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WI_DEM

(33,497 posts)
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 10:06 AM Nov 2012

Bill Clinton's op-ed supporting Obama in the Des Moines Register

Which presidential candidate is more likely to restore prosperity for the middle class and give poor people a chance to work their way into it? To build a 21st century American economy which creates the jobs of tomorrow, reduces our debt and maintains our leadership in the world? To keep leading our country forward to a more perfect union, when there are so many forces working to divide us?

Mitt Romney says that the economy is not fixed and if he is elected it will produce 12 million jobs in the next four years. Maybe it’s just a coincidence, but that’s exactly how many new jobs independent business forecaster Moody’s Analytics says will be created if we don’t mess up what the president already has done.

Romney also says that because the debt is a terrible problem, he will cut taxes for everybody by $5 trillion, increase defense spending $2 trillion more than the military has asked for, and tell you how he will pay for it after the election.

Here’s the case for President Obama:...

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20121104/OPINION01/311040021/Bill-Clinton-Romney-wants-to-undo-progress-Obama-made?Opinion

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Bill Clinton's op-ed supporting Obama in the Des Moines Register (Original Post) WI_DEM Nov 2012 OP
Thanks for posting. DURHAM D Nov 2012 #1

DURHAM D

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1. Thanks for posting.
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 10:28 AM
Nov 2012

While at the link I read a bunch of the letters to the editor re: the endorsement of Romney. There are some pissed off people in Iowa.

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