Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames. US News | Syria News | More ABC News Videos IT’S an exclusive from ABC News, the RNC Benghazi ad that Mitt Romney wouldn’t let them run. Why? Because it might distract people from his pitch on the economy. Let’s think about that for one second. The only [...]
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Zombie Industries Sells “Bleeding Obama” at NRA Convention
“Someone from the NRA came by and asked us to remove it” a Zombie Industries booth worker told BuzzFeed in hushed tones. “They thought it looked too much like President Obama.” When asked if the Obama likeness was intentional the worker said, “Let’s just say I gave my Republican father one for Christmas.” [Buzzfeed] BUZZFEED [...]
Weaponized Drones: Only “Bad” if Used Against U.S. Citizens on U.S. Soil?
Weaponized drones became a big national story, but only when (1) a Republican Elected – Rand Paul – spoke out and (2) when the focus was on U.S. citizens on U.S. territory as targets. I’m not sure what the concern would be about targeting a non-U.S. citizen on U.S. soil. We already know U.S. citizens [...]
Romney’s Babbling, Jeb Bush is Flip Flopping, and Republicans Remain Utterly Confused
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy “I think there has to be some difference between people who come here legally and illegally. It is just a matter of common sense and a matter of the rule of law. If we’re not going to apply the law fairly and consistently, [...]
Candy Crowley Cited as “Mistake” by Republican Co-chair of Presidential Debate Commission
TWO WORDS come to mind: sexist schmuck. That describes Frank Fahrenkopf, who hails from the Reagan and Bush 41 eras, when women knew their place. From Jon Ralston, Nevada’s political sage: Fahrenkopf said he was proud of his role in helping to pick the debate moderators, but then added, shockingly I thought: “We made one [...]
Obama is Suddenly the “Puppet Master” of the Press
The results are transformational. With more technology, and fewer resources at many media companies, the balance of power between the White House and press has tipped unmistakably toward the government. This is an arguably dangerous development, and one that the Obama White House — fluent in digital media and no fan of the mainstream press [...]
After Humiliating 2012 Prediction, Dick Morris Out at Fox News
AFTER WHAT had to be the worst prediction in electoral history, Dick “Romney in a Landslide” Morris, the political grifter, is out at Fox News Channel. But in case you miss him, he’ll be on CNN with Piers Morgan tonight.
Where are They Now, Romney’s Hacks Edition
BAY BUCHANAN has evidently quit politics and is starting a new career in real estate. Considering how badly she comported herself in the campaign season it’s a better decision than continuing the path she was on. From a report: “It was so tough. It was brutal,” she said of the loss to President Obama. “I [...]
The Debate Over Obama’s Boys’ Club Resurfaces
WAKING UP every day and listening to the acrimony on morning political shows, represented today through “Morning Joe,” is bound to color the rest of your day. How can it not? The conversation is toxic on most the cable channels, which ratchets up when the conversation turns to the continued minority of women who hold [...]
Right Smears John Brennan as “Arabist,” Ignores Purge of “Arabist” James Baker Wing
IF YOU want to start dissecting what’s happened to the sane branch of the Republican Party, it dates back to Georg H.W. Bush and James Baker, a time when realism in foreign policy took over for Ronald Reagan’s ramshackle militarism that led to Iran-Contra and near impeachment. The big story in the Republican Party over [...]
Boehner Scurries to Find Woman in All Male GOP Boys’ Club to Chair Committee She’s Not Even On
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy AFTER BEING busted for an all white, all male Republican leadership monopoly, with no woman in sight, Speaker John Boehner responds by taking a woman not even on the committee, because there are no women on the last remaining committees without a chairman, [...]
Palestinians Win Nonmember Observer Status in United Nations General Assembly Vote
…the General Assembly vote — 138 countries in favor, 9 opposed and 41 abstaining — showed impressive backing for the Palestinians at a difficult time. It was taken on the 65th anniversary of the vote to divide the former British mandate of Palestine into two states, one Jewish and one Arab, a vote Israel considers [...]
Erick Erickson and Romney’s Cannibalism by Consultants
THIS IS an extraordinary autopsy by Erick Erickson on the money blood letting and political canabalism that occurred in the Republican Party during the 2012 presidential election cycle. I’d love to hear a response from any conservatives I know lurk around here, including commenters that have been absent since Obama won reelection. In begins like [...]
Obama Invites Romney in for Lunch
Obama and Romney to have lunch Thursday (via AFP) US President Barack Obama will host his defeated Republican foe Mitt Romney for a conciliatory private lunch at the White House on Thursday in their first encounter since a bitter election. Obama’s press secretary Jay Carney said the meeting would take place in the president’s private [...]
Gov. Chris Christie Hits 72% Approval, Rewarded for Leading After Sandy, Education Deal
THIS IS the template for what it takes for voters to cross party lines to applaud a politician for doing his job. Gov. Christie showed leadership in the aftermath of nor’easter Sandy, as well as the ability to put doing his job for the people before party loyalty, for which he’s now being rewarded. New [...]
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