Month: September 2012
Can GOP Combat the Coat Hanger Image?
But for poor women you’ll be back to the days of coat hangers in the bathtub and you’ll see women die.
— North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue (D), quoted on MSNBC, on what will happen if Republicans win because of their anti-abortion position.
Obama and Romney Tied in North Carolina in Latest Poll
48% to 48%
Percentages of North Carolina voters who say they will vote for Pres. Obama and Mitt Romney, according to a new poll by Public Policy Polling, which is based in Raleigh. Earlier this week, a Charlotte Observer-Elon College poll of Tar Heel voters gave Romney a four point lead over the president, 47% to 43%, and a High Point University-Fox 8 poll found that Romney had a three point lead. The president won North Carolina in 2008 by several thousand votes.
California Gov. Jerry Brown, 74, Challenges New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, 49, to an Athletic Contest
What came through from the Republican Convention was its angry tone, and no one does angry tone better than New Jersey’s Republican Gov. Chris Christie, age 49, who made sneering remarks from the convention podium about the age of California’s Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown, who is 74.
But now Gov. Brown, who is tall, lean and fit, has returned fire against Gov. Christie — who is, um, not — by challenging him to a triathalon of sorts:
Super Low Prices on Obama Merch, Plus 25% Discount Now
Before you hit the Labor Day sales, spend some $$$ at barackobama.com, where the code “SUMMERSALE” gets you an 25 percent off orders of $10 or more. That’s a deal, since most of the stuff you want is already on sale — with free shipping!
Hurry, you should order now so you can answer the door in your Obama t-shirt when the Romney/Ryan folks knock, or have your Obama/Biden car magnet in place when you pass the idiot with the Romney/Ryan sticker.
Draft Betty White — for the Democratic Convention
I think they’d be better off with Betty White. She’ll be funny on purpose.
John Fuselgang, commenting on Current TV program, The Young Turks
Right-Wing Self-Proclaimed Messiah, Owner of GOP Propaganda Daily, Washington Times, Has Died
If you’ve been around long enough to remember the “Moonies,” the cult Sun Myung Moon operated in the 1970s that damaged and even destroyed the lives of thousands of young Americans — or if you are familiar with the Washington Times, a daily Republican-Party propaganda sheet he founded that is still in business today — then you’re likely to agree that it’s too bad there’s no such thing as hell, because if there were, this evil self-proclaimed messiah would be frying right now:
