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The US Budget is not the only thing Obama's had trouble financing

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Ran across an old article by Juan Williams today, which discusses n "October Surpise that Obama Surely Sees Coming"...

This is one October Surprise Obama surely sees coming | Fox News

In it, it turns out Obama is frantically making donation pitches from the White House pleading that he could be the first sitting president to be outspent during his re-election bid...

What happened to the "President raised $1B, more than anyone in history"? The president was loaded, and prepared to outspend whatever Republican foe stepped up against him in the general election, wasn't he?

It turns out, the President has been spending far more than he has been taking in (odd isn't it... where have we seen that before), and can't sustain this rate of spending, or he will be out of money in October...

Conversely, Mitt Romney is out earning Obama in campaign donations at the moment. He also isn't spending as much as Obama, so he has enough in the tank to make the final push of the campaign in October...

Now, both sides PACs are loaded, and each spending a boatload (or a whole armada's worth) on attack ads, and those will definitely be going all election long, and I'm sure Obama will get enough donations to keep going, and this I'm sure is a little bit of dramatics.

However, what does this really reflect from both candidates spending/financing habits?

This clearly drives home the point, that Mitt Romney is far more adept at managing spending of a large budget, and responsibly planning what to spend on and when...

How could you consider voting for a guy who has run up $5.4T in debt in 3.75 years, as the result of spending 66.66% over budget, with a persistent $1.2T deficit... that also just happens to be spending more than he is taking in of his campaign contributions?

Obama referred to "that crazy uncle" when trying to distance himself from Jeremiah Wright, but right now, Obama sounds like that crazy uncle that can't handle money and always comes back asking for more, and you're done giving it to him, because you know he's only going to waste it...
 
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Do you think Juan Williams has considered the possibility that donations just might increase prior to an election?

How do July donations usually compare to September donations?

I mean, it just seems kindof stupid to assume donations wouldn't increase in the last few months.
 
Do you think Juan Williams has considered the possibility that donations just might increase prior to an election?

How do July donations usually compare to September donations?

I mean, it just seems kindof stupid to assume donations wouldn't increase in the last few months.

To be perfectly honest... Idgaf what Juan Williams thinks. I've never liked him. He's a big drama queen...

I was just pointing out the exact situation with the federal budget...

Obama is "spending more than he is taking in"... That's his MO...

So if you're an American with the slightest respect for our future financing, the fact that there's a massive debt, and we've been running huge deficits... is troubling at least.... Obama's supporters claim he just was spending because of the economic crisis... However, here's another indicator of how it's not just Obama spending to jumpstart the economy like he claims... But he is also spending over budget with his campaign funds, too...

The last part is the main jist of what I was speaking about... (not campaign financing, but rather the fiscal approach of the two candidates)

"However, what does this really reflect from both candidates spending/financing habits?

This clearly drives home the point, that Mitt Romney is far more adept at managing spending of a large budget, and responsibly planning what to spend on and when...

How could you consider voting for a guy who has run up $5.4T in debt in 3.75 years, as the result of spending 66.66% over budget, with a persistent $1.2T deficit... that also just happens to be spending more than he is taking in of his campaign contributions?

Obama referred to "that crazy uncle" when trying to distance himself from Jeremiah Wright, but right now, Obama sounds like that crazy uncle that can't handle money and always comes back asking for more, and you're done giving it to him, because you know he's only going to waste it..."
 
To be perfectly honest... Idgaf what Juan Williams thinks. I've never liked him. He's a big drama queen...

I was just pointing out the exact situation with the federal budget...

Obama is "spending more than he is taking in"... That's his MO...

So if you're an American with the slightest respect for our future financing, the fact that there's a massive debt, and we've been running huge deficits... is troubling at least.... Obama's supporters claim he just was spending because of the economic crisis... However, here's another indicator of how it's not just Obama spending to jumpstart the economy like he claims... But he is also spending over budget with his campaign funds, too...

The last part is the main jist of what I was speaking about... (not campaign financing, but rather the fiscal approach of the two candidates)

"However, what does this really reflect from both candidates spending/financing habits?

This clearly drives home the point, that Mitt Romney is far more adept at managing spending of a large budget, and responsibly planning what to spend on and when...

How could you consider voting for a guy who has run up $5.4T in debt in 3.75 years, as the result of spending 66.66% over budget, with a persistent $1.2T deficit... that also just happens to be spending more than he is taking in of his campaign contributions?

Obama referred to "that crazy uncle" when trying to distance himself from Jeremiah Wright, but right now, Obama sounds like that crazy uncle that can't handle money and always comes back asking for more, and you're done giving it to him, because you know he's only going to waste it..."

Well said. I was thinking the exact same thing. When I read his campaign was overspending I just smirked and said to my wife "Figures. Dude can't even manage his own money but he's telling everyone else how to manage theirs."
 
Holy moly!! A presidential candidate is trying to raise more money?!!

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Holy moly!! A presidential candidate is trying to raise more money?!!

Your feined shock has nothing to do with this thread...

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Now... back to the actual topic of the thread...

That Obama is spending at a much faster rate that he's taking in... further weakening his credentials to handle the countries finances...

giving Obama another term as president would be like giving this guy your children's college funds...

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Your feined shock has nothing to do with this thread...

Your thread is dumb. Obama is making a calculated decision that money spent now will be more effective than money spent closer to the election. It's an effort to fire up his base so he can increase his ground game advantage.
 
Your thread is dumb. Obama is making a calculated decision that money spent now will be more effective than money spent closer to the election. It's an effort to fire up his base so he can increase his ground game advantage.
Are those the same calculated decisions he made with our money? Unlike the banker from this guy, I don't think he's good with calculations.
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Your thread is dumb. Obama is making a calculated decision that money spent now will be more effective than money spent closer to the election. It's an effort to fire up his base so he can increase his ground game advantage.

LMFAO... he is calculating being outraised outspent and trailing in the polls...

oooo wise one...

(if that's his plan... he may have to get some help from the tri-lambs soon)

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Your thread is dumb. Obama is making a calculated decision that money spent now will be more effective than money spent closer to the election. It's an effort to fire up his base so he can increase his ground game advantage.

Ah. So Keynesian stimulus having failed in the economy, now he's going to try it with his campaign?



Yeah, I'm feeling better about Romney's chances all the time. :)
 
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