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 Michael Medved

Who Wants "Four More Years"?

September 19, 2012 @ 1:42 pm

At their convention in Charlotte, the Democrats provided the Republicans with the three crucial words the GOP should use to defeat Barack Obama. Again and again, the delegates chanted, "Four More Years!" and Mitt Romney and his supporters should ask the obvious question: "Four more years of what?"

Do voters want another four years of trillion dollar deficits, unemployment above eight percent, declining incomes and bitter national polarization? What part of the last four years would the public want to replicate? While Democrats blame Congressional Republicans or even the departed President Bush for the nation's suffering, they don't really try to deny the hard times since 2009. What they can't answer is why anyone would want four more years of the same, or why, with the same leadership, any rational person would expect a different result.

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  • calapete wrote...
    4 more years!
    September 19, 2012 1:00 pm
    Americans asked for 50 years for National Heath Care and now we have it! What a great accomplishment!

    Repealing DADT was also a huge victory for Americans!

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  • cigarfan wrote...
    Who understands foreign cultures better?
    September 19, 2012 1:02 pm
    Not that I'm voting for Romney or Obama, but who understands Asia/African and Islamic cultures/societies better? Wouldn't a wise person want someone as a world leader to understand foreign cultures and not have the social/cultural skills of a Dubya?
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  • ron prevost wrote...
    No, Cigar
    September 20, 2012 5:20 am
    Just how many jobs has the Asia/African society (whatever that is) or Islamic culture produced here in the past 4 years?

    And with the roiting, it looks like we already HAVE a leader with the social/cultural skills of "W">

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  • SeattleD wrote...
    I definitly want four more years of bitter national polarization
    September 19, 2012 1:33 pm
    but that will happen regardless of who is elected. Only a moronic idiot would believe otherwise.
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  • FormerMarineSgt wrote...
    @SeattleD - I definitly want four more years of bitter national polarization
    September 20, 2012 7:05 am
    Ah, but what SHOULD happen if Romney loses is that the Republicans will have to re-engineer thier entire party. From stem to stern. If they can't win even with someone as bland and wishy washy as Romney in this economy, they flat can't win period. I'm hoping this makes them realize that the days of 'attack and destroy methodology' that Rove and his ilk created against Clinton and have used ever since are finally backfiring on them. That the American people have gotten wise to it and now more or less ignore it (that is except for the die hard extremist right wing minority - they still believe in that 'lie all you want a).
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  • It's me! Ha ha! wrote...
    Obama understands foreign affairs?
    September 19, 2012 1:37 pm
    Yea, right! The middle east is dissolved in War, possibly the flash point of WWIII and all the Dear Leader can do is apologize for our rights and our freedom of speech!

    Yep! Just keep ignoring your Dear Leader and all his accomplishments. The ObamaEconomy, ObamaCare, etc.

    We Americans have not forgotten about any of this!

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  • halfshaft wrote...
    I do.
    September 19, 2012 2:19 pm
    When the only other choice I am given is Mitt Romney, voting for Obama is an easy decision.
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  • sportsguru wrote...
    Me too
    September 19, 2012 3:15 pm
    I want a president who cares for all the Americans in the union, not just half of them.
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  • logical open mind wrote...
    sports-then u cant vote for Obama. He is against the rich. The rich are people and Americans.
    September 22, 2012 8:39 am
    Obama is simply for the unions who always vote for him, union, poor, blacks and white elitist liberals. All the rest can suck eggs.
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  • It's me! Ha ha! wrote...
    M-101
    September 19, 2012 3:38 pm
    When President Bush went to war with Iraq, how much was the price of gas at the pump? Not any more that it is today and probably less! When did the stock market crash under Bush? Bush inherited a recession from Clinton, not a big one like we see today, and a crash after the Sept 11 attacks. And all through that we had 4.5 percent unemployment rate and 6 plus Trillion dollar less in debt.

    Messy ever stop to think that if the Arab spring Muslim Brotherhood ever gets a hold of the oil fields in the ME that 10 dollar a gallon gas may be cheap? Man! You Parrots REALLY should turn off MSNBC and take a look at the real world. You may surprise yourselves at what you may learn.

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  • halfshaft wrote...
    I hate to interject facts into this discussion......
    September 19, 2012 3:54 pm
    When did the stock market crash under Bush? Bush was President in 2008: September 2008 The month started with chilling news -- On Monday, September 15, 2008, Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy. The Dow dropped 504.48 points. On Tuesday, the Federal Reserve announced it was bailing out insurance giant AIG with an $85 billion "loan" in return for 79.9% equity, effectively taking ownership. AIG had run out of cash in its attempt to pay off credit default swaps it had issued against mortgage-backed securities. On Wednesday, money market funds lost $144 billion as investors panicked, and switched to ultra-safe Treasury notes. The Dow fell 449.36 points. On Thursday, markets rose 400 points as investors learned about a new bank bailout package. On Friday, the Dow ended the week at 11,388.44 -- slightly below its Monday open of 11,416.37. On Saturday, September 20, Hank Paulson and Ben Bernanke sent the $700 billion bailout package to Congress. The Dow bounced around 11,000 until September 29, when the Senate voted against the bailout bill. The Dow fell 777.68 points, the most in any single day in history. (Source: CNN Money, Stocks Crushed, September 29, 2008)
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  • It's me! Ha ha! wrote...
    halfshaft
    September 19, 2012 4:29 pm
    Did that CNN report happen to mention what party was in control of the Congress at the time this happened?
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  • halfshaft wrote...
    It's Me! I was simply answering your question.......
    September 19, 2012 4:42 pm
    "When did the stock market crash under Bush?" Of course, I should have realized that there would be qualifiers once I introduced an unexpected, but accurate response.
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  • It's me! Ha ha! wrote...
    Agreed
    September 19, 2012 5:15 pm
    My question was valid as well!
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  • williamohoh wrote...
    Compared to what the GOP has done?
    September 19, 2012 4:53 pm
    I would be insane not to want four more years. Check out the CBO numbers the last 10 20 30 40 50 years. Economic indicators have been better with a Dem in the White House. Theories are fine, supply side sounds great, but results must count for something. Only the GOP can take the best of economies and turn it into a near depression. George W. is part of the GOP uis he not? You are in denial. Check out the CBO numbers. Do a little research. Results DO count.
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  • maplefish wrote...
    Yeah Brilliant
    September 19, 2012 5:06 pm
    Four more years of divisive, corrupt, incompetent, inept, LYING, golf playing leading from behind....Obama is a FAILURE and this country will disintigrate if this FOOL and his pathetic minion stay in office...I'll be fine as I'm comfortably retired with plenty of investments, but the rest of you twits will get what you deserve....Good Luck Liberal Losers! Ohhhhh, and mark my words, Obamacare will fall squarely on the backs of the middle class. Those of us who have worked hard and made wise choices to be successful will be able to afford the best insurance money can buy, get ready for rationed and sub-standard healthcare. Liberal Utopia....
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  • Sportfisher wrote...
    Williamhoh Please
    September 19, 2012 8:32 pm
    You are using the wrong set of numbers to base your vote on. One of the things that I hate about presidential politics is the level of dishonesty about fault and credit. Presidents don't create private sector jobs. They create government jobs. Govt doesn't create wealth. Your gov't stole every penny out of Social Security trust fund, beginning with LBJ. Solyndra was a massive govt sponsored loser. Amtrack, light rail, lose money. Without the internet and the advances in cell phone, Clinton never would have had a booming economy and HE ADMITTED THAT. At his own Clinton global initiative, he said he benefitted from the tech boom and that Bush 43 had to rely on housing after the tech boom bubble. The housing bubble was set in motion by clinton with the help of legislation and the Fed, because the effort to put housing on steroids was the idiology of democrats, who wanted more home ownership, at any cost. It was Janet Reno who threatened to sue the banks if they didn't make the loans. When you ramp up any market place, you come to the finish line sooner. You run out of customers. Had they not gone soft on credit with no document verification loans and all the equity loans, most folks would not have bailed out of their homes and the home values would not be in the tank. You cannot loan money to people who don't have verifiable income and jobs that cannot pay the mortgage. That program was unsustainable. The dirivatives market just made it worse. Secondly, you have to look at the baby boom market place. As that moved, the presidents in office benefited. It really would not matter who it was. That said, the basic regulations of democrats are more restrictive than republicans. There is no growth right now. Its going to be worse, when if Obamacare gets put into play. Furthermore, you cannot count on the level of child birth, with the future so hazy. Nothing good is going to happen when families downsize and they will. Its all part of a larger plan and its not going to be pretty. People are incompatible with the environmental movement. Its all part of the trains, condensed housing, electric cars, carbon footprint etc. And, its just another trading scandal waiting to happen. Cap and trade, will bankrupt the country. You cannot tax yourselves into prosperity and you cannot spend yourselves into prosperity. Each time we have a recession, credit is maxed out. Each time short term interest rates fall below long term rates, the yield curve is inverted and we have a recession. When interest rates rise, our debt is going to consume the bulk of the federal budget. The only options you have is to monetize the debt [print money] or cut federal spending. Obama wont cut federal spending. China is not loaning us money. Interest rates are too low. They want out of the dollar. Its being devalued. The Fed QE 3 is going to print 40 billion a month to stimulate the economy and it does not work. It helps the stock market short term and it will eventually crash. You have never seen the type of inflation, that will eventually happen. Thats why gold and oil are so high. Dollar is down, down, down. You are using the wrong set of numbers to base your vote.
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  • logical open mind wrote...
    lefty sheep-find issues to disagree with sportfisher in a muture, factual way.
    September 21, 2012 7:34 am
    or are u just parrots of MSNBC?
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  • cigarfan wrote...
    Obama's Healthcare
    September 19, 2012 5:56 pm
    It is nice that Insurance corporations are prevented from denying children's claims, denied lifetime maximums, and helping millions more- than the "dog-eat-dog" system that conservatives advocate - a system that would be illegal in 27 nations (EU), Israel and Canada.
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  • Anton wrote...
    Oh, and....
    September 19, 2012 5:57 pm
    P.S. Yes, I'd like 4 more years of economic improvement over the GOP administation please!
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  • maplefish wrote...
    Anton...LOL!
    September 19, 2012 6:30 pm
    Economic Improvement???LOLOLOLOLO.....WHERE is that hapening? Not in this country and certainly NOT under Obama...or maybe you can't read? But did you know that 23 Million People are STILL OUT of WORK? $6 TRILLION Added to the National debt and poverty increased by 12% in 4 years? Yes, please, lets have 4 more years of that....
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  • Anton wrote...
    maplefish....
    September 20, 2012 3:42 pm
    I say "economic improvement" because I have some basic arithmatic skills.

    Try this..... -9% GDP growth vs +5 by the end of Obama's first year... which is more?

    Dow Jones = ~7700 when Obama was sworn into office vs 13,000 now...which is more?

    So yeah, 4 more years please!

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