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09/05/2012 Nativegrl77

Yes, We Are Better Off!

2008 v. 2012 in Six Charts

Four years ago, the economy was on the downslide and about to go into free fall. What became a painful recession and still-ongoing recovery could’ve been another Great Depression. And then President Obama and Democrats worked together to turn things around. Too many families are still struggling and more must be done, but it’s an undeniable fact that we’ve made a lot progress since 2008.

Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan would implement the same conservative policies that crashed the economy in the first place — only on a much grander scale. Here’s six charts to remind us what happened when conservatives last ran the show compared to where we are today under President Obama.

Evening Brief: Important Stories That You May Have Missed

Ten headlines from September 2008.

Ohio’s GOP Secretary of State is just ignoring a court order about early voting that he disagrees with.

Hypocrisy alert: Romney-Ryan robocall accuses President Obama of “changing [Medicare] forever.”

GOP Senate candidate: throw rape victims who get an abortion in jail for life.

Mitt Romney on whether we’re better off: “of course it’s getting better.”

Highlights from the Democratic Party’s official platform.

Exposed: the Tea Party’s deficit hypocrisy.

More questions about Mitt Romney’s highly questionable finances.

Trouble for Mitt Romney in Virginia.

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Republican Women for Obama

09/05/2012 Nativegrl77 1 Comment

Aug 24, 2012 by BarackObamadotcom

Learn more: http://OFA.BO/WbWDgC
Republican women share their history with the Republican Party and how the party’s views are no longer aligned with their own. They don’t support Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan and share how Romney and Ryan are wrong for women.
As they share:
“If you truly believe in a small government. That government shouldn’t be deciding what I can and cannot do with my own body.”
“There is no way on God‘s green earth that I would consider voting Republican.”
“I don’t even want to think about them having control—as a woman I don’t.”
“If you’re a conservative woman, and you believe in small government, then Barack Obama is your candidate because he’s keeping the government out of the decisions that should remain between you and God, and you and your own conscience.”

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a message from Stephanie Cutter

09/04/2012 Nativegrl77 1 Comment

Here’s just a snapshot of what Mitt Romney‘s platform calls for:

— Turn Medicare into a voucher program to buy private insurance,
forcing seniors to pay more out of pocket for their health care costs.

— Outlaw all abortions without exception for rape or incest
(including a “salute” to states like Virginia that have passed extreme
ultrasound laws).

— Ban marriage equality and reject civil unions of all kinds.

— Won’t protect the mortgage interest deduction for middle-class
families if Romney enacts his tax plan, even though it helps more than
30 million middle-class families.

— Kill investments in clean energy jobs and reject the wind
production tax credit, which would cost up to 37,000 American jobs.

“Intolerant” and “mean-spirited” sounds about right to me.

Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are in lockstep with this platform, but pay
close attention to what they’re saying up on that stage this week — I
guarantee you won’t hear a whole lot about any of that.

Instead, they’re filling their free airtime with false promises and
baseless attacks on President Obama. We can’t let them get away with it.