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Posted: 8/13/2011 8:39:35 AM EDT
I don't think so and when Mr. Perry announces in about a half an hour, wearing a dark suit and red tie "I am guessing", he will ask you and the rest of the nation the same thing.
What good has happened to the middle class? Is (sic) our chillren learning? How is your 401k? Does unemployment bother you? Do you think the President has lived up to his promises from almost 3 years ago? Do you think the current President is working effectively with congress? The unemployment rate is almost 10% and climbing, do you think the policies of President Obama are bringing that number down or is it going up? The price of oil and gas have steadily risen since 2008, do you think the President has addressed this issue properly? Are we a nation more divided or more unified since 2008? Are we better off than we were 4 years ago?  |
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Posted: 8/13/2011 8:41:08 AM EDT
[#1]
Actually I am. No thanks to obummer.
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Posted: 8/13/2011 8:43:11 AM EDT
[#2]
Fuck no!
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Posted: 8/13/2011 8:45:32 AM EDT
[#3]
Personally, I am...directly as a result of the choices I've made and the actions I have taken.
That said...I'd imagine that if you put up a national poll, and people were genuinely honest, the overwhelming response would be that they were either the same or worse off than they were four years ago. |
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Posted: 8/13/2011 8:45:37 AM EDT
[#4]
Quoted: Actually I am. No thanks to obummer. I might need to preface the statement as saying as a nation..not just individually, hence the "more divided" sentence. |
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Posted: 8/13/2011 8:45:54 AM EDT
[#5]
No. I make less, work more, my health insurance is more expensive and I get less coverage, everything is more expensive and as result I have less to give others - financially and emotionally.
Edit - as a nation? Do you even need to ask? |
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Posted: 8/13/2011 8:46:16 AM EDT
[#6]
I'm tons better......but a whole year of my income over the last 4 was because a client had to cancel every major project they had planned, except the one I did for them. In a better economy, they might have skipped over my project.
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Posted: 8/13/2011 8:47:21 AM EDT
[#7]
No. It takes alot more of my take home just to maintain my life style, and it is far from extravagant.
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Posted: 8/13/2011 8:47:24 AM EDT
[#8]
The nation is worse off, but in a strange coincidence, I'm actually better off as an individual.
n=1 |
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Posted: 8/13/2011 8:50:22 AM EDT
[#9]
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The nation is worse off, but in a strange coincidence, I'm actually better off as an individual. n=1 This is me as well. |
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Posted: 8/13/2011 8:50:34 AM EDT
[#10]
Quoted: I'm tons better......but a whole year of my income over the last 4 was because a client had to cancel every major project they had planned, except the one I did for them. In a better economy, they might have skipped over my project. As a nation...does that change for you? Are you confident that in the future, such fortune will fall in your lap? |
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Posted: 8/13/2011 8:51:59 AM EDT
[#11]
Quoted: The nation is worse off, but in a strange coincidence, I'm actually better off as an individual. n=1 I noticed you seem a bit nicer over the last year or so. As a nation..I think we all know whats up. |
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Posted: 8/13/2011 8:53:07 AM EDT
[#12]
I'm better off in spite of Obama, not because of him.
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Posted: 8/13/2011 8:54:06 AM EDT
[#13]
i make the same amount and it doesn't go as far
but i've got more guns than a year ago, so i've got that going for me... |
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Posted: 8/13/2011 8:54:42 AM EDT
[#14]
Aside from my son being born into this world and owning a motorcycle finally, no actually. I'm worse off than four years ago.
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Posted: 8/13/2011 8:59:14 AM EDT
[#15]
HELL NO
Between Major cuts to my health benefits, and a steady stream of health issues.....Im pretty fucked. I have already sold off most of my guns just trying to keep my head above water. |
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Posted: 8/13/2011 9:01:44 AM EDT
[#16]
Quoted: Actually I am. No thanks to obummer. This |
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Posted: 8/13/2011 9:03:22 AM EDT
[#17]
Quoted: I'm better off in spite of Obama, not because of him. Yep, it pays to go against the grain!  |
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Posted: 8/13/2011 9:04:35 AM EDT
[#18]
Nope. Four years ago I was doing way better, as were the companies around me.
I've been unemployed for the last 6 weeks and while there are no shortage of companies and agencies interested in me, despite their workload and how much they could use a guy like me, their higher-ups will not approve opening the reqs. So, I'm getting stuff done around the house. |
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Posted: 8/13/2011 9:05:30 AM EDT
[#19]
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Actually I am. No thanks to obummer. Exactly. I'm doing far better than I ever have. I can attribute it to personal choices made with advice from a financial adviser. If Obama wasn't in office, I'd be doing even better. |
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Posted: 8/13/2011 9:07:06 AM EDT
[#20]
Quoted: Nope. Four years ago I was doing way better, as were the companies around me. I've been unemployed for the last 6 weeks and while there are no shortage of companies and agencies interested in me, despite their workload and how much they could use a guy like me, their higher-ups will not approve opening the reqs. So, I'm getting stuff done around the house. I didn't know this. I'm sorry, man.  |
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Posted: 8/13/2011 9:13:33 AM EDT
[#21]
I am not better off. I just took a pay cut but at least still have a job. Inflation is grinding me and I have a huge sense of overall unease with the international, national, and to some extent local situation. It is my prayer O will be turned out of office, his health take over will be overturned, and that will signal the beginning of things getting better for everyone.
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Posted: 8/13/2011 9:15:34 AM EDT
[#22]
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Actually I am. No thanks to obummer. Same here. |
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Posted: 8/13/2011 9:16:23 AM EDT
[#23]
Mr. Perry is announcing...and we're off!
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Posted: 8/13/2011 9:16:39 AM EDT
[#24]
I would say I am better off than I was 4 years ago.
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Posted: 8/13/2011 9:17:29 AM EDT
[#25]
Quoted: Mr. Perry is announcing...and we're off! God it's amazing how much he sounds like W, accent-wise. |
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Posted: 8/13/2011 9:19:54 AM EDT
[#26]
Quoted:
Quoted:
Mr. Perry is announcing...and we're off! God it's amazing how much he sounds like W, accent-wise. Yeah, but I don't see anyone better. 
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Posted: 8/13/2011 9:21:10 AM EDT
[#27]
Quoted: Quoted: Mr. Perry is announcing...and we're off! God it's amazing how much he sounds like W, accent-wise. I'm sitting here watching it, and I noticed the same thing. Interesting. His public speaking skills are a little better, though. A little. |
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Posted: 8/13/2011 9:21:50 AM EDT
[#28]
I am definitely worse off, through no actions of my own.
But, I do have a much better gun collection now. |
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Posted: 8/13/2011 9:22:34 AM EDT
[#29]
Quoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
Mr. Perry is announcing...and we're off! God it's amazing how much he sounds like W, accent-wise. I'm sitting here watching it, and I noticed the same thing. Interesting. His public speaking skills are a little better, though. A little. farty percent. |
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Posted: 8/13/2011 9:22:55 AM EDT
[#30]
Are you fucking kidding me?
The Ultimate Rhetorical question. |
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Posted: 8/13/2011 9:24:09 AM EDT
[#31]
Quoted: Quoted: Mr. Perry is announcing...and we're off! God it's amazing how much he sounds like W, accent-wise. I understand him..but remember he is in Carolina.  I think his aww shucks persona will fair well with those who have been ignored the last few years. I hope he will take a better command of king's english. His down home appeal will help..his pro-American stance as well. It's a year and half out...he will have to go from state to state to win people based on his ability to communicate. |
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Posted: 8/13/2011 9:24:39 AM EDT
[#32]
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Are you fucking kidding me? The Ultimate Rhetorical question. Most of the people here have said yes.  Though we sure as hell don't represent the average.
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Posted: 8/13/2011 9:26:39 AM EDT
[#33]
Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Mr. Perry is announcing...and we're off! God it's amazing how much he sounds like W, accent-wise. I'm sitting here watching it, and I noticed the same thing. Interesting. His public speaking skills are a little better, though. A little. I agree with that..it seems he is pretty smart and savvy on who he talks to. Almost like Clinton, squinting his eyes and with a southern drawl..."I feel your pain and if elected." |
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Posted: 8/13/2011 9:27:54 AM EDT
[#34]
Quoted: Are you fucking kidding me? The Ultimate Rhetorical question. Yes it is..and Ronaldus Magnus made it a part of our lexicon. I think it is a legit question to ask ourselves as a nation today. |
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Posted: 8/13/2011 9:28:25 AM EDT
[#35]
NVM.
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Posted: 8/13/2011 9:28:46 AM EDT
[#36]
He is doing well imo...he just hit Obamacare. Nice.
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Posted: 8/13/2011 9:29:14 AM EDT
[#37]
Quoted: His diction is actually similar to that of a mega-church pastor, during a sermon - things like softening your tone and trailing your voice off at the end of a sentence, and raising it about mid way. Quoted: Quoted: Mr. Perry is announcing...and we're off! God it's amazing how much he sounds like W, accent-wise. I understand him..but remember he is in Carolina. I think his aww shucks persona will fair well with those who have been ignored the last few years. I hope he will take a better command of king's english. His down home appeal will help..his pro-American stance as well. It's a year and half out...he will have to go from state to state to win people based on his ability to communicate. I'm kind of a geek, when it comes to language. |
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Posted: 8/13/2011 9:29:43 AM EDT
[#38]
Declared he wants to repeal Obamacare. That is what I want to hear. He is saying everything I want to hear.
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Posted: 8/13/2011 9:30:42 AM EDT
[#39]
Because I got fucked in the ass by Katrina in 05 I would have to say yes. It took me years to recover.
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Posted: 8/13/2011 9:30:56 AM EDT
[#40]
Quoted: Quoted: His diction is actually similar to that of a mega-church pastor, during a sermon - things like softening your tone and trailing your voice off at the end of a sentence, and raising it about mid way. Quoted: Quoted: Mr. Perry is announcing...and we're off! God it's amazing how much he sounds like W, accent-wise. I understand him..but remember he is in Carolina. I think his aww shucks persona will fair well with those who have been ignored the last few years. I hope he will take a better command of king's english. His down home appeal will help..his pro-American stance as well. It's a year and half out...he will have to go from state to state to win people based on his ability to communicate. I'm kind of a geek, when it comes to language. Then you would enjoy my sunday morning sermons..maybe. A couple of other members tell me I talk that way on sundays.
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Posted: 8/13/2011 9:31:36 AM EDT
[#41]
Personally I'm doing a lot better. Better pay, better benefits, better house. Gun collection is moving along steadily and we still have money for vacations, eating out, etc. I'm sure I'd be even more prosperous had Ron Paul won the last election.
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Posted: 8/13/2011 9:31:55 AM EDT
[#42]
Quoted: Declared he wants to repeal Obamacare. That is what I want to hear. He is saying everything I want to hear. Soundbite heaven for the meat eaters..he did'nt yell or bash Obama, he just slowly showed him the pink slip. |
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Posted: 8/13/2011 9:32:22 AM EDT
[#43]
I'm better off personally, but not financially. Obama has nothing to do with the former, but a smidge to do with the latter.
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Posted: 8/13/2011 9:33:32 AM EDT
[#44]
Quoted: Personally I'm doing a lot better. Better pay, better benefits, better house. Gun collection is moving along steadily and we still have money for vacations, eating out, etc. I'm sure I'd be even more prosperous had Ron Paul won the last election. Quite crapping in my...nevermind, I see what you did there. Do you like Perry's announcement?
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Posted: 8/13/2011 9:34:24 AM EDT
[#45]
I am older, and my back hurts more, and I am maybe a bit fatter - so yeah, I think I'm worse off now than I was four years ago.
I am not sure how any of that is Obama's fault, but I am willing to give Perry the chance to improve these things!!!
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Posted: 8/13/2011 9:35:23 AM EDT
[#46]
Quoted: I am older, and my back hurts more, and I am maybe a bit fatter - so yeah, I think I'm worse off now than I was four years ago. I am not sure how any of that is Obama's fault, but I am willing to give Perry the chance to improve these things!!! I heard him promise duck entitlements for those who want them!
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Posted: 8/13/2011 9:35:33 AM EDT
[#47]
I happen to be better off, but my kids' future looks a hell of a lot darker.
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Posted: 8/13/2011 9:35:54 AM EDT
[#48]
Quoted: The nation is worse off, but in a strange coincidence, I'm actually better off as an individual. n=1 A lot of mu friends are better off as well. When the economy goes to shit I think a lot of companies weeded out the weak and the strong benefited. |
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Posted: 8/13/2011 9:36:42 AM EDT
[#49]
Quoted: I am I the same boat HELL NO Between Major cuts to my health benefits, and a steady stream of health issues.....Im pretty fucked. I have already sold off most of my guns just trying to keep my head above water. got royally raped in 2005 never did fully recover financially or healthwise |
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Posted: 8/13/2011 9:37:48 AM EDT
[#50]
I am glad he's running.
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