Month: July 2012
The Founders Got It Right
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
— The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776.
Romney Might Be Considering a Woman for Veep
We’ve been looking at that. And I’d love that option as well. There are a lot of people that Mitt is considering right now.
— Ann Romney, telling CBS News she thinks Mitt Romney could pick a female running mate.
Prez Campaign Spent $200 Million on Ads So Far
$200 million
Amount overall, since the general election contest began in the spring, the campaigns and the outside groups have spent on ads, with Obama and his supporters outspending Team Romney, $110 million to $85 million, according to NBC News.
Conservatives Getting Panicky Over Romney Campaign
Remember Michael Dukakis (1988) and John Kerry (2004)? It’s possible to lose a winnable presidential election to a vulnerable incumbent in the White House… Adopting a prevent defense when it’s only the second quarter and you’re not even ahead is dubious enough as a strategy. But his campaign’s monomaniacal belief that it’s about the economy and only the economy, and that they need to keep telling us stupid voters that it’s only about the economy, has gone from being an annoying tick to a dangerous self-delusion… The Romney campaign will answer that they’re imitating Bill Clinton in 1992, who famously focused on ‘the economy, stupid.’ But Bill Clinton was a full spectrum presidential candidate, with detailed policy proposals on welfare reform, health care, education, and foreign policy. He also made real efforts to convince the voters he was different from the losing Democratic candidates who preceded him…
— William Kristol, becoming the latest conservative to press the panic button on Mitt Romney’s campaign.
Bachmann Refuses to Deny She Is Being Vetted to Be Romney’s VP
Whoever it is that he chooses to bring in as his V.P., it will be a highly competent person who could step in at a moment’s notice and assume the responsibilities of the White House.
– Rep. Michele Bachmann, refusing to deny she is being vetted by the Romney campaign for the V.P. slot — although “highly competent” would appear to rule her, along with her doppelganger Sarah Palin, out.
Rove Was Right! Obama Attended a Fundraiser in Paris over July Fourth – Oh, Wait…
Last week, top Republican propagandists led by Karl Rove latched onto proof — finally — that Pres. Obama hates America.
GOP Obamacare Lies: The Affordable Care Act Is Not the ‘Largest Tax Increase in the History of the World’ – Not Hardly
The silver lining in the Supreme Court’s upholding of the Affordable Care Act for Republicans was the court’s ruling that the fine to be paid by people who can afford it but choose not to buy insurance was a “tax” not a “penalty.”
Their spokesman, Rush Limbaugh, rushed to the airwaves to declare, “What we now have is the biggest tax increase in the history of the world.”
And what we have there is a big, fat lie:
But when you compare the projected revenue effect of the individual mandate to the actual revenue effects of other, actually large tax increases, the claim becomes laughable.
We used the Treasury Department’s four-year data on the revenue effects of large tax increases signed by Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton; along with CBO projections of the revenue effect of the mandate adjusted for its GDP projections during the mandate’s first four years.
The mandate is tiny by comparison.
And, from Kevin Drum:
This is so stupid it hurts…
