No, and neither side cares.
One says the government can save your job but doesn't...
The other side says the government shouldn't interfere with jobs going abroad...

So, neither side either cares or can do any thing about my job going aboard...

So, There is a 1% and they only care about keeping their side in power

I don't think many people are better off then they were 4 years ago. There are some that were able to keep their jobs and perhaps this "recession" didn't affect them but there are thousands of people who are unemployed, under employed, under paid and the good jobs of the early 2000's are gone. If you don't believe that our decent paying jobs were sent overseas just call Comcast and you may very well get a foreign speaking customer service representative. Why do they have jobs when the service is rendered here in the US? Who ever is elected President let's pray that they have good common sense and will do something that will actually help this economy.

I personally am better off than I was 4 years ago. I was laid off like so many other journalists at the end of 2008. Now I'm back in the field, making a living, saving up money to buy a house and retirement and all.

I have a split household on this one. Like Vanzetta, at Patch I'm in a job that I love, and am earning an income, so my financial situation is better and my personal happiness is right there along with it. My husband, however, as a small business owner, is in the complete opposite situation. The fact that his business hasn't closed down is a miracle all on its own. The insecurity for small business owners is certainly not understated. He doesn't want to do anything until he knows the outcome of the election so, like most of his small business friends - he is in a holding pattern. His income is about 1/10th of what it was four years ago. The good news is, he now has plenty of time to surf. The bad news - he no longer has the money to go to the beach to do so. I guess that says all I need to about his "personal happiness."

Sales have started to pick up with my three companies after an eight year decline doing the Bush administration.I'm excited about the new Affordable Health Care Plan and what it means to my employees.The only negative is the uncertainty created by the Republican congress as they try to derail the President's plans for economic recovery.

Before Obama came into office, I only knew personally one family who had been forced into bankruptcy. Today I am sad to say that bankruptcy and foreclosure have affected many of my friends and family, resulting in the loss of jobs, homes, businesses, and even beloved pets. No, my family is NOT better off.

Angela, I picked up a paper today, and was looking for the want ads, but instead, saw 6 pages of foreclosure notices! Unheard of! I wish people would look beyond their partisan rose colored glasses, and look at facts. The housing bubble happened the last two years of the bush administration. Those years democrats had the majority in congress. And we want to continue to put them into office? Obama was amonst those who voted for most of the troubles we have now (of course, it's someone elses fault). Republicans were weak-kneed weasels too. But thanks to the TEA party, hopefully, Republicans learned what can happen when you get lazy. I think it's ironic, too, that small business owners are waiting for the election. Wonder why that is? That should give one pause. Hopefully, the next administration will stop strangling busineses with taxes and regulations so that we can keep our business at home. It's not rocket science, just basic math.

No im not better off. I still work every day keeping homes nice and cool but im forced to do it for less. All the while the cost of everything we live on continues to inflate. Most of the people that run this country dont have a clue what milk and bread even cost so how can they make things better? As for the health care that our president pushed through, it wont benefit you a bit when you dont have a job, and i will almost bet when my job dwindles to an end most of you that think you got lucky and have gotten a decent job will be suffering too. We as citizens need to stand up and force our government to make changes on how they make policies, if it is going to effect me it needs to effect them to. Term limits need to be put in place and salary cuts are needed. It doesnt take a mathematical genius to understand you cant spend your way out of debt. Im tired of people defending Democrats and Republicans,both parties are destroying our country. So my answer is no.

Conservatives posting on this article need to take off the blinders - how can you ignore the billions spent on two wars that sent this country reeling into its current debt ridden state. You people are truly ridiculously laughable - how quickly you forget the events of 8 years of the Bush administration, which included the No Child Left Behind Act which strangles public education with it's high stakes testing platform for evaluation. The truth is - the housing bubble bursting is the fault of many - it's a bipartisan issue. Liberals wanted everyone to be able to own their own houses - believing that the poor will take care of their homes and mortgages as well as the middle class and rich. The lenders and mortgage brokers (who probably aren't all that liberal) wanted to put cash into their pockets, regardless of the ability of the poorer borrowers with poorer credit to pay back the loans - especially once the ARM rates kicked in. Plenty of conservative investors, homesellers, and contractors made plenty of money off the frenzy of real estate sales. It took all of us to get here sweethearts. Obama just inherited the worst situation since FDR.

I agree with you AM on the no child left behind, but you said it yourself- it was a bipartisan issue that caused what he inherited. He was every bit a part of that decision making. However, Reagan inherited double digit inflation (which we were not in when bho cam into office- although we are close now), and pulled us out within two years and we had many prosperous years afterwards, even through clinton's reign. And it didn't happen by spending spending spending. Obama has to take credit for that. He chose the wrong way to deal with the problem. That's why we're in so deep now. He doesn't have a war to blame it on either - only himself listening to the worst congress we've ever had. I think it's laughable that libs talk about the money that Republicans have and look at the big bucks that those in power now have. nancy pelosi and her arrogant attitude and big jet planes.
I hate it that we allowed liberals to railroad a good man that we were running for office. Herman Cain makes so much sense, and would fix the tax code and give money back to the little people who earned it. made too much sense. Gov't would have to let go of all the money that lines their pockets. That's why they wanted him out.
I agree with WG about term limits and salary cuts beginning in congress. Years ago one of our founding fathers made the comment that once government realizes it can vote itself money it would be the end of the republic.

WG- Also, concerning the healthcare. It's funny that congress and company exempt themselves from the healthcare they require the little people to buy, yet if regular people want to buy their own they'll be penalized. Penalties and threats. Sounds like a great thing, huh? Liberals will have some convenient excuse for it of course. Talk about being blinded. Libs talk a big game about caring for people (wouldn't get votes without it), but their actions show something completely different. Sounds more like Marie Antoinette days. Let them eat cake!

I wouldn't trust Herman Cain alone in a room with my teenage daughter if you paid me a million dollars. Not exactly the man I want to run the country.

Bill Clinton's situation was mutually consensual - even though scandalous. Herman Cain is an alleged predator.

Well, notice how quickly those people went back into the woodwork when he decided not to run. They were only accusations. No one could prove anything because there wasn't anything. Do you know him? I do. He decided not to put his family through the insanity. Especially with the race card thrown around the way it is (unfairly and for political purposes only). He even received threats that might have affected his grandchildren (which are his life). His family would have been persecuted unmercilessly. Sounds like a smart man to me. Have you ever looked at his economic plan? Probably not.
Bill Clinton was mutually consensual????? You mean the women who accused him of rape? Rape? Let me say it again...rape? I'm thinking oral sex at work is adultery (is that ok with you too?). Laughable is that he's going to speak on womens issues at the democratic convention. lolol
It's almost embarrassing how liberals forget how their own behave, but sure can accuse others.

I notice that you went into accusatory mode without answering the actual question I asked concerning congress exempting themselves and their union buddies from the healthcare.They will get their own so that they can choose their doctors, YET, the average Joe cannot have that choice. And you guys call Republicans cronies?
I won't hold my breath. I'll never get an answer because it would show that liberal policies are flawed and self serving. Politicians are not demi-gods. Look at them objectively rather than people who do no wrong. They do, and ought to be held accountable, but aren't because of the gullibility of their electorate.

Tammy, where, oh where is it written in Obamacare that the average Joe is not going to be able to choose his own doctor? You are dead-on, politicians are not demi-gods, but lately it's been policies to benefit the underserved, or policies to benefit big corporations. I think I'll take the underserved, considering the unemployment rate and income inequality in this country.
I had not heard the story of accusation against Bill Clinton for rape. I did find a youtube video where Fox News interviewed a woman names Juanita Broaddrick...apparently, in 1997 she signed a sworn affadavit saying that Clinton had never raped her....

I'm not sure about anyone I don't know personally and in depth, just saying that the woman who accused him of rape signed an affadavit saying it never happened. ?? There are also details in her personal life that do seem to cast her as unstable or unreliable, but with the news media in charge of the information, it's difficult to tell what the truth is these days. It sounds like Cain's people paid the accusers off to make them go away - but maybe Clinton did too - hard to tell from our vantage points.

Mr. Reid, you utilize honest information given by me in an attempt to validate my position in a prior post. Truth be told, Mr. Reid, what I drive or wear, or whose table I might grace has little to do with this conversation. You're like a monkey slinging poop...but how does it even pertain to this conversation?

The answer is still no. I know more people just like me that have lost everything. Free healthcare doesnt exist and it wont last along with SS medicare and medicade. Its a joke. Whos gonna pay for it? You wont even see the true effects of obama care for years.

What effects - you mean like much fewer people showing up at the hospital emergency rooms and costing the paying insured in higher premiums? Or less people going untreated for months and even years because they don't have health ins. which would cover simple physical. How about the unwanted babies who won't be born over the next 4 years because more women had access to birth control to prevent unwanted pregnancies? Oh, it's those annoying reasons why it was inevitable that there be an overhaul to our country's healthcare system. If you ask most liberals, we didn't really get what we wanted either. We got a watered down version of what this country really needed - because we don't have access to the same healthcare that our congresspeople do - a public option for healthcare...

AM - if a person doesn't buy (hey- I thought this was free!) government healthcare, they get fines and penalties. So, you get penalized and pay high taxes or do what the gov't says.
The case was dismissed since great damage had not been done and Clinton settled out of court with her. She still appealed. There were several other women as well (gennifer Flowers is one). Don't you remember the blue dress with, uh, evidence on it? That was on all the channels- even cnn!

Oh my goodness, have you even researched what those fines are? If you really are poor, it's like you'll get $95 less in your tax refund - boo hoo. If you make lots of money, you could be fined up to $700, and you should have gotten your butt the healthcare ins. to begin with, when you knew the mandate was taking effect. They are going to PREPAY people in their tax refunds this year so that they'll have the money in the bank to help cover their premiums. In the words of my teenager.....Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh....Oh, and Gennifer Flowers and Monica "Whoops, I got it on my dress" Lewinsky were allegations of consensual sex. There's a real difference between a man who cheats on his wife with a willing woman and a man who believes that his office affords him sexual rights to women who don't want him speaking to them sexually or touching them....not saying either one is right, but there is DEFINITELY a BIG difference...

Tammy, are you out of your mind? The public option would have made it nearly free, but that portion of the bill had to be dropped in order for it to pass. Liberals wanted a public option, conservatives did not. They had to find some sort of strange compromise to solve the healthcare crisis in America...

It sounds like Cain's people paid the accusers off to make them go away

You made that up. If he paid them to go away, seems he'd still be in the race? That's a big diss on the man's character (with no proof to boot). but there is proof that Clinton paid out of court.
But back to the health insurance. You're right, we do pay in higher premiums now. But he problem with universal healthcare is that people will be on waiting lists. Who could die or get worse while that is going on. You're right. No easy answers. Some have suggested a state by state competition for healthcare which would make premiums go down to affordable rates, but no one wants to look at that. Why won't anybody look at something new if what we've been doing is so broken?
I don't know why we hold on to this crazy tax code we have now. We haven't always had it. Have you seriously never looked at the 999 plan? Poor people get rebates to help them. Everybody benefits. It basically puts the money and decisions in the hands of the people instead of beurocrats. Try checking it out and give an honest assessment. I think you'd be really surprised.

I honestly have never heard of the 999 plan. I did not make that up about Herman Cain....from multiple sources, but here's one...http://newsone.com/1617145/cain-accuser-was-paid-35k-in-severance-pay/

From a more well know publication....http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/16/herman-cain-accuser-sexual-harassment-allegations_n_1096787.html

Ok, now I remember the 9-9-9 plan - I just looked at it again. You're going to charge people being paid minimum wage the same rate as those making millions every year, and you're going to cut the earned income credit? I can see why conservatives would want to stop giving out the earned income credit - but truthfully - you would cause more problems in our economy if you did that, because it's well known that middle to upper class people invest and save their money, while poor people are desperate for goods and services, so as soon as they get the money in their hands, it goes right back out to America....

What I think is really scary is that when I was a kid, we understood communism and was afriad of it. Now a generation or two away, and the boiling water in the pot is proof that a generation thinks it's normal for government to MAKE you do something and you see nothing wrong with it. We have let our liberties slide right into the boiling pot. that's how we keep electing and electing until we are headed down a socialist path. These people actually believe it's normal. Middle class will be paying and it will keep going until everyone is equally poor. Watch. History proves it out every single time. A chicken in every pot! American is about equal OPPORTUNITY not equal OUTCOMES. There's no such thing. Proof. Give 100,000 to two differnet people (a farmer and a crackhead). The farmer will go and buy some seeds and grow a business while the crackhead will buy crack and be poor again. Money didn't make them equal. (or the farmer will blow it and the crackhead will check into rehab- who knows?). We are individuals. You can't make everyone equal in sense or income, but can provide the opportunities and help to show them how if they want to succeed.

You obviously didn't read it all. Did you read about the rebates? Those are for poor people. Remember when Bush did his stimulus? People actually got a check in the mail. It's similar to that. No one's seen a check in the mail with all the stimulus money obama has spent. In fact we see less in our paychecks and keep hearing how companies he bailed out are in bankruptcy again and the shovel ready jobs didn't pan out. Oh, and he invested in Sloyndra and lost it. So, where's my rebate for all the money I've shelled out to the government?

I agree with you about fruitfulness and productivity. I actually do. Still, people are so confused about political definitions. Communism, as it has been called, is not really communism but a dictatorship. True communism can only exist in the microcosm, not on a large scale, because inevitably, there are elitists in power living much better than the rest. To hard to regulate. I agree about the solar power business. That is wretched. One of my good friends lives in Finland, and she lives extremely well. Everyone there has healthcare and gets a free check for parenting - it's not an ugly thing. People are happy and well taken care of. Teachers make great money. We just like wars and controlling the globe too much in America. History repeats itself - look at the fall of ancient Rome. Are you really going to blame a semi-socialist healthcare system for the downfall of this country? Canadians don't seem to be drowning in all the miserable squalor you describe. If anything ruins this country, it will be the fat corporate ticks that exploit the American people, pay 0 in taxes, and move their factories and money overseas. It will also be this country's history of racist slavery and it's lethargic response the crisis in public education.

Athens Mama's statement that the public option would have made it almost free tells you all need to know. She doesn't realize that nothing is free- especially of it is provided by the federal government. The taxpayers foot the bill.

Agreed Dave. Almost, means it's evolving. Eventually, what will it be? that's what's scary about it. And Am made a point about elitists and those below them. More golfing and expensive parties while people still look for jobs?
Bush took his resting time on his ranch which didn't cost the taxpayer anything. There were also countless times he and Laura visited sick and injured soldiers and there were no cameras and photo ops. He was a humble man and I miss him.

No was making over $100,000 a year under Bush now $0, Now that's real CHANGE!

No, I am not better off.
AM- I agree with you that we should withdraw our troops from the Middle East. Those people are fighting a Religious war while we are not. People will always sacrifice more for their God than their Country. We are in a battle that cannot be won. They haven't changed for 4,000 years, I believe we are wrong if we think we can change them. I really wonder who it is we think we are, God himself? What about all of the poor people who will be killed if we leave? We cannot solve the world's problems until we solve our own.
I say bring our troops home, line them up on OUR borders and then re-evaluate this gigantic insatiable organism we call our Federal Government.
*Warning- Listening to Mike Horsman's opinion can cause warts, loss of hair, indigestion and, in more than one case, pregnancy. Do not listen to Mike Horsman's opinion while operating a motor vehicle or heavy equipment.

In the last 4 years more has been added to the national debt than in all the years of our country's history. It is approaching $16 TRILLION dollars. But hey, lets just tax and spend our way out of this mess, right? If the rich would pay their fair share, then we could get out of debt, right?

The only way out of this is to unleash the free-market capitalist economy that has made this country great. Obama called his time working in the private sector as "working behind enemy lines", so its not going to happen under him.

@Athens Mama: you can't discuss anything with people who cherry pick from Fox broadcast airwaves. They don't like facts. They only believe what they want to believe. They run on anger and emotion. Many of their perceptions come from reading bumper stickers when they're not in front of a TV or computer. Facts be damned. Anyone who misses George Bush is woefully beyond educating on anything, least of all the state of the American economy or social issues. That's naivety at its most dangerous. Herman Cain, wannabe Rhymer in Chief, was never a serious candidate. He, along with Newtser, was on a personal advertising and elevating campaign to garner a cush broadcasting job or sell more books. Now they hope to get a job in D.C. by standing with the man they attempted to tear apart during the primary season. I wonder, what will become of Fox & Friends (boobs & blondes - Hannity being the biggest boob), Beck (delusional narcissist), Rush (despicable opportunist), Coulter (ugh!), Malkin (also ugh!) and their ilk if Mitt wins in November. Who will they blast away at? What will their political slant be? Will they flip sides? Manufacturer some new conspiracy theories?

Yes, I am better off than 4 years ago. Financially and emotionally. The fear of what would happen was almost as bad as what did happen when the bubble burst. Those who feel they are not better off can take heart in the knowledge that these 4 years of improvement, yet slow growth, will be conditioning them for what is really going to happen if Rs take over the WH. It will be a Corporate WH. Bye, bye Middle Class America. What was the DJIA 4 yrs ago? Today it's at 13k.

This counrty is now $6 TRILLION dollars in debt within the past 4 years of Obama in office, ON TOP of the debt our country was already in! NO ONE is better off!!!!!

obviously a lot of people that have posted here are better off, because they have time to post all these long comments instead of working. Brava, AthensMama, all these ridiculous wars are killing us and our precious sons and daughters . The rich get richer and the middle class is being strangled.

so much money could be saved if disability eligibility was examined every 4 years. So many people are on permanent disability for injuries when they could really be working instead of sucking of the teat of government for the rest of their lived.

Yes, I'm better off all round. No, it will not influence the way I vote: Current politics are abominable, with each party trying to cater to the pettiness of the electorate and their pocketbooks and no one seeming to be willing to cooperate for the betterment of the country as a whole.

The uncertainty for the American economy and businesses can be directly attributed to the Do Nothing Good Congress, as verified by it's abysmal approval rating. R-Congressional leaders threw their temper tantrum on the night of the Inauguration, then holed up in secret to plot and plan how they would do everything to make him a one-termer. Nevermind that they were sent to D.C. to work for their constituents, to conduct the business of this country. For them it is now and has been, since the neocons took over under Bush/Cheney with Norquist, Karl Rove, the Koch Bros., et al, and now Sheldon Addelson, their only goal to gain full power and control over all of America, its people, its resources, its psyche. To make that even more despicable, they use fear and religion to prey upon and spread their propaganda amongst the uninformed and uninformable, weak, narrow-minded, uneducated, intolerant, greedy (and any combination of the foregoing). Saying you're patriotic and/or Christian does not prove that you are. The POTUS is their fallguy, any POTUS, but more especially this one. He is different because he is not from a 2-parent lower 48-state vanilla family; he is an educated, intelligent, articulate half-black man; he has a scary middle name. The House is in charge of the budget and the nation's checkbook. No president is all powerful. You all can cry in your beer or your milk all you want about him, because that's the popular thing to do, but Congress is the villain.

Here's a foretelling of a Corporate Mitt WH:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/28/century-mine-romney-ohio-mandatory_n_1836674.html
I am not going to get into a pissing contest with any of you who usually pounce on my comments. I know my moniker is a magnet for you. You can't seem to resist making your insults and your snarky, name-calling replies. If you don't like what I write, don't read it. I have learned to do that with many of yours. My guess is that some of you are middle schoolers. I don't argue with children.

@LarryReid
"George always manages to leave out the two complete years while Obama had the house and senate"

One more time .The president never had the senate because today you need 60 votes to break the filibuster rule which he never had.Its a undemocratic rule that makes a sham of our republic form of governmentBbecause of that we didn't get the public option in the Affordable Health Care Plan"or Romney care.

Will this do it for ya, Jimmy?
http://www.citybeat.com/cincinnati/blog-3875-romney_mandel_event_mandatory_for_miners.html
http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2012/08/coal_miners_lost_pay_when_mitt.html
http://rt.com/usa/news/attend-romney-employees-event-781/
http://www.wksu.org/news/story/32898
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycODMs4HK2c
http://talk.baltimoresun.com/showthread.php?p=8110967#post8110967

JImmy, none are so blind as those who refuse to see. Time to stop blaming Bush and republicans when they were nowhere near this stuff. Hitler would have had a field day with todays left wing liberals. They'll believe anything that is slanted to their liking even when it's proven right in front of them that they are wrong. To answer your question, they are only concerned when a republican can be blamed.

The desperation lies with those who trust not the truth. Not so much blaming as reminding, reminding, reminding . . . those with weak, short memories must be constantly reminded. The weak-minded can't hold onto what isn't fed to them.

I skipped a bunch of the comments--can't read them all. Why is Congress even deciding what their pay and benefits are??? Those of us in the private sector would be laughed out of the room if we tried to tell our bosses what our raise should be.

I'd like to see folks vote against incumbents, and keep doing it until we get the right group of lawmakers who will change that corrupt stuff in Washington. Second, we should go on an income tax strike until Congress temporarily fixes the tax code. Then give them a couple of years to make more permanent changes.

I no longer believe Congress is looking out for "the people". Our food supply has been reduced to "food-like products" that were created in a chemistry lab. Personal care items (deodorant, shampoo, detergents, etc.) contain toxic ingredients, the pharmaceutical companies bribe doctors and suppress negative clinical trial info, and the FDA wants to approve medical apps for Smartphones!?!?!?

Ahhh....very nice. Obama's Mantra regarding his followers. Positively mesmerizing isn't it?

Continuing a conversation from earlier about the b - - b tube (the b word does have more than one meaning), or idiot box for those prone to cringe at any perceived or real reference to anatomy, are y'all ready for the propaganda machines to really get cranked up? If (God forbid) your guy wins the WH, brace yourselves. FOX, well-known as the propaganda arm of the Republican Party (Rupert Murdoch) owns 27 television stations in the USA and many more worldwide. Bain Capital (the company Romney founded and retroactively retired from when both his hands were caught in the cookie jar) owns Clear Channel which owns 866 radio stations and Premiere Radio Networks, a national radio network that serves nearly 5,800 radio station affiliates and has over 213 million weekly listeners. Programs include the Rush Limbaugh Show, Glenn Beck and the Sean Hannity Show. Fair and balanced? - yeah, in your fantasy world. If not state-owned, certainly state-very well-connected. I'm not offering any links b/c it's damned if you do and damned if you don't - that one?, only one?, desperately posting all those? :D Y'all know about the google and the bing, so do your own referencing.

Wow, I'm not even sure what to do with this post. It's gone so far off the rails, it's reall painful. From "If you don't like what I post don't read it" (How do we know it's your usual drivel until we read it? This is without a doubt one of the dumbest things I have ever seen in print) to stating that those on the right here are reading right out of the Fox playbook, when all I see from the left is the same things out of the HuffPost, NPR, MSNBC (which was recently found to be more slanted than Fox, BTW). Some may be better off, I'm pretty much even, but most I know are worse. Very few better. But I can tell you that the ones that are better aren't better because of BamBam's policies - they're that way in spite of them.

I hope some people like or agree with what I post, but I only get the flak in replies. I read Patch opinion pieces for a long time before I decided to enter the fray. There weren't enough of my people posting ;) It is a good place to express views & sometimes vent. Better than putting this stuff on FB! Fox is a good entertainment channel, I agree. I like a lot of their shows, just not the "news" or political shows. Nearly every doctor/dentist waiting room has it playing. Makes my BP go up before the doc even checks it. My brother-in-law is thoroughly R, but even he says he gets so depressed when he watches Fox news. You say you listen with skepticism & verify, but most don't - they get revved up. Therein lies the danger of false or biased coverage. What are you talking about when you say you "assume that everything that comes out of our illustrious leader's mouth is a lie."? Not liking him is one thing, so you probably can't stand the sound of his voice, but "lying"? Sorry, you're wrong about that. I support him b/c I believe he wants & works for the best for this country. Besides, Romney and Ryan both have been caught so many times on tape and in print lying and flip-flopping. Imagine my surprise when I saw this piece because it was actually written by a Fox pundit (token liberal, as I admit they have a few): http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/08/30/paul-ryans-speech-in-three-words/?cmpid=prn_aol&icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D199269

Karsten, honey, I think you need to bring your face out from behind that newspaper. :)

Or out of her *** ~ directly from her facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150772570963438&set=a.492468528437.266928.668593437&type=3&theater

Wow, taking the 100 seconds to review the photos posted by this person made me realize I will never spend another 5 seconds reading or responding to anything she ever posts again. I could almost hear "I'm a redneck woman, I ain't no high class gal......" resounding in the distance" as I viewed...

Hey, you put the invite out there....

There are some seriously disturbed people posting on this thread. I have a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach.

One thing you can always depend on with liberals is the relentless pursuit of irrelevance. In post after post that supports Obama, the basis for that support is the record of the Clinton administration. Apparently, these folks haven't noticed that Clinton has been out of office for over a decade and is not running for re-election. Clinton was and is far more conservative than Obama and his record has absolutely no relevance to Obama's failed policies. The continual reference to Clinton indicates that Obama's record offers nothing worth talking about.

I'm so glad I'm not a Republican!!! :D

But Daaaaave, if we don't remember the past, history will repeat itself. Romney wants to go back to the Bush II era. ;) Those times were only good for the super, duper wealthy. Not so for the shrinking middle and growing poor classes or all the soldiers who lost their lives or limbs, retirement and investment accounts, our neglected infrastructure, the sick or helpless, the mortgage and housing industries, etc. If you're in that category, I can certainly understand your thinking . . . low, low, low, low, low taxes. But that doesn't fix the lack of ethics and conscience that goes with it. Doesn't matter to me if you're an R. I'm happy as a Democrat. It's good for one's conscience. Are you happy, Dave? Are you, Larry? Doesn't sound like it. I'm not in the recruiting Dems business. I am a proponent, not an activist. Would be a wasted effort around these parts, anyway. Think, debate, vote however you will. I'm not trying to change your mind and you have no chance of changing mine. So, why are you even talking to me?

Mike, I wove u:)

NOTICE TO ALL WHO DARE POST ON PATCH: There is a hacker posting fictiously here, using the names of legitimate posters. It can happen to anyone, apparently, so it is not safe, especially to use your real name! It is a serious ethical violation. I sincerely hope that SHARON and the PATCH staff will investigate this breach. This is my last post unless and until I have confirmation that the problem has been resolved. ANY FURTHER POSTINGS FROM Georgia Democrat ARE NOT AUTHENTIC. Y'ALL HAVE FUN - A FEW SICKOS RUIN THE PRIVILEGES OF MANY. SHAMELESS BASTARDS! Proof of the underhanded ways of Republicans!

Athens mama - I found this on something else I was reading. This is something that really happened.
"The DC voucher program, passed by republicans in congress was an immediate success. Parents and students finally had the same chance as their more affluent neighbors....Students were excelling and thriving. When Obama came into office he ended this program, to the detriment of students in the area. Parents were furious, knowing it was a republican initiative that was helping their children to a better way of life."
This is something that Romney is running on. Just thought you'd like to know where he stands on education. I think you'll agree. I know I do.

I know I my opinion on the GA charter schools and DC voucher program is not that of a typical liberal.

Georgia Democrat, I have asked our product support to look into this. I was at the Loganville/Monroe Football game so I've only got back an seen this now. Hopefully they can figure it out. I sent you a private email. We encourage serious discussion, not violation of our terms of use. I am shutting discussion down until we have it figured out.

I have suspended the second Georgia Democrat and Laura Cope, both who signed on in the last 24 hours using hushmail accounts. If either of you feel that this is in error and you were not posting with the intent of distorting the posts of someone else, please email me at sharon.swanepoel@patch.com.

John B- ditto. So, much for civil discussions. :)

R - ditto too. Sharon is the best!

Sharon- Ditto from me, thanks.

Just for the record- That's four thank-yous from conservatives and zero from liberals. Hmmmmmmm.............

Please remember you do have the ability to flag something as inappropriate. Not just if someone posts a different opinion to you obviously, but if you see that someone has used offensive language or appears to be posting as you and is, in fact, not you. That way we get a heads up that something needs to be addressed. We can then see whether it is something that is universally offensive or just something a particular poster doesn't agree with and whether it is something that we indeed do need to delete and even suspend someone if necessary.

Obama is Americas Imaginary Friend, Clint was right. We are not better off.

Thank you for your attention to the blog Sharon ~

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The question isn't; "Are you better off than you were 4 years ago?" It's; "Are you better off than you were 12 years ago?" The answer is; "Hell no! But I'm gettin' there."

Better Off?
It"s 4 years FROM NOW!
That is the question.
The current Obama policies will:
1) Create $5 per Gal Gasoline.
2) 9% Unemployment. (Go ahead Google "Projected unemployment")
3) GM filing another Bankruptcy.
4) Another USA credit downgrade. (that will cause rise in Interest rates)
5) Credit downgrade will make Home prices decline again--All homes will have lower values in 4 years.
6) Your employer will be paying way more for your Health insurance
(Your job is in jeopardy) (employers will need to choose the best employees)
7) Prices of everything you buy will go up. (That's Inflation)
8) Anyone earning more than $75,000 per year will be paying higher taxes because once Obama gets re-elected, HE WILL SAY THAT HE NEEDS MORE PEOPLE TO SUPPORT TAX INCREASES>

So People who voted for Obama in 2008 and do not see he is begging to forgive him for not getting us on track , will be falling for all the above traps.
He is NOT running on a job well done. He is running as a PARTY CANDIDATE.
Obama is campaigning all over again, as if he never had a chance to prove what he has done.

Pity those of you who vote "democratic" just because of the party, while risking your future for the last time.
America is literally burning in the middle east.
That , people is something to ponder.
IT's NOT THE---"BRITISH ARE COMING" this time around.
Go figure who is coming?!!!! IN 4 YEARS