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To: Bocor who wrote (122820)	10/6/2012 6:46:55 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 149317

If a large percentage of Republican Americans believe Obama is a Muslim, and are STILL "birthers", why not start another lie, and see if it sticks? Just shows they are scared, and maybe internal polls don't show the debate bump he expected. I think you may be very right. They were expecting the jobs report to be bad and that the Obama campaign would be badly demoralized by the weekend. Actually, our first hint that the jobs report wasn't bad was Obama's attitude in Denver on Thursday. He already got the report by then and knew it was good. And yes, the Rs are very scared.........have been for a while. On so many levels, this election is not going their way. Frankly, I was a Huntsman Republican when the whole thing started, but listening to the spin from the Romney, Santorium, Gingrich, Perry camp, and thinking mostly and above all about the Supreme Court, I am frustrated at what the Grand Old Party has become, and what my choices have become. I believe in a lot of the theories of the tea party to be honest, but their method of getting there is obscene. Well I am glad you've seen the light. I wish more enlightened Rs like my cousin would wake up. I want at least two legitimate parties for this country..........not the Dems and a bunch of nutjobs. I guess we'll see who believes what come November. Last year at this time 21% of Americans felt the economy was getting better, today 44% feel it's getting better. That stat. is according to the WSJ, not MSNBC:) I know. Consumer confidence is on the rise and I think things are actually better than being reported.

To: Bocor who wrote (122820)	10/10/2012 9:26:59 AM
From: Bocor	Respond to of 149317

David Siegel Email To Workers Threatens Layoffs If Obama Is Reelected huffingtonpost.com The super-rich guy who claims he’s the one who got George W. Bush elected is doing everything he can to make sure Mitt Romney wins in November too. David Siegel, the founder and CEO of giant timeshare company Westgate resorts, sent an opus-like email to his workers, railing against one-percent bashing and arguing that the president’s reelection would “threaten your job.” In the email, obtained by Gawker, Siegel goes on to write: If any new taxes are levied on me, or my company, as our current President plans, I will have no choice but to reduce the size of this company. Siegel has a history of injecting himself in to critical political events. In the “The Queen of Versailles,” the documentary chronicling Siegel’s quest to obnoxiously build the biggest house in America, the Florida real estate mogul claims he was “personally responsible” for George W. Bush’s 2000 presidential victory. He also goes on to say that his tactics for helping Bush win “may not necessarily have been legal.” Siegel isn’t the first CEO to push his political preferences on his employees. Bob Murray, CEO of coal company Murray Energy, allegedly pressured his workers to donate money to the Romney campaign. Murray energy workers have also accused the company of forcing them to participate in a pro-Romney rally, give up a day’s worth of pay and face the possibility of getting fired if they didn’t. And Richard Lacks, CEO of car parts manufacturer Lacks Enterprises, urged his employees to vote for Romney on the basis of the claim that four more years of Obama would mean a boost in taxes and a decrease in pay. Talk about rocking the vote. UPDATE: After Gawker published its piece, they spoke to Siegel, who confirmed that he sent the email and that he based it off a chain email that went around before the 2008 elections. "It speaks the truth and it gives [employees] something to think about when they go to the polls," he told Gawker.