Tag: Mitt Romney
Paul Ryan Won’t Help Romney With Women
The narrative forming around Paul “Ayn Rand” Ryan, so far, has centered on his wonkiness, his “intellectualism” and his fiscal “swoon inducing” prowess. (Can’t wait until Republicans start gushing over his government experience – which will be good for Ryan since working for the government is 99% of his resume). But there’s more to Ryan […]
(Re)Introducing the Ryan Plan That Romney Endorses
Well that didn’t take long — Team Obama released a video earlier today that reminds people what the Ryan Budget means for Americans and reminds everyone that Mitt Romney wanted to see it passed by the Congress:
Romney Cries “Uncle!”
Did Romney just ask Obama to help him with his campaign? Romney also said in the interview he would like a pledge (of sorts) with Obama that there be no “personal” attack ads. “[O]ur campaign would be– helped immensely if we had an agreement between both campaigns that we were only going to talk about […]
The Romney Campaign Goes Old School — Here Come the Welfare Queens!
One of the signature dishonest (of many) tales told by Ronald Reagan was one of some Chicago woman who was able to put together enough fraudulent participation in enough government programs to net more than $100K per year. Even as Reagan never named this woman and no one could find a public record of anyone who was that productive in getting government assistance. Certainly no one who was caught and tried for the fraud that this would have represented. This exaggerated tale was often repeated, never substantiated but it did its job — tap into existing resentments and stereotypes of welfare cheats — even though the typical welfare recipient never looked the way the stereotype had it. It was more dogwhistle politics from the ultimate dogwhistler — one who kicked off his campaign at the Neshoba County State Fair (county where Schwerner, Chaney and Goodman were murdered), calling for a reinstatement of “state’s rights”. This was,of course, a coded message promising these folks to roll back the rights the Feds were giving to minorities. And now that he is cornered on the issue of his tax releases, Mitt Romney has decided that the Gipper’s dogwhistles can work for him too.
Mitt Romney Is Going To Get Whiplash
On Sunday, Mitt Romney boldly declared that Israel’s economic superiority over the Palestinians was due to its culture.
On Tuesday morning, he dismissed any notion that he had even discussed Palestinian culture.
On Tuesday night, Romney reversed himself yet again, in an op-ed entitled “Culture Does Matter.”
It’s Hard To Keep All Those Estates Straight
Mitt Romney on his Overseas adventures: “And I realize that there will be some in the Fourth Estate, or whichever estate, who are far more interested in finding something to write about that is unrelated to the economy, to geopolitics, to the threat of war, to the reality of conflict in Afghanistan today, to a […]
The Romney Campaign And Do-Overs
There’s a pattern here, and I think it’s deliberate. First, the Romney Campaign says something outrageous (Anglo-Saxon comment, questioning the preparedness of security at the Olympics, etc.) then they counter their initial statement with an do-over.
Mitt Romney Goes to London to Get His Ugly American On
It is an unfortunate stereotype, but why in heck would you — a Presidential hopeful– travel to a host country (hoping for lots of positive photo ops, hoping to look statesmanlike), then launch into a criticism of their signature event? That event being the Olympics and supposedly the source of Romney’s hoped for photo ops. This is also a country currently under Conservative control (they might be your allies, dude) and one where you have just told the world that the current President doesn’t treat as a special partner. But Romney goes to London and tells NBC news:
The Anglo-Saxon Romney Campaign
In remarks that may prompt accusations of racial insensitivity, one suggested that Mr Romney was better placed to understand the depth of ties between the two countries than Mr Obama, whose father was from Africa.
“We are part of an Anglo-Saxon heritage, and he feels that the special relationship is special,” the adviser said of Mr Romney, adding: “The White House didn’t fully appreciate the shared history we have”.
I am not shocked by this statement – I’ve always known this is what many conservatives believe. What shocks me is how blatant their statements have become.
Let Them Eat Cake
My Dad just brought this gem to my attention: WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney’s wife is reinforcing her husband’s refusal to make public several years of tax returns, saying “we’ve given all you people need to know” about the family’s finances. Oh my. We really are just the help.
Taking the Mittens Off
We’ve all been pointing and laughing at the Romney campaign as they find it simply impossible to defend not releasing his tax returns. Between throwing up a shiny bit of news bait of Condi as VP, stupid allegations of cronyism (from a guy who won’t tell who funds him or who bundles contributions) and even the desperation of taking the President’s words out of context — they can’t find their footing. Jonathan Chait writes in NY Magazine that Mitt Romney Gets Angry. And in getting angry, they aren’t going to get smarter, they are going to morph into the comments section of (insert rightwing blog site here) . So that John Sununu trying to tell people that President Obama is not American is not a mistake of the news day — it is the signal that more is coming.
Romney’s Evasive Character Unfit for Presidency
That is the title of this intriguing article by Robert Creamer, published over at The Democratic Strategist. In it, he details the multiple things we have learned about Romney over the past few months in an argument to show that Romney is fundamentally unfit to be President. Go read the whole thing, because it is the entire argument that is interesting, not just these key bits:
Did Delaware’s Colm Connolly Run Interference For Romney and Bain Illegalities?
8-Ball sez: “Signs Point to Yes”. Now pay attention, kids, this is complicated, as many crimes involving money, corporatese, and coverups are.
First, read this article by DailyKos’ Stephen Laser Haas. In it, he lays out the massive fraud that Bain got entangled in during 2001. Massive fraud that Romney’s law firm at the time, the New York-based law firm, Traub, Bonacquist & Fox, has now admitted guilt for. As most of you know, there is always a Delaware-based law firm engaged in any Delaware litigation. That law firm in the Bain/e-toys matter was Morris, Nichols, Arsht and Tunnell.
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