Romney post-convention bump looks modest at best

The folks at Gallup have completed their post-GOP convention polling duties, and the reviews are not complimentary. Mitt Romney has enjoyed little or no post-convention bump, and his acceptance speech was rated excellent or good by just 38 percent of those who saw it.

While that may not sound terrible, Gallup reports that it is easily the worst rating given to any of the last eight convention acceptance speeches.

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A Reuters-Ipsos poll also reports no sustained bump for Romney, and puts the race at essentially tied headed into the DNC convention in Charlotte.

“Ipsos pollster Julia Clark said she was confident Obama’s numbers would improve during his convention.

“The fact that Obama and Romney are still tied signals to me that we’re not going to see any sort of sustained bump for Romney,” Clark said. “As we go into next week’s convention, Romney will struggle to maintain even footing with the president – we’ll likely see a shift back towards Obama.”

While each candidate won overwhelming support from voters in his own political party, Romney was leading Obama among all-important independent voters by 33 percent to 28 percent, the poll found.”

Rasmussen reports what it calls a “modest” bounce for Romney, whom it has leading 48-to-44 percent.

– Jay Bookman

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USinUK - thug with a uterus ... and former Girl Scout

September 3rd, 2012
1:11 pm

hrm – according to the source quoted on wiki, the UK has a murder rate of 1.2 whereas the US has one of 4.2

I think that, if the UK clamped down on drinking, a lot of their crime problems would be solved as most of it seems to be around drunk-n-disorderly

Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common

September 3rd, 2012
1:12 pm

UsinUk

Strange that some say what your current country is doing WRONG, while we could be making a BIG mittstake and going back to the trickle down method?

USinUK - thug with a uterus ... and former Girl Scout

September 3rd, 2012
1:13 pm

“Because Bill is to the left what Reagan is to the right….the last candidate their base truly embrace”

and he is a …

oh, what’s the phrase I’m looking for …

FORMER PRESIDENT!!!

Yeah, that’s the one …

And WHERE was W during the Romney convention???

They BOTH suck

September 3rd, 2012
1:15 pm

EC

When I say “principle”, I mean based on this line of thinking that Clinton is having to bail out Obama so to speak.

Personally I could careless who speaks at either convention.

They are nothing but “infomercials” to rally the base. And I’m going to say that the Democrats this week will endure the same fate that the Republicans did this week; low ratings.

Most of us are still voting for D and R, but except for the ardent bases most also know that these people are full of crap and lies.

DannyX

September 3rd, 2012
1:15 pm

Gallup is still not showing a Romney convention bump, not even a bounce, nor a tick.

Today- Gallup, no change, Obama +1

Thank God for Rasmussen.

bman

September 3rd, 2012
1:18 pm

“Because Bill is to the left what Reagan is to the right….the last candidate their base truly embrace”

had he left office just one year later, they wouldn’t love him quite as much. I like Clinton. He’s all about the “party”, and he will give a good speech. He won’t tell you how he really feels about Obama ….look for the pointing finger when he says something good about Obama

They BOTH suck

September 3rd, 2012
1:18 pm

EC @ 1:11

Agreed. However the chances that Clinton wouldn’t be speaking is very remote. He would be speaking if the polls showed Obama way up, way down or as it is today, pretty tight.

No offense but the bailing out Obama shtick from the right is just a talking point.

Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common

September 3rd, 2012
1:19 pm

USinUK

The republicans need to build on their success.

What were those. Reagan? Nope.

Trickle down. Nope didn’t work.

So what have been the Republican sucesses?

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Jm (LL)

September 3rd, 2012
1:21 pm

Common 12:52 – we can’t leave the poor behind

which is why medicaid needs reforming, and why education (K-12 AND post -graduate student loan funding) needs reforming.

Taylor Wooten

September 3rd, 2012
1:21 pm

If this chain smokin, smooth talking (whoops, make that teleprompter readin’), Muslim gets re-elected, watch the economy REALLY go in the tank.

josef

September 3rd, 2012
1:21 pm

Taylor Wooten

September 3rd, 2012
1:22 pm

Its the “USA Today-Gallup” poll! LOL

Romney wins by 10%+

They BOTH suck

September 3rd, 2012
1:23 pm

bman

How many convention speeches have you watched where someone “told you how they really felt” the nominee?

They are all feel good speeches. Both parties have has many internal rifts and power struggles as they do struggles against the other party.

Santorum, Gingrich and Pawelenty didn’t air dirty laundry about Romney or each other, did they?

It is obvious to anyone that they do not all get along

Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common

September 3rd, 2012
1:25 pm

Jm

That’s why I say we agree on the important parts.

And I don’t care if I pi$$ off the others here but immigration needs to be totally reformed.

Josef

quit screwing with us reformed PAPISTS.

:-)

josef

September 3rd, 2012
1:26 pm

Common Sense

“So what have been the Republican sucesses?”

Wrapping horse sh*t in pretty little packages and marketing it?

Jm (LL)

September 3rd, 2012
1:27 pm

I’m sorry, i got the clinton quote wrong

“I did not have sexual relations with that woman”

:)

Welcome to the Occupation

September 3rd, 2012
1:27 pm

How come they still allow commie secular holidays in this great country of ours?

Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes

September 3rd, 2012
1:27 pm

Because Bill is to the left what Reagan is to the right….the last candidate their base truly embrace

The Clinton administration is just a complicit in the financial melt-down as Reagan, Bush I and Bush II. He signed the legislation which dissolved the barriers between institutions put in place after the Great Depression; his economic team ignored Brooksley Born’s warning about the unregulated derivatives market; his term as president did nothing to prevent the continued decline of the middle class.

So if by “embrace” you mean “hold in disdain”, then yeah, I totally embrace Clinton.

josef

September 3rd, 2012
1:28 pm

Common Sense…

“…quit screwing with us reformed PAPISTS.”

Unmentionable says to tell you that he thought I already had! :-)

Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common

September 3rd, 2012
1:29 pm

josef

kinda of like Pawn Stars they wrap the crap. LOL

:-)

getalife

September 3rd, 2012
1:30 pm

It is time to remind Americans of the w disaster.

We will not go back.

Erwin's cat

September 3rd, 2012
1:30 pm

USinUK – And WHERE was W during the Romney convention???

W made a video appearance with his Dad…it was pretty good.
You would have had to watch it to know

Road Scholar

September 3rd, 2012
1:30 pm

Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common

September 3rd, 2012
1:30 pm

josef

Not meant to be a true statement.

:-)

bman

September 3rd, 2012
1:31 pm

TBS .. .. I haven’t see.n any convention speech this year, and probably won’t. But yeah…I see your point. I personally think Clinton wants to give the best speech of the convention so, I’m sure it will be interesting.

josef

September 3rd, 2012
1:32 pm

Common Sense

Chumley for President!

Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes

September 3rd, 2012
1:32 pm

W made a video appearance with his Dad…

Probably shoulda put out a couple of empty chairs during the vid.

Erwin's cat

September 3rd, 2012
1:33 pm

Kam – you’ve always been the exception rather than the rule….i mean that as a compliment…sport

They BOTH suck

September 3rd, 2012
1:35 pm

bman

I will get the excerpts on line and surely read on here where many on the right trash it and many on the left will love it, but I will certainly miss it.

getalife

September 3rd, 2012
1:35 pm

Lets go back to Jan. 2009.

“1. GDP growth turns negative. The gross domestic product declined at an annual rate of 0.5 percent in the third quarter of 2008—the largest decline since the third quarter of 2001. The drop in growth followed a 3.8% decline in consumer spending—the largest decrease since the second quarter of 1980. Spending on homes also declined by 16.0% in the third quarter of 2008, marking the 11th quarterly decline in a row and the longest continuous decline in residential real estate spending since the 11th quarter period that ended in March 1958.

2. Job losses accelerate. The U.S. economy lost 2.6 million jobs in 2008, including 524,000 jobs in December. Fifty-nine percent of job losses came during the last quarter.

3. Unemployment rates reflect broad labor market recession. The unemployment rate was 7.2% in December 2008—the highest level since January 1993. The African-American unemployment rate stood at 11.9%, the Hispanic unemployment rate at 9.2%, and the unemployment rate for whites at 6.6% in December 2008.

4. The job market recession is the most severe in decades. The labor market shrunk by 1.9% over the course of 2008—the fastest decline during the 12 months after a recession started since the recession that started in May 1960. The unemployment rate rose 2.3% during the first 12 months of the recession—the fastest such increase since the recession that started in January 1970.

5. Wages have temporarily outgrown inflation. Factoring in inflation, hourly wages were 2.3% and weekly wages were 3.3% higher in November 2008 than in December 2007. These increases followed lower prices in November 2008 and are unlikely to continue.

6. Benefits decreased before the crisis. The share of private sector workers with a pension dropped from 50.3% in 2000 to 45.1% in 2007, and the share of people with employer-provided health insurance dropped from 64.2% in 2000 to 59.3% in 2007.

7. Families are still burdened by high levels of debt. Household debt averaged 130.3% of disposable income in the third quarter of 2008, down from a record high of 133.5% at the end of 2007, but higher than any level recorded before September 2006.

8. The housing crisis deepens. New home sales in November 2008 were 35.3% lower and existing home sales were 10.6% lower than a year earlier. Median sale prices for new homes dropped by 11.5% and those for existing homes by 13.2% during the same time. It would take more than 11 months to sell all houses on the market at the current rate of new home sales. This has been true for four months in a row now, making this the worst new home sales market since the Census Bureau collected these data in 1963.

9. Homeowners lose wealth. The values of all homes fell by $656 billion in the third quarter of 2008 after accounting for inflation, and they were 13.6% or $2.4 trillion lower than a year earlier, making it the largest such drop since the Federal Reserve collected these data in 1952. Home equity as a share of home values also fell to a record low of 44.7% in the third quarter of 2008.

10. Mortgage troubles mount. One in 10 mortgages is delinquent or in foreclosure. The share of mortgages that were delinquent during the third quarter of 2008 was 7.0%, and the share of mortgages that were in foreclosure was 3.0%. The share of new mortgages going into foreclosure stayed at its record high of 1.1% in the third quarter.

11. Families feel the pressure. Credit card defaults rose to 5.6% of all credit card debt by the third quarter of 2008—an increase of 35.4% from the fourth quarter of 2007.

12. Business investment declines. Business investment declined by 1.7% in the third quarter of 2008—the largest decline since the first quarter of 2004. Business spending on equipment and software also dropped for the third quarter in a row, the longest such decline since the first quarter of 2002.

13. The trade deficit remains high. The trade deficit stood at 4.9% of GDP in the third quarter of 2008. Despite declining slightly, the trade deficit remains at a historically high and ultimately unsustainable level.

14. Large deficits are looming. Following years of fiscal and economic mismanagement, the federal government’s deficit is expected to reach $1.2 trillion in 2009, even before a necessary economic stimulus has been enacted.”

This is what our cons want back.

Road Scholar

September 3rd, 2012
1:36 pm

TD: Lots of good folks here understand your pain. I’ve lost 6 over the years. We now have a Portuguese water dog mix (great!) and a poodle mix. Neither shed! Both are smart and loving. You will know what to get when you see it!

Mark in mid-town

September 3rd, 2012
1:37 pm

JamVet provided: “Truth: Obama didn’t make any cuts to Medicare benefits; he made cuts to provider reimbursements,”
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Good grief! If reimbursement rates are greatly cut, then that means fewer doctors will accept Medicare patients. Certainly, fewer good doctors will do so. That means that wait times will increase and quality will be less. That’s Economics 101. To say that doing this means no cuts to Medicare benefits is economic illiteracy. That being said, I support such cuts being made as I think entitlement spending needs to be kept from exploding in the future, even if it means lower quality and lower individual benefit level. What I don’t support is using these cuts to mask just how expensive ObamaCare really is. That’s dishonesty.

Orange12

September 3rd, 2012
1:39 pm

You are correct. Trickle Down hasn’t worked during so well during this administration. How is the Obama Sitting on His Hands Method working. He takes his hands out when it’s time to borrow more money or play another round of golf. FORE and done.

Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common

September 3rd, 2012
1:40 pm

It will be interesting to hear Clinton speak. I watched part of the RNC. White noise to sleep by.

Conventions are supposed to highlight the plans for the future. I didn’t hear that at the RNC. More like we’re gonna be different without details.

Sorry, but that doesn’t get my attention.

Unless and until Mitt releases some more tax returns my assumption is something is wrong with his investments.

:-)

Get Real

September 3rd, 2012
1:41 pm

Jay…modest bumps have pretty much been the rule for some time but a bump none the less….should be interesting after the DNC hate fest comes to a close how the polls shift if any….only time will tell…

JamVet

September 3rd, 2012
1:42 pm

Mark, speaking of illiteracy, what part of Ryan lied is rocket science here? He said that Obama cut Medicare benefits.

Obama did not.

The guy has as many veracity problems as his “severely conservative” (LOL!) soon to be Loser-in-Chief from Massachusetts does…

Jm (LL)

September 3rd, 2012
1:42 pm

Common 1:25 – agreed.

I think fair immigration reform looks like this:

Green card for working. Back of the line with respect to citizenship. Increase the immigration cap by 100%, diversify the sources (more from asia), and up the education requirements.

Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes

September 3rd, 2012
1:42 pm

Economic 101.

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G Mare

September 3rd, 2012
1:43 pm

Orange 12, thank you for posting the tomahawk video. I was watching the show that night – one of the funniest I seen ever. Late night tv hasn’t been the same since Carson.

Jm (LL)

September 3rd, 2012
1:43 pm

“It is time to remind Americans of the w disaster.”

It is time to remind people of the Clinton hooliganism.

How many women is Obama sleeping with? I bet Jarrett has her own bedroom in the WH.

Jm (LL)

September 3rd, 2012
1:44 pm

Hillary and Barack have lots of “private” meetings.

getalife

September 3rd, 2012
1:45 pm

Lets refresh our memories on the w disaster:

“1. Lies about an optional war. Some may argue that Bush wasn’t lying about the weapons of mass destruction — that he, and many others, believed they were there. The problem is, he, and most everyone in his administration, misrepresented (lied) about the nature of the intelligence that (they claimed) led us into war. Within the intelligence community — yes, Bush’s own intelligence community — there was much, much more disagreement about the nature and threat of these weapons (and even whether they existed) than what Bush-Cheney-Rice-Rumsfeld claimed. Also in the category of outrageous lies, it is now clear that Bush, during the run-up to the war, was routinely lying when he said he had made no decision about going to war, that he was trying to exhaust all diplomatic options. Memos and staffers have since made it clear that Iraq was a target for war even before 9/11.

2. The optional war itself. It was clear that an invasion of Iraq was not tied to 9/11 and that it would not do anything to deter terrorism and that, in fact, it would make terrorism worse. Bush and his followers might believe otherwise, but I would argue that this is empirically true. The vote for the war authorization was pushed right before a midterm election, and Bush was demanding its passage, clearly making war a political issues. That alone is outrageous conduct for a president. But I would be happy to eliminate this one from the list, if enough readers think I should.

3. The fiasco in handling the optional war that was started from lies. Even John McCain, military strategists and such right-wingers as Pat Buchanan acknowledge this one. Because of arrogance, ignorance and just plain stupidity, the war was mismanaged from the start. It led to countless unnecessary deaths, a disastrous loss of prestige and diplomatic clout for America, and, predictably, it became an al-Qaeda training and recruitment tool.

4. Tax cuts that overwhelmingly favor the rich in a time of war. It is possible, as far as policy goes, to argue for tax cuts, even in the face of crushing deficits. It may be possible to argue, in a supply-sider’s dream, that it is appropriate for the rich to garner most of the benefits for the tax cuts. But it is nearly impossible, unless one lacks sufficient powers of reasoning, to argue that we should enact tax cuts that disproportionately favor the wealthy, when war demands sacrifices and sufficient revenue to be waged successfully.

5. Trillions in new debt, and annual deficits in the half-trillion-dollar range. This may be paired with the item above. Bush and the Republicans have not only failed to pay for the tax cuts they so eagerly handed out to rich supporters who then gave them campaign contributions, they also put forth billions in new spending, making Democrats look like chumps when it comes to pork-barreling. Oh, and by the way, they also enacted the biggest entitlement program in history since Social Security, the pharmaceutical drug bill, that provided billions to drug companies while restricting drug price competition. Also, the Bush administration lied to members of his own party about the cost of the 2003 Medicare bill, just so they could be tricked into voting for it.

6. The weakening of the dollar. Again, this may be paired with the items above. Many experts have speculated that the dollar’s reign as the world currency may end fairly soon, and its displacement can be directly tied to Reagan-Bush-Bush policies favoring vast debt, massive gaps in wealth between the rich and middle class, a weakening of the manufacturing economy, and changing the U.S. from the largest creditor nation in history to the largest debtor nation in history. I won’t give Bill Clinton a pass on this one, since the manufacturing sector decline continued under his watch and, some might argue, accelerated as a result of NAFTA. But it is clear that idea that taxes are heresy under Republicans — even at the expense of the nation and at the collapse of the dollar — has taken on its Biblical status under George W. Bush.

7. The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Here was a president so disengaged that American citizens were left stranded, and people died, during his inaction. Yet, in his words, “Brownie, you’re doing a heckuva job.”

8. The suspension of habeas corpus. This has taken several forms under George Bush — by executive decision, through legal opinion by the likes of hack John Yoo and by the establishment of prisons to hold prisoners without charge or trial. But one moment Americans should never forget is the passage of the Military Commissions Act of 2006. Congress must share the blame on this, but without Bush’s “leadership,” it never would have passed. The law cast aside the Constitution and the principle of habeas corpus, which protects against unlawful and indefinite imprisonment. The Congress also gave the president absolute power to designate enemy combatants, and to set his own definitions for torture.

9. “Enhanced interrogation”/torture/extraordinary rendition. Bush said he knew and approved of the harsh tactics that led to such outrages as Abu Ghraib. Bush says the U.S. doesn’t torture because it doesn’t torture. Whatever you call it, it amounts to an illegal usurping of executive authority. John McCain was against it before he was for it. Some Americans may believe terrorists deserve torture in some cases, and I won’t disagree; however, it is clear that, under George W. Bush, America tortured some innocent people, and in some cases it transported prisoners to other countries so they could be tortured there.

10. Halliburton/Blackwater. These companies are by symbols for the privatization of war. Military contractors, often having no accountability to anyone, have stolen billions, wasted more billions, and kidnapped, raped and murdered in the name of the United States.

11. Guantanamo. While military prisons are routine in wartime, the problem with Gitmo is that it has been set up to hold terrorists as well as the innocent. And because of the end of habeas corpus, there is no way for the innocent to be set loose. In addition, it has undoubtedly created terrorists out of innocent people; even setting loose the innocent has become a grave risk, thanks to George W. Bush. But Guantanamo is not the only place where the innocent are held. Just last month, the U.S. released AP photographer Bilal Hussein after holding him in Iraq for two years without trial.

12. Presidential signing statements. Bush has made unprecedented use of these extra-legal statements in which he declares all or part of a law unconstitutional because (he says) it encroaches on executive authority. Therefore, he’ll sign the bill but ignore the parts he disagrees with. These statements have been used on a limited basis by other presidents in particular situations. But George Bush has claimed the authority to disobey more than 750 laws. Among them, reported the Boston Globe, are “military rules and regulations, affirmative-action provisions, requirements that Congress be told about immigration services problems, ‘whistle-blower’ protections for nuclear regulatory officials, and safeguards against political interference in federally funded research. Legal scholars say the scope and aggression of Bush’s assertions that he can bypass laws represent a concerted effort to expand his power at the expense of Congress, upsetting the balance between the branches of government.”

13. The Healthy Forests Initiative — would allow more logging and development in our national parks.

14. The Clear Skies Initiative — would weaken many parts of the Clean Air Act to allow more pollutants in many areas. Aside from what these laws do is the Orwellian Newspeak — giving names to policies or laws that are, at best, misleading. (Read: Patriot Act.)

15. Mining safety. Bush cut funding for mining safety and stacked the Mine Safety and Health Administration with industry executives, who fought against better regulations to protect lives and limbs. In 2006, forty-seven coal miners died on the job, the most in any full year since 1995, when forty-seven also were killed. Thirty-three were killed last year. Not all the deaths can be blamed on Bush and his industry-friendly appointees, but most assuredly, some can.

16. The U.S. attorney scandals. In this case, seven U.S. attorneys — Republicans — were fired in 2006. The reasons for the dismissals remain unclear, but allegations were that they were made for partisan political purposes. Anyone who doubts that partisanship (see Monica Goodling) was a factor — which, by the way, undermines the justice system of the United States — has not been paying attention to the way George Bush operates. Investigations into the matter have been impeded, but it is without question that the scandal has eroded morale in the Justice Department.

17. Stop loss. This U.S. military policy amounts to a back-door draft. While legal, it erodes morale, weakens the military and subjects soldiers to repeated danger and the possibility of physical and mental problems. Apparently, a weaker military is a policy of this administration, since it has overextended personnel and refused to provide adequate body armor to troops. In addition, Bush favored cutting funding for Veterans’ Administration, denying crucial medical care to the troops that he sent to war.

18. Alienation of U.S. allies.

19. Cutting of food stamps. This could be an ideological difference, so many might argue it’s not fair game in a list of Bush disasters. However, one aspect of the Bush prescription drug plan related to this issue can’t be viewed as ideological: as reported by Salon, “More bad news about that prescription drug plan: Seniors who use it may lose their food stamps.”

20. “So?” Dick Cheneys’ response to a question noting that the vast majority of Americans believe Iraq was a mistake and want the troops to come home.

21. FISA/illegal wiretapping. Bush still claims that violating the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is okay because he’s fighting the terrorists. But there’s nothing in the law that prevented wiretapping; it allowed temporary wiretapping until warrants could be issued. That didn’t matter to Bush; he’d rather violate the law when possible.

22. 9/11. Bush and his administration ignored repeated warnings that a major terrorist act was pending on U.S. soil. Richard Clarke said he tried for months to have Bush and Condaleeza Rice make terrorism a priority, but they ignored him. Whether you believe Clarke or not, the fact is that there was a memo about bin Laden being determined to strike in the U.S., and Bush went on vacation to Crawford, Texas, shortly before the Twin Towers fell.

23. Global warming. Bush now admits it’s a problem, although Bush officials trashed science by redacting independent governmentally commissioned studies on the issue. But even though he says it’s a problem he has no proposals to do anything about it in the near term.

24. Health care. More children (9 million) are without health insurance today than when Bush took office. The nation is facing catastrophic health care costs for the next century; Bush has ignored the problem.

25. Energy policy. The records of Dick Cheney’s task force on energy are secret, so we don’t know how much of the nation’s energy policy was dictated by energy companies. But it is certain that it was a great deal; Bush’s pattern in this area is the same as in others; i.e., put oil and gas officials in charge of energy policy; put pharmaceutical companies in charge of drug policy; let health industry lobbyists write health policy legislation. Gas prices have soared and record profits are now routine business for the oil companies; people think their taxes are lower under Bush, but they are paying more for gas, food and other basic necessities – and they are also paying more state and local taxes because of federal budget cuts.

26. Immigration. For Bush or against him on this issue, it can hardly be argued that he has put forth a successful policy.

27. The Pentagon information apparatus designed to praise George Bush’s war by touting military officers — paid by private contractors — as objective observers. This was a deliberate attempt to lie to the American people through a compliant and incompetent mass media.

28. Plants in press conferences. Jeff Gannon, a right-wing gay escort, was given press credentials and allowed to lob softball questions at Bush during White House news conferences.

29. A weaker America — we are weaker militarily, economically and on the world stage than the day George Bush took office. Some Republicans seem to fear Democrats because they say the Democrats want to destroy America. But it is hard to imagine a series of policies that have done more to hurt America than those forced upon us over the last seven years. Three-fourths of Americans know the country is on the wrong track, yet half of them support “more wrong track,” as Bill Maher put it. This is because the Republicans are very good at distracting large numbers of people from the disasters that this administration has fostered. One method they use is that they claim that criticisms of policy, particularly war policy, amount to criticisms of America. I want to make it clear that this tactic won’t work here. The above criticisms are not criticisms of America; they are criticisms of George W. Bush. It is because I love this country that this list was compiled. It was George Bush, not America, who brought us to this place.

30. A divided America. After 9/11 Bush had that rare opportunity to unite the nation, and the world, to defeat terrorism. Instead of using this goodwill – instead of bringing us all together to fight a common enemy — he squandered it. A generation has been lost to Bush’s petty petulance and his unilateral, misguided use of executive power. One would think that most conservatives, and most Republicans, would worry about expanded executive power. But many of them haven’t. One wonders how they will feel about it when a Democrat takes office.

josef

September 3rd, 2012
1:45 pm

JM

And who’s in that closet with Pretty Boy Ryan?

Janney

September 3rd, 2012
1:46 pm

Just saw another side to you, Thulsa. Thanks for sharing the story about your pup, and heartfelt sympathy goes out to you.

Ahem

September 3rd, 2012
1:46 pm

So let me guess what we will hear Friday about OdumBO’s performance:

“The absolute bestest ever in the whole wide world”
“The most moving and compassionate words ever read”
“Infertile women are miraculously now pregnant”
“The speech beat all convention bumps since records have been kept”
“Lost dogs and cats found their way home”
“Leaking transmissions have been healed”
“Romney is racist because he didn’t attend and withdraw”
BLAH-BLAH-BLAH

josef

September 3rd, 2012
1:47 pm

getalife

“Lets refresh our memories on the w disaster:”

Let’s not and lie and say we did.

JamVet

September 3rd, 2012
1:49 pm

Common, the neocons have a plan alright.

Full Speed in Reverse!

Bring back those halcyon days of abortions being illegal and de facto and de jure segregation being the law of the land again!

i.e., 1950s, here we come!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwDDswGsJ60

Dixie Chicks

September 3rd, 2012
1:49 pm

getalife

September 3rd, 2012
1:45 pm

Thanks for the list …lest we forget

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pojL_35QlSI&feature=related

Bernie

September 3rd, 2012
1:49 pm

The Last time a Republican House member was on the Presidential Republican ticket was in 1964 with Sen. Barry Goldwater – Arizona (R). The lost of that election was by a landslide to LBJ. Such a selection has never been repeated by The Republicans until this election cycle.

The “Church Mouse” Mitt, NOW has presented to the American People “LYING” Ryan. Author of the New definition of Rape and The “GET GRANDMA MEDICARE KILL PLAN”. We are told over and over they are the party of Freedom. However in the past (2) two years the Republican Party and its many Republican Governors have systematically and with great purposeful intent restricted the VOTING RIGHTS of American not seen since 1964.

If History is our guide and I do believe that it is. We should be in store of a repeat of the same results. Only this time, with a BIGGER OUTCOME in the recorded LOSS of the Republican Party. The party of America that longs for a return to the 1950’s!
The party of GOLDWATER, Segregation, Believers in UNEQUAL RIGHTS for ALL,
Believers in continual WAR and destruction.

The Party that is No LONGER in step with the American People.

Billybob

September 3rd, 2012
1:50 pm

libs love polls to try and shape public opinion…..hussein’s words and actions and policies are what do him in…….enough time wasted here……later on hack and company

JamVet

September 3rd, 2012
1:51 pm

Because of arrogance, ignorance and just plain stupidity, the war was mismanaged from the start. It led to countless unnecessary deaths, a disastrous loss of prestige and diplomatic clout for America, and, predictably, it became an al-Qaeda training and recruitment tool.

And these GOP scumbags are not remotely sorry about ANY of it.

And the think they deserve another crack at the White House????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Billybob

September 3rd, 2012
1:54 pm

it’s funny and a little sad to see all the complete lies and fabrications and thoughts of the libs here who are obviously always miserable and frustrated……misery loves company jamvet……..good luck in your quest……..in case you didn’t hear it libs, i am using a dog whistle……PATHETIC and SAD and JUVENILE and OUTRIGHT LIES……this was fun

Jm (LL)

September 3rd, 2012
1:55 pm

getalife

that may be your longest post ever

let’s refresh our memories on the clinton years

Kathleen Willey
Paula Jones
Jennifer Flowers
Monica Lewinsky

And lesser knowns:
Elizabeth Gracen
Sally Perdue
Dolly Browning

Now, Obama is probably doing the following:

Valerie
The PR girl
Consoling the ICE staff woman
Hillary
The Governor of Michigan

Let’s not return to the Clinton whoring years

Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common

September 3rd, 2012
1:56 pm

Jm

the immigration policy of the USA has totally twisted the up and coming members of the US.

When I was a teen construction was a way to earn money to go to college. Where did those jobs go?

Immigrant visas were once only available to those with advanced educations or who were from countries involved in wars. Not now.

If someone wants a better life for their country. Stay there and fight for that.

Ahem

September 3rd, 2012
1:56 pm

With landmark lawsuit, Barack Obama pushed banks to give subprime loans to Chicago’s African-Americans

President Barack Obama was a pioneering contributor to the national subprime real estate bubble, and roughly half of the 186 African-American clients in his landmark 1995 mortgage discrimination lawsuit against Citibank have since gone bankrupt or received foreclosure notices.

As few as 19 of those 186 clients still own homes with clean credit ratings, following a decade in which Obama and other progressives pushed banks to provide mortgages to poor African Americans.

The startling failure rate among Obama’s private sector clients was discovered during The Daily Caller’s review of previously unpublished court information from the lawsuit that a young Obama helmed as the lead plaintiff’s attorney.

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/09/03/with-landmark-lawsuit-barack-obama-pushed-banks-to-give-subprime-loans-to-chicagos-african-americans/#ixzz25QkgaRAF

Wilbur

September 3rd, 2012
1:56 pm

Chairman of the California Democratic Party just compared Paul Ryan to top Nazi, Goebbels. Now by his articulated standards of civility in political discourse one would expect Bookman to repudiate such over the top rhetoric as outside the bounds of acceptable speech for an important democrats figure.
He will, though say nothing unless he agrees with the guy.

Civility for hypocrites like Bookman is a tool for partisan advantage not a standard of conduct.

Expect to hear far, far worse from the democrats who are losing the war of ideas.

Jm (LL)

September 3rd, 2012
1:56 pm

josef 1:45

have all the fantasies you want. I’d bet Ryan is straight, though you may never know with 100% certainty.

Get Real

September 3rd, 2012
1:57 pm

JamVet…I am truly sorry your lot is life has you so filled with anger and hate, somehow I think the issue is much deeper than simply politics…

Jm (LL)

September 3rd, 2012
1:58 pm

Common – I tend to agree, though I think we should welcome skilled and unskilled labor.

But the tilt has gone too far toward unskilled.

Jm (LL)

September 3rd, 2012
1:59 pm

What do you think Obama does with his cigars? I mean, cigarettes of course.

Dixie Chicks

September 3rd, 2012
2:00 pm

Was George W. Bush at the RNC in Tampa? If not, where was he?

Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes

September 3rd, 2012
2:01 pm

With landmark lawsuit, Barack Obama pushed banks to give subprime loans to Chicago’s African-Americans

Already debunked.

Perhaps you should read through the comments before re-posting drudgey spam.

Just suggestin’.

josef

September 3rd, 2012
2:01 pm

JM

Yeah, sure…not my type at all. I favor real men, not wimpy little snot nosed self-loathing twits…but I guess by the tea-room, toe-tapping, pedophile, diaper wearing, truck-stop standards of the GOP, Ryan does come across as “straight…”

Ahem

September 3rd, 2012
2:01 pm

Busing Blacks is Back in Vogue

Dems bring in crowds by the busload to fill stadium for Obama speech

College students from across North Carolina will arrive in Charlotte by the busload. Same with members of predominantly black churches in neighboring South Carolina.

getalife

September 3rd, 2012
2:01 pm

Now, lets look at President Obama’s accomplishments:

Too many to list here so goggle President Obama’s accomplishments.

Four more years!

Ahem

September 3rd, 2012
2:02 pm

“Already debunked”

Relying on posts here to determine “debunking” is laughable.

josef

September 3rd, 2012
2:03 pm

JM

Give me a fellow who goes to the boy’s room to sneak a smoke over one who…well, nevermind! :-)

Oscar

September 3rd, 2012
2:03 pm

We need more skilled labor. And we need to do it with government funding to research Universities. That is where we are losing out and need to step up, not cut back.
We should cut back on defense and step up on training skilled workers
That’s the best thing government can do to help the economy.

Doggone/GA

September 3rd, 2012
2:03 pm

“That is some mighty fine spin, you show a wonderful imagination”

You ought to check out the spin Sununu tried to put on the “Romney’s welfare work ad wasn’t a lie” I heard it on “On the Media” on NPR. I won’t even TRY to reproduce it here, it’s so much more effective straight from the horse’s mouth.

Erwin's cat

September 3rd, 2012
2:04 pm

CHARLOTTE — The chairman of the California Democratic Party reportedly compared Paul Ryan and the Republicans today to Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels.

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, John Burton made these remarks about the GOP vice presidential nominee before the California delegation met for breakfast this morning at the Democratic National Convention:

“They lie and they don’t care if people think they lie. …Joseph Goebbels it’s the big lie, you keep repeating it,” Burton said Monday before the Blake Hotel breakfast. He said Ryan told “a bold-faced lie and he doesn’t care that it was a lie. That was Goebbels, the big lie.” – usatoday

stay classy

getalife

September 3rd, 2012
2:06 pm

In a intellectually honest debate, the gop lose big so they decided to lie and offer nothing new to the American people.

The gop deserve to lose and even the cons know this fact but will never admit it.

cons are intellectual cowards.

Oscar

September 3rd, 2012
2:07 pm

Ryan was critical of the President for rejecting a plan that Ryan himself had voted against.
That may not be a lie but it is hypocritical and misleading beyond belief.

JamVet

September 3rd, 2012
2:08 pm

Brilliant commentary, Get Real and billybob.

You two do the unthinkable.

You bring the con IQs here……………………………….. down.

To wit, go ahead and point out exactly my “complete lies and fabrications”, billybob.

And Get Real, YOU saying you are truly sorry for anyone is a huge joke. Like Jm, you are truly happiest when others you do not understand or “like”are not doing well.

Which is terribly messed up, but there it is.

So fix yourselves and forget about me.

Or better yet do some good in your communities (for the first time?) Food banks, Habitat for Humanity, Big Brother, the USO, the list is endless.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WP2exZurfc

Welcome to the Occupation

September 3rd, 2012
2:09 pm

Erwin’s cat: “Because Bill is to the left what Reagan is to the right….the last candidate their base truly embrace”

Ironic since it was Clinton more than anyone else who really redeemed and consolidated Reaganism, just as Blair did with Thatcherism.

To your pt: guess it depends on what you mean by “base”. If you mean died in the wool liberal Democrats, probably true. But real leftists despise his disastrous capitulation.

Common Freaking Sense isn't very Common

September 3rd, 2012
2:10 pm

josef

you bein a wiseass again.

:-)

Jm

Skilled workers are always welcome. The unskilled ones are being allowed on visa (check out Infosys lawsuit)

There are many construction workers who became unemployed BECAUSE of the lack of inforcement of the immigration laws during the 90’s and 00’s.

That in itself caused a mini crash or the economy during that period.

Fred ™

September 3rd, 2012
2:11 pm

Yo josef, have you ever heard of THE SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bJeXb6×3eU

Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes

September 3rd, 2012
2:11 pm

Dems bring in crowds by the busload to fill stadium for Obama speech

Trolling this blog with re-posted drudgey spam is laughable.

:razz: :lol: :razz: :lol: :razz: :lol:

Don Abernethy

September 3rd, 2012
2:11 pm

You can fool some of the voters some of the time but not all of them all the time. Obama voters from 2008 are re-thinking their vote for 2012 and many will be changing. Have you seen the movie 2016? That is an eye opener.

JamVet

September 3rd, 2012
2:11 pm

Talk about embarrassing yourself, Ahem!

USinUK – thug with a uterus … and former Girl Scout
September 3rd, 2012
8:55 am

Orange …

the Daily Caller should have been your first clue …

when all else fails … SNOPES

http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/loans.asp

like I said … TRUMPED. UP. BS.

“The case was a class-action lawsuit against Citibank Federal Savings on behalf of a black Chicago woman, Selma Buycks-Roberson, who claimed she was unfairly denied a mortgage based on her race. (snip) . Spccifically, the lawsuit charged that citibank ‘rejected loan applications of minority applicants while approving loan applications filed by white applicants with similar financial characteristics and credit histories.’

“Although Barack Obama was involved with the Buycks-Roberson case, he did not file the lawsuit nor was he the lead attorney on the matter. He was a junior member of an eight-lawyer team that worked on the case.”

Sad, what ODS does to marginally functioning brains…

getalife

September 3rd, 2012
2:14 pm

“Kyle Wingfield

September 2nd, 2012
3:22 pm

Folks, I’m afraid circumstances dictate that comments go into moderation for the rest of the long weekend. See y’all Tuesday.”

The cons will try to lie on this blog and shut it down too.

The lying cons will fail and your lies don’t work here cons.

josef

September 3rd, 2012
2:15 pm

FRED

Looks like The SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS are taking the day off to attend the barbecue down to Big Daddy’s Liberal Plantation… :-)

Oscar

September 3rd, 2012
2:16 pm

Obama voters from 2008 are re-thinking their vote for 2012 and many will be changing.

________

And most will not change their votes. When they consider the alternative to Obama is a man who wants to cut taxes on the top one per cent and raise taxes on the middle class.
And he wants to increase spending on defense and cut everything else.
Nobody that really thinks about their vote will vote for Romney.

Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes

September 3rd, 2012
2:16 pm

You can fool some of the voters some of the time but not all of them all the time.

Were you fooled with, the smoking gun is the mushroom cloud?

Fred ™

September 3rd, 2012
2:17 pm

Have you seen the movie 2016? That is an eye opener.

Yeah, so was Attack of the Killer Tomatoes. Except there was more truth and facts in the Tomato movie……….

hiram

September 3rd, 2012
2:17 pm

Nov. 6 Forecast Now-cast

Barack Obama Mitt Romney
307.8 Electoral Votes 230.2

74.5% Chance of Winning 25.5%

hiram

September 3rd, 2012
2:17 pm

Oscar

September 3rd, 2012
2:18 pm

Except there was more truth and facts in the Tomato movie……….

_______

Same for Dumb and Dumber. Now that was an eye opener.

USMC

September 3rd, 2012
2:21 pm

“It is time to remind Americans of the w disaster.”

The Liar in Chief…. IMPEACHED President Bill Clinton… :-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiIP_KDQmXs

Mark in mid-town

September 3rd, 2012
2:22 pm

JamVet in response to me wrote: “Mark, speaking of illiteracy, what part of Ryan lied is rocket science here? He said that Obama cut Medicare benefits.
Obama did not.”
——————————————————————————————————-
Let’s put our thinking caps on for a second. Let’s suppose that Obama signed legislation eliminating all reimbursements to Medicare providers. Would that be a cut in Medicare benefits over what would have been the case? If so, then obviously a cut of 700 billion dollars in provider reimbursements is also a cut in benefits, just not as large a cut in benefits as would be the case if 100% of provider reimbursement amounts were cut. Conversely, if cutting more than 700 billion dollars from provider reimbursement levels is not a cut in Medicare benefits, then why not save even more money by cutting a few trillion dollars from provider reimbursement levels since cutting the money spent reimbursing providers doesn’t change Medicare benefit levels?

josef

September 3rd, 2012
2:22 pm

OSCAR

And then there are those of us who didn’t vote for Obama in 2008 who are rethinking their vote for 2012…

USMC

September 3rd, 2012
2:22 pm

Definition of IS by Bill “slick willy” Clinton! :-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4XT-l-_3y0

Fred ™

September 3rd, 2012
2:22 pm

Well josef, if you zip downstairs for a minute, you can see what I’m serving here in the servants quarters……….

Ah never mind, I’ll post it here. This is NOT my recipe, I just used a rub. I am however doing two like he shows inthe picture. 18 lbs of Boston butt. Been going since 5am. At 5 PM they come off and the pork chops go on. I can’t fit the ribs on now though dammit and they sure need to go on now. Reckon they’ll have to wait until tomorrow. Them and the chicken wings. I’m going to try to Green egg the wings instead of frying them……..

Anyway, look at that recipe and see if you think I should try the mustard marinade sometime.

http://www.biggreeneggsperience.com/Boston%20Butt.html

Jm-predator extraordinaire, aka panther man

September 3rd, 2012
2:22 pm

Josef

Ryan may not be our type

If Obama is, I’d bet he does some toe tapping

0311/8541/5811/1811/1801

September 3rd, 2012
2:23 pm

Erwin’s cat:

“http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/home-intruders-get-more-than-they-bargain-for-in-a/nR2Sd/

Scout – think locally”

I love it when a plan comes together !!!

JamVet

September 3rd, 2012
2:23 pm

Mitt Dukakis and Lyin’ Ryan.

If i was a con (puke) I’d be thinking this is it??? This is the best we can come up with??? After those last jokes, McCain/Palin???

I’d also be wondering if my beloved Do No Wrong GOP will see the inside of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue before 2021…

USMC

September 3rd, 2012
2:24 pm

I wonder of Comrade Obama will remember to salute the flag at the DemokRat Convension…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hU9iCANi02o

What a Buffoon! :-)

0311/8541/5811/1811/1801

September 3rd, 2012
2:24 pm

USinUK:

I hear you but courts are part of government …………… and it’s the government over there that passes those inane (no right to protect yourself) laws that the courts enforce.

Jm-predator extraordinaire, aka panther man

September 3rd, 2012
2:24 pm

Big typo whoops

“your” type, not “our” type. :)

getalife

September 3rd, 2012
2:25 pm

There are no scandals with this President and he is comptentent with more accomplishments than President Clinton.

Now, lets look at the gop house accomplishments:

They decided to focus on getting our President after a collapse and gave us our first downgrade.

The gop deserve to lose and you cons know it so stop lying and start acting Americans.

USMC

September 3rd, 2012
2:25 pm

Suppression! DNC Charlotte: Picture Identification required, even just near convention site…. That’s Racist! :-)