09-25-2012, 12:21 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-25-2012, 12:49 PM by contactmail.)
gnpine Wrote:Yeah, the country is still here. . . 16 TRILLION dollars in debt and skyrocketing, 24 MILLION people unemployed, and that does not take into account the unemployed who have given up looking for a job because they can afford their two cars, cable TV, cell-phones and drugs with their fat government checks. But, the worst is yet to come (if Obama is re-elected). Just like he told the Russians, he will "have more flexibility" after his re-election.
He's handled national security situations well, huh? Yeah, like skipping over half of his daily intelligence briefings with the CIA? Or crawling into bed as our ambassador in Libya is being killed?? Throwing our ally, Hosni Mubarak, in Egypt under the bus? And now Egypt is run by who? The Muslim Brotherhood? Yeah, they are some really great dudes . . . I'm sure they would love to come over for a beer and a hotdog on the 4th of July.
You are just regurgitating all the liberal talking points from BSNBC and every other government "news" station. I invite you to take an objective look at the facts for yourself.
Quote:"Yeah, the country is still here. . . 16 TRILLION dollars in debt and skyrocketing, 24 MILLION people unemployed".The number of unemployed is actually 12.5 million which is way too high but we are still getting out of a recession, if you want to blame Obama the recession that started before he was president then go ahead but that doesn't make any sense. The national debt was $10.6 trillion on the day Barack Obama took office. The debt is high because of both parties. In reality, Congress, Clinton, Bush, Bush-Era tax cuts, war and Obama share blame for that debt. However, you can blame just Obama if you want, but the other guy that is running for president wants to start his presidency by keeping the tax cut for people making over $250,000 which will increase this debt by trillions. He also refuses to provide hard numbers for how he will reduce the debt without decreasing defense spending.
Quote:"unemployed who have given up looking for a job because they can afford their two cars, cable TV, cell-phones and drugs with their fat government"Proof that this is because of an Obama policy? I don't doubt some people have abused the system, but it has always been this way even under republican presidents, and it is not as as great as you portray it.
Quote:"But, the worst is yet to come (if Obama is re-elected). Just like he told the Russians, he will "have more flexibility" after his re-election."Are you going to suggest something? Or are you just pulling out random stuff.
Quote:"He's handled national security situations well, huh?"YES
Quote:"Or crawling into bed as our ambassador in Libya is being killed??"Four Americans died in Libya. Four! How many American civilians were killed under the last Republican president's watch? If we chose any other method to deal with the Libya situation ALOT more American would have died. Maybe you advocate that but, while it is tragic that any Americas are killed, you do realize that 400 American TEENAGERS have died overseas because of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, which were started by a Republican. I believe that is a more tragic statistic than 4 deaths.
Quote:"Throwing our ally, Hosni Mubarak, in Egypt under the bus?" and And now "Egypt is run by who? The Muslim Brotherhood?"Republicans criticize Obama for saying that Egypt is not an ally and yet you say Egypt is run by the Muslim Brotherhood. If the Muslim Brotherhood is so bad and running Egypt then why would we want Egypt to be an ally? What you said doesn't make any sense at all. You would be criticizing Obama no matter position he takes with Egypt. The people of Egypt were left to choose their own president because that is the democratic way. If we don't like that then we would need to invade and remove this person from power.


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