The tale of two tapes
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The tale of two tapes
Both of these speeches are not new, yet both got pushed out there tonight. You may well ask yourself, which one are you better off with running the country for the next four years?
And so God is asking us today to remember that miracle of that baby. And He is asking us to take that bullet out once more.
If we have more black men in prison than are in our colleges and universities, then it's time to take the bullet out. If we have millions of people going to the emergency room for treatable illnesses like asthma; it's time to take the bullet out. If too many of our kids don’t have health insurance; it's time to take the bullet out. If we keep sending our kids to dilapidated school buildings, if we keep fighting this war in Iraq, a war that never should have been authorized and waged, a war that's costing us $275 million dollars a day and a war that is taking too many innocent lives -- if we have all these challenges and nothing's changing, then every minister in America needs to come together -- form our own surgery teams -- and take the bullets out.
Today, 70 percent of Americans get more benefits from the federal government in dollar value than they pay back in taxes. So you could argue that we're already past that [moral] tipping point. The good news is survey after survey, poll after poll, still shows that we are a center-right 70-30 country. Seventy percent of Americans want the American dream. They believe in the American idea. Only 30 percent want the welfare state. What that tells us is at least half of those people who are currently in that category are there not of their wish or their will.
Say what you will about the 2012 candidates, and about the state of American politics. But you can't say the American people don't have a real choice.
Obama's response to the video was pretty lame. Basically he said don't judge me by my comments, judge Mitt Romney because he and his supporters released it and it's not as bad as Romney's video (that me and my supporters released). Like I said Obama played the equivalency test game just like Bunch did. Libs must all think with the same brain.— Phillies2008WSChamps- Interesting comment since Mitt took the same approach about his video. The problem for Romney/Ryan is they haven't explained what they would do once elected. Voters had made up their minds about Obama, now they want to see/hear what Romney/Ryan have to offer. So far, they don't like what they hear. — chasing history
- are you such a kool aid drinker that you actually think the american people are going to care anything about a video from 2007 and not just see it as the october stunt that it is? why is this coming out now? it is a desperate act of a desperate party about to be obscured into the annals of history, right beside the whigs. you are history.
- Wow the Inky is really hiding this story. Even the Huffpost / AOL news has it on their front page.— gone with the wind
- Hey Wok, Sloth, I have another boogeyman for you, Real Clear Politics is reporting that Obama Campaign advisor Robert Gibbs, while trying to clarify gasbag Bidens' remarks about the middle class being buried the last foru years, is saying, Countdown..3..2..1. "it's all Bush's fault"— Phishface
- Investors Business Daily has a great peice titled "Questions debate moderators dare not ask Obama":
http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials/100112-627742-tough-questions-for-obama-debate.htm— Phishface - No Atkins it was Palin the Tundra tart that put bullseye targets around demographic areas of certain politicians and said " don't back down reload'. nice try at spin though......like the republicans choice for POTUS..is that the best you can do?— the juke
- ^ It's hilarious when dopes like Juke don't realize they are being mocked, and double down on the stupid behavior that is the subject of the derision.— Mr. Smith
- Journalism: a profession involving the denunciation of videos
I imagine the hardest part of journalism is the running-in-circles screaming "THAT'S NOT NEWS!! THAT'S NOT NEWS!!" part.— teardownthisfishwrap - "Yes, Mr. Smith, you are correct. This president is always making heated statements like that. Remember he said "if they bring a knife than you bring a gun"(paraphrasing). "
You guys live in right wing land and know nothing else. Phishface, the most common criticism of Democrats by their constituents is that they wimp out and back down from Republicans way too easy, and the most common saying used to describe that is that "Democrats bring a knife to a gun fight" I've heard it at least 100 times. That's what Obama was talking about. Of course in the sad world you live in you never heard it. All you and your fellow right wingers ever hear is the sound of your own voices echoing back and forth in your narrow minds.— Hamlet - Not sure which is more amusing. (1) Watching rightwingers try to convince anyone who isn't a complete lunatic extremist that Obama is a racist or, (2) Watching them use the same campaign strategy that completely failed 4 years ago.
Either way, popcorn futures are up.— Talking point sleuth - I wish I could give a prize to the first republican poster that could articulate clearly 1)What is Romney's plan to change America other than see me after the election (cause that went over sooo well in Mass.)? 2) Why do you think after 30 years of republicans cutting taxes and trickle down policy do they think that it will actually work this time? Cause we all know it hasn't worked in the past and in those last 30+ years the only time the economy has been good is when Clinton got rid of your moronic 1% only tax cuts and reversed the trickle down. - I guess this is a trick proposition because 1) Nobody outside of Mitt Romney and the wall street insiders/lobbyist that wrote his policy or will write it knows what he plans on doing. Forget his tax records, we already know he paid less that 10% in taxes for the last 10 years minus the last year or two when he purposely did not claim deductions so it looked like he paid double digit taxes. We need to know what he wants to do as president and wont tell us, period. Therefore he is not qualified to be the most powerful man in the world. Imagine going to a job interview and saying nothing, would you get that job, no. But republicans will vote for you no matter what. 2)You can't possibly answer that because it would require real facts and we all know they don't exist in a republicans world.— Atlas
- Nope. The Republican establishment media isn’t racist. Not one bit. The Whitest guys in room, Hannity, Drudge and Tucker all coordinated a ridiculous dud of a story, and it does nothing but solidify the very real proof that they are racists with a troubling and demented problem with black people. Why else make such a stupid concerted effort? Who is going to be swayed by a 5 yr old video of a public speech that Tucker himself over-covered on his own MSNBC show? And the content is innocuous, at best. This is how racists think – “let’s rouse the base” before the expected humiliation of Mitt in the debates. It serves no other purpose than to get their seething hate of a black President out into the eyes and ears of their know nothing, non-thinking, need to be spoon-fed mouth breather fans. The triumvirate of trash isn’t even smart enough to see just how brutally and appropriately the credible commentators are eviscerating them and those they pander to. This damages their candidate, not helps him, and he needs all the help he can get. Thanks Guys! Says Team Obama.— ChrisElliottWasRight
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