name a single policy he has stated that has been consistent from the time he started. JUST ONE.
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  • I have one. Tax breaks for the wealthy. That's it. Not a SINGLE issue has he been constant on other than that ONE.
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  • BEWARE OF ROMNEY.
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  • Do the right thing and vote for the man that has YOUR back.
  • 15 votes
#1.39 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:32 PM EDT

Meetings this afternoon so I'm outta here for a while. Don't let the ignorant righties get to you. They're angry because they know they support nothing and their nothing is losing!

Obama/Biden 2012

  • 15 votes
#1.40 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:35 PM EDT

Nice excuse as "sanity" retreats to lick her wounds ... obviously you cannot read the polls !

  • 1 vote
#1.41 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:41 PM EDT

ItsSImple -

ROMNEY TEST: Name a single policy he has stated that has been consistent from the time he started. JUST ONE.

I have one. Tax breaks for the wealthy. That's it. Not a SINGLE issue has he been constant on other than that ONE

Actually, as Governor of MA Romney let a sizeable previously-enacted Capital Gains Tax increase take effect, then increased hundreds of fees and added new fees. Governor Romney also approved massive increases in Property Taxes, and declined to sign Nordquist's "No Taxes" pledge.

It turns out Mitt Romney is not consistent on anything, even taxes.

  • 12 votes
#1.42 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:53 PM EDT

amy....why are using a picture of a born liar, a trained distorter, and an anti-american divider?.....he looks like a douchebag...

It sucks to be losing, huh? I dont blame you for yuour bitterness andf hatred. I knowyour candidate Romney has a 5-point powerpoint slide with no actual solutions or details on how. You see, sport, you actually have to answer the 'how' part of the plan. Romney cant. Its a Table of Contents and DOESNT ADD UP

Im just waiting to watch all of you Romney-philes expl;ode on Nov 7 when Willard 'Wafflehouse' Romney gets bitch-slapped by Obama and you teabaggers come up with some even more disgusting and hateful things to say (or threaten). PAss the popcorn.

The defeat of Mitt Romney and Lyin Ryan is nearly complete.

Obama/Biden 2012

  • 14 votes
#1.43 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 4:00 PM EDT

"I don't remember what I said, but I stand by whatever I said...unless you didn't like it, in which case I said the opposite of what you thought I said." -- Who does this sound like, Obama or Romney?

Mitt reminds me of that little guy in Green Acres who couldn't get through a sentence without contradicting himself - Hank Kimball.

  • 13 votes
#1.44 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 4:21 PM EDT

He reminds me of Jon Levitt from SNL doing his.."Yea..Yea that's the ticket"...routine..

O&JOE2012

  • 8 votes
#1.45 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 4:36 PM EDT

The President wants people to vote early so they do not have time to read over and analyze his economic plan fot the next 4 years.

The Obama campaign has finally, the day after the debates, come up with the President's economic plan for the next 4 years. The plan is devoid of detail and budgetary information but is full of wishful thinking. Obamanomics is really impossiblenomics. This is one of the parts that I like the best"

Do some nation-building here at home: We’ll use half the savings from ending the war in Afghanistan to help pay down our debt and invest the rest in fixing our roads, runways, bridges, and schools.
End overseas wars and rebuild our economy. After responsibly ending overseas operations, the President will reinvest in our country by:

  • Committing half of the money saved from responsibly ending overseas operations in Iraq and Afghanistan to reducing the deficit and the other half to investing in public infrastructure.
  • Investing an additional $210 billion over six years to support a million jobs improving America’s roads, bridges, transit systems, railways, aviation systems and runways, and putting construction workers back to work.

Four years ago, without conditions of any kind to include any act of congress, the President promised that the 2012 federal deficit would not exceed 229.27 billion dollars yet in fact it exceeded 1.1 trillion dollars. That says a lot for the President's fiscal planning and sense of budget. For the past 4 years the President has been proposing a tax increase on the "rich" that congress has yet to pass. This increase in taxes would at most divert 100 billion dollars per year from the private sector to the public sector. The federal government has been trying to spark the economy by injecting more money. This move will have the opposite effect and will do little to solve our debt problem. so using 2012 figures the federal government will still have a trillion dollar debt to deal with.

According to the President's nomination acceptance speech, the troops will be coming home in 2014 so by 2015 the peace dividend will be in full effect. According to the President's plan, he is expecting to net more than 2 trillion dollars per year by bringing the troops home. It will take at least 1 trillion dollars to balance the budget and of course that has to be done before we can start running a surplus. Balancing the budget is done with just half of the peace dividend. That is why the peace dividend will have to be greater than 2 trillion dollars per year. So the President is claiming that we are spending more than two trillion dollars per year on the war on Afghanistan which is less than true. If the federal government cut out all defense spending that then cut the rest of the budget in half it would not generate the required savings. The President's plan is fantasy economics. The President's plan is mathematically impossible. It is the President who needs more math education.

  • 1 vote
#1.46 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 5:45 PM EDT

what Obama lying about now ? Any one see Benghazi report today ? look it up. talk about a Liar liar pant's on fire

  • 2 votes
#1.47 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 11:09 PM EDT

This election is only about; 1) Creating American Jobs; in 2) Profitable businesses ,which 3) Generates much needed tax dollars, to 4) Pay for things we NEED & WANT our government to do on our behalf.

It only works in that order...PERIOD!

Our capitalistic economic system is built on PROFITS...yes, (gasp) especially for the wealthy...OR the current alternative is 4) the Capitalists simply move away and they will take the jobs and tax money elsewhere! Then we don't have those jobs to buy anything from anyone, PERIOD!

Your responsibility to our national success is to read the labels of products you're buying and, predominately buy "American Made" goods. So, you're saying. "That's too much hassle and work... or, the overseas products are better". Well folks, let me emphasize a realistic scenario that line of thinking has created to the economy in this country.

"John Smith" started the day early awakening to his set alarm clock (MADE IN JAPAN) at 6 am. While his coffeepot (MADE IN CHINA) was perking, he shaved with his electric razor (MADE IN HONG KONG). John put on a dress shirt (MADE IN SRI LANKA), designer jeans (MADE IN SINGAPORE) and tennis shoes (MADE IN KOREA).'

'After cooking his breakfast in his new electric skillet (MADE IN INDIA); he sat down with his calculator (MADE IN MEXICO); to see how much he could spend today. After setting his watch (MADE IN TAIWAN) to the radio (MADE IN INDIA); John got in his car (MADE IN GERMANY);pulled out of the driveway and glanced at his wife's car (MADE IN JAPAN). John noticed his wife's car needed new tires (MADE IN CHINA).'

'John filled his car with gas (IMPORTED FROM SAUDI ARABIA) and continued his search for a "GOOD PAYING AMERICAN JOB.'

'At the end of, yet another, discouraging and fruitless job hunting day, John sat down in front of his computer (MADE IN MALAYSIA), to check for nonexistent job responses.'

'John decided to unwind and relax for a while. He put on his sandals (MADE IN BRAZIL), poured himself a glass of wine (MADE IN FRANCE) and turned on his TV (MADE IN INDONESIA). All this while, John Smith is wondering why he can't find a "GOOD PAYING JOB IN AMERICA."

Does this scenario hit too close to home for you, a family member or close friend? This is what this election is all about folks... 23 Million Americans out of work OR living in poverty because parttime jobs are all they can find; American Companies moving jobs overseas with no end in sight, higher gas prices, rising home foreclosures.

As Americans, we have two choices this November... Four more years, like the last four years... Broken promises, beautiful speeches and a continued declining economy.... OR...

A real chance to pull our economy back from the edge of an economic and financial abyss... This election offers us a candidate who can put the country back to work, because, his records shows he has done that in the past... A candidate with a proven record of reaching across the isle and working with both political parties to reach a compromise that works for the American People. A candidate who won't merely ask, but, demand fair, equal trade agreements; a candidate who will create a positive tax environment for companies to bring jobs back to America...

It's time to stop blaming Bush for Obama's failures.. Obama may have walked into a 9 Trillion Dollar National Debt from Clinton/Bush.. However, the additional 7+ Trillion added to the debt in 3+ years , and another projected 4 Trillon in Debt over the next four years, is ALL OBAMA.. The buck stops with Obama!

So the choices is yours.... What do you want in the next four years...? Obama's "John Smith" Scenario... or, Romney's "5-Point Plan to a balanced and stable America? This election isn't about "Blue or Red".. It's about protecting our nation and future children from our current economic mistakes..

You Choose... Choose Wisely... You can't always undo a stubborn choice and Time Is Running Out.....

    #1.48 - Thu Oct 25, 2012 3:05 AM EDT

    white collar - michigan northern

    .... YOU WANT TO BLAME OBAMA FOR WHAT HAPPENED IN THE MIDDLE EAST? Not to discount the American loss of those four men killed ... May God bless them and their families ....

    THIS IS WHAT BUSH DID or DIDN'T DO ON AMERICAN SOIL ....

    What Bush Knew Before Sept.11

    "We were trying to figure out what they (al Qaeda) would do. We never had specifics about time, place, MO (method of operation)."
    U.S. intelligence official, commenting anonymously.

    President Bush was told in the months before the Sept. 11 attacks that Osama bin Laden's terrorist network might hijack U.S. passenger planes - information which prompted the administration to issue an alert to federal agencies - but not the American public.

    CBS News National Security Correspondent David Martin says the warning was in a document called the President's Daily Brief, which is considered to be the single most important document that the U.S. intelligence community turns out. The document did not, however, mention the possibility of planes being flown
    into buildings.

    An agent in the FBI's Arizona office did, however, speculate about that, writing in his case notes about Zacarias Moussaoui that Moussaoui seemed like the type of person who was capable of flying an aircraft into the World Trade Center.

    It was the observation of an agent taking notes as he thought about his case - an observation whose significance simply did not register at the time.

    White House spokesman Ari Fleischer says that while President Bush was told last summer that bin Laden's al Qaeda network might hijack planes, he did not receive information suggesting that airplanes might be used as suicide bombs, as they were on Sept. 11.

    Fleischer emphasizes that "until the attack took place, I think it's fair to say that no one envisioned that as a possibility."

    The revelation about the president's security briefing comes as House and Senate Intelligence Committee investigators prepare for public hearings beginning next month on whether an intelligence community which spends $30 billion a year should have been able to provide a more specific warning in advance of Sept. 11.

    The New York Times reports that an FBI agent in Arizona warned his superiors last summer that bin Laden might be sending students to U.S. flight schools.

    Investigators have since Sept. 11 suspected bin Laden's al Qaeda network of masterminding the terror attacks on America, which killed more than 3,000 people.

    Republicans don't want to see the bigger picture .... the middle east has been at war since forever ... the attacks on the embassy happened in the middle east .... Bush was for-warned too ... and did nothing and they attacked us AMERICAN SOIL .... HUGE DIFFERENCE .....

    MIDDLE EAST - 4 KILLED

    AMERICAN SOIL - 3000 KILLED .... YES REPUBLICANS EXPLAIN THAT ONE .....

    MAY GOD BLESS AMERICA .... AND AMERICA VOTE FOR OBAMA 2012

    • 1 vote
    #1.49 - Thu Oct 25, 2012 2:09 PM EDT
    Reply

    Old Romney could debate new Romney, and I'm not voting for either!

    • 30 votes
    Reply#2 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 1:33 PM EDT

    Of course, when it comes to gay marriage-Obama was "evolving". You people are a joke.

    • 9 votes
    #2.1 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 1:56 PM EDT

    I wonder how happy are Iowans for giving him that boost in 2008? Guess we'll see. Nice to see BO change course (again) and put his remarks that were originally off the record, on the record. Yet the band of lapdogs keep yipping!

    • 6 votes
    #2.2 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:02 PM EDT

    Belittle and Dotties girl -

    I challenge you to name a single position that Mitt Romney has not changed over the years - just one.

    Taxes, Abortion, Gun Control, Minimum Wage, Gay Rights - try and find one thing he hasn't completely reversed himself on.

    • 18 votes
    #2.3 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:21 PM EDT

    TNSEVOL

    Given Ann's recent viral photo, it appears the position of 'receiver' has been one Romney hasn't changed,...bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

    • 6 votes
    #2.4 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:33 PM EDT
    Reply

    “We're going to pull an all-nighter -- no sleep. We're starting here in Iowa; we're going to Colorado, then we're going to go Nevada, then we're going to Florida, Virginia, Ohio....

    Uh-oh...what does that remind YOU of...I know the only thing missing is...

    EYAAAAAAAAAA!!!!

    • 5 votes
    #3 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 1:35 PM EDT

    With polls showing everything grinding to a halt, EYAAAAAAAAAAMENTUM!!!! is the last thing anyone needs.

    • 8 votes
    #3.1 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 1:46 PM EDT

    Not exactly what the Doctor ordered, is it?

    One more (something)-mentum from the headline writers and I'm going to start hoping that the Mayans are right...

    • 4 votes
    #3.2 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 1:54 PM EDT

    Dangerfield,

    "ony thing missing"....

    Obama will vote in Chicago,.

    Where pray tell will romney vote, so many choices?

    Maybe if he releases his tax return we would know what state he claimed in 2011.

    • 19 votes
    #3.3 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 1:58 PM EDT

    Northstar - maybe Mitt can vote in the Caymans - then stay there!!!!

    Obama/Biden 2012

    • 29 votes
    #3.4 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:01 PM EDT

    Dangerfield and all .... an interesting site ...

    election.princeton.edu/

    • 7 votes
    #3.5 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:02 PM EDT

    Northstar he DID release his tax records along with a notorized statement from Price, Waterhouse that between 1999 and 2011 his average rate was 20%. Try to keep up with the real world, instead of the old rhetoric. Just because your empty suit doesn't have a record doesn't mean you can't come up with your own talking points.

    • 5 votes
    #3.6 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:04 PM EDT

    Dotties girl - NO he did NOT release 5 years of tax returns. He released 2010 and 2011 (which he can still amend) and had a summary released for the other years. It clearly shows he has something to hide or he would have released the actual returns - not a summary. You should actually try to keep up with the REAL WORLD - not the idiotic one that runs in your head. Mitt is the empitome of the empty suit and you're too stupid to realize it!

    Obama/Biden 2012

    • 26 votes
    #3.7 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:09 PM EDT

    BCWC-

    I long for my suite at the Connaught, (25 dollar!) breakfast at Richoux, walking past the US Embassy on my way to Bond st and the circus...

    ...And people who have a healthy understanding of self-deprecating humor...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5FzCeV0ZFc

    • 4 votes
    #3.8 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:13 PM EDT

    Dottie,

    Simple question:

    What state did Romney claimed for his residence in 2011?

    Do you know ? I sure don't.

    Was that in his tax record which was released?

    • 17 votes
    #3.9 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:14 PM EDT

    Dangerfield

    That clip still scares young children and old people.

    As to your suite ...

    For those who wish to drool over superb interior design for a hotel ...

    www.the-connaught.co.uk/luxury-accommodation/hotel-suites/connaught-suite/

    • 6 votes
    #3.10 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:24 PM EDT

    Once again... LISTEN...especially you Seeking.....<smacks sanity in the head to make sure she is listening> His personal tax records are none of your business... just as your personal tax records are none of his business. Do you understand that concept...there is nothing that requires him to release his personal financial documents...and just because you broke a$$ libtards jump up and down and scream "I WANT...I WANT.... I WANT doesn't mean a hill of beans. Seriously you guys are like the 4 year old in the candy isle throughing a fit over momma saying no to the candy bars....FFS sit down and shut up!

    • 6 votes
    #3.11 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:34 PM EDT

    BCWC-

    Thanks! That will certainly add to my "poll" numbers for sure...I love the heated towel racks so much!

    • 3 votes
    #3.12 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:42 PM EDT

    Furthermore, Speeking Insanity does not to possess the knowledge to UNDERSTAND the tax returns. She would run her mouth about the details, all the while being totally clueless about the accuracy of his returns or the validity thereof.

    This is just another intended distraction because Obama's record as President SUCKS !

    • 5 votes
    #3.13 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:47 PM EDT

    JustanotherVeteran - interesting since personal tax records have been released for ALL OTHER PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES IN OUR LIFETIME - for 10 years worth of taxes - but you'll give Mitt a pas because you know he is clearly hiding something. His father released 12 years of personal tax returns because he said one or two years could easily be a fluke. But then, Mitt is nowher NEAR the man his father was.

    However - NO OTHER CANDIDATE has EVER released their birth certificate or their college transcripts. DO YOU UNDERSTAND NOW???????

    Now go back and whine about my having actual FACTS on my side while all you have is your pathetic whinings.

    Oh, and don't worry, no matter how much I seek sanity in the GOP idiots like you and Romney prove daily there is absolutely NONE to be found!

    And I see little jimmy has chosen to give his stupidity a voice. Since I've written 2 annual reports I can assure you I can read tax returns better than you can read a simple 1040 form you stupid moron!

    Obama/Biden 2012

    • 18 votes
    #3.14 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:48 PM EDT

    Sanity...(or the lack thereof) Get this... It doesn't matter what the other candidates in the past have or have not done... I say good for them... they CHOSE to release personal financial information, this was not then...and is not now a requirement. So your reasoning is flawed.....my advice... KEEP SEEKING BABY.. you clearly have not found it yet!

    Oh and by the way on the Birth Cert thing... here is a little tidbit of information for you....NO OTHER PRESIDENT IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY HAS EVER BEEN QUESTIONED ON HIS CITIZENSHIP! DO YOU UNDERSTAND NOW????

    • 7 votes
    #3.15 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:53 PM EDT

    dangerfield

    BCWC-

    Thanks! That will certainly add to my "poll" numbers for sure

    ignore the polls and head over to 1118 First Ave. ... cheers

    • 4 votes
    #3.16 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:53 PM EDT

    JustanotherVeteran (who possesses no sanity at all) now get this - it has been the STANDARD for all Candidates running for the President. But, you've lowered the standard for Romney? Well, actually anyone who would support Romney has totally lowered their standards - or have none to begin with.

    And, the only reason Obama was questioned is because he has a funny name and is black. But, you're racist so it doesn't matter to you. President Obama's citizenship should NEVER have been questioned but idiots like YOU couldn't accept the black man in the White House!

    Again, you prove my point - absolutely NO SANITY at all in the Republican party!!!

    Obama/Biden 2012

    • 16 votes
    #3.17 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:01 PM EDT

    I tell ya, comedy is in my blood. I wish it was in my act....

    • 6 votes
    #3.18 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:02 PM EDT

    WOW...So since it's the standard...I SAY AGAIN "a standard" not a law or a requirement for office... then I guess he must do it...because you or some other libtard says it? NO sweetheart it doesn't work that way! You are entitled to your opinions....but you can't make others do what you want simply because you think it's the standard. And now not only because I remind you of the LACK OF LAWS, OR REQUIREMENTS that this country has implemented to be elected to the office of POTUS.....I'm a racist! Jesus H. Christ, just cause your hero Chris Matthews pulls the race card on live TV and sticks his foot in his mouth doesn't make it so. And just because you and most all of the other libtard a$$clowns are of the opinion that anyone that does not support your agenda or your candidate for POTUS is a racist speaks volumes of information on the lot of you guys. It's stupid people like you and the rest of the Feisty Troll Brigade that give other honest thinking Liberals a bad name!

    • 4 votes
    #3.19 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:18 PM EDT

    JustanotherVeteran - you are really a sick individual and give Veterans a bad name - if you really are one. But, go ahead and spew your ignorance - it's all you have!

    Had the President refused to release his tax returns you'd be screaming for them. You truly are pathetic - but a typical Republican. Go play with jimmy - he's just your speed - dumb and dumber!

    Obama/Biden 2012

    • 9 votes
    #3.20 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:27 PM EDT

    Justanotherveteran: You are a deflecting POS. The sum-bitch is afraid to release His past tax returns. Romney is a cheat and a Gwaddamned LIAR. Now, go seek YOUR sanity in "mcpaddywacks" douche bag.

    • 10 votes
    #3.21 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:34 PM EDT

    More personal attacks from the Chicago "gangsta girl". The only thing you spew is venom for anyone and everyone with a personal opinion different from your own. You will call yourself a "progressive", but your arrogant, condecending and hateful retorts suggest you are a "regressive". It's apparent you have no valid answers so you pull out the race card ! LOL!!

    When Bam-Bam releases his college records, please let us know. I would like to know if Obama ever had a course in basic accounting because he sure as hell has never had a BUDGET .... NO BUDGET, NO PLANS and NO CLUE !

    • 6 votes
    #3.22 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:38 PM EDT

    Yep... typical Libtard a$$clowns... I have exposed you...again! My work here is done! Now that I am as you so elegantly put it...

    1. a sick individual

    2. ignorant

    3. a deflecting POS

    4. pathetic

    and lets not forget the Chris Matthews twist...

    5. A RACIST

    All of these things simply because I do not support your opinions. REALLY..... and we are the intolerant ones! Your all good for a laugh... but that's about it.

    I Say Good Day!

    • 2 votes
    #3.23 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:42 PM EDT

    JustanotherVeteran, how can you even support the Republican party as a Veteran? Romney has stated several times that we should be paying taxes while we are overseas on duty, among other slaps in the face to veteran benefits.

    • 7 votes
    #3.24 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 5:11 PM EDT

    NorthstarDFL

    Dangerfield,

    "ony thing missing"....

    Obama will vote in Chicago,.

    Where pray tell will romney vote, so many choices?

    Maybe if he releases his tax return we would know what state he claimed in 2011.

    He will get up early in the morning and vote in Massachucettes and then fly to Salt Lake City where he will vote again before getting on the plane and flying to Southern California where he will cap off his day by voting for himself in California. Vote early and vote often. He's going to need to do that even to have a chance of winning.

    • 2 votes
    #3.25 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 5:31 PM EDT

    Adler,

    You forgot his home on the lake in NH.

    God! he is going to be busy on election day.

    • 2 votes
    #3.26 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 8:25 PM EDT

    Justanotherveteran: I'm curious about what you think you've proven. You started a thread with a post calling those who would oppose your ideas 'broke a$$ libtards' who are 'like 4 year olds throughing (sic) a tantrum' and who should 'FFS shut up and sit down'.

    Then you complain that responders to your post called you names (claiming it was just because you didn't 'support their opinions'), and now you've exposed them as ... wait for it ... name-callers!

    I think you've proven that it's easy to get a rise out of people when you act like a jerk to them. But everyone - probably even you - already knew that.

    • 2 votes
    #3.27 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 8:28 PM EDT
    Reply

    obama has been lying all along to lure voters to vote for him and his corrupt administration, now there is proof that that the fiasco in Benghazi that saw four American's killed and a American Consulate attacked was viewed in real time by persons in the white house, so obama had to know what what was going on, yet he flew to Vegas for a fund raiser while his people supplied the false transcripe to America. FOR THIS cover up people died because obama LIED. how could any American support a killer for president, you gotta be a sick mother F******

    • 10 votes
    Reply#4 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 1:51 PM EDT

    11EAGLES - why do you post lies. There is no such proof and you know it. Just go away!

    Obama/Biden 2012

    • 18 votes
    #4.1 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:05 PM EDT

    i hey seeking........transcripts of communication to the white house show that obama knew it was al qaeda within two hours of the attack.......of course, obama sympathizes with al qaeda thus his lies to the american people......obama is feckin' traitor and should be impeached...i guess we will settle with voting his lying ass out of the white house......

    • 7 votes
    #4.2 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:31 PM EDT

    SS,

    What kind of proof would you need to see, and why would you call Eagles a liar. You say he has no proof that it happen and you have no proof it didn't. So who is lying?

    • 7 votes
    #4.3 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:32 PM EDT

    What happened is someone in the state department is doing Americans a favor by leaking the emails. OR Someone in the State Department isn't interested in taking the fall for what is going on.

    • 5 votes
    #4.4 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:49 PM EDT

    thetotas

    SS,

    What kind of proof would you need to see, and why would you call Eagles a liar. You say he has no proof that it happen and you have no proof it didn't. So who is lying?

    because she thinks she's smarter and when she types its gold and gospel. so if she says he's lying, it must be so. No proof needed.

    now we both know that doesnt make it true but when youre a legend in your own mind (another stellar Lib trait), what do you expect.

    • 4 votes
    #4.5 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:05 PM EDT

    There is no evidence of any sort of lying, misleading or cover-up. Nothing. Nobody needs to prove a lack of lying. The burden is on the haters and Fox News to prove the existence of something they claim, despite zero evidence.

    • 8 votes
    #4.6 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:17 PM EDT

    The burden is on the haters and Fox News to prove the existence of something they claim, despite zero evidence

    youre right, because FR is CREDIBLE...

    • 3 votes
    #4.7 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:26 PM EDT

    Maybe the investigation is not complete. Of course the terrorists are going to take credit for it and say they did it. But, I guess we are just supposed to take their word for it and rush out and announce it to make sure the Repubs know the truth??? Amazingly sometimes terrorists lie. (For the same reasons Romney does, to fire up their base). I know hard to believe. I find it interesting that the Repubs say Obama, who gave a direct order to kill Osama Bin Ladin, can't take credit for killing him. They then say he has the blood of four Americans on his hands because he didn't personally oversee the security of all the embassies in the world and for see this attack. Really, no matter what happened the Repubs would try to blame something on Obama. We've seen it for 4 years and we'll see it the next 4. I have never seen such hateful people in my life. It's sad for our country, really sad.

    • 6 votes
    #4.8 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:31 PM EDT

    Hey Caesar -

    I know you're not

    • 5 votes
    #4.9 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:37 PM EDT

    Ouch!

    • 1 vote
    #4.10 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:38 PM EDT

    GT-2021701

    Hey Caesar -

    I know you're not

    cute GT, have you already lost your new dictionary? Thats ok, I always enjoy the juniorized tactics of I know you are but what am I

    • 1 vote
    #4.11 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:53 PM EDT

    I can't wait for the election to be over. Will hope for an Obama win because I truly believe that a Romney win would destroy our safety nets and balloon the deficit. What is worse is that he and his GOP lackeys in Congress will force right wing social values and issue based engineering schemes to the forefront in lieu of dealing with our economy in a balanced way. Foreign policy who knows what will happen and that is perhaps the scariest thing, will we get Meek Mitt or Militaristic Mitt?

    It boggles the mind, this new moderate Mitt, so foreign to the severely conservative Mitt. Yet the GOP do not batt an eye to his ever changing positions. How is this possible? No other candidate for President after such documented waffling would get such a free pass from the press or from the people who support despise his opponent.

    I can't wait for this election to be over. At the microcosm of FR, can't wait if Obama wins, that the trolls loose interest and leave these threads.

    edit ...

    Oh look, the next post has trolls praising that charlatan and carnival barker Trump.

    • 9 votes
    #4.12 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 4:17 PM EDT

    yellowdog,

    I prefer moderate Mitt, I all so preferred the 2008 Obama. Both have changed, and not for the good.

    You have changed as well. Trolls?

    • 2 votes
    #4.13 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 4:43 PM EDT
    Reply

    Donald Trump is going to give $5 million dollars to a charity of Obama's choice... to help all those poor inner city children, people with aids, what ever Obama wants. All Obama has to do is release his college applications, passport of the time, and his college transcripts. Only a loser would refuse to help those poor inner city kids.

    Might take some heat off of him for messing up in Libya, interesting new news today, though you will never see MSLSD report it, they don't do news, just propaganda for Obama.

    • 8 votes
    #5 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 1:57 PM EDT

    Drew50 - and of course he'll expect Romney to release all of his transcripts as well as his tax returns for the past 5 years, right? If it's good enough for President Obama to do it, certainly Mitt should as well. See how this works!

    Anyone who would even watch Donald Trump say anything has no values whatsoever!

    Obama/Biden 2012

    • 20 votes
    #5.1 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:03 PM EDT

    I'll give Trump $5.00 if he takes that squirrel off his head and sets it free.

    • 22 votes
    #5.2 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:05 PM EDT

    Drew50

    Donald Trump is going to give $5 million dollars to a charity of Obama's choice

    Maybe he should use that money to find the lost people in Hawaii still looking for Obama's B.C.

    • 14 votes
    #5.3 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:15 PM EDT

    I just donated $5 to the DNC in Donald Trump's name.

    • 15 votes
    #5.4 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:18 PM EDT

    Is that it??? Is he going to pay the gift tax and allow President Obama to take the tax deduction??? Come on Trump put your money where your hair should be.

    • 12 votes
    #5.5 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:25 PM EDT

    You obviously do not understand tax law ... and it shows. Trump is to make a donation to the charity of Obama's choice. That is a charitable contribution, it would be deductible on Trump's return and, yes, it could help lower his taxes !

    That's not a bad deal for either side but Obama won't have the ball$ to accept the challenge because he is hiding something !

    • 6 votes
    #5.6 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:51 PM EDT

    How much is Trump offering Romney for his complete tax returns? Is Romney hiding something, or is there a double standard for the white guy?

    • 11 votes
    #5.7 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:18 PM EDT

    Clotho - I believe you've hit the nail on the head!

    Obama/Biden 2012

    • 10 votes
    #5.8 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:29 PM EDT

    Jim - Oh, I understand the tax code perfectly. Trump probably already donates 5 million to charity and this is just another publicity stunt. Let me explain the tax code to you. If Trump gives President Obama 5 million to donate to charity and pays the gift tax, then the President could claim the 5 million deduction on his taxes and join the 47% for real instead of just standing with them. Politically, I don't think anyone would worry about President Obama giving Trump special treatment.

    • 3 votes
    #5.9 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:36 PM EDT

    Congratulaions on quickly proving yourself to be a liar . NO ONE, and I repeat NO ONE understands the Tax Code perfectly .... so you lose ALL credibility from your first line !! CPA's and Tax Attorneys don't even make that wild-ass assertion and I doubt you are either !!

    Trump is too smart to make the donation directly to Obama because that would be political suicide she he ever decide to pursue a high office himself. He has simply put a serious challenge to Obama to release all his college records and would structure "the deal" so he (the Donald) gets the tax benefits. Obama doesn't have the balls to accept the challenge because it would reveal his past !

    • 3 votes
    #5.10 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:50 PM EDT
    LooLoo.serDeleted

    youmustbe12 - You still didn't get it did you. Trump is going to give the money to the charity of Obama's choice, not give it to Obama to give. In other words (try to keep up) If Obama's favorite charity is The Salvation Army, Trump makes a $5Million donation to it. Not in Obama's name, not directly to Obama but TO THE CHARITY ITSELF. Slow enough for you?

      #5.12 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 4:20 PM EDT

      Talk to the Hand - You don't understand... Trump is showboating. He has not seen his name in the paper for a couple of days and is beginning to think people don't like him.

      • 5 votes
      #5.13 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 4:38 PM EDT

      Okay so if George Clooney put up $5million to give to Mitt's charity of choice for showing five more years of taxes, would he be showboating? Not in your liberal/progressive minds. He'd be lauded as a "true American" by your kind.

      • 2 votes
      #5.14 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 4:44 PM EDT

      I guess we will have to wait and see if he does.

        #5.15 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 7:44 PM EDT
        Reply

        Drew,

        Who ,on God's green earth, cares about what Trump says or does?

        Oh, except you and Trump's BF Mitt Rommey

        • 17 votes
        Reply#6 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:03 PM EDT

        I'm a little disappointed that David Letterman is having Trump on tonight. Not going to watch.

        • 16 votes
        #6.1 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:38 PM EDT

        SF,

        Think i will see who is on Charlie Rose tonight. :-)

        they are on the same time in my city.

        • 8 votes
        #6.2 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:11 PM EDT

        Northstar and Steeler - Jay Leno is hosting our President. THAT'S what I'll be watching!

        Obama/Biden 2012

        • 9 votes
        #6.3 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:17 PM EDT

        SF,

        The Prezio of the United States will be on Leno tonight,...Trump guaranteed Leno's ratings tonight. Awfully 'kind' of him, no?

        • 8 votes
        #6.4 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:38 PM EDT

        Well Obama is certainly better qualified for comedy than he is for the Oval Office ! Maybe this wil be a starting point for him launching a new career !!

        • 4 votes
        #6.5 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:53 PM EDT
        Reply

        Obama is a clear disaster. Please educate yourselves.

        • 9 votes
        Reply#7 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:04 PM EDT

        Belittle - Mitt is a sociopath and a pathological liar. Please educate yourself!

        Obama/Biden 2012

        • 20 votes
        #7.1 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:05 PM EDT

        they can't educate themselves they might endanger the freebies they're getting from the taxpayers. They know when Mitt gets in they will have to EARN their keep. boo hoo hoo

        • 8 votes
        #7.2 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:06 PM EDT

        Dotties girl - YOU'RE clearly the one getting handouts as most of us work. You're a pathetic little moron that accepts Mitts lies and doesn't have the brains to know she's being lied to!

        Obama/Biden 2012

        • 18 votes
        #7.3 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:11 PM EDT

        HEY "SANITY" YOU ARE THE MORON. Always amazed what trash democraps are.

        • 7 votes
        #7.4 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:18 PM EDT

        seeking sanity is obviously mentally ill............

        • 10 votes
        #7.5 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:33 PM EDT

        SS,

        What makes you any different? You gladly except the lies from Obama.

        mcpaddywack,

        SS is not mentally ill, she is a bully.

        • 6 votes
        #7.6 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:50 PM EDT

        DesertKing meet the trash that is mcpaddywack. The two of you prove my point - no matter how hard I seek, there is absolutely NO sanity in the GOP!

        Obama/Biden 2012

        • 10 votes
        #7.7 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:51 PM EDT

        But when multiple sources come back at her for her personal attacks and name-calling like she exhibits in #7.3, she will quickly try to play "the victim" ! LOL !! Let's see how long it takes for her to pretend to be taking the "high ground" !

        Oh HELL .... she proves to be the "flamethrower" again in #7.7 ... even before I can finish this post !!!

        • 6 votes
        #7.8 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:54 PM EDT

        SS is not mentally ill, she is a bully.

        She's a coward with low self esteem. Must suck to find the only empowerment is through acting tough over the internet. Yes Jim she will play victim. Its the passive agressive crap that i see from some of the leftie posters. She's a victim of her own immaturity.

        • 7 votes
        #7.9 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:12 PM EDT

        Caesar and the others on this thread. Blatina wants to tell you that Seeking Sanity is a little 13 year girl that is always looking for attention. She is always asking for approval from her fellow wacko left of left Liberals. In Spanish we would call her "una chiqilla cagada".

        In my view she is very immature but as this great country has it, she and all of us in FR have the freedom to speak our mind. I believe that SeekingInsanity is just doing that. Looking for her mind.

        Romney/Ryan for 2012, get rid of Bama and the Joker.

        • 2 votes
        #7.10 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 4:33 PM EDT

        Profile of the Sociopath

        This website summarizes some of the common features of
        descriptions of the behavior of sociopaths.

        Glibness and Superficial Charm Romney comes across as well spoken and glib when he talks

        Manipulative and Conning Romney says whatever he needs to say to get what he wants

        They never recognize the rights of others and see their self-serving behaviors
        as permissible They appear to be
        charming, yet are covertly hostile and domineering, seeing their victim as
        merely an instrument to be used. They may dominate and humiliate their
        victims. . In preppy school Romney
        cut the hair of a boy whose hairdo he didn’t approve of.

        Grandiose Sense of Self Willard Mitt Romney wants to be POTUS , says he is going to wreak havoc
        on day one, his entire administration will take place in 24 hours. The rest of
        the time he doesn’t say what he will do. Probably he’ll follow the orders of
        Grover Norquist.

        Feels entitled to certain things as "their right." Both Mitt and his wife Anne have stated it
        is Mitt’s turn to be POTUS.

        Pathological Lying Has no problem lying coolly and
        easily and it is almost impossible for them to be truthful on a consistent
        basis. Can create, and get caught up in, a complex belief about their own
        powers and abilities. Extremely convincing and even able to pass lie detector
        tests. Romney does this with no
        guilt or with the usual tells that one picks up when another lies.

        Lack of Remorse, Shame or Guilt
        Boy in preppy school and Seamus the dog on the roof of the car

        A deep seated rage, which is split off and repressed, is at their core. Does
        not see others around them as people, but only as targets and opportunities.
        Instead of friends, they have victims and accomplices who end up as victims.
        The end always justifies the means and they let nothing stand in their
        way.

        Shallow Emotions Perfect as vulture capitalist. No empathy for those whose lives he
        impacted negatively forever.

        When they show what seems to be warmth, joy, love and compassion it is more
        feigned than experienced and serves an ulterior motive. Outraged by
        insignificant matters, yet remaining unmoved and cold by what would upset a
        normal person. Since they are not genuine, neither are their promises.

        Incapacity for Love Romney visits people in hospitals and of course appears to love his
        family. But does he really?

        Need for Stimulation Living on the edge. Verbal
        outbursts and physical punishments are normal. Promiscuity and gambling are
        common. Probably the least of the
        sociopathic traits for Mitt.

        Callousness/Lack of Empathy Unable to empathize with the pain of their victims, having only
        contempt for others' feelings of distress and readily taking advantage of
        them. Bain Capital

        Poor Behavioral Controls/Impulsive Nature. Rage and abuse, alternating with
        small expressions of love and approval produce an addictive cycle for abuser
        and abused, as well as creating hopelessness in the victim. Believe they are
        all-powerful, all-knowing, entitled to every wish, no sense of personal
        boundaries, no concern for their impact on others. Preppy school and dog on roof

        Early Behavior Problems/Juvenile Delinquency Usually
        has a history of behavioral and academic difficulties, yet "gets by"
        by conning others. Problems in making and keeping friends; aberrant behaviors
        such as cruelty to people or animals, stealing, etc. One of the lesser sociopathic traits of Mitt but probably because daddy
        could give him whatever he wanted.

        Irresponsibility/Unreliability
        Flip Flop, Flip Flop of Romney on nearly
        every issue.

        • 4 votes
        #7.11 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 5:40 PM EDT
        Reply

        So, if you're not voting, you are leaving this critical decision to others. You're letting your neighbor vote for you. You're letting your grandpa vote for you. You're letting your ex-boyfriend vote for you. You're letting your crazy Uncle Charlie vote for you.

        Even if you believe the candidates' differences are not overwhelming, there is always a choice. Even if "you'd rather there was someone else," there is always a choice.

        And think about it - who benefits if they can keep you from voting?

        I'm not letting that happen with my vote.

        • 4 votes
        Reply#8 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:09 PM EDT

        Mr. President, do those video tapes include the ones where you're praising Reverend Wright? Or the video of you being married by Reverend Wright? Or the ones with you and Bill Ayers? Or how about the ones when you're in college...?

        The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Iowa Voters finds Obama and Romney each earning 48% support. One percent (1%) prefers some other candidate, while two percent (2%) are still undecided

        • 6 votes
        Reply#9 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:11 PM EDT

        proud-hispanic - no they are they ones where Mitt is praising the Republicans who think raping a woman is okay because it's a act of God; or the one where he states 47% of Americans are worth nothing - even though it includes seniors and our veterans!

        Obama/Biden 2012

        • 17 votes
        #9.1 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:16 PM EDT

        Reading Comprehension has never been your strong suit. Distortion and "Debating" are .... heck, you have already told us you are a masterdebater !

        • 4 votes
        #9.2 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:57 PM EDT
        Reply

        Maxx Power - That article is from John Fund. He's not telling you the whole story about Medicare Advantage. Yes, the out of pocket premiums are quite a bit lower but if a senior gets sick and has to see a doctor or many doctors or goes into the hospital and has tests and sees numerous doctors, then they will incur many costs that could amount to thousands of dollars that they would never have on traditional Medicare with a supplement. Medicare Advantage is good is you're relatively healthy with no medical problems. As a senior gets older and sicker Medicare Advantage will actually cost them way more than the security traditional Medicare and a supplement that will cover EVERY cost. The only cost a senior would have would be their premium on traditional medicare. They can go to any doctor, any hospital, have any test and never see a bill. That's not the case with Medicare Advantage. Medicare Advantage is private insurance that pretends under the guise of the Medicare banner but it is a very different program. Seniors need to be informed before they make such an important decision as to relinquish their right to Medicare and take a private health plan called Medicare Advantage. One more thing that should tell you something. If a senior decides to take a Medicare Advantage plan or switch from traditional Medicare to an Advantage plan, the government will allow them to switch back within a year if it doesn't work out for them the way they expect.

        • 4 votes
        Reply#10 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:15 PM EDT

        Today we find out that Clinton's state department sent emails acknowledging that the attacks in Benghazi were terrorist attacks WITHIN 2 HOURS OF THE ATTACKS!

        WHO WOULD VOTE FOR PEOPLE WHO LIED TO YOU OVER AND OVER AND PLAYS YOU FOR FOOLS.

        VOTE FOR A CHANGE, ROMNEY RYAN!!! SEND THE LIARS PACKING!

        • 6 votes
        Reply#11 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:16 PM EDT

        obama is a lying piece of shiat........our people murdered by a qaeda..........obama the douchebag blames it on a video...obama is a feckin' traitor..

        • 1 vote
        #11.1 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 4:35 PM EDT
        Reply

        Voters need to realize that its no longer an issue of getting rid of Obama because he didn't live up to their standards, it now becomes how can you hand over the country to someone that doesn't care about 47% of voters and has been unstable durning the campaign.

        • 13 votes
        Reply#12 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:22 PM EDT

        All in All Your just another brick in the wall.

        Vote

        • 1 vote
        Reply#13 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:24 PM EDT

        Cool .... PINK FLOYD ! Would somebody please pass the bong ? Hay Sanity, don't bogart that joint......

        • 3 votes
        #13.1 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:59 PM EDT

        Or SPELL,...

        either one.

        • 2 votes
        #13.2 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:39 PM EDT
        Reply

        Threads from the Obama
        Presidential campaign trail................

        First, a big thank you
        to all my Solyndra campaign contributors……….I know my Secretary of the Treasury
        is a tax cheat, but he is my tax cheat and he is running Treasury and the IRS
        for me................There is a lack of courage in DC and no fiscal discipline
        and Americans deserve better, and I, Senator Barack Obama, am voting against
        the increase in the debt limit........... As President, I say we need to
        increase the debt limit by a few trillion dollars in order to pay our bills
        ..........I will be open and transparent …...Now if you excuse me, Nancy
        Pelosi, Harry Reid and I are going behind locked doors for a month in the
        cellar of the White House and try to write Obamacare..........I, Senator Obama,
        believe marriage is between a man and a woman..... I, President Obama, believe
        gays should have the right to marry.....If you elect me President I will cut
        the deficit in half by the end of my second year......As President I have asked
        for an increase in our debt limit to $16 trillion, and will take it to $20
        trillion in my next term, and have sent a $6 trillion dollar budget to the
        Senate, and Harry Reid assures me that he will not even bring it up for a vote
        so as not to embarrass me......If you elect me President I will get immigration
        reform done within 90 days of taking the Oath of Office ------ if you reelect
        me President I will get immigration reform done within 90 days of taking the
        Oath of office ..... Obamacare will save us a Trillion Dollars......tell Pelosi
        to tell Congress that the House and senate do not have to read the health care
        bill, they just need to pass the bill….Please tell the Russian President that I
        will have more flexibility after my last election, so cut me a little slack and
        we can make a deal on the missiles…. The OMB has just reported that Obamacare
        will cost us $500 billion...... the white Cambridge Police acted stupidly......
        if I had a son, he'd look like that black kid that was killed by that white
        Latino .....yes, I attended the sermons of Reverend Wright for over 10 years
        every week, but like Bill Clinton I never inhaled the words or listened to
        anything that was said…...I want to thank Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for all
        their campaign contributions....... I think that Mitt Romney's work at Bain Capital
        was wrong and investment bankers are all evil...Now, I am now off to attend a
        $37,500 a plate fund raising event hosted by my good friend, a high powered Wall Street Investment Banker
        doing great work in the private sector......If I were in office I would have
        been opposed to Afghanistan and I would get out immediately.... As President we
        will stay in Afghanistan as long as it takes to prop up that corrupt Karzai and
        his heroin operations......the anti Muslim video was the cause of the Libyan
        Embassy attack and not a planned terrorist attack -- I did use the word “terror”.. and I
        explained that the loss of life in Lybia was “not optimal --- I said this on
        the Comedy Channel with Jon Stewart and again on Jay Leno ---As Governor of
        Massachusetts Romney ranked 47th in the creation of new jobs that year, and no,
        it does not matter that under Romney, Massachusetts was at near full employment
        his entire term and that is why he did not create a lot of jobs that year or
        throughout his term although the MA employment rate did go down by 20% to 4.9%
        from Romney;’ first term through 2003.........As President I will defeat Romney
        because I have billions in the bank and have paid off all the unions for their
        votes, and I am the greatest teleprompter spinner of all time........ tell
        Axelrod that I know Romney created over 100,000 jobs at Bain and 80% of his
        companies actually grew and prospered and added jobs, but only talk about the
        few companies that failed…. Whatever you do, don’t tell the truth about
        Romney………Now, Forward America - to that bright spot on the horizon ...or is that a really big iceberg…...I can’t
        really tell... Oh Well, off to play a round of golf with my good friends Reverend
        Wright, Al Sharpton, and Jesse Jackson….. And tell Spike Lee to text out
        Romney’s home address on the lake in New Hampshire so the unions can picket him
        all summer….God, I love this job…give me a 5 iron caddie…. And tell Axelrod to
        run another $250 million in negative and dishonest personal attack ads --- and
        ask counsel if we can assert executive privilege over everything I say, write,
        and do during my next 4 years… Oh, and
        tell my new chief fund raiser, the CEO of Bain Capital, to set up another
        $37,500 a plate dinner so we can spread some more dirt and lies on Romney. And good work in keeping the Medicare cuts
        under Obamacare quiet….. and remember what I said in 2008 “if we cannot run on my record, we run on
        little things and lies”

        • 6 votes
        Reply#14 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:25 PM EDT

        As a sailor's wife.... let me say

        Romney promised to build more ships.

        We can not afford.

        But he does not at the RNC or at the debates mention the VETS.

        He will have empty vessels like himself.

        Obama 2012

        • 16 votes
        Reply#15 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:26 PM EDT

        Re-elect our Commander-in-Chief President Obama 2012.

        • 14 votes
        #15.1 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:34 PM EDT

        Amen, sandy, from another sailor's wife. I also can't see Romney protecting jobs in the maritime industry---he'd outsource them in a hearbeat.

        • 16 votes
        #15.2 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:39 PM EDT

        Sandy

        He doesn't have to build too many unless Obama is scrapping the ones he is decomissioning. If Obama is scrapping ships, then he is the one making defense unaffordable.

        • 3 votes
        #15.3 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:47 PM EDT

        Romney never mentions the Vets.

        Or what he would ever do for them.

        Guess he thinks they are part of the 47%

        OBAMA 2012

        • 13 votes
        #15.4 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:58 PM EDT

        He also didn't mention the pink unicorns in Joe Biden's office ! Obama panders to vets when he can although Romney will do more for them by re-stabilizing our economy which will result in more jobs.

        • 2 votes
        #15.5 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:03 PM EDT

        Db- Franklin famously said when asked what type of govt we choice a republic for as long as you can keep it.

        The Revolutionary fervor called for citizens to become educated. Dont you realize the sequestration for a Congressional act designed to force a compromise on the budget and not an OBAMA plan.

        Cant your side at least get educated on the issues and not the Faux News, Hannratty position or wherever you get your information from!!!!!!!!

        Like 90% of the Romney positions are based on lies but as they have said- the Romney campaign will not allow the fact checkers to run their campaign. The campiagn built on lies

        • 11 votes
        #15.6 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:04 PM EDT

        @jim

        As the wife of a vet

        CIC OBAMA has not pandered to vets.

        He has done alot for us.

        Romney ignores us.

        OBAMA 2012

        • 11 votes
        #15.7 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:10 PM EDT

        As a vet, Obama hasn't done a whole lot for us. but I dont want him to. The Gov doesnt OWE me shlt other than what they take out in the guise of a trust fund. Romney isnt CIC so not much he can do currently.

        Spare us Sandy.

        • 4 votes
        #15.8 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:15 PM EDT

        5 Hour Emergency

        There was an article today about the possible hazards of energy drinks to America's teenagers.

        Sadly, some youths have died from ingesting too much within a short period of time.

        Most these drinks are stimulants and cause increase heart-rate and lead to cardiac arrest.

        Judging from the veracity of the hate-filled tone of the Rovian-Drudge-Rush-Lying-Tea-Party-Psycho-Bloggers, I’d say they are consuming dangerous amounts of Kool-Aid.

        Salud

        • 6 votes
        #15.9 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:18 PM EDT

        sandy - well said. Thank your husband for his service for me!

        Obama/Biden 2012

        • 10 votes
        #15.10 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:18 PM EDT

        Romney could atleast thank the Vets.

        • 8 votes
        #15.11 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:26 PM EDT

        [As a vet, Obama hasn't done a whole lot for us.]

        Now that's not true...Obama has done lots for veterinarians...he even brings Bo to one...

        VETERINARIANS FOR OBAMA 2012

        PIZZA! PIZZA!

        • 6 votes
        #15.12 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:55 PM EDT

        most military people cannot stand the fraud obama......

        • 1 vote
        #15.13 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 4:36 PM EDT

        Demtothebone.

        You really miss the boat. Obama forced to agree? NO, the seqestration was designed to get a budget agreement. The only thing the democrats would agree to was the cuts being heavier on defense or no deal. After the bi-partisan committee failed to produce an agreement focus went on talks with Obama. Obama layed out his demands and the republicans huddled and decided to give everything Obama wanted and returned to the White House agreement. Obama then procedes to demand even more concessions and the Republicans said, forget it.

        You my friend are the one who is missing the better part of the story.

          #15.14 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 7:45 PM EDT
          Reply

          Obama is a LIAR, AND A flip flopper......here are some of his best "Burger flips"....which by the way are named so, after the only jobs his administration has helped tocreate in the last four (4) years

          Obama supported same-sex marriage when he was a state senator representing Chicago, Ill., but changed his position before running statewide for the U.S. Senate, where opposition to same-sex marriage would be more favorable to winning election

          In January OF 2008, the Obama described union contributions to the campaigns of Clinton and John Edwards as "special interest" money. Obama changed his tune as he began gathering his own union endorsements. He now refers respectfully to unions as the representatives of "working people" and says he is "thrilled" by their support

          Obama replied "yes" in September 2007 when asked if he would agree to public financing of the presidential election if his GOP opponent did the same. Obama has now attached several conditions to such an agreement, including regulating spending by outside groups. His spokesman says the candidate never committed himself on the matter.

          In a March 2004 questionnaire, Obama was asked if the government should "crack down on businesses that hire illegal immigrants." He replied "Oppose." In a Jan. 31, 2008, televised debate, he said that "we do have to crack down on those employers

          As a presidential candidate in 2008, Barack Obama was a firm opponent of the Bush administration's military tribunals, which he said "failed to establish a legitimate legal framework and undermined our capacity to ensure swift and certain justice." But, as The New York Times reported last year, "President Obama on Monday reversed his two-year-old order halting new military charges against detainees at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, permitting military trials to resume with revamped procedures but implicitly admitting the failure of his pledge to close the prison camp", paving the way for 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four co-conspirators to face trial at Guantanamo.

          ....and there are many, many more that I could post up here. So, I don't want to see anymore LIES about Mitt Romney. Obama hasn't done a damned thing to improve life in this country for four years. In fact, things are much worse than they were when he took office.

          It's time for someone else to come in and straighten out Obama's mess.

          Remember; the America you vote for on November 6th, is likely the America you'll GET for the next four years.....and can we REALLY afford four more years of Barrack Obama?

          Absolutely NOT!

          DEMOCRATS FOR ROMNEY, 2012!!!!!!!!!!

          • 9 votes
          Reply#16 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:36 PM EDT

          Christians for OBAMA

          • 12 votes
          #16.1 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:39 PM EDT

          www.barackobama.com/people-of-faith

          People of Faith for Obama

          • 10 votes
          #16.2 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:50 PM EDT

          Well, we already know Hugo Chavez supports Obama as well ... isn't that comforting ?

          I have "FAITH" the people of this great country will recognize his incompetence and send him to the ranks of the unemployed. He never had a decent resume for the job from the beginning ... elected on the vagueness of Hope and Change.

          • 4 votes
          #16.3 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:04 PM EDT

          Sandy

          Now those posts are funny.

          Strange and totally untrue but I like a good joke.

          • 2 votes
          #16.4 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:09 PM EDT

          People of Faith for OBAMA has a website.

          That is true and not a joke.

          • 7 votes
          #16.5 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:15 PM EDT

          People of Faith for OBAMA has a website.

          its called FR. Just watch the acolytes chant Yes We Can.

          • 3 votes
          #16.6 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:16 PM EDT

          Caesar -

          People of Faith for OBAMA has a website.

          its called FR. Just watch the acolytes chant Yes We Can.

          Well, at least our chant remains the same - "Yes We Can".

          Romney supporters aren't sure WHAT to chant. Yesterday it was "Lower Taxes", today it is "Revenue Neutral". Tomorrow it will be whatever the Obama supporters are chanting. Stay tuned for further updates....

          ........not to mention Romney pathetically trying to turn chants of "Ryan! Ryan! Ryan!" into "Romney-Ryan! Romney-Ryan!" in Ohio a few weeks ago.......

          • 6 votes
          #16.7 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 4:06 PM EDT
          Reply

          Yea. That's what we want, a guy that is the same as he was 10 years ago. Guess he didn't learn much after almost 4 years as President.

          His problem is that we learned he is just a speech looking for a place to give it. Whether it be on late night talk shows or daytime TV as long as it's not where the hard work is .

          We deserve a President who is more interested in doing things than saying things.

          • 3 votes
          Reply#17 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:48 PM EDT

          OBAMA'S LIE EXPOSED

          From Reuters, updated 10/23/2012 9:36:42 PM ET WASHINGTON — “Officials at the White House and State Department were advised only two hours after attackers assaulted the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11 that an Islamic militant group had claimed credit for the attack, official emails show.

          “The emails, obtained by Reuters from government sources not connected with U.S. spy agencies or the State Department and who requested anonymity, specifically mention that the Libyan group called Ansar al-Sharia had asserted responsibility for the attacks.

          “The brief emails also show how U.S. diplomats described the attack, even as it was still under way, to Washington.”

          Obama has been caught in a huge lie to the American people. No amount of media spin is going to make this one go away!

          • 9 votes
          Reply#18 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:51 PM EDT

          Romney held a dumb press conference on Sept. 12, 2012.

          That's not going away either.

          • 8 votes
          #18.1 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:02 PM EDT

          Where the hell have you been,this has been out and debated ALL morning !!! NO,he has not been caught in a lie at all.Where did these emails go,who did they go to,how many other groups claimed they were responsible,like I said you are an idiot go away !!!

          • 7 votes
          #18.2 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:07 PM EDT

          That "dumb" press conconference now appears "right on target" since the Obama lies about Benghazi causality have now been fully exposed. Romney was right in what he said.

          • 5 votes
          #18.3 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:07 PM EDT
          Reply
          • SO....did the Messiah tell the good folks in Iowa all about watching the massacre in Benghazi in real time and then being so upset about it he just had to jump onto Air Force One and go to Vegas for yet another FUNdraiser ?
          • Nah, I didn't think so.
          • 7 votes
          Reply#19 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:59 PM EDT

          Did Romney ever explain his dumb press conference on Sept.12, 2012.

          • 10 votes
          #19.1 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:04 PM EDT

          There's really not a lot to explain when he has now been proven to be "RIGHT" !

          People died .... Obama then lied, it's so easy a liberal caveman can do it !!

          • 5 votes
          #19.2 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:09 PM EDT

          Trouble- doesnt it bother you that Benghazie was not an issue with Romney on the third debate and totally dropped from campaign stump speeches?

          Perhaps your anger is mis directed and inaccurate

          • 7 votes
          #19.3 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:22 PM EDT

          Kannan- you again- you never answer any questions just maintain an attack mode.

          Ever think there were CONFLICTING information received and why has Mittens totally dropped the attack on Obama after debate two.

          • 5 votes
          #19.4 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:23 PM EDT
          Reply

          I hope Bill Gates offers 5 million for anyone who can get Romney's tax returns (long form) for the last ten years. This would put an end to this election and the President would win by a landslide!

          • 8 votes
          Reply#20 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:02 PM EDT

          How about 5 million for the first person in the White House to tell the truth about what they knew about Benghazi as it was going on?...much more relevant.....PEOPLE DIED because of this President's actions.

          • 4 votes
          #20.1 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:05 PM EDT

          Died because of his non actions. His failed leadership and a plethora of other things but the most telling is that I do not even think he cares. That's very obvious. They are just bumps in the road. Remember that. I do. Not to mention the rules of engagement he has put on our fighting men and getting them killed. He doe's not care.

          • 3 votes
          #20.2 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:13 PM EDT
          Reply

          I know that posting comments about Benghazi in this thread is "NOT OPTIMAL".....but this story is evidently not worthy of ANY space on the website.

          BUT....you can find Charlie Brown on there.....un-believable

          • 3 votes
          Reply#21 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:02 PM EDT

          It happened 6 weeks ago. There really isn't anything else to say about this tragedy.

          • 3 votes
          #21.1 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:21 PM EDT

          Not much to say about the tragedy itself, but a WHOLE LOT to say about the Obama administration's spin as he desperately tried for many days to lay blame elsewhere ! The terrorist attack by Al Qaeda forces is an "inconvenient truth" you libs do not want to admit !!

          • 2 votes
          #21.2 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:25 PM EDT
          Reply

          Trouble: For all of you conspiracy theorists in the republican party concerning Benghazi: Tell me why Romney kept his lying mouth shut when directly asked about it in the debate (very first question directed at him)? No answer, I'm sure. As a former Special Forces 5th group member, I definitely would NOT want him to be my Commander-in Chief.

          • 9 votes
          Reply#22 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:08 PM EDT

          Romney took the high ground .... and, in doing so, came off "very Presidential". Besides, he already put Obama to shame in the second debate on that issue. Only the moderator blew the true quote.

          Obama spent many days, about 10 or more I believe, spreading the "FICTION" that this was caused by a 17 minute anti-Mohammed film clip, leading to spontaneous demonstrations, yadda, yadda, yadda ad nauseam !

          Obama has LIED and he has repeated the LIE ... many times.

          • 2 votes
          #22.1 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:15 PM EDT

          Since when has Romney ever taken the High Ground or the FOX news station you are affixed to along with Rush Limbaugh. Wait until the real facts come out and listen to the national news stations like Meet the Press and you may find out the real truth.

          • 6 votes
          #22.2 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:20 PM EDT

          It was Obama and his administration that kept lying even days after the attack. Obama still attempted to imply that the "video" was to blame when he spoke at the U.N. over a week later. He and his operatives stated over and over for days and days that there were demonstrators who, sparked to anger by a video, rioted and caused the embassy destruction and deaths of our citizens. There wereno demonstrators and Obama knew it; he lied for political expediency and should be impeached both because of the non-action taken prior to this tragedy and for the action, deception, and intentional lying to the American people afterwards.

          • 4 votes
          #22.3 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:25 PM EDT

          @angry, Your desperation shows ... you don't have a clue what I am "affixed to" ! The truth is coming out every day now and Obama is merely trying to obscure the truth before an election. He did the same thing by invoking "executive privilege" over the Fast and Furious investigation.

          You Obama worshippers are having a tough time dealing with reality.

          • 2 votes
          #22.4 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:29 PM EDT
          Reply

          Trouble: You just keep going with the same old BS,if that's all you got your a light weight !!!

          Jim: He was very,very wrong,but nice of you to condemn before actual facts come out !!

          • 6 votes
          Reply#23 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:08 PM EDT

          The facts are out there genius. It has been confirmed by Libyan authorities. It has been confirmed by the State Department. Everyone who needed to know .... DID KNOW ... and then Obama did nothing to help save them, but chose to LIE as part of a political coverup. Obama will release no "facts" before Nov 6th because it would hurt his re-election !

          The facts are that Obama has lied to lay blame for the Benghazi assault on something else. The truth is "inconvenient" to him !

          • 2 votes
          #23.1 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:20 PM EDT
          Reply

          Have any of you totally inept idiots ever researched just how many groups claimed responsibility for the killings in Libya ??? These were not the only emails being sent and not the only group claiming credit.Like I said,if this is all you have you and your candidate are toast !!!

          • 7 votes
          Reply#24 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:16 PM EDT

          Shouldn't you be in school today... so you can actually LEARN something ? You do realize a State Dept official was listening to the attacks on phone and this attack went on for hours ??

          • 3 votes
          #24.1 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:22 PM EDT

          And? What was that State Dept Official supposed to do? Tell them to get ID so we knew who were attacking them? Put a magic force field through the phone to protect them? I'm sure there were a lot of people on the phones on 9/11/11 too, but unfortunately, they couldn't reach through the phone and stop the attacks either. Ridiculous!

          • 4 votes
          #24.2 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:43 PM EDT

          The only thing "RIDICULOUS" is the coverup of the truth ! Why has Obama and his administration repeatedly LIEd to lay blame on "spontaneous demonstrations" caused by a 17 minute anti-Mohammed film clip .... when they clearly had direct knowledge otherwise ? Why the false and misleading "blame game" from Obama nad crew ?

          • 3 votes
          #24.3 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 4:01 PM EDT

          Maria,

          It has been reported for days that no group has claimed responsibility for the killing. But since you did the research please provide a source.

          Thank you.

          • 2 votes
          #24.4 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 4:15 PM EDT

          maria is a dope...proves it with every post...

          • 1 vote
          #24.5 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 4:38 PM EDT
          Reply

          "who can you trust more?" After this administration's disgraceful actions and lies following the Benghazi tragedy we should be talking about impeachment, not re-election. Who can we trust...not Obama.

          • 2 votes
          Reply#25 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:17 PM EDT

          he white trailer trash that has become the Republican Party can kiss my a$$. I am a 55 year old white man that makes 6 figures and who has voted GOP in the past. They thought they could bring in the tea party and the rest of the nuts on the fringe and nobody would notice. The tea party isn't wanting new anything, they are old, we called them the Klan, militias before is all and the religious right is nothing more than another flavor of Taliban trying to shove their Sharia down our throats. For my former friends in the GOP, if you don't have the guts to stand up and call trash trash then you are nothing but the same. The "new" republicans are nothing but losers that can't make it so they are so uptight that a frigging BLACK man is president, and so unable to deal with strong intelligent women that they think they can somehow subjugate them by controlling their reproductive rights. I want you trash to know, you gutless tiny penis wonders, I am old but I shoot straight and you garbage trash I am going to start hunting.

          • 5 votes
          #25.1 - Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:43 PM EDT
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