With just days to go before what will likely be a close election both in Wisconsin and nationally, thousands of people filled the Delta Center in Milwaukee Saturday afternoon to hear President Barack Obama promise to keep fighting for the middle class.
As soon as he took the podium before a crowd estimated at 20,000, Obama promised to get help to the victims of Hurricane Sandy and asked those in attendance to pray and donate to the Red Cross, if they were able to do so.
His speech then turned to his campaign theme of “Forward." His primary message was about continuing the policies of his administration to provide a voice for the middle class while also growing and supporting a strong middle class.
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Obama also touched on the strength of the American spirit, but his remarks made the most impact with the crowd when he acknowledged that a lot of his supporters in 2008 got caught up in the idea of change without really recognizing how difficult it would be.
“Back in 2008, a lot of of folks got swept up in the excitement of change,” he said. “Sometimes we get frustrated by speed of change, but real change is hard. Change we believe in is a change in the system.”
Before Obama took the stage, several other prominent Democrats — including Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl and U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin — delivered remarks centered around the theme of moving the country forward instead of returning to what they said were the failed policies of the past.
Pop singer Katie Perry entertained before the president took the stage, where a tight red, white and blue dress with the Obama campaign logo and the word "Forward" on it.
Among the those in the crowd was Leslie Peterson of Brookfield, who agreed Obama needs another term to continue moving the country out of the recession.
“The president needs another four years to recover from the policies of the previous administration and the Republicans who supported him,” she said.
Obama asked the crowd to continue fighting because without a strong middle class, the country cannot succeed.
“We’ve worked hard these last four years, and I am here today because there is more work to do,” he said. "Our work is not yet done because this nation cannot succeed without a vibrant middle class where everybody does their fair share; where everybody is playing by same rules. That’s why you elected me in 2008 and why I’m running for second term.”
Please enlighten us as to what you see as the better way. I am sure that you hold a level of intelligence that far surpasses all of the smartest statisticians in the country, so please share how you calculate things. Or are you just kind of going with your gut and that is what we should all be listening to?
Since January, 2009 for every net new job created the country added 75 people to the food stamp rolls.
Did your "research" tell you that those were line item vetos (intending to save tax-payers money by eliminating waste)?
Getting their own healthcare is secondary and a privilege for parents to help their kids into the world.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/28/us/politics/election-will-decide-future-of-interrogation-methods-for-terrorism-suspects.html?_r=0 Former wildly successful Gov of New Mexico, Gary Johnson, will be debating the very articulate and thoughtful Dr. Jill Stein (Green party) in the final Presidential debate scheduled for Tues. evening, Oct. 30th at 9:00 Eastern time. Tune in Tuesday night next week in to hear what you are missing - a different vision on how to get out of the mess we're in. http://freeandequal.org/?v=1 http://www.garyjohnson2012.com
That is very clever... whenever you don't really have anything intelligent to say - and you never do - just invoke Hitler... Hey, it works for the rest of the Republican "Wishful Thinking" trolls...
Yes, it was so good 4-years ago... banks were failing, no one could get financing for anything, the automobile industry was falling apart, Wall Street was going through its death spiral and we were losing 800,000 jobs a month... ALL brought to you by the Republican Party's geniuses, King George - now in the Cayman Islands watching Willard's money - and Cheney, whose money bought him a real person's heart to replace his robotic one. I am sure America is just lusting after those good old days...
“Thank you, President Obama for your many achievements, despite strong Republican obstructions:” “+ Led the killing of Osama Bin Laden.” Navy Seal Team 6 did that while Obama did NOTHING in the situation room “+ Improved US relationships with most allies.” By starting his Presidency with an apology tour “+ Directed killing of several leaders of Al Qaida.” As was done under Bush-43 “+ Implemented harsh sanctions on Iran.” Yet they are still proceeding with Uranium enrichment “+ Brought together coalition to remove dictator Gaddhafi from power in Libya.” All he did was jump on a Revolution well under way and send up a few drones. “+ Implemented Obamacare to provide healthcare for millions of people who previously did not have health coverage, and to mandate several health cost-cutting measures.” Which is now costing an average $3,000 per family (and more to come) “+ Ended the discriminatory Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy in the military. + Supports same-sex marriage. + Supports the equal pay act to provide equal pay for women and men.” With the economy as sucky as it is, are these really issues? “+ Led the nation out of worst recession (gotten into by Bush) in many decades.” Then why is our economic outlook so bleak, and REAL unemployment around 12%
“+ Implemented stimulus act to revive economy.” Which only cost us $110,000 to create each job. Which could explain why our economic outlook is so bleak. “+ Ended war in Iraq, an unnecessary and unbudgeted war started by George W Bush. + Began drawdown of war in Afghanistan.” Saddam Hussein was a threat with WMDs, so it was necessary to get rid of him. The wars against Saddam Hussein and the Taliban only lasted a few weeks. We are fighting against the next brutal dictator in each of those countries. “+ Passed necessary Wall Street reform to prevent future financial collapse. All he did was add more stifling regulation “+ Helped turn around auto industry.” All B.O. did was prop up the unions. GM and Chrysler would have been better off to follow Ford’s example “+ And, much, much more!” like Benghazi (wait, I thought we were now loved in the Middle East) Increasing the national debt by 6 TRILLION dollars Increasing annual spending by 27% Increasing annual deficit instead of halving it AS PROMISED! “Let's go FORWARD!, not back to the Bush years!” Yup, just keep charging forward to the Lenin/Stalin years, they will be so wonderful!
(I think the Kool-Aid may have turned, old Nick is starting to see Randian Objectivists under the bed.) In direct contradiction of its stated policy FEMA failed to have even minimum quantities of bottled water or any other supplies in nearby storage facilities despite a week's warning of the impending storm. They have had to solicit bids from (gasp) the immoral private sector for basic supplies. That's big government in action Nick, they're not happy until you're not happy. Heckuva job FEMA. When Obama boards the ship of state at least it has a propeller head. http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/11/02/FEMA-Still-Doesn-t-Have-Bottled-Water-to-Distribute-Finally-Places-Large-Order-Today-for-Delivery-Monday
This is not an election of Romney vs. Obama. This is anti-Obama vs. anti-Romney. No one really likes either candidate. No one is inspired by either of them. As a Republican, clearly Obama is not on your team, but neither is Romney. Certainly not our team leader." Both Romney and Obama will drive full speed towards the cliff. The only difference is Obama will drive a little faster, but it's a negligible difference, and certainly not one worth spending energy on. Our only hope to prevent a bleak dystopian scenario from unfolding is to send a powerful NO!! in the face of the forces that are pushing us there." Read more: http://garyjohnsongrassrootsblog.blogspot.com/2012/11/washington-times-opinion-suggestion-for.html
You really are not the brightest bulb on any block are you?
Willard never knew or wanted to know how government worked, he only wanted to play CEO BOSS... "The reality of his time as Governor was quite different. Mitt Romney had the dubious distinction of vetoing over 800 measures passed by that Democrat-controlled legislature. According to the Boston Globe , in a television ad for his 2008 presidential campaign, Romney even gloated about it. ''I know how to veto,” he said in the ad. “I like vetoes. I've vetoed hundreds of spending appropriations as governor.'' This endeared him to neither Democrats nor Republicans, according to the Globe. What he doesn't say is the Legislature overrode those vetoes almost at will. When the House decided to challenge him, Romney was overridden 99.6 percent of the time: 775 to 3, according to the House minority leader's office. In the Senate, Romney was overridden every time, often unanimously. Frustrated by not being able to manage the state like he did Bain Capital, Romney spent most of his final year outside Massachusetts, laying the groundwork for a national campaign. According to Think Progress , “Romney spent 212 days out of state — more than four days each week, on average” in 2006. He then left office with a 34 percent approval rating." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/30/mitt-romney-flooding_n_2042886.html http://www.alternet.org/election-2012/democracy-danger-signs-mitt-romneys-800-vetoes-mass-governor
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2012/11/01/don039t_be_surprised_when_obama_loses_294919.html
Only in your "Wishful Thinking" mind... EARLY VOTING: [8 hours ago…] "So far, Democratic voters outnumber Republicans in Florida, Iowa, Nevada, North Carolina and Ohio. Republicans have the edge in Colorado." http://www.wfmj.com/story/19994154/obama-seems-to-have-early-voter-lead-in-key-states [20 hours ago…] "So far, Democratic voters outnumber Republicans in Florida, Iowa, Nevada, North Carolina and Ohio - five states that could decide the election, if they voted the same way. Republicans have the edge in Colorado, which Obama won in 2008." http://seattletimes.com/html/politics/2019593399_apusearlyvoting.html
The only problem with the Plethora of "Wishful Thinkers" attacking Nate Silver's methodology or statistical model or Nate himself, is… no one else even comes close to his accuracy in predicting Political Election RESULTS! Sour grapes, hope and “Wishful Thinking” just doesn’t change the FACTS…
Anyway, Obama is a big talker... I hope on Nov 6th we release his obligations as president and free him up for the talk circuit!