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I believe Barack Obama was put into office to do what no Republican could ever have gotten away with. Obama has extend the wars, created new wars, extended the Bush tax cuts for the rich, given additional bail out money to the banks, allowed the health insurance industry to write the healthcare bill, extended the Patriot Act and signed the NDAA.

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Cloud says
Right. That's the insanity of it all. Let's see, Bush commits major war-crimes but nobody charges him with anything and he pardons his crony felons before leaving the office. Obama basically continues military interventions in a number of countries without proper declaration of war, his buddy Corzine defrauds over a billion and does not get prosecuted, AG holder sends weapons to Mexico, nothing happens. Pelosi makes big bucks on insider trading, Waters funnels millions to her husbands failing bank, nada consequences. Right, you have to commit a real major crime like getting head in the oval office to receive a proper impeachment. And some are trying to tell us why Obama is better than Romney or any other big-party shill? Come on people, put the pom-poms down, stop the cheerleading at get real. If Obama had kept only 50% of his promise to fight for the small guy back then when he was giving his heroic speeches of hopium and change before he took office, at least half of Goldman sucks and JP Morgue would sit in jail by now.
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Honest Abe says
Obama launched an investigation on the people colluding to push gasoline prices upward. Also, he has kept them from making gasoline soar. He is against it. Romney would not be against soaring gasoline prices. Obama was slow, but got us out of two wars, both illegal wars.
Romney is a guy who wants finance to be king even more than Obama does. If you vote for the lesser of two evils you have to vote for Obama.
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bgamall4 says
DREAMER they are all alike. They all work for the same Master you fool. Wake up. Lesser of two evils? I haven't seen that one yet.
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Did anyone actually read this so called article? It's bullshit.
It starts off blaming Obama for signing the NDAA forced on him my McCain!
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Reader says
You seem to be arguing that Romney is not contemptuous of 47% of the population because it's "the truth". That makes no sense. Contempt is contempt, whether justified or not. It sounds like you would be perfectly fine with a president who is contemptuous of the very people who elected him. I don't think the rest of the population shares your view.
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lol Romney is contemptuous of his own Father..
1) Received welfare
2) Release 12 years of his taxes as a STATEMENT that everyone should do this when running for President.
3) Was socially conservative
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Homeboy says
i would rather have someone like this:
President Kennedy calls out the steel companies (1962)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zWNhWANkq0Q#!
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coriacci1 says
If push came to shove
DAMN STRAIGHT.
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Homeboy says
Yes, THAT is the problem.
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George Romney worked to overhaul the state's financial and revenue structure, culminating in Michigan's first state income tax, and greatly expanded the size of state government. Romney was a strong supporter of the American Civil Rights Movement. He briefly represented moderate Republicans against conservative Republican Barry Goldwater during the 1964 U.S. presidential election. He requested the intervention of federal troops during the 1967 Detroit riot.
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Romney was a candidate for the Republican nomination for President of the United States in 1968. While initially a front-runner, he proved an ineffective campaigner, and fell behind Richard Nixon in polls. Following a mid-1967 remark that his earlier support for the Vietnam War had been due to a "brainwashing" by U.S. military and diplomatic officials in Vietnam, his campaign faltered even more, and he withdrew from the contest in early 1968. Once elected president, Nixon appointed Romney Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Romney's ambitious plans for housing production increases for the poor, and for open housing to desegregate suburbs, were modestly successful but often thwarted by Nixon. Romney left the administration at the start of Nixon's second term in 1973. Returning to private life, Romney advocated volunteerism and public service, and headed the National Center for Voluntary Action and its successor organizations from 1973 through 1991. He also served as a regional representative of the Twelve within his church.
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Mitt Romney has become his fathers worse enemy Nixon!
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Trickey Dickey ROCKED
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Reader says
They are similar, but not alike. Historically, rich presidents, like Teddy Roosevelt have challenged the wealthy and protected the middle class. Obama is doing that by keeping oil prices down as we speak. I guarantee you Romney would not do that. Why do you think the banksters want Obama out? Fool.
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Politicofact says
Politico you may be interested in this article I wrote about George Romney's housing bubble attempt: http://www.businessinsider.com/mitt-romney-wants-a-false-prosperity-using-his-dads-failed-policy-2012-6
With regard to Vietnam, it was brainwashing after all. George was right there because Westmoreland lied about the strength of the Viet Cong. They were much stronger than the generals said. But it came at a bad time for him.
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Here is the NY Times article about the George Romney housing bubble. It will be repeated by Mitt. I can feel it. That is why Mitt is against the Volcker Rule and Dodd-Frank:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/01/opinion/the-house-that-george-romney-built.html?_r=0
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Cloud says
Excellent, I assume you would start with a 50% cut in military spending.
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bgamall4 says
The bankstas could care less if Obama or Romney wins, they have both on their salary list. In fact they had no problem voting Obama in and spend roughly equal amounts on both candidates, making sure they own both.
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coriacci1 says
JFK isn't running in this election. He's dead. Did you miss the memo?
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Your problem.
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mell says
Then why are they trying very hard for Obama to lose. Especially the hedge funds, who want off the TBTF systemic risk list so they can gamble more. You can google that hedge fund systemic risk list and read up on it.
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Homeboy says
Did you learn to be obnoxious or were you born that way? Goodnight Homeboy.
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bgamall4 says
First of all, the proper phrase is they could NOT care less (which they couldn't.) Secondly, why are they trying "very hard" for Obama to lose? You must be blind because that is NOT the case at all. They are all in bed together. You saw who was in office during the bank bailout!
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mell says
Yes, true. Besides the minor correction of (could NOT care less.)
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bob2356 says
Why are you spinning? That isn't what he asked you.
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bgamall4 says
Oh yes, they "protected" their pockets that's what they protected. They have you believing they are protecting the so-called middle class, how they love to sell that bullshite to you people and you eat it up.
Your party pushes "protecting" middle class because what is essentially lower income and welfare they make a fuckload a money off of ...starting with UNIONS, dues, fees, social programmes, clinics, Medicaid, educational bullshite, rights protections, etc. etc. etc. and all the real money put out results in Xtimes back which goes straight back into their Democratic pockets.
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Cloud says
Patrick, he has valid points here. Especially the examples provided.
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Homeboy says
I was agreeing with you MORON.
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Cloud says
I know. I agree with you 100% above and beyond you are right. What part of what you say they don't want to accept is pure denial IMHO.
Let them fall for their utter bullshite full force.
We know better, and we are NOT alone.
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According to Zfacts.com, 3/4th's of the National debt occurred under Republican Administrations. 20 out of 20 years were deficits. If Republicans had run balanced budgets, the debt would be around $4 trillion,not $16 trillion. According to Forbes, Obama had the slowest growth in Federal spending in over 30 years.
Romney proposes a $5 trillion addition to the National debt and a double down on the Bush tax cuts that are, at $4.3 trillion and counting, 1/4th of the entire National debt. I wish people on this blog would deal with facts in their posts.
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Cloud says
Bullshit.
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It doesn't matter if a cockroach was president during the last 3.5 years. The national debt would be exactly the same save the $1 trillion stimulus bill that prevented a more serious depression.
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Newman1979 says
All of that is dead on accurate which is why people like Cloud will never respond to it. Romney would be far worse than Obama in balancing the budget. So what's the biggest reason Cloud is going to vote for Romney?
Because Obama spent too much? It's unbelievable.
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In answer to your questions, 2009 was Bush's budget. At the time the US was in the deepest recession since the Great Depression. The stimulus saved jobs. We have over 4 million more jobs since the bottom. Two, in 12 of the 20 years, Republicans had control, in 8 years, Republicans had veto control. Three, the debt was $5.3 trillion starting 2002 and over $12 trillion starting 2010. The Tea Party started the debt talk in 2009, when Obama started his Presidency. It was only a few of us complaining in 2002,3,4. Certainly no Republican politician except Ron Paul was complaining. These facts are from Zfacts.com basically.
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iwog says
How much of his 800 Billion "Stimulus" went to China? I also read that 2.3 BILLION of his tax credits went to manufacturing jobs of foreign firms that employed workers from China, South Korea and Spain rather than the US (check the Washington Post 9/9/10 for details on that one!)
And how much is inflation these days? Especially since they do NOT include food or gas into calculations of the CPI?
There is nothing new about any of this. This financial bubble was created as they all are and in '08 it hit the fan.
Look up the Mississippi Bubble of 1718-1720 for example.
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Reader says
I can't believe how many people keep restating obvious lies like this.
They DO include both food and gas in the CPI.
They also publish something called the core CPI where they take out volatile items to try to smooth out the wild variations that sometimes occur in commodities. Like when there's a drought in the Midwest. Or when there's political instability in the Middle East. I assume that's what you are refering to.
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tatupu70 says
Core CPI
http://inflationdata.com/articles/category/inflation-2/quantitative-easing/
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Reader says
Glad you understand the difference now. Try to keep it straight.
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tatupu70 says
I stand corrected on the above I meant to include CORE to the statement and will include it now so please cut your off the cuff arrogance over a single error as regards my understanding. Thank you.
Let's talk Core CPI is it not the Core CPI that is used by U.S. Fed Reserve's decisions about U.S. Monetary Policy? And do they NOT leave out food and gas and such when making such decisions? ??? And while we are at it let's get into the fractional reserve system (FRS) too!
As they say don't assume. I am not as ignorant as you thought.
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It is all expained in a two word phrase TAX CREEP (look it up.)
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Reader says
I don't know exactly which metrics the Federal Reserve uses when making decisions, but my assumption would be that they would weigh many, many data points. I think I've seen that they even look at purchases of men's ties and women's bras. I'm sure both CPI and core CPI are analyzed. And I'm also sure that they look very deep into both numbers--understanding why prices in each sector are either rising or falling.
To imply that the Federal Reserve policymakers are so lazy as to just use a single number in the analysis is beyond ridiculous.