Romney has no use for 47% of Americans

so just today, the Republican obstructionists block yet another jobs bills that would have benefited veterans coming back from Afghanistan and Iraq.

The Senate blocked legislation Wednesday that would have established a $1 billion jobs program putting veterans back to work tending to the country's federal lands and bolstering local police and fire departments.

Democracy4Sale wrote: And I hope, that after Obama has won reelection, that the GOTP does the same thing it did when McCain lost. Opine that he wasn't "conservative enough," and try to go even further to the right. In 4 years, most of the teabagger influence is going to have exhausted itself out. All the constituencies that the GOTP ticked-off this time, (Hispanics, Women, Blacks, LGBT, Seniors, and the rest of the 47% that are NOT victims or freeloading off of Society), will realize that voting for someone even more extreme will result in even more extreme outcomes. More of the angry, old, white-guys will have disappeared from the voter rolls, more seniors who have paid into SS and Medicare will be even less amenable to having their benefits, that they've PAID FOR, cut...so the Righties can make the same lame argument that using those cuts to give more tax-cuts to millionaires and billionaires that will some how "trickle-down"...

I PRAY that's what they do... I hope they concentrate on a Santorum or Lyin-Ryan... (And I predict they will...) In 4 years after this debacle, the GOTP should be nearing extinction as a relevant force in American politics. The party of angry, old, white guys, with a religious agenda, is disappearing. And thank god for it.

McCain wasn't. We might likely have been in this same situation had McCain been elected. He too doesn't understand the gravity of the situation. We need a fiscal conservative. I don't give a rip about the social stuff.

If Obama wins, we are likely in for 4 more years of stagnant or worse for our economy, and an unemployment rate unchanged, or worse. The debt will keep growing, and will likely be over 20 trillion when Obama is put out to pasture. A true conservative will have to be elected, IF they can, since by then the entitled in our society will exceed 50% of the population.

Something the Dog Said wrote: so just today, the Republican obstructionists block yet another jobs bills that would have benefited veterans coming back from Afghanistan and Iraq.

The Senate blocked legislation Wednesday that would have established a $1 billion jobs program putting veterans back to work tending to the country's federal lands and bolstering local police and fire departments.

So do we need this work to be done?? Are we lacking firefighters and police?? I don't know. I would rather put this $$ into infrastructure and have the returning soldiers work there. Just creating jobs for the purpose of paying someone doesn't help our economy, and ultimately doesn't help our soldiers.

RenegadeCJ wrote:

archer wrote: If America wants Obama out so badly, why isn't Romney running away with this election?

I don't think we will see what America wants till Nov 7. If Obama is able to completely avoid any talk of his competance for leadership, and lack of any plan for the ecomony, and keep demonizing Romney, he will likely win. If anyone in the press puts the same eye on Obama as they do Romney, it will be close. People here, and in the mainstream media keep asking Romney for specifics, but they don't even make a sound towards Obama for the same thing. What is he going to do to revive the economy? Who knows.

So what are the plans by Romney for the economy? Obama has pushed 3 different jobs bills for improving the economy, yet the Republicans have obstructed every one. One would have provided tax credits for small businesses for new hires, another would have eliminated tax breaks for companies shipping jobs overseas while rewarding companies that insource jobs, and just today, they obstructed another jobs bill that would have provided jobs for veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.

Are those specific enough for you? Of course the GOP refuses to allow any Obama bill to pass so that the economy might improve enough to assure his reelection.

RenegadeCJ wrote:

Something the Dog Said wrote: so just today, the Republican obstructionists block yet another jobs bills that would have benefited veterans coming back from Afghanistan and Iraq.

The Senate blocked legislation Wednesday that would have established a $1 billion jobs program putting veterans back to work tending to the country's federal lands and bolstering local police and fire departments.

So do we need this work to be done?? Are we lacking firefighters and police?? I don't know. I would rather put this $$ into infrastructure and have the returning soldiers work there. Just creating jobs for the purpose of paying someone doesn't help our economy, and ultimately doesn't help our soldiers.

So let's put those dollars in the infrastructure. Oh yeah, the GOP would call it "stimulus" and block it, would they not?

lionshead2010 wrote:

archer wrote: If America wants Obama out so badly, why isn't Romney running away with this election?

That's a fair question...which I think leads us back to the original comment Mr. Romney made. Your comment implies that Mr. Obama IS "running away" with the election.

I made no such implication.....Before this election season there was the general feeling that if Obama didn't turn the country around to the electorate's satisfaction, if unemployment remained above 8%, then a Republican would take the White House easily. That isn't happening, instead we have a very close race with Obama slightly ahead. So please, why not just go with what I posted and not with what you think I meant.....which was wrong.

Obama tops Romney in new poll of small business owners

Nearly half of small business owners (47 percent) plan to vote for a second term for the president, compared to 39 percent who plan to vote for Mitt Romney, according to a new poll conducted by the George Washington University School of Political Management and Thumbtack.com. Even more importantly, perhaps, the president is perceived as more supportive of small companies by the most coveted group of voters — independents.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/ ... story.html

So much for the idea that the Republicans are the party that supports the troops. Example after example is showing that their claims of supporting the troops are just that, claims. Did you see the one where they high fived each other after defeating an amendment to repeal a amendment reducing the battle pay of $180/month and then had a military mom arrested in the House gallery?

http://www.politicususa.com/military-mo ... roops.html

Romney is already on record that he does not consider the sacrifice by our military troops important.

On another note both Soro's and Buffet say that the economy will continue to tank regardless of the presidential outcome.