Michelle Obama and modern American identity
Last night, Michelle Obama delivered what by many accounts was the best speech not just of the opening night of the Democratic Convention but of either convention to date. As David Gergen put it on CNN, “If they have two more nights like this, they can probably break this race open.”
Gergen’s enthusiasm aside, statements by spouses do not swing elections. (The exception may have been Hillary Clinton’s 1992 rescue operation on “60 Minutes,” in which she stalwartly defended her husband against philandering charges.) But in her well-written, well-delivered speech, the current First Lady nonetheless accomplished something important, reminding a rapt audience in Charlotte and tens of millions watching at home that she and her husband are very much in the modern American mainstream, drawing upon this nation’s traditional values to guide both their private lives as well as their political sentiments.
Even those who disagree strongly with those political sentiments should be able to acknowledge that Obama and his wife are quintessentially, honestly American, and that Obama’s story reflects much of what is best about this nation. Whatever their final verdict of his presidency, for example, historians will marvel that the first black person elected to the White House was elected just seven years after the attacks of 2001, and that he was named Barack Hussein Obama. They will attribute that success, quite accurately, to an American generosity of spirit, a true example of American exceptionalism, even as they are also forced to note the sour paranoia that it inspired in some quarters.
As Obama himself put it in a 2004 speech to the Democratic National Convention, “I stand here knowing that my story is part of the larger American story, that I owe a debt to all of those who came before me, and that in no other country on earth is my story even possible.”
That’s the part that some conservatives cannot accept. To acknowledge that Barack Obama is just as American as they are is to acknowledge the ways in which their America has changed, and they cannot bring themselves to embrace those changes. In their minds, to do so would be to lose an America that has already gone, transformed into something still true to its roots but recognizably different, as it has always been different.
Instead, they flock in large numbers to the demogogic “2016: Obama’s America,” seeking reassurance — no matter how absurd — that this Obama is indeed something different, something unAmerican and even anti-American, and that their own deep-set suspicions are valid.
That is not the Obama that most of their fellow citizens see. It was certainly not the person whom his wife described to them last night. And it’s sad. Those who instinctively reject not just Obama’s policies — which are of course subject to fierce and honest debate — but Obama as an American are in fact alienating themselves from their own country. They are defining themselves out of its mainstream, and by doing so they lose what they are trying so passionately to retain.
– Jay Bookman
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Fred ™
September 5th, 2012
11:35 am
Hell, Steve, if you are going to Norman’s landing you can buy MY lunch lol. Get the BLT, he packs about 2 lbs of Bacon on it.
Tell Bill I said hi and that his place still is one of the best.
Jm
September 5th, 2012
11:35 am
Fred
Come to think of it, University of Chicago Hospital was probably paying her by the gram
Her grams
Elliot Garcia
September 5th, 2012
11:35 am
This country was built on hard work and Puritan values…..Obama is not like me…He has never held a real job in his life and worships at a mosque….
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
September 5th, 2012
11:35 am
I think this bears repeating
Jay
September 5th, 2012
8:56 am
And Geo, most Americans will see a comment like yours, weigh it against the speech they saw last night, and conclude that you, not she, is well outside the American mainstream.
You confirm and in fact exemplify my thesis.
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.
.
That’s not just for Geo…..
getalife
September 5th, 2012
11:36 am
harvey,
Wake up.
You are dreaming.
DannyX
September 5th, 2012
11:36 am
Good for you Rasmussen! Republicans really need you today. Way to come through for them, as usual. The only thing Republicans have right now is Rasmussen. Last night was a disaster for Republicans and it will only get worse the next few days. Thank you for being the only pollster giving Romney a bump. You guys are very loyal.
God Bless you Rasmussen.
Normal Free...Pro Human Rights Thug...And liking it!
September 5th, 2012
11:37 am
Ewrin’s cat
September 5th, 2012
11:27 am
maybe, but it has never been so blatantly stated and acted upon before this. The Republican Congress members should be arrested for criminal neglect to the people of the United States. We could have had jobs by now, lowered the deficit, and balanced the budget, if only The GOP had honestly worked for the People instead of passing multiple anti abortion resolutions that aren’t worth the paper they are written on.
But this is why I say there are only two kinds of Republicans, the Rich and the Duped…and the Duped are mostly because of self inflected wounds.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
September 5th, 2012
11:37 am
Markie, you forgot the link so we can see the context… which is likely the annual deficit and not the entire inherited deficit. But hey, we know your poutrage. Now show us where the Republicans passed the bills the President asked for to accomplish his goal.
Mary Elizabeth
September 5th, 2012
11:38 am
“There’s been a net loss of nearly 1 million public-sector jobs since Obama took office, despite a surge in temporary hiring for the 2010 census.”
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The above statement is taken from the data you gave. Anyone who will look at truth knows that that loss of public sector jobs has been a direct result of Republican ideology. The stimulus money, authorized by Obama, acutally helped to sustain many teachers and other state workers in their jobs, when Republican-dominated state legislatures have been intent on laying off these “government” workers to “starve the beast of government” as part of their ideological agenda. Some analysts have even speculated that – if these state workers had not been laid off by Republican ideologues – that the current unemployment rate for the nation would be close to 7.2% presently. Furthermore, because Obama single-handedly decided to help save GM, those auto workers were able to keep their jobs and GM now turns a profit.
skydog
September 5th, 2012
11:38 am
southpaw – “Skydog neither said or implied anything of the sort.”
This blog is like playing “Whack a Mole”, but the Moles keep changing suits.
If Fred has offended me, It`s OK, I owed him one.
Normal Free...Pro Human Rights Thug...And liking it!
September 5th, 2012
11:38 am
jm,
You must make your mother very proud.
Jm
September 5th, 2012
11:38 am
US Postal Service rates: it fits, it ships!*
*Michelle Obama’s excluded obviously
getalife
September 5th, 2012
11:38 am
“Obama is not like me…He has never held a real job in his life and worships at a mosque…”
Lie, he worships at a Christian church and is President of the United States..
Try the truth for a change..
Steve-USA "None of the Above"
September 5th, 2012
11:39 am
Fred-
Bill is a great guy. Did you know that as of last year he has raised and donated $1 million to charity through his restaurant?
I am off! The shrimp is calling me and those onion rings. Just don’t tell my wife how much fried food I am eating today.
Fred ™
September 5th, 2012
11:39 am
Jm
September 5th, 2012
11:35 am
Fred
Come to think of it, University of Chicago Hospital was probably paying her by the gram
Her grams
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Continue on. Insult women, it makes you feel strong. Call Midori a douche bag, it makes you feel strong. Yet if I call you out on it I get warned by Jay so I will say nothing. I get it.
Ewrin's cat
September 5th, 2012
11:39 am
Normal @ 11:37
only in your world
MiltonMan
September 5th, 2012
11:39 am
“MiltonMan is bragging about GOP ownership of the loser state of Georgia.”
Such a loser state that people are still moving here from other states (especially liberal-loving states like New York).
RB from Gwinnett
September 5th, 2012
11:39 am
Newby, if you really believe most of the “less fortunate” uninsured will EVER be asked to pay for their own insurance policy, you’re an idiot. It will be another social program paid for by the 53%.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
September 5th, 2012
11:39 am
She is the elitist and the biggest diva in this country
Because we all know that Mitt’s car elevator puts him in league with the common man. And I am sure that Ann is shopping at the Dress Barn.
Mark T
September 5th, 2012
11:40 am
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/02/obamas-broken-deficit-promise/
Knock yourself out Keep
Butch Cassidy (I)
September 5th, 2012
11:40 am
Elliot Garcia – “Obama is not like me…He has never held a real job in his life and worships at a mosque….”
Okay, nobody make any sudden movements until Elliot gets back on his meds….
Peadawg
September 5th, 2012
11:41 am
Is Michelle still proud of the country?
Neither of these candidates is like me.
The only way Obama gets my vote is if he puts Hillary on the ticket and kicks Joe to the curb. If not, then I’ll be sitting November out. I can’t vote for either of these candidates as it stands right now.
Charlie B
September 5th, 2012
11:41 am
kayaker 71
September 5th, 2012
10:13 am
DDR, 10:05,
“a bunch of faux outrage”? Tell that to some schmuck who has been out of work for the last year or two. Tell that to some conscientious black male about 28 without a HS education who is trying to find a job. Tell that to all of those who file for unemployment compensation every month which will soon run out for most of them. I am sure that this outrage is very real for them. For all of this concern, those in the WH don’t seem to let that interfere with Hawaii vacations, fancy wardrobes and spending the taxpayer dime on themselves. Tell me how Michelle’s 7500 dollar jacket identifies her with the little guy.
A 28 year old without a HS diploma, regardless of race or gender, would have a difficult time finding a job period seeing as how manufacturing jobs began leaving the US long ago. Not sure why you had to mention race.
Elliot Garcia
September 5th, 2012
11:41 am
This country needs jobs Obama! not hybrid cars! and I mean real jobs….politicians don’t count
Jm
September 5th, 2012
11:41 am
Normal 11:38
Enough for her to let me keep living in her basement apparently (according to the libs here)
Stay classy my friend
getalife
September 5th, 2012
11:41 am
rb,
Does that 53 % include those hiding their taxes like your nominee?
Verbal Kint
September 5th, 2012
11:41 am
Keep – Obama certainly could have made that effort in his first two years in office but alas he did not. Ramming AHCA down our throats was one objective followed by a stimulus that was supposed to stimulate the economy and keep unemployment below 8% but instead went to of bunch of gregen energy companies (Solyndra) and, well, you know about the unemployment rate but I’ll remind you AGAIN:
http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/OBAMAUNEMPLOYMENTFAILCHART.jp
MiltonMan
September 5th, 2012
11:41 am
“Last night was a disaster for Republicans and it will only get worse the next few days. Thank you for being the only pollster giving Romney a bump. You guys are very loyal.”
Just like 2010 chief?
Elliot Garcia
September 5th, 2012
11:42 am
That’s all you got Butch…weak, name calling….
Mick
September 5th, 2012
11:42 am
jm
No, it’s real outrage, since when does the spouses physical appearance become fair game? Christie is a governor, and an obese poor one at that. You need to check yourself, it’s definitely ok to disagree on policy but you feel quite comfortable taking a low blow shot – man up…
getalife
September 5th, 2012
11:42 am
elliot,
Hybrid cars are jobs silly.
Union
September 5th, 2012
11:42 am
@ fred.. kind of like people assumed that obama was going to keep his promises?
Butch Cassidy (I)
September 5th, 2012
11:42 am
MiltonMan – “Such a loser state that people are still moving here from other states (especially liberal-loving states like New York).”
Great, they’re the ones we don’t want anyway. You can have em!
DannyX
September 5th, 2012
11:43 am
“Just like 2010 chief?
More like 2008.
the cat
September 5th, 2012
11:43 am
Is this why Mitt will not release his tax returns?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/us-election/9483845/US-election-Mitt-Romney-may-have-breached-ethics-laws-through-company-linked-to-Paul-Ryans-brother.html
Mark T
September 5th, 2012
11:43 am
Mia Love..Republican….by age 30 married, 2 kids and elected to the Saratoga Springs city council
Sandra Fluke..Democrat…by age 30, still in college demanding the Govt to forcr schools to pay for her contraceptives
getalife
September 5th, 2012
11:43 am
kint,
Two years is ramming down your throat?
That does not make sense con.
Elliot Garcia
September 5th, 2012
11:44 am
Just like Solyndra is jobs…..Get a Life, Get a Life!
Ewrin's cat
September 5th, 2012
11:44 am
ME – those auto workers were able to keep their jobs and GM now turns a profit.
not so fast ME…We that paid for that bailout won’t be at breakeven until GM stock doubles in price…and don’t forget about the $14B tax break that “we” gave GM too….
paulo977
September 5th, 2012
11:44 am
USMC….Beat the drum all you want Jay, but if you are basing your victory on David Gergen I feel pretty confident for Romney.
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Did you even bother to really HEAR what she was saying?
Tom Middleton
September 5th, 2012
11:44 am
Jay, the Republicans have negative campaigning down to yet another art. But what else are they going to do, parade George Bush? LOL
DannyX
September 5th, 2012
11:44 am
Wow Jm, are you really going to let Elliot get away with that hybrid car putdown?
Pass the Cheesy Grits Please
September 5th, 2012
11:44 am
Just like 2010 chief?
Republicans promised jobs in 2010 ?
Where are they ?
Unemployment still over 8 percent.
The American people have noticed.
Normal Free...Pro Human Rights Thug...And liking it!
September 5th, 2012
11:44 am
jm,
Me stay classy? I don’t think you know the definition of “classy”…just sayin’
Butch Cassidy (I)
September 5th, 2012
11:45 am
Elliot Garcia – “That’s all you got Butch…weak, name calling….”
Fair enough, just provide us with the name and location of the “mosque” that Obama worships at, and I’ll gladly withdraw my previous comment. Oh, and for the record, insinuating that someone may be suffering from paranoid delusion isn’t actually name calling.
Fred ™
September 5th, 2012
11:45 am
skydog
September 5th, 2012
11:38 am
southpaw – “Skydog neither said or implied anything of the sort.”
This blog is like playing “Whack a Mole”, but the Moles keep changing suits.
If Fred has offended me, It`s OK, I owed him one.
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You got me confused lol. When have I ever said anything negative to you?
zeke
September 5th, 2012
11:46 am
Ahh! The kool-aid drinking or is it pot smoking democrats are at it again! So left wing is this group that if they were all in California, the left coast, they would fall into the Pacific! And it is hilarious that this left wing socialist, probably a communist, is seeking support from the criminal felon of the White House! Yes, Clinton is a criminal felon! I am so happy they will be ousted in the election in November and gone on 01/20/13!!!
getalife
September 5th, 2012
11:46 am
Pea,
She is retiring.
Get over it.
Michelle is the new Hillary.
Pass the Cheesy Grits Please
September 5th, 2012
11:46 am
Mia Love..Republican….by age 30 married, 2 kids and elected to the Saratoga Springs city council
Sandra Fluke..Democrat…by age 30, still in college demanding the Govt to forcr schools to pay for her contraceptives
* Not a factual statement
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
September 5th, 2012
11:46 am
Well, I had my back turned and my ear plugs in when Fox News switched to that speech so I never heard it. I guess she done good.
Dang it!
We’ll never get the White House if the Librul Democrat Convention keeps up this stuff. Just the idea of one of Those People up there at a podium and being listened to is enough to make a normal person throw up.
I got a feeling that Romney won’t even win a race for animal shelter pickup man if this stuff keeps up. You could almost feel the rating meter needle for Romney heading for the bottom peg.
Have a good Hump Day everybody.
getalife
September 5th, 2012
11:47 am
elliot,
Some will fail like Internet companies.
New to politics?
paulo977
September 5th, 2012
11:48 am
Elliot Garcia ……….his country needs jobs Obama! not hybrid cars!
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pass the Cheesy Grits Please
September 5th, 2012
11:48 am
Ill bet Politics are pretty rough over there at the Saratoga City Council.
Just yesterday they had a thirty minute argument over the placement of a fence.
Its tough stuff.
Elliot Garcia
September 5th, 2012
11:49 am
great excuse….I don’t recall Internet companies getting millon$$$ from the federal governement…I will name the mosque when you name the church O worships at….
jewcowboy
September 5th, 2012
11:49 am
My goodness…the right winger’s are extra frothy today.
They BOTH suck
September 5th, 2012
11:50 am
Peadawg
Guess you are sitting out. That Hillary on the ticker shtick put a few weeks ago was nothing more than right wing blather to make it appear there was friction within the administration.
Write in a candidate, but don’t sit at home
Amazing Grace
September 5th, 2012
11:50 am
Of course it is an American story, you wouldn’t expect the “tolerant” Europeans we are supposed to pattern ourselves after to elect a minority, do you? The Japanese? Ha.
You mention American Exceptionalism. You forget the current occupant of the office doesn’t believe in that.
On the subject (you called him the word), why is the President referred to as “black”? Half white, half black biologically, raised almost exclusively by his mother and her parents (white), why do you label him as “black” rather than just an American (check your Progressive history, Mr. Jay, hyphenated Americans are enemies of the State, should be dealt with rather “harshly”, as President Wilson
said 100 years ago).
Peadawg
September 5th, 2012
11:50 am
“Michelle is the new Hillary.”
Sad. Let’s hope not.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
September 5th, 2012
11:50 am
Mark, here’s your knockout. Hope the floor is not too cold. You might want to stay down for the entire count.
During a speech on Tuesday, President Obama promised to reduce the budget deficit:
Obama: Now, this budget does not attempt to solve every problem or address every issue because of the massive deficit we inherited and the enormous costs of this financial crisis. We have made some tough choices that will cut our deficit in half by the end of my first term and reduce it by $2 trillion over the next decade.
To start, we want to clarify that Obama is talking about the budget deficit (the amount of money the government spends in a given year minus what it takes in), not the national debt (the cumulative amount of money the government owes). Though it may sound like it, Obama isn’t saying that the government will owe less money than it does now by the end of his term, or in 10 years. In fact, most presidents leave office with a larger debt than they inherited. Rather, Obama is proposing to slow the rate at which the debt grows.
And he is right as far as he goes. But some of those figures could use some context. According to the Office of Management and Budget analysis of Obama’s submitted budget, the deficit is projected to decrease by half from about $1.75 trillion in 2009 to $581 billion in 2012.
Fred ™
September 5th, 2012
11:50 am
Elliot Garcia
September 5th, 2012
11:42 am
That’s all you got Butch…weak, name calling….
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Well school us then. How SHOULD he respond to ignorance and blatant lies like you posted?
Butch Cassidy (I)
September 5th, 2012
11:50 am
Elliot Garcia – “his country needs jobs Obama! not hybrid cars!”
You mean they aren’t making cars at the Toyota factories here in the U.S.? What do you think they’re making, Zeros?
getalife
September 5th, 2012
11:50 am
If you can connect like she did last night, run for Senator.
I think we will see Senator Obama again
Elliot Garcia
September 5th, 2012
11:51 am
Name the church Fred…
Mick
September 5th, 2012
11:51 am
**I will name the mosque when you name the church O worships at….**
Absurdity of the right, the fixation is a joke…
skydog
September 5th, 2012
11:51 am
Fred,
I was just cracking on Jays warning to you.
Jay doesn`t realize the how it smells down here fending off the poo storm troopers. I thought you were playing as nice as you can while surrounded by psychopaths
godless heathen
September 5th, 2012
11:51 am
Hows that Keep
Sounded pretty much verbatim and in context to me, Mark.
They BOTH suck
September 5th, 2012
11:51 am
on the ticket
man behind the curtain
September 5th, 2012
11:51 am
Jay, you should consider a format where readers could “like” a comment by a poster. I see several comments I’d like to second, let the posters know some of us out here think they’re on the right track.
Butch Cassidy (I)
September 5th, 2012
11:51 am
Elliot Garcia – “I will name the mosque when you name the church O worships at….”
Church? I thought you said he worshipped at a mosque?
alittlecommonsense
September 5th, 2012
11:52 am
Is Obama demographically mainstream? Sure. Is he technically an American. Sure. Did he have the American experience growing up? No. He had one American parent and he lived part of his childhood in Hawaii raised and nurtured by avowed communists. Note – twenty some years later when I lived in Hawaii, I was called a foreigner (haole) there because I was a caucasian mainlander. Nothing about his formative years is in any way mainstream American.
Fred ™
September 5th, 2012
11:52 am
Union
September 5th, 2012
11:42 am
@ fred.. kind of like people assumed that obama was going to keep his promises?
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Which ones hasn’t he kept? He’s done all he Constitutionally can. He’s a President not a dictator. As long as the Fright Wing party that holds the majority in Congress keeps saying no to everything nothing can be done.
Mark T
September 5th, 2012
11:52 am
New polls show Paul Ryan on the Republican presidential ticket making Wisconsin a major player in November.
CNN has changed Wisconsin on its electoral map from leaning toward President Obama, to a toss up. A new Public Policy Polling survey has Mitt Romney ahead of the president in Wisconsin. And they’re pointing to Paul Ryan as a major reason why.
According to the most recent polls President Obama can use all the help he can get from the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte this week. Three new polls show Obama either tied or behind Republican challenger Mitt Romney in North Carolina. President Obama won the Tar Heel State in 2008 by a slim margin, but he will need to make some gains on Romney in the next two months in order to earn North Carolina’s 15 electoral votes again.
Obama currently trails Romney by two points, 47.3 percent to 45.3 percent, in a Real Clear Politics average of four polls from the last week.
Barack Obama approaches his nomination for a second term with the lowest pre-convention personal popularity of an incumbent president in ABC News/Washington Post polls since the 1980s. He’s also at his lowest of the year among registered voters, with trouble among women.
Mick
September 5th, 2012
11:52 am
fred
You’re that guy who the teacher always picks on, right or wrong. Then again, you probably have the thickest skin around so it just bounces off you until you get another red card…
Peadawg
September 5th, 2012
11:54 am
“If you can connect like she did last night, run for Senator.”
So, Michelle read a speech written by someone else, and all of a sudden she’s a good candidate for Governor? If that’s the qualification for Governor these days…yikes.
man behind the curtain
September 5th, 2012
11:55 am
Jm:”The debt, over $150,000 per household. How do you plan to repay yours?
If you’re one of the 50% of Americans that don’t pay income taxes, I guess you don’t plan to pay yours.”
How about the Republicans pay the debt run up on their watch and everybody else pick up the change, Jm?
getalife
September 5th, 2012
11:55 am
pea,
Obviously you did not even watch.
Sad pea.
Peadawg
September 5th, 2012
11:57 am
“Obviously you did not even watch.”
Nope I’ve got better things to do. I didn’t watch any of the GOP convention either. It’s just a bunch of ditto heads reading speeches written for them and telling the people what they want to hear. Politics are in a sad phase right now.
Fred ™
September 5th, 2012
11:57 am
Elliot Garcia
September 5th, 2012
11:49 am
great excuse….I don’t recall Internet companies getting millon$$$ from the federal governement…I will name the mosque when you name the church O worships at….
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Why? Butch wasn’t the one posting the Mosque lie, you were. This isn’t talk radio or Fox news and we aren’t brain dead republican sheep. We require proof. I know that’s a foreign concept for you……..
Here let me show you how it works, I’ll post them going to church. Yet since you LIED you can’t post them gong to Mosque.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/12/the-first-family-goes-to-church/
Beyond the Middle of the Road
September 5th, 2012
11:58 am
Well, all bias aside (I know that several posters heads just exploded) Ann Romney’s speech at the RNC was probably the best of the lot. I suspect we may be saying the same for Michelle’s in a few days. I know this means something significant but I’m at a loss to determining what that is.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 5th, 2012
11:58 am
Ramming AHCA down our throats…
I have found that those who complain the most about having something rammed down their throats, are the same one who will swallow anything.
Fred ™
September 5th, 2012
11:59 am
JCB? Is that really you? It’s been so long I thought you had passed and I missed the funeral announcement lol.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdmHrkIXL38
getalife
September 5th, 2012
12:00 pm
I know pea.
She has been involved in several things.
Name them.
Elliot Garcia
September 5th, 2012
12:01 pm
Sorry, I have to go now…I have to go fire a bunch of Gen Y slackers on the internet when they are supposed to me working…
Newby
September 5th, 2012
12:01 pm
RB – “Newby, if you really believe most of the “less fortunate” uninsured will EVER be asked to pay for their own insurance policy, you’re an idiot. It will be another social program paid for by the 53%.”
So, RB, you’re against folks using the emergency room, because YOU pay, and you’re against them getting their OWN insurance, because, somehow, YOU pay.
What is YOUR solution? When a currently uninsured person, say, gets hit by a car, who should pay the medical bills in YOUR world?
getalife
September 5th, 2012
12:02 pm
elliot,
They walk to church con.
skydog
September 5th, 2012
12:02 pm
Hey Jay,
After ya`ll finish skinny dipping, this place stays open late. The Double Door Inn “Playing the Blues since 1973″
Tell them “skydog” sent you. That and $3.50 will get you a beer.
http://www.doubledoorinn.com
Mark T
September 5th, 2012
12:02 pm
I love how Libs say the Republican are the reason why the economy is so bad when in fact not asingle Democrat voted for Obama’s latest budget….FAIL
liz
September 5th, 2012
12:02 pm
In gawga, qualifications for gobnor require some shady deals on your resume.
getalife
September 5th, 2012
12:03 pm
elliot,
Just say Lunch con.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
September 5th, 2012
12:04 pm
New polls show Paul Ryan on the Republican presidential ticket making Wisconsin a major player in November.
Posting someone else’s original material without acknowledging them is called plagiarism and generally frowned upon in polite society.
Just sayin’.
getalife
September 5th, 2012
12:04 pm
mark t,
It is congress’s job to pass a budget not the President.
Do you even know how government works con?
RB from Gwinnett
September 5th, 2012
12:05 pm
Go hump somebody who cares about your silly childish posts Getaclue. Your schtick is old and pointless.
Fred ™
September 5th, 2012
12:05 pm
Elliot Garcia
September 5th, 2012
12:01 pm
Sorry, I have to go now…I have to go fire a bunch of Gen Y slackers on the internet when they are supposed to me working…
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This is Elliot running away because he has been caught out. I posted the church like he asked and since he cant’ substantiate his lie and lacks the moral character to own up to it, he has to run away. He’ll be back in 45 seconds to post under another name. And alt……. maybe even under the name he usually uses lol.
George Washington Carver
September 5th, 2012
12:06 pm
@USMC…Faktchek: Obama campaign caught spreading lies again!…
Lets do a fact check on Romney and his statement about creating 12 million job..But, I’m sure you believe that, right? Talking about the impossible. That’s 250,000 jobs a month for 4 years..”Mission Impossible”
Mark T
September 5th, 2012
12:06 pm
Facts suck dont they Kam…might as well try to divert to something else huh?
Verbal Kint
September 5th, 2012
12:07 pm
“I have found that those who complain the most about having something rammed down their throats, are the same one who will swallow anything.”
Must be the company you keep.
Verbal Kint
September 5th, 2012
12:08 pm
So getalife – what’s the Dem controlled Senate done the last three years? Oh yeah, not passed a budget.
Fred ™
September 5th, 2012
12:10 pm
Mark T
September 5th, 2012
12:02 pm
I love how Libs say the Republican are the reason why the economy is so bad when in fact not asingle Democrat voted for Obama’s latest budget….FAIL
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Not meant to be factual, but not a lie since he posts out of ignorance not malice.
Obama’s “latest” budget never made it to the floor to be voted on. The Republicans pulled out of talks. But in fact his FIRST budget was rejected unanimously. There ya go Mark, you are now no longer ignorant of the truth. You have been properly informed.
Step away from the talk radio and mass email lies Mark T. We’ll help educate you.
DannyX
September 5th, 2012
12:10 pm
I think Republicans can sense what is happening. Last night was the turning point in the election.
After the very weak Republican convention that didn’t even produce a Romney bump, the Democrats came out swinging and produced a first inning home run. Tonight it is Bill Clinton’s turn. After Clinton’s speech we could be looking at a run rule. As I remember Clinton has been known to give to a good speech. Thursday when President Obama speaks the fat lady will have already sung, (and no Jm I don’t mean Michelle.) As in turn out the lights, the Republican Party is over.
Fred ™
September 5th, 2012
12:11 pm
I want lunch.