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Why I am voting for Barack Obama

Union Leader [Manchester, NH], by Ken Burns Original Article

Posted By: nhchemist- 10/19/2012 1:00:34 PM Post Reply

One of my favorite movies of all time is Frank Capra's “It's A Wonderful Life,” starring Jimmy Stewart. (Snip) Like FDR, Obama has walked us back from the brink. He averted a depression, ended one war and put us on the path ending the other, rescued the auto industry, slowly building the sound footing necessary to have a sustained recovery — better, smarter regulation of those that brought this upon us, tax breaks to save a dwindling middle class,

State Fair of Texas icon
Big Tex goes up in flames

Dallas Morning News, by Cristina Morales Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/19/2012 12:47:05 PM Post Reply

A fire destroyed Big Tex this morning at the State Fair of Texas. The blaze was reported shortly after 10:30 a.m. at the fairgrounds in Dallas. “It’s a very sad day for all fair-goers,” fair spokeswoman Sue Gooding said. “We did lose the clothes, his hat and head,” she said. Allen Ferrell, who was visiting the fair with a church group from North Richland Hills, said the fire was short-lived. “Big Tex was done in about 10 minutes,” he said. Gooding said smoke was first seen coming from Big Tex’s neck, and she suspects the fire was electrical in nature.

Obama spinning toward a loss

The Hill [Washington, DC], by A.B. Stoddard Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/19/2012 12:45:48 PM Post Reply

President Obama is losing. So says the latest Gallup poll, and so do those swelling numbers in key states like Wisconsin, Florida, Virginia and Ohio. Democrats say wait, he won the second debate. They are holding their breath, hoping polls next week will show that this week's debate brought the herky-jerk of the campaign back full swing, with Obama back to his September lead in the swing states and poised to win. But with two weeks to go, a sudden surge in voter support for a president as unpopular as this one, in an economy this weak,

ABC, NBC Enable Obama's
Libya Lie, Day 3; Media
Cover-up Continues Ahead
of Foreign Policy Debate

Newsbusters, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/19/2012 12:44:01 PM Post Reply

Analysts at the Media Research Center -- the parent organization of NewsBusters -- have found that both ABC and NBC continue to cover up President Obama’s lie about Libya during Tuesday night’s debate. In fact, neither network covered Libya at all during their evening broadcasts last night. Instead, both ABC and NBC followed the Obama campaign's theme of the day in emphasizing the effort to win over women voters. ABC touted Barbara Walters' "pointed question" about abortion posed to Ann Romney on The View, while NBC's Andrea Mitchell talked about Mitt Romney's "'binders full of women'

Gee, thanks Bill! Clinton says
Romney is RIGHT and the
economy is 'not fixed' . . .
and how he thought Obama
'was going to cry' during debate

Daily Mail [UK], by Toby Harnden Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/19/2012 12:23:06 PM Post Reply

Bill Clinton has conceded that Mitt Romney is correct that the economy is 'not fixed' and said he thought Barack Obama was going to cry during Tuesday's debate 'because he knows that it's not fixed'. Former president Clinton, speaking in Parma, Ohio, during a campaign event with Bruce Springsteen, immediately added that Obama offered a better plan than Romney for getting out of the rut during the next four years. But his frank admission about the state of the economy was immediately seized on by the Romney campaign as bolstering the republican argument that a change of

Bailout, Delphi take center stage
in Romney charge in 'Nation'

Youngstown Vindicator (Ohio), by David Skolnic Original Article

Posted By: Lesthanzero- 10/19/2012 12:11:51 PM Post Reply

A left-wing magazine contends Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential nominee, and his wife, Ann, made at least $15.3 mil- lion from the auto bailout and federal loans given to Delphi. The Nation, a liberal magazine, published a lengthy online article Thursday outlining what it contends are benefits Romney collected from a hedge-fund company that received bailout money. Democrats were quick to pounce on Romney.

Romney Outpolling Carter,
Reagan, Bush I, Clinton,
Bush II and Obama

Washington Times, by James S. Robbins Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/19/2012 12:10:52 PM Post Reply

According to the latest Gallup survey, Mitt Romney is polling 52% of likely voters. At this point in the race he is ahead of: Where Jimmy Carter was in 1976 (47%) Where Ronald Reagan was in 1980 (39% -- Carter was six points up) Where George H.W. Bush was in 1988 (50%) Where Bill Clinton was in 1992 (40%) Where George W. Bush was in 2000 (48%) Where Barack Obama was in 2008 (49%)

Romney’s Military Advisory
Council has more than 300
retired general officers

Foreign Policy, by Josh Rogin Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/19/2012 12:03:14 PM Post Reply

The Mitt Romney campaign announced Wednesday it has stood up a Military Advisory Council made up of more than 300 retired generals and admirals who are ready to do battle for the Republican nominee. "I am deeply honored to have the support of so many of our most accomplished military leaders," Romney said in a statement. "Together we will restore our military might and ensure that America can defend and protect our interests, our allies, and our people, both at home and abroad. I will never forget that the greatest responsibility of an American president is

Hillary Clinton trashes whiners

Politico, by Kevin Robillard Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/19/2012 11:54:53 AM Post Reply

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says in a new interview that she can’t stand “whining” by women who are unhappy with the work and family choices they’ve made in life and complain that they have no options. Clinton, in the interview with Marie Claire, was discussing Anne-Marie Slaughter, a former director of policy planning at the State Department who left in 2011. This summer, Slaughter wrote a much-discussed cover story in the Atlantic — “Why Women Still Can’t Have It all” — about leaving her job because of the difficulty of balancing her work at State with the

Is this the lull before the storm?

Canada Free Press, by Judi McLeod Original Article

Posted By: snowcloud- 10/19/2012 11:49:48 AM Post Reply

Nineteen days out from Election 2012 and are there’s a nagging unease making it feel like the proverbial lull before the storm. All check points from the latest polls show Governor Mitt Romney an impressive seven points ahead of President Barack Obama, something that even weeks ago seemed improbable. All maps are now showing a flickering light at the end of the long dark tunnel. The Pocket Messiah is treading, rather than walking on, water.

Michigan and Ohio both
lost jobs in September

Washington Examiner [DC], by Conn Carroll Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/19/2012 11:47:50 AM Post Reply

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its monthly Regional and State Employment and Unemployment report today showing a weakening economy in some key swing states. According to the BLS the key battleground state of Ohio lost 12,800 jobs in September while neighboring Michigan lost 13,000. The new data undercuts President Obama’s new claim that the economy is finally entering recovery. “We were losing 800,000 jobs a month,” Obama said in Athens, Ohio, Wednesday. “Now we’ve added more than 5 million new jobs, more manufacturing jobs than any time since the 1990s.”

For first time, Romney's
favorability rating tops Obama's

Washington Examiner, by Paul Bedard Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/19/2012 11:45:18 AM Post Reply

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has finally cleared what many aides have long seen as his biggest hurdle: A majority of voters now like him. According to multiple polls, Romney's favorability rating has surged since the Republican National Convention and in most he equals or bests President Obama's favorables. And late Thursday, the Pew Research Center, the poll that has been toughest on Romney's favorability, released results showing that Romney is ahead of Obama by a point, 50 percent to 49 percent. That is a stunning turnaround from March, when Obama's favorable rating in Pew

Michelle Obama on debates:
‘I try to follow the rules,
so I don’t get in trouble’

Washington Examiner, by Charlie Spiering Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/19/2012 11:42:01 AM Post Reply

On the Kelly and Michael morning show today, First Lady Michelle Obama explained that it was difficult to sit silently during a presidential debate. “I compared it to the Olympic parents watching their kids on that balance beam,” she said. “Lots of clenching.” The First Lady said that she was really “moving around” in her seat during the second debate. “They really caution you to be be quiet and I try to follow the rules, so I don’t get in trouble,” she said. The First Lady was captured on camera during the second debate applauding with others in

Top Liberal Calls for Eva
Longoria's Resignation
from Obama Campaign

Breitbart Big Hollywood, by John Nolte Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/19/2012 11:40:05 AM Post Reply

After re-tweeting a tweet that declared as "stupid" any and all minorities and women who support a "racist/misogynist tw*t" named Mitt Romney, and then attempting to cover it up Anthony Weiner-style with a bizarre tweet blaming Twitter for "things in my timeline" -- actress and Obama campaign co-chair Eva Longoria is now learning something about accountability. This morning, Longoria was forced to tweet out an apology. Now her resignation from the Obama campaign has been called for. For high-profile Obama supporter, Alan Colmes, it looks as though Longoria's apology was too little and way too late.
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'Revealing Politics' VIDEO: Obama
Supporters Clueless About the
Benghazi Attack

Fox Nation, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: abuela10- 10/19/2012 11:38:27 AM Post Reply

This is how Obama got elected the first time. And if he gets reelected, one big reason will be the this, the unbelievable ignorance of the average voter. Simple questions about the Benghazi attack and a US Ambassador dead. The story has been all over the news for 5 weeks. They know nothing. (Video follows)

Allen West, Patrick Murphy
congressional race: West
has 9 point lead over
Murphy in new poll

WPTV-TV [West Palm Beach, FL], by Nora McAlvanah Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/19/2012 11:36:55 AM Post Reply

Among likely voters surveyed, 51 percent support West and 42 percent back Murphy. Eight percent are undecided. The same poll, conducted by Public Policy Polling (PPP), found Mitt Romney leading President Barack Obama in District 18 by a 50 percent to 45 percent margin. The battle for the 18 th congressional district, which includes Martin, St. Lucie and northern Palm Beach counties, is one of the closest watched races in the country. The race has been characterized by a flood of advertising--most of which is coming from West who has outspent his Democratic challenger by 4-1.

Ryan says Obama stonewalling
on Libya questions

Associated Press, by Nedra Pickler & Kasie Hunt Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/19/2012 11:35:13 AM Post Reply

WASHINGTON- Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan, responding to President Barack Obama's description of the response to a deadly attack in Libya as "not optimal," on Friday accused the White House of stonewalling in the face of mounting questions about its response. Obama promised to provide answers. "If four Americans get killed, it's not optimal," the president said Thursday during an appearance on "The Daily Show" on Comedy Central. "We're going to fix it." Obama's GOP rival, Mitt Romney, has been criticizing the administration for saying the attack was a spontaneous mob reaction to an anti-Muslim video on YouTube

Suspect in Libya Attack, in
Plain Sight, Scoffs at U.S.

New York Times, by David D. Kirkpatrick Original Article

Posted By: abuela10- 10/19/2012 11:32:33 AM Post Reply

BENGHAZI, Libya — Witnesses and the authorities have called Ahmed Abu Khattala one of the ringleaders of the Sept. 11 attack on the American diplomatic mission here. But just days after President Obama reasserted his vow to bring those responsible to justice, Mr. Abu Khattala spent two leisurely hours on Thursday evening at a crowded luxury hotel, sipping a strawberry frappe on a patio and scoffing at the threats coming from the American and Libyan governments.

Clinton denies presidential interest

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Alicia M. Cohn Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/19/2012 11:28:45 AM Post Reply

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hopes to be “cheering” for the country’s first female president, but said it absolutely will not be her. She said, as she has on numerous occasions, that she has no desire to remain in politics following her retirement this January in an interview with Marie Claire magazine that was published Thursday. “I hope to be around when we finally elect a woman president,” she said. “That would be a great experience for me, to be up there cheering." Clinton, the former first lady and a contender for the 2008 Democratic nomination for president,

Lawrence O’Donnell challenges
Tagg Romney to a good
ol’ fashioned Southie brawl

Mediaite, by Tommy Christopher Original Article

Posted By: Hazymac- 10/19/2012 11:26:26 AM Post Reply

You can take the Southie out of Boston, but you can’t take the Boston out of the Southie, if Thursday night’s The Last Word is any indication. In what can only be described as a masterful hybrid of political essay and one-man dramatic character study, host Lawrence O’Donnell delivered an epic rebuttal to Tagg Romney‘s violent impulses toward President Obama, and indeed, to the entire Romney family. O’Donnell began the segment as the erudite man of letters his viewers know him to be, and ended it as an amalgam of several of

Obama under pressure
to spell out his agenda
for a second term

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Niall Stanage & Amie Parnes Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/19/2012 11:23:06 AM Post Reply

President Obama is taking heat from his Republican rivals and some members of his own party for being vague about his agenda for a second term. On Thursday, Republican vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan told a crowd at a campaign event in Florida that Obama “is not telling you what his second-term plan would be.” “He's not saying that he is offering anything new,” the Wisconsin lawmaker said during a town hall. “All he is offering is four more years of the same.” Republicans are using the critique to parry Democratic

Our pick for president: Romney - Thread Closed

Orlando Sentinel, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: MamaElephant- 10/19/2012 11:22:19 AM Post Reply

Two days after his lackluster first debate performance, President Barack Obama's re-election hopes got a timely boost. The government's monthly jobless report for September showed the nation's unemployment rate fell below 8 percent for the first time since he took office. If that were the only metric that mattered, the president might credibly argue that the U.S. economy was finally on the right track. Unfortunately for him, and for the American people, he can't.
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Two Thirds of NYC Voters
Don't Want Alec Baldwin
Running for Mayor

NewsBusters, by Noel Sheppard Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/19/2012 11:17:03 AM Post Reply

It appears Alec Baldwin better keep his day job. According to a new NY1-Marist College poll, almost two thirds of New York City voters don't want the actor to run for mayor: Just six months ago, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn appeared to be breaking away from the pack of likely mayoral contenders. Now, her poll numbers are falling back to earth. 23 percent of the city’s registered Democrats support Quinn, according to the latest NY1-Marist College poll. That’s just eight points ahead of former City Comptroller Bill Thompson.

WI Senate: Dem Baldwin
Wanted to Block Body
Armor Funding for Troops

Breitbart's Big Government, by Rebel Pundit Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/19/2012 11:12:06 AM Post Reply

It is always stunning to learn the truths about certain elected officials in our government. In a startling revelation from Media Trackers Wisconsin, Rep. Tammy Baldwin co-sponsored legislation to block funding of body armor and medical supplies to our troops in combat. She did this during each of her terms in congress from 2003-2009. It was only in 2011 when Baldwin was considering her possible run for the U.S. Senate that her name does not appear as a co-sponsor on this legislation. From Media Trackers: The Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate co-sponsored legislation in every session

Workers at Plant that Received
$150m Stimulus Cash Play Cards,
Board Games; Plant Hasn’t
Produced a Single Battery

National Review Online, by Eliana Johnson Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/19/2012 10:44:33 AM Post Reply

Add it to the annals of stimulus waste. A local Michigan television station reports that workers at LG Chem, a lithium-ion battery plant that received over $150 million stimulus dollars, have so little to do that they spend their days playing cards and board games, reading magazines and watching movies. And they have yet to make a single battery. An LG Chem employee told the station, “there would be up to 40 of us that would just sit in there during the day.” That’s funny, because President Obama told those same workers back in

President Obama’s Taxpayer-
Backed Green Energy Failures

Heritage, by Ashe Schow Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/19/2012 10:36:35 AM Post Reply

It is no secret that President Obama’s and green-energy supporters’ (from both parties) foray into venture capitalism has not gone well. But the extent of its failure has been largely ignored by the press. Sure, single instances garner attention as they happen, but they ignore past failures in order to make it seem like a rare case. The truth is that the problem is widespread. The government’s picking winners and losers in the energy market has cost taxpayers billions of dollars, and the rate of failure, cronyism, and corruption at the companies receiving the subsidies is substantial.

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