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Biden-Ryan Vice Presidential Debate: Who Won?
Vice President candidates Joe Biden and Paul Ryan squared off in the VP debate on Thursday, Oct. 11, a week after presidential candidates Barack Obama and Mitt Romney had their first debate. Here's how Massachusetts Republicans and Democrats reacted.
Massachusetts Democrats were more enthusiastic about Joe Biden's vice presidential debate performance than Bay State Republicans were about Paul Ryan's performance: that's the major finding of the Red and Blue Commonwealth flash polls sent out to local politicos immediately after the debate ended on Thursday night.
Biden and Ryan faced off on Thursday, Oct. 11 at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, with ABC News' Martha Raddatz moderating the debate that covered both domestic and foreign policy.
Of the 14 local influential Democrats who took the survey, 12 of them (85.7 percent) voted that Biden won by a large margin, with one voting that the current vice president won by a slim margin and one voting "neutral."
Meanwhile, of the 25 local influential Republicans who took the survey, seven of them (28 percent) voted that Ryan won by a large margin, with 13 (52 percent) voting that the congressman won by a slim margin. Five Republicans voted "neutral."
That's a switch from the presidential debate on Oct. 3, when in similar flash polls by Patch, local Democrats were less enthusiastic about President Barack Obama's performance and local Republicans were more enthusiastic about Gov. Mitt Romney's performance.
Asked who would be the consensus "winner" as declared by the national media, Democrats were unanimous in voting that Biden would be declared the winner, with 10 voting it'd be by a wide margin and four voting it'd be by a slim margin.
Republicans were almost evenly divided on who the national media would declare the consensus winner: seven voted it'd be Ryan by a slim margin, seven voted it'd be Biden by slim margin, seven voted "neutral" and four voted it'd be Biden by a wide margin.
What Moment Stood Out?
Asked for a moment that will stand out in the minds of conservatives in Massachusetts, many of the local Republicans who took the flash poll took issue with Biden's demeanor and behavior during the debate, during which the vice president laughed and smiled during some of Ryan's answers. Several characterized his behavior as "disrespectful" and "rude."
"Biden was incredibly rude and condescending throughout the debate," wrote one Republican respondent. "His demeanor—the smirking and eye rolling—was offensive."
Others focused on Ryan's behavior in contrast to Biden's, which Republicans characterized as "cool and collected," "composure" and "honest, sincere."
Democratic respondents focused on the debate's exchanges on the economy and taxes when asked for a moment that will stand out in the minds of liberals and progressives in Massachusetts. Some chose Biden raising Romney's "47 percent" comment caught on tape, while others focused on Biden's exchange over the economy and taxes, saying "still no specifics" and "the R's math does not add up."
Two people chose Biden's line, "Now you're Jack Kennedy?" in response to Ryan mentioning tax cuts passed under John F. Kennedy.
A few Democratic respondents expressed concern that Biden's "laughter" and "arrogance" would stand out in the mind of Massachusetts' swing voters, but others characterized the vice president's demeanor as aggressive: "Joe Biden calling out Paul Ryan's malarkey" and "Joe putting Ryan on the defensive" were two respondent's comments.
Other Democrats focused on economic issues, from the "47 percent" comment to Romney and Ryan's tax plan.
Most Republican respondents stuck with Biden's "boorish and bizarre" behavior, as one respondent put it, when asked what moment would stand out for Bay State swing voters.
"Paul Ryan's comments on Romney's bipartisianship," one Republican respondent wrote. "Also, no matter who you were, Biden's smirking was something you couldn't ignore. I don't think anybody liked it."
Two Republicans also focused on Ryan's statements regarding Social Security and Medicare.
Democrats Bullish on Biden's Effect on Mass. Votes, Republicans Lukewarm on Ryan's Effect
Most of the local Democrats surveyed said Biden's performance would increase the number of votes Obama gets in Massachusetts, with nine strongly agreeing it would increase Obama's Bay State votes and four somewhat agreeing. One somewhat disagreed Biden helped bolster Obama's Massachusetts vote totals.
Republicans were somewhat split when asked if Ryan's performance would increase the number of votes Romney gets in Massachusetts. Two strongly agreed it would and 11 somewhat agreed, while eight were neutral, three somewhat disagreed and one strongly disagreed.
In closing opinions, Democrats gave favorable reviews to Biden's performance, saying he spoke with "passion and caring," that he "trounced" Ryan and that he "referred more to fact than did Ryan." They also gave favorable reviews to the debate as whole, calling it "thoughtful," "heavy on policy and specifics" and lauding Raddatz's performance as moderator.
"Biden owned this debate. Paul Ryan came across as evasive, dogmatic and amateurish," one Democratic respondent wrote.
Some Republicans weren't as happy with Raddatz's job as moderator, saying she "allowed so much interruptions by Biden" and that her "raising abortion issue appeared to be a 'set-up.'"
Others praised Ryan, saying he did a "great job of sticking to the issues that matter the most," that he "gave a sincere, factual debate" and was "very gentleman-like and much better spoken than I anticipated."
One Republican respondent said that Biden "probably succeeded" in bolstering the Democratic base.
"But Biden's statements will not survive a thorough fact check," the respondent continued. "Ryan was polite, he made his points despite being interrupted, he said the things he needed to say to continue making the case that the Obama administration is a failure. Ryan was a bit too deferential, nevertheless he held his own and succeeded preventing the tide which is definitely moving in the Romney/Ryan direction."
Who do you think won the debate? Tell us in the comments below.
Red and Blue Commonwealth Surveys
Our surveys are not a scientific, random sample of any larger population, but rather an effort to listen to a group of influential local Republican activists, party leaders, candidates and elected officials in Massachusetts. All of these individuals have agreed to participate in Massachusetts' Patch's surveys, although not all responded to this story's questions.
Patch will be conducting Red Commonwealth and Blue Commonwealth surveys throughout the 2012 election season in hopes of determining the true sentiment of conservatives and liberals on the ground in Massachusetts. If you are an activist, party leader or elected official and would like to take part in periodic surveys that last just a few minutes, please contact Associate Regional Editor Daniel DeMaina at email@example.com.
7:24 am on Friday, October 12, 2012
Biden's performance will make the far left happy, but showed him unfit to be President. It was immature , nutty and rude to say the least. A turn off to anyone except the 30% of voters who are liberal. Like Warren, just class warfare platitudes and the politics of envy and resentment. No one wants that in a leader. He is an embarrassment.
11:32 am on Friday, October 12, 2012
Agreed. And not only that, I don't trust a guy with hair plugs.
Jay Valatka
1:34 am on Sunday, October 14, 2012
I don't think any of the debates have or will make the far left happy. No far left candidate has ever been invited to the debates since the Commission of Public Debates took over in 1987!
7:40 am on Friday, October 12, 2012
Biden looked like the nutty neighbor everyone avoids and is afraid of. Why didn't the moderator tell him to shut up!!!!! Oh yeah....main stream media.
George Lewis
9:11 am on Friday, October 12, 2012
What's wrong with "main stream media" Would you prefer the left or right?
melissa sorrentino
8:09 am on Friday, October 12, 2012
I agree you with Shribman. The moderator had absolutely no control and continued to allow interruptions and Biden interrupted OFTEN! It got to the point where they were talking over each other because Biden would not stop talking, smirking, laughing at every single statement... it was ridiculous and even hard to watch at times because of his behavior.
8:23 am on Friday, October 12, 2012
I knew the repubs would grasp at straws because their choice got schooled by somebody with far more knowledge of the state of the union both foreign and domestic. that's the difference between the repubs and the democrats, the democrats live in the real world where when we watched the president get handed his hat in the presidential debate we complain about the president needing to do better. When the repubs see their boy get schooled they blame Biden for shaking his head in disbelief at the accusations and manipulations of the truth by Ryan. They say he's being "rude" and "dismissive". Oh and let's not forget to blame the "LIBERUL" media! This alternate universe is getting pretty crowded with all them Faux watchers and it's bleeding over into wonderland! Where's the Mad Hatter?
5:25 pm on Monday, October 15, 2012
Doug, it doesn't matter what side of the spectrum you're on, anyone paying attention to that debate could see that the moderator was clearly biased in Biden's favor. Sure Romney interrupted Obama a few times in the first debate but what Biden did to Ryan was on a completely different level and how did Martha Raddatz react? Most of the time she allowed Biden to finish speaking and then would move on to another topic when Ryan tried to respond. Fox is ONE news channel and I would argue the only one with conservative inclinations. CNN & MSNBC, not to mention almost all of Hollywood clearly leans (that's putting it lightly) towards the left. That's a whole other debate though. You may dislike Ryan and think he's an idiot but don't try to pretend that republicans are throwing unfounded accusations when it comes to Raddatz. Anyone who paid attention to the debate with an open mind could very clearly see Raddatz was being very unfair and the fact that so many articles were praising her moderator skills is proof in and of itself that there is a liberal bias in the media. The fact that she is moderating tomorrow's 2nd presidential debate is a travesty.
Jim J
8:33 am on Friday, October 12, 2012
Doug shows right there, exactly what everyone disliked about Biden last night.. The condescending, 'We know more than you unwashed masses, shut up and like it' attitude that comes from the far left and this administration.
George Lewis
8:53 am on Friday, October 12, 2012
I think Biden was having a good time and laugh showing the american voters the ineptness of Ryan/Romney ticket!!
9:05 am on Friday, October 12, 2012
That;s right Jim. That is probably what you heard but it still doesn't change the fact that Biden won the debate and the repubs such as yourself are too wrapped in your own Faux bubble to admit it. Again I know when our candidate loses a debate I just get over it and hope he does better at the next one. I can admit that. Can you? Or is your bubble all encompassing and completely "thought-tight"!
Cool Fusion
9:09 am on Friday, October 12, 2012
Calling Ms. Manners. Ms. Manners next publication will certainly contain a chapter on proper debate etiquette after viewing Biden's obnoxious demeanor. Unfortunately, Class implants are not an available market product.
George Lewis
9:14 am on Friday, October 12, 2012
Where have you been in the last 40 years? Ther is no such thing as manners these days!
Beth Gardner
12:51 pm on Monday, October 15, 2012
I think it is hilarious that Romney's bullying, interruptions, general rudeness and lack of debate etiquette was totally ignored by the republicans, but as soon as Biden acts in a similar manner, they're all over that. Give me a break!
9:10 am on Friday, October 12, 2012
If Ryan didn't play a shell game with his and Romney's proposal ("we have a framework"), didn't take liberties with the facts (embassy security should be improved, yet his budget plan cuts $300 million from embassy security), and out and out lie (we are here to preserve medicare) then he could have won the debate. BUT HE DIDN'T. I didn't like Biden's facial expressions, but after all Ryan's answers were comical.
9:16 am on Friday, October 12, 2012
All anyone is talking about today is how moronic Biden looked and questioning his stability. It was like fighting a drunk relative
10:05 am on Friday, October 12, 2012
Wow a link to an RNC webertisement. Who would have thought that!
Bryan McGonigle2
9:26 am on Friday, October 12, 2012
As a Ryan supporter, I noticed that my candidate was often in the process of making fantastic points only to be interrupted by Biden which tended to drown out the fantastic points. On the one hand, you could say the interruptions were effective. On the other hand you could say it was rude to essentially silence someone.
If I were working with these guys (maybe as a lawyer), I would say Ryan is someone you could discuss the facts of the situation to come to an agreement or disagreement and Biden is someone you could discuss the emotions of the situation.
9:37 am on Friday, October 12, 2012
Fantastic points? What fantastic points? He refused to give specifics on their tax plan, he refused to say how he was going to lower the deficit by increasing military spending AND lowering taxes, and when the moderator pressed him on it he did the Sgt. Schultz "I know nothing" impersonation.
Seems like the right wingers didn't like the moderator because she didn't allow Ryan to get away with not answering te question. TOO BAD!!!
Bryan McGonigle2
9:51 am on Friday, October 12, 2012
Gene - you make my point. While in the process of making these fantastic points, he was being interrupted so you didn't hear them. He was interrupted many many times.
Ryan did neglect to mention what tax "loopholes" they would close in exchange for lowering tax rates. But I think the fact that he said it would be part of Congressional negotiations is entirely correct - since that is what happens. Which tax loopholes would you like to see removed or eliminated?
And you sound like the bully Biden was last night.
9:58 am on Friday, October 12, 2012
Yeah! Your candidate lost because all of his genius was interrupted by by Biden's mastery of current events. SMH! I don't agree with everything Biden says but Ryan (as well as Romney) has a habit of saying what he and his running mate want to do but are very short on specifics as to "how" they intend to do it. If I hear one more time how they have a vision but they can't reveal it because they have to put it through the meat grinder of the congress and senate so they can't broadcast their plays before they're elected I'll scream! That's the ultimate politician "trust me".
Salem is my home
12:00 pm on Friday, October 12, 2012
"Neglect" to mention what tax loopholes R/R would close, or deductions they would delete? There's no "neglect" about it. In typical Mitt Romney "I'll say anything to get elected" fashion, the R/R ticket never does say what it would do. Another "promise to make you richer and solve all problems by cutting taxes and supporting the defense contractors and it will all trickle down to the lest fortunate" shell game by the Republicans. Sad
Bryan McGonigle2
10:09 am on Friday, October 12, 2012
Don't scream Doug - we need you to remain calm.
I think Obama is also guilty of running on Hope and Change the last time but not providing specifics.
And I don't think he now has a credible plan to deal with the deficit (other than raising taxes on the wealthy which won't raise nearly enough even if it were a good idea) - and I personally think the deficit situation will be made much worse with the so-called Affordable Care Act once the bills start coming in.
Sean Ward
10:23 am on Friday, October 12, 2012
Biden came off like a complete jerk. He acted like a bully. I was so busy being put off by his rudeness I didn't really have much opportunity to hear any content. I wonder if he would treat world leaders that way?
Mark Chulsky
11:01 am on Friday, October 12, 2012
No, Sean, Biden is rude only to his compatriots. He is always deferential to the foreigners (especially the enemies), just as his boss.
11:10 am on Friday, October 12, 2012
There is no doubt that if you are a liberal Demcorat then Ms Warren should be your choice..There is also no doubt that if you are an Independent, a Republican or a moderate Democrat then Mr. Brown should be your choice... Mr. Lewis, we get it.. you are a liberal Democrat and you will be voting for Ms. Warren. Some of the rest of us will be with the other guy.
George Lewis
11:26 am on Friday, October 12, 2012
Hi JG
You are right. I'll vote Democratic. Republicans are fiscally irresponsible. Since Reagan they have increased the debt over 350% with there out of control spending. Under the Democrats the debt went up less than 1/3 of that !! Now they're complaining about high debt. Give Me a Break- Republicans ared Hypocrites
11:28 am on Friday, October 12, 2012
Hmm. I'm an independent and i consider myself more libertarian than democrat but I will be voting for the Warren, Obama ticket. I think the republican party has been taken over by ultra right wing and I am afraid of the makeup of our government if Brown gets elected and these zealots take over. I'm a social liberal and fiscal conservative so I don't believe that the "christian" view should be deciding my rights as a citizen or for that matter have any influence on my secular government. Leave your religious beliefs at your church and home door. I also believe that the rich and powerful have been gaming the system for far too long and it's about time the playing field is leveled. Why should the supposed "job creators" get tax breaks you and I are not eligible for? You know who the job creators are? Us! The middle class who work in the factories for the wealthy investors. The investors should get a good return on their money but the free market has been turned upside down. The CEO's and wealthy investors have been making enormous profits thanks to the corrupt politicians on both sides. The politicians rake in the "campaign funds" and fix the system so that the rich and powerful can fleece the hard working middle class all the while stuffing their money in foreign banks to avoid paying their fair share towards the infrastructure or the next generation that will be needed to work at their companies in the future!
Salem is my home
12:08 pm on Friday, October 12, 2012
Doug, I am with you 150%. The investors pay little or no taxes on the wealth created by the workers. I understand that the idea was to encourage folks to invest in the stock market, but personally I'd prefer to go back to the tax rates during the Reagan era.
Steve Marino
11:56 pm on Saturday, October 13, 2012
Doug, If I were you, I wouldn't put up with it any more. You should start working your ass off, start a business of your own, work 60 to 70 hours a week, put all of your assets at risk, make more then you ever have in your life, and then give all of the money you've busted your tail to make to your lazy neighbor because he thinks he is entitled to what you have earned! After all, the system has been rigged against that that stupid lazy ass!
11:20 am on Friday, October 12, 2012
Biden's was the overwhelmingly clear winner last night. He called out Ryan for all of the republican's lies. He wasn't going to allow any more demagoguery by the right wing's alter boy. He clearly showed how sick he is of the right's distortion of the facts. He had his hackles up and frankly ruled the night. His mannerisms were priceless. I only wished Obama had shown some emotion in his debate.
11:37 am on Friday, October 12, 2012
I agree. Thanks Hammer for wading into this republican controlled comment section!
I was beginning to get the urge to go turn on Faux. The hypnosis was pulling me in and I felt myself sinking into the realm of thinkspeak! Thanks for the lifleline!
11:37 am on Friday, October 12, 2012
Doug.. Funny, your previous comments defending Biden and the Democrats would of had me believe you were a Die hard Democrat. Sorry, my bad, obviously you are a impartial Independent who doesn't like either party.. LOL!
11:49 am on Friday, October 12, 2012
I really wish there was a viable third party! The republicans AND democrats are two sides of the same coin. They are both owned, bought lock stock and barrel, by the mega corporations and Wall Street! It wold thrill me to no end to send them both packing for a real center of the road moderate intelligent third party choice!
1:08 pm on Friday, October 12, 2012
Doug is one of those Zombie Dem voters who like to think of himself as independent. Probably has an Obama bumper sticker on his Prius
12:09 pm on Friday, October 12, 2012
I thought Biden spoke to how it really is and Ryan was a typical politician with empty, broad answers. I think it was a man talking to a little boy who thinks he knows what he is talking about but doesn't. I laughed too!!
How about Ryan asking for stimulus money and using it poorly? How about the fact that we need more than a good businessman as a leader? I am more concerned with Romney's childlike laughter and immaturity than I am Bider!
1:19 pm on Friday, October 12, 2012
Taking 716 Billion from Medicare to pay of Obamacare is the way to go. It is going over so well in Florida.
2:30 pm on Friday, October 12, 2012
The 716 billion is called SAVINGS FROM WASTE, something the repubs have been talking about. But I guess they will find any way to screw the middle class.
Sean Ward
3:04 pm on Friday, October 12, 2012
Come on Gene, the middle class gets screwed either way.
Sean Ward
3:04 pm on Friday, October 12, 2012
Name me one thing the Democrats want to do for the middle class?
patrick mccluskey
12:43 pm on Friday, October 12, 2012
I watched both debates with my teenage granddaughters,obama didn't do well. at 15 years old they felt biden showed true passion and thought the president should have also. they are are future and like so many of they're friends feel obama,biden is the way to go.
1:11 pm on Friday, October 12, 2012
Great lessons for kids. Be rude, disrespectful and don't let the other guy talk. And appear to be unhinged by laughing like a lunatic during a serious conversation. I guess that is what passes as leadership to a generation staring at their phones while watching reality TV.
Bryan McGonigle2
1:15 pm on Friday, October 12, 2012
I have tongue in cheek message for your granddaughters (and, their friends, my children and teenagers everywhere ...). They haven't been paying their fair share. Their share of the federal debt is $50k each - and this virtual credit card balance isn't shrinking. And so far, they've been mooching off the system and haven't been putting much if anything back. And you can't touch my Medicare and Social Security because I paid into it. Chop. Chop. The debt collectors will be coming.
1:17 pm on Friday, October 12, 2012
Sure, a senile old man is a heartbeat away from the presidency-I feel good about that.
Sean Ward
2:05 pm on Friday, October 12, 2012
Patrick, the reason there are rules in a debate is to create a forum in which BOTH sides get to speak their mind regardless of being right or wrong without being bullied and abused. You and your granddaughters have confused rudeness and disrespect for passion.
3:15 pm on Friday, October 12, 2012
That's right Patrick! They will win too. As they should. I don't want to go back to the dark ages with these Republicans and their strange ideas about women's health issues. And regardless of what these folks say on here, the country is going in the right direction...we'd be far worse off with a republican running our country right now. Remember Bush? Okay then.
1:11 pm on Friday, October 12, 2012
It takes a lot of disrespect towards the Americn people for Biden to act like he and Obama have done a good job. His childish behavior is nothing new. Why should we trust them with 4 more years when they failed on most of the promises from the last 4? VP debates mean very little anyhow. All you have to do is imagine Biden as president !
1:15 pm on Friday, October 12, 2012
Ryan won-CNN called it. Biden didn't know anything about the 4 requests from the embassador in Lybia that were denied, but knows all about Iran's nuclear progress. I feel so safe. Hope is not a plan.
3:11 pm on Friday, October 12, 2012
Biden rocked it. Those who think Ryan wasn't slapped around with fact are kidding themselves. it was like watching a dad school his idiot son on the ways of the world. No offense republicans....but that's how it looked. Ryan was a robot with memorized facts...Biden was a passionate American with life experiences and a grasp on what makes America great.
Bryan McGonigle2
3:21 pm on Friday, October 12, 2012
It's very easy for partisans on each side to say their candidate won because they mimicked your view of the world. I think you're viewing the debate performances with partisan glasses.
As mentioned above, I think the debate was close to a tie.
Sean Ward
3:27 pm on Friday, October 12, 2012
I don't want my politicians treating me like their idiot son.
Steve Douglass
3:32 pm on Friday, October 12, 2012
Biden is a moron....Can't wait to see him go.
"Look, John's last-minute economic plan does nothing to tackle the number-one job facing the middle class, and it happens to be, as Barack says, a three-letter word: jobs. J-O-B-S, jobs."
"A man I'm proud to call my friend. A man who will be the next President of the United States -- Barack America!"
"When the stock market crashed, Franklin D. Roosevelt got on the television and didn't just talk about the, you know, the princes of greed. He said, 'Look, here's what happened." -Joe Biden, apparently unaware that FDR wasn't president when the stock market crashed in 1929 and that only experimental TV sets were in use at that time
"Stand up, Chuck, let 'em see ya." --Joe Biden, to Missouri state Sen. Chuck Graham, who is in a wheelchair, Columbia, Missouri, Sept. 12, 2008
George Lewis
4:28 pm on Friday, October 12, 2012
Hi Mike
You forget to mention that 40K of that debt was due to the 4Trillion we wasted in Irag and Afghanstan under Bush!!
Where were you when Reagan, Bush Sr, and Bush Jr were running up the debt by 350% ???
As I said before, why vote for a republican when they have a track record of fiscal irresponsibility? They'll just get us deeper in debt!
Bryan McGonigle2
5:03 pm on Friday, October 12, 2012
George - I didn't forget anything. Obama has run up the debt faster than any other president and Affordable Care Act isn't factored into the equation.
Further, Obama doesn't have a plan let alone a credible plan - and the they ran away from Bowles-Simpson.
Further2, Romney has a better plan (by default since I see no other plan). It will increase the deficit less quickly.
Further3, Bush is not on the ballot nor is Jimmy Carter.
Further4, is this the same George Lewis whose in favor of bailing out the money losing Postal Service which will further increase the debt instead of implementing reforms?
Steve Marino
4:40 pm on Friday, October 12, 2012
The angry laughing clown won the first half. His buffoonery was very entertaining and one couldn't help but watch this buffoon with his antics. And this guy is actually our Vice President!
The second half was won by the intelligent congressman. Probably because in the second half he was not rudely interrupted by the angry laughing clown and we could hear what he was saying. The contrast was indeed remarkable!
This is just a guess on my part, but I think someone in the crowd must have signaled the VP to stop with the antics, and in the second half, he was just a soft spoken Joe! Or Mabey it was an earpiece. I quess we'll never know!
George Lewis
5:26 pm on Friday, October 12, 2012
When Obama took office the debt was about 10.5 Trillion, Presently it ia at 16+ Trillion, so during his term the debt went up approx 60%
During Bushes 8 years it went up 100% under Bush Sr 50% and under the Great Communicator a whopping 200%
That's why Republicans are Fiscally Irresponsible They Increased the debt 0ver 350% since Reagan.
5:11 pm on Friday, October 12, 2012
Do Dem voters realize that any tax increase on Big Oil or other Big companies will just be passed on to us-the consumers/customers, whether you are poor, rich or middle class..any increase will be passed onto to you..
not to mention the higher (tax) the govt will now collect from you via higher prices at the pump, the supermarket, the electronics store........and the smiling DEMS will tell you...we need to tax big business! millionaires, etc...but we wont raise taxes on the middle class or anyone else... BS....and the Dem votes buy into it...... it's a scam...
George Lewis
5:33 pm on Friday, October 12, 2012
Hi Rich
I would rather have my share of the oil subsidy in my pocket so I could make my own choice in where I want to get my source of energy!
Don't you think the people should determine how there own money is being spent?
5:23 pm on Friday, October 12, 2012
We live in a country where the environment is more important than life and that is backwards.Drill in the gulf and every place else IN OUR COUNTRY and show the middle east what we have.
George Lewis
5:28 pm on Friday, October 12, 2012
Hi John
You can drill, drill and drill some more and we will still import oil!
Our proven oil reserves are only good for about 20 years at our present consumption !!
5:42 pm on Friday, October 12, 2012
The key word being proven. How can we prove anything if we don't explore?
George Lewis
7:15 am on Sunday, October 14, 2012
Hi John
I used proven oil reserves in the coment because most Republicans don't subscribe to "unproven" technologies such as wind, solar, geo-thermal, fuel-cell etc.
If you look at the statistics over the last 30 years the proven oil reserves have been on a steady decline. I'm sure the oil companies have been doing their explorations over this time period yet the reserves are going down, down, down.
I believe that most of our oil consumption is used in automobiles and the petro-chemical industries, very little is used in the production of electricity.
So to decrease our dependence on oil you need more efficient automobiles or conversion to other sources of power for cars eg- natural gas, electric, ethanol whatever.
George Lewis
5:43 pm on Friday, October 12, 2012
Hi Mike
How can you say Obama ran up the debt faster than any other President!
Reagan ran it up 100% in each of his four years and both Bushes ran it up 50% or more in each of there 4 year terms. So Obamas 55% increase is slightly more than Bush but far less than Reagan !!!
Steve Marino
11:12 pm on Saturday, October 13, 2012
Five and a half trillion is more then ALL of our presidents combined! A wet behind the ears volunteer does not make for a good dictator! Did I say that out loud? I meant president.
George Lewis
5:52 pm on Friday, October 12, 2012
Hi Rich
Another point about the oil companies spending my share of the subsidy is that I don't particulary like incompetent, wasteful industries handling my money. They can't even present a consistent price to the customer- Always excuses: an oil refinery being shut down or a huricane in the Gulf or the leader in Iran having a hiccup.
After 150+ years of pumping oil you would think they would have things under control!
Sean Ward
6:39 pm on Friday, October 12, 2012
You prefer to let the super efficient, masterfully managed, government agencies handle your money? Political leaning aside I don't think anyone democrat or republican would try to suggest that government manages money well.
George Lewis
6:11 pm on Friday, October 12, 2012
hi Mike
Yep I'm the same guy that thinks the postal service got a raw deal during the Bush administration!
They wouldn't be loosing all that money if they weren't required to fund their employee insurance out to some rediculous time period (75years). Also congress should get off their butts and let them charge a postal fee consistent with UPS and FedEx and not limit them to one cent here one cent there.
Sean Ward
6:38 pm on Friday, October 12, 2012
George even manages to blame the problems at the USPS on Bush. It has nothing to do with the fact that nobody uses mail anymore. Nothing do with with the covenants that have governed the policies of the USPS for generations. Nah, Bush single handedly messed up the USPS, we should therefore not vote for Romney because he's the same guy right?
George Lewis
7:43 pm on Friday, October 12, 2012
Hi Sean
Do you have any hard numbers that show "nobody uses mail any more" I seem to get plenty of stuff in my mail box especially from credit card companies and political fliers etc.
George Lewis
7:49 pm on Friday, October 12, 2012
Hi Sean
You may want to check out this article from a non-political association before you make the above statement.
George Lewis
7:57 pm on Friday, October 12, 2012
Hi Sean
Check out the following non-political article
you may want to change your mind: http://spectrum.ieee.org/telecom/internet/email-isnt-killing-the-post-office
doc holliday
8:00 pm on Friday, October 12, 2012
George -work harder 100million people on welfare depend on you.
kerstin locherie
1:39 am on Saturday, October 13, 2012
Joe Biden did not have a valid explanation for the deaths of our Ambassador in Benghazi, Libya or our soldiers. No man or woman left behind ? Yeah Right Joe !
Obama is the commander in chief of our military. Obama let our people get slaughtered over a six hour period, before anything was ever done. They blammed some trailer tape from a Moron and Hillary lied to us. Hillary indicated that this you tube was the reason for the uprising. While Ryan was trying to make his point on this issue, Biden was Mocking Ryan during every step of the so called debate. The moderator was horrible and had no control over Smokin Joe !
Obama should be impeached for this treasonous act, not to react to our counsulette under attack. With the news and instant, "heads up" military security alert on sight. Only an idiot would believe Bidens Lame excuse that this was a fault or hole in our security systems notification systems. Can you imagine if we were under Nuclear attack, it would take six hours before we would know ? This is not only bad politics but a bad government run and operated by inexperienced, inept bureaucrats. Ryan stayed on message, was mature and serious about his questions and answers. While Biden laughed, mocked and demeaned both the moderator and Ryan. One adjective best describes Biden, Classless !
By the way, Ryan was right about President Jacke Kennedy's speech regarding our debt and budget. I guess Biden didn't get it, maybe he was on something ?
George Lewis
7:45 am on Saturday, October 13, 2012
Hi Sean
I don't think the government is in the business of managing money nor should it be!
It should be in the business of serving and protecting it's citizens which it does very well.
George Lewis
7:52 am on Saturday, October 13, 2012
Hi kerstin
You took a long time to reply to this blog must have been learning that stuff on FOX news or did you go to the Saturday Republican Boot Camp to pick up those points?
If anything Ryan was so bad he should go back to driving the Oscar Myer Weinermobile.
8:44 am on Saturday, October 13, 2012
Blaming the President for the deaths in Benghazi is like blaming Scott Brown for the meningitis outbreak because he lobbied to cut oversight of the drug industry. Your allegation misses one inportant point - Ryan's budget cut embassy secuty by $300 million. Romney/Ryan are stuffed suits with no substance. Biden may have foolishly snickered but we should be voting on substance not style.
Amy Lockerbie Smith
11:42 am on Sunday, October 14, 2012
Out of all the comments above this is the only one containing complete truth, which will be discounted by most of Massachusetts voters who usually have there heads somewhere other than where they need to be. Supporting Tierney is a prime example. Does anyone with a bit of common sense really think he didn't know what was going on in his family?
George Lewis
8:31 am on Saturday, October 13, 2012
Hi Kerstin
I Hope you were this vociferous when Bush was president and sent our soldiers into combat without adaquate body protection or reinforced personnel carriers! Were you calling for His Impeachment at that time? As I recall it took years and years before our troops had proper protection.
Biden did great to show that Ryan and Romney have no substance behind them just all talk and fuzzy details.
Everything seems to be a big secret with there debt reduction plans. In other words they have nothing!
John Webb
9:05 am on Saturday, October 13, 2012
I am curious, is their big secret the same as the big secret Nancy Pelosi talked about with these words to National Association of Counties: "We have to pass the (health care) bill so you can find out what is in it." At least Romney/Ryan have stated that they prefer to work out the details of what loopholes get eliminated in the light of day and in a bipartisan way BEFORE they are approved.
George Lewis
9:22 am on Saturday, October 13, 2012
Romney has a credibility gap with transparancy. His e-mails while gov of mass. vanished! his lack of transparancy on income taxes, his blind trusts, his off-shore accounts his association with the Mormon church, his flip-floping on issues etc.etc. So why would anyone trust him to be any more transparent if he were president?
9:54 am on Saturday, October 13, 2012
George - you must be smoking the same stuff Joe was the other night. Get your head out of the sand for a few and read up on this embassy debacle. And you say Romney/Ryan have nothing? At least they have a plan that will get America back to work, and restore real leadership to the office, unlike the current administration.
George Lewis
10:33 am on Saturday, October 13, 2012
Who are you kidding? Romney couldn't get Jobs into Massachusetts in good times!
Haven't you heard Unemployment is down to 7.8% under OBAMA.
If it were for Romney we would have another Million Auto workers Unemployed.
It took him 20 years at Bain to maybe create 100K jobs that's less then 5000 jobs a year. That's some job creation rate!!!
Get real man Romney is a loser!!
Steve Marino
10:18 am on Saturday, October 13, 2012
Does anyone care to quess what percentage of democrats supported Joe Biden in polls when he was running for president in the democratic primary four and a half years ago? Less then 1 percent!
They all knew then that this buffoon was not electable! Only chosen by Obama because he knew this idiot would never challenge him on his ideology!
George Lewis
10:39 am on Saturday, October 13, 2012
Hi Steve
The bigest Buffoon of them all is Romney. He doesn't even know where his own money is invested!
Steve Marino
11:19 pm on Saturday, October 13, 2012
He's earned hundreds of millions of dollars, that stupid bastard! I bet you have made more then him! You must have, or other wise you would just be talking trash.
George Lewis
8:48 am on Sunday, October 14, 2012
Hi Steve
He said he doesn't know- Everything is in blind trusts. Usually people put their money in blind trusts after they are elected not before! For all he knows some of his money could be in a Ponzi Scheme!
George Lewis
10:13 am on Sunday, October 14, 2012
Hi Steve
Just a comment about your math. Earlier you said Obama raised the debt more than all the other presidents combined- 5.5 Trillion. The debt before him was 10.5 Trillion
I think 10.5 Trillion is bigger than the 52% increase under OBAMA.
You must be using the same fuzzy math that Romney and Ryan use.
Don't forget that Reagan raised it 200% Bush Sr and JR another 150%
Like I said Republicans are Fiscally Irresponsible!
As an aside, Romney increased the budget in Mass by 25% while he was here.
Steve Marino
10:52 am on Sunday, October 14, 2012
Hey George, I was talking about total dollars, not per percentage! Example: what is more, 5.5 trillion dollars, or a 200 percent increase from 100 billion dollars?
George Lewis
1:48 pm on Sunday, October 14, 2012
hi Steve
Everything is relative. 200% of 100 Billion was a large amount back then!
If Reagan were president now, his 200% increase would amount to 30Trillion!!!
You statement that Obama increased the debt more than all other presidents combined is not true since all the presidents combined left a debt 0f 10.5 Trillion when Obama took office, under him it went up another 52%, which is in the same ballpark as Both Bushes for each of their 4 year terms.
Steve Marino
3:48 pm on Sunday, October 14, 2012
Hey George, if all things being equal to the dept increase during the Reagan years to today, a laborer making 20 thousand dollars per year back then, would be making several million dollars per year today! Is that what is happening today?
Oh, and by the way, the dept back then was caused by the democratically controlled congress. We elected Reagan to build up the military which collapsed the Soviet Union, the enemy of democracy! And when these military spending bills went before congress, they added wasteful spending measures to these bills instead of cutting back! Wasteful spending by Big Government causes dept! We don't have to look any further then this Obama administration.
If Reagan had a line item veto back then, he would have cut the wasteful spending out of these nessesary bills and we would have had a balance budget.
10:53 am on Saturday, October 13, 2012
George - again, you need to read unbiased reporting if you want to get real numbers and stats. - moveon.org and sites like that don't cut it. I lived here when Mitt was the governor. In case you're not aware, when he took office, MA was in dire straights financially. But Romney didn't blame his predecessor's, he got to work right away and got the states bond rating up, and really turned things around. He also was very successful in booting out the state hacks that were running this place into the ground.
Obviously you can't handle the truth, and will cast your vote accordingly in Nov. Fortunately most folks now can see through the smoke and mirrors of the current administration. Real change is right around the corner!
George Lewis
11:43 am on Saturday, October 13, 2012
Hi Beachmaster
You must recall that he substantially increased fees, decreased funding to education and services and had a job creation rate that was 47th in the country!
The guy is wishy-washy on every issue under the sun!
If you recall, Romney was dubbed "The Father of Gay Marriage in America" because he ordered judges to perform same sex marriages in MA.
Where does he stand on same sex marriage now?
Where does he stand on women's rights for medical care?
Where does he stand on pre-existing medical conditions?
The guy's a cameleon with no moral convictions
George Lewis
11:56 am on Saturday, October 13, 2012
RS Romney would have really been stupid if he blamed his predecessors -Republicans: Weld, Cellucci, and Swift !!
Steve Marino
4:47 pm on Saturday, October 13, 2012
Are you people still angry that Romney schooled Obama in the debate? You really need to get over it because you'll be harboring this anger for the next eight years at least.
Craig McDonald
7:07 pm on Saturday, October 13, 2012
Come Election Day, the loudest and clearest message will be those voices of "We, the People".
George Lewis
6:07 am on Sunday, October 14, 2012
Hi Graig
I agree with you providing the Republican's don't block them from voting as they are trying in many states!!
8:13 pm on Saturday, October 13, 2012
George, your facts are not correct. MA was 50th when Mitt took office. 28th when he left. As for your other comments, not really worthy of a response, but you may want to read up on gay marriage law in Mass. and how it came to be. (hint: SJC)
George Lewis
6:00 am on Sunday, October 14, 2012
Hi Beachmaster
Never saw that number, all the numbers I've seen he was 47th in job creation.
Less than 1% job increase for him during good times. Below the national average!
Fee-Fee also increased taxes, "fees to him", by 1/4Billion Dollars, decreased police and fire services while somehow increasing the state spending budget by 25%.
Put increased fees on corporations, gas, fishing liscenses, marriage liscences etc.etc.
HOLD ON TO YOUR WALLET if ROMNEY gets ELECTED !!!
Paul J
11:38 am on Sunday, October 14, 2012
@ George Lewis
Firstly, you won't have a wallet if Obama gets back in. Second, the liberals keep saying the same thing over and over hoping that all will believe their misinformation. Third, there were a minimum of ten tall tales/lies promoted by Biden and I suggest you check your facts and not what the DNC pumps out on their talking point sheet, you might look here http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/10/12/Fact-Check-Top-Ten-Worst-Lies-by-Joe-Biden-in-VP-Debate as well as other places like the U6 unemployment figures vs U3 figures. Not all of us take one source as gospel.
I am so sick of the lies from the left and so are others who are not on the Kool-Aid. Give me a break with Warren all ready, she is no more a consumer advocate than I am the Pope. It seems that the liberals always try to call others liars, when in fact; they can't stand on their record. I am an independent and will vote straight Republican ticket this time.
God Bless America and all who serve in our Military.
George Lewis
1:04 pm on Sunday, October 14, 2012
Hi Paul J
I doubt very much that you are an "independent". Your source is a conserative and I'd be more impressed if you had "main stream" documentation
If you go back to Romney's record in MA. He increased fees, decreased services and increased the Budget by 25%. Basically we are paying more and getting less!
No Lies in that, it's his record! If you recall he also campaigned for Gov. on bringing jobs to Mass. - Result; 47 worst job creation in the country.Like I said- Hold on to your wallet and don't look for any more jobs if he becomes president!
2:31 pm on Sunday, October 14, 2012
George - you really need to do some research before spouting off (or should I say, copy & paste) all this malarkey. And by the way, my wallet's long gone. Please ring up your buddy Barrack and tell him I want it back
George Lewis
3:23 pm on Sunday, October 14, 2012
Hi Beachmaster
Fees, Fees, Fees - That's how Romney is going to lower the debt without raising taxes. He's going to increase all Government FEES and create some new ones. Probably one on the Internet - that should bring in huge $$$
Paul J
5:06 pm on Sunday, October 14, 2012
@George Lewis sorry away from computer and could not get back sooner.
"There you go again" George……All of your remarks just prove my point; just because a liberal keeps saying the same thing over and over doesn't mean it is totally true. In your narrow little world, I we are supposed to believe that Romney did this all by himself….…who had control of the MA government? Better check yourself to see how many Democrats State reps there were vs Republican during that period and how the recession hit the Dotcom's and technical fields. Further, you want me to use MSM like MSNBC and CBS who fudge /edit tape conversations and were caught, you must be sipping on DNC Kool-Aid 24/7. Oh, how about the Washington Post and Boston.com, give me a break. This State has been and is in the Liberal Pocket. The only real way is to look at all forms of information outlets with an open mind rather they be conservative or liberal, then verify the facts, not just spout of numbers and make unsubstantiated claims like Biden who was on "Joker Juice" during the debate.
God Bless America and our Troops.
George Lewis
6:09 pm on Sunday, October 14, 2012
Hi paul
Well, from my perspective I see just the opposite. I see the conservatives saying the same things over and over as if they were true! Maybe you can point me to some unbiased documentation that shows Massachusetts was not 47th in job creation under Romney, that he did not increase the budget by 25% and that he did not increase fees by $240 Million.
Maybe you can tell me his present stance on Planned Parenthood, Gun control, gay marriage, Big Bird? It seems while he was running for gov he was liberal on these issues. Now I don't know!
Paul J
7:52 pm on Sunday, October 14, 2012
@ George Lewis
My reply will be in two posts due to site post limits.(PT1)
In 2002, Massachusetts' economy was rapidly deteriorating. It was ranked 50th, the second worst in the nation in its increase in unemployment. Job losses were so great that although a dozen states were more populous, and California had over 5 times as many people, Massachusetts lost more jobs than anywhere else in the country:
''A lot of people think this has been bad. This was the warm-up! This was just spring training. There's no glimmer of economic optimism or life or confidence out there. The next governor, whoever it is, is going to have to address this aggressively.''
" -Speaker Thomas Finnernan...
"Massachusetts is number one in the nation in job losses, shedding 4.7 percent of all jobs over the last two years. The state has lost 71,000 manufacturing jobs, or 17 percent; 69,000, or nearly 14 percent, of all jobs in the professional and business services sector; and nearly 18 percent of all jobs in the information industry."
Boston Globe - A little perspective - Apr 25, 2003 (the spring just after Mitt came in
"There's a $300 million shortfall. There is a $2 billion structural deficit confronting Massachusetts. The budget is $23 billion, 40% of which is off the table because of court mandates and laws that you must provide that kind of funding. With the remaining $12 billion, you have to find $2 billion..."
CSPAN - Massachusetts Gubernatorial Debate - Oct 29, 2002
George Lewis
9:10 am on Monday, October 15, 2012
Hi Paul
Thanks for the reply, but in typical Romney fashion you sidestepped the response and didn't say what Romney accomplished with regard to jobs. If you go to the same site that you sent me and look up the data for the national unemployment rate you will see that in the late 90's Unemployment in Mass was significantly less than the national average. In 2001-2002 it was about .2-.4% less than the National Average. During Romney's term it remained at that level getting a little better in 2003 and slightly worse in 2005 and significantly worse at the end of 2007.
So from this data, provided by the NLB, my original conclusion was correct.
Romney's job creation skills in Massachusetts was somewhat lacking. Don't forget that he campaigned on "Bringing Jobs to Massachusetts" and he didn't- Sounds like a broken promise to me!
Sean Ward
9:45 am on Monday, October 15, 2012
I would not hold failure to advance Republican policy in Taxachusetts against anyone. We invented big government and social welfare. Job creation here can only be accomplished by creating more government agencies or by commissioning more unnecessary infrastructure projects. Private companies are constantly being raided to fund it all. It is democrat policies that have been driving business out of the state for decades. We have some of the highest business fees in the country. Just look at the fee for forming and annual renewal of an LLC here compared to other states. http://www.incorporatefast.com/filingfee.asp
Paul J
8:02 pm on Sunday, October 14, 2012
@ George Lewis (pt2)
By the time Mitt Romney took office as governor of Massachusetts, the upcoming state budget for that year would have a structural deficit of nearly $3 billion if the budget was not cut. Furthermore, the existing budget passed the previous year, that would be in effect for several more months, had a projected total deficit of approximately $1.2 billion. He inherited about a $650 million deficit.
Governor Romney convinced the legislature to allow him to immediately make changes to the existing budget. He immediately slashed spending and balanced that budget. He then balanced each of the four annual budgets he created. He was dealing with a veto-proof legislature that was 85% democrat, but he was able to 'hold the line on all the spending that the democrats wanted to do.' The budgets he submitted, fought for and succeeded in obtaining not only were balanced each year, but a surplus of $700 million in 2004, nearly $1 billion in 2005 and a surplus of $700 million in 2006. He balanced the budget every year without raising taxes. He took "Massachusetts from billions in deficit to billions in surplus". He turned in a $2 billion rainy day fund at the end of his term in office. Massachusetts unemployment rate went from 5.6 percent to 4.7 ... and yes working with Democrats.
http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LASST25000003 (look at this)
Honestly George do some fact finding for yourself before the liberal rant next time.
God Bless America and our Troops.
8:22 pm on Sunday, October 14, 2012
Biden came across as a bar room know it all after his seventh drink. How else to explain his boorish behavior? I am sure all hyenas loved his facial expressions. The moderator should have administered a breathalyser on him before the debate.
Paul J
8:35 pm on Sunday, October 14, 2012
@ George Lewis (pt 3)
In response to this: "Maybe you can tell me his present stance on Planned Parenthood, Gun control, gay marriage, Big Bird?"
The most important issues facing this country are Jobs, the Economy, Energy, safety of our people, and Immigration; all of which you and the rest of the liberals wish to skip right over. Once we have those on the way to be fixed we can refocus on others and you really don't want to hear what I think about them.
George Lewis
10:49 am on Monday, October 15, 2012
So far jobs and the economy seem to be on track to recovery.
I believe many people would like to know how Romney stands on some of what you refer to as less important issues. To some these are not less important issues.
Ok, so lets go to immigration. Four years ago Romney supported president Bushes policy as well as McCains.
Where does he stand now? Has he flip-flopped on this also??
Bob Samson
10:51 am on Monday, October 15, 2012
Obama and democrats seem to have forgotten about 23 million people. No work for them I guess.
11:19 am on Monday, October 15, 2012
George... Repeating the same old talking points is not going to work this time. You need to face reality, Obama is going to lose. Leave the house and get some fresh air. Things will be okay..
George Lewis
11:47 am on Monday, October 15, 2012
Hi JG
Haven't you heard - Romney is out of touch with the real world.
Just hold on to your wallet if he gets elected, because he'll increase government fees
like he did in Massachusetts.
Just look at the increased taxes, I mean penalitiies, for Romneycare!
Didn't he increase corporate fees also?
Ron Powell
1:14 am on Monday, October 15, 2012
My own view is that both candidates argued their cases well, and most of us presume that the VP candidates will be the heavies for their running mates. I expected for each candidate to intelligently articulate the talking points to support their ticket, and both succeeded.
But I wonder about Biden's debate antics. You know, Al Gore won all three debates against George Bush, but took a dip in the polls after each debate. How was this so? Viewers were turned off by his churlish debate antics, which included sighing and making facial gestures while Bush was speaking. I know that there is a strain of voters who are fond of this type of irreverence, and if Biden's mission was to energize the base of these voters, I'd say mission accomplished. But I cannot help but wonder if most viewers were not turned off by the inappropriate gestures, like when he laughed while Ryan was talking about Iran's desire to create a nuclear arsenal. Does Biden appreciate the seriousness of the topic, and would he resort to similar boorish behavior were he, for example, involved in a dialog with Iranian President Ahmadinejad over Iran's nuclear program?
Paul J
11:59 am on Monday, October 15, 2012
@ George Lewis
For you and others, why not just go to Romney's site and read about his positions. I am not going to be your research assistant or going to try to be your interpreter.
I have looked and both of Obama's sites, the one for White Americans and the One for African Americans.
It is apparent you just wish to argue and have nothing better to do than agitate unconstructively. Your have made your decisions, I have made mine and neither will change, so deal with it.
12:44 pm on Monday, October 15, 2012
Paul J - thanks for your thorough research and comments. I agree, George has already drank the kool-aid and so will continue to believe the lines he's fed.
Steve Marino
3:27 pm on Monday, October 15, 2012
Poor George, all the free stuff will be gone soon! I quess we really should feel bad for him because it really is quite an adjustment to get stuff for free and then be told you really have to work for it!
Leave him alone to ponder his upcoming grief! The Free Ride is over in January!
Back to work everyone!
Anne Sweeney
1:34 am on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
George, why do you waste your time writing all this crap ? Massachusetts has only about 13 % republican representation, voting which matters. Obviously Obama is going to take Massachusetts. Warren will win and Tierney will lose, after all we the people do not aspire to the Seinfeld rule on lying. Although I am sure you bought into Tierneys delusions. Don't worry George, your EBT card is safe, go down to Harrigans, buy a case of DUFF and enjoy the debate tonight. If all your people get in on November 6th, you can celebrate by submitting your Social Security Disability Retirement. Under Obama, Tierney and Warren, you're a shoe-in George.
George Lewis
10:45 am on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Hi Anne,Steve,and Beachmaster.
The reason I write this stuff is because people have short memories. They don't remember Romney campaigning on bringing jobs back to Massachusetts and then while Governor becoming 47th in job creation! They don't remember that he increased fees by $240 Million. They don't remember that he cut services in fire police and education and for some reason managed to increase the state budget by 25%. They don't remember that he outsourced jobs to India. Hardly a record to be proud of! And now he is running for president, and trying to fool the American Voter.
Let me ask you -were you better off after 4 years of Romney as Gov?
And sorry Anne there are some people in the other 53% that think Obama is doing a great job, and I'm one of them! He would be doing a much better job if the do-nothing republican congress got off their duffs!
12:32 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
George - you can keep repeating the same liberal lies, but it still doesn't change the facts.
Yes, MA was in much better shape fiscally when Mitt left than when he came in. But don't take my word for it. Venture outside your moonbat websites and maybe you'll learn something.
12:14 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Georgey poo...you seem to leave out the fact that in Obama's first two years he had control of the House and Senate. Instead of focusing on the economy he rammed Obamcare down our thoughts and tried to get Cap and Trade through. He told John McCain in a budget meeting that elections have consequences and basically alienated the Republicans going forward. The American people didn't approve of Obama's leadership and showed him during the historic 2010 elections. Obama still didn't get it (unlike Clinton) and instead of moving to the center went even more left.
George, your guy said if he didn't turn this around in his first term them he wouldn't be re-elected... Duh?... He said that Bush was unpatriotic for borrowing so much money and raising the deficit.. Your guy is the worst president ever when it comes to borrowing and spending... In 2010 we sent a message, as usual Obama didn't listen...
Steve Marino
2:31 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Lets face the truth George, 16,000,000,000,000.00 in dept, 7.8 percent colecting unemployment, another 7 percent have given up or are greatly underemployed, record high gas prices, businesses bracing for a record high taxation, no confidence in leadership, middle class about to get crushed by tax increase on the company's they work for, food prices killing the middle class and poor, Americans killed overseas due to incompetance, our enemies see weakness and attack our citizen abroad,making enemies with our allies and friends with our enimies! Mickey Mouse could do a better job!
Why is it that all you do is bash Obamas opponent with some facts, a lot of fiction, and try to belittle a man that has hired more people in the businesses that he has run, then Obama has while running a country that has 23,000,000 without work?
No one takes what you say as serious and you sound like an ass.
I challenge you to list all of the positive things Obama has done for this country! I know it will be near impossible, but why don't you give it a try instead of trying to do nothing but put down Romney.
George Lewis
5:05 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Hi Steve
Are you all there?
Bush Jr increased the debt over 100%, Bush Sr 50% Reagan 200%
Imagine if Reagan were president now that would be a debt of 30,000,000,000,000.00. Remember the debt clock started during Reagan!
Those numbers are far far more than the 52% increase Under Obama!
Where did you learn your math? Probably the same private school Romney went to!
Don't you look at the stock market. Up 100% since OBAMA took office!
And you are obviously smoking something when you say taxes went up!
Taxes are at the same level as when Bush was there and even lower since
OBAMA decreased payroll taxes and instituted some work credits!
And yes unemployment is high but Obama has brought it under the numbers that he started with. Created over 4 million jobs in 4 years - significantly better than the other guys meager 60,000 in 20 years.
Positive things OBAMA has done
Ended or will shortly end 2 Wars - No President has ever done that!
Saved the auto industry which Romney would have let go belly up!
Brought the value of peoples 401K that are investeds in the market back from disaster.
Put in place OBAMACARE which has eluded all presidents in my lifetime!
Kept us from going into a depression.
Got OSAMA BIN LADEN when Romney said it was a waste of resources to go after him
We haven't had a terrorist attack on our soil!
Took out the Somali pirates,
Supports Big Bird!
OBAMA is the GREATEST PRESIDENT We Ever Had ! ! !
Steve Marino
2:41 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Oh, and by the way, congress has passed more then 40 bills that would have us well on our way out of this financial mess created mostly by Obama, but the Democratically controlled senate will not even vote on these bills! We sent these people to congress to change the direction of this administrations fiscal irresponsibility in record numbers and the senate and Obama have said,(it's our way, or the highway)
Time For A Change!
3:22 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Wow...Steve. Can you really say with a straight face that the financial mess the country is in was mostly created by Obama? Really?!? If that's the case, is he also responsible for the trouble in Europe and the Greek financial crisisl? Hell, your on a role so you might as well blame him for breaking up the Beatles too.
Your statements make you look like a partisan fool. Over the last decade we fought 2 wars & enacted significant tax cuts that we put on a charge card. Not to mention that we significantly scaled back any regulation on Wall St. that lead to the single biggest fraud ever to occur.
Listen, I'm not a huge Obama fan, but I think I'm fair enough to recognize he was dealt a raw deal. Has he fallen down along the way, yeah he hasn't been perfect, but he has done a pretty decent job. He passed a healthcare bill that 20 years ago was a Republican proposal, he killed Bin Laden, he did the right thing in Libya, he enacted crippling sanctions on Iran, he saved the domestic auto-industry, and it does seem as if the economy is headed in the right direction.
If we've learned anything over the last 30 years is that trickle-down economics doesn't work. It never worked. Any proposal for debt reduction that doesn't include tax increases isn't really debt reduction.
Sean Ward
3:50 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
I own a small business. I can tell you that trickle down does work. I make less money than many of my employees and in fact less than median income for the past 3 years. When I have to send more money to the government it doesn't go to my employees. I end up sending more than 1/3 of what I have left in profits to the government. If I could keep some of that I would hire a few more people because we have too much work for our current staff level to handle. We were also forced in 2009 to reduce the employer share of their health insurance plans in an effort to prevent more layoffs. If I could keep some of what I send to the government I would bring back the higher employer contribution we used to offer. Sure, some rich people might make out if Romney gets into to office but so would my middle-classed self and my middle-classed staff. If Obama gets in me and my staff lose. Also, after Obama took office I looked in every nook and cranney to see if they would help us in any way before I had to layoff 1/2 my staff. They were unwilling to help in any way shape or form unless I could prove I was a minority or some other disadvantaged group. Democrats are not in favor of the middle class or the wealthy.
George Lewis
5:55 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Hi Sean
If trickle down does work, What happened to it at the end of Bushe's era. when unemployment skyrocketed and corporations lost half their value ???????
Sean Ward
6:47 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Well George,
As I understand it the issue began with Barney Frank spearheading an effort to get home ownership for more Americans. Mostly those who by previous standards were not qualified to be home owners or were too high a risk. This put billions of dollars worth of mortgages out there on 5/1 ARMS which the financial institutions started leveraging around and doing risky things with like that have done for decades. The difference this time was that the mortages themselves were too high risk. When the ARMS started to expire in the mid 2000s the high risk home owners started to default in droves. Banks had this money leveraged to hilt and didn't have anything they could do with their growing default balances. Then the press started making a big deal out of this in 2008 and put the whole nation in a panic. All the rest of the high risk home owners jumped on in a sort of "run on the bank" situation. Companies like the ones my company works for in real estate started to suffer. They stopped sending us work so we started to suffer. This trickled down to other industries and led to the current recession. That is what happened at the end of Bush's term. Bush was an idiot, I don't think he caused it but he certainly failed to prevent it. This recession was a bi-partisan failure.
4:13 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Romney will tear Obama a new one on Libya alone. Americans dying all over the world and the administration lies about it?
Jay Burnham
5:34 am on Wednesday, October 17, 2012
john...How'd that work out for you last night in the 2nd debate?
Steve Marino
4:46 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Greg, Obama does not understand how a capitalist democracy works which is the problem. Capitalism is nothing more then trickle down. Company's do well and so do its middle class employees. The poor have greater opportunity to become middle class and so on.
Tax the crap out of business and you end up with higher unemployment and hardship among the middle class and poor! As far as addressing the other democratic talking points, it just a bunch of crap! Instead of fixing the economy, Obama chose to pass Obama care that America didn't want and we have yet to see the overwhelming cost of this unpopular legislation. If he had tried to fix the economy, we would not be facing the mess we are in. The problem is, he does not know how!
George Lewis
5:13 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Hi Steve
Maybe you can explain that if we are taxing the crap out of Business, GE pays no Income Tax?
And why do you think OBAMA got elected - he ran on OBAMA CARE so quit saying the people didn't want it. You are spreading falsehoods!!
Sean Ward
7:07 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
GE is a publicly traded corporation. Each and every employee pays taxes on their earnings from GE and each shareholder pays capital gains taxes on their dividends. Keep in mind that most investors in GE are middle-class people who used their after-tax savings to purchase shares of GE. What do you hope to accomplish by taxing GE itself? In my estimation it would accomplish several things:
A) Earnings per share for the shareholders would drop which would also drop the capital gains tax they are paying on those earnings and also leave less money in their pockets to spend in the economy.
B) GE would likely have to lay off some workers resulting in less employment tax revenue, more people on unemployment, more defaulted mortages and loans and again, less money for them to spend in the economy.
C) GE would likely have to cut funding to their charitable programs like the $150 million they spend on their "Developing Futures in Education" program or the $25 million a year they spend to fund their "Developing Health" program. I don't have enough room to go on here but look at their other disaster relief, international, and employee matching donations programs.
D) and this is my favorite. Like any other company in the world they would have to raise the prices of their consumer products which once again puts the cost back on the middle class who consume those goods (i.e. washing machines, dish washers, etc.).
Steve Marino
4:54 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
By the way Greg, I did say mostly responsible and not entirely responsible which is a fact!
Paul J
6:32 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
@ George Lewis
•Obamacare never had "the consent of the governed". It was passed via a 60-vote majority in the Senate that the electorate never intended the Democrats to have. In the 2008 elections, the voters wanted to deliver the maximum possible jolt to the Republicans, in the hope of shaking up that party, and bringing forth new leaders, with better ideas than those of George W. Bush. However, the electorate was not counting on the Democrats being able to steal the Senate election in Minnesota. Horrified by what had happened, the voters corrected this at the earliest opportunity by electing Republican Scott Brown to fill Teddy Kennedy's seat in Massachusetts. Unfortunately, the Democrats were able to exploit their narrow window of opportunity to pass Obamacare. The electorate has been mobilizing to get rid of it ever since. Their first step was the spontaneous generation of the Tea Party. The second was the 2010 elections, which wiped out huge numbers of Obamacare supporters in both the House and the Senate, and ended Pelosi's reign as Speaker.
Steve Marino
8:06 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
George, by repeating false crap continuously over and over again doesn't make the crap true, it's still just crap! How is it possible that a sitting president running for a second term is down in the polls, running against such an incompetent fool?
You may want to ask Jimmy Carter that question because people like you were saying that Reagan was unqualified to be president and was just plain stupid.( I know, I lived thru it, ) and he turned out to be the greatest president in our life time!
Carter had most of the same policies as did Carter and how did he make out?
Americans are not stupid, the have eyes and ears and will speak loudly in November!
As for Obama care, what percentage of Americans are in favor of it?
As for GE, have they made a profit in the last decade? You actually have to make a profit to pay a tax! Thank God Obama hasn't figured out how to tax the losses of a business!
By the way, I will repeat, if Reagan had a line item veto, we would have had a balanced budget! We had a balance budget in the 90's under Clinton because he and the republican led congress did this together. How's that my way or the highway working out for Obama and the democratically controlled senate?
Time to get rid of the bums that will not show bipartisanship in the White House and in congress!
Steve Marino
8:27 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Dept is caused by over spending of Big Government!
The auto industry is not General Motors! They are just one company that made bad decisions and had to be bailed out because of it. This will happen again because they were not left to fail for making such decisions. Why hasn't Obama done the same for the thousands of failed businesses in the last 4 years under his watch? Would it have something to do with the fact that the unions at General Motors are huge supporters of Obama?
Steve Marino
8:42 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Corection to post at 8:06:
Carter had most of the same policies as Obama and how did he make out?


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55 comments:
- TheLawn said...
YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED INTO THE HERD! - August 18, 2011 at 1:39 AM
- Radimir said...
This probably isn't the most important thing here, but why, exactly, is the fortune framed by a pinch ruler?
- August 18, 2011 at 1:47 AM
- BlankFlankBrony said...
So, how long before a fanfic is written that intentionally incorporates those numbers?
- August 18, 2011 at 1:49 AM
- Aquaman52 said...
Pony fortune cookies.
Stage Five of Complete and Total World Domination - Complete. - August 18, 2011 at 1:49 AM
- Radimir said...
@BlankFlankBrony Black Ops crossover, Inception crossover, Lost crossover... Surprising number of possibilities.
- August 18, 2011 at 1:53 AM
- BlankFlankBrony said...
@Radimir: Possibilities are easy. My question was more when these numbers will be intentionally used. :3
- August 18, 2011 at 1:56 AM
- FriendlyFireFox said...
Another one from Confucius:
"Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness." - August 18, 2011 at 1:59 AM
- FriendlyFireFox said...
And another perfect one:
"To be able to practice five things everywhere under heaven constitutes perfect virtue...[They are] gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness."
Replace gravity with Loyalty and proceed to shit bricks. - August 18, 2011 at 2:03 AM
Confucius say, "A party without friends, is a party of one"
I just came up with that out of nowhere and it ties in with an episode to boot. - August 18, 2011 at 2:06 AM
- Solar Flair said...
Now, for those not aware it's not terribly hard to have fortune cookie fortunes made. I know a place, at the least, where you can buy a roll of mean fortunes.
So I'm afraid I must request some sort of proof of authenticity on this one if you expect me to believe it real. Not that it isn't cool regardless. - August 18, 2011 at 2:53 AM
- Curttehmurt said...
I actually remembered recently that I was born in the year of the Horse, pretty ballin'
- August 18, 2011 at 3:25 AM
I was born in the year of the Horse.
IT IS MY DESTINY TO BE BRONY!! - August 18, 2011 at 4:13 AM
@Solar Flair
If it was faked, I think the lucky numbers would have all been episode numbers. - August 18, 2011 at 4:20 AM
- ProBrono said...
Assuming that the MLP reference was unintentional, what does that fortune even mean?
- August 18, 2011 at 7:28 AM
Isn't number 42 also some number significant to Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy?
- August 18, 2011 at 7:53 AM
- Idle Drifter said...
OK, if this was faked, I'd say job well done. If this is not than I'm speechless. Horse, "A charming friendship is in the magic.", the #6 (Mane Cast) and the #42 (the answer to the Universe).
Well, just for historical perspective all the code names for the beachs for the Normandy Invasion all showed up in a crossword puzzle shortly before D-Day. The guy who made the crossword was even dragged in to be interigated to which he retorted with a rhetorical question about being allowed to write a crossword puzzle. Still it's fun to wonder, what if... - August 18, 2011 at 8:17 AM
haha! this is EPIC.
``the blue flowers are not a joke´´ ZEBRA
really, i hope this is real.
-the little pony (jelly)
so wonder! this is awesomeeeee.....-Azura (other pony) - August 18, 2011 at 8:22 AM
42... Answer to Life... Horse... Friendship... Magic...
Yeah I think my life decision to become Brony is plausable... - August 18, 2011 at 8:25 AM
- Raigar said...
Admittedly, this got me laughing quite a bit. Definitely not a coincidence, if you ask me.
- August 18, 2011 at 8:26 AM
Oh Lauren Faust, have you been changing our fortune cookies again?
- August 18, 2011 at 8:34 AM
Hehe, looks like someone who makes fortune cookie messages is a brony. xD
- August 18, 2011 at 9:02 AM
- Firleycat said...
The universe has a very interesting sense of humour. Either that or Hasbro has expanded to fortune cookies.
- August 18, 2011 at 9:25 AM
If that's true, why are all the cookies show-accurate? - August 18, 2011 at 9:50 AM
Each of the numbers can correspond with an episode...
18 for Show Stoppers
Add 2 + 7 for Bridle Gossip
Add 2 + 9 for Winter Wrap Up
Add 3 + 1 for Apple Buck Season
42 referenced in Fall Weather Friends
6 for Boast Busters - August 18, 2011 at 9:54 AM
- The GREAT and POWERFUL Trevor said...
O.o Holy Buck... Even the GREAT and POWERFUL Trevor didn't see THIS coming! The numbers 6 AND 42?! That just shows that Ponies are the answer to the universe!
- August 18, 2011 at 10:59 AM
- Rafasde said...
Behold the amazing power of FORTUNE COOKIES! I always knew they were RIGHT!
Hell yes, even more ponies in this world now.
"And God said: 'Let there be ponies.' and the mankind finally met hope and kindness." - August 18, 2011 at 11:14 AM
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Code Ruby:assert_select "form p", :count => 3
Finally, this is what the page source looks like:
I tried googling a bit and only advice I found was to re-create the test and/or new.html.erb file(s) and make sure they're saved as UTF-8. One was, other wasnt, so I saved them both as UTF-8 but unfortunately this did not help. Any ideas how to get the test to pass?HTML Code:<form action="/stories" class="new_story" id="new_story" method="post">
<input name="authenticity_token" type="hidden" value="DDY3863fJMhFT3QypnQMOVegpzgpsmC4n5Qd8REe4Mo=" />

 name:
 <input id="story_name" name="story[name]" size="30" type="text" />

 link:
 <input id="story_link" name="story[link]" size="30" type="text" />

 <input name="commit" type="submit" value="Save changes" />
 </form>