November 7, 2012
Obama Wasn’t The Only Winner Last Night, Liberals Had A Big Night Too
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November 7, 2012
Election: Donald Trump, Victoria Jackson, and the Right-Wing Fit Of Rage
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November 5, 2012
Voter Suppression Also Comes In The Form Of Long Lines
Since the 2010 midterm election, Republicans have deployed any and all tactics to suppress the vote for the 2012 election. Voter ID laws have gotten the front page coverage, but voter suppression also comes in the form of voter intimidation, voter registration purges and as we’ve seen this past week, long lines at the polls. Both Ohio and Florida, two critical swing states, have seen incredibly long lines during early voting with reports of some people in Florida waiting up to 7 hours to vote. This is not how democracy is supposed to work. It’s an outrage.
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September 3, 2012
The Lie: Obama’s Free Rein Democratic-Controlled 111th Congress
THE LIE
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September 3, 2012
Petition – Democrats: Ask Betty White to Introduce President Obama at the DNC
There’s a new petition on change.org that’s getting some press today. The petition asks Democrats to consider Betty White to introduce President Obama at the Democratic National Convention.
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September 3, 2012
The Question: Are You Better Off Now Than You Were Four Years Ago?
If there is one line that Republicans would like to see permeate beyond last week’s Republican National Convention and into this week’s Democratic National Convention and beyond, it would be the question: Are you better off now than you were four years ago? This of course is the famous Ronald Reagan question during his closing remarks at the close of a 1980 presidential debate. It defined that election and Republicans would like it to define this election.
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August 27, 2012
Do Liberals and Democrats Demonize Wealth?
A recent Left Call commenter said, “What I totally don’t understand about you liberals, and Democrats in general, is how you so easily demonize the wealthy. I just don’t get it. You think that the Republican Party is just for the wealthy? That Conservatives are rich people alone?”
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August 20, 2012
The Problem is not Debt, it is Dysfunction
The federal deficit is averaging in the mid one trillion range for several years now. Total federal debt is almost $16 trillion. These are massive numbers for sure, and they should concern us, but it is not these numbers for which to focus our attention. Instead, our focus should be on the dysfunction in government, and I say this as a liberal who believes in a government of the people.
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August 19, 2012
Political Mudslinging: Some are just plain dirty
Politics is full of mudslinging and there’s no shortage of derogatory, scandalous or even malicious attacks. But for me, it’s easy to know who to support. Let me explain.
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August 13, 2012
Paul Ryan: Member of the Republican Obstructionist Party Controlling the House
Congress’ approval rating is lower than that of former Vice President Dick Cheney, and that’s really hard to pull off! Yet this didn’t stop Mitt Romney from choosing Paul Ryan, a member of congress, more specifically, a member of the majority obstructionist party controlling the House. In the era of the Obama administration, obstructionist is just another way of saying Republican. Mitt Romney didn’t have to choose a current member of congress, but that is exactly what he did, and so the low approval rating of congress will be part of the critique of the Romney-Ryan campaign. And President Obama wasted no time making this connection in a speech on Monday in Iowa:
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