Day: March 6, 2012
Kinda South Carolina
In Laurens County, the “right kind” of Republican
Don’t cuss or watch porn, hates abortion, favors guns.
Even if you are the right kind,
They’ll still make you sign
A danged ol’ pledge before they’ll let you run.
Republicans Make Obama Look Good to Dems
49%
Of Democrats say that as they learn more about the GOP candidates, their impression of Obama is getting better. That compares to just 36% of Democrats who expressed that view in December.
Robertson Says God Has a Prayer Threshold to Stop Tornadoes
If enough people were praying He would’ve intervened.
— Pat Robertson, on the 700 Club, saying that people could have asked God to stop the deadly tornadoes that killed a dozen people in the Midwest.
Romneys are ‘Poor In Spirit,’ Rich in Cash
We can be poor in spirit, and I don’t even consider myself wealthy, which is an interesting thing. It can be here today and gone tomorrow.
— Ann Romney, in an interview on Fox News. The Romneys made $20.9 million last year and are estimated to be worth $250 million.
Axelrod Slams Romney Over Limbaugh
There are very few entertainers who swing the weight that Rush Limbaugh does in the Republican Party. I think one of the reasons why Governor Romney and others were so timid in speaking out is because Rush is the defacto leader of the Republican Party. So to take him on would be to risk your own standing within the party.
— David Axelrod, slamming Mitt Romney in an interview with CNN for his “timid” and “cowardly” response to Rush Limbaugh calling Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke a “slut” and a “prostitute.”
The Shame of Murkowski
I have never had a vote I’ve taken where I have felt that I let down more people that believed in me.
— Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), quoted by the Anchorage Daily News, admitting she made a mistake voting for the Blunt amendment which would have allowed any employer to opt out of providing birth control as part of their health insurance coverage.
Define “Power”
It’s not strictly about me because I’m not looking for any power at all.
Rep. Ron Paul (R-Tx), demonstrating, as with his stand on women’s rights, that his i’s don’t dot and his t’s don’t cross. Paul is running for president of the United States, arguably the most powerful job there is in America, outside of conservative talk radio host.
Republican TV Host Joe Scarborough Outraged over Mitt Romney’s ‘Lie’
Mitt Romney, the GOP frontrunner, has never let the fact that he is really bad at lying slow him down one bit. But Romney told such a bald-faced lie at a campaign stop in Ohio on Monday that it sent Joe Scarborough, the stalwart Republican host of “Morning Joe” on MSNBC, into paroxysms of apoplexy during Tuesday morning’s show.
The controversy arose after Buzzfeed writer Andrew Kaczynski uncovered an op-ed last week that was written by Romney and published in USA Today in July 2009, during the debate over health-insurance reform. In the article, Romney urged Pres. Obama to adopt the individual mandate — the system developed by the right-wing Heritage Foundation that Romney had deployed when he was governor of Massachusetts — as the central cost-saving mechanism in the federal health-insurance reform plan:
