Even the Fox News Poll Shows Obama's Lead Growing: Is Romney Losing the Attack Ad War?

by Chris D Posted 2012/08/10 18:00:00

Related Topics: 2012 Election, Mitt Romney, Barack Obama, Fox News, Election Poll, Attack Ads

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	Mitt Romney is losing	929 votes	59%
	Mitt Romney will rebound	658 votes	41%

President Obama opened up a 9-point lead in the most recent Fox News poll. Looks like all the negative ads and character assassination tactics are working. Negative ads may be bad for the American political landscape, but they seem to be working for Obama, at least for now. Do you think Romney will lose the game of hardball -- or will he rebound and win just in time for the election?

FOXNEWS.COM reports:
The president would take 49 percent of the vote compared to Romney's 40 percent in a head-to-head matchup if the election were held today, the poll found.

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Dave**Gay for Girls** 2012/08/10 18:59:19

Mitt Romney will rebound

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The Obama campaign is spending more than it's taking in on attack ads...Romney hasn't really begun to attack Obama and his campaign has plenty of cash on hand, September and October will see the onslaught against Obama begin and he'll be underfunded to respond.
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Mr. Won... to sketchbone 2012/08/12 19:03:11 (edited)

Nope, but Obama didn't start it. What many Repugs never seem to get is once any law or some expense starts, it doesn't just go away when the next president gets swown into office. Obama inherited the huge cost of Bush's stupid Iraq war that the little chimp kept off the books and never paid for. Same with the cost of the giving the rich a 10 year plus 10% tax cut. Just those two items have busted the budget and are responsible for over 2 trillion of the deficit. Put the blame where it belongs on the idiot Bush, who also never vetoed a single spending bill in his entire 8 years. How's that for doing the math?

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sketchbone to Mr. Won... 2012/08/12 22:28:04

I make triple figures, earn every penny of it, and I have no shelters. Frankly, I think I'm Taxed Enough Already.

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Mr. Won... to sketchbone 2012/08/12 23:23:59

You if you really make a triple figure income (highly doubtful) and you don't know how to shelter some of it from taxes, then you're not too swift are you.

You see the point isn't that Romney and others use tax dodges, rather that tax dodges exist in the first place.

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joseph digristina 2012/08/11 12:51:07

Mitt Romney is losing

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And losing big time. Picking Paul Ryan, Mr. Crazy Ayn Rand worshiper, who wants to destroy the Medicare system by making senior citizens pay through the nose for heath care, automatically puts Florida, Pennsylvania and Ohio ( the 3 states with the highest number of seniors) right into the Obama column . Romney lost the election as of today.
The fact that even Catholic nuns have condemned Ryan's budget as unchristian and cruel isn't going to help him either.

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sketchbone to joseph ... 2012/08/11 13:07:58 (edited)

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Incorrect logic. How is it "giving" if it's money they've earned, and not "stealing" when earned income is given to those that have not earned it?

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joseph ... to sketchbone 2012/08/11 13:36:50 (edited)

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Send your moronic charts to the seniors of Florida and tell them their new voucher system is going to cover their health care costs when it will add 10, 000 a year they cannot afford to pay, and see how they feel about it. You're naive if you think that your silly charts can compete with their fear of losing their health care coverage. This assures Obama's victory. You schmuck Republicans never learn do you? Especially not you wing nut Republicans who think the whole country agrees with your extremist ideas and they don't.

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jimmy d to joseph ... 2012/08/11 14:22:00

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You schmuck dumbocrats never learn do you? Especially not you socialist far left nut dumbocrts who think the whole country agree with your extremist ideas and they don't.
And have NEVER worked. Not in the USSR, not in Europe!

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Mr. Won... to jimmy d 2012/08/11 15:49:16

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You sitting down? Here's a reality check. Everybody grows older. So sooner or later if you live long enough you get Social Security and most opt for Medicare. Attacking that is political sucide.

One way to easily and painlessly increase revenue for these programs is to get rid of the FICA taxable limit that right now has a ceiling of about $170,000 so it only applies to the rich. Remove this limit and tax ALL income and the rich cough up a greater share, they won't miss it and the SS program gains tens if not hundreds of billions every year. Now that's what Congress should do and right now!

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Guru_T_... to Mr. Won... 2012/08/12 02:43:49

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He's not the sharpest tool in the shed, if you get my drift.

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Guru_T_... to jimmy d 2012/08/12 02:43:13

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It's a certainty that idiot right-wingers like you'll never learn anything factual. Did you have help making yourself that ignorant or are you a self-made man?

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GUAPO~L... to Guru_T_... 2012/08/13 14:24:11

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here you go again.. calling people idiots. the idiot is you viejito pendejo. lols

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Guru_T_... to GUAPO~L... 2012/08/14 04:35:16

It isn't an insult if it's true and in your case, it's VERY true.

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COCO to GUAPO~L... 2012/08/14 07:24:50

LMAO

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joseph ... to jimmy d 2012/08/12 05:09:49

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Just try taking Medicare, Medicaid and cutting Social Security ,the third rail of American politics , and see what happens to your already almost defunct party. I dare you, go ahead, just try it. I won't mind seeing your party decimated in the least, maybe then the normal people will take your party back instead of turning it over to extremist freaks like you.

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sketchbone to joseph ... 2012/08/11 16:06:35

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Moronic. No. Factual. Get out of LALA land and into reality. Making more people dependent on government programs and removing all incentive to succeed is a recipe for disaster.

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Guru_T_... to sketchbone 2012/08/12 02:46:08

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Please feel free to visit us in reality someday.

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sketchbone to Guru_T_... 2012/08/12 04:22:14

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in November many will.

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Guru_T_... to sketchbone 2012/08/12 11:46:58

Many Republicans.

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joseph ... to sketchbone 2012/08/12 05:13:12
ZenerSix to sketchbone 2012/08/11 13:58:39 (edited)

Monopolism is a system of extortion based on ownership of technology and the means of production. Monopolism is facilitated by intellectual property rights, especially the patent system, to eliminate consumer choice and keep markets captive so that businesses not only survive but prosper well beyond what the free market would normally bare. As long as consumer/worker choice has no impact on the success or failure of a business, none if it's wealth is earned.

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sketchbone to ZenerSix 2012/08/12 04:21:46

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.....and the WORST monopoly is one big inefficient overbearing government full of bureaucrats.

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Mr. Won... to joseph ... 2012/08/11 15:42:48

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I agree. Seniors were leaning towards Romney in some polls. Now with the architect of lets destory Medicare so we can give even more tax breaks to the rich and corporations on the ticket they probably lost three states from their "must win" column. I can see the Dems now licking their chops and dreaming up some ads explaining how Ryan wants to screw over seniors. Really dumb since seniors are one of the most determined voter blocks that vote.

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sketchbone to Mr. Won... 2012/08/12 18:41:49

Actually the plan was to give 55+yos the OPTION to still enroll in medicare OR to go to a private insurer, not to "destroy medicare".....

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Mr. Won... to sketchbone 2012/08/12 19:08:41

You're talking about half-ass voucher program. The part you didn't bring up is such a program would cost the average senior citizen between 5-10K a year which would mean many seriors would be faced with the horrible choice of ignoring the illness, not going to doctors, having operations they need, cutting back on meds or choosing between that and eating or paying to heat their homes, play the utilites bill and so on. SHAMEFUL considering again the super rich under Ryan's plan would rake in thousands.

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jean to joseph ... 2012/08/11 19:13:13

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Hi Joseph - accidentally raved you - have a nice day!

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joseph ... to jean 2012/08/12 05:41:37 (edited)

Your lack of political acumen never ceases to amaze or amuse me. Thanks for handing the Democrats Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan and New Hampshire all in one felt swoop.
Muchos gracias for the mistaken rave and the mistake of the century. You gave us another bimbo like Palin, but this time it's greedy himbo that even Catholic nuns have called " unchristian." You guys are the gift that just keeps on giving.

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jean to joseph ... 2012/08/12 18:44:57

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AM 2012/08/11 12:32:27

Mitt Romney will rebound

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Is anyone dumb enough to not think liberals flood the Fox News polls? It's far from a scientific poll people.

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joseph ... to AM 2012/08/11 12:55:46

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It's not some dumb phone in television poll. It's a scientifically based poll just like the Gallop or Rassmussen poll. God, you Cons are so politically naive and unaware and unknowledegable that it is laughable.

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jimmy d to joseph ... 2012/08/11 14:13:31

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What's the matter joey your food stamps didn't come on time this week?

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joseph ... to jimmy d 2012/08/11 14:25:46

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Yes, I really need food stamps on our two 6 figure incomes you loser. I just went out an bought a $175.00 bottle of Perrier Jouet champaign to celebrate the Paul Ryan nomination--a liberals dream candidate. I'm sure I'm supporting your ass on the taxes we contribute you retarded , ignorant fool. Go shove your stereotypes in some Cons face you illiterate,political neophyte. We progressives know you Cons are still living in the 80's with you insane welfare queen BS, which by the way was a completely fabricated lie your phony bastard Reagan made up out of thin air. Get an education you freaking moron.

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jimmy d to joseph ... 2012/08/11 14:33:26 (edited)

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Show us your tax returns!!! I want to see if you paid your fair share. By six figures did you mean $25000.0?

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joseph ... to jimmy d 2012/08/11 14:50:10

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I'd say paying 29% of both our incomes when Romney payed 13.9 % is paying my fair share, jerk off. And what is $ 25000.0 by the way? If you meant slightly less than $ 250,000. you would be accurate but what that figure of yours is , I have no idea. Not only are you hopeless politically, but you obviously don't even know where to put coma and decimal points either.
BTW. How are you communicating with me when you blocked me months ago?
I think I preferred dead silence from you.

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Guru_T_... to jimmy d 2012/08/12 02:49:42

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You first, hum-job.

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Bmr1970 to joseph ... 2012/08/11 14:39:31

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Wow, a gibbon with a thesaurus. Impressive.

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AM to Bmr1970 2012/08/11 18:30:53 (edited)

Please Scroll down he made up a new word "unknowledgeable".Two college professors ? Highly doubtful think more likely moping floors at the university if anything.

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Guru_T_... to AM 2012/08/12 02:57:26 (edited)

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LMFAO! Sorry to burst your zero-sum IQ, Jethro, but "mopping" is spelled with two "p's", not one.

The word "unknowledgeable" can be found in most college-level dictionaries. It means possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive. All of the characteristics that you apparently lack. Of course, the fact that the word is found in college-level dictionaries might explain why you've never heard of it. With brain damage like yours, I seriously doubt that you ever graduated high school.

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joseph ... to Guru_T_... 2012/08/12 05:53:25 (edited)

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Just more proof AM doesn't even have the common sense to Google something before making an ass of her self in public. But I'm sure she's quite used to that. Thanks for pointing out the error of her ways.

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joseph ... to AM 2012/08/12 05:49:26 (edited)

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What a dumb bimbo. What trade school did you attend ? You certainly are a tool, so you must know something about how to use them. Or is that your trade? Using tools?

unknowledgeable
adj 1: unaware because of a lack of relevant information or
knowledge; "he was completely ignorant of the
circumstances"; "an unknowledgeable assistant"; "his
rudeness was unwitting" [syn: ignorant,
unknowledgeable, unknowing, unwitting]
http://onlinedictionary.datas...

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Guru_T_... to jimmy d 2012/08/12 02:49:07

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Jimmy, is your mommy still dressing and feeding you? I'll bet she told you that you were special didn't she? She was right.

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