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I’m considering voting for Mitt Romney. Yes, everything he says is wrong-headed, misinformed, or a bald-faced lie. That is true of every politician I’ve ever heard about or examined the record of. So, that’s a big “so-what”. Here’s the thing: I’ve figured out how to exploit that fact.
Find the politician who plans to do all the wrong things, and promises the opposite of smart ideas. For example, anyone who supports the Paul Ryan budget. Anyone who says that deregulation and increased reliance on the finance industry are going to save us. Anyone who wants more religion in schools, and less schools in our schools. Find the chucklehead who is running on a platform of obvious mistakes and retarded reasoning. Now, elect him. When he does the opposite of what he promised, VOILA! your problems are over!
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“Denver authorities detained Smith for questioning on Tuesday night, and he was cited on misdemeanor charges of creating a disturbance, throwing a missile and an unlawful act on school property, Denver Police spokesman Sonny Jackson said.”
A missile? Throwing a missile? What the fuck, laws. Anyways, this article also has the video of Romney getting
missile-attackedglitter-bombed, so enjoy!-Jess
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Jon Stewart Explains Republican Mitt Romney
- Jon Stewart: It's like putting ten percent down on a car, then using the value of that car to get another loan and repay yourself that ten percent and and maybe a little twenty percent... on top for your troubles and then walking away, leaving the car on the hook for the payments.
- But, for Bain Capital to borrow money from other people, knowing that those debts might never be repaid, while still profiting themselves, I don't know. I don't know how I feel about that business practice. Does it make anyone else uneasy?
- [video of Romney]: I think it's simply immoral for us as a nation and as a generation, to keep spending more and more money, by borrowing money from other people knowing that those debts will never be repaid during our lifetimes.
- Stewart: I don't know who that ruggedly handsome guy is but I agree one hundred percent. So there you go and his pitch to Americans seems to be, elect me as your president. I have twenty five years of business experience doing something I believe this country should never ever do.
Here’s what Mitt Romney said after he won the Florida Republican primary last night:
“While we celebrate this victory, we must not forget what this election is really about …”
… What do you think he said? Not getting the economy moving. Not keeping America safe. Not improving people’s lives.
“While we celebrate this victory, we must not forget what this election is really about: defeating Barack Obama.”
Then he launched a “One-Term Fund” drive to get his backers to contribute $1 million to make Barack Obama a one-term president.
It may not take the Romney camp very long to get to a million — they announced today that just 9 percent of their money comes from donors giving less than $200.
It’s also clear that there’s lots of money to be raised from far-right Tea Party types appealing to a very personal dislike of Barack Obama. When Romney tells a reporter that we need a president “who believes in American principles” or that President Obama will be just a “footnote in history,” that’s who he’s talking to.
Last night Romney summed it up in one line — for them, it’s all about beating one man and sending his family packing from the White House.
Everything else the Republicans say or do is just means to that end.
Our campaign is different. It’s about bringing people together to protect the progress we’ve made and make a lot more in a second term.Jim Messina
Campaign Manager
Obama for America
“This country is bankrupt; all great nations go down because they extend themselves overseas. …let’s defend this country, and stop pretending we can tell other people how to live!”
“This country is bankrupt; all great nations go down because they extend themselves overseas. …let’s defend this country, and stop pretending we can tell other people how to live!”—
Ron Paul, calling for less foreign military involvement, and a rededication to strict, domestic military defense.
He’s a racist, homophobic, sexist piece of trash, and he’s probably either crazy or stupid… but he’s the only Republican on the field right now that I could support to any degree. If Romney or Gingrich or Santorum wins the Presidency with the Congress we have now, then we won’t have a nation by the next elections. Ron Paul might set us back to the Dark Ages, but he wouldn’t completely flush the country down the drain. And then, once he’s out, we can elect someone smart and modern-minded to repair the damage he caused. If it’s Mitt or Newt or Rick, there won’t be anything to repair.
I want to vote for Barney Frank, or Sherrod Brown. I’ll take Obama if that’s what’s on the menu.
Had the same thing been carried out by a worker for the now-defunct ACORN, Republicans —- and even Newt Gingrich —- would have called it massive “voter fraud.” But the 1,500 acts of fraud, by Gingrich’s own admission, were carried out by a worker hired by his campaign, so it seems the media have barely noticed it.
Nonetheless, The BRAD BLOG has received confirmation from two different state agencies that the 1,500 alleged cases of ballot petition fraud said to have been carried out on behalf of the Gingrich campaign, in their unsuccessful attempt to qualify for the Republican primary ballot in Virginia, are now being carried out by the state Attorney General’s office.
In late December, after Gingrich had failed to turn in enough valid signatures to qualify for the Virginia primary ballot, he was caught on video tape telling a supporter in Iowa that the reason for the failure was due to a campaign worker who created 1,500 fraudulent signatures.
“We turned in 11,100 —- we needed 10,000 —- 1,500 of them were by one guy who, frankly, committed fraud,” Gingrich is seen and heard saying in video originally aired by CNN.
The former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives downplayed the incident, by explaining to the woman that the entire affair was “just a mistake,” after they had “hired somebody who turned in false signatures.”
Neither he nor his campaign, however, has made the name of the alleged “one guy” public, to our knowledge, despite the extraordinary number of fraudulent signatures created and turned in by that “one guy” in what an official at the Virginia State Board of Elections (SBE) described to us as “definitely an illegal act.”
News of the embarrassing criminal investigation is confirmed today, even as voters go to the polls for Florida’s 2012 GOP Primary, where Gingrich is facing off against front-runner Mitt Romney who, ironically —- and uncomfortably enough for Republicans —- may also find himself the subject of a criminal voter fraud investigation in the not-too-distant future…
Rick Santourm leaves campaign trail to tend to sick daughter
“You think she’s fine, and then one cold and she’s this close to dying.” Days ahead of the important Florida primary, Rick Santorum found himself having to make an unexpected detour Saturday, as his 3-year-old daughter Bella, who suffers from a rare genetic condition called Trisomy 18, was admitted to the hospital. Bella has already beaten the odds in many ways — many children with the condition don’t survive their first week, let alone their first year. The presidential candidate, who is running behind Gingrich and Romney, is relying on surrogates to keep things going while he’s gone, but it’s not the first time Bella’s health has forced the cancellation of Santorum’s campaign events. A tough situation for Santorum to deal with, especially as the contests turn into real primaries with real stakes. (photo by Gage Skidmore/Flickr) source
Same guy who claimed that nobody in America could ever die from a lack of health care?
Rick Perry wasted nearly $2.7 million taxpayer dollars on airfare, baggage fees, food and even parking during his failed 160 day Presidential campaign. Luckily, Rick Perry can pay taxpayers back today. According to Rick Perry’s latest ethics report, his state PAC has $2.47 million in the bank. He could repay 93% of what he owes us today by writing one simple check.
Tell Governor Rick Perry you want him to pay back the $2.7 million dollars of taxpayer money he spent on his race to Washington.
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“We will also establish a Financial Crimes Unit of highly trained investigators to crack down on large-scale fraud and protect people’s investments. Some financial firms violate major anti-fraud laws because there’s no real penalty for being a repeat offender. That’s bad for consumers, and it’s…
A video that MUST be seen.
If you care about democracy, this is the most important issue in politics.
