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Bill Maher Fights Birthers With 'Wifers'

Sat, 26 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Bill Maher - May. 26 (Comedy News) - Maher introduced the concept of "Wiferism," the belief that Romney is a secret polygamist. Using classic "Birther" rhetoric, he showed just how easy it is to create a controversy out of nothing:

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Romney Embraces Growth, Leaving Austerity To Europe

Sat, 19 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Jon Ward - May. 19 (Opinion) - Austerity is out. Growth is in. And Mitt Romney's campaign has taken notice. Politicians in Europe and in President Barack Obama's administration can't get enough of the G word these days. "Growth must be a priority, at the same time as we put in place some fiscal compact to improve our finances," said the new French President Francois Hollande, during a visit with Obama in the Oval Office on Friday.

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Mitt Romney, the Unlikable Presidential Candidate

Sun, 13 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

The Daily Beast - By Michael Tomasky - May. 13 (Opinion) - It’s been a long time since the country elected a man as personally unappealing as Mitt Romney. Will Americans overlook their deeply held conviction that he’s a jerk? Very few votes are going to be cast on the basis of what Mitt Romney did or didn’t do to John Lauber in 1965. So that, per se, isn’t Romney’s problem. But this is: The story lands as another brick on pile of evidence amassing that he’s just a disagreeable human being. A few days ago I wrote about Barack Obama’s biggest problem, which is that despite all the many areas in which Americans rate him higher than Romney, the one on which they give Romney the edge happens to be pretty important: handling the economy. Now we get to Romney’s biggest problem. The likability factor. He ain’t got it. And he ain’t got much of a way to get it.

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Stewart Analyzes The Evolution Of Fox News' Gay Rights Coverage

Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Jon Stewart - May. 11 (Comedy News) - This issue is just racism 2.0 and it aligns perfectly with the GOP agenda of rich white males. Justtheobvious: This issue is just racism 2.0 and it aligns perfectly Bingo ! They already have the middle class and poor on their 'fiscal' oppression list. So

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A Love Song for Paul Ryan [Cartoon]

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Mother Jones - By Zina Saunders - Apr. 09 (Cartoon) - Mitt Romney woos Paul Ryan with a rendition of Judy Garland's "You Made Me Love You" from the film "Broadway Melody." What else is a flip-flopping Republican candidate to do when he needs some right-wing credentials?

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Jon Stewart Mocks Mitt Romney's Tepid Endorsements

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Jon Stewart - Apr. 03 (Comedy News) - As the GOP primary race drags on, Jon Stewart is more and more convinced that Republicans will pick Mitt Romney to be the 2012 nominee...

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In Possible Gaffe, Romney Says Poor People ‘Taste Like Chicken’

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0800

borowitzreport.com - By Andy Borowitz - Mar. 11 (Comedy News) - In what some political observers are calling a possible gaffe on the part of the former Massachusetts governor, Mitt Romney told a crowd gathered for a World Wrestling Entertainment event in Ohio today, “I love poor people. They taste like chicken.”

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Obama slams GOP for casual war talk re Iran, stresses Costs

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Informed Comment - By Juan - Mar. 07 (Opinion) - President Barack Obama, in his Super Tuesday news conference, explained his thinking on Iran and tensions between it and Israel. The most impressive thing he said was, Now, what’s said on the campaign trail – those folks don’t have a lot of responsibilities. They’re not Commander-in-Chief. And when I see the casualness with which some [...]

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GOP Fiscal Proposals Are Sound 'If You Believe In Magic'

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - By Paul Krugman - Mar. 02 (Opinion) - Mitt Romney is very concerned about budget deficits. Or at least that’s what he says; he likes to warn that President Obama's deficits are leading us toward a "Greece-style collapse." So why is Mr. Romney offering a budget proposal that would lead to muc

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Republican Debate Review

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - By Bill Maher - Feb. 23 (Opinion) - The Republicans sure have the right symbol with the elephant. Republican debates are nothing but elephants in the room. The biggest of which must be: to someone out there who's hurting, they spend the whole two hours yammering away about earmarks and ill

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Michael Moore Remembers Mitt Romney's Parents: 'This Apple Has Fallen Far From The Tree' (VIDEO)

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - By Michael Moore, Rachel Maddow - Feb. 21 (Interview) - video

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Billionaire Bigot Bankrolling Mitt Romney

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Daily Kos - Feb. 19 (Opinion) - In a column sure to rain lawsuit threats down upon him, Glenn Greenwald exposes many of the scandals surrounding Mitt Romney's national finance co-chair, Idahoan Frank VanderSloot. VanderSloot is a billionaire whose deep pockets have funded no small number of Idaho's political figures. As Greenwald details, his business practices have drawn plenty of unwanted attention, as has his involvement in numerous far-right causes, particularly his anti-gay activism, including running a billboard campaign against Idaho Public Television for running a documentary about teachers talking about lesbian and gay issues in age-appropriate ways. His wife, Belinda, donated $100,000 to California's Prop 8 campaign.

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WATCH: Newt Gingrich's Moon Colony On 'SNL'

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800

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Bill Maher Compares Mitt Romney To Rappers: 'Straight Outta Salt Lake' (VIDEO)

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - By Bill Maher - Jan. 21 (Comedy News) - "No matter how clear Jay-Z makes it that the hot tub is only for the coolest and most beautiful people, somehow when the song ends we think, 'That is us,'" Maher said. "That's how Romney rolls -- straight outta Salt Lake. Get equity or die tryin'." Mitt

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Colbert Super PAC: 'Mitt Romney Is A Serial Killer'

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - By Carol Hartsell - Jan. 15 (Comedy News) - A fake run for president is nothing without fake attack ads, and "Definitely Not Coordinating With Stephen Colbert Super PAC" is wasting no time in getting its hysterical message out to South Carolinians. In a press release announcing the ad, Jon Ste

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Paul Rieckhoff: A Message to All Candidates: Our Troops Aren't Props

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - By Paul Rieckhoff - Jan. 10 - Our troops are many things to many people. Heroes, parents, diplomats, victims, villains, victors. But as the GOP Primary races roll through New Hampshire this...

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Mitt Romney’s climate and energy views

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Grist - By Lisa Hymas - Jan. 04 (Opinion) - Where does Mitt Romney stand on climate change and energy issues? Brace yourself: He doesn’t have that flip-flopper reputation for nothing. Then Romney used to be one of the more sane Republicans when it comes to climate change. He would play up uncertainty and use weasel words, but he still acknowledged global warming as a problem. In his 2010 book No Apology: The Case for American Greatness , Romney wrote: I believe that climate change is occurring—the reduction in the size of global ice caps is hard to ignore. I also believe that human activity is a contributing factor. I am uncertain how much of the warming, however, is attributable to factors out of our control. In June of 2011, he went so far as to suggest that we should actually do something about climate change . Do what ? Well, definitely not cap-and-trade , but, you know, something: I don’t speak for the scientific community, of course, but I believe the world’s getting warmer.

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When candidates lie, what's a political reporter to do?

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Nieman Journalism Lab - By Dan Froomkin - Nov. 30 (Opinion) - How journalists respond to intentional deception will be a defining feature of 2012 political coverage. Will they allow themselves to become accessories to deceptive politicians? Or will they aggressively and repeatedly expose misinformation and the people who traffic in it?

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Why Liberals Should Be Rooting for Romney

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - By Dan Kennedy - Nov. 30 (Opinion) - If Romney fails to win the nomination, it could be disastrous for the country, for the Republican Party and even for the Obama presidency. Let me take these one at a time.

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Mitt Romney's Immigration Dodge

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Reason Magazine - By Jacob Sullum - Nov. 30 (Opinion) - The former Massachusetts governor's immigration stance precludes the possibility of reconciling policy with reality.

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Tim Pawlenty's Cash Problem

Mon, 23 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

New Republic - By Walter Shapiro - May. 23 (Opinion) - With Mitch Daniels officially out of the presidential race, it seems like the entire GOP is emulating Ethelred the Unready. Well, not quite everyone. In a contrarian move at odds with the Reluctant Republican ethos of the party, former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty will actually make it official by declaring his candidacy today in Des Moines.

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Why Are the Republicans Afraid of President Obama?

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Bob Cesca - Apr. 22 (Opinion) - One of the most often-overheard refrains from the Republican Party and its far-right base is that President Obama is the worst president in American history. Others say he "pals around with terrorists." They say he's destroying America. They say that he's weak, that he dithers and that he's effete -- implying either that he's gay or effeminate or both. Around half of all Republicans have told pollsters that he's not even constitutionally eligible to be president, which ought to mandate an immediate removal from office.

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The truth about American exceptionalism

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

On the Commons - By David Morris - Apr. 19 (Opinion) - For Republican presidential candidates the phrase American Exceptionalism has taken on almost talismanic qualities. Newt Gingrich’s new book is titled, A Nation Like No Other: Why American Exceptionalism Matters. “American the Exceptional” is the title of a chapter in Sarah Palin’s book America by Heart. And woe be to those who take issue with the phrase. 2008 Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee declares, “To deny American exceptionalism is in essence to deny the heart and soul of this nation.” 2012 Presidential candidate Mitt Romney insists, “The reorientation away from a celebration of American exceptionalism is misguided and bankrupt.” What is this American exceptionalism Republicans so venerate? After interviewing many Republican leaders, Washington Post Reporter Karen Tumulty concludes it is the belief that America “is inherently superior to the world’s other nations”. It is a widely held belief. Indeed, most Americans believe our superiority is not only inherent but divinely ordained. A survey by the Public Religious Research Institute and the Brookings Institution found that 58 percent of Americans agree with the statement, “God has granted America a special role in human history.”

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Running Man

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

New Republic - By William Galston - Apr. 15 (Opinion) - Given current national trends and a credible Republican nominee, the presidential election would be very, very close, and President Obama might even lose.

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Job Protection, 2012-Style

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Real Clear Politics - By Eugene Robinson - Mar. 01 (Opinion) - For all their bluster about making Barack Obama a one-term president, Republicans are assembling what looks like a remarkably weak field of candidates for the 2012 election -- an odd assortment of the uninspiring and the unelectable.

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