In 2008, Mitt Romney made the strange decision to announce his presidential candidacy at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan. Last week, Romney brought up Henry Ford again in a speech attacking President Obama. It seems that Mr. Romney has some kind feelings for the now-disgraced automobile industrialist. To be fair, people of Romney’s […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Initially, I thought that Mitt Romney was going to London to watch his wife’s horse compete in the Olympic dressage event, but then Mr. Romney said that he wasn’t even going to watch her, that he had very little interest in her competition, and that he didn’t even know when it was going to be […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
└ Tags: Ann Romney, Banking, Billionaires, Dodd-Frank, Dressage, London, London Olympics, Louis Bacon, Mitt Romney
After last week’s horrific mass murder in Aurora, Colorado that left 12 dead and 51 wounded, Mitt Romney weighed in on the ongoing automatic weapon controversy. While in London, Romney talked with NBC’s Brian Williams and made it clear that he didn’t think any gun laws should be changed. When pressed whether he had any […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Mitt Romney has finally taken a stand! While he switches positions on just about every issue depending on his audience, he’s actually drawn a line in the sand on one issue, his tax returns. Bravo! You’ve got to start somewhere, I suppose. Unfortunately, it’s a losing issue. Romney wants to hide his tax returns from […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Last week President Obama made the point that no one goes very far without the help of someone. He mentioned how a teacher might have helped them succeed, or a parent might have inspired them, he noted how we rely on infrastructure like roads and communication systems that are put in place by others, and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The 2012 National Rifle Association will be remembered for Ted Nugent’s threats to kill government officials. Lost in the hysteria of crazy gun-toting right wing nuts threatening people, was Mitt Romney’s desperate attempt to court the extremist organization. This is what he had to say about longtime head of the NRA, Wayne LaPierre; “What an […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Mormon Church’s Side Business of Selling Glocks, Smith & Wessons and Sigs
on July 21st, 2012 at 11:33 pmWhen we think of a church, we usually think of a sanctuary, a place of refuge, a house of worship devoted to peace. Not so much with the Mormon Corporatio… errr… the Mormon Church. One of the businesses making up the Mormon Church’s multi-billion dollar empire is the online trafficking of high powered automatic weapons. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The right wing hate machine rolled out this week trying to distract the nation from the ongoing Mitt Romney tax problems. Hate radio leader Rush Limbaugh was the first to take the low road saying that the President “hates America!” Bush/Cheney retread John Sununu then made the rounds for Romney saying that the President should […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Maria Bartiromo: Will Companies Hire if President Obama is Re-elected?
on July 17th, 2012 at 1:38 pmCNBC, the political birther of the CNBC-T Party, hasn’t exactly tried to hide its antipathy for President Obama and Democrats. Despite mountains of proof that Democrats are better for the economy and the stock market than Republicans, for ideological reasons, CNBC professes a libertarian philosophy and pushes a far right economic agenda. This has never […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
He keeps a half billion dollars in a money market account on the planet Kolob People will find out he took a $10,000 deduction for Brylcreem He’s afraid the Mormon Church will find out he short-changed them by $150 million. After your 17th second home, the IRS gives you the 18th for free He declared […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s not the best kept secret out there, but some may not have noticed it; Mitt Romney is intent on making you pay $5 a gallon for gasoline. You’ve probably noticed how Romney opposes every alternative energy option out there, and you might be keeping track of Romney’s inflammatory rhetoric when it comes to the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
└ Tags: $5 Gas, Dick Cheney, Halliburton, Harold Hamm, Harold Simmons, Holy Grail, John Paulson, Koch Brothers, Mitt Romney, Oil
Bosom Buddies, Dick Cheney and Mitt Romney, Sing Praise For Each Other
on July 15th, 2012 at 1:56 pmAh, the good life. One day you’re in the Hamptons hobnobbing with America’s aristocracy, the next you’re in Aspen breathing in high society’s rarefied air. Who says running a presidential campaign is tough? Before heading across the Atlantic to court more ultra-rich political donors in London, Mitt Romney had a chance to drop in on his good […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
└ Tags: Aspen, Dick Cheney, Enhanced Terrogation, George W. Bush, Hamptons, London, Mitt Romney, NeoCons, Torture, Wyoming
Mitt Romney had the nerve to call President Obama a liar for running a completely truthful ad about Romney’s experiences as a job outsourcer at Bain Capital. Romney contends that the outsourcing charge is untrue because he had no connection to Bain when the outsourcing occurred. Mitt is lying and his own signature is the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Mitt Romney likes to point out how much money he gives to charity. It turns out, however, that most of the money Romney hands out goes to one place; According to tax documents viewed by Business Insider, the vast majority of the money Mitt Romney gave away in 2009 and 2010–80% of it–went to The Church of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In case Armageddon and the end of the world comes about, the Mormon Church requires its members to keep enough emergency food and supplies in their homes to last a year. Mormons consider survivalist preparation a “commandment.” This is a commandment that comes straight from the church president and stretches back to the beginnings of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Before heading to Aspen, “Mitt Romney headed to the sprawling estates of the Hamptons, where he held a whirlwind series of fundraisers, charging up to $50,000 a head and infusing his campaign with an expected $4 million.” He was there to meet with one of his closest friends and allies. Mitt Romney declared he was […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Dinesh D’Souza was born in Bombay, India and came to America as a 17 year-old exchange student. Then he never left. D’Souza had no special technical skills or talents and, under Mitt Romney’s immigration plan, would never have gotten citizenship, but somehow he managed to get his green card. He has spent the last thirty […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here are the Top 10 signs Republicans are in denial; They’ve selected a Wall Street shark to reign in Wall Street They’ve selected an extremely rich man to defend tax breaks for the very rich. They’ve selected a job outsourcer, job cutter, and a business downsizer as their expert on creating jobs. They’ve selected the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Republicans used the idea of death panels as a way to discredit President Obama’s health care law (which was the exact opposite of course), to energize their base, and to scare seniors. It was all a fiction. However, death panels have become a very real thing for Republican governors who have decided to deny their […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
President Obama signed legislation Friday that provides $100 billion in funding for transportation projects and prevents interest rates on student loans from doubling. “Let’s make sure that we’re keeping folks on the job and we’re keeping our students in school,” Obama said just before signing the bill. Read more at USA Today
Mitt Romney was taken to the woodshed this week by the conservative Wall Street Journal for running a lackluster, error-prone, directionless, vague, and incompetent campaign. Besides pointing out his constant flip-flops on health care and taxes, the newspaper noted other troubling Romney traits; Meanwhile, the Obama campaign is assailing Mr. Romney as an out-of-touch rich […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The average American would have no trouble releasing their tax returns if they ran for president. It’s pretty straightforward, truck drivers, teachers, doctors, or salespeople don’t have anything to hide, they know how much they’ve earned. It seems that only those people who operate in the shadows, the drug dealers, black marketeers, tax evaders, pimps […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There’s been a lot of talk about the dramatic circumstances that led the Supreme Court to vote to uphold the Affordable Care Act last Thursday. Chief Justice John Roberts was the deciding vote in a narrow 5-4 decision and many have speculated on why he chose to vote with the more moderate justices. CBS News […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Don’t you love Republicans? One minute they’re saying the ATF is out of control and should lay off gun buyers and traffickers, the next they’re complaining that the ATF should clamp down on any guns that might possibly be used in a crime. You can’t win with these people. Case in point, Darrell Issa and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
└ Tags: 2nd Amendment, Arizona, Brian Terry, Darrell Issa, Eric Holder, Fast and Furious, Gun Control, Gun Violence, Guns, Mexico
John Boehner has failed to lead. John Boehner has obstructed job creation. John Boehner has deliberately hurt the American economy. John Boehner has vigorously opposed anti-discrimination legislation. John Boehner has made Congress dysfunctional by refusing to work with the other side. John Boehner is too “tightly bound to lobbyists” to do his job. John Boehner […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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