Author: Trish
#Eastwooding Takes Twitter By Storm
As some folks on Twitter put it, this is why we love the internet. #eastwooding is on fire on Twitter. Please forgive the sloppy photo editing (I was in a hurry to bring these to you) but you get the idea…
Don’t Say We Never Give the Republicans Credit Where It’s Due
Hilarious photo from the Republican National Convention, tweeted by Stacy Lamb (@sllame) with the comment, “Ouch. Poor sign placement.”
That Day One Pledge from Romney
I’d like to know what’s noble about making it harder for people to get health care.
David Axelrod, Obama campaign strategist, commenting on the number of times Republicans pledged to repeal health care reform during their convention. Axelrod noted that his daughter, Lauren, was diagnosed with epilepsy at seven months, and without the reforms would be ineligible for insurance due to her pre-existing condition.
Buzz Over FOX News’ “Resident Liberal” Using L-Word to Describe Paul Ryan’s Speech
Who knew FOX News even had a “resident liberal?” Apparently they do, and the internets are afire over Sally Kohn’s description of Rep. Paul Ryan’s Republican National convention speech titled, Paul Ryan’s Speech in 3 Words: Dazzling, Deceiving, and Distracting.
Two things set apart the column from the others from fact-checkers who dispute almost every word uttered by Ryan and Romney. First, Kohn uses the L-word, something most mainstream outlets bar.
…to anyone paying the slightest bit of attention to facts, Ryan’s speech was an apparent attempt to set the world record for the greatest number of blatant lies [emphasis added] and misrepresentations slipped into a single political speech. On this measure, while it was Romney who ran the Olympics, Ryan earned the gold.
Second, the column appears on the FOX News website’s opinion page.
Rush Limbaugh: Obama, Acting Through the National Hurricane Center, Tried to Ruin Republican Convention
Rush Limbaugh has to be thinking that now would be as good a time as any to retire. His recent assertion that the National Hurricane Center (NHC) is conspiring to re-elect the president is all the evidence anyone needs that Rush would probably be happier at home, out of the reach of microphones.
Here’s what Rush said on his show earlier this week:
The hurricane center is the regime. The hurricane center is the Commerce Department. It’s the government. It’s Obama.
And as Obama, the NHC obviously wanted to disrupt the Republican National Convention by forecasting, while Isaac was still a tropical storm south of Haiti, that it could strengthen and threaten the gulf coast of Florida, including Tampa. Just listen to Rush’s version:
Hilarious New Video Exposes Mitt’s Real Life Story
Can’t wait for the full-length version to be available online Thursday, Aug. 30. Please help get this video to a broader audience by supporting MoveOn.org.
Juan Williams Questions Ann Romney’s Credentials After Mitt’s Wife Talks About Eating Tuna While Living Off Stock Options
Wow. Add Juan Williams to the growing list of mainstream journalists who have had it with GOP lies, distortion, and spin. Williams wasn’t buying Ann Romney’s assertions at the Republican convention that she and Mitt struggled early on. Mitt was the son of a governor (who ran for president).
The Game to Play Before You Drive
SAFE DRINKING GAME: Drink when you see a non-white person in the Republican Convention audience.
— LOLGOP on Twitter
If You Want Your Taxes to Go Up, and Another 1.3 Million Unemployed Next Year, and the Deficit to Increase…Then Vote Romney-Ryan
In less than three minutes, former Labor Secretary Robert Reich explains what’s wrong with the Ryan (now Romney-Ryan) budget plan.
