Romney, Obama fighting for the young vote
One of the battlegrounds of the 2012 presidential campaign will be younger voters, as the Associated Press reports:
WASHINGTON — Once thought to be solidly behind President Barack Obama, younger voters burdened by a bleak employment picture, high gas prices and student loan debt are being aggressively wooed by the Democrat and his likely Republican challenger, Mitt Romney.
In 2008, Obama had a 34-point advantage over Republican Sen. John McCain among voters under age 30. He won about two-thirds of the vote in that age group.
But a new Harvard poll suggests the president may face a harder sales job with younger voters this time around. Obama led Romney by 12 points among those ages 18-24, according to the survey. Among those in the 25-29 age group, Obama held a 23-point advantage.
To keep that advantage among young voters, Obama is campaigning to keep interest rates on student loans at their current level. Unless Congress takes action by July, those rates are scheduled to double from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent. According to Obama, “that’s basically a $1,000 tax hike for more than 7 million students across America.”
However, the House Republican budget makes no provision for such a change, which puts Romney in a bit of a pickle. Should he side with House Republicans, or should he side with college students and recent college graduates? On Monday, he made his choice.
“Particularly with the number of college graduates that can’t find work or that can only find work well beneath their skill level, I fully support the effort to extend the low interest rate on student loans,” Romney told reporters.
Basically, Romney decided that the best way to beat Obama was to copy from him, at least on this issue. Maybe the strategy will work; maybe it won’t. But I suspect it would work at least a little bit better if Romney could also pull off something like this:
– Jay Bookman
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UNCLE SAMANTHA
April 25th, 2012
5:08 pm
jay
the Congress and the President are all in the 1% – 5%
isn’t that part of all our problems?
Paul
April 25th, 2012
5:08 pm
Jay – Bruno
Seems to me if Republicans are really about accountability, they’d support cutting entitlements and extending eligibility for those who are, say, aged 45 and up, as they’re the ones who supported the politicians who got us into this mess. Those below 45 (or whatever age you want to pick as the group that’s responsible) would have current benefits rates apply to them.
They BOTH suck
April 25th, 2012
5:09 pm
“And of course, Obama’s not spending a dime that hasn’t been appropriated by Congress.”
Now play fair……… You are not supposed to mention that or the fact that a number of Republicans who voted against the stimulus had MUCHO pork barrel spending within that very bill
They get to look at their constituents in the eye and in same breath and say I voted against that waste of money, but check out the ground we are breaking on this new community center……. but failed to mention where those funds came from
“What a fool believes”……..
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
April 25th, 2012
5:12 pm
Going to PKs.
ByteMe
April 25th, 2012
5:13 pm
Considering this is AT LEAST the second time we’ve seen this here…shouldn’t it be in quotes? I refuse to believe it’s totally original to more than one person. So who’s being quoted?
A google on it turns out that it’s a “thought for the day” floating around some of the crazy Rightwingnutistan sites. No wonder certain people here are re-quoting it without attribution.
Doggone/GA
April 25th, 2012
5:14 pm
“No wonder certain people here are re-quoting it without attribution.”
and why is that not surprising?
ByteMe
April 25th, 2012
5:15 pm
the Congress and the President are all in the 1% – 5%
isn’t that part of all our problems?
No.
Our problem is that the voting rules at the state level are stacked in favor of maintaining the existing political duopoly.
ByteMe
April 25th, 2012
5:16 pm
and why is that not surprising?
The very same people are the ones I see as having trouble formulating an original thought or acknowledging when their “logic” or facts are flawed. So… “no wonder…” They need to take credit for something even when it’s not their own, just because they’re not creative enough to think something clever without help.
TaxPayer
April 25th, 2012
5:18 pm
Can you just imagine Mitt trying to connect with a young crowd of twenty somethings. He even has a hard time connecting with the Over the Hill White Male Party. His base.
Doggone/GA
April 25th, 2012
5:18 pm
“They need to take credit for something even when it’s not their own, just because they’re not creative enough to think something clever without help.”
And they can always be identified by how quickly they resort to gratuitous insults.
Casual Observer
April 25th, 2012
5:19 pm
I am amazed that I am SUPPOSED to be angry at how Romney spends his money, but not at how Obama is spending MINE.—Jay Bookman
I am amazed that I am SUPPOSED to be angry at how Romney spends his money, but not at how Obama is spending MINE.—Cynthia McKinney
I am amazed that I am SUPPOSED to be angry at how Romney spends his money, but not at how Obama is spending MINE.—Cynthia Tucker
I am amazed that I am SUPPOSED to be angry at how Romney spends his money, but not at how Obama is spending MINE.—Ben Franklin
I am amazed that I am SUPPOSED to be angry at how Romney spends his money, but not at how Obama is spending MINE.—George Washington
I am amazed that I am SUPPOSED to be angry at how Romney spends his money, but not at how Obama is spending MINE.—Biff Pocoroba
I am amazed that I am SUPPOSED to be angry at how Romney spends his money, but not at how Obama is spending MINE.—Larvell ‘Sugar Bear’ Blanks
There…you happy?
Doggone/GA
April 25th, 2012
5:22 pm
“There…you happy?”
No
Aquagirl
April 25th, 2012
5:22 pm
it turns out that it’s a “thought for the day” floating around some of the crazy Rightwingnutistan sites.
Google “I’m supposed to be more angry about what Mitt Romney does with his money than what Barack Obama does with mine” and you’ll get 2.5 million hits. The first couple of words change, as the often do when every kayker-type starts bleating. “Apparently” seems to be more in vogue than “amazing.”
Remember that next time you hear our resident cons talk about sheeple or Obama being a messiah. 100% pure unadulterated projection.
Bruno
April 25th, 2012
5:23 pm
In other words, the Romney strategy is to acknowledge the President inherited a mess, but his unfamiliarity with real-world business and economic management hindered the recovery, average Americans are paying the price, and Romney has a long and extensive record of experience in such matters.
Paul–Sounds good to me, that’s the campaign message I would promote if I were one of his handlers. Denying that Obama inherited a mess would come across as plain stupid.
Casual Observer
April 25th, 2012
5:24 pm
Oh, and almost forgot…
Q amdaied anewsnf pspr px cefa eo2mfm lqx vmjke wl —Helen Keller
I’m gone. Fight it out among yourselves – Dalai Lama
Doggone/GA
April 25th, 2012
5:24 pm
“Denying that Obama inherited a mess would come across as plain stupid”
so is saying he made it worse
Paul
April 25th, 2012
5:24 pm
TaxPayer
The message may just be (and it’d be interesting to see how it’s delivered) “you wanted to connect? Where’d that get you? Now it’s time for competence.”
Casual Observer
April 25th, 2012
5:27 pm
Watergirl argues with the messenger, but not the message. Typical.
Paul
April 25th, 2012
5:27 pm
Bruno
It plays to his strength of “I know what I’m looking at. I understand causes and solutions. I’m not into gratuitous attacks that insult your intelligence. We both have experience with taking bad situations and working to turn them around. The difference between us is, mine worked.”
Then again, one of my favorite books is “If I Ran The Zoo” by Dr. Seuss.
Doggone/GA
April 25th, 2012
5:28 pm
“Now it’s time for competence.”
Do you really think a politician is going to admit that he’s merely competent?
My Party has ALL the answers. Your party is full of poopyheads! (formerly That Black Guy)
April 25th, 2012
5:28 pm
They BOTH suck
April 25th, 2012
4:54 pm
You are not going to stand and play the jab game with him……… and win
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You can win if the game is “How quick can I get knocked out”.
Paul
April 25th, 2012
5:30 pm
Doggone/GA
“so is saying he made it worse”
I don’t think he’s going that route. I heard a snippet of a speech he delivered the other day. Message was, things are sloooooooowly getting better. And it’s sloooowwwwwww because the President didn’t have the background to get it right from the beginning.
josef
April 25th, 2012
5:30 pm
BUTCH
“I’d like to not have to pay taxes to support other peoples kids to go to school, ride busses, maintain roads and get hot lunches.”
Sadly, I do believe you’re serious. I, for one, gladly and cheerfully pay that portion of my taxes that go for that and it wouldn’t hurt me to pay more for those things…
AS FOR THE TOPIC AT HAND
This crop of young voters are not nearly as starry-eyed as their class four years ago,,,and many of those from four years ago have taken off the rose-colored glasses and ready to express their buyer’s remorse at the ballot box…at least of those who will bother to even mosey on down to the polls…
four years
Paul
April 25th, 2012
5:31 pm
Doggone/GA
Don’t like competent?
Then pick another adjective.
Whichever one picks the theme he seems to be developing.
Doggone/GA
April 25th, 2012
5:31 pm
“I don’t think he’s going that route”
He already has…over and over and over.
Of course, that WAS before he shook the Etch-A-Sketch!
My Party has ALL the answers. Your party is full of poopyheads! (formerly That Black Guy)
April 25th, 2012
5:32 pm
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
April 25th, 2012
4:49 pm
Substituting that for “never mention Bush’s name again”, do you now see my comparason to the “evil rich” arguement[sic]?
I understand the argument that you are trying to make, but your comparison falls short in that no liberal here that I can recall has ever used the “evil rich” phrase, while there have been some conservatives that have suggested that the use of Bush’s name is off limits.
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And there are libs/dems here that suggest the rich are evil with out saying those exact words. Look at the list of things that the left here have said that rich do/will do for money. Those things are evil and a person would have to be evil to do them.
That’s the point that I’m trying to make.
Doggone/GA
April 25th, 2012
5:32 pm
“Then pick another adjective”
I’d much prefer to see which one HE picks.
Soothsayer
April 25th, 2012
5:33 pm
Oh, Noes! No more illegal immigration! No more Fright-Wingers to offer them jobs! Oh, No! Now what are we going to do?
pogo
April 25th, 2012
5:33 pm
Another thing that is interesting; College graduates cannot find jobs and guess which group is hurting the most? The “Liberal Arts” majors who are the most “liberal of the liberal” of our graduates from the American education system. Obama certainly hasn’t done these people any favours. Right now the only thing going for job hunters are degrees either in the medical field (because we have so many old people) or in technical type degrees (engineering, etc.) and even these people are having to accept lowered wages and benefits and higher taxes. What Obama’s policies were designed to do from day one is to downgrade the expectation of the living condition for the American people. He is incrementally destroying hope and innovation in our society through regulation and free-spending of the taxpayer dollar in exchange for having people living a menial existance that is equal for all (which is the most important thing of all to him) and that is provided for by the “government”. But of course, he is also a firm believer that there must be a group of sophisticates/bureaucrats that rule over the lower classes because afterall, they are too stupid to do it for themselves. Progressive ideology is built upon this premise and so is Leninism and so is Socialism.
And Jay, maybe you should look at Germany and their austerity measures and the affect upon the German economy. Germany is one of the few promising economies in the world right now. The biggest difference between Germany and Italy, the UK, France, Spain and Greece is Germany never bought into the Socialist agenda in such a big way as the others. They always maintained a great respect for the free market and private sector industry and they kept social spending and government costs lower than the others and they kept a healthful watch on government regulation. Therefore, their austerity measures were more effective even with the whole world being in recession. No their economy is not without its troubles and in a world that is in recession, whose is not? But compared to ours and the other countries I referred to, they are in great shape. Merkel is a strong leader. Obama is not. I wish we had someone like her over here.
Orange 12
April 25th, 2012
5:35 pm
Not bad Sooth.
TaxPayer
April 25th, 2012
5:37 pm
And it’s sloooowwwwwww because the President didn’t have the background to get it right from the beginning.
That’s true but President Obama has since learned to work around the Party of No when he needs to and that just drives people like Mitch McConnell crazy. I like it.
Doggone/GA
April 25th, 2012
5:39 pm
“they are in great shape. Merkel is a strong leader”
No kidding! She wasn’t stupid enough to get Germany involved in 2 wars…one of which was totally unneccesary. That helps an economy a LOT!
TaxPayer
April 25th, 2012
5:39 pm
I want to see the debates between Obama and Mitt where the questioners ask Mitt first why he supports a certain position and then follow it up with why he is against that same position.
Doggone/GA
April 25th, 2012
5:41 pm
“that just drives people like Mitch McConnell crazy. I like it.”
It is fun to watch him pretend to be “stately”, isn’t it. But poor Ole Mitch can’t quite pull it off anymore.
Soothsayer
April 25th, 2012
5:41 pm
When in doubt, it’s always better to “Stand Your Ground.”
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
April 25th, 2012
5:42 pm
And there are libs/dems here that suggest the rich are evil with out saying those exact words. Look at the list of things that the left here have said that rich do/will do for money. Those things are evil and a person would have to be evil to do them.
That’s the point that I’m trying to make.
Then let me remind you of what you have posted.
My Party has ALL the answers. Your party is full of poopyheads! (formerly That Black Guy)
April 25th, 2012
3:32 pm
So far, opinion, assumptions, and “reading between the lines” conjecture.
My Party has ALL the answers. Your party is full of poopyheads! (formerly That Black Guy)
April 25th, 2012
4:24 pm
Again, not trying to argue, just trying to point out that if you stretch and twist enough then the following statements can be said to be true.
Are you sure that you aren’t stretching to read between the lines with your assumptions and opinions about what “the left” have said and it being evil?
barking frog
April 25th, 2012
5:43 pm
There’s a strong chance
neither Obama nor
Romney will get the
youth vote.
Paul
April 25th, 2012
5:45 pm
TaxPayer
I think it’d be interesting to hear him say “Pres Obama laid out broad plans then turned everything over to the radicals in his party in Congress. He’s the Chief Executive. He’s supposed to do more than that. Now Republicans have a band of noncompromising radicals in Congress, too. But when I’m president, I can assure you I’m not going to punt to those guys.”
He’d distance himself from the crazies and pick up some moderate, realistic credibility.
Doggone/GA
April 25th, 2012
5:48 pm
“He’d distance himself from the crazies and pick up some moderate, realistic credibility”
And he’d be lieing through his teeth
They BOTH suck
April 25th, 2012
5:48 pm
Paul @ 5:45
That sounds good on paper, but Romney will not be taking that chance…………
However I do get your overall point
getalife
April 25th, 2012
5:48 pm
“And it’s sloooowwwwwww because the President didn’t have the background to get it right from the beginning.”
Yeah, mcloser would have collapsed the economy again because the gop know all about collapses.
Bruno
April 25th, 2012
5:49 pm
So Bruno, you ready to pay more taxes to stop that from happening?
No, why should you, right? We’re getting $1 worth of government services and only paying 70 cents for them. A great deal, keep it coming!
And of course, Obama’s not spending a dime that hasn’t been appropriated by Congress.
For starters, Jay, I’m not receiving any direct government benefits, and never have. I didn’t get any of the stimulus or bailout monies, I don’t receive welfare or food stamps, I didn’t benefit from any of the mortgage assistance programs or Cash For Clunkers, and I’m not in a union. You’d have a much stronger point if I did.
I’ve stated here before that any tax increases need to be across the board, and not target any particular demographic group. We all need to shoulder the burden, if needed. However, I still firmly believe that we’re spending waaaay too much money, from entitlements to defense spending to discretionary spending. You’ve claimed in the past that there’s just not enough fat to trim from the budget to make any meaningful dent in the budget. Put me in charge, and I guarantee I could easily cut 10-20 % overnight. If you don’t believe me, I’ll forward a copy of my own personal budget to you one of these days. Anyone else here living on less than $2000 per month??
getalife
April 25th, 2012
5:49 pm
Let Detroit fail to lose more jobs is willard’s position.
Soothsayer
April 25th, 2012
5:50 pm
Obama +8, +6, +6, +4, +9, +3,+4. I think this is going to be a total “blowout” come November. I have to tell you, it don’t look good. ‘Course, ol’ Willard’s still got his “day job” to fall back on. Not like the thousands he put out of work.
My Party has ALL the answers. Your party is full of poopyheads! (formerly That Black Guy)
April 25th, 2012
5:51 pm
Casual Observer
April 25th, 2012
5:24 pm
Oh, and almost forgot…
Q amdaied anewsnf pspr px cefa eo2mfm lqx vmjke wl —Helen Keller
I’m gone. Fight it out among yourselves – Dalai Lama
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I’m sorry, but that’s funny.
getalife
April 25th, 2012
5:51 pm
Job killers (gop) 12!
Doggone/GA
April 25th, 2012
5:53 pm
“I’m sorry, but that’s funny”
Yes, you are. And no, it isn’t. Blind people are perfectly capable of learning to type.
They BOTH suck
April 25th, 2012
5:54 pm
“For starters, Jay, I’m not receiving any direct government benefits, and never have. I didn’t get any of the stimulus or bailout monies, I don’t receive welfare or food stamps, I didn’t benefit from any of the mortgage assistance programs or Cash For Clunkers, and I’m not in a union. You’d have a much stronger point if I did.”
I’m in the same boat and yet I can honestly say for myself and not speaking for anyone else………… as a whole the Repub crazies scare me more than Dem crazies
Bruno
April 25th, 2012
5:54 pm
Sadly, I do believe you’re serious. I, for one, gladly and cheerfully pay that portion of my taxes that go for that and it wouldn’t hurt me to pay more for those things…
Not all of us came via the Silver Spoon Express, josef, so your “generosity” comes across as a little insincere to me. When’s the last time your own cupboard was bare??
For many, many years, I’ve paid school taxes in 3 different counties via property taxes. Not complaining, but I thjnk I’ve pulled my load.
Soothsayer
April 25th, 2012
5:56 pm
VOTE REPUBLICAN 2012!
WE DONE FIGURED OUT WE DID WRONG BEFORE,
AND WE SHO’ NUFF GONNA FIX IT THIS TIME!
My Party has ALL the answers. Your party is full of poopyheads! (formerly That Black Guy)
April 25th, 2012
5:56 pm
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
April 25th, 2012
5:42 pm
Are you sure that you aren’t stretching to read between the lines with your assumptions and opinions about what “the left” have said and it being evil?
Kam, that’s my point. It can/is done by both sides.
carlosgvv
April 25th, 2012
5:59 pm
Pogo – 5:33
Germany is not a nuclear power and doesn’t spend huge amounts of money on it’s Military, as we do.
Germany has not been involved in two costly and useless wars, as we have been and still are.
Germany did not have eight years of a President who thought “God wants me to be President” and felt it his duty to obey his perceved Biblican prophesies.
Germany’s politicians are not bought and paid for as ours are.
Paul
April 25th, 2012
6:00 pm
getalife
“Yeah, mcloser would have collapsed the economy again because the gop know all about collapses.”
As bad as it was, and as long as the slog is, I didn’t hear anything from the loyal opposition that would’ve led to anything better. In fact, with no real alternative presented, it likely would’ve been worse.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
April 25th, 2012
6:00 pm
For many, many years, I’ve paid school taxes in 3 different counties via property taxes. Not complaining, but I thjnk I’ve pulled my load.
For as long as you live, you will continue to benefit from an educated public. From the cashier that you get change back to any delivery-person that can read you address and deliver mail/paper/packages/pizza.
Paul
April 25th, 2012
6:02 pm
Bruno
“For starters, Jay, I’m not receiving any direct government benefits,”
What’s your answer, considering only the indirect benefits?
ByteMe
April 25th, 2012
6:03 pm
Germany has not been involved in two costly and useless wars, as we have been and still are.
Germany “owns” Greece now. And Spain soon enough. And possibly Italy if things get bad enough in a year or two.
They’re going to find out that those are depreciating assets.
My Party has ALL the answers. Your party is full of poopyheads! (formerly That Black Guy)
April 25th, 2012
6:04 pm
Doggone/GA
April 25th, 2012
5:53 pm
“I’m sorry, but that’s funny”
Yes, you are. And no, it isn’t. Blind people are perfectly capable of learning to type.
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Lighten up a little. It’s funny to me.
Soothsayer
April 25th, 2012
6:07 pm
VOTE REPUBLICAN 2012!
OK! OK! So we caused the economy to collapse!
Things are gonna be different this time, you’ll see!
F. Sinkwich
April 25th, 2012
6:11 pm
How’s the “Free Stuff Tour” going for O’bozo?
To gullible college kids: I’ll forgive your loans.
To CRA losers: I’ll forgive your mortgages.
To the envy class: I’ll make the evil rich pay through the nose.
To the Al and Jesse fans: we shall overcome … Whatever your grievance is…
To the victims: we’ll punish the victimizers, who are largely conservative and therefore deserve it.
To women: free contraception and whatever else you want.
Etc.
What a pathetic platform.
josef
April 25th, 2012
6:11 pm
BRUNO
Go back and look at what he said…and he has more than once made the point he’s from the Silver Spoon Express. Just, imauo, my own perspective, but the haves DO owe something back for their luck, be it the luck of the genetic draw or the luck of having made the right moves that paid off.
It has been my experience that it’s the wannabes who are the tight fisted.
My own cupboard bare? Never, and I thank G-d daily for that blessing. I want everybody to have it. Is there something wrong with that?
Furthermore, anything that expands the access to education gets my vote…
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
April 25th, 2012
6:12 pm
Kam, that’s my point. It can/is done by both sides.
It is done by individuals, yourself included. To break it down into “sides” is merely an attempt at keeping score.
Soothsayer
April 25th, 2012
6:12 pm
VOTE REPUBLICAN 2012!
OK! OK! So our last President was a dumbass!
Dumbney is going to change all that, you’ll see!
Soothsayer
April 25th, 2012
6:14 pm
Except for one little thing Sinkhole: he never said any of that.
Paul
April 25th, 2012
6:20 pm
josef 6:11
Jay needs a “Wall of Fame” archive for posts like that.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
April 25th, 2012
6:20 pm
Except for one little thing Sinkhole: he never said any of that.
Unlike some people.
Atlas Shrugging
April 25th, 2012
6:21 pm
The Obomonation has the minority, union, environmental wacko, and blues hair vote locked up why can’t he give the youth vote the Mitt.
My Party has ALL the answers. Your party is full of poopyheads! (formerly That Black Guy)
April 25th, 2012
6:23 pm
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
April 25th, 2012
6:12 pm
Kam, that’s my point. It can/is done by both sides.
It is done by individuals, yourself included. To break it down into “sides” is merely an attempt at keeping score.
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Not trying to “keep score”, trying to get “individuals” to knock it off and focus.
But
Agree to disagree.
josef
April 25th, 2012
6:23 pm
PAUL
Well, it is Wednesday…bleeding heart liberalism on the calendar!
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
April 25th, 2012
6:24 pm
Not trying to “keep score”, trying to get “individuals” to knock it off and focus.
Then be the change that you seek.
F. Sinkwich
April 25th, 2012
6:24 pm
I project.
But O’bozo is sooooo cool. Didn’t you see him on Fallon? Made me so proud.
Soothsayer
April 25th, 2012
6:24 pm
VOTE REPUBLICAN 2012!
WE’RE RUNNING OUR RECORD!
1. Budget-killing tax cuts
2. Two needless, endless, pointless wars
3. $Trillions for wars
4. Zero interest rate policy
5. Zero regulation of housing market
6. Big Pharma Part D giveaway
7. Housing market collapse
8. Economy collapse
WHAT’S NOT TO LIKE!
Peadawg
April 25th, 2012
6:25 pm
“Jay needs a “Wall of Fame” archive for posts like that.”
And we can put the troll posts from getalife on the ‘Wall of Shame’.
Orange 12
April 25th, 2012
6:27 pm
6:25
That would have to be a “Wall of China” sized wall.
They BOTH suck
April 25th, 2012
6:28 pm
“But O’bozo is sooooo cool. Didn’t you see him on Fallon? Made me so proud.”
Wait to you see Obama chatting with the gas station guy at Kroger about alternative fuels and the guy looking at him “like he had three eyes”
That is really going to ratchet up your proud -odmeter
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
April 25th, 2012
6:29 pm
And we can put the troll posts from getalife on the ‘Wall of Shame’.
I can put one of yours from next door when you name-jacked Ms. Tucker if that’s the case.
Soothsayer
April 25th, 2012
6:29 pm
After the total, complete and utter failure that was George W. Bush, the Republican President, I stand in complete amazement that anyone from the Fright-Wing would even have the gall to post on this blog, let alone criticize President Barack Obama.
The reality is that you should all be ashamed of your President George W. Bush, his historic failure as a President, and of yourselves. But then again that’s just me. And I’m sure I’m the only one who feels that way.
They BOTH suck
April 25th, 2012
6:30 pm
“And we can put the troll posts from getalife on the ‘Wall of Shame’.”
While there will be others including one posting this evening…….. I would have to agree
They BOTH suck
April 25th, 2012
6:31 pm
“I can put one of yours from next door when you name-jacked Ms. Tucker if that’s the case.”
oopssssssssss…. he must have forgot
hahahahaha
josef
April 25th, 2012
6:31 pm
Say what you will about getalife, he’s made way more than his tax contribution to the cause of Indian education…
Soothsayer
April 25th, 2012
6:33 pm
In fact, this Country may never recover from the damage inflicted on it by George W. Bush and the Republican Party.
getalife
April 25th, 2012
6:34 pm
Paul,
I think in his second term, he will try to level the playing field but needs a new house.
Immigration is open to compromise and getting closer to a deal.
Education, infrastructure and green energy is stay the course.
getalife
April 25th, 2012
6:35 pm
What did I say?
Did I lie?
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
April 25th, 2012
6:36 pm
oopssssssssss…. he must have forgot
Lotsa stuff archived over there. She didn’t monitor her site like Jay does, so it got kinda wild at times.
josef
April 25th, 2012
6:36 pm
Sooth
This country has recovered from far worse than George W Bush and the Republican Party…
F. Sinkwich
April 25th, 2012
6:37 pm
“Wait to you see Obama chatting with the gas station guy at Kroger about alternative fuels and the guy looking at him “like he had three eyes””
You mean kinda like everyone else with a brain does when he bloviates about such nonsense?
I’ll wait.
getalife
April 25th, 2012
6:38 pm
pea,
Do we have a problem with the truth?
F. Sinkwich
April 25th, 2012
6:39 pm
Bush!!!
Obama/Biden 2012
Pitiful.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
April 25th, 2012
6:39 pm
This country has recovered from far worse than George W Bush and the Republican Party…
I’d agree with that.
But that doesn’t mean that we can this time.
good grief
April 25th, 2012
6:40 pm
funny post, but a bit naive, what in the heck are we doing subsidizing collegiate education? the same question could be asked for oil, corn, birth control as well. when does it stop? till some billionaire is supporting directly 1000 gov’t workers and maybe 5 american families that need help. good grief!
Soothsayer
April 25th, 2012
6:40 pm
Republicans appear to suffer from ‘Bushnesia’
It appears that for the first time in medical history a malady can be diagnosed by determining the political affiliation of the patient. “Bushnesia,” defined as the loss of all memories of George W. Bush, seems to afflict only Republicans.
The condition allows them to forget the economic and regulatory damage done by the Bush administration as well as to avoid responsibility for the foreign policy blunders committed in its name. Because it’s not a record Republicans can point to with pride, they make every effort not to point to it at all.
OMG! This is the Eureka moment! Finally, someone has given a name to this Fright-Wing affliction!
BUSHNESIA!
josef
April 25th, 2012
6:40 pm
Has Obama announced he’s picking Biden as his running mate? Has Biden accepted?
getalife
April 25th, 2012
6:41 pm
I appreciate the honor but donate to charity instead of a plaque.
Thanks.
josef
April 25th, 2012
6:41 pm
K’chak
I’m an optimist.
They BOTH suck
April 25th, 2012
6:42 pm
“You mean kinda like everyone else with a brain does when he bloviates about such nonsense?”
Only people with brains, huh?
You prove me right every time you post
As always, thanks for the laughs
getalife
April 25th, 2012
6:42 pm
josef,
You want Hillary for VP?
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
April 25th, 2012
6:42 pm
BUSHNESIA!
Sounds like something that hookers charge extra for.
They BOTH suck
April 25th, 2012
6:44 pm
“BUSHNESIA!
Sounds like something that hookers charge extra for.”
Once it gets on you………. you can’t get it off
Not sure if you want any of that
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
April 25th, 2012
6:45 pm
josef
Been meaning to ask, is that PTA theft scandal at your school?
josef
April 25th, 2012
6:46 pm
getalife…
Yep.
K’chak
Nope.
Soothsayer
April 25th, 2012
6:46 pm
The primary lesson to be learned is that on every major measurement the country lost ground during George W. Bush’s two terms. While Bush was in office, the median household income declined, poverty increased, childhood poverty increased even more and the number of Americans without health insurance spiked. His “neo-con” foreign policy strengthened Iran by making Iraq its theological ally, added trillions to the national debt and inflicted unprecedented damage to America’s image abroad.
It comes as little surprise that discussion of the former Republican president and his policies has been almost nonexistent even as the next Republican administration could look and act much like Bush’s did. Reviewing the Bush administration’s economic record serves a useful purpose for those with short-term memory loss.
When it comes to job creation, the Bush administration produced the worst results of any president since the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics started keeping records in 1939. Yet the GOP is once again committed to rolling out the same economic policies that Bush followed. Their plan is to resurrect the “voodoo economics” of tax cuts for the wealthy that undermined the thriving economy they inherited from the Democrats. Their economic philosophy resulted in record job losses and the worst recession in American history. The tax cuts for the wealthy allowed millionaires and billionaires to get richer while average household income fell for the first time on record.
Although the Republicans promised their tax cuts would pay for themselves they didn’t do so, instead they added trillions to the nation’s deficit and squandered the surplus the Clinton administration left. Further adding to the economic calamity was the Bush administration’s lack of appetite for regulation that allowed the banking industry to write its own rules, and as a result, the industry deregulated itself into a financial meltdown due to reckless lending and the administration’s failure to monitor complex mortgage-backed securities .
Well, there you have it! A success on every level. I, myself, am going to vote for a RepugNOwecan’t for President. No matter who’s running!