Of course the above comment would be the first on this post. Why is this country, Portage County in particular, so rife with unbridled ignorance and blatant hate speech? So much for the thought of being a great nation. We're an embarrassing, fumbling mess. Who needs team work and compromise when you can just shove the guy next to you deeper into the boiling pot?

Rex, you have a strange definition of hate speech.

What happened to respect for the office of the presidency? He's OUR president. You, me, your neighbor, my friends and so called enemies. We're all in America together. We may not all agree, but we should all respect an incredible symbol of America and our cherished freedoms. He's the president of the nation we all proudly inhabit. Whether you like him or not, he's still the president. I didn't vote for or support George H. Bush years ago, but I was beyond honored to meet him because he was still the President of the United States of America. The presidency is something we should all respect, whether we agree or not. He's the Commander in Chief. Aretha was right, just a little respect...
"Hate speech is a communication that carries no meaning other than the expression of hatred for some group."

Rex, I remember tons of respect for W. nobody ever said anything bad about him, never.

obama is not worth 35 thousand dollars. It probably cost more to protect him than what he brings in.

Rex, once we get a President worthy of respect, I will respect him. This clown? No.

I am sure that when he is not re-elected he can support himself on visits to night-time talk shows. Of course he may not be able to continue taking 5 vacations per year.

I agree with you Andria. Why waste time posting something as foolish as "property values are going to drop in Kent as soon as he enters the city". People like that care more about they're fragile egos then they care about the country.

I have found that the liberal comments on patch are some of the most vile. I have been called every name you can think of and asked to kill myself for having a differing opinion.

Let's not pretend that the lack of civility is only a one way street.

I'm from Solon Brian. While I've read some about your downtown redevelopment, I don't have an intimate knowledge of the details. I think Scott Wolsteins redevelopment of the east side of the flats is a good example of how the private and public sectors can work together. A significant amount of project financing was acquired through city and county mechanisms. It looks like it's going to be a win-win.

All of the other projects, public and private, hinged on the city parking deck that is a leveraged part of the transit center. The transit center was being developed by Kent citizens and staff from Kent, Kent State and PARTA long before the other projects emerged as a catalyst to downtown development (infrastructure first approach). When the stimulus funds were announced, Kent was "shovel-ready". Mr. Burbick's first projects, the Helen Dix Building and Acorn Alley I, got out of the starting gate early because he is a motivated private developer and citizen who was not dependent on other city projects or funding. He works amazingly fast! (That said, he was encouraged by Main Street Kent and the city's renewed focus on downtown development.) The transit center parking, as well as the new city lot behind Davey and Ametek, will help Acorn Alley II as well as the hotel and Fairmount businesses. While the stimulus grant went to PARTA, it helped the city leverage millions on the costs of infrastructure - road and utility upgrades and parking. Parking decks are very expensive to build by themselves. The foundation for this one is part of the transit center. President Obama can indeed take some credit for the revitalization of Kent and the jobs created.

I can't tell from your post, are you inferring that 10% of the intelligent people don't like Obama or that the 10% are not intelligent? If it is the former, at least you recognize that some intelligent people disagree with Obama and his policies. If it is the later I guess that would mean that you are calling the other 10% stupid, that's not very nice of you.

In my day it was The Loft for a Genesee.

He's a Natty Ice man

I would preface my comments to you soldiermom11 by wishing you and your husband success in your job search. Politics aside, I can't imagine what it must feel like to be in your shoes. I choose not to paint with a broad brush and think of you and your husband as "takers" like Romney has done. You and your husband have much to contribute and I'm sure, when given the chance, you will. I choose not to chastise you for whatever government assistance you may be receiving at this time. The greed on Wall Street led to many folks being out of work and should does not reflect badly on you.
That said, I believe Romney will lose this fall not because of a liberal media, but rather, as a result of the bad performance he has displayed as a candidate. The Republican party did not embrace this candidate in the primary season because they feared this was the way things would go. Today, Republican candidates in tough races are distancing themselves from this candidate to save their own rear ends and not because the liberal media told them to do so. Lastly, I'm concerned that you believe that a Romney victory would lead to plentiful jobs. The Wall Street fraud was 15 years in the making and will take much longer than 4 years to dig ourselves out of. I hope you and your husband can find within yourselves a more reasonable set of expectations. The drivers of the last economy, an overheated housing market and cheap and easy credit, are gone and we must build a new economy from the ground up.

Jason the networks, abc cbs & nbs's evening news attract 2-3 times the number of veiwers as the major cable news channels during the same time slot.

All it takes is a log into nbcnews.com, formerly known as MSNBC.com, to see the headlines written in the trashiest of ways all in an effort to discredit any opposition to Obama. The liberals all cry foul at Fox News but clearly, the others have caught up to that gimmick. So much so that I truly believe there's more liberal media bias than what Fox News could ever spew for the conservatives. Unfortunately the average voter won't take it upon themselves to seek beyond these biased media sources to learn what is truly accurate and will base their votes on horrendous political ads, and poor journalism. Just think what past elections would have been like with social media around back then? Scary.

Question, for all of you who say "Romney is up against the liberal media, blah, blah, blah." How did George Bush win two terms? Didn't he have to go up against the liberal media? How about Ronald Reagan, and the first Bush? They didn't even have Fox News or Limbaugh on their side, but yet they still won! I'm really tired of the whining about the liberal media...get over it.

Dan, for starters let's take a look at the nose dive MSNBC took into the liberal agenda, and now that Microsoft has departed that marriage, NBC is full force. They have admitted that this allows them to pursue the liberal side of the news they've always longed to. Their Progress Forward advertising campaign that started a couple of years ago really took them to that level of bias. You can't compare what candidates today are up against to the presidents of a decade or more ago. It's simple - social media and liberal media weren't the force then, that they are today. Deny that all you want, but it's a fact. Ten years ago we didn't put an app in the hands of the young voters with a smart phone. Ten years ago we didn't have access to news on our smartphones, with headlines attacking candidates. Ten years ago we didn't have Super PACS and incumbents this far out of control urging us all to go vote early (and hopefully without an ID). What part do you think is the same???

Holly-
You've got to be kidding! You are comparing liberal MSNBC with the juggernaut right wing cable network of Fox News, radio talk shows of Limbaugh, Hannity, O'Reilly, Laura Ingram, etc, etc? You do have to admit the availability of right wing media far outpowers what's on the left, everyone knows this. And yes, I do separate NBC News from MSNBC. Sorry, no excuses if Romney loses.

Jiim - You are really grasping at straws as you see the likelihood of Obama getting re-elected becoming more and more real.

You mean white people, right? Probably white men. Your disdain for "minorities" is interesting. Did you know, at the current rate, good ol' white people will be a minority in the United States in a very short amount of time? That is, if we stay the United States. We are anything but united...

It amazes me that antone still believes the fairy tale that Obama has raised taxes. On who? Why are our taxes a the lowest level in 50 years if he has been raising them. If you have some facts, how about sharing them.

Dan, i could careless who gets elected, they are both morons, like you. The "president" is just a puppet controlled by wallstreet . If you think he does anything without their ok, you truely are clueless.

And this insult is directed at me by a guy named "Jiim"....nice.

You guys wished he said all of that. In the bubble that you live in, apparently he did. But in reality, you are so wrong.

"What? I should take responsibility for my actions? You mean I have to actually work for a living? This is so unfair." - Joseph Biden

Rex is somewhat backward Heather - you can tell by his posts

I both agree and disagree with you Fred. Yes they are both men with good educations but the money spent on focus groups has a lot to do with targeting certain segments of the electorate. The skill to connect with people cannot be taught. Either you have it or not. Reagan, Clinton, Obama and, to a lesser extent, Bush had such a skill. They had/have the ability to look into that camera and project a connection to the people. Dole, Gore and Kerry were stiff in front of the camera and that is bad news for Romney. Once again I state, you can blame the liberal media bias for Romney's impending defeat but there was a good reason why the Republican party resisted embracing Romney. Romney, for his part, has spent way too much time bending over backwards trying to convince the conservatives that he's one of them. This has caused Romney to neglect the middle and the middle is where elections are won and lost.