Obama aide explains 'voting is best revenge' comment

MENTOR, OH - A day after President Obama’s “voting is the best revenge” comment became the latest object of GOP nominee Mitt Romney’s ire, Obama campaign press secretary Jen Psaki sought to explain the context of the remark.

“The message he was sending,” she said, answering a question about it while traveling to Mentor, Ohio, with reporters on Air Force One, “is if you don’t like the policies, if you don’t like the plan that Gov. Romney is putting forward, if you think that’s a bad deal for the middle class, then you can go to the voting booth and cast your ballot. It’s nothing more complicated than that.”

President Obama continued his tour through Ohio with a campaign stop in Springfield, Oh., where he continued to criticize Governor Romney for running deceptive Jeep ads saying "This is not a game, these are people's jobs."

Obama’s offhand comment came Friday during a campaign rally in Springfield, Ohio, as supporters booed the mention of Romney’s name.

“Don't boo. Vote,” Obama said first, using a line that has become standard for him on the stump. “Voting's the best revenge,” he continued.

Earlier Saturday, Romney condemned the comment as overly negative, telling a crowd in Newington, N.H., that he thought it “surprised a lot of people.”

“Vote for revenge? Let me tell you what I’d like to tell you: Vote for love of country,” Romney said to cheers.

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I'm amazed that my fellow Democrats cannot or refuse to do research and think for themselves. All I see are Obama's spiel over and over again.

Never mind that the facts point that Obama is actually the one that outsourced jobs.

Link: http://thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/12039-obama-stimulus-funding-goes-abroad-outsources-jobs

Why did Obama relax the requirements for Food stamps?

Link: http://thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/12944-obama-rule-doubled-number-of-able-bodied-on-food-stamps

Or how our welfare & food stamps now surpass 1 Trillion a year.

Or how we blew 4.5 billion by sending food stamps to dead people.

Or how the Obama's are living high on the hog with taxpayer money. A 103,000 salary for a dog watcher? Really?

http://thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/13014-obama-family-and-staff-cost-taxpayers-$14-billion-in-2011

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Reply#138 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 10:38 AM EST

Obama's plan is tax the 1 % after 1 month then what? Look out middle class, your next Obama is Greecing us.

  • 1 vote
Reply#139 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 10:38 AM EST

He claims to want to help the,"Middle Class". I say,"Into what, poverty"?

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#139.1 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 10:41 AM EST

The middle class is already feeling it.

Just with the parts that Obamacare already have in effect, our premiums are rising.

Just who do you think is going to pay for the illegals that are covered by Obamacare by law? Us the working stiffs.

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#139.2 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 10:44 AM EST

It always starts with the wealthy and ends up hurting the pople it is supposed to benefit the poor and middle class. The middle class is poorer now than when Obama took occie, less take home more expenses.

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#139.3 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 10:46 AM EST

Why didn't Obama make it maddorty for the Government employees and his familyon Obamacare. If it's good enough for us it should be good enough for them

    #139.4 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 10:50 AM EST

    Because like any other dictator, the best if for the government, not the little people. Besides, middle class is the working to pay for the upper and lower class. We are the providers.

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    #139.5 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 10:57 AM EST
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    If you want to leave your children a 20 T debt vote Obama.

    If you want your chilren graduating without a job vote Obama

    If you like unemployement at 23 M vote Obama.

    If you thing 7.9 % unemeployement up from last month is moving forward vote Obama.

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    Reply#140 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 10:41 AM EST

    If their answers are,"YES", then they are getting government checks.

      #140.1 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 10:44 AM EST
      Reply

      I actually believe that the polls are not reflecting many of the young and and many in the middle class and working poor. Many in these groups do not have land line phones because it is too expensive to have both, so they chose the cell over the land line. Pollsters have not been polling the cell phone only people as much as the land line phones.

      Blondie

      The red states get more of those government checks than do the blue states do.

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      Reply#141 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 10:45 AM EST

      Keep telling yourself that, it looks like Romney is going to take it. People want results, jobs, not name calling, not more of the same.

        #141.1 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 10:48 AM EST

        It's all coming out of a person's pocket, working person. I am tired of excuses. If you want a cell phone, pay for it. If you want a big screen TV, pay for it. If you want a car, pay for it. Yeah, that's how it WORKS. The pieces of the pie are running out. Government needs to cut back.

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        #141.2 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 10:59 AM EST

        blondie

        What in the hell are you talking about? I will repeat, the red states have more people on welfare than the blue states. So, stop your spinning that lie. If you don't understand what I was saying about the pollsters not getting views of those who do not land lines, maybe you should do some research. Many today do not have land lines and the pollsters poll mostly land lines.

          #141.3 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 2:52 PM EST
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          This President hasn't had a news conference in 7 months. He does wnat to answer any real questions, but he loves The View Letterman and MTV.

            Reply#142 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 10:49 AM EST

            Yep, that's what he runs on, smoke and mirrors. Where is the truth on Benghazi? Oh yeah, they will release it "AFTER THE ELECTION"

            If he can deflect people from thinking about the real issues and he can send them checks, they will vote for sorry POS butt.

            He was a community organizer, who by the way shunned the very projects he was supposed to be working for and he has no clue how to fix this.

              #142.1 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 10:53 AM EST
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              This is the truth about Robme. He thinks that Americans just don't know how lucky they are and are spoiled. He believes the the slave labor in China are just so happy to work in Romney's companies in China. Jesus Christ, you would sell the country out just because you are haters.

              http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwcSROff--I

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              Reply#143 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 11:00 AM EST

              Jennifer no need for name calling, no haters here unless you hate 23 M unemployed, or hate leaving our children a 20 T debt or hate leaving them a bankrupte medicare.

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              #143.1 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 11:06 AM EST

              Jennifer the Chinse love Obama. He borrows money off them to save GM then GM China hire thousands for their new reseach and plants. Mexican and Canadians also love Obama for borrowing money to save their GM jobs. Obama needs to get our unemployement under control before saving jobs in other countries,

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              #143.2 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 11:09 AM EST

              Nobody has outsourced more jobs than Obama:

              http://thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/12039-obama-stimulus-funding-goes-abroad-outsources-jobs

              "Over his four years in office, Obama promised that he would focus on creating 'jobs that pay well and can't be outsourced,'" the site reads. "However, as he racked up trillions in new debt, billions of dollars did go to create jobs that were outsourced or spent overseas. Whether it is electric cars made in Finland or solar panels in Mexico, taxpayers would be astonished to learn that their hard-earned money went abroad for jobs that weren't created in the United States."

              Even the ultra-liberal Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) has expressed discontent over the president’s economic stimulus, indicating to ABC News that the law was falsely advertised to Congress. “In all due respect I remind the secretary [of Energy] there is a four-letter word associated with the stimulus — J-O-B-S,” Schumer charged. “Very few jobs here, lots of jobs in China. That is not what I intended or any other legislator who voted for the stimulus intended.”

              "We found no evidence to support the claim that Romney — while he was still running Bain capital — shipped American jobs overseas," said FactCheck.org.

              The Wash Post’s fact-checking column said: "There is little in the Post article that backs up the Obama campaign’s spin."

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              #143.3 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 11:21 AM EST
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              Yeah, here in America, we even spoil the poor and the illegals.

                Reply#144 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 11:02 AM EST

                Obama's campaign theme song was by Shaggy 'It wasn't me" is now changed to Paul Simon's "Slip Sliding away"

                .......you know the nearer your destinations the more it slip slide away...slip sliding away...

                  Reply#145 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 11:11 AM EST

                  Does Middle America honestly believe that Barack
                  Obama is going to take Oprah Winfrey's money away
                  from her, and give it to Middle Class America?
                  Do you think Michael Jordan would support a president
                  who was going to take away his money and give to You?
                  Would P Diddy, George Clooney, Barbara Streisand or
                  Brad Pitt honestly support a president who took their
                  money and gave it to Middle Class America? You may
                  like to Imagine they would, but would they?

                  Quite the opposite, Barack Obama has taken your
                  Middle Class America's tax dollars and given them
                  to, count 'em, Wall Street Bankers, Wall Street
                  Credit Card Hounds, and Wall Street Mortgage
                  Brokers. How much bailout money did Barack Obama
                  give Y O U ? If you got Barack Obama's bailout,
                  then vote for him, if not...

                  When I vote, I won't be voting for the man who gave
                  away MY MONEY, I don't care how many Wall Street
                  lawyers cried for it. Barack Obama may cut Middle
                  Class America's fiscal throat, again, but I am NOT
                  going to help him.

                    Reply#146 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 11:57 AM EST

                    What? You mean to tell me that some of the 1% is Liberal. What is this country coming to?

                      #146.1 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 11:58 AM EST

                      Obama had a chance to introduce tax reform, nothing, he didn't want to close the loopholes for his buddies that are Dem 1 %ers

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                      #146.2 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 12:07 PM EST

                      So if Obama gets another term, he will have to clean up HIS mess from the first one.

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                      #146.3 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 12:10 PM EST
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                      Libs are too funny! Obama could have given every man women and child 200k check to stimulate the econ. Yet he picked to give it to the his donars and backers and not the same Middle he claims he wants to help.

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                      Reply#147 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 12:15 PM EST

                      GM, like Chrysler, refutes Romney's auto industry ad

                      By the way Myth Romney:

                      We in Ohio see you for what you are, what you have been all along; a liar.

                      • 3 votes
                      Reply#148 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 1:17 PM EST

                      President Obama is not perfect and I do not agree with everything he does. He hasn't he been able to do some of the things obstructionists prevented but despite that he has brought this country back from the brink of economic collapse and moved us in the right direction both economically and socially. I believe that when re-elected he will continue to do so in a way that will bring lasting economic health and growth while preserving the rights of the middle class, the poor, women and minorities.

                      If republicans had been able to field a candidate that had some truly workable ideas, personal integrity and conviction, perhaps someone like Chris Christie, I might have considered voting for him. But they did not. Instead they trotted out a buffoon, an empty suit so devoid of honesty and principals much less sincerity or integrity that he is virtually a caricature of the proverbial smooth tongued politician. A salesman yes, but a snake oil salesman to be sure.

                      No, I'll take a flawed honest man with ideals and integrity like President Obama over a self serving, clueless liar like Myth Romney. Romney's only motivation is to obtain a place in history and the vestige of power that comes with being president of the United States. He's bought and paid for by the greedy self serving entities who will also be running the country behind the scenes in the unlikely and unfortunate event that he could be elected.

                      Preserve out freedoms and our country. Vote for a true American that will take us forward. Vote to re-elect President Obama.

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                      #149 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 1:20 PM EST

                      Obstructionists? Oh like when Obama said Republicans can ride at the back of the bus, it's his way or the highway?

                      How bout when Harry Reid said he wouldn't bring up any bill that Congress sent him?

                      How about when he had both houses controlled by Democrats? How did he face obstruction then?

                      Flawed honest man? How honest was he about Fast & Furious? Benghazi?

                      Self serving? How bout all the vacations? How bout riding on separate planes for family vacations at the expense of taxpayers?

                      What the Obamas can't stand to be on the same plane with each other?

                      How about all the parties at the WH for rappers? $100/lb beef and lobster?

                      How bout the amount of money the Obamas cost us with their lavish living? like the $103,000. per year dog watcher?

                      Here's the link:

                      http://thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/13014-obama-family-and-staff-cost-taxpayers-$14-billion-in-2011

                      Self serving, OMG that is too funny. How can you care more about what a man that earned his own money is doing than what Obama is doing with the taxpayer money?

                      Instead of trying to do anything, he has spent his entire presidency campaigning and fundraising, all on the taxpayer money.

                      Yeah Air Force 1 costs $180,000 per hour, yet Obama only has to reimburse the govt for the price of a first class ticket. So how much has his non stop virtual campaigning cost the taxpayers?

                      Obama supporters are sooooooooooooooo blind to the real Obama.

                      Try reading his books and you will see what he thinks of the US.

                      My father used to say you can BS your way for 15 minutes, after that you better know something. Obama cannot fix the mess the US is in, we need a businessman or someone with economic sense to do it.

                      • 1 vote
                      #149.1 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 1:57 PM EST

                      The thing that bothers Gray the most, however, "is the use of taxpayer funds to abet [Obama's] re-election," he told the Daily Caller. Every time Obama hops aboard Air Force One to attend a campaign event, taxpayers take it on the chin. The president's campaign pays the equivalent of a first-class commercial airline ticket for certain passengers; the remaining costs are borne by taxpayers. And those costs are considerable: ABC News reports that Air Force One runs up a bill of almost $180,000 per flight hour.

                      "When the United States' billion-dollar air armada is being used politically, is it fair to taxpayers that we only be reimbursed by the president's campaign committee for the value of one first-class commercial ticket for each passenger who is deemed aboard 'for political purposes?' " Gray asked in his book.

                      "And is that bargain-price advantage fair to those opposing an incumbent president?"

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                      #149.2 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 2:06 PM EST

                      And i gotta tell you, Romney has more family values, morals, ethics, and religous convictions than Obama could ever dream of having.

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                      #149.3 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 2:18 PM EST

                      Now THAT'S funny. I don't care who you are.

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                      #149.4 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 2:28 PM EST

                      And i gotta tell you, Romney has more family values, morals, ethics, and religous convictions than Obama could ever dream of having.

                      Since only God can know the heart I'm going to assume you are God.

                      There has been a HUGE effort by the Right to paint Obama as a Muslim, a Racist, an anti-Christian, all sorts of things.

                      The reality is he is a Christian. His religious beliefs line up more with mine than Romney does. He has said he is a Born Again Believer. Unless you are God and know his heart that is ALL you can accept.

                      Like me, he also believes in a separation between Church and State. Religion is a personal thing and has no place in the Government of the USA. Iran, and the Vatican City can have their Religion based Governments.

                      Romney has FLAT OUT LIED about the Jeeps to China issue and refuses to back down. That alone tells me all I need to know about Mitt's morals. It isn't all that exemplifies the corrupt Romney moral code, it is just enough.

                        #149.5 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 2:54 PM EST

                        Monna Dukes

                        What a joke. Romney has lied, and flip flipped on everything he has run on. He has no core and if pandering to get votes makes you think he is moral when he actually tells bald face lies, one has to wonder what standard you are using to judge anyone, especially Obama. My main concern is that Romney is in the tank for the right wing corporate interests and that is bad for the working class, but trying to pass off this fraud as a moral man is a joke. What Bible says being a liar and deceiver is a good thing? Why have you not demanded his tax returns either? I actually wonder about the majority of the Republican party myself. If you can overlook lies and deceit and not being straight with the voters, you pretty much do not have high standards to judge others by in the first place.

                          #149.6 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 3:01 PM EST

                          Sorry I don't know many Christians that would sit in a church & listen to Wright.

                          Only in Obamaland can you call someone that attends a church for 20 years that says "God*** America" would anyone call that being a Christian.

                          I was raised Roman Catholic and my parents introduced us to other religions to teach us tolerance and respect of other faiths, no where did I ever hear anything like what Wright said for OVER 20 YEARS. And this is what Obama exposed his kids to.

                          As to Jeep? They are building them in Italy, not China. So now who lied?

                          Romney released 2 years of tax returns AS IS THE LAW. How many times does anyone have to tell you that the IRS has surely gone over his returns as their boss is Obama? Are you really that dense to belive they wouldn't?

                          Lies and deceit? You mean like FAST AND FURIOUS AND BENGHAZI?

                          How about transparency?

                          How about cutting the deficit in half or he didn't deserve a second term?

                          You Obamanites are soooooooooooooo funny, you refuse to do any research on your own candidate and you simply keep repeating everything Obama's camps says.

                          How bout repeating this:

                          RAISING THE DEBT LIMIT IS A FAILURE OF LEADERSHIP?

                          Do your research, get informed instead of just repeating Obama's spiel day after day after day .

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                          #149.7 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 3:02 PM EST

                          And for the record, I have never called Obama a muslim, but you might want to read his 2 books as I have.

                          He called himself a "proud muslim".

                            #149.8 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 3:08 PM EST

                            He is a Christian. You are the ones who spread the lie calling him a Muslim. As far as the debt ceiling goes.

                            Ronald Reagan raised it I think thirteen times, GW raised seven times and Obama has raised it three times. Obama saved the country from a depression due to Bush Cheney policies that the same advisers are not trying to shove o the country again.

                              #149.9 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 3:16 PM EST

                              Well Jennifer, you just proved me right. Had you read his books, he called himself a proud muslim.

                              I did tons of research on both candidates so I could make an EDUCATED decision with my vote.

                              Unfortunately I don't see many Obama supporters doing any research, just blindly drinking the Kool Aid and following their messiah.

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                              #149.10 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 3:18 PM EST

                              What ever he was as a child is not what he is today. I don't think most of the so called right wing Christians are very decent or Christian in their views either.

                              I was wrong about the raising the debt ceiling, Reagan raised it 18 times not thirteen. Why do you not take any responsibility for the right'spolicies tanking the country? You just brush past it and go on with the Muslim lie. Is that a form of Romnesia that Republicans all have. Just lie and ignore the facts of what their policies did to the country? Romney is a fraud and a liar. What Christian or Mormon value is that following?

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                              #149.11 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 3:26 PM EST

                              He wasn't a child when he wrote those books, they were post college, sorry try again to get educated.

                              As an attorney for ACORN, he sued to relax the bank rules for minorities to buy housing they could not afford. He was very much apart of the crash.

                              If you had done ANY RESEARCH, you would have found these same facts.

                              He has caused more debt than all previous presidents.

                              Record 1 trillion + every year.

                              By 2020 it will over 20 trillion.

                                #149.12 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 4:20 PM EST

                                Momma Dukes

                                This is who you are. Not a good Christian, not honest and not telling the truth about Obama. Here is a factcheck.org opinion of the right wing lies you and your ilk espouse. Your ilk has no shame. Maybe you need to go to church, get down on your knees and ask God to forgive you for the lies you repeat over and over.

                                http://factcheck.org/2008/01/sliming-obama/

                                  #149.13 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 4:39 PM EST

                                  Interesting that you send a link from 2008.

                                  Again, you are naming factcheck, well they said this:

                                  "We found no evidence to support the claim that Romney — while he was still running Bain capital — shipped American jobs overseas," said FactCheck.org.

                                  Is it true or another Obama lie.

                                  The Wash Post’s fact-checking column said: "There is little in the Post article that backs up the Obama campaign’s spin."

                                  Did you do any other research or read his two books? If not, please don't post Obama's truth, they are not fact, but fiction.

                                  Once again, another Obama supporter who didn't read his books, does not want to do any research, but wants to call names, sling childish insults and deflect from the real truth.

                                  Sorta sounds just like the Obama Campaign now doesn't it?

                                    #149.14 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 4:50 PM EST

                                    Momma Dukes

                                    In the case of Acorn, Brietbart and Karl Rove spread lies and set up people to fake voter fraud. What the Republicans have been doing in this elections is actual voter fraud and voter surpression by Republicans and by a good friend of Romney (Nathan Sproul) who was caught doing voter fraud in 2004 and was caught in Florida and Virginia doing it again. You have nerve even brining it up.

                                      #149.15 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 4:50 PM EST

                                      Jennifer-2446215

                                      Poor Jennifer, she wants so much to believe what she believes...Its ok Ms Jennifer we are used to Libs that have nothing.

                                      We forgive you

                                        #149.16 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 4:52 PM EST

                                        Yes I know, I noticed she never answered the questions put to her such as reading his books, HIS OWN WORDS, or maybe Bush wrote those books?

                                        Just like Obama, ignore the questions and let me sling some insults, maybe no one will notice.

                                          #149.17 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 5:00 PM EST

                                          Just give her an obamaphone and she will shut up.

                                            #149.18 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 5:45 PM EST

                                            Sorry I don't know many Christians that would sit in a church & listen to Wright.

                                            He left Wright a LOOOOOOONG time ago. Just as I left todays SBC a long time ago.

                                            Sometimes when we are new in our faith we make mistakes.

                                            God leads you to truth. Too many people trust in their pastors and their churches to lead them, but they fail to let God lead them.

                                              #149.19 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 6:26 PM EST

                                              As to Jeep? They are building them in Italy, not China. So now who lied?

                                              NOPE they are building them in the good old USA. 2 plants in Toledo Ohio, one in Illinois, and one in Michigan.

                                                #149.20 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 6:33 PM EST

                                                Lies and deceit? You mean like FAST AND FURIOUS AND BENGHAZI?

                                                Both are a matter of opinion.

                                                Fast and Furious was previously known in 2006 as "Operation Wide Receiver". Who was the President in 2006?

                                                There is ZERO proof that Obama lied about Benghazi. The GOP is spinning it that way is all.

                                                There is no doubt that Romney was wrong about Jeep manufacturing being moved to China and he couldn't grow a pair and admit it, instead they went on with their false accusation.

                                                  #149.21 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 6:43 PM EST

                                                  Nope they build them in Toledo Ohio correct J. After all the press on this this week how can so many people still have the facts wrong?

                                                    #149.22 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 6:43 PM EST

                                                    Do your research, get informed instead of just repeating Obama's spiel day after day after day

                                                    I have done my research and the #1 reason for the debt is President Cheney's war to make himself and his friends very rich.

                                                    George was just the Puppet.

                                                    When you cut taxes as the Bush tax cuts did you reduce your income, in the process it increased the income of certain very wealthy people.

                                                    Then you engage in two wars with less money to pay for it. So B/C decided to bury the cost of the war.

                                                    The best equivalent would be if I decided to work half as much for half as much money. Then using my previous income figures I go out and but a new Mansion and a Yacht. On credit.

                                                    The excuse B/C gave was we would pay for the war with all that Iraqi oil. Sort of like if I used the excuse I would pay off my new boat and home with the Lottery winnings I was going to get next month.

                                                    Now the GOP is opposed to repealing the Tax breaks that were given to the wealthy EVEN THOUGH THAT IS WHY WE ARE IN THE MESS WE ARE IN.

                                                    It isn't just the lost tax money the tax money is necessary to create jobs. The tax breaks eliminated jobs. Companies such as Anheuser Busch found it to be a good financial move to sell off their assets (lower taxes meant keeping more money). Since rich Americans were in a sell mode, the selloff went to Foreign investors.

                                                    Also our tax money keeps Americans employed building roads, schools, Parks, etc. Our tax money pays for the FBI and Federal Prisons. Too many criminals getting out early too many getting away. Less employment means less tax income.

                                                    The GOP wants to paint it as a simple question but the reduction in Government tax money is a huge issue with tentacles everywhere.

                                                      #149.23 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 7:00 PM EST
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                                                      www.outsidethebeltway.com/the-presidency-costs-taxpayers-a-lot-but-thats-not-obamas-fault/

                                                      The Other Side Of Mama Dukes Story

                                                      Well Momma we'll just agree to disagree. I can't change your vote, you can't change mine. I stand by my President and what I've said. I've got an excellent BS meter and it's as easy as watching and listening to them speak, looking in their eyes and their mannerisms. Of course then there's the backgrounds, but ah, never mind. I just hope you can deal with the president being re-elected and move forward with the rest of the country.

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                                                      Reply#150 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 2:33 PM EST

                                                      Yours is from 2008, my link is for 2011.

                                                      Try again.

                                                      Once again I have to say that Obama supporters need to really really do some research. Did you read either of his books? I read both.

                                                        #150.1 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 2:54 PM EST

                                                        The Presidency Costs Taxpayers A Lot, But That’s Not Obama’s Fault

                                                        Doug Mataconis · Saturday, September 29, 2012

                                                          #150.2 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 3:02 PM EST

                                                          Taking separate planes doesn't cost the taxpayer additional money? Really? Like I said, what the Obamas can't stand to be on the same plane with each other?

                                                          How bout taking a govt plane for Malia and her school pals to Mexico for spring break? Who paid for that.

                                                          Again, I implore you to do your research. I have researched both and made an educated decision.

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                                                          #150.3 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 3:19 PM EST

                                                          Little kids flown to Mexico for Spring Break? Must be good to be the Obama's to have the life styles of the Rich and Famous on somebody Else's dime. Opps I forgot they are Libs, never mind its in the DNA of a Lib.....

                                                            #150.4 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 4:55 PM EST
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                                                            OMG..Romney is at it again...making mountains out of a molehilsl. He is so darn desperate, it's pathetic! My 4 year old son displays more maturity than he does. Please vote OBAMA...the only way to keep the winer baby (Romney) from destroying this country. It's our best revenge.....

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                                                            Reply#151 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 3:06 PM EST

                                                            The desperate one is Obama, they have no record to run on and they have pandered and "evolved" to any group they can for a vote.

                                                            Making mountains out of molehills? That would be the Obama camp trying to deflect American from all his lies such as Fast and Furious and Benghazi. Romney lies but when Obama changes his mind it's "evolving" You libs are just tooooooooooooooooo funny.

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                                                            #151.1 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 3:16 PM EST

                                                            Libs are a success only in their own minds

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                                                              Reply#153 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 5:06 PM EST

                                                              The taxpayers paid or the above trip to the tune of half a million dollars.

                                                              But again, Obama supporters will do no research.

                                                                #153.1 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 5:10 PM EST

                                                                No you are wrong the POTUS pays for all family travel.

                                                                  #153.2 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 6:46 PM EST

                                                                  Wrong, they only reimburse the price of a first class ticket, that does not even come close to the $180,000 per hour that the govt planes cost.

                                                                  Once again, an Obama supporter that does not know the facts, spouts what they want to believe is true.

                                                                  Do your homework, research the facts so you can make an educated decision when you vote.

                                                                    #153.3 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 7:14 PM EST

                                                                    When Air Force One is used for political purposes, the president often reimburses the government for the cost of food, lodging and travel. The president or his election campaign pays back an amount that is "equivalent of the airfare that they would have paid had they used a commercial airline," according to the Congressional Research Service.

                                                                    According to The Associated Press, though, the president or his campaign does not pay for the entire Air Force One operation cost. They pays an amount that is based on the number of people board the airplane. Taxpayers still pick up the cost of Secret Service agents and the operation of Air Force One.

                                                                      #153.4 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 7:19 PM EST

                                                                      Presidential Travel: Policy and Costs

                                                                      Summary
                                                                      For security and other reasons, the President, Vice President, and First Lady use military aircraft
                                                                      when they travel. The White House generally categorizes the trips as fulfilling either official or
                                                                      political functions. Often, a trip involves both official and political, or unofficial, activities. When
                                                                      a trip is for an official function, the government pays all costs, including per diem (food and
                                                                      lodging), car rentals, and other incidental expenses.

                                                                      When a trip is for political or unofficial
                                                                      purposes, those involved must pay for their own food and lodging and other related expenses, and
                                                                      they must also reimburse the government with the equivalent of the airfare that they would have
                                                                      paid had they used a commercial airline. When a trip involves both official and political activities,
                                                                      a formula determines the amount to be reimbursed for that part of the trip involving political
                                                                      activities. Whether a trip is for official or political purposes, the Air Force pays all operational
                                                                      and other costs incurred by the use of the aircraft. While the travel policies of specific
                                                                      Administrations concerning the reimbursement of expenses for unofficial travel generally are not
                                                                      publicly available, it appears that policy guidelines developed by the Reagan White House have
                                                                      served as a basis for the travel policies of subsequent Administrations. This report will be updated
                                                                      as new information becomes available.

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                                                                      #153.5 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 7:21 PM EST
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                                                                      Nevada1050Deleted

                                                                      So by the White House's own rules, as stated above.

                                                                      Obama's team campaigning on Air Force 1 and Air Force 2 have cost the taxpayers millions of dollars.

                                                                      Let's take Saturday the 3rd when he went to 8 states, lets say that AF1 flew 5 hrs @ 179,000 per hour, (you with me libbies) total cost (and this is on the low side $895,000.

                                                                      Now multiply that by allllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll the campaign trips that they have gone on. We the taxpayers have paid millions for Obama & company to use government aircraft for campaigning.

                                                                      Yes other past presidents have done it, but not to the extent that Obama's team has.

                                                                      I believe the amount of the reimbursement should be made public as it was with previous administrations (not all).

                                                                      Now if all you Obama supporters think this is ok, please write a check for to pay for what my taxes paid for.

                                                                        Reply#155 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 7:25 PM EST

                                                                        I am 56, registered Democrat who grew up Roman Catholic outside of Buffalo, NY. I have been voting since I was 18, so for 38 years I have voted for local, state, and national elections. I have considered it my duty and a privilege that my family, including my father, my sons, my daughter, my brothers, and my son in law as well as many other family members and a ton of strangers have fought to give me that right.

                                                                        I do research on all facets of each candidate before I vote. I try to vote for the candidates that have platforms that are most important to my family and myself.

                                                                        Did I always vote party lines? No, I have always voted for what I felt was the best candidate.

                                                                        I can tell from the posters on here that most of you have not done your research and how can you make an educated and informed vote if you refuse to do the research on the candidates?

                                                                          #155.1 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 7:35 PM EST

                                                                          You need to do more research.

                                                                          I am 60 I have always researched and voted for the best candidate no matter what the party.

                                                                          This time I also have done my research and there is no doubt Romney really is Etch-a-Sketch. He will lie to make himself acceptable to whoever he is addressing.

                                                                          Other than that I am so disgusted with the direction of the GOP. Clowns like Palin, Perry, Huckabee, Mourdock, Gingrich, Cain, Santorum, Trump, etc have changed this party into one of the most destructive groups this nation has ever known.

                                                                          What happened to the Goldwaters, Eisenhowers, even the Reagans? The answer is; a lunatic band of Religious nuts, and Government control freaks took over the party.

                                                                          Because of the direction the GOP has gone (toilet) this time I am voting Democrat all the way down the line. A statement vote.

                                                                          A statement against birthers, anti tax proponents (how do you end the debt?), and religious nutcases.

                                                                            #155.2 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 8:02 PM EST

                                                                            I'll take you at your word you "read the books". I doubt though that you understood them. Your eyes are blinded by bias and your mind closed long ago. Vote your conscience and good life and luck to you.

                                                                              #155.4 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 10:01 PM EST

                                                                              Wrong again, I voted for Obama in 2008 because I believed in his speeches and that he could bring together both sides, as he stated he would.

                                                                              That disappeared when he said Republicans can sit at the back of the bus.

                                                                              And how many of you remember that he called Bill Clinton a racist during the 2008 campaign? But now he has him out trying to scrounge up votes for him.

                                                                              I now see right through him and won't be fooled again.

                                                                                #155.5 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 10:08 PM EST

                                                                                The jeep production will be in Italy, not China.

                                                                                http://nlpc.org/cached/fiat-says-chrysler-jeep-production-may-move-italy.html?q=stories/2012/10/29/fiat-says-chrysler-jeep-production-may-move-italy

                                                                                He may have got the country wrong, but he was right about Jeep being manufactured in Italy for export to North America.

                                                                                Another Obama move, it's a lie even if it's partly true?

                                                                                But then again, Obama said we had 57 states, so he lies too?

                                                                                As for Fox, i don't watch it except for my football. I would love to see all news unbiased AS THEY SHOULD ALL BE AND REPORT ALL FACTS, NOT FICTION, but I confess that it is amusing to watch the uneducated on FB.

                                                                                  #155.6 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 10:22 PM EST

                                                                                  And how many of you remember that he called Bill Clinton a racist during the 2008 campaign?

                                                                                  CITE? Didn't happen. Clinton tried to make a racism claim:

                                                                                  During the campaign, Bill Clinton appeared to directly attack his wife’s rival, telling PBS’ Charlie Rose before the Iowa caucuses that voting for Obama is "a roll of the dice." He also said the Obama campaign "played the race card on me" after he likened Obama’s South Carolina win to Jesse Jackson’s in the 1980s, and publicly said Obama’s opposition to the Iraq war was "a big fairy tale."

                                                                                  http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2008/06/obama-calls-p-2/

                                                                                  You need to do your RESEARCH darlin'.

                                                                                  He may have got the country wrong, but he was right about Jeep being manufactured in Italy for export to North America.

                                                                                  Again do your RESEARCH!

                                                                                  The National Legal and Policy Center is very much a Right wing organization.

                                                                                  Check out what they say:

                                                                                  "To counter the severe slump in European sales, (Fiat CEO Sergio) Marchionne is considering building Chrysler models in Italy, including Jeeps, for export to North America. The Italian government is evaluating tax rebates on export goods to help Fiat. Marchionne may announce details of his plan as soon as Oct. 30, the people said."

                                                                                  So, let's be real clear here, we are talking about vehicles that will be built in Italy and exported to America. The evidence is clear that Fiat is looking at ways to move production of vehicles from the US to elsewhere, whether it be China or Italy, costing American jobs. This is becoming indisputable, despite outcries from certain parties to the contrary.

                                                                                  The Reason they give is; Fiat is losing money in Europe.

                                                                                  Chrysler profits went up 80%.

                                                                                  Now ask yourself does it make sense to take a profitable company and move it to an unprofitable location?

                                                                                  My eyes are bulging here.

                                                                                  There is no way shape or form you can take this report from NLPC and make it some kind of proof Chrysler is going to move production to Italy.

                                                                                  You might do some research but you don't know the truth from the lies.

                                                                                  But then again, Obama said we had 57 states, so he lies too?

                                                                                  Oh and you have never had a slip of the tongue? PLEASE.

                                                                                  Don't you know the difference between a lie and a goof up? Get real.

                                                                                  Those kinds of comments shows you have no real credibility. Lots of BS no truth behind it. A well without water a cloud without rain.

                                                                                  As for Fox, i don't watch it except for my football.

                                                                                  How about those Ducks!

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                                                                                  #155.7 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 11:36 PM EST
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                                                                                  And I noticed that none of you had the kahunas to comment on the millions we are spending to keep them flying for the campaign?

                                                                                  How bout the half million for Malia and her school friends to go to Mexico for spring break, at the taxpayer expense?

                                                                                  Like I said, it's funny that you refuse to get any real knowlege on either candidate.

                                                                                  All Obama supporters sling insults, call names, and generally act like spoiled kids who lost their favorite toy (well you will on Tuesday). Then again, that is what their entire campaign was about isn't it?

                                                                                  Some of the republicans do resort to name calling as well, the difference is they can actually spout fact and not fiction.

                                                                                  Still what is being done to tear this country apart is ugly for all of us. That is the start of turning this country socialist and eventually taking us right back to a civil war.

                                                                                  Me personally? I have to go with a businessman that at least has a chance of turning this country around and easing regulations to allow plants to return to the US along with jobs other than slinging burgers for minimum wage.

                                                                                  We have to increase the tax base by ADDING taxpayers if we are going to survive this. We can't keep paying everyone to do nothing.

                                                                                  Do the research:

                                                                                  Controls have been relaxed so we now have thousands & thousands of people collected from SSA for disability.

                                                                                  We are now spending over 1 trillion dollars per year for welfare.

                                                                                  Welfare has grown by 32 percent.

                                                                                  We simply can't keep borrowing from China, we have to get Americans back to work and that will not happen with Obama.

                                                                                    Reply#156 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 10:29 PM EST

                                                                                    And guess what? Those people collecting SSA are NOT considered to be part of the unemployed.

                                                                                    Like I said, do your research.

                                                                                      #156.1 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 10:35 PM EST
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                                                                                      5.4 Million Join Disability Rolls Under Obama

                                                                                      Thu, Apr 19 2012 00:00:00 E

                                                                                      A record 5.4 million workers and their dependents have signed up to collect federal disability checks since President Obama took office, according to the latest official government data, as discouraged workers increasingly give up looking for jobs and take advantage of the federal program.

                                                                                      This is straining already-stretched government finances while posing a long-term economic threat by creating an ever-growing pool of permanently dependent working-age Americans.

                                                                                      Since the recession ended in June 2009, the number of new enrollees to Social Security's disability insurance program is twice the job growth figure. (See nearby chart.) In just the first four months of this year, 539,000 joined the disability rolls and more than 725,000 put in applications.

                                                                                      As a result, by April there were a total of 10.8 million people on disability, according to Social Security Administration data released this week. Even after accounting for all those who've left the program — about 700,000 drop out each year, mainly because they hit retirement age or died — that's up 53% from a decade ago.

                                                                                        Reply#157 - Sun Nov 4, 2012 10:47 PM EST

                                                                                        I can't believe even the White House spokesperson missed the boat on the full context. Obama was addressing the situations arising with voter suppression and that is why the people booed. This is when he said, Don't boo, vote, Voting is the best revenge. It was 1) regarding voter suppression in Ohio, and Fl and others, but especially the struggle Ohio has had fighting for rights to voting hours going to court cases even. 2) It was a literary figure of speech, as in, living well is the best revenge. When is someone going to watch the tape and stop being so irresponsible in reporting.

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                                                                                        Reply#158 - Mon Nov 5, 2012 2:44 AM EST

                                                                                        The very fact that Obama wont address the Libya,Benghazi cover-up, and by his own words saying there's no need to talk about it before the election (like that is an answer) is proof that he is dirty,And his followers don't even want to know the truth of a set-up,murder and cover-up of a ambassador that dared to disagree with him and his policy's

                                                                                        The official story surrounding the events of September 11, 2012 in Benghazi, Libya which left four Americans dead, has now officially fallen apart.

                                                                                        After numerous flips and flops by the Obama administration, which originally attempted to paint the incident as a Muslim outcry over an anti-Islamic video, whistle blowers throughout the U.S. government, including within the White House, the State Department, national intelligence agencies and the U.S.military have made available stunning details that suggest not only did operational commanders have live visual and audio communications from drones overhead and intelligence assets on the ground, but that some commanders within the military were prepared to go-it-alone after being told to "stand down."
                                                                                        Africom commanding officer U.S. General Carter Ham, after being ordered to essentially surrender control of the situation to alleged Al Queda terrorists and let Americans on the ground die, made the unilateral decision to ignore orders from the Secretary of Defense and activated special operations teams at his disposal for immediate deployment to the area.(if the general had not intervened' there would be 34 dead Americans and not just 4---And now Obama has the U.S. General Arrested for Activating Special Forces Teams; Ignoring Libya Stand-Down Order. (Obama does not like the real light to be shined on him,HuH!)

                                                                                          Reply#159 - Mon Nov 5, 2012 9:06 PM EST

                                                                                          ObamaCare is such an important topic, yet, many people are ignorant of the facts or have spread misinformation about it.

                                                                                          Watch the Bipartisan Meeting on Health Reform to see who is looking out for your interest.

                                                                                          Bipartisan Meeting on Health Reform: Part 5 Uploaded by whitehouse on Feb 25, 2010
                                                                                          #t=4805s

                                                                                          President Obama in Springfield, OH - Full Speech 11/2/2012
                                                                                          #t=443s

                                                                                          NBC News - Republican Candidates Debate - January 23, 2012
                                                                                          #t=1254s

                                                                                          Presidential Debate 2012 - 10/3/2012
                                                                                          #t=1501s
                                                                                          Presidential Commission
                                                                                          #t=2797s

                                                                                          NBC News - Republican Candidates Debate - January 23, 2012
                                                                                          #t=1139s
                                                                                          Bipartisan Meeting on Health Reform: Part 2 Uploaded by whitehouse on Feb 25, 2010
                                                                                          #t=4222s

                                                                                          NBC News - Republican Candidates Debate - January 23, 2012
                                                                                          #t=4711s

                                                                                          Health Care, Lady Parts, Cars, and Economy - Bipartisan Meeting on Health Reform
                                                                                          #t=1251s

                                                                                          Bipartisan Meeting on Health Reform: Part 5 Uploaded by whitehouse on Feb 25, 2010
                                                                                          #t=3936s

                                                                                          Two and a half years ago, Mr. Ryan attended the Bipartisan Meeting on Health Reform and knows what transpired at that meeting.
                                                                                          Mr. Ryan has not corrected his lies to the American people. Mitt Romney chose Paul Ryan as his running mate. Neither Ryan nor Romney have corrected their lies to the American people.

                                                                                          Paul Ryan explains how Obamacare cuts Medicare

                                                                                          Bipartisan Meeting on Health Reform: Part 5 Feb 25, 2010 1:07:57 running time
                                                                                          #t=4077s

                                                                                          Grover Norquist considers Americans "competing parasites" and "we just need a president to sign this stuff." Use the following link to see the video at running time 03:41 and 21:09 respectively.

                                                                                          Norquist Losing Clout With Republicans Not Pledging: Taxes By Timothy R. Homan on November 02, 2012

                                                                                          For more information visit the Bipartisan Meeting on Health Reform at

                                                                                            Reply#160 - Mon Nov 5, 2012 9:13 PM EST

                                                                                            ObamaCare is such an important topic, yet, many people are ignorant of the facts or have spread misinformation about it.

                                                                                            Watch the Bipartisan Meeting on Health Reform to see who is looking out for your interest.

                                                                                            Bipartisan Meeting on Health Reform: Part 5 Uploaded by whitehouse on Feb 25, 2010
                                                                                            #t=4805s

                                                                                            President Obama in Springfield, OH - Full Speech 11/2/2012
                                                                                            #t=443s

                                                                                            NBC News - Republican Candidates Debate - January 23, 2012
                                                                                            #t=1254s
                                                                                            Presidential Debate 2012 - 10/3/2012
                                                                                            #t=1501s
                                                                                            Presidential Commission
                                                                                            #t=2797s

                                                                                            NBC News - Republican Candidates Debate - January 23, 2012
                                                                                            #t=1139s
                                                                                            Bipartisan Meeting on Health Reform: Part 2 Uploaded by whitehouse on Feb 25, 2010
                                                                                            #t=4222s

                                                                                            NBC News - Republican Candidates Debate - January 23, 2012
                                                                                            #t=4711s

                                                                                            Health Care, Lady Parts, Cars, and Economy - Bipartisan Meeting on Health Reform
                                                                                            #t=1251s

                                                                                            Bipartisan Meeting on Health Reform: Part 5 Uploaded by whitehouse on Feb 25, 2010
                                                                                            #t=3936s

                                                                                            Two and a half years ago, Mr. Ryan attended the Bipartisan Meeting on Health Reform and knows what transpired at that meeting.
                                                                                            Mr. Ryan has not corrected his lies to the American people. Mitt Romney chose Paul Ryan as his running mate. Neither Ryan nor Romney have corrected their lies to the American people.

                                                                                            Bipartisan Meeting on Health Reform: Part 5 Feb 25, 2010 1:07:57 running time
                                                                                            #t=4077s

                                                                                            Paul Ryan explains how Obamacare cuts Medicare

                                                                                            Grover Norquist considers Americans "competing parasites" and "we just need a president to sign this stuff." Use the following link to see the video at running time 03:41 and 21:09 respectively.

                                                                                            Norquist Losing Clout With Republicans Not Pledging: Taxes By Timothy R. Homan on November 02, 2012

                                                                                            For more information visit the Bipartisan Meeting on Health Reform at

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                                                                                            Reply#161 - Mon Nov 5, 2012 9:27 PM EST

                                                                                            Revenge for the GOP crashing the economy big time in 2008

                                                                                            Revenge for the GOP causing losses in my 401k account Twice

                                                                                            Revenge for GOP starting unnecessary wars and not putting them on the budget

                                                                                            Revenge for the GOP abusing veterans after they came back from unnecessary wars

                                                                                            Voting for revenge won't fix everything but it will be a good start.

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                                                                                            Reply#162 - Tue Nov 6, 2012 12:57 PM EST
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