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Top Liberal Calls for Eva Longoria's Resignation from Obama Campaign
Breitbart ^ | 18 Oct 2012, | John Nolte
Posted on 10/18/2012 1:57:37 PM PDT by
After re-tweeting a tweet that declared as "stupid" any and all minorities and women who support a "racist/misogynist twat" named Mitt Romney, and then attempting to cover it up Anthony Weiner-style with a bizarre tweet blaming Twitter for "things in my timeline" -- actress and Obama campaign co-chair Eva Longoria is now learning something about accountability.
This morning, Longoria was forced to tweet out an apology. Now her resignation from the Obama campaign has been called for.
For high-profile Obama supporter, Alan Colmes, it looks as though Longoria's apology was too little and way too late. Today on Fox News, the Democrat called for Ms. Longoria to resign from her high-profile perch on the Obama campaign.
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Obama on Benghazi: "When four Americans get killed, it’s not optimal."
Twitter ^ | 10/18/2012 | David Freddoso
Posted on Thursday, October 18, 2012 5:03:01 PM
Obama to Jon Stewart, on the Daily Show (taping): "When four Americans get killed, it’s not optimal."
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But, but, but....Obama won the second debate!! He's the comeback kid.
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the only problem with that tweet is that they should not have called Romney a twat
I think Douche Bag is more appropriate
Other than that it's spot on
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Desperate people do desperate things....
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the only problem with that tweet is that they should not have called Romney a twat
I think Douche Bag is more appropriate
Other than that it's spot on
I'm shocked that you support Obama. You're so eloquent and well informed.
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I'm shocked that you support Obama. You're so eloquent and well informed.
what other choice do I have
who knows what Romneys actual policy positions are going to be
he changes them by the hour
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what other choice do I have
who knows what Romneys actual policy positions are going to be
he changes them by the hour
That's somewhat factual. Obama's first term debacle has been well documented. Failed policy after failed policy, Obama's abysmal record is inescapable. With that in mind, I don't think it is premature to forecast the continued failure that would result from a second term. I guess you can at least plan for disaster in advance. However, that is a pretty hard sell as the lone reason to re-elect a politician. Four more years of managed disaster? We'll see on Nov. 6th
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i dont konw who this 'Eva Longoria' person is.... but some naked pics of her might stir my memory, among other things.
mods please, change thread to 'eva nude appreciate thread'. do the right thing fellahs.
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That's somewhat factual. Obama's first term debacle has been well documented. Failed policy after failed policy, Obama's abysmal record is inescapable. With that in mind, I don't think it is premature to forecast the continued failure that would result from a second term. I guess you can at least plan for disaster in advance. However, that is a pretty hard sell as the lone reason to re-elect a politician. Four more years of managed disaster? We'll see on Nov. 6th
great insight as always
I have to admit that things were pretty awesome when he took office and they are a lot worse now
if he "fails" as bad in his second term as he did in his first that would be fine with me
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great insight as always
I have to admit that things were pretty awesome when he took office and they are a lot worse now
if he "fails" as bad in his second term as he did in his first that would be fine with me
Post of the year.
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what other choice do I have
who knows what Romneys actual policy positions are going to be
he changes them by the hour
How many women have lost their jobs under Obama?
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How many women have lost their jobs under Obama?
probably no different than the % that lost their job under the last few months of Bush
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Obama accuses Romney of suffering from 'Romnesia'
Associated Press ^ | Oct. 19, 2012
Posted on Friday, October 19, 2012 1:29:22 PM by
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) -- President Barack Obama has a diagnosis for what he considers rival Mitt Romney's shifting positions: Call it a case of "Romnesia."
Making a direct gender-pitch in hotly contested Virginia, Obama tells a college crowd that when it comes to issues important to women's health and jobs, Romney has conveniently overlooked his past stands.
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Obama accuses Romney of suffering from 'Romnesia'
Associated Press ^ | Oct. 19, 2012
Posted on Friday, October 19, 2012 1:29:22 PM by
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) -- President Barack Obama has a diagnosis for what he considers rival Mitt Romney's shifting positions: Call it a case of "Romnesia."
Making a direct gender-pitch in hotly contested Virginia, Obama tells a college crowd that when it comes to issues important to women's health and jobs, Romney has conveniently overlooked his past stands.
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I would prefer the president and the presidential candidate conduct themselves like adults, but then I realize who they are pandering to and completely understand..
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Only 1542 to go.... I can hardly wait. :)
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How many women have lost their jobs under Obama?
No idea but we now they will get a vaginal scanner up if they go see the doctor for abortion
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http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/10/20/Media-Elite-Fret-Over-Obamas-Small-Campaign
Winners act like winners. Losers act like losers. And according to members of the same media elite who have spent months protecting him, Barack Obama is now looking like a loser in the closing days of his reelection campaign. This morning, a few members of the elite "Gang of 500," including Time's Mark Halperin, The National Journal's Ron Fournier, ABC's Terry Moran, and Politico's Roger Simon, publicly voiced their disapproval of a campaign they describe as "belittling," "not confident," "peevish" and worse:
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Terry Moran✔
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The Obama campaign's tone right now--snarky,belittling--seems off for the closing days. Like McCain's "celebrity" attacks. Kind of flailing.
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John Podhoretz@jpodhoretz 20 Oct 12
@MarkHalperin @TerryMoran Well, it's not the close yet but theory would be it's now all about sowing doubt about Romney and snark might work
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@jpodhoretz @MarkHalperin Agree--not the close. But it doesn't feel very "forward" to me. Not confident. Not presidential. Kind of peevish.
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John Podhoretz@jpodhoretz 20 Oct 12
@MarkHalperin @TerryMoran Well, it's not the close yet but theory would be it's now all about sowing doubt about Romney and snark might work
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@jpodhoretz @TerryMoran Another non-rhetorical question: What are examples of campaigns in which that has worked as a closing message?
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lobsterstyle@lobsterstyle 20 Oct 12
@ron_fournier @MarkHalperin @TerryMoran serious voters have made up mind long ago. Now its the pop culture voters turn: big bird, romnesia.
Ron Fournier@ron_fournier
@lobsterstyle @MarkHalperin @TerryMoran call me naive but I think persuadable voters are moved by ideas/character traits. Not snark/pop
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Roger Simon@politicoroger
Obama probably should not have done "Romnesia" himself. That's what vice presidents are for. Presidents should be big.
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Uh, oh.
In 1984, President Reagan ran on "Morning In America." In 1996, President Clinton ran on a "Bridge to the 21st Century." In the final days of successful reelection campaigns, both Reagan and Clinton offered a unifying message meant to bring the country together. Their closing arguments were uplifting, forward-looking, and optimistic.
Flash-forward to 2012 and all we've seen from the man who promised us hope, change, and a new kind of politics is a nakedly cynical divide and conquer crusade that's only gotten worse in its closing days. While Romney focuses his closing argument on the future, his agenda, and the realities of governing, our president is literally going all in on Big Bird, contraception, Binder-gate, "Romnesia," and aids flanking him at rallies holding signs that read: "Women's Health Security."
This smallness and naked desperation is not only apparent, it's familiar. I don't mean to pick at an old scab, but in the closing days of the '08 campaign, we saw the same kind of behavior from John McCain. He knew he was losing and in a desperate bid to gain traction, his message became erratic (suspending the campaign) and small (Joe the Plumber).
Probably with good reason, Barack Obama is also not acting like a winner. So bad is his behavior, in fact, that he's given Romney a massive opening to declare Obama's behavior "unpresidential." Wasn't it just a few weeks ago that Romney was beaten senseless for his lack of substance? The secret's out: Obama has no second-term agenda.
But the real problem is that Obama's run out of nonsense to hurl. That's why he's left with "Romnesia" and binders. Certainly, the corrupt media's been happy to go along with any nonsense Obama offers them, but guys like Halperin aren’t stupid. They know this silliness only serves to diminish the president and won't move a single vote. Moreover, they know it likely means that the campaign is panicking over internal polling that shows it all going the wrong way.
I'm not predicting a Romney victory, but with the polls as erratic as they are, one way to gauge where things are is by looking at the behavior of the candidates.
Winners look like winners.
Losers look like losers.
Follow John Nolte on Twitter @NolteNC
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Michelle Obama's Desperate Plea For Votes
breitbart.com ^ | 10/20/12
Posted on Saturday, October 20, 2012 3:38:13 PM by Justaham
Just 18 days from election day, the Obama campaign is beginning the final push for votes in the most critical "fire wall" swing states on their electoral map. To that end, First Lady Michelle Obama gave a rousing and impassioned speech in Racine, WI last night to a fervent and committed crowd of core supporters.
The speech, and the First Lady's delivery, was at times shrill and desperate as false straw man after false straw man was hoisted up before the devoted crowd only to be struck down by Mrs. Obama with passionate force. "Don't let anybody talk down your country!" she implored the crowd, not specifically citing any example of how her husband's opponents have done such a thing.
Instead of just focusing on the positive and personal traits of her husband, Mrs. Obama spent most of the 34 minute sermon on policy issues.
Count the hysterical straw men Mrs. Obama dwells on when she wades into policy: From taxation "teachers and firefighters should not pay higher tax rates than millionaires and billionaires, not in America," to deficit spending "we know good and well that cutting Sesame Street is no way to balance the budget," to health care, "we believe in an America where no one goes broke because someone gets sick," to pabulum that is not related to any specific policy but sounds a lot like socialism "we believe in an America where no one loses their home just because someone lost a job."
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http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/10/20/Media-Elite-Fret-Over-Obamas-Small-Campaign
Winners act like winners. Losers act like losers. And according to members of the same media elite who have spent months protecting him, Barack Obama is now looking like a loser in the closing days of his reelection campaign. This morning, a few members of the elite "Gang of 500," including Time's Mark Halperin, The National Journal's Ron Fournier, ABC's Terry Moran, and Politico's Roger Simon, publicly voiced their disapproval of a campaign they describe as "belittling," "not confident," "peevish" and worse:
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Terry Moran✔
@TerryMoran
The Obama campaign's tone right now--snarky,belittling--seems off for the closing days. Like McCain's "celebrity" attacks. Kind of flailing.
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John Podhoretz@jpodhoretz 20 Oct 12
@MarkHalperin @TerryMoran Well, it's not the close yet but theory would be it's now all about sowing doubt about Romney and snark might work
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@jpodhoretz @MarkHalperin Agree--not the close. But it doesn't feel very "forward" to me. Not confident. Not presidential. Kind of peevish.
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John Podhoretz@jpodhoretz 20 Oct 12
@MarkHalperin @TerryMoran Well, it's not the close yet but theory would be it's now all about sowing doubt about Romney and snark might work
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@jpodhoretz @TerryMoran Another non-rhetorical question: What are examples of campaigns in which that has worked as a closing message?
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lobsterstyle@lobsterstyle 20 Oct 12
@ron_fournier @MarkHalperin @TerryMoran serious voters have made up mind long ago. Now its the pop culture voters turn: big bird, romnesia.
Ron Fournier@ron_fournier
@lobsterstyle @MarkHalperin @TerryMoran call me naive but I think persuadable voters are moved by ideas/character traits. Not snark/pop
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Roger Simon@politicoroger
Obama probably should not have done "Romnesia" himself. That's what vice presidents are for. Presidents should be big.
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Uh, oh.
In 1984, President Reagan ran on "Morning In America." In 1996, President Clinton ran on a "Bridge to the 21st Century." In the final days of successful reelection campaigns, both Reagan and Clinton offered a unifying message meant to bring the country together. Their closing arguments were uplifting, forward-looking, and optimistic.
Flash-forward to 2012 and all we've seen from the man who promised us hope, change, and a new kind of politics is a nakedly cynical divide and conquer crusade that's only gotten worse in its closing days. While Romney focuses his closing argument on the future, his agenda, and the realities of governing, our president is literally going all in on Big Bird, contraception, Binder-gate, "Romnesia," and aids flanking him at rallies holding signs that read: "Women's Health Security."
This smallness and naked desperation is not only apparent, it's familiar. I don't mean to pick at an old scab, but in the closing days of the '08 campaign, we saw the same kind of behavior from John McCain. He knew he was losing and in a desperate bid to gain traction, his message became erratic (suspending the campaign) and small (Joe the Plumber).
Probably with good reason, Barack Obama is also not acting like a winner. So bad is his behavior, in fact, that he's given Romney a massive opening to declare Obama's behavior "unpresidential." Wasn't it just a few weeks ago that Romney was beaten senseless for his lack of substance? The secret's out: Obama has no second-term agenda.
But the real problem is that Obama's run out of nonsense to hurl. That's why he's left with "Romnesia" and binders. Certainly, the corrupt media's been happy to go along with any nonsense Obama offers them, but guys like Halperin aren’t stupid. They know this silliness only serves to diminish the president and won't move a single vote. Moreover, they know it likely means that the campaign is panicking over internal polling that shows it all going the wrong way.
I'm not predicting a Romney victory, but with the polls as erratic as they are, one way to gauge where things are is by looking at the behavior of the candidates.
Winners look like winners.
Losers look like losers.
Follow John Nolte on Twitter @NolteNC
It reminds me of the rich people on the Titanic (movie): They ignored the warning signs and never thought for a second the ship could sink. But, once it started going underwater, guess who were the first on the lifeboats.....
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FIRE SALE!!!!!
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"Obama bogged down in race to White House due to 'impatient' voters who can't see light yet" says C
yahoo.com ^ | 10/20/12 | ANI
Posted on Saturday, October 20, 2012 2:31:30 PM by ColdOne
full title......."Obama bogged down in race to White House due to 'impatient' voters who can't see light yet" says Clinton
Washington, Oct. 20 (ANI): Former US President Bill Clinton has said that President Barack Obama is facing a tough re-election race because "impatient" Americans haven't fully recognized an economy on the mend.
Campaigning for Obama in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Clinton urged voters to judge Obama on the past three years since he took office, in which private sector job growth has made up for lost ground.
"This shouldn't be a race. The only reason it is, is because Americans are impatient on things not made before yesterday and they don't understand why the economy is not totally hunky-dory again," the Huffington Post quoted Clinton, as saying.
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PRESIDENT OBAMA ANNOUNCES A CLEARANCE SALE (EVERYTHING MUST GO !!)
Breitbart ^ | 10/21/2012 | LEE STRANAHAN
Posted on Sunday, October 21, 2012 1:14:52 PM by SeekAndFind
The President of the United States is apparently having a fire sale. The Obama / Biden campaign sent out an email on Saturday with a headline that any internet marketer would love, complete with stars and ALL CAPS. The email subject line is “? Our biggest sale EVER ?” and it promises big big savings of 30% off of everything (minimum order, $10) PLUS guaranteed delivery by election day at the “Last Call Sale.”
But don’t order yet! The commander-in-chief will ALSO give you free shipping! That’s right, America; at these prices, you can’t afford to NOT support reckless, failed policies!
Just what manner of swag can one purchase to help support the current leader of the free world? Aside from the standard items like yard signs, buttons and bumper stickers that you’d expect from any campaign, the Obama Store contains a few products that stand out.
Every infant needs a My Two Dads Support Obama Baby Onsie because at that age, they are too young to ask to obvious biological question and thankfully, it’s a steal at half-off; only $10! Don’t worry, there’s one for Two Moms--and if you’re heterosexist, there’s of Onsies that show men & woman holding hands; only $65!
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I'm shocked that you support Obama. You're so eloquent and well informed.
If you look at the facts the only way you would support romney is if you make 250k a year or more and don't carry a mortgage. If your making less than 250k a year and vote Romney you are voting a tax increase for yourself...
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If you look at the facts the only way you would support romney is if you make 250k a year or more and don't carry a mortgage. If your making less than 250k a year and vote Romney you are voting a tax increase for yourself...
LMFAO yes b/c obama hasnt raised taxes at all on anybody right?
hey you do know neither one has really come out and said anything about the social security tax break thats set to expire next year right?
youre a typical brain dead libtard
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Kerry Warns: 'President Romney?!'
The Washington Examiner ^ | 10/21/12 | Paul Bedard
Posted on Sunday, October 21, 2012 6:41:03 PM by
Sen. John Kerry is pulling out the biggest of warnings: In a fundraising email headlined "President Romney?!" he is raising for the first time the possibility that Mitt Romney could win the presidency.
Referring to his own paper-thin 2004 loss to former President George W. Bush, Kerry is trying to scare Democrats into giving the Obama campaign one last donation so that President Obama isn't outspent by Romney, though September financial records show that Obama outspent Romney two to one.
Kerry's email:
Folks, it's time to get serious about this.
In these last two weeks, President Obama and Democrats are going to get slammed with a massive blitz of negative ads. Mitt Romney and outside groups are "hoping that burying President Obama in ads will give them a crucial edge on Election Day," reports the Washington Post.
You and I learned the hard way eight years ago: We need to respond immediately and forcefully.
We've got the right candidates, the right ideas, and millions of committed supporters -- but we simply can't win without the resources.
So please donate $5 or more today.
We cannot let Mitt Romney become president.
While Romney was governor of my state, Massachusetts, the debt burden per capita was the highest in the nation. He raised or created more than 1,000 taxes and fees on people across Massachusetts, while 278 wealthy residents in the state got a tax break. And Massachusetts plummeted to 47th out of 50 in job creation.
What does it say that the people who know Mitt Romney best trust him least? He is trailing by 20 points or more in the state where he was governor.
If that's not what you want for the next four years, then chip in $5 or more and help President Obama and Democrats across the country beat Romney and his Republican allies:
https://my.democrats.org/Finish-Line
Thanks,
John Kerry
P.S. -- The stakes could not be higher. Tomorrow is the final debate, and then we're just two weeks away. No regrets. Donate today.
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Kerry Warns: 'President Romney?!'
The Washington Examiner ^ | 10/21/12 | Paul Bedard
Posted on Sunday, October 21, 2012 6:41:03 PM by
Sen. John Kerry is pulling out the biggest of warnings: In a fundraising email headlined "President Romney?!" he is raising for the first time the possibility that Mitt Romney could win the presidency.
Referring to his own paper-thin 2004 loss to former President George W. Bush, Kerry is trying to scare Democrats into giving the Obama campaign one last donation so that President Obama isn't outspent by Romney, though September financial records show that Obama outspent Romney two to one.
Kerry's email:
Folks, it's time to get serious about this.
In these last two weeks, President Obama and Democrats are going to get slammed with a massive blitz of negative ads. Mitt Romney and outside groups are "hoping that burying President Obama in ads will give them a crucial edge on Election Day," reports the Washington Post.
You and I learned the hard way eight years ago: We need to respond immediately and forcefully.
We've got the right candidates, the right ideas, and millions of committed supporters -- but we simply can't win without the resources.
So please donate $5 or more today.
We cannot let Mitt Romney become president.
While Romney was governor of my state, Massachusetts, the debt burden per capita was the highest in the nation. He raised or created more than 1,000 taxes and fees on people across Massachusetts, while 278 wealthy residents in the state got a tax break. And Massachusetts plummeted to 47th out of 50 in job creation.
What does it say that the people who know Mitt Romney best trust him least? He is trailing by 20 points or more in the state where he was governor.
If that's not what you want for the next four years, then chip in $5 or more and help President Obama and Democrats across the country beat Romney and his Republican allies:
https://my.democrats.org/Finish-Line
Thanks,
John Kerry
P.S. -- The stakes could not be higher. Tomorrow is the final debate, and then we're just two weeks away. No regrets. Donate today.
People are more passionate to vote if they are scared that they will lose.
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People are more passionate to vote if they are scared that they will lose.
Vince - Obama is done in NC. Deal with it
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If your making less than 250k a year and vote Romney you are voting a tax increase for yourself...
I've heard this from a lot of people. It's also been the impression I've gotten from his debates.
33, is it true? Obama DID in fact cut taxes on middle class. You know this - we paid less in taxes. You can argue he fuckked the duck on 10,000 other things and I won't argue.
But on this specific point - WILL romney end the tax cuts that Obama gave the middle class/?
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I've heard this from a lot of people. It's also been the impression I've gotten from his debates.
33, is it true? Obama DID in fact cut taxes on middle class. You know this - we paid less in taxes. You can argue he fuckked the duck on 10,000 other things and I won't argue.
But on this specific point - WILL romney end the tax cuts that Obama gave the middle class/?
Either that or blow up the deficit
But that doesnt matter to repub. The deficit is only an issue with a democrat president
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Obama Campaign is Like a Chicken With its Head Cut Off
Redstate ^ | 10/22/12 | Erick Erickson
Posted on October 22, 2012 6:12:11 AM EDT by markomalley
We’re two weeks away and signs point to the Obama campaign flailing about like a chicken with its head cut off — or more precisely Florida, North Carolina, and, of all things, Virginia cut off. Colorado too seems to be slipping out of Obama’s reach making Ohio more and more necessary. Paul Ryan has begun making incursions into Western Pennsylvania, which gets Ohio media markets, but also helps Republicans in Pennsylvania — something Obama cannot do for Democrats.
Within a week, the Obama campaign will probably trot out some blonde somebody with Gloria Alred to claim Mitt Romney and his five sons have all been sharing her. It will be their October Surprise. No doubt Eric Holder will be enlisted to drum up a few indictments too. They’ll pin their hopes on last minute fiction.
The Obama campaign is desperate and scared. Desperate and scared campaigns, like animals. tend to lash out. We’re seeing signs of that now with the “binders full of women” nonsense among other things. The Obama campaign has made a near fatal — quite possibly fatal — mistake. The campaign has been run on what Barack Obama has done for people without barely a hint of what he will do in his second term. People want to vote for something. Obama has given them nothing to vote for — just reminders of a past that includes a whole lot of unemployment and a still deeply unpopular take over of the American healthcare system. At least there’s Big Bird and Sandra Fluke.
What’s more, Mitt Romney and the GOP both are benefiting tremendously from Team Obama’s pride. The Obama campaign cannot, out of pride, admit it is losing key states. Consequently, the campaign continues to pour money into states like Florida that have fully slipped away. The Obama campaign is also hoarding Democratic Party funds that could be spent on other races. An unwillingness to let go of states and money and an inability to help other Democratic campaigns is not just costing Barack Obama, but is costing the Democratic Party as a whole.
The United States House of Representatives will not fall to Nancy Pelosi as a result. The United States Senate remains in play as a result. Republicans just need to rally to guys like Todd Akin, whether they want to or not. The Obama campaign’s pride will be the Democratic Party’s fall.
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Obama's contempt for voters
By: Keith Koffler
October 22, 2012 04:31 AM EDT
Are you an idiot?
President Obama seems to think that’s exactly what you are.
It must be the reason he is conducting a campaign marked by a certain contempt for voters. He probably thinks you’re not smart enough to notice the sneer.
But with Mitt Romney rising in the polls, Obama and his political advisers may be discovering that Americans are not idiots.
Obama shows his contempt when he fails to be specific about what he will do if he is reelected president. And he shows his contempt when he draws a caricature of a despicable Romney that’s as believable as Freddy Krueger.
And as he insults the American people, Obama is also insulting himself. The president is a man who has thought hard about the liberal philosophy that guides him. He once hoped to sway Americans with his ideas. Instead, he’s trying to obscure his program and vilify his opponent.
Though sometimes derided as being built on an empty promise of “hope and change,” Obama’s 2008 campaign offered tangible goals, including an overhaul of the health care system and an end to the war in Iraq.
But in the first two presidential debates, Obama has offered up mainly general promises to increase spending in a few areas, and almost nothing about how to solve the great problem of our time – long term deficits driven by entitlement spending that will have to be dramatically slashed.
Obama’s solution, served up in the first debate, amounts to, “Don’t worry, be happy.” At a moment when a leader is needed to propose the hard choices necessary and create a mandate to address an existential dilemma, Obama hopes you’ll fall for the idea that The Hindenburg is the perfect flying machine.
“So the way for us to deal with Medicare in particular is to lower health care costs,” he said. “But when it comes to Social Security, as I said, you don’t need a major structural change in order to make sure that Social Security is there for the future.”
This is nonsense that ignores the pain that’s on the way.
Obama’s plan for the near-term deficit, other than – somewhat counter-intuitively – increasing spending, is to smack the rich around with a tax increase.
Raising the taxes of families making more than $250,000 a year will not go very far toward eliminating the deficit.
Instead, the proposal is a symptom of Obama’s ideology, which wants to punish success and redistribute it.
But it is also an appeal to the basest emotions of voters, an effort to breed resentment against the wealthy and translate it into support for Obama, who fashions himself the champion of the middle class.
It’s an appeal to anger, built on the hope that you won’t be able to discern populist demagoguery and left-wing dogma from a serious attempt to tackle the deficit.
Driving parallel to Obama’s empty agenda but traveling on an even lower road is his extraordinarily personal attempt to brand Romney a liar and a shameless tool of the wealthy.
Obama was again testing your intelligence during the second debate, when he tried to peddle some snake oil about Romney aching to devote his presidency to making the rich richer.
“Governor Romney doesn’t have a five-point plan. He has a one-point plan,” Obama said. “And that plan is to make sure that folks at the top play by a different set of rules. That’s been his philosophy in the private sector, that’s been his philosophy as governor, that’s been his philosophy as a presidential candidate.”
It’s almost sad to see a thinker of Obama’s caliber lofting such simplistic left-wing rhetoric out of the mud, bellowing, in effect, “He only cares about rich people!”
It would be sad except Obama knows better, and he hopes you won’t.
And in what appears to have been part Machiavellian political strategy and part foot-stomping fit of pique by a sore loser, Obama reportedly chaired a meeting in which he and his operatives decided to make Romney’s “dishonesty” the central issue of their campaign. The charge, in essence, was that Romney cheated during the debate by lying about his record and his plans.
This was a new addition to the portfolio of insults the Obama campaign had already been spitting out at Romney, which had mainly focused on his supposedly unscrupulous business practices.
These are the desperate ravings of a campaign that has nothing more politically effective to talk about. Obama’s signature policies, the stimulus and Obamacare, are unpopular. The campaign’s slogan is “forward,” but it doesn’t want to give you too much detail about where “forward” leads.
The Obama campaign has a sense of unreality about it, both in its agenda and its argument with its opponent.
At its core, the Obama campaign is a cartoon. And it hopes you are dumb enough that you like cartoons.
Keith Koffler, who covered the White House as a reporter for CongressDaily and Roll Call, is editor of the website White House Dossier.
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I've heard this from a lot of people. It's also been the impression I've gotten from his debates.
33, is it true? Obama DID in fact cut taxes on middle class. You know this - we paid less in taxes. You can argue he fuckked the duck on 10,000 other things and I won't argue.
But on this specific point - WILL romney end the tax cuts that Obama gave the middle class/?
33, you read and skipped this.
WILL romney end the tax cuts that Obama gave the middle class/?
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33, you read and skipped this.
WILL romney end the tax cuts that Obama gave the middle class/?
The only thing THUG did is continue the existing tax rates and call it a cut.
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33, you read and skipped this.
WILL romney end the tax cuts that Obama gave the middle class/?
Bump for an answer
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Obama's contempt for voters
By: Keith Koffler
October 22, 2012 04:31 AM EDT
Are you an idiot?
President Obama seems to think that’s exactly what you are.
It must be the reason he is conducting a campaign marked by a certain contempt for voters. He probably thinks you’re not smart enough to notice the sneer.
But with Mitt Romney rising in the polls, Obama and his political advisers may be discovering that Americans are not idiots.
Obama shows his contempt when he fails to be specific about what he will do if he is reelected president. And he shows his contempt when he draws a caricature of a despicable Romney that’s as believable as Freddy Krueger.
And as he insults the American people, Obama is also insulting himself. The president is a man who has thought hard about the liberal philosophy that guides him. He once hoped to sway Americans with his ideas. Instead, he’s trying to obscure his program and vilify his opponent.
Though sometimes derided as being built on an empty promise of “hope and change,” Obama’s 2008 campaign offered tangible goals, including an overhaul of the health care system and an end to the war in Iraq.
But in the first two presidential debates, Obama has offered up mainly general promises to increase spending in a few areas, and almost nothing about how to solve the great problem of our time – long term deficits driven by entitlement spending that will have to be dramatically slashed.
Obama’s solution, served up in the first debate, amounts to, “Don’t worry, be happy.” At a moment when a leader is needed to propose the hard choices necessary and create a mandate to address an existential dilemma, Obama hopes you’ll fall for the idea that The Hindenburg is the perfect flying machine.
“So the way for us to deal with Medicare in particular is to lower health care costs,” he said. “But when it comes to Social Security, as I said, you don’t need a major structural change in order to make sure that Social Security is there for the future.”
This is nonsense that ignores the pain that’s on the way.
Obama’s plan for the near-term deficit, other than – somewhat counter-intuitively – increasing spending, is to smack the rich around with a tax increase.
Raising the taxes of families making more than $250,000 a year will not go very far toward eliminating the deficit.
Instead, the proposal is a symptom of Obama’s ideology, which wants to punish success and redistribute it.
But it is also an appeal to the basest emotions of voters, an effort to breed resentment against the wealthy and translate it into support for Obama, who fashions himself the champion of the middle class.
It’s an appeal to anger, built on the hope that you won’t be able to discern populist demagoguery and left-wing dogma from a serious attempt to tackle the deficit.
Driving parallel to Obama’s empty agenda but traveling on an even lower road is his extraordinarily personal attempt to brand Romney a liar and a shameless tool of the wealthy.
Obama was again testing your intelligence during the second debate, when he tried to peddle some snake oil about Romney aching to devote his presidency to making the rich richer.
“Governor Romney doesn’t have a five-point plan. He has a one-point plan,” Obama said. “And that plan is to make sure that folks at the top play by a different set of rules. That’s been his philosophy in the private sector, that’s been his philosophy as governor, that’s been his philosophy as a presidential candidate.”
It’s almost sad to see a thinker of Obama’s caliber lofting such simplistic left-wing rhetoric out of the mud, bellowing, in effect, “He only cares about rich people!”
It would be sad except Obama knows better, and he hopes you won’t.
And in what appears to have been part Machiavellian political strategy and part foot-stomping fit of pique by a sore loser, Obama reportedly chaired a meeting in which he and his operatives decided to make Romney’s “dishonesty” the central issue of their campaign. The charge, in essence, was that Romney cheated during the debate by lying about his record and his plans.
This was a new addition to the portfolio of insults the Obama campaign had already been spitting out at Romney, which had mainly focused on his supposedly unscrupulous business practices.
These are the desperate ravings of a campaign that has nothing more politically effective to talk about. Obama’s signature policies, the stimulus and Obamacare, are unpopular. The campaign’s slogan is “forward,” but it doesn’t want to give you too much detail about where “forward” leads.
The Obama campaign has a sense of unreality about it, both in its agenda and its argument with its opponent.
At its core, the Obama campaign is a cartoon. And it hopes you are dumb enough that you like cartoons.
Keith Koffler, who covered the White House as a reporter for CongressDaily and Roll Call, is editor of the website White House Dossier.
But... we are idiots...Honey Boo Boo, Jerry Spring, The Bachelor.... OJ SImpson trial... Casey Anthony trial, political hacks convicted of serious crimes getting re-elected, Goerge Bush's 2nd term... Maybe Obama isn't all that far off..
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LMFAO yes b/c obama hasnt raised taxes at all on anybody right?
hey you do know neither one has really come out and said anything about the social security tax break thats set to expire next year right?
youre a typical brain dead libtard
Economy has always done better during a dem president than repub
http://www.foxbusiness.com/investing/2012/09/04/history-shows-markets-gdp-outperform-under-democrats/
Personal income is higher when a dem is in office
http://thegreatrecession.info/blog/deficits-debts-democrats-vs-republicans-us-national-debt-graphs-year-president/
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The only thing THUG did is continue the existing tax rates and call it a cut.
Blue states pay more taxes and recieve less welfare than red
http://reason.com/archives/2011/07/14/the-redblue-paradox
Economy has always done better during a dem president than repub
http://www.foxbusiness.com/investing/2012/09/04/history-shows-markets-gdp-outperform-under-democrats/
Personal income is higher when a dem is in office
http://thegreatrecession.info/blog/deficits-debts-democrats-vs-republicans-us-national-debt-graphs-year-president/
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Blue states pay more taxes and recieve less welfare than red
http://reason.com/archives/2011/07/14/the-redblue-paradox
Economy has always done better during a dem president than repub
http://www.foxbusiness.com/investing/2012/09/04/history-shows-markets-gdp-outperform-under-democrats/
Personal income is higher when a dem is in office
http://thegreatrecession.info/blog/deficits-debts-democrats-vs-republicans-us-national-debt-graphs-year-president/
Of course, blue states pay more in taxes. Their governors keep jacking them up. Look at California and New York. People are leaving those states in droves.
What's rather pathetic is trying to make the case that Obama should be re-elected, simply for being a Democrat. Even if all that stuff you printed were accurate, it's HARDLY THE CASE with THIS PARTICULAR DEMOCRAT, Barack Obama.
Personal income is DOWN over $4,000.
Economy is LOUSY, under OBAMA.
As for red states receiving more in welfare, break those states down and see where the concentrations of welfare recipients are (and how those folks vote).
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Of course, blue states pay more in taxes. Their governors keep jacking them up. Look at California and New York. People are leaving those states in droves.
What's rather pathetic is trying to make the case that Obama should be re-elected, simply for being a Democrat. Even if all that stuff you printed were accurate, it's HARDLY THE CASE with THIS PARTICULAR DEMOCRAT, Barack Obama.
Personal income is DOWN over $4,000.
Economy is LOUSY, under OBAMA.
As for red states receiving more in welfare, break those states down and see where the concentrations of welfare recipients are (and how those folks vote).
Quote from: whork on Today at 07:17:52 AM
Blue states pay more taxes and recieve less welfare than red
http://reason.com/archives/2011/07/14/the-redblue-paradox
Economy has always done better during a dem president than repub
http://www.foxbusiness.com/investing/2012/09/04/history-shows-markets-gdp-outperform-under-democrats/
Personal income is higher when a dem is in office
http://thegreatrecession.info/blog/deficits-debts-democrats-vs-republicans-us-national-debt-graphs-year-president/
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The only thing THUG did is continue the existing tax rates and call it a cut.
So you're saying there was NO ADDITIONAL tax reduction for middle class americans under obama? He re-signed the Bush tax cuts, and that was it?
is that what you're saying, 33?
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Quote from: whork on Today at 07:17:52 AM
Blue states pay more taxes and recieve less welfare than red
http://reason.com/archives/2011/07/14/the-redblue-paradox
Economy has always done better during a dem president than repub
http://www.foxbusiness.com/investing/2012/09/04/history-shows-markets-gdp-outperform-under-democrats/
Personal income is higher when a dem is in office
http://thegreatrecession.info/blog/deficits-debts-democrats-vs-republicans-us-national-debt-graphs-year-president/
Personal income under Obama is down over $4000. (Notice your chart only goes to 2005! Gee...I wonder why ::) )
Economy is lousy (two credit downgrades 44 straight months of at least 8% unemployment; GDP in the toilet), under Obama
47 million on food stamps (up from 32 million), under Obama
Try again!!
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Personal income under Obama is down over $4000.
Economy is lousy (two credit downgrades 44 straight months of at least 8% unemployment; GDP in the toilet)
Try again!!
We had 8 years of republican policy. It culminated in the biggest economic meltdown since the 30's.
Try again!!!
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We had 8 years of republican policy. It culminated in the biggest economic meltdown since the 30's.
Try again!!!
We've have four years of Democrat policy:
Credit downgrade for the first time EVER!
- At least 8% unemployment for 44 straight months (longer than during the tenures of the last three dozen presidents COMBINED).
- Six trillion in debt....more than nearly all of Obama's predecessors COMBINED.
- Personal income down over $4,000.
Obama doesn't get re-elected by association.....TRY AGAIN!!
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So you're saying there was NO ADDITIONAL tax reduction for middle class americans under obama? He re-signed the Bush tax cuts, and that was it?
is that what you're saying, 33?
Yes. And that temp payroll tax reduction that robbed ss
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We've have four years of Democrat policy:
Credit downgrade for the first time EVER!
- At least 8% unemployment for 44 straight months (longer than during the tenures of the last three dozen presidents COMBINED).
- Six trillion in debt....more than nearly all of Obama's predecessors COMBINED.
- Personal income down over $4,000.
Obama doesn't get re-elected by association.....TRY AGAIN!!
Yup so lets re-elect the party that created this mess ::)
Try again!!
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Yup so lets re-elect the party that created this mess ::)
Try again!!
As if Obama can fix the mess (caused in part by the Dems, who ran Congress the last two years of Bush's term).
He didn't get it done. He needs to go. Trying to associate him with past Democrats, when his record hardly reflects such, smacks of desperation to save a president in BIG TROUBLE.
Bush's worst years were better than what we've had under Obama.
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As if Obama can fix the mess (caused in part by the Dems, who ran Congress the last two years of Bush's term).
He didn't get it done. He needs to go. Trying to associate him with past Democrats, when his record hardly reflects such, smacks of desperation to save a president in BIG TROUBLE.
Bush's worst years were better than what we've had under Obama.
Bush's years was fine, republican years always is. But then comes the bill and we are stuck with it. Not that you care
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http://barackobama.tumblr.com/post/34165736532/sums-it-up
Insane - how utterly ridiculous is Obama?
Total meltdown.
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http://barackobama.tumblr.com/post/34165736532/sums-it-up
Insane - how utterly ridiculous is Obama?
Total meltdown.
That is all that the clown in chief can do now.
Instead of explaining how his second term will be different and instead of providing ideas. He resorts to attacking Romney.
That is not an agenda.
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That is all that the clown in chief can do now.
Instead of explaining how his second term will be different and instead of providing ideas. He resorts to attacking Romney.
That is not an agenda.
Unfortunately that's what works.. It doesn't say a lot for the majority of Americans..
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Top Liberal Calls for Eva Longoria's Resignation from Obama Campaign
Breitbart ^ | 18 Oct 2012, | John Nolte
Posted on 10/18/2012 1:57:37 PM PDT by
After re-tweeting a tweet that declared as "stupid" any and all minorities and women who support a "racist/misogynist twat" named Mitt Romney, and then attempting to cover it up Anthony Weiner-style with a bizarre tweet blaming Twitter for "things in my timeline" -- actress and Obama campaign co-chair Eva Longoria is now learning something about accountability.
This morning, Longoria was forced to tweet out an apology. Now her resignation from the Obama campaign has been called for.
For high-profile Obama supporter, Alan Colmes, it looks as though Longoria's apology was too little and way too late. Today on Fox News, the Democrat called for Ms. Longoria to resign from her high-profile perch on the Obama campaign.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
lol
awesome
eva nevr was hot
no boobs
just shorty slut who long timed old movie producers
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Unfortunately that's what works.. It doesn't say a lot for the majority of Americans..
Something that far over the top doesn't work...and when you do literally nothing but sneer at and attack the people you're running against, you turn people off...
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Axelrod Sounding Sad: 'No Matter What, We've Given This Campaign Everything We've Got'
NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein
Posted on Friday, October 26, 2012 6:28:25 PM by
Four years ago, David Axelrod was exuberantly riding the Obama wave. Today, the poor guy sounds decidedly down in the dumps. Check out this line from an email he sent to people on the Obama campaign list: "I don't know how this is going to end. But no matter what, I know each of us will have given this campaign everything we've got."
Yikes! Take two Prozac and call me in the morning if you're still trailing by five in the Gallup poll!
More after the jump.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...
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http://www.businessinsider.com/obama-vs-romney-gallup-poll-october-27-results-2012-10
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