September 1, 2012
Jon Stewart: Individual Success According to Paul Ryan — and more
From The Daily Show, August 30, 2012:
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August 31, 2012
VIDEO: Al Gore Supports Replacing Electoral College with Popular Vote
During Thursday’s Republican National Convention coverage on Current TV, former vice president and former presidential candidate Al Gore said he supports getting rid of the Electoral College in favor of a simple popular vote.
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August 30, 2012
The AAA Credit Rating Lie: Is Obama Responsible for the S&P Downgrade?
THE LIE
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August 30, 2012
Texas Voter ID Law Blocked By Federal Appeals Court
Finally some good news on the effort to stop Republican voter suppression. Today a federal court of appeals blocked the Texas voter ID law saying it would disenfranchise the poor. Texas cannot implement their discriminatory voter ID law unless today’s ruling is overturned by the Supreme Court. While Texas is not a swing state and is a lock for Mitt Romney in November, this is still a nice victory for everyone who believes in a fair election system.
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August 29, 2012
House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy: Election is ‘Mandate’ to Overhaul Medicare
House Republican Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) says electing Mitt Romney this fall means Republicans have a ‘mandate’ to overhaul Medicare. As McCarthy put it, “If there’s a mandate going through this election, it’s to save Medicare.” As I put it: When Republicans say “save Medicare” they mean end Medicare as we know it. They would keep a government program called Medicare but it would not be the Medicare that has existed for almost half a century. The Republican plan for Medicare is to turn it into a program designed to shortchange seniors while increasing profits for private insurance companies.
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August 28, 2012
RNC – Senator Kelly Ayotte: ‘Obama Has Never Even Run A Lemonade Stand’
Speaking at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, the junior Senator from New Hampshire, Kelly Ayotte just said, “President Obama has never even run a lemonade stand.” There’s that great Republican wit we all love.
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August 27, 2012
For Republicans, Duality is a State Of Mind, a Means To An End
Republicans exist in their own special place and time. A place that is loose with facts, stuffed with contradictory statements and topped off with hyperbolic rhetoric. Whatever will get the job done. Their soon-to-be nominee for president, Mitt Romney is the poster child of Republican duality. For Republicans this is simply a state of mind. The goal is to win the White House and take full control of U.S. government. Convictions are less important than ultimate power, and so Republicans willingly trample on their own statements and previous policy positions. It’s a means to an end.
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August 25, 2012
Undocumented Immigrants and their US-Born Children
What is the greater crime – Entering the country illegally? Or, a judge ordered separation of parent from child? If you ask me, it’s the latter, and I’d like to hear someone try to make a case for the former being the bigger crime. I’m not saying we should ignore the rule-of-law, but we need a judicial system and an immigration system that does not run on absolutes. We need to stop treating illegal immigration as a serious crime, because it is not.
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August 23, 2012
Stories You Should Be Reading, August 23, 2012
Gawker releases over 950 pages of Bain Capital financial records:
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August 22, 2012
A Liberal Exhortation on Government, Capitalism, Free Markets and Privatization
GOVERNMENT
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