“It is Mormon in America again. What a week Mitt Romney had. He won Florida. It looks like he’s on the way to the nomination. If only he could stop talking.” – Bill Maher “Romney won the Florida primary with 47 percent of the vote. Or as it’s known in Florida schools, a B minus.” […]
© Ed Stein Why in the world do we spend billions of dollars spying on people? How much do we spend on the CIA, or on spy satellites? All you have to do is set up a social network and people will tell complete strangers everything about their lives, including photos (who needs spy cameras?). […]
“Donald Trump announced that he’s endorsing Mitt Romney for president. It was really nice. Trump was like, ‘There’s only one man with the brains, the skills, and the charisma to be president — but since I’m not running, you might as well vote for Mitt Romney.’” – Jimmy Fallon “Romney was endorsed by Donald Trump. […]
The Susan G Komen for the Cure foundation has gone into full damage-control mode in order to reverse the perception that they let politics affect their charity work … by “getting help on crisis communication from Ari Fleischer“, former White House press secretary for the George W Bush administration. Sheesh. And be sure to read […]
“Mitt Romney is getting some heat today for something he said on CNN. He said he’s not concerned about the very poor. I’m pretty sure you’re not supposed to say that out loud. Romney said the quote was taken out of context. And that he absolutely cares about the poor. In fact, his campaign bus […]
It is going to be a bitter, nasty presidential election. This weekend a secretive 3-day long fundraising conference hosted by the Koch brothers netted $100 million in pledges to fund efforts to defeat Obama in the 2012 election. Most of this money will be funneled through super PACs to get around campaign financing restrictions, something […]
Clint Eastwood in a stirring commercial aired by Chrysler during the Superbowl: Ironically, Eastwood is a libertarian-leaning Republican who endorsed John McCain in the 2008 presidential election. UPDATE: Think this ad is political? Then you should read this. Why aren’t you complaining about the Skechers ad that is clearly a metaphor for Newt Gingrich’s campaign […]
“I don’t know whether Mitt Romney or Newt Gingrich won but we do know one thing for certain: tomorrow both of them can go back to ignoring Latinos.” – Stephen Colbert “Despite his big loss in Florida Newt Gingrich vows to stay in the GOP race. And we all know when Newt takes a vow […]
© Chan Lowe Mitt Romney has a personal wealth that is larger than the most recent eight presidents (Nixon to Obama) combined. Times two.
Republicans have repeatedly made a big deal out of voter registration fraud, but actual voter fraud (illegal votes rather than just registration) is relatively rare. But it seems like Republicans are working to change that too. The top elections official in Indiana, Secretary of State Charlie White, was convicted of six felony charges related to […]
“Over the weekend, Herman Cain announced that he is endorsing Newt Gingrich. Well sure, adulterers like to stick together. You never know when you need an alibi. You cover for me, I’ll cover for you.” – Jay Leno “Newt Gingrich picked up an endorsement from Herman Cain. It’s not unlike getting Carrot Top’s endorsement for […]
I’m sure most of you have heard all about the recent kerfuffle between the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation and Planned Parenthood. This episode will likely be used in business schools in the future as an example of how not to do something. But there are a couple of take-home messages for all […]
© Ted Rall In the future, the only campaigning politicians will do is asking large corporate donors for money.
Last week, new guidelines from the US Department of Transportation went into effect regarding advertising of airfares. The guidelines are designed to get rid of widespread deceptive practices in the transportation industry, most notably the practice of advertising impossibly cheap airfares and then tacking on huge mandatory fees just before you pay. It had gotten […]
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