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Romney has a track record of competence
Obama does not
The mistake is in thinking the President needs to lead.
Oh, sure, there are extraordinary times when it's necessary. But in ordinary, peaceful times, he should barely exist in any form that people notice. Division and "rebellion" should also be irrelevant. We're not a herd of cattle, and he's not a drover.
So, the president is not a leader?
Why even have a president, then?
Then the people who serve the state need a good leader, correct?The President heads the government, not the nation. The government is there to secure rights so that people may go about their daily lives unimpeded. The state should be pretty much invisible in normal times, so the head of state need not be heard from or seen much at all. People's lives are their own to conduct; they don't need to be led.
It's only a people who somehow serve the state who need to be led on a daily basis.
Translation: Romney is a Republican. Obama is not. Didn't Obama come from some rather difficult circumstances to a law school professor?
Obama renewed the commitment that Bush dropped ... to hunt and kill OBL and gave the order for the mission to go forward.
Obama vows to boost hunt for Osama Bin Laden at ceremony for Sept. 11 Pentagon victims - New York Daily News
Actually, Bush ended the war in Iraq (by winning it, by the way, which Obama opposed). Obama didn't do a thing toward it.
Still waiting for the "clear" evidence that Obama is Romney's intellectual superior.
Then the people who serve the state need a good leader, correct?
And, assuming you mean the Congress of the US, then that represents a pretty rebellious and divided group, don't you think, a group that is dysfunctional due to being so divided?
Actually, Bush ended the war in Iraq (by winning it, by the way, which Obama opposed). Obama didn't do a thing toward it.
Still waiting for the "clear" evidence that Obama is Romney's intellectual superior.
Obama had difficult circumstances-rich grandparents that sent him to a rich private school in Hawaii?
Your attempt to pretend to be even handed with nonsensical comments like that might be comforting to your own pretensions towards being neutral but that is pretty pathetic.
Obama has never demonstrated any semblance of competence in a private sector environment while Romney has and he was a Lecturer at a law school
how did Obama pay for Columbia and Harvard Law?
No, I mean people in general, not Congress. We, the people of the United States, do not serve the state. On a daily basis, we do not need to be "led."
The President doesn't lead Congress, either; the branches of government are co-equal.
These are all pretty much the foundational ideas of the country. The state should not figure into our daily lives, and thus, the President should be a minor, mostly invisible figure in them.
Lets see...A short list on Obama
Diverted a downward spiraling economic depression by the previous admin
He has save billions in tax revenues in healthcare (medicare reform/EMR/more americans qualifying to buy ins)
He's killed Osama Bin Laden
Eliminated several other Al-Qaeda leaders
Ended the War in Iraq
Begun the drawdown of forces from Afghanistan
No, an open primary is having all of the candidates on the ballot, and you choose which party to vote for in the voting booth.
In Ohio, you declare your party affiliation, and then you get the ballot for that party.
Lets see...
-Has done NOTHING to end a downward spiraling economy except prolong things and has created 7 trillion in debt (that your grandkids are going to have to pay-WTG Mr President...thanks for 'saving us') in doing what he HAS done (Ownership...if you say hew has saved the world, you have to accept the blame for everything else). Actual unemployment is near 20%.
-We have realized NO 'savings (how can we...the thing wont even kick in for two years) and Sebilious has admitted insurance costs have already skyrocketed and the projected costs currently do not align with initial forecasted 'gains'.
-Yes...he did...credit where credit is due. His one real strength is continuing the Bush anti-terror initiatives. Of course...when it was Bush doing it Liberals hated him for it.
-Yes...he followed through with the established Bush agreements to withdraw the military from Iraq in 2011.
-Well...not so much. He initially followed the Bush model of a surge in Afghanistan and it was initially effective. the problem is...that was 3 years ago and no one knows what we are doing next. He cant just bail on Afghanistan because we have a black ops prison (ALA GITMO) at Bahgram AirBase...and guess who has spent the last three years loading it up with prisoners?
Continuing the bush policies on anti-terror have been effective. He has INCREASED the Patriot Act conditions. His justice department has expanded operations against Americans. Again...under Bush...liberals JOINED many Conservatives expressing concerns over much of the Patriot Act. Today? They ignore it or hail it as a victory. The Obama economic policy is spend money you dont have and heap debt on future generations at a greater rate than has ever seen in US history. How can that POSSIBLY go wrong?
Even if everthing you said was true, he's still going to kick whichever Republican's ass is unfortunate enough to win the nomination. I'm just praying it's Santorum, so we won't hear the constant bleating of 'We'd a won if only we'd run a real Conservative!"
Even if everthing you said was true, he's still going to kick whichever Republican's ass is unfortunate enough to win the nomination. I'm just praying it's Santorum, so we won't hear the constant bleating of 'We'd a won if only we'd run a real Conservative!"
No, it isn't. A closed primary requires you to state a party preference and your receive the ballot of only that party.
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