On the eve of President Obama’s campaign kickoff, Mitt Romney pens an open letter to him in the Cleveland Plain Dealer. It’s full of distortions about the president’s economic record. Michael Eric Dyson was here Friday to set things straight.
Romney's open letter to Pres. Obama is full of distortions
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Mon May 7, 2012 2:01 PM EDT
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we all know that mitt is a liar, and will say anything to get elected.
not only is he a liar, he's a coward, too, hiding behind the "skirts" of the CPD newspaper.
jesus, who advises this moron?
true, suzette. but a moron can't take advice or direction...or won't. like "pullin a palin", going rogue. he probably has his advisors pulling their hair out too.
suzette, you need to "git informed". Dyson is the one telling Half truths, omitting the whole truth is just the same as lying.
He points out Ohio and the jobs created under President Obama. When Dyson talks about Mitt not supporting the Auto industry he fails to remind you ( and you seem to have forgotten) that after the auto bail out GM still declared bankruptcy. So they got a bunch of our money, that we have to pay back taxes, and they still got of the hook for their debt. Mitt was right. The difference between Mitt and President Obama is that with President Obama we, the tax payers are out 51 billion dollar as where with Mitt we would have been out nothing with the same result. Who is the moron?
The other large part of the job growth in Ohio is from PRIVATE oil and natural gas drilling. I repeat PRIVATE because those job are being created in spite of President Obama not because of him. He has blocked public drilling through out the US and takes credit for those that are exempt from his regulations.
Words to live by : tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
Even Jon Steward uses more facts then MSNBC.
Chemdmd your post if based on many half thought truths
Romney said don't bail them out. That was the core of his let Detroit go bankrupt position that government should not have given them that bail out. Had that not happen their would have been no managed bankruptcy because they had nothing to manage, that's what happens when you have to liquidate. No one in the private sector had any intention of purchusing them, Bain Capital even refused. GM would not have survived you can play with the semantics of "bankruptcy" if you like but that is simply how it happend. FYI GM has to pay the government back and they have already started to do so and so your claim to opposite of that is blantly false.
Since you don't much....understand....the economics of this lets break that down again. GM survived because it was bailed out by the fed. Romney said don't bail them out wait for the free market and the private sector. The private sector never came so they would have been gone if they relied on that. Thousands upon thousands of jobs gone. You can't have a managed bankruptcy if your in the situation that company was in.
Obama has not grown the federal employee pool at levels equal to Bush or even Clinton. If I remember correct a pay freeze is in effect as well for federal workers.
Obama has not shrunk the amount of domestic oil drilling if that were true domestic oil production wouldn't be up and well......it is up.
Clearly your motto is tell none of truth. Don't settle for the truth when a lie will do.
What party lies every day about what they believe and are about ? Answer, Democrats, and liberals. They are socialists and they refuse to admit it. Supply side economics works, the CRI brought down the banking system, and Keysenian policies do not work. Those are the facts.
Don't you all just love it a peracher comes on TV telling you about politics..
What a fake dyson is, go back and teach your hip/hop classes.
Its funny how Dyson lies when he is talking about Romney's lies.
The only reason that the unemployment rate has continued to fall under Obama is that they changed how they calculate the figure. Last month, over 300,000 people dropped out of the work force because they gave up looking for jobs. If ALL of the people who have given up looking for jobs were counted, like they were in years past, the rate would still be up close to 10% or higher.
Until the Dummycrats took control of the HOR in 2006, the economy was doing fine. At the end of 2006, the rate was 4.4%. Thank you GWB and your policies for getting us to that point. After that, the rate went up consistently until the recent decline which...as mentioned earlier...is a result of the Dummycrats cooking the books. The years 2006 - 2010, the time of the recession, had one constant theme...the Dummycrats had control of the HOR and the Senate. In 2010, the Republicans take control of the HOR and the economy slowly begins to pick up. There seems to be a trend here.
It is funny though, how the unemployment figure goes up while the Democrats have control of the HOR and it goes down while the Republicans have control of the HOR.
Hmm in a manner of speaking yet behind the scenes massive levels of buying on credit, predatory loans, commodites gambling bundles, inflation of financial products......the economy was nothing but a powder keg waiting to blow.
A car has an outside apearance with a nice shining and glossy paint job but underneath the hood the engine is crap. Is the car in good shape? Only if you look on the outside dig a little deeper and other realities become apparent
The financial sector only started to be regulated when the dems took control, however the regulations were clearly insufficient
Interesting that it's GW responsibility if the economy is good but somehow it the dems fault when it's bad. I see you've abandoned you're both parties suck hypothesis. You can't criticize others for blaming congress when the economy is bad and not the president and then do that very same thing.
Isn't your claim that the economy is not improving. Make up your mind.
hmmm...If ALL of the people who have given up looking for jobs were counted, like they were in years past, the rate would still be up close to 10% or higher.
Seems like you believe unemployment isn't going down perhaps you should reconcile that with your unemployment goes down when republicans have the house theory
Romney said that he feel that the Paul Ryan Plan was 'marvelous." So why would be expect anything different for a man that has NO leadership skills. He is an empty vessel that is ready to be filled with the far right wing ideology. After all, Romney probably believes in the libertarian ideology. Mitt is already promoting a bigger increase of tax breaks to the wealthy and de-funding Planned Parenthood. His idea of 500,000 new jobs per month and 4% unemployment rate is so unreasonable that we have to question the business experience he claims that he has.
Romney has no libertarian philosophy the tea party has <1% genuine libertarians despite what they claim. The only prominent right wing figure with any genuine libertarian leanings, again I do say leanings, is Ron Paul.
We don't need to question his business experience we've already done that. We maybe need to remind people that Mitt worked in private equity he did not innovate a product, he did not build a company from the ground up, he did not work for Bain to spread good will and cheer. It was about making money not job growth and creation as he claimed. Mitt is more a lawyer than a businessman in we think of entrepreneurs. Romney was not an all american entrepreneur like a Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, or that guy who made Facebook.
"Me Too Mitty" isn't even smart enough to BUY GOOD IDEA...although he is certainly willing to pay ‘his people’ to STEAL THEM from the democratic side in an attempt to create some “confusion”.
That kind of right wing campaign strategy might work on the misinformed righties, but it won’t play in the face of reality and truth.
Stop Black on White Crime
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Stop trying to divide people on racial lines
Stop all violent crime regardless of skin color
But racist republicans can't help themselves CC. Racism is all they have.
Mitt must have forgotten about Video, Audio, Print, all that can be looked up and examined by anyone that want's the truth. He can Lie but he can't hide from his Record and Past Deeds... VOTE DEM 2012 ACROSS THE BOARD!
Typical effects of Austerity:
Development projects, welfare, and other social spending are common programs that are targeted for cuts: Taxes, port and airport fees, train and bus fares are common sources of increased user fees.
In many cases, austerity measures have been associated with protest movements claiming significant decline in standard of living. A case in point is the nation of Greece. The financial crisis—particularly the austerity package put forth by the EU and the IMF— was met with great anger by the Greek public, leading to riots and social unrest. On 27 June 2011, trade union organizations commenced a forty-eight hour labor strike in advance of a parliamentary vote on the austerity package, the first such strike since 1974. Massive demonstrations were organized throughout Greece, intended to pressure parliament members into voting against the package. The second set of austerity measures was approved on 29 June 2011, with 155 out of 300 members of parliament voting in favor. However, one United Nations official warned that the second package of austerity measures in Greece could pose a violation of human rights..Why, GOP are you'll working so hard to have what is happening in Europe happen here in the US? The GOP is working hard trying to convince people the program will work..They are lying..Don't believe the hype!! I'm pleading with the GOP to stop the hate, greed, division and all the lies..This is the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WHERE EVERYONE MATTERS!! WHERE LOVE IS GREATER THAN HATE!! PEACE!!!
Mitt Romney, it saddens me to think that you would rather see me and my family starve to death than to give me crumbs off your table..Crumbs your wife would have the maid swept up and throw away in the trash..just as long your taxes don't go up. Please Mr. Romney be honsent when was the last time you or your followers paid your fair share of taxes? This situation going on right now in our world reminds me of a bible story..The story about the Hebrew people who were prospering in Egypt and pharaoh and (THE GOP) got scared they would have a little bit of power ( because of fear and not wanting to share the power) they decided that the people had grown to large and basically it scared them..so they decided that it was time to oppress them take away everything they had worked so hard for with no remorse..God had to intervene in that situation and he sent Moses to tell Pharaoh to let his people go and we know the scenario. I guess God will have to intervene again in this situation, (because the GOP and their followers have harden their hearts against people who have less than them, humanity does not matter anymore)..That person that God has sent I believe is President Barrack Obama! God has spoken, LET MY PEOPLE GO..HUMANITY OVER MONETARY GAIN!!
Wall Street needs to apologize to the American people for their greed and devious behavior, not President Obama! I personally want to thank the President for everything he is doing to help the American people..Please God I pray that you put a hedge around our president and his family that the enemy can't penetrate keep them safe from all harm! PEACE!