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Sam Morris / Las Vegas Sun
Sen. Harry Reid and President Barack Obama leave the stage after speaking outside Orr Middle School at a “Moving America Forward” rally Friday, October 22, 2010.
Saturday, Oct. 23, 2010 | 2 a.m.
Sun archives
- Live blog: President Obama looks to boost Democrats in Las Vegas speech (10-22-2010)
- Hundreds wait, debate before Obama rally gets under way (10-22-2010)
- A transcript of President Obama's speech (10-22-2010)
- Democrats play their ace in the hole — Obama (10-20-2010)
- Sara Bareilles will be musical guest at Obama rally in Las Vegas (10-20-2010)
- Obama begins 2-day Vegas stay (7-8-2010)
- Michelle Obama visits Las Vegas; Red Rock restrictions in place (6-1-2010)
- Obama goes gloves off, head-on (1-14-2008)
President Barack Obama poked some fun at his right-hand U.S. senator on Friday, telling a Las Vegas crowd that Harry Reid isn’t the flashiest guy around, talks softly, gives wonky speeches and “doesn’t move real quick.”
“But Harry Reid does the right thing,” Obama told a crowd of some 9,000 enthusiasts at Orr Middle School.
The pep rally was part of Obama’s nationwide “Moving America Forward” tour, an effort by the Democratic Party to stir the same emotions that got Obama elected two years ago.
And while the turnout in Las Vegas was smaller than his pull elsewhere — a crowd estimated at 37,500 gathered earlier in the day to hear Obama at the University of Southern California — the party faithful offered charged responses as Obama rallied them to vote for Reid, Rep. Dina Titus — each of whom is facing a tough midterm re-election challenge — and Rep. Shelley Berkley, who is facing an easier re-election bid in her Las Vegas-anchored district.
Don’t blame them, he told the crowd, for an economy that went sour under Republican leadership.
Nevada, specifically Titus’ 3rd Congressional District where the president spoke Friday, is ground zero for two of the most highly contested races in the nation that are expected to be harbingers of whether Democrats will retain control of Congress.
The president encouraged new, young and minority voters who elected him to the White House two years ago to come out with the same force in these midterm elections, which historically attract fewer voters.
“If everybody who showed up in 2008 shows up in 2010, we will win this election,” he said.
While the rally was aimed at reinvigorating Democrats who seem to have turned lethargic, Hispanic voters were especially courted. A number of Hispanics, including a few recent immigrants, were tapped to speak to the crowd, and several elected officials, led by Obama, addressed Hispanic voters directly.
And Obama recalled the spirit of his own election.
“Just like you did in 2008, you can defy the conventional wisdom — the wisdom that said you can’t overcome cynicism in politics; the wisdom that says the special interests always win; the wisdom that says somehow the folks with the big money who are running the most negative ads, somehow they’re always going to be successful; the wisdom that says we can’t tackle big challenges in America anymore.
“You may think: No, we can’t. We think: Yes, we can. Sí, se puede,” Obama said, invoking his famous 2008 campaign slogan in both English and Spanish.
“There is no doubt that this is going to be a difficult election,” he acknowledged. “And that’s because we’ve been through an incredibly difficult time as a nation.”
Blame the Republicans, he said. “They are basically betting on all of you having amnesia. They’re banking on the fact that you might forget who got us in this mess in the first place.”
During the presidential race, nearly 11 percent of early voters were Hispanic. Overall, Hispanics made up 15 percent of Nevada’s electorate and Obama won 78 percent of them, according to exit polls.
Democrats hope several recent events will push Latino voters more solidly into their camp. Latinos for Reform, an independent political group, this week released ads that urged Hispanics to sit out the election.
And Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle told a group of Hispanic high school students that she wasn’t sure that the obviously Latino men featured in one of her campaign commercials were actually Hispanic and claimed that America’s northern border was the most porous and the point of entry for terrorists. In an apparent attempt to backtrack on the ads the students described as racist, Angle told the group that some “look a little more Asian” than Hispanic. Angle also hasn’t denounced the Latinos for Reform ads.
Democrats used the Angle gaffes as fodder for their speeches.
“We know the difference between Hispanics and Asians,” Berkley said. “We don’t think there are too many dark-skinned Canadians coming over the border.”
“Each of you looks like a Nevadan to me,” Reid said.
Titus took a different approach, but still dug into Angle.
Sen. Harry Reid introduces President Barack Obama for a speech outside Orr Middle School at a "Moving America Forward" rally Friday, October 22, 2010.
“I don’t think the Democrats are wimps. I don’t think we need to man up,” she said, an homage to Angle’s new favorite phrase, which she has lobbed at Reid half a dozen times over the past week.
Titus is neck and neck in a tight race against Republican Joe Heck.
Democrats hope rallies like Friday’s will help stave off a Republican revolution similar to 1994, when the GOP took control of both congressional chambers for the first time in decades. A recent Pew Research poll found that anti-incumbent sentiment is on par with 1994 levels and far surpasses that seen in the past three midterm elections.
National surveys also show that the GOP retains a wide lead in projected voter turnout. The Pew poll, released Friday, found that
50 percent of likely voters lean Republican, and 40 percent lean Democratic.
In Nevada, the trend appears to be less favorable to Republicans. After nearly a week of early voting, Republicans have a small lead — about 1.5 percent — in statewide turnout but no real surge. In Clark County, Democrats are ahead by about 10,000 votes, with about a quarter of ballots cast.
Both parties know November victories will depend on turnout, and voter outreach on both sides appears to be outpacing 2006 efforts. Enthusiasm among Republican voters is on the upswing, but Democrats are fighting back with a ground game that rivals, if not exceeds, that seen two years ago.
“There are more of us than them,” Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rory Reid said. “If we show up, we will win.”
Supporters cheer during President Barack Obama's speech outside Orr Middle School at a "Moving America Forward" rally Friday, October 22, 2010.
Even so, Democrats face an uphill battle. The anti-incumbency movement to “kick the bums out” is strong, and Democrats have struggled to convince voters — even Democratic ones — that they will be able to reignite the stagnant economy and create jobs. Las Vegas’ unemployment rate hit 15 percent in September, the highest in the history of the state.
Obama acknowledged that the country, and particularly Nevada, is in the midst of one of its most difficult times. He said he understands that voters are frustrated and discouraged. But, he warned, that’s not a reason to stay away from the polls.
“Imagine if our parents, our grandparents, our great-grandparents had said, ‘Oh, this is too hard; oh, I’m feeling tired; oh, I’m feeling discouraged; oh, somebody is saying something mean about me. We would not be here today,” Obama said.
“We got through war and depression. We have made this union more perfect because somebody somewhere has been willing to stand up in the face of uncertainty, stand up in the face of difficulty,” he said. “That is how change has come. And that’s the spirit we have to restore in 2010.”
If you voted for Obama to prove you are not a racist.......
what on earth will you do now to prove you are not stupid?
Obama wants us to vote for his Democrats across the board.
Las Vegas unemployment has kept rising.
Would you shoot off your big toe for Obama and his democrats?
I didnt know the circus was in town and only 9,000 kids showed up. I guess the shovel ready president wasnt talking about jobs anymore. Why should he and Harry gReid talk about the unemployed ; when they can talk about themselves and how great they are. They are just keeping up with the season; its called Holloween. Enjoy
We know change has come...we didn't need the president to tell us that.
But it's not the change we expected.
More of us lost our jobs and our homes since we voted for the hope & change.
Now we're being asked to vote for more of the same?? I don't think so.
They are all a bunch of lying lawyer politicians. Gee, I wonder why security is so tight!!!!! HA, ha, ha, ha. Obama's speech using Harry as comic relief is the same thing he did when he came to Vegas last time. Its all a bunch of bull sh%&^%it. Go back to Washington you Federal pig. Hey Mr. Obama, can you tell us why our country has been sold out to China? I say fire all of them -- Democrat and Republican. Noone votes anymore because they are all in it to line their own pockets.
They are ALL crooks. Liars, lawyers, politicians. Lining their own pockets. Gee, I wonder why its so hard to find this article about Harry and his real constituents!
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/oct...
Sharron Angle will kick the illegals out. Close the Dept of Education - its broken, in favor of private charter schools. Uphold the 2nd amendment. She is anti-Federal government, and I am for that. The Feds have sold us out to the Chinese, Mexicans, etc. Both Dem's and Repubs are guilty, from Reagan all the way up.
Good post, Dennnis Dipstick!
"the republicans dont want jobs created , they want tax breaks and more wall street bail outs. you people are delusional just like angle."
EXACTLY!
"Just let us keep ALL OUR MONEY! We'll trickle some down to you eventually; just be PATIENT!"
This scam has been RUN, kids.
You want to do it AGAIN???
Fool me once...well, you know.
Yes, you are all right. Obama has moved us from a Democratic Society to a Socialist Society. You all can sit there and wait for your handouts from the Government. Harry has done nothing for the State of Nevada until election time comes around. Dina is a mini Pelosi and has not a clue. It is the Democrats who will be the downfall. It is because of the Democrats policies and lack of doing anything that Nevada is almost dead last in everything in the Nation. Go ahead, vote for Harry and Dina if you want things to remain the same. If Harry wins, something might get said in six more years. Can't wait.
I am a democrat from Cleveland, OH. I have either cancelled or not gone on seven trips to Vegas due to the President's comments. I know many others who have not gone to Vegas for the same reason. We are afraid of the consequences from the government if they see that we are doing any business in Vegas. I am really afraid of where the government and my party has gone in the past five years. The democratic party of today is not the one I joined many years ago. I think it is time for a change. We don't have any tea party candidates where I live, but at least they are taking a refreshing approach to balancing the federal budget. It is difficult everywhere, but if our politicians keep failing us, we need to give them a failing grade when we vote. I think it is time to give Sharon Angle a try.
Obama says "We got through war and depression. We have made this union perfect"
Superman to save the day. So impressive.
Now can we have some jobs?
@jobs4america
We have a word for people like you,"SHILL".
After Sharron Angle loses,maybe she'll move to Ohio !
There's just something wrong with the current presidency flying around in Air Force One, with all its attendant expenses (operation, escorts, security -- and that's just for starters), lending its prestige and name to party politics. And guess who foots the bill.
How did that Who song go? Oh, yeah -- "Here comes the new boss / Same as the old boss / Don't get screwed again!"
@FernleyDem (Jess Garner)
Jess, I don't like the mess this country is in right now. If Sharron Angle lived in my state, I would vote for her. I have decided that I am only voting for candidates based on their track record if they are in office and if their plans make sense to me. If you want to kick me out of the democratic party, you are scoring some points. We have a word for people like you, "IGNORANT". I do not blindly follow anyone like it appears that you do Jess. Look at the track record of massive spending and economic distress. I voted for Obama, but unless he "changes", he will not get my vote again. And remember, I live in Ohio which is the biggest swing state in the country. We have correctly picked more Presidents than any other state over the last 100 years. Many of my friends in Cleveland who voted for Obama are also changing their views. If things don't improve, Obama will be unemployed like many others in this country. I hope he can turn it around, but I am not feeling too optimistic that he knows how to do it. In my opinion, it is time for a change in the Senate.
@killerB
Where were you when GWB was doing the same thing ?
Guess it was ok then...
In the past few days, there have been speeches by both Sharron Angle and Senator Reid.
Sharron Angle goes to a gathering that urges people to vote for her by Newt Gingrich.
Senator Reid goes to a gathering that urges people to vote for him by President Obama.
One is a lying, fear mongering, moral degenerate who fell out of power and is making money riling up the masses with ultra-right wing rhetoric.
The other is the President of the United States, popularly elected, and, in just a period of less than two years, has performed light years beyond the previous President could ever have hoped to do..and that incompetent President had eight years to do something in...but choice to get us into two wars that weren't paid for, not to mention just passed bills that sucked up even more American money.
Clear choice.
My votes go Democratic all up and down the ballot box. Because Nevada stands a better chance with them than with the same ole, same ole Republicans who bring absolutely no new ideas to the table.
"I have either cancelled or not gone on seven trips to Vegas due to the President's comments. I know many others who have not gone to Vegas for the same reason. We are afraid of the consequences from the government if they see that we are doing any business in Vegas."
This may qualify as the single most asinine comment on these forums. Ever. Either you are a liar or an idiot. Or is it both? Congratulations.
"most of us lost our jobs and our homes..." Most of us?? While unemployment is high, it is 20% (including underemployed). The foreclosure rate is high at 4% of homes. Neither comes close to "most of us" being either unemployed, homeless, or both.
The thing about living, talking, and breathing gloom and doom and communicating mostly with others who talk it, is that it communicates fear just like a communicable disease spreads. Fear is a communicable disease. It leads to panic, which, in turn can lead to pointless wars, ill-conceived policies that destroy economies, and it can make poverty and misery widespread for most of us for real. Panic makes things worse rather than better.
Nevadans are in the process of stampeding off a cliff. Excuse me if I don't join the herd.
@FernleyDem (Jess Garner)
Jess, I don't like the mess this country is in right now. If Sharron Angle lived in my state, I would vote for her. I have decided that I am only voting for candidates based on their track record if they are in office and if their plans make sense to me. If you want to kick me out of the democratic party, you are scoring some points. We have a word for people like you, "IGNORANT". I do not blindly follow anyone like it appears that you do Jess. Look at the track record of massive spending and economic distress. I voted for Obama, but unless he "changes", he will not get my vote again. And remember, I live in Ohio which is the biggest swing state in the country. We have correctly picked more Presidents than any other state over the last 100 years. Many of my friends in Cleveland who voted for Obama are also changing their views. If things don't improve, Obama will be unemployed like many others in this country. I hope he can turn it around, but I am not feeling too optimistic that he knows how to do it. In my opinion, it is time for a change in the Senate.
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First of all,I am not "ignorant"..
Secondly, I have followed Ms.Angle during her time in the State Assembly.Have you ?
Did Ohio pick GWB,you should be proud..
Dispute these FACTS with YOUR FACTS or don't post!!
When the Democrats took control in January 2007:
The DOW Jones closed at 12,621.77
The GDP for the previous quarter was 3.5%
The unemployment rate was 4.6%
Barrel of oil was less than $60
Gallon of gasoline was around $2.30
And, under Democrat control:
The DOW Jones closed around 7,500 in January, 2009 (a loss of over 5,000 points)
The unemployment rate went up to 7.6% in 2008 (an increase of 66%)
A barrel of oil went up to around $140 in July, 2008 (an increase of $80 or 133%)
A gallon of gasoline went up to around $4.10 in July, 2008 (an increase of $1.80 or 78%)
In September, 2008, President Bush opened up drilling and by January, 2009, a barrel of oil went down to $40 a barrel and gasoline went down to $1.72.
Since President Obama took over January, 2009, he and the Democrat controlled Congress now have oil back up to almost $80 a barrel and gasoline is at $2.75 per gallon!!
January 3rd, 2007 was the day that Democrat Senator Barney Frank took over the House Financial Services Committee and Democrat Senator Chris Dodd took over the Senate Banking Committee. And, the economic meltdown that occurred 15 months later was in the areas of BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES!
Bush asked Congress 17 TIMES to stop Fannie & Freddie - starting in 2001 because they were financially risky for the US economy. Even President Clinton said on national TV in 2008 that if the Democrats had listened to the Republicans the financial meltdown would have been prevented. President Clinton did start listening to the Republicans when they took over the Congress in 1994 and he and the Republicans were able to balance the budget and had three years of surplus.
And who took the THIRD highest pay-off from Fannie Mae AND Freddie Mac? President Obama!
And who fought against reform of Fannie and Freddie? Senator Obama & the Democrat Congress!!
Below are the amounts added to the national debt for all presidents since President Reagan:
Reagan - $1.55 trillion (96 months) ($16.1 billion per month)
H W Bush - $1.46 trillion (48 months) ($30.4 billion per month) (includes the Gulf War)
Clinton - $1.61 trillion (96 months) ($16.9 billion per month)
W Bush - $4.35 trillion (96 months) ($45.3 billion per month) (includes 9/11, Afghan War, Iraq War, Katrina, financial collapse)
Obama -- $3.45 trillion (20 months) ($172.5 billion per month) (includes Afghan War, Iraq War)
So when President Obama and his drone Democrats try to blame President Bush, you need to think twice before believing them!
The above are the facts!! It is not rhetoric!! Look it up!!
If obama's policies were so great there would be no need to campaign.
obama, reid, polosie have screw the country. Get rid of them starting Nov 2....
I have two children who graduated from universities and one who is a freshman at a university. While in the universities learning about politics, none of them were experienced and knowledgeable of current events, and definitely not politics. It is a shame when a man, holding the highest office in the land and who is Commander in Chief of our Armed Forces, must stoop so low as to try to convince inexperienced and young university students that he has the right ideas and that government can fix anything, just to 'buy' the votes of young adults. I have enough faith in our young men and women that if they do not know the candidates or current events in Washington that they will restrain from voting at all or learn more about the politics of Washington and the candidates. As shown over the last 21 months, President Obama was elected on rhetoric, and empty promises, and not on knowledge, experience, and maturity.
Young voters were disillusioned by Obama's rhetoric and are disappointed in his performance or lack thereof. Are the college students mature enough to understand that when they graduate with their degrees, they will have to join the bread and soup lines with the rest of us? I hope so and I hope if they vote, they will vote with their heads and not their hearts!
Young people of American, why do you think this President is blanketing this great country and spending millions of dollars of you mom's and dad's hard earned tax money in doing it. President Obama's radical bills and wild spending will come to a screeching halt if the Republicans, and moderate Independents and Democrats control the Senate and the House. Isn't that what we need worst than anything? Don't young adults want a job when they graduate??
HYPOCRITS,HYPOCRITS,HYPOCRITS! republicans all voted against the stimulas package saying it was the worst thing ever..now these same republican HYPOCRITS are all now lining up for the same stimulus money they all voted against..WHAT A BUNCH OF MORONS!
Only fools would keep blaming others for Bushes failures. We are dealing with the here and now. Now is the time to clean congress of the fools that have currently been producing the problem, and Reid has been in the front leading the pack of failures.
How many times on taxpayer money has President Obama been to Nevada and how much better off is Nevada??? The Democrats have controlled the Senate and House for 4 years and how have they performed for Nevada?? The Democrats are facing the destiny that they created themselves by rubber stamping President Obama's outreageous spending bills and not doing anything about jobs and the economy. I hope the good folks of Nevada will help the rest of the patriotic Americans defeat the politicians that voted for Obamacare and all of the other Obama job killers and economy killers. We must elect those candidates that will control President Obama and his out-of-control spending. Ask yourself; if I already owed my soul to the Chinese government and other 'enemy' countries, would I borrow more or tighten up my belt (spending)? If your answer is borrow more and threaten the future of your children and grandchildren, then vote for ALL Obama supporters!
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It's not that liberals aren't smart, it's just that so much of what they know isn't so."
"If we ever forget that we are a nation under God, we will be a nation gone under!"
- President Ronald Reagan
Fools repeat the same mistake twice and going back would make you me a fool ...moving forward makes me SMART...OBAMA POWER BABY!
HOPE AND CHANGE! Oh yeah, that worked well 2 yrs ago and it got us?? As for numbnuts like a previous poster saying it took Bush/ Chenney 8yrs to screw it up, look back farther than that..it was CARTER who opened the flood gates and then they were taken down down andd given away by CLINTON..so point the blame where it truly is..thids president has had 2 years to fix the problem and all we got was "give money to bail out. he should have taken the bail out money-given every home owner $100k and he would have had money left over. what family couldnt use $100k? if they screw it up and go out and spend it on non essentiual things and dont get their family out of debt, then its their fault. The money would have gone back into the system and fixed the banks and all without it being a give away..
CLEAN OUT THE SENATE AND CONGRESS NEXT MONTH!!
Am I the only person posting facts instead of running off at the mouth?? It sure looks like it! Democrats and idiots post no facts because it would be destructive to their cause!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Two years is not enough to clean up eight years of elephant **** and thats a lot of ****!
YOU'RE NOT IN TEXASS,where perry used all the stimulus money to help the state, that was the only smart thing he did with obama stimulus money and that's a fact..so please go back to your teanut party in texass and get your facts right..idiot.
Think before you vote and be careful what you wish for. Every time you wish for things and you get them they blow up in your face in the long term.
The problems of today go back over many years and presidents. They happened because the American public pressed until they got their way. Some times the publics way is not the right way and government giving into the public does not always work.
Good luck to all, hope you make the right decisions this time around.
"Where were you when GWB was doing the same thing ?"
FernleyDem -- actively criticizing the Imperial Bush Regime in every forum I could and more important, voted against him/it.
Where were YOU when...?
"Remember that a government big enough to give you everything you want is also big enough to take away everything you have." -- Barry Goldwater
TWO YEARS is not enough to clean up EIGHT YEARS of elephant **** and PLENTY of ****
Let me preface my remarks by stating that I don't think for one second Harry Reid will ultimately lose this race, as my faith in the intelligence of the average voter remains strong. But, what if Sharron Angle wins? The Dems will still control the Senate, probably with Schumer or maybe Durbin as Majority leader... arguably either of them more charismatic and influential on policy than Reid.
Nevada will have lost the most powerful position in Congress and be relagated to last place on the bench by sending an individual who has already demonstrated in 8 years in the Legislature absolutely no ability to influence policy or debate on any issue for her supporters. I don't see how anything different will happen in Washington?
Angle and her band of fellow elected teabaggers will wage a battle for contol of the Rebublican Party and almost certainly paralyze the Senate worse than it is now. The establishment Republicans are putting on a good face right now, but don't for one second think they're happy about this! Also, don't forget... Angle's term would be for 6 years people!!!! While that would make Jon Stewart's Daily and Steven Colbert shows hilariously funny for awhile, I'm not sure that's what we're lookin for.
Vote Reid!
This little get-together is aptly called a "pep-rally". It reminds me of the pep rallies we had in school before a sports game---lots of enthusiasm with little substance. Obama again lays the blame for the failures of his own policies on the past Republican administration. Has he forgotten that the Democrats were in control of Congress back then and that HE WAS ONE OF THEM?!
I don't mean this as a criticism directed only at President Obama, but it appalls me that American politicians (from President on down the ladder) spend so much time campaigning. Mr. Obama was elected by people hopeful that he would devote his entire attention to running the country well. How can he do this when such a large percentage of his time is taken up with fundraisers and other useless endeavours?
The American political system reeks of conflict of interest anyway because of special interest pressures. The President wasting his valuable time with campaigning is indicative of another gross conflict. Will he advocate laws that are good for America or just those good for his Democratic Party?
BE VERY CAREFUL AMERICA, The tea party nuts are planning to overthrow our government and endanger the lives of all Americans. Your family is at risk...they have been recorded messages from the miltia tea party groups and their plans to do so..THIS IS NOT A WARNING, THIS IS A THREAT FROM THEM. Do you really want that for your families and our country.
You cannot forget that before Obama, the White House and the Republicans encouraged businesses to take their operations overseas. The "Core" of our problems is "jobs" that are no longer available "here in the USA" because of the policies of the "same People, the same Group" that helped "big Business" and not the "Middle Class, the working person."
Right now, the true measurement of "any company operating in the USA" and making a profit off "our dollars" is the offering of "Employment."
These companies that have benefitted because of the past administration policies and the fact that those companies calling themselves US companies are not offering employment, but making Huge Profits, are being supported by the same people who say "I want My Country Back". Go figure.
I belived in Las Vegas, I believed in Las Vegas companies that are offering employment to keep Las Vegas economy going. That is the measurment being used today. Talk is cheat, misleading and producing nothing but confusion. It is time to look after, and support, anything "LOCAL" that is supporting our community.
Obama and Dirty Harry are a couple of very smarmy, crooked, weasels, pandering to the lowest class,the least educated and the people that are the most dependant on the government for money and housing. People that have been duped. Obama is scum- he hates America and cannot get through a day without lying. Hes scum. Stupid, uninformed people are Obamas favorite voters.
From the L.A. Times ===========================================================================================
1. 40% of all workers in L.A. County are working for cash and not paying taxes. This is because they are predominantly illegal workers without a green card.
2. 95% of murder warrants in Los Angeles are for illegal aliens.
3. 75% of people on the most wanted list in L.A. are illegal aliens.
4. Over 2/3 of all births in L.A. are to illegal aliens on Medi-Cal - whose births were paid for by tax- payers.
5. Nearly all inmates in CA detention centers are Mexican nationals here illegally.
6. Over 300,000 illegal aliens in L.A. County are living in garages.
7. The FBI reports half of all gang members in L.A. are most likely illegal aliens.
8. Nearly 60% of all occupants of HUD properties are illegal.
9. 21 radio stations in L.A. are Spanish speaking.
10. In L.A. County - 5.1 million people speak English - 3.9 million speak Spanish. There are 10.2 million people in L.A. County.
11. Less than 2% of illegal aliens are picking crops - but 29% are on welfare.
12. Over 70% of the U.S. annual population growth (over 90% in CA, FL, and NY) results from immigration.
13. 29% of inmates in federal prison are illegal aliens.
Had enough yet America? Hopefully so - because it's coming soon to a neighborhood near you. Progressive republicans in our government have allowed this for decades for cheap labor. Progressive democrats have done so for votes. Then people wonder why liberal lala-land is bankrupt. If you like these statistics - vote for a progressive. - P.S. ----- Harry Reid is a progressive democrat who has done nothing to stop illegal aliens from invading America. If you like what L.A. has become Nevada - re-elect Reid. By the end of his next term - Las Vegas will be a carbon copy of it...
jobs4america.............. I agree with u. The campaign takes too long. U might as well discount anything the candidates say 2-3 mo before the election. As for Reid the reason I wouldn't vote for him because he is not honest with the people. He voted with the President on every major bill (Health ,Cap,housing, Bailouts ETC) and he doesn't have the CONVICTION to stand up when confronted. When the people wanted to have access to him a year ago with town hall meetings he was never around ! One more point if the Health plan is so good how come Congress and Senate didn't change their plan?
How many states run by Democrats are in real financial trouble? California is run by a liberal Republican and they have a Democrat legislature.
I was republican,now an independent. My wife and I are voting for Harry Reid..Extremism has beed the downfall of many nations and I do not want my beloved country in the hands of such people.
"LIBERALISM IS A MENTAL DISEASE" (Michael Savage) "CONSTITUTIONAL CONSERVATISM IS THE CURE" (Tea Party) Our votes will determine which we will choose.
Rally at Orr Middle School was held at the right place.. Obamas message was just for kids.
The country is 14trillion dollars in debt, unemployment still at 9.8%, food stamps recipients is at it highest ever (34.000.000)millions families,there are more hidden taxes.there are 14.000.000millions of illegals, Mr Obama is trying to turn the USA into a Third Underdeveloped Country.
I am an Hispanic Voter Nobody Tell Me or Suggest Me How To Vote It Is My Constitutional LEGAL Right.
I won't "misdirect" my vote. I won't vote "stupidly". I will vote to better the country not to destroy the country. I won't vote according to special interests. I will vote according to my conscience.
Seem unemployment among some conservatives is down with so many paid republican operatives commenting on the LV Sun articles. Their unemployment figures will undoubtedly go up in November when the republicans get defeated in Nevada.
BAD TEA CAN MAKE YOU SICK...I do not want to get diarrhea. Liberas are the ones that has given us the right to be on here writing freely..womens right ,civil right,social secutity, medicare,government support that picks up your trash,the police, firemen,your parks,your rivers, the food you eat,fema, the roads you drive on,unemployment benefits, all the programs to protect us ,the list goes on..how much of you want to give all that up.. sharon angle does.DO NOT BE FOOLS, DO NOT LET YOUR BIGOTRY AND RACISM get in the way of what is important in your everyday lives.
For many of the real folks out there who once had the "audacity" to hope for change and reform in America, Mr Obama has now become the BIGGEST of disappointments. That's why a Democrat like Harry Reid, who now finds himself in a last ditch effort to save his political ass, is trying to blame the Right for all the country's continued woes, instead of placing the blame where it's rightly deserved now: In the Democratic camp.
Mr Obama's actions in office, as opposed to his rhetoric on the campaign trail in 2008, have repeatedly put personal political expediency and partisan politics before change, principle and reform... and that audacity thing people once saw in him; well that only seems appropriate when his political ass is not on the line.
At the end of the day, it's highly unrealistic to believe Mr Obama will ever challenge the status quo in Washington DC... So can we be honest here, please? This president's actions since taking office are just another example of the old adage that "all politics are local." Is it any wonder, that Obama's thinking alone reduced that fabled Obama vision to one where the change of adding more bureaucrats in Washington became the panacea of choice for our nation's problems? And where this president only means what he says behind the gates of those 18 perfectly manicured acres on Pennsylvania Avenue?
Hmmmm, you know that doesn't feel like change to me: It sure isn't unity and it certainly doesn't resemble audacity..... One thing is for sure -- this go around, "Mr and Mrs America" are doing more than just taking a peak at whose trying to catch a ride on the "B&O" Railroad into Washington DC.
You can tell a post by a Democrat; not by what they say, but what they don't say! I see no bragging or statistics on Obamacare, the Stimulus bill, the additional 3.8 trillion debt added by Obama in 21 months in office, the selling of our debt to China and radical countries, the passing of this tremendous debt to their kids and grandkids, the 9.6% unemployment rate versus the 8.0% promised by Obama, the Cap and Trade bill, the big mess Reid has ignored in Nevada, and the devastation brought on Las Vegas and Nevada by Obama's comments for vacationers to stay out of Las Vegas. Obama wants better educations for our children so they can receive unemployment pay, food stamps, and join his soup lines. Obama is a poor economist because he believes you should always put the cart before the horse. He doesn't undertand that when the private sector creates jobs that it benefits everyone including an increase in government revenue. A government job takes away from government revenue and adds more burden on tax payers. Some ignorant Democrat says, "Well, government employees pay taxes!" My response was, "Do they pay enough to offset the burden on other taxpayers, including his/her salary and extravagant benefits, including their expensive retirement pay?" Democrats just can't add and subtract! Well, they do a pretty good of adding to our debt, and nothing to subtract from the debt! They love red numbers over black numbers.
Obama says that things could be worse...
Yes, and the economy has been getting worse since Obama took office.
And Harry Reid is so proud to have Obama pander to him.
Harry Reid just doesn't understand that "its the economy stupid!"
Conservatives are the CANCER on soceity and the tea party is not helping the cure.
Majority of Americans want to be governed by conservative principles. Republican and Democratic labels are meaningless now as most politicians are corrupt and not true to the principles their parties used to represent. Let's elect out representatives according to the principles they hold and not the parties that support them.
I ask all of you folks that are out of work to please remember that Mr. Obama shunned us last year. He criticized corporate America and bullied them into not coming out to Vegas twice while he and Harry were living it up. Obama had 50+ golf outings and 6 vacations.He sent his wife overseas for a lavish vacation and Harry was living it up in his lavish digs in DC. Folks please dont have short memories. Also Madame Speaker Nancy had to have to new airplane and spent 7 million dollars traveling across the US hauling her private family members.All the time they were cutting the working Americans throat.
MEET YOUR POPULIST MASTERS
The Tea Party is a Republican shell company. Rove types created it after destroying the Republican Party's credibility.
From the Wash Post:
But the angry have been deceived and exploited by posers who belong to the same class of "elites" and "insiders" that the Tea Party movement supposedly deplores. Americans who want to stick it to the man are instead sending money to the man.... [listing the wealthy individuals heading up the party]
MEANWHILE The Republicans have, e.g., voted against legislation designed to prevent child abuse on the grounds that it wasn't business friendly (Wisconsin), sought to insert a supposedly 'lost clause' into the constitution trying to remove President Obama for accepting the Nobel Peace Prize (Iowa), asked to repeal federal income tax and allow citizens to interpret the constitution with the same authority as the Supreme Court (Montana), opposes hate crime legislation, (Wyoming, x-ref the Matthew Perry torture and murder) and created the Tea Party, the Republican Party's latest alias, which favors, among other things, a state's decision to ignore federal law when it disagrees with the federal government's exercise of power, shades of the Civil War. Exceedingly poor judgment by the Republicans, all in all, ya have to wonder what they'd do if they came to power again, obviously haven't developed any sophistication or thoughtfulness since Bush, may have even taken another step backward, hard as it is to believe.
Despite Karl Rove and his Texas billionaire friends trying to buy this election for Sharron Angle, most Nevadans know that Senator Harry Reid is better for Nevada and for America. Rove wants to regain his power in Washington and make his rich friends richer, not only by privatizing Social Security but also by turning Nevada into the country's nuclear waste dump. Sharron Angle, after benefitting from the Rove/Republican spending, would be a rubberstamp for their agenda.
And all the Republican propaganda about President Obama and a lack of enthusiasm by Democrats is brainwashing, pure and simple:
http://www.newsweek.com/2010/10/22/poll-...
Only a star struck fool would mistake the incompetence of Obama for necessary action.
I'm Voting For Liberty
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8tDGeXm3...
Anyone notice that Rasmussen and Gallup, the Republican-leaning polling companies, haven't reported any polls of the Reid-Angle race since Angle once again stuck her foot in her mouth with her "Latinos look like Asians" remark? Surely they've been conducting polls - they had been nearly every day - but suddenly they're not reporting the results.
Looks like Nevada is finally waking up to realize that Senator Harry Reid is best for the state, despite all the Republican propaganda to the contrary.
This election is not about Reid-Angle. It is all about Harry Reid.
If you like the way things have be going on the past several years, by all means, then vote for Harry Reid.
If you want change, then there is only one thing to do. Vote for Sharron Angle.
If Senator Sharron Angle does not perform, we will not wait 24 years before we replace her.
@smartone @8:37 maybe paralizing the senate would be good so they could stop all the spending.
The Networks are reporting, that since Obama and Reid spoke last night, the Angle campaign is raking in donations at an amazing rate per hour.
"Thank you, Mr. President, your visit to Nevada helped us raise nearly $200,000 online today alone -- I guess you could say this is the first stimulus package of your administration that's actually worked."
"Unfortunately for Obama, he arrived in Las Vegas on the day it was announced that the city has 15 percent unemployment. The only person he has helped in Nevada is Sharron Angle in her campaign for Senate."
>"Each of you looks like a Nevadan to me," Reid said.>
"My staff tells me not to say this, but I'm going to say it anyway," said Reid in his remarks. "In the summer because of the heat and high humidity, you could literally smell the tourists coming into the Capitol. It may be descriptive but it's true."
How do Nevadans smell to you Harry.
We need to get this girly man out of office as he has done nothing for us but give Nevada record unemployment and forclosures. Wake up people...time is up...he has to go! Bad Reid...Bad Senator http://aBadReid.com
Shelly Berkley needs to be fired along with any body associated with last nights gathering. Obama, Reid, and Pelosi are everything that is wrong with our country. Arrogant and disconnected with real people.
DUMP REID!
I still have not seen an intelligent, informative post from a Democrat. You can't debate lies and slander. Would someone post an honest message bragging on any accomplishment of Reid, Pelosi, and Obamaa with proof?
REPUBLICAN GREED DESTROYED OUR ECONOMY, PERIOD.
We will not let republican lunatics come
anywhere near our economy.
REPUBLICANS RUN ON A PLATFORM OF TOTAL FAILURE.
These anti-union lunatics want to steal our
Social Security, health care, wages and benefits.
VOTE ALL OF THESE CRAZY, GREEDY REPUBLICAN
THIEVES,CROOKS AND LIARS OUT.
CRAZY SHARRON ANGLE IS WORSE THAN BUSH.
This nut already told us that it's not her job
to create jobs.
Yet republicans still support her.
HOW STUPID ARE YOU REPUBLICANS?
My father boycotted products that weren't made in the USA. He was a union electrician and tried to buy union when he could. He always made sure I had a list of items to boycott and gave lists out at the union hall. He never got any recognition and hardly any support, including myself.
He died at 80, twelve years ago, but he vividly remembered the Great Depression. He never owed more than $20,000, including his mortgage and automobile. He always feared that he could lose his home during bad financial times, so he was always prepared for the worst. He would tell my brothers and I that when times got bad, we could always have a home with him.
When he retired at 65, he lived comfortably in a home that he built on land that he owned. When he died, he left the home to my brothers. I had followed in his footsteps as a union electrician and had lived by most of his financial principles, so I didn't need his help.
His political philosophy was simple--vote democratic. His reasoning was just as simple--we may have inflation, but at least we will have a job. Money always gets tight and nothing is built when the Republicans get elected.
If he was around today, he would remind us that FDR didn't end the Great Depression in two years either. He was for a free market as long as the competition was equal. You need regulations to ensure that everyone plays by the same set of rules, whether the competition is foreign or domestic. If someone cheats, penalize them enough so they won't do it again.
I miss my Dad, but I think this country misses him more.
Johnny.... GREAT POST.
I have worked my whole life as a member of the
TEAMSTERS UNION.
I never got rich but I have always supported my
family.
I owe my life to the TEAMSTERS UNION.
The Democratic Party is the only party that
supports average workers and poor people.
GREEDY REPUBLICANS NEVER DID AND NEVER WILL.
The crazy teabaggers made the republican party
WORSE.
President Obama and Harry Reid are doing a great
job.
SUPPORT DEMOCRATS.
@teamster
Policies do matter. By your handle, I am taking a risk by assuming you are a truck driver or work for a freight company. The most important economic policy for the freight industry is the availability of money from banks so companies can finance more inventory and construction projects. Last time I checked, inventory and building products are primarily transported by trucks. Freight levels have dropped over 15% in the past two years. The facts dictate that the bank regulators who are controlled by the Senate banking committee (Barney Frank) and the President (Barack Obama) have placed enourmous pressure on banks to not loan money. In my case as a blue collar working man, our company was shut down because the bank regulators put excessive pressure on our bank resulting in 40 people getting a pink slip. The bank regulators said we had too much inventory and our company lost 5 white collar jobs and 35 blue collar jobs. I think we need to vote for change. Change in bank regulation, change in economic development policies and change in the corrupt Washington atmosphere. I think Harry Reid needs to see how it feels to be unemployed like the many suffering people in America.
Yep! Harry saved the world from a depression and still rides around in his stable of SUV's that get 6 mpg.I love it!
Fortunately Obama arrived in Las Vegas on the day it was announced that the city has 15 percent unemployment.
Neither Harry Reid or Barak Obama mentioned the 15 percent unemployment because neither really cares.
The only person Obama has helped during his trip to Nevada is Sharron Angle in her campaign for Senate by raising over $200,000 in online contributions.
"I have two children who graduated from universities and one who is a freshman at a university. While in the universities learning about politics, none of them were experienced and knowledgeable of current events, and definitely not politics."
Politics is an art not a science. You may study it for years and the usual result will be, going down the road of "chicken" Sue Lowden.
"Thank you, Mr. President, your visit to Nevada helped us raise nearly $200,000 online today alone -- I guess you could say this is the first stimulus package of your administration that's actually worked."
... or financing the local TV stations for that matter.
Obama makes a speedy departure from Las Vegas by running up the stairs on HIS PERSONAL 747.
And away he flew like the down of a thistle. But I heard him exclaim, ere he flew out of sight, "Vote for Harry, and I will be back in two years!" .
When Harry Reid took control of the Senate, you in Nevada had a 4.4% unemployment ratio. In 4 years Harry Reid and the economic policies he supported have brought you to your knees with an unemployment ratio that is now 14.4%.
And yet, some on here want Harry Reid to be returned to the Senate ??? Seriously, what for ??? So he can do even further damage to you, your jobs and this country ???
Unemployment is going UP, not down. You might not like Angle, but unless you are just lovin' 1 in 8 people in Nevada not having a job, you really don't have much of a choice.
Harry Reid and the economic policies he has supported are the problems, only you people in Nevada can start to fix them by getting rid of Harry Reid.
"The Tea Party is a Republican shell company. Rove types created it after destroying the Republican Party's credibility."
It was one:
http://www.prisonplanet.com/democrats-be...
Sharon Angel will help bring a balance in the Senate. No senator has all the answers to our situations, but things have gotten out of hand with government spending. Look at how many roads been tore up and and repaved multiple times?
Harry Reid will take more money out of the Americans pocket through taxes and things like cap and trade, health-care.
Please Americans of any race, we need to stop government expansion.
Attn LV Sun. GMags posts should not be posted on trusted members board. He doesn't display his name. He or she should man up and put his name with his posts, or you should display his posts with other people hidding behind screennames. Thank You
obama...the man!
The more this guy puts his mouth in front of a microphones, his face to the cameras and reads from teleprompters, the less Presidential he looks and his inability to govern.
Too bad that all Obama has left is his base. Even they are looking around for someplace else to go...
If you make more than $250k a year go ahead and vote for the Repubs, EVERYBODY else should be voting for the Dems!
If you make more than $250k a year or less than $250k a year, it don't really matter because Obama/Reid and company are going to let Bush's tax cuts expire and blame it on the Republicans.
If Republicans gain control of Congress, they might be able to reinstate the tax cuts.
So, go ahead and vote for the Republicans if you want tax relief.
If you like to pay higher taxes, then by all means, vote Democrat...
Come on Nevada, PLEASE DONT' LET THE REPUBLICANS FOOL YOU...They will take all what you are missing now to negative zero.. They want POWER!!!!! They DON'T care about you little people, they are buds with the big corps, and foreign corps. Why cuz they gain from them. GREEDY SOB'S.. Do your homework. AS far as Sharon Angle, she is stupid, she is following Palin's words. The Republicans have been asked numerous of times. What would you do to get people back to work, where would you cut. why the Bush extension.
NO ONE CAN GIVE AN ANSWER CUZ THEY DON'T HAVE ONE. IF THEY DID WHY ARE THEY THE PARTY OF NO. Why not bring these ideas to the table and help all of you that lost your jobs, homes etc... Cuz they are ass****!!!! They don't care. They want to continue the WARS... ANTI-unemployment, minimum wage,( you want to get $1.00 wages) it will come to that, they feel it's to high now... Lose your social security, anti-gays. must I go on...If they had the answers you think they do. WHERE ARE THEY???? They don't. So I hope you all think hard and vote for Sen Reid.. At least you will see some light.. But if you chose to vote for Sharon, Then when you lose even more, look at yourselves in the mirror and admit YOU SCREWED UP.!!!
"Moving America Forward" tour? Another one?
Phase I
First there was the Yes We Can Tour, the the Bailout Tour, then the Stimulus Tour, then the worldwide apologize to socialists, terrorists and dictators tour while I bow to Islam while I refuse to salute the US flag tour; then the never ending we don't know what's in it but we have to pass it ObamaCare Tour.
Phase II
Next came the the failed Stimulus II tour and back to the government health care tour. Then the Apology to the Far Left Tour, then the reelect Democrats so I don't lose my agenda tour; then the class warfare and lie about the opposition Tour. It was followed by the Blame Palin while lying about her tour, and the Blame the Tea Party Tour; then the blame the opposition whoever they may be tour; and finally the 'Save Harry Reid and the Senate for Stimulus II, Cap and Tax and the rest of the agenda tour'.
Phase III
After the election and a couple of months break we will get the - you need to reelect me so I can finish what I started, don't blame me it's all their fault and the vast right wing conspiracy it's not fair tour.
What you can take to the bank - The Obama spiel:
Nothing is ever Obamas fault, he will never take responsibility for anything he screws up.
He will take credit for everything he thinks is good (I'm sure he was taken aback yesterday when Harry Reid said that HE SAVED THE WORLD FOR DEPRESSION as he should have gotten the credit).
Everything he has done has worked great and if it didn't... it's those evil Republicans fault.
We need more taxes.
We need more spending.
Profit is bad, business is evil, unless I need their vote.
The end justifies the means even if I did something illegal or unconstitutional.
The rules don't apply to me.
I'm right, you're wrong.
Socialism is good, big brother is good.
You're too uneducated and too poor to make your own decisions. Those of us who are the elite, erudite and affluent need to tell you what to do. Mirror Mirror on the Wall...
The constitution is a charter of negative liberties, we don't need to pay attention to that old thing, I know what's best for you, just do as I say not as I do and don't ask questions.
Health care is a right that the rich should pay for (except those like me) but they can't pay for everyone so you have to go broke paying for others.
The rich is anyone but those like me, we're excluded.
There's an old sea story about a ship's Captain who inspected his sailors, and afterward told the first mate that his men smelled bad.
The Captain suggested perhaps it would help if the sailors would change underwear occasionally.
The first mate responded, "Aye, aye sir, I'll see to it immediately!"
The first mate went straight to the sailors berth deck and announced, "The Captain thinks you guys smell bad and wants you to change your underwear."
He continued, "Pittman, you change with Jones, McCarthy, you change with Witkowski, and Brown, you change with Schultz."
THE MORAL OF THE STORY:
Someone may come along and promise "Change", but don't count on things smelling any better.
@ Larry Vegas, DUH it's people like you that don't get it...... DO YOUR HOMEWORK BEFORE YOU TALK STUPID.... Bush tax cuts need to expire!!!!
Come on Nevada, PLEASE DONT' LET THE DEMOCRATS FOOL YOU.
NO ONE CAN GIVE AN ANSWER CUZ THEY DON'T HAVE ONE. IF THEY DID WHY ARE THEY THE PARTY OF HATE?
Only those who don't pay taxes want the Bush Tax Cuts to disappear...
If anyone votes for a President Obama backer (I call them his sheeple) then they must fall in the following categories:
* they still haven't learned the hard lessons because President Obama's policies haven't affected them yet
* they haven't followed President Obama close enough and really hate politics
* they like big government and government controlling their lives through social programs like Obamacare
* they like wasteful spending of their hard-earned tax money, like Obamacare and the Stimulus bill
* they have no children or don't plan to have any children, so they will pass our debt to future generations
* they have a good job and don't care about their unemployed fellow Americans
* they are not independent thinkers and will vote Democrat no matter who or what is running for office
* they like having an arrogant government that never listens to the people because government is smarter than the people
* they have been programmed to be believe that only Democrats make good politicians
* they still believe President Bush caused the whole financial mess
* they never watch Fox News
* they don't agree with the Tea Party movement
* they are satisfied with the economy and unemployment
* they are still waiting on the Obama 'hope and change' miracles
* they love Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid
* they want our country to be like the European countries, especially France and Greece
* they like China and Middle East countries owning our debt and part of our country
* they like our country split by race, color, class, and religion
* they like seeing the Obamas' vacation, travel, and entertain on their tax money while some American families are suffering
* they like seeing our school children and college students being indoctrinated to an anti-capitalist and socialistic society
* they like seeing college students work hard only to graduate without job possibilities
* they like politics as usual
* they like our dependency for oil and gas on countries that support terrorism and hate us
* they like open borders that allow drug lords and terrorists enter our country
* they like illegal immigrants taking our jobs, receiving aid and free medical care
* they like the insecurity within our own borders brought on by the lack of interest and determination in Washington
* etc., etc.
Things you must remember on November 2, 2010 as you pull the lever (quotes of President Reagan)
- If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on Earth.
- Freedom is a fragile thing and is never more than one generation away from extinction.
- They say the world has become too complex for simple answers. They are wrong. There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.
- I'm convinced that today the majority of Americans want what those first Americans wanted: A better life for themselves and their children; a minimum of government authority.
- In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. From time to time we've been tempted to believe that society has become too complex to be managed by self-rule, that government by an elite group is superior to government for, by, and of the people. Well, if no one among us is capable of governing himself, then who among us has the capacity to govern someone else? All of us together, in and out of government, must bear the burden.
- "We the people" tell the government what to do, it doesn't tell us.
- You and I are told increasingly that we have to choose between a left or right, but I would like to suggest that there is no such thing as a left or right. There is only an up or down.
- Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other.
- The ten most dangerous words in the English language are "Hi, I'm from the government, and I'm here to help."
- One legislator accused me of having a nineteenth-century attitude on law and order. That is a totally false charge. I have an eighteenth-century attitude. That is when the Founding Fathers made it clear that the safety of law-abiding citizens should be one of the government's primary concerns.
- You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on Earth, or we will sentence them to take the last step into a thousand years of darkness.
- One of the traditional methods of imposing statism or socialism on a people has been by way of medicine. It's very easy to disguise a medical program as a humanitarian project. . . .
- You and I, as individuals, can, by borrowing, live beyond our means, but for only a limited period of time. Why, then, should we think that collectively, as a nation, we're not bound by that same limitation? We must act today in order to preserve tomorrow.
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Please vote and please vote with both your heart and your head. Be an American first and a Republican, Democrat, Independent, Libertarian, or another political party last. This country is not run by a party. It is run by a group of UNITED Americans!! You and I!!
This country does have AMNESIA. This state has amnesia. Anyone who bought a home or was facing foreclosure knows that it started in the period from 06-08. Blaming this Congress for America and the world's ills is senile. The whole world is stagnant and on a decline. Have we all forgotten that while we were in the midst of going into a recession and during a recession we were still fighting 2 wars for no reason? The Wall St bailout was initiated by Bush and his treasury secretary Henry Paulson. Yet, somehow the Republicans and their faithful blindly choose to see what isn't there and not see what is there. There is progress being made. It just takes a little time. The question I ask myself is was I better off under Bush? And I must say, the answer remains a sound, "He11 No!".
RE: get_involved
Easy. By not voting with you. It's obvious that you are already stupid and ignorant. A vote for Republicans is a vote for greedy corporations like Goldman Sacs, who begged for a government handout and is now donating millions to defeat Wall Street regulation and the only Congress who said enough is enough and was brave enough to pass regulation to safeguard the economy. The Great Depression was created by Wall St. The Great Recession was created by Wall St. Vote Dems back into office and let them finish their job. Now is not the time to panic and listen to fanatics, extremists, and frankly, ignorant liars.
Isn't it ironic that the Republicans created the Wall St bailout and then turn around and blame the Democrats for it????? Or worse, Sharon Angle, who blames a senator for the country's woes. Foreclosures? Jobless? That's greedy businesses and realtors who told you you can buy a house and flip it. That's also greedy citizens who thought there was always going to be a sucker to buy their house while they flip it.
Title : A businessman is angry at his lost cash bag.
A businessman is drowning in the ocean.
Stimulus : we should rescue him immediately.
Power first : Nope ! How do we pay for it. Just let him go under much like Lehman Brothers.
Stimulus : He is dying right now.
Power first : Nope ! You can't save his money bag.
Stimulus ( clock is ticking ) : : We can do everything.
Power first : We are serious about jobs. Where are jobs ?, echoed by the angry businessman.
Chanting deficit :
1. Amid chanting deficit, the same old failed policy.
2. Amid chanting deficit, hands-off approach over huge trade deficit from oil money spill & trade imbalance with China from remorseless health care premium.
3. Unfortunately, as a direct consequence of remorseless health care premium, numerous folks have no choice but to hang onto affordable offerings, since one in two households is said to face a hard decision between necessity & drug.
4. Inaction cost in relation to health care reform totals $9trillion over the next decade.
5. Over the next 10 years, total Bush tax cut costs will equal $3.9 trillion, .... the tax cuts would increase deficits by nearly $4 trillion between 2005 and 2014.
The most critical debt : Personal Bankruptcy
The current recession came from Personal Bankruptcy largely as a consequence of the relentless health care costs, pain at the pump, and the subsequent subprime mortgage crisis.
Facing huge trade deficit ( job creation money ) from oil money spill & trade imbalance with China, the primary economic policy of previous administration was " spending baby "to the great delight of republicans' sponsors.
Huh???
These greedy republicans want to take us right
back to the criminal BUSH years.
Why do you think Carl Rove and Sharron Angle are
such good friends?
SHARRON ANGLE IS WORSE THAN BUSH.
STARTING THINKING BEFORE YOU VOTE.
BUSH IS A CRIMINAL???
Was he charged with a crime?
Was he arrested?
Was he convicted?
Was he sentenced?
NO?
Then maybe Bush is not a criminal...
Dispute these FACTS with YOUR FACTS or don't post!!
When the Democrats took control in January 2007:
The DOW Jones closed at 12,621.77
The GDP for the previous quarter was 3.5%
The unemployment rate was 4.6%
Barrel of oil was less than $60
Gallon of gasoline was around $2.30
And, under Democrat control:
The DOW Jones closed around 7,500 in January, 2009 (a loss of over 5,000 points)
The unemployment rate went up to 7.6% in 2008 (an increase of 66%)
A barrel of oil went up to around $140 in July, 2008 (an increase of $80 or 133%)
A gallon of gasoline went up to around $4.10 in July, 2008 (an increase of $1.80 or 78%)
In September, 2008, President Bush opened up drilling and by January, 2009, a barrel of oil went down to $40 a barrel and gasoline went down to $1.72.
Since President Obama took over January, 2009, he and the Democrat controlled Congress now have oil back up to almost $80 a barrel and gasoline is at $2.75 per gallon!!
January 3rd, 2007 was the day that Democrat Senator Barney Frank took over the House Financial Services Committee and Democrat Senator Chris Dodd took over the Senate Banking Committee. And, the economic meltdown that occurred 15 months later was in the areas of BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES!
Bush asked Congress 17 TIMES to stop Fannie & Freddie - starting in 2001 because they were financially risky for the US economy. Even President Clinton said on national TV in 2008 that if the Democrats had listened to the Republicans the financial meltdown would have been prevented. President Clinton did start listening to the Republicans when they took over the Congress in 1994 and he and the Republicans were able to balance the budget and had three years of surplus.
And who took the THIRD highest pay-off from Fannie Mae AND Freddie Mac? President Obama!
And who fought against reform of Fannie and Freddie? Senator Obama & the Democrat Congress!!
Below are the amounts added to the national debt for all presidents since President Reagan:
Reagan - $1.55 trillion (96 months) ($16.1 billion per month)
H W Bush - $1.46 trillion (48 months) ($30.4 billion per month) (includes the Gulf War)
Clinton - $1.61 trillion (96 months) ($16.9 billion per month)
W Bush - $4.35 trillion (96 months) ($45.3 billion per month) (includes 9/11, Afghan War, Iraq War, Katrina, financial collapse)
Obama -- $3.45 trillion (20 months) ($172.5 billion per month) (includes Afghan War, Iraq War)
So when President Obama and his drone Democrats try to blame President Bush, you need to think twice before believing them!
The above are the facts!! It is not rhetoric!! Look it up!!
Great facts...
HA HA HA HA HA.
These crazy republicans are trying to re-write
history again.
Hey texas, we paid 4 dollars a gallon when Bush
was president and oil went to 140 a barrel.
GREEDY REPUBLICANS DESTROYED OUR ECONOMY, PERIOD.
That fact will never change, no matter how many
times these crazy republicans try.
Reagan trickle-down started this mess.
Bush Admin. outed a C.I.A. woman and then lied
us into IRAQ.
The rest is history.
Republicans, quit lying.
History was not one of the teamster's best subjects when he was in school.
But the teamster excelled at Drivers Ed...
Actually, the teamster makes more sense that a lot of the know it all commenters that hang around here...
Have you seen AG M asto's Ad against Travis Barrick? Is protesting ILLEGAL LATE TERM ABORTIONS really harrassing women? You decide.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94rDLhw7q...
AG Masto consired to conceal a crime that led to the Wrongful Conviction and Death of an innocent man, Nolan Klein. A Wrongful Death suit will be filed this week. Masto had received the documents that had been hidden from the defense and jury in the Washoe County DA's file months before his death that showed someone else was responsible for the crime. Masto let him die in prison. If Mr. Klein had been treated for his medical condition, he would still be alive to day and had been exoneration. Now this is going to cost the state. A WRit of Mandamus was heard on 9-30-10. The Writ, court proceedings, Exhibit list can be found on JusticeForNolanKlein.com. The lawsuit will be placed there too after it is filed.
Teamster can't read and comprehend. I suggest he reread and analyze my posts.
The new health care law wasn't supposed to undercut employer plans that have provided most people in the U.S. with coverage for generations.
But last week a leading manufacturer told workers their costs will jump partly because of the law. Also, a Democratic governor laid out a scheme for employers to get out of health care by shifting workers into taxpayer-subsidized insurance markets that open in 2014.
While it's too early to proclaim the demise of job-based coverage, corporate number crunchers are looking at options that could lead to major changes.
"The economics of dropping existing coverage is about to become very attractive to many employers, both public and private," said Gov. Phil Bredesen, D-Tenn.
THANKS HARRY, GREAT WORK
Bush left office with a 24% approval rating. "Miss me, yet?" Not hardly.
The Children of the Tea think they have suffered with Obama being in office a little over a year and some months? They don't know what the Democrats endured with EIGHT years of Bush/Cheney.
Get comfortable. Put on a big pot of tea (no sugar). Hopefully you will feel some Democratic love for the next six years in Nevada and another term with Obama in 2012.
Hopefully Palin will run and make it easy.
If you like our present recession and 15% unemployment, and want more of the same, then vote for Harry Reid come November 2nd.
And if you want 25% unemployment, NO SOCIAL
SECURITY, NO HEALTH CARE,NO RETIREMENT,
then vote for crazy Angle.
The teamster is just too funny sometimes...
According to Gallup, Obama's approval rating drops to 41%...