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...And you believe Mitt Romney to be a BETTER candidate? Even after commenting that OBAMA is greedy? Also curious where you get that Obama is greedy, when he took the lower paying public sector work after getting a harvard law education that could have had him paid several times more than he has ever made, while Romney made a career of laying people off.

And then listing the Marine traits? Let's see, here...
Justice - Being Fair and Consistent. Flip Flop Romney, no, not consistent.
Judgement - Think about things clearly, calmly, so you can make good decisions. Such as when he berates Obama for things that Obama never actually said, or when they scream about things in Obama's bills...that are in their own bills, as well.
Dependability - again, Romney? Dependable?
Tact - Maintain good relations and avoid problems. Given the office of Commander in Chief, and most visible representative of the US, a very important position. And yet, by his own admission, Romney doesn't represent nearly half of the US, and insults them. Many of them being retired Marines and disabled veterans themselves.
Integrity - Ha.
Enthusiasm - As mentioned before, he has no interests in half the population.
Unselfishness - Need I even mention this? He made a living by laying people off so as to pad his own bank account, he wants his own taxes lowered so as to shift the burden on to lower classes with less to spare(the opposite of what Christ told the prince to do in the gospels), and why not, the guy left his dog on the roof of his car for a 12 hour drive.
Courage - He protested in favor of the Draft, and then took a religious deferment.
Loyalty - Again, 47%.
Endurance - Not much to go on here. But let's see him go up against the PotUS in a game of hoops, and see who better qualifies, eh? biggrin
As for Initiative, Decisiveness, and Knowledge, there's not much difference between the two candidates. I'll give him bearing, as experience as a CEO definitely gives him the edge in that regard. However, I do still find it ironic that you would chose a list of Marine traits for application when a draft dodger is part of the question.

As for the rest, I will need to look more closely after I have stopped fo rthe day. Apologies, but given my career, that could be at least 12 hours from now.

I won't bother sourcing anything because you can see this just by scrolling up: "To be honest, I would rather not vote for Romney or Obama. Neither of them are good enough in my opinion. I would put Romney above Obama, but in the end it is only because Romney hasn't had the opportunity to screw us over quite like Obama has. I have seen more leadership qualities in Romney, most of which Obama lacks entirely, but I'm sure that is only because he wants the votes. He's a politician and so he is not to be trusted." Put Romney in office and within four years we'll be here discussing how horrible Romney has been. I know. I just don't think Obama looks better at the moment.

As for Obama's greed; at a time when money is most scarce for the people, Obama has achieved record spending.
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Besides all that I doubt his "Harvard" education. I've been to three different colleges. I am anti-social, but at each college the people were excited to see me again. Teachers, librarians, they knew me because for a year at each I was seen daily. I am remembered in Denmark Tech, Clackamas Community, and Twin Falls Community. One year at each. Obama claims he got his entire education at Harvard, but nobody knew him, not even his teachers. I find that hard to believe.

While America suffers they enjoy very nice luxury vacations, including a $5000 manicure in another country. I wouldn't mind so much if it were here in America because if it were than someone just got a big help. Instead, that money, OUR money, was spent in Europe.
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While I found those sources some sites pointed out that there hasn't been as much "growth" as some people like to claim, however from what I can find that is because Obama is (not surprisingly) not the only president to have spent a ton of money needlessly. Regardless, two wrongs (or more) do not make something right. The fact is that the people's tax money was spent on unnecessary luxuries during a time in which more of the people have been suffering since the founding of America. Experts have revealed how our recession was worse than the "Great Depression" itself.
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Finally, on the topic of Romney, "And yet, by his own admission, Romney doesn't represent nearly half of the US" he said, from what I could find, that he doesn't support 47%. Not that he doesn't support less or more than that. Which means, in his words, he does support 53% because that is the population he believes he can actually help. From a logical viewpoint he might be right, ignore the percent that will refuse help and focus on the part that will accept it, that is a "hardcore" leadership decision as some of my friends would say. However, since this isn't a position where we need someone who is "hardcore" that is the wrong type of decision and, as someone who has seen that 47% suffer personally, I can say his facts are wrong. They do want help and they will accept it even if it means they work harder. I am in that 47% and I have found State funded services that helped me learn new skills which I can put to work in the medical field. I myself might be considered proof that Romney was wrong.

However, on to Obama, actions speak louder than words. Take another look at the kept and broken promises and see the difference between the two, see what he really supports. At least our nuclear warheads have been updated. Under Obama's reign of terror things have only been made harder on people in my situation, not easier regardless of what some might say. In fact, if not for Obama's inability to help the people, I would not be in that 47% now. I would still be in middle class.

Now, having explained how I believe Obama and Romney are both full of bull (to whatever extent that may be), some who read this may wonder who it is I do support. My answer; Vermin Supreme. Mostly just because I can.

I looked this up... Here's what I found.

About the dog.
"In his defense, Romney points out that he built a wind-deflection shield for the dog carrier. He also contends that Seamus enjoyed riding on top of the car." I'm not entirely sure that really cuts it due to the risk factor involved.

About the horse.
It wasn't Mitt Romney that drugged the horse, according to that link, it was his wife. Regardless, it happened, the horse was drugged to a ridiculous extent with a variety of medications.

This is sad information. I'll keep this in mind the next time someone tries to defend Romney. Thanks for letting us know, Shanna.

Can someone tell me something that is true about this president?

I mean, first he didn't want to show his birth certificate... I heard it said, that he was poor as a child, and now they visited A far off country for dog as a child...

popular rumors disproved

I think allot of people are "living under rocks," metaphorically speaking, because we're all getting tired of the quadannual mud slinging. This happens every four years for the past twenty years at least, probably before that as well although I wouldn't have been aware of it. I'd rather compare successes of the individuals instead of every minor bad thing they've done including the time they picked their nose in kindergarten...

There are third party candidates we can vote for. They're not advertised, so we have to actively look them up and decide who we think is best. A third party vote is not a wasted vote as the Republicans and Democrats would have you believe, they came up with that particular lie to help ensure one of the two would have your vote. Notice how, although small things may change here and there over the years, in the big picture everything goes the exact same way regardless of who is in office; the politicians get paid ridiculous amounts of our own money for doing practically nothing while elected.

Even if the third parties have no chance for winning, I refuse to vote for a Republican or Democrat. A vote for the lesser of two evils is still a vote for evil and I refuse to support that. At the very least, when all votes are cast and the new president begins his evil reign, I'll be able to say I didn't vote for him.

A third party vote can only be considered a wasted vote because people believe it is so and so choose to support evil in the misguided hope that the person they vote for will win. Why does it matter who wins so long as you know you supported the person you honestly believe is the best candidate? It's a two way thing, really, the third parties need better advertisement, but the voting citizens need to take a more active role in ensuring a better future for this country by research and logical thinking.

Actually I think mud slinging began when elections became more wide spread and the position became something to be desired. Originally being president was a charity, not a luxury job, it was practically volunteer work. The only income a politician had other than what they did outside the office was compensation. For example; they pay $20 for a hotel room related to political business, they receive $20 to compensate them for what they spent. Then someone got the bright idea of compensating a volunteer for their time and it became a paying job. That is, most likely, when corruption began.

Edit: My brother has the third party vote discussion with people often. I'll point out, as he often does, that this country is a democratic republic. It is called such not because of "democrat" and "republican" parties, but because of government types. It was originally the middle ground between a monarchy (one leader) and a democracy (all citizens are leaders). We leaned more toward democracy, forming a democratic republic in which our government forms the balance and We The People vote our politicians into office.

Essentially, that means that We The People are the boss. Not the president, not congress, not the White House or anything related to it, but all of us legal voting citizens. That means it is our responsibility, nobody else's, to ensure a stable and functional government to better the future of our nation. It is our job to find the best candidates, our job to get them into office, and our own job to get the corruption out. As legal citizens of America, our government is our own responsibility and when things go wrong we have nobody to blame but ourselves.