Obama Should Be Leading With 60% Of The Vote ---- The Closeness Of This

[TheMastersNemesis]

race should be an embarrassment to the country. Romney is that bad of a candidate. He is the worst in American history if you add it all up. He is not even qualified to clean bathrooms he is so bad. Anyone who is able to lie about everything and allow dog whistle politics says a lot about us as a country. As bad as Bush was Romney makes him almost look like a saint.

[onecent]

1. I totally agree with you. He is an embarrassment to this country, and I cannot believe how

many Romney/ryan signs are within a 20 mile radius of me (red state, Missouri) but it sickens me to think that people can be wearing such blinders....

[Evergreen Emerald]

2. I agree.

I look at the international polls and wonder why the race is so close here. I can only assume it is a lazy electorate who still believes in the truthfulness of journalism. We are fed propaganda from even "liberal media'" and take it as fact.

It is stunning to me that, with all of lies he tells, he is still considered a mainstream candidate. He treats us as if we are stupid...and apparently we are.





Sent from iPad so forgive typos.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. Racism.

It is a core value perpetuated for hundreds of years in the U.S.

[Ter]

11. Yes but

Clinton wouldn't be leading Romney with 60% of the vote either if she were in office.

[exboyfil]

4. Agree I don't think the economic numbers have been emphasized enough

It is interesting to look at Jan. 82 (enough time for Reagan's policy to start taking effect) to Nov. 84. Theunemployment rate was 8.6% on its way to a high of 10.8% in Dec. 82. At election time in Oct. 84 it was 7.4%

For Obama Jan. 2010 9.7% to Sep. 2012 of 7.8%.

Another measure. The U.S. deficit at the time of the 1984 election was 5% of the GDP (on its way up to 6%. It appears the deficit is currently at 7% of GDP if deficit and GDP projections hold ($1.1T and $15.8T). You increase the top marginal by about 4% as proposed by Obama and you easily close into Reagan level deficits (without even calculating in the recovery).

It would be one of the injustices of history if Romney wins the election. Obama would be turning over a much more stable ship than he received from his predecessor. Are people's memories so short?

[Coyotl]

5. What closeness? On what planet?

This race may be close on the planet where Romney will be the god after he ascends into the glorious light of the hereafter, but on Planet Earth, where reality remains the norm, not so much

[blm]

6. If this nation had an objective media, Obama would be winning 80-18

with 2% still undecided. ; )

[KeepItReal]

8. +1

Eom

[bowens43]

7. You can never go wrong betting on the stupidity of the american conservtaive

conservatism and religion are destroying our country. This is just a symptom of a much greater problem.

[Hoyt]

10. I agree.

I wish I could blame FOX, Limbaugh, etc., but that is who/what a big portion of the population wants to hear. If people didn't tune in, the shows would be off the air in a month.

There are just a lot of callous, bigoted, under-educated, greedy, fundamentalist (much like the Taliban) people in this country. It really is a shame.

[demwing]

16. Religion is not destroying this country

The threat comes from Fundamentalists. Stop blaming all those that are religious for the insanity of a subset, even if it is a large subset.

[ProfessionalLeftist]

9. And hide all his tax returns and be a pioneer at offshoring US jobs & hide his $$$

in offshore accts to avoid US taxes. Oh SURE. All this is perfectly LEGAL. But it's highly unethical, immoral, and grossly unpatriotic for a person who wants to be US President. It speaks to a narcissistic, sociopathic "I'm important fuck you" personality that should not be in charge of any nation.

Do Kochs, Grover Norquist, Karl Rove care? No. They just want a robosigner who will sign anything they want.

[jsr]

13. Precisely. What kind of idiot would vote for a presidential candidate who is hiding his tax returns?

[trotsky]

12. My exact feelings.

It depresses me that so many people have been duped by the Republican party. Romney is a heartless plutocrat who truly thinks he and his fellow 1%ers are superior to the rest of us. He personifies what drove us into the Bush recession, and here he is within striking distance in this election.

[demwing]

14. I agree, in a sane world, Romney wouln't get NEAR 200EV

But I appreciate the racists out there that have come out of their shells this season. It forces the country to look at itself and contemplate our own failures.

[coalition_unwilling]

15. Don't underestimate the influence of white racism\white

supremacism.

[NNN0LHI]

17. Obama Is Leading With 60% Of The Vote. Maybe more?

But close elections mean big money for a lot of people. Blowout elections not so much.

How many people would watch the Super Bowl if they knew the final score before the game came on?

Don

[ecstatic]

18. My hope is that the results will show the polls were way off

How could it not be a landslide? Romney is extremely unlikable, a liar, and a hypocritical tax dodging plutocrat who looks down on others who don't pay taxes (even though he doesn't pay them either). Everything about him is phony. I think he would be far worse than Bush!

[rock]

20. Exactly how I feel

It's like I'm in a surrealistic dream. I mean I can understand RepubliCONs liking bush* as he had some red-neck charm. But Mittens is charmless, graceless, brainless, ruthless, and probably has bad breath. How can Obama not be ahead 60-40 (roughly)?

[TwilightGardener]

19. People don't care about Romney. No one cares about who

is going to be in his cabinet, no one cares about how he's going to govern. He's the Not-Obama. I see as many anti-Obama signs and stickers as I see pro-Romney. If Obama is denied a second term, it will be an injustice--in any other election year, his accomplishments combined with the economy going in the right direction would guarantee a win. For a white guy.