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Imagine If…
Republicans embraced the anti-vaccine idiotic message:
I’m glad that (apart from Donald Trump) the anti-vaccine movement isn’t really linked to the right. Can you imagine if vaccine skepticism were seized on by the right-wing noise machine? It would spread like wildfire. A third of Americans simply wouldn’t vaccinate their children, insisting that the health effects of vaccination are just a “theory.” Every Republican in Congress would have to sign an anti-vaccine pledge. There’d be movements to make vaccines illegal in the red states, and dispensers of vaccines would be defunded in those states, and their offices would be shut down. Right-wing billionaires would bankroll documentaries linking vaccination to Hitler and eugenicism, and the Fox/talk radio crazies would flock to those documentaries, which would break box-office records. Half the books on the bestseller list would have covers depicting Democratic politicians as Dr. Mengele.
So… I guess there’s a silver lining?
I Thought Republicans Were Against Taxes
It seems that Republicans are only against taxing rich people. Taxes for the middle class and poor people are apparently a-okay. Cutting programs that help the poor, the elderly, children and the middle class in order to give the rich more tax cuts is just fine. This strikes me a quite a shift from the days when the GOP ran against all taxes.
The Romney Gaffe To End All Gaffes?
Unflippinbelievable! Could he really be this stoopid?
During a private fundraiser earlier this year, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney told a small group of wealthy contributors what he truly thinks of all the voters who support President Barack Obama. He dismissed these Americans as freeloaders who pay no taxes, who don’t assume responsibility for their lives, and who think government should take care of them. Fielding a question from a donor about how he could triumph in November, Romney replied:
“There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. All right, there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you-name-it. That that’s an entitlement. And the government should give it to them. And they will vote for this president no matter what…These are people who pay no income tax.”
Romney went on: “[M]y job is is not to worry about those people. I’ll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives.”
FOX News Is Responsible For Today’s Republican Party
I tried to write a post on this last week – actually, I’ve been trying to write a lot of posts but always seem to be waylaid by another GOP misstep, gaffe, etc. Basically, there is simply too much nonsense to write about! Anyway, I waited long enough and Mistermix at Balloon Juice did my work for me!
Mitt Romney Wades Into Foreign Policy… And Drowns
Steve Kornacki at Salon says it perfectly: The foolishness of Romney’s reaction is glaring. Pretending that the statement from the U.S. embassy in Cairo was anything other than a completely understandable and reasonable attempt by its occupants to save their own lives borders on disgraceful. Romney’s implication that the statement was issued at the height […]
I’m Telling You, We’re This Close To Burqas
A woman gets sexually assaulted by a police officer and the female judge gives her a lecture. If women don’t want to be sexually assaulted then they need to stay home and stop tempting men. And if they do leave their homes and an incident like this happens they need to stop whining.
Teenage Girl + Twitter = Disaster
In the blink of a keystroke a 16 year old girl has altered her life, probably forever.
Presidential Debate Question
How in the world is Mitt Romney going to handle the Presidential debates? He has run his entire campaign on avoiding detailed policy discussions, so how does this translate into a debate? Will he simply say, “I love freedom” over and over again?
Health Care, Afghanistan, Taxes, Medicare/Medicaid, Abortion, Budget Cuts, Unions, the Economy, Foreign Policy, etc. – all these topics, and many, many more, will be on the table. How does Mitt Romney respond to these issues, or is there a way he can avoid them and continue to say nothing?
The Fashion House Of Sununu
Really? And Republicans wonder why they’ve lost the women’s vote.
Former New Hampshire Gov. John Sununu questioned reports that the Tracey Reese dress Michelle Obama wore for her convention address Tuesday night cost $350 on a conference call with reporters Wednesday. Sununu accused the Obama campaign of peddling several lies, including the cost of the dress: “somehow I don’t think that’s the truth either.”
Republicans Just Can’t Fake It
After watching the first night of the Democratic National Convention I was impressed by how “on message” the Dems were. I also couldn’t help but draw comparisons between what I saw last night and what I saw last week – And here’s where I’ve arrived: Republicans just can’t fake it for Mitt Romney.
Someone Needs To Address The Pencader Charter School Situation
I wrote about the problems at Pencader Charter school this past July. You can read what I wrote here. Here’s a snippet: What’s a Pencader parent to do? And that’s the main point of this post. I am calling on Pencader leadership, the DOE, politicians and the Governor to give these parents answers. Will Pencader […]
Mystery Speaker At Republican Convention?
What isn’t a mystery is that this person will be given a prime slot on Thursday evening. Via WSJ:
Buried deep in the convention schedule released Monday is a vague reference to a mystery speaker scheduled for the event’s final evening. “To Be Announced” has a prime speaking slot late in the Thursday program.
Mitt Romney’s Debate Problem
I’ve been thinking about the upcoming Presidential debates and have realized Mitt Romney has a problem. He’s a horrible debater. I’ve been looking over the videos and news articles after each primary debate and am left with the same conclusion: Mitt Romney has very few shining moments. And even if you remove his gaffes (10,000.00 bet, self-deportation) he was sorta just there, blending into the background, trying not to say too much and avoiding specifics on everything. Basically, his strategy was to simply make it through the night.
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