sr,

sr: "The only certainty is that you'll continue to carp and complain about Obama, accuse everyone who doesn't buy into your assumptions of being devoted to the man, and desperately try to find something sinister in his every word."

Unable to counter a single point I made regarding Dr. Obama's amateur psychoanalysis of American voters, you instead launch into your usual blather. Your devotion to the man is not based on my assumptions. 

sr: "If you're outraged over Obama supposedly stoking fears to win elections, why is your outrage so selective? Does being a Republican suddenly excuse the use of a classic rhetorical move?"

These questions only serve to demonstrate your inability to pay attention. My main complaint is that Obama has suggested that the Democrats are in the electoral pickle they appear to be in (btw, Obama agrees that Election Day 2010 may not bode well for Democrats) because Americans are not thinking clearly. He states that unclear thinking is the 'hardwired' result of 'fear and frustration'.

sr: "You claim that the majority of Americans are siding with Republicans now. According to which polls, and when?"

According to a recent Washington Post-ABC News poll: 

"Among likely voters, Republicans hold a six-point edge, 49 percent to 43 percent, on the congressional ballot. At this time four years ago, Democrats led by 12 points. Then, Democrats also held a 19-point advantage when voters were asked which party they trusted to deal with the country's main problems."

"Meanwhile, independents continue to lean heavily toward the GOP in their voting intentions, a sharp change from both 2006 and 2008. Among independent voters most likely to cast ballots this year, 53 percent say they favor the Republican in their district, compared with 33 percent who favor the Democratic candidate."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/05/AR2010100500005.html

According to RealClearPolitics, the avg. of 9 different polls shows the Generic Congressional vote to lean 48% to 41% in favor of Republicans.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/polls/

sr: "The Bush administration had a penchant for gaming the number to make the deficit look smaller, and that practice was changed by the Obama administration. The full costs of Iraq and Afghanistan were actually accounted for, rather than being hidden under emergency supplemental spending bills, along with other costs that had previously been swept under the rug, such as Medicare reimbursements."

Since you continue to make assertions without any facts to back them up, I'll do your work for you.

IN FACT, the off-budget expenditures in 2008, Bush's last year in office, amounted to $475 billion, again, according to the same CBO report noted in my earlier post. For 2009, that amount increases to $48 billion to $523 billion in off-budget outlays. In 2010, off-budget outlays increase yet again, up $30 billion to $553 billion. 2011? Up another $20 billion to $573 billion. After that, the amount of off-budget outlays increases every single year. Whatever changes Obama made to budgetary reporting, he still sweeps more money 'under the rug' than Bush in off-budget outlays.  
 
sr: "As for the unemployment figures, demonstrate exactly how Obama and Bush's policies affected those rates, instead of just throwing them around and making yet another set of false correlations so you can complain about Obama some more."

Nope. Once you explain just what it was that turned a 'clear thinking' majority of Americans who ushered Obama and the Dems into office into an irrational majority stricken with fear and frustration, maybe we can entertain this distraction. 

sr: "Post something with some actual substance for once."

Already have, sr. And you've (not surprisingly) responded with blather and assertion. I'm not optimistic that will change any time soon. : )

later. iowan15