Mitt Romney on Steroids?

Last night, former President Bill Clinton appeared at a rare fundraiser with President Obama in Virginia.  It was one of three scheduled powerhouse fundraisers targeting the wealthiest Democratic donors. Tickets started at $1,000 and eighty people paid $20,000 each to have dinner with the two party elites.

(Wait...What?  Do the Occupiers know that Democrats are part of the 1%??)

Clinton wasted no time to endorse the sitting president--(I guess enough time has passed since the 2008 heated campaign when Bill Clinton openly criticized Obama's candidacy.   The two sides have now joined forces which only tells me that Hillary wants the 2016 ticket.  The Clintons are no fools.  They know she'll need the support of this president).

Last night, Clinton tried to make the case that Obama "deserves" our support.  He said, "Barack Obama deserves to be re-elected president of the United States."  He argued that Obama has "clear objectives" and is "meeting them."

First of all, what exactly is President Clinton talking about? "Deserves?"

Deserves implies accomplishments and credibility.  I cannot imagine how anyone could look at the last 3 1/2 years and say that any one politician--especially this president--"deserves" anything.  Here are a few reasons why:

• Our government is more inept than any time in recent memory.  
• Congress is so bitterly divided along party lines that it is virtually impossible for them to find compromises---much of the divisive tone has come directly from this president.  
• Our national debt has skyrocketed.  The US is more dependent on Chinese money than any other time in history. Our national debt is at an unthinkable $15 trillion.
• For the first time ever, under this president's watch, the US experienced a credit rating downgrade.
• The constitutionality of President Obama's signature legislation, Obamacare is being reviewed by the Supreme Court.  Many believe that the entire bill will be tossed out.
• Unemployment remains above the 8% bar that President Obama set for himself.
• The Housing Market continues to crumble.
• The economy remains fragile and unpredictable.  

Michael Norris, Amarillo Globe-News/AP Photo

"Deserves?"

Excuse me Mr. Clinton, I can assure you that there is nothing to celebrate.  It has been a dismal first term for this sitting president and to portray it any other way is misleading and quite frankly, manipulating those who are not paying attention.

The only people who "deserve" anything are the American people, we "deserve" an apology from our government for taking our tax money and spending it on failed policies and broken programs.

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President Clinton also made reference to Mitt Romney.  Although he never mentioned him by name, he said Romney "basically wants to do what they did before, on steroids, which will get you the same consequences you got before...on steroids."

This is a surprisingly juvenile statement from someone as smart as Bill Clinton.

I have no doubt that Mitt Romney's policies will be no one but Mitt Romney's policies.  That is what a leader coming to DC as an outsider can offer.  As Romney has said before, he is coming to Washington "without old scores to settle or decades of cloakroom deals to defend."

Steve Marcus

When Governor Mitt Romney showed up to the Massachusetts state house, he faced a state government with a $3 billion budget deficit.  He fixed the broken system, effectively cut taxes 19 times, balanced the budget all four years of his term, cast over 800 vetoes and cut countless inefficient government programs.

The day Romney left office, he had eliminated the $3 billion deficit and left the state with a $2 billion rainy day fund.  He accomplished all of this without raising taxes and without borrowing a single dollar.

But if Mr. Clinton wants to conjure images of Mitt Romney on steroids, that is fine with me.

I can't imagine what it would be like to watch Mitt Romney in DC on "steroids."  His record shows me that Mitt Romney on "steroids" would be the best thing that could possibly happen to our broken government.

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Last night, President Obama also took jabs at Mitt Romney.  He boasted of his accomplishments and how he and Hillary have had to "clean house."  He said that he and Hillary have "spent the last 3 1/2 years cleaning up after the other folks' messes."

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I realize that all politicians are guilty of this kind of rhetoric, but this statement really bothers me.  What exactly does he think he and Hillary have cleaned up?

Last time I checked,

• Our economy is still broken 
• Gasoline is nearly double the $2.19 from the Bush years
• Unemployment under Bush ranged from 4.3% but never exceeded 6.3%. Unemployment today is 8.2%
• We are still dependent on foreign oil
• The Bush Tax Cuts are still in effect
• GITMO is still a thriving military institution

The last year of Bush's presidency was dominated by an economic recession.  This president is conveniently forgetting to remind people that the Democrats controlled the House and the Senate for the last two years of Bush's presidency.

Is there a chance that he is "cleaning up" after the mess that he, then Senator Obama and then, Senator Hillary Clinton helped to create?

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I am tired of the rhetoric and it is only April.  

I can only assume that Bill Clinton and President Obama are going to continue to distort Mitt Romney's record and do everything they can to portray him as an elite, out-of-touch rich guy, who can't possibly relate to the average voter.  

They have to do this because they don't want to run a campaign on the president's failed policies or dismal record.  

But to them I would say, no worries,  Mitt Romney certainly will.

AP PHOTO/CHARLES DHARAPAK

Go Mitt!!