TagsTagsTheir conspiracy theories and fake outrages and persecution fantasies are so irrational and bizarre, we've wondered many times whether today's right wingers might actually be from some other universe. Well, today we have persuasive evidence that this conjecture, crazy as it might seem, is actually the reality. Because Mitt Romney slipped ...
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One of the clearest signs yet that the Republican Party is off the rails and over the cliff: Romney Camp Stands by Trump After Latest Birther Comments. (CBS News) Mitt Romney's campaign stood by its decision to use Donald Trump as a top surrogate even as the reality television host ...
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Mitt Romney is appearing with Newt Gingrich next week at a fundraiser in Las Vegas, along with the highest-profile Birther conspiracy theorist in the nation: Gingrich to Join Romney (And Trump) at Vegas Fundraiser. Newt Gingrich will make his first appearance with presumptive GOP nominee, Mitt Romney, on May 29 ...
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Mitt Romney was on the defensive today at an education roundtable in Philadelphia, trying to tell teachers that smaller class sizes are less important than "school choice:" Romney Defends Class Size Stance to Teachers. (CNN) - Mitt Romney, who is spending this week promoting a plan for America's public school ...
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Rex Nutting of MarketWatch posted this very interesting debunking of a persistent right wing myth: Obama Spending Binge Never Happened. Here are the facts, according to the official government statistics: • In the 2009 fiscal year — the last of George W. Bush’s presidency — federal spending rose by 17.9% from ...
Andrew Kaczynski discovered a 2002 interview that sheds more light on the situation with Mitt Romney's Bain Capital and the Ampad paper company, and it doesn't make Romney look any better: Former Bain Executive: Romney Bears Blame for Ampad Layoffs. According to a 2002 interview with former managing director of ...
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The new advertisement from the Obama campaign continues their devastating criticism of Mitt Romney's vulture capitalism techniques, with the story of the plundering of SCM Office Supplies. YouTube Video Meanwhile, Newark mayor Cory Booker is walking back his criticism of the Obama campaign's ads today -- but not entirely. The Obama team ...
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It's been an awesome week of right wing failitude; the Ricketts/Rev. Wright Debacle, followed by the Breitbart Birther Bogosity, followed by National Review's Massive Elizabeth Warren Plagiarism Fail-a-Ganza: The National Review's Fake Plagiarism Scoop. The National Review says Elizabeth Warren is guilty of the gravest crime a writer can commit: ...
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Since I've been posting some of the Obama campaign ads from YouTube, it's only fair to post the first official ad from Mitt Romney, in which he promises to kill "Obamacare" on day one of his presidency: YouTube Video Followed by the latest ad from the Obama campaign, hammering Romney hard with ...
The new advertisement from the Obama campaign takes direct aim at Mitt Romney's Bain Capital, with the story of GST Steel -- a company laid waste by Bain's predatory business practices. YouTube Video UPDATE at 5/14/12 12:35:19 pm The right wing already has their talking point ready to go for this story: Romney ...
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As usual, the wingnut mob is in a frenzy today about an imaginary case of persecution by the evil black man in the White House: Businessman Says He Lost Hundreds of Customers After Attacks by Obama Campaign. Businessman Frank Vandersloot, the CEO of Melaleuca, has been targeted by the Obama ...
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And now, the inevitable non-apologetic apology. “Back in high school I did some dumb things and if anybody was hurt by that or offended by that I apologize,” Romney told FOX radio host Brian Kilmeade Thursday. “If I did stupid things, I’m afraid I’ve got to say sorry for it.” Romney, ...
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President Obama is speaking at a campaign rally in Ohio right now -- it's live on MSNBC and CNN. Here's an open thread to discuss; again, I'm struck by the fact that Obama is a much more genuine and passionate speaker than Mitt Romney will ever be.
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Esquire's Charles Pierce on Mitt Romney's meeting with right wing media and wingnut bloggers like Dan Riehl: In Which Mitt Romney Charms the 'Base'. It seems that they rolled out the Romneybot 2.0 for a meeting with some of the true conservative cognoscenti, intelligentsia, and pudding-fondlers. OK, all things considered, ...
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As Newt Gingrich finally pulls the plug on his absurd presidential run, the Obama campaign takes this opportunity to remind us about some of the things Gingrich has said about his rival Mitt Romney. YouTube Video
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Washington Post blogger Jennifer Rubin, who recently noticed that the conservative movement is virulently anti-gay, has a headline on her latest post that says it all: EXCLUSIVE: Richard Grenell Hounded From Romney Campaign by Anti-Gay Conservatives. When I learned that Grenell was gay, I knew it was just a matter of ...
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The new Obama campaign web advertisement is longer than the others -- because it lists the President's accomplishments during his first term, and that takes a while. YouTube Video
YouTube Video Note that because Obama makes a joke about the incredibly dumb right wing attack meme that he "eats dogs," the wingnut blogs are crowing today that they "made him own it." Hey, geniuses, here's a free clue: Obama was laughing at you. And everyone else is too, except your audience ...
These Obama campaign advertisements are very powerful -- because all the President has to do is quote the words of Mitt Romney and the Republican Party to make his point that the GOP agenda is deeply reactionary and anti-woman. YouTube Video
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The Republican Party has handed Barack Obama a perfect wedge issue by waging total war on women's rights, and the President is exploiting it -- as he should: Obama: Mitt Romney 'Backward' on Women. President Barack Obama told a group of women on Friday that he has been their fiercest ...
President Obama, Election 2012, Mitt Romney, Women's Rights, Misogyny, War on Women
YouTube Video A new ad from the Obama campaign (featuring Bill Clinton) points out that Mitt Romney is on record saying he would not send troops into Pakistan to "kill one man" -- meaning Osama bin Laden. Meanwhile, an ABC News "gotcha" piece on this ad makes no sense at all: FLASHBACK: ...
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