SOUND OFF: President Obama and the Democratic Convention
What did you think of Obama's speech and the convention? Will you vote for him in November?
President Barack Obama capped off the Democratic National Convention with a speech that highlighted his foreign policy wins, health care reform and immigration reform on Thursday.
Over three nights, Democratic leaders took aim at Republican nominee, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, and his running mate Congressman Paul Ryan. A number of Massachusetts Democrats spoke at the convention, including Gov. Deval Patrick, Congressional candidate Elizabeth Warren and Senator John Kerry.
We want to hear from you about the Democratic convention. What did you think of the president's speech? How did it compare to Romney's convention speech? Were you swayed in either direction after watching the proceedings from both conventions? Who are you supporting in November?
Let us know in the comment section below.
[Editor's note: This item is posted on all eight Boston Patches.]
Neil
3:05 pm on Friday, September 7, 2012
The DNC was amazing. They made the case for their agenda and destroyed Republican arguments one by one. If people vote this fall, they Democrats will win.
PLEASE NOTE: Scott Brown was the key to Republican Obstruction Strategy to make Obama a one-term President http://ow.ly/dybMq
Joseph
3:18 pm on Friday, September 7, 2012
Sure they did Neil. With numbers like these, Obama is losing most of his target audience. And this comes from CNN...of all places!!
http://money.cnn.com/2012/09/07/news/economy/young-adults-jobs/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
This is what happens when people are handed things their entire lives. Zero work ethic. Instead of pushing forward, even in the toughest of times, they drop out.
The USofA is a business. Whether you like it or not. Time to start treating it like one. Oh wait, that's right. Profits are bad, debt is good. $16trillion in debt with no end in sight? Look at our credit rating. Look at our productivity. All in the can. So let's spend more!! Let China own more of the US!! Shoot...even China is dumping US Debt. We're screwed.
“The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.” – Thomas Jefferson.
Owen
1:11 am on Saturday, September 8, 2012
Joseph,
The United States is not a "business". It's a nation of millions of people with millions of walks of life. Yes, we adhere to free enterprise and capitalist ideals. Businesses should be able to turn a profit and people whould be allowed to prosper individually. But please don't say that the United States is just a "business".
To be honest, I'm not sure which direction you're coming from in this issue. Are you behind the working class and all for returning jobs to U.S. shores? Or do you feel that, since the U.S. is a business, they should be allowed to conduct their affairs without being bothered (ex. shipping jobs over seas and hurting the working class)?
Bob Samson
3:12 pm on Friday, September 7, 2012
21 reasons why I will not vote for Obama in 2012
http://my.firedoglake.com/barefootaccountant/tag/reasons-not-to-vote-for-obama/
Mary Doherty
3:25 pm on Friday, September 7, 2012
Hmmm.
Marilyn
12:32 pm on Saturday, September 8, 2012
I think that we owe it to ourselves as well as to those with whom we share political information to check the veracity of "internet" political information by using one of the following:
On The Issues: http://www.issues2000.org/default.htm
Politifacts: http://www.politifact.com/
FactCheck: http://www.factcheck.org/
Neil
5:57 pm on Friday, September 7, 2012
The USofA is a business? If it is, I want my money back from oil companies that are subsidized with 6 billion taxpayers dollars - Scott Brown voted for that - I want the tax money I paid because hedge fund managers got a deal deal, 15% on income instead of the same rates everyone else pays.
Truth be told, self government must be fiscally responsible, but that does not mean it exists for the same reason business exists, to make profit.
Businesses are for making profit. And they can choose to do that responsibly or by exploiting the law, loopholes and employees ... or not.
Ajax
9:07 pm on Friday, September 7, 2012
They pay 15% on capital gains as you would pay 15% on capital gains for any investment you might have. They still pay the same income tax as you for regular income.
Rick
12:47 pm on Saturday, September 8, 2012
The DNC promoted a socialist agenda for the non tax paying gimme crowd and the few people that pay taxes are tired of it. The participants really voted against having God and Jerusalem added to the platform but were overridden by the gavel. This action being typical of this dictatorial administration and against this countries Costitution. This type Governing is the problem not the solution..
Bob Samson
7:17 pm on Friday, September 7, 2012
ConocoPhillips earned $19.8 billion in pretax income in 2010 and it paid $8.3 billion in taxes, leaving $11.4 billion in income. That equals a tax rate of 42 percent. Chevron made $32 billion and then paid $12.9 billion in income taxes, leaving a net income of $19.1 billion, which equals a tax rate of 40 percent.
Ajax
9:10 pm on Friday, September 7, 2012
Its funny how dems won't talk about all the jobs that these oil companies create or t billions in tax revenue generated for the government. Instead, they just use billion dollar profits to incite class warfare while simultaneously accusing republicans of being "extremists".
And when you compare the profits to the large size of these companies, they really aren't that large percentage wise.
Arborway
9:26 pm on Friday, September 7, 2012
What's event more interesting is that many of the major shareholders in these and other demond-heartless scorched earth capitalists are union and public pension plans. ...followed by private pension plans and 401K plans. Most of these hold through investment advisors, custodians or mutual funds. Funny isn't it?
Arborway
9:29 pm on Friday, September 7, 2012
What's event more interesting is that many of the major shareholders in these and other demond-heartless scorched earth capitalists are union and public pension plans. ...followed by private pension plans and 401K plans. Most of these hold through investment advisors, custodians or mutual funds. Funny isn't it?
Bob from JP
9:49 pm on Friday, September 7, 2012
Some other things that are never talked about by those trying to mislead people who have no real concept of how our economy actually works:
1) The # of people employed by small businesses is essentially equivalent to the number of people employed by firms with over 500 employees (usually corporations) http://economics.about.com/od/smallbigbusiness/a/us_business.htm
2) the top 1 percent of earners pay 21.5 percent of all federal and state taxes. http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2011/0415/Taxes-and-the-rich-How-much-do-they-pay-now
3) Long term investments HAVE TO HAVE FAVORABLE TAX TREATMENTS to encourage those investments in the first place. There should be incentives to invest in enterprise, not dis-incentives as Elizabeth Warren and co. preach
4) When you increase corporate tax rates and decrease corporate profitability, the first thing that goes is jobs. And guess what, it isn't going to be the C-level. It's going to be the same people that these clueless pols are claiming to protect.
Perhaps the most infuriating thing of all is that they are demonizing success. Last time I checked, this country was built on striving to do better, not striving to be the same as everyone else.
Ajax
6:07 am on Saturday, September 8, 2012
I remember when the dems tried the luxury tax to try to get back at those evil rich people. Who got hurt? The blue collar workers who were laid off because demand for luxury products dropped. When will these dems learn to stop being such busy-bodies and just stay out of the market?
Kwum
11:11 am on Saturday, September 8, 2012
There is no question as to who has my vote: The OBVIOUS choice: President Obama.. Just when I thought the "mccain/palin" was a comical challenge.. now we have mitt and paul ryan.. seriously? Who left the time machine open and let these two knuckleheads out? OK sure..These two would be stellar candidates in a "Pre Civil Rights" america in which women minorities and gays "knew their place"...wealth in the hands of the few and corp america was a religion. eg Mad Men.. I'll watch it on tv but I dont want this played out in the white house!.
Newsflash: Its 2012 not 1950 Mittwit.. Just take a look at the DNC vs the RNC audience.. The DNC attendees represent the diaspora of the diversity that is America,, in STARTLING contrast the RNC which has been dubbed " the world's biggest klan rally"... a sea of angry white men.. ( Sure that may be representative of Stone Mountain Georgia.. not the UNITED STATES..I wont even get started non the race baiting LIES and propaganda put out by karl rove and the mitt machine..truly sickening
Oh and lets not even get started on Romneys foreign policy buffoonery.. "russia is our biggest enemy huh mitt? and paul ryan..just wow..Even faux news had to call him out for being a staggering liar.. He told so many lies the fact-checker machine blew up..Keep in mind Ryan is a tea party extremist whose policys are in line with Taliban as far as womens rights and the poor...I would not buy a used car from this lying con man.
God Bless ( help) America
ra camp
1:35 pm on Saturday, September 8, 2012
Are you serious here?! Back up you bigotry with some facts! Did you do homework or are you just mouthing words someone told you to mouth, becuase you certainly sound foolish.
Ajax
4:28 pm on Saturday, September 8, 2012
Kwum, you are definitely exhibiting signs of paranoia. I'm not quite sure how you come to some of your conclusions.
ann merritt
7:56 pm on Sunday, September 9, 2012
The Bama didn't endorse gay marriage until just a few months ago, when he " evolved".......and now he is champion of civil rights? He is an America hating , muslin loving commie opportunist at best!
Steve Hurl
12:16 pm on Saturday, September 8, 2012
No party can "fix" the economy with a few directives, it is too big and too complex. But if you want to see ANY effort made toward finance reform, support for renewable energy, and an immigration policy that seeks to support the best and brightest of those illegals who arrived here as young children, then of course, vote for democrats, esp. ELIZABETH WARREN. Republican policies will accelerate wealth concentration, as opposed to wealth creation, and will hurt American infrastructure. I believe the main Republican aim is to keep capital & money flowing freely around the earth for the benefit of those FEW who hold most of it. That's not entirely sinister, but it does mean a few big winners, and many that many many "local" citizens will lose their jobs, negotiating positions, and ultimately, their standard of living. Republicans have to obscure this to win, so hence, the religiously-motivated attacks on gays and women's rights, and the amplification of the "birther" B.S. etc.
William Dawes
12:32 pm on Saturday, September 8, 2012
The left/right paradigm is just theater for the proles.
Both parties are simply the left and right wings of the same bird of prey.
Enjoy your theater. Nothing will change no matter if O'bomney or O'bomney is elected.
The Federal Reserve will still control your money.
The wars will continue.
The bailouts will continue.
The drone strikes will continue.
The erosion of the Constitution will continue.
The Rule of Law will continue to be absent.
The implosion of the economy will still continue.
The police/surveillance state will still grow.
Inflation will still increase.
The Oligarchy will still get richer and control both political parties.
GMO crops will proliferate.
The debt, both personal and national, will increase.
Executive Orders will still be issued.
Gitmo will stay open.
The TSA will continue to grope you and expand their authority and purview.
Call it what you will: Corporatism, Plutocracy, Kleptocracy, Oligarchy, Imperialism. It will continue no matter who is the puppet in the Oval Office.
The US Empire is in the process of Collapse, much as the Roman Empire collapsed.
Enjoy your Bread and Circuses. Or, if you still can exhibit independent thought, break out of the System as much as possible, and begin prepping for the collapse in whatever way you think is reasonable.
Marianne Faithfull
12:51 pm on Saturday, September 8, 2012
"Beaten Down with Truncheons!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA-MxiTA6dE
rtw
9:10 am on Sunday, September 9, 2012
Mr. Dawes; A most fitting name ( penned or actual ) to spread the news. as not to who's and whats coming, but rather to who's and what;s been here allowing whats to come.
Good luck on your ride getting the word out.
Rick
12:42 pm on Saturday, September 8, 2012
The DNC promoted a socialist agenda for the non tax paying gimme crowd and the few people that pay taxes are tired of it. The participants really voted against having God and Jerusalem added to the platform but were overridden by the gavel. This action being typical of this dictatorial administration and against this countries Costitution. This type Governing is the problem not the solution..
Rick
1:08 pm on Saturday, September 8, 2012
It reminded me of the old days of Hitler and Im old enough to remember
Owen
3:09 pm on Saturday, September 8, 2012
If you're old enough to remember the Nazis then you should be old enough to know better than to post an ignorant comment like the one you did.
j k01
1:43 pm on Saturday, September 8, 2012
Given the platform debacle this week over God and Jerusalem, I certainly won't vote for Obama or Warren!
Bob Samson
3:57 pm on Saturday, September 8, 2012
The God and Jerusalem issue shows how many extremists there are in the democrat party.
Kwum
3:59 pm on Saturday, September 8, 2012
Rick...You're absolutely correct Intelligent human beings see with clarity what mitt and lyin..err "ryan" ..are doing.. straight from the playbook of the Original "Reich Wing" Party (Nazi's)..
Power is achieved by evil corrupt men when one conjures up an enemy ( real or imagined) and convinces the gullible masses that he is the only one who can protect them.. This is the playbook of the American Taliban.. ( the Republican Reich Wing Party)..which has been bastardized and infested with a cancer from within.-. The cancer of course is the tea party which has rendered the once respected Republican Party into a trailer park circus of paranoia..
This reich wing fringe element actually believes that the President is trying to "force" us into gay marriage, life begins are "penetration", and that women who are brutally raped by some sick brutal rapist , that the woman needs to carry the fetus to term - If its deemed to be "legitimate rape" by the GOP..Of course the exemption would be for THEIR wives and kids..
LIke Sarah" I read magazines" Palin who got on her hind legs to preach to us about abstinence while her own teen daughter was laying up spreadin em like Velveeta for her bf.. Can you say Party of Hypocrites?
Bob from JP
4:33 pm on Saturday, September 8, 2012
The concept that either of the dominant parties are anything other than hypocrites is absurd. By definition, democrats and republicans are nothing more than pandering mouthpieces scurrying around trying to convince the gullible that they are better than the other.
The Dems want to redistribute wealth and create an idealistic socialist paradise that anyone with a cursory knowledge of economics knows can never work. The Republicans want to preach ridiculous religious rhetoric and force their warped sense of morality down everyone's throats. They are all idiots.
And so are you guys for throwing around stupid Nazi references that not only are moronic but are also disrespectful to those that actually had to endure atrocities at their hands.
Bob from JP
4:35 pm on Saturday, September 8, 2012
No politician is going to help you, Republican, Democrat, or otherwise. You need to help yourself. Bust your ass trying to make a better life, and maybe you'll get it. Maybe you won't, but don't whine about how it's someone else's fault.
Kwum
4:50 pm on Saturday, September 8, 2012
You guys who? dont ASSume Im a dem because Im not willing to align myself with the neo nazi REICH wing party _ Teabaggers.. They are a disgrace to America and an EXTREMIST group who are just as collectively throwback and dangerous as the Taliban . The thrive on paranoia and faux news talking points.. Anybody who aligns with or defends these nutbak extremists are every bit as sick as they are
Bob from JP
5:09 pm on Saturday, September 8, 2012
Kwum - maybe you need to hone your reading comprehension skills. Where did I imply anything about your political affiliation? The fact that you are using misguided references to Nazis stands on its own. I could care less if you are a Socialist, Rainbow Party constituent, Democrat or Republican.
Kwum
5:15 pm on Saturday, September 8, 2012
Bob - its obviuously YOU who needs reading comp with your own words
"re:And so are you guys for throwing around stupid Nazi references that not only are moronic blah blah".
Maybe if you pull your head out of your butt you will see whats in front of you. The last time there was this much hate vitrol and propaganda was during the formation of the NAZI party.. maybe if you bother to pick up a book you will learn something and become more aware.
Bob from JP
5:22 pm on Saturday, September 8, 2012
So not only can you not read, you apparently can't spell either.
In any case, I'll stand by my contention that comparing a political party in America to a group responsible for slaughtering 10 million people is idiotic.
Good luck reading all those books.
ann merritt
8:14 pm on Sunday, September 9, 2012
"The last time there was this much hate vitrol and propaganda was during the formation of the NAZI party""...and the DNC convention last week!
Kwum
5:37 pm on Saturday, September 8, 2012
Ok captain spell check.. I see you're just here to troll.. Good luck in your denial.. people like YOU who stood by like lemmings are what allows dangerous groups to flourish..Like they say. never underestimate the sheer stupidity of the american public.. that means you goober.. buh bye now
rtw
8:44 am on Sunday, September 9, 2012
Democrats / Republicans Two sides to every coin, and two sides to peoples thoughts, We sit on edge waiting to see which side the country WILL FALL.! Make a call, Heads or tails, Leave it to luck,
Our fate shouldn’t be made by a coin toss, where one side looses and one wins. It’s a dam shame people can’t rig the coin to use heads on both sides , Fix the coin people, Each side has something wrong and something right, Each has something to loose or gain, ( its called powers ) the powers your betting your life on. What’s the odds of us all winning? Zero, Good luck to the winners, Congratulations,
My sympathy to the losers, Wishing you better luck next time, Hope you can wait four more years, and well toss again. Would be great if we could make a 2 headed coin before that. Or set the rules: no cheating, weighting the coin to their side either way , its Heads they win Tails we lose ! Make a call now, and again in four years. good luck!
Plenty O'Toole
9:49 am on Sunday, September 9, 2012
Sieg Obama!
ann merritt
11:02 am on Sunday, September 9, 2012
Curious. The Bama has his new slogan, "FORWARD", of course with his ubiquitous, little neo-swastika icon stuck in the "O".....what's up with that? who else uses a little icon to represent himself? hmmmm i wonder....Anyway, it's ironic, that the Bama uses "forward" when his speech was lifted almost verbatim from Jimmy Carter's acceptance speech in 1980! and he went back to the past in dragging out old Bill Clinton, the champion of women's rights! lol what a joke
ann merritt
11:08 am on Sunday, September 9, 2012
ps. I think the Bamas previous slogan was more appropriate....WTF...remember? he claims it stood for "win the future"....again, what's with this harkening back to 1930's slogans like "the future belongs to us" and now the "forward" slogan is very reminiscent of Lenin's banners of "Forward for Communism"! sieg heil y'all
Bob Samson
11:26 am on Sunday, September 9, 2012
Hope for more Dopes-BHO 2012
Marianne Faithfull
6:51 am on Monday, September 10, 2012
Obama Jugend! Alpha-Omege, end of days, wake up sheeple!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFM-n38OevA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOtGr1JFCnE