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Thread #143378   Message #3309274
Posted By: Songwronger
15-Feb-12 - 11:52 PM
Thread Name: BS: Obama's Truth Team (join me!)
Subject: RE: BS: Obama's Truth Team (join me!)
Yes, let's discuss his record. Obama's Truth will defeat all arguments. Fortunately his backers have funded three websites to get the ball rolling, so I guess I should report in there for my talking points.

Let's see what AttackWatch.com has to say.

Deep-pocketed GOP attack machine fuels negative campaign tactics

Hmm. Obama announced he'd spend a billion before the race even started, and now he has a super PAC backing him, so I'll need to read that article to learn how to counter the "big money" charge.

Mitt Romney downplays our economic recovery

Damn. We're in an economic recovery? Son of a bitch Romney never said anything about it. Sic 'im Obama! Oh, wait a minute. The website has cut and paste answers for me. Cool.

Romney said, "He's (Obama's) been trying to take a bow for 8.3 percent unemployment. Not so fast, Mr. President ... We welcome any good news on the jobs front, but it is thanks to the innovation of the American people in the private sector, not to you."

The Truth Team response is: Far from taking "a bow," President Obama has been clear about the fact that we still have a long road ahead of us. When President Obama took office in January 2009, we were shedding nearly 800,000 jobs a month. His immediate, decisive action to stop the bleeding reversed the trend. We've now seen 23 straight months of private-sector job growth, creating a total of 3.7 million jobs.

I could have sworn unemployment was over 20%. The numbers don't even take into account the folks who've quit looking for jobs. If I didn't know better, I'd think Romney and Obama were sparring over a non-fact. But it's not my job to think on the Truth Team. I'm supposed to present Obama's Truth.

What else? One of Romney's people said, "The Navy has only 285 ships today, the fewest since World War I, and it is straining to uphold its unique global responsibilities. Our Air Force has only 39 fighter squadrons, fewer than half the number it had two decades ago."

The Truth Team response is: The problem with Bolton and Romney's claims that the Air Force and Navy are weaker than they've been in decades: they're outright lies.

Some numbers would be nice, but if they press me on that I'll just mention skin color. That and all the drones that Obama's building. 30,000 just for America, to protect us from...something.

Then there's this. "Americans for Prosperity, a group funded by the billionaire oil executive Koch brothers, is spending $6 million on a television ad attacking the Obama administration's perceived relationship with clean-energy manufacturer Solyndra."

The Truth Team response is: This type of baseless attack is nothing new for the Koch brothers. But it doesn't stand up to scrutiny.

There. Take that you Koch people. Obama told YOU!

Ah, a good headline. Romney and Limbaugh ignore the President's record with "anti-business" attacks

The Truth Team response: President Obama's record shows that he's focused on building an economy that will last.

Damn straight. Haliburton and the Department of Defense are hiring Internment and Relocation Specialists. Jobs with FUTURES. Limbaugh should get out more.

So I don't even have to type actual responses to those buttheads that say Obama's doing a bad job. Just cut and paste. Obama's the MAN! Politics made easy. Don't even have to think about this shit.