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101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Nov 7, 2012 11:52:48 AM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse Herman Cain: A nation divided, big and small >>Herman Cain called the United States a “divided nation” on Wednesday, saying that half the voters ignored the big issues . . . Cain criticized half of the electorate for ignoring the “substance” and focusing instead on what he characterized as less substantive matters. “I just think, unfortunately, 50 percent of the electorate really don’t look deep enough at the substance of some of these big issues,” Cain said. “And as a result, we are going to be stalled right where we are today.” He also said that Obama won because he is a popular figure. “The voters that reelected President Obama looked past broken promises, they looked past a stagnant economy and they voted for popularity,” Cain charged. “President Obama ran a very effective popularity campaign, not a campaign of substance. Unfortunately from my perspective and the perspective of many others, he won based on popularity.”<<

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Herman Cain: A nation divided, big and small

>>Herman Cain called the United States a “divided nation” on Wednesday, saying that half the voters ignored the big issues . . .

Cain criticized half of the electorate for ignoring the “substance” and focusing instead on what he characterized as less substantive matters.

“I just think, unfortunately, 50 percent of the electorate really don’t look deep enough at the substance of some of these big issues,” Cain said. “And as a result, we are going to be stalled right where we are today.”

He also said that Obama won because he is a popular figure.

“The voters that reelected President Obama looked past broken promises, they looked past a stagnant economy and they voted for popularity,” Cain charged. “President Obama ran a very effective popularity campaign, not a campaign of substance. Unfortunately from my perspective and the perspective of many others, he won based on popularity.”<<

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Panama19 Champion Author Louisville Posts:25,278 Points:2,542,335 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Apr 11, 2013 2:04:12 PM Ignore Panama19 Report Abuse 101Speedster, "I have to admit that I don't understand what you are talking about, Panama >>the killing of inconvenient children<<" Really? Were you unaware of his strong support for abortion for any reason, even extending his support for late term abortions in which the child is delivered except for the top of its head and is then killed? My point is that character counts, and that the things that Obama has supported make faking a marriage pale by comparison. Sorry if I was unclear.
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Apr 11, 2013 10:27:38 AM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse I have to admit that I don't understand what you are talking about, Panama. >>the killing of inconvenient children<< ??? [Edited by: 101Speedster at 4/11/2013 10:29:13 AM EST]
Tru2psu2 Champion Author Winston-Salem Posts:14,471 Points:1,554,655 Joined:Feb 2004	Message Posted: Apr 11, 2013 5:27:07 AM Ignore Tru2psu2 Report Abuse The Great Divider is in the WH!
Panama19 Champion Author Louisville Posts:25,278 Points:2,542,335 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Apr 11, 2013 1:06:19 AM Ignore Panama19 Report Abuse 101Speedster, "No one seems to care that the Obamas appear to be separated and living a fake marriage" Coming from someone that champions the killing of inconvenient children, the taking from those that produce to give to those that do not, who squanders the nation's wealth on his own personal whims and pleasures, and who keeps the most basic details of his past secret - where is the surprise? It seems to be in character for them both.
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Apr 11, 2013 12:41:17 AM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse No one seems to care that the Obamas appear to be separated and living a fake marriage.
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Apr 8, 2013 2:01:27 PM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse >>Now Playing: Michelle Obama Accidentally Calls Herself 'A Busy Single Mother' \| NR Michelle Obama just made a huge slip, and while we'll try not to read too much into it, a lot of things come to mind.<< Is that why Obama vacationed by himself with Tiger Woods? Is the first family divided?
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Apr 4, 2013 12:20:51 AM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse Obama is giving back 5% of his pay. Now, if he would only give back enough money to cover his vacations that the taxpayers have to pay for.
KatmanDo Champion Author Detroit Posts:12,798 Points:2,612,285 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Feb 26, 2013 1:15:23 AM Ignore KatmanDo Report Abuse "California is much like the United States of America as a whole. Half of us did not vote for the socialist democrat." That's why I thanked only those who did.
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Feb 25, 2013 11:46:35 PM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse >>Thank you for the sunny, warm climate in southern Calif., Jerry Brown voters!<< California is much like the United States of America as a whole. Half of us did not vote for the socialist democrat.
Tru2psu2 Champion Author Winston-Salem Posts:14,471 Points:1,554,655 Joined:Feb 2004	Message Posted: Feb 19, 2013 5:21:17 AM Ignore Tru2psu2 Report Abuse Thanks for dividing us, obama...
KatmanDo Champion Author Detroit Posts:12,798 Points:2,612,285 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Feb 19, 2013 1:21:23 AM Ignore KatmanDo Report Abuse "Thanks for the high gasoline prices, Obama voters!" Thank you for the sunny, warm climate in southern Calif., Jerry Brown voters!
jdhelm Champion Author Iowa Posts:11,847 Points:1,197,915 Joined:Dec 2009	Message Posted: Feb 18, 2013 11:13:21 AM Ignore jdhelm Report Abuse here are a few of the current potus' devisive comments: - No one has done more in last several decades with his inflammatory community organizer rhetoric to divide this country than Barack Obama. Obama: “They Bring a Knife…We Bring a Gun” Obama to His Followers: “Get in Their Faces!” Obama on ACORN Mobs: “I don’t want to quell anger. I think people are right to be angry! I’m angry!” Obama to His Mercenary Army: “Hit Back Twice As Hard” Obama on the private sector: “We talk to these folks… so I know whose ass to kick.“ Obama to voters: Republican victory would mean “hand to hand combat” Obama to lib supporters: “It’s time to Fight for it.” Obama: “My administration is the only thing between you and the pitchforks.” Obama: “I will be happy to see the Republicans test whether or not I’m itching for a fight on a whole range of issues. I suspect they will find I am.” Obama: “It’s tempting not to negotiate with hostage takers” Obama: “We’re going to punish our enemies” Obama: “Those aren’t the kinds of folks who represent our core American values.” And there’s this: ** “All 50 States are coordinating in this – as we fight back against our own Right-Wing Domestic Terrorists who are subverting the American Democratic Process, whipped to a frenzy by their Fox Propaganda Network ceaselessly re-seizing power for their treacherous leaders.” -- African Americans: “Take off your bedroom slippers. Put on your marching shoes. Shake it off. Stop complainin’. Stop grumblin’. Stop cryin’.” Americans: Are “not a model for the world” and have a “tragic history.” Also, “we’re hardwired not to always think clearly when we’re scared,” and, more recently, we have gotten “a little soft” and lost our “competitive edge.” Bankers: “Fat cats” Border enforcement: Its overzealous adherents want “alligators and moats” on the border and would arrest children on their way to get ice cream. The Cambridge, Mass., police: “Acted stupidly” and, like law-enforcement officers in general, racially profile Corporate-jet owners: “Are you willing to compromise your kids’ safety so some corporate-jet owner can get a tax break?” Democratic base: Must “shake off this lethargy. People need to buck up . . . if people now want to take their ball and go home, that tells me folks weren’t serious in the first place.” Doctors: Needlessly chop off the limbs of diabetics and take out tonsils to increase their own profits Donald Trump: A “carnival barker” Grandmother: “Typical white person” Las Vegas: Where you are likely to “blow a bunch of cash when you’re trying to save for college” Millionaires: They don’t pay their “fair share” and are synonymous with those who have 1,000 times more. Nancy Reagan: Don’t “get into a Nancy Reagan thing about, you know, doing any séances.” Rural Pennsylvanians: “They get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy toward people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment.” Sarah Palin: “You can put lipstick on a pig. It’s still a pig.” Special Olympics: Comparable to the president’s dismal bowling scores Super Bowl: Where you go “on the taxpayer’s dime” Supreme Court: Would “open the floodgates for special interests” Supreme Court Justice Thomas: “I would not have nominated Clarence Thomas. I don’t think that he, I don’t think that he was a strong enough jurist or legal thinker at the time for that elevation.” Tea Party: “The teabag, anti-government people” How often has President Obama claimed not to be anti-business? Yet continues in speech after speech to express disdain for corporations and insurance companies. He is often demonizing “the rich”, thereby fanning the flames of class warfare while fostering wealth envy and an entitlement mentality amongst “the have nots”. ------- “Corporations” and “greed” seem to go together in every Obama address. “Spread the wealth around” and all forms of higher taxes on successful entrepreneurs are part of the president’s reelection platform. I don’t recall a President benefiting from so much American innovative business success (Facebook, Google, Twitter, Groupon and scores more) who is so hostile to the concept of the American Dream. So is this Administration the most anti-business in recent memory? Yes. No one else even comes close. ------ who said this? “The people who represent you in Washington have a responsibility to do what’s best for you — not what’s best for their party or what’s going to help them win an election that’s more than a year away.” --PotUS calling the kettles …er… better not go there lest there be charges of making a race comment. ----Far from being presidential, far from traveling the road high above political mudslinging, far from actually seeking honest bipartisan cooperation, President Obama has been the most divisive president….ever. And it’s not simply natural political polarity, bipartisan in nature. Much of the division has been unilaterally of the President’s own creation, due to his rhetoric and his policies.
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Feb 18, 2013 10:49:46 AM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse Thanks for the high gasoline prices, Obama voters!
mudtoe Champion Author Cincinnati Posts:9,491 Points:1,287,595 Joined:May 2008	Message Posted: Feb 15, 2013 7:55:39 PM Ignore mudtoe Report Abuse kmd: "Exactly. Birds of a feather like to flock together. To each their own." It's sort of like what's happened as people have fled the liberal taxes, the liberal crime, the liberal schools, and the liberal lifestyle of the cities and moved to the suburbs and exurbs. By the way, how's that working out for you all in Detroit? mudtoe [Edited by: mudtoe at 2/15/2013 8:00:54 PM EST]
KatmanDo Champion Author Detroit Posts:12,798 Points:2,612,285 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Feb 13, 2013 7:08:49 PM Ignore KatmanDo Report Abuse "I'm sure Texas will be more than happy to have those nice "Orange county conservatives", people with jobs, money, and businesses to come there, thus leaving the state with "your own kind"." Exactly. Birds of a feather like to flock together. To each their own.
KansasGunman Champion Author Kansas City Posts:21,434 Points:2,104,400 Joined:Oct 2005	Message Posted: Feb 13, 2013 2:13:49 PM Ignore KansasGunman Report Abuse "Topic: A Divided Nation" ..... Guaranteed so take this to the bank as the divide will steadily and continually worsen...as in the Scout motto: "Be Prepared"...we are. [Edited by: KansasGunman at 2/13/2013 2:14:46 PM EST]
mudtoe Champion Author Cincinnati Posts:9,491 Points:1,287,595 Joined:May 2008	Message Posted: Feb 13, 2013 1:48:02 PM Ignore mudtoe Report Abuse katmando: " Unless, of course, you're an Orange county conservative -- then you'll probably want to move inland to be with your own kind. " I'm sure Texas will be more than happy to have those nice "Orange county conservatives", people with jobs, money, and businesses to come there, thus leaving the state with "your own kind". mudtoe [Edited by: mudtoe at 2/13/2013 1:50:12 PM EST]
Panama19 Champion Author Louisville Posts:25,278 Points:2,542,335 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Feb 13, 2013 1:04:57 PM Ignore Panama19 Report Abuse KatmanDo, "President Obama has merely started to put the political minority in their place. It's been long overdue" You're smug now, but remember that what goes around comes around. Tomorrow your side will have a grip on the short end of the stick, and what you do now will be returned to you with interest then. For good or for ill.
mudtoe Champion Author Cincinnati Posts:9,491 Points:1,287,595 Joined:May 2008	Message Posted: Feb 13, 2013 1:00:54 PM Ignore mudtoe Report Abuse tru: "general conflict is likely....." When nobody will loan us anymore money and the monthly checks don't go out for the first time, that result is entirely likely. mudtoe
Tru2psu2 Champion Author Winston-Salem Posts:14,471 Points:1,554,655 Joined:Feb 2004	Message Posted: Feb 13, 2013 1:00:34 PM Ignore Tru2psu2 Report Abuse A Divided Nation with the most divisive President in our history... ----------- What is truly amazing is that so many can't see this.... They are blinded...and wouldn't know it until it hits them in the face... and maybe not then either!
Tru2psu2 Champion Author Winston-Salem Posts:14,471 Points:1,554,655 Joined:Feb 2004	Message Posted: Feb 13, 2013 12:58:18 PM Ignore Tru2psu2 Report Abuse We truly are.... and with little compromise... general conflict is likely..... I will be prepared....
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Feb 13, 2013 12:41:03 PM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse >>President Obama has merely started to put the political minority in their place.<< Who is the minority when the voters are split close to 50/50? Anyway, 87% of people in this country say that we should have a balanced budget.
regulate_now Champion Author Indiana Posts:6,626 Points:1,009,050 Joined:Jun 2008	Message Posted: Feb 13, 2013 11:37:51 AM Ignore regulate_now Report Abuse "If you don't like it, I see a Red State/Blue State separation in your future" Really? Indiana is real solid, very, extreme RED. But what does any of that have to do with my likes or dislikes- neither would sway a thing...
KatmanDo Champion Author Detroit Posts:12,798 Points:2,612,285 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Feb 13, 2013 11:19:29 AM Ignore KatmanDo Report Abuse "with the most divisive President in our history... " President Obama has merely started to put the political minority in their place. It's been long overdue. If you don't like it, I see a Red State/Blue State separation in your future. Unless, of course, you're an Orange county conservative -- then you'll probably want to move inland to be with your own kind.
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Feb 13, 2013 10:45:22 AM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse Only two people from the focus group on CNN liked Marco Rubio's response. Only two people didn't like Marco Rubio's response on FoxNews' focus group. [Edited by: 101Speedster at 2/13/2013 10:46:03 AM EST]
jdhelm Champion Author Iowa Posts:11,847 Points:1,197,915 Joined:Dec 2009	Message Posted: Feb 12, 2013 11:10:42 AM Ignore jdhelm Report Abuse mud, good comment on the justices, I'm betting you're right. I'd expect his speech to have a direct campaign air and have several voice inflectionary points, - - - he is, after all, great at speaking, not so much at leading or coming up with any ideas on the economy - or jobs. just look at the jobs numbers during his administration so far - - - oh heck, i forgot, but he inherited a bad economy from Bush and so many many things are still Bush's fault and as a result of Bush - - - duh me. Do you suppose we'll hear any "Bush's fault" comments tonight?
mudtoe Champion Author Cincinnati Posts:9,491 Points:1,287,595 Joined:May 2008	Message Posted: Feb 12, 2013 10:52:55 AM Ignore mudtoe Report Abuse panama: "I expect a partisan full court press against the GOP, trying to blame them for the results of his own intransigence." Wanna bet that the justices gets some sort of praise for upholding Obamacare? mudtoe
regulate_now Champion Author Indiana Posts:6,626 Points:1,009,050 Joined:Jun 2008	Message Posted: Feb 12, 2013 10:17:23 AM Ignore regulate_now Report Abuse A Divided Nation with the most divisive President in our history...
Panama19 Champion Author Louisville Posts:25,278 Points:2,542,335 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Feb 12, 2013 10:15:24 AM Ignore Panama19 Report Abuse Don't hold your breath, if history is any guide. I expect a partisan full court press against the GOP, trying to blame them for the results of his own intransigence.
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Feb 12, 2013 10:11:25 AM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse Will Obama unite the country tonight at his state of the union speech?
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Feb 7, 2013 1:16:14 PM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse Nothing new from Obama at his press conference.
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Feb 5, 2013 1:17:46 PM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse Obama is about to hold a press conference to tell us what spending cuts he wants to make. We are about to hear how divided Obama is from the Republicans.
Panama19 Champion Author Louisville Posts:25,278 Points:2,542,335 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Feb 5, 2013 1:29:14 AM Ignore Panama19 Report Abuse 101Speedster, "When and if this country hits the fiscal wall, KatmanDo, we will see how "Out of earshot/sight, out of mind" you will be" When that happens I think we can count on our left to find a way to blame Bush for it.
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Feb 4, 2013 4:18:49 PM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse When and if this country hits the fiscal wall, KatmanDo, we will see how "Out of earshot/sight, out of mind" you will be.
KatmanDo Champion Author Detroit Posts:12,798 Points:2,612,285 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Feb 4, 2013 3:49:18 PM Ignore KatmanDo Report Abuse "A shamelessly biased mainstream media. That since '07 has been and remains in the tank for Obama." I expect the CSA will be more than happy to maintain the Right Wing orthodoxy and be in the tank for whomever the Red States choose to be their Pastor-in-Chief. The good thing is that I won't get to listen to it any more than I now listen to the Canadian or United Mexican States' media. Out of earshot/sight, out of mind. [Edited by: KatmanDo at 2/4/2013 3:50:26 PM EST]
Panama19 Champion Author Louisville Posts:25,278 Points:2,542,335 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Feb 3, 2013 12:08:21 AM Ignore Panama19 Report Abuse sgm4law, "It looks like Obama didn't write that piece; a journalist did" It was also journalists that got all over Palin for using those symbols on a map targeting vulnerable races in the upcoming election - including Gabby Giffords in Tucson. A shamelessly biased mainstream media. That since '07 has been and remains in the tank for Obama. [Edited by: Panama19 at 2/3/2013 12:10:00 AM EST]
KatmanDo Champion Author Detroit Posts:12,798 Points:2,612,285 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Feb 2, 2013 11:58:21 PM Ignore KatmanDo Report Abuse "will Obama try to bring America together or will he continue to divide the country?" The nation has already been deeply divided for quite some time. Warm, fuzzy, "feel good" efforts to bring folks together at this point would be futile. There's now nothing sensible left to do but declare the relationship dead, part company, then go on with our respective lives separately. The Right has made its choice, so now it's time to demonstrate to the world how correct their ideology is. Bon voyage!
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Feb 2, 2013 11:38:43 PM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse >>after listening to obama mon, it sounds like he will only make it worse. great, another four years, of obama class warfare, wealth envy, and division in the county.<< More and more people in this country are uniting to end Obamacare as they finally read what is contained in the bill and how much more it will cost for insurance that is not as good as what they currently have.
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Jan 23, 2013 6:17:24 PM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse Maybe the country will unite behind the "no budget, no pay" bill.
noseatbelt Champion Author Indiana Posts:7,618 Points:205,150 Joined:Feb 2004	Message Posted: Jan 22, 2013 5:56:44 PM Ignore noseatbelt Report Abuse after listening to obama mon, it sounds like he will only make it worse. great, another four years, of obama class warfare, wealth envy, and division in the county. And the obamniacs lap it up like kittens drinking from a bowl of milk.
sgm4law Champion Author Maryland Posts:18,806 Points:2,377,655 Joined:Mar 2006	Message Posted: Jan 22, 2013 11:34:17 AM Ignore sgm4law Report Abuse <Do you recall how worked up the media got over the symbols Palin used for targeting vulnerable Dem races?> It looks like Obama didn't write that piece; a journalist did.
Panama19 Champion Author Louisville Posts:25,278 Points:2,542,335 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Jan 22, 2013 2:14:32 AM Ignore Panama19 Report Abuse sgm4law, "It's a bystander's look at the strategies possible for one side to employ against another. Read it yourself, instead of reading the Foxified version" The original version is worse than the Fox article reported. "The president who came into office speaking in lofty terms about bipartisanship and cooperation can only cement his legacy if he destroys the GOP. If he wants to transform American politics, he must go for the throat... Obama’s only remaining option is to pulverize. Whether he succeeds in passing legislation or not, given his ambitions, his goal should be to delegitimize his opponents. Through a series of clarifying fights over controversial issues, he can force Republicans to either side with their coalition's most extreme elements or cause a rift in the party that will leave it, at least temporarily, in disarray. The president can stir up these fights by poking the fear among Republicans that the party is becoming defined by its most extreme elements, which will in turn provoke fear among the most faithful conservatives that weak-willed conservatives are bending to the popular mood. That will lead to more tin-eared, dooming declarations of absolutism... Presidents don’t usually sow discord in their inaugural addresses ... If it doesn’t, and he tries to conjure our better angels or summon past American heroes, then it will be among the most forgettable speeches, because the next day he’s going to return to pitched political battle. He has no time to waste" These are not "possible strategies", they are recommendations. Do you recall how worked up the media got over the symbols Palin used for targeting vulnerable Dem races? That was pretty mild stuff compared to the recommendations that Obama "destroy", "go for the throat" and "pulverize" the GOP, and to "sow discord in [his] inaugural address". No media bias THERE, is there? The abject dishonesty of the left is breath taking.
sgm4law Champion Author Maryland Posts:18,806 Points:2,377,655 Joined:Mar 2006	Message Posted: Jan 21, 2013 7:23:37 PM Ignore sgm4law Report Abuse I should also say, it's a self-interested thing for a newsperson to want more strife rather than less in our national discourse. That's what drives their ratings. Of course he'd like Obama to go on attack; it's better drama by far.
sgm4law Champion Author Maryland Posts:18,806 Points:2,377,655 Joined:Mar 2006	Message Posted: Jan 21, 2013 7:20:32 PM Ignore sgm4law Report Abuse "According to the denizens of the left there is no partisanship in the mainstream media - except at Fox." The only blindness here is assuming that because a guy analyzes a situation in political science type terms that he wants things to happen that way. It's a bystander's look at the strategies possible for one side to employ against another. Read it yourself, instead of reading the Foxified version. [Edited by: sgm4law at 1/21/2013 7:22:09 PM EST]
Panama19 Champion Author Louisville Posts:25,278 Points:2,542,335 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Jan 21, 2013 3:38:44 PM Ignore Panama19 Report Abuse 101Speedster, "During his speeches today, will Obama try to bring America together or will he continue to divide the country?" It seems more likely that he will follow the advice of CBS News: CBS political director urges Obama to 'go for the throat' of GOP to cement legacy "The subhead on the article said, 'Obama must declare war on the Republican Party' if he wants to transform American politics. Dickerson wrote. 'The president who came into office speaking in lofty terms about bipartisanship and cooperation can only cement his legacy if he destroys the GOP. If he wants to transform American politics, he must go for the throat.' The advice comes despite the eventual willingness of the Republican Party to allow tax increases on top earners, as part of the recent fiscal crisis deal. Republicans have also eased off their opposition to raising the debt ceiling, proposing a three-month extension while a budget is debated. Dickerson was named CBS' political director in November 2011" According to the denizens of the left there is no partisanship in the mainstream media - except at Fox. Amazing blindness on the left.
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Jan 21, 2013 12:46:10 PM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse Do you feel the love?
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Jan 21, 2013 10:34:04 AM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse During his speeches today, will Obama try to bring America together or will he continue to divide the country?
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Jan 14, 2013 12:32:44 PM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse Obama: "We are making progress in cutting our deficit."
101Speedster Champion Author Ventura Posts:30,413 Points:2,715,695 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Jan 14, 2013 11:22:25 AM Ignore 101Speedster Report Abuse >>They can cut about $600 billion from the military department's budget for starters. Starve the beast.<< That's it? I heard the two-month delay of the fiscal cliff deal cost us $4 trillion.
KatmanDo Champion Author Detroit Posts:12,798 Points:2,612,285 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Jan 13, 2013 8:52:28 PM Ignore KatmanDo Report Abuse "Anyone agree yet on cuts in government spending?" They can cut about $600 billion from the military department's budget for starters. Starve the beast.