Romney on Obama: "We've had enough"
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"After the years of too many apologies and not enough jobs, historic drops in income and historic highs in gas prices, of a president who doesn't hesitate to use all means necessary to force Obamacare on the American public but leads from behind in world affairs," said Romney. "It's time to say these words. This word. 'Enough.'"
"We've had enough," he added.
Romney spoke to a crowd of about 300 in the outskirts of Chicago shortly after Illinois was called in his favor. With the undeniable shadow of Mr. Obama looming large in the state where the president's political career began, Romney hearkened back to where his own 2012 run for president began, New Hampshire.
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"We began this movement on a small farm in New Hampshire on a sunny June day, surrounded by a small group of friends, family, and supporters," Romney said. "We shared a conviction that the America we loved was in trouble and adrift without strong leadership."
Romney's campaign is small no longer. His campaign's FEC campaign finance report was made public moments before his speech, showing that he raised $12 million in February -- and spent just as much.Instead of focusing on individuals he has met across the country while campaigning - he often references specific parents or workers he has come across -- he borrowed language from a speech Mr. Obama gave last week, speaking about some of America's most well known innovators. Romney, quoting the president, said: "We are inventors, we are builders, we are makers of things. We are Thomas Edison, we are the Wright Brothers... we are Steve Jobs. That's who we are. That's who we need to be right now."
"That's true," Romney continued. "But the problem is: he's still Barack Obama."
"This president is crushing the dream and the dreamers and I will make sure that finally ends," Romney added.
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That element of the speech, and others, were borrowed from a similar address Romney gave yesterday at the University of Chicago. The crowd laughed when Romney mentioned that he had been at the school, where the president had once taught constitutional law. Romney argued that pedigree did not qualify Mr. Obama to be able to lead the economy.
Romney started off his remarks by saying that he had spoken to Republican Sen. Mark Kirk, who had endorsed Romney, but suffered a debilitating stroke in January. According to his campaign, Romney also spoke to Rick Santorum, who called him before he took the stage.
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Chicago, IL -- Despite sunshine and warm temperatures, voter turnout in the March 20 Illinois primary was "extremely low" in the city according to the Chicago Board of Elections.
With the percentage of voter turnout in the lower 20s, it's believed this was the lowest turnout ever for a presidential primary.
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Way to go willard -- nothing but excitement and enthusiasm among those right-wing voters........NOT!
RCP Average (8 polls).....3/4 - 3/20.....48.3..43.8......Obama +4.5
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/us/general_election_romney_vs_obama-1171.html
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Just admit it willard, you will never be able to connect to average Americans -- and will always have a high negative rating, and never generate any enthusiasm for voters!
Supply-Side Economics, R.I.P.
During the George W. Bush years, however, I think SSE (supply-side economics) became distorted into something that is, frankly, nuts -- the ideas that there is no economic problem that cannot be cured with more and bigger tax cuts, that all tax cuts are equally beneficial, and that all tax cuts raise revenue.
These incorrect ideas led to the enactment of many tax cuts that had no meaningful effect on economic performance. Many were just give-aways to favored Republican constituencies, little different, substantively, from government spending. What, after all, is the difference between a direct spending program and a refundable tax credit? Nothing, really!
http://capitalgainsandgames.com/blog/bruce-bartlett/1168/supply-side-economics-rip
I hate to burst your bubble, Mitt but not everyone is convinced you are the best guy for the job! Recent polls from realclearpolitics.com indicate this! And I think the percentages in the President's favor will get even greater, the more people get to know what a lying fake you are and the closer we get to the election!
Read it and weep Mitt! If the election were held tomorrow, according to these polls, you would lose!President Obama vs. Republican Candidates
General Election: Romney vs. Obama
Poll Date Sample Obama (D) Romney (R) Spread
RCP Average 3/4 - 3/19 -- 48.1 43.9 Obama +4.2
Rasmussen Tracking 3/17 - 3/19 1500 LV 46 45 Obama +1
FOX News 3/10 - 3/12 912 RV 46 42 Obama +4
Reuters/Ipsos 3/8 - 3/11 937 RV 52 41 Obama +11
Bloomberg 3/8 - 3/11 746 LV 47 47 Tie
Pew Research 3/7 - 3/11 1188 RV 54 42 Obama +12
CBS News/NY Times 3/7 - 3/11 878 RV 47 44 Obama +3
ABC News/Wash Post 3/7 - 3/10 RV 47 49 Romney +2
IBD/CSM/TIPP 3/4 - 3/11 807 RV 46 41 Obama +5
1) He lied 8 times in promises to televise the health care discussions openly on CSPAN.
2) He made deals giving one premium health care plan to union members (supporters) and another to the rest of the country.
3) He stood by and allowed the House and Senate to buy health care votes using taxpayer money.
4) He allowed the health care bills to be fashioned behind closed doors and be filled with political favors. This disaster of a health care law increases the cost of health care by imposing fees on medical devices (like pacemakers). He and they took over the nations health care by the federal government - most Americans did not want this extreme action - and still do not. This horrible law will cause the majority of Americans to have higher health care cost in rising premiums. We already can not afford the size federal government that we currently have, with a $16 trillion national debt. It imposes $billions of unfunded mandates on struggling states to provide greater Medicaid coverage. 27 states are suing the federal government over this nonsense, as they don't have the money to pay for this. Businesses are not hiring because of the additional cost PER EMPLOYEE that is caused by this law.
5) President Obama has continued at least a 8% unemployment rate for three years.
6) He irresponsibly overspent 100s of billions of dollars the US didn't have on bailouts (President Bush started it and President Obama accelerated it) and bogus stimulus packages. Progressives in Congress have refused to do their jobs to allow a national budget be established since 2009.
7) President Obama has behaved in the most partisan manner of any recent President, after promising bipartisanship. He has arrogantly trashed everyone who has not agreed with his socialist agenda - even the Supreme Court.
8) Instead of securing the border and enforcing federal immigration laws, the President has made war on Arizona Americans as they attempt to protect themselves from an invasion of illegal immigrants.
9) The President's man, AG Holder, dropped his case against the Black Panthers who blatantly intimidated voters at the polls. Holder is suing Texas for requiring photo IDs of voters. Texas is providing FREE photo IDs to registered voters who don't have a photo ID, but Holder doesn't care. Holder may finally be kicked out over "Fast and Furious" - the program that sold guns to Mexican cartels, guns used to kill a US border agent.
10) This President has focused on an extremist agenda of "fundamentally transforming" the US from a democratic republic into a socialist democracy, instead of the millions without jobs. We are all witnessing the collapse of European socialist democracies, yet this does nothing to stop this President from pushing us down that road to disaster.
11) President Obama imposed a moratorium on drilling in the gulf, throwing thousands more out of work. One foreign oil company screwed up, and the President decided to punish other oil companies that have drilled responsibly for decades.
12) President Obama wanted the President Bush tax cuts to expire, which would have resulted in redirecting money away from the economy and pushing it into Washington. The President held on to this until he was forced to change by the pounding the Democrats took in the 2010 election. Still, he promises to increase taxes next year.
13) The President and other progressives in Congress have imposed oppressive additional expenses and regulations on private sector businesses that are crippling the private sector jobs market, while expanding the federal government and public sector jobs. Anyone with any economic sense knows that you need tax revenues from a healthy private sector jobs market to fund public sector expansions, and the money is just not there.
14) With gas prices rising and projected to hit record levels by summer 2012, President Obama stops the Canadian pipeline deal that would reduce the US dependence on middle- eastern oil. His entire energy policy is idiotic, and leaves the US damaged. His impractical policies have included pumping public funds into "green energy" companies that have gone bankrupt, and even GM recently announced it will discontinue the manufacturing of the Volt electric car - they are unable to sell them.
15) In President Obama's 2012 budget, he never addressed serious issues threatening the future of the nation (like the fact that if Medicare and Social Security are not restructured, they both are projected to collapse by 2037). In fact, in the face of a staggering $16 trillion national debt - he proposed that we add another $trillion to it.
Just to name a few. The perfect word for President Obama is "irresponsible".
Yeah? Two Words: Lunar Landing.
The Apollo program didn't just create jobs, it created entire industries.
Two More Words: ARPA Net.
The Advance Reseach Projects Agency created the ARPAnet and the "World Wide Web" aka "Information Highway" and a MILLION new industies were created, including the one that carries your email about Government not creating jobs.
When history is written, Mittens, you will be a footnote as the GOP candidate for 45th president, and Al Gore will earn a page as the Senator that obtained funding for the Internet.