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Former Obama "Car Czar" calls Romney Bain Capital ad 'unfair': Is he right?
Mon May 14, 2012 9:25 PM EDT
Today, the Obama campaign took an authoritative punch at the presumed Republican nominee for President, Mitt Romney. The punch came in the form of a 2 minute ad outlining Mitt Romney's Bain Capital engagement with a Kansas City area steel company, GST Steel. Here's a description …
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Hilary Rosen hands the Republican Party a golden goose for the campaign season....... and Mitt Romney promptly strangles it
Mon Apr 16, 2012 8:04 AM EDT
It's rare that a sequence of events plays out so perfectly that it succintly illustrates the simple absurdity of a complex situation. Then again, it's rare to have a national clown show like the one that the 2012 Republican primary for Pres …
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Republican supporters of "Stand Your Ground" law say it doesn't apply to Trayvon Martin case - perhaps someone should tell them that it already did?
Sun Mar 25, 2012 4:45 PM EDT
Gun ownership prevents crime - you don't have to look very far to find gun rights advocacy groups in America touting this notion. For example, this narrative is regularly espoused by The Executive Vice President of the National Rifle Association (NRA) Wayne Lapierr …
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Perhaps the Etch-A-Sketch should run for President instead? Mitt Romney's Campaign stupidity proves the overt absurdity of the current political spectrum
Thu Mar 22, 2012 10:58 AM EDT
The harsh reality that we've created in our political world is this: Being 100% honest with the American public has now become known as a "gaffe". Granted, honesty has long since not been a virtue which garners political reward. We all say we want "honest politicians", but we ge …
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The Truth Behind The GOP's '1000 Days Without A Budget' Canard ~~~ And The GOP's Vote For Ryan's Budget
Seeded on Tue Feb 14, 2012 12:41 PM EST (Talking Points Memo)
This particular talking point has been around for months — long before the Senate crossed the 1000 days threshold.
Christianity: The TRUE "Entitlement Mentality" in the United States
Wed Feb 8, 2012 12:22 PM EST
It's not uncommon in American sociopolitical discussion to hear individuals espousing disdain or concern for an "entitlement" mentality amongst various populations.
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Mitt Romney's (non) "Job Creator" status threatens to dismantle the GOP's economic principles
Mon Jan 2, 2012 1:58 PM EST
It's the GOP's worst kept secret right now - their front runner for President of the United States is someone whose record seems to be everything that a large contingent of the GOP base hates.
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Jon Stewart Bashes Obama for Backing 'Indefinite Detention' Bill
Seeded on Thu Dec 8, 2011 8:53 AM EST (Gawker)
After Congress passed a version of the National Defense Authorization Act last week that allows for indefinite military detention of citizens without a trial on America soil, we pointed out 20 of its most alarming provisions.
Jon Stewart Takes The Fight To Fox News And 'Officially' Declares War On Christmas
Seeded on Wed Dec 7, 2011 7:49 AM EST ()
But this year, Stewart wasn’t going to take the Christmas assault lying down, instead opting to declare war on the holiday. Surely, he joked, calling a Christmas tree a “holiday tree” was “akin to wiping you ass with the Shroud of Turin,” compared …
Cain blames Perry as new harassment allegations surface
Seeded on Wed Nov 2, 2011 8:31 PM EDT (TheHill.com)
Herman Cain accused rival Rick Perry of planting the story of sexual harassment allegations against him, while the Texas governor’s campaign suggested it might have been Mitt Romney. The finger-pointing threw the GOP primary into turmoil, interjecting a level of bitterne …
Cain Campaign Blames Perry Camp For Leaking Allegations
Seeded on Wed Nov 2, 2011 8:14 PM EDT ()
Herman Cain's presidential campaign is accusing rival Rick Perry's operation of being behind stories about sexual harassment allegations against Cain in the 1990s.Cain's campaign manager says the Texas governor should apologize to Cain for providing information about the harass …
Herman Cain's Campaign Owes Politico An Apology
Seeded on Tue Nov 1, 2011 6:16 PM EDT (Mediaite.com)
At a National Press Club event in Washington, DC this afternoon, GOP frontrunner Herman Cain delivered the response to Politico‘s sexual harassment story that his campaign should have given in the first place, admitting that he was, in fact, accused of sexual harassment w …
Republican Presidential debates and Occupy Wall Street Movement simultaneously outline all that is wrong with American politics
Fri Oct 21, 2011 9:18 AM EDT
To begin with an act of full disclosure: I've only been able to stomach less than 60 seconds of live Republican Presidential Debates. I truly wish I wasn't so early on relegated to reading the transcripts after the fact.
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Debunking Conservative Lies about Welfare
Mon Aug 1, 2011 8:19 AM EDT
Anyone who has been on Newsvine for more than a cup of coffee has seen this before; a person who insists on pitching myth after myth about welfare in order to sidetrack substantive debate about social welfare policy and spending, as well as to demonize Democrats and President Oba …
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John Boehner Yanks Debt Ceiling Bill, House Vote Postponed
Seeded on Thu Jul 28, 2011 6:31 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)
House GOP leadership announced abruptly on Thursday evening that they were suspending a vote on Speaker John Boehner's (R-Ohio) debt ceiling proposal, signaling in the process that the GOP lacked the votes to pass the package. The news came just minutes before party leadership w …
POLL: What's funnier: Sarah Palin's mangled Paul Revere word vomit rendition OR the desperate defense of it?
Wed Jun 8, 2011 10:42 PM EDT
As most probably know by now, Sarah Palin recently disfigured American history in regard to Paul Revere. Her studdering, fragmented, run on sentence was quite the sight to behold. But, even more tragic may be Palin's attempt to defend her historical mash-up.
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Bin Laden hated America, but he loved Coke and Pepsi: The REAL OBL exposed to the world.
Sun May 8, 2011 9:58 AM EDT
Most American media accounts of Osama Bin Laden over the course of the last decade painted him as a fanatical ideologue; a man waging war on the Western world as a means to 'save' his religion and its way of life.
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President Obama exhibits steely resolve
Tue May 3, 2011 9:56 PM EDT
If one does a quick Google search of terms equivalent or similar to "Obama-weak-on-terror", one will be hit with a calvacade of articles questioning the President's stance toward war and terrorism.
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U.S. millionaires say $7 million not enough to be rich
Seeded on Mon Mar 14, 2011 9:19 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)
From the article: More than four out of ten American millionaires say they do not feel rich. Indeed many would need to have at least $7.5 million in order to feel they were truly rich, according to a Fidelity Investments survey.
Open Challenge to all comers: Identify ONE biased NPR newspiece.
Thu Mar 10, 2011 10:09 AM EST
The challenge is simple: Can ANYONE name one NPR newspiece that was done with a bias - liberal or otherwise? That's the element of the "NPR is biased" argument that is continually missed.
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"Shut Down" Politics: The Gradual Dismantling of America's Infrastructure.
Thu Mar 3, 2011 7:29 AM EST
Sadly, this is what America's once great legislative body has come to. Today, the Senate passed what amounts to a two week extension for arguing - avoiding a Congressional shutdown (for now) - and passed it with a resounding 91-9 vote.
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When Glenn Beck Attacks, Someone Could Get Hurt
Seeded on Sun Feb 27, 2011 2:34 PM EST (NPR)
From the article: For about the last three months, week after week, Beck's been hammering away at Piven and her husband. From their 45-year-old article, he sees a vast conspiracy to overthrow the American financial system.
Word of Advice to Gov. Walker: Time to Cut Your Losses
Sun Feb 27, 2011 1:51 PM EST
Surely, this is not what Scott Walker had in mind. When the newly minted Governor of Wisconsin made the decision to target public sector union employees, it's quite likely that he expected and planned for a degree of resistance.
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It's time for us to stop lying to ourselves about this country.
Seeded on Wed Feb 23, 2011 6:35 PM EST (The New York Times)
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"TEA Party mantra: "I want my country back!" -Bill Maher's response: "I want my country FORWARD".
Seeded on Sun May 16, 2010 1:18 PM MDT (Crooks and Liars)
"You know, there's a specific group of Americans out there who's name I won't mention but it begins with T and ends with baggers. And they have a habit of saying I want my country back. Well I want my country forward.""You have some awesome comments and seeds! Keep up the great work!
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