April 30, 2012 - Pensito

Obama’s Ad About Bin Laden

April 30, 2012 Trish

The only reason to criticize this ad is that it makes Romney uncomfortable. But there’s absolutely no reason the Obama campaign shouldn’t talk about Osama bin Laden. Lord knows the Republicans trotted the threat of him out often enough in 2004.

Obama Owns the bin Laden Story

April 30, 2012 Buck Banks

Since at least 1968, Democrats have traditionally been more circumspect than their Republican foes in presidential politics. The lesson of the Clinton years and of Obama’s win both of the nomination and the general election in 2008 is that Democrats need to be as tough as JFK was (‘tough’ was a favorite Kennedy term). Is the bin Laden ad fair to Romney? No, not really. But politics is not for the faint of heart …The way to put oneself in a position to take the harder, more honorable political path is to argue for one’s virtues in a vigorous way. That’s what Obama has done, and is doing. There’ll be more punches coming.

— Jon Meacham, writing in TIME magazine’s Ideas section.

Romney Deploys the Dreaded ‘Even Jimmy Carter’ Insult

April 30, 2012 Buck Banks

Day: April 30, 2012

Obama’s Ad About Bin Laden

Obama Owns the bin Laden Story

— Jon Meacham, writing in TIME magazine’s Ideas section.

Romney Deploys the Dreaded ‘Even Jimmy Carter’ Insult

Of course, even Jimmy Carter would have given that order.

— Mitt Romney, quoted by Politico, on whether he would have given the order to go after Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“If you are committing fraud against the American people, all of us in public leadership should be trying to stop it and throw you in prison for enriching yourself off the American taxpayer.”

— Vice President JD Vance, on Fox News.

“Your generation has a great bullshit meter, because you’re fed bullshit online all day. And the Democratic Party brand right now is so bullshit.”

— Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D), quoted by The Atlantic, speaking to college students.

“We are done, Americans are done with endless conflict in the Middle East, spending trillions of dollars, American lives… this is insane and we have to call it for what it is.”

— Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO), on CNN.

Numerati

+175,000

“The U.S. State Department announced on Monday that it has revoked more than 175,000 visas during President Donald Trump’s administration so far,” Fox News reports.

$4,600

11

30%

A new American Research Group poll finds just 30% of Americans say they approve of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president and 67% say they disapprove.

61% to 35%