2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumIf you were Obama what issues would you emphasize in the closing weeks?
1) The Economy is coming back--contrast where we were in 2008 with where we are today--we are gaining ground--a lot more to do but can't go back to GOP policies.
2) Medicare!!!!!!!! do you want a VOUCHER PROGRAM???
3) Romney is belligerent and dangerous on foreign policy. We got out of one war and have a plan to leave Afghanistan, do we want to go back to more military adventuresome under Romney?
4) Do you want a president you can trust rather than one who will say one thing in a debate and then another before a partisan crowd?
C_U_L8R
(45,003 posts)We know Obama has the brains, the heart and
the integrity to lead this country forward.
Who knows what kinda crap you'd get with Rmoney.
Waltons_Mtn
(345 posts)speedoo
(11,229 posts)2. We are not going back to the policies that put us in the hole we have been digging out of.
3. Romney lies and can't be trusted.
Rinse and repeat.
AlinPA
(15,071 posts)librarylu
(503 posts)Let's hear it for successful green industries instead of that 2%. So what if they contributed to the 2008 campaign?
Romney likes coal. He said so. And the Koch brothers have contributed how much to his campaign exactly?
The planet hasn't stopped warming just because some think it's all a liberal hoax to control people.
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)I think everyone is going to have a different perspective. The two important ones:
The economy, because I want to prove to the Republicans how wrong they are about Obama's policies because as Jon Stewart said Republicans live in "a place called bullshit mountain".
Foreign policy is becoming increasingly important again with the events in the ME. Romney would make matters worse, so that is important to bring up.
The other two I believe are important, but I strongly don't believe Romney will win. There is nothing you can really do about his lying except call him on it. Even that is going to have only so much effect given the MSM's coverage. Seniors don't seem to be buying Romney's BS about medicare and I think they'd tear him apart if he dared to do that to them.
treestar
(82,383 posts)and emphasize that we are getting out of wars there - hint that Rmoney would start another one and won't say for sure what he would do. That he'd get into any war Israel, now led by hard liner, wants.
Based on that the country is pretty sick of middle east wars at this point.
bamacrat
(3,867 posts)Looks more imposing to add all the zeros.
Go hard on his flip flopping.
fredamae
(4,458 posts)Women's Rights, Willingness to work With "We, the People"
STRONGLY Protecting SocSec - Re-Stating his earlier (2008)Commitment To Taking it And Medicare OFF the Table.
He Must Stop Appointing Dept heads with ties to Wall Street-BushCo etc- I don't believe "we" are comfortable with that...
He must Stop being accommodating to the "other side" when all that is accomplished is that the Dem Party is getting More GOP and I'm Not going any further to the Right with them. Don't the Dems "get" that they Abuse that generosity--Intentionally? How many times will he allow himself to "fall" for that? Why is he falling for it-over and over and over?
If things (Elite 1% of National DemParty) don't change by 2014 I'm out of the Dem Party along with my friends/family-We have been strong Dems for Generations, so I don't say this lightly.
Further, when there is a Hot Issue--and the Propaganda blasts PBO's intent-He Must tell Us Exactly what his intentions are and How he plans to do "it", the full consequences of "it" and why he is compelled to move.
I recommend Sooner rather than Later re: communiction...I think most understand the Obstruction--what we don't understand is the reluctance to do what he Can under limited Pres Powers/Exec Orders.