From the guy who quotes Slate on a regular basis.

From the guy who quotes Slate on a regular basis.

A more objective source on Obama's very respectable record on foreign policy. Romney has ZERO experience or credibility on foreign policy. The difference is very dramatic.

http://blogs.cfr.org...ial-for-romney/

Obama gets strong marks on foreign policy from Martin Indyk, Kenneth Lieberthal, and Michael E. O’Hanlon in Foreign Affairs, for an approach they call “sensible and serious but not pathbreaking.” To stay on track, however, Obama must still come up with a “less-than-disastrous resolution of the Iranian nuclear issue” and depoliticize and revive the economy.

At the Washington Post, E.J. Dionne says the voters’ view of his success in Iraq and Afghanistan puts Obama so far ahead on foreign policy points, Republicans find themselves in the unusual position of not being able to take on a Democratic candidate in the international affairs arena. “For the first time since the early 1960s, the Republican Party enters a presidential campaign at a decided disadvantage on foreign policy,” Dionne says. “Republicans find it hard to get accustomed to the fact that when they pull their favorite political levers — accusations that Democrats are ‘weak’ or Romney’s persistent and false claims that Obama ‘apologizes’ for America — nothing happens.”

About CFR

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher. CFR members, including Brian Williams, Fareed Zakaria, Angelina Jolie, Chuck Hagel, and Erin Burnett, explain why the Council on Foreign Relations is an indispensable resource in a complex world.

So you think Obama should have bombed Iran already? Seriously? So you think US troops should have been on the ground and the USA should be nation building there, after Iraq? Seriously? Obama actually did have more foreign policy experience coming in as he was a SENATOR. OK, not much, but now he has much more and some good successes as well. Not going to new wars counts big time!

Huh???

Please show me where I said we should BOMB IRAN and have TROOPS ON THE GROUND?

As far as Obama's vast Senatorial foreign policy experience is concerned...he has none. Sitting on some foreign policy committees for a few months does not make one a Churchill, much as sitting on the Veteran's Affairs committee make one a General Patton.

I recently apologized to you for an infraction I made. It is now time for you to step up to the plate and do the same for me...or prove I ever said what you are claiming.

From the guy who quotes Slate on a regular basis.

A more objective source on Obama's very respectable record on foreign policy. Romney has ZERO experience or credibility on foreign policy. The difference is very dramatic.

http://blogs.cfr.org...ial-for-romney/

Obama gets strong marks on foreign policy from Martin Indyk, Kenneth Lieberthal, and Michael E. O’Hanlon in Foreign Affairs, for an approach they call “sensible and serious but not pathbreaking.” To stay on track, however, Obama must still come up with a “less-than-disastrous resolution of the Iranian nuclear issue” and depoliticize and revive the economy.

At the Washington Post, E.J. Dionne says the voters’ view of his success in Iraq and Afghanistan puts Obama so far ahead on foreign policy points, Republicans find themselves in the unusual position of not being able to take on a Democratic candidate in the international affairs arena. “For the first time since the early 1960s, the Republican Party enters a presidential campaign at a decided disadvantage on foreign policy,” Dionne says. “Republicans find it hard to get accustomed to the fact that when they pull their favorite political levers — accusations that Democrats are ‘weak’ or Romney’s persistent and false claims that Obama ‘apologizes’ for America — nothing happens.”

About CFR

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher. CFR members, including Brian Williams, Fareed Zakaria, Angelina Jolie, Chuck Hagel, and Erin Burnett, explain why the Council on Foreign Relations is an indispensable resource in a complex world.

This tells us all we need to know about your source:

" CFR members, including Brian Williams, Fareed Zakaria, Angelina Jolie, Chuck Hagel, and Erin Burnett, explain why the Council on Foreign Relations is an indispensable resource in a complex world."

All of them are in the tank for Obama.

Obama addressed supporters in LA and got an unexpected reaction to something he said about his wife. I wonder if the speech writer was aware of the dirty double entendre?

http://www.540wfla.c...rticle=10183920

I wonder if the speech writer was aware of the dirty double entendre?

4 Sure............Was probably a gay speech writer that liked Reagan

Apologies for the lack of a link. CNN Int'l this morning (East European Time) used Obama's image in a graphic explaining how the Higgs boson particle worked (popular person entering a room, with everyone gravitating towards him). Later, the same graphical explanation was used but they replaced Obama with Justin Beiber. I guess I wasn't the only one who thought it interesting CNN using Obama as the example for the God Particle.

Apologies for the lack of a link. CNN Int'l this morning (East European Time) used Obama's image in a graphic explaining how the Higgs boson particle worked (popular person entering a room, with everyone gravitating towards him). Later, the same graphical explanation was used but they replaced Obama with Justin Beiber. I guess I wasn't the only one who thought it interesting CNN using Obama as the example for the God Particle.

Barack Obama and Justin Bieber...equally experienced enough to hold the highest office in the land.

Apologies for the lack of a link. CNN Int'l this morning (East European Time) used Obama's image in a graphic explaining how the Higgs boson particle worked (popular person entering a room, with everyone gravitating towards him). Later, the same graphical explanation was used but they replaced Obama with Justin Beiber. I guess I wasn't the only one who thought it interesting CNN using Obama as the example for the God Particle.

Barack Obama and Justin Bieber...equally experienced enough to hold the highest office in the land.

Bieber is a CANUCK. He's got a REAL birther problem.

Obama addressed supporters in LA and got an unexpected reaction to something he said about his wife. I wonder if the speech writer was aware of the dirty double entendre?

http://www.540wfla.c...rticle=10183920

He probably was aware. It could have been a light moment but for some mysterious reason, it turned creepy. Too bad.

I also think Obama wasn't aware before the reaction and that he should have been told before (and he should have nixed it). Obama ain't perfect. But I would fire the writer.

Apologies for the lack of a link. CNN Int'l this morning (East European Time) used Obama's image in a graphic explaining how the Higgs boson particle worked (popular person entering a room, with everyone gravitating towards him). Later, the same graphical explanation was used but they replaced Obama with Justin Beiber. I guess I wasn't the only one who thought it interesting CNN using Obama as the example for the God Particle.

Barack Obama and Justin Bieber...equally experienced enough to hold the highest office in the land.

Bieber is a CANUCK. He's got a REAL birther problem.

Age problem as well, but the maturity level seems about the same.

How do you KNOW Bieber isn't 35 yet? Have you seen the LONG FORM birth certificate?

Anyway, Bieber is an OLD MAN now.

Here comes the Jewish Justin Bieber! EDON PINCHOT

BTW, he just made the semifinals for America's Got Talent:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8DBAHBAZQM&feature=related

Yes, EDON is really gonna be a big star and maybe the first pop star US president. Why not? Not sure if it's spelled Edon or Edan though ... in media it varies.

If you want a president who is going to govern from the right wing, by all means, support Romney.

If you want a president who is going to govern from the center, by all means, support Obama.

If you want a president who is going to govern from the left, by all means, support Obama. What choice do you have?

The key takeaway from this fight over Obamacare messaging is straightforward: If Romney is elected president, political pressure will force him to govern from the right. He has no other choice.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/what-mitt-romneys-tax-cave-means-for-a-romney-presidency/2012/07/05/gJQARBehPW_blog.html?tid=pm_opinions_pop

Romney, tea party president. No thanks! Romney, please go home. Not sure where that would be as he owns so many massive homes.

If you want a president who has thawrted the will of the American people over and over again, lied about his positions, allowed cover ups by his administration and failed when it comes to improving jobs and the economy, vote for Obama.

If you want a president who is going to

I got this in an e-mail and it seems to apply to the policies of the current White House occupant.

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"He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. ...

He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them. ...

He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers. ...

He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance. ...

He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation."

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Then I realized where the statements came from.

They are from the Declaration of Independence, describing the policies of King George III.

Then I realized where the statements came from.

They are from the Declaration of Independence, describing the policies of King George III.

Yes i picked that up right away as I have read it often over the years.

More bad job numbers today, The far left will still support Obama because they think that letting two men marry overrides every other issue, but the vast majority of American citizens are getting tired of his failed attempts at improving the economy and then blaming everyone else.

Bro.. give the brother a chance.. he be doing is thang, don't be messin with is thang, he be gettin it large, Given it to the WM.. like the Red man is giving Gambling back in California.. in the in he be getting it.. 555

More bad job numbers today, The far left will still support Obama because they think that letting two men marry overrides every other issue, but the vast majority of American citizens are getting tired of his failed attempts at improving the economy and then blaming everyone else.

You forgot to mention the right wing party is on record about caring much more about dumping Obama than the fate of the nation. As Maher says, maybe that is treason. Or maybe not, but it is unforgivable and they most certainly do not deserve to win.

However bleak the news, it does not fundamentally alter the nature of the presidential race. The June report did that reset already by weakening a central pillar of Obama’s candidacy. Turns out, things are not really getting better, and President Obama will have to figure out how to win with a stagnant economy. Right now, Obama’s message has narrowed to “It would be a whole lot worse under Romney.” This is not exactly the most motivational of slogans, but it could be enough against Mitt Romney, who has yet to prove he has enough steam to even back into the presidency.

But let's broaden the aperture beyond the presidential campaign for a moment and take a look at what these numbers mean for our country. Our economy isn't the only thing stalled; so are all possible mechanisms of possible relief, save the Fed, whose remedies seem exhausted. Congressional Republicans have no political incentive to help the economy now, and they have proved over and over that the higher purpose of helping the country does not motivate them. Democrats, led by the president, have refused to turn the election into a meaningful referendum on a comprehensive economic agenda of more stimulus, followed by a grand bargain on debt reduction.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-insiders/post/economy-is-one-shock-away-from-another-recession/2012/07/06/gJQAxDjkRW_blog.html

You forgot to mention the right wing party is on record about caring much more about dumping Obama than the fate of the nation.

Actually, they want to dump Obama to save the nation and are perfectly justified as he is a complete failure as a president and the jobs numbers confirm the obvious.

Here is a little in-depth look at the unemployment numbers. Democrats will spin them with some editorial by some liberal media spin artist or a not-so-funny comedian but the numbers tend to tell a story...and that story isn't pretty.

The first three years have been a total bust, and this President has the balls to ask for more time. In other words, let him have eight years of failure instead of four.

I have never had a satisfactory answer about why the Democratic Senate is sitting on all those House approved jobs bills. The House has approved over 30 bills, sent them to the Senate where they languish under the leadership of Harry Reid and Barack Obama. They might not all be good bills but I find it difficult to believe that all 30 of them would be bad for the economy. What are the Democrats and Obama afraid of?

Most experts agree the recession ended three years ago. If that's the case, Mr. President, where are the jobs?

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JUNE JOBS REPORT MISSES EXPECTATIONS, UNEMPLOYMENT 8.2%

Eric Platt

UPDATE:

U.S. payrolls expanded by just 80,000 net jobs in June keeping the unemployment rate flat at 8.2 percent, new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows.

The private sector only expanded by some 84,000 positions.

Economists polled by Bloomberg had forecast a gain of 100,000 positions during the month, with private payrolls advancing 106,000.

Read more: http://www.businessi...7#ixzz3qBk25WYw

It is interesting to note the Underemployment rate stands at 14.9%

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I have never had a satisfactory answer about why the Democratic Senate is sitting on all those House approved jobs bills.

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Now you can no longer make that claim.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/the-gops-ludicrous-claim-about-their-jobs-bill/2011/10/19/gIQAgX4GzL_blog.html

The 5 million figure cited by Paul, and echoed by other Republicans, is ludicrous. Even if one accepts the studies that came up with the figures, in most cases they indicate the GOP proposals would do little to create jobs in the near future.

Three Pinocchios

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I have never had a satisfactory answer about why the Democratic Senate is sitting on all those House approved jobs bills.

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Now you can no longer make that claim.

http://www.washingto...X4GzL_blog.html

The 5 million figure cited by Paul, and echoed by other Republicans, is ludicrous. Even if one accepts the studies that came up with the figures, in most cases they indicate the GOP proposals would do little to create jobs in the near future.

Three Pinocchios

I would advise anyone following that link to read the complete article. That's because in the beginning the writer hands out Three Pinocchios to Dem Harry Reid as well as slams Obama for making inflated claims himself about new job figures.

When you finish the article, you will notice it is about just one jobs bill. It says nothing about the other 29 the Senate is sitting on. Since this piece is about inflated figures in jobs bills,Their silence and not handing out any more Pinicchios to those bills can be interpreted as their way of saying the other job bills are OK.

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Since this piece is about inflated figures in jobs bills,Their silence and not handing out any more Pinicchios to those bills can be interpreted as their way of saying the other job bills are OK.

No it can't. You made that all up!

Four Pinocchios

Back to the election choices. Both Romney and Obama have jobs plans. Which do you like better?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/wp/2012/07/06/comparing-romneys-and-obamas-jobs-plans/

Obama also tends to emphasize four parts of his plan: increasing infrastructure investment, hiring more state and local workers, doubling the size of the payroll tax cut and adding a new set of tax cuts for small businesses and companies that hire new employees. Two of those policies imply directly hiring hundreds of thousands of workers. The other two move money into the economy immediately. It’s easier to see how these policies lead to more jobs and demand in the short term.

One of the bills pending before the Senate is to approve the pipeline from Canada to the US. Since the pipeline will be paid for with private funds, there is absolutely NO IMPACT whatsoever on the federal budget, except to generate more revenue for the federal sinkhole in Washington and an estimated 25,000 permanent jobs.

Of course, some of Obama's core voting block might be a little unhappy with it.

One of the bills pending before the Senate is to approve the pipeline from Canada to the US. Since the pipeline will be paid for with private funds, there is absolutely NO IMPACT whatsoever on the federal budget, except to generate more revenue for the federal sinkhole in Washington and an estimated 25,000 permanent jobs.

Of course, some of Obama's core voting block might be a little unhappy with it.

Wrong. Have you heard about environmental concerns?

http://mediamatters.org/research/2011/11/09/fox-wildly-inflates-the-number-of-jobs-keystone/182345

A calculation of the direct jobs that might be created by KXL can begin with an examination of the jobs on-site to build and inspect the pipeline. The project will create no more than 2,500-4,650 temporary direct construction jobs for two years, according to TransCanada's own data supplied to the State Department. [Cornell University Global Labor Institute, September 2011]

Back to the election choices. Both Romney and Obama have jobs plans. Which do you like better?

http://www.washingto...mas-jobs-plans/

Obama also tends to emphasize four parts of his plan: increasing infrastructure investment, hiring more state and local workers, doubling the size of the payroll tax cut and adding a new set of tax cuts for small businesses and companies that hire new employees. Two of those policies imply directly hiring hundreds of thousands of workers. The other two move money into the economy immediately. It’s easier to see how these policies lead to more jobs and demand in the short term.

Looking at your quoted portion...increasing investment in infrastructure is government spending under another name. Hiring more state and local employees is government spending. Reducing tax revenues for limited tax payers reduces government revenue and does not create jobs. That is a proven fact since it didn't previously work under this administration. So we have more government spending on the federal, state and local level and less revenue to pay for this spending. With an existing $16 TRILLION debt, how is more debt supposed to spark the economy?

I like Romney's plan better because he plans to remove many of the Obama regulations that have stifled business growth and will overturn Obamacare. These two factors alone would have a favorable impact on private enterprise and would likely get the economy going again.

If Obama's plan is so good...where has he been hiding it for the past three+ years? Why aren't the Democrats in Congress wailing and gnashing their collective teeth at the Republicans to get it passed? Where is the outcry from Reid, Pelosi, et al? Where is the outrage?

The public sector doesn't create jobs. The private sector does, and the private sector is terrified of this administration.

Because of the 60 vote scheme, the democrats can't pass it. The right wing has totally blocked Obama's intentions and now is calling him a failure. THEY did it to him. That kind of darkness should never be rewarded.