->  FS> Romney's religion is not an issue.  Religion, as an issue,   
   ->  FS> stopped when John Kennedy was elected.   
   ->    
   ->  No, it didn't. If it did no one would even ask what religion   
   ->  Obama is. If it didn't candidates would not feel pressured to   
   ->  be publically questioned by religious leaders, often leaders of   
   ->  minor sects. And yes, a couple million is a minor sect. If it   
   ->  was't, we wouldn't even have an office of Faith Based   
   ->  Initiatives.   
      
   People asked about Obama's religion because it was widely thought he was a   
   Muslim.  We certainly wouldn't want a member of such a violent religion to   
   be in that office.   
       
   ->  FS> In a way, Romney has an unfair advantage over all previous   
   ->  FS> Republican candidates for POTUS since he is facing such a   
   ->  FS> completely vulnerable candidate -- a candidate who   
   ->  FS> performed even worse than Jimmy Carter did! YES, I'M   
   ->  FS> SERIOUS!!   
   ->    
   ->  *Wall Street Journal*: 70 percent of economists surveyed said   
   ->  stimulus helped. **The Wall Street Journal reported on March 12   
   ->  that 38 of the 54 economists it surveyed "said the American   
   ->  Recovery and Reinvestment Act boosted growth and mitigated job   
   ->  losses, while six said the legislation had a net negative   
   ->  effect."   
   ->    
   ->  **ABC News: Most on panel of economists "think the economy would   
   ->  be worse" without the stimulus. **ABC News reported on February   
   ->  18 that "most" of the economists on its panel "think the economy   
   ->  would be worse today without the big aid package, which totaled   
   ->  $787 billion and was signed into law by President Obama on Feb.   
   ->  17, 2009."   
   ->    
   ->  **NABE: 83 percent say stimulus raised GDP. **A February survey   
   ->  of 203 members of the National Association for Business   
   ->  Economics (NABE) found that "[e]ighty-three percent believe that   
   ->  GDP is currently higher than it would have been without the 2009   
   ->  stimulus package (ARRA)."   
   ->    
   ->  *USA Today*: Surveyed economists said "stimulus package saved   
   ->  jobs." **USA Today reported on January 25:   
      
   Since it's known that the vast majority of the "news"media consists of   
   Obama worshippers ... well, at least, they all *favor* Obama strongly, the   
   above newspaper accounts mean nothing.  The left-wing, pro-Obama bias, of   
   the "news"media is well-known.   
      
   ->     President Obama's stimulus package saved jobs -- but the   
   ->  government still needs to do more to breathe life into the   
   ->  economy, according to USA TODAY's quarterly survey of 50   
   ->  economists.   
      
   That's wot Obama claims, but who believes him?  OK, maybe *you* do, so   
   there's one person ... [sigh] ...   
       
   ->     Unemployment would have hit 10.8% -- higher than December's   
   ->  10% rate -- without Obama's $787 billion stimulus program,   
   ->  according to the economists' median estimate. The difference   
   ->  would translate into another 1.2 million lost jobs.   
      
    Such wild speculation, Bob!  Obama, himself said unemployment would not   
   reach 8% as a rusult of his stimulus ... so??   
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