Category Archives: Mitt Romney

What Paul Ryan Hopes You Gloss Over In His *New* Budget

Posted on Tuesday, March 12, 2013 by Lucas Kawa

This morning, Paul Ryan released a rehashed version of the “Path to Prosperity” – and it’s nearly identical to the Romney/Ryan economic blueprint roundly rejected by Americans in November. Medicare is turned into a voucher system, Medicaid is block-granted to the states, … Continue reading →

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Republicans’ Selective Memory Affliction

Posted on Wednesday, February 20, 2013 by Cindy Rose

Conservatives continue to yap about Benghazi in print and on TV, even dragging Bush era foreign policy dinosaurs Rumsfeld and Cheney into the mix; all of them trying to claim it points to either a “cover-up” or “incompetence”. So I’m … Continue reading →

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Fighting Redmap, A Proposal To Avoid A Gerrymandered General Election

Posted on Monday, January 21, 2013 by Ken

Rachel Maddow has led the reporting on a memo passed around by the Republican State Leadership Committee.  Known as The Redmap Memo, this is a detailed breakdown of the results of the 2012 election which saw Republicans voted to a majority in the US … Continue reading →

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The Rolling Political Disaster For Republicans… Benghazi

Posted on Saturday, January 5, 2013 by Ken

Militants attacked the State Department safe house in Benghazi Libya on 09/11/12 and killed 4 Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens.  Normally the news of American civilians being killed overseas is followed by a time of somber reflection and a search for … Continue reading →

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Boehner Weighs the Pros and Cons(ervatives): a Fiscal Cliffhanger

Posted on Sunday, December 30, 2012 by Marc Belisle

As Congressional Republicans trickle back into Washington after a nice, long, relaxing, luxurious holiday vacation, House Speaker John Boehner sits alone in his office, waiting to hold a strategy session on the looming fiscal cliff. Making a piggy bank gallop … Continue reading →

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The Problem with Starbucks

Posted on Saturday, December 29, 2012 by Ken

Much has been made of Starbucks employees in the Washington DC area writing “Come Together” on the cups they give to customers.   Most folks seem to think this is a brilliant idea which will somehow result in members of both … Continue reading →

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Obama Joins a Select Group of Presidents in History

Posted on Monday, December 17, 2012 by Cindy Rose

The Los Angeles Times is reporting that with almost all the votes finally counted, the President’s margin of victory will be greater than even his campaign aides had expected: In the weeks since the election, as states have completed their … Continue reading →

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Republican Consultant: Voter Obstruction Is Just How We Do Business

Posted on Wednesday, December 12, 2012 by Cindy Rose

The Pew Center on the States recently hosted a panel to discuss “the long lines and voter ID controversies that plagued the 2012 election”, according to the Huffington Post. At least one Republican conman consultant sees no need to bother … Continue reading →

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Some Pointless Speculation Inspired By Charlie Crist’s Party Switch

Posted on Saturday, December 8, 2012 by Ken

Charlie Crist, onetime Republican superstar governor of Florida, is now a Democrat.  Crist signed the papers at the White House and was given a terrorist fist bump by President Obama in celebration. It is crazy stuff like Fox personalities labeling the Obama fist … Continue reading →

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It’s D-Day in the Class War

Posted on Sunday, December 2, 2012 by Marc Belisle

“We cannot negotiate with those who say, ‘What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.’” –John F. Kennedy On November 6th, 60 million Americans waited in line to yank the monkey wrench from Congress.  We reappointed our Democratic general … Continue reading →

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