Month: August 2012
Mormons are Killing the Boy Scouts
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Percentage of Boy Scouts who are Mormon, compared to 2 percent of the American population. Mormons, who also largely bankrolled the reversal of same-sex marriage in California, are taking over the Boy Scouts even as the group’s numbers have shrunk in the face of anti-gay activism by the group. In the 1970s, the Boy Scouts had 4.8 million members; today the figure is 2.7 million.
So Many Things to Do Before the RNC Convention
I’m redoing my breasts and I timed my surgery around it because I wanted to make sure I wasn’t going to be recovering during that time.
“Mary,” a high-end professional escort interviewed in Tampa, who is gearing up for the Republican National Convention at the end of August. “Mary” has also revamped her web site to offer not just sex but “experiences.”
Yes, Romney Really Did Introduce Ryan as the ‘Next President of the United States’
Does it get any worse? First Mitt picks a frickin’ aircraft carrier for his big announcement. Hmmmm…why does that ring a bell? Oh yeah, MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!!
Then he introduces his new running mate, Sen. Paul Ryan, as “the next president of the United States.” Next, after his people offstage tell him what a stooge he is, he interrupts Ryan’s big moment to correct himself.
The two of them look like they’re sharing a suit. Mitt got the tie and Ryan got the jacket. Maybe if they shared a brain, Mitt would finally have half of one.
Flashback: Romney VP Pick Paul Ryan Calls Romneycare and the Heritage Foundation’s Individual Mandate a ‘Fatal Conceit’
The Romney campaign underwent heavy bombardment from its own right flank this week after it flip-flopped from its longtime stance of pretending that Romneycare does not exist to promoting it as a solution for enabling laid-off workers to keep health-insurance coverage after they lose their jobs.
But now that Romney has picked Rep. Paul Ryan to be his running mate, the campaign is going to have to somehow walk back Ryan’s thorough trashing of Romneycare — including the individual mandate, which was created at the Heritage Foundation, a think tank so right wing that it sponsors Rush Limbaugh’s show — including his labeling of the system as a “fatal conceit.” Transcript follows:
GOP VP Nominee Paul Ryan Voted in Lockstep with George Bush to Explode U.S. Debt
At a closed-door fundraiser on April 14, 2011, Pres.Obama criticized Republicans in Congress for using the budget process to “enact their political agenda under the guise of cutting spending.” He singled out Rep. Paul Ryan, chairman of the House budget committee and now Mitt Romney’s nominee for vice president, saying:
PRES. OBAMA: When Paul Ryan says his priority is to make sure, you know, he’s just being America’s accountant, trying to be responsible …This is the same guy who voted for two wars that were unpaid for, voted for the Bush tax cuts that were unpaid for, voted for the prescription drug bill that cost as much as my health care bill — but wasn’t paid for. So it’s not on the level.
Politifact rated the president’s statement as “Mostly True”:
New Ad from the Obama Campaign Targets Romney’s Role in the ‘Son of Boss’ Tax Scandal
Here are details on the scandal from an editorial published at CNN.com, by Peter C. Canellos, a lawyer, is former chair of the New York State Bar Association Tax Section. Edward D. Kleinbard is a professor at Gould School of Law at the University of Southern California. He is the former chief of staff of Congress’s Joint Committee on Taxation:
Romney’s Overseas Bungling Was Caught in the Glare of Wall-to-Wall Coverage of the Olympics, Now His Support Among Independents Has Fallen
All the caveats apply: Election Day is three months off, and any number of things could happen to upend the Obama campaign; polls this early out are a snapshot in time; and most of the independent voters who will decide the election if it is close haven not yet engaged — except for those who were watching coverage of the opening of the London Olympics.
Keep in mind that Obama-Biden beat McCain-Palin by 7 points in 2008.
More about that in a bit. First, three new polls released this week have produced remarkably similar results — and all show voters, particularly independents, moving away from Mitt Romney.
The new CNN/ORC International poll finds Pres. Obama with an 11 point lead over Romney among independents, 53 to 42 percent. The president leads by 7 points overall, 52 to 45 percent. The Reuters-Ipsos poll also released yesterday found the same 7-point gap among all registered voters, 49 to 42 percent.
The Fox News poll also gives the president an 11-point lead among independents, up from 4 points last month. He has a 9 point lead over Romney overall, 49 to 40 percent.
Here’s a key point of reference: Obama-Biden won the 2008 election over McCain-Palin by 7.2 percentage points.
So what is behind Romney’s slippage? […]
You Need This: Custom T-Shirts from Team Obama
You gotta have one of these.
The folks at barakobama.com have come up with a fundraising product that is hard to resist, if only because it’s so much fun to design it yourself.
You can go to the site and choose your custom *State residents* for Obama t-shirt. Pick the shirt color (red, blue, black, white, grays), the ink color (black or white), and of course, the state of your choice, all for only $30 (free shipping). And the bucks are for a great cause: re-electing Pres. Obama.
Update: Use the coupon code THANKS10%SUMMER for 10 percent off purchases over $10.
