The Republican Party has been waging a loud and destructive war against voter fraud for years. They defunded ACORN, and more recently Republicans have passed voter ID laws that will make it more difficult for 10% of the US population to vote. All in the name of fighting voter fraud. Meanwhile, some people have noted […]
“Mitt Romney on Friday released his 2011 tax returns, which showed he paid 14 percent rate, so just a little less than what restaurants add on for parties of six or more.” – Seth Meyers “The 14 percent tax rate Romney paid is less than the 20 percent paid by the average American. How does […]
In the face of overwhelming polling data that shows Obama with strong leads in both the popular vote and in the electoral college, Fox News naturally goes on the offensive, claiming that all those polls that show Obama ahead are insidious propaganda from the obviously liberal media. The only problem? Fox News’ own polls show […]
© Ruben Bolling Cartoonist Ruben Bolling has been drawing Hollingsworth Hound for nine years, but since Romney’s 47% video was released people have been telling him that Mitt Romney had become his fictional character. Hollingsworth was meant to represent “a privileged plutocrat comically clueless about the struggles of ordinary Americans, let alone the poor.” Bolling […]
The Daily Show correspondents go on strike, in sympathy with the NFL referees. Who did they get as scabs?
Some of us have been guessing that the reason Sheldon Adelson is giving so much money (around $100 million) to Romney’s campaign is to buy his way out of criminal charges that he might face under an Obama administration. Well, we don’t have to guess any more. In a new interview with Politico, Adelson candidly […]
“They taped Mitt Romney explaining his positions in a roomful of rich scumbags, I’m sorry, I meant heroic job creators. And he said 47 percent of Americans are basically welfare bums who are mooching off the government. And he said, ‘My job is not to worry about those people.’ You know, where do people get […]
© Dan Wasserman Maybe what we need are better referees for the “job creators”? For over a day now, the top story on many news sites has been outrage over bad calls made by substitute referees during an NFL game. It is ironic that this situation mirrors our upcoming election. UPDATE: Ezra Klein on “low […]
“It’s Fall. Unless you’re Mitt Romney, and then it’s freefall.” – David Letterman “Romney said he doesn’t watch ‘Keeping up with the Kardashians’ because if Romney wants to see rich people say dumb things on camera he can watch that fundraiser video.” – Jimmy Fallon “What are they talking about? Romney has given some very […]
© Matt Bors In general, I try to ignore media whores (which I define as people who say things to get attention, regardless of whether or not what they say is true). But who can resist a comic that uses the phrase “fallopian fists of fury”? Yes, Limbaugh really did bring up an Italian study […]
Robert Reich has two interesting new articles in his blog that you should read. The first one is an analysis of why Romney is losing the election. The conservatives are already trying to spin this as Romney’s fault. He is a bad politician running a poor campaign, and most of all, he isn’t conservative enough. […]
Sarah Silverman on Voter Suppression Laws. Caution, contains quite a few obscenities.
Romney once said that he always pays the taxes that the law requires — no more, no less — and “if I had paid more [taxes] than are legally due I don’t think I’d be qualified to become president.” But in his newly released tax returns, Romney deducted only $2.25 million of his $4 million […]
© Mike Stanfill After Citizens United opened the floodgates for political money, will Romney’s presidential campaign go down in history as proving that you can’t buy any election just by throwing unlimited amounts of money at it? UPDATE: The Wall Street Journal has an article “Super PAC Influence Falls Short of Aims“. Their conclusion is […]
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