posted November 01, 2012 08:46 AM            

"In a Washington Post/ABC tracking poll out Wednesday, 78 percent of those surveyed rated Obama’s response to the hurricane as excellent or good."

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/11/01/romney-stranded-as-christie-obama-team-up-after-hurricane-sandy.html

Will this spontaneous act of putting Nation above campaigning tilt the balance in favor of Obama?

posted November 01, 2012 09:23 AM            

Most likely it would be the undecideds and the gesture wouldn`t move the committed.

posted November 01, 2012 10:13 AM            

Bipartisan cooperation at it`s best.

posted November 01, 2012 10:38 AM            

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Originally posted by jwhop:
Yeah, people do strange things for federal cash.

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jwhop, I don`t understand. "Federal cash"?

Wouldn`t the funds be from super pacs and general donations from the people?

posted November 01, 2012 11:38 AM            

Its not what Chris Christie says, IMO.
Yes, it might make a short lived impact.

posted November 01, 2012 02:49 PM            

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Originally posted by jwhop:
I meant federal disaster aid dollars juni.

Federal cash for clean-up, rebuilding, loss of business etc.

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I see, thanks for explaining

posted November 02, 2012 05:28 AM            

Obama to a tearful Donna Vanzant, in a compassionate moment when politics is not in his mind:
"Everyone is safe, right? That is the most important thing".

IMHO, the essential difference in perspective between Obama and Romney is:
For Obama, the life/health/education of every ordinary American is more important.
He is a humane leader of a human Nation.

For Romney, the profits of every American businessman [small or big) are more important. He wants to be a successful CEO of a Trans-National Corporate Empire of business owners and employees.

This difference in the coming days will rankle in the conscience of swing voters, and I feel many a last minute switch towards Obama will occur on November 6th.

posted November 02, 2012 09:38 AM            

IQ, you continue to get it wrong and to be wrong.

When the records of who cares about people more..O'Bomber or Romney are compared, it's Romney, hands down.

And IQ, I'm not talking about putting on a show for photo ops for a political campaign. I'm talking about a lifetime of giving of time and money to help other people.

And IQ, I'm not talking about giving other people's money. I'm talking about Romney giving away large chunks of his own money to help other people, year in and year out over a lifetime.

Even your basic premise is wrong IQ.

Who cares about the lives of ordinary Americans more IQ?

O'Bomber, who has set up a system of government dependency for citizens, made war on business which create the jobs, instituted a blizzard of new business regulations which curtails business expansion and expanded the role of government in people's lives which sucked the capital out of the private sector which could have created jobs for American citizens. O'Bomber who has never run a business in his life and would flunk econ 101.

Or

Romney, a successful businessman and Governor, who will cut taxes, cut regulation, cut government spending, accelerate depreciation to spur business activity and investment in America and get out of the way of job creators so the economy can grow and create the jobs Americans need to take care of themselves.

We already know O'BomberCare is a jobs killer, is going to cost more than $2Trillion we don't have and will ration health care for those who need it most. Romney will repeal and replace O'BomberCare.

On the education front.

Who cares most about good education for American children IQ?

O'Bomber, whose first action was to cancel the voucher system in DC which gave intercity minority children the chance to get out of the worst school system in American and into private schools...like his own children enjoy. And this was a political move to pay back his union contributors in the National Education Association, NEA and Federal Teachers Association, FTA and hurt the education of children in DC.

Or

Romney who as Governor led Massachusetts to the number 1 state in education in the United States. Romney, whose words line up with his record.

posted November 02, 2012 12:22 PM            

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When the records of who cares about people more..O'Bomber or Romney are compared, it's Romney, hands down.

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Hmmmm...President who reformed healthcare for all Americans versus someone that gave to charity.

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O'Bomber, who has set up a system of government dependency for citizens,

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He did not do this. That's just false. Existing programs continued to exist, and be used, but he didn't create the need for people to use these programs, he didn't cause them to be dependent. In his healthcare reform, he actually created a system that will force people to pay to take care of themselves.

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instituted a blizzard of new business regulations which curtails business expansion

sucked the capital out of the private sector which could have created jobs for American citizens.

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False. Look at the stock market much?

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Romney, a successful businessman and Governor, who will cut taxes, cut regulation, cut government spending, accelerate depreciation to spur business activity and investment in America and get out of the way of job creators so the economy can grow and create the jobs Americans need to take care of themselves.

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Romney is pragmatic, and I predict he'll follow in George H.W. Bush's footsteps in implementing new taxes, because there is no addressing the debt without better revenue.

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Romney who as Governor led Massachusetts to the number 1 state in education in the United States. Romney, whose words line up with his record.

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posted November 02, 2012 02:26 PM            

The people of USA gave a war-mongering Dubya 8 years to take America forward but he took it to the cleaners. All the economic good done by Clinton was ruined in a needless war against Iraq, a country that had no role in 9-11.

It is thus fair to give an American President of the opposite polarity four more years to create some balance. Obama has many weaknesses. But his core strength is that he will not drag the country to another useless war with Iran just for the sake of a Military-Industrial Complex. He has a way of making Americans likeable to the rest of the world.

True, his economic skills have to drastically improve to ensure better growth.

The stock market has been very positive under him so far but he must do what it takes to take DOW to 18k+.

If Romney wins, he will not be allowed to improve America. The GOP fanatics will steal the thunder, and you are looking at a messy war with Iran, a belligerent China and a good kick in the backside from Putin, while fossil fuel emissions double, fracking trebles, Alternative Power research crumbles and new ethnic/religious divisions rise to the surface. Of course, Wall Street will revert to its gambling ways.

If Romney wins, only Romney and his top 2% pals will win. The American Nation will be economically weaker in 2016, though the top 2% will certainly be wealthier.

Anyway, just 4 days more for the results to start trickling in.

It would have been best had Ron Paul won the nomination and taken the White House but between a Democrat and an ex-Democrat, the consistent Democrat is a better choice.

posted November 02, 2012 05:20 PM            

Yet IQ, you say you want a strong US...but you support O'Bomber. There's something very, very, very wrong with that picture IQ!

posted November 02, 2012 05:32 PM            

Anyone remember $4 gas under Bush? I do. The market determined that price, and the market is determining the current price. Not the President.

posted November 02, 2012 08:53 PM            

In the states~ we have a disaster relief show on the tvee tonight.

posted November 02, 2012 11:04 PM            

where the hell is O'Bomber's FEMA?

Where the hell is the food, the water, the blankets the porta potties, the portable shelters for those displaced by Sandy?

It's not as if this storm just suddenly sprang up and hit the coast. Sandy was tracked for days and days and days and days.

So Sandy is long gone but where the hell is FEMA? People in New York and New Jersey don't have water, they don't have food, some don't have shelter or blankets. Some are dumpster diving for food. So where the hell is O'Bomber's FEMA? Disaster relief is the reason FEMA exists. So where the hell is the pre-positioned food, water, blankets, clothing etc.?
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/11/were-going-to-die-staten-island-residents-plead-for-help-3-days-after-sandy/

posted November 03, 2012 07:06 AM            

Right-wingers have praised Obama, hey- at least he showed up! Unlike others who took a week.

Romney wants to dismantle FEMA~ didn't you get the memo?

posted November 03, 2012 12:28 PM            

While O'Bomber is patting himself and his FEMA director on the back and Bloomberg and Cuomo are patting themselves on the back and holding press conferences telling everyone how wonderful they are, the people in NY City and New Jersey are telling an entirely different story.

Where the hell is O'Bomber's FEMA? Disaster relief is the reason for FEMAs existence. Where's the water, the food, the blankets...it's cold in New York and New Jersey, where's the clothing?

Making public service announcments on radio and television and on the FEMA websites to people who have NO ELECTRICITY and therefore no phones, no radio, no television and no Internet service is really helpful...don't you think?

So where are the FEMA trucks...IN THE HARD HIT NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE WHO NEED THE FOOD, THE WATER, THE BLANKETS AND THE CLOTHING?

They are not to be found.

Now, for the hypocrite whiners who don't want their little Marxist Messiah's hair mussed over his total incompetence in managing the FEMA response to this natural disaster; you sure didn't feel that way when you were unloading on George Bush. And most of the problems with Katrina can be traced directly to the Governor of LA and the idiot Mayor of New Orleans, Ray Nagin. Tough luck usual suspects.

Staten Island Resident Confronts Chuck Schumer; 'We Are Gonna Die!'
Schumer: “I know what you’re going through, sweetheart.”

NY Daily News: Staten Island has been the scene of some of the most heartbreaking storm-related devastation, especially on the South Shore where numerous trapped residents had to be rescued. Hundreds of homes — from multimillion-dollar mansions to modest bungalows — have been damaged and dozens of streets are impassable due to downed trees and buckled roads.

As such, federal and local officials heard an earful from residents Thursday.
***Oh wait, how can that be? O'Bomber, Bloomberg and Cuomo tell us the response to Sandy is simply WONDERFUL. All the drooling O'Bomber press sites run endless coverage of O'Bomber, Bloomberg and Cuomo patting themselves on the back. The people are telling a far different story***

“Please don’t leave us,” a weeping Donna Solli pleaded to Sen. Chuck Schumer in front of her damaged Neptune St. home. “I live alone down here.”

Schumer hugged Solli, a Transportation Department worker, and tried to comfort her. “I know what you’re going through, sweetheart,” he said.

"He really has little idea of what they go through. He has the money and resources to be insulated from this to a large degree. What a shallow, unfeeling remark. If you really want to help Chuckie, get her a hotel elsewhere til she can safely return.

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Alex R 198 comments collapsed Collapse Expand I am kind of at a loss to understand why help cannot be given faster to these people. I appreciate the severity of the storm but FEMA should be getting into gear right now and shipping in supplies particularly GAS, I know they are working hard but it seems to me that more resources are needed and get them faster into that area. I feel the aftermath is going to be a major tragedy if we are not very careful.

Just because FEMA use the words emegency and management as part of their moniker, doesn't make it so. Wallmart would do a better job at providing relief that the government ever will. I know this from first hand experience. I've been through several storms like this and the best resources for help are yourself (be prepared) and your neighbors, family and friends. It took me over a year to collect on my first federally subsidized flood insurance claim. I finally just moved out of flood prone areas to avoid having to deal with it.

true. well said...

Well, They are all getting their photo-ops...what more do the New Yorkers expect from the Leftists? New Orleans and LA was governed by Dems when Katrina hit, and it still hasn't recovered. Mississippi had Republicans and was fully recovered swiftly.
Obama and Co don't care, they just want NY votes.

Those poor folks frustration is just beginning. Wait until they have to deal with FEMA, the SBA and the bureaucratic red tape they bring along for the ride. What would normally take a week to do will now take months...if not years.

Please consider standing alongside the courageous people of the rebelpundit. http://rebelpundit.com/ 1 comment collapsed Collapse Expand It was years after Andrew, and the same with Katrina.

And what do these poor, suffering people think Scum-Bag Schumer going to do for them??? A hug, that's it!!!

Stinking, useless politicians and federal bureaucrats on the taxpayer dole!!!

4 long years with a JACKOFF at the helm....the 6 TRILLION DOLLAR marxist FRAUD....what a sorry P.O.S he is....His millitant baboonish spouse provides just enough cover for the 3 dollar barry....How much dope did you do exactly? 1 comment collapsed Collapse Expand the FEDERAL obama dirtbags NEVER lifted a finger to help the RED STATE victims of HURRICAME IKE....in fact they GOT IN THE WAY of neighbor helping neighbor more than anything else.....

but, but, but Obama promised to cut the red tape.
Yeah right ...

I wonder if the voters in Staten Island or the Lower East Side are going to remember Schumer's hollow words next time that thug is up for reelection.

No, the president said no red tape so that must be true like everything else he says.

Truer words!

The press is treating this so different than Katrina. I mean they are not blaming the slow reaction of FEMA due to Obama's incompetence. I hope everyone gets through this disaster and always remember to be self-reliant

If Romney is elected, come January, here's hoping he can use his private sector sensibilities to reduce some of the red tape associated with these agencies.

Common Man, God Fearing Gun Loving Everyday Man, working to keep food on the table and the Government out of my pocket. 1 comment collapsed Collapse Expand It has got to be Bush's fault.

Obama & Schummer ARE THE RED TAPE!! FIRE THEM Tuesday!!!!

Emergency and Management is not the problem. The problem is FEDERAL.

Ultra conservative who hates liberals/socialist/communists/democrats and anyone else who can bring themselves to support Obama and his "Destroy America" mentality.

Did you hear chucky? "The harbor should be open this afternoon!" Wait until the Corps of Engineers get in there and begin to talk about not disturbing the tidal basin or disturbing the environmet.
These libbies are getting a taste of their beloved gubernmit!
Hope she freezes!

National Guard is STATE, not federal.

What's horrible, is that this woman is a democrat, who worked for democrats, and thus expects the government to take care of her. Wonder if she could ever see that. Naaaa....

Yeah, the dumb government and their dumb evacuation orders. I will ignore orders to evacuate and then demand help.

Joplin, MO, got nothing from Obama. The media didn't report it like it never happened. Some people are JUST ONLY NOW finding out Joplin, MO, was a disaster area.

But what I've been wondering since this mess began, where are the Red Cross/Salvation Army? THEY know how to get things done so much better than our guv'ment. This PROVES that no matter whether it is "Sandy" or "Katrina," apparently FEMA can't figure out how to manage/organize relief.

Please consider standing alongside the courageous people of the rebelpundit. http://rebelpundit.com/ 7 comments collapsed Collapse Expand Walmart has done a better job. Salvation Army has done a better job. Romney has done a better job.

Imagine, this woman asked for the very things Romney has been gathering that the Red Cross turned down. Fancy that.

But of course...Red Cross only accepts $$$$$$$$$$$
for their huge salaries and offices improvements..just like they did after 9/11..claiming that nobody told them where they can spend the money they collected then ...This organization is a disgrace!!
And I thought their job should be on volunteer basis... their salaries are 3/4 million dollars...????

Hmmm, wonder what the liberals are going to do now that they can't blame it on Boooosh.

It does NOT SURPRISE me that GOVERNMENT SCREWS UP.

That is what it DOES.

4 long years with a JACKOFF at the helm....the 6 TRILLION DOLLAR marxist FRAUD....what a sorry P.O.S he is....His millitant baboonish spouse provides just enough cover for the 3 dollar barry....How much dope did you do exactly? Mister....

posted November 03, 2012 03:28 PM            

But the reality is a hell of a lot different.

FEMA Out of Water, No Delivery Until Monday
Michael Patrick Leahy
3 Nov 2012

FEMA's vaunted "lean forward" strategy that called for advanced staging of supplies for emergency distribution failed to live up to its billing in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.

In fact, the agency appears to have been completely unprepared to distribute bottled water to Hurricane Sandy victims when the storm hit this Monday. In contrast to its stated policy, FEMA failed to have any meaningful supplies of bottled water -- or any other supplies, for that matter -- stored in nearby facilities as it had proclaimed it would on its website. This was the case despite several days advance warning of the impending storm.

FEMA only began to solicit bids for vendors to provide bottled water for distribution to Hurricane Sandy victims on Friday, sending out a solicitation request for 2.3 million gallons of bottled water at the FedBizOpps.gov website. Bidding closed at 4:30 pm eastern.

posted November 03, 2012 05:13 PM            

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Originally posted by AcousticGod:

I give it a thumbs up, though there is an implication there that's not so pleasant regarding his followers.

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And the negative implications for Obama;s followers are not part of the equation right?

posted November 03, 2012 07:58 PM            

the comment below is from someone who lives there. on the ground, not in the fox news tower (or in front of the boob tube).

CanaanXing • 21 hours ago
Has Hannity talked to Christie or Bloomberg recently? I guess not. The clean up in New Jersey has begun, the National Guard is going door to door offering food and water to those stranded.
In New York in five days Metro North has been restored, most subways are running, and bus service is being offered to the those without subway service, and most of lower Manhattan now has power.
Tell me Hannity, whatever happened to personal responsibility that you and yours always tout? Should not all those effected be out there fending for themselves? Shouldn't they have stored up on MRE's (Meals Ethopians wouldn't eat). Neighborhoods restoring their own electricity, and dealing with their own injured and homeless?
Sandy is not Katrina - not even close, and it is because the Northeast has the infrastrucure to deal with such a diaster. It also has the intelligence to ask for help outside it's borders when necessary.
Stick it Hannity - because this one won't stick to Obama.