Over the past several months I did figure out one thing about the candidates and the most disturbing wasn't that I didn't like romney, it was that Romney doesn't like me.
I'm one of those takers. After working only 55 years, I began claiming social security. So now, I'm a 47%'r. He doesn't consider me a job creator but my taxes & expenditures support the police, fire department, sanitation department, public works department, the Lawn Doctor guy, UPS, the Post Office, my local repair shop, grocery store and restaurant to name a few. Yet Romney/Ryan don't like me because I don't own a small business or better yet a large corporation.
So in the end, why put someone in the White House who is looking at me as a leech.
No thanks guys. I'll stick with Obama.

Whether he actually likes me or not is inconsequential. At least, he's been there, done that. He came up from nothing and became President. Mitt Romney was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and never struggled or had to make due.
Romney and Ryan have made no secret of their disdain for those that accept anything from the government, even when earned. (Oh with one exception - Tax shelters and deductions for the Rich). so if you get a couple of thousand dollars a month from SSI, you're a taker. If you accept a million dollars for your corporation from the feds, you're a job creator.
No thanks Mitt. I've heard enough.

I watched the debate and it was actually quite boring. The results on this board are pretty much what I expected. The Romney supporters think he won and the Obama supporters think he won. Personally I don't think there was a clear cut winner and when that happens it's usually in the incumbents favor.
The NY Times (yes I know that's a curse word in some of your houses) did an excellent fact check this morning. You may want to take a look:

http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/debates/presidential/2012-10-03#fact-checks

Whether he actually likes me or not is inconsequential. At least, he's been there, done that. He came up from nothing and became President. Mitt Romney was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and never struggled or had to make due.
Romney and Ryan have made no secret of their disdain for those that accept anything from the government, even when earned. (Oh with one exception - Tax shelters and deductions for the Rich). so if you get a couple of thousand dollars a month from SSI, you're a taker. If you accept a million dollars for your corporation from the feds, you're a job creator.
No thanks Mitt. I've heard enough.

Do you really think Barry Hussein likes you or even gives a rats patoot...

Depends on what is winning... Romney won the debate via aggression and continutalk technique of the republican talking techniques ,,, much like playing a digerdo. constant exhaling. It is difficult to debate when you are using facts and not changing your tune to please; an obama constraint. My Xwife had the same arguing techniques as Republicans/Romney.. me a scientific tech person had problems replying to her arguments lacking consistency and reason and correct history... aggah... people are gullible and will eat up and forget Romney's previous comments. Oh well at 76.5 years old, I will rush any repairs to my bod before I am culled out as being nonproductive.

Romney's previous comments about "American workers on level playing field with the rest of the world" bother me... lower wages, cut benefits, increase hours, cut safety, pollute etc... uh ha not good???

Romney tries too hard to give the impression he gives a crap about the average person. He can't even relate to our problems or lifestyle. We all know that so he should quit trying to act like he does. I am not saying that President Obama is everybody's buddy but at least he and his wife can relate to the problems of the common man a lot better than Mr. Romney ever will. The only thing Mr. Romney ever had to worry about at dinner time was whether the fillet mignon was cooked to his taste and not whether there would even be enough to feed the family. I am not saying that is wrong, he was born into wealth but he can not even begin to relate to the common mans problems. I fear he will pander to the wishes of his rich friends and forget about the majority of folk that put him in office should he win.

I am fascinated by the attitudes of USA citizens on the Obama-Romney debate. Firstly, the USA would not be in the frightful financial mess it is if George Bush was elected President for two terms and financed wars on credit. Dont blame Obama for that.
Secondly, the GFC was largely due to the largely deregulated activities of the finance sector, the deregulation being introduced by the Republican administration. Dont blame Obama for that.
When Clinton left office, the US economy was stable and debt was under control. Bush and his cronies plundered this legacy. How can a country pay off its debts without a fair taxation system which involves ALL sectors of society. From my reading of Romney's fiscal policy, the repayment of the USA's debt seems to take second place to his placating vested interests in society.
This is a recipe for disaster. I thank God that I live in Australia, but am terrified of the impact that a future Republican administration will have on western democracies throughout the world.

Over the past several months I did figure out one thing about the candidates and the most disturbing wasn't that I didn't like romney, it was that Romney doesn't like me.
I'm one of those takers. After working only 55 years, I began claiming social security. So now, I'm a 47%'r. He doesn't consider me a job creator but my taxes & expenditures support the police, fire department, sanitation department, public works department, the Lawn Doctor guy, UPS, the Post Office, my local repair shop, grocery store and restaurant to name a few. Yet Romney/Ryan don't like me because I don't own a small business or better yet a large corporation.
So in the end, why put someone in the White House who is looking at me as a leech.
No thanks guys. I'll stick with Obama.

Just finished watching Romney and Obama in the debate. Romney was much smoother than I have ever before seen him -- but still lying and trying to sell snake oil deceptively.

For instance, let's look at his statement that he won't raise taxes. One of his oft-repeated goals, he has said repeatedly in past months, is that he will achieve his financial goals "without raising taxes." He has also stated that he will achieve much of this by closing "loopholes," and one of the loopholes he intends to close is the household mortgage interest deduction.

Well, now, let's look at the math. If you are buying a house and paying $1,000/month in interest, which is a low amount here in California, that means you no longer get to deduct 12 x 1,000 from your income. Let us assume you stay within the 15% tax bracket on your earnings. Fifteen percent of $12,000 is $1,800, which is the additional amount you will have to pay on your income tax. No, Romney won't raise taxes. He will achieve the same thing by not allowing you deductions you have had for years, and effectively by making you pay more.

Romney is a snake oil salesman.

Romney tries too hard to give the impression he gives a crap about the average person. He can't even relate to our problems or lifestyle. We all know that so he should quit trying to act like he does. I am not saying that President Obama is everybody's buddy but at least he and his wife can relate to the problems of the common man a lot better than Mr. Romney ever will. The only thing Mr. Romney ever had to worry about at dinner time was whether the fillet mignon was cooked to his taste and not whether there would even be enough to feed the family. I am not saying that is wrong, he was born into wealth but he can not even begin to relate to the common mans problems. I fear he will pander to the wishes of his rich friends and forget about the majority of folk that put him in office should he win.

Yea, you 47% people we had better go to the polls. I'm on S.S. and my wife still works so we are in a higher income bracket where I pay a portion of my S.S. I'm no leech or a person called a looser or a taker. I've paid my fair share of taxes over the years and I served my country under a draft order during the Viet Nam war. Romney choose to avoid his service obligation and sit and relax at some religious school. Using that to keep him out of the military. I resent the idea that Romney calls us folks who are in the 47% free loaders, takers or leeches. One who advocates that type of thinking has no business being the president of these United States. Come on you takers, keep the President on the job for another four years. I'm proud to be a liberal also.