So the Patch now has a Comics section?

Or a Book Review section of the latest fictions.

Ms. Glakas has written a thoughtful statement of her opinion, and the specifics on which she has based that opinion, that President Obama is the better choice to serve as President for the next four years. This is characteristic of the careful thought and consideration that she has consistently demonstrated in her participation in our community, and I appreciate her contributions. Her statements here are well-founded and I support them and agree with her conclusion -- there is no question that President Obama has accomplished a great deal in the last four years, in spite of recalcitrant opposition, and will continue to accomplish a great deal in his second term. He has been steady and consistent, taking careful and considered positions on issues affecting all of us. His running mate is not an extremist ideologue, but a mature and experience statesman. This is a team that can provide real leadership.

Excellent summary of President Obama's accomplishments and strengths. He certainly deserves four more years and is head-and-shoulders the better candidate in this election. Thank you Ms. Glakas.

Mark -- I think we are agreeing that Paul Ryan is an extremist ideologue, who has no qualification for being a heartbeat away from the presidency.

Thanks, Ms. Glakas, for a thoughtful and solid piece of advocacy. FYI, a few days ago the Salt Lake City Tribune followed much the same reasoning and endorsed Obama, despite having started out wanting to support Romney. Headline: "Too Many Mitts." With Obama, even if we don't agree with him on everything, we know what we're getting, and we know he's given it serious thought.

obammy?? What a Loser!! Yep, we sure do know what we're getting, and I do not like what I see. FOUR years, of what? NOTHING!!, but debt, no jobs, Medicare that will leave Seniors out of the loop with what is called........"Comfort Care"??? Yep, we know what obammy brings, and the 'change' not only came, but it's a change I detest, just as I do obammy! Serious thought? what a laugh, he's a socialist muslim, and socialism is NOT what I want, I mean, Communism didn't make it, and neither will obammy. I never want to live in a socialist state, I, for one, wouldn't tolerate it!! I'd vote for Bugs Bunny before I voted for obammy. You poor suckers, he's snowed you too, and what have you really had these past 4 years? It's nothing I want, and in the end, you won't either.

As several people have famously said, you are entitled to your own opinion, but you are not entitled to your own facts. To pick just one, Medicare is now providing more services to seniors and costing them less. This is one part of the Affordable Care Act that has already gone into effect. As long as we don't adopt the Ryan plan, Medicare will continue to provide guaranteed health coverage for our seniors at a lower administrative cost than any private insurer.

Hey Patch Editors - Are you asleep at the switch? Evidently at least one internet blogging troll is out there yapping inappropriate, offensive language about "socialist muslim" and referring to the elected President of the United States of America as a "scum" and using Nazi-like talk about "more 'illegal aliens' in this country than fleas,and more blacks, mexicans and others that receive food stamps and welfare..." [the Nazis referred to Jews as vermin - and I take umbrange to the racist context of this drivel] Regardless of who wins this election President Obama or President Romney I hope this country can move forward and become a nation where such trash and hate talk is consigned to the rubbish heap of history.

Obama's first term has nearly destroyed this country, and if he is reelected there is little doubt he will finish the job. He has saddled us with a 16 TRILLION dollar debt, that is expected to rise to at least 20 trillion if he is back. He has alienated our friends with his gaffes like giving the Queen a tape of his speeches, snubbing Netanahu, bowing down to the King of Saudia Arabia, Lying about the Benghazi terrorist attack, placing his hand over his crotch during the playing of the National Anthem, refusing to wear the traditional flag pin, saying this is no longer a Christian Nation, untruthfully giving muslims credit for great American accomplishments, apologizing for America, telling the Russians he will have "more flexibility" after the election. Must I go on? The list is long. His is an administration of incomptence, joblessness, welfare, food stamps, and racism. He has divided this country like never before, It's time to elect a business man, who has actually accomplished something, starting and running a large company, creating jobs, and coming across as presidential to world leaders. One who can reinforce our ties to our friends, and not be fooled by our enemies. He also has a vice president who knows a great deal about financial management, and is not just a laughing clown like our current VP. Let's keep this country from going under, and get it moving back to prosperity and strength. PLEASE vote for Romney and Ryan, and get the America haters out of office.

This is funny for sure. Roe v. Wade overturn? I thinkwe had 3 Presidents that would have, but its not going to happen.

Obama claims he has a plan, if so, why hasn't he implemented it in the last 4 years?

Let's give a man who knows how to balance budgets lead us out of the epic spending that Obama has crippled us with.

If you think that President Obama has not done anything in the last four years, please refer to Ms. Glakas letter above, the New York Times editorial endorsing the President for a second term, the Salt Lake Tribune editorial endorsing the President for a second term, and the Washington Post editorial endorsing the President for a second term. We are on the right track, the economic numbers are showing steady improvement, and we need to keep that steady hand on the wheel. We do not need somebody whose positions shift with the wind or the audience.

It's really a question of backward versus forward. If you want to go back to limiting a woman's right to control her own body, back to the failed trickle-down economic theories, back to a neocon-supported foreign policy, and back to losing jobs and international standing, vote for Romney. If you want to move forward, if you choose progress over reactionary backsliding, vote for Obama.

That is exactly the point, I using my brains, that's why I'm trying so hard to get obammy out of office. People on the East coast have a mentality that defies comprehension sometimes. I grew up in Herndon, but since have moved to the West coast, where people are much friendlier and more easy going. They see obammy for what he is. I simply detest the 'man'. and you can bet the farm that my vote will cancel out yours, which simply means, that I AM voting for Mitt Romney.
At least HE salutes OUR Flag! and....wears the US Flag lapel pin! I'm not politically correct, and don't even pretend to be, and I see obammy as a socialist muslim, and I don't want our government becoming socialist. Far too many want something for nothing, and don't wish to work for it, I did, and darned proud of it, and far too many think that's old fashioned, but it isn't and never will be. NO, I will NEVER vote for obammy and socialism!

I agree with these Obama supporters and will be voting for our Dear Leader. Think of where we would be if Obama was not elected President four years ago:

Without Obama unemployment would still be up around 8%.
Without Obama our welfare rolls would have expanded to nearly 50 million.
Without Obama our embassies would now be torched and our ambassadors killed.
Without Obama Iraq would have become a friend of Iran allowing them to send weapons to Syria over their land and air routes.
Without Obama our annual deficit would be doubled to over a trillion dollars and our debt raised from $10 to $16 trillion on its way to $25 trillion.
Without Obama our Constitution would have been shredded and czars appointed and executive orders countermanding our laws proliferated.
Without Obama we would not be energy independent and would be vassals to the OPEC jihadists.
Without Obama we would have a President cutting secret unconstitutional deals and treaties with Vlad Putin.

So a big thanks that we have Obama who has ensured none of this would ever happen.
Oh! The alarm just went off - I have to wake up now and go back to the real world.

I support President Obama for many of the reasons that Ms. Glakas cited. I also feel that he will do a better job than Governor Romney of moving the country toward energy independence and away from a total dependence on petroleum products. He will also be stronger on environmental protections. I fully understand why the wealthy support Governor Romney, but find it hard to understand why the middle class would vote for someone who does not have their interests at heart. I realize that he has softened some of his positions, but have little idea which Romney we would see if he were elected. I look forward to helping re-elecct Barak Obama on Election day.

This is Obama:

The real flip-flopper is Obama... Obama has done that so many times it's hard to keep track. He voted against increasing the debt limit, and then supported raising it. Campaigned against the Bush tax cuts, and then extended them. Promised to cut the deficit in half by the end of his first term, and then doubled it. Vowed the unemployment rate would be below 8% if his stimulus was passed, but then it broke 10%. Only an artificial stimulus by the Federal Reserve now has it under 8%, barely. Promised shovel ready jobs, then admitted they weren't shovel ready. Said if you like your health plan you can keep it, but then threw seniors off Medicare Plus and employers are now saying they'll dump people onto the public exchange. Promised to have health care negotiations on live tv, but then reversed himself. Indicated Bush violated the Constitution, then carried out warrantless wiretaps, indefinite detentions, secret renditions,quadrupled drone attacks, and kept Guantanamo Bay open. Voted against the Patriot Act, but then supported its extension. Said lobbyists wouldn't work in the White House, then gave them waivers to work there. Vowed to take public financing for his 2008 campaign, then refused it when he realized he would receive more without it. Obama said his administration would be the most transparent in history. Yet his lies and coverup attempts on Benghazi are still at hand, while he tries to wait it out past the election.

There is plenty in the President's record to which a progressive might have serious objections, but even if his accomplishments numbered only half as many as Barbara Glakas has enumerated, it would still be a remarkable record, easily meriting a second term.

He has been obstructed at every step by reactionaries. In what passes for their thought processes, a mere oath of office is clearly trumped by an oath to the plutocrat-funded Grover Norquist, whose stated goal is to cripple the government (and prevent it from being there to stand between rapacious billionaires and the rest of us). The very Republican Leader of the U. S. Senate declared long ago that the foremost task of that party would be precisely such obstruction (the needs of the country be damned), on the gamble that the voting public would join them in blaming the President for failing to advance exactly those policies they have done their utmost to thwart -- as though the President could pass legislation on his own. I guess we'll see if their gamble pays off.

As much as I could wish that the President had spent more time and political capital calling them out instead of repeatedly trying to reason with unreasoning people, I for one join Barbara Glakas in strongly supporting his bid for re-election.

For many of the same reasons cited by Ms. Glakas, I also support the reelection of President Obama. Within a few months of his taking office in 2009, the economy began to turn around. This did not happen by itself but as a result of the stimulus package that was passed by Congress. Instead of losing over 700,000 jobs every month prior to and shortly after President Obama took office, we have now seen jobs added every month for over 30 months in a row. Housing values have bottomed and are now increasing at a steady rate. The stock market has more than doubled since March of 2009 and 401k's and other retirement plans have come back from exteme losses. We were facing an economic collapse like none we have ever seen in our lifetime unless you lived through the Great Depression. Now, in 2012, the economy is growing slowly, but steadily. Considering where we have come from, I consider this a great accomplishment. Of course there is more to do but I trust President Obama to continue to lead us into a brighter future.

LOL, LOL, LOL, LOL, LOL, LOL, Turn around??????, surely you jest. Where have you been this last four years? Good grief, it hasn't turned around, just the fake numbers have been given to make this socialist look like he's actually done something. These past FOUR years, have been a disaster! LOL, LOL, LOL, LOL, A brighter future???? Lady, and I use the term loosely, where have you been? In this country? Or did you just land here from some other planet! This is exactly what I mean, this socialist has you like a zombie, and following like some lost sheep. This is the worst our country has ever been, and the debt?.......it's, like, out of sight! Go check, don't sleep walk, actually and physically go check it out!

This is just getting silly. Simply saying over and over again, more and more loudly, that Obama is a socialist and a Muslim, that the economic numbers are all wrong and we're really in decline, etc., etc., just add a thing to the discussion. OK, we know everyone's wrong but you, in your opinion. Also that you have too much time on your hands. Now would you please STFU unless you actually have something new to say?

Typo correction: these endless repetitions just *DON'T* add anything to the discussion.

Obama said he'd stop the rise of the oceans and now the whole East Coast is flooding.

Four more years of Obama and Colorado will be all that's left.

Why are people debating with @ William Campenni and @Richard Wahl? No one is going to change their minds. Everyone can give them all the facts they want all day long and they will find a way to give you a counter statement with their "Facts". The minute they typed Obammy they lost all creditability when they can't even argue their thoughts like mature adults, rather they start off with name calling and spouting birther talk. As far as they are concerned OBAMA not OBAMMY is a socialist, "hitler", gonna take from the rich and give to the poor, make everyone pay for the less privileged, increase the deficit, take away bayonets, and well destroy the US as a whole. They are entitled to their opinions and that's all they are narrow minded opinions. People like this have been around since the beginning of time, we aren't going to change their thinking. Facts are never going to change their mind, they need to spout off these racist opinions - we are a free country so they can and must let them. These are the same type that were against: interracial marriage, black votes, women votes, equal rights, and segregation. In time they were proven wrong and in time it'll happen again. So till then spout away your racist comments and we know from history you're in the minority and always will be.

This just in: New Jersey TV stations report tat Donald Trump strode out to the shore in Atlantic City yesterday, as nightfall approached, to command the storm to turn back. "Mr. Trump does not believe the media reports about the storm's origin," a spokesperson explained, "so he challenges its right to be active in this country."

Mr. Trump's current status and whereabouts are unknown.

After viewing the video, Atlantic City hairdresser Mr. Gaylord commented, "This is the first time I've seen a storm like this make a man's hair look better."

Below is a video (after a short ad) of President Obama speaking from the Red Cross National Headquarters today, in which he explains the details of the federal relief efforts in New Jersey, New York and other areas of the country that were hit hard by Hurricane Sandy. He also gives instructions to Federal agencies well as suggests things citizens can individually do.

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50134189n&tag=strip

@ Mark Carolla -- "...Bill Campenni is not in the same category." Obviously not. r. Wahl is ... whatever and I try to just skip/ignore his comments.
We know Bill's background and appreciate his service to the country.
But what brought that up? Where did I say anything about Bill? Dunno. I suggested Wahl use the local Patch of his current residence in Calif... I posted a harmless little note about the highest ground in the U.S. . . but what the heck did I do to warrant a lecture from you on Bill Campenni's life history, intelligence and "style"? I know his positions are rooted in facts and carefully crafted, whether I agree or not is not an issue. Some folks just have to agree to disagree.
So where did I include Bill in something about racists? ...or even say anything about racists in this thread?

Well, we seem to have another troll in Don Joy. Most scientists who have studied the phenomenon seem to agree we really have a substantial global climate change taking place, probably caused in large part by carbon-based fuel emissions. There's room for reasonable disagreement about what to do about it, but those big sheets of ice falling off Antarctica sure don't look like a hoax.
Please take your meds and go learn some science.

Wow! Did I scare the Trick or Treaters tonight!

I dressed as Obama's Second Term.
Then I gave the candy to their parents and told the kids they each owed $51,600 for it!

Did they run! Next year I'd be Joe Biden's mouth, but by then he will be a forgotten footnote of history, like Garret Hobart.

"Letter to the Editor: President Obama is 'Strong, Consistent'....BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA!!!! Halloween prank...ok...I get it!

Governor Christie and President Obama speak in New Jersey about Hurricane Sandy relief efforts:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbChVjfVHQM

Please don't let Obama sweep Benghazi under the rug...
Lets not forget those four who were left to be slaughtered in Benghazi... Do not reward Obama for this epic failure…

Every voter needs to read this excellent article... Very well worth your time...

http://spectator.org/archives/2012/11/01/benghazi-obamas-core-deceit/

These are pretty good as well:

http://www.gazette.com/opinion/romney-146793-obama-benghazi.html

http://frontpagemag.com/2012/dgreenfield/benghazigate-obamas-many-lies-about-libya/

http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/50657

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2012/10/25/CBS-Busts-Obama--and-Itself-Hidden-60-Minutes-Clip-Proves-White-House-Lied-About-Benghazi

Romney/Ryan 2012

I saw Obama yesterday claiming the new job numbers are proof that his policies are working and that we are in an economic recovery... Fact is, that is not the truth, or even close to the truth...
First, the unemployment rate ticked up to 7.9% and the year-to-date monthly average of 157,000 payroll jobs is barely enough to keep up with population growth -- much less make up for the 8 million jobs lost during the Great Recession.
Second, the so-called real unemployment rate (U6) remains elevated at 14.6%, albeit down from 14.7% the prior month. Similarly, the labor participation rate is at 63.8%, up from its multi-decade low but still incredibly weak.
Third, average hourly earnings fell a penny in October and average hours worked fell to 34.4 from 34.5 in September.
Stagnant wages means "we're not generating income," Reinhart says. "That's a problem in terms of the durability of an economic expansion, which is usually fueled by consumption. To get consumption you've got to generate income."
Also, just look at your checkbook. We are paying a lot more for everything now than we did in 2008. The price of gas has doubled. At the same time, wages have gone down, and that's if you're lucky to have a job.
In 2008, 25 banks went out of business. In 2012, 48 banks have gone out of business. Almost double the amount. Does that sound like recovery to you? Don't believe the Obama lies!!

Romney/Ryan 2012

The Battling Bastards of Benghazi

We're the Battling Bastards of Benghazi,
no fame, no glory, no paparazzi.
Just a firey death in a blazing hell,
defending the country we loved so well.
It wasn't our job, but we answered the call,
fought to the consulate, 'n scalled th' wall.
We pulled twenty countrymen from the jaws of fate,
led them to safety, 'n stood at th' gate.
Just the two of us, 'n foe by th' score,
but we stood fast to bar th' door.
We called for reinforcement, but it was denied,
so we fought, 'n we fought, 'n we fought, 'n we died.
We gave our all for our Uncle Sam,
'n Obama didn't give a damn,
just two dead SEALS, who carried the load,
no thanks to us, we were just bumps in the road.

Actually, two dead former SEALS who were working for the CIA. We now know that the facility the bad guys attacked was a CIA station. All the publicity has surely blown whatever cover they had.

But, hey, what does security of intelligence officers count when there's Republican political hay to be made? Just ask Valerie Plame -- remember her?

It's time for the Tea Party wingnuts to see that their conspiracy-theory worldview is not going to carry the day on Tuesday. They can return to their bunkers and fulminate for another four years, reading their Breitbart, listening to their Michael Savage, watching their Fox News, and sponging off their parents. Obama loves America AND Americans. With his leadershp, we're cleaning up the mess left by the elephsnts. Stop your whining!

And how do you like Michael Brown, the face of cluelessness during Katrina, criticizing Obama for responding "too quickly" to Hurricane Sandy? The irony is thick enough to cut with a chainsaw, not so?

Let's keep it simple: FEMA worked under CLinton, thanks to James Lee Witt. The Bush administration trashed it by reallocating resources from everything else to terrorism, and not doing that very effectively, and by appointing too many political hacks like Michael Brown. Now FEMA works well again. It's called leadership and competence. See?

APL thanks for your rant that changed my mind. I keep saying Romney ain't Bush and your smear tactics are not really working.

You're right, Jonathan Erickson, Romney ain't Bush. Bush got elected.

And Romney will be elected Tursday. Consistent about blaming others for anything and everything is Obamas main strength.

The following people either work for Romney in hogh-ranking policy positions, work for Pro-Romney PACs, spoke for Romney st the GOP Convention, or actively campaign for Romney:

Condi Rice
Dan Señor
John Bolton
John Sununu
Michael Chertoff
James Baker III
Karl Rove
Jen Bush
Cofer Black
Robert Zoellick
Michael Hayden
And many more!

What do they have in common? All Bushies! If more Americans knew this, Romney would be 10 points down nationwide.

Move Forward! Vote for Progress! Vote Democratic!

Jeb Bush, not Jen. Stupid Smartphone!!! ;-p