When Obama wins the 2012 election what message does that send to the GOP?

• gut

  stlouiedipalma;1248987 wrote:I would say the correct term is "looking the other way".

  No, the correct description would be concern that turned to panic when Obama put govt spending on steroids. Obama was supposed to fix the budget mess, not make it multiples worse. But actually the emergence of the Tea Party has it's roots to at least 2008 with the failure of Ron Paul's campaign and the laughable FairTax speel.
• 2kool4skool

  

  jhay78;1248618 wrote:Trying to figure this part out. Is Mitt Romney strategizing to install a theocracy? Which extreme Christians is he pandering to, and how?

  It's not a coincidence that Romney and McCain did 180's on abortion and gay marriage once close to the Republican nomination.
• stlouiedipalma

  I seem to recall the roots of the tea party originating from that rant by the trader on CNBC. Maybe that's when Roger Ailes discovered them.
• stlouiedipalma

  2kool4skool;1248996 wrote:It's not a coincidence that Romney and McCain did 180's on abortion and gay marriage once close to the Republican nomination.

  That's why Romney's campaign head mentioned the etch-a-sketch earlier this year. Today he brought out his replacement for the etch-a-sketch. A dry erase board.
• gut

  It will be refreshing to get some real leadership in the White House as opposed to someone mainly concerned with posing for the camera, golfing, and hangin' with celebrities.
• HitsRus

  

  seem like a nice percentage for those that have to pay, oh and when we had them the national debt was under control

  since we are talking about percentages when the national debt was 'under control'...what was the percentage of Americans that paid income tax in that period.
  
  President Obama does say that everyone needs to pay their fair share. Everyone is an all inclusive word.
• Con_Alma

  HitsRus;1249037 wrote:since we are talking about percentages when the national debt was 'under control'...what was the percentage of Americans that paid income tax in that period.
  
  President Obama does say that everyone needs to pay their fair share. Everyone is an all inclusive word.

  +1
• QuakerOats

  HitsRus;1249037 wrote:President Obama does say that everyone needs to pay their fair share. Everyone is an all inclusive word.

  
  
  Except ..... "everyone" is not everyone, and "fair share" is not fair share.
  
  
  16,000 new IRS agents will help with properly defining it.
  
  Change we can believe in ....
• Con_Alma

  QuakerOats;1249122 wrote:Except ..... "everyone" is not everyone, and "fair share" is not fair share.
  
  
  16,000 new IRS agents will help with properly defining it.
  
  Change we can believe in ....

  IRS agents do not define "fair share" but rather they carry out and seek to enforce the laws provided to them.
• sleeper

  

  HitsRus;1249037 wrote:since we are talking about percentages when the national debt was 'under control'...what was the percentage of Americans that paid income tax in that period.
  
  President Obama does say that everyone needs to pay their fair share. Everyone is an all inclusive word.

  +1. Everyone according to Obama is those making over $250k per year. He forgets the 50% that are currently paying nothing.