It's official: With President Barack Obama's acceptance speech in Charlotte Thursday night, both the Republicans and Democrats have chosen their nominees for the 2012 presidential election.
Let the real race begin.
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The latest Gallup Polls show registered voters preferring Obama to Mitt Romney by just one percentage point, 47 percent to 46 percent. A USA Today/Gallup poll taken just before the party conventions found American voters think Obama is more likeable, but trust Romney more to handle the economy.
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Earlier in this thread you threw out to everyone that dozens of Americans were killed in embassy attacks when GW Bush was President in an attempt to somehow legitimize obama's failure to protect our people in Libya and when I asked when and where you never responded. When and where were dozens of American killed in embassy attacks when Bush was President?
Your statement that Libyans died alongside our citizens is false. The WH nor the Sec of State have confirmed it but since the 2 of them apparently don't know what is going on either and have not provided any clarity to what happened, I can see why you would make a mistake when your source is the huff post. Some news reports say 6 Libyans were wounded, (and their efforts are appreciated if indeed they were) but none were killed. Others report that none were killed or injured because they headed to the hills as soon as the crowd got violent. The original report that 10 were killed is a lie. Oh yeah, when and where were Americans killed in embassy attacks when Bush was president? When and where?
I bet the blind sheik from the 1993 WTC bombing is freed by obama before anyone is brought to justice for the Libyan consulate massacre.
Some say there were 12 embassy attacks during the Bush regime. I'll be CONSERVATIVE (ha ha, get it?) and only list 5. You can find more. It's called Google. U.S. Embassies And Consulates Attacked Under George W. Bush (The Short List) 1) 2002: U.S. Consulate In Karachi, Pakistan, Attacked; 10 Killed, 51 Injured. From a June 15, 2002, Chicago Tribune article: No Americans were among the dead, and only six of the injured were inside the consulate compound at the time of the blast Friday morning. [Chicago Tribune, 6/15/02, via Nexis] 2) 2004: U.S. Embassy Bombed In Uzbekistan. From a July 31, 2004, Los Angeles Times article: Suicide bombers on Friday struck the U.S. and Israeli embassies in Uzbekistan, killing two local guards and injuring at least nine others [Los Angeles Times, 7/31/04, via Nexis] 3) 2004: Gunmen Stormed U.S. Consulate In Saudi Arabia. From a December 6, 2004, New York Times article: A group of attackers stormed the American Consulate in the Saudi Arabian city of Jidda today, using explosives at the gates to breach the outer wall. 4) 2006: Armed Men Attacked U.S. Embassy In Syria. Four armed men attacked the U.S. Embassy on Tuesday [The Washington Post, 9/13/06] 5) 2007: Grenade Launched Into U.S. Embassy In Athens [The New York Times, 1/12/07]
Oh, since you are counting the number of American embassies attacked under Bush, please note that obama has already beat that record in only 1 weeks time. Record number of Embassies attacked, record number of people on food stamps, record number of consecutive month of 8% unemployment, record gas prices, record debt. I could go on, but what's the point.
That led me to my second realization or conclusion on my part. At what point has the role of the President changed? Back when I was in elementary school, I was taught that our three branch government was built with checks and balances with each branch having a distinct role in running the country. Congress will pass laws, the President will execute those laws, and the Supreme Court will judge the constitutionality of those laws. Yet, we seem to be looking at the President to do more than this basic definition. (Continued in next comment)
My third realization through all of this and maybe the root of the problem is that no one really wants to solve the problems facing our nation. Both political sides want us to think that their side has the answers and that they hold the key for change but in fact, both sides only want to address the symptoms of the problems and not the problems themselves. Both sides are perfectly content in the status quo. Simply put, the status quo is making a lot of money for some very rich and powerful people from both sides of the isle and as long we continue to chase our tails, they are laughing all the way to the bank.
This president inherited a deficit on the brink of depression. You can't turn a ship around on a dime. Everyone must row together, respecting the captain, as the captain respect's his crew- When the president was called "a liar' while addressing The Joint House of Congress or had to backdown from supporting his friend and esteemed Professor, Dr Henry Louis Gates, when he got arrested in his own home, this is racism- point blank! That sets the tone for disrespecting him and it's been uphill eversince. If this can happen to him, it can easily happen to me. After Prez Ronald Reagan gave the Air Traffic Controller striker an ultimatum, no trouble after that. I'm just saying!
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country, by cutting back our military and by his lack of leadership in the Middle East.
The .com industry pulled us out of a recession from 1997 peaking in 2000, this made Clinton look like God, lucky it was on his watch. Unless we come up with some other incredible concept which can generate some cash, we are in trouble.
The problem was that the .com was also a bubble that burst. We can't sustain an economy on one bubble after another, there is always too much economic damage when the bubble busts. AKD, Why do you care, if what you say is true? Did you get the "message"? If you have please share.
Liberal education, no doubt.