President Barack Obama and fellow Democrats tout the "Obamacare" health-care law as a major reason that many Americans are better off than they were four years ago. Kenya Hudson
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Join the JFP and friends tonight as we discuss (or get snarky about) the first presidential debate. You can log in using your Facebook log-in or become a member of the site (free and easy; come on!) and join the conversations. We'll also be chatting on Twitter @jxnfreepress and @jfppolitics -- so follow us!
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bubbat 11 years, 6 months ago
The debate can be summed up before it even starts. They both are going to lie to the American people about what they are want/going to/think they ought to do and make promises that they neither plan to keep.
donnaladd 11 years, 6 months ago
Sorry all. We were too busy watching and listening to debate to tweet or post. I tweeted a lot afterward @donnerkay and every factcheck I've seen @jxnfreepress and will continue to. Romney is not faring well in the factchecks tonight, which is likely to be a huge meme tomorrow when the dust settles.
As for me, I thought the president nailed it tonight, but I'm big on substance and facts over macho attacks. And I thought Romney looked rattled and hyper--not in a good way--throughout the whole debate. I was a bit embarrassed for him, but the pundits loved him, which shocked me, frankly.
Most shocking to me about Romney's statements was his complete embrace of the idea of the states taking on everything he wants to cut from the federal government. Mississippi ain't Massachusetts: We cannot afford to take on health care as that state did, in addition to more education costs and so on -- especially since we have been so devastated by the loss of government jobs, numbers that continue to rise even as private-sector jobs are coming back.
LIkewise, he vows to overturn Roe v. Wade and send all abortion decisions back to the states. That means that Mississippi state officials will outlaw any abortion as well as much contraception because our top officials support personhood although most Mississippians don't. In case it's not clear, that means that a woman won't be able to get an abortion to save her own life, a child if he father or a stranger rapes her, and in vitro would likely go away. Not to mention birth control pills. Expect this discussion in a future debate.
We need to listen carefully to what Romney is actually saying--and what that would mean for Mississippi.
Oh, and Romney's staff is already walking back his promise to keep regulations against pre-existing conditions. This ain't pretty.
More tomorrow. It's been fun!
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