I think it’s interesting because I think it is very difficult to talk about the war dead and the fallen without invoking valor, without invoking the words “heroes.” Why do I feel so [uncomfortable] about the word “hero”? I feel comfortable — uncomfortable — about the word because it seems to me that it is [...]
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It’s Not News that Romney Can Win
MITT ROMNEY’S LUCKY the Republican primaries unmasked his warts long before anyone started paying attention. Sure America saw the clown show, but the circus has passed and now it’s down to business and economics, Romney’s strong suit. I started following Mitt Romney during the 2007-2008 primary season, writing back then that he was dangerous for [...]
Cory Booker, Day 3
The MSNBC host attacked Cory Booker for breaking with the Democratic Party line. As a journalist, he ought to celebrate truth-telling. – The Misplaced Loyalties and Dubious Code of Chris Matthews, by Conor Friedersdorf JUST HOW DENSE is the new media elite? The Atlantic’s Conor Friedersdorf proves how thick today when reviewing Chris Matthews’ harangue [...]
Defining Mitt Takes a Hit, The Video
DAVID AXELROD “LOVES” Mayor Cory Booker. He said so while calling him an idiot on economics and suggesting he’d better start looking for a firehouse that has openings. Mitt Romney loves Cory, too, but his team is pretty crazy about Ford and Stevie, too. This story has marathon legs that equals Mitt’s Etch A Sketch [...]
Cory Booker is ‘Very Uncomfortable’
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy “I’m not about to sit here and indict private equity,” Booker added. “If you look at the totality of Bain Capital’s record, they’ve done a lot to support businesses — to grow businesses. And this to me, I’m very uncomfortable.” – Mayor Cory [...]
An Example of Why People Should Hate Politics
It was kind of like how the Romans used to, you know, conquer those villages in the Mediterranean. They’d go into a little Turkish somewhere and they’d find the first five guys they say and they’d crucify them. And then, you know, that town was really easy to manage for the next few years. – [...]
Romney’s Foreign Policy Problem Starts with ‘Czechoslovakia’
“Everybody slips,” Biden said, but added that Romney’s mistake sounds like “a mindset.” – TPM I WARNED YOU about this last year and it has begun. Team Romney tried to launch a prebuttal against V.P. Joe Biden’s foreign policy speech Thursday on a conference call, but it backfired. Mitt Romney’s foreign policy adviser, Ambassador Pierre [...]
Michelle Obama To The Rescue
Every mother works hard, and every woman deserves to be respected. – mo via Twitter On Rosengate, point goes to Mitt Romney. The First Lady tweeted so. We have the first unforced error of 2012 presidential season by a Democratic operative that weighs in Mitt Romney’s favor and it came just a couple of days [...]
Bill Maher: Please Stop Apologizing
Mr. De Niro was speaking at a fund-raiser with the first lady, Michelle Obama. Here’s the joke: “Callista Gingrich. Karen Santorum. Ann Romney. Now do you really think our country is ready for a white first lady?” – Bill Maher Why the first lady’s press secretary bothered to say Mr. De Niro’s joke was “inappropriate” [...]
Fehrnstrom ‘Etch A Sketch’ Gaffe is Sack Worthy
If I was Mitt Romney I wouldn’t let Eric Fehrnstrom near a camera again. If Fehrnstrom was a woman he’d be drummed out of politics for being an incompetent, ditsy broad. The CNN host, John Fugelsang, was even identified as a “political comedian,” no less. It compounds Fehrnstrom’s political malpractice. From Think Progress: CNN HOST: [...]
Mitt Romney Thanks You
Santorum: ‘I Don’t Care What the Unemployment Rate’s Going to Be’ Santorum is serious. In a 52-minute speech, according to reporting from Politico, Rick Santorum said the word economy only three times. The grandson of a coal miner has been replaced by Mr. Values. Mitt Romney jumped all over it. It’s hard to believe it’s [...]
The Party of Rush Limbaugh: “The Party of White People”
**updated** This morning on CNN’s “Early Start,” Ashleigh Banfield and Zoraida Sambolin zeroed in on Rick Santorum’s latest English first gaffe in Puerto Rico, in conjunction with possible statehood. Using clips of Santorum talking on the subject, it was a damning segment, compliments of the candidate himself. It’s yet another example of the Republican Party’s [...]
Like Reagan, Obama Cites False History Quoting Hayes
“One of my predecessors, President Rutherford B. Hayes, reportedly said about the telephone: ‘It’s a great invention but who would ever want to use one?’ That’s why he’s not on Mt. Rushmore.” – Pres. Obama Talk about gafferiffic. New York Magazine‘s Dan Amira was not amused. Here’s his headline: RutherfordGate: Historian Responds to President Obama’s [...]
Rep. Jan Schakowsky and Cecile Richards Respond to Mitt Romney’s Pledge to Defund Parenthood
**updated** “Mitt Romney is trying to out-right anyone else in the race.” – Rep. Jan Schakowsky On a conference call earlier today put together by the DNC for the media, Illinois Rep. Jan Schakowsky called Mitt Romney the “most extreme candidate” on issues directly impacting women. “Romney showed no leadership whatsoever” on Rush Limbaugh, which [...]
Mitt Romney on CNBC’s Squawk Box: Tax Plan ‘Can’t Be Scored’
Now we know why Ann Romney doesn’t consider herself wealthy. When asked about his tax plan on Squawk Box by Becky Quick, Romney gave a peculiar answer. “It can’t be scored because those details are going to have to be worked out with Congress and we have a wide array of options.” – Mitt Romney [...]
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