President Obama Re-Elected - Page 342

On August 27 2012 13:22 xDaunt wrote:

Slashing tax rates and broadening the base by closing loopholes is about as conservative as you get.

On August 27 2012 13:28 xDaunt wrote:

Wait, wait ... You have worked for a republican politician and this is your answer for why Reagan is revered?

Reagan is revered because 1) he was infinitely better than Carter, and 2) Reagan projected big ideas and a vision of America that no recent president can match.

EDIT: and 3) Reagan LED, both domestically and internationally. Love him or hate him, the man spoke with absolute moral clarity and conviction.

On August 27 2012 16:42 Roe wrote:

By that standard what would you call the republicans from pre Reagan tax level days? Communists?

On August 27 2012 10:52 SayGen wrote:


I would, but when you insult me i'm not so inclined. Thanks for adding to the count of positive TL community members.


To my most current knowledge Reagan


Lie number 3 and counting.

On August 27 2012 16:42 Roe wrote:

By that standard what would you call the republicans from pre Reagan tax level days? Communists?


Sure he spoke with conviction, but he acted horribly immoral. Remember he was a divorced Hollywood actor, he was able to give "charismatic" speeches, then go on to blunder foreign relations and the economy. I'm still not sure why people have such rosy memories of him. I take people on the internet(TL in particular) to be people that can research things, so I'd expect you to look up any arguments and criticisms against Reagan before you say he's such a great man.

On August 27 2012 13:22 xDaunt wrote:

Slashing tax rates and broadening the base by closing loopholes is about as conservative as you get.

On August 27 2012 16:34 kwizach wrote:
Obama did his best to achieve that. It was Congress that blocked his efforts.

On August 27 2012 22:15 DoubleReed wrote:
Edit: as far as Guantanamo, I was surprised to see xDaunt go from revering the Constitution to completely abandoning his principles in the space of like a single post. Hilarious.

On August 27 2012 23:01 TheFrankOne wrote:


When you say "broadening the base" do you mean making the effective rate closer to the nominal rate, reducing the progressive elements or both?

On August 27 2012 23:01 TheFrankOne wrote:


When you say "broadening the base" do you mean making the effective rate closer to the nominal rate, reducing the progressive elements or both?

Edit: Not as far as what Regan did (I can Google!) but modern use.

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On August 27 2012 11:36 SayGen wrote:

US+Russia have enough Nukes to destory all land mass on the planet.

On August 27 2012 13:24 BluePanther wrote:


He's popular because he was the first neo-con, from my understanding. So he's the first president from the current republican party.

On August 27 2012 23:57 Savio wrote:

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He was pretty popular to everyone across the board.
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On August 27 2012 23:06 xDaunt wrote:


Constitutional protections don't and shouldn't (I forget what the Hamdi decision did) apply to foreign nationals captured in wartime.

Unlike President Barack Obama, who’s drawn complaints for being stingy with his campaign cash, Mitt Romney is spreading the wealth among his GOP congressional allies.

Romney’s biggest grossing committee last month steered at least $3 million to boost GOP congressional candidates who will share the ballot with him, according to finance reports filed last week.

Romney Victory, a joint fundraising committee set up by Romney’s campaign and the Republican National Committee, on the last day of July transferred $1.5 million each to the National Republican Congressional Committee and the National Republican Senatorial Committee.

The July transfers, reported here for the first time, were revealed in the congressional committees’ latest Federal Election Commission reports. They helped both committees outraise their Democratic competitors – the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.

Obama’s campaign had transferred money to the Democratic committees in 2008 and 2010, but has yet to do so this year, despite pleas from top Democrats, including Senate Majority Leader Reid and Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.). They and other lawmakers have implored Obama’s campaign both to transfer at least $10 million to the Party’s congressional campaign arms and also not to max out wealthy donors.

The reluctance of Obama to heed such requests – and Romney’s willingness to make such transfers – is another in a series of troubling signs on the money front for Democrats. They have struggled to rally their big donors to write big checks to the types of unlimited-money outside groups airing millions in ads boosting Romney and congressional Republicans.

Meanwhile, Romney’s fundraising over the last few months has surged past Obama’s once unparalleled cash machine on the strength of Romney Victory.

On August 27 2012 11:36 SayGen wrote:


US+Russia have enough Nukes to destory all land mass on the planet.
We havn't done it.

On August 27 2012 11:19 Fredbearr wrote:
I don't understand my own country. Am I the only one who feels bragging about getting revenge is worthless? I don't care if Osama is dead or not. It doesn't change the fact that once Clinton repealed the Glass–Steagall Act the whole U.S. economy has turned to shit after 60 years of prosperity. If the people would focus on who has better ideas rather than who is a republican or who is a christian, we might get a decent politician once and a while who is actually capable of changing for the better.