Candidates gird for 2nd debate
Aggressive Obama promised; Romney team touts advantage
Posted: October 15, 2012 at 5:29 a.m.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney kisses his wife, Ann, as he leaves the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Belmont, Mass., on Sunday.
As Mitt Romney’s campaign claimed new momentum in the race for the White House, President Barack Obama’s political advisers on Sunday promised the incumbent would unleash his more aggressive side in Tuesday’s debate to prevent their Republican rival from delivering another “magical and theatrical performance.”
President Barack Obama makes phone calls to volunteers at an Organizing for America field office with Alexa Kissinger (left) ...
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A couple of comments about this article:
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“The president can change his style. He can change his tactics. He can’t change his record.”
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What would he want to CHANGE..??? The president should be very proud of his record...
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* equal pay for women
* withdrawal of our troops from Iraq
* embryonic stem-cell research
* US auto industry rescued
* expanded the SCHIP program to 4 million more children for their health care
* lower drug costs for seniors
* the Affordable Care Act
* brought justice to Osama bin Laden
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AND he could accomplish a lot more, including increasing the availability of jobs, if the Republicans would just step out of the way..!!!
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The article also included "Romney’s advisers suggested the Republican nominee would continue to moderate his message - in tone, if not substance - as he did in the Oct. 3 meeting to help broaden his appeal to undecided voters."
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The problem is that he IS "moderating" the substance of his message... His Flip-Flopping is unbelievable... No one has any idea what this man STANDS for...least of all himself as his aides are constantly REVISING what he has said...
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As Bill Clinton said...."good ole moderate Mitt"....but IS he..??? Who knows.!!!
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The article continues: "The Obama administration’s response to the embassy attack has become a contentious election issue, with Romney criticizing the president for not providing adequate security to Americans in Libya."
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Requests for additional security came from the embassy in Tripoli which is 400 miles away from Benghazi... Republicans are lying again to try to lay another false issue at the President's feet...
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President Obama claimed just a few days ago "and today, al Qaeda is on its heels and Osama bin Laden is no more."... How do you get what Senator Graham is suggesting - "al-Qaida had been dismantled by President Barack Obama" - from that..??? Them being "back on their heels" is hardly being "dismantled"..!!!
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dailykos. com/story/2012/10/09/1142046/-President-Obama-s-remarks-at-San-Francisco-CA-campaign-event
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It is not even CLEAR if al-Qaida is the responsible party...
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"Like in other messages released by al Qaeda's Yemeni and North African branches last month, Zawahiri praised last month's assault on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi that killed four diplomats but stopped short of claiming responsibility."
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dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2217273/Al-Qaeda-head-urges-Holy-War-anti-Islam-film--stops-short-claiming-responsibility-Libyan-embassy-attack.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
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Republicans are grasping for straws..!!!! Good luck with THAT strategy..!!!
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Good luck with ANY of their strategies..!!!!
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Posted by: aimee
October 15, 2012 at 1:41 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Once again, the next US presidential election will be fixed. Mitt Romney will be elected even though Barack Obama would have received more votes in the 2012 election. The political assassination will be perpetrated by Bush hiding behind Crossroads GPS, the most influential group of Neocons.
The Neocons will have Mitt Romney elected to first use him and then let him fall easy prey. All blames and responsibilities will fall on the new Mormon president for the events already planned.
The new World War of Religion is already a done deal behind the backs of all people which will be forced to fight for their own Countries in their obligation as citizens
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Since 9/11 it's the War on Terror
One "false flag" attack so called by error
Blair, Bush, and Israel had a Pact in store
Their next surprise is knocking at your door
A hidden vile Idea from those who want "more"
will use you and your Belief for the next World War
As "chosen people" gain while Humankind loses
Greed wins not by the swords but by the words of Moses
Daring is to tell you when, better then to tell you rhymes
could not side with either one to get ready for our times
to look beyond and past today to seek for a solution
one only hope is there for you and spells Wavevolution
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A new type of Revolution wins with the ultimate weapon:
Your Mind
http://www.wavevolution.org/en/humanw...
Posted by: wavettore
October 15, 2012 at 2:19 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
I live in the "today" period. Tomorrow will have to take care of itself. We need Obama out. People need to focus and how some of them can sound so off the wall when they give their reasons to vote for Obama it's really sad. There is no undecided voter. If there is, they aren't smart enough to know we are in trouble or intelligent enough to vote for Romney. Obama has been a zero just like but worse than, Jimmy Carter. The health care bill with 21 new taxes is no reason to put Obama back in for another four years of failure. There is no other accomplishment as long as you avoid counting vacations or golfing rounds.
Posted by: flatspots479
October 15, 2012 at 9:51 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Ask the people of Massachusetts how GREAT Romney was as their chief executive... Let's see, how many times was he re-elected..??? Oh, yeah....ZERO..!!! A one-term governor, but for him it was by "choice"... He had bigger fish to fry..!!!
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Now he wants to be President of the United States... He certainly likes to achieve "titles" and then do nothing with them... Will he serve only one term as a president and then "retire" with history books OBLIGED to list his name with those of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Roosevelt..
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Romney talks about how well he worked with a Democratic legislature in Massachusetts... Remember his meeting with them every Monday morning..??? Well, it turns out that he vetoed (Mass. governors have the "line-item" veto) over 800 "items" and his Democratic legislature overturned over 700 of them... So, where is the evidence of his "leadership" in the state he served for only one term..???
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Oh, I know..!!! Remember Grover Norquist who said Conservatives only need a Republican "with enough working digits to handle a pen to become president of the United States"..???
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They don't need President who makes decisions for what is best for the people of the United States, they only need someone to sign the bills they THINK they will be able to press through (reducing Medicare to vouchers, eliminating medicaid, drastic changes in Social Security benefits while giving tax breaks to corporations for moving jobs overseas, ending capital gains taxes, and providing even more loopholes for the wealthy..???) a Republican Congress..
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Mitt Romney certainly sounds like their man... He only wants to be president to get his NAME in the history books..!!! How pathetic..!!!!
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...and how disastrous for us..!!!
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Posted by: aimee
October 16, 2012 at 12:03 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
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