Obama’s so smart, why won’t he show off his transcripts. Why has he spent two million or more to keep them sealed??? Where did he get that kind of money to keep them sealed??? And yes, his birth certificate is a proven fraud!!

Really? Just a black man, are you not sure everyone is?

To some that is true, I hope I’m not one of them and I don’t think I am.

lana, you are a typcal lying Republican. Why do you spew all these lies that everyone knows are false? Makes you look like a fool. Just because your hero Romney does it, doesn’t mean you have to lower yourself to his level.

you’re just crazy, lady.

Talking about the Dems? I agree

You clearly can’t think for yorself, as everything you spout out are right wing talking point.

He won’t release his tax returns because he wants to hide his business dealings while at Bain Capital. That’s the time span when he was buying up companys, borrowing money against them that he put in his own pocket. Then put them into backruptcy. Got the loans forgiven so he didn’t have to pay them back, bailed on all their employee retirements, health insurance and put them on the streets. All the while putting millions in his pocket. I wouldn’t be suprised if some of his dealings were illegal but we will never know because he’s not going to open them for people to see. You hide things for a reason.

The Gov of Hawaii has been paid for the scheme. The birther theory is alive and well. Obama has spent MILLIONS to keep his records sealed. What’s he hiding?

Did you know, EVERY election Obama has won is by snooping through opponente taxes and distorting them? That’s why he wants them so bad!! Romney won’t release them and Obama is furious!! He’s released 2 years, that’s ALL that’s required

Lana
Why won’t Mitt release his tax returns for the last ten years if he’s so proud of his business experience unless he has something to hide. He constantly touts his business experience but refuses to let voters see how he made his fortune.

Obama is not the one demanding Romney release his tax returns. The voters have a right to know what kind of person they are being asked to vote for and if he made his money illegally and how much money he is hiding in order to avoid paying taxes.

He released 10 years to John McCain and afterwards McCain picked Sara Palin as his running mate costing him the election. What did McCain find that caused him to reject Romney. We the voters deserve to know what kind of man Romney is and what he’s hiding.

You keep trying to deflect the question…..why is Romney refusing to release his tax records if he has nothing to hide?

Dominick was being facitious. Trying to educate an idiot.

President Obama was born to an American parent and in an American state, yet Republicans still question his citizenship. I think that was the point.

Lana:

Like Mittens, you invent “facts” out of whole cloth.

Give up. You cannot defend Mittens on any logical basis.

Facts don’t support your beliefs lana. Your sources of information are clearly biased and biggeted. It is sad that you can’t see how rediculous you sound with your conspiracy theory posted all over the right wing hemispere. I’m certain your watching Fox news too. You know there are studies out there proving how the viewers of Fox news are more uninformed than people that don’t watch any news at all. I think because Fox focuses a lot on promoting hate and untrue stories. How can they have time for actual news. Who is living in a bubble? Clearly you are.

Exactly! And it is unfortunate. The channel that panders to the right wing and misleads many Americans. May I add, the hatred that comes from these viewers is very unhealthy for America. The most recent study I’m aware of is May 2012, Fairleigh Dickinson University. The questions were the same for each group of people and the correct/incorrect answers were tallied. Fox viewers didn’t rate so good. Sorry!

Yes, I talk about hate because that is what you do on every post. Apparently I’m correct on that.

You keep making my point. Thank you!

Lana ,
you cannot think clearly while picking your nose..Facts are facts, Face it, The man in the White House is way smarter than people like you and me. He used his youth to educate himself and you and I well…………that’s another story…..lol

No, just a fool.

No, but it would mean you had wasted your vote. Herman Cain is a Buffoon, he was literally a pawn of the right. He served his purpose and then they got rid of him. Alan West is not competent enough to run his own home let alone the country. JC Watts left the party because he finally saw the light, he is, in my opinion, an honorable man. Thomas Sowell again a wasted vote. Yes I am proud as a black man that this country has come this far to elect a black President. However, I don’t vote for him because of race, I honestly feel that he is the best person to lead at this time because I believe that he genuinely cares for the little guy. It’s not all the bottom line for him $$$$. The office requires compassion for those less fortunate, I don’t see that with Mitt and his crew. Can you provide that documentation to verify those accusations about the Saudi Prince.

You mean “Restore America TO THE RICH.” Your comment is a slogan, not any kind of intelligent argument, but that’s about all the Reichtwing can produce.

Your Got That Right I Can Name A few Off The Bat NIXON, REAGAN, BUSH, AND BUSH JR. And There’s A Whole Lot More But These Come To Mind In Recent Years!!!

I specified the Rose Garden speech, which he gave the morning after Benghazi. If you’re going to debate what I said, then debate the specifics. To take another speech to make your point is disingenuous at best and duplicitous at worst. Apples to apples, not apples to oranges.

President Obama was talking about his Rose Garden speech. At least Romney confirmed it was the Rose Garden speech two times before his attack.

Lana, when your rejoinders have nothing to do with the statement, it tells me and others that you can’t rebut the facts.

Watch Obama’s UN speech. Watch him on the view. Watch him on Letterman. No mention of Benghazi being a terrorist attack. He repeated over and over it was spontainious over that movie!!

Romney did have Obama cornered, that’s why Crowley stuck her fat face in it. She has since retracted-has said Romney was right!! It’ll be brought up in the last debate. Romney will have his chance again

I’ll be watching for sure. Truth wins out in the end!

He wasn’t right in that his premise was that the President did not use the word terrorist until 14 days after the attack. If you are in the water you will get wet, some things can’t be logically denied.

Was the Benghazi attack a spontaneous attack because of a movie as Obama said, or, a terrorist attack as Obama said

Would you please go to the site–WND–and tell me what you think of Obama making a deal with Iran?

I was only being hypothetical. I, of course could never support Romney, or any candidate, for that matter, who openly runs on a pro-incompetence, pro-corruption platform. The striking thing is that the RNC repeatedly adopts this platform in races at all levels of Government, and folks like Lana just fall into line.

I was only trying to point out to Lana that preschool tantrum governance and 9th grade debate club style arguments aren’t her exclusive property. But I’m sure it won’t sink in.

Where’s the outrage over Obama’s gas prices. Jerk!!

Bush did what was right. If we didn’t go overseas to face the terrorists after them killing 3000 of us here, there would be alot more of them in America than there is right now. YOU STUPID BITCH!! Alot less of our men and women would be dead right now, if the “human rights groups” would let them do their job!! About gas, everyone screamed when prices went up under Bush. Under Obama- NOT A PEEP. YOU STUPID BITCH!!

ROMNEY-RYAN, restoring Honor to the White House

Fern your 100% right, however, their supporters are out of touch. They are willing to see their party drive this nation off a cliff over some twisted ideology and false hope that someday they will be wealthy as well.

If you ever doubted Romney was a Sociopath, look at his lies. He lies even when the truth would be better. Let’s take his most recent one, the “Binders.” Truth: a nonpartisan group gave both Romney and his Democratic challenger resumes of women for their consideration. And yes, the resumes were in binders.

Women frighten Romney. He’s also clueless. That’s why he thought telling us what a good boss he was when he let his aide go home and fix dinner for her children. That’s why he blamed violence due automatic weapons on unwed women.

As for Anne, she’s a barracuda. And then there’s the Romney son who wanted to jump out of his and take a swing at him (Obama) during the debate. Then he added, but there were too many Secret Service and it’s against the law and he guessed it was the nature of debates. What a numbnut

He was also invited to go on the view with her and said yes then changed his mind, he just don’t like being spanked, and you know that’s what they were going to do.

I guess one spanking a week is enough. LOL

Because he surrounds himself with yes men.

FredAppell- your absolutley right. Obama has had to take plenty of criticism and worse. Romney would never be able to take the insults and just normal questions. He seems to think no one should question anything he says.

totenkats, if you are a young man I understand, but if you were old enough and continue to ignore what President Bush said in 2008 when he conceded the U.S. economy was on the verge of collapse and proposed – and signed – the Troubled Assets Recovery Plan (TARP) to prevent the total meltdown of capitalism, you are in serious trouble. President Obama spent the last 3.5 years trying to fix the economic and fiscal mess he inherited, and not only did he manage to turn the economy around, he kept our country safe, created 4.5 million jobs, gave tax breaks to individuals and small businesses, passed legislation to protect consumers from predatory banking practices, passed legislation to prevent another financial meltdown, repealed DADT, signed equal pay for women legislation, strengthened the social programs many senior citizens depend on, and the list goes on.
Would you care to enumerate the reasons you believe President Obama’s policies contributed to the increases in the national debt other than the $1T stimulus package?

Fern, I really like your comments. Romney reminds me of used car sales man attempting to to sell you a broken down car, that he knows will not run for long. But doesn’t care just wants to make the sale. As a country we must not buy into Romney’s unworkable “fit it plan”. Other wise we will be stuck with that broken down car for at least 4 years, that is not counting any other fall out. Look how long it is taking to reverse the damage done by George Bush!!!! Obama is on the correct path but it will take longer.

I agree, but he is not selling that car for him he is selling it for the Koch brothers.

You’re wrong. Dubya Bush bankrupted the country.

Okay your opinion and you are entitled to it. I assume you mean President Bush. I don’t believe there was ever a Dubya Bush elected president.

Oh come on blaming Bush. If President Obama wins reelection is he still going to blame Bush when the economy collapses?

Wow blaming President Bush for adding $5t to the deficit during President Obama’s term. Now that’s a stretch. When we are standing in a food line, unemployed and homeless at least we can blame President Bush. Because it won’t be President Obama’s fault how could it be and besides great leaders always blame the other guy, right. The buck stops with President Bush even 4 years from now.

Spoken like someone who is willing to let President Obama blame everything that happens while he is President on President Bush. Some time President Obama is just going to have to man up.

$1 T is what Obama contributed to the Deficit in 4 years. You may think that is bad, but coming out of the biggest Financial Disaster since the Great Depression, I think it is to be expected.

What I said is true no lies or misleading facts; you just refuse to accept them. And I take offence to being called a racist, you don’t know me and you surely don’t know my background. Okay you want me to buy what others in this blog are selling based on what they wrote even if what they wrote plays fast and easy with the truth/facts. And you talk about a court room what do you know about a court room? Lawyers play fast and loose with the facts to best defend their side of an argument. Like I have said before statistics can be used to support almost anyone’s point of view. Plus you never stated what was wrong about what I stated. No I’m not part of the 47/51% that don’t pay income tax. I pay income tax every year and still give well over a thousand dollars a year to charities. I’m not rich but I have enough to live comfortably and give back to others with my time as well as my money. Oh and you talk about not investigating for myself, you should look in the mirror. I’m on this blog to see what others are saying, some I agree with but I will point out what I don’t agree with especially when unwarranted name calling is included. You will notice I never call anyone a racist, liar or any other name or use derogatory remarks. I try to keep this conversation civil and non-condescending.

Like you, I am also a veteran who survived. Not just me but my son and a total of 26 family members who have been put in harms way for this country. Some have been decorated. The last fact I read and I know you will research it, said the President had actually decreased that number by $200 million. As far as passing a budget, we have to revisit your statement about growing up in both camps.

Mitt had no interest in being Govenor, he did it as a road to the White House! They say that by the end of his 4 years he had already quit working and was actively running for the Presidency.

You said it he can’t even carry his own state. The people there no he’s lying when he says their school system was number one in the country, it was 47th. He’s lying when he talks about job creation there he actually lost jobs., he’s lying when he talks about saving the Olympics, he doesn’t tell.you the money came from the federal government. Just like Ryan was called out on writing not once but three times to acquire money from the stimulus for his state with the commentary of how it would create jobs in his district . This is the same guy who constantly ridicules the President for the stimulus. Real honest people those Republicans. We know that they are the party that promotes family values that is why Romney’s son made the statement he wanted to punch the President of the United States, a blatant act of disrespect showing a lack of character which he learned at his father’s knee. Maybe he was lightheaded due to being placed in a CEO position in one of Daddy’s rip off companies.Teach him how to steal from our country and siphon it off over seas.

Please They Was Plotting Against Him From Day One, First Of All They Just Thought He Would Never Win, Then When It Was Close They When Into Couture Shock, Then When Into Battle Mode And In A Close Door Meeting Day One Of When Obama Took Office Swore That They Was Not Going To Help Obama In Anyway Turn This Recession Around!! How That For Selling Out The American People!!! Shameful!!!

When you say work with the republicans, you must mean allow them to bully him into adding a lot of riders to positive bills to satisfy their side of the isle. I don’t think so.

I agree and you are right I spent 18 years of my life as a Vice President of a Local, so I understand compromise. However, you and I both know that if when you sit down at the table you have no intention of moving off of your position, then compromise is not possible. How do I compromise with someone who is for something and when I say okay, now they are against it. Right again both sides do need to grow up, but as long as we , you and I and all of what I consider the concerned citizens, spend our time confronting each other and not those people who are supposed to be working for us, we will continue in this situation. By the way, have you ever considered what their retirement package is and why. After all is said and done we are all in the same situation we just want the opportunity to build a better life for those we leave behind and enjoy a few of the creature comforts while we are here.

Fern:

What happened? Did your Caps Lock key break?

Too bad about your caps lock key. You’ll have to either hold down the shift key or type in lower case. Did you know that typing in all upper case is equivalent to shouting?

No, because it isn’t. The economy is improving as we lift out of the recession. It would have happened more quickly if Obama had been able to pass the jobs act but the House GOP blocked that and anything that would have improved the situation prior to the election. I wish Obama had said, “How am i supposed to work cooperatively with a party who’s Senate leader declares that the main priority should be limiting me to one term?”

And they did, they passed ACA, Lilly Ledbetter and most of the legislative accomplishments achieved during President Obama’s tenure. Everything came to a halt after the 2010 midterm election when the do nothing House only knew how to block every proposal submitted by the president.

you must be a bigot or super rich romney is a liar and will only drag us into another war

I’d call “I find it amazing that so many liberals forget the Democrats controlled the Congress…” pretty condescending.

But as to your “facts”: Obama should have tried to work with the Republicans more? WHAT, SHOULD HE HAVE SHINED THEIR SHOES AND HANDED THEM TOWELS IN THE MEN’S ROOM? Just what is your definition of trying to work “with” someone? Licking the soles of their shoes? No president in my lifetime, nor any I recall reading of in history has ever tried harder to work with the opposing party, even long after it became plain they would never work with him. The result: you whine about how he accomplished nothing, and to the extent that he should and could have done more had he played hard-ball politics and made them pay for their obstruction, you’re right that he accomplished much less than he should have.
The attempted insults directed against you were certainly clumsy and impolite, but so are your arrogance and bogus arguments, and your obvious intent to offend and annoy on this site. How many other “liberal” sites do you troll?

O’Neil and Reed surely wanted Reagan to be a one-term president, but as you observed, they didn’t say it. To say it would have been inappropriate.

John Boehner’s open assertion that the Republican Party’s main priority is to limit Barack Obama’s presidency to one term is evidence that he’s a small minded politician with little appreciation of the demands of his exalted office.

In that respect, he may be an appropriate leader of the present day Republican Party.

WHAT WORK THESE THUGS HAVE DONE NOTHING!!! They Are Being Paid To Do Nothing!!!

The statement simply isn’t true.

President Obama had a Filibuster-proof Majority for 72 Days

How did so many people get this so wrong?

I’m guessing that after the election, the media made such a big deal of the fact that Democrats had captured the majority in the Senate (obviously referring to a 51+ majority), I think people became confused. Just as many things changed once Barack Obama became elected, the “new filibuster-proof majority” totaled 60 and somehow, the fact Democrats only captured 59 seats got lost in all the excitement.

Everyone also apparently forgot that Ted Kennedy Collapsed At The Obama Inaugural Luncheon and returned to his home in Massachusetts to recuperate. While, the Minnesota seat remained outstanding, because the election results were contested.

When Arlen Spector switched parties, in April, 2009 the media announced that the switch gave “Democrats a filibuster-proof majority”. The statement was only technically true; it was an assessment that assigned the still-contested Minnesota seat (between Republican Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken) to Democrats. Perhaps the media did so because Republicans openly admitted contesting the election was a stalling tactic.

Even the swearing-in of Al Franken did not seal the majority of sitting senators because Senator Kennedy was still at home ill, but paid a surprise visit to the Senate to cast a healthcare vote on June 29. Senator Byrd was hospitalized in Mid-May and did not return to the Senate until July 21.

I have been waiting for someone to spell this all out1 I am so tired of hearing that Obama had the majority for 2 years. If he did he wouldn’t have had to water down the health care bill!
Thank You!

Again, I invite you to read the ACA document. I suppose you think that it is okay that children in this country die from common things such an abscessed tooth for lack of dental care, woman should not have the ability to receive contraceptive health information/treatment, mammograms, certain female oriented test to secure good health. When is the last time you visited an emergency room?

Your response gave me the last piece I needed to complete the puzzle where your position is concerned. The core issue with those in your camp is you think that you are the only ones who had to struggle to get ahead. You also feel that now that you have accomplished something someone wants to take it from you, and that is what Romney and his camp is pushing . We work hard and they want to take it . If you are able to talk to your Parents and Grandparents now they will probably tell you that there was someone, some program, friend, church that gave them a boost along the way. I have drank my share of sugar water and eaten plenty mayonnaise sandwiches in my day and it was worse for my Parents and Grandparents. However, knowing that it should create a certain amount of compassion so that when you are blessed you should want to bless others. Like you I have insurance but there are those who don’t through no fault of their own, shouldn’t we help. Since you have it then you have to be aware of the cost. I celebrate you having your own business and being independent, I believe everyone aspires to be, some just need some help. If no one gave you any assistance along the way and you made it totally on your own I salute you. If nothing else you received your formal education in a public school. Also because I have four daughters and seven granddaughters and a wife, I have an obligation to equip myself with all information that is beneficial to them, including the ACA , tedious as it may be. You are right when you say that the Senators and the Congressman didn’t read it, they don’t read any of them. The point about women is ,that there are quite a few things in this document that is beneficial to them that Romney and his camp will do away with..

In the first two years everything that went to congress was subject to filabuster. Can’t get anything passed if some idiot won’t stop talking!

From Hellowoman in this very thread:

The statement simply isn’t true.

President Obama had a Filibuster-proof Majority for 72 Days

How did so many people get this so wrong?

I’m guessing that after the election, the media made such a big deal of the fact that Democrats had captured the majority in the Senate (obviously referring to a 51+ majority), I think people became confused. Just as many things changed once Barack Obama became elected, the “new filibuster-proof majority” totaled 60 and somehow, the fact Democrats only captured 59 seats got lost in all the excitement.
Everyone also apparently forgot that Ted Kennedy Collapsed At The Obama Inaugural Luncheon and returned to his home in Massachusetts to recuperate. While, the Minnesota seat remained outstanding, because the election results were contested.

When Arlen Spector switched parties, in April, 2009 the media announced that the switch gave “Democrats a filibuster-proof majority”. The statement was only technically true; it was an assessment that assigned the still-contested Minnesota seat (between Republican Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken) to Democrats. Perhaps the media did so because Republicans openly admitted contesting the election was a stalling tactic.
Even the swearing-in of Al Franken did not seal the majority of sitting senators because Senator Kennedy was still at home ill, but paid a surprise visit to the Senate to cast a healthcare vote on June 29. Senator Byrd was hospitalized in Mid-May and did not return to the Senate until July 21.

He DID manage to slip in one reference to the recalcitrant GOP in Congress. Too bad he couldn’t make that point clearer and more often for those who have not been paying attention over the past four years.

There should be a rule if you are going to respond, the response has to be an intelligent one. Have you spent One hour doing honest research to support your position? Based on your comment it doesn’t appear so. You are just spouting the same crap that has been warmed over and refuted multiple times in the past. I guess you are also a member of the Birther camp, the Muslim camp and now the closet gay camp.

So tell me exactly how I was wrong. Which Speaker wanted the President of the opposite party to win the next election? If the ‘Jobs Bill’ money wasn’t coming from China, then where? Can you itemize what it would have been spent for? Just what was refuted?

I thought about it. I could either put pages of documentation here, or refer you to innumerable government websites. But you can find those on your own and would have a better chance of believing them.

Let’s say you and your wife went on a spending spree. You buy a new house with a big mortgage, finance a new car, buy lots of stuff on several credit cards and discover that your salary not really enough to make all the payments. Then suddenly, you lose your job. But your wife likes nice stuff and she wants to keep buying. Do you go along with letting her charge more stuff figuring it won’t really matter, or do you hide the checkbook and credit cards? If you hide the checkbook and credit cards, she says you are stonewalling.

Read up on the WPA bill and why it was opposed.

The principle is exactly the same.

I travel extensively. Most, in fact the majority, of road and bridges in need of repair are state responsibilities, not part of the interstate or federal highway system. As you might recall, the first stimulus was supposed to be used for those ‘shovel ready’ infrastructure repairs. How did that work out?

There is a real world out there. You should try to visit it.

Just one question for you, sir, are you aware HOW road funding is done in the States? You are aware that a large portion of the federal gasoline tax is then returned to the states for road funding?

As far as I’m aware, at least in the State of Missouri, there are at least 3 stimulus projects on my drive to work that have been funded and finished.

First of all BILL , McConnell is NOT speaker John Boehner is , Mitch is the Minority Leader of Senate Republicans . Who created a record number of Filibusters including a bill to make Hedge Fund Billionaires treat their Compensation as Wages rather than Capital Gains
Funny about that stimulus bill Paul Ryan wanted some that for HIS district saying that the money would “create job”.
Our infrastructure is falling apart and needs to be fixed before MORE bridges Collapse KILLING people . We can borrow money at such low rates that when factor in inflation the rate is less than zero .

The point is Ryan admitted that the stimulus DOES create JOB .S . All I know is I remember that bridge in Minnesota part of major traffic route collapsed .

The American Society of Civil Engineers has rated our Infrastructure as D .

Frankly you missed the point concerning interest rates . The rest of the world is STILL willing to buy our Treasuries at rates that when inflation is considered is a NEGATIVE return . So it will never be CHEAPER to finance the much needed rebuilding . I was never suggesting inflation should be used . In point of fact the
Fed is committed to keeping rates low for the foreseeable Future

Obam is a goodman, that is why?
T party or Obama, I will pick Obama anytime.

dipstiks once again forget that O had a D majority in one house and a Supermajority in the other for his first 2 years. he could have done whatever he wanted. get it right. God help us and deliver US from Obama

They might have had a Super Majority on Paper but there were UNFORTUNATELY a cadre of Blue Dog Democrats who did NOT vote with the Party on many issues. Sadly Democrats don’t vote in lockstep like Republicans. Getting Democrats together has been compared to herding cats

As for God help deliver us from Obama , all I can say if you are a woman you stand to lose Freedom of Choice in Reproductive matters .
Mitt has said he would DEFUND Planned Parenthood , overturn Roe V Wade by appointing Judges who feel it was WRONGLY decided and is in favor of a Personhood Amendment which end most forms of Birth Control and In Vitro Fertilization

Another factual, informative, non refutable, set of facts. Unfortunately facts don’t seem to matter to those on the other side. A s has been stated several times by others in regards to them, their goal is and has been to make President Obama a one term President, regardless of how it affects the rest of the country because they and their loved ones are insulated.

Whoah whoah, you can’t have it both ways. You can’t say “everything is the President’s fault” and then say “well, the stock market recovered, but it wasn’t the President’s doing”. The stock market is about confidence.

The Republican mouthpieces have an answer for every bit of good news. It’s a leftist conspiracy!! Of course, Obama, controls the Bureau of Labor Statistics and tells the the civil servants there–many of them undoubtedly Republicans since they don’t lose their jobs when administrations change– how to calculate the unemployment rate. He also controls Reuters and the University of Michigan and tells them how to calculate consumer confidence. Housing numbers? Yup. Obama again. Odd, though, how he was completely unable to influence the numbers when things were really, really bad. Fox wasn’t questioning things then, but I can’t figure out why.

Based on what verifiable factual documentation. Have you taken and honest unbiased look at the economic indicators, unemployment down, new claims for unemployment down, 36 months of positive job growth, enough, NO, but it is consistent positive growth, New housing starts up almost 12% last month, GNP up. Is there anything in Dominick Vila’s statement that is not factual? Ask those employees of Senshata (may be misspelled), how they feel about November 5,2012 as being their last day of employment because Romney and his friends are sending all of those jobs to China. Romney is CEO and has 51% of the stock, he will make millions. Why is it no matter how many times this person blatantly lies to the country there all those who still want him as opposed to President Obama?

Yea and big brother Romney and the fellows are going to pay those Chinese workers 97 cents an hour as opposed to paying the American workers who trained them $17.00 an hour. So much for Romney’s compassion for the American middle class. He is a blatant bald face LIER.

Yes the steel industry did collapse in this country, all my relatives who live in those areas where the vacuum has been created who are watching their communities die constantly remind me of this fact. We know this was an indirect result of outsourcing of jobs to create larger profits for stockholders. I am glad the coal industry is now under attack, it should have happened long ago. My family has supplied many lives to this industry through cave ins due to unsafe working conditions and the dreaded black lung disease. If you ever lived in a coal mining town then you know what the sound of that blaring blast from the tower means, cave in, and the sinking feeling that it brings. This is an industry that has misused it employees for decades and not been held accountable. Have you ever visited an area after the strip mining has been completed? The President is actually trying to do something about this. It has been well documented that the accusation about the solar companies just isn’t true. Some did go under but not to the magnitude that your side of the isle continues to perpetrate. No Romney didn’t use taxpayers money he just refused to pay his fair share while taking advantage of the great system that allowed him to prosper in the first place. Romney holds 51% of Sensata, a company that is to be closed on Nov. 5, 2012 and all of those jobs sent to China. Romney and his stockholders will profit in the billions. He also, as you pointed out in your article, has interest in businesses in Mexico, Asia, Korea, Brazil, Japan. If he is so concerned about reinvigorating this countries economy then why is taking all of the jobs out of the country? Romney and his banker buddies continue to practice business as usual and if he gets in and he can kill the regulations they can go back to raping the country for their personal gain. Is that the JP Morgan Chase that just had to settle a large law suit that forced them to return Millions of dollars to Mortgage holders like myself? Your article speaks for itself as far as the history of Bain is concerned, and I quote ” Bain Capital has a strong track record of purchasing non-core divisions of large multinational companies and partnering with the management team and employees to build significant value” What they don’t say is a lot of the money to do this is loans from their banking buddies which indirectly or directly is tied to government funds. Not to mention all of the American workers that have lost their jobs when they close the places down as what will happen on Nov. 5, 2012 to Sensata. I realize that no matter what I present you will find fault and a reason to doubt, understood. We both look at the picture and have a different view. This is America we still have that right, thank God.

Where were all the deficit hawks when W turned a surplus into the massive defivits we faced? Reagan promised a balanced budget too, only to explode the deficit, after his tax cuts. Clinton’s policies clearly worked the best-23 million jobs. W had what-4 million in 8 years, with our country headed for financial ruin. The stock market has doubled since W let it tank at 6500. Why are rich folks whining, when they are clearly making money? Romney said let Detroit go bankrupt-The Chapter 7 kind, where it is liquidated. No one could loan this money except the US Government. Romney will say anything to get elected. He wants to repeal Obama Care, based on Romney’s own plan! Obama’s biggest problem has been the do nothing Congress. I can’t believe he’s not 30 points ahead! Obama in a second term will do great things, particularly on ur energy policy, so vitally important to the economy and National Security. Obama has proven he has the temperment to be Commander in Chief. Romney is clueless, saying we are weak. We will lose a lot of respect around the world if Romney wins.

Oh no you don’t, you don’t get to have it both ways.

The GOP has been blaming Clinton (!) for the woes of Bush 43 for years, and continue to do so. The majority of sub-prime loans were NOT originated by Fannie/Freddie: that’s a lie that has been debunked a number of times.

The major contributor to the debt has been unfunded wars, the 01/03 tax cuts and Medicare Prescription drug plans. Don’t forget that: that is the legacy that 43 has given the current President.

Unfortunately there are many voters who don’t even think about what they are saying. They just listen to Limbaugh or Beck or Fox and NEVER do any research or study of the issues. For instance tax rates for corporations are as low as they have been since 1955. Some of the largest don’t pay a penny in tax. That’s billions in tax savings. According to Romney making the corporations wealthier will create millions of jobs. That’s his plan, as it was with GOP Presidents back to 1980. Do you see millions of jobs being created through the corporate tax savings? Despite that, under Obama we have seen steady increase of jobs due to his investment in the middle class. The GOP congress has blocked every piece of legislation(like the Jobs Act) that would have helped put people to work.

It is Sooooo Amazing To Me These Tea Bagging Fools Must Think We Were Blind , Cripple And Crazy When All This Destruction Was Going On, Right Before Our Very Eyes That The GOP/Tea Party Was And Is Doing To This Country!!! Maybe They Was Living Under A Rock Or A Cave In The Woods But We Are The Witness To All The Bullshit They Have Been Pulling For Years Now!!!!

It’s hard to create jobs when the mechanism that funds it (Congress) has stated that they will not work with you.

Cites please, on “inhibiting job growth policies”. Everything I’ve read has indicated that it’s actually the lack of money being spent because of job losses, foreclosures and high gas prices that have driven the economic woes, not government policy. It’s hard for a demand-driven economy to thrive when people don’t have money.

I don’t need to use name calling or be condescending to make my points. You didn’t point out where I was wrong just reverted to name calling. I won’t do that it lessens the conversation. Sometimes I do get the facts wrong, as do others on this blog, and I’m happy to admit that when it is pointed out to me in an adult and meaningful way. But if someone is just stating their opinion and I don’t agree with them then I will state mine. Again you didn’t point out where you believe I was wrong.

CHINA….wow…what a great place to live! *sarcasm* China, where unwatched children can get run over by vehicles as pedestrians walk on by not caring enough to stop traffic or render aide…..China, FOXCONN…where workers are paid $1.78 per hour to make all those great APPLE products (I REFUSE to buy) that you are charged a small fortune for. Where the stress level is so severe they have catching nets on the 1st floors, of the worker’s barracks, to catch the suicidal jumpers. It is not there to save the lives of the jumpers; rather, to protect the workers walking on sidewalks below. How considerate.

Same Here My Friend Nothing Steve Jobs Had Anything To Do With, Jobs Was A Crook And A Thief Himself, Heard Of The Pirates Of Silicone Valley They Stole The Computer From Another Man’s Garage!! Jobs To Was Pounding The One Term Drums For Obama When He Should Have Been Taking Better Care Of His Health And Trying To Use Voo Doo Home Remedies Instead Of Taking His Ass To The Doctors!!! Now He ‘s Dead And He Will Not Be Here On Earth To See If Obama Make Another Term!!!

Sorry for implying you did .

I don’t see any evidence that the GOP isn’t trying to restore America back to those very conditions. They want to kill departments that keep these very things from happening. Hell, they all but destroyed most unions and managed to convince most of their base (including the poorest of them) that the unions destroyed all the jobs.

Oldtack thank you for your input you have my respect. I grew up in Tamaqua PA which is or was a coal mining town. My uncle died of black lung and I worked in the mines in the summers starting at 13, not underground but on the breaker. I didn’t go underground until I was 16. We were called Coal Crackers. The union was in place by then and of course so was better government regulations. Oh and the Molly Maguires were before my time as well. I agree it was a learning experience:-)

plenty to say but not to half wits that vote for mitt.

i thought those activities were all performed by people stupid enough to vote republiCON.

By the way, do you like the fact that your party is run and financed by the racist John Birch Society?

how do you like supporting willard the draft dodging tax cheat?

believe me, he will not be supporting a welfare baby like you if by some remote chance, he gets elected.

Not likely.