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November 16, 2012

Oh, Boo Hoo Hoo, We Won, You Lost.

Who voted for Obama? People addicted to every form of welfare


To the editor,

America wasted countless billions to produce the same political metrics it had Nov. 5th. The electorate intentionally handcuffed Obama with a Republican Congress after observing his spending binge of 2008/2009. They did not have the courage to vote for Romney to improve their job prospects and an improved economy over welfare handouts. Future presidential aspirants take notice. The current electorate is going to ignore candidates with a long resume of business experience and evidence of leadership that leads to their wealth and success. To the future, TYPICAL Democratic voter, a failed, destitute, ignorant, drunk will offer better prospects if he utters the magic words "more cheese" while muttering, I think I feel your pain when I'm sober. Democrats want " cheese" over improving prospects of finding a JOB or a world class economy. Business acumen and accomplishment in the future will be ANCHORS of qualification to be president (as they were for Romney) as incredible as it sounds. THE 47 percent care NOTHING of presidential qualifications or tax policy or spending restraint or intelligence. Why would they? They have no financial stake in AMERICA. Presidential failure to produce growth or jobs will not seen as justification for removal. It is a real wake up call just how far this country has lowered it's standards, prostituted its values and compromised it's principles. The country that lead the world for a century has become sadly just another steadily eroding, government controlled, bureaucracy, welfare state assuring declining living standards for everyone. Most of all the middle class that will fall from that plateau. It is ALREADY HAPPENING and we vote for more "Cheese please" from the king of cheddar handouts Barack Obama.

Just who Did and DID NOT vote for Obama last week.

1. The population over age 65 by majority didn't vote for Obama. They voted for Romney.
2. The married people across America did not by majority vote for Obama. They voted for Romney.
3. Those defined as religious, church going people did did not vote by majority for Obama. They voted for Romney.
4. The whites who dominate race by population in America did not by majority vote for Obama. They voted overwhelmingly for Romney 59 percent.
5. The white, WORKING CLASS, BLUE COLLAR Americans did not by majority vote for Obama. They voted for Romney.
6. The JOB CREATORS of America did not vote by majority for Obama. They voted for Romney.
7. The BUSINESS COMMUNITY did not vote for Obama by majority. They voted for Romney.
8. The entrepreneurs did not vote for Obama by majority. They voted for Romney.
9. The people who PAY income taxes and hold jobs did not vote by majority for Obama. They voted for Romney.
10 The successful innovators and creators that bring you i-phones and i-pads did not vote for Obama. They voted for Romney.
11. The land area of America did not vote for Obama. 70 percent of the counties in America voted by majority for Romney.

Who the hell voted for Obama? The people ADDICTED to every form of GOVERNMENT welfare, from food stamps to 99 weeks of unemployment that was once 26. Government employees, public employees and especially public employee unions of every type; all people trying to suck the life out of taxpayers through higher tax levies on EVERYTHING to fund higher wages/benefits for themselves. Of course the minorities who seek riches through their vote rather than their work under wealth distribution and some Obama induced fantasy notion of guaranteed economic EQUALITY as if this were socialist America not capitalist America. The almost half of America (47 percent) who pay NO INCOME TAXES almost all vote for Obama. Why? He assures them they WILL NEVER pay any taxes.

The young voted for Obama. Millions of them are in debt up to their eye balls and jobless holding degrees in Ancient Egyptian Antiquities while we need people to program robots. The youth are INOCULCATED with "DONKEY DUMB" by every teacher and professor for 16 straight years. Public schools and colleges are nothing more than training grounds for Democratic dogma, instilling the democrats view of POLITICS into children 24/7. Tell me about the last teachers union from K to grad school you saw supporting ANY Republican candidates for office? There are 3.2 million public school teachers, almost all vote union donkey because they want higher taxes ON YOU to benefit THEM all while macro education fails us ALL miserably. Review the 2012 SAT scores, where you can get a REAL EDUCATION.

Tony Boutin
Gilford

http://www.laconiadailysun.com/index.php/opinion/letters/63728-tony-boutin-11-16-733


Two interesting maps for Tony Boutin

This one shows, in red, the states that get more than $1.00 back for every dollar they send to the federal government.



This one should look familiar:



November 16, 2012

Obama's "Fiscal Poker Face"

November 16, 2012

AUDIO: Romney Suggests Democrats Run On Free Dental Care In 2016



Audio and new quotes from Mitt Romney’s postmortem calls with donors have emerged in which the Republican nominee elaborates on his claim that “big gifts” from President Obama to minorities, youth, and women swung the election.

If this audio had come out two weeks ago, the tape would officially classify as yet another Romney gaffe.

On one such call, a recording of which was obtained by ABC, Romney explained that Obama’s health care law, long considered one of the president’s biggest vulnerabilities by top Republicans, actually rallied Democratic base voters against him. The former Republican nominee said Obama followed “a proven political strategy, which is give a bunch of money to a group and, guess what, they’ll vote for you.

“What I would do if I were a Democrat running four years from now, I’d say, you know what, dental care will be included in Obamacare … and Republicans will say, no, that’s going to cost a trillion dollars, and the Democrats will say, that’s fine, you know, we’ll pay it,” Romney said in the recording.


http://angryblackladychronicles.com/2012/11/15/mitt-romney-told-donors-that-democrats-should-run-on-free-dental-care-in-2016/
November 16, 2012

Wait! Republicans aren't taking blame for nothin'.

« Whole party erases Mitt | Main

Wait! Republicans aren't taking blame for nothin'.

Erase Mitt? Be more polite? Respect voters? Help rebuild the economy? Engage in healthy leadership?

Hell, no! In the end (I suspected this) Republicans don't want to change at all. Beef up their PR? Maybe. But they still believe they're right about everything and the only reason the Democrats won was that the public really didn't understand what the Republicans were saying. Change what they say and how they behave? No way!

Political Wire has this from the Wall Street Journal:

"Some top GOP officials worry their message is wrong for a rapidly diversifying population, and that fundamental shifts in policy may be required. But the more dominant voice, and the one gaining currency within the center of the party, says such drama isn't necessary."

"It asserts that Mitt Romney's loss to President Barack Obama was primarily a tactical failure, a combination of poor articulation of GOP positions and a weak effort to register voters and move them to the polls. Better execution on both, they say, would have swung the few hundred thousand votes in a few states that would have tipped the presidential election the other way." ...WSJ
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324595904578121352510056128.html?mod=googlenews_wsj



This, of course, is great news for the Democrats and for America. As long the Republican party continues to alienate and disgust so many of us, the more time we'll have to rebuild America -- its broken infrastructure, its economy, its spirit, and its pride.

http://prairieweather.typepad.com/big_blue_stem/2012/11/wait-republicans-arent-taking-blame-for-nothin.html
November 16, 2012

The Republicans still don’t get it - By Eugene Robinson

The Republicans still don’t get it

By Eugene Robinson

It doesn’t occur to Romney that Republicans might have countered this alleged gift-giving with a health-care reform plan of their own, other than “go to the emergency room.” If the GOP is really this obtuse, Democrats may win the next few elections without having to break a sweat. And that’s the danger I hope we avoid.

Don’t get me wrong: I want progressive candidates to win those elections. But parties without meaningful competition become flabby, lazy, unresponsive. Democratic candidates shouldn’t win by default, and neither should progressive ideas. A smart, creative, reality-based conservative movement is ultimately good for the liberal cause — and good for the country.

Step out of the echo chamber, Republicans. There’s a big country out there, and it’s trying to tell you something. For the sake of party and nation, try listening.


the rest:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/eugene-robinson-republicans-dont-heed-lessons-of-the-election/2012/11/15/09dbf1a0-2f5c-11e2-9f50-0308e1e75445_story.html

November 16, 2012

Rep. Lungren (R-Calif.) loses reelection bid

Source: The Hill

Rep. Lungren loses reelection bid
By Cameron Joseph - 11/15/12 08:26 PM ET

Democrat Ami Bera has defeated Rep. Dan Lungren (R-Calif.) in one of the closest House races of the cycle.

Bera and Lungren finished within a few hundred votes of one another on election night, but Bera's lead has grown in recent days as mail-in and provisional ballots were counted. He leads Lungren by slightly less than 4,000 votes with some ballots still left to be counted.

The Associated Press called the race for Bera late Thursday evening.

The contest was a rematch between the two: Bera narrowly lost to Lungren in 2010, surprising observers with a better-than-expected performance and strong fundraising skills.

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/house-races/268381-associated-press-calls-house-race-for-bera-over-lungren

November 16, 2012

Rove Turkey

November 16, 2012

Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-NY) unloaded, first sarcastically: "Let's just hang the guilty parties."

And THAT'S how you do it
The GOP has obviously decided that the Benghazi matter has a blue dress somewhere and yesterday in a House hearing Dana "I sure loved me the Taliban" Rohrabacher proclaimed the matter worse than 'Watergate' -- which must have made the loss of the marine's in Lebanon under Reagan worse than all the Wars EVER! in comparison.

But New York Rep. Gary Ackerman had enough:

Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-NY) unloaded, first sarcastically: "Let's just hang the guilty parties."

"The stench of hypocrisy that hangs over this city today emanates from this room," Ackerman said. "I've listened to my colleagues talk about the President of the United States and others in the administration using [the] terms 'deliberate', 'lies', 'unmitigated gall', 'malfeasance,' which is malicious and knowing evil-doing, 'disgust', 'coverups'."

He continued, "If you want to know who is responsible in this town, buy yourself a mirror!"
Ackerman went on to say that Republicans had "the audacity to come here" when the administration requested, for worldwide security, "$440 million more than you guys wanted to provide. And the answer is that you damn didn't provide it! You REDUCED what the administration asked for to protect these people. Ask not who the guilty party is, it's you! It is us. It is this committee, and the things that we insist that we need have to cost money."

He added, "Could you tell me which of my colleagues on this committee was as bodacious in their insistence that we provide more money for American security in the State Department budget. I would appreciate it."

Ackerman then asked them to raise their hands and gave them a count of five to do so. None did.


http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/15/15194441-benghazi-hearing-turns-ugly-republicans-accuse-obama-of-lying-dems-fire-back?lite=
http://rising-hegemon.blogspot.com/2012/11/and-thats-how-you-do-it.html
November 16, 2012

CIA to investigate conduct of ex-chief Petraeus

Source: MSNBC

CIA to investigate conduct of ex-chief Petraeus


WBOY-TV

By KIMBERLY DOZIER
AP Intelligence Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) - The CIA is opening an "exploratory" investigation into the general conduct of ex-CIA director David Petraeus, who resigned last week after acknowledging an affair.

CIA spokesman Preston Golson says the investigation by the CIA's inspector general "doesn't presuppose any particular outcome."

Lawmakers questioned top CIA and FBI officials about the affair Thursday, during hearings originally scheduled to investigate the Sept. 11 attacks in Benghazi, Libya.

Petraeus biographer and girlfriend Paula Broadwell was found to have classified information in her possession, apparently from her time researching Petraeus' career.

Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/49844118#.UKXC2eS_DoI

November 15, 2012

"Mitt Romney had what I scientifically call a butt-ugly primary,'' Rove said.

During his lecture, Rove said there were five critical periods in the campaign.

The first was the expensive and long Republican primary season with "way too many debates'' -- focused too much on social issues and not enough on the economy. "Mitt Romney had what I scientifically call a butt-ugly primary,'' Rove said.

http://www.goerie.com/article/20121115/NEWS02/311149893/Karl-Rove-addresses-big-crowd-in-Erie

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