October 19, 2012
Real Time with Bill Maher: Highlights from Episode 262, October 12, 2012
Highlights from Real Time with Bill Maher
Episode 262, October 12, 2012
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October 19, 2012
The Middle Class: A Modern Human Creation Through Progressive Government Policies
Do you consider yourself part of the middle class? Have you ever considered why there is a middle class? Think back to your history textbooks and you will realize that the idea of a middle class is a modern human development.
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October 17, 2012
The Real Obama Shows Up, Wins Second Presidential Debate
After a subpar first debate performance, President Obama was present and lively in debate number two on Tuesday night. As always, I believe Obama won on substance because Romney’s prescription for what ails this country is all wrong. But it’s up to President Obama to clearly explain why that is, and why he is the better choice and deserves a second term. The president did that last night.
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October 12, 2012
By Favoring Money Romney Cements His Disregard for Environment
Much of this year’s presidential election campaign has focused on the economy. While that’s certainly no great surprise, one topic that must be prioritized is the environment. Mitt Romney’s vow to de-regulate the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in order to appease his fossil fuel burning donors clearly demonstrates he favors making money over protecting the environment. His blatant disregard for the environment is there for everyone to see. Why the Obama campaign hasn’t made more of this issue remains something of a mystery.
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October 11, 2012
I’m Not Going to Play the Semantics Game, Mitt Romney is a Liar
In his Wall Street Journal piece, (“Obama and the L-Word“), Daniel Henninger says “liar” is a “potent and ugly word with a sleazy political pedigree.” He says calling someone a “liar” crosses a line and it “suggests bad faith and conscious duplicity.” Crosses a line? Sure, if you are lying about someone lying. But calling someone a liar “suggests bad faith and conscious duplicity”? Well yeah, that is the point isn’t it?
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October 10, 2012
Eliot Spitzer – Number of the Day: The Children Are Our Future
Eliot Spitzer explains why our priorities are out of alignment if we hope for a healthy future for this country:
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October 10, 2012
Romney and Ryan: Higher Military Spending, Lower Taxes — Fiscal Hawks?
Can you be called a “fiscal hawk” or a “deficit hawk” if you are pushing for higher military spending along with a built-in floor that stipulates “core defense spending” must be maintained at 4% of GDP? Can you be called a fiscal or deficit hawk if you advocate for lower, across-the-board tax cuts at a time when the federal government is running trillion-dollar-plus deficits?
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October 8, 2012
Gallup: Post-Debate Poll: Obama and Romney Tied At 47 Percent
In Gallup’s pre-debate poll conducted September 30th to October 2nd, President Obama led Mitt Romney 50% to 45%. In Gallup’s post-debate poll conducted October 4th to October 6th, the race is now even at 47 percent. Gallup also asked who won the debate, and 72% said Romney, 20% said Obama. I’m not sure what debate that 20% were watching. Although to be fair, a number of people who said Obama won the debate may have ranked substance over style, and in that case, Obama did win the debate. But since style is unfortunately what matters in these debates, there is really no disputing that Romney won.
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October 5, 2012
Unemployment Rate Falls To 7.8 Percent, Ending Another Republican Talking Point
There goes one more Republican talking point against President Obama. Just as Mitt Romney and Republicans can no longer say there are fewer jobs now compared to when Obama took office, they also cannot say the unemployment rate has been above 8% for (x) months. That’s because today the Labor Department released September’s job numbers and the unemployment rate fell to 7.8% from 8.1% in August. It’s the lowest unemployment rate in 44 months, equaling the unemployment rate when President Obama took office. Note that the unemployment rate peaked at 10% later in 2009, so the economy has shown steady improvement for three years.
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October 4, 2012
The Lie: Mitt Romney Says He Doesn’t Have a $5 Trillion Tax Cut
THE LIE – During the first presidential debate of the 2012 election, Republican challenger Mitt Romney said, “I don’t have a five trillion dollar tax cut. I don’t have a tax cut of the scale that you’re [President Obama] talking about. My view is that we ought to provide tax relief to people in the middle class.”
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