The Romney campaign is in a state of flux, and he seems to be abandoning his state-specific ads for this new national ad released today. Two things: (1) He looks like shit. He looks like they woke him up at 3:00 a.m. (2) Statements like "We gotta balance the budget. We gotta bring down the deficit" are meaningless. Everybody agrees on … Read More
Politico Article Looks Inside The Romney Campaign
I'mma just going to point to the article — it's really inside baseball stuff about why the Romney campaign is doing so badly, drawing from friends of Romney and campaign insiders who wish to remain anonymous. This is pretty heavy stuff: “You design a campaign to reinforce the guy that you’ve got,” said a longtime Romney friend. “The campaign has … Read More
In Which I Agree With Rock Santorum
Rick Santorum Says 'Smart People Will Never Be on Our Side'. "We will never have the media on our side, ever, in this country," Santorum, a former Pennsylvania senator, told the audience at the Omni Shoreham hotel. "We will never have the elite, smart people on our side." … "When it comes to conservatism libertarian types can say, oh, well … Read More
What Christians Are Mad At Today
This: The ad appeared on the soft drink's official Facebook page Thursday afternoon. And that's when the Krazy Kristian Kommando's revved up the rage machine, leaving comments. Actually, there are old atheists. But thanks for the threat! No, Shan. Scientists are not still debating the theory. Kirk Cameron is trying to engage scientists in a debate, but the scientists are all like, … Read More
Foreign Service Corps Not Fans of Romney
From a Foreign Service Officer … It’s probably not a surprise. But can I just say that if Mitt Romney wins in November, he is going to have a very chilly reception from his employees every time he goes abroad? I don’t think I can quite state the rage we’re all feeling towards him. Via TPM
Poll Watch: It’s Over?
The real thing to note about the recent NBC/WSJ/Marist polls of Ohio, Florida, and Virginia isn't that Obama has a lead — it's the number of undecided. In Virginia, Obama leads 49 to 44, but only 5 are undecided. Furthermore, only 2% say they might switch before election day. That means even if Romney swept all the undecided vote, he'd still only have … Read More
Head-Scratchingly Stupid
I know, I know. One should never pay attention to what Rush Limbaugh says. But just when you think he cannot get any more desparate and stupid in trying to explain Obama's popularity, he one-ups himself. You see, the reason why Obama is viewed by the American public as being competent in foreign affair is…. because al Qaida is helping! … Read More
New CNN Poll Shows Future Optimism About Economy
… and more than that, here's two revealing poll questions: Likely voters are TWICE as likely to blame Bush and the Republicans for the bad economic conditions we are in, as compared to blaming Obama. That's bad news for Romney. And Romney is running on a campaign of "Are you better off than you were four years ago". As the … Read More
The Best Thing About The Red Sox This Year
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Emails
The President and his wife have been bombarding with emails for several months asking for money. Today Beyonce sent me the email asking for money. I hate to admit this, but it almost made a difference.
Cartoon Nails It
Boy, if this Oliphant political cartoon doesn't accurately describe Romney's desparation over the past few days, nothing does: These past few days, Romney has been playing to the crowd that was so outraged by a mosque bgeing built at Ground Zero (by the way, I've been there — you can't see any mosque — it's blocks away). And he thinks this … Read More
Romney Condemns The Movie That The U.S. Consulate Criticized, After Which Romney Condemned For The Criticism
And now Romney's campaign is desperately circulating talking points to supporters, to try to deal with the fallout from his crass statements. Expect all of these to immediately start spouting from the right wing media and blogs:Romney Camp Tries to Manage Fallout From Libya Response. From the "Questions and Answers" section: Questions & Answers: Don't you think it was appropriate … Read More
The Attacks On U.S. Ambassador
Well, it's ugly no doubt. As you probably know by now, families are in mourning, and the diplomatic corps is dealing with the tragedy of four Americans — including the U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens — being killed in the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. It is the first time a U.S. ambassador has been killed in 33 years. Obviously, there … Read More
Where Race And Class Collide
Interesting Reuters article about an interesting demographic: (Reuters) – Sheryl Harris, a voluble 52-year-old with a Virginia drawl, voted twice for George W. Bush. Raised Baptist, she is convinced — despite all evidence to the contrary — that President Barack Obama, a practicing Christian, is Muslim. So in this year's presidential election, will she support Mitt Romney? Not a chance. … Read More