Barack Obama is running up against a lot of unrealistic expectations in 2012, from the starry visions of his most fervid supporters to the myth that any president can, through persuasiveness or fiat, produce exactly the economic results that he desires. He’s also battling an opponent who’s creating unrealistic expectations of his own, remaking himself to satisfy whichever opportunity arises.
In such an atmosphere, Obama can’t argue too strongly for himself; he mustn’t sound as if he’s telling Americans to be satisfied with where the country is now. And his supporters must acknowledge that the economic recovery is coming slowly. But such a mixed assessment isn’t the proper verdict on a presidency that began with the nation on the verge of a depression. Nor does it capture the promise of his second term.
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There, concise clarity of the truth. Thank you. Your endorsement of our President makes my Massachusetts heart proud. xxxooo OBAMA/BIDEN 2012
As your posting handle implies, you absolutely do miss clarity
in your worst dreams. ma
this incompetent race baiting class dividing anti semite huckster desrves another term like lizzie borden and her beloved axe deserves another wack at dear ol mom and pop. i'm not sure if this was an endorsement or obituary but iguess it depends on which side you're coming from. na
A stunning example of a writer who is totally enthralled with their own primitive prose, and who has the capacity to turn reality totally inside out to validate a position which is at best debatable, if not patently incorrect.
Now that we know the reason why President Obama was so unsettled and had a weak performance in the first 2012 presidential debate, how could any respectable person or organization still support his re-election? For those who still do not know the reason why President Obama was so uneasy during the debate: Please use a search engine (e.g.) and search for terms such as: Benghazi, Ambassador Stevens, video, etc. then read how the Obama administration mis-handled the response to the attack on the ambassador and how they subsequently misled the American People about the circumstances of the attack. "Watergate" was small potatoes compared to the mis-handling of the 9/11/2012 attack on the Libyan embassy.
I guess Ambassador Stevens trumps ten years of unecessary , pretense based war in Iraq. Let's warm up the Romney war machine to satify the defense industry. Iran and Syria look so inviting.
to pvalen's blog above: "I guess Ambassador Stevens trumps ten years of unnecessary, pretense based war in Iraq".. Yes, it DOES trump that, and everything else. On many levels. It trumps the outrageous BRAGGING about the killing of Osama bin Laden by half of the speakers at the DNC. "Spiking the Football" Claiming that Obama is the superior candidate on foreign policy issues. It shows that Barack Obama's "Arab Spring" was an utter FAILURE. (It also shows that the Boston Globe's enthusiastic endorsement of the "Arab Spring" including editorial cartoons, was an utter failure). It shows that Barack Obama's foreign policy elsewhere of "Leading from behind", that insists that any US military action be approved by the ant-American and anti-Israel UN is a complete failure. Failure with North Korea, Russia (don't forget those "Off MiKe" remarks for Vladimir Putin), China, Syria, Egypt, Libya, Lebanon, Israel, and Iran. Also Mexico, by the "Fast and Furious" gunrunning scheme and its continuing Coverup. And, the most dishonest and disgraceful COVERUP by a Commander in Chief and his Secretary of State ever. "The Video Did It"...And that's just on the foreign policy half of a US president's job.
Big surprise here! I was almost as shocked when the Globe endorsed Lying Lizzie Warren.
Only Democrates need apply for endorsements at theis paper.
A biased rag if there ever there was one. Not even worthy to line the bird cage with it anymore.
rgspex: "Only Democrates (sic) need apply for endorsements at theis (sic) paper." CONCLUSION: Somebody hasn't been reading this "biased rag" very closely - the Globe has endorsed many Republicans, most recently Richard Tisei. And I bet you don't even own a bird.
If Tisei were not a gay republican, I doubt the Globe would have endorsed him.
Sorry for the typos!
Gawd help us if the Globe bow-tied bumkissing propagandists get their wayh. . . Obama will respond to lots of future events like he has responded to the Benghazi consulate affair. . . with lies. . .
The managment of the newspaper that you hate so much thanks you for continuing to pay to read it and at access its website. Hahahahahahahahahahahahah!
Voting for Obama over Romney is a no-brainer. The endorsement from the Globe is one of the most cogent, detailed editorials I've read on Obama's first term and why he deserves a second one.
Blind faith libralism. IF a republican had this kind of record, the left would be protesting, and screaming for an end to it.
This is the most I have ever been embarrassed by the Boston Globe. These folks are still the teenage girl groupies of 2008; except now there is an actual record on which to judge begotten messiah. His presidency has been a disaster on so many levels, that volumes will be written about it once he leaves office. Here are just a few subjects:
1. Economic Stewardship. Nearly four years into this presidency, we are still at near 8% unemployment. Our total debt is $16 Trillion, and our growth rate goes between 1-2%. Grade: F
2. Unlawful Power: Since this president has not been able to work with congress, he has decided to skip congress altogether, and rule by fiat on immigration, environmental rules, and many other items. Grade: F
3. Health Care: His "reform" was forced down the throat of an unwilling nation; and passed without a single Republican vote. It has already led to higher premium costs. It has already led to employers seeking ways to avoid being required to provie health insurance-getting more part timers, for example. It has led to the loss of jobs by the medical device maker who will be subjest to a new tax next year.
I could go on, but these three alone will produce many volumes. The truth is that he was handed the nation on a silver platter-Democrats controlling both houses of congress, high approval ratings, and a nation eager to work with him. He squandered the good will of the nation by his petty approach, and his inability to lead. Only a smitten teen girl would not see this; but he was in over his head from day one. We need a grown up t come in, and lead this great nation to its next great chapter. We must end this nightmare now, and send the President off, to retire, and to begin work on his third autobiography.
You're embarassed by the facts. The column addresses every one of your complaints, but still the blinders won't come off.
Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell, Oct. 23, 2010: "The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president." The once-great GOP, hi-jacked by its self-righteous right wing extreme, has consistently placed party above nation, party above the rights of women, party above the rights of minorities, party above the health and well being of all Americans, and all the people of the United States are worse off as a result. The last thing our nation needs is four years of a president in the thrall of the extreme right.
NEVER, NEVER OBAMA WHEN WE HAVE ROMNEY AS AN ALTERNATIVE.
Actually, in my opinion, it's just NEVER, NEVER, OBAMA.
If Romney gets elected, it will be a tribute to the lack of memory of the people who vote for him, and a childlike imagination of what a president can and cannot do. As has been noted countless times, that lack of memory serves Romney well as he changes positions as he changes his shirt each morning. But the lack of memory also is helpful in avoiding the clear and obvious trend since the early 1970's of the transfer of wealth and power to a few of the most greedy and ruthless among us. More than that, it is about the biblical observation "them that's got shall get, them that's not shall lose." People who look back at the last four years and say, Obama doesn't deserve a second term because he didn't "fix it" have failed to look at the enormity of the history. This is not about the last four years. This is about pushing back against the core of excessive "I've got mine" that is in control of the Republican Party.
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A cogent, coherent argument in support of re-electing the President. I wonder why have none of the anti-Obama posters offered an equivalent argument in support Romney, rather than just rants against the POTUS? I have to assume it's, because they don't have one. Oh, but if you do decide to try to provide a pro=Romney argument, please don't bother siting bogus claims about what a great Governor he was, I live here in MA, and know the facts.
Because the article is about Obama not Romney. We want Obama to bask in the glory of a Boston Globe endorsement. Boston Globe endorsements don't come easy you know.
Sorry geo, But anybody who only reads the Boston Globe, with editorials like this one, and with tons of news that the Globe simply REFUSES TO PRINT, does NOT know the facts.--E.g. today's Globe conveniently left out Benghazi, Libya. And that's a FACT.
just a list of democratic talking points that do not hold up to reality. Education, infrstructure, bad wall st. middle class, nuanced foreign policy. We have had that for 4 years and it has failed.
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no mention of Benghazi. No mention of a second term plan. Fool me once......Although he didnt the first time around either
Deserve defined: to have earned as a right by one's actions; to be worthy of
really?
Mitt Romney is the Lance Armstrong of politics - a fraud and a proven liar. As the saying goes, Romney was born on third base and thinks he hit a triple. Obama is not perfect but he has fought for the middle class and is far superior to Romney and his discredited GOP policies. Obama deserves a second term.
really? awful unemployment rates, wages down, tax hikes. How exactly has that helped the MC? Facts please
ZIRP, Oil, cigarette taxes, FSA, medical deductions, ethanol, electricity prices
sums it up well: http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2012/10/al-qaqaa-and-benghazi-that-was-then-and-this-is-now.php
American memory is short. They have already decided the "Benghazi issue" is settled. On to the real issues. Get over it.
No mention of 2 budgets gaining ZERO votes
President Obama has been runninng for reelection since the day he took office. His administratioin had the majority in the House and Senate for two years and he did nothing but push Health carre. No jobs bill, no education bill, just Obama care and a failed stimulus plan. All the while running around like a local politician with his sleeves rolled up and his tie off. Not looking very Presidential. Making all the TV talk shows and having a good time. No thanks, time to step aside. He has his chance and failed. Not much Hope and change. Paul wentzell, Falmouth Massachusetts
REALLY?? Here's today's Boston Herald's editorial. Boston Globe wants you to pretend that Benghazi, Libya never happened................... BENGHAZI SCANDAL DEMANDS ANSWERS............... --Prez shows utter lack of intengrity, leadership................ http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/op_ed/view/20221029benghazi_scandal_demands_answers_prez_shows_utter_lack_of_integrity_leadership/....... Because of Benghazi, Barack Obama, and his equally guilty Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, (who had the utmost GALL to tell grieving father Charles Woods "We will arrest and prosecute the man who produced this Video"), they should not be reelected. In fact, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton should be arrested and prosecuted.
The managment of the newspaper that you hate so much thanks you for continuing to pay to read it and to access its website. Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
OBAMA 2012! (I can't let the haters have the last word, now, can I?)
Now, I like this pro-Obama blog best of all. This blogger doesn't provide any reason why Obama should be reelected. That's because there isn't any reason.
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Search term Benghazi on the Globe: http://www.bostonglobe.com/queryResult/search
"He’s been diligent and responsible — to a fault." This claim by the Globe is the easiest to rebut. Obama has put in over a 100 rounds of golf, for the last year he's only been out campaigning (making sure to hit "The View", Comedy Central and other MAJOR news operations) and this "dilegence", this leadership, has somehow been unable to even get a DEMOCRAT held senate to produce a budget in 1,200 days. Obama couldn't get his DEMOCRAT collegues to act on their PRIMARY responsibility, negotiating a budget. When you can't either convince or be BOTHERED to get your political FRIENDS to act responsibly its absurd for the Globe to suggest you've been "diligent and responsible". There is no "promise" in a second Obama term because he's demonstrated not only no leadership (bipartisan or otherwise) he's presiding over a monumental Benghazi scandal of negligence and fraud so great the Globe has to ignore it altogether as they, apparently, can't even conjure up a defense for this failure.
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There is not a presidential bone in his body. He appears on Letterman and Leno more than movie stars. He let those poor people in the Libyan embassy suffer for hours, begging for help that would never arrive. He is not fit for another 4 minutes never mind another 4 years.
If you like meningitis, you'll love even more deregulation under a Myth Romney administration. (He appointed the a co-owner of the pharmacy company to the state pharmacy board in 2004!!!)
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and Deval just announced he will start inspections of other manufacturers.
safer?
"A long-range Israeli bombing raid last week that was seen as a dry run for a forthcoming attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities has destroyed an Iranian-run plant making rockets and ballistic missiles in Sudan
mecn1 - there was NO austerity measures.
FACTS:
USN: Contrary to what you may have heard, spending cuts have largely been lacking in Europe's economic crisis response. Instead, in most European nations, austerity has mostly taken the form of higher taxes. We shouldn't be surprised Europe is struggling: when you raise taxes in a weak economy, it has a negative effect on investment and economic growth.
That is a completely false and uninformed statement that Mitt Romney would be proud of. Maybe you should ask the people in Spain, Portugal, Greece, and elsewhere in Europe whether there have been "no austerity measures." You're not credible. See "Thousands Protest Austerity Measures in Spain and Portugal" [ http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/16/world/europe/large-anti-austerity-protests-in-spain-portugal.html ]
sorry, as always, you are wrong. Try Google. "no country is spending below its 2004 level." Keep reading Krugman
http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/economics/government-final-consumption-expenditure-in-us-dollars-2012-3_govxp-table-2012-3-en
Funny tweet: Romney campaign asks for donations to the Red Cross. Obama campaign asks for donations to his campaign.
Another great endorsement -Kennedy. Thinks a drone killed OBL
Of course Romney asked for donations; he clearly stated during his campaign run that he would de-fund FEMA and favors privatized disaster response / relief. Asking for Red Cross donations is the first time he's ever been consistent, although I am waiting for him to recant his statements re: disaster relief any minute. He's probably getting a briefing on 'empathy' right now ...
President Barack Obama's proposal for the upcoming budget sequester would cut nearly $900 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including disaster relief, food and shelter, and flood management at both the federal and state levels.
Obama's proposed cuts to FEMA include the following :
mecn1 et al. still waiting for facts on how Obama has helped the MC
begolfing, your ideological denial of reality (and embrace of GOP failure) regarding the existence of austerity measures in Europe is an obvious reflection of your similarly ideological rejection of the facts about Obama's support for the middle class. Since you refuse to read the Globe's endorsement and its descriptions of that support (stimulus bill, health care, ending the Iraq war), I'll let the Detroit Free Press in its endorsement of Obama provide another version: "What’s the best case Barack Obama can make for re-election? Let’s start with the stunning record of accomplishments he has compiled over the last four years: • General Motors and Chrysler are thriving - a long, long way from the edge of insolvency, which is where Obama found them on his first day in office. Bridge loans and managed bankruptcies turned them around, and stable growth followed soon after. Is there anything more important to people here in Michigan? • The economy has grown jobs for the past 30 months, after hemorrhaging 4.9 million in 2009. The bleeding began to stop when Obama convinced Congress to authorize $831 billion in federal stimulus funds, and employment has grown, slowly but inexorably, since the beginning of 2010. • The Affordable Care Act, a broad set of private-sector and government reforms, is bringing millions of formerly uninsured Americans under the umbrella of reliable health care. It’s a quantum leap forward that has bested both legislative and legal challenges. • Of the two costly wars started during the Bush administration, one is over and the other winding down. Osama bin Laden and at least 14 other al-Qaida leaders are dead, and their terrorist network is in tatters. Meanwhile, Moammar Gadhafi, responsible for the deaths of more Americans than anyone except bin Laden, was deposed with U.S. help. Not since the fall of the Berlin Wall have the nation’s geopolitical fortunes improved so markedly." [ http://www.freep.com/article/20121028/OPINION01/121026117 ]
Again, mecn1- Your refusal to present any FACTS shows that you have none. I gave you DATA. Austerity worked? Please respond. A majority of Maericans OPPOSE PPACA. Intatters? Really than what happened in Benghazi? Yemen? Pakistan? Iraq? Afghanistan?
GM is not thriving and was a boondoggle to Unions. GM stock would need to reach $53 a share for the U.S. to break even - what did it close at the other day? How many employees are in the US vs. overseas? ROMNEY had it correct. Try reading his Oped and don't misrepresent it.
http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120214/OPINION01/202140336
Why didn't the stimulus reduce unemployment to where Obama said it would? Because it was a failure. Some FACTS:
http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2012/02/17/the-five-biggest-failures-from-president-obamas-stimulus-law
I also can find Op Ed's that endorse Romney, including the Orlando Sentinel who endorsed Obama in 2008. Again, you have not presented any facts, but liberal opinion. Keep trying.
A man in the audience asks Kennedy whether he supports the drone program. His jaw-dropping response is, “I am a supporter of the President’s drone initiatives. I am a supporter of certainly the strike that the President launched to, that ended up in the killing of Osama bin Laden.” Another fine Dem on our military
And the Globe loves any Kennedy, regardless of how empty. All this guy does is parrot anything Obama says.
Just what we neeed in Washington, another Kennedy and Obama.
The Romney campaign has canceled campaign events, commercials, and fundraising appeals in states that will be impacted by Hurricane Sandy, and is instead using a campaign bus to help deliver supplies to those who will be impacted by what forecasters are predicting may be a "storm of the century."
The Obama campaign has canceled events, but has yet to announce it have pulled commercials or fundraising appeals from states in Sandy's path. Romney was also first on the scene when Hurricane Irene struck the Gulf Coast in August, with President Obama arriving three days later after adjusting his schedule.
Seriously? This charge somehow has any signifigance? Uh, he's the President of the most powerful nation on earth, has been for almost four years, and guess what,he's working today! What's Romney doing today, beside holding public appearances where he attacks the POTUS? While I'm sure he's working real hard at it, it is all he has done every day for the past 7 years.
You forgot to mention the deficits that BHO has run every year of his presidency and his plan to continue such deficits into his next term. He is bankrupting this country. Future generations will be burdened by his decision making. It's time for a change. We can't afford 4 more years of his leadership. By the way a president doesn't deserve a second term......he earns a second term and the only thing that this president has earned is a one way ticket back to Chicago!!!
Yes! OBAMA 2012!!
has there ever been a more divisive President than President O'Bama? He has been a disappointment since the first day of his presidency.
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" I cannot remember a President..." As per usual, your comments are, to varying degrees, mis-informed, taken out of context, slanted, or just plain false. But at least you didn't cackle!
Despite his relative inexperience and my loathing for his campaign methods (weekly appearances on The View, cell phones for job seekers and busing people to the polls a month ahead of the election to steal a vote....all on the taxpayer dime), I voted for President Obama in 2008 because a "change" was needed. After four years the results are in, his policies have failed as he has not lived up to the campaign promises which got him elected. Blaming his policy failures on the previous administration and a Republican house is nothing short of cowardice. To be successful as the President, you have to take responsibility for your failures and take ownership of the bipartisan politics present in the House and Senate. President Obama has done neither effectively. Reagan and Clinton were successful Chief Executives because they understood the term compromise and were leaders who took responsibility for their failures. Regardless of thoughts on Romney, no reasonable person can claim the President has earned the right to serve us for another four years. If you like the President, just say that, it's fine. Denying his administrations failures, blaming others for those shortfalls and casting unfounded doubt on Romney's ability to be President, only puts you in a group with other partisan observers and gets us no closer to a recovery. In the final analysis, I don't believe the President is a bad person, he just wasn't as prepared for this job as I had hoped when I voted for him in 2008.
well put. eventually youhave to take credit for your plocies and he has not done so nor has he shown an ability to reconize failure
No he doesn't: Obama has shown us that he CANNOT be the transformative man in Washington THAT WE SO DESPERATELY NEED: Obama cannot get along with his own Democratic party - and he bristles at the GOP.
OBAMA IS NOT THE MAN WE NEED IN WASHINGTON FOR ANOTHER 4 YEARS!
It figures that the Globe would support this leberal. This President has blamed evryone else for his lack of ability to lead. He has embarrased us overseas, ruined the economy, jammed a Health care Bill through that is going to ruin our health care system. He is arrogant, doen not listen and most of the time sounds like a preacher. I cannot wait unitl election day when we can FIRE him.
Romney's Etch-A-Sketch strategy was doomed from the start. Voters don't have short memories.
Obama has done an excellent job under very trying circumstances and should be reelected.
Oh yes, Barack did great. No one loses, everyone goes home with a trophy. Give him his and send him home.
Ugh! Its hard to decide where to start with an opinion peice so filled with foolishness and fakery.
But let's just try this one, its a doozy:
"But as president, Obama has reached out repeatedly to Republicans and shied away from the I’m-the-decider pronouncements of his predecessor.."
Repeatedly means like a lot, more than a few. How would you like to list five times..maybe four? OK, just three. This dysfunctional President has abandoned even meeting with the Congressional leaders of his own party..let alone those of the opposition. He is an absent figure, a President AWOL for the last year plus, as all his energy goes into his re-election campaign. You can press any number of imagined pluses for this empty-suit person, but reached out..." now that's a howler!
Is that you sweetlandoliberty/Richmond12? Where's Ozark/vinyid?
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Again, mecn1- Your refusal to present any FACTS shows that you have none. I gave you DATA. Austerity worked? Please respond. A majority of Maericans OPPOSE PPACA. Intatters? Really than what happened in Benghazi? Yemen? Pakistan? Iraq? Afghanistan?
GM is not thriving and was a boondoggle to Unions. GM stock would need to reach $53 a share for the U.S. to break even - what did it close at the other day? How many employees are in the US vs. overseas? ROMNEY had it correct. Try reading his Oped and don't misrepresent it.
http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120214/OPINION01/202140336
Why didn't the stimulus reduce unemployment to where Obama said it would? Because it was a failure. Some FACTS:
http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2012/02/17/the-five-biggest-failures-from-president-obamas-stimulus-law
I also can find Op Ed's that endorse Romney, including the Orlando Sentinel who endorsed Obama in 2008. Again, you have not presented any facts, but liberal opinion. Keep trying.
mecn1 and other Dem supporters. Pease read this Wall St Journal piece and presernt your thoughts. Betcha can't.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203611404577042181534236806.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop
When Romney loses next week, begolfing, you'll unndoubtedly decide to give up your Obama hatred and support of the GOP's Soviet-style obstructionism. If I believed you were capable of such a transformation, I would also believe that Romney will tell us what his $5 trillion tax plan would have included and that Ryan will decide to support a woman's right to choose. Other than Obama's re-election, none of that will happen, of course. Make sure you stock up on tissues.
Did you read the article? Of course not becuase it does not fit the narrative
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I don't know about the Romney folks posting here. Either you lived in Mass. when he was governor or not. If you did you have to know he stunk. I mean come on the fee increases. The lousy job growth. The rip off of the towns budgets. But then maybe you liked him. Different strokes I guess. I never did like the guy, but I have always said I was biased against him. Don't like him.
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Who are you voting for, Kitch (assuming you're a citizen)? You spend all kinds of time on here condemning the religious nut jobs, but then you claim to be bent out of shape because the economy hasn't recovered quickly enough under Obama. Romney has NO plan to address the economy - how can you believe otherwise? Do you really want the Bush types back in office, honestly? The haters will do anything to destroy Obama and Democrats.
"Kitch" I know you didn't say it, but I don't consider myself a liberal. I in fact think Obama did pretty good with a badly dealt hand. I don't believe that Bush or Romney would have done better in fact I think they would've done worse. In fact the futures numbers look good and I've been investing betting on his re-election. He loses I'll bail. Tax cuts are currently unnecessary and counter-productive.
As to the Mormon nutter thing, it is one of the reasons I don't like him. If you can sincerely believe, which I believe he does, such nonsense then what other foolish things could you believe. But I think with Romney is he really doesn't believe anything at all and that makes him easy to manipulate and a dangerous man.
Add in Ryan and how can any thinking person vote for these two religious nut cases.
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I may not be in love with where the economy is now but I hated where it was with Bush. Second, a vote for Mitt is a vote for the religious right and that I cannot do. You get Mitt you get all the nuts in the Republican Party. This is a conservative.
Barry Goldwater:
"I am a conservative Republican, but I believe in democracy and the separation of church and state. The conservative movement is founded on the simple tenet that people have the right to live life as they please as long as they don't hurt anyone else in the process." (in a 1994 Washington Post essay)
"The religious factions will go on imposing their will on others,"
"I don't have any respect for the Religious Right."
"Every good Christian should line up and kick Jerry Falwell's ass."
"A woman has a right to an abortion."
If you can't accept Goldwater's version you're not a conservative, you're a reactionary. I refuse to support the religious right under almost any circumstance.
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1st. I think newspapers should concentrate on reporting the news - and not shaping opinion. The Globe spends far to much time trying to influence opinion then it does reporting news.
2nd. based on my first statement I don't believe any news organization should be in the buisness of endorssing any candidate!!!
3rd. Obama has failed as a leader - he's a great speaker he just can't lead. I want to see him go to capital hill and sit with the Republicans and work with the other party not just lecture from the safety of the White House.
4th. I don't believe a word he says. Taxes are going up for everyone and my household is worse off today than it was four years ago.
5th. I am a resident of Mass.
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Gee, here's another big surprise. The Globe endorsing a Democrat. This man does not deserve another term. He's spending us into oblivion and has been a divisive force in the nation. He was unqualified when he was elected, and he's still unqualified. And please, Globe, stop making excuses for this man - "unrealistic expectations in 2012" - the man had both houses of Congress for two years and couild do nothing. Enough of blaming Bush, and what he inherited. If he gets reelected, count on more taxes, more spending, more teleprompters, and still no explanation about what the hell went wrong in Libya.
And please - tell me what in the world is "the promise of his second term"?!?!? More hope and change??
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The managment of the newspaper that you hate so much thanks you for continuing to pay to read it and to access its website. Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
Gentlemen As a Massachusetts resident, I would expect nothing less from the crowd, on Morrissey Blvd. But I would just like to make sure, we are all talking about the same Obama. The Obama I am talking about, has a CV that would barely warrant a manager's job, at a fast food restaurant. The man graduates from Harvard Law School (at least we think so, given their track record of late, with the faux Native Americans). He then goes on to a stellar career as a Community Activist, a State Senator (in probably the only State, that may be more corrupt than our beloved Commonwealth) and culminates all this, with 3 years in the US Senate (two of which he spends running for President). So maybe some folks with personal knowledge of the individual, see things that the rest of us don't have an opportunity to see and appreciate. Maybe?? So, now that we all have the benefit of seeing him in action, what do we have. Before we discuss his performance, let's stipulate that the situation he came into was ugly, dog meat ugly. Given that, how did he do and where are we. The price of gas has more than doubled (we in the middle class and women thank you), the price of food/sustenance is up almost 20% (again, we in the middle class and women thank you) and the National debt has gone from roughly 10 trillion dollars to over 16 trillion dollars. For this Mr. President, we in the middle class, women, our grandchildren and great-grandchildren thank you. Oh, I almost forgot, as a kicker to the above accomplishments, you have successfully kept the unemployment rate steady, in the 8% range, to insure we can't earn the money to pay for the above increases in living. But through your broad management skills you have managed to put more of us in the poverty category, but have offset that with an increase in food stamp distribution(which can't be paid for because we are at an 8% unemployment level). Let's not even get into the wonderful work you have done in the international arena(yeah I know, 'you will have more flexibility after the election'). So the point of this diatribe to you knuckleheads, is that endorsing another 4 years of this catastrophe is akin to appointing Sandusky head of Boys Town, appointing Whitey Bulger to supervise the Federal Government Confidential Informant Program, putting Sal DiMasi in charge of State contracts and the list could go on. As free advice, I would suggest that you look in the mirror during your next performance review, while you are trying to figure out the path of your papers slow but sure demise. It is this kind of tripe, that helps guarantee your failure. If you are this misguided with blind allegiance for Obama, how can you possibly be taken seriously on any other topics
The managment of the newspaper that you hate so much thanks you for continuing to pay to read it and to access its website. Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
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Well, you had to know this was coming. And, in preparation, the anti-Obamanites and the anti-Globers trotted out their pre-written "outraged" comments. Most of those comments just slightly re-written versions of their usual comments. Some of you spend so much time out here, you should start your own blogs. I have to wonder if you think you're changing any minds out here, or if you just need so very badly to get this stuff off your chests. In either case, you may want to re-think your choice of venue.
I'm not sure why some of these guys bother reading the Globe. I know it leans left but it does a better job of reporting the news and has more interesting writers in the opinion section. Now I like the Heralds sports section and naturally read some of their pieces. Did you know they were biased to the right? I know just as stunning as knowing the Globe leans left. It's as if some of these guys think they are the only one who know it and the rest of us are to dim to recognize the bias in the paper we read. You know the WP kind of left, Washinton Times, right.
What really cracks me up is the nonsense they throw up about Obama and yet see nothing wrong about Romney. The new Jeep ad, a complete lie and rejected by Jeep. We'll skip that along with a few other whoppers. At least some of us can see Obama stretching the truth and at the same time seeing Romney doing it. Some folks accuse the Globe of bias without recognizing their own.
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Here's where we stand 4 years later: the dems and repubs hate each other...the US debt burden is out of control...real unemployment is at 12%...food stamps are a commodity...race relations seem to be strained...Bhengazi leaves us with a dead ambassador and 3 others murdered, and a huge cover-up, Iran is closing in on the Bomb...Israel is alone...the Muslim Brotherhood and Al Queda are running much of the Middle East and North Africa...the Media is corrupted beyond reason...the VP is a joke to most people...gas prices have doubled...the EPA is out-of-control...universal healthcare is financially unsustainable and derided by a majority of voters...clean coal and US sourced oil are being outlawed...need I go on? 4 more years? Seems that we'll need a decade just to fix the mess created by Obama. Somehow, the Globe missed all of these things.
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Is there a way I can cancel my subscription to the Boston Globe "Democrat" and still get the sports section? Which part of 14+% U-6 unemployment don't you comprehend. Ignorance is bliss!
Sure you can cancel your subscription at any time. You also can get the sports on boston.com. If you don't understand the paper that you are reading I would sugges the Herald. It has a great right wing bias if you prefer. You see all papers have an editorial bias one way or another. Most literate readers know it before they subscribe.
Attarurk - your dripping condescension is typical of substantially all of your comments, and of your liberal brethren in general. The condescension displayed by Obama and his allies toward wide swaths of the American people is a major reason he is falling further behind in this election.
The President needs and deserves a term of office on his own terms. His first term was all crisis management and cleaning up the mess that deregulation of the banking industry made. The Great Recession exposed so many fault lines in the American economy and in its regulatory regimes that it was a question of where to begin. The President managed the Triage procedure as skillfully as can be hoped for. The stimulus package was compromised in size and content by the opposition party and should have been called the "keeping our heads above the water line" rescue legislation because it was mostly a rescue operation. He took a bold step in trying to pass health care legislation because this was long term remediation to a health care system that was sick, increasingly expensive, unfair if not inhumane and also inefficient in delivering good outcomes for dollars invested with taxpayer money. Obama changed the tone of foreign policy where we are now less wont to lead with military solutions to every political problem abroad. Yes there is turmoil in the Middle East and we must reformulate our approach to countries beset by political change and the need to free their populations from the tyranny of the few over the many. But this is a welcome change and we need not fear it under the mask that all freedom fighters are terrorists in disguise but engage with other freedom loving countries to nuture these changes. Energy and the Environment and the Protection of Public Health are intertwined and must be harmoniously balanced in policies and programs. Investment in an infrastructure not of the 19th century or not cast in post WWII America Triumphant glory must respond to new challenges of global warming and extreme weather events such as Hurricane Sandy which may become the norm. Obama is the real change agent to manage these challenges and Mr. Romney and his Republican Party of Affluent Whiners and Ignorant True Believers will only lead us backwards. Obama will empower the Middle Class and Mr. Romney will continue the policies that have robbed the Middle Class of its economic future and its safety net in times of illness, aging or economic distress. The choice is so clear and billions of dollars spent in spin and lies should not be allowed to muddy the water.
Obama has done his best (to ruin America). The USA is the greatest and most powerful country on earth. He needs at least 4 more years to finish the job!
The Globe editorial staff must be aching to go on unemployment, or SSDI, too
This is typical of the gobbledygook the Globe Editorial Board tries to pass off as a well reasoned argument. The last paragraph tell it all, where the Editorial Board tells Obama and his supporter how to cover-up the fact that Obama's first term has been a bust for everyone but the most liberal amongst us, and discloses the strategy of the Globe and many other "mainstream media" outlets of softpeddaling Obama's failures and laziness while making the argument that a second Obama term holds "promise." Geez, the Globe is lame!!
From one who remembers Uncle Dudley and Herbert Hoover and "a chicken in every pot", Thank you, Boston globe, for your exhaustive editorial which endorses re-election of the President. Can you smuggle a copy into the Boston Herald?
I know know why the Globe is the way it is. Any group of editors who can write this editorial can write anything.
Your right! Health care didnt add to the deficit, what it did was give 30 million Americans a brand new monthly bill. How about if he said "milk is good for you" you must buy 2 gallons a week? I still dont understand how th SCoA let him get around the commerce clause.