Romney will properly balance environmental and business needs. Obama won't

Background, Context, and assumptions:

• In general we should treat the earth like a garden, not an untouched forest reserve. Of course a cost benefit analysis should be made for each decision. Of course organic gardening is a better model.

Reasons to agree:

1. American bankruptcy would be bad for the environment
2. Romney has said:  We have to balance environmental needs with business needs
3. If we don't care about how much our environmental programs cost, we will go bankrupt
4. Romney has said: we should provide multi-year lead times before companies must come into compliance with onerous new environmental regulations
5. The Keystone XL pipeline is tolerable for the environment
6. The XL pipeline is economically vital
7. Keystone XL will not appreciably add to global emissions
8. The XL pipeline will help with jobs. 

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Romney is more likely to support "1 person 1 vote" by fighting voter fraud

Background and Context

In order to protect voter rights we must prevent voter fraud. 

    If some people are able to vote twice, than harms law abiding people's rights. 

    It is not discrimination to require a photo ID in order to vote. 

        If we have to have a photo ID to drive, you should have to have one to vote.

        If we don't require photo IDs the vote will become more corrupt. 

Reasons to agree:

1. Obama's Justice Department announced that it was prohibiting the implementation of a Texas law requiring voters to present photo identification, claiming that it violated the 1965 Voting Rights Act (the DOJ had taken similar action against South Carolina in December). Both cases are based on tortured rationales that requiring photo identification — which both states will provide to voters for free — discriminates against minority voters. 

Romney is more likely than Obama to Protect the secret ballot

Background, Context, and assumptions

We should protect the secret ballot. Union bosses want to remove the secret ballot so they can intimidate and threaten those who don't vote to support the union. Removing the secret ballot is un-american. We all have the right to vote how we want without fear of intimidation. Even Russia has the secret ballet. Even Iraq has the secret ballot. It would be sad if we send our solders over seas to start democracy in the desert, and we let Obama remove the secret ballot here at home. 

Reasons to agree:

1. President Obama Supports The Employee Free Choice Act, Which Would Eliminate Secret-Ballot Elections That Shield Workers From Privacy Concerns And Intimidation. “President Barack Obama told AFL-CIO union leaders Tuesday in a videotaped address that the controversial Employee Free Choice Act will pass, signaling his full backing for legislation that makes union organizing easier. … The bill would make it easier for unions to recruit workers because it would let them join unions simply by signing cards rather than through secret-ballot elections in which companies can campaign against the union.” (Kris Maher, “President Tells Unions Organizing Act Will Pass,” The Wall Street Journal, 3/4/09)
2. "I will protect the right of American workers to vote by secret ballot. And I will fight to stop union bosses from using the dues of their union members to support those bosses' favorite campaigns." (Mitt Romney Delivers Remarks at Values Voter Summit, October 8, 2011)

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Romney is more likely to balance the budget than Obama

Background, context, and assumptions:

• We need to balance our budget before debt destroys our country. 

Reasons to agree:

1. Romney has never had an unbalanced budget as Governor. Obama has never had a balanced budget as president.  
2. Obama has done a very bad job with balancing the budget
3. Romney has seriously addressed entitlement spending. Obama hasn't. Romney has a plan that balances the budget. Obama doesn't. 
4. Romney balanced the budget in 2003, as Governor Massachusetts. 
5. Romney balanced the budget in 2004, as Governor Massachusetts. 
6. Romney balanced the budget in 2005, as Governor Massachusetts. 
7. Romney balanced the budget in 2006, as Governor Massachusetts. 
8. Romney was able to leave money in the rainy day fund, even though he faced a 3 billion dollar budget deficit when he came into office. 
9. Romney turned around budget problems at the Winter Olympics, which was $239 million dollars short (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Winter_Olympic_bid_scandal)
10. Romney has promised to only spend money on things that we can justify borrowing money from China for to pay for. 
11. Romney balanced the budget for many companies. Romney was willing to make tough choices in his business life that resulted in balanced budgets for the organizations that he ran, including Bain consulting, Bain Capital, and the many companies that he bought, and ran. 
12. Obama has done a very bad job with balancing the budget
13. Romney supports the line item veto which would reduce federal spending.
14. We should only select presidential candidates who have previously balanced their states budget as Governor. Romney balanced the budget all 4 years in office, without raising taxes. 

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Romney and his Dog Seamus

This is a photo I took in Yellowstone last summer. As you can see it is a Christian sticker Bedazzled motorcycle. The owner of the bike also owns a dog. Instead of leaving the dog he purchased a trailer for his bike, to which he secured a dog carrier with awesome bull horns, and additional decorations.
This man took a lot of time to make sure his dog was happy. The dog obviously looks very happy. He is not trying to get away. He loves his owner, and obviously his owner loves him.

Here is a picture of Mitt with his dog when he was about the age that Obama was eating dog:

Do you think the press will ask Obama if it tasted like Chicken? Do you think they will spend near the amount of time that they have spent pestering Romney? We'll see.