IT’S THE talk of Virginia, with outgoing Senator Jim Webb someone who can go there like no one else, because he’s got the record and the life to back it up. From Webb’s remarks: Governor Romney and I are about the same age. Like millions of others in our generation, we came to adulthood facing [...]
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Forget Bill, Barack, and Mitt, Joe Biden Creamed Them All
THE MOST watched speech of both conventions was the barn burner from Vice President Joe Biden. Nielsen ratings are out and New York Daily News has the story. Nielsen has finished compiling the ratings from all the networks that covered the conventions, right down to C-Span, and a higher percentage of the total TV universe [...]
Damage Overload: Did Mitt Romney Just Elect Barack Obama?
“He looks like Richard Nixon.” – Peggy Noonan AFTER A BLOODY primary season, where his Republican opponents revealed Romney’s lack of talent in the political arts, the Bain Captial attacks, which were launched by the lonely pro Obama SUPER Pac created by Tim Burton and Paul Begala, started filling in the man that is Mitt [...]
Interlude
After a summer of change at Saturday Night Live – stalwart castmembers Kristen Wiig and Andy Samberg left the show, along with Abby Elliott – Lorne Michaels might have been expected to go the safe route for his season 38 opener, relying on the easy name-recognition of stars like Robert Pattinson or Carly Rae Jepsen. [...]
Ann Romney’s Complaining in Interviews Reveals Team Romney Ineptitude
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy “Anyone else find it odd that Mitt’s pollster put out a state-of-the race memo this morning that was almost entirely devoid of polling data?” – David Axelrod ANN ROMNEY DESERVED better. But after what happened with Sarah Palin, who made plenty of mistakes [...]
Where Was Donald Trump?
HURRICANE ISAAC was just too much for him. Was it a hair thing? Heavy wind, rain, not a pretty picture. So we didn’t get his “big surprise.” Not much was made of it, because the Democratic convention was on everyone’s mind, so Trump got away with it. “I think they’re still going to probably do [...]
ABC/WashingtonPost Poll: Romney’s Favorables Rise After RNC, Obama’s Drop with Women Before DNC
MITT ROMNEY boosted one aspect of his public opinion problem with his convention. Taken before the DNC meet in Charlotte, an important point to remember, Obama’s favorable numbers with women registered voters has plummeted. Now we’ll have to wait to see what the Democratic National Convention does for Democrats, but especially Pres. Obama. The first [...]
Austin Police Alleged ‘Provocateur’ Actions: Part of the National Picture
From Raw Story: When the local offshoot of Occupy Wall Street began a five-month encampment in Austin, Texas last fall, the Austin police assigned at least three undercover officers to infiltrate the group and gather information on potentially illegal actions. According to the Austin Statesman, court documents and interviews show that the infiltrators “camped with [...]
Stoller on ‘The Fake Election’
This could easily have been included in my earlier post, Now Playing Charlotte: The ‘Uber-Contrived Reality Show’, or for that matter, in any number of posts. But it really deserves a place of its own. Do go and read the whole thing. Matt Stoller at Naked Capitalism: The Fake Election: 10 Arguments The Republicans Aren’t [...]
Romney Releases “Another Broken Promise” After Ryan Ignites Janesville Uproar
“My point was not to lay blame on a plant shutdown, but this is yet another example of the president’s broken promises,” added the GOP vice presidential candidate. “In 2008, he traveled all around the country making promises he would break, just like in Janesville.” [Politico] AFTER PAUL RYAN‘s speech at the Republican National Convention, [...]
Queer Talk: David Koch, ‘I Believe in Gay Marriage’
From Politico: Billionaire industrialist David Koch, who is helping steer millions of dollars to elect Mitt Romney and congressional Republicans, on Thursday told POLITICO he disagrees with the GOP’s stance on gay marriage and believes the U.S. needs to consider raising taxes to balance the budget. “Marriage equality” is the more accurate term, but whatever [...]
GOP Convention ‘Mystery Speaker’ Will ‘Make My Day’?
Clint Eastwood. That’s the latest speculation about tonight’s “mystery speaker,” according to Christian Science Monitor. ‘It’s him,’ Romney family friend Paul Gilbert told the US News ‘Washington Whispers’ blog. ‘I can confirm that, 100 percent.’ … Fox News is also saying it’s Mr. Eastwood. … CNN is reporting the same. I’m still puzzled by this [...]
Queer Talk: ‘Personal Crusades,’ ‘Angelic Troublemakers,’ and Red and Blue Politics
In spite of the efforts to find ways to be supportive of the Romney / Ryan ticket (and related to LGBT equality, Log Cabin Republicans seem more excited about Ryan than Romney, because one time Ryan voted for the Employment Nondiscrimination Act), LCR hasn’t endorsed that ticket. They still could, of course. But why wait [...]
Keystone Options: ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’ or ‘Half-Way’ Support
It wasn’t in Tampa. Or about Isaac. So, of course, it wasn’t much noticed. But yesterday, in Livingston, Texas, “multi-generational” advocates and activists continued the efforts to stop the construction of the Tar Sands / Keystone pipeline. A small group of people, with the usual minimal media interest in their actions successfully stopped, at least for [...]
Code Pink Protests in Tampa: ‘Take Your Vagina to the RNC’
From Common Dreams: Activist group Code Pink, protesting this week at the Republican National Convention, marched through the streets of Tampa on Monday dressed as a group of giant vaginas to speak out against the GOP’s ‘war on women’. The group also congregated in a demonstration outside Ralph Reed’s Faith & Freedom Coalition rally, among [...]
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