IT’S STARTING to rock and roll, with the latest barrage coming at Mitt Romney from Gawker that alleges to go “inside Mitt Romney’s tax-dodging Cayman schemes.” From John Cook of Gawker: Mitt Romney’s $250 million fortune is largely a black hole: Aside from the meager and vague disclosures he has filed under federal and Massachusetts [...]
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‘Two Parties That Give Americans the Illusion of Choice’
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. Unless we get beyond the range of Romney/Ryan vs. Obama/Biden media “news” coverage, we’ll likely miss a lot of very interesting conversations. These are conversations about the kind of stuff the Duopoly prefers we not hear, and for the most part, if relying on mainstream [...]
Bill Clinton, Shadow Candidate in the 2012 Election
In his stump speeches, Obama frequently credits Clinton-era policies for the strong economy in the ’90s, arguing the country fared well under Clinton because he “understood what it takes for this economy.” “Nobody has a better grasp and understanding of the issues than this man,” Obama said at a June fundraiser in New York. – [...]
News Desk: McCaskill 48% – Akin 38%
**UPDATED** ONE RARE Rasmussen poll I’m thrilled to cite. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in the Show Me State finds McCaskill earning 48% support to Akin’s 38%. Nine percent (9%) like some other candidate in the race, and five percent (5%) are undecided. Go get ‘im, Claire. UPDATE: What if Akin [...]
Romney Versus Obama on the Environment: Marauder or Fracker?
ROMNEY RELEASED a document outlining the Romney-Ryan energy plan. This was revealing: North America is the fastest-growing oil and gas producing region in the world, and the continent now has an opportunity to achieve freedom from OPEC that would not have even been contemplated just ten years ago. Unfortunately, President Obama has chosen to turn [...]
Crash the Conventions, Please, We Beg You
Bucking protocol, President Obama and the Democrats are planning a full-scale assault on Republicans next week during their convention. Presidential candidates have traditionally kept a low profile during their opponent’s nominating celebration, but Democrats are throwing those rules out the window in an attempt to spoil Mitt Romney’s coronation as the GOP nominee. – Team [...]
National Review Does Mitt
YOU WILL NEED a condom for this one. From Kevin D. Williamson, an ode to Mitt: What do women want? The conventional biological wisdom is that men select mates for fertility, while women select for status — thus the commonness of younger women’s pairing with well-established older men but the rarity of the converse. The [...]
The Economy Election
Charts from CBO's August 2012 Budget and Economic Outlook from Congressional Budget Office The report notes that debt held by the public will reach 73 percent of the economy this year, “the highest level since 1950 and about twice the 36 percent of GDP that it measured at the end of 2007.” [The Hill] IF [...]
News Desk: Hurricane Isaac Heads for Florida
THE GOP CONVENTION in Tampa could be in for some improvisation. From CBS News: It’s been 90 years since a major hurricane made a direct hit on Tampa. The last to strike Florida’s west coast was Hurricane Charley, a Category 4 packing 150 mph winds. The Aug. 13, 2004, storm was small yet powerful — [...]
The Onion’s Obscene View of the Republican Convention in Tampa
This video contains graphic language and is not for everyone. REMEMBER FOLKS, it’s The Onion! Don’t laugh too hard. h/t GayAmericablog
Top Story: Whose Party Is It, Mitt Romney’s or the Religious Right’s?
“Rape is rape and there’s no splitting hairs over rape.” As for the president’s claim that Romney-Ryan will restrict birth control, Ryan calls that ridiculous. “Nobody is proposing to deny birth control to anybody,” says Ryan. Ryan says women won’t fall for these side issues. “And I don’t think they’re going to take the bait [...]
Queer Talk: Republican Party Platform Vs. ‘Gay Agenda’
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. The Republican Party platform news of the last few days has yet again confirmed the power of the self-identified Christian / family-traditional values voters. Whatever else, the Family Research Council, American Family Association, etc., are not run by dumb people. Over the last couple of [...]
Just Days Before Tampa, Obama Leads Romney 48% to 44%
After Mitt Romney selected his vice presidential running mate, and just days before the political conventions kick off next week, President Barack Obama maintains his advantage in the race for the White House, according to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. A Democratic ticket featuring Obama and Vice President Joe Biden gets support from [...]
Queer Talk: Full Frontal Freedom Asks Romney, ‘What You’re Hiding Down Below?’
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. John Aravosis calls it a “Must-see election music video.” It’s definitely a gay man’s “view,” but I don’t think you have to be a gay man to appreciate the humor. From Full Frontal Freedom, a “coalition of independent artists and media folks using our creativity [...]
Jake Tapper Questions Whether U.S. Haste to Exit Afghanistan is Cause for Green-on-Blue Killings
IN A CONVERSATION that cites the biased coverage of 2008, as well as what it might mean for 2012, the interview ABC News’s Jake Tapper did with Laura Ingraham is not something you’ll hear every day. Tapper said he thought the “media helped tip the scales” in ’08, which I prove conclusively in my book, [...]
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