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People who depend on the government for their survival will vote for the candidate who will keep those checks coming: Barack Obama.

In 2008, presidential candidate Barack Obama promised to fundamentally change America. As President, he has succeeded beyond anyone's dreams. We now have a Declaration of Dependence. 

Dependency is up 7.5 percent the past two years. Government dependency jumped 8.1 percent in the past year alone.  According to data, one in five Americans [20 percent] relies on the federal government for everything from housing and health care to food stamps and college tuition, and even cell phones. In 2011, the federal government paid $1.6 billion to cover the cost of cell phones and the monthly bills of 12.5 million wireless accounts. It is the result of Obama's economic policies. The "hope" of people to keep receiving assistance, the "change" from independent nation to dependent nation. 

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Felicia March 10, 2012 at 06:47 pm
Obama does not love this country or its constitution. The "hope and change" was his hope to change us into a nanny state with a big government that controls every aspect of it's citizens lives, from light bulbs to birth control to the food we put into our bodies. The liberals are willing to give their freedom's away. The conservative want to stay free. Bottom line - if you want the government to tell you what car to drive, what doctor to go to, what meds you can take, where to live, what you ocan eat, then vote for Obama. If you think you are smart enough to make your own decisions about your own life then vote for the other guy.
Obama knows that at least half of the country isn't really paying attention to what his adminsitration is doing. A large number of people just absorb the news headlines they read and believe them without question. These are the people Obama is counting on to vote for him in November.
Ross Revira March 10, 2012 at 07:08 pm
No Richard you better check your facts. Clinton in the last years of his presidency could not or would not pull the trigger on killing Bin Laden. Remember the USS Cole attack and the embassy bombings in Africa? Let's not forget Clinton's cruise missile attack on the aspirin factory either.
Issy March 10, 2012 at 07:20 pm
Nonsense, Clinton never had a clear chance to get Bin Laden. A Sudan official claim to be able to deliver Bin Laden but this was not credible, something the 9/11 commission confirmed.
Secondly, killing Bin Laden would not have stopped the 9/11, by the time he was considered a threat the planning was well advanced. So unless you have information that the 9/11 commission does not then please stop inventing 'facts'. http://www.factcheck.org/2008/01/clinton-passed-on-killing-bin-laden/
Bjorn Olsson March 10, 2012 at 07:55 pm
HBO is a political channel now too?? What about ShowTime?
Bjorn Olsson March 10, 2012 at 08:00 pm
I think we're definitely better off that we would have been under John McCain, or what we could expect to be under any of the crazies running for president from the GOP. Obama has disappointed his own base by not closing Gitmo, by catering to Wall Street and big banks and for bending way over backwards on health reform.
m March 10, 2012 at 11:21 pm
Do you know how much fighting President Obama had to do to get this bill signed. I had to post on Nan Hayworth twitter account, call and try my best to motivate my rep to get moving on this bill. I was urged like many others Obama supporters to get our reps supporting the JOBS bill. It was an uphill battle, and I am soooooo happy that these Republicans got so much pressure from their constituents that they decided to get it passed.
m March 10, 2012 at 11:23 pm
You have a point, those who have the means to higher top notch accountants to help them hide their income in the Caymans, do not pay taxes. Well said Jo.
Dan Seidel March 10, 2012 at 11:30 pm
Well, the first step in impeching Obama has been taken:
http://t.co/lTzmCFs1 http://t.co/OuobohIy woo hoo!
Thomas N March 10, 2012 at 11:31 pm
M, you are delusional. If Obama worked to get this bill passed, then invite Republican and Democrat leaders to the White House and have a signing ceremony. The real truth is that he was dragged kicking and screaming to this bill because he wants to run against an allegedly do-nothing Congress. He calls it a do nothing congress despite the fact that there are plenty of bills just sitting in Harry Reid's inbox that won't see the floor.
SRT March 10, 2012 at 11:40 pm
Impechment? Did Obama have sex with an intern also?
Bjorn Olsson March 10, 2012 at 11:42 pm
That is HILARIOUS! Where do you find these people?
Dan Seidel March 10, 2012 at 11:46 pm
wow - typing is off . mea culpa.
check the link to THOMAS - official publishers of Congressional bills, Senate bills, etc. can't make THAT up! although Clinton tried..... never mind. just check the developing story. It's a wow!
m March 10, 2012 at 11:48 pm
Thomas, you must have been living under a rock for a few months, haven't you?
Got this from Obama's campaign. I will post in 2 parts Friend -- The U.S. Senate is supposed to vote on the American Jobs Act as early as tonight. It's a bill that will put people to work immediately, and it contains proposals that members of both parties have said in the past that they'd support. But Senate Republicans want to block it. Not because they have a plan that creates jobs right now -- not one Republican, in Congress or in the presidential race, does. They only have a political plan. Their strategy is to suffocate the economy for the sake of what they think will be a political victory. They think that the more folks see Washington taking no action to create jobs, the better their chances in the next election. So they're doing everything in their power to make sure nothing gets done. There's still time for principled Republican senators to declare their independence from this kamikaze political strategy. Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader in the Senate, needs to hear what Americans like you think. You can reach his office at (202) 224-2541. Tell him not to let politics get in the way of creating jobs. Will you take three minutes and call now? Then click here to let us know how it went.
m March 10, 2012 at 11:48 pm
If Sen. McConnell's office says he won't support the American Jobs Act, ask which parts he doesn't support:
-- Making sure that those who served our country can get good jobs at home by providing incentives for businesses to hire unemployed veterans? -- Preventing layoffs of teachers, cops, and firefighters, while supporting the hiring of tens of thousands more? -- Rebuilding our crumbling roads, bridges, railways, and airports with a bipartisan, public-private infrastructure bank? -- Modernizing at least 35,000 public schools in rural and urban areas? -- Providing job training for the unemployed, especially young people who have been hit especially hard? The President has been forceful and clear: Action on jobs is desperately needed, and Congress should pass this bill right away. And he has specifically asked those of us who agree to make sure Republican lawmakers know it. This bill -- and the simple idea that every American who works hard and plays by the rules has a fundamental right to economic security -- is a big part of what we stand for as a campaign and as a movement. There's no good reason for Congress to delay any more -- and if they do, you deserve to know why. Call Sen. McConnell's office. Tell him you're watching, and you expect Republicans in the Senate to do the right thing and move forward on this bill today. Then let us know how it went: http://my.barackobama.com/Call-For-Jobs
m March 10, 2012 at 11:51 pm
If your eye sight is slightly flawed, then your hearing may be great check out this video. Relax, grab some popcorn. Make yourself comfy. Enjoy the lovely weather tomorrow, I heard that it is going to be at least 55 degrees.
http://my.barackobama.com/page/m/55c11ca2/50008c33/139f4806e/118ab0d2/3925753387/VEsH/
Thomas N March 10, 2012 at 11:58 pm
Wrong bill, dimwit. I'm talking about the JOBS Act that just passed the House and Senate with bipartisan support and is on its way to Obama's desk, for his signature, with no cameras present; not the budget busting nightmare you cited that Obama is pushing and members of his own party won't even support.
m March 11, 2012 at 12:02 am
Obviously, introduced the bill, and it was altered. It does not mean that he gets no credit for his relentless begging to pass the damn bill, to get Americans working.
Bob Ogden March 11, 2012 at 12:53 am
A new level of silliness has been achieved.
Let me get this straight. Obama is being impeached and Fox News doesn't report on it because?
Bob Ogden March 11, 2012 at 12:59 am
By the way guys, that "bill" is a resolution and there is a BIG difference so put the champagne back in the fridge and save it for Obamas Inauguration Party in January 2013.
Dan Seidel March 11, 2012 at 01:02 am
well, MSM is not reporting on the 135+ missiles, mortars, GRADs from Libyan "rebel" (Queda) terrorists manning the trucks in Gaza, from Gaza into Israel in the last 36 hours. Israel is on alert, the South on highest emergency alert, one million residents going to shelters again, IAF taking out rocket crews, Hamas looking to Egypt for "help", but it's only Jews under attack, so why should anyone care? so then why should lame stream report on the beginnings of the impeachment process, let alone Congress asserting, rather forcefully, it's Constitutional authority? Lame stream media is corrupted - it's all whitewashed. Welcome to 1984.
Dan Seidel March 11, 2012 at 01:08 am
the resolution has been sent to the Judiciary Committee - if it survives, there will be a vote. Should the vote be positive (no Senate needed for this one!) O will have to seek authorization for any new R2P (Syria was planned). Should O use exec authority to "do" Syria, it better be over within 60 days, or O will be deemed to have violated the sense of Congress and then: let the games begin!
O'bummer, but start chilling the bottles.
SRT March 11, 2012 at 01:41 am
The resolution is put up by a second tier congressman from Arizona who is trying to tack as far to the right as possible to try and head of primary challenge. It is going no where. Go back to padding your resume Dan.
JJ March 11, 2012 at 01:46 am
SRT.................we're ALL Americans and this is a public post.
Why the anger and disrespect???? No matter who wins in November ; we're all in the same boat right? More courtesy here please. You make some good points . Don't ruin them with anger/ personal attacks.
Icabod's Cousin March 11, 2012 at 03:32 am
The 1199 union is hurting, but people still fall for this "pyramid" scheme. In Oct. 2011 NY state gave them $50,000,000 in "bail out" money. It's so sad to see the people tricked into thinking a "union" is so great. They used to be, but not anymore, not in this global economy.
Thomas N March 11, 2012 at 03:44 am
If Obama worked so hard, then have a signing ceremony. Shows his appreciation for the bipartisan support for the bill.
Meanwhile, since you're cutting and pasting from Obama's reelection campaign website, you can be easily identified as one of his campaign's trolls.
Peter Griffin March 11, 2012 at 03:54 am
You people need to get a life, holy crap.
Ralph Spoilsport March 11, 2012 at 04:13 am
Walt.. your information is just plain wrong, smartypants. First of all-- I said look at the deficit increases of the Democratic Presidents before Bush.. It is easy to call someone an idiot... But at least read what i wrote. Look at the facts, unpleasant as they are:
President Bush actually increased federal spending by more than 2X as much as Obama has. So it is unfair to lay the explosion in spending at the feet of President Obama: Both presidents are responsible. Read more: http://articles.businessinsider.com/2011-07-11/news/30013193_1_budget-deficit-government-spending-tax-collections#ixzz1omFP7PlG Also Walt, please read what Colin Powell has about his role in the lead up to the Iraq War. He is in the video here where he says he regretted being part of the parade of false information on Iraq that was fed to the UN and Congress. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2011/09/20119116916873488.html
SRT March 11, 2012 at 01:48 pm
JJ -
Ok, maybe padding was too strong a word, maybe embellishing would be more acceptable. Kinda like the difference between slut and trollop, one is so much more polite than the other, right. Take a look at Dan's resume and let me know what you think a proper adjective would be. I hope that Dan in the future has more courtesy also and stops misquoting respected American jurists simply to aid his psuedo-intellectual rants on everything from bio-fuels to ethnic politics in the Middle East. I will say that he has a interested writing style and I usually get sucked into reading it before I realize it is just more of the same. But I don't understand the anger/personal attacks. Dan -Sotomayor is no great scholar and kagan is a self hating Jew - she an R2P'er - Dan - As for Ginsberg- to make the comments she did in Cairo - she should be impeached - "'do not look to the US Constitution - but look to others?"
Dan Seidel March 11, 2012 at 02:14 pm
Thanks for the kudos! Can I use you for a reference on my resume?
Walt March 11, 2012 at 02:41 pm
www.Aljazeera.com? That's your source? C'mon Man, at least find an American news outlet that bashes GW, there are plenty of them that are on board the obama express so it shouldn't be that difficult. What Powell said during his book tour was make headlines to sell books, if he had a problem with what was being said pre-Iraq, he should have opened his pie hole then.
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