This week started optimistically, with the hope that Paul Ryan's selection would finally turn campaign 2012 into a big picture discussion about the role of government and the nature of capitalism. Instead, we got outraged reactions to President Obama joking about Seamus the dog, hours of debate over Joe Biden's use of the word "chains," and a back-and-forth between the campaigns about which presidential candidate was "unhinged." It is 78 days until the election, with 25 million Americans unemployed or underemployed, over 13 million homeowners underwater and our national conversation is still on a level of two children fighting in the back seat of the minivan. Maybe for the first debate, we should strap each candidate into a car seat, give them each a juice box, and let them have at it.
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If you are undecided 78 days before this election you have to be a complete idiot.
One candidate is CLEARLY championing your best interests and one CLEARLY championing against them, don't you know what your own best interests are?
Because reason and intellect bounce off the stupid, candidates obviously shift to lies and soundbytes. I'm surprised that you are surprised!
how much government waste is there?
Oh, you mean saving the American PEOPLE money? Yeah, I think they stopped caring about that a long time ago...
We are adults ,we are allowed to change our minds, the government is meant to work for us if you have forgotten.fi you don't want another 4 years of the same then don't accept this,it's your right and your lives this affects including your family, demand they negotiate and bash this out, we’re in a real mess and we need real solutions
we need heroes and i'm not joking this time
we are choosing to once again accept one of two men who are terrible candidates it's embarrassing to think we will accept once again policies that aren't the best for America and will do damage in the future, just to stave off our new enemy the 1% don't just think about now think about our future .
if you stop the problems escalating now ,in the future we're not going have to go through this again and more importantly neither will our children.
Make sensible change, not this, we need new parties and leaders.78 days is more than enough.
Be afraid people of the world, dig deep and ask questions. The most important people in your country are nothing more than shysters, charlatans and tricksters! Keeping the money, the power and your ideas for themselves!
Troy, NZ
I know everything is being manipulated/ screwing up the country & world! The 1% (Not all!) are really doing a number on the rest of us! It's incredible how many intelligent people I point things out to, & they just really don't seem to believe it! They're not Teapartiers, though, thank goodness.
2 good sites for everyone: *** ALECexposed.org *** AND ** GodsOwnParty.com **
Dag Hammarskjold
Plz. pass on 2 good sites everyone. *** ALECexposed.org *** re: the Tea/GOP & their Pro-Corporation & Pro-1% agenda. Totally Anti-99%.
Also: ** GodsOwnParty.com ** re: their radical religious beliefs. Dominionism. (Wiki has good definitions/ info, also) Info includes which politicians -- Gingrich, Santorum, etc. Has a blog also.
we have many issues people are to politically correct to talk about, we need new stiff immigration to stem the growth in pop, by allowing anyone in means that the resources we have are stretched and the resources decline per head the more the population, it’s logic, shut the boarders for a while why we take care of the population we have before pushing through immigration bills to increase pop so they can vote.
you and your two party system has failed you, if you have a strong hold on power are you going to encourage smaller competition NO. So if no incentives to change you force it and i am starting tomorrow .
Arianna, I'd love to read your analysis of the Ryan Plan for America. President Obama gave a lengthy, detailed speech about it, covering exactly what it would mean for millions of lower middle class and poor Americans, how it would make seniors have to pay skyrocketing costs for healthcare, etc. He has spoken about Romney's economic plan at length.
President Obama put forth a detailed a jobs plan and a budget that balances in twelve years, a health care overhaul, a successful auto rescue, a green energy push, and thoughtful foreign policy that doesn't rely on constant fear and distraction. Let's not act as though he's a dilettante.
How about a discussion about GOP voter suppression efforts?
So, Pres. Obama made a joke about a dog and we now have to strap him to a car seat? Never mind Romney's hundred outright lies a day ...
Look at the hidden billions (with a "B") that Romney is getting and then talk to me about "both sides" nonsense. Obama discloses his donors.
WE must engage and WE must reelect this president and every progressive we can.