Obama, Romney seek support from women after debate
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President Barack Obama, right, and Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, participate in the presidential debate, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y.
MOUNT VERNON, Iowa — One day after their contentious, finger-pointing debate, President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney vied aggressively for the support of women voters Wednesday, as they and their running mates charged across nearly a half-dozen battleground states in the close race for the White House with 20 days to run.
Not even Republicans disputed that Obama’s debate performance was much stronger than the listless showing two weeks earlier that helped spark a rise in the polls for Romney. The two rivals meet one more time, next Monday in Florida.
The first post-debate polls were divided, some saying Romney won, others finding Obama did. At least some of the voters who asked the questions in the town-hall style encounter remained uncommitted. “If Gov. Romney could actually provide the jobs, that would be a good thing because we really need them,” said Nina Gonzalez, a 2008 Obama voter, neatly summarizing the uncertainty confronting voters in a slow-growth, high-unemployment economy.
Obama wore a pink wristband to show support for Breast Cancer Awareness Month as he campaigned in Iowa and then Ohio, and reminded his audience that the first legislation he signed after becoming president made it easier for women to take pay grievances to court.
Romney took no position on that bill when it passed Congress, and his campaign says he would not seek its repeal. But Obama chided him, saying, “That shouldn’t be a complicated question. Equal pay for equal work.”
He also jabbed at Romney’s remark during Tuesday night’s debate that as Massachusetts governor, he received “whole binders full of women” after saying he wanted to appoint more of them to his administration. “We don’t have to collect a bunch of binders to find qualified, talented women,” he said.
“I’ve got two daughters and I don’t want them paid less for the same job as a man,” Obama said at an appearance in Athens, Ohio, later Wednesday.
Obama spoke to a crowd of about 14,000 students and supporters at Ohio University, imploring them to vote early. “I want your vote. I am not too proud to beg. I want you to vote,” he said.
Romney’s campaign launched a new television commercial that seemed designed to take the edge ever so slightly off his opposition to abortion — another example of his October move toward the middle — while urging women voters to keep pocketbook issues uppermost in their minds when they cast their ballots.
“In fact he thinks abortion should be an option in cases of rape, incest or to save a mother’s life,” says a woman in the new ad. Pivoting quickly to economic matters, she adds, “But I’m more concerned about the debt our children will be left with. I voted for President Obama last time, but we just can’t afford four more years.”
That dovetailed with Romney’s personal pitch to an audience in Chesapeake, Va.
“This president has failed American’s women. They’ve suffered in terms of getting jobs,” he declared, saying that 3.6 million more of them are in poverty now than when Obama took office.
With recent gains in the polls for Romney, he and the president are locked in an exceedingly close race as they shuttle from one critical state to another and dispatch surrogates ranging from former President Bill Clinton to ex-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to locations they cannot make on their own.
A little less than three weeks before Election Day, Obama appears on course to win states and the District of Columbia that account for 237 of the 270 electoral votes needed for victory. The same is true for Romney in states with 191 electoral votes.
The remaining 110 electoral votes are divided among the hotly contested battleground states of Florida (29), North Carolina (15), Virginia (13), New Hampshire (4), Iowa (6), Colorado (9), Nevada (6), Ohio (18) and Wisconsin (10).
As the campaign days dwindled down, the number of television commercials rose higher. According to media buyers who track ads, target voters in the area around Cleveland can expect to see an average of about 120 ads next week paid for by the two candidates and groups supporting them — more than 17 a day. There were similar, if somewhat less intense campaign-by-commercials under way across all the battleground states.
In many cases — Florida, Ohio, Wisconsin, Virginia, Nevada among them — competitive races for the Senate and even House contests added to the bombardment. So, too, campaign brochures, piling up in mailboxes earlier than past elections because of widespread pre-election day voting.
There was little mystery in the candidates’ concentration on women voters. An AP-GfK survey taken in mid-September, when Obama was leading in the opinion polls, found that 8 percent of all likely votes were women who were either undecided or said they might change their minds.
Polls since the first debate two weeks ago show gains for Romney among women voters, a shift that Obama can ill afford given the traditional Republican advantage among men.
Democrats rebutted Romney’s memory of the binders he received as the newly elected governor of Massachusetts in 2002.
On a conference call arranged by the Democratic National Committee, a former executive director of the Massachusetts Government Appointments Project said the group provided the resumes of women qualified for appointment unprompted. “To be perfectly clear, Mitt Romney did not request” them, said Jesse Mermell.
Romney quickly countered with a combination testimonial and fundraising appeal from Kerry Healey, who was his lieutenant governor in Massachusetts. She said he had named numerous women to his administration, adding, “He sought out our counsel, and he listened to our advice. We didn’t always agree, but we were always respected.”
Vice President Joe Biden’s first stop of the day was in Greeley, Colo., where he mocked Romney on the same topic but in terms more pungent than Obama’s. “What I can’t understand is how he’s gotten into this sort of 1950s time warp in terms of women,” Biden said. “The idea he had to go and ask where a qualified woman was. He just should have come to my house. He didn’t need a binder.”
Republican Rep. Paul Ryan was in Berea, Ohio, where he said women were suffering under the economy as the end of Obama’s term nears. “Twenty-six million women are trapped in poverty today. That’s the highest rate in 17 years,” he said. “We need to get people back to work.”
In a lighter moment, he stopped by the football practice facility of the Cleveland Browns and lamented missing out on hunting season this fall. “I’ve got this election thing going on,” he told Pro Bowl tackle Joe Thomas.
Associated Press writers Steve Peoples in Chesapeake, Va., Frank Eltman in Mineola, N.Y., Beth Fouhy in New York, Nicholas Riccardi in Greeley, Colo., John Seewer in Berea, Ohio, Ryan Foley in Mount Vernon, Iowa, and Matthew Daly and Kasie Hunt in Washington contributed to this story. Espo reported from Washington.
Oct 21, 2012 at 11:30 a.m.
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The Salt Lake CIty Tribune, the major daily newspaper in the largest US city with the largest Mormon population, the same city where Romney led the Olympics, has just endorsed -- Obama.
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/opinion/550...
No surprise! People who know Romney best, including Massachusetts voters where Romney was Governor,will overwhelmingly back Obama, too, on Nov. 6.
Romney:
Not ready to be POTUS, but ready to open a bank account in another foreign country and ready to start WWWIII!
Oct 20, 2012 at 8:21 p.m.
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baegucb
It was an attempt to explain to YOU why I have the right to free speech.
Again, IF you served, thank you for your service.
proartist
"Women have no rights in our nation without the right to respect of physical autonomy, wages equal to their ability and talents without gender bigotry, ability to chose whomever they wish as a life-partner, a healthy planet on which to live, and the ability to provide for wanted, healthy, educated, and happy children"
What country do you live in?
Oct 20, 2012 at 5:07 p.m.
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Women have no rights in our nation without the right to respect of physical autonomy, wages equal to their ability and talents without gender bigotry, ability to chose whomever they wish as a life-partner, a healthy planet on which to live, and the ability to provide for wanted, healthy, educated, and happy children. The GOPs continual disparaging and misogynist ACTIONS, rather than campaign slogans, clearly do not corroborate these aspirations. ANY woman who votes for Romney/Ryan will betray the honor of grandmothers and mothers (who struggled even for the simple right to vote!), as well as the best interests sisters, aunts, daughters and their daughters for generations to come.
Oct 19, 2012 at 7:59 p.m.
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wislady said, "As the mother of a military person, and a grandmother of other military members, I have every right to speak."
wislady: everyone has a right to free speech. The fact that you have military members in your family, has the exact worth of those who don't. Trying to justify your views by using this, has no value. That was my point.
Oct 19, 2012 at 6:32 p.m.
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What was Obama's lie that led to those 4 deaths? Also, dtb, there have also been well over 110,000 Iraqi civilian deaths due to Bring-it-on Bush's lie about WMDs.
Oct 19, 2012 at 6 p.m.
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Four people died, because Obama lied
And 2977 people died because W wanted to invade Iraq.
Oct 19, 2012 at 3:48 p.m.
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Learn about Mitt Romney’s ideas for leading America – from Mitt Romney!
More than 2 million views!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPgfzknYd...
Oct 19, 2012 at 3:47 p.m.
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Any woman who would vote for anti-women Romney, has to be looney.
Romney did not support the equal pay for equal work act (Lily Ledbetter Act) for women, and avoided answering a direct queston about the act in the second debate.
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/...
He favors the Blunt Amendment that would deny contraception coverage for women. http://bostonglobe.com/news/politics/201...
He favors a “personhood” constitutional amendment that would define “life” as beginning at contraception, and could make abortion illegal. When asked to clarify his support, he answered, “Absolutely.”
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/...
He falsely said at the second debate that he sought "binders of women" profiles to find women to hire as governor, but, in reality, he was forced to use binders and pledge to use them.
http://hosted2.ap.org/MANOR/4e06196a1f11...
Obama took the opposite, pro-women stance on each of these positions.
Romney would be TOO EXTREME AND COMPLETELY WRONG for women -- and men that care about them!
Please consider your vote for Obama-Biden! Help support women, save the middle class and Medicare, and make millionaires and billionaires pay more taxes.
Oct 19, 2012 at 1:16 p.m.
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Has anyone seen the Eva L. tweet..... Any woman that would consider voting for Obama must support these type of views, and in my opion is self deprecating women. How can anyone think so little of themselves to bring themselves to support a candidate that attracts this kind of voter.
Oct 19, 2012 at 8:10 a.m.
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baegucb Good! We win again.
When we win, America wins. The world will be better when the dollar grows.
Oct 19, 2012 at 7:19 a.m.
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I am always amazed at how people twist something to suit their needs.
My family members in the military, are there to protect my RIGHT to free speech. I guess I should have added...they also protect your RIGHT to FREE speech. It is our military, who also protect the RIGHT of people to use hate speech (if they choose).
baegucb
"So why do you expect special rights?"
I do not think that Freedom of Speech is a "special right" granted ONLY to me, where do YOU get that?
To assume that others have not lost family and friends in Vietnam, or any act of war, is absurd. Most of us could compile a "list" similar to yours. No matter who we have in our family tree, we ALL have the RIGHT to Freedom of Speech, it is not determined by a "list" of qualifications done by the deeds of others.
If YOU served..........thank you for your service.
Oct 19, 2012 at 5:25 a.m.
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Midnight ride: your incoherent posts convinced me!
Oct 19, 2012 at 3:15 a.m.
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War on women?
"In an excerpt obtained by The Post, a female senior aide to President Obama called the White House a hostile environment for women."
“This place would be in court for a hostile workplace,” former White House communications director Anita Dunn is quoted as saying. “Because it actually fit all of the classic legal requirements for a genuinely hostile workplace to women.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/s...
Oct 19, 2012 at 1:41 a.m.
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Speaking of seeking the women's vote. That will be Baldwin's remaining contribution to the political process in Wisconsin after Thompson's great debate last night. Thompson took the lead before the debate.
Oct 19, 2012 at 1:29 a.m.
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baeguc, simple minds make simple statements.
Four people dead because of Obama incompetence.
Followed by two weeks of lies. At one point they contradicted each other as Obama, Clinton, and Carney were giving different stories on the same day.
No blame Obama is starting to see leaks and Bill Clinton had a "don't mess with me wife" type comment on the trail yesterday.
Polls are a fickle mistress, no don't. But as the election draws near and their reputation for accuracy comes into play, their is panic on the left. If they are true, it's all over not only for Obama but the Senate majority as well in favor for Republicans.
Oct 18, 2012 at 11:26 p.m.
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wislady: My middle name is after one of my ancestors, a famous Union General during the Civil war. I had three uncles die in wars. Various teachers and classmates during Viet Nam. My father-in-law is a retired Command Sergeant 101st Airborne, my brother-in-law is a Colonel dying from cancer. So why do you expect special rights?
Oct 18, 2012 at 10:37 p.m.
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@bea-good one.
Oct 18, 2012 at 9:18 p.m.
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On topic, I'm inclined to agree with wislady and the tea party. We need to return to the founders ideals. Ergo, wislady gets no vote since women weren't allowed to. I'm sure she supports this idea.
Oct 18, 2012 at 8:03 p.m.
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I do not respect a CIC who lies, and neither do many of the military. They do their job because it is what they love to do, but it does not mean they "respect" Obama, it is out of respect and love for America.
Oct 18, 2012 at 7:43 p.m.
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Lee Iacocca Endorses Mitt Romney
Oct 18, 2012 at 7:37 p.m.
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Obama still laughing over Benghazi Gate.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...
Oct 18, 2012 at 7:35 p.m.
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wislady said, "As the mother of a military person, and a grandmother of other military members, I have every right to speak."
As the mother and grandmother of military members, you should demonstrate more respect for them and for their commander in chief than to cite as "new infomration" an article written about their commander in chief by an acknowledged drug user and trafficker and convicted felon who spent time in prison for a litany of crimes. All simply to try to exploit the deaths of four Americans working in service to this country for some perceived hope of a political advantage for your candidate. It's sickening.
Oct 18, 2012 at 7:25 p.m.
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We all know how the polls worked with our Wisconsin recalls, time will tell.
Oct 18, 2012 at 7:24 p.m.
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poobah
As the mother of a military person, and a grandmother of other military members, I have every right to speak. They fight for my right to speak.
onedayatatime
I am not full of anger or hatred, but I all for the truth. Just because a truth is unpleasant, pretending it does not exist, does not make it go away.
Oct 18, 2012 at 7:17 p.m.
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Good advice, whz_bng. But you forgot to mention one other thing. Despite Romney leading in more states, the less populated ones with fewer electoral votes, Obama maintains his lead in the electoral college projections as he has the entire election cycle. Romney's strategy has no viable path to an electoral college victory and that's all that counts on November 6.
Oct 18, 2012 at 7:17 p.m.
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wislady...I went to the link you provided. ISnews, no wonder you are so full of anger and hatred.
Excuse me...I need to go take a shower now.
Oct 18, 2012 at 7:08 p.m.
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bowgal and wiselady luv ya but a word of caution about the national polls you luv to site. National polls mean nothing in this election. The only polls that matter are the polls in the toss up states as they will be the states that win or lose this election for Obama. 30 states are red, 12 are solid blue and the rest will elect the next prez.
Oct 18, 2012 at 6:57 p.m.
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Obama concerned about Big Bird and Binders. The prez better beat a different drum as there are more pressing problems in the country. Romney wants to tackle the economy, jobs, healthcare, taxes,sustainability of SS and Medicare. Women care about the economy, education,jobs and the future for their children above birth control, abortion, same sex marriage and equal pay. That is why POTUS is losing the women voters.
Oct 18, 2012 at 6:51 p.m.
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wislady, you have really gone too far this time. You are soaking the American flag with the blood of four good Americans who died in service to this country in your rush to bash Obama based on the word of Larry Sinclair, a man who through his own admission is a former drug user and drug trafficker; a convicted felon who served prison time for writing bad checks, forging checks and using stolen credit card numbers. He has accused President Obama of the most outrageous things that I will not dignify by quoting here.
"Good afternoon, my name is Larry Sinclair and I am a former recreational drug user and trafficker, and I’m a convicted felon for crimes of forgery, bad checks and theft by check. But I’m also an American who loves this country and I cannot stay silent regarding Barack Obama knowing what I know.
I am 46 years old and I currently reside in Duluth, Minnesota. I am a US Citizen, and I have made mistakes in my lifetime. I have been convicted and served prison sentences for writing bad checks, forging checks, using stolen credit card numbers in Arizona, Florida and Colorado. These event’s occurred over twenty years ago between 1980 thru 1986." [ http://lybio.net/larry-sinclairs-detaile... ]
Oct 18, 2012 at 6:43 p.m.
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Maybe you should go to Iran with poobah.
Oct 18, 2012 at 6:41 p.m.
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wislady - And I don't want to pay for Mr. Romney's $2 trillion military.
Oct 18, 2012 at 6:35 p.m.
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It all makes sense that the massive cover-up ran so deep.
Oct 18, 2012 at 6:26 p.m.
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Another UPDATE on Benghazi Gate
(If further investigation confirms everything in this article...Obama needs to be removed from the WH and charged)
BREAKING NEWS: Obama Arranged Benghazi Trip That Resulted In Murder Of US AMB Chris Stevens
"AMB Chris Stevens was NOT surprised by his killers in Benghazi, Libya as has been portrayed thus far. According to sources in the State Department Chris Stevens was in Benghazi, Libya at the specific instruction of the Obama White House to recover weapons that the U.S. supplied to Libya rebels in the over throw of Gaddafi. These sources who work in the State Department and the Obama White House say that Barack Obama was directly involved in negotiations with Libyan Rebels in an effort to recover weapons that the U.S. supplied them. Sources say that the arrangements were made between Barack Obama direct talks and that the White House directly arranged for AMB Stevens to travel to Benghazi, Libya on September 11, 2012 and it was by direction of Barack Obama that Stevens was to meet with the very individuals who tortured, raped and murdered him.
These same sources state that the YouTube video which was put out by the White House and was reported by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as being responsible for the Benghazi attack; had been taken by the Obama administration even before the September 11, 2012 murders for the specific intent to blame it in the event the Obama arranged weapons recovery went awry."
Continue reading this article....pay particular interest to the 5 Points.
http://www.lsnewsgroup.com/2012/10/17/ob...
Oct 18, 2012 at 6:25 p.m.
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In order for women to get paid they same as men, they need a job first. Jobs Mr. President.
Not Julia style welfare.
I'm sure the Democrats have binders of attacks
eating words
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B18lXQDGw...
You make the elections about small things when you don't have big ideas - Barack (big bird binder) Obama
Oct 18, 2012 at 6:16 p.m.
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Woofda
I don't want to pay for someone's birth control, or for them to kill their baby. How about some personal accountability and self restraint.
Oct 18, 2012 at 5:43 p.m.
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garyprimer, Way to dummy down your character.
I've asked for removal. More war on women comments from the left. Typical.
Oct 18, 2012 at 5:41 p.m.
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States rights and mandates (taxes) big federal Government control. Why is HHS under supeona if they aren't hiding the real cost of ObamaCare? Why is Medicare the victim of ObamaCare?
Why is the Obama Administration hiding so very much from Fast and Furious to College Transcripts. From Libya to the real cost of Obamacare?
Why did Obama Administartion lie about jobs numbers when California wasn't even included in last weeks numbers?
It's all such a giant scam on the American people.
Oct 18, 2012 at 5 p.m.
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Bowlgal – Isn’t Obamacare based on Romneycare? Do MA residents have to pay for “women’s lifestyle choices”? Would you rather pay for babies or birth control? You should know which is cheaper. You do you know you pay (in your insurance premiums and social costs) for others’ lifestyle choices, including obesity, smoking, drunk driving, wars, correct? You do know there are already (long before Obamacare) people making medical decisions for people of all ages, correct? They work at health insurance insurance companies (like Medicare, Medicaid, Blue Cross etc.) and inside doctors’ offices. The elderly also get to decide for themselves if they are “worthy of medical needs.” (Advance directives give us a chance to spell out exactly what kind of care we want if we can no longer speak for ourselves.) Otherwise, health care would be a bigger free-for-all than it already is. I never said there were ONLY old white men in the GOP. They just happen to be the biggest public mouthpieces when it comes to anti-choice legislation. There’s no bigger insult than a man thinking he has the right to make a private medical decision for a woman. (You are unhappy about a 15-person panel making health care business decisions for people, but it’s ok for men to actually decide the scope of women’s reproductive rights?) And if your energy rhetoric is indeed correct, well then Nelly bar the door, because if Romney gets in, it’s gonna be one HUGE windfall for the middle/lower classes. I can hardly wait for all that extra money in my pocket! Happy days will be here again, just like in the Bush years!
Oct 18, 2012 at 4:49 p.m.
Oct 18, 2012 at 4:45 p.m.
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Obama is just playing women to get their votes. He has no real concern for anyone specifically that doesnt fit his model of a future potential voter and only when election time roles around. Obama is worse than Capone. At least you knew Capone was taking your money -- but was providing a product -- protection and alcohol.
Oct 18, 2012 at 4:29 p.m.
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And Romney’s bragging of his Romneycare until it becomes the must-be-destroyed Obamacare; prochoice until he’s prolife; dismisses 47% of Americans as leeches but then suddenly loves ALL Americans; publicly wants to cut Pell grants (because they promote an entitlement mentality) but all of a sudden supports Pell grants in the last debate; fine with outsourcing to China (who he thinks deserves a good spanking) as a Bain bigwig, but now all of a sudden wants to insource jobs; won’t provide 10 years of tax returns and won’t tell the middle class what will happen to their few tax exemptions. The guy has more flip-flops than a Chinese sandal factory. He’s an eloquent windbag, an empty suit with good hair and a car elevator.
Oct 18, 2012 at 4:11 p.m.
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Woofda, Obama does have a hand in the price of not only gasoline but our household costs of gas/electric with his energy policies. They hurt the middle class and lower class. It isn't just about taxes - it's about well being and cost of living.
Romneys rising numbers tell me I'm not alone in my switching my vote.
Oct 18, 2012 at 4:05 p.m.
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Old conservative white men making laws that curtail their reproductive options"-
You tell me! Why do Democrats under Obamacare tell us we have to pay for other women's lifestyle choices. Why is there a 15 person panel to decide if your age is worthy of your medical needs.
Why are you so bigoted to think there are only old white men in the GOP? Are you that narrow minded?
The GOP have 4 women Govenors for example compared to 2 Dems. The GOP have more Hispanics in elected office the Dems.
"vote with your body parts" was a Democrat commercial for Obama. Insulting
Oct 18, 2012 at 4:01 p.m.
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The Fiscal Cliff, the death of 4 Americans at the embassy, the War on Terror....the democrats refer to those as "squirrel" moments. These things are not nearly as important to women as getting $9 dollars/month of free birth control products.
Obama has NOT presented his agenda for a second term, he refuses to own the economy, and he can only blame others for his FAILURE.
Oct 18, 2012 at 3:56 p.m.
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Oh, here is the truth about White House pay for women:
Took me a while to find. It is based on Pay Grade; just like the military.
http://www.opm.gov/oca/12tables/index.as...
Oct 18, 2012 at 3:39 p.m.
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Bowlgal -- I see no evidence of mjoseph thinking women "vote with our body parts" other than their brain. Reproductive rights are a huge ECONOMIC issue for women, and women are right to worry about old conservative white men making laws that curtail their reproductive options. (And what's with their creepy preoccupation with women's personal medical choices anyway?) And if you're naive enough to think Mr Obama has any significant power over gas prices, you are thinking with the wrong body part. Supply-and-demand market forces determine gas prices.
Oct 18, 2012 at 3:37 p.m.
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Bowlgal
"""to take a great thing Romney did to insure that half is staff would be comprised of women and resort to making fun of us like pawns in a chess game is demeaning."""
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Opinion of Affirmative Action????????
Oct 18, 2012 at 3:32 p.m.
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Right ECartman, that's whats so insulting about the left. As if not one Republican would have anyone effected by their "hate" - I would laugh if it weren't so crazy.
I've learned these last couple years that the right actually want better for people. Better life, higher wages, freedoms of choice and personal responsibility.
The left no so much.
Oct 18, 2012 at 3:17 p.m.
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Republicans hate women, children, the elderly, all minorities, the enviroment, middle class, teachers, police, fire fighters, the poor, and pretty much everyone that isn't a wealthy white male. Obama doesn't believe voters are smarter than that. Obama the great divider.
Oct 18, 2012 at 3:14 p.m.
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RealClearPolitics is a political news and polling data aggregator[2] based in Chicago, Illinois. The site's founders say their goal is to give readers "ideological diversity".[3] They have described themselves as frustrated with what they perceive as anti-conservative, anti-Christian media bias,[4] and while Patrick Stack of Time magazine has described the commentary as conservative-leaning…….
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RealClearPo...
Oct 18, 2012 at 3:13 p.m.
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Everyone uses stacks of resumes to secure the most qualified candidates. EVERYONE from Reagan to Obama.
Grow up!
Oct 18, 2012 at 3:10 p.m.
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I exclude Democrats - Not all Democrats are liberal. Just the ones like mjoseph who don't believe we care about economic issues and jobs and gasoline prices.
This administration is digging deeper and deeper in despair and to take a great thing Romney did to insure that half is staff would be comprised of women and resort to making fun of us like pawns in a chess game is demeaning.
Oct 18, 2012 at 3:06 p.m.
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mjoseph, I find you highly offensive and insulting. This is a typical liberal who thinks we need to "vote with our body parts"
How dare you think that way about Women. Why don't you ask Obama why he doesn't pay his women equally. Why don't you ask him why some of his top women staff members walked out on him for his "stone age" mentality? Why don't you ask Obama why his war on women's intelligence!
Oct 18, 2012 at 2:56 p.m.
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Why would any WOMAN support Romney?
Romney opposed the equal pay for equal work act (Lily Ledbetter Act) for women.
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/...
Romney favors the Blunt Amendment that would deny contraception coverage for women. http://bostonglobe.com/news/politics/201...
Romney favors a “personhood” constitutional amendment that would define “life” as beginning at contraception, and could make abortion illegal. When asked to clarify his support, he answered, “Absolutely.”
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/...
He falsely said at the second debate that he sought "binders of women" profiles to find women to hire as governor, but, in reality, he was forced to use binders and pledge to use them.
http://hosted2.ap.org/MANOR/4e06196a1f11...
Republican and Independent women: Wake UP !
Oct 18, 2012 at 2:48 p.m.
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poobah still thinks the Equal Pay Act was repealed until Obama added an amendment to it.
Oct 18, 2012 at 2:01 p.m.
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"Top Romney adviser Ed Gillespie now tells us he was wrong last night when he said Mitt Romney used to oppose the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act: “He never weighed in on it. As President, he would not seek to repeal it.”
Didn’t oppose it then; doesn’t support it now; but would leave it alone.
Leadership." [ http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/20... ]
Oct 18, 2012 at 1:49 p.m.
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Thanks, Midnight.
Now, it will be interesting to see how long it takes to "revise" the true unemployment numbers from last week, now that the California report is in.
Oct 18, 2012 at 1:33 p.m.
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I had clicked out of the Gazette but this was too good to not share.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/...
Romney/Ryan ticket takes first lead in the Electorial College.
..this and a 52% in the Gallop 10/18/2012 release.
Oct 18, 2012 at 1:32 p.m.
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http://www.gallup.com/poll/157817/electi...
Oct 18, 2012 at 1:23 p.m.
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blisslady - that is OK with me as it was really a message to others about your lack of candor (like they didn't already know)
Oct 18, 2012 at 1:21 p.m.
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This binder talk is ripe for a blow up in Obama's face.
..how does he find qualified candidates to fill his thousands of administrative positions?
Binders, perhaps?
Someone will come out in the next couple days and blow this up on Obama and the media that Obama also uses Binders. It's a common practice.
Oct 18, 2012 at 12:59 p.m.
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I'm glad you read it. Not so un-American working for a 'foreign' company, huh??
Oct 18, 2012 at 12:44 p.m.
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tthompson, Good! Thanks for the info.
Oct 18, 2012 at 12:43 p.m.
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Mouseyada. Must not be a qualified working women and is jealous.
Oct 18, 2012 at 12:41 p.m.
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Only the left can make fun of someone asking for resumes of qualified women.
George Bush had more women in his cabinet the Bill Clinton. That might have been a good thing come to think about it.Monica
Oct 18, 2012 at 12:40 p.m.
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Romney - "binders full of women" comment. Looks like a false claim.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/17...
http://www.channel3000.com/news/politics...
EMPTY BINDERS & ROMNEY JUST DOES NOT GET IT!
http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/17/opinion/ca...
A N D -->Don't forget the ROMNEY Economic Plan for the U.S.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/18/opinion/ra...
Oct 18, 2012 at 12:39 p.m.
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I can't wait until Monday for the final debate. Guess what is on the menu?
Oct 18, 2012 at 12:37 p.m.
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He could have said Rol-a-dex. Obama and Biden are on the stump too insulting our intelligence with binder talk. 19 days and this is all they have. Talk about stone age thinking.
Oct 18, 2012 at 12:37 p.m.
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yada
Definition of YADA YADA
: boring or empty talk <listening to a lot of yada yada about the economy> —often used interjectionally especially in recounting words regarded as too dull or predictable to be worth repeating
Oct 18, 2012 at 12:33 p.m.
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And the left continues its War on Women.....
Oct 18, 2012 at 12:33 p.m.
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Yesterday Romney had a 6 point lead over Obama in the Gallop daily poll. Today it is 7 points.
Keep talking about binders and big bird. PLEASE
Oct 18, 2012 at 12:32 p.m.
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yada
Did it ever occur to you that the S could be part of someone's initials in a user name? Is there a moratorium on the letter S, if there is I will have to change my legal name.
Oct 18, 2012 at 12:30 p.m.
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yadamouse brotherskoch who ever you are today or this hour. NOW you want to post HOW Romney got the information on qualified women?
How petty does it have to get for the left. How Desperate can you be?
Oct 18, 2012 at 12:26 p.m.
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I'm very happy to see this morning that Gallop has Romney within one point of Obama with women. Obama has insulted women and used other women to insult women during this campaign. First he tried to convince us that all we cared about was birth control - that didn't work. He tried to go after Romney with lies about killing a employee's wife - that blew up in their face. They are down to small itty bitty games of big bird and binders and the stone age.
I'm glad women are seeing that Romney understands, for us, this is about the economy and jobs just like it is for men.
The left media doesn't get it - picks up this Bull.
New Gallop today Romney now at 52%.
-Keep talking about binders. It's working for Romney.
Oct 18, 2012 at 12:24 p.m.
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WISLADY - So VERY True - WI = Wisconsin - Not WIS...lol
Oct 18, 2012 at 12:22 p.m.
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Romney - puts foot in mouth during debate with his "binders full of women" comment.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/18...
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/romney-ch...
And - was it even true???? Not looking to good for Mitt.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/17...
Oct 18, 2012 at 12:21 p.m.
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ezoner- Just a little lesson in History for you. GM did go through bankruptcy. They pulled out of it through TARP funds- just in case you weren't aware.
Oct 18, 2012 at 12:18 p.m.
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fordfan
Your continued miss spelling of my user name makes you irrelevant and undeserving of a response to your comment regarding the article I linked.
Oct 18, 2012 at 12:16 p.m.
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Thatwaseasy is correct.... They should have went through bankruptsy.. The auto business would have structured the debt and or sold off models/divisions. They would have been better for it in the end. Obama not only used my tax $$ to prop their flawed business model up, he basically stole money that investors (many ex-employees) would have been compensated for via the bankruptsy proceedings. Instead they got nothing -- the unions were proped up. So the people that took the risk and should have been somewhat compensated were not.
Oct 18, 2012 at 12:16 p.m.
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A "right-wing" journalist is better at getting to the truth and report it vs. a "left-wing" journalist or still claim to be journalist.
This site is a continued display of what little the left knows or cares to know about Obama and his administration.
Oct 18, 2012 at 12:08 p.m.
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blisslady - your link to the Forbes article is interesting. I decided to look at the author (Louis Woodhill) and his background:
http://blogs.forbes.com/people/louiswood...
He clearly states the following:
“I am on the Leadership Council of the Club for Growth” Now where have I heard of "Club for Growth"...oh yes, the right wing non-profit (government subsidized?) "think tank". Given their teabag party bias that we have been flooded with and their near total lack of honesty in their political ads, why would you use that as a reference? It is like asking Romney and the Republican Party what their views are - even if false and politically biased as they typically are.
Oct 18, 2012 at 11:52 a.m.
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whz_bng: My name is Tim, not Tiny. As for Obamas campaign strategy...that wasn't the point, nor do I give a rats keester about it. thatwaseasy said he has done 'NOTHING for anybody' and I was merely showing her that she is wrong again.
thatwaseasy: I could explain to you that the company I sell cars for was recently recognized as having a higher U.S./Canadian parts content than ANY OTHER manufacturer, or I could tell you that over 85% of all the vehicles we sell in this country are BUILT IN THIS COUNTRY. I could also tell you about the 100,000+ NON-UNION employees in this country who work directly for the company, or the 200,000+ non direct employees, all of whom HAVE NEVER BEEN LAID OFF....but I know you won't listen so I won't bother.
Oct 18, 2012 at 11:48 a.m.
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wislady,fedup,midnight- It's too bad the rest of us are so out of touch with any type of reality. Argue away.
Oct 18, 2012 at 11:44 a.m.
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Hardtobelieve
Do you still not realize the EPA is a Federal Law that has been in effect since 1963?
Oct 18, 2012 at 11:41 a.m.
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GW was president, the democrats were in control, and Reid and Pelosi were pushing hard. This was one of the few votes that Obama voted YES, instead of PRESENT on. Obama wanted to make sure the TARP was in place when he took office, it was never intended to be a piggy bank for the liberal agenda. Btw, what happened to the rest of the money?
SO...if TARP was a Good Thing, then GW should get the credit for "saving" the auto industry.
Thanks again, GWBush!
You can't have it both ways, liberals.
Oct 18, 2012 at 11:40 a.m.
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Why didn't Obama get rid of tarp then and embrass the American system. Bush did it is not excuse for growing govenment which Obama called Bush unpatriot for it. Then Obama doubled it.
Oct 18, 2012 at 11:29 a.m.
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Wislady et al: You do realize that the TARP funds were started by Bush? Obama upheld them.GM is still in a managed bankruptcy but not shuttered as would have been the case. To me, there is simply no argument. It worked.
Oct 18, 2012 at 11:15 a.m.
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How many more women will end up in Obama's welfare state of poverty? Romney has closed the voting gap to dead even in the women's vote for this very reason.
Oct 18, 2012 at 11:04 a.m.
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Wislady: YOU made the comment that Obama hates equal pay. It was a step in the right direction and yet you still try to find fault. So typical.
Oct 18, 2012 at 10:56 a.m.
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analertcitizen
Did you travel back into time with your crystal ball? (PS..a "bailout" is bankruptcy, it just sounds more PC)
General Motors Is Headed For Bankruptcy -- Again
http://www.forbes.com/sites/louiswoodhil...
Hardtobelieve
Do you actually know what the LL Law does? You act like the EPA law was repealed. The LL Law is an amendment to the EPA Law, which has been in effect since 1963. The only people it has helped (besides the 13 people who have actually used the law) are lawyers.
Oct 18, 2012 at 10:49 a.m.
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Foreign car salesman? Figures
Oct 18, 2012 at 10:48 a.m.
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Detroit should have when Bankrupt to restructure. Obama used our tax dollars and gave it to the unions. Volt failed and two more solar companies have gone belly up this month. Obama did something for them with my money. Not for me.
Oct 18, 2012 at 10:47 a.m.
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TinyThompson, If Obama was proud of his record why is he not running on it. His policies are a failure and his tenure has been a failure. Just look at where the economy is right now.Why are we headed towards a fiscal cliff?
Oct 18, 2012 at 10:44 a.m.
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The LaborParty - symbol of closed blue fist is a direct knock off of communist symbol. Why as a left wing radical do you not see you can agree with a person's economic ideals without subscribing to the faith, or lack thereof?? Liberals like to box people in categories. Labor Party post proves that.
Oct 18, 2012 at 10:35 a.m.
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Wislady: Obama's first bill he signed into law was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act on January 29, 2009. Republicans were against it from the start. When it passed the Senate on January 15th of that year, even 5 Republican Senators voted for it. Your memories are always so short when it comes to facts.
Oct 18, 2012 at 10:20 a.m.
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Right on Analertcitizen. I sell non GM in this former GM town yet I've sold as many or more cars every year since Obama took office. Obama 'did NOTHING for anybody'?? Please, if Detroit had gone bankrupt it would have killed the parts suppliers and EVERY manufacturer would have felt the effect and I would have as well. Instead, I have what I have today. Thank you Mr. President.
Oct 18, 2012 at 10:16 a.m.
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'Obama did NOTHING for anybody for four years'
Malarky
Oct 18, 2012 at 10:15 a.m.
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Wislady and others- For starters, if Romney had been President in 2009- auto companies would undoubtably be out of business right now.He stongly disagreed with the bailout and would have acted accordingly. None of us liked having to bailout auto makers and banks but it was necessary to save the economy. We then had to help families survive. The Great Depression lasted as long as it did, in part, because there was no safety net in place for people to turn to. I, for one, am happy it's there now.
Oct 18, 2012 at 10:05 a.m.
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analertcitizen
If that is true, what do we need Obama for?
Oct 18, 2012 at 10:05 a.m.
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Obama has saddled our children and grandchildren with so much debt it will take years and years of true Capitalism to reverse.
Economics 101 and used in every household - you can't spend more then you take in. Why doesn't he look at his pension as he claimed in the debate? He doesn't care about his money, why would he care about mine? He's a big problem for every responsible American.
Oct 18, 2012 at 10 a.m.
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Obama did NOTHING for anybody for four years except advertise for more people to get on welfare and put out a "Julia" film and running ads in Mexico about how to get more people on welfare. He attacks business and people who are successful and has executive ordered job killing regulations. Obamacare alone tells job creators you can only hire 50 people or you pay thousands per person in fines. Obama IS THE PROBLEM. Period!
Oct 18, 2012 at 9:51 a.m.
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Excerpt from the Gazette' own fact check article;
" However, Obama is not responsible for all of the deficits that have occurred on his watch. Most of the federal budget — like Medicare, food stamps, Medicaid and Social Security — runs on autopilot, and no one in a leadership position in Washington has proposed deep cuts in those programs."
Oct 18, 2012 at 9:48 a.m.
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Wislady- When Obama took office in January 2009, the country was headed toward a severe depression. Do you think he should have let people starve on the street? The Welfare number jump is a result of that and decades of Welfare "reforms" under 9 other Presidents.
Oct 18, 2012 at 9:26 a.m.
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Right means might! They can't spin it so they make issues out of big bird with the aid of puppet media.- that results in dropping poll numbers.
Oct 18, 2012 at 9:17 a.m.
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Welfare increased 32% since Obama was elected, spin that.
Oct 18, 2012 at 9:16 a.m.
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And I agree, you are sorry.
Oct 18, 2012 at 9:13 a.m.
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Right wingers deny real facts and then make up their own.
If you believe them, you have passed the test.
Oct 18, 2012 at 9:11 a.m.
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I am sorry you don't like facts, neither does Obama.
$1.03 Trillion...the cost of welfare.
Obama talks about Big Bird and binders.
Romney talks about jobs.
Oct 18, 2012 at 9:09 a.m.
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The left doesn't like facts. Facts and truth they avoid like the plague.
Oct 18, 2012 at 9:05 a.m.
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Another fun "fact" from the looney right.
Oct 18, 2012 at 8:58 a.m.
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OBAMA HATES EQUAL PAY: consistently pays his female staffers LESS than men.
Median staffer pay in the Obama WH
$60,000 (woman) compared to $71,000 (men).
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