Think Progress: Portman asks: “where is Obama’s jobs bill?” It’s right here, senator.

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Welcome to ThinkProgress’ primetime Wednesday coverage of the Republican National Convention. We’re here all night to fact check and debunk the claims of the GOP’s brightest stars. Here is our guide to Wednesday’s speakers.

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/08/29/770001/rnc-wednesday/

9:04: Portman says Romney has a “detailed economic plan.” Actually, Romney’s plan is notorious for its lack of specifics, and his advisers have said it’s “politically unwise” to offer them.

9:04: Portman asks: “where is Obama’s jobs bill?” It’s right here, senator.

9:00: Welcome to stage, Sen. Rob Portman! He served as George W. Bush’s director of the Office of Management and Budget, during a period when the national debt increased by $500 billion.



http://www.americanjobsact.com/
To create jobs, the President unveiled the American Jobs Act – nearly all of which is made up of ideas that have been supported by both Democrats and Republicans, and that Congress should pass right away to get the economy moving now.

The purpose of the American Jobs Act is simple: put more people back to work and put more money in the pockets of working Americans – without adding a dime to the deficit.

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9:09: Ryan will give middle and lower class Americans “hope and opportunity for the future,” Portman claims. Forgets to mention that Ryan’s budget gets 62% of its non-defense budget cuts from programs for low-income Americans:

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1. Those CONs are just making shit up and projecting their own issues.

The Republican party just wants nothing but obstruction and stalling until Obama leaves office one way (November 2012) or another way that is embedded deep in the dirtiest sectors of their minds.

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2. republicans are a blight on this country

ask any farmer how they would treat a blight

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3. ThinkProgress is on a roll: Fortuno asks for assistance to balance budget

9:20: Fortuño says the “government must get out of the way.” But in 2009, he was singing a different tune and “appealed to the Obama administration for federal assistance” to help balance the island’s $3.2 billion budget deficit.

9:18: Speaking of families who are struggling: In 2009, Fortuño laid off 30,000 government workers in one fell swoop.

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/08/29/770001/rnc-wednesday/

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4. Wasn't he Bush's budget director?

Heckuva job, Portie

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5. Religious leaders describe Ryan's budget "immoral disaster", keep lying Ryan

Can't wait until VP Biden cremates your ass at the debates

11:00: Ryan reminds the convention of the need to protect the weakest among us. It’s too bad that his budget would drastically cut the programs they rely on. Religious leaders have described Ryan’s budget as a “immoral disaster” the “robs the poor.” At the same time, it gives the rich and corporations $3 trillion in tax breaks.

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/08/29/770001/rnc-wednesday/