And progress has been made. Thanks for reminding us all of just how smart and aware President Obama is.

If Obama loses, all I can hope for is that Moderate Mitt shows up. Because if we get Tea Party Brown Noser Mitt, we are headed for an economic disaster. Mitt is fond of saying we are currently headed in the direction of Greece. If we go all Tea Party, we will head in the direction of Spain.

Moderate economic action based on economic facts is what will save us.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/22/opinion/krugman-the-secret-of-our-non-success.html?_r=0

Take a moment to read about economic research. An excerpt:

The U.S. economy finally seems to be recovering in earnest, with housing on the rebound and job creation outpacing growth in the working-age population. But the news is good, not great — it will still take years to restore full employment — and it has been a very long time coming. Why has the slump been so protracted?

The answer — backed by overwhelming evidence — is that this is what normally happens after a severe financial crisis. But Mitt Romney’s economic team rejects that evidence. And this denialism bodes ill for policy if Mr. Romney wins next month.


>> ^quantumushroom:

Back in February 2009, President Obama told Today Show host Matt Lauer that he’d be a one-term president if he didn’t fix the economy in three years.
“I will be held accountable,” Obama said. “I’ve got four years and … A year from now, I think people are going to see that we’re starting to make some progress, but there’s still going to be some pain out there … If I don’t have this done in three years, then there’s going to be a one-term proposition.”

>> ^volumptuous:

He actually does own American. Don't you remember that his wife owns "a couple of Cadillacs"?
http:/
/www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/post/mitt-romney-wife-ann-drives-a-couple-of-cadillacs/2012/02/24/gIQAMBz6XR_blog.html
>> ^EvilDeathBee:
"I like American cars!" Yeah right. I doubt he owns a single american car, and why would he? I certainly wouldn't



Ooooh yeah. Must be an image thing, kinda like saying you're a Christian so you have a remote chance to be nominated. No one that rich would willingly pass up German precision hardware for American crap boxes

He actually does own American. Don't you remember that his wife owns "a couple of Cadillacs"?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/post/mitt-romney-wife-ann-drives-a-couple-of-cadillacs/2012/02/24/gIQAMBz6XR_blog.html

>> ^EvilDeathBee:

"I like American cars!" Yeah right. I doubt he owns a single american car, and why would he? I certainly wouldn't

@KnivesOut

@shinyblurry "I think he is polarizing because he actively works to divide people across political, economic and racial lines." Citation needed.

Here is Obama demagoging the wealthy in a speech he made in Kansas in late 2011:

"The free market has never been a license to take whatever you can from whomever you can,” and “Their philosophy is simple. We are better off when everybody is left to fend for themselves and play by their own rules"

http://articles.latimes.com/2011/dec/11/opinion/la-oe-mcmanus-column-obama-kansas-speech-20111211

Here is Obama saying republicans don't care about their neighbors or communities:



Here is Joe Biden telling people that Mitt Romney was going to put them back in chains:

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/joe-biden-supporters-mitt-romney-put-back-chains-195904387.html

Don't you think the Republicans would do exactly the same thing in the same situation? Three branches of government, voted into control of all three branches... Jeopardy theme song... Seriously?

I have no doubt that the republicans would do the same thing. It isn't a question of what the republicans would do though, it is a question of the personal integrity of President Obama. It was President Obama who made it a major theme of his campaign that he wouldn't act unilaterally, but rather he would reach across the aisle and heal the bitter partisan divide in Washington. You seem to think it's okay that President Obama got elected under false pretenses, by misleading the American people about the type of president he would be. Because you hate the republicans, you don't seem to mind that he broke that promise; apparently in your eyes it is justified. Perhaps you view it as a necessary evil, something a candidate has to say to get elected. But this goes back to your original commentary, that it's amusing to you that someone would call President Obama on his promises. I think a man should live up this word; perhaps you feel differently.

>> ^Tokoki:

This is actually bringing up a good point about how little his religion is being talked about...


It might get a bit more attention if their secret rituals* go viral. We can only hope!

*http://religion.videosift.com/video/Never-Before-Seen-Footage-of-Secret-Mormon-Temple-Rituals

Your video, Bill Maher Exposes Mitt Romney's Problem with Women, has made it into the Top 15 New Videos listing. Congratulations on your achievement. For your contribution you have been awarded 1 Power Point.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036342/

Shadow of a Doubt. Hitchcock.

1943


>> ^Yogi:

Where WHERE is this from?!

Tags for this video have been changed from 'bill clinton, barack obama, unemployment' to 'bill clinton, barack obama, unemployment, mitt romney, george w bush' - edited by xxovercastxx

I love it.

To me the most delicious part of that is that it's the actual Democratic Party who got their hands on that URL.
>> ^KnivesOut:

Well, the campaign finally put out their site to describe how it's all going to work: http://www.romneytaxplan.com/

I've paid some attention to this.

The Republican Maths on Taxes 2012?
-20% Tax Rate
+4% limit tax deductions to $17000/yr cap (charitable contributions, mortgage interest tax breaks)
+?% growth from -20% Tax Rate (a.k.a. magic)
+$ ???
+$ kill funding to states
+$ kill environmental protection agency
+$ kill dept of education
+$ kill dept of uhm... er...
= budget "neutral"?
+ we got shit done in congress(unlike that obama sneer, sneeeeer)
+ purer capitalism?

Unfortunately, even if you LIKE all of these things... Mitt Romney's "positions" are hardly worth believing.

Well, the campaign finally put out their site to describe how it's all going to work: http://www.romneytaxplan.com/>> ^NetRunner:

Yeah, when you start thinking through the actual story conservatives tell about how tax cuts are supposed to help the economy, it stops making sense pretty quickly.
>> ^bareboards2:
That tax question that gobsmacked Colbert? I have been asking that for days.
If lower taxes are supposed to create jobs, then how does a net neutral tax cut do a dang thing?

Yeah, when you start thinking through the actual story conservatives tell about how tax cuts are supposed to help the economy, it stops making sense pretty quickly.

>> ^bareboards2:

That tax question that gobsmacked Colbert? I have been asking that for days.
If lower taxes are supposed to create jobs, then how does a net neutral tax cut do a dang thing?

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I make more than that, and I still won't vote for him. His 20% accross-the-board tax cut scheme will hit the 100-250k crowd the hardest.>> ^cosmovitelli:

>> ^deedub81:
#2 The reason why this stereotype exists is because lower-income voters (those with a household income of fewer than $30,000 per year) lean HEAVILY to the left and favor the democrat party by a margin of 17 points.


Well anyone earning less than $100k a year and voting for Mitt Romney is a turkey voting for Christmas.
And if the Republicans let the insurance lobby get their way with healthcare, then you better make that a $million because there's at least a few non partisan micro organisms out there that'll burn through that and more..
No doubt you'll be prepared to play the odds as a tough, independent Randian Individualist who don't need nothing from no-one, but there's nothing sadder than an unlucky right winger coughing up blood & rationalizations as they wither away in their repossessed home, staring in confusion at Fox News and Mitt's trillion dollar grin announcing another invasion..

>> ^deedub81:

#2 The reason why this stereotype exists is because lower-income voters (those with a household income of fewer than $30,000 per year) lean HEAVILY to the left and favor the democrat party by a margin of 17 points.




Well anyone earning less than $100k a year and voting for Mitt Romney is a turkey voting for Christmas.

And if the Republicans let the insurance lobby get their way with healthcare, then you better make that a $million because there's at least a few non partisan micro organisms out there that'll burn through that and more..

No doubt you'll be prepared to play the odds as a tough, independent Randian Individualist who don't need nothing from no-one, but there's nothing sadder than an unlucky right winger coughing up blood & rationalizations as they wither away in their repossessed home, staring in confusion at Fox News and Mitt's trillion dollar grin announcing another invasion..