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BRISTOL, VA – Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan was back in the battleground state of Virginia on Thursday, hammering away at President Barack Obama for lacking a 2nd term agenda.
"Just a couple of days ago he came up with a slick new brochure, you know, with less than two weeks left to say, 'Oh I do actually have an agenda,'" Ryan said.
"It is a slick -- well, comic book -- that was his word,” acknowledging a man in the crowd. "To me, a slick re-packaging of more of the same. And look at what it has gotten us. You see, where we are today is our economy is barely limping along. It is slower than it was last year, last year was slower than the year before."
On Tuesday, President Obama released the "Blueprint for America's Future," which featured proposals for a 2nd term published in millions of glossy pamphlets. The 20-page document came after heavy criticism that Obama hadn't been spending enough time laying out specifics.
Ryan asked voters here in Bristol to give both he and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney the “moral obligation” to put the Republican agenda in place come Nov. 6.
“The worst thing that could happen, president Obama gets reelected and we have more of the same with a debt crisis. The second worst thing that could happen is we get elected by default without a mandate. This is why we’re asking you to give us the moral authority and the obligation to honor you by putting this agenda in place to get America back on the right track,” Ryan said outside Universal Fibers in Southwest Virginia.
As Ryan returned to Virginia today for two rallies -- the next happening in Charlottesville -- President Barack Obama himself was campaigning just a couple hundred miles away in Richmond during his 48 hour "campaign extravaganza."
Polls are tight in this swing state; the Oct. 11 NBC News-Wall Street Journal-Marist poll showed Romney with a narrow lead over President Obama in the state, 48 percent to 47 percent among likely voters.
Early voting is underway in the state and the GOP VP nominee begged the nearly 1,500 person crowd Thursday to help with voter turnout.
“Virginia, we need your help. Don’t forget, early voting has already started. If you haven’t voted absentee, you can still do it, And go find somebody who thought the hope and change sounded good in 2008 but know it isn’t true now. Get them to vote for us,” he said.
Just before departing for his second event of the day in Charlottesville, Ryan, joined by his wife and three kids, met racecar driver Richard Petty on the tarmac in Blountville, TN and posed for a picture.
“It is a real pleasure to meet you in person,” Ryan said after introducing Petty to his kids as one of the “most famous racecar drivers ever.”
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Yeah it's liberals who are running a dishonest, name calling campaign. You know what we call you? Hypocrits. Comic Book Agenda? Really? Let me guess, Romney still finishing his coloring book agenda? In all honesty, I won't vote for Romney, not because I don't like his party but for the simple fact that he would exploit families who are struggling in poverty, something he just refuses to care about. I will be voting my conscience november 6, Romney should be ashamed of his.
“The worst thing that could happen, president Obama gets reelected and we have more
of the same with a debt crisis."
One problem with this statement, Every penny Obama has added to the debt is directly
attributable to Bush Jr,, Over $2 trillion from the Bush taxcuts alone which were forcibly
extended by the Republican party holding uemploymet extensions hostage.
President Obama has been the President for the past 4 years. Bush is no longer in office. The President said that he would bring the nation together. The President said that he would solve all problems in Wasington by reaching across the isle so there now must me absolutely no problems when it comes to differences between Republicans and Democrats in the congress. Without conditions of any kind to include any action of congress, the President promised that the 2012 federal deficit would not exceed 229.27 billion dollars. The President offered his stimulus spending bill as the solution to our unemployment problem. An official report from the Obama administration said that if congress passed the stimulus, unemployment would not rise above 8% and by now unemployment would be less than 6%. The congress passed the bill and the President signed it into law. It is the President who signed an extension of the bush taxcuts into the law so they are now the Obama taxcuts. All accolades about our current economic situation are for our fully responsible head of state. All hail the Chief!
Good for Ryan- He really knows how to mock a
presidentclown!Republicans also promised to do their jobs, you know, the one where they blocked 19 job bills proposed by the Obama administration, or the time when they accused Obama of class warfare. Course we can't forget the 30 odd times they voted to repeal the Affordable Health Care Act, every single time they lost. How many job bills did Republicans come up with? I doubt it was 12 million jobs Romney apparently has stashed somewhere. The Republican party, big on military, big on states rights, big on whining about regulation, on them, it's prefectly ok for them to regulate marriage, or woman's body. Or who should be allowed religious freedom. Yeah, you guys are real patriots, you screw over the American people for a win.
let see the democrats have called Romney a murderer, a felon,a tax cheat, a liar, and you guys are whining about the term comic book
Yesterday it was Sarah Palin using the word Jive
You people are seriously unhinged.
Desperation is an ugly thing!
I have read the President's economic plan for the next 4 years. The plan lacks a lot of details including a budget. Our President has no sense of budget so apparently that is why that most important part is missing. The most important part of it associated with our future is the following:
The President promised that the 2012 federal deficit would not exceed 229.27 billion dollars but the deficit actually exceeded 1.1 trillion dollars. If the President had kept his promise then this plan might make some sense but he didn't so the plan doesn't. There is other verbage in the plan about both saving and spending but not much in the way of numbers. There are goals but not much about how much is it is going to cost to achieve those goals. Being a little optimistic I am assuming that the current deficit will continue for at least the next several years as a baseline. The President, as he has for the past 4 years, wants to increase taxes on the "rich" which if passed will take 100 billion dollars per year from the private sector and give it to the public sector for the President to play around with. The congress has not budged on this issue over the past 4 years but assuming that it does pass this would reduce the baseline deficit down to 1 trillion dollars per year.
The President's plan it to bring the troops home in 2014 so by 2015 the Federal government will no longer have any expenses regarding any foreign wars. For Obama's plan to work this peace dividend will have to be greater then 2 trillion dollars per year. To start paying off the debt the federal government has to run a surplus so according to the plan half of the peace dividend must be greater than 1 trillion dollars so the entire peace dividend must be greater 2 trillion dollars. 2 trillion dollars is more than twice our current annual defense expenditures including what we are paying on foreign wars. The peace dividend cannot possibly be what Obama needs for his plan to succeed so Obama's economic plan is mathematically impossible according to my analysis. For Obama's economic plan to be taken seriously a full budgetary analysis of it is required.
THOMAS PETERFFY - The facts about a BILLIONAIRE BOZO... with lots of money to spend:
by TennesseeEd
I know everyone has been seeing the "sad-droopy-eared-hound-dog-boo-hoo" type ad that the sorry LIAR republiCON, THOMAS PETERFFY, has been running, day and night, to degrade, demean and harass our president, PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA, LIBERALS and the DEMOCRATIC PARTY. It seems to bring a fleeting tear to the eyes of those who do not know the facts behind THOMAS PETERFFY; but I am here to clear up the details concerning this sorry, sloth, LYING, self righteous and enormously wealthy "scoundrel putz". I call it "THE SECRET mitt romney - thomas peterffy FIVE POINT PLAN" for a better WEALTHY PERSON ECONOMY :
FACT and POINT # 1 : THOMAS PETERFFY was born in Hungary, a COMMUNIST country, not a SOCIALIST country. He fled Hungary to escape COMMUNISM, not SOCIALISM. There is a BIG difference; COMMUNISM is a POLITICAL system and SOCIALISM is an ECONOMIC system found in many political systems (even in the USA). So, Thomas Peterffy's painted scenario of a NATION OF POOR PEOPLE because of SOCIALISM is a pure LIE. Communism holds the responsibility for making the poor poorer and in forcing these "ad-pictured-poor" to work like dogs for the VERY RICH.
The ultimate DREAM of every USA republiCON is to have only TWO CLASSES of citizens; THE VERY RICH and THE VERY POOR. Of course the VERY POOR would be forced to work like a dog for the VERY RICH !!! This is COMMUNISM....(LOOK IT UP)
Monarchies like The British Isles, France and many other countries have a SOCIALIST government; they are doing GREAT and are NOT COMMUNIST !!! We already have MANY socialized economic structures here in The United States of America; they include the post office, schools, libraries, FBI, CIA, Secret Service, police , fire departments, parks, TVA dam hydro-electric systems, roads and highway departments, health departments and many other organizations you don't even know exist !!! These structures are SOUND because the government regulates and watches over them to keep them that way !!! So... what is the big deal and the BIG SCARE about OBAMACARE ??? Could it be that the wealthy has trillions invested into the INSURANCE and HOSPITAL INDUSTRY, much like the OIL INDUSTRY, and they are afraid of losing a Rolls Royce or two ???
FACT and POINT # 2 : THOMAS PETERFFY made this statement about how to be a CEO of a major manufacturing company that provides millions of JOBS : PETERFFY SAID, "I think the way a CEO runs his company is a reflection of his background. Business is a collection of processes, and my job is to AUTOMATE those processes so that they can be done with the greatest amount of efficiency.". In addition, during his financial career, as a RICH MAN, he consistently worked to replace MANUAL processes (requiring a human worker) with more AUTOMATED ones (no human worker) that he called more efficient !!! What a slap in the face this is to most of the middle class and all poor people who make up the working class of our nation !!! This is another way for a republiCON to become MORE and MORE WEALTHY, the MIDDLE CLASS becoming poor and the POOR becoming devastatingly POORER !!!
FACT and POINT # 3 : THOMAS PETERFFY has donated AT LEAST $60,000.00 in campaign contributions to the republiCON party, even though he claims to be an Independent. His other secret campaign contributions may be in the billion dollar range !!! This would hold true for a republiCON, because the sloth gop seething viper will do anything, say anything, tell any LIE and drop to any LOW to hold on to their RICHES !!! They would sell their souls and their own disabled mother to the devil if they thought it would make them the richest man on the planet !!! Speaking of souls; could these wealthy seething vipers be claiming to be GODLY(for religious righter votes, but really working for evil); being veiled members of the self righteous, corrupt mormon, baptist or other religious cults ??? Joining CHURCH and STATE is their ultimate goal; to kill off who they do not like....in the name of GOD and JESUS.
FACT and POINT # 4 : THOMAS PETERFFY has PERSONALLY paid MILLIONS OF DOLLARS to CNN, CNBC and BLOOMBERG TELEVISION for these anti-socialism ads. This is a lot of money for a poor little "boo-hoo" refugee from a so-called socialist and communist country to spend, isn't it ???
FACT and POINT # 5 : THOMAS PETERFFY, as of September 2012, is worth over 4.6 BILLION DOLLARS ($4, 600,000,000.00). His favorite POLITICIAN is mitt romney and his worth is over $190 - 250 MILLION ($250,000,000.00) !!! Does this tell you who's side those two rich boys are on ??? Do I need to spell it out ???
Now I ask you, "Who do you think THOMAS PETERFFY and MITT ROMNEY supports; ..... the hard-working poor and middle class.....OR THE VERY LAZY NON-WORKING WEALTHY???"
PLEASE VOTE FOR OBAMA / BIDEN : The people who support the poor and hard working people of AMERICA !!! TennesseeEd
You read these Rethuglicans comments and you just know the reason that they're in an uproar is because they tried everything in their power to keep this country from moving forward,and it didn't work.They couldn't even do that right. So now they resort to childish tactics,like name calling and throwing tantrums,stomping their feet and turning blue. That will not work either. The Americans that really love and support this country will not allow a rogue party take away everything we worked for to kiss the a$$ of the rich and their corporations. You want to be a peon for them be my guest. Rethuglicans need to tell it like it is,and not pussyfoot around. It's not the Presidents policies they hate,it's the man they hate. Pitiful little people stumbliing and blundering from one day to the next.The only people the Rethuglican Party attracts is the mis-informed,ill-informed or uninformed.
There's one thing that has me shaking my head all the time... Where do you Republican's dig up these guys! (Excuse me; you had a woman running last year for vice president.... DON'T get me started about that ONE!)When are you republican's going to come up with some IQ competition?
*error, sorry, not last year.... 4 years ago.
Paul Ryan was at a GOP rally just north of Charlottesville, Va this evening. Charlottesville is a college town, traditionally Democrat, but the tide is turning.
I attended the rally and can tell you the massive crowd was energized.
Put Virginia in the Romney column!
Mr odumba,
Fortunately, your negative, cursing, no leadership ass will soon be voted out of office. I cant wait to see real class and real leadership in the White House. My advice for the Romneys is to hire a real good cleaning crew.
Before you read this, I am a man. Let me ask the Mormon missionary Mitt Romney and Ryan and the men of the Republican Party or just human males. Do you think that raping a Human Female is cool or fun and Not A CRIME! Rape in the United States today. All I can say that would put a stop to all this MADNESS is to cut off the male part. One part for each time. That would make someone think about before doing the crime. You do the crime, you pay for that crime. Woman are not a thing! They are a real person.
World English Dictionary RAPE:
1. forcing of somebody into sex: the crime of using force somebody to have sexual intercourse with somebody
2. instance of rape: an instance of the crime of rape
Somewhere in America, a woman is raped every 2 minutes, according to the U.S. ... that 72 of every 100,000 females in the United States were raped last year. 6.7 million pregnancies in the United States every year. Other research has found that about 80,000 American female children are sexually abused or raped each year. It has been estimated that one in six American women has been or will be raped during her life.
When a viable sperm penetrates a viable egg inside a woman's reproductive tract, the result is a fertilized egg that can then implant in the uterus. That fact of life is consistent regardless of how that sperm and egg met up, including whether or not the sperm was ejaculated during rape.
That may be news to Rep. Todd Akin from Missouri who told a local television station, in explaining his stance that abortion should not be allowed even in the case of rape: "If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down."
"Physiologically, if the sperm is in the vagina, a pregnancy can occur, regardless of the circumstances of how that sperm got there," said Dr. Melisa Holmes, an ob-gyn and founder of Girlology, an organization that promotes healthy sexuality and communication in families.
And though the anti-abortion Republican says he "misspoke," Holmes says that Akin's remark also suggests that some rapes are not "legitimate," and this continues a harmful misconception about violence against women.
"A rape is a rape, and a woman has the same physical and emotional consequences whether she's raped by a stranger in a dark alley or someone she's known for five years," Holmes told LiveScience. "That's one of those misperceptions that gets perpetuated and unfortunately affects women in a bad way — 'Were you really raped, or were you at fault for part of it?'"
Perhaps Akin is correct in thinking it's not the easiest of tasks to get pregnant; that's why men don't ejaculate just one sperm and instead release nearly 100 million sperm. (Men who have fewer than 20 million sperm per milliliter of semen may have difficulty conceiving, according to a WebMD article.) That's because few sperm survive the grueling journey from the vagina to the fallopian tubes where they can meet up with an egg. Even for those that make it, only the healthiest will penetrate, and fertilize, the egg. [11 Odd Facts About the Pregnant Body]
Still, of the 6.7 million pregnancies in the United States every year, about half are unintended, according to the Guttmacher Institute.
The chance of getting pregnant from one event of unprotected sexual intercourse is 5 percent on average, according to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN).
And according to research by Holmes and her colleagues published in 1996 in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, that same rate applies to rape victims, though it's tricky to compare these different populations.
"Rape-related pregnancy occurs with significant frequency," the study researchers wrote in their journal article. "It is a cause of many unwanted pregnancies, and is closely linked with family and domestic violence."
In the study, Holmes and her colleagues, followed more than 4,000 American adults over a three-year period. Nationally, they found rape-related pregnancy rate was 5 percent among women of reproductive age, 12 to 45, meaning about 32,000 pregnancies result from rape each year, they concluded. Among 34 cases of rape-related pregnancy that they looked at closely, 32 percent of women maintained the pregnancy and kept the infant, 50 percent underwent an abortion, nearly 6 percent placed the baby up for adoption and nearly 12 percent had a miscarriage.
At the end of the day, Holmes said of Akin's comments, "It's just simple lack of education into the human body," adding that "the reproductive system is going to respond in the same way whether it's rape, or you're madly in love with someone. It's tubes and pipes and sperm and eggs, and there's nothing that will stop that process."
Well, I see old Pinocchio nose is at it again huh? think you and your fellow Liar Romney ought to get back in your clown car and pick up that idiot Murphy and the other idiot Cain and go back where ever you came from--how do these guys get in office?? Lets make sure this whole bunch of goof balls get voted out of office.
Amazing is the amount of ignorance in America today people need to grow up really. We have a person running for president that until recently owned stocks in Chinese companies, ships American jobs off to foreign counties, has off shore bank accounts, Mitt Romney profited by at least $15.3 million from auto bailout. Will not release any more tax statements for fear that America will see the truth on what he is hiding. Romney urges business owners to tell their employees how to vote or risk losing their jobs. Wants to take America to more unfunded wars in Iran, Syria and continue to occupy Afghanistan so that his cronies can get rich while America becomes a true third world country. This guy failed as governor (38% approval rating) and people think he is qualified to run the country!
In comic books the heros (thats us) win.
Comic book Joek biden: I yam what I yam (popeye) and woody woodpecker laugh. Obama and biteme say I mean what I say...did biden mean to say he was in Iowa when he was in Ohio? got drugs, joek?
"We the people" have had enough. We need some R & R.
Comic book hero obama says in Denver, CO "I want more manufacturing jobs here in China". uggghhh
The economy is booming. Oh no wait that's because of Bush. The middle east is peaceful. Because Obama killed Osama with his bare hands.
Obama spent a bunch of money. Not even as well as Bush. Wow good job.
Talk about needing to wake up.
Ryan looks more and more like Alfred E Newman. If only he had a different hair color.
Interesting....and is it just me or does Mitt Romney look like Guy Smiley from Sesame Street?
Haven't had an oppurtunity as yet to get a hold of one of these "comic books" YET, probably be hundreds of them in recyling bins tommorow.
Heard its filled with "more of the same" Communist propoganda of "wealth redistribution", and the other half is glossy pictures of "our dear leader".
Not cold enough yet here on the left coast to have a fire in the fireplace, but come November all those pamphlets, Obama lawn signs, and Obama flags will com in handy.........as kindling.
Surprised they didn't put in "highlights" of the last 4 years....pictures of Obama on the golf course, Moochele and the girls in some exotic "taxpayer" funded vacation spot,
healthcare reform SHOVED down Americas throat behind closed doors, despite Obamas promise he would have a "transparent Presidency".
Sandra Flukes passing out "free" condoms outside her dorm room(and running her mouth about Republicans having the gall to expect her to pay for her own responsibilities),
occu-poopers destroying public property, spitting and throwing feces at police officers,
angry teachers doing millions of dollars in damages to State capital buildings(because they had to contribute to their OWN retirement just like the rest of us).
Yep, Democrats have shown alot of CLASS(not) over the last 4 years.
Romney/Ryan 2012..........and afterwards NEVER will a Democrat get voted in for anything but dog catcher.
Great post.
Mruseurhead, andsore losers- two agreeable morons! hahahahahaMaster Joesph..............master of nothing........ except the USUAL liberal name calling .......from the "party that cares".........NOT. ......Barrys "comic books" will make great reminders in years to come on how close America came to be taken over by.......COMMUNISM.
Mruseurhead....let me reiterate.....YOU ARE A MORON! :)
Sorry to drain your pea-sized brain, but I'm a non-partisan voter with intelligence. Progressive for sure.
But "liberal"....hahahahaha Go turn on Fox News.
Obama's plan is finally in a form Ryan can read. All Obama's speeches, brochures, and campaign site information has gone for months without Ryan's comprehension.
Ryan's MAJOR POLICY SPEECH analyzed:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzEZ5vTMjFs
http://www.therightscoop.com/paul-ryan-gives-major-poverty-speech-in-this-war-on-poverty-poverty-is-winning-we-deserve-better/
Lib BS. Brain dead individuals. Obama doesn't like any of you! You wake up!
spudson...what a well thought out comment! hahahahaha.................can you spell M-O-R-O-N?
Master Joseph,
From the photographs I have seen of Republican / Tea Party gatherings, I believe Republicans spell that word MORAN!
Have you ever caught Obama lying, i don't think so, how about Ryan's, lying, boastful,
three hour and under Marathon, that he never did, it shows his ego and his integrity, his immaturity,
his character, how can you believe anything this brown-noser(voted by his high school classmates in their yearbook) says, he is a blight on the good name of the Irish!
Ryan and Romney haven't a shred of integrity. They both lie constantly. Mitt has told the most blatant lies I have ever heard a candidate tell in the 40 years I have been a voter.
There's no cure insight for the Obama economic plan for America. It's Obvious that the few rich democrats can't produce that many Jobs if they do produce. The 1% as Obama call them are the money machine and they are the one that produce Jobs. Another term with Obama will cost the American worker more unemployment. To tax these corporation and companies require laying off people to supplement the extra tax. Joe Sorrow millionaire democrat but all of his business and company are in land not our but connected. all you need is drive to Mexico all the way to south, central and Caribbean that were his company are. He the number one supporter of Obama. You think Republican are the only one shipping jobs to third world. Vote for Obama he will really make you day or make your next four years.
Apparently you were asleep during the Bush Administration when the 1% produced a steady decline in jobs and an increase in the debt. The huge deficit we have was incurred by Republicans, Ronald Reagan, Bush Senior and GW.
The additional debt added by Obama was necessary to prevent a Depression. Republicans have created a recession each and every time their economic policies have been implemented.
But the Republican base is extremely gullible and will vote for anyone they are told to vote for.
r taylor Have you ever caught Obama lying, i don't think so, how about Ryan's, lying, boastful,
Mr. r taylor what are you saying. for the past month Obama and Hillary have been lying their neck off on the issue of Benghazi Libya. four American dead because of the video according to both president and secretary. cab you imagine the president and secretary of the greatest Nation of the World Lying their A-- away to the people of the United States and and Blaming those innocent neutral people of Libya by creating demonstration which was not true. he should have come forward and just say it was terrorist that did this.
All you have to do is look at the video of the President speaking the day following the Benghazi attack to know what was said. You will however, have to watch it on any network other than Faux News because they edit out the parts that don't fit their agenda.
The Obama Adminstration has been consistanly open and honest regarding all updates to this story. Republicans deny reality and facts all the time. And the very stupid and gullible base believe anything they are told.
.... 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