At least our President doesn't visit three countries in one week and manages to insult their people.
You are the one who needs a reality check. Start with turning off faux news!
Better men? You mean white men?

NOPOWER - talk about racism - I voted for him as an alternative to Sara Palin - I fought side by side with 'non-whites' while you sat at home, This President is a lieing SOB who pushed through ObamaCare on the platform that it wasn't a tax and then argued in front of th Supreme Court that it was. Lies are Lies are Lies and his non-military serving ass needs to be held accountable. That is the reality.
The Supreme Court called him and his administration liars - what else is there?
Take your racist attitude and shove it.

His larger point is obvious: people don't build their businesses; government does. The roads and bridges are there for all, built with taxpayer dollars, but only a small proportion go out and start businesses and hire people. They are to be commended, not degraded.

Being such a great speaker, and all, I believe he wouldn't have made such an obvious mistake when he said this, if what you say is true.

Why would he refer to "roads and bridges" as "that"? Shouldn't he have said, "Somebody invested in roads and bridges, and if you've got a business, you didn't build those."

Obama is a hard left amateur. Big deal, everyone knows that. The worst part about his "you didn't build that" off-the-cuff Freudian slip is that it's not even original. The guy is President of the United States, and the best he can do is to plagiarize some two-bit socialist Senate candidate.

Now, all you fools defending Obama on the grounds that he "misspoke," please go back and watch Fauxcahontas Warren say the exact same thing that Obama said...and she left no doubt that she meant every word of it. That kind of socialist crap plays pretty well in the Peoples Republic of Massachusetts...not so well nationwide out of the mouth of the President.

Note to Obama: If you're going to focus-group test your campaign rhetoric, I suggest you find a focus group a little more diverse than Massachusetts...where Stalin or Lenin would today give Brown a run for his money.

The current administration message is not for us, but for the Ignorant that don't know the system or young that was given money for education, welfare and has no recall that the Tax dollars collected from tax payer. (not the hard working trying to get by) If the registration system is broken,the requirement to vote is a high priority for all, more so then driving licence. But why then a privilege to drive have a Photo ID? But when it comes to American RIGHTS to Vote, no Photo ID? I understand Voting is by "SECRET BALLOT" is to protect us but there has to be changed Voter card just like an ATM bank card with encrypted with passwords back up password.Oh that's common Sense. We are educated and they know better Sorry if I wasted your time with this post with some common sense

Very well said! By the way, it is not conservatives who are afraid of American exceptionalism, it is liberals and especially this failed President! His rhetoric about being taken out of context is laughable. The more of the speech one listens to the worse it gets for this man. Thank you Dan and CerahAnd for your testimony.

hell ya, who pays the president, congress, i.e, http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/50interstate.cfm Missouri State Highway Commission awarded a $1.1 million contract to Koss Construction Company of Des Moines, Iowa, shortly after 10 am to lay 13.3 miles of 24-foot concrete pavement on U.S. 66 in Laclede County. pay checks taxed by government ita a circle American citizens built it, a mind thinks, Hands build

Also Frank CerahAnd stated ....So" if "he was

I'm not anti-tax. I realize taxes pay for public education--I was actually trying to make the point that most public schools don't equip people to become business owners.

The question is where does it end? At a certain, point many small biz owners have had to revisit the cost of operating their biz vs the cost of paying taxes. When the cost becomes too oppressive, they close up shop, cut staff loose, and go do something else--meaning the gov't loses revenue and the economy loses jobs.

Business should pay some taxes. And it should be fair depending upon the impact on public resources; but not restrictive By being so tax-heavy, we are becoming a nation that disincentives small business.

You must mean the eight worst years in our history thanks to village idiot #43.

Yeah Tim, I'm sure the sudden job loss and their long term affects following the 9/11 attacks had nothing to do with it. I'm sure the massive deregulation on the mortgage industry by the Clinton administration had nothing to do with it. I'm sure the domino affect of the market collapse and tremendous job loss numbers had nothing to do with it. I'm sure the current administration's lack of even something as common as a federal budget that would show the world wide financial investment community that we as a nation have our house in order so to speak, has nothing to do with it.

JustaBill: Ofcourse Clinton has his share of the blame. However, let's not forget his hand was forced because Republicans won the midterm election in 1998 and it wasn't close.
Both parties are guilty of this economic situation to varying degrees. Absolutely, I think they are both terrible in their own ways. Democrtas are not immune from warmongering, as IIRC, Democrats controlled the Senate back when GWB declared war on Iraq and they passed it cleanly without partisan argument.

Now if you were informed about the budget as you were about deregulation, you'd know:
a) it's not the President's job to produce or pass a budget
b) Obama tried, using a balanced approach based on the bi-partisan Gang of Six recommendation - it was shot down in Congress and it wasn't close.

My view on the economy moving forward is this:

1) Romney is a fraud. His word is meaningless. He contradicts himself daily - at least the days he opens his mouth. Outside of appreciating Israel 10 times more then Obama seems to and inflaming Palestine in the process, Romney doesn't stand for anything.

2) Republicans categorically refuse to raise any taxes on anyone. This is completely counterintutive to reducing a budget deficit of this size. This economic situation we find ourselves in must be resolved by a lot of spending cuts across the board - combined with increased taxation (mostly via tax reform), on a progressive scale.
it's the most practical way.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panic_of_1907 .....read it all and u see a big part of what is happening now Gold standard keep Americans in check by living by there means or work hard and get ahead. Mismanagement of gold by bankers!
Untermyer: Is not commercial credit based primarily upon money or property?
Morgan: No, sir. The first thing is character.
Untermyer: Before money or property?
Morgan: Before money or anything else. Money cannot buy it ... a man I do not trust could not get money from me on all the bonds in Christendom
Then read this http://www.thegoldstandardnow.org/jefferson
it will answer most of whats going on

Frank, I'm glad a leftest organization pays you to be on line every day. As for your comment about the time machine, well would you like to go back to 1st grade school .NO it is your history of your life, Did you throw away ur education, No, you retained it did you decided to be ignorant? No, its who you are, so why do you suggest America throw away? you cannot break away from your left side to see that both parties have strayed away from "We the People" to "We know what is best for you" use ur inalienable rights or, Do you think we need to remove that along with free speech you sure enjoy FREE SPEECH, so all i can think is ur a misguided conservative.

Tim is Sergeant at Arms, duly elected ;-))

I don't really post much on any other internet forums, you just lucked into the one I do when 'work' is slow. Of course, having three monitors and the ability to type 70WPM helps as well.

At least include the full quote: "I'm not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there. If it needs a repair , I'll fix it. I'm not concerned about the very rich.... I'm concerned about the very heart of America, the 90-95 percent of Americans who right now are struggling." (Feb, 1, 2012)

One misstep is a bit of a stretch for a nation with 8.2% unemployment, $15 trillion in debt and a TV add urging people to go on food stamps. Does the word pandering come to mind.

Go back and look at some of his speeches and promises and I think you'll find more than one miss-step.

Take a look at Sunday's 60 Minutes. Yep this county is in a great place.

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7389750n

And it WAS the business owners who paid for those roads and bridges.

Government depends on business, not the other way around.

If the President was referring to "roads & bridges" then he would have said "you didn't build THOSE. He also could have said "you didn't build the infrastructure that your business utilizes".

Question: Why did it take almost 48 hours for the President and Democrats to come up with the response that he was referring to "roads & bridges"? If it was just taken out of context, wouldn't that have been an immediate response when this was first reported on?

Now thats funny :)

That IS Funny

Sorry Joe, again taking parts of the speech out of context, no different than Romney quotes when taken out of context:

"I like to fire people".
"Corporations are people too".
"PETA is not happy my dog likes fresh air".
"My sons are all adults and they've made decisions about their careers and they've chosen not to serve in the military".
" I've always been a rodent".
"I'm not concerned about the very poor".
"I should tell my story. I'm also unemployed".
"I'm not sure about these cookies. They don't look like you made them. No, no. They came from the local 7/11 bakery, or whatever".

"I've always been a rodent and rabbit hunter. Small varmints, if you will."

The magic of extraction is sometimes funny.

One of my favorites is "the trees are the right height here".

Big difference in what a state can do and what the fed gov can do. There are the enumerated powers we the people delegated to the fed gov and health care was not one of them. All other powers not delegated to the fed gov are those of the states and people.

Joe were you awake with the Roberts decision. It has been decided. Let go.

It is a tax and therefore can be decided again with a mere 51 votes in the Senate as Roberts also said, were you asleep?

FIFA - The only thing the Supreme Court Decision Decided, or showed, is that Obama lied to all of us when he first said this wan't a tax. Let's re-elect an habitual liar.

Unfortunatly, if the election were today I would vote against Romnie and the worse of all choices.

Damn, I can't even get it wrong when I try! My mistake on the quote.

"America built the Inter-Continental Railroad." Barack Hussein Obama

WOW that shut Frank up!

"I've now been in 57 states - I think one left to go." Barack Hussein Obama

Joe it might have worked for you but for these people it did not.

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7389750n

buzz, I just posted the quote, didn't say i agreed with it. Obama is living in an alternate universe if he believes himself. Pathological liars always DO believe themselves.

"My friends, we live in the greatest nation in the history of the world. I hope you'll join me as we try to change it" Barack Hussein Obama

"We are 5 days form fundamentally transforming the United States of America." Barack Hussein Obama

Wow! What a great ad!

"I bet that on election day both the Clintons vote for Romney. Of course they won't ever admit to voting that way!!" stupid comment.

Put your house on the line Joanie. It is people like you why democrats are in charge of this state.

No wonder. Bill Clinton still holds one of the highest popularity ratings in the country.
http://news.yahoo.com/poll-bill-clinton-ties-highest-ever-favorable-rating-112248071.html

Anybody wonder why George Bush isn't even attending the GOP convention much less giving a speech? What major Republicans are even attending the GOP Convention? They are smart enough not to tie their horses to Toxic Mitt.

I'm surprised at U FIFA I never thought you would say such a thing. I do see your point,Sharp!

Zipper Billy tried hard to convince Hillary to run against Obama. Given all his statement of "support" for Obama Billy has SOME ulterior motive for speaking. Certainly not his support for Obama. the man who pulled the race card on his wife!

"It is people like you why democrats are in charge of this state."

Not at all. It is people who desire more government and more handouts that are responsible for that.

A man who lost his law license, lied to his own family, cheated on his wife many times, lied to the American people while pounding on the podium, lied to a grand jury. put his people out there in the press to lie for him. And you hold a man like that in high esteem?. Wow! What an immoral man.

"I may not have been the greatest president, but I've had the most fun eight years" Bill Clinton

"It depends on how you define alone" Bill Clinton

Nutty professor Frank, your comments Frankly, which Bush?
Frankly make me ROFLMAO

Frank that's why no one pays attention to you Frankly you did not say "I specifically said George W. Bush, "the younger, President #43" was not in your comment LOL Sorry Professor. you need to be more than a one liner. Don't worry tho, we know you enjoy conservative values, and I will not tell anyone, But you will always deflect from the article for your own fun pulling others, Frankly Frank I enjoy your manipulation and one liners. I believe Dan Bongino is just busting a gut

Come on Frankie you know better

Gertrude's Law Ah tells me your indoctrinated, I was right methinks!

Frankie [sic] You doth protest too much.?
If you don't know what what saying, stay away from the keyboard.

Yes it is Joan. Stupid people like you who like to scream scare away the ones you need in order to win. Keep acting like a nut and you will continue to be in 2nd place.

Did you read your "bet". That qualifies as a stupid comment. Ehrlich lost Baltimoe County. Lose the middle and you will lose every election. As you almost always do.

Why won't Obama release his college transcripts?

So Ross wants transcripts from almost 30 years ago? I would be happy with just a few tax returns for the last few years from Millard. He would have some splainin' to do.

Yes Frank they should have filed for bankruptcy and get the same out come, If it was a small company they would have been long gone. But if they had gone out of business, Being who we are would have started a new car company, or a bunch of entrepreneur's with newer vision creating new companies, But OweBoma rather then hold a company controlled by unions that spend money for political influence., The U.S. stays in a quagmire vicious circle. ok your turn to use conservative rights of Free speech

Sure Frank why not failure is failure,

ATC, GM and Chrysler BOTH filed and went through bankruptcy although not the way it has been done for decades since the bond holders got put in the back of the line after the UAW.
GM filed on 6-1-2009 and Chrysler on 4-30-2009.

The auto bailout was not to save the companies by any stretch of the imagination. It was to save the UAW and the tens of millions in union dues that end up in the coffers of democrats re-election campaigns.

right on Joe !

Frankie did to think I"d leave you? Nah I don't get paid for my posts. You forget the American Spirit No other country has that. That's what makes us Great I'm sorry you feel as an American loser NOT my fault! I do see a slight bit of conservatism you like to exploit America, [sic] What a ridiculous fantasy. I believe in Americans the people

Wrong on both counts. (no matter what World Nut Daily says)

“I wish you to be successful because this success is needed to the United States, of course, but to Europe and the rest of the world, too. Governor Romney, get your success, be successful!” Walesa said through a translator following their joint meeting in Gdansk. " Washington Post

" Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is calling a visit to Israel by U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney as "kissing the foot" of the Jewish state to boost his bid for the White House. Ahmadinejad did not specifically name Romney, but his comments were an unmistakable jab at the Republican contender's stop this week in Israel. Romney strongly backed Israel's drive to stop Iran from possibly seeking nuclear weapons. Tehran denies the claims."
AP

"(Politico) - The all-consuming hunt for donors has led President Barack Obama’s campaign to England. And France. And China.

Obama is tapping the network of American citizens living outside the 50 states more than any other presidential campaign has before, with more than a dozen bundlers who have pledged to raise as much as $4.5 million."

Did you really just write that. What do you think Willard has been doing. Passing out leaflets. Fool.

So GM stock at 40% down is it European divisions problem?
Cuckoo for cocoa puff Frank!

Frank opines wrongly "Either way, GM already repaid the bailout, at a profit to the American people."

Now we know for a fact just how you are either a liar or willfully uninformed or both Frank. Which is it? Support that lie with facts please or go back to your sandbox playing with your Tonkas.

http://www.nationalreview.com/author/300074/feed

Frank you said "GM's problems are in its European division, not its American division." and when I showed you were wrtong you then say "Either way, GM already repaid the bailout, at a profit to the American people." and your wrong again. Now you dispute a well researched well reviewed Lott who is a well respected economist?
Given your "mistakes" I find it quite funny you have anything to say about Lott.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2012/mar/21/barack-obama/president-barack-obama-campaign-video-says-auto-co/

We're still waiting Frank for your support of the GM payback. You may want to go to Media Matters or Think Progress of Democrat Underground for the support for that lie.

Anyone with a few neurons left can google GM STILL OWES and read all the sources that suit your fancy. Frank is still either willfully lying or woefully uninformed.

Ally Financial, the former GMAC, which still owes taxpayers about $12 billion $17.2 billion in loans it got as part of the General Motors and Chrysler bailouts, has nudged its home mortgage subsidiary into bankruptcy court to try end the drag of its toxic mortgage assets on Ally's profitable businesses, such as car loans and direct banking (ad above).

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2012/05/auto-bailout-ex-gmac-puts-mortgage-unit-in-bankruptcy/1#.UBg666CDl8E

Frank = Smart as a sack of hammers

Frank, I'm not running for the most powerful leader in the free world. You should find a hobby that doesn't display your total lack of smarts.

Yo Rossy, only one is running for that position, the other one has it already. We know his last 20 years, we don't know Etch-a-Sketch's though.

Joe is a plumber from Ohio, same as a rock.

LOL

3:33 is not an attack, it is fact if he is Justdafacts.
4:04 "Proven wrong on the facts " is a fact and not an attack. Wrong again there thin skin.

So what? Ignorant press deserved it. At least Romney has not called half the country "the enemy" as Obama did to his hispanic supporters.

Frank, we are all still waiting for you to show GM has paid all the taxpayers money back.

Joe, I have a leaky septic system, can you crawl in there and shovel some more?

Joeblob, is that you? Everybody knows you just can't beat a Joeblob.

Whether the press deserved it or not, the headline around the world was that Mr. Howell's Campaign cursed at reporters at that sacred spot. Yet another international smudge...

Obama won in 2008 by about 7 points. Will even one person who voted for McCain now vote for Obama? NO! What voters has Obama gained other than some new illegal votes or fraudulent votes? He lost millions of Christians votes, he lost millions of votes from business people who learned "they didn't build" their businesses, he lost millions of the young vote since they were in their freshman year in 2008 and now are out of school on food stamps living in mom's basement.

We know Obama lost millions of votes so where will he make them up?

That's why they have elections Joe. Obama's key is to show that Romney is worse than Bush ever was. Romney is helping the cause.

http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/pollster/2012-general-election-romney-vs-obama

Either way our country is screwed... when you have two grown adult perceived leaders repeatedly trashing each other openly throughout every media source things are not looking bright for the near future. Each says he is better than the other and each says the other is bad for our country. These are educated perceived leaders behaving this way. Great examples for our young people of how NOT to be. Neither is or has been good for our country to date...
Until campaign finance reform is forced by the people world corporations will continue to control elections and thereby destroy our country methodically. It's happening ... proof..?...look at our economy....campaign finance reform is the only solution for our nation to begin restoration... that or Ron Paul to some how be miraculously elected...Romney and Obama are both bad news for our country

Hardball It is called Joe. The Senate has already passed tax cuts to stay for the first $250,000 of income. Republicans say no unless the 1% get more. Interesting game of chicken.

Top bracket rates are at historical lows. Top bracket earners don't invest their money in jobs. Get real. Romney is worth over $250,000,000 and all he is concerned about is how to not pay taxes and pass it on to his children tax free? Romney invests his money overseas to create jobs where? Not here. He could care less about this country, he only cares about his money. Disgusting.

"According to the IRS the roughly top two percent pay about half the income tax collected. The bottom 50% pay no income tax and many collect payments because of their low income."

That is the one fact that is not debatable in this entire debate and the one indisputable fact that makes all the arguments about the rick "paying their fair share" a moot point but it keeps coming up! It's like arguing that the sun rises in the east. The sun rises in the east. The rich "pay their fair share". No argument.

"but there are also too many that make a career out of not working and paying taxes."

If you could live better than your abilities, education, effort or willingness would otherwise allow, what would you do? If the alternative is working and having less things with no effort, what would you do? Not having abilities, education, effort or willingness, you should not live better than a person who works for $(pick a number) an hour for 40 hours a week. That is a simple fact of life.

Blowhard is full of it.

Paying a rate of 13.9% as a Presidential candidate is sick and disgusting. Dispute that blowhard.

So FIFI, grow up, build a successful company or 3, save and invest your money, save enough to take no paycheck, pay no earned income tax and only cap gains tax and you too can then pay the lower rate. If you like then you can write an extra check to the IRS for all that you feel you owe society. Nothing is stopping you from doing so right now.

FIFA. I doubt that Romney (or any wealthy person or anyone with money to invest who is financial savvy) is sitting on his wealth. It is invested in companies (through stocks, mutual funds, bonds or other investment vehicles). Therefore, his "wealth" is providing jobs. I assume you, like I, live in Maryland. I read an article recently that Maryland has lost a large number of millionaires and companies aren't moving their offices to Maryland because of the high tax rates. What do you think that means to the Maryland economy? The collective "we" (including the millionaires) buy houses, cars, groceries, eat out, etc. Even if we are not directly paying taxes on the money we earn, we are supporting the economy. Our purchases means that someone has a job and the taxes paid on these purchases are going to the state and local government.

@ Paul Bowling - your comment is appreciated and on the face of it seems very rational. However, your theory has holes in it.

Wealthy people do invest their money in many vehicles, generally to maximize their wealth without regard to the potential effects of that investment. Examples.

Romney has invested substantial sums of money in overseas investments, not necessarily because his rate of return is higher on foreign investments than American investments, but his "after tax" rate is higher. What I mean by "after tax" is his rate of return after deducting income taxes paid. By sheltering money he is not paying his fair rate, albeit perhaps legal rate, to the United States and I find that act repulsive.

Investing in normal stocks and bonds in the United States almost never creates jobs. The companies invested in do not get any proceeds of that money. All that happens is investors are trading money amongst themselves. New issues of stock may create jobs, but that is a tiny fraction of the activity.

So the wealthy who do not work anymore but only invest as their job, also get to pay Zero Social Security and Medicare tax on those earnings and if the hold their "investments" for a year pay a long term gain rate of tax of 15%. While wage earners pay up to 33% tax while the vast middle income bracket paying marginal rates of 28% plus their Social Security and Medicare.

I don't call that a fair system at all, instead it is a system rigged by the wealthy and influential.

@Paul Bowling - regarding Maryland losing jobs because of "high" taxes. We have a system in our country wherein 50 states and foreign countries compete with each other to entice companies to move there. This has existed for many moons. Tax rates correlate directly to the amount of services provided. Once a tax is paid to the government that money doesn't disappear, although I am sure some posters will say it does. That money gets spent on goods and services and as you indicate, that spending creates jobs. If I didn't know better I would say you must have supported the President's stimulus plan as you believe spending money creates jobs.

What does it mean to the Maryland economy. When you compare Maryland to all of the other states it is doing well on all measures of economics, unemployment and job growth.

I don't like taxes any more than the next person. I don't like seeing money wasted as much as the next person as well.