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To: puborectalis who wrote (681415)	10/27/2012 9:35:05 PM
From: PROLIFE	Respond to of 1575147

YAWWWWWWWWWNNNNNNN hey libtard, now that is really important compared to this: The eImportant facts about today's GDP rate The economy grew at just 2% from July through September after a dismal downward revision of the previous quarter to 1.3%. But the important thing to remember is that just one quarter GDP number does not tell the whole story of the true direction of our economy, and if the trend continues, this 2% rate will also be revised down as the real data is added to the calculation. (About 30% of the data used to come up with the original GDP rate comes from surveys) The most telling information regarding our economic "recovery" is that the average rate of growth for 2012 of 1.74% is LOWER than last year's 1.8% rate. What this means for our economy is that it's actually slowing, not growing. And that's far from what you will hear from the MSM and team Obama regarding today's GDP number. As for the average American family, the data used for today's number isn't very good at all, as reported by CNBC online: "Personal income growth slowed considerably during the third quarter, increasing just 2.7 percent after growing 4 percent in the second quarter. The savings rate also slowed to 3.7 percent from 4 percent." And today's rate increase was also helped quite a bit by " public sector" spending, not the average American family. The MSM and team Obama can spin this increase in GDP any way they want, but the fact remains that average Americans are still making less, spending more and saving less since Obama took office in 2008. Hopefully, the Romney/Ryan team will get the real message of today's GDP number out to the people who are yearning for a real recovery. Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/10/important_facts_about_todays_gdp_rate.html#ixzz2AYM3iXgr

To: puborectalis who wrote (681415)	10/28/2012 1:00:14 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1575147

Inside the early vote numbers: North Carolina By Jeremy Bird, National Field Director on October 28, 2012 Every vote counts. Yesterday, on the first day of early voting in Florida—where just 537 votes decided the 2000 election— we took a look at our incredible registration effort and grassroots foundation in the Sunshine State. As the day went on, we saw record-breaking turnout in three key Florida counties: Hillsborough (Tampa), Duval (Jacksonville) and Leon (Tallahassee). Today we’ll travel north to North Carolina—another state where early voting is underway, and a state where everyone knows the value of every vote. In 2008 President Obama became the first Democrat to win the Tar Heel State in 32 years, by 14,000 votes: just five votes per precinct. We know this year will be just as close, and that every door knock, phone call and vote could make the difference. That’s why our organization never left North Carolina after 2008. We’re fully committed to the state, with 54 offices, more than 400 neighborhood teams and a ground game that the Romney campaign just can’t match. This weekend we’re hosting 1,400 events and have recruited more than 13,000 volunteers to fill phone-banking and neighborhood-canvassing shifts. In just the past two days, more than 3,500 North Carolinians came out to hear Grammy-winner Alicia Keys talk in Raleigh and at North Carolina A&T in Greensboro about the importance of early voting. R&B singer Trey Songz rallied students at nearby Bennett College, and comedian Kevin Hart turned out the vote at North Carolina Central University in Durham. And we’re seeing enthusiasm in two other important, quantifiable factors: voter registration and early vote. Voter registration: Democrats make up 43 percent of registered voters in North Carolina, while Republicans comprise just 31 percent, and registered Democrats outnumber registered Republicans by more than 800,000. Democrats have nearly doubled Republicans in new registrants since July—120,000 to 68,000—and this margin is growing every day at early voting sites all over North Carolina. Since 2008, the number of registered African-Americans and Latinos has increased by 168,000. Early vote: Democrats make up 50 percent of early voters while Republicans comprise just 31 percent, and Democrats lead Republicans by more than 240,000 among early voters. Since early voting began in North Carolina on October 18, turnout is up 20 percent over 2008 levels. More than 1.3 million votes have already been cast, 227,000 more than at this point four years ago. Turnout among young voters is up 24 percent, and up 23 percent among African Americans. African Americans alone make up 22 percent of the state’s electorate and have already cast over 72,000 more ballots than at this point in 2008. Among North Carolinians who didn’t vote in the 2010 midterms, Democrats are out-voting Republicans by nearly 2 to 1. Every vote counts. And the North Carolina trends tell us we’ll be counting a lot of them for President Obama.