Romney on the Peoria.com Forums - Page 4

JnJ writes:
I completely reject the notion that Obama will win reelection. If that was the case the implication would be that there are extremely low standards of accountability in regards to achievement for a U.S. President to win a second term.

They miss, it seems to me, two vital things. The first is the simple scale of what has been accomplished on issues liberals say they care about. A depression was averted. The bail-out of the auto industry was—amazingly—successful. Even the bank bailouts have been repaid to a great extent by a recovering banking sector. The Iraq War—the issue that made Obama the nominee—has been ended on time and, vitally, with no troops left behind. Defense is being cut steadily, even as Obama has moved his own party away from a Pelosi-style reflexive defense of all federal entitlements. Under Obama, support for marriage equality and marijuana legalization has crested to record levels. Under Obama, a crucial state, New York, made marriage equality for gays an irreversible fact of American life. Gays now openly serve in the military, and the Defense of Marriage Act is dying in the courts, undefended by the Obama Justice Department. Vast government money has been poured into noncarbon energy investments, via the stimulus. Fuel-emission standards have been drastically increased. Torture was ended. Two moderately liberal women replaced men on the Supreme Court. Oh, yes, and the liberal holy grail that eluded Johnson and Carter and Clinton, nearly universal health care, has been set into law. Politifact recently noted that of 508 specific promises, a third had been fulfilled and only two have not had some action taken on them. To have done all this while simultaneously battling an economic hurricane makes Obama about as honest a follow-through artist as anyone can expect from a politician.

JnJ writes:
First I have to WANT to read it.

"I'm not a fan of facts. You see, the facts can change, but my opinion will never change, no matter what the facts are," -- Colbert "

bigluke23 writes:
I have changed my mind on many topics as I've learned more, had different life experiences, etc. Like Churchill said, "If you're not a liberal at age 20 you have no heart, if you're not a conservative at age 40, you have no brain."

shifty writes:

Churchill didn't say that, and in fact died what could only be interpreted as liberal today. Thank the hack Krauthammer for falsely attributing that tidbit of rubbish to common lexicon.

http://www.winstonchurchill.org/learn/myths/myths/qu

AV8R writes:
Exactly. For instance, I used to think Leslie was a liberal hack. Now I just think she's a liberal.

JnJ writes:
The day HK, Shifty, Joepy and Leslie etal start arguing a conservative point of view, I will eat my hat.