lol...google Obama Rezco. Obama has never worked for wealth...ever. |
Please name one other president who has been asked to produce a birth certificate. One. |
I'm sure Romney would if asked. |
he won't even disclose 5 years of taxes |
That wasn't the question. The question was: Identify a single president of the previous 43 who have provided their birth certificate because a few idiots demanded it. Please. Just one. |
ok, tinfoil hat wearer, I played along. Guess what? It's bullshit. http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/money.asp |
Rezco Obama house deal. Obama is morally bankrupt and greedy to the core. |
Obama benefitted from affirmative action. That's a huge step up. The point is leftists hate Romney for his wealth but that doesn't matter. Independents and moderates don't begrudge people who've worked hard in America. So Obama can go down this road and lose their vote. I hope he does. |
It's hard to argue that the son of George Romney, former Chairman of an auto manufacturer and a governor, is a self-made man. |
Obama benefited from affirmative action?
Well did romney not benefit from affirmative action for the super wealthy, like that famous garage with an elevator or something |
Do a little research. You seem to be assuming that he inherited all of his wealth. (Our nominee in 2004, married most of his. Did that bother you at the time?) From Politifact.com: http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2012/jan/20/mitt-romney/mitt-romney-says-he-didnt-inherit-money-his-parent/ Do you realize that George Romney was rather self made and didn't graduate from college? Yes, Mitt was raised in privilege (though USA Today has written admiringly of his lack of "affluenza"). But it's simply not true that he inherited all this money. Obama needs to drop the class warfare stuff and start extolling his own very significant accomplishments. People who subscribe to class warfare are already going to vote for him, but he's turning off some folks who trend moderate and/or independent. Why do you think Bill Clinton is trying to get Obama to lay off this tack? |
Spare me the lecture, I knew about a dozen guys at Bain during his time there. I never said he inherited his wealth, but neither did he have to fight his way up the ladder of success. No, it doesn't bother me that he is wealthy at all. It does not bother me that John Kerry married a wealthy woman. It does not bother me that Bill Gates made billions of dollars. The questions of wealth are: (1) do they understand the everyday struggles of middle class families? (2) does their financial situation create potential conflicts of interest? For Romney, (1) He hasn't known what it means to make ends meet. And (2), particularly when it comes to hedge funds. The tax treatments of hedge funds is a huge issue, and he stands to lose tens of millions of dollars if that ever changes. And his other investments may create other conflicts. Problem #2 has been addressed before, for example with Dick Cheney. I don't think it's a showstopper. But let's face it, we are looking at a candidate who needs to help the middle class, yet he has never known what it means to be middle class. And we are looking at at guy whose career puts him solidly on the side of the industry that created a lot of problems leading to our financial meltdown. It's not THE issue, but it is A consideration. It always is, no matter which party. I'm betting that the elite background of John Kerry contributed to his loss. |
Obama was coddled and groomed by whoever paid for his college
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PP, I hate to say it, but Obama is looking a bit out of touch too. He's having to walk back his comment that "the private sector is doing fine" and his statement, "Where we’re seeing weaknesses in our economy have to do with cuts in state and local government" (see Politico for the full story). Does he really mean to imply that unemployment is over 8% because we don't have enough government workers? Was he not paying attention to this week's votes in Wisconsin, San Diego, and San Jose? This is not the way to win re-election. Obama wants to be re-elected has to step it up. |
The fact is that cuts in any sector, including the government affect unemployment. Are Republicans willing to say "hey, we're cutting government, so we expect unemployment to go up a bit?" No. Of course not, because that would be honest. The DISHONEST thing to do would be to enact government cuts and then criticize the president for the fact that those people are on the street looking for jobs. |