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>>President Obama said: Well, governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets because the nature of our military's changed.†The audience laughed, Obama laughed, I laughed. It was funny. Obama did NOT say ...the army does not use horses and bayonets any more. Read it again...FEWER.. and Obama is correct Sounds like it's the Twitter twats who need their ears dewaxed.. >>But here’s why it was also a vote loser. For a start, Twitter immediately lit up with examples of how the US Army does still use horses and bayonets (horses were used during the invasion of Afghanistan) It was Romney who was being dishonest, comparing the USA's modern fleet of 11 huge aircraft carriers to 1917 battleships. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_carriers_by_country

You mean like this... 18 February 2012 Iran warships enter Mediterranean via Suez Canal http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17083791

You mean like the umpteen death threats against Obama before and after he took office....from white supremacist nutters to plain disgruntled cracked Tea pots. The world is full of looneys of all political shades. It's disingenous to make political capital out of it. But this dishonesty doesn't surprise me coming from a party who wants to use photo voter ID to disenfranchise millions of low income, aged, and disabled voters in order to stop the 10 cases of voter impersonation in 12 years amongst 146,000,000 registered voters. The only voter fraud is coming from Romney's cronies in Republican state governments...but then again 47% of US citizens (including veterans like you, Plasher) don't count to them anyway! Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States, has been the target of several assassination threats and alleged plots since he first became a presidential candidate in 2007. Secret Service protection for Obama began after the Senator received a death threat in 2007, when Obama was still serving as then the junior U.S. Senator of Illinois and running for president. This marked the first time a candidate received such protection before being nominated.[1] Security was increased early for Barack Obama due to fears of possible assassination attempts by white supremacist or other racist groups or individuals against the first African American major party presidential nominee.[2][3][4] Some of the threats have been extended to members of Obama's family, including First Lady Michelle Obama. Obama and his officials have generally declined to discuss death threats against him since entering the presidential race.[1][5] Some commentators have suggested the unusually high amount of death threats surrounding Obama are at least partially tied to the use of racist imagery and words used by some of Obama's critics to describe the president.[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_threats_against_Barack_Obama

Al-Qaeda not behind Benghazi attack: report 20/10/12 WASHINGTON (AFP) - US intelligence agencies have found no evidence that last month's deadly attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya, was ordered by Al-Qaeda, according to The Los Angeles Times. Citing unnamed US officials and witnesses, the newspaper said the attack, which killed ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans, was "carried out following a minimum amount of planning." "The attackers exhibited a high degree of disorganization," the paper quotes one of the intelligence officials as saying. "Some joined the attack in progress, some did not have weapons and others just seemed interested in looting." According to another official cited by the paper, "There isn't any intelligence that the attackers pre-planned their assault days or weeks in advance." Most of the evidence suggested that "the attackers launched their assault opportunistically" after learning about the violence at the US Embassy in Cairo, The Times quotes the official as saying. Top Republicans have said President Barack Obama's administration is reluctant to acknowledge the incident was an act of terrorism for political reasons. But after five weeks of investigation, US intelligence agencies say they have found no evidence of Al-Qaeda participation, The Times said. http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/world/15170880/al-qaeda-not-behind-benghazi-attack-report/ Crikey, if it takes intelligence agencies 5 weeks to discover it wasn't a pre planned terrorist attack, it's a bit tough on Pres Obama to be criticized for failing to declare the source of the attack the same day. Obama called it "an act of terror" which it was, but didn't immediately point the finger at any organisation, because he simply didn't know and nor apparently did the intelligence agencies until 5 weeks later. Whereas, Romney is inclined to shoot from the hip and think things through afterwards, which was Bushit's predilection too..resulting in the deaths of 1000s of allied soldiers' lives and millions of civilians'. Who would you prefer as Commander-in-Chief: trigger happy chickenhawk Romney, who dodged the draft in Vietnam to save Mormon souls in France or sang froid Obama who actually delivered the goods eliminating Bin Liner and ending futile US involvement in Iraq and soon Afghanistan? Willard Romney = John Wayne...he was a phoney too!

Very hard finding a link to a stand alone 5 year DJI chart. Here's one that might work..otherwisae click 5 years in the link above. It's pretty obvious on which President real punters with real money place their bets. maybe this one will work.. http://www.mudraa.com/trading/131896/0/dow-jones-5-year-chart.html Republicans would have had...err will have... big automobile companies and banks go bust..no problem when they have their savings off shore! Stock market back where it was 5 years ago..nah don't want it Housing just recovering...nah don't want it Unemployment decreasing...nah don't want it Free healthcare....nah don't want it Scrap programs that benefit the majority and veterans so that the rich can enjoy tax cuts...yes please! Chance of another foreign war on the credit card in the Middle east...yes please! Weird!

Facts speak louder than words! The chart of the Dow Jones Industrial average speaks for itself! Punters who put their money where their mouth is don't lie. As a result of Bushit's completely disastrous mismanagement of the economy with his "the market will take care of itself" attitude with derivatives totally unregulated..which Romney wants to return to!!!!...the Dow Jones Index plummeted in January 2009 wiping $$trillions off ordinary folks’ lifesavings ...just before Obama took office. It recovered once the world had a steadier hand on the helm. And you want to return to that free for all...nuts! Only the tax-relieved rich will get richer shorting the market at the ordinary Joe Blow's expense. My link

Completely hypothetical....sounds like a desperado debate to me, when one has to make it up in order to have something to argue against.

I fear for the USA and the world's future under Romney... a double dip recession world wide, and more wars. But on the bright side, Romney's rich cronies will do well and his children will not be doing any of the fighting in the Middle East. Buy gold.

..sounds like a sad reflection on the home of the brave and the land of the free.

For a fascinating insight into the history of Big Oil, view the excellent PBS documentaries "The Seven Sisters of Oil" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOMIY9yAbZw and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Sisters_(oil_companies)

Disturbing stuff. How could anyone support such conmen who disingenuously would cheat their own citizens out of their right to vote? It just shows more contempt for the 47%.

..you mean you are one of the 47% who dont pay US income tax along with quite a few other war veterans! Dont fret, Flash....Mitt Romney probably doesn't pay either, but he won't show us his tax returns to allow the electorate to judge. It's a worry isn't it...the man accusing Barack Obama of creating a divide amongst the people, just cut out one-half of America as not worthy of the effort. ..at best insensitive, dopey and unstatesmanlike... at worst downright callous indifference.

Because he was the leader of the party that made that decision. Others who disagreeed with him resigned from cabinet.

British PMs do not have the same powers as a US President...their cabinet jointly make decisions. The Queen is UK Commander-in-Chief..she, her husband, her sons, her grandsons have all served in the armed forces too..unlike Mitt Romney, when he had his chance!

>>So tell me what he has done for veterans. I'm willing to be convinced. ..how about..kept them alive! He ended the completely unnecessary war in Iraq, which was based on a pack of lies and started by a gung-ho Republican President Bushit and his neocon cronies, that cost 1000s of US and allied lives, and the US taxpayer $billions, looking for non existent WMD. Is this deja vu in 2012?...Romney wants to do the same again in Iran...except none of his sons will be doing the fighting, just as he himself didn't when he dodged the draft by being a Moron missionary in France during the Vietnam War.

I guess if President Truman could sack the highest ranking uniformed officer "General of the Army" Douglas MacArthur, then he must have been his boss.

'Devoid of charm, offensive and a wazzock': Romney's disastrous day in London http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2179582/Mitt-Romneys-Olympics-2012-gaffe-Devoid-charm-offensive-wazzock.html#ixzz21uIEvL39 Thanks Mitt..at least I've learnt a new word "wazzock" possibly derived from the French "oiseau" meaning "bird". Interesting linguistically that Aussies use a similar ornithological expression "galah" for the same meaning.

>> Millions were like him, in 1942 even film stars and business executives joined the army. ...except hypocrites like the “all American icon†John Wayne who sat out WW2 snapping up roles that much decorated true patriots like Jimmy Stewart missed out on. From wiki.. “By many accounts, Wayne's failure to serve in the military was the most painful experience of his life.†..yeah, but not half as painful as the poor buggers who died in the Sands of Iwo Jima, while the Duke was agonising over his possible Oscar. “His widow later suggested that his patriotism in later decades sprang from guilt, writing: "He would become a 'superpatriot' for the rest of his life trying to atone for staying home.â€" ... another conservative Republican hypocrite, keen to whip up war fervour in later conflicts, but not so enthusiastic at the time his draft papers arrived.

There’s a difference: one is voluntary and the other is compulsory . When you are drafted, the message is simple: “We need you to fight for your country now.†If you don’t answer that call by means of continued college or exaggerated medical condition deferments, then you are 1. a coward willing to let the others die on your behalf 2. have principles religious or otherwise that won’t allow you to fight What I object to in the commentators and politicians mentioned above such as O’Reilly and Gingrich is their hypocrisy. If you are a demonstrated coward or an avowed pacifist, then don’t beat the drum to send the sons and daughters of others to war, or as in the case of Mitt Romney, an enthusiastic supporter of wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Iran, while his five healthy sons uphold the family tradition and stay at home, making more money for daddy and saving souls for the angel Moroni. A chickenhawk is not fit to be commander in chief.

President Obama was only 13 years old when the Vietnam War ended.... are you criticising him now for not lying about his age in order to enlist? Give us a break, mate.

Newt Gingrich fails to qualify for the primary ballot in his home state. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16328178 "Virginia party officials say he did not submit the required 10,000 signatures to appear on the 6 March ballot. Mr Gingrich's team vowed to pursue an "aggressive write-in campaign" - although Virginia does not permit this. Gingrich critics say the setback shows serious lack of organisation. Four other presidential Republican candidates - including Texas Governor Rick Perry - failed to qualify for the Virginia ballot. Only ex-Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, another leading candidate, and Texas Congressman Ron Paul qualified." The irony is brilliant! Republican states are pushing through their legislation to insist on photo ID to be eligible to vote, thus disenfranchising 21 million primarily Democrat voters.. mainly lower socio economic, who can't afford the fees, and don't have the time and the form filling skills to do it. Ostensibly it's to stop voter fraud, which is miniscule...one or two cases in millions. But the effect will be to rob one man one vote. Its only Republican states passing this legislation..what a strange coincidence! Any party which deliberately and so disingenuously sets out to undermine the basic civil right to vote for who you want to represent you doesn't deserve to win. The Republicans are the ones guilty of voter fraud. So what a laugh that Gingrich has been slack enough not to follow the rules, and now cries foul. You can add "dope" to his long list of epithets: serial hypocrite, wife cheater, flip flopper, racist, untrustworthy, draft dodging warmonger. I hope his photo ID is in order!

Tell that to these draft dodgers who are so keen to sacrifice US troops in useless foreign wars, and now want to keep them there longer, but were reluctant to answer the call themselves when they had the chance... Rush Limbaugh Newt Gingrich Bill O'Reilly Mitt Romney Dick Cheney George W Bush John Ashcroft Paul Wolfowitz Karl Rove Michael Bloomberg Rudy Giuliani

Bloody Nora, what next? ... Obama is actually the Mafia Capo di tutti capi? Solution: Legalise recreational drugs, and give registered addicts prescription drugs. Result: end of Mexican drug gangs, and a 90% drop in US crime stats. Sorted! Too fucking easy though isn't it... TIA. PS. Buy the opium crop from Afghan farmers at 300% what the Taliban will pay, and next year pay them 500% the opium price for their replacement sunflower crop. Result: end of Taliban finances.

>>Polls here in the U.S. consistently show that the citizenry thinks the U.S. is headed in the wrong direction under Obama. ..you mean as in Fox Noise "We give you the facts. You decide." The only poll that matters is the election. We agree on something: I truly hope Gingrich is the Republican candidate... and with Palin as running mate.

Crikey, you're not a "birther" by any chance too? There are even more sources that convincingly refute those fantasies. I don't think Bush was bright enough for starters. I can now understand why you think Gingrich would make a better President than Obama.