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(7,006 posts)I wrote about this night and frankly was hard on two "pundits" on MSNBC....
Did the media watch Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R)/ President Barack Obama (D) first debate?
No really, did the corporate owned, lock, stock and barrel 'news' media listen to the same exchange of ideas that played on our television screens on Wednesday, October 3rd?
Wow, the "progressive stallworths" so was thought of Rachel Maddow and Ed Schultz threw President Obama debate performance completely up under the bus. Then backed up with running over the President's counterpoint words with eight bus sized tires on Thursday evening.
ROJS News participated in live tweeting via Facebook some of the counterpoints President Obama made tonight to GOP Candidate for President, Mitt Romney.
"I will take ideas from anyone as long they are looking to make middle class families stronger and advancing the needs of the middle class," President Obama.
"This is where budgets manner because budgets dictate choices," President Obama.
"The first role of the Federal Gov't is to keep that people safe. I also believe the American gov't should open up avenues for people to succeed," President Obama.
"When Gov. Romney says that he will set up a better plan, but has yet to say with what? At some point, I think the American people have to ask themselves is Gov. Romney keeping all these plans (to repeal and replace) things to himself, because they're too good?" President Obama.
"The ironic thing is, we seen this plan work really well (the Affordable Healthcare Act) in Massachusetts," President Obama.
"Gov. Romney said that he wants to repeal Dodd-Frank. The question is that does anyone think that the problem we had (with the economic crisis) was too much regulation? If so, Gov. Romney is your guy," President Obama.
"Then what you have is folks like my Grandmother at the mercy of the health insurance company at the most (needy) times in their lives. Turning Medicare into a voucher program is not the way to go," President Obama.
"The way for us to deal with Medicare is to deal with costs. When it comes to Social Security, you don't need a major structural change when it comes to dealing with Social Security," President Obama.
Again, what debate was the folks at MSNBC watching? Obviously not this one on October 3rd.
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