This is a critical issue for many.  Is to vote against President Obama a vote to turn your back on the struggling?  Most adults know deep in their heart that hand outs are not a sustainable and happy mode of living.  We have to give a reason to know those who struggle will be helped.

But if ignored or not trumpeted,  the result will without a doubt be more SNAP, Section 8, WIC, Obama phones, etc. as we spend our way to oblivion.

Republicans need a great communicator or communicators and a published platform to teach citizens what can be done to lift people out of government dependence.  It would explain the reason the minimum wage laws are a hindrance to lifting low skill workers.  A platform should enforce the specifics Leigh spelled out and how to tackle getting the help in the community.  I believe churches and community groups like the Lions Club and the Rotary Club will rise to the occasion and provide the help if required.

LeBron James is having a run as maybe the greatest player in the league.  If he loses the championship this year, he still has time to win championships.  Who cares what he or any of these young "skulls full of mush" adult players say off the court. (As long as its not illegal, inflammatory, etc.)    

Last night's game was an instant classic.  James took over with about 6 minutes left.  However from about the 4th time down the court, after he shot that bomb from way way out, he mistakenly began shooting stupid shots from the outside.  The Magic will have a much better chance if James plays his game with all the rest of the team like he and Dwayne Wade did on that monster dunk, the signature play from last night.   

My view is that private sector employment is shrinking, not growing.  Construction is flat on its back except in Washington.  Retail is shrinking.  Companies are downsizing head counts in a big way to avoid the costs of providing benefits.  The pool of private sector jobs has been shrinking for a while in my humble opinion. 

Yes he's right but I don't think the administration is fooling anyone but the dumb masses.  Rush explained it well on his show.

   And the reason this stuff is being leaked, like the Stuxnet and the Kill List, this stuff is being leaked to make Obama look like a tough guy.  It's to burnish his reputation.  After all, he's a thin, wiry, can't even throw a baseball looking like a guy, president.  There's not a whole lot of masculinity there in appearance.  Plus, he's a liberal Democrat.  That means he's a dove.  Liberal Democrat, progressive, socialist, whatever, means that in his mind the US military is the focus of evil in the modern world.  But it's election time.  Gotta make Obama look tough.

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 US national security the Kill List is one thing, but owning up to it? It's one thing for everybody to think it. It's another thing to own up that you're the author of the computer virus that confounded the Iranian nuclear program. To own up and admit that, publicly the way it was done, was all to make Obama look like a tough guy.

Why the perfect country and western song is 

David Allen Coe You Never Even Called Me by My Name

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAOVRkSCWmg

Wow. What a great letter.  It sums it up beautifully.

Selfishness on parade.

Sir, Mr. P., you are the man.  I enjoy you're work distilling the picture.  Thank you.

Today was the most unbelievable day in politics I can remember in the past 20 years.  In fact, the week has been remarkable.  

Our president today was the most non-professional performer in the White House I have ever seen.  

Our president is not a proud American.   

Jeb Bush is not my kind of Republican.  I do not believe in pandering to groups of any kind.

But I appreciate the work he has done in Florida and respect him.   

I agree that it baffles me that Hewitt and Lowry are so smitten with him. 

Let's be nice.  He is a very polished cool speaker.  And youthful.

But he's very incompetent as a leader.  He is void of American values.  He believes, above all,  in the ideas of Karl Marx.  

Karl Marx. 

President Obama is a collectivist.  He is a loser.  Whether he wins or loses in November, he is a loser for "we the people".

That can help us in the US---- Segway into the abyss of Japanese and European  population decline.

Get up and walk.

That is unbelievable, even for Gregory.  The liberals will hang on until the very end.  They've done it before and won.  So don't think for a minute, they'll fold.

I like Mitt so far.  I like Mitt's tough hard edged  moves.  I like Scott Walker's eyes with his resolve.  It's time to save the country if it's possible.

I think the Republicans need to be the opposite of "Kinder and Gentler".  After all, it's 2012 after the president told us about bringing a gun to a knife fight.  We witnessed the classlessness  from Pelosi in governing.  Either save the country or not. 

Oh OK.  Thanks Ben.  I'll look closer at supporting Obama now based on this post.   

Tell them to pound sand.

I think Franklin is the best coach at Vanderbilt in 30 years.  He's exactly right.  Recruiting cannot be overcome.  An assistant coach in the SEC in general must be a great recruiter.  

Beautiful.

But I will say that Havlicek, like you Peter, was a great contributor after the huge moment.

For the rest of his career, Havlicek would run you out of the gym.  His lungs could not fit in a standard xray machine.