Oct. 3: Live Reaction to the Presidential Debate
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Keith Best
5:07 pm on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
The GDP (Gross Domestic Product) of this country was recently downgraded to 1.3%.
This is abysmal. The upcoming jobs report will show America to have a 44th month of unemployment over 8%. When you figure in those that have given up looking for work, it's closer to 19%. THAT is abysmal.
Median Family Income has dropped $4,000 under Obama. More people are out of work now then when Obama took office.
The above are the facts. Why are some Americans continuing to support a president who's only experience was as a US Senator in his first term, who spent most of that first term running for higher office. Before that he was a state senator in his first term who voted "present" over 100 times instead of a yea or nay vote.
Romney has run a business, a successful Olympics and a state.
One has "Executive Experience" , the other is still trying to figure out what that is after almost 4 years.
Garrett Rhoads
11:54 pm on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Amen Keith. Couldn't have said it better. Obama couldn't even look Romney in the face, or the camera for that matter. He knows his policies have failed. He's hoping we won't notice and that class warfare will get him the votes he needs.
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Darla Malik
9:31 pm on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Fuzzy math.....tell us Mr. Romney.what's in your plan....
Reaganite
11:19 pm on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Obama had no idea what was going on...His grandmother....really? Man Michelle is going to have a lousy anniversary
Darla Malik
9:33 pm on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Enough.stories about the man he ran into...or the lady that grabed his arm..... Just state the details in your plan and make sence of what your proposeing or take a walk
Reaganite
11:20 pm on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Stop being a knucklehead. The plan is on the website...Mitt talked principles and confused every democrat, because they have no principles...haha
Joann cosgrove
9:41 pm on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Romney plans to fire Big Bird!!! WTF!! That's his plan???? Is Downton Anney next???
Reaganite
11:22 pm on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Get Big Bird off the dole, I heard he's on meth
Garrett Rhoads
11:55 pm on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Were you actually watching the debate? OR listening? Given today's media access for common citizens, do we really need taxpayer funded TV?
Darla Malik
9:42 pm on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
I think that what the president is trying to stress ....is that if you are part of the Lucky one present that can afford luxury services like chauffeured cars and privet jets....then you do not need a tax deduction on those items and services....yiu.already have enough money.....enough to afford this......and let's face it.... Those luxury expenses....could put food.on the tables of many mindle class struggling Americans all year long...... Share....and share alike
Reaganite
11:21 pm on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Come and try to take mine Darla...let's see how tough you really are
Reaganite
11:22 pm on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
How much should I share Darla. I work hard to afford my helicopter..Okay well my matchbox helicopter
Ben Miller
12:32 am on Thursday, October 4, 2012
You mean like the President, who donated 1% to 3% until he ran for office? Romney has donated more to charity than he paid in taxes for years. You people will stick your head in the sand and ignore the facts in front of your face....
Darla Malik
9:50 pm on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
He flip flopping and dancing around the whole Medicare question..... Bit he offering no real answers for people who would then be faced with finding their own insurance.....they will be inexperienced at shopping for health insurence and the health insurance companies will eat people alive!
Tired of Hypocrisy
3:20 am on Thursday, October 4, 2012
Why should any adult be 'inexperienced at shopping for health insurance'? Government was not created to take care of those who are too lazy to take care of themselves. This is 2012, read and educate yourself via the internet, library, friends, family, etc., on insurance. I do not want the government telling me what type of medical care I am 'permitted' to receive. It is up to my doctor and I, not some bureaucratics sitting in an office playing solitaire on their computers deciding my fate. Goodness, it seems some are hoping for a nanny state. Time to grow up, be responsible for themselves.
Darla Malik
9:52 pm on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
There should be more regulation ....so that the playing field would be more even...
Darla Malik
10:10 pm on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
How? ....specifics please...... Stop dancing Mr. Romney....and tell us exactly HOW .... Leaving it the states will eventually end up leaving people who really need affordable care without anything....as.states are NOT required to follow a plan....offer a plan....or in some cases be honest about HOW those federal dollors are used.....
Reaganite
11:23 pm on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Goto the website
Andrea405
10:14 pm on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
What's wrong with closing PBS--funded by tax dollars for over 40 years??? There's COMMERCIAL TELEVISION- cable TV and CBS, ABC, NBC. You know, most networks founded with the inventions of TV and prior to that Radio. Big Bird can get hired by many, many Networks, like Nickelodeon.
Mike Shortall
10:52 pm on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Romney never said "closed". He said "cut".
Liberty 1
6:07 pm on Thursday, October 4, 2012
His mistake. He should have said closed, finished, kaput.
Andrea405
10:19 pm on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Ms. Malik- there are many people that need help, but please your Obama love is true love that is emotional, because logically, the facts that your Obama has not SOLVED serious problems and he had 4 years to do it. In fact, look at the facts with the rotten economy and economic outlook, the downgrading for the first time EVER of our dollar under his watch, unemployment rates, higher recipients of welfare and food stamps, the over $Four dollars for gasoline. Wow! Just listing REALITY not emotional love love. Fire our president and hire Romney. Wait until the next debate talks about Foreign affairs and the serious dangers this country is in. Fire Obama!
M. Xavier D. Hodge
11:07 pm on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
He's had 4 years to fix 8 years of mess! AND on the night he was elected the republicans met and the agenda was TOP PRIORITY MAKE OBAMA A ONE TERM PRESIDENT! Against odds NEVER faced by any other president. He HAS done a lot of remarkable things given the odds. Dodd Frank? Repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell, Affordable Care Act, SAVING THE AUTO INDUSTRY! Fair is FAIR!
ron
11:57 pm on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Obamacare= higher taxes. Saving the auto industry ya by giving them other peoples money. thats his answer for everything what happens when we dont have any more money to give. Oh right he will just raise taxes again. the auto industry should save themselves by building cars that are reliable and affordable.
Darla Malik
10:27 pm on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
It never fails to.amaze me how some people have put blinders on just to be party loyal...... Have we forgotten WHY our economy collapsed.to begin with? ....two.wars and all that NON regulation for the rich and the banks..... Sucked this county dry! ....how....after such a mess....after near depression conditions.... Could Obama...or anyone for that matter fix the mess the Bush administration made in less then four.years..... He is.making progress....he.is.for the middle class..... Move foward....
Reaganite
11:23 pm on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Drink the Kool-Aid fool
Reaganite
11:29 pm on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Yes because Clinton Frank and Dodd forced banks to write mortagages for those who could not afford (Dream Act). When the mortgages were sold they were valued like traditional mortgages but they were not worth the paper they were printed on. Darla grow up
ron
12:12 am on Thursday, October 4, 2012
Making progress. if his goal is promoting class warfare then yes he is making progress at dividing the country. If you mean making progress at helping our country at this rate id say he would need at least 20 more years and since 4 more is the most he could serve i say why waste them with more of the same. Maybe if he would have spent less time blaming others he could have gotten something done.
Tired of Hypocrisy
3:29 am on Thursday, October 4, 2012
Middle Class? You are not serious are you? Do you consider the high unemployment rate progress? Obama stated it would be under 8% if he were elected. That certainly has not happened. Do you consider the many more millions on food stamps progress? Do you consider all the small companies that have shuttered their doors progress? Middle class? There will not be a middle class if we continue to increase the deficit. Our children & grandchildren's future are being wagered by a President who has no idea of how economics works. Solyndra, Fisker & the other 'friends' of Obama have sucked us dry. That 90 billion could have gone a long way towards the deficit instead of being thrown into the wind, literally.
PaulRevere
12:24 am on Friday, October 5, 2012
Darla:
It's impossible to move Forward while your "Brain" is in Reverse.
Do you know how much $16Tril Debt is.?
Do you know USA debt was only $10.6Tril when Obama took over.?
HE HAS NOT PAID FOR ANYTHING HE HAS DONE.
He has not fixed anything. Even you could live for four years by going to the bank each month to Borrow enough money to Pay Your monthly bills.
Spend $3,000 each month , then borrow $3,000 each month.
That's $36,000 per year . Are you better off at the end of the year with $36,000 bank loans USED to pay all your living expenses?
NO! That is exactly what Obama has done. His $6trillion new debt is how he has faked you into believing he can go Forward--When he Can't--
"HE HAS NO MONEY"
Darla Malik
10:31 pm on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
A fair shot....for.everyone! ...not just the rich
Tired of Hypocrisy
3:34 am on Thursday, October 4, 2012
Fair shot was given, i.e. mortgages to those that could not afford the home, credit cards, etc. That 'Dream Act' sure worked, didn't it? Turned into a nightmare for those that actually work hard, pay taxes, support their families and live within their means, they are the ones now paying for the 'fair shot' everyone was given. Of course those given the 'fair shot' wanted the government to nanny them when they were going down while the hard working people were given the shaft. Yes, that's what a fair shot has done. This is America, anyone can become successful, charitable and happy, but it is up to the person, not the government to hand it to them. It takes work, hard work and there are many that are too lazy, too self-centered and too immature to help themselves.
Yolanda Pilecki
10:32 pm on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
The economy was ruined over many more than four years. Romney still has NOT given his specific plan for creating the 12 million new jobs.
careless fills
10:35 pm on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Just got into the room, was listening to most on the way on the car radio. Obama sounded like he stutterer in chief.
Ron Beitler
11:34 pm on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
I don't have this automatic gut churning reaction to the president that some do which I find scary.... And I'm not saying you do @careless. (but some already in this thread are of that mindset) But Obama without a teleprompter ISN'T and never was this epic orator he was made out to be by the media. He just isn't.
Ron Beitler
11:37 pm on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Romney tonight won the ole...."looked and sounded more presidential" while debating issue. IMO. He went on the offensive tactfully. Again, just IMHO. I do think he will have to answer some questions about his tax policy. And I'm not saying I agree or disagree with him, but there were some inconsistencies with what he said tonight and what he was saying a week ago.
ron
12:18 am on Thursday, October 4, 2012
Right Obama is a good celebrity and actor but take that telepromter away and he loses that larger than life persona.
careless fills
12:44 am on Thursday, October 4, 2012
thanks for ypu comments, ron. I'll have to watch it on the dvr when i get home in a few days. but i just wanted to express what i heard without seeing them visually on tv. kinf of like the kennedy-nixon debate where tv views thought kennedy won but radio listeners thought nixon won. but listening to the talking heads, it seems even dems are disappointed with the president's performance.
Andrea405
10:42 pm on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Yes, the economy has been ruined over more than 4 years, but again here's the facts of 4 years-- the economy got WORSE!! so why would this new unwonderful Obama president make it worse, you big partisan frauds! Obama his regulations over domestic energy policy has DOUBLED GAS prices-- go fill up your little Prius or giant Expeditions. This makes our Food prices go up as well to get it to market. Bio fuel is taking corn that we and animals eat and BURN it to make fuel. Or give hundreds of millions of dollars to Solyndra- a dummy bankrupt solar company that the owners got to keep our money!! BUSH is not being elected any more. The current dangerous President has added to and SUSTAINED the financial meltdown of our once mighty and enviable economy.
M. Xavier D. Hodge
1:23 pm on Thursday, October 4, 2012
President Obama is absolutely not responsible for current gas prices. If McCain had been elected, gas prices would still be where they are, and Democrats would be using the issue against him. The reason for this is that projects that bring gasoline to consumers take years to execute.
M. Xavier D. Hodge
1:23 pm on Thursday, October 4, 2012
If President Obama declared tomorrow that oil companies could drill anywhere they wanted, it would have no impact on supplies (and by extension, fuel prices) for years. Further, there are no assurances that even this would moderate gasoline prices, because these prices are increasingly being driven by factors outside of the United States.
Oil is a Globally Traded Commodity
M. Xavier D. Hodge
1:23 pm on Thursday, October 4, 2012
This last point is important, and it is critical to understand if you want to understand why gasoline prices are rising. If you look at consumption habits around the world, it is true that in the U.S. gasoline demand has plummeted. We might expect that we should therefore see falling gasoline prices. But the oil markets are not limited to the borders of the United States, and the U.S. is still heavily dependent upon oil imports (and hence, we pay the world price) for the fuel that we produce. As long as growth in developing countries remains strong, people there are happy to buy the oil products that the U.S. or EU is not using, keeping the price pressure very high.
M. Xavier D. Hodge
1:23 pm on Thursday, October 4, 2012
In a nutshell, the price of gasoline is not determined by U.S. presidential policy, but rather by how much people in India, Vietnam, or China are willing to pay for oil. Demand growth in those countries has been extremely strong even in the face of $100 oil, and that is a fundamental reason why there has been no gas price relief despite that fact that 1). Gasoline demand in the U.S. is down; and 2). Oil production in the U.S. has been rising.
If you really believe that Obama has a lot of control over gasoline prices, then ask yourself why prices are up all around the world. Why are people in the UK protesting gasoline prices? Do Obama’s policies drive up prices throughout the world? Of course not. Gasoline prices are responding to the same market forces in Europe, Asia, and even in oil-exporting countries like Canada. The fact that gas prices are up everywhere should tip people off that this issue extends far beyond the powers of the American president.
M. Xavier D. Hodge
1:24 pm on Thursday, October 4, 2012
Retrieved from: http://www.consumerenergyreport.com/2012/02/28/president-obamas-role-in-current-gas-prices/
PaulRevere
12:36 am on Friday, October 5, 2012
Xavier:
USA has over 24Million unemployed. (was 18mill)
USA HAs over 46million on Food stamps (was 32million)
USA has $3.75 Gas (was $1.89)
USA spends $1trill more each year for the past 4 years.
That means Obama has borrowed for everything he does.
He has over 8.2% unemployment only because millions of People have dropped out of work force.
Millions more are accepting lower paying jobs. College Grads are 50% unemployed.
FAILURE! is how this Administration can be defined.
MIDEAST IS BURNING ALL OVER. OUR FLAGS ARE TORN DOWN. OUR AMBASSADORS HAVE BEEN KILLED.
We Were attacked again on 9-11-12. A Terrorist attack that has yet to be shown by our Media. You are not seeing the truth reported by this media of ours.
It's corrupt.
Obamacare will be the largest TAX increase in History on every Employer in this Country.
How could you want any continuation of this mess.
Whoever is Elected President will inherit EVERYTHING WORSE than when Obama was elected.
Mike Shortall
10:51 pm on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Mitt clearly won tonight, hands down. He was more energetic, spoke clearly about his ideas and the rejected POTUS' constant attempts to mis-state Romney's plans.
The President looked harried, tired and worn. He has obviously been working too hard. Much mumbling and stumbling over thoughts and phrases. Kept repeating the same criticisms and exaggerations.
Mitt Romney had a far better stage presence and definitely looked presidential. Much better performance and result than I expected!!
Reaganite
11:25 pm on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
No he for once was called on his policies, did not like it, begged the moderator to change the subject. He was by far not the smartest man on the stage
Gary Schwendiman
10:54 pm on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Obama just wandered around. Romney had the facts. Obama should wave the white flag and get off the stage for the good of America.
Andrea405
10:58 pm on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
The debate is over and even though many of you don't like Romney because he's "not specific enough for you", 99% of democrats or any American do not like hearing policy wonk details. Romney did give examples- generally the problems with Frank-Dodd, Obamacare and Medicare. He wants to get rid of Obamacare and certain regulations included in Frank-Dodd and Medicare.
Obama did not debate well. He stuttered and seemed tired at listening to competent people not fawn at him. He and Michelle need to take one of their $400,000 vacations to Spain or Hawaii at taxpayer expense. Michelle can fly first in a separate airplane at taxpayer expense, just like she did earlier this year. Her personal staff of 30 or 40 people, THE LARGEST FIRST LADY STAFF EVER!! and her mommy will join her, as usual. Please. Fire Obama.
M. Xavier D. Hodge
11:08 pm on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
I thought he looked combative, arrogant and pompous
Mike Shortall
11:38 pm on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
ha ha, Xavier ... That's really grasping!
Lolita
11:06 pm on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Don't even get yourselves in an uproar, relax, Nov . Vote for Obama and go on doing whatever it is you do. Live and be happy
Reaganite
11:30 pm on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Yeah like wait for the unemployment check
Dolores Forget
11:36 pm on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Yes, provided you don't WORK for a living.
Maria
11:09 pm on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Vote for Obama and destroy America.
Are you nuts?
Folks, wake up!
Reaganite
11:18 pm on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
That was just fun to watch. The media never asked Obama these questions. Man he looked like a flounder on the dock.
Ron Beitler
11:30 pm on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Good debate. I didnt hear many of the one-liners I was fully expecting from both sides... ya know the kind of stuff that serves to really dumb down the whole discourse. Just didn't hear it. It was refreshing. Alot of honest talk about policy differences. That was a good debate.
Reaganite
11:35 pm on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
As much as I tease, it was a an honest debate with two very different men and plans. I agree the no gotcha stuff was nice
Darla Malik
11:35 pm on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Romney spent most of the debate dodging questions on specific ideas and lying about what he's said and supported in the past throughout his campaign! .... but that's ok for 99% of party loyal republicans, ...because they feel that 47% of the county is made up of moochers that pay no income taxes. Idiots!
Mike Shortall
11:40 pm on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Ah ... Speaking of one-liners and zingers, intended to draw focus away from the fact that The President looked terrible in the end and was getting hammered in the beginning on the Economy.
Admit it. The President got smoked tonight!
Reaganite
12:00 am on Thursday, October 4, 2012
Here Darla
Key Elements of Mitt’s Plan
http://www.mittromney.com/issues/medicare
Here are the details..sorry he couldn't spend five hours on TV 'splaining them. He breaks down every issue one by one.
Tired of Hypocrisy
3:42 am on Thursday, October 4, 2012
Oddly enough I am a Democrat and have been one from the day I registered at the age of 18. I am well versed in politics, have lived it almost my entire life. For the first time I will vote for a Republican. I cannot support a man who has spent more time on the golf course, campaigning and raising money than he has with his committee's, Congress, Senate, etc. I took umbrage when our Ambassador was murdered & Obama took off in Air Force One the next day for a campaign dinner in Vegas instead of sitting in the Oval Office and being briefed face to face with our State Department. His priorities are askew & have been. He & his wife & mother-in-law enjoy the perks of the office without actually working for the honor the voters have given them. He's a sham, proved tonight when he stuttered & could not explain his own policies. He could not defend his record tonight because his record is abysmal. He has let the Country down & if you do not do your job you are fired & it is time to fire Obama.
Garrett Rhoads
12:05 am on Thursday, October 4, 2012
The fact that Bush Jr's policies were horrible does not excuse Mr. Obama from his equally failed economic policies. Facts:
Bush: $2 trillion in unfunded spending in 8 years for terrorist attacks and two wars (validity of these can be debated) and a massive entitlement program of a drug program.
Obama: $6+ trillion of unfunded spending on (?). $60 billion on fake "green companies" that went bankrupt after paying the corporate officers off in golden parachutes on the taxpayer dollars. This could have given us 2 million new teachers. If anyone who reads this blog and pays attention, we should know that if we REALLY want better schools, we have to vote for candidates who don't owe anything to special interests. ROMNEY 2012!!!!
Nick
2:18 pm on Thursday, October 4, 2012
Wow Garrett, you can repeat things you heard as long ago as yesterday!!! Good job. Gold star you.
Question: You blamed Obama for $6 Trillion in debt, yet you used as support $60 Billion in spending on green energy. You do know that $60 billion is a lot less than $6 trillion, right? --> 60 billion < 6 trillion. Did that help?
Bush era Republican economic policy is still killing this country. Take some responsibility.
Ron Beitler
12:25 am on Thursday, October 4, 2012
One thing I don't get is Romney's unwillingness to address the military budget in a RESPONSIBLE way. We simply fight wars differently today then yesterday. The extremely expensive doctrine of two traditional simultaneous "fronts" just isn't in play anymore. Without downplaying a disaster scenario with China, most can agree the threats that face us today are different then what we faced 2 decades ago. We can defend ourselves without the ultra expensive military budget of the past. I'm not talking about cutting soldier pay or benefits but there are many other items the military can address without even venturing into pay/benefits or combat related areas.
This also begs re-examination of the fundamental question. Are we still the police force of the world? Do we need to be? Do we want to be?
The military being the massive chunk of the budget that it is... shouldn't be untouchable or at least un-examinable, or un-scritunizable. It's a basic function of gov't... absolutely. It's a bureaucracy but an essential bureaucracy and like any bureaucracy when given a blank check you WILL find waste.
Andrea405
12:44 am on Thursday, October 4, 2012
The gotcha game better not exist anymore. It is childish and dumb. Please, voting Americans, please read about the experiences of these men. The policies are out there to read. The status quo of media dumbing everything down has got to go! It is time for voting Americans to be sober (yes, Lolita, even you.) and put a mature experienced man in office to help our country and our safety, which could ultimately improve the very dangerous world we live in.
Andrea405
12:48 am on Thursday, October 4, 2012
By the way, this blog has a very glossy picture of the president and michelle. Wow! The newspaper accepts all comments from us but makes sure there's an Obama ad. Ewww- More brainwashing, more fawning and not running on his terrible record. Fire Obama!
ron
1:17 am on Thursday, October 4, 2012
Its important to remember that no president or candidate will be able to keep all the promises they make. For them to do that they would have to be dictators not presidents.
Tired of Hypocrisy
4:01 am on Thursday, October 4, 2012
Is it considered dictatorship when a Bill is passed when the majority of American's disagreed with it and members of Congress did not take the time to read the Bill prior to voting for it?
I understand that no President or politician; for that matter can keep all their promises, but in four years, what promise has Obama kept except the aforementioned health care act? His main campaign promises in 2008 were unemployment would be below 8%. Four years later it has not happened. Guantanamo Bay is still open despite his promise to close it. He espoused his 'Immigration Reform' which has not happened after four years. No lobbyists in his Administration, didn't stick either, he has former lobbyists working in the Administration.
He has blamed former President Bush constantly and it has gotten old after four years. It is time Obama stood up like a man and admit he is in way over his head. His talking points in the debate this evening prove it. He could not comprehend economics, he stuttered, looked at the moderator and appeared inept. A much different Obama than four years ago when he promised 'Hope & Change'. Nothing has changed on Capital Hill, it's politics as usual. Much has changed for the working class, things have gotten worse. His own Vice President stated the "Middle class has been buried the past four years". Finally someone in the Obama Administration spoke the truth.
Nick
2:20 pm on Thursday, October 4, 2012
Romney -- "private enterprise, not governemnt, stimulates the economy."
Romney 5 minutes later - " I will create 5 million jobs when I am president"
Two sides of every point, and Mitt agrees with both of them.
Mike Shortall
2:43 pm on Thursday, October 4, 2012
Romney never said "Government would create 5 million jobs". He said his Economic Policies (something sorely lacking from this President) would create the jobs.
President Obama, almost as soon as he was elected, announced he would "create" 600,000 jobs in the Public Sector, all by simply hiring those 600K directly off Government rolls. Although I doubt he ever accomplished 600K, those increased jobs are being paid for by your tax dollars.
That's the difference between Romney Economic Vision and President Obama's lack of same.
Liberty 1
6:11 pm on Thursday, October 4, 2012
Our prez looked like he went back to relive his teenage years and had a couple doobies before he went on stage. Only reason I can think of for the worlds smartest man to go stupid so quickly. Did I hear him ask Jim Lehrer for some Fritoes?
Darla Malik
9:10 pm on Thursday, October 4, 2012
Honestly..... I'm disgusted by last nights debate.... Mitt had repeatedly changed his stance on many of the issues he talked about last night over and over again all throughout his race for the top job....but he boldly lied on stage.....like a completely different person.... And as an Obama supporter I was really disappointed at how lack luster the president was.....he let everything slide when he had the purfect opportunity to call Romney out and uncover him on stage for the liers he is.....but he failed go even bring up the whole 47% thing! ...I wad pissed.....and to be really honest I am bothered by the way people in this country are treating this election...... We are so devided in this county that we act more like its a football game.....like we should be team ( party ) loyal..... It's not a football game..... It's an election..... We should be listening to who is making more sence for the county's best interst.... And if it means voting over the line that's ok..... Get with it people....you can NOT run a county like a corporation! ......there is a whole world out there.....and Romney sees only ONE thing....MONEY!
Darla Malik
9:13 pm on Thursday, October 4, 2012
And I also feel that the media is way to much involved.... And its cause people to form opinions based on what they hear on the news....instead of researching the candidate and forming our own concussion..... Stop listening to every little thing we hear on TV and radio talk shows and THINK for yourselfs!
Reaganite
9:41 pm on Thursday, October 4, 2012
I thought Obama was going to bring us together. Post racial..I think it was Obama who said...."the republicans will just have to get to the back of the bus." Very bipartisan, very racially sensitive. The man is a child, who is in way over his abilities.
PaulRevere
12:41 am on Friday, October 5, 2012
Coal Industry Suffers. Obama should be blamed because he wants to penalize the coal industry. He wants is destroyed.. When is Pennsyvania going to note that at the Voting Booth? Get him out of this Presidency.
John Fernandes
9:20 am on Saturday, October 6, 2012
You realize that when Romney lied about about the $90 billion, it was really only 30 billion, that was spent on Green energy a portion was for clean coal. Romney was spitting out lies at faster rate than his bud Lyin Ryan.
John Fernandes
9:18 am on Saturday, October 6, 2012
Big Turd wants to fund his tax cut on the back of Big Bird. Mitt and Ann refuse to show their tax returns for 2005-2009, since their accountants said they paid about 14%, the only reason to hide those returns is the IRS amnesty for rich tax cheats with secret Swiss accounts. After the UBS whistle blower case the IRS let rich tax cheats "pay the fine" instead of trial for the felony they committed. Maybe they should be in the big house rather than the White House.
Liberty 1
7:57 pm on Saturday, October 6, 2012
John - You guys have gotten sooooooo boring. Can't you come up with any new material?