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| Below the Belt: Romney/Ryan Will make Traffic Worse! |
| 2012-08-23 |
| The Obama campaign and its allies have accused Gov. Mitt Romney of killing a man's wife, committing a felony, and abusing animals. But now things are getting dirty. President Obama is charging that Romney would cause more traffic. Well, certainly! there'll be more people working, and they'll be able to afford gas again! In an Obama campaign radio ad running in Northern Virginia, two faux radio news announcers report that traffic is bad, and Mitt Romney would make it worse. Female Announcer: Traffic in Northern Virginia is backed up again . . . Male Announcer: Could things get any worse? FA: Actually, traffic and our roads could get worse with the Ryan-Romney budget plan . . . Paul Ryan put forward a budget plan that slashes investments in road and infrastructure projects . . . and Ryan has even opposed bridge repair and safety bills. MA: So what does that says about Mitt Romney, if he picked this guy as his running mate? FA: Well, it says Mitt Romney doesn't really understand Northern Virginia MA: Or what it's like wasting time in traffic. There's a link to the ad at the link. I live in Northern Virginia, and I can tell you, short of saying that Romney is going to raise the heat in the summer, this is the worst accusation Obama could make. Traffic is terrible, and the endless road projects don't seem to help much. In fact, half the traffic I'm in is caused by a lane being closed off for construction. But the mostly-privately-funded High-Occupancy or Toll lanes will open two new lanes in each direction for most of the northern Virginia beltway in a few months. Our Pub Gov is taking credit for that. Note the snide little reference in the ad to Romney's wealth -- that he doesn't know what it's like wasting time in traffic. Just in case you think the author doesn't have an axe to grind.... Actually, the candidate who has travelled only by motorcade for the past four years is more likely the one who has forgotten what traffic is like. In fact, as everyone in the Washington area knows, presidential motorcades cause traffic, which is stopped in its tracks by police cruisers so the royal procession can pass. Ask us in Chicago about our traffic when Champ comes to town... |
| Posted by:Bobby |
| #11 Obama will increase the Chocolate ration, AGAIN! Obama, more Victory Gin for all. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2012-08-23 14:45 |
| #10 Yeah, driving to work is much worse than waiting for food credit rations to download, catching the bus, and laboring home the allottment of government cheese. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2012-08-23 12:40 |
| #9 I remember when Obama came to Minneapolis for a fundraiser. He arrived right at rush hour. He then commandeered the main highway to downtown, stopping traffic in both directions. Did I mention that the road was already under construction? That meant most of the exits had been closed off so you couldn't even get off and use surface streets. His Highness halted rush hour traffic for 45 minutes so he could go to a FUNDRAISER! It's high handed stunts tike this that are turning Minnesota purple. |
| Posted by: Frozen Al 2012-08-23 12:29 |
| #8 Cuz the proles are so much easier to control when you've forced them into compact urban ghettos, limited their access to independent travel modes, and can appoint block captains to watch for..... unapproved thoughts and activity |
| Posted by: Frank G 2012-08-23 12:14 |
| #7 Part of Champ's solution is to make everyone live in the city, not the suburbs, and have them give up their cars, ride mass transit and take high speed rail when they want (and are allowed) to travel elsewhere. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2012-08-23 11:28 |
| #6 Oooo... not more traffic! I better vote for the guy that will keep everyone unemployed and in feudal debt so they don't go more than 30 miles away from their homes in a lifetime! |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2012-08-23 11:17 |
| #5 I recommend changing laws that force a five day work week upon us. i would suggest most Americans would prefer four 10 hour days, and a number (especially the young) would prefer three 12 hour days. These are not options in many places because the unions fought for the five day work week (from the existing six) and for the 8 hour work day (from the existing whatever). But this is not giving up hard earn rights, this is flexibility. People off the road means less traffic, less gas, less pollution. Its not rocket science and even the liberals aren't pushing for it because they are unserious about these issues and beholden to those inflexible unions. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2012-08-23 08:56 |
| #4 I recommend an eight lane Telegraph Road connecting to a "shovel ready" floating highway near Fort Belvoir with the first exit at Occoquan and ending somewhere near Duck Head. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2012-08-23 08:37 |
| #3 Better commentary at RedState Sez Pubs should go on offensive and let states spend the tax money without skimming by and interference from the Feds. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2012-08-23 08:34 |
| #2 372K new jobless claims filed (just released numbers). Last weeks revised upward - unexpectedly™ "LOOK! Squirrel! Abortion! War on Wymyns!" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2012-08-23 08:26 |
| #1 Actually, if you close the Dept of Education, slash the EPA, etc., not only the government contribution to traffic will reduce, so will the traffic of all the parasites that feed on them. Reduced traffic and a good fall in housing prices in the area would do the rest of the country a lot of good. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2012-08-23 08:24 |