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Telenovela In Tampa

August 23, 2012August 23, 2012 Buck Banks

Do we really need to hear her rich-girl whine?
And if we missed her speech would it be a crime?
She won’t get our attention
At the Republican convention,
Because Ann Romney ain’t ready for prime time.

We Feel Sorry for Pro-Choice Republicans — Not!

August 23, 2012 Buck Banks

It’s very tough for people like me who are pro-choice Republicans. It’s an admittedly not a large caucus. But when I have to see a story like Todd Akin, and then turn to my wife and my daughters, who are looking at me and saying, `Really? These are the kind of people you’re associating with in the Republican Party?’ That’s a problem.

— Political advisor Mark McKinnon, quoted by the Washington Post.

Obama Describes Campaign In Sports Terms

August 23, 2012 Buck Banks

I can’t resist a basketball analogy. We are in the fourth quarter. We’re up by a few points but the other side is coming on strong and they play a little dirty.

— President Obama, quoted by the Washington Examiner, at a New York fundraiser attended by basketball greats Michael Jordan, Patrick Ewing and Walt Frazier.

Splitting Hairs Over ‘Legal’ and ‘Lawful’

August 23, 2012 Buck Banks

Just because a law is on the books does not mean that it’s lawful. I talk about the difference of ‘legal’ and ‘lawful.’ It used to be legal to own slaves, but that didn’t make it lawful. It used to be legal to restrict someone of color to the back of bus … Just because a piece of legislation says it’s legal to murder the unborn doesn’t make it lawful.

— New Hampshire County Sheriff candidate Frank Szabo (R), quoted by Bedford Patch, refusing to back off comments that deadly force is an appropriate means to prevent abortion.

Is John Lennon Still Dead? Then No Parole

August 23, 2012August 23, 2012 Trish

7

Number of times Mark David Chapman has been denied parole for shooting and killing John Lennon in 1980. Besides Aug. 23, 2012, Chapman was denied parole every two years after he became eligible: 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, and 2010.

Romney on Track to Get 0 Percent of African-American Vote

August 22, 2012 Buck Banks

0%

Of African-American voters said they would vote for Mitt Romney in a new NBC/WSJ poll, with 94% backing President Barack Obama.

Ryan’s Medicare Proposal Very Unpopular with Voters

August 22, 2012 Buck Banks

72%

Of voters have heard a lot or a little about Rep. Paul Ryan’s proposal to change Medicare into a program that would give future participants a credit toward purchasing private health insurance coverage. And among those who are aware, and a 49% to 34% margin more oppose than favor the idea, a new Pew Research survey finds.

Albright: Bush Still to Blame for Today’s Woes

August 22, 2012 Buck Banks

All of a sudden, this man gets up and says: ‘So how long are you people going to blame the previous administration?’ And I said: ‘Forever.’

— Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, quoted by Politico, at a campaign rally for President Obama.

Santorum Parses Ways Romney Can Lose

August 22, 2012 Buck Banks

If the campaign is about issues, we win. If it’s about Mitt Romney’s record as a businessman, then we don’t win. If it’s about Mitt Romney’s tax returns, then we don’t win. If it’s about whether people like Mitt Romney more than Barack Obama, then we don’t win.

— Rick Santorum, in an interview with Howard Kurtz.

Ryan Trumps Akin on Anti-Abortion Votes

August 22, 2012 Buck Banks

100%

Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) lifetime voting score from the National Right to Life Committee since he was first elected in 1998 because he hasn’t voted against any bills backed by the group,Bloomberg notes. The group scored Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) “at 90 percent support during one of his six terms and at 100 percent for the rest. Akin co-sponsored every abortion bill supported by Ryan in the almost 12 years the two Republicans have served together in Washington.

Month: August 2012

Telenovela In Tampa

We Feel Sorry for Pro-Choice Republicans — Not!

— Political advisor Mark McKinnon, quoted by the Washington Post.

Obama Describes Campaign In Sports Terms

I can’t resist a basketball analogy. We are in the fourth quarter. We’re up by a few points but the other side is coming on strong and they play a little dirty.

— President Obama, quoted by the Washington Examiner, at a New York fundraiser attended by basketball greats Michael Jordan, Patrick Ewing and Walt Frazier.

Splitting Hairs Over ‘Legal’ and ‘Lawful’

— New Hampshire County Sheriff candidate Frank Szabo (R), quoted by Bedford Patch, refusing to back off comments that deadly force is an appropriate means to prevent abortion.

Is John Lennon Still Dead? Then No Parole

7

Number of times Mark David Chapman has been denied parole for shooting and killing John Lennon in 1980. Besides Aug. 23, 2012, Chapman was denied parole every two years after he became eligible: 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, and 2010.

Romney on Track to Get 0 Percent of African-American Vote

0%

Of African-American voters said they would vote for Mitt Romney in a new NBC/WSJ poll, with 94% backing President Barack Obama.

Ryan’s Medicare Proposal Very Unpopular with Voters

72%

Albright: Bush Still to Blame for Today’s Woes

All of a sudden, this man gets up and says: ‘So how long are you people going to blame the previous administration?’ And I said: ‘Forever.’

— Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, quoted by Politico, at a campaign rally for President Obama.

Santorum Parses Ways Romney Can Lose

If the campaign is about issues, we win. If it’s about Mitt Romney’s record as a businessman, then we don’t win. If it’s about Mitt Romney’s tax returns, then we don’t win. If it’s about whether people like Mitt Romney more than Barack Obama, then we don’t win.

— Rick Santorum, in an interview with Howard Kurtz.

Ryan Trumps Akin on Anti-Abortion Votes

100%

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“One woman at a rally in New Jersey told me last week that she was ‘nauseously optimistic.’ That may capture a lot of people’s last-minute jitters.”

— Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), quoted by Axios, on what Democrats feel ahead of the midterm elections.

“I think Congress made a mistake not protesting turning the Rose Garden into what looks like the entrance to Liberace’s bathroom.”

— Former President Bill Clinton, quoted by The Wrap.

“Boy, they are scraping the bottom of the barrel. It feels like a real desperation play to me, because it has got zero basis in the law.”

— Republican election law expert Ben Ginsberg, quoted by Politico, on the Trump administration’s effort to invalidate Alaska’s election results.

Numerati

3,824

$1.4 billion

-35 points

31%

63% to 38%

KFF Poll: “With the 2026 midterm campaigns in full swing and early voting about to begin, there is a wide enthusiasm gap between partisan voters, with Democratic voters 25 percentage points more likely than Republican voters to say they are ‘more motivated’ than usual to vote (63% vs. 38%).”