August 27, 2012

A second Republican Senate candidate has waded into rough waters while explaining his conservative stance on abortion.

Tom Smith, who is challenging Democratic Sen. Bob Casey Jr. (Pa.), said Monday that he believes in outlawing abortion, with no exception for rape victims. He then appeared to compare pregnancies from rape to pregnancies that result from consensual sex between people who are not married.

Smith was asked to explain how he would tell a victim of rape to continue with her pregnancy.

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Majority Believes Obama Will Win Re-Election

August 27, 2012 Buck Banks

58%

Of Americans are much more likely to believe Barack Obama rather than Mitt Romney (36%) will win the election, according to Gallup. Romney supporters are less optimistic that Romney will win (65%) than Obama supporters are that Obama will win (86%).

Need Some Spinach?

August 27, 2012 Buck Banks

Mitt Romney’s OK, he’s a likable guy.
“But nobody knows me,” he says with a sigh.
He’s tired of the slams,
Says, “I am what I am!”
It’s just sad when he starts quoting Popeye.

A Character Question

August 27, 2012 Buck Banks

Mitt Romney is missing the character gene,
Which flip-flops him from the right to the extreme.
When taking a position,
Mitt asks just one question:
“Hey, what’s the latest Tea Party meme?”

AP: Race Coming Down to Just Seven States

August 27, 2012 Buck Banks

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The AP says the presidential race is coming down to seven states: Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Ohio, Nevada, New Hampshire and Virginia, which offer a combined 85 electoral votes. “The analysis … found that if the election were held today, Obama would have 19 states and the District of Columbia, offering 247 votes, solidly in his column or leaning his way, while Republican Romney would have 24 states with 206 votes.”

Dan Quayle Has Not Lost His Touch for the Unintelligible Quote

August 27, 2012 Buck Banks

The Republican Party needs to re-establish its philosophy of the big tent with principles. The philosophy you hear from time to time, which is unfortunate, is one of exclusion rather than inclusion. You have to be expanding the base, expanding the party, because compared to the Democratic Party, the Republican Party is a minority party.

— Former Vice President Dan Quayle, quoted by the New York Times.

Mitt Romney, quoting the cartoon sailor three times in a 30-minute interview with Fox News that aired Sunday.

Latinos Blame Bush for Poor Economy

August 27, 2012 Buck Banks

65%

Of Latino voters want to re-elect President Obama, while 26% prefer Mitt Romney, according to a new Latino Decisions/impreMedia poll. Latino voters primarily blame former President George W. Bush for the state of the economy and not necessarily President Obama: 68% blamed Bush and only 14% blamed Obama.

Bachmann Reads Another Message from God In Hurricane Isaac

August 27, 2012 Buck Banks

At this moment in time we’re quite literally looking at a hurricane here in Florida. We’re looking at a political hurricane in this country. We are looking at a spiritual hurricane in our land. And it is time for each one of us to show up and suit up and stand up and realize that in this time and in this day we pour it out for Him.

— Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), quoted by CNN, who has previously suggested hurricanes are messages from God.

Chris Matthews Calls Out Republican Party Chair Reince Priebus over Romney’s Dog-Whistle Racism

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And then Tom Brokaw interrupts the debate with the same lazy “both sides are bad” B.S. that makes the “liberal” media elite complicit with the right wing’s relentless destruction of American values and institutions.

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Day: August 27, 2012

Pennsylvania GOP Senate Candidate Equates Pregancy from Premarital Sex with Pregnancy from Rape

Majority Believes Obama Will Win Re-Election

58%

Of Americans are much more likely to believe Barack Obama rather than Mitt Romney (36%) will win the election, according to Gallup. Romney supporters are less optimistic that Romney will win (65%) than Obama supporters are that Obama will win (86%).

Need Some Spinach?

A Character Question

AP: Race Coming Down to Just Seven States

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Dan Quayle Has Not Lost His Touch for the Unintelligible Quote

— Former Vice President Dan Quayle, quoted by the New York Times.

Romney Just Am Who He Am

Remember that Popeye line: ‘I am what I am and that’s all what I am.’

Mitt Romney, quoting the cartoon sailor three times in a 30-minute interview with Fox News that aired Sunday.

Latinos Blame Bush for Poor Economy

65%

Bachmann Reads Another Message from God In Hurricane Isaac

— Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), quoted by CNN, who has previously suggested hurricanes are messages from God.

Chris Matthews Calls Out Republican Party Chair Reince Priebus over Romney’s Dog-Whistle Racism

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“The man is afraid of the voice of the people and that the people understand and know what he’s doing. He’s trying to stifle the ability of journalists to let the people of America know what’s really going on with their government.”

— “Kamala Harris called President Donald Trump’s ban of CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House ‘absolutely abhorrent,’” The Wrap reports.

“Not one of them is trained in technical skills. Not one research PhD, as opposed to China, where half the cabinet is science and technology PhDs. We’re led by grifters and fools.”

— Columbia professor Jeffrey Sachs, on X, on President Trump’s 35-person cabinet.

“Mr. President, some of your immigration enforcement efforts have gone too far… The same Hispanics who helped you get to the White House in 2024 feel betrayed today.”

— Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), breaking with President Trump in a direct-to-camera video.

Numerati

1,000

10%

“The unprecedented spate of mid-decade redistricting for the U.S. House has changed the congressional districts for one-tenth of Americans and significantly altered the makeup of at least one-fifth of districts, according to a new study,” the Associated Press reports.

71%

A new Fox News Poll finds 71% of voters think the Trump administration lacks a clear strategy for ending the Iran War, including 95% of Democrats, 83% of independents, and 43% of Republicans. Sixty percent say U.S. military action against Iran was the wrong decision, while just 37% say it was right.

$9.5 billion

“The Trump administration last year spent $9.5 billion on paid administrative leave for federal workers as part of its plan to shrink the government and save taxpayers money, according to a new estimate by a congressional watchdog,” CNN reports.

470

Reuters has documented at least 470 targets of retribution under Trump’s leadership – from federal employees and prosecutors to universities and media outlets. The list illuminates the sweeping effort by the president and his administration to punish dissent and reshape the government.