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TAMPA, FL – President Barack Obama referenced an Indiana Republican candidate's controversial comments about rape on Thursday, looking to inject the controversy into the presidential campaign.
The president's campaign has been looking to link comments by Indiana GOP Senate candidate Richard Mourdock -- in which he suggested a higher power intends pregnancies that result from instances of rape -- to Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, though Obama himself stopped short this morning of drawing a direct connection.
“As we saw again this week, I don’t think any politician in Washington, most of whom are male, should be making health care decisions for women,” Obama said.
Earlier Thursday, the Obama campaign did the work of linking Romney and Mourdock more directly, blasting an email to reporters titled, “Mitt Romney and Richard Mourdock” that said Romney hasn’t reconsidered his endorsement of the Republican Indiana Senate nominee or “ever once stood up to the most extreme elements of his party.”
And Wednesday during a taping of the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Obama reiterated his stance on rape that he previously articulated during the dustup over Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin’s comment on “legitimate rape.”
“Rape is rape,” he said.
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Pity the Obama supporters that will have to go to work after Nov 6th, freebies are on life support right now.
They will be crying when their messiah loses and they will have no one to blame but themselves.
He would've stood a chance had he taken the high road and not alienated people with common sense to know that name calling like a kindergardner isn't what a POTUS should be.
His arrogance will finally be his downfall.
We Obama supporters are not nearly gullible and stupid enough to think that some Tea Party-backed senate candidate by the name of Richard Mourdock in Indiana actually speaks for God or really knows what God's intentions are for us - like you do, Momma Dukes.
I said I know what God's intentions are? Funny they didn't teach that to me in Catholic school.
I am a democrat who is fed up with the economy, all the lies that come out of the WH, and the non stop campaigning he has done instead of being a leader.
I most certainly would vote for anyone but Obama this time.
Fool me once, shame on you.
Fool me twice, shame on me.
Why do all of you on these threads always seem to think , that we who support the President, are not employed? What gives you the right to ASSUME ANYTHING, about who we are or what we do? We do not all assume that you are ALL well off, or super-rich do we? NO we do not, so do everyone a favor, rein in the assumptions. And at least TRY to keep the conversation CIVILIZED, I know that it is kind of a stretch for some of you, and that I am sure to be insulted for even saying it , but TRY.
I'm with you bright person. Join my group.
I'm looking for the best of minds to move this country forward.
You are one.
The White House tells several different stories about the murder of the US Ambassador to Libya, and all of you seem perfectly satisfied, but let some Senate candidate make a stupid comment about rape, and that's a scandal.
Romney is right. More and more, the Obama campaign is becoming about small things. For six months, we've had to listen ad nauseum to complaints about Bain Capital, Romney's taxes, the war on women, Ann's horse, and mormonism (don't bring up Obama's religious affiliations, but Romney's fair game). Obama has become the incredible shrinking president.
Fortunately, it looks like we're going to have a chance to put a stop to all of this week after next.
In addition to the ridiculous comments about pregnancy as a result of rape, does anyone else find it unsettling that Richard Mourdock claims to speak for God and to know what are God's intentions? Just gives me the creeps that someone like Mourdock, who's obviously that arrogant and megalomaniacal, is running for public office. Makes me wonder what else this guy might tell us are God's intentions for us. I can't help but remember The Reverend Jim Jones and his kool-aid drinking followers.
And that is exactly why we keep telling Obama supporters to stop drinking the Kool-aid. Keep believing everything out of his mouth, his lies are coming out daily & he will lose on Nov 6th because of his childish name calling and arrogant attitude.
His acting like a child throwing tantrums and bullish behavior is not keeping us smart Americans off the real problems, he just thinks Americans are "dumbed down" enough not to notice.
4 AMERICANS DIED AND OBAMA LIED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
All he cared about was getting to his Vegas fund raisers so they came up with the BS of it was because of a video.
Now just how do you think those emails were leaked? By someone in his administration who is tired of Obama's BS.
4 AMERICANS DIED AND OBAMA LIED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Who gives about murdock... let the people in his state take care of him. We are talking about what's really in the best interest of the United States, our constitution and all Americans. What did obama say during last election and this election...lets not debate the little stuff but the big stuff. obama has lied and lied and lied and deceived all Americans.
And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man. Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belaboring those problems which divide us. John F. Kennedy.
You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
You
cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You
cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
You
cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.
You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
Check out Argentina and find out how their country turned out when they began their re-distribution approach to sociallism. They are worse off today because of it.
And Murdock joins Aiken, Revard and Paul RYAN - they ALL disrespect women and think it's 1930.
Low Intelligence = No desire to seek out information = Republican
Yes. Terrible Christians who want to run everyone's lives. Vote against Romney because of Murdock, but never so much as a peep about Reverend Wright.
Just another day at the office for the left. Intensive, aggressive scrutiny of everything about Mitt Romney and anyone that he associates with, and give Obama a pass.
Obama 2012! He Deserves a Pass!
What American people should be talking about is how this president (obama) has failed us economically and as a world leader in foreign policy. Benghazigate is much larger than what some congressman said or believes and to associate him with Romney is disgraceful. obama tell us the truth about the blood on your hands with regards to the four slain Americans in Libya. He has not been transparent as he boasted in 2008 he would be.
At least the planes will finally get a break, flying them 365/7 sure isn't free.
Obama Flew Air Force One for 90-Mile Campaign Trip
by Keith Koffler on July 16, 2012, 9:06 am
President Obama Saturday commissioned Air Force One to travel to a campaign rally near Richmond, Virginia, a location only 90 miles away from the White House, highlighting the large expenses being borne by taxpayers as the president traverses the country to campaign and raise cash for a campaign that is failing to meet its fundraising goals.
The cost of flying Air Force One is currently about $180,000 per hour, according to ABC News. Only a portion of the cost is borne by the campaign.
With a cruising speed of around 130 mph, Obama's Marine One chopper could easily have had the president at his location in 45 minutes at far lower cost. Obama had to use Marine One anyway to ferry him from the White House to Andrews Air Force Base, where he boarded his jet.
It's possible there is some kind of security purpose to using Air Force One instead of Marine One, even though Obama flies his chopper several times a week. What's more, Obama took Marine One on a trip of similar length in 2009 to Dover, Delaware. George W. Bush used Marine One to ferry him to the Richmond area in September 2003.
But certainly, Air Force One is a more convenient and comfortable method of travel that makes a more impressive entrance to a city hosting a presidential appearance.
Either way, Saturday's trip is emblematic of the approach of president whose frequent use of Air Force One for campaign purposes has drained money from taxpayers while filling his campaign coffers. In June, Obama held 33 fundraisers – about eight times the number held by Bush during his reelection effort in June 2004 – traveling literally from coast to coast to supply his operations with desperately needed cash.
YEP, we the taxpayers are paying for his campaign. Not too cheap is it?
Bob Woodward: Obama "Mistaken" on Sequester
by Keith Koffler on October 24, 2012, 11:18 am
Reporter Bob Woodward says President Obama is "mistaken" on the sequester, saying the president misspoke when he said it was Congress's idea and not his.
Woodward reported in his recent book, "The Price of Politics," that in fact it was the White House that conjured up the proposal. Speaking to Politico, Woodward charitably offered that maybe Obama didn't know that his aides had put together the plan.
Honestly, given that Obama hardly pays attention to Congress, I would say it's conceivable he didn't know. Though not likely.
Woodward also charitably used the word "mistaken" instead of something else, like "might have lied."
Nobody in Washington calls anyone else a liar, because almost everyone lies, and because anyone might bump into anyone else in some expense account restaurant downtown, and having to face someone you called a liar might completely ruin lunch.
The sequester would force $1.2 trillion in automatic cuts over ten years, including to the military, if Congress fails to come up with the same amount in deficit reduction of its choice by the end of the year.
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney doubled down Tuesday.
"The sequester that was designed and passed by Congress," said Carney.
I'll take Woodward's version.
Momma Dukes, that line "... might completely ruin lunch" left me in stitches. Thanks for the laugh!
Many of us are exasperated with hearing the slandering and pathetic rhetoric of the current failure who resides in the White House. His tactics are not working in his favor and are simply a waste of time. Aren't those who support him also getting tired of this juvenile desperation? It must be tiring to try to defend a President who you know has been the wrong choice for this country - facts speak louder than any shouts that Obama yells from his soapbox.
What does one do when he has no agenda, no hope and no shame? Attack. Sling some s#$%t around and hope it clings to your opponent. I wonder if you learn this sort of petty campaigning technique in the Chicago wards...
For all our sakes, especially women, Obama/Biden 2012
Yes!
Romney's three point plan to balance the budget:
1. Cut income taxes of the wealthiest taxpayers
2. Vastly increase spending by the Defense Department
3. Wave a magic wand and say "abracadabra"
@ Zorro.........Obamas three point tax plan.....#1.Tax.............#2.Tax........#3.Tax
Obama has printed out 3 million of his "agenda pamphlets".....#1.Topic.....economic patriotism.
This vage but "lofty" sounding agenda has a simple definition.........Communism.
Another "lofty" sounding but equally hideous definition.....wealth redistribution...again simple definition......
COMMUNISM...........
From what I saw of a clip showing Ryan give a speech in Congress pushing for abortions to be banned because he said the excuse of using the life of the mother being at risk is abused too often and not a good excuse, etc. it sounded more like a SERMON to congress, and he is not the only repub giving sermons in congress. Jefferson and Washington would have puked if they had heard religious sermons from Ryan and other repubs currently giving them on U.S. Taxpayer funded salary time. SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oct. 17, 2012 - I hope if any Wisconsin voters are out there - they dump this out of touch guy! What the F is that matter with REPUB MEN!!!!
"Prominent Republicans in Wisconsin quickly dropped their support for state Rep. Roger Rivard (R-River Lake) after he told a newspaper that "[s]ome girls rape easy." But much like after Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) made his controversial comments about "legitimate rape" and lost the backing of the GOP establishment, social conservatives and at least one "family values" group are rushing in to help.
On Wednesday, the Wisconsin Family Action PAC -- which bills itself as committed to "strengthening and preserving marriage, family, life and liberty" -- endorsed Rivard."
Have you noticed there are not many if any black or latino repubs pushing this anti-abortion agenda? I think the old white guys are afraid their daughters won't have enough babies to keep whites in the majority one of these near future years, and will do anything to make sure they produce enough white babies to keep a majority. Don't know why they are so worried, they will probably be gone by the time whites are a minority to non-whites in the USA and it won't affect them.
BBB
What a racist you are! If Romney is elected president perhaps we'll get back to all being just Americans!
There's no doubt Obama is a racist! Just listen to his preacher sometime!
Fast and furious? big company bailouts? fannie mae?freddie mac?government takeover of healthcare? broken promises? which of these is so great about Obama?
"WHAT JUST HAPPENED TO BARACK OBAMA?"
To those wondering, nothing "just happened." IT was always THERE, except millions weren't paying attention, instead [consciously or subconsciously] closing their eyes and missing it, while the Media CHOSE not to report it. Here is the story of the "Real Obama," as articulately reported in the Wall Street Journal:
"Noonan: When Americans Saw the Real Obama"
On European Socialism, championed by Mr. Obama. From first- hand experience as one fortunate to escape from it 21 years ago [before it could cripple me, too): IT DOESN'T WORK! It kills the incentive to work harder and destroys creativity and independent thinking, in the process creating mental zombies, entitled and incapable to survive without a government dictating their every thought, while same corrupt government stays in power by keeping them dependent on welfare crumbs (the proverbial story of the drug-addict and the drug pusher). Socialism bancrupts countries: look at Greece, Spain, Portugal, the entire Eastern Europe! Thomas Peterffy (Chairman of the P. Foundation) summed it up best:
"In Socialism, the Rich will be poorer, but the Poorer will still be poor."
-- Thomas Peterffy
Final thought. Let's not be simplistic, shall we! Mitt Romney is NOT George. W. Bush. Mitt Romney has a brain, good common sense, and absolutely no -- NONE, NADA -- destructive-narcissistic urge to prove himself to anyone (thus going way over his head in uncharted territories).
VOTE THE HUMAN BEING, the Individual, not your party affiliation!
Now it is up to Republican men to betray their wives and daughters to big government regulation and intrusion. Pimp Voters for Romney
.... YOU WANT TO BLAME OBAMA FOR WHAT HAPPENED IN THE MIDDLE EAST where war is ongoing and bombs going off daily ? Not to disrespect or 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 TO SAVE TERRORISM 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
To me, what is much more appalling than Mourdock's comments are his political opponents’ suggestions that children born out of rape are outside God's care and will. What they imply is that God may design and care for children born normally, but that he does not do so with children unfortunate enough to be born of rape. Such children are, according to the Democratic Party and others, cosmic accidents. If I were born out of rape (and make no mistake, rape is a terrible thing), I would find the Democratic Party's view pretty depressing and
heartless.
Excuse me DMcCal - it should be the Woman who is raped to make the decision of what she wants to do with her body. A child is deserving of love no matter the circumstances of its birth. I am sure whatever she decides, she will receive the support and love from those who are close to her.
But the baby's body is NOT her body so what right does she have to kill it??
She has the LEGAL right to end her pregnancy...why should she be forced to deal with her torture for nine months? It is NOT a baby...it is a FETUS...non breathing blob of cells unable to sustain life. Once it can sustain life outside the womb, I might be more inclined to allow the term baby. But during the first four months, that fetus has no way of sustaining life, therefore it is not a baby.