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Champion ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Time's cover article on why we need a new President. Very good read. He lays out a lot of good reasons why this man is no longer fit to be our nation's leader. http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/08/19/niall-ferguson-on-why-barack-obama-needs-to-go.html |
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Pro ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() no longer fit? I saw this cover elsewhere and assumed it was a Photoshopped gag. Edited by mdg2003 2012-08-20 8:25 AM |
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Champion ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() mdg2003 - 2012-08-20 9:22 AM no longer fit? But he brought such a wealth of experience to the role.. Good point... |
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Champion ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Why, when reporters write articles based on findings from the Tax Policy Center (which is run by a former Bush staffer) Conservatives complain about ``media bias'' but when a former McCain adviser writes an anti-Obama piece, it's ``a very good read?'' |
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Pro ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() mr2tony - 2012-08-20 9:13 AM Why, when reporters write articles based on findings from the Tax Policy Center (which is run by a former Bush staffer) Conservatives complain about ``media bias'' but when a former McCain adviser writes an anti-Obama piece, it's ``a very good read?''
Easy, we just don't like Obama! |
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Champion ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() mr2tony - 2012-08-20 10:13 AM Why, when reporters write articles based on findings from the Tax Policy Center (which is run by a former Bush staffer) Conservatives complain about ``media bias'' but when a former McCain adviser writes an anti-Obama piece, it's ``a very good read?'' Can you link to the article to which you are referring rather than generalizing "conservatives". Did you read this article? What about it was not well written? |
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Pro ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() I do believe there was a posting this morning that Newsweek is looking for a new Editor. I'll admit that I thought it was a photoshop at first too when I saw it. What's that say about the perception of media in the US? |
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Master ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Who's your better alternative? They are all wingbats to one degree or another. :P |
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Champion ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Khyron - 2012-08-20 10:22 AM Who's your better alternative? They are all wingbats to one degree or another. :P And I agree. However just because option 2 sucks does not mean we need to stay with option 1. In a perfect world we need a 3rd party. But we've beat that to death in COJ. As I've said before I'm willing to take a chance with Romney than to stick with and know what I'm getting with a second term Obama. |
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Master ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Khyron - 2012-08-20 8:22 AM Who's your better alternative? They are all wingbats to one degree or another. :P
Gary Johnson |
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Champion ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Romney vows to get rid of Planned Parenthood and Ryan authored, along with Todd "Legitimate Rape" Akin a bill REDEFINING rape. There is not a snowball's chance in hell I would vote for that kind of crazy. Better the devil you know. |
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Champion ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() TriRSquared - 2012-08-20 9:22 AM mr2tony - 2012-08-20 10:13 AM Why, when reporters write articles based on findings from the Tax Policy Center (which is run by a former Bush staffer) Conservatives complain about ``media bias'' but when a former McCain adviser writes an anti-Obama piece, it's ``a very good read?'' Can you link to the article to which you are referring rather than generalizing "conservatives". Did you read this article? What about it was not well written? Link to which article? The one that people said has a left-leaning slant? Well pretty much any article that says Obama's healthcare plan is good is considered `media bias' or any article saying Romney's economic package (what we know if it) is garbage is considered `media bias.' Are you denying that people think the mainstream media has a liberal bias, because if so just google `media bias' and you'll get about 100 pages of articles about how the media has a liberal bias, or studying whether there IS a liberal bias or why there is a liberal bias and so on. You asked if I thought it was a well-written article? Technically, sure, it had all the ingredients of what a journalist would consider well-written. But I thought it was a very slanted article pointing out only flaws, again, much as this entire election has done. And be honest, do you see conservatives as a whole, in general, as one, on average, whatever you want to call it, saying `That article trashing Mitt Romney's stance on Obamacare was super well-written!' Personally I liked the article. It was informative. As someone who does NOT vote along party lines blindly as some do I like to actually hear and be able to consider both sides of the issues. But I don't take what he says as gospel. Just like I don't take what the `liberal media' says as gospel, either. |
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Champion ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() mr2tony - 2012-08-20 10:49 AM Link to which article? The one that people said has a left-leaning slant? Well pretty much any article that says Obama's healthcare plan is good is considered `media bias' or any article saying Romney's economic package (what we know if it) is garbage is considered `media bias.' You said "Why, when reporters write articles based on findings from the Tax Policy Center (which is run by a former Bush staffer) Conservatives complain about ``media bias'' I wanted an example of one of these articles so I could read it and make my own judgement rather than you make it for me. Are you denying that people think the mainstream media has a liberal bias, because if so just google `media bias' and you'll get about 100 pages of articles about how the media has a liberal bias, or studying whether there IS a liberal bias or why there is a liberal bias and so on. Not at all. I feel that most media has a liberal bias. But I thought it was a very slanted article pointing out only flaws, again, much as this entire election has done. And be honest, do you see conservatives as a whole, in general, as one, on average, whatever you want to call it, saying `That article trashing Mitt Romney's stance on Obamacare was super well-written!' Personally I liked the article. It was informative. As someone who does NOT vote along party lines blindly as some do I like to actually hear and be able to consider both sides of the issues. But I don't take what he says as gospel. Just like I don't take what the `liberal media' says as gospel, either. And that was my point. I thought it brought up a lot of good points to consider. I found no real factual errors nor was there a lot of "commie-socialist-birther" crap in the article. No more, no less. And honestly I'm really giving serious thought about Gary Johnson... Edited by TriRSquared 2012-08-20 9:57 AM |
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Supersonicus Idioticus ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() I read the first page, and all I have to say is, perhaps this article should have been written before the primaries, rather than when the selection is down to two. |
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Champion ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() TriRSquared - 2012-08-20 9:54 AM mr2tony - 2012-08-20 10:49 AM Link to which article? The one that people said has a left-leaning slant? Well pretty much any article that says Obama's healthcare plan is good is considered `media bias' or any article saying Romney's economic package (what we know if it) is garbage is considered `media bias.' You said "Why, when reporters write articles based on findings from the Tax Policy Center (which is run by a former Bush staffer) Conservatives complain about ``media bias'' I wanted an example of one of these articles so I could read it and make my own judgement rather than you make it for me. Are you denying that people think the mainstream media has a liberal bias, because if so just google `media bias' and you'll get about 100 pages of articles about how the media has a liberal bias, or studying whether there IS a liberal bias or why there is a liberal bias and so on. Not at all. I feel that most media has a liberal bias. But I thought it was a very slanted article pointing out only flaws, again, much as this entire election has done. And be honest, do you see conservatives as a whole, in general, as one, on average, whatever you want to call it, saying `That article trashing Mitt Romney's stance on Obamacare was super well-written!' Personally I liked the article. It was informative. As someone who does NOT vote along party lines blindly as some do I like to actually hear and be able to consider both sides of the issues. But I don't take what he says as gospel. Just like I don't take what the `liberal media' says as gospel, either. And that was my point. I thought it brought up a lot of good points to consider. I found no real factual errors nor was there a lot of "commie-socialist-birther" crap in the article. No more, no less. And honestly I'm really giving serious thought about Gary Johnson... http://www.examiner.com/article/romney-tax-plan-will-result-mitt-ro... I chose this one of the many because the comments (mostly on facebook) because it gives a pretty left-wing view of life, just like the Newsweek article gives a strongly right-wing view. This is an article about the Tax Policy Center's review of the Romney Tax Plan (which the Romney camp has yet to reveal in full). The comments below it are what I'm talking about -- suddenly the TPC is run by liberals, but when it came out with a pro-Conservative study during the primaries (I think that's when it was) Limbaugh et al called it `non-partisan.' But anyway, yes, I'm thinking about Gary Johnson too. I'm sick of this campaign, it's so ugly. It's all negatives. If I didn't know better I would think that Obama and Romney are both trying to murder the elderly while liquidating people's bank accounts! |
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Champion ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() underwhelmed with the piece.
as a start: http://pleasecutthecrap.typepad.com/main/what-has-obama-done-since-january-20-2009.html
http://www.uvent.info/myth-busting-2-tax-cuts-increase-revenues/
the blame is more with an obstructionist congress than POTUS IMHO Edited by TriToy 2012-08-20 11:15 AM |
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Pro ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() TriToy - 2012-08-20 11:11 AM the blame is more with an obstructionist congress than POTUS IMHO <cough cough>Which the democrats had full control of for 2 years <cough cough> |
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Champion ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() tuwood - 2012-08-20 12:38 PM TriToy - 2012-08-20 11:11 AM underwhelmed with the piece. the blame is more with an obstructionist congress than POTUS IMHO Which the democrats had full control of for 2 years Exactly. He could have and should have done EVERYTHING he wanted in the first 2 years. He's a complete failure as a leader. He can't even get his own party behind him. And in your list of things he did I stopped reading after the first dozen or so (I've read them all before). #2 and #4 created two new positions (like we need that). #1 is a joke and is not being done. #6, what exactly is that except more gov't regulation and committees? #7 stimulus, not so sure he should be proud of that. #12 bailed out the auto industry. That, by some accounts is going bankrupt again. In fact so far reads like more like a Republic talking points of things he did wrong...
So why are you underwhelmed? All I saw was links to two blogs... Edited by TriRSquared 2012-08-20 12:02 PM |
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Elite ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() tuwood - 2012-08-20 12:38 PM TriToy - 2012-08-20 11:11 AM the blame is more with an obstructionist congress than POTUS IMHO Which the democrats had full control of for 2 years ...shhhhh don't point out the facts of the first two years of the administration. |
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Champion ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Brock Samson - 2012-08-20 1:02 PM tuwood - 2012-08-20 12:38 PM TriToy - 2012-08-20 11:11 AM the blame is more with an obstructionist congress than POTUS IMHO Which the democrats had full control of for 2 years ...shhhhh don't point out the facts of the first two years of the administration. But can you blame them? I mean they were so busy blaming Bush for everything how can you expect them to really get anything done. |
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Master ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() Brock Samson - 2012-08-20 11:02 AM Of course then he would've been bashed for ramming through his partisan agenda with no bipartisan support and breaking his pledge to try to work with the republicans. For people who don't like him it's a no-win, just like it is for every politician...tuwood - 2012-08-20 12:38 PM TriToy - 2012-08-20 11:11 AM the blame is more with an obstructionist congress than POTUS IMHO Which the democrats had full control of for 2 years ...shhhhh don't point out the facts of the first two years of the administration. |
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Champion ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() drewb8 - 2012-08-20 1:30 PM Brock Samson - 2012-08-20 11:02 AM Of course then he would've been bashed for ramming through his partisan agenda with no bipartisan support and breaking his pledge to try to work with the republicans. For people who don't like him it's a no-win, just like it is for every politician...tuwood - 2012-08-20 12:38 PM TriToy - 2012-08-20 11:11 AM the blame is more with an obstructionist congress than POTUS IMHO Which the democrats had full control of for 2 years ...shhhhh don't point out the facts of the first two years of the administration. To quote the article.. In his inaugural address, Obama promised “not only to create new jobs, but to lay a new foundation for growth.” He promised to “build the roads and bridges, the electric grids, and digital lines that feed our commerce and bind us together.” He promised to “restore science to its rightful place and wield technology’s wonders to raise health care’s quality and lower its cost.” And he promised to “transform our schools and colleges and universities to meet the demands of a new age.” These are all things that I think are pretty non-partisan. Things even the right would agree would be good things to do. He did not do a single one of them. Had the stimulus plan done what it was claimed it would do: with all those "shovel ready jobs" I would have given him credit for getting the country back on track, at least in that regard. But so far all it seems to be was a big huge slush fund for government use. |
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Elite ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() TriToy - 2012-08-20 8:44 AM Romney vows to get rid of Planned Parenthood and Ryan authored, along with Todd "Legitimate Rape" Akin a bill REDEFINING rape. There is not a snowball's chance in hell I would vote for that kind of crazy. Better the devil you know. Right, because you think a guy running for President of the US and Vice President would actually be running on the stance that there is "legitimate rape"... These guys have stands, they can make comments that come back to haunt them. They talk out one side of their mouth trying to win support from their base, then their rivals pounce... no different that Obama's rivals pouncing when he was recorded saying he is going to bankrupt the coal industry through regulation. But as a rational human being, do you not have even the most superficial test for BS? This does not even come close to passing the shortest sniff test. Not to mention the President does not have the power to do anything on abortion other than sign a bill passed by the legislature. Nothing has changed on the Supreme court to worry about Roe v Wade. Not only can Congress not make a law, they wouldn't if they could because it is a looser plain and simple. No different that the left not wanting to do anything on gun control. And as far as your legitimate rape.. is this what you are talking about... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/20/mitt-romney-rape-pregnant_n_1810811.html |
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Elite ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() drewb8 - 2012-08-20 11:30 AM Brock Samson - 2012-08-20 11:02 AM Of course then he would've been bashed for ramming through his partisan agenda with no bipartisan support and breaking his pledge to try to work with the republicans. For people who don't like him it's a no-win, just like it is for every politician...tuwood - 2012-08-20 12:38 PM TriToy - 2012-08-20 11:11 AM the blame is more with an obstructionist congress than POTUS IMHO Which the democrats had full control of for 2 years ...shhhhh don't point out the facts of the first two years of the administration. But then we "consider the source" and move on. No way to make everyone happy and certainly not in this divided country. The Republicans most certainly tried to block everything he did, because they could not afford for him to have any success. Again, same thing both parties have done which is put the party ahead of the country. I got so sick of listening to the Dems whine for two years how Bush was not going to let them end the war... then you put your sack on the line and end it for what you think is the good of the country.... but they were too busy saving their butts. So of course the Rs obstructed everything, just like the Dems will do if the tables are turned... because all the parties care about are the parties. Yet you do not think Obama gets to shoulder some blame for his incompetence. He had no executive leadership when he took office. He has shown that he still does not have it. For all the hope and change he so eloquently inspired through his speeches... he pretty much has delivered none. And he has not even shown that it is turning in his favor, because now his back is against the wall and all he has done is go back to politics 101... smear, distort, attack. Why should he have another 4 years? (assuming you disagree with the piece) |
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Veteran ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() TriToy - 2012-08-20 11:11 AM the blame is more with an obstructionist congress than POTUS IMHO Like when the democratic controlled senate unanimously voted down his budget this year? |
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