Political Lies: Episode 2 (oops...that was just misspeaking )

Democrats Unleashed Some 'Dubious Or Misleading Claims,' Fact Checkers Say : It's All Politics : NPR

Yay Michelle - as always, you are a class act


Now.....for the incendiary pants....have to wait til the Convention is over....

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One of the problems I had with Michele Obama's speech was her talking about how poor her and Barrack were. They both went to expensive private high schools and Harvard Law School. Now I'm sure she isn't the only one who embelished their younger days (Romney using an ironing board for a desk), but this seems to be a theme from both conventions. The other thing is talking about Barrack not worrying about anyone's party affiliation. I believe he has proved to be the exact opposite. Regardless, her delivery was flawless and made just a rather plain speech into something very special.

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When they discover the center of the universe, a lot of people are going to be disappointed they are not it.

I thought her speech went rather well, but the issue I have is this...

Both Michelle Obama's and Ann Romney's speeches were designed to introduce the public to the personal side of their husbands...

But Romney's side NEEDS to do that since the personal side of Romney is NOT known to the public, while Obama's personal side has been pushed down our throats for the last 4 years...

So Ann's speech was written for 2012, while Michelle's was a rehash of 2008...

...which is why they went "there"...Their strategy is to say "Let's pretend it's 2008 again when Obama was virtually unknown and we can create an image instead of looking at a record!"...

But there IS a record now...one that's desperately being thrown behind the curtain next to the man you're not supposed to be paying attention to...

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"You get the respect that you give" - cnredd

A re-introduction, a refresher course on the man who is president, easy stuff really.

But enough about Romney-Ryan.

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"Bush tortured people, Obama just kills them."
---Noam Chomsky

"Act" being the operative verb. Is she proud of the country today?

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“Quod scripsi, scripsi"

"Sometimes, the source of the beautiful dawning light that drives back the darkness, is your house burning"

She loves the country today because she gets to spend others peoples money. If hubby loses in Nov. it will be back to loathing this country.

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It's hilarious when you extremist right wingers go on the attack accusing the President of " Spending Peoples Money".. when you know for a fact the President doesn't have the power to spend Money. If anyone in Washington is spending money that you claim belongs to the tax payers it's the Republican controlled House of Representatives.

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Great. Glad you finally give the republicans credit for the budget/spending in the 1990s instead of President Clinton since you now admit he had no power over the spending.

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"Free people are not equal & equal people are not free." --- Mackinac Center for Public Policy

you're reading too much into it,, I never said that.

First you are forgetting that Democrats controlled the budget and spending in Clinton's first term. They voted with their President and passed the balanced budget act of 1993.. which raised taxes on the upper income levels and reduced defense spending even further than Bush 1 had gone.

Then in the 96 election cycle the Republicans took over the Congress and pretty much kept the same spending until 1997 when they passed another balanced budget deal. It should be noted that the budget would have balanced without this legislation because it was the increased revenues and lower spending of the Democrats that actually led to the balanced budget.

We can also give the Republicans FULL credit for the massive spending that took place between 2001 and 2006. All of Bush's big credit card spending sprees were allowed by a republican congress. Then in 2006 you can begin to blame some of it on the Democrats because they took back control of the purse strings. so from 2006 to 2010 we'll give the Democrats credit.

But keeping to our point.. in 2010 the Republicans once again took control of the house and have the capability to stop the spending that you right wingers claim is going on right now. They don't even attempt to stop the spending do they. So tell me this.. If they won't pass President Obama's Budget, and they won't go along with any of his Ideas to cut spending , then how on earth can anyone say with a straight face that Obama is spending away our future?....

Only in America.......

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Twinkle, twinkle, little star. How I wonder just how you got to be a star. Did you have stellar connections?? A galaxy of casting couches?? A whole universe of acting classes?? What made you a star, little star?

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Our nation has not always lived up to its ideals, yet those ideals have never ceased to guide us. They expose our flaws, and lead us to mend them. We are the beneficiaries of the work of the generations before us and it is each generation's responsibility to continue that work. - Laura Bush

Leftists and very small children don't seem to be able to understand that the Government isn't there to "fix" the economy, anymore than a tick is there to fix your dog.~Oftencold