[TheRealVille]

TRV,

First off, in all seriousness, thank you for responding to my point.

To answer your first question - I take it you're referencing where I said "leading from the back" - which is referring to Obama's passive leadership in the situations described with it.

Here is a difference between you and I. The Republican party is not "my party." Most of my votes go there, yes, but if you search through these boards you will find plenty of posts from TRT, Hoot, and I criticizing them, especially the big-spending republicans. Judging from your posts, you are so caught up in Obama that you fail to realize that he can make plenty of mistakes. I have no problem saying that the republicans have their faults, but they are the cleaner of the two turds right now. George Bush is LONG gone - the democrats swept the house and senate in 2006, and Obama had a super-majority his first two years, and he still has control of the senate. Obama is in his fifth year now, and one would have to be delusional to say that we are making progress as a country. Reagan and Clinton both faced higher opposition in congress than Obama and dealt with it.

Now, to respond to the point you made about "my party destroying the economy" - I'll actually go along with that. Let's say the republicans destroyed the economy. Again, "your party" gained control of the house and senate in 2006 and then Obama failed to accomplish anything with a super-majority for his first two years. The deficit increased under Bush, but it skyrocketed under Obama and by 2016 we are looking to be over 20 trillion in debt. Also, the economy continues to worsen, the actual unemployment rate doesn't even begin to describe the number of "discouraged workers" that have stopped searching for work.

How do I want to deal with foreign countries? Look at Ronald Reagan. I don't think Jimmy Carter, or any president since Ronald Reagan, has been taken seriously by other countries. When Reagan said he was going to do something, he did it. Plain and simple. We need to quick talking so much and start walking.

Abortion should be banned. If I put some pictures on here of aborted fetuses, I'm sure they would be removed immediately due to their offensive nature. In fact, I remember a few years ago when a few conservatives brought in pictures of aborted babies to a meeting and the liberals staged a walkout. I am not sure what you mean about adoption, I certainly don't plan on creating any kids until I am married, unlike a lot of the fools in our society that will spread their legs at any opportunity. Are you saying that because a girl makes a stupid decision, that instead of somebody raising the baby that wants to adopt him/her, the baby should lose his/her life?

What are your thoughts on foreign policy? How do we fix the deficit? Obama is in his fifth year now and chaos is about to break loose - at what point will you start holding him accountable?

A super majority is one that is filibuster proof. He only had that for about 12 months.



I don't understand what more you want Obama to do in foreign policy. We can't afford another war right now, we are broke. You've already admitted that. He is moving a defense system to ward off that little punk from NK. We will go to war I'm sure, if we have to, but who is going to pay for it?



If, like you and others want, abortion were made illegal, 1.2 million more kids would be born. Not really, but theoretically. There almost as many abortions before it was legal, as after. Whether or not it is right, or the responsible thing to do, those babies will be put up for adoption. My question is how many pro life people will put up, or shut up, and start adopting those kids?


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Adding to the deficit: Bush vs. Obama
Since President Obama became chief executive, the national debt has risen almost $5 trillion. But how much of that was because of policies passed by Obama, and how much was caused by the financial crisis, the continuation of past policies and other effects? For this analysis, we worked with the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities to attach a price tag to the legislation passed by Obama and his predecessor. George W. Bush’s major policies increased the debt by more than $5 trillion during his presidency. Obama has increased the debt by less than $1 trillion