The truth - Obama has failed and doesn't deserve re-election.

Earlier this morning, I thought there was nothing worth writing about this morning.

Guess I was wrong. Looks like the "Village Idiot from Chicago" gave me what I needed.
The President's re-election team has set up " truth teams ' to make sure the truth gets out about his record.

Here is the truth - He has been the worst President ever. We needed leadership and all we got was lefty looney politics. That's the truth. He has spent us into a larger hole and rewarded his political allies.

The truth - it hurts. I hope he gets that when he is voted out of office as the truth is no one needs another term from this poser.

OMG - Obama Must Go.

Feb 13, 2012
Obama campaign sets up 'Truth Team'

By David Jackson, USA TODAY
AP - President Obama's re-election team is seeking help from Internet and on-the-ground backers to spread the word about Obama's record in office, and to bash his Republican critics.

The purpose of the "Truth Team" is to "promote the President's achievements, respond to attacks on his record and hold the eventual Republican nominee accountable," said the announcement from the Obama re-election team.

Business as usual...heading into 2012

Watching them like a hawk...

Cooperation... to work or act together to achieve a common goal

Righhht.......That'll be the day.....

Is the country headed in the right direction?.

Pretty much tells it like it is - IF you like what you went through for the last two years - vote for the office holder - IF NOT, put the new guy in.....how much simpler can it be???


When Party Is All That Matters
There's only one question for voters in the midterm congressional elections: Is the country headed in the right direction?.

By PAUL H. RUBIN
As the midterm approaches, I am amazed at the number of totally irrelevant arguments in the debates and in the media. This year there is only one issue at play in the Senate and House elections: Is the country headed in the right direction?

Does a candidate have strange views about social issues? How did he or she earn a living? These things don't matter much.

Many Democrats claim they differ from President Obama on this or that. That does not matter either. What matters is which party controls the House and the Senate. If the Democrats have the majority in the Senate, then things will continue pretty much as they are. There will be no new major legislation (a Republican House will stop that), but efforts to roll back what has already passed will not go far. If the Republicans control the Senate, then some rollback might occur and the country might be ready for more change in 2012.

Personality matters in elections for governors because governors have executive authority. This year, governors' party affiliations matter more than normal because this is the year when redistricting will occur, and that will influence the composition of the U.S. House of Representatives until the next census, set for 2020. But this is a secondary issue, and a rational voter might vote for a Democrat for governor because the voter thinks that the Democrat would do a better job of governing.

But members of Congress do not govern. They vote on national issues. If you like the direction of the country in the last two years, then vote Democratic. If you do not, vote Republican.

Mr. Rubin is professor of economics at Emory University

Meanwhile back at the World Series...

The National Pastime mirrors the other "contest" of note in our country....interesting. Both seem to share a good hearty sense of competition and willingness to call out your opponent along with his character and lineage...funny stuff....PLAY BALL !

" What is both surprising and delightful is that spectators are allowed, and even expected, to join in the vocal part of the game.... There is no reason why the field should not try to put the batsman off his stroke at the critical moment by neatly timed disparagements of his wife's fidelity and his mother's respectability."

George Bernard Shaw

RHODE ISLAND POL TO POTUS - "He can take his endorsement and really shove it as far as I'm concerned "

In my family, we have some family that live in Rhode Island....The smallest state in the land and the home to some whacky politics. We have a saying when you hear something weird come out of Rhode Island...My Dad would just say, " You know those Rhode Island people..."

Well looks like they have taken it over the top today....Not that I can't understand how the guy feels....not sure I would go far as stating so in public.



R.I. Dem: Obama can 'shove it'
By: Jonathan Allen
October 25, 2010 11:23 AM EDT - Politico.com

Rhode Island's Democratic gubernatorial nominee said President Obama can "shove" his endorsement amid an ugly intraparty squabble that has Democrats buzzing that the commander in chief is showing too little loyalty to his own party.

Obama, showing deference to Republican-turned-independent Lincoln Chafee, is refusing to endorse Democrat Frank Caprio, even as he travels to the smallest state to do a fundraiser for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

"He can take his endorsement and really shove it as far as I'm concerned," Caprio said on WPRO radio, according to an account on the Providence Journal's Website.

There had been behind-the-scenes activity to try to get the president to endorse Caprio — or at least appear with him while in Rhode Island.

But Obama, who won a cross-party endorsement from Chafee in the 2008 presidential campaign, has made clear he doesn't intend to put his thumb on the scale for Caprio in one of the few states where his endorsement might benefit a Democrat this year.

"This is disappointing. Frank Caprio has spent his career fighting for the values of the Democratic Party, and I think he deserves the full support of our party and its leaders," said Nathan Daschle, executive director of the Democratic Governors Association. "While this might not be what the White House intended, the president’s refusal to endorse a fellow Democrat in the worst environment since 1994 sends a bad message to everyone who’s working to get Democrats elected this year."

Caprio and the DGA asked Obama to move tonight's Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee fundraiser from the home of a Chafee supporter out of concern that it might be read as a blessing of Chafee. But the White House turned down the request and rebuffed subsequent efforts to get Caprio a joint appearance with the president.


Declining to endorse the Democrat — a tacit nod to the independent — is somewhat reminiscent of the White House positioning on the three-way Florida Senate race before Obama made clear that he supports Democrat Kendrick Meek rather than Republican-turned-independent Charlie Crist.

Some Democratic operatives are steaming over the Obama Rhode Island snub — confirmed in a Sunday conference call by White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki, who said Obama would not be making any endorsement Monday.

"If the White House wants to know why Democrats won't come out for them look no farther than the fact that even the president won't come out for Democrats," said a source who is involved in several gubernatorial races. "It's bad enough that the White House failures have dug a hole so big for the Democratic Party that Chilean miners would be envious, now they're choosing not to endorse Democrats. Are they living on this planet?"

Two sources familiar with Rhode Island politics told POLITICO that Chafee is benefiting from his 2008 endorsement of Obama's presidential bid and Caprio's suffering for having been in Hillary Clinton's camp in the primary that year. Caprio hasn't even been invited to join Obama at public events, sources said.

"My understanding is that Obama is not looking to endorse Caprio and by including him in any events would give that indication or force him to actually say where he stands on that issue," one source told POLITICO. "I have also heard that Caprio is upset that the DCCC did it's big Rhode Island event at the home of a family who are very vocal and active supporters of Chafee. In many circles in Rhode Island, Chafee is seen as more of a Dem and a progressive than Caprio, who people often joke is a Republican in Democrats' clothing."

The White House did not have an immediate response to Caprio's comments.

Chafee and Caprio are neck-and-neck for the lead in the three-way race, with both getting about 30 percent of the vote depending on the poll.


© 2010 Capitol News Company, LLC

I'M NOT A PARTY GUY..I BELIEVE IN VOTING FOR THE CANDIDATE, NOT THE PARTY...

JUST SAYING.......

DEMS provide for the HACKS at the expense of the Average American Workers..and people wonder why I criticize POTUS and his Euro-Jetting Wife

Politics is not a game for those who don't understand that it is a "blood sport"....especially in the venue of the national scene......

I considered myself a " Jack Kennedy " Democrat, which means that the present day DEMS DO NOT represent my beliefs....they are full of the dregs of the hippie movement, PC idiots, 1960's peace movement left overs, and those who believe you can solve problems with "Other people's" money....Not the DEMS that I knew as the real Democratic Party,,,,,more like religous zealots who hijacked the Good Democratic Party for their own perverted ways.....

That made me a " unalligned" voter, who votes his own POV and let's the party politics be damned.....I will criticize candidates based on what they do (or don't do) as I see fit....I vote the candidate and what they represent and steer clear of being "lock-step" with any party lines....

I am not a Republican.....BUT I supported John McCain and felt he was the better canididate for President. He is a bonefide war hero, a man of honor and someone I call my friend as we have met and he knows me.

Read the enclosed article.....The FACT that the DEMS & POTUS rushed back to WASH DC to pass a $26 Billion dollar spending bill to make sure PUBLIC EMPLOYEES don't get lay-offs but leave the average worker to struggle on unemployment for months/years show they are only interested in helping the "HACKS", not the average family who has been struggling for the past two years......It is disgusting as the Public Employees will be getting bennies for life, while the hard working average American has seen their 401k evaporate and will struggle during their retirement.....and for years until they reach retirement.

And some have wondered why I criticize POTUS and his Euro-jetting Wife.....please......wake up and see that this elitist fool thinks we are stupid and unworthy of making up our own minds for what works best for our country...

November is coming and the ARSE-kicking that is in store for the DEMS and their clue-less leader will be pure " Schadenfreude".....

( A German word for gaining pleasure at the misfortune of others.)

Go figure that the Germans had a word for that !

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latimes.com
Democratic candidates all but ignore their legislative successes
Avoid bragging, strategists advise, and warn against putting Republicans back in charge.
By Janet Hook, Tribune Washington Bureau
August 9, 2010
Reporting from Washington

As Democrats fan out across the country to campaign for reelection this month, many are surprisingly quiet about their hard-won accomplishments — the major bills they have passed under President Obama.In an effort coordinated with the White House, congressional leaders are urging Democrats to focus less on bragging about what they have done — a landmark healthcare law, a sweeping overhaul of Wall Street regulation and other far-reaching policy changes — and more on efforts to fix the economy and on the perils of Republican control of Congress.

One year after many town hall meetings were upended by raucous anti-government protesters, congressional Democrats are trying to ensure that this summer's debate sheds a more flattering light on their party as they navigate a bruising midterm election campaign.To bulk up their record on job creation, Democratic leaders have gone to great lengths — even calling House members back from recess for a special session Tuesday — to pass a $26-billion bill to avert public employee layoffs.

And in an effort to turn attention to their opponents, Democrats from Obama on down have taken to warning that giving Republicans control of Congress would be akin to reelecting George W. Bush."The question for 2010 is: Whose side are you on?" Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, said to reporters Thursday. He spoke after a closed meeting with Democratic senators, where palm cards itemizing contrasts between the parties were distributed for lawmakers to carry around during the recess."Democrats moving us forward, while Republicans take us back," the card says.

Obama has been reading from the same playbook, comparing Republicans to bad drivers who want to retrieve keys to a car they had driven into a ditch."When you get in your car, when you go forward, what do you do? You put it in 'D,' " Obama said last week at a Democratic National Committee event in Atlanta. "When you want to go back, what do you? You put it in 'R.' "Republicans see those attacks as an effort to divert attention from the weak economy."Democrats plan to spend the next month asking voters to overlook their job-killing policies by distracting them with dishonest attacks on Republican candidates," the National Republican Congressional Committee wrote in a recent memo to House Republicans and GOP candidates.

Democratic strategists privately acknowledge that their party's legislative record, while far-reaching and popular with party regulars, has limited political benefit in swing districts and in a stubbornly sluggish economy."Our candidates' job is not to sell the accomplishments of the past but to send a message that strikes a chord," said a senior Democratic advisor who did not want to be identified while discussing strategy. "I am not one who thinks our candidates should go out and sell healthcare reform. They have to stay focused on jobs, the economy and shaking up Washington."

Rep. Brad Ellsworth (D-Ind.), campaigning for an open Senate seat, holds most of his political events at work sites to emphasize his commitment to job creation. Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.), running for reelection in a GOP-dominated district, uses one of his first campaign ads to highlight his opposition to the healthcare bill and his effort to "protect coal jobs" in a controversial energy bill.Rep. Kendrick B. Meek (D-Fla.), in a two-day campaign swing through Democratic strongholds in South Florida, barely mentioned the Democrats' legislative record.The focus on the economy is a nod to a political reality documented by polling in both parties.

For most voters, persistent bad employment news trumps perceived or anticipated benefits of Obama's healthcare bill and other initiatives.With the House and Senate adjourned until after Labor Day, the White House and congressional Democratic leaders have coordinated their summertime message and strategy in part to avoid the imbroglio that marked last year's August recess, which laid bare the political risks of the healthcare debate that was underway.Many Democrats' town hall meetings were disrupted by angry conservatives criticizing the legislation — a spectacle that riveted cable news television and amounted to the public relations debut of the "tea party" movement, which portrayed the healthcare bill as the epitome of big-government excess.

This year, town hall meetings are likely to be more low key, in part because many Democrats are seeking alternative venues such as teleconference town hall meetings that are easier to control.But conservatives are also finding it harder to galvanize people around issues rather than candidates now that healthcare is receding in prominence."It's just a little quieter because there isn't an imminent bill to focus on," said Adam Brandon, spokesman for FreedomWorks, a conservative group that has helped fund and organize tea party protests.That's fine with Menendez, who is doing all he can to make sure that voters view the election as a choice between political parties, not a referendum on "whether you like or don't like what we did.""In everything we do, we have to drive that contrast," he said as the Senate wrapped up its legislative business and disbanded Thursday for the August recess.

janet.hook@latimes.com

James Oliphant of the Washington bureau contributed to this report from Miami.
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