Yes, Michelle is an extraordinary woman. EVERYTHING about the opening night of the DNC convention was so refreshingly real. The audience was also refreshingly diverse, but all seemed to be sharing the same feelings that the speakers were relating. From the comments I’ve read this morning and the people I’ve talked with, that feeling of unity seems to have held true for the people watching it on television as well.

Talk about tired, old tunes.

I’ll answer your question: ‘Broke’ people have been creating jobs since before money was invented — did you think work was unknown before cash? Further, ‘broke’ or ‘near-broke’ people start businesses ALL THE TIME. How do you think banks make their money — by loaning only to the uber-wealthy? Some of the most virulent money-grubbing sociopaths posting out here claim that they can start businesses with nothing but their good ideas and the lint in their pockets, and this is their excuse for eschewing government assistance or policies that are targeted towards helping small businesses succeed.

Further, a LOT of people are ‘broke’ who are middle and working class, and they are the BACKBONE of the American economy. Did you think only dancing horsies buy consumer goods that allow the local business to hire employees?

So make up your mind: Do only the wealthy create jobs or do we need some government (read: other Americans) policies that invest in people who become the successes of tomorrow? If only the wealthy create jobs, then we should be awash in good-paying jobs after 8 years of Bush policies handing out tax breaks to the wealthy — you’d think we’d need to start an urgent immigration program to handle a country bursting at the seams with employment. Well, we don’t have a flood of employment, but we do have dancing horsies, Cayman Island tax havens, and Presidential candidates who made their millions outsourcing jobs to other countries.

Better find a new tune to sing, Bud — you are way off key.

I am also tired of republican’s on keep voting on issues like In God we Trust, Abortion, and suppression of voters (who is breaking the constitution that they so dearly use) but ignore the jobs bills, fixing roads and bridges, provide better education (Rep. cutting it) and help Veteran’s to get decent jobs and for some provide decent hospitals and benefits. I am tired of them talking about Keystone (they keep bringing this up – destruction of our land to benefit few and mostly Canada) and they know it’s not going to pass no matter what. Stop and think just for a moment – would you support a party who’s ONLY GOAL is to make Obama One term Pres. The hell with the country, it’s economy, it’s well being of it’s citizens, but NEVER again a Black (or Mulatto) person will be in the White House. It’s only for the RICH and WHITE. It sounds to me like RACISM.
If The super Pack, the rich that pumping money into R/R give each US soldier Families dead or still a live a 100K gift, they would still have left over to play with. Stop and think – why they pouring MILLIONS?? not for the good of the country and it’s people – it’s for theeir own benefits, they will get back much more. They can’t win so they will spin.
Only person with pure heart and love for it’s country and it’s fellow citizens
will be objective and drew conclusions unbiased and based on facts.
“Facts can not be denied” – K. Marx
Yes Michelle spoke with passion because she walked the walk like most of us.
She had more passion than Ann ever will have. Besides you will NEVER see Michelle in a ugly blouse with an ugly fish for 1K a pop, you will not see her in a horrible dress that I clean my house in. Michelle has more style and class than Ann ever will.By the way – supply and demand create jobs and usually it’s the small business, the large Corp. Exec. too busy playing golf and politics, lobbying for bigger welfare and lose regulations.
The middle class is the BACKBONE of the economy. If middle class doesn’t have jobs and money to spend, the big corporations and small businesses will cease to exist. Imagine if nobody shop at Walmart – Walton Family would have to be on welfare.
For once take your Republican blinders off and see for what it’s.
Yes it was a good show, people who spoke, they came from humble beginnings and they succeeded with the help of Gov. and it’s programs. Like the old saying goes. The bull forgot that at birth he was a calf.

According to Mitt Romney – Corporations are doing fine. I guess they are since they are have some of their best profits. So where are the jobs? So where is that trickle down we have been hearing about since the 80′s? I am waiting with my bucket to catch the trickle down from the people who are doing well – why is my bucket still empty? I have worked since I was 16 and was forced out of the work force at 58. In that time span I had 5 jobs, I had longevity because I worked hard and contributed to the success of those companies. Why than has the middle class been stagnent in growth for 30 years their income increasing approximately 15% while what you call “job creators” increased their income 240%.

Complete monopoly, well, except for the record number of filibusters which stalled every single Democrat bill. Even ACA was stalled and the House had to pass the only version to get through the Senate, with a ton of GOP poison pills attached. 193 GOP amendments on the bill they “had no inputs on”.

The good news is that a record number of abortion bills and repeal the ACA bills were passed in the House. Just like McConnell promised.

And the teabaggers have continued to spend like crazy.

The major control of Congress by Obama that you believe lasted two years is fiction. Have you checked with the Congressional Record for the facts? Here the timeline for your use. Remember that it takes 60 to bill a bill in the Senate.

Jan 20, 2009 55 Demo’s 2 Ind Ttl 57 2 vacant: Kennedy ill, Minn contested

Apr 28, 2009 56 Demo’s 2 Ind Ttl 58 2 vacant: Spector changes sides, Kennedy ill and Minn still out

May 15, 2009 56 Demo’s 2 Ind Ttl 58 2 vacant: Kennedy ill, Minn still out

June 2009 57 Demo’s 2 Ind Ttl: 59 2 vacant: Kennedy cast healthcare vote, Byrd hospitalized, Minn still out

July 7, 2009 56 Demo’s 2 Ind Ttl: 58 2 vacant: Franken sworn in, Kennedy and Byrd still out

July 21, 2009 57 Demo’s 2 Ind Ttl: 58 1 vacant: Byrd back, Kennedy still out

Aug 25, 2009 57 Demo’s 2 Ind Ttl: 59 1 vacant: Kennedy kied

Sep 24, 2009 58 Demo’s 2 Ind Ttl: 60 Kirk appointed to Kennedy’s seat

Feb 4, 2010 57 Demo’s 2 Ind Ttl: 59 1 vacant Brown elected to Kennedy’s seat

With the election of Brown the ever-so-brief four months with a Demo/Ind majorty disappeared. We should not forget that there was a potential for 94 legislative days during that period. The Senate was only in session for 67 days and the House for 54. Not much time to accomplish all that needed to be done

Well lets look at 4 yrs ago, that year being 2008. The stock market dropped to a record low of 6500, Lehman the 4th largest bank in the US went bankrupt, the banking system had to be bailed out at the sum of 25 billion. 700,000 jobs a month were being lost between oct and Jan, and 4 million were rendered unemployed. We were in the midst of two unfunded wars that cost us 1 billion per day for each all deficit spending. plus and unfunded drug medicare plan all deficit spending due to a tax cut for the wealthy. The 1% spent the time exporting 2.9 million jobs to china and India, and the auto industry was in a state of collaspe. 34 million lacked health insurance and out of that number 50k died each year. There was no credit and the system was frozen. We were close to the second great depression. Terrorism was still a world wide threat. All during the 8 yrs of GWB a Republican.

Let’s see were we are today. 1 war was brought to a close, and the other has a sunset date. The banking system was stabilized, and regulations were put in place to assure a repeat of the banking crisis wouldn’t happen again(which the republicans want to repeal) The auto industry was bailed out and today, have record profits. the stock market is above 13,000. there have been 26 straight months of job growth, and 4 million jobs were put back on line. We are currently importing the least amout of oil in our history, more oil leases were given out by this adminsitration than 8 yrs of Bush. The number 1 terrorist in the world Bin Laden was killed (Bush couldn’t even find him) and Al Qeada is now in dissary with most of the leadership killed. The ACA was passed, and although a republican idea of individual responsibility, parts of it went into effect. Women have access to reproductive halth services. Kids between the ages of 22-26 could stay on their parents insurance, and the insurance companies can’t drop you for pre existing conditions, or deny you coverage. So parents with kids with birth defects can get treatment. there are approx 129 million americans with pre existing condition right now. I know republicans don’t care about this otherwise why did’t they do anything in 8 yrs. Why did they watch all those people die? Oh I forgot they were too busy making money to care.
Obama put 10 dollars of cuts on the table for every dollar of revenue and the republicans refused it. Paul Ryan voted against the Simpson-Boles deficit reduction plan. Every economist says you can’t close the deficit without revenue and just cuts or you will send the economy back into recession, but the republicans are letting Groover Norquist lead them with that stupid pledge.
So what did the republicans in congress do after their de regulation policies led to the biggest financial crisis in modern times? Nothing except obstruct any plans and programs to help people. they refused to pass the jobs bill but the tax cuts for the wealthy add much more to the deficit so I don’t want to hear it that we can’t afford it.
I want to hear from Republicans how they are going to straighten out the mess they caused besides tax cuts for the wealthy or loosening enviormental regulations so a little more profit by the few can be made.
We are much better off!!!

Your context of time has been fed to you. The American people should understand that government saved the banks, the auto industry, and turned the job situation and the economy around in three years, when it took 8 years by the GOP to mess it up. We will not put the fox in the chicken coop again.

Remember Reagan’s Trickle Down???? How many rich people have created jobs? Oh, yeah Romney went in and gave “Pink Slips” to people, was that job creation?? Funny how the Dems have put us in debt in 3 yrs. and 7 months, when Bush started two wars, created Medicare Part D and gave tax breaks to the rich and didn’t have any money to do all those things. Republicans have very short memories, but Dems and Independents are fully aware of what’s going on. Does anyone remember when FDR became President and how long it took to get out of the hole the Republicans dug? Read your history!!!

Really, if you must wander out here and tell whoppers — please at least make an effort to have them contain some grain of truth. If you couldn’t see any African Americans or Hispanics at the Charlotte convention, then perhaps it’s time to see (metaphorically, at least) your optometrist.

Did you see that the Democrats actually changed their platform to correct discord between the President’s beliefs and the wording? Did you see the chairman call for votes 3 times? Why would he need to do that if he just wanted to cheat?

Did you see the Republicans, who claimed to disagree with their platform on abortion in cases of rape, incest or the life of the mother do nothing? Did you hear them tell us they disagree with it yet fail to correct it? Do you expect us to believe that they really mean any different?

At least one of the parties takes their platform seriously enough to correct it. The other offers more whoppers similar to the ‘jobs, jobs, jobs’ whopper that they puffed out in 2010, yet completely ignored when it came time to govern, instead attacking women’s rights with a vengeance.

2012: The Year Of The Whopper – courtesy of the GOP and the vile, despicable, redneck Tea-Bigots.

” If we pulled the entire military home and posted them on the Mexican border, there would still be gaps and we’d be spending $600B per year to have them there. Is that a reasonable cost?”

That would be illegal, The US military cannot be used domestically unless the PRESIDENT declares martial law over the entire country.

Romney Got A House Full Of Illegals Running His House!!LOL Most Of These Rich Bastards Do!! They To Cheap To Pay Somebody A Decent Salary!!

The only people that have been caught committing voter fraud have been Republicans.