Presidential candidates reduce a 4-year-old to tears
Here’s the background on the tears from 9News in Colorado:
A 4-year-old Fort Collins girl expressed her frustration over the seemingly never-ending presidential campaign.
9NEWS viewer Elizabeth Evans said she and her daughter, Abigael, were listening to NPR on a trip to the grocery store Tuesday when she started tearing up.
The mother asked Abigael why she was crying and she responded, “I’m tired of Bronco Bamma and Mitt Romney.”
NPR has apologized.
- By Jim Galloway, Political Insider
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BP
November 1st, 2012
10:50 am
Obama is out of his league as U.S. President. The people that support him make me seriously question the mentality of the American voters. You’ve got to have a serious mental block to think he’s a great leader and done an average job, much less a good job. And don’t give the lame excuse that he inherited it. What he inherited he has made far, far worse!!
George
November 1st, 2012
10:55 am
Wow look on the bright side she is being taught early to be very dam disrespectful spelling of the President name.Who ever win is not giving me a dam thing and Georgia is a very poor state only 10 percent of the population make over 50,000.00 a year republican my ass state.Better yet a bunch of poor dumb rednecks.By the way I do not give a dam who win I am black and make dam good money good luck to both sides
Pandora
November 1st, 2012
11:04 am
This is old news…moving on…
Member of a fading nation
November 1st, 2012
11:31 am
@ Master’s Degree – Is your masters in idiocracy?
Bottom line is this. In the past 3.5 years, Obama has been able to to this…
1) He amassed 6 Trillion more debt in less than HALF of the time that GWB took to get to 5 Trillion.
Said Obamacare would cost around $780B, but now it’s estimated to be nearly $2 TRILLION.
2) US Economic freedom index went from 3rd in the world to 18th in three years
3) Highest corporate taxes in the WORLD which has led to companies moving jobs overseas or deciding NOT to relocate here.
4) Highest sustained period very low GNP growth EVER.
5) Longest sustained period of high unemployment since the great depression.
6) TRILLIONS of taxpayer’s money spent on “Green Energy” companies that have since gone bankrupt.
7) Minimized our military to its smallest and weakest point since before WWI.
9) Obama care is causing companies to hoard cash and NOT HIRE anyone
10) Bowed to Saudi Kings and Princes and spoke badly about the United States on Foreign soil.
11) Obama did NOT get Osama bin Laden. Bin Laden was found through plans that were implemented when Bush was President. Obummer was just fortunate to be in office when they finally found him. Interesting that he takes all the credit when it’s something good, yet plays the Blame game when it doesn’t look to be in his favor. Case in point – - -#12
12) Lied to the American public about the attack on Bengazi because it would have looked bad for his campaign to have a terrorist attack on his watch. He’s STILL covering it up. It’s been a month and a half and their still “Investigating” it. Bull Crap.
13) Least not forget that the United State’s credit was downgraded for the first time in history.
Obama is taking this country to hell in a hand basket. He has accomplished NOTHING of worth that has made this country better than we were 4 years ago. His policies and socialistic views have proven to be failures not just here, but in other places around the world. His system Just Doesn’t Work! He’s been a disaster and needs to go.
Romney has proven himself time and time again in business that he can be a success. He brought the Olympics in Salt Lake out of bankruptcy and made them a success, he brought Mass out of a massive deficit, billions in debt and balanced their budget, all WITHOUT RAISING TAXES. he can do the same for the country. Im telling you that something needs to be done and done NOW or this country is going to be like Greece. BTW, I need to add to my list up there that the US Credit rating dropped below AAA for the first time in history too. All on Obama’s watch. Our current path is the path of doom. Think about your children. Your children’s children in the future. Obama can NOT and will NOT get us out of this mess, but I believe that Mit Romney can get us on the right path.
Anita
November 1st, 2012
11:33 am
At all of you anti-OBama critics and SHUT THE HECK UP! Where were you when Scary Bush was putting up in this mess that Obama has to clean up. You are a bunch of racist fools. We are not voting for him because he is a black man. We are voting for him because he is the best candidate. How can you support an idiot like Romney who can’t remember what he is supporting from one month to the next. Oh yea, everyone forgets that Obama’s mother was a white woman. GET A CLUE!!!
JAHIR
November 1st, 2012
11:41 am
IM SORRY- U SAY THE PRESIDENT DIDNT DO WHAT HE SAID HE WOULD DO AND THEM SOME………
( ADMIT AFTER READING THIS- THAT U HAVE OTHER REASONS TO FEEL HE SHOULD NOT BE REELECTED) – ITS OK …….. JUST SAY A PRAYER- IT CHANGES EVERYTHING – EVEN HATE.
The first bill President Obama signed was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, to help women fight back when they don’t get equal pay for equal work.
His Recovery Act supported millions of jobs and helped to stave off a second Great Depression.
He pushed for and won middle-class tax cuts that benefitted every American worker, and saved the typical family $3,600 in taxes over the last four years.
President Obama rescued the auto industry, and now GM and Chrysler are healthier than they’ve ever been. The American auto industry has added nearly a quarter of a million jobs since June 2009 — and they most likely wouldn’t exist right now without President Obama’s leadership.
He doubled funding for Pell Grants, helping to make college more affordable for nearly 10 million families.
His student loan reform ended billions in subsidies to banks serving as middlemen and reinvested those savings directly into students.
The President established the American Opportunity Tax Credit, worth up to $10,000 over four years of college.
His Race to the Top Initiative helped spur nearly every state to raise academic standards.
His tax cuts, social-welfare programs, and economic policies lifted nearly 7 million Americans above the federal poverty line in 2010.
President Obama has signed 18 tax cuts for small businesses since taking office.
JAHIR
November 1st, 2012
11:42 am
CONTINUED——-
We’ve seen 5.2 million new private-sector jobs over the last 31 months.
The unemployment rate is at the lowest level since President Obama took office.
Health care reform — passed after decades of failed attempts by every previous President — provides affordable health coverage to every American and will lower premiums by an average of $2,000 per family by 2019.
Obamacare expanded access to lifesaving preventive care such as cancer screenings and immunizations with no out-of-pocket costs for 54 million Americans.
Obamacare ends insurance discrimination against the 129 million Americans with pre-existing conditions.
Because of Obamacare, over 3 million more young adults have health insurance today than would if the new law hadn’t passed.
The parents of over 17 million children with pre-existing conditions no longer have to worry that their children will be denied coverage.
President Obama has ordered the overhaul of federal government regulations to make them smarter, practical, and more efficient. Just a fraction of these commonsense initiatives will help save businesses $10 billion in the next five years alone.
His historic investments in clean energy have helped more than double the amount of electricity we obtain from wind and solar sources and helped increase biofuel production to its highest level in history.
JAHIR
November 1st, 2012
11:42 am
President Obama is doubling fuel efficiency standards, which will save drivers more than $8,000 at the gas pump, not to mention lessen the impact of automobiles on our environment.
President Obama has taken unprecedented action to address climate change, reaching historic international agreements to curb carbon emissions, and taking action here at home to reduce carbon pollution from our vehicles and promote clean energy production.
He has taken historic action to protect our environment — signing one of the largest expansions of protected wilderness in a generation and putting in place standards to reduce toxic air pollution that will save thousands of lives.
President Obama fought for and won landmark Wall Street reform that reins in the abuses that led to the financial crisis and ends the era of taxpayer bailouts and “too big to fail.”
Wall Street reform created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the nation’s first federal agency focused solely on consumer financial protection — and the Bureau is already protecting families from unfair and abusive financial practices from Wall Street banks and shadowy corners of the financial industry.
As part of President Obama’s commitment to transparency, the White House has posted its visitor records online for the first time ever.
President Obama’s all-of-the-above approach to energy has helped cut the United States’ dependence on foreign oil to its lowest level in 20 years.
President Obama responsibly ended the war in Iraq.
JAHIR
November 1st, 2012
11:44 am
AND FINALLY……
He announced a plan to end the war in Afghanistan and transition security responsibility to the Afghan people.
President Obama sent the largest security assistance package to Israel in history and funded the Iron Dome system, which is protecting Israeli homes and schools from rocket attacks.
President Obama rallied the international community to implement the toughest sanctions on Iran in history.
Through the President’s historic increases in Veterans Affairs funding, he has expanded and improved healthcare and job training access for our returning veterans.
President Obama negotiated the New START Treaty with Russia to reduce the number of nuclear weapons in both countries. At the same time, he also secured commitments from dozens of other countries to lock down nuclear materials.
His administration naturalized 11,146 military service members as U.S. citizens in 2010; more than in any year since 1955.
President Obama set a bold new plan for the future of NASA space exploration, using the skill and ability of the private sector for short trips to the International Space Station, while building a new vehicle for exploration of distant space, and doing everything in his power to support the economy on Florida’s Space Coast.
President Obama recognizes that tourism is one of America’s largest economic engines; he’s worked to encourage international visitors to come here, maintaining our security while keeping millions of Americans in good, paying jobs.
He has affirmed his personal support of marriage equality, directed the Justice Department to stop defending DOMA in federal courts, and took the practical and compassionate step of extending hospital visitation rights to same-sex partners.
He fought for and won the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, allowing gay and lesbian members of the military to serve openly for the first time in history.
When Congress failed to fix our broken immigration system, his administration did everything in its power to improve it, streamlining the legal immigration process and announcing a policy that lifts the shadow of deportation from hard working young immigrants brought to the U.S. as children.
Oh, and he gave the order to send troops in after Osama Bin Laden — and has decimated al-Qaeda’s senior leadership.
WHEW!!!!! THAT’S A LOT OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOLKS…….. REMEMBER…. THE ECONOMY WAS ALREAY IN SHAMBLES….. U GOT TO SEE THIS.
Voter
November 1st, 2012
11:47 am
@Mitt Romney would reduce… – You need help. Forget the ads. Forget the political debates. Look at numbers in the past four years. Unemployment has risen not dropped. Gas prices has risen not fallen. Medical care has and will get worse under ObamaCare. More people under food stamps and welfare then ever before. Wake up and smell the coffee! Look at the numbers
Iconoclast
November 1st, 2012
11:47 am
The Romney camp’s successive and fallacious rhetoric about the US auto industry selling-out to China is enough to seal my vote against the guy. Sad too, because I actually think he wouldn’t do a bad job as President. I just don’t think he’s the right guy, right now. As an avowed Mormon, I would have expected him to go to lengths to avoid bearing false witness.
GA GIRL
November 1st, 2012
12:02 pm
I’ll dumb it down for yall…
I make $30,000/year. I pay $2,500 in taxes yearly. Also, deduct my full benefits and 401k. How can I afford to hire anyone? That’s right, the goverment does that for me by “redistribution of wealth”..
Lee Garcia-Chanley
November 1st, 2012
12:13 pm
Turn the radio off! Stop using this kid to win sympathy, this is a ploy and it doesn’t matter if the mother is a Romney or Obama fan! Shameful for sure!
Davis Fergueson
November 1st, 2012
12:27 pm
GO BRONCO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Good name, now what do we call the other guy?!? hmmm, I can think a few things that rhyme with “MITT”
Denise
November 1st, 2012
12:43 pm
I guess I’m the only one who doesn’t read any politics in this and finds this hilarious. A four year old saying Bronco Bamma? Hilarious. Sick of election talk? Heck, me, too, baby, me, too. I’m sick of it. I can’t wait to vote, get the results, and shut this mess down. Of course then we’ll have to hear the analysis and the poor baby will cry even more.
OBIWAN
November 1st, 2012
12:43 pm
We all feel her pain….. It should be illegal to campaign more than 60 days before an election. Obozo has never done his job because he has been campaigning for the last 4 years…
Dum-Bass
November 1st, 2012
12:56 pm
Don’t forget now. To be sure there’s no long lines, all those voting for Romney go to the polls on Tues. the 6th and those voting for Obama go on Wed. the 7th. Your cooperation will be much appreciated, at least by one candidate (tee hee).
Hoo-ha fan
November 1st, 2012
2:08 pm
Pathetic….but thats what this race has come down to. An incumbent who has no ideas, and won 4 years ago because we hoped he would do better….now has to resort to get people to lose hope. Lets pray we kick his azz out.
Member of a fading nation
November 1st, 2012
4:03 pm
I voted early today and cast my vote for the one and only logical choice. The one that actually has a record of getting things done. Mit Romney