August 2012
“After a recent Romney rally, a woman in the crowd said this to a radio news...”
– Todd Rudd, “Did Romney Play The Race Card?,” Race-Talk 8/24/12 (via racialicious)
Greed and Debt: The True Story of Mitt Romney and... →
If you haven’t heard much about how takeover deals like Dunkin’ and KB Toys work, that’s because Mitt Romney and his private equity brethren don’t want you to. The new owners of American industry are the polar opposites of the Milton Hersheys and Andrew Carnegies who built this country, commercial titans who longed to leave visible legacies of their accomplishments, erecting hospitals and...
RNC Convention Workers Being Paid Below Minimum... →
The Huffington Post News Editors, huffingtonpost.com
TAMPA, Fla. — During these past four days at the RNC convention, janitors have worked around the clock picking up after delegates, conservative stars like Ann Coulter and Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.), and the thousands of reporters in…
Clint Eastwood Invents Millions Of Unemployed... →
greenstate:
During his speech, Eastwood said he was crying for the 23 million unemployed Americans. The only problem: there are actually only 12.8 million unemployed Americans as of July, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, whose job it is to keep track of that sort of thing.
Despite the error, Mitt Romney’s campaign defended Eastwood’s speech in a statement, noting that the actor and...
Did Mitt Romney call America a company today? →
motherjones:
Spoiler: yep.
Wow
Before Romney takes the stage, here's a list of... →
stfusexists:
Epic flip flops
Economists don’t trust Romney
Romney’s racist ad
Romney/Ryan’s disastrous budget plan
Romney presidency will be a Tea Party presidency
Romney abroad
Mitt Romney’s etch-a-sketch campaign
Mitt’s awkward Michigan trip
Romney’s effect on the SCOTUS
The list goes on and on…..
Marco Rubio only cares that his mother worked the...
A haiku about how much I want Mitt Romney to be...
stavesofmysymphony:
not at all, not at all, not at all, not at all, dear fucking god, no
The 10 Oddest Items in the GOP Platform →
thepoliticalfreakshow:
Any party platform is necessarily a compromise between a number of different interest groups. Inevitably, there are always some odd or puzzling policy planks that make it in. Here are 10 of the more unexpected items from this year’s Republican platform:
(The Washington Post)
1) Repeal the Sixteenth Amendment! Maybe… “In any restructuring of federal taxation, to guard...
Why the Entire RNC and the GOP Campaign Don't... →
samuraifuckingfrog:
One quote from a pollster for Mitt Romney on why they’re going to keep running ads saying that Obama is gutting work requirements for welfare, an assertion that is a demonstrable lie: “Fact checkers come to this with their own sets of thoughts and beliefs, and we’re not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact checkers.” And even though Romney himself has cited fact...
murphysbride:
brashblacknonbeliever:
Paul Ryan was up on stage talking about how it’s sad that so many families live in poverty but he’s totes in favor of stripping money away from welfare and taking away affordable healthcare.
Do they even listen to the shit that comes out of their mouth?
I just…
“Vice Presidential Candidate Paul Ryan’s speech at the RNC was interrupted by two...”
– Code Pink press release
[NB: Ryan’s policies affect more people than just cis women.]
(via keepyourbsoutofmyuterus)
“It was a day late, but the Republicans’ parade of truth-twisting, distortions...”
– The New York Times, “How The Republicans Built It” (via inothernews)
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CNN confirms @DavidShuster tweet. RNC attendee... →
face-down-asgard-up:
brooklynmutt:
RNC Attendee Allegedly Threw Nuts At Black CNN Camerawoman, Said ‘This Is How We Feed Animals’
these motherfuckers.
Well, I find that not funny. What if the roles were reversed? What some minority poured liquor onto a white person and this is how they drink?
[TRIGGER WARNING: RAPE] Paul Ryan Said Something... →
aboutmaleprivilege:
stfusexists:
greenstate:
Last week, Paul Ryan gave an interview in which, defending his position that there should be no excuses for abortion, he referred to rape as a “method of conception.”
Wow, right? Talk about a benign euphemism. Rape —RAPE! — is now a “method of conception.” You know, like love-making, just without the love.
There could be no greater testament to...
Republican governors tout job gains -- to Obama... →
They could not resist. One by one, Republican governors of three presidential battleground states took the floor at the party’s national convention and touted recent job gains in their states – not Mitt Romney’s preferred message.
First up was Gov. John Kasich of Ohio: 122,000 jobs created since he took office last year, he boasted, and a state that has leaped from 48th to fourth in job...
“The Republicans have kind of painted themselves into a real demographic corner....”
– Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley (via kileyrae)
“The truth is that the [Republican] party has failed to demonstrate the kind of...”
– Former Gov. Charlie Crist: Here’s why I’m backing Barack Obama - Tampa Bay Times
Thank you, Charlie Crist. Now, come out of the closet.
The Birther Movement: Beyond Unreasonable Doubt →
other-stuff:
“Obama wasn’t even born in this country,” she-who-will-remain-nameless proclaimed.
“No, you’ve got it mixed up. McCain wasn’t born in this country,” I said. “He was born in Panama, but it was a U.S. territory at the time.”
“No it’s Obama. He was born in Hawaii and Hawaii wasn’t a state yet.”
“Hawaii became a state in 1959,” I busted out with some grade school civics class...
We are star stuff.: What Would Happen If You Shot... →
we-are-star-stuff:
Fires can’t burn in the oxygen-free vacuum of space, but guns canshoot. Modern ammunition contains its own oxidizer, a chemical that will trigger the explosion of gunpowder, and thus the firing of a bullet, wherever you are in the universe. No atmospheric oxygen required.
The only difference…
