[url]http://www.wtkr.com/news/nationworld/la-pn-obama-vermont-campaign-20120330,0,4761259.story[/url]
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Framing the November election as a defining moment for the middle class, [URL="http://www.wtkr.com/topic/politics/government/barack-obama-PEPLT007408.topic"]President Obama[/URL] said voters would have a choice between his policies and [URL="http://www.wtkr.com/topic/politics/parties-movements/republican-party-ORGOV0000004.topic"]Republicans[/URL]' "you're-on-your-own economics" as he sought to energize his most devoted supporters after a deflating week.
In a pair of campaign speeches to supporters, Obama cast the Republican Party as controlled by its most conservative wing and described his own policies as driven by American values.
"You know, if you're out of work, can't find a job, tough luck; you're on your own. If you don't have healthcare, that's your problem; you're on your own. If you're born into poverty, lift yourself up out of your own -- with your own bootstraps, even if you don't have boots; you're on your own," Obama said in remarks before a cheering crowd in Burlington, Vt. "Hey, they believe that's how America has advanced. That's the cramped, narrow conception they have of liberty."
"This is not just your usual run-of-the-mill political debate. This is the defining issue of our time, a make-or-break moment for the middle class," he said.
The president's remarks, a sharpened version of the stump speech he's been delivering for weeks, punctuate what many viewed as a tough week for the centerpiece of his domestic policy portfolio. As he spoke, the Supreme Court likely had already voted on the fate of his healthcare law, although its ruling won't be announced until June. In arguments this week, the lawyer defending the Affordable Care Act faced pointed questions from some key Supreme Court justices, leading many in Washington to seriously consider the possibility that all or part of the law may be struck down.
The president included healthcare in his list of accomplishments as he tried to make a case for his reelection, but he did not offer an extended or fresh defense of the law. Instead, Obama linked the legislation to his broader agenda, including Wall Street and student loan reform and his tax policy plan that seeks to raise taxes on the wealthy.
"Either folks like me are doing more, or somebody who can't afford it is getting less," he said. "And that's not right."
Obama's remarks came in an unlikely venue -- the solidly blue state of Vermont, one that the president noted has gone the longest without a presidential visit.
"The last time a president stopped by was [URL="http://www.wtkr.com/topic/politics/government/presidents-of-the-united-states/bill-clinton-PEPLT007410.topic"]President Clinton[/URL] in 1995. So we decided that today we are going to reset the clock," Obama told the crowd.
Obama concluded his second speech just minutes before former Massachusetts Gov. [URL="http://www.wtkr.com/topic/politics/government/mitt-romney-PEPLT007376.topic"]Mitt Romney[/URL] delivered what was billed as major speech looking beyond the bitter and unusually long GOP nomination fight to the general election confrontation with the president. He repeatedly attacked what he called "Barack Obama’s government-centered society."
"In the days and months ahead, we should ask ourselves some very fundamental questions about who we are as a nation and who we are becoming. What does it mean to be an American in 2012? What will it mean in 2016 and beyond? Are we keeping faith with the great legacy – and trust – that has been handed to us by previous generations? And what America will we leave the next generation?" Romney was to say, according to advance remarks.
The president did not name his Republican rivals or describe any of their policies in detail. But he described the party as out of sync with most voters and even past GOP nominees, and characterized their philosophy broadly as "you're-on-your-own economics."
"We just tried this. What they're peddling we have tried. It did not work," he said.
At another campaign event earlier in the day, the president suggested the November presidential election was "even more important" than the last.
"In 2008, I was running against a candidate who believed in climate change, believed in immigration reform, believed in the notion of reducing deficits in a balanced way. We had some profound disagreements but the Republican candidate for president understood that some of these challenges required compromise and bipartisanship," Obama said. "I think it's going to be a clarifying election about who we are and what we stand for."
Obama described his own vision as based in his values.
"I hear politicians talking about values in an election year," he said. "Let me tell you about values. Hard work, personal responsibility -- those are values. But looking out for one another, that's a value. The idea we're all in this together, I am my brother's keeper, I am my sister's keeper, that's a value."
Obama is set to deliver another pair of fund-raising speeches in Maine on Friday evening. The day will net at least another $2 million for his reelection coffers.[/quote]
Wouldn't it be more suitable to use " instead of '? With that apostrophe right next to it it looks just silly.
I just copied the title of the article. But you're right, I hope it's not too late to change the title.
Given how weak the Republican field is he should be right to keep his job. The problem is going to be if people will swing back to Democratic support when voting for Legislative representatives. You'd think they would but it's a stupidly broken system so who knows.
[QUOTE=Devodiere;35383408]Given how weak the Republican field is he should be right to keep his job. The problem is going to be if people will swing back to Democratic support when voting for Legislative representatives. You'd think they would but it's a stupidly broken system so who knows.[/QUOTE]Yeah, need to really clean up the Senate but the HoR in particular needs to be reorganized.
personally, i think obama will win the election, and the democrats may take congress back for a majority
but, if they take it back in 2012, they'll lose it in 2014
[QUOTE=MBB;35387994][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5tqH7UrzOw[/media][/QUOTE]
Stupid bastards, they're why we need welfare reform.
[QUOTE=MBB;35387994][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5tqH7UrzOw[/media][/QUOTE]
Diggin' how they only interviewed moron stereotypes.
[QUOTE=milkandcooki;35388644]Diggin' how they only interviewed moron stereotypes.[/QUOTE]
It's made by Alexandra Pelosi, a Democrat. She said if you look at the uncut footage, they're all like that. There is no trickery involved: we need welfare reform.
We've needed welfare reform for decades, no question about that.
And the world welfare is twisted now, I assume most people mean entitlements or unemployment checks?
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[QUOTE=The Baconator;35389580]We've needed welfare reform for decades, no question about that.
And the world welfare is twisted now, I assume most people mean entitlements or unemployment checks?[/QUOTE]
Clinton took a step in the right direction, but then Obama(right?) took a few steps back by removing the the limits of how long you can remain on welfare.
[QUOTE=Funcoot;35391043]Clinton took a step in the right direction, but then Obama(right?) took a few steps back by removing the the limits of how long you can remain on welfare.[/QUOTE]
the max is 5 years, Obama didn't change that limit at all.
Way to go Obama!
Seriously, I can't stand the psychotic nature of the GOP candidates.
[QUOTE=MBB;35387994][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5tqH7UrzOw[/media][/QUOTE]
Funny how the youtube poster cut out the next segment, showing racist hillbilly people in the south, right wing crazy religious fanatics.
[QUOTE=thisispain;35391213]the max is 5 years, Obama didn't change that limit at all.[/QUOTE]
YEAH, sure, use your 'facts' to deny the obvious, that obama is a black person, thus believes everyone in the USA should be on welfare and smoking menthols. It's basic political science.
Seriously, idiots who are against Obama don't care if anything negative said about Obama is true, they just don't want to have to live under the tyrannical oppressive rule of someone from a different political party than them.
[QUOTE=Ybbats;35392144]YEAH, sure, use your 'facts' to deny the obvious, that obama is a black person, thus believes everyone in the USA should be on welfare and smoking menthols. It's basic political science.
Seriously, idiots who are against Obama don't care if anything negative said about Obama is true, they just don't want to have to live under the tyrannical oppressive rule of someone from a different political party than them.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, that's totally what I was going for.
Welfare is not any less necessary now than it was 4 years ago, if anything it's more necessary. Why would Obama be trying to screw up already existing social plans when that's the republicans job anyways.
Too bad that the Republican party really doesn't actually give a fuck about the free market like they say.
Welfare is small potatoes. Go for the meat like the DoD budget, Social Security and Medicare.
[editline]2nd April 2012[/editline]
also raise taxes, if you truly want the debt reduced
[QUOTE=Ybbats;35392144]YEAH, sure, use your 'facts' to deny the obvious, that obama is a black person, thus believes everyone in the USA should be on welfare and smoking menthols. It's basic political science.
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You do realize you're being incredibly racist right now, right?
[QUOTE=Da_Maniac_;35396048]You do realize you're being incredibly racist right now, right?[/QUOTE]You do realize that he makes it pretty blatantly obvious in the part of his post that you cropped out that he is being sarcastic, right?
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