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UPDATE: Bill Clinton Stumping for Obama in Akron Thursday

Clinton is set to step in while President Barack Obama continues to focus on Hurricane Sandy.

 

Updated Oct. 31, 11:45 p.m.

Bill Clinton is coming to Akron on Thursday to rally support for President Barack Obama.

The former President will stump for Obama at 6 p.m. Thursday at the John S. Knight Center, located at 77 E. Mill St. in Akron, reports the Akron Beacon Journal. 

Doors will open to the public at 4:30 p.m.

Click here for tickets 

Clinton's forthcoming arrival comes a day after the cancellation of Obama's University of Akron rally.

According to whitehouse.gov, the President decided to remain in Washington D.C. to monitor Hurricane Sandy, and help coordinate the federal response and relief effort. 

Tickets obtained for Obama's canceled event will be honored Thursday at the Knight Center. 

Obama will return to Northeast Ohio this Saturday to campaign in Mentor. 

Stay tuned to Patch for ongoing local coverage of the presidential election.  

Related Topics: Bill Clinton, Hurricane Sandy, President Barack Obama, and akron rally

Alan T

2:51 pm on Wednesday, October 31, 2012

our president is out helping all the poor people in jersey right now since romney dont care about the poor

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Sportsfan

9:05 am on Thursday, November 1, 2012

Obama isn't helping anyone. He's doing what he is paid to do. Does your boss go out onto blogs when you show up for work?

Where was Obama seven weeks ago when Ambassador Stevens, Sean Smith and two retired Navy SEALS, Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty were left to die in Benghazi?

"We Leave Nobody Behind"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqrJPGmBBMA

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Jack Kelly

12:06 pm on Thursday, November 1, 2012

Romney has no role in anything in recovery relieft. All he is is someone campaigning for President.

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MZ

9:27 pm on Thursday, November 1, 2012

George Bush doesn't care about black people.

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JByrd

9:35 pm on Thursday, November 1, 2012

Actually, the President likely learned his listen after BP. Take look at some southern coast newspapers after the BP oil spill. There were hundreds of boats with boons ready to go, but couldn't get the okay to start working. A horrible, Katrina-like mess.

When the BP oil leak happened, why all the delays in (a) stopping leak, (b) preventing spreading, (c) cleaning and (d) helping those effected. Boats were sitting idle waiting for permission for several days while some seemed to like watching BP squirm.

So the President is making the rounds, which I think important. However, many of those shoreline photo shots are in pretty wealthy areas. Shouldn't matter since everyone effected.

Bones Ak

3:03 pm on Wednesday, October 31, 2012

all I can say about this is

June 1995: Monica Lewinsky, 21, comes to the White House as an unpaid intern in the office of Chief of Staff Leon Panetta.

November 1995: Lewinsky and President Bill Clinton begin a sexual relationship, according to audiotapes secretly recorded later by Linda Tripp.

December 1995: Lewinsky moves into a paid position in the Office of Legislative Affairs, handling letters from members of Congress. She frequently ferries mail to the Oval Office.

enough said this is what he is remembered for

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Jack Kelly

12:07 pm on Thursday, November 1, 2012

Really? 1995?

(cue The Eagles "Desperado")

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JByrd

9:39 pm on Thursday, November 1, 2012

That's nothing. The late Vince Foster drove to a DC park and killed himself shortly after receiving a phone call about an office in Arkansas getting raided by investigators. He expected the castle to crumble, but didn't happen. There's an amazing Post or WSJ article comparing the investigation the ended up nabbing Spiro Agno vs the whitewater investigation. In sum, Clinton got very lucky some insiders were involved early and steered the teams away from flipping witnesses to testify.

Bones Ak

5:18 pm on Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Lori am glad you feel so strongly , a few things Id like to point out to just because I have an opinion on a past president does not mean am a republican . To let you know I am not . I am sorry if the truth on this matter has gotten you so upset I am just surprised to see so many women who like this man . and by the way I voted for clinton

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Joe Giles

6:50 pm on Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Billy boy, the guy with a zipper problem

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Sportsfan

9:08 am on Thursday, November 1, 2012

Exactly! Clinton said "They have a wholesale effort going on to prove rape and incest are not problems. You know it's true, don't you?"

This coming from a disgraceful president and a known rapist! What a disgusting PIG!

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Jack Kelly

12:08 pm on Thursday, November 1, 2012

Funny how the WAAAHpublicans love to criticize BHO for "blaming Bush" for everything. But look at you uneducated right-wing fools. You're STILL blaming Clinton for stuff.
It must suck that the Bush years were so pathetic, huh? Just like the Republican Party is today. #staystupid

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MZ

9:28 pm on Thursday, November 1, 2012

I am not sure anyone is blaming Clinton for anything. It appears to me that they are pointing out that he cheated on his wife multiple times while in the Oval Office.

AMA

7:03 pm on Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Who cares what anyone does in their personal life....I care how the country prospered immensely from the 8 years he was president. People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones...in this case, rocks! Bush started a war that drained our funds and Obama walked into the mess along with Wall Street,auto industry,housing. With the congress of DO NOTHING TO HELP THE PEOPLE AND TO HINDER THE PRESIDENT, it is hard to catch up.Congress had the power to pass bills but they chose to STICK IT TO OBAMA, AND SCREW THE EOPLE! The American people know who will be the next president. evidently, GOP has not a clue. They're too busy conjuring up lies and avoiding the truth. GOP is party first, country and people last.

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phil blackmore

8:16 am on Thursday, November 1, 2012

If a man is willing to throw his own marriage down the river he is likely to sell his country out as well. No morals. That still means something to a lot of people. Ltes face it, ALL politicians are in it for themselves, and only the rich will ever get to be president these days. A simple man can never reach the oval office except maybe to vacuum it. I still had hoped Condy Rice would have run for Prez (never liked Cheney), and not much for Mitt either (Obama is a non-issue for me as he is so full of himself he does noeed my vote). I do like Ryan so I voted their ticekt. I saw that Roseanne Barr was on the ballot! HAHAHAHA THAT is just who we need. I suppose she aould have Whoopie as he VP! Opps that is going tobe called racist now!

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Sportsfan

9:11 am on Thursday, November 1, 2012

No lies here:

Obama received request for security in Libya as they had none. 0 security personnel. Seven weeks ago, Ambassador Stevens, Sean Smith and two retired Navy SEALS, Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty were left to die in Benghazi! Thank you Mr. President. How was your party in Vegas?

"We Leave Nobody Behind"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqrJPGmBBMA

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MZ

9:30 pm on Thursday, November 1, 2012

Democrat controlled congress for first two years.

AMA

7:12 pm on Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Bill Clinton has done more good for the world than anyone can imagine. He is a humanitarian to the world. His good deeds far exceed any indiscretion, which some constantly bring up as a small petty comment..look at the whole picture, and grow up!

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Keith Best

10:32 pm on Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Sounds like AMA is OK with the leader of the free world, the Commander-in-Chief, the President of the United States getting BJ's in the oval office. I wonder what John Adams, James Madison, Abraham Lincoln and a host of others would think about that?

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AMA

8:06 am on Thursday, November 1, 2012

Keith....they bedded down slaves and had children with them....you're kidding me, right? There are still ancestors alive today who can spin a few tales on who their daddy was. If you think back then they were innocent, think again.
I am not for indecency, but people have to move on and quit digging up the past. Clinton has more than redeemed himself, with his work now. Being a human, it would be better to forgive than to grind about things you can't do anything about.

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Dan Marol

9:29 pm on Thursday, November 1, 2012

Keith-
You've got to be kidding? You're still upset about this? Get over it.

Keith Best

10:29 pm on Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Bill Clinton is still looking for those "binders of women" mentioned in one of the presidential debates.

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RJ

10:35 pm on Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Lori

Yes the affair was a personal matter.... however carrying out an affair on the job would get any executive fired..... In fact the banking bill Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act that Clinton not only signed but championed... creating the "too big to fail" entities, as well as Clinton's drive to increase home ownership, whether or not good monetary guidelines were followed... "The National Homeownership Strategy: Partners in the American Dream" The Federal Reserve, under Greenspan, was all to ready to help out increasing our money supply (after all for every fiat dollar the Fed prints US Citizens are charged dearly), driving up housing prices... until the bubble burst in 2007. And of course Bush I was all to ready to keep the economy going after 911, so he ignored the issue... even though he was told of the problem, instead he led us into yet another empire building war. Further the Fed generated money supply was dramatically increased in late 1999, with an excuse of the impending Y2K disaster approaching... continued....

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RJ

10:36 pm on Wednesday, October 31, 2012

continued from above... Y2K came and went with no issue... except the increase in money supply.... of Clinton was President at that time.... then along came 2007 and the crash that had been building due to years of bad policies in the years of Clinton, Bush I and Reagan. So while you may think times were good under Clinton the real rotten truth was hidden, and evidently some either are ignorant of these fact or simply too partisan to admit them. When the crash came we spent good money on bad bailing out financial instutions while ignoring the bad debt.... and to this day we still have those bad debts. Will we continue this ostrich in the sand stance or will we face up to this issue? Will we face up to the entitlements, which Obama promised to address in his first campaign... and in fact has only made worse. Will we turn undeserving individuals and corporations (especially those who supply overpriced, underperforming armaments) away from the public trough and allow the market to make a much needed correction... or will we continue on our path of denial? If it is the later...then the day of reckoning will not be pleasant. Neither Obama nor Romney really discussed the greatest threat to America.... and that is our national debt.... when the day of reckoning comes any would be enemy of America will have their way with us.

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RJ

10:36 pm on Wednesday, October 31, 2012

To A... Bill is the man..... and Monica agrees

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RJ

10:40 pm on Wednesday, October 31, 2012

To Lori and others.... the issues are deeper than CNN, FOX, or whatever other mainstream media outlet would give us... or any cutesie slander a politician would make against his oponent.... the issues have been compounded over the years.... and are still not being adddressed... http://www.freedomworks.org/crisis

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RJ

11:41 pm on Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Lori said His bad behavior did not affect me, my job, my family, the economy or put our country in harms way.... oh for goodness sake yes it did it diverted attention from the important things that were going on... those I mentioned in my previous post...

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RJ

11:48 pm on Wednesday, October 31, 2012

AMA mis-stated Bill Clinton has done more good for the world ... how about asking the people of Belgrade? One thing for certain he has, as is the tradition of late amongst our public servants, enriched his own bank account.....While we fall for these silly Republicrat and Democan nonsense they get richer,,, we get poorer http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2011/11/richest-congress-members-michael-mccaul-/1

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A

12:34 am on Thursday, November 1, 2012

Please the Serbs shouldn't have been stupid and started killing off the muslims and Clinton wouldn't have to bomb them.

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phil blackmore

6:04 am on Thursday, November 1, 2012

Clinton is coming to the Falls?! Hide the women!

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phil blackmore

6:09 am on Thursday, November 1, 2012

Here is a real shocker headline from the news:
Complaints crop up in Ohio of early voting machines marking Romney votes for Obama

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Murphy-Solon

8:32 am on Thursday, November 1, 2012

Here come the expected excuses. It won't be the Republicans fault that they've lost the election, rather, the voting machines cheated them. So typical and predictable.

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Jack Kelly

12:09 pm on Thursday, November 1, 2012

Just like you WAAHHpublicans complaining....oh, just like YOU are now.
Good God you people are morons.

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MZ

9:33 pm on Thursday, November 1, 2012

Jack, nice name calling. Your post is very insightful and your points are quite convincing. Keep up the good work.

RJ

7:37 am on Thursday, November 1, 2012

Lori, Yes and it is my observation that if someone of "the other party" had an affair we would scream to high heaven. But that was not my point, my point is... you need to look behind your life experiences and behind the headlines to find the causes of what caused those experiences. For instance one experience is a "two party system" and why they and the media pretty much relegate those candidates to the kook category and any of us who vote for them as "wasting our vote". But the fact is because we do little beyond "sound bite TV" and headline main-stream print media we aid and abet this to happen. For instance how many people know that the third party candidates have been manhandled and detained when trying to enter the debate facilities? Why such an effort to limit our knowledge and our choices? IMHO because allowing a free flow of information and public disourse does not fit the powers that lobby 'our leaders'. Only with paying attention and digging can we even learn that others will be on the ballot, in at least 48 states, including Ohio. These 2 will debate on Monday Nov 5 Third party Presidential debate date changed to Nov. 5 due to Hurricane Sandy

http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/political-potpourri/2012/oct/28/third-party-debate-date-change-nov-5-hurrica-sandy/

http://freeandequal.org/updates/did-you-miss-the-debate-watch-it-here/

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MZ

9:34 pm on Thursday, November 1, 2012

Lori, what is my fair share? How much do you think I should have to pay in taxes? Would 40% be enough? How about 50%? Just curious since clearly in your opinion I should have to pay more.

RJ

8:43 am on Thursday, November 1, 2012

Murphy. No different than the hanging chads. Monkey see monkey. Watching the 2 party system would be funny if it wasn't so sad

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Murphy-Solon

8:48 am on Thursday, November 1, 2012

The Republicans are going to lose to an incumbent President presiding over a difficult economy because the electorate looks at the extremes on the right and say "no thank you". Republicans need not look to voting machines as the source of their problems, a mirror will do just fine.

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Murphy-Solon

9:30 am on Thursday, November 1, 2012

A tale of two candidates for Sportsfan;
Candidate 1 : Works together with a Republican Governor to assess the extent of the problem. Coordinates a government response to address the issues. Gets out of the way to l let the appropriate agencies do what they do best.
Candidate 2 : Believes the Federal agency that responds to natural disasters (FEMA) should be abolished. Dispatches his campaign staff to buy food at local Dayton Ohio stores, hands the food out to followers who in turn hand it back to him on camera to make it look as if he's doing something effective when he's really using a disaster for his own political gain.
Who to choose to be leader? Tough choice LOL

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Beth Norquist

9:59 am on Thursday, November 1, 2012

Latest Polls: Obama Leads Ohio
Obama 50 percent, Romney 45 percent
http://www.usatoday.com/story/theoval/2012/10/31/obama-romney-poll-ohio-florida-virginia/1670719/

Go vote! Every vote matters!

Early voting held Thursday to Monday, Nov 1-5:
Details at: http://cuyahogafalls.patch.com/events/early-voting-for-general-election

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Beth Norquist

10:02 am on Thursday, November 1, 2012

Thank you, President Obama for your many achievements, despite strong Republican obstructions:

+ Led the killing of Osama Bin Laden.

+ Improved US relationships with most allies.

+ Directed killing of several leaders of Al Qaida.

+ Implemented harsh sanctions on Iran.

+ Brought together coalition to remove dictator Gaddhafi from power in Libya.

+ Implemented Obamacare to provide healthcare for millions of people who previously did not have health coverage, and to mandate several health cost-cutting measures.

+ Ended the discriminatory Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy in the military.

+ Supports same-sex marriage.

+ Supports equal pay for women and men.

+ Leading the nation out of worst recession (gotten into by Bush) in many decades.
Implemented stimulus act to revive economy.

+ Ended war in Iraq, an unnecessary and unbudgeted war started by George W Bush.

+ Began drawdown of war in Afghanistan.

+ Passed necessary Wall Street reform to prevent future financial collapse.

+ Helped turn around auto industry.

+ And, much, much more!

Go Obama! Vote early!

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phil blackmore

11:51 am on Thursday, November 1, 2012

Thanks for the 13 trillion dollar debt and thanks for nothing Obama

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AMA

2:06 pm on Thursday, November 1, 2012

You go girl! I'm with you!

phil blackmore

11:50 am on Thursday, November 1, 2012

Lori has her lib thing going and that's fine as we are entitled to our opinions. If you will REMEMBER Cllinton ALSO claimed Saddam had WMD's. Then he bombs an asprin factory (oops) to get the focus off him and his little humidor Monica (not sure but I think those bombs were due to the Cole incident). So the guise of WMD's was not just Bush's idea. Lets also remember that it was not just our intel that claimed they were there (and what was in all those trucks racing to Syria at that time?), but also British intel claimed it as well. AND Clinton also agreed at the time not to mention he threw away 2 chances to kill Bin Ladin. That said, I agree that we should NOT have gone into Iraq the way we did, nor do we have any business telling a country that they should have or have to have a democracy style government. If we wanted to get Saddam spec ops could have done it a lot quicker and cheaper IMO. But back to the WMD's... Saddam did have them, he did use them and he likely would have SOLD them to the right buyer for use against us, so from that angle i can understand going in after 9-11 happened as we were all in a panic of sorts and I personally would rather do a prestrike rather than get hit with WMD's then do a pst strike. War sucks, and for the record I was not in agreement with the Iraq "conflict". 100% for eliminating Saddam though. We should also tell Packistan to pound sand. Obama is not the one whose interrogations got Bin Ladin either. Thanks W!

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tom m

8:36 pm on Thursday, November 1, 2012

Oh and lori It was the cia trailing a courier that lead them to Bin laden then it took Obama 9 months to finally give the order to kill him

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Dan Marol

9:36 pm on Thursday, November 1, 2012

Wow, so now you're complaining Obama took too long to kill Bin Laden? Wow, what a sign of desperation, Tom!

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tom m

4:26 pm on Thursday, November 1, 2012

well if it came out of huffington post it has to be true (huffington Post and The Blaze 2 extreme views that have no business on here as links)

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AMA

5:56 pm on Thursday, November 1, 2012

Tom....it doesn't matter WHO published the story...it's a FACT! Do your own research for the truth....and also, do you think FOX is reliable? They were proven to be the worst network for the truth,deleting facts,slanting stories and just plain lying to all the GULLIABLE sheep.

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tom m

6:10 pm on Thursday, November 1, 2012

you sound like a angry liberal I included in my complaint huffington Post and The Blaze but if you want to bring up Fox I can counter with MSNBC

phil blackmore

2:00 pm on Thursday, November 1, 2012

Poor Jack Kelly... I do ot understand why libs get so violent and nontolerant of others when they all they do is preach tolerance. I did not blame Clinton for anything. I just shared his past record as in inmoral person and and dummy for bombing an asprin factory instead of the people who attacked us. Not to mention he was riding the coatails of Regan and his great service to this country. But Libs just get so mad and angry..... oh yea and lets not forget their favorite term about conseritives.... intolerant. NNow go and get in your little car with your "COEXIST" bumpersticker on it and drive off into the sun set and pray that we do not get another 4 years of King Hussein.

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AMA

2:09 pm on Thursday, November 1, 2012

Reagan was a senile old fool.

Clinton didn't need anyone's coat tails to ride.

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Melissa Bysura

3:43 pm on Thursday, November 1, 2012

Wait, so let me understand all this.... politicians lie, cheat and steal?? Omg, who knew.

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Murphy-Solon

6:13 pm on Thursday, November 1, 2012

That like pot calling the tea black Tom M. You accused m.z.1 of taking illegal immigrants to the polls. Perhaps you should check your own anger...LOL

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tom m

6:33 pm on Thursday, November 1, 2012

PSSST it was said in jest (settle down angry liberal number 2 )

Melissa Bysura

6:25 pm on Thursday, November 1, 2012

Oh come on guys.... they cut funding at the embassies because at the time there wasn't a need for the added security, obviously they didn't intentionally try to put US Congressmen at risk. Anymore than Obama gave a direct order for our military to stand down knowing people were in danger. Both sides have to concede that you don't know everything and the media only tells us half truths. If either party is relying on the media for their facts then you've already lost. We're all in this together and we're all going to make mistakes and maybe even need to rely on eachother through hard times. Stop being republicans and democrats and try being neighbors!!!

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Murphy-Solon

6:35 pm on Thursday, November 1, 2012

Perhaps those you accuse of being angry liberals were also speaking in jest. Check yourself dog.

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AMA

6:51 pm on Thursday, November 1, 2012

I've been posting a long time and I don't get mad, at anyone. I speak my opinion and others who don't agree, that's fine. What irks me is when the name calling starts, nasty remarks, etc., then it's a whole new ball game. LOL
Also, in all my years, I have NEVER seen such disrespect for our President,in all my life. You can blame Rush,Rove and the Koch brothers for that! They instill and spew HATE. Whats worse is that people join in on the bandwagon. We all need to pull together as a nation. I feel like our country is so divided, because of a few individuals who are influential with money. Maybe they are rich but they are the very smallest,black hearted human beings I have ever seen. It reminds me of Nazi days in Germany.....Koch brothers' father and grandfather worked for Hitler.....figure it out from there. Their aim is to have the very rich and the very poor.....

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tom m

7:28 pm on Thursday, November 1, 2012

AMA nice post you should practice what you preach ....................
AMA
2:09 pm on Thursday, November 1, 2012
Reagan was a senile old fool.

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MZ

9:41 pm on Thursday, November 1, 2012

There were movies made about assassinating W. There was a cartoon called that's my Bush. Bush was called every name you can think of, and several you probably can't. Yeah, never seen such disrespect for a president.

AMA

7:56 pm on Thursday, November 1, 2012

Tom. Well, he was senile,and that's MY opinion. If you like him,that's YOUR opinion. I meant when posters get nasty with eachother.
Have a good night!
All I can say is I can't wait for this draining election to be over with. I'm up to here with it!

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Murphy-Solon

8:30 pm on Thursday, November 1, 2012

That's o.k. Lori, on Nov. 6 we will have the ultimate vindication. Beyond that, as the minority population continues to grow in the coming years, the Republicans will become weaker, weaker and weaker. For you see Lori, time is on our side....LOL

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Murphy-Solon

8:43 pm on Thursday, November 1, 2012

I can't believe you're still trying to push that debunked garbage Tom M. Even your party has moved on. By the way, why isn't W stumping for Mittens if he was so great, 25% approval rating and all.

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Dan Marol

9:43 pm on Thursday, November 1, 2012

Ah, Tom, that link doesn't work.

Murphy-Solon

9:42 pm on Thursday, November 1, 2012

I concur with you MZ. Clinton, Bush and Obama were all treated disrespectfully.

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MZ

11:33 am on Friday, November 2, 2012

Murphy, I remember Regan being treated discrepectfully as well. Otherwise we agree.

I have been reading about past elections (way back, 1800's) and this really isn't new at all. As a matter of fact, the vitriol and accusations were probabaly worse then. They used more appropriate language, but the messages, accusations, etc... were way over board.

Each election there are folks that say we have never been so divided, I really don't think that is the case. It is fairly clear that those repeating this refrain have either just gotten interested in politics, or are consuming more media/blog/etc... information. There have been some cut-throat campaigns in the past, hell, there was a even a duel.

Murphy-Solon

10:14 pm on Thursday, November 1, 2012

C'mon Lori, Dems called Bush a war criminal, mocked his intelligence and on and on. Since Clinton it's been open season on the sitting President by the party out of power. Sad but true.

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phil blackmore

5:19 am on Friday, November 2, 2012

Someone here said something about having respect for the office of the President. I do, I just have no respect for the man that is in that office, but I respect the office. For me it is hard to respect someone who wants to "redistribute " my money to someone who does nothing, or have the government run my healthcare.They cannot manage a kitchen (or social security, or their own spending). The government was established for the protection of this country and the rights of its people (not take them away) not welfare, not education, not healthcare..... It has gotten out of control and now we have some wing nut in office that thinks knows what is best for us over spending us into oblivion. If they wanted to stimulate the economy, GIVE THE MONEY BACK TO THE PEOPLE who paid it in the first place and we would have spent it and raised the economy back up. IMO 2 people are to blame for the economic problems. The banks for making loans they knew could never be paid back. The other the people who spent more than they could afford. We live beyond our means.If we lived more simply moms could stay home with the kids and daycare would not be doing the jobs of the parents, the family unit would be closer and if people would stay married (or even GET married instead of shacking up before having kids) that would have retained a sense of morality in the family. The Leave it to Beaver days are gone......

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AMA

7:07 am on Friday, November 2, 2012

Dems did have two years in congress, but nothing passed because GOP fillibustered....no bipartisanship. Their aim was to take Obama down....tea party,right wing nuts

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Harriet

8:01 am on Friday, November 2, 2012

Nothing Passed? The Deplorable Heathcare Act passed. The massive Stimulus waste passed. There was no Republican filibuster. Wake up AMA. The Tea Party only wanted to stop TAX and SPEND. Does 16,225,784,000,000 mean anything to you?
http://www.usdebtclock.org

Murphy-Solon

8:09 am on Friday, November 2, 2012

Talk about spending Harriet. The Republican Congress passed an Iraq war resolution w/o aWay to pay for it. Same with Afghanistan. The Republican Congress voted to begin the 4th largest entitlement in this country w/o the means to pay for it. Not only did they create the Senior Prescription Drug Program on a credit card but they forfeited the governments right to use the millions of new senior customers to negotiate lower per unit drug costs. The Republicans have talked a good game when it comes to cutting spending but their actions tell a different story. Both parties are guilty of fiscal irresponsibility.

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Harriet

8:22 am on Friday, November 2, 2012

Murphy-Solon, I'm sorry. I thought my comment was clear. I simply corrected an incorrect statement about filibustering. Then, I spoke of the Tea Party. I never said that the Republican Congress was without blame. The Tea Party wasn't aimed at Democrats. It was targeting government for ruining our future. It amazes me that all Americans are not upset with this careless government behavior.

Please try to keep up. Um-kay?

Murphy-Solon

8:27 am on Friday, November 2, 2012

Harriet, I'm as concerned about the out of control government as much as the next guy but how you resolve the issue is the issue. The biggest challenge to the Republican Party over the next 2 years will not be the Democrats. John Boehner and the established Republicans are heading for a showdown with the Eric Cantor and the Tea Party caucus. Boehner had a 4 trillion dollar deal with Obama just to have the Tea Party pull the rug out from underneath him.

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Harriet

8:44 am on Friday, November 2, 2012

I agree. Damn we need term limits.

Murphy-Solon

11:37 am on Friday, November 2, 2012

I agree MZ, but it seems to me that the cumulative volume has increased in parallel with the increase in talking heads on t.v. and radio. So many more Americans seem to have hardened and inflexible positions as a result of mass media.

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Colter95

11:13 pm on Saturday, November 3, 2012

I saw Obama yesterday claiming the new job numbers are proof that his policies are working and that we are in an economic recovery... Fact is, that is not the truth, or even close to the truth...
First, the unemployment rate ticked up to 7.9% and the year-to-date monthly average of 157,000 payroll jobs is barely enough to keep up with population growth -- much less make up for the 8 million jobs lost during the Great Recession.
Second, the so-called real unemployment rate (U6) remains elevated at 14.6%, albeit down from 14.7% the prior month. Similarly, the labor participation rate is at 63.8%, up from its multi-decade low but still incredibly weak.
Third, average hourly earnings fell a penny in October and average hours worked fell to 34.4 from 34.5 in September.
Stagnant wages means "we're not generating income," Reinhart says. "That's a problem in terms of the durability of an economic expansion, which is usually fueled by consumption. To get consumption you've got to generate income."
Also, just look at your checkbook. We are paying a lot more for everything now than we did in 2008. The price of gas has doubled. At the same time, wages have gone down, and that's if you're lucky to have a job.
In 2008, 25 banks went out of business. In 2012, 48 banks have gone out of business. Almost double the amount. Does that sound like recovery to you? Don't believe the Obama lies!!

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Colter95

11:14 pm on Saturday, November 3, 2012

Please don't let Obama sweep Benghazi under the rug...
Lets not forget those four who were left to be slaughtered in Benghazi... Do not reward Obama for this epic failure…

Every voter needs to read this excellent article... Very well worth your time...

http://spectator.org/archives/2012/11/01/benghazi-obamas-core-deceit/

These are pretty good as well:

http://www.gazette.com/opinion/romney-146793-obama-benghazi.html

http://frontpagemag.com/2012/dgreenfield/benghazigate-obamas-many-lies-about-libya/

http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/50657

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2012/10/25/CBS-Busts-Obama--and-Itself-Hidden-60-Minutes-Clip-Proves-White-House-Lied-About-Benghazi

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