Last week we asked you, the Patch readers, to share your political opinions and you certainly answered.
Our story asking for your comments in reaction to three of the state's major newspaper endorsements for presidential candidates attracted more than 400 comments. And in our unscientific poll, 56 percent of you endorsed Mitt Romney for president.
As promised, here's a round up of political blogs posted to Patch sites in Ohio over the last week. Don't see a blog from your town? It's not too late to have your say. And it's easy to blog.
Just go to your home Patch site and click on the "start a blog" link under the editor's top four stories of the day (on the mid left side of the page).
Remember, a blog doesn't have to be War and Peace. Some of our comments are already meaty enough to live in their own blogs.
Political Blogs:
Lakewood Patch
Any Undecided Women Voters?
Mandel Can Handle It
I've Hit My Limit
Brecksville Patch:
Citizen's Petition Corporations Are Not People
Stow Patch:
Cleveland Heights Patch:
Get Rid of the Electoral College
The real flip-flopper is Obama... Obama has done that so many times it's hard to keep track. He voted against increasing the debt limit, and then supported raising it. Campaigned against the Bush tax cuts, and then extended them. Promised to cut the deficit in half by the end of his first term, and then doubled it. Vowed the unemployment rate would be below 8% if his stimulus was passed, but then it broke 10%. Only an artificial stimulus by the Federal Reserve now has it under 8%, barely. Promised shovel ready jobs, then admitted they weren't shovel ready. Said if you like your health plan you can keep it, but then threw seniors off Medicare Plus and employers are now saying they'll dump people onto the public exchange. Promised to have health care negotiations on live tv, but then reversed himself. Indicated Bush violated the Constitution, then carried out warrantless wiretaps, indefinite detentions, secret renditions,quadrupled drone attacks, and kept Guantanamo Bay open. Voted against the Patriot Act, but then supported its extension. Said lobbyists wouldn't work in the White House, then gave them waivers to work there. Vowed to take public financing for his 2008 campaign, then refused it when he realized he would receive more without it. Obama said his administration would be the most transparent in history. Yet his lies and coverup attempts on Benghazi are still at hand, while he tries to wait it out past the election.
Obama is a great campaigner, and that's it, for that's all he knows how to do. He had 4 years where he proved he is still in over his head. It's time for a real Commander-in-Chief.....not a Pretender-in-Chief. That is why we need Mitt Romney.
Unfortunately Obama only said those things to get our votes and he has not only continued to borrow money from China, he proposes even more spending which means more borrowing. This is crazy. I can't manage my house like that so why can the government. I don't love Romney but just like obama got his chance and failed, Romney is getting a shot.
(5) Auto industry rescue, which saved tens of thousands of jobs and stabilized the economies of auto-industry states. (6) Signed the HIRE (Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment) Act, which provides incentives for small businesses and other measures that foster job creation*...I am a Republican who is voting in the BEST interest of my family. As far as Barrack Obama...whatever faults he has, they are nothing compared to those of his opponent. Obama has been intellectually honest with the public, respectful of his critics, willing to listen to people of opposing views. He has led the nation into a steadily stronger economy.
Mitt Romney said at the first debate, that he had a "plan" for health care that included pre-existing conditions and the next day his campaign said that was NOT correct. So, GOOD LUCK in finding an insurance company who accepts pre-existing conditions! This applies to EVERYONE...not just seniors!.... Not even the over 55 seniors are safe if Medicare is slowly starved of funding as Republicans plan to do..... VOTE…in your families BEST interest…We all know what it has been like for our families and friends, since 2008, when wall street recklessness and the banks crashed the economy. We just cannot go BACK to the FAILED Bush Policies that Romney embraces, that almost sent us into a Depression!...
For example, if Medicare spending is $800 billion this year and only takes in $200 billion, it's running in the black - a shortfall. It's easy to say don't touch my stuff except when it isn't being paid for now. Should we keep borrowing and pay for this or do something about it? And stop with your holier than though Bush polices...Obama voted for all of them...the tax cuts, the wars, the budgets.....they are Obama's failed policies too!!!
Blame bush Not me Inherited Someone else's fault Hypocrits are abound..... track records matter.....4 years of high debt and no jobs......that's pretty weak
ADEL YOU ARE A RACIST
Obama has been an economic disaster the last four years, and this Benghazi disgrace is completely unacceptable... This country does not reward failure and dishonesty out of the White House... http://obamalies.net/list-of-obamas-failures http://blog.heritage.org/2012/10/18/president-obamas-taxpayer-backed-green-energy-failures/ http://lacrossetribune.com/news/opinion/patti-schmidt-list-of-obama-s-failures-is-long/article_7a139146-fec2-11e1-8e81-0019bb2963f4.html http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2012/08/obamas-foreign-policy-failures-catalogued.php http://www.facebook.com/notes/republican-security-council/the-top-10-obama-flip-flops-by-ari-fleischer/171275079638338 http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/nilegardiner/100083104/the-u-turn-president-barack-obama-top-ten-flip-flops/ http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/50657 http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2012/10/25/CBS-Busts-Obama--and-Itself-Hidden-60-Minutes-Clip-Proves-White-House-Lied-About-Benghazi You see, it's easy to run on a slogan, like Obama did in 2008... Hope and change, baby... It's much harder to do once you have a record that can be reviewed... He also said in 2008 that if he didn't get the job done in four years, that it would be a one term deal... Well, he hasn't delivered, so time to let him keep his word... Romney/Ryan 2012
http://dailycaller.com/2012/10/23/fact-check-text-of-2008-romney-op-ed-debunks-obamass-auto-bailout-attack/ And if you don't want to read the entire article, all you really need to do is read this Romney quote: In the op-ed, Romney said he thought the government should play a role in handling a managed bankruptcy. “The American auto industry is vital to our national interest as an employer and as a hub for manufacturing,” Romney wrote in the op-ed. “A managed bankruptcy may be the only path to the fundamental restructuring the industry needs. It would permit the companies to shed excess labor, pension and real estate costs. The federal government should provide guarantees for post-bankruptcy financing and assure car buyers that their warranties are not at risk.” “In a managed bankruptcy, the federal government would propel newly competitive and viable automakers, rather than seal their fate with a bailout check,” Romney added. That doesn't sound like a guy bent on liquidated the auto industry, which has been the Obama claim... More Obama lies... Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/10/23/fact-check-text-of-2008-romney-op-ed-debunks-obamass-auto-bailout-attack/#ixzz2ApwKBolF And lets not forget about this little debacle: http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2012/10/25/CBS-Busts-Obama--and-Itself-Hidden-60-Minutes-Clip-Proves-White-House-Lied-About-Benghazi
End result is that we are not losing 500K jobs per month from the Bush 8 years, DOW, S&P & other indicies are up, housing is starting to form a bottom, bin Laden is dead and all this with the republicans as truants! LOL Sore losers! 4 more years for Obama? Hell no. 40 more years for Obama! .