September 17, 2012
Mitt Romney is a Rich Entitled Ass
“I’ll never convince them [47% of Americans] they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives.” -Romney
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September 17, 2012
Secret Romney Fundraiser Video Shows His Disdain For Half The Country
David Corn over at Mother Jones obtained a secretly recorded video of a Romney fundraiser earlier this year. In the video Mitt Romney says:
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September 15, 2012
Real Time with Bill Maher: Highlights from Episode 259, September 14, 2012
Highlights from Real Time with Bill Maher – Episode 259, September 14, 2012
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September 13, 2012
The Smirk: Mitt Romney Press Conference On Libyan Consulate Deaths
Forget all the lies and distortions for one moment. Forget about Mitt Romney’s “shoot before he aims” statement — to use a quote from President Obama. Forget about the fact that Mitt Romney doubled down on his factually challenged critique of the Obama administration during a press conference yesterday. Just focus on the two images below for a moment. — When you consider what this press conference was about (Romney’s response to the deaths at the U.S. consulate in Libya), does this look presidential to you?
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September 12, 2012
Romney Campaign Plays Politics With Consulate Deaths In Libya
U.S. ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stephens, along with three staff members were killed during an attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. The attack was part of violent protests at both the U.S. embassy Egypt and U.S. consulate in Libya. The protests were sparked by a film critical of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad.
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September 9, 2012
Obama Sees Modest Post-Convention Bounce, Chance of Winning Near 80 Percent
President Obama is seeing a modest bump in initial polls since the conclusion of the Democratic National Convention. Both his approval rating and lead over Mitt Romney have increased. This is after Romney saw a modest bump after the RNC.
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September 8, 2012
War in Afghanistan not “important” enough for Romney convention speech
Just as Mitt Romney managed to get his head out of his ass (or maybe reports of this are premature?), he proceeded to ram his foot in his mouth. Friday on Fox News, Bret Baier asked Romney about neglecting to mention the troops or the war in Afghanistan during his Republican National Convention speech. Romney replied, “I’m going to regret you repeating it day in and day out. — nervous Romney laughter — No. When you, when you give a speech, you don’t go through a laundry list, you talk about the things you think are important.” — Whoops.
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September 6, 2012
DNC – Bill Clinton’s Evisceration of Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan and Republicans
Last night at the Democratic National Convention, Romney campaign lies met with a smooth talkin’ boy from Arkansas, former President Bill Clinton, and the result was a political smack-down broadcast live to millions of Americans. — Here are five Romney-Ryan-Republican lies turned to dust:
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September 6, 2012
DNC – Two Resonating Quotes from Elizabeth Warren’s Speech
Elizabeth Warren is a financial expert, particularly in bankruptcy law. She is also a consumer advocate and a Senate candidate for the state of Massachusetts. But most importantly, Elizabeth Warren is a champion for the average low and middle-income American. She is right to say the system is rigged. Rich and powerful interests have greater access to our elected officials and that leads to legislation that favors narrow agendas. The people who already have everything get even more and the people who have little or nothing continue to be overlooked. As Jon Stewart put it, “Poor people have shitty lobbyists.” — Here are two resonating quotes from Elizabeth Warren’s Democratic National Convention speech:
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September 2, 2012
Eric Fehrnstrom and Republicans want Bad News on Jobs
Mitt Romney can say he wished Obama had succeeded and Republicans can say they wish the economy was better for Americans, but the reality is that they not-so-silently want the economy to be weak going into election day. Republicans not only will do nothing to improve the economy once they are in office, they want a bad economy now if it will improve their chances of getting into office. On CNN’s State of the Union, Romney campaign adviser Eric Fehrnstrom said:
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