A little context to Romney’s proposed Navy expansion
As part of his plan to increase defense spending by $2 trillion over the next decade, Mitt Romney has repeatedly cited the factoid that the United States has fewer ships in its Navy today than it did in 1916, suggesting that our naval power has declined since then. He is also campaigning on a pledge to boost the number of ships from 285 to 313. saying “I will restore our Navy to the size needed to fulfill our missions by building 15 ships per year, including three submarines.”
Our current ship-building rate is 9 to 10 per year.
Two points regarding that issue:
1.) As it happens, two political scientists at Florida State University recently completed a historical study that compares naval strength among the major powers from 1865 to 2011. They conclude:
“In 1916, the U.S. controlled roughly 11% of the world’s naval power. This is an impressive number that ranks the US third in naval strength behind the UK (34%) and Germany (19%), and just ahead of France (10%). What about the US navy in 2011? In 2011, the US controlled roughly 50% of the world’s naval power putting it in a comfortable lead in naval power ahead of Russia (11%).”
In Romney’s view, the fact that 4 percent of the world’s population controls a mere 50 percent of the world’s naval firepower, almost five times the amount of the second-ranked power, leaves that 4 percent dangerously vulnerable.
2.) Why is Romney stressing naval expansion in his campaign remarks? Take a look at the map of swing states. Virginia is critical to his election hopes. Virginia is also home to Newport News Shipbuilding, which with 21,000 employees is a major contractor with the U.S. Navy. The additional submarines that Romney keeps mentioning are nuclear-powered Virginia-class subs, built in part at Newport News at a cost of $2.5 billion per copy.
In other words, Romney is dangling billions of taxpayers dollars and government-financed jobs in front of Virginia voters, hoping that it wins him the presidency.
– Jay Bookman
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Fred ™
October 24th, 2012
9:19 pm
DownInAlbany
October 24th, 2012
9:16 pm
I don’t think Romney agreed with the lieing part…
So, now, I’m a terrorist sympathizer? Wow! Only those that defend the indefensible stoop to name-calling? But, then again, that’s all you’ve got!
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Getalife said “Terrorist sympathize much” he didn’t call you a damn name. Why do you have to lie? Can you EVER post anything true?
DownInAlbany
October 24th, 2012
9:20 pm
Only you total brain dead Rushbots are toting this mail. Real people with real brains know the truth
The TRUTH? YOU can’t handle the truth…even when I quote Jay Carney!
DownInAlbany
October 24th, 2012
9:21 pm
Fred, YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH! Don’t make me tell you again!
Tundra Dude
October 24th, 2012
9:21 pm
Government keeps suing the banks over and over again
Rong.
There’s thousands of unconvicted fraudster/bankers.
Watch/listen to interviews with Wm. K. Smith, investigator during S&L crisis, 1980’s.
Fred ™
October 24th, 2012
9:22 pm
Thulsa Doom
October 24th, 2012
9:19 pm
And for 47th time today Fred plays the tired old you’re all rushbot, boortzbot, hannitybot mindless fools if you disagree with my liberal loon crappola card.
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And for the 47th time Doomy plays the old “I don’t listen to them, it’s just COINCIDENCE that what I say this time is their talking point of the day” card.
Give it a rest Doomy. I LISTEN to them. Look at the earlier blogs. The Boortzbots were quoting his show within minutes of him commenting on air.
Please don’t’ piss on my back and tell me it’s healing rain………..
getalife
October 24th, 2012
9:22 pm
albany,
Start attacking the local militia that attacked instead of our President and I will not have to stoop down to your level.
Got it ?
nobodyyouknow
October 24th, 2012
9:22 pm
No Romney did not serve in the military, nor did O’bama. Yea, Romney most likely does say alot of things to get votes. Are you suggesting O’bama does not? I honestly beleive one could see proof of O’bama or Romney running a concentration camp killing women and children and make excuses for them and still vote for one no matter what.
Playing Chess with a checkers expert
October 24th, 2012
9:23 pm
Every time I see Barry on TV now, I hear Taps playing in the background. Such a sweet sound.
Fred ™
October 24th, 2012
9:23 pm
Downinalbany: Here, save this to favorites for future use lol.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXoNE14U_zM
Playing Chess with a checkers expert
October 24th, 2012
9:23 pm
Carter showed us we could survive any president. Obama showed us that Carter wasn’t so bad.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 24th, 2012
9:23 pm
YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH!
THE SMOKING GUN IS THE MUSHROOM CLOUD! Don’t make me tell you again!
getalife
October 24th, 2012
9:24 pm
Where is your patriotism?
We were attacked and Americans killed.
You chose to attack our President?
Did you do that after 9/11 too?
Thulsa Doom
October 24th, 2012
9:25 pm
Fred,
You ain’t the blog sheriff. Jay is so mind your own damn business. Twice Steve apologized and that was enough for Jay. And keep up brings it on himself anyway for being the piece of garbage that he is. And I say that because that is what he called me verbatim a few nights ago when he melted down and Jay was not around.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 24th, 2012
9:25 pm
The 20-year-old Brazilian woman has been auctioning off her virginity online for the past few weeks and a man from Japan known as “Natsu” came out on top with the winning bid. Natsu beat out five other bidders after a feverish final day where the price of Migliorini’s virtue jumped from $190,000 on Oct. 23 to the final $780,000 price tag. The news wasn’t so good for her male counterpart, Alex Stepanov, whose virginity only racked up $3,000 from a woman in Brazil named “Nene B.”
Those fighting the war on women should remember the price to be paid.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 24th, 2012
9:26 pm
CarterBush II showed us we could survive any president.They BOTH suck
October 24th, 2012
9:28 pm
Thulsa
And you aren’t the blog sheriff either
So how might doing what you told Fred and mind you own damn business?
Steve
October 24th, 2012
9:28 pm
Playing Chess with a checkers expert
October 24th, 2012
9:23 pm
Carter showed us we could survive any president. Obama showed us that Carter wasn’t so bad.
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Good one.
Fred ™
October 24th, 2012
9:28 pm
Thulsa: I DO mind my own damn business. It IS my damn business when a man attacks someones family and i’m around to witness it. Steve did NOT apologize for that, he apologized for calling someone an “anus” and he was about to get banned for a few days. Jay totally skipped the part where he made the inappropriate comments.
Maybe YOU stand idly by when wrong occurs, but I don’t. As to what Keep said to you a few days ago? I missed it. Did he insult your family or just you?
They BOTH suck
October 24th, 2012
9:28 pm
So how about doing
Thulsa Doom
October 24th, 2012
9:30 pm
Fred,
So the hell what if some of the cons regurgitate what boortz says or rush. You don’t think libs regurgitate crap from Chris Matthews. Rachel Madcow, or the kook Huffington post? Why do you call out only one side if you fancy yourself as an independent?
getalife
October 24th, 2012
9:30 pm
President Carter is in Syria trying for piece.
Where is your boy w?
Fred ™
October 24th, 2012
9:30 pm
Carter showed us we could survive any president. Obama showed us that Carter wasn’t so bad.
I don’t agree with the last part, but it was funny as hell anyways
getalife
October 24th, 2012
9:30 pm
peace.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 24th, 2012
9:31 pm
thelma melt-down.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 24th, 2012
9:31 pm
First doom has an unnatural fantasy about me while he is in his speedos and now he whines while he has a meltdown…… Someone get him to a proctologist… His head is gonna ’splode.
They BOTH suck
October 24th, 2012
9:32 pm
“Where is your boy w?”
Well he sure isn’t at the made for tv public relations ranch he bought in 99 to show the good ole boys he was just like them
you can bet your a$$ on that
barking frog
October 24th, 2012
9:33 pm
getalife
peace.
Fred ™
October 24th, 2012
9:33 pm
Thulsa Doom
October 24th, 2012
9:30 pm
Fred,
So the hell what if some of the cons regurgitate what boortz says or rush. You don’t think libs regurgitate crap from Chris Matthews. Rachel Madcow, or the kook Huffington post? Why do you call out only one side if you fancy yourself as an independent?
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Truthfully? Because I don’t listen to or watch Matthews, Madcow, of Huff. I’m not even sure who Madcow and Chris Matthews are lol. I heard a little of Randi Rhodes when she first came on 1010, but then I broke my antenae and don’t even know if she and that station are still around……. WHat can I say? Lib talk radio is usually completely whacko………
Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 24th, 2012
9:34 pm
Trumps big announcement: FIRED!
The condominium board at Trump Place has quietly fired the Trump Organization from managing the pricey high rise on the Hudson River that bears its name.
Sources told The Real Deal that the condominium board replaced Trump with AKAM Living Services, a management firm that has presided over luxury buildings at such high-end zip codes addresses as Central Park West, Fifth Avenue and West End Avenue.
Fred ™
October 24th, 2012
9:35 pm
Bah, I’m wasting time arguing about crap I don’t give a shirt about. I’m either drunk or avoiding washing the dishes. Since I’m not drinking I think it’s the dishes. Damn shame the wife is out of town, I’ll bet I could have fast talked her into doing them…………..
Thulsa Doom
October 24th, 2012
9:36 pm
Fred,
I was there. Steve apologized twice and Jay was right there and Jay told you that Steve apologized and to lay off. You didn’t and got another vacation. I think Jay knows what the hell happened on his own blog.
As for keep calling me garbage I was cool with it. Hell I was damn happy about it cause he completely list composure and melted down. It was downright funny to me to break the man like that.I
They BOTH suck
October 24th, 2012
9:37 pm
keep
Trumps 5M dollar bs ploy today was nothing more than an embarrassed man reeling from his BIG ANNOUNCEMENT
For a man as wealthy as he is and already on tv, he will do whatever and say anything for attention
He is a trip for sure
getalife
October 24th, 2012
9:37 pm
Both,
He bought a house in Dallas in a subdivision.
moonbat betty
October 24th, 2012
9:37 pm
Thulsa done stirred up a hornets nest?
getalife
October 24th, 2012
9:40 pm
trump let daffy stay on his land.
Steve
October 24th, 2012
9:40 pm
My guess is that there will be a direct correlation between bad news for Obama/Biden and the vitriolic attacks against conservatives/republicans on this, as well as other liberal blogs. It is as understandable as it is unbecoming. It is beginning to look like Romney is peaking at the optimal time and has run the better and more savvy operation, which is a good sign. That is a desirable trait in a president.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 24th, 2012
9:41 pm
As for keep calling me garbage I was cool with it. Hell I was damn happy about it cause he completely list composure and melted down. It was downright funny to me to break the man like that.
When you have to resort to drama queen “enhanced exaggerated reenactment” with the raised Mitt eyebrow and just make things up, you have Pompous Assenisia.
getalife
October 24th, 2012
9:42 pm
frog,
Thulsa Doom
October 24th, 2012
9:42 pm
I see Tweedle Dee and Tweedle dum are feeling brave tonight. Since we’re talking navy analogies its like a kook in a rowboat and a kook in a dinghy trying to take on doomys carrier.And you know just like Obama says I got big bad fighter planes that land on my carrier.
Fred ™
October 24th, 2012
9:42 pm
Doomy: Did you have a meltdown? You might as well have bought a Harley………..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJuI8SMaJEs
They BOTH suck
October 24th, 2012
9:43 pm
getalife
I know. I bet a friend of mine $200.00 dollars when Bush was 1st elected that he would move back to the country club living he was used to as soon as he was out of office.
Of course my buddy didn’t know that Bush bought the ranch after he announced he was running. He said I was being foolish and Bush was an outdoors men. I said ok and waited thru two tearms to of course collect my money. When the story ran before he left office that he was moving back to Dallas, I laughed my a$$ off
He probably hasn’t been back to that ranch. Either here nor there at this point, but it was a made for tv prop to show him in an F250 and cleaning up brush just as the media came around……
It was funny, but I must admit, it worked like a charm
Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 24th, 2012
9:44 pm
TBS, while Trump may have some money, he is not nearly as weathly as what he wants others to believe. But I agree, he is hiding his own problems. I bet he does not have the $5 million.
moonbat betty
October 24th, 2012
9:44 pm
keep wear pink under-roos.
getalife
October 24th, 2012
9:44 pm
Actually Steve,
He peaked too early and his numbers are falling to our President. Our President’s ground game is enormous.
16 is not too far away.
Good luck with that.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 24th, 2012
9:45 pm
My guess is that there will be a direct correlation between bad news for Obama/Biden and the vitriolic attacks against conservatives/republicans on this, as well as other liberal blogs.
My guess is that you didn’t see Ben Shockley get red carded earlier today.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 24th, 2012
9:45 pm
And you know just like Obama says I got big bad fighter planes that land on my carrier
When you keep walking into the propellers on the carrier deck, you have Pompous Assenisia.
moonbat betty
October 24th, 2012
9:46 pm
geez!
keep has to be the dumbest poster ever.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 24th, 2012
9:46 pm
He probably hasn’t been back to that ranch.
W didn’t buy a ranch, he bought a pig farm.
They BOTH suck
October 24th, 2012
9:47 pm
Keep
I have no idea what he is worth, but I never see anyone who is supposedly a billionaire grave so much attention thru bs as he does…………
birther and this bs today?
WOW…………. actually pretty sad
I could be wrong, but it seems his wealth hasn’t brought or bought him much contentment.
getalife
October 24th, 2012
9:49 pm
“It was funny, but I must admit, it worked like a charm”
The cons are easily punked.
Just look at the way they follow mitt . From all the cons in the primary circus they settle with a man that can’t hold a position that cries about being attacked. Talk about weak.
getalife
October 24th, 2012
9:51 pm
And mitt agrees with our President and practically endorsed him after the cons say how terrible our President is.
Thulsa Doom
October 24th, 2012
9:51 pm
Fred,
no meltdown but hilarious damn video. Tanks
Moonbat,
Stirring the hornets nest? What can I say? The Tweedle brothers are my toys and my beyotches. They play for me on command.
G Mare
October 24th, 2012
9:52 pm
Oh, Doomy, those rights re having to ASK PERMISSION of her husband to get a credit card, a loan, or a bank account, even if she was the primary bread-winner. And those rights to birth control – not abortion – BIRTH CONTROL! You know, the right to be in charge of HER body & HER health decisions. Doomy, I do not know how old you are, or if you have a wife or daughters, but if you have either, I HOPE you would not want their rights abridged. And that you would not force ANY woman to carry the fetus produced by rape to term, which rarely ends well for the woman or the resultant child.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 24th, 2012
9:52 pm
TBS, he makes his money by trying to create a brand for Trump. The reality is that most of the businesses he has actually been involved with have failed. The ones that have succeeded have only used his brand name but that has been tarnished. That is why he needs the attention plus his show on NBC. Without the show, his brand value drops dramatically.
getalife
October 24th, 2012
9:53 pm
moonbat.
“When you keep walking into the propellers on the carrier deck, you have Pompous Assenisia.”
That was pretty good
Thulsa Doom
October 24th, 2012
9:55 pm
Moonbat,
The dumbest poster ever? Yeah. I’m often disappointed by how lame his comebacks are. Most don’t make any sense whatsoever and others are just weak. So he’s kinda been letting me down a lot.
moonbat betty
October 24th, 2012
9:57 pm
lol, Doom.
to getalife, G mare, Keep and Kam:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wrs5DjHNUOE
getalife
October 24th, 2012
9:58 pm
Three home runs for the Panda.
Wow.
G Mare
October 24th, 2012
9:59 pm
Thanks, Josef. Will let you know the verdict. Have I thanked you for being the caring man you are? If not, thank you! And please tell Un to give you a hug for me.
They BOTH suck
October 24th, 2012
9:59 pm
getalife
Going back ole skool
Reggie Jackson style
DownInAlbany
October 24th, 2012
9:59 pm
Go Giants! (something we agree on?)
getalife
October 24th, 2012
10:01 pm
Both,
He swung so hard the pitch before, the bottom of the bat broke.
I never saw that before.
godless heathen
October 24th, 2012
10:01 pm
Kam keeps Drudge’s hit count up and Fred keeps Boortz’s Arbitron ratings up,
Suweet.
Thulsa Doom
October 24th, 2012
10:01 pm
G mare,
Can u show me where republicans are advocating laws or bills where a wife would have to ask a husband permission to open a bank account or get their own credit card? And can you show me where republicans want to make it illegal for a woman to buy birth control? Last I checked no republican is wanting to make birth control illegal.
They BOTH suck
October 24th, 2012
10:01 pm
And Fred
Don’t you think the beating your wife is a little much?
I’m with you on what Steve said and that is was met with little to nothing from Jay, but come beating your wife?
G Mare
October 24th, 2012
10:02 pm
Re Yellow Submarine: a cool song. Not sure what is has to do with the topic or our posts, but appreciate being included.
They BOTH suck
October 24th, 2012
10:05 pm
Everyone have a great night and an even better tomorrow
Peace
moonbat betty
October 24th, 2012
10:06 pm
thanks, G Mare, r u kidding me?
We all live in a yellow submarine…
Thulsa Doom
October 24th, 2012
10:07 pm
G mare,
The theme of the day on and off has been the navy.hence her submarine dedication.
moonbat betty
October 24th, 2012
10:07 pm
I like your sign out, TBs.
Nice.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 24th, 2012
10:07 pm
Don’t you think the beating your wife is a little much?
It’s not to be taken literally but meant to illustrate the inanity of yes/no questions.
There is no way of answering that yes/no without self incriminating.
They BOTH suck
October 24th, 2012
10:09 pm
kam
got you
and now I’m really out
moonbat betty
October 24th, 2012
10:09 pm
C’mon, G Mare…
Do you want to kiss Thulsa Doom?
moonbat betty
October 24th, 2012
10:10 pm
the box of pandora has been opened.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 24th, 2012
10:12 pm
the box of pandora has been opened.
Is that what the kids are calling it nowadays?
RW-(the original)
October 24th, 2012
10:13 pm
Jay apparently needs to forward his ginormous column collection about how voter fraud doesn’t exist up to Jim Moran’s kid…stat
That is all
Except to say we may have replaced Mr. October with the October Panda.
getalife
October 24th, 2012
10:14 pm
The Pandora app rocks.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 24th, 2012
10:14 pm
I’m wondering if Carter thinks he can make peace with the Devil?
Oh well …………….. TAPS !
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 24th, 2012
10:15 pm
P.S.
We need some more threads on Charter Schools and MARTA !!!
Thulsa Doom
October 24th, 2012
10:17 pm
G mare is a sweet lady but wouldn’t want to kiss on ole doomy. She is 30 years my senior.
getalife
October 24th, 2012
10:20 pm
RW,
Have you seen his son?
http://images.wikia.com/uncyclopedia/images/archive/d/de/20060707071025!Moran.jpg
getalife
October 24th, 2012
10:21 pm
Oops:
http://silencedmajority.blogs.com/silenced_majority_portal/images/2008/05/06/moran.jpg
RAMZAD
October 24th, 2012
10:23 pm
Romney has a scary vision of the world- something like we heard when DIck Cheney was about to be anointed vice president.
Romney is also a congenital liar. Ask Newt Gingrich about it. America suffers from Romnesia, and
if America could elect George W. Bush as president- Romney could be a shoe-in. We have good reason to be worried.
getalife
October 24th, 2012
10:27 pm
“In her ad, McCorvey says the Roe v. Wade decision was based upon a “lie” and urges citizens to vote against Obama.
The transcript:
“I’m Norma McCorvey, the former Jane Roe of the Roe vs. Wade decision that brought ‘legal’ child killing to America.
“I was persuaded by feminist attorneys to lie; to say that I was raped, and needed an abortion. It was all a lie.
“Since then, over 50 million babies have been murdered. I will take this burden to my grave.
“Please, don’t follow in my mistakes. DO NOT vote for Barack Obama. He murders babies.”
The ad concludes with Randall Terry saying: “I approve this message.”
The commercial also contains graphic abortion images. ”
http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/jane-roe-of-roe-v.-wade-airs-anti-obama-ad-in-florida
They would overturn it if they win doomy.
Wrong as usual.
moonbat betty
October 24th, 2012
10:38 pm
Wolverines!
G Mare
October 24th, 2012
10:55 pm
Doomy, I remember those days! As for now, Ryan said he wanted to outlaw birth control! He is a radical Catholic. And I can say that because I WAS a Catholic. Romney has been quoted saying he would defund Planned Parenthood & sign a law overturning Roe v Wade. And I REMEMBER coming up against laws which ruled that I could not get a bank account or a credit card without my husband’s “permission.” I also remember, very vividly, being sexually harassed at a bus stop in Seattle. I was young & cute, wearing my flight attendant uniform. Some young men pulled up to the light & started making really nasty comments. A couple of older women were waiting with me. To this day, some 50 years later, I cannot forgive those women for not sticking up for me, for not protecting me. Nor can I forgive & forget that those young men considered me fair game. Doomy, do you really want your wife/daughters to experience that? My greatest fear is that Romney/Ryan will take women back to that.
Gee
October 24th, 2012
11:01 pm
Where are the Tea Partiers when Romney wants to spend trillons to get votes for pet projects?
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 24th, 2012
11:02 pm
Would someone in the Fox broadcast booth at the World Series please smack Tim McCarver in the mouth?
Thankyouverymuch.
flagboy?
October 24th, 2012
11:09 pm
I see this blog post is just a ruse to keep people from discussing Trump’s big news for the AMERICAN people!
. . . . right?
flagboy?
October 24th, 2012
11:11 pm
Kamchak. . we probably don’t agree about many things. . but I’m with you about McCarver. . .
flagboy?
October 24th, 2012
11:16 pm
but the same thing should be said about Joe Buck. . .
Thomas
October 25th, 2012
12:04 am
Jay Bird- can you tell us about your time in the Navy or when you led a group in the armed services so that we can put your thoughts into context-
until then……
GaNative
October 25th, 2012
12:15 am
Mitt doesn’t have a clue. To hell with his Navy expansion. The next war is not going to be with ground forces or navy vessels. Obama is smart enough to see that is not where we need to be spending money and putting our efforts into. Obama just sends the unmanned drones to do the battles. And the next major conflict will be when the internet is taken down by some of the foreign hackers. Once the internet goes down, the crippling effect will make the planes that hit the world trade center not seem so devastating.
G Mare
October 25th, 2012
12:37 am
Yeah, Doomy, I am thirty years your senior, and I REMEMBER what it was like then. WE CAN NOT GO BACK TO THEN!
Dirty Dawg
October 25th, 2012
12:41 am
Read an interesting take on Romney’s ‘performance’ in Monday’s debate. The point being made is that Romney’s essentially agreeing to become a Trojan Horse in order to get into the White House. Come across now as a reasonable, thoughtful candidate – even though it’s about as last minute as you can get, but given the attention span of most voters, it may not matter. Fact is the neocons are still running foreign policy for the Republican Party and those SOBs won’t rest until they’ve used American soldiers to effect regime change throughout the Middle East. The chicken hawks seem to have a sadistic streak that they can’t satiate. If Romney gets in there we’ll be sending our men and women into battle – to be killed and/or maimed – all in the name of American Exceptionalism…at least their definition of it.
Ken
October 25th, 2012
12:54 am
Dirty Dog,
This weekend marked a new milestone for the war in Afghanistan: the number of US troops killed in the war since President Obama took office is now twice the number that were killed during Bush’s term, according to icasualties.org and our US Troops in Afghanistan: Obama vs Bush web counter
Good night
OBAMADRAMA
October 25th, 2012
2:17 am
I have never, ever seen a President behave as Obama – rude, crass, not Presidential at all during these debates. He might wish to learn a bit more about the military himself – bayonets are still used today – hah!! And yes, those “aircraft” carriers are indeed “ships.” Most importantly, I am thoroughly ashamed of the fact that our Ambassador and other Americans asked for MORE SECURITY prior to the 9/11/2012 Benghazi situation – were turned down. IT DOESN’t take a rocket scientist to figure out we needed to immensely beef up Benghazi embassy due to the fact that a) we helped to overturn the government b) Libyans who guard the outside of the embassy can be (and were infiltrated), and c) we were approaching 9/11. Sound like Hillary & Obama were doing their jobs enough to protect our Americans there??? I don’t want anyone this stupid running our country. Further, their intentional/deceitful lies are enough – DO WE REALLY WANT THESE LIARS TO CONTINUE ANOTHER 4 YEARS??? THEY DROPPED THE BALL ON THIS BIG TIME AND THEN TRIED TO COVER IT UP!!!! Four Americans are dead for absolutely no reason…….except our Leaders’ stupidity…..
Further – why do you believe OBAMADRAMA is being so crass, and extremely brazen? He just keeps talking bad about Romney in truly crass, hateful ways and what he will do for our country…WELL WHY HASN’T HE DONE IT???????????????????????
Jack
October 25th, 2012
4:36 am
Having the community organizer straight of Wright’s church determine how many under water boats we need is kinda scary.
stands for decibels
October 25th, 2012
6:06 am
mornin’.
Jack @ 4.36, don’t you get kinda used to being scared after four years or so?
ragnar danneskjold
October 25th, 2012
6:45 am
Maybe Patrick Moran can get a temp election job with the Philadelphia Black Panthers.