Finally...

[UB_S]

my wish has come true - the GOP is focusing on the "are you better off" question - which is really a no-brainer for any Reaganite - considering the lousy state of the economy - and the dems are on the defense... It's been fun watching this all weekend. Love it!!



Sep 02, 2012
Obama aides avoid 'are you better off' question

For President Obama and his aides, the question is not "are you better off now than you were four years ago?"
The question is: Remember how bad the economy was when Obama took office in January of 2009?

"We were this close to a Great Depression, and because of the leadership of this president we staved that off," said senior adviser David Plouffe on ABC's This Week. "We've clearly improved from the depths of the recession."

Obama campaign adviser David Axelrod, who was asked the 'are you better off' question on Fox News Sunday, cited statistics -- 29 straight months of job growth, 4.5 million private sector jobs created on Obama's watch.

"I can say that we're in a better position than we were four years ago in our economy in the sense that when this president took office, we were losing 800,000 jobs a month," Axelrod said.

He added: "I think the average American recognizes that it took years to create the crisis that erupted in 2008 -- and peaked in January of 2009 -- and it's going to take some time to work through it."

Ronald Regan made the question famous during a 1980 against President Jimmy Carter, asking voters: "Are you better off than you were four years ago?"

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is reviving Reagan's query this year; he and aides note that the unemployment rate is up to 8.3% and the national debt is headed toward $16 trillion.

In his acceptance speech at last week's GOP convention, Romney said:

"Every president since the Great Depression who came before the American people asking for a second term can look back at the last four years and say with satisfaction, you're better off than you were four years ago -- except Jimmy Carter, and except this president."

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2012/09/obama-aides-avoid-are-you-better-off-question/1

[261911]

Ah yes, the famous "Are you better off than you were four years ago" question is back again.

[qrayjack]

Dems: "Better off" question needs context




CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Democrats say answering the question of whether Americans are better off now than they were four years ago requires some context.

Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren tells NBC's "Today" show Tuesday that people should remember how far the economy fell and how hard it is to get back from a time when the stock market was crashing and the auto industry was a mess. She says the real issue is who has the best plan to move forward.

Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan, meanwhile, says to ask the millions of people out of work if they are better off. He noted on ABC "Good Morning America" that unemployment remains above 8 percent, despite President Barack Obama's stimulus plan.

The question is a major talking point as the Democratic National Convention kicks off Tuesday.

http://news.yahoo.com/dems-better-of...xt-122125628--

Why sure, context that's the ticket. After all, the progressive world is one of nuance, right? No black or white, no good or bad, no absolutes, no substance, no definition... but just scads and scads of theoretical, hypothetical, twilight zone, bureaucratic bull...t, socialistic, left-wing gobbledegook.

What is it about 'better off' that needs context? Obama has run around leaving huge dogpile messes everywhere he steps, and this needs context?
Oh I think not. The opposite of 'better off' is 'worse off' and Barry has produced that in spades. We've got so much 'worse off' that if we weren't such a great country we'd never clean up the mess.

But America is an exceptionally great nation and we're gonna fix this leftist disaster pronto by putting Barack Hussein Obama, mmm mmm mmm, in the misbegotten bin of bad mistakes, throwing out the pathetic Democrat Party and bringing in the 'better off' guys.

Yep, it's time for the 'restore America's greatness' folks to take over from the 'America's a bad place that must be punished' goons, and I'll tell you something else.

Barry and his radical leftist thugs have done enough damage. This is it, they ain't gettin' another shot at it.

[qrayjack]

the GOP is focusing on the "are you better off" question - which is really a no-brainer

We think similarly. I Tweeted: Does a #DNC2012 that's a monument to hate & perversion mean that the answer to #AreYouBetterOff than four years ago is yes? No-brainer huh!

[Happy Trails]

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[UB_S]

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[UB_S]

Originally Posted by qrayjack

We think similarly. I Tweeted: Does a #DNC2012 that's a monument to hate & perversion mean that the answer to #AreYouBetterOff than four years ago is yes? No-brainer huh!

See them squirm...

September 5, 2012

The Question Nobody Wants to Answer

by Jonah Goldberg

You have to feel a little sorry for Team Obama as they squirm to explain why the question “Are you better off now than you were four years ago?” is so unfair.

After all, there is only one way to answer it and retain any credibility. Which is why Maryland’s Democratic governor, Martin O’Malley, when asked, responded, No, we’re not. Within 24 hours, he reversed himself, by all accounts because the Obama campaign forced him to. I haven’t checked the video to see if he was blinking T-O-R-T-U-R-E in Morse code as he did so...

http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/315884/question-nobody-wants-answer-jonah-goldberg



Oh - well:


9-4-2012 / Better Off Now / Rick McKee - The Augusta Chronicle / www.cagle.com

[Warhawk1982]

I love how liberals can not answer this question when their "boy" has done poorly.

[qrayjack]

Barry is sure better off than if he was standing out there in that mostly empty 74,000 seat stadium yelling at people who aren't there.

[bushist]

Romney PRESIDENT