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Romney uses 'history,' surrogates against Gingrich in Fla. campaign's final days
Sat Jan 28, 2012
- "Only very wealthy people like me and the Koch Brothers can use their money as influence to rewrite history." Romney states. "Gingrich isn't that wealthy yet."
Brewer releases copy of letter to Obama
Fri Jan 27, 2012
- Lots of right wing diatribe and the infamous prison lobby are on this blog today. Your "drunk" governor in the great state of Arizona is selling you out by putting you in prison at every opportunity so her cabinet officials make more money from the prison lobby.
Brewer releases copy of letter to Obama
Fri Jan 27, 2012
- Lots of right wing diatribe and the infamous prison lobby are on this blog today. Your "drunk" governor in the great state of Arizona is selling you out by putting you in prison at every opportunity so her cabinet officials make more money from the prison lobby.
Facebook poised to file for IPO next week, reports say
Fri Jan 27, 2012
- I have actually put this on my calendar. Am looking forward to it.
Biden predicts Democrats will retake the House
Fri Jan 27, 2012
- Everyone on this post realizes the stimulus worked. IT WORKED! Sell your diatribe to Fox.
Biden predicts Democrats will retake the House
Fri Jan 27, 2012
- You bring up one quote that was wrong and then say he did "a lot of" predicting? Pleeeeze. Obama 2012!
Biden predicts Democrats will retake the House
Fri Jan 27, 2012
- You are so right Joe! 2012 will be a good year for America. I predict that Iran will come around and give up its nuclear ambitions to become part of the world community again. I predict Obama/Biden will win. Nancy will be in charge of the House again.
Drivers, residents rescued from high waters in Texas
Wed Jan 25, 2012
- The Quaked One,
NBC/WSJ poll: Obama benefits from growing economic optimism
Wed Jan 25, 2012
- Rob in ma,
Discrimination complaints reach all-time high
Tue Jan 24, 2012
- Employers can get away with many things and it takes 10 acts before one person files. You do the math.

House GOP hearing it from all sides over payroll tax cut - latimes.com

Seeded on Wed Dec 21, 2011 4:07 PM EST (The L.A. Times)

House Republicans don't have support from anyone for the stalemate of their own making. Good read!

politics, tea-party, house-republicans, boehner, unemployed, senate-republicans, 99, middle-class-tax-hike, payrolll-tax-cut

Daily Kos: Scott Walker defends attempt to force public workers to identify invalid recall signatures for him

Seeded on Tue Dec 20, 2011 2:40 PM EST (Daily Kos)

Wisconsin's Governor Scott Walker who has always advocated for smaller government is now suing for big government because he doesn't want to do work himself that other politicians before him have done themselves.

politics, republicans, jobs, wisconsin, recall, scott-walker, big-government

Our 27-Year Romance With Newt Gingrich | Mother Jones

Seeded on Mon Dec 12, 2011 12:30 PM EST (MotherJones.com)

Excellent historical timeline of Newt 1984 to now. I didn't know half of this stuff about him. Enjoy!

politics, mitt-romney, ethics, newt-gingrich, speaker, republican-primary

Washingtonpost.com: Ethics Panel Supports Reprimand of Gingrich

Seeded on Sun Dec 4, 2011 10:16 PM EST (The Washington Post)

I posted this old article to remind everyone who Newt Gingrich is. Note the name of his wife at that time.

politics, newt-gingrich, iowa, new-hampshire, republican-debate, ethics-violations, repubican-primary

The Nation | The Nation

Seeded on Mon Nov 28, 2011 9:28 PM EST (The Nation)

. . . and the total is 301,000. Or roughly 1000 signatures per hour since this recall drive begun. Way to go Wisconsin. New job title for Scott Walker coming. . .

wisconsin, collective-bargaining, signatures, recall-scott-walker

John Nichols: Under Walker, Wisconsin is No. 1 job loser

Seeded on Sun Nov 27, 2011 2:05 PM EST (Madison.com)

wisconsin leads the nation in job losses in October. In fact, Wisconsin is the only state with job losses in October. Good read!

politics, economy, wisconsin, scott-walker, job-loss, labor-statistics, john-nichols, recall-walker

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.: Recall Walker Drive Surpassed Halfway Petition Signature Total of 270,000 To Oust Wisconsin Governor

Seeded on Sat Nov 26, 2011 3:56 PM EST ()

The Wisconsin recall campaign against Governor Scott Walker appears to be half way to their goal of signatures according to this story.

politics, wisconsin, union, black-friday, bargaining-rights, walker-recall, recall-scott-walker

Ohio elections board says worker bit voter's nose - San Jose Mercury News

Seeded on Tue Nov 8, 2011 7:46 PM EST ()

This story is too funny! Getting your nose bitten off at the polls in Ohio. LITERALLY!

politics, ohio, kasich, sb5, issue-2

Attorney: Cain's Ignorance On Settlement 'Completely Not Credible'

Seeded on Mon Oct 31, 2011 4:47 PM EDT (Talking Points Memo)

Cain denies knowing anything about settlements in prior sexual harassment cases and the Human Resource Manager states, quite believably, that she knew nothing of any complaints against Cain by female employees.

republican, iowa, herman-cain, sexual-harassment, presidential-primary, national-restaurant-association, new-hamphire

Lindsay Lohan plans to pose in Playboy| Reuters

Seeded on Wed Oct 26, 2011 10:23 PM EDT (Reuters)

Lindsay Lohan poses for Playboy because she needs money. Gets a cool million. I guess this qualifies her to run for a Senate seat as a Republican. Much like Scott Brown.

us-news, republican, scott-brown, playboy, actress-lindsay-lohans

Koch Brothers' Products

Seeded on Tue Oct 11, 2011 9:43 PM EDT ()

Everything you wanted to know about the Koch Brothers products and pollutants and destruction and all the criminal charges against them and all the fines they have ever paid in one place. Does not include their recent sales to the Iranians.

politics, rove, koch-brothers, koch-industries, american-crossroads, polluters, climate-change-denyers

Republicans Decrying 'Job Killing' Green Energy Agenda Have Sought Green Jobs For Their Own Districts

Seeded on Wed Sep 21, 2011 11:43 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)

Republicans on the same committee hammering the President on green jobs asked for money for green jobs numerous times for their own districts. Including the Prosecutor-In-Chief of the House, Issa.

politics, obama, republicans, green-jobs, solyndra, darryl-issa, executives-plead-the-5th

FBI Teaches Agents: ‘Mainstream’ Muslims Are ‘Violent, Radical’ | Danger Room | Wired.com

Seeded on Wed Sep 14, 2011 9:39 PM EDT (Wired News)

So the FBI is teaching its agents to hate all Muslims. This is a great investigative piece.

us-news, al-qaeda, fbi, muslims, mohammed, counter-terrorism

How the Deficit Got This Big - NYTimes.com

Seeded on Wed Sep 14, 2011 8:47 PM EDT (The New York Times)

Great article on who's new policies have contributed to the deficit. Share it with any Republican claiming this deficit is Obama's fault. It is not. It is all Bush still. Until 2017 we will suffer Bush's bad policies.

politics, obama, bush, republican, cheney, deficit, credit-downgrade

Warren takes steps toward possible Senate run in Massachusetts - The Hill's Blog Briefing Room

Seeded on Thu Aug 11, 2011 5:56 PM EDT (TheHill.com)

Elizabeth Warren running to replace Senator Scott Brown of Massachusetts. Good news for progressives.

politics, massachusetts, scott-brown, election-2012, elizabeth-warren, senate-bid

Daily Kos: ALEC's creepy influence in Wisconsin (with recall angle!)

Seeded on Tue Aug 9, 2011 4:29 PM EDT (Daily Kos)

Ms. Darling of Wisconsin is such a concerned "mom" wanting to save her children's future from big spending liberals that she chooses to lower taxes on snuff and make teachers pay more instead? Give me a break! Get rid of this goon today Wisconsin!

politics, scott-walker, alec, repubican, wisconsin-recall, snuff, alberta-darling

Daily Kos: WI-Recall: The Latest Republican Dirty Trick

Seeded on Tue Aug 9, 2011 11:31 AM EDT (Daily Kos)

Republicans are using postal workers in Berlin Wisconsin to slandering Democrat Clark and manipulating senior citizens to vote for the Republican Olsen. When they were caught even the postmaster engaged in dirty tricks.

politics, republican, scott-walker, voter-suppression, olsen, hatch-act, wisconsin-recall, fred-clark

Page 2: Almost 1,500 Millionaires Do Not Pay Income Tax - ABC News

Seeded on Sat Aug 6, 2011 11:42 PM EDT (ABC News)

Wow! I wonder what they are calling charities? Is Karl Rove's PAC a charity? How about ALEC? If only we all had enough money to not be taxed.

us-news, republicans, taxes, karl-rove, debt-ceiling, revenue, alec, tax-the-rich, rich-pay-no-taxes

Afghanistan Helicopter Crash: More Than 20 Navy SEAL Team 6 Members Killed

Seeded on Sat Aug 6, 2011 2:53 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)

We have a traitor in our midst! Better start looking now for how and who knew and got the info to the Taliban. Did Pakistan know about this mission?

world-news, afghanistan, pakistan, osama-bin-laden, helicopter-crash, team-6, navy-seals-killed

Rick Perry's College Transcript: A Lot Of Cs And Ds

Seeded on Sat Aug 6, 2011 1:27 AM EDT (The Huffington Post)

Perry appears to be George W's twin. Except without the well connected and wealthy father to get into the better universities.

politics, texas, rick-perry, election-2012, republican-primary, college-transcript, day-or-prayer

How Often Are Heavily-Taxed Countries Considered Thriving? [GRAPHIC]

Seeded on Fri Aug 5, 2011 11:14 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)

The thriving countries all have high tax rates. So much for the Tea party argument. Grover Norquist is a cancer to our country.

world-news, tea-party, debt-ceiling, ridiculous, grover-norquist, high-tax-rates, s-p-down-grade

Albert Brooks: Presidential Rebuttals Throughout History

Seeded on Sun Jul 31, 2011 10:40 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)

No president before him has been belittled as much as he has by the opposition party and having their hatred of him given the microphone by "ALL" the media outlets. Probably just because he is a black man.

media, racism, president-obama, debt-ceiling

Rep. Joe Walsh (Tea Party-Glass House) owes child support - PostPartisan - The Washington Post

Seeded on Thu Jul 28, 2011 2:48 PM EDT (The Washington Post)

Another Tea party member living in a glass house. Concern of his children and grandchildren does not seem to include providing for their basic needs.

politics, republican, tea-party, debt-ceiling, child-support, joe-walsh, glass-house

Paul Abrams: Congress Must Eliminate Its Own Pensions, Reduce Its Salaries -- Before Cutting a Dime From Middle Class Entitlements

Seeded on Sun Jul 24, 2011 10:16 AM EDT (The Huffington Post)

Yes let's make sure they get that message. They are messing with entitlements to people making less than a living wage already and won't touch their own. No way. Cut yours first. Even if its small money and just symbolic. Please do it.

republicans, tea-party, deficit, medicare, social-security, medicaid, debt-ceiling, entitlements

Maria Shriver, Arnold Schwarzenegger Divorcing: Shriver Files For Divorce From Former California Governor

Seeded on Fri Jul 1, 2011 7:37 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)

And Maria said: "Hasta la vista Baby!"

california, arnold-schwarzenegger, maria-schriver

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