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Periscope by Niall O'Dowd

Ghost of George Bush haunted Mitt Romney in final debate -- A victory for Barack Obama by default as Romney lies low

Posted on Tuesday, October 23, 2012 at 08:15 AM

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Since the President finally came out with an economic plan for the next four years and it's the same as the previous four years we are in for more poverty, people on food stamps, high cost for food, gas and clothing and lower GDP growth. Romney isn't great but he is a much better prospect than a President who makes more poor people so he and the liberals can gain power and votes. It is sad to see the President is once again running against former President Bush. He should get his head out of the sand and run against his true opponent. We can't afford continued spending of 24% of GDP and higher. President Clinton's spending of little more than 19% is what we need.

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jamthecat | Oct 24, 2012, 07:34 PM EDT

Southside, I live in the real world; what plane of surreality do you live on? As for my head supposedly being in my rear-end -- I notice you did not refute one single solitary thing I said. Of course. You couldn't, because you know it's true, so your only recourse was to cry, "Well, Obama's not a nice guy" and hurl names, like an eleven year-old child. Typical Republican behavior.

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71regiment | Oct 24, 2012, 02:16 PM EDT

O'Dowd writes the liberal version of how debate #3 went. Common sense says Obama was like a gadfly in it. His worst response to Romney's statement about the decrease of our sea power, saying like he was talking to some youngster, in that we now have aircraft carriers that planes can land on, and "ships" that go under water (in the US Navy they are commonly referred to as boats), and that we have fewer horses and bayonets now. Obama should tell it to the Marines and Army soldiers, they still use bayonnets, and our Special Forces back in 2001 in Afghanistan used horses against the Taliban and in conjunction with the "Northern Allinace" beat them. SF still retain horse for training in rough terrain and out west horses are used to help wouneded soldiers to get better and of oourse the famous Cassion Platoon carrying our honored dead to thier gravesites in Arlington National Cemetery use horses. But Obama with little or no experience in these matters perhaps does not know the above. Most of all he seems to lack knowledge of sea power and its role in history.

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BrianO | Oct 24, 2012, 01:53 PM EDT

@readabook, read the Constitution, no establishment of a state religion.

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BigDaddy | Oct 24, 2012, 01:37 PM EDT

Anne, what names are you referring to exactly? Don't you think anyone can see through the fact that you respond to a generic observation as if I had mentioned you by name? Please Anne, just cash the check and let's get this thing over with already. The majority of people in America do not want Willard. Neither do the majority want Obama. But if given a choice between the two, they would choose Obama because Willard is just like cotton candy. All fluff and no substance. But he will be president because the Kochs didn't spend over half a billion to let him lose.

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cherykie | Oct 24, 2012, 11:40 AM EDT

Someone very wise said, Don't listen to what one says, know them by what they do. Democrats, Republicans, Teapartiers- these are just names. We need to shed our affiliation and LOOK AT WHAT HAS BEEN DONE. The current occupant of the white house has mangled and decimated the very structure of this country's foundation. He has made up his own rules, and the bill of rights and the constitution be damned! He has made several slips -visiting 57 states with 2 more to go, approval ratings very high in the " country of my birth", my muslim faith,etc. so his eligibility is highly suspect. He has circumvented procedure to write excessive executive orders to implement the attempt to become a dictatorial leader with absolute powers. with all the inferior presidents the US has endured, this is by far the most detrimental. We will never have a perfect government until the return of the Messiah, but for Americans, we need to strive to do better than the last 4 years.

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southside77 | Oct 24, 2012, 11:16 AM EDT

jamthecat, please remove your head from your rear end. Obama,is nothing more than a career politician. Literally the last non political job he had was working at 31 flavors. Since then he has been living off the taxpayers. The worst of all not only is he a career politician he is the lowest form of a career, an Illinois career politician.Since I have been on this earth an unprecedented 4 Illinois governors have been put in jail. The last being Rod Blagojovich and who was the President of the Committee to reelect Blagojevich the last time he ran for office,non other than the career politician Obama. Barrack sat by for years as he sat in the Illinois State Senate and said nothing about the daily thieving that goes on in Illinois by the career politicians, lest they turn on him.So he put his own self interest before the well being of the people of Illinois, which at the very least makes him a first class coward. It is time for him to go.

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jamthecat | Oct 23, 2012, 11:35 PM EDT

Romney already damaged himself with his ludicrous claim that Obama didn't even mention terrorism after the assault in Benghazi, and his hysterically bumbling trip to insult our allies, last Spring; it looks like someone finally got him to just shut up. That's the only smart thing he's done, so far. The rest of his campaign has been sheer stupidity. That Obama isn't winning this by a landslide against such a fool is his own fault, no one else's.

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johnshiel | Oct 23, 2012, 08:03 PM EDT

hey, twoeagles: I have not seen your posts before; your "handle" is cool, and your post is cogent and substantive. weldone and welcome!

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johnshiel | Oct 23, 2012, 07:35 PM EDT

I noticed that Romney smiled whenever he was not speaking... it was the kind of smile a person does when they know something...

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irishpjk | Oct 23, 2012, 06:56 PM EDT

9-11 #2 Four people dead in Benhgazi, and the goast of Jimmy Carter will get Obama out on 11/6

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readabook | Oct 23, 2012, 05:47 PM EDT

Anne Chambers "Cognitive Dissonance", Teabagger types, what kind of a person are you? I ask that my religious belief be honored, please do not attack me because I believe in the power of a pilgrimage made to Our Lady of Knock" I'm the kind of person who believes that religion is a Personal and Private Matter and to quote VP Biden who I'm sure is at least as good Catholic as you are (despite what the boorish Senator Fitzgerald preaches) but "doesn't believe in imposing his beliefs on others. in other words "Separation of Church and State" per the Constitution. I respect all religious beliefs just not the manipulation and abuse of it through the Sanctimonious among us who claim to have a "Direct Line To God" Thank you for the unsolicited Education on Our Lady of Knock. Good Luck with Your Prayers but she sounds like the type of inclusive,compassionate and non judgemental individual who would probably vote Democratic. :)

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AnneChambersUSA | Oct 23, 2012, 05:28 PM EDT

Good Irish proverb says it all.... "Any forest can be fired by its own kindling" So, Mr. BigDaddy, do not call names, say a prayer and let the people be heard.

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allentown | Oct 23, 2012, 05:22 PM EDT

Romney's strategy worked. Make President Obama attack. Women dislike confrontation and aggressiveness. Romney is already increasing his likeability among women voters.

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BigDaddy | Oct 23, 2012, 05:10 PM EDT

Hey Niall! If you are interested, I can do a better job than Ed from Cali; I'm sure of that. I notice that he too believes that Willard looked presidential. I guess we can't fault him for just laying the groundwork for another wondrous victory for America when Willard is given the job in two weeks. He probably got a family to feed.

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