I just returned from my generator charged polling place to cast my vote for President. I proudly voted for President Obama for a second term. Here is why.
In January of 2009, President Obama took office while the nation was reeling from two wars and an historic recession. His cry for hope and change was heard by a nation that was tired of the Bush years and the failed financial policies of trickle down economics. The President understands that the greatness of our nation lies in recognition that the future must be different than the past, that climate change is real, that equal pay is essential, that the rights of all Americans must be protected and chrerished, that Government can play an important role in improving our lives, that shared sacrifice is in our soul as a nation, that infrastructure repair saves money, that green jobs, alternative energy and redcuing reliance on foreign oil is good energy policy, that education and training prepares Americans for the jobs of the future and that America is at its best when we respect each other instead of destroying each other.
The President has stayed true to these values and in his time of office has accomplished much. He signed a bill allowing women to sue for equal pay for equal work, he ended the war in Iraq, he authorized the Navy Seals to kill Bin Laden, he provided Federally backed loans to save the auto industry (paid back to Americans with interest), he signed legislation to protect consumers from deceptive credit card practices, put restraints on banks for their most egregious practices, he pushed through a stimulus that helped, contrary to the Republican narrative. The stimulus saved two million jobs, accounted for programs to improve rail, airport runways, electric grid systems and school construction.
He got us as close to universal health as we could have, an accomplishment never achieved by his predecessors. He ended Don't Ask Don't Tell, allowing gays to serve openly in defense of our nation. He pronounced his support for gay marriage, putting love above bigotry.
He has helped to create 5.5 million private sector jobs over a 33 consecutive month period. He has NOT doubled the defecit as his opponents suggest, but in actuality has reduced the pace of growth of government. He has presided over a growing economy during world financial crisis and has helped reduce unemployment from a high of 10.2 to under 8 percent while his opponents filibustered jobs bills.
He has suggested entitlements be put on the table for considered reductions to be balanced with some revenue increases. He has appointed two female Justices to the Supreme Court including the first Hispanic. He has by executive order helped young patriotic immigrants avoid deportation due to the decisions of their parents, keeping their skills and diversity as part of the American dream.
He built a coalition of nations in support of Libyan rebels, accounting for the death of Muammar Qadaffi. He has kept us out of another foolish and costly war and has a plan for the end of the longest war in American history.
He has presided with skill over national crises such as the BP oil spill and Sandy in a bipartisan and respectful fashion. He has been thoughtful in his approach, respectful of his enemies and has acted with dignity, compassion and has avoided a major scandal. He has acted to give Israel the greatest defense and intelligence support in history, this earning him Israel's largest newspaper endorsement.
He is a family man who sets the highest standard of family values and acted with skill in doing his job, against all odds, under constant hateful abuse from his enemies and has elevated the United States back to its respected place in the community of nations.
I pray he is our President for four more years to finish the work he has started.
The reasons why I did not vote for Mitt Romney are simple. He lies. He has not been a job creator. He wants to overturn Roe v. Wade. He wants to shut Planned Parenthood. He wants to reduce Pell grants. He wants to defund FEMA.
His vetoes as Governor were overturned at high levels, mitigating his recent narrative about crossing lines to work with the other party. He is against the right of marriage for same sex couples who love each other. He supports candidates that want to jail women who wish to abort a fetus created through rape and incest. He has picked a VP candidate who says the President is against Judeo Christian values.
He pretends to understand the Middle East, pandering to my fellow Jews without an ounce of understanding of Israel's soul and historic importance. He has mocked Palestinian efforts toward a two state solution only to change his mind.
He has told his donors that half of America wants to stay on welfare, lied about the Presidents welfare to work support. He has lied about auto jobs to China. He is a charlatan, a fake and a man with no connection to the Middle Class values that make this nation great.
Go Obama. Please vote. Where are you Americans for reason and truth?
If you are a liberal white (and not in the crooked business of Unions) you better realize your time is up. You are the devil.
Prove to us all that clinton did not raise the debt by 40% Prove to us all that the GOP didn't make it happen with slick willie. Save your name calling and prove me wrong . Maybe a few MSNBC, ABC, NYT or WAPOO links for us to laugh about too because they are trustworthy. LOL! Majority of NJ elected Chris Christie too!! Thank GOD
I hate greedy conservatives that don't want to pay their fair share.
If you don't mind me telling you: YOU ARE IRREVRELVANT AS ROMNEY> YOU LOST. Have a good day, Obama loves you Sour grapes are you!
Have a good day, Obama loves you PS: Most of my ancestors were here before the revolution. Most long ancestred Americans want what is best for the country which was not a Mormon dunderhead .
http://townhall.com/columnists/rachelalexander/2012/11/11/obama_likely_won_reelection_through_election_fraud
If you said Republicons wont work with Obama or the Dems youd be right Republicons have blocked everything Guess you missed it when Ole Mitch said his only goal was to make Obama a 1 term President That worked out about as well as the Bush tax cuts for creating jobs
Question... how may executive orders has Obama written and what is in them? I may not be able to quote them from memory, but I know WHERE TO FIND THAT INFORMATION! That is the point... Democrats not only don't care where the information is... but they take nearly everything said by Obama/ Dems as truthful, but if you look up the entire set of facts... whoa... wait a minute.. it is never nearly as true as the dem's spin pretend it is, eh? Well, Obama is elected, and unless an act of God finds some reason to invalidate the 2012 election, we are stuck with four more years of Poverty, and increasing taxes as Welfare is handed out instead of JOBS. Just the fact that Unemployment is really above 14% if you add in people left out of Unemployement... Obama now steers America towards the liberal fantasy of a Socialist Utopia.
If you count nicknames, such as Barry for Barack or other last names, then I guess we have a lot of American presidents with multiple names. Reagan went by Ron, Ronald, Ronnie, and Dutch. Then there are presidents such as Bill Clinton, adopted by his step-father and whose birth name was William Jefferson Blythe III. Executive Orders? George W, Bush (2001-2009) - total 291, Barack Obama (2009-2012) - total 140. Just about even. [BTW, did you think that finding that information was difficult? How do you spin a number?] As for the voting districts with no Romney votes? Yes. Here is the discussion...http://www.politifact.com/ohio/statements/2012/nov/21/chain-email/emails-blog-posts-claim-mitt-romney-got-zero-votes/ Interesting: The voting machine that changed Obama votes to Romney votes... http://techcrunch.com/2012/11/06/watch-voting-machine-change-obama-votes-to-romney-votes/
1. Ohio automakers plan on outsourcing manufacturing jobs to China (even in the absence of any evidence and denied by the automakers themselves). 2. "Legitimately" raped women have ways of "shutting down" getting pregnant (even if lacking in all evidence and support from the medical community). 3. Cutting taxes for the wealthiest Americans will certainly improve the economy (even if found to be flatly wrong by recent studies performed by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service). 4. The earth is not getting warmer over the past century (even though it has been found to be so by every major scientific organization in the United States considering the issue). 5. The earth is only a few thousand years old and evolution is an anti-religion hoax (even though neither statement is endorsed by any reputable, scientific organization). 6. The pre-election, scientific polls saying Mitt Romney would almost certainly lose the election -- including most battleground states -- were clearly erroneous, partisan shams planted by the Democrats.
The political discourse, however, will continue and it must. As a fiscal conservative, I was very disappointed that the President won reelection. His campaign deflected all the discussion of our spiraling out of control entitlement programs and deficit spending. He never once explained to the American people how he plans to get our fiscal house in order, but rather only demagogue his opponent incessantly. Apparently, from the results, the masses believe that “…higher taxes on the rich; more spending on education, roads and bridges and Obamacare”will grow the economy. What a crock….does ANY Economist support this notion? No. Say what you will,Romney had a credible and, in my view, responsible plan to reduce the debt. Obama did not. Well, the American people have spoken and America is going to get exactly what it deserves, MORE deficit spending; MORE tax dollars flowing to the geniuses in Washington DC to redistribute wealth. Growth killing policies that do nothing to reduce unemployment, but further line the pockets of DC bureaucrats. I’m not part of the sour grape crowd. I’m in the “worried as hell” crowd that Obama’s policies put this nation on a path to fiscal self-destruction ala Greece. He’s shown me absolutely nothing to believe otherwise. I hope I’m wrong….