Politicians and media pundits lie. Numbers don’t. Here’s a list of U.S. politicians who have put themselves on television and radio in the past two weeks, arguing vehemently that America should be putting “boots on the ground” in Iraq and elsewhere to combat ISIL: Name Years of Military Service Mitt Romney 0 Tagg Romney (son) […]
January 5, 2014
To all my Republican friends, those of you who are faulting Barack Obama and Democrats for “doing nothing while they had a super-majority for two years,” I’d like to present you with something called “facts.” I know this concept is alien to you, but try to follow along as best you can. A “super-majority” occurs […]
January 10, 2013
SO … today’s outrage du jour among the screeching Republican bobblehead rank-and-file is that President Barack Obama is loading his cabinet with all white men, and violating his promises of diversity. They complaining that he isn’t appointing women. They’re complaining that he isn’t appointing minorities. They’re complaining that he isn’t appointing the disabled. And, of […]
October 16, 2012
After nine months of desperately trying to get anyone to talk about anything other than his record as Governor of Massachusetts, suddenly Mitt Romney wants to brag about what a fantastic job he did, and why that experience makes him more qualified for the presidency than Barack Obama. Fine, Mitt. Let’s look at some of […]
October 4, 2012
ROMNEY’S LIE: “The president said he’d cut the deficit in half. Unfortunately, he doubled it.” THE FACTS: When Obama took office in 2009, the deficit was projected to be $1.2 trillion during that year, and it ultimately turned out to be $1.4 trillion, according to Congressional Budget Office data cited by The New York Times. The […]
September 29, 2012
There are two major reasons for why Mitt Romney is trailing behind Barack Obama in virtually every poll, regardless of the political leanings of the polling entity, and regardless of the “unskewing” of polls that Fox News claims as proof-positive that Romney is actually crushing Obama in public opinion (on the Bizarro-Reverse world). The […]
September 19, 2012
Republicans continue to claim that they “seldom, if ever” use the filibuster to get their way. Well, today must be “seldom day,” because U.S. Senate Republicans blocked The Veterans Jobs Corps Act that would have created 20,000 jobs for military veterans that would have provided $1 billion over five years to help veterans find work […]
September 12, 2012
Apparently, Mitt Romney doesn’t even feel the need anymore to wait until things actually happen before he openly and ignorantly blames President Obama for them in past-tense. Anti-American protests – inspired by an appalling, ignorant, inflammatory and hate-mongering video produced by America’s pre-eminent racist, Koran-burning, nigh-exalted asshole-in-chief “Minister” Terry Jones that blatantly and crudely that […]
August 30, 2012
What you have heard so far: That Mitt Romney’s vast business experience is what will save America That Mitt Romney’s experience as Governor of Massachusetts is what will save America That Mitt Romney’s superior intellect and brilliant knowledge of business is what will save America That, apparently, the focus of Republicans is “love” That Republicans […]
August 25, 2012
Since Mitt Romney has flat-out refused to discuss or provide any details whatsoever about his Bain tenure and experience, his record as Governor of Massachusetts, or any of the professional and personal financial tactics that he claims are what make him the only ideal presidential candidate in the country, I thought I would provide a […]
October 13, 2014
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