Post by Ritty77 on Oct 2, 2012 19:42:01 GMT -5
May the Truth Win Out
by Keith M. Retorick
October 2, 2012
I can't imagine there are many voters who haven't made up their minds yet, but for those still in doubt, these debates are important.
Obama has nothing new to offer. He must defend a failed record by blaming what he inherited. He must accuse Romney of wanting to return to the "failed policies of the past." And he must highlight his so-called accomplishments.
This is where Romney needs to attack. The "accomplishments" Obama is claiming and the accusations Obama will level are all lies that are easily exposed (and have been, but go unreported via the MSM).
"Accomplishments":
• "bin Laden is dead." Yes, and Obama gloated about it to the point of embarrassment, took way too much personal credit, and released classified documents and procedures about the raid to trump up the political positives. More importantly, he declared that with the death of bin Laden, the AQ leadership had been decimated and that the defeat of terrorism is "within our reach." Then our ambassador and others were killed by AQ and a huge coverup ensued and continues. Romney must list these truths.
• "GM is alive and thriving and Romney would have let them collapse." Totally false! GM is not doing well, their stock sucks, the Volt is a joke, and the taxpayers are stuck with about $20 billion in losses. Further, Romney's plan was to follow existing bankruptcy laws to restructure and reorganize GM, not illegally rearrange the order of credit payees so the union could get a great deal, while shafting those lawfully first in line. All Obama did was throw good money after bad. Romney's idea would have addressed the fundamental problems. Romney must list these truths.
• "Romney will raise taxes on the middle class to fund tax cuts for the rich." We hear this one ad fucking nauseum, all based on that report by the Tax Policy Center. What that report said was that was ONE way to make Romney's numbers work, not the only way . The TPC even issued a follow up stating just that and stating that Romney has said that raising taxes is NOT part of his plan. Romney must list these truths and lay out some specifics about spending cuts, tax reform, and most of all, that economic GROWTH is key to any fiscal discipline, and Obama's policies do not promote growth.
I look forward to the debates and I'm hearing Romney plans to call Obama out on these lies. I certainly hope so; the media surely won't.
Barack Obama had radical associations and a cloudy history that should have disqualified him from even thinking about running for president. Yet he got elected.
As President, he lies and stonewalls and promotes division by wealth and by race at every turn. Economic growth is anemic, unemployment is unrelenting, dependency is at all-time highs, entitlement insolvency has been ignored, and the debt threatens to cause financial ruin.
How will we ever NOT reelect a president if this record is worthy of reelection? Why would a good man or woman with good ideas even try to make things right if this performance is rewarded?
I am worried, but I am optimistic that, like 2010, normal people people will rise up and have the final say.
May the truth win out.
by Keith M. Retorick
October 2, 2012
I can't imagine there are many voters who haven't made up their minds yet, but for those still in doubt, these debates are important.
Obama has nothing new to offer. He must defend a failed record by blaming what he inherited. He must accuse Romney of wanting to return to the "failed policies of the past." And he must highlight his so-called accomplishments.
This is where Romney needs to attack. The "accomplishments" Obama is claiming and the accusations Obama will level are all lies that are easily exposed (and have been, but go unreported via the MSM).
"Accomplishments":
• "bin Laden is dead." Yes, and Obama gloated about it to the point of embarrassment, took way too much personal credit, and released classified documents and procedures about the raid to trump up the political positives. More importantly, he declared that with the death of bin Laden, the AQ leadership had been decimated and that the defeat of terrorism is "within our reach." Then our ambassador and others were killed by AQ and a huge coverup ensued and continues. Romney must list these truths.
• "GM is alive and thriving and Romney would have let them collapse." Totally false! GM is not doing well, their stock sucks, the Volt is a joke, and the taxpayers are stuck with about $20 billion in losses. Further, Romney's plan was to follow existing bankruptcy laws to restructure and reorganize GM, not illegally rearrange the order of credit payees so the union could get a great deal, while shafting those lawfully first in line. All Obama did was throw good money after bad. Romney's idea would have addressed the fundamental problems. Romney must list these truths.
• "Romney will raise taxes on the middle class to fund tax cuts for the rich." We hear this one ad fucking nauseum, all based on that report by the Tax Policy Center. What that report said was that was ONE way to make Romney's numbers work, not the only way . The TPC even issued a follow up stating just that and stating that Romney has said that raising taxes is NOT part of his plan. Romney must list these truths and lay out some specifics about spending cuts, tax reform, and most of all, that economic GROWTH is key to any fiscal discipline, and Obama's policies do not promote growth.
I look forward to the debates and I'm hearing Romney plans to call Obama out on these lies. I certainly hope so; the media surely won't.
Barack Obama had radical associations and a cloudy history that should have disqualified him from even thinking about running for president. Yet he got elected.
As President, he lies and stonewalls and promotes division by wealth and by race at every turn. Economic growth is anemic, unemployment is unrelenting, dependency is at all-time highs, entitlement insolvency has been ignored, and the debt threatens to cause financial ruin.
How will we ever NOT reelect a president if this record is worthy of reelection? Why would a good man or woman with good ideas even try to make things right if this performance is rewarded?
I am worried, but I am optimistic that, like 2010, normal people people will rise up and have the final say.
May the truth win out.
