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Romney - "a salesman and bull**** artist of the highest order"

The people of Libya ARE our friends, unlike the Iraqi's who side with Iran.

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nice photoshop job.
 
The democrat controlled house and senate did not allow any open hearings or debate. They did not allow any republican amendments to come to a vote in either house. Obama promised to put the healthcare debate on c-span-----------:lamo

How is it I remember so clearly what the Republicans had to say about health care reform?

Get the government out of it,
Let the insurance companies compete across state lines,
This plan will lead to death panels, destroy Medicare, and raise taxes.

That's pretty much it.
 
How is it I remember so clearly what the Republicans had to say about health care reform?

Get the government out of it,
Let the insurance companies compete across state lines,
This plan will lead to death panels, destroy Medicare, and raise taxes.

That's pretty much it.

some of that was said on sunday morning talk shows, but there was never an open debate in the house or senate. what they said about obamacare is coming true. Interstate insurance competition would lower premiums, the govt cannot manage anything efficiently, obama has taken 716 B from medicare, there will be rationing and everyone will be paying more either in the form of premiums, penalties, or the price of goods.
 
some of that was said on sunday morning talk shows, but there was never an open debate in the house or senate. what they said about obamacare is coming true. Interstate insurance competition would lower premiums, the govt cannot manage anything efficiently, obama has taken 716 B from medicare, there will be rationing and everyone will be paying more either in the form of premiums, penalties, or the price of goods.

The Oregon 'exchange' insurance is $300 more than what I can currently get on the market. With worse coverage. The middle class is paying for those getting subsidies.
 
You are mistaken. BLS civilian employment shows about 800,000 more people working in September than in January of 2009.

Never gets old seeing Adam proven wrong. But here again, he's wrong.

The labor force is smaller than it was 4 years ago. Period Adam, it's a fact, get it memorized.

In addition to that, our unemployment is at 7.8% ONLY because of the number of people who have left the labor force, or given up looking for work. Factor those people back in, and unemployment is over 10%. Now, you liberals may think this is "good", but 90% of Americans don't think 10% real unemployment is good.

Face it Adam, Obama failed miserably. Even in the debates, Obama hasn't defended his economic record one time. Not once. Everytime Romney reminds Obama of the statistical facts of the Obama economy, Obama just sits there and nods his head yes. I'm serious, watch him.

When Romney goes into the talking points of "23 million Americans still out of work, wages have dropped by $4300 under you administration, there are fewer people working today than when you took office", watch Obama. He can't refute those claims, because they are TRUE. He simply sits there with a smirk on his face, nodding his head yes, as if those facts have nothing to do with his policies.

You act the same way. We cite statistics to you, and you pretend it has nothing to do with a failed economic policy of Obama. Gulp gulp gulp.....ahhhhhhh.....refreshing.

Obama's campaign slogan should be that of the old Miller Light slogan, ....."tastes great, less filling". Because that's what you get with Obama, one bad ass sales pitch, and nothing else. Proof is in the pudding. Sounds good, but in the end, all his policies do is destroy job creation, and increase government dependency. Bad for the economy, and boy does it show up in the statistics Adam.
 
some of that was said on sunday morning talk shows, but there was never an open debate in the house or senate. what they said about obamacare is coming true. Interstate insurance competition would lower premiums, the govt cannot manage anything efficiently, obama has taken 716 B from medicare, there will be rationing and everyone will be paying more either in the form of premiums, penalties, or the price of goods.

We already have interstate insurance competition, Medicare has a lower overhead than private insurance, that 716 B was not "taken out of Medicare" but is the amount projected to not be spent on Medicare over the next decade, and we have always had rationing. Yes, we will be paying more for premiums. We have been paying more for premiums every year for decades now, which is why we still have work to do on the medical care system. Partisan BS isn't going to help, however.
 
It is a good point. Where are the jobs? Are you gonna blame Bush?

The jobs are coming back after the economic crash under the Bush admin caused them to drop off and businessmen like Romney shipped them to China to make more money.
 
BS. Obama had a clear majority in the House and Senate for two years and here we are. BS.

Again, you are way out of touch. Obama had a slight majority in the first two years, which isn't the super majority needed to pass a filibuster. It takes a lot more than two years to fix the economic mess we were handed from Bush. The GOP did nothing about jobs and refused to cooperate when it came to any job creating legislation. I blame the GOP and rightly so. Their actions lead to congress' lowest approval rating in modern history.
 
If obama focused on job creation why are there fewer people working today than when he took office? sounds like failure to me.

The failuer was with the GOP in congress refusing to promote job growth so the economy would be bad during this election. Let's not forget that the GOP focused on making Obama a one term president rather than focusing on job creation and improving the economy.
 
you live in mississippi, your votes for democrats are equivalent to pissing into the wind and asking why the air smells funny.

My vote is me responsibility as a citizen, regardless of where I live.
 
We already have interstate insurance competition, Medicare has a lower overhead than private insurance, that 716 B was not "taken out of Medicare" but is the amount projected to not be spent on Medicare over the next decade, and we have always had rationing. Yes, we will be paying more for premiums. We have been paying more for premiums every year for decades now, which is why we still have work to do on the medical care system. Partisan BS isn't going to help, however.

WRONG, We do not have interstate competition on health insurance. If you work for a corporation that has offices in many states then your carrier may not be in your state. But if you look for individual health coverage, you cannot buy it in another state.

The 716M taken from medicare will eliminate the medicare advantage program.. The program is used by 20 million seniors and provides much better coverage than basic medicare for a very small premium----How can they do that? The program is administered by insurance companies and does not therefore have all the waste that occurs in a govt beaurocracy.

The 716M taken from medicare will also reduce the payments for certain services which will force some doctors and hospitals to close their doors.

Any senior that votes for Obama has rocks in his/her head.
 
My vote is me responsibility as a citizen, regardless of where I live.

Great, but your vote for obama in your state means nothing. Why not join the winners in your state and vote for Romney? Most mississippians understand what is at stake, how did they miss you?
 
The failuer was with the GOP in congress refusing to promote job growth so the economy would be bad during this election. Let's not forget that the GOP focused on making Obama a one term president rather than focusing on job creation and improving the economy.

talking points and totally incorrect. The GOP controlled house passed several budget bills that included jobs programs. Harry Reid would not let a single one of them be discussed or voted on the floor of the senate.

Yes, they wanted obama out, just like the dems wanted Bush out. nothing new there.
 
Great, but your vote for obama in your state means nothing. Why not join the winners in your state and vote for Romney? Most mississippians understand what is at stake, how did they miss you?

lol. Right. I don't vote based on what other people think or how they vote. I vote every year no matter if I live in a swing state or not. I wouldn't put my support toward Romney if my life depended on it. I know what is at stake in this election also. I disagree with most Mississippians.
 
talking points and totally incorrect. The GOP controlled house passed several budget bills that included jobs programs. Harry Reid would not let a single one of them be discussed or voted on the floor of the senate.

Yes, they wanted obama out, just like the dems wanted Bush out. nothing new there.

Maybe you can provide information on the Budget Bills the GOP passed.
I don't care that the GOP wanted Obama out. What I care about is they made it their #1 priority.
 
Maybe you can provide information on the Budget Bills the GOP passed.
I don't care that the GOP wanted Obama out. What I care about is they made it their #1 priority.

geez, hairy. look it up. the house passed several budget bills, but Reid blocked all of them from being discussed in the senate.

Do you really think that the dems #1 priority was not removing Bush? I am not saying its right from either party, but its been going on for 200 years.
 
lol. Right. I don't vote based on what other people think or how they vote. I vote every year no matter if I live in a swing state or not. I wouldn't put my support toward Romney if my life depended on it. I know what is at stake in this election also. I disagree with most Mississippians.

Did you ever think that maybe you are wrong and the rest of them are right? Exactly what has obama done to make you want 4 more years like the last four? No Romney bashing, I want to hear why you think obama has earned another term.
 
geez, hairy. look it up. the house passed several budget bills, but Reid blocked all of them from being discussed in the senate.

Do you really think that the dems #1 priority was not removing Bush? I am not saying its right from either party, but its been going on for 200 years.

The Dems didn't declair their #1 priority was to remove Bush. The GOP would have done better to say their #1 priority was to create jobs or fix the economy.
I asked you about the Budget Bills because you seem to know something about them. I was curious as to what information you were working from.
 
Did you ever think that maybe you are wrong and the rest of them are right? Exactly what has obama done to make you want 4 more years like the last four? No Romney bashing, I want to hear why you think obama has earned another term.

Most Mississippians vote based on religious views. They assume God wants them to vote for Romney.
Obama brought us out of a horrible economy and the economy is picking up. I would like to see that progress continus. I think we are on the right path. I like most of what Obama has done while in office. I see him as a strong leader that wants to make the US a better place, not a place were we are beholding to the corporations.
 
Most Mississippians vote based on religious views. They assume God wants them to vote for Romney.
Obama brought us out of a horrible economy and the economy is picking up. I would like to see that progress continus. I think we are on the right path. I like most of what Obama has done while in office. I see him as a strong leader that wants to make the US a better place, not a place were we are beholding to the corporations.

the economy is improving??? fewer people working today than when he took office. more people on food stamps, more people in poverty, more national debt, 1 tillion deficits each year, gas at $4/gal,

What does "beholding to corporations" mean? Are you beholding to corporations? What do you mean by that?
 
WRONG, We do not have interstate competition on health insurance. If you work for a corporation that has offices in many states then your carrier may not be in your state. But if you look for individual health coverage, you cannot buy it in another state.

The 716M taken from medicare will eliminate the medicare advantage program.. The program is used by 20 million seniors and provides much better coverage than basic medicare for a very small premium----How can they do that? The program is administered by insurance companies and does not therefore have all the waste that occurs in a govt beaurocracy.

The 716M taken from medicare will also reduce the payments for certain services which will force some doctors and hospitals to close their doors.

Any senior that votes for Obama has rocks in his/her head.

Can insurers sell across state lines?

Aren't health insurance companies allowed to sell across state lines?
I had health insurance in Texas from a company in Oklahoma. United Healthcare sells insurance in all 50 states, I believe. Why are people that are against health care reform claiming that health insurance would be cheaper if companies were allowed to sell across state lines? Also, if their claims is true, who would regulate it, the states through their insurance commissioners or the feds through a national insurance commissioner?

United Health care sells in many states, but not all by any means. The theory comes from the idea that there would be more competition. There is a BlueCross in every state, but what if you lived in Texas and wanted to buy the California BlueCross (which is a completely different carrier).

The theory is that you'd have more companies available to you. The theory doesn't realize that it's hard for a company to sell everywhere in the US because they don't have the data from every state.

BUT, then what'd happen (if companies could easily sell anywhere) is a company like Anthem would start gaining market share in every state and drive the smaller companies out of business. So initially you'd have lots of competition and then eventually it would be all in the hands of the big players. That's probably one of the reasons that Cigna is making a strong push into the indiviudal marker just in the last couple months. Prior to this they were non-existent.

Insurers do sell across state lines. They have to follow the regulations of the state in which they are selling, however.
 
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