Democracy On Life Support: How Citizens United Won Florida For Mitt Romney
Thanks to Citizens United, Mitt Romney was able to buy a victory in Florida, instead of winning it.
Monthly Archives: January 2012
2012 Primer: How Obama Haters Use Labels To Redirect Thoughts And Behavior
When the Obama bashing starts, the onus is on you to question the agenda of the person with the mike or access to a computer.
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Rush Limbaugh Puts All African-Americans On Notice And Anoints Himself The Big Cracker
Rush Limbaugh will not stand for Juan Williams writing that the Republican Party candidates are using racial code words like “food stamp president†and “entitlement society.†He put Juan in his place by reminding Juan that he would not have a job were it not for the white conservative at Fox News who gave him…
The Meaning of Police Militarization Towards Occupy Wall Street
The historic significance of Occupy Wall Street jumps into living history not only because of its timely anti-corporate message but also in many ways because of a simple democratic dare inherent in its operation. Ironically, what really makes the meaning of this simple dare resonate is the way law enforcement, the representatives of “the state, 
USA! Industrial Companies Are Confident In Obama And The Economy
In a shot across the bow of the Republicans’ attempt to deem President Obama ineffective, US industrial companies have increased confidence in the US economy.
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The Voters Will Shatter Grover Norquist’s Obama Impeachment Delusions
Grover Norquist’s power over Republicans has gone to his head and his delusions of grandeur will be his undoing; voters will deal the fatal blow.
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Rachel Maddow Slams Romney For Still Getting Paid For Killing Florida Jobs
Rachel Maddow pointed out that Florida Republicans are about to vote for Mitt Romney who is still making off of laying off people in the state.
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Really GOP? Get Off Santorum’s Back For Spending Time with His Daughter
Wow. Just when you think you’ve seen it all. A Republican strategist is claiming it’s hypocritical of Rick Santorum to not quit the race after he went home to be with his sick daughter. I guess I don’t understand Republicans at all. While the modern day Republican Party exemplifies hypocrisy on a daily basis, Rick…
Occupy DC’s Tent of Dreams Withstands The Police’s Eviction Attempt
The police had promised an eviction of the Occupy DC protesters, but in a surprising turn, they opted for leaving without evicting anyone.
Sarah Palin Finally Fulfills Her Godly Purpose Of Destroying The GOP
You thought Sarah Palin was a non-entity, didn’t ya’? Guess again, liberal elite suckers! Yes, but this time she’s working’ for you.
Goldilocks Gingrich vs Richie Rich Romney: Is This the Best You Got, GOP?
This feature assesses the ethics of the two Florida primary frontrunners, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich. Both leave much to be desired.
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The Real Reason Saul Alinsky Strikes Fear Into The Heart Of The Right
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The right’s Saul Alinsky phobia comes from a belief that only certain kinds of Americans should have power, and the rest should be passive recipients of whatever the powerful inflict upon them.
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GOP Fail: Republicans Not Obama Have Abandoned Ship Like An Italian Captain
Republicans are projecting their anxiety over the 2012 election by equating President Obama to the Italian Captain who abandoned his ship.
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Unconventional Wisdom: Gingrich Is More Dangerous To Obama Than Romney
The conventional wisdom is a Romney nomination would give President Obama a run, while a Gingrich candidacy would ensure an Obama victory, but I’m not sold on that. Here’s why.
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Mitch Daniels Joins John Boehner’s Web Of Keystone XL Corruption
Americans will never get a better look at the depth of depravity Republicans sink to for the oil industry than the actions of Boehner and Daniels on Keystone XL.
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The Dirty Thirty – the GOP’s Rights Killing Agenda for America
With no signs of abating. Republican legislatures are if anything more eager than ever to press their rights-killing agenda for America and Americans
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Right Wing Christians Can’t Claim Compassion While Preaching Hate
The bible is rife with death and destruction for the non-believer and that is the impetus for the religious right’s assault on women, gays, Democrats, Liberals, and peace-loving Americans.
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What Has The Gay Community Ever Done To Rick Santorum?
When I see and hear Rick Santorum on the campaign trail, I can’t get past his rampant homophobia. I try. I try to hear the rest of his mostly nonsensical (as in makes no sense) right-wing political rhetoric, especially since I used to interview the guy when I was a talk show host years ago…
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John Boehner Admits That Keystone XL Won’t Create 100,000 Jobs
The pressure may be getting to John Boehner, as the Speaker made a subtle change to his story today that served as an admission that Keystone XL won’t create 100,000 jobs.
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Fox News And The GOP Are Wrong: Red States Use The Most Food Stamps
Republicans and Fox News call Obama the food stamp president, but the truth is that red states lead the nation in food stamp participation.
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Chris Christie Endorses the Popular Tyranny Founding Fathers Feared
Chris Christie has shown himself to be a proponent of the popular tyranny the Founding Fathers feared and wrote the Constitution to address
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Watch Bill Maher Smash The Right’s Obama Paranoia Into Tiny Pieces
Bill Maher debunks many of the false claims made about Obama, and smashes the paranoid delusions about a fictional president the right has created.
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Why Mitt Romney Must Embrace His Inner Newt
If Mitt Romney is ever going to convince Republicans to vote for him, he must embrace his inner Gingrich and be as hypocritical as possible.
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Incontinent Marines Are Unintentional Anti-Heroes
While we cannot excuse deplorable behavior, we ought not to delude ourselves that the urinating Marines are unusual. Rather, it is symptomatic.
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The SEC Mulls An Investigation Calls Grow For John Boehner To Resign
As the SEC considers an investigation,a national petition is calling on John Boehner to resign or face expulsion from Congress for ethics violations.
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Wisconsin High School Student Endorses Biblical Death Penalty for Gays
A Wisconsin high school student condemned gay adoption in his school paper, reminding the students that God wants gay people to be killed
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The POTUS Surge Grows: Obama Leads Romney By 8 In Michigan
Mitt Romney is in jeopardy of losing to President Obama in the very state he was born in. A new EPIC-MRA poll finds that Obama leads Romney 48%-40% in Michigan.
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The Chilling Effect of ACTA
Proponents of SOPA, PIPA and their treaty version, ACTA can deny that these bills call for internet censorship, but a lie by any other name remains a lie.
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Watch Elizabeth Warren’s Amazing 30 Second Destruction Of Mitt Romney
On MSNBC, it took Elizabeth Warren less than a half a minute to define and destroy Republican frontrunner Mitt Romney.
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The Media Whitewashes Jan Brewer’s Racist Disrespect Of President Obama
As their treatment of Jan Brewer’s disrespect of President Obama shows, the mainstream media is keeping the GOP’s dirty little racist secret under wraps.
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Newt Says He is Running to Save Western Civ from Pagan Culture
Newt claims that marriage equality represents perfectly natural pagan behaviors and are somehow a fundamental violation of our civilization
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CARTOON: When Pointing Fingers Goes Wrong
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer explained that she shook her finger in President Barack Obama’s face on the airport tarmac because she “felt threatened” by the POTUS. Â The entire incident happened yesterday when the Governor hand delivered a letter to the President when he touched down in Phoenix. The pair had a bit of a…
Mitt Romney Was The Biggest Republican Clown in Tonight’s CNN Debate
The battle between Newt and Mitt was fierce in tonight’s Jacksonville, Florida CNN Republican debate. But Mitt Romney came off as weak and wins the clown of the night.
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5 Reasons To Be Glad You Didn’t Watch The CNN Florida Republican Debate
Mitt Romney lies about being in his own campaign ad, and four other reasons to be glad you didn’t watch the CNN Florida Republican Debate.
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New Study Reveals That Stupidity Can Make You Conservative And Racist
A new study has found that the lower a person’s level of intelligence the more likely they are to be drawn to conservatism and prejudice.
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Fox News’ Attack On Obama For Using Air Force One Crashes And Burns
In what may be the most absurd attack on a sitting president ever, Fox News criticized President Barack Obama for flying on Air Force One.
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House GOP Says Unemployed Republicans Make Good Firewood
House Republicans are trying to place a provision in the payroll tax cut extension that would cut benefits for millions, including unemployed Republicans.
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What The Hell Happened To The Republican Party?
In 1956 the GOP ran a campaign based on extending Social Security, unemployment benefits, increasing the minimum wage. What the happened to the Republican Party?
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The GOP Complains That Obama Has Succeeded Despite Their Obstruction
Republicans can’t against Obama’s achievements or plans, they have been reduced to complaining that their efforts to obstruct have failed.
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The Apocalypse of John is Irrelevant for America
The Apocalypse of John is a polemic directed at Rome, not an open ended threat against the human race. After 2000 years it can be ignored
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Alan Grayson Does What The Media Won’t And Calls Out Gingrich’s Racism
On MSNBC tonight, Alan Grayson took apart Newt Gingrich and called out his racist presidential campaign.
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Fox News Humiliates Itself With False Zombie Voter Claims
A hearing today in South Carolina proved that the Fox touted dead zombie rush for the polls in South Carolina is nothing but a myth!
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Fox News Demands That Deadbeat Poor People Pay More Taxes
Fox News countered President Obama’s call for the rich to pay their fair share with a demand that taxes be raised on the poor.
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Bernie Sanders Cracks The Coded Threat To Entitlements In Obama’s State Of The Union
Bernie Sanders gave President Obama good marks for his State Of The Union address, but he also warned about coded language in the speech that hinted at cuts to Social Security and Medicare.
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Demand That John Boehner Be Expelled Or Resign For Keystone XL Scandal
By pushing a pipeline that only benefits the Canadian companies that he invested in, John Boehner’s behavior is unethical and grounds for expulsion from the House.
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Occupy the Bible
The Religious Elite like the Wealth Elite wants us to subordinate our interests to their own. We can Occupy the Bible or let it destroy us
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Obama Uses His State Of The Union To Obliterate Everything The GOP Stands For
President Obama used his State Of The Union address tonight to literally shatter everything the 2012 Republican Party claims to stand for.
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Conservatives Are Now Changing Their Tax Story Because Of Romney
Now that Romney unveiled he pays less of a percentage in taxes than you tip the waitress at the local diner, conservatives are now changing their tune regarding capital gains and corporate taxes.
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Romney’s Broken Jobs Record Can’t Match Obama’s Presidential Experience
While Mitt Romney touts his business experience, he can’t match President Obama’s experience of running the most powerful nation on Earth.
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Gingrich Makes Like McCain – I’m an Outsider
Newt Gingrich is taking McCain’s approach in an effort to set himself apart from the “establishment”, laughably calling himself an outsider
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Frontrunner To Punchline: Debate Crowd Laughs At Romney’s Self-Deportation
Mitt Romney has gone from frontrunner to punchline as some in the Florida debate audience laughed when he suggested that illegal immigrants should deport themselves.
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5 Reasons To Be Glad You Didn’t Watch The NBC News Republican Debate
Mitt Romney claims his great contribution to conservatism is raising a family, and 4 other reasons to be glad you didn’t watch the NBC Republican debate.
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Trouble Continues for GOP Establishment As Florida Falls for Gingrich
Newt Gingrich’s surge in Florida just might bring about uncontainable exposure of the real values of the Republican Party.
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Rush Limbaugh Compares Ron Paul To An Islamic Terrorist
While talking about Rand Paul, Rush Limbaugh claimed that the TSA would be justified in detaining Ron Paul because he sounds like an Islamic terrorist.
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What To Watch For: Romney’s Bain Pain Is Following Him To The GOP Florida Debate
One thing to keep an eye out for during tonight’s GOP debate in Tampa is the story of how Mitt Romney made $242 million for Bain by killing jobs in Florida.
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Newt Gingrich’s Meanness Is The Secret Of His 2012 Success
Newt Gingrich knows there is an abundance of mean-spirited, racist, religious right voters searching for a mean candidate to call their own.
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Cults of Personality – The GOP’s 2012 Narratives
The Republican presidential hopefuls have established cults of personality in line with Max Weber’s model of charismatic leadership
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Buddy Roemer: The Best Republican Presidential Candidate You’ve Never Heard Of
He’s a former governor and U. S. Congressman, and—unlike his competitors for the Republican Presidential nomination—an eminently sensible man. Chances are good you may never have heard of him, and even better that you had no idea he is running for President, but populist firebrand Buddy Roemer soldiers on undaunted.
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We the People Call On Congress To Stop Obstructing The Closure Of GITMO
Nothing about Guantanamo Bay is consistent with “protecting who we are.” Ever since GITMO, torture and rendition became accepted policies, and our civil rights have been under constant attack.
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The Mainstream Media Blacks Out Stephen Colbert’s South Carolina Vote Total
The mainstream doesn’t want to talk about it, but Stephen Colbert got more support in South Carolina than former GOP frontrunners Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann combined.
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Watch John Boehner Make A Fool Of Himself Trying To Attack Obama’s SOTU
John Boehner made a fool of himself today by criticizing President Obama’s 2012 State Of The Union Address while the White House is still working on it.
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Corrupt John Boehner Invested In Oil Companies Then Pushed Keystone XL
John Boehner’s invested in Canada’s tar sand oil companies and then lied about the number of jobs the Keystone pipeline would create in what could be a criminal case of conflict of interest.
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Roe V Wade @ 39: The Struggle For Female Liberty Continues
In the South and Midwest of our country, an evil struggling against female freedom is winning ground. In Mississippi, a woman is charged with murder for giving birth to a still born. In Alabama, a mother of three awaits a ten year sentence for a Cesarean that resulted in the death of her baby. In…
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Gingrich Puts Romney to Rout in South Carolina
Gingrich sent a message to the Romney election machine in South Carolina last night, taking in 40 percent of the vote to Romney’s 27 percent
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Bernie Sanders Takes Down Every Single GOP Presidential Candidate
In a masterful take down, Sen. Bernie Sanders took apart the 2012 GOP presidential field and called them the fringe of American society.
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Democrats Thank South Carolina For Giving Them A Shot At Newt Gingrich
Thank you, South Carolina Republicans. You’ve not only made Newt Gingrich viable, but you’ve also given Democrats the opportunity to strike back against the politics of racial hate.
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Stephen Colbert Draws 10 Times More People Than Mitt Romney Does
Things are getting so bad for Mitt Romney that, Stephen Colbert outdrew him ten fold when they both held rallies in South Carolina.
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Sorry, Newt ~ It is You and Your Audiences That Are Despicable!
The dirty little secret behind the GOP debate crowds is that these audiences are hand chosen by the handlers of these “shows” who manipulate and orchestrate the events in every possible way.
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Losing On The Issues, Republicans Amp Up Their Racist Rhetoric
Barack Obama’s successes have left Republicans little option but to attack him for being an African American.
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Chuck Norris to Make Gingrich Invincible – in World of Warcraft
Chuck Norris has pledged his World of Warcraft abilities to the cause of Newt Gingrich – who needs them – the two can talk fantasy all day
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Setting The Record Straight: Correcting The GOP Lies About Obama’s Oil Record
We have all heard the lie, that President Obama is the worst domestic energy President ever. Unfortunately, the facts have a progressive biased and run counter to the Republican claims.
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Catholic Leaders Call Out Gingrich And Santorum For Spreading Ugly Racial Stereotypes
A group of 45 Catholic leaders have called on GOP presidential candidates Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich to stop perpetuating racial stereotypes on the campaign trail.
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Did Obama’s Keystone XL Decision Prevent A Potential Environmental Disaster?
By denying the Keystone XL pipeline permit, President Obama may have prevented a repeat of the BP oil disaster that would have decimated America’s Heartland.
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What Gingrich’s Open Marriage Debate Hissy Fit Says About GOP Family Values
Rather than addressing the question Gingrich used the classic conservative tactic of attacking the media, which reveals a lot about the GOP’s family values.
Free Speech Prevails As Harry Reid Backs Down And Cancels PIPA Vote
After Senate support for PIPA evaporated, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid finally got the message and postponed a scheduled January 24 vote on the bill.
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Stephen Colbert Mocks Newt Gingrich’s Open Marriage Debate Rant
On MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Stephen Colbert lampooned Newt Gingrich’s temper tantrum at the Republican debate over a question about open marriage.
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The Republican Appeal to History as it Should Have Been
The GOP doesn’t want to study history but to construct a theological narrative that re-purposes history to be more useful to present needs
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5 Reasons To Be Glad You Didn’t Watch The CNN South Carolina GOP Debate
Mitt Romney admits he won’t release his tax returns until after he is the nominee, and 4 more reasons to be glad you missed the CNN South Carolina Republican debate.
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Senate Insiders Expect PIPA To Be Defeated
After the Internet blackout, congressional support for PIPA has collapsed leading both Democratic and Republican Senate negotiators to predict that PIPA will be defeated.
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Mitt ‘Tax Haven’ Romney Is The Poster Boy For Economic Inequality
Mitt Romney is the poster boy of all that’s wrong with the current tax system and indeed, all that Occupy Wall Street is protesting.
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Attacking Obama As The Food Stamp President Could Backfire On The GOP
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I’m guessing there are far more people on food stamps, and at risk of going on food stamps, than there are rich Republicans. There are almost certainly more unemployed folks than there are wealthy Republicans, and there are more unemployed folks collecting unemployment than there are wealthy Republicans. Matter of fact, I suspect there are…
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Inside The Sickness That Makes Republicans Hate Poor Children
There is a sickness inherent in many Republican supporters that makes them hate the poor and extending their contempt to poor children is a natural progression.
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Ralph Reed Seeks Resurrection as Republican Kingmaker
While so many Republicans rush toward self-martyrdom, one, Ralph Reed, is headed in the other direction – toward resurrection in 2012
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Liar, Liar: Mitt Romney And His Job Creation Fallacy
If Mitt Romney’s only qualification is as a job creator, then he is clearly a failure and not qualified to be president.
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PoliticusUSA Sports Black ‘Armbands’ In Support Of The SOPA Blackout
Today, PoliticusUSA is blacking out our header, sidebars, and some reader comments in a show of support for the SOPA Internet blackout.
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Bernie Sanders Vows To Fight To Uphold Obama’s Keystone XL Decision
Sen. Bernie Sanders vowed today that he will fight to uphold President Obama’s to deny the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline.
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Meet The Top 5 Democratic Targets Of The SOPA/PIPA Protest
Two Republican co-sponsors of PIPA have dropped their support, but here are five Democrats who must be targeted if the protests are to be successful.
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Poll: Stephen Colbert Is A Bigger 2012 Threat to Obama Than Romney
As Mitt Romney’s fortunes slide, a new PPP poll found that Stephen Colbert posed a bigger 2012 threat to Obama than the GOP frontrunner.
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Who Would Pay More Taxes Gingrich’s Child Janitors or Mitt Romney?
If super rich millionaire Mitt Romney is taxed at 15%, Newt Gingrich’s child janitors may pay as much in total taxes as the the rich.
Rick Perry’s New Enemy – America’s Ally Turkey
In the latest gaffe by a GOP presidential hopeful, Rick Perry singled out America’s ally Turkey, claiming it is led by Islamic terrorists
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Dems Get Almost As Many Signatures To Recall Walker As He Got Votes In 2010
The organizers of the effort to recall Gov. Scott Walker have submitted almost as many petition signatures for recall as Walker received in the 2010 election.
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January 18th: The Day The Internet Strikes Back At SOPA And PIPA
One doesn’t need to have a law degree to understand that if you like internet access in China, you’ll just love SOPA and PIPA.
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Republicans Claim Pensions Funds Are Robbing The Rich
Republicans have proffered the notion that American workers, the poor, and retired people are robbing wealth from the 1% that Republicans refer to as the “job creators.”
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Oh the Things They Say About Islam
Republicans in embracing 1950s-style paranoia makes Islam the new Communism and accuses it of everything the GOP is itself guilty of
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The Republican Debate Audience Hits A New Low By Cheering Child Labor
Not only did the South Carolina Republican debate audience cheer child labor, they were orgasmic over the idea of using child labor to destroy unions.
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5 Reasons To Be Glad You Didn’t Watch The South Carolina Republican Debate
The South Carolina debate audience cheered child labor, and four other reasons to be glad you didn’t watch the Fox News Republican Debate.
