More evidence American's aren't smart enough to elect their own Presidents

[OnMyWayID 1,489]

Lowest number of people on welfare in 35 years. Now where are we?

its tended to trend up a tad since then.

[GandD 5,966]

its tended to trend up a tad since then.

Its like something happened between 1999 and 2001.

[OnMyWayID 1,489]

She was ineffectual.

That lap band surgery Christie had a few months back should have him all svelte before 2016 comes around - maybe he can pick up a few percentage points there.

Edited July 12, 2013 by OnMyWayID

[OnMyWayID 1,489]

Its like something happened between 1999 and 2001.

Is there more recent data? I'm curious how the housing cliff in 2008 looks.

[GandD 5,966]

Is there more recent data? I'm curious how the housing cliff in 2008 looks.

Like this?

[OnMyWayID 1,489]

Like this?

Yeah. wow.. Actually a bit surprised the poverty numbers were not worse - I was expecting more like the blue line but still a bit shocking to view.. 40 million on food stamps in 2010. If I remember the other thread correctly it was 47 million in 2012 so is still trending up nasty.

[GandD 5,966]

Yeah. wow.. Actually a bit surprised the poverty numbers were not worse - I was expecting more like the blue line but still a bit shocking to view.. 40 million on food stamps in 2010. If I remember the other thread correctly it was 47 million in 2012 so is still trending up nasty.

What's interesting to me is the number of people that are not unemployed but still in poverty. That's right, republicans, lets keep minimum wage down so that instead of corporations paying more money, the American tax payers can subsidize your cheap labor. Makes sense.

[RGinWA 816]

What are the Republicans going to do? Resuscitate Benghazi in 2015?

Don't forget about the flood of jobs. Things were gooooooood back then.

It's such a tragedy that 4 died in Benghazi, yet there were never any charges filed in the lack of finding even ONE Iraq WMD. A war that killed 100's of thousands. Not to mention the entire Benghazi operation by the CIA was bigger news than the actual attack.

But yeah, lets use Benghazi in 2016...matter of a fact to the base that's good red meat...to the rest of the US...eh, not so much.

Keep playing to the base...but don't count on residing at 1600 Pennsylvania ave for a very long time.

[RGinWA 816]

What's interesting to me is the number of people that are not unemployed but still in poverty. That's right, republicans, lets keep minimum wage down so that instead of corporations paying more money, the American tax payers can subsidize your cheap labor. Makes sense.

Getting your constituents to Vote against their own interest is a GOP staple. That way they can complain how bad the Administration is.

Minimum wage in the US should be renamed corporate designed "poverty wage".

[Penny Lane 8,159]

It's such a tragedy that 4 died in Benghazi, yet there were never any charges filed in the lack of finding even ONE Iraq WMD. A war that killed 100's of thousands. Not to mention the entire Benghazi operation by the CIA was bigger news than the actual attack.

It is odd what people get outraged over, isn't it?

[OnMyWayID 1,489]

Several mentions and talks of Benghazi in this thread, none by them by republicans.

[RGinWA 816]

It is odd what people get outraged over, isn't it?

Odd is one word, but absurdly overlooking the obvious disparity in avoidable tragic loss would be a few I would use.

It's like the Nazi's complaining about how brutal the Russians treated the German army.

[OnMyWayID 1,489]

psss.. I was enjoying the thread drift, looking at graphs and stuff.. Shouldn't you be in another thread complaining and acting aghast about TM being called a hyena instead of in here comparing republican to Nazis?

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Several mentions and talks of Benghazi in this thread, none by them by republicans.

Give it 3 more years. It'll be a hot topic with Republicans again. You know it will if Hillary is the Democratic nominee for President.

[GandD 5,966]

Give it 3 more years. It'll be a hot topic with Republicans again. You know it will if Hillary is the Democratic nominee for President.

That's true, they were all over that. It may be too much for her to over come. We'll see,