Source: http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2012/05/mitt-romney-liberty-university
Gina Philips Gisele Bündchen Giuliana DePandi Giulianna Ramirez
Friday, June 1, 2012
Video: Romney makes surprise visit to Solyndra
(CNN) - Mitt Romney visits a failed energy company to criticize the president. CNN National Political Correspondent Jim Acosta reports.
Source: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/31/video-romney-makes-surprise-visit-to-solyndra/
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Romney endorses Mack in GOP Senate primary
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has endorsed Rep. Connie Mack in Florida’s contentious GOP Senate primary. Mack, who has been facing a barrage of character attacks from GOP primary rival George LeMieux, was a key surrogate for Romney before Florida’s Jan. 31 presidential primary. At a rally in Dunedin the day before the primary, [...]
Source: http://www.postonpolitics.com/2012/05/romney-endorses-mack-in-gop-senate-primary/
Gingrich down on super PACs despite his own
(CNN) – Former presidential candidate Newt Gingrich on Thursday lamented the use of super PACs in modern campaigning, predicting a "mess" they will create in the fall campaign. "I think you watch this fall, between the Obama super PACs, the Romney super PACs, the conservative super PACs, the liberal super PACs, it's going to be [...]
Source: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/31/gingrich-down-on-super-pacs-despite-his-own/
Emma Watson Emmanuelle Chriqui Emmanuelle Vaugier Emmy Rossum
Senate surprise: Ronda Storms won’t come back
Republican firebrand Ronda Storms is dropping her state Senate reelection bid and instead will run against embattled Hillsborough County Property Appraiser Rob Turner. Storms, a lawyer and former Hillsborough County commissioner, had two years left before she was term-limited out of the Senate. But she said the porn scandal surrounding Turner prompted her to abandon [...]
Source: http://www.postonpolitics.com/2012/05/senate-surprise-ronda-storms-wont-come-back/
Emma Watson Emmanuelle Chriqui Emmanuelle Vaugier Emmy Rossum
Nelson says ads blasting his health care vote are false, should be pulled
Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson wants Florida TV stations to stop running a new ad that says Nelson’s 2010 vote for the federal health care law will hit seniors with $500 billion in cuts to Medicare. Nelson’s attorney sent TV stations a letter saying the ad produced by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is untrue and [...]
Obama campaign launches assault on Romney's Massachusetts record
(CNN) – After weeks of hitting Mitt Romney for his tenure at Bain Capital, President Barack Obama's re-election team shifted focus to the Republican's record as governor of Massachusetts Wednesday, painting his time in the state house as overloaded with unfulfilled promises. In a campaign memo, Obama campaign senior strategist David Axelrod wrote that Romney [...]
Emma Stone Emma Watson Emmanuelle Chriqui Emmanuelle Vaugier
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
New Jersey Governor Is Latest To Divert Foreclosure Settlement Aid Away From Needy Homeowners
Several states across the country, from Vermont to Wisconsin to California, have been taking some of the money they received from the foreclosure fraud settlement signed with the nation’s biggest banks and diverting it away from its intended purpose of providing relief to desperate homeowners. According to ProPublica, the total amount of money taken from [...]
Source: http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/05/30/492573/christie-foreclosure-settlement/
Why we have war
Original Post:
The Purpose of War !
"The purpose of war is to preserve wealth by spending the expendables".
Perhaps this sounds like gibberish to many and would only elicit further conversation on a curve based on age and/or curiosity.
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The Purpose of War !
"The purpose of war is to preserve wealth by spending the expendables".
Perhaps this sounds like gibberish to many and would only elicit further conversation on a curve based on age and/or curiosity.
...
Source: http://www.uspoliticsonline.com/war-peace/72729-why-we-have-war.html
Gisele Bündchen Giuliana DePandi Giulianna Ramirez Grace Park
With Texas Win, Romney Clinches the GOP Nomination
Mitt Romney has clinched the Republican presidential nomination. The Associated Press has projected he has won the Texas GOP primary, and ABC News estimates he will win 97 of Texas’s 155 delegates, giving him the 1,144 needed to win the nomination. “I am honored that...
Source: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/05/with-texas-win-romney-clinches-the-gop-nomination/
Romney visits coal region to ding 'Obama economy'
Craig, Colorado (CNN) – Set off by soaring music and a majestic local backdrop, Mitt Romney pulled up to the small town of Craig, Colorado promising to turn things around. "I'm not going to forget Craig, Colorado," he told an audience gathered outdoors Tuesday morning. "I'm not going to forget communities like this across the [...]
Source: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/29/romney-visits-coal-region-to-ding-obama-economy/
Florida Democratic chairman’s Joe Namath moment: ‘I promise’ Sachs will beat Bogdanoff in Senate race
Florida Democratic Party Chairman Rod Smith says the state Senate District 34 race between Democratic Sen. Maria Sachs and Republican Sen. Ellyn Bogdanoff is the Democrats’ top Senate priority this year and he’s promising that Sachs will win. The two incumbents were thrown into the same race by redistricting. Smith’s promise has a brash, Joe [...]
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Late GOP Senate entrant Weldon takes aim at Obama
Less than three months before the Aug. 14 GOP primary, former Space Coast Republican Rep. Dave Weldon has entered the Republican race for U.S. Senate, joining frontrunners Connie Mack and George LeMieux. Weldon’s announcement doesn’t mention Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson, but criticizes President Obama and mentions “tough choices that will determine our national direction for [...]
Source: http://www.postonpolitics.com/2012/05/late-gop-senate-entrant-weldon-takes-aim-at-obama/
LeMieux: ‘Connie Mack can’t win a character contest with Bill Nelson’
Former appointed Sen. George LeMieux defended and reiterated his character attacks against his main GOP Senate primary rival, Rep. Connie Mack, during an appearance this morning on MSNBC. “If Connie Mack is the nominee, I don’t think he can beat Bill Nelson. It’ll be a race about character. Connie Mack can’t win a character contest [...]
Obama ed chief criticizes Florida’s GOP-led Legislature on tutoring standard
U.S. Education SecretaryArne Duncan ridiculed Florida’s Republican-ruled Legislature on Thursday for sidestepping a sought-after waiver from the federal government to help private vendors retain lucrative tutoring contracts. Speaking in Washington, D.C. ,to the Florida Council of 100, the business-dominated advisory group, Duncan criticized lawmakers for requiring school districts to spend 15 percent of federal funds for low-income [...]
Late GOP Senate entrant Weldon takes aim at Obama
Less than three months before the Aug. 14 GOP primary, former Space Coast Republican Rep. Dave Weldon has entered the Republican race for U.S. Senate, joining frontrunners Connie Mack and George LeMieux. Weldon’s announcement doesn’t mention Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson, but criticizes President Obama and mentions “tough choices that will determine our national direction for [...]
Source: http://www.postonpolitics.com/2012/05/late-gop-senate-entrant-weldon-takes-aim-at-obama/
Morning Briefing: How The Debt Ceiling Debate Undermined The Economy
– President Obama is personally overseeing “the shadow war with Al Qaeda,” spearheading “the ‘nominations’ process to designate terrorists for kill or capture.” – While Mitt Romney was “running the Olympic games he had been investing in a company that was making performance-enhancing drugs banned by them, and he had been for almost a decade.” [...]
Gingrich's presidential advice: Raise money
Washington (CNN) – Former Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich offered Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley some advice Sunday on running for president. "Raise a lot of money," Gingrich told the rising Democrat on NBC's "Meet the Press." "It's the entry level problem. You've got to be prepared." – Follow the Ticker on Twitter: @PoliticalTicker Gingrich was [...]
Source: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/27/gingrichs-presidential-advice-raise-money/
Adrian Beecroft highlights mindset of Tory right
Some of the £537,000 Adrian Beecroft has given to the Conservative Party in recent years came into his possession by lending out small sums of a few hundred pounds a time, at rates of interest as high as 4,000% a year. It’s probably fair to assume that among those who see little choice but to subject [...]
Source: http://liberalconspiracy.org/2012/05/23/adrian-beecroft-highlights-mindset-of-tory-right/
Erica Leerhsen Erika Christensen Estella Warren Esther Cañadas
Monday, May 28, 2012
George Will Speaks Out Against Romney’s Association With Trump: ‘What Is Romney Seeking?’
Conservatives are starting to question the Romney campaign’s association with Donald Trump, the reality TV star who in recent days has ramped up his claims that President Obama was born in Kenya. Mitt Romney is holding a fundraiser with Trump next month, and his advisers have defended the event by insisting that “a candidate can’t [...]
Source: http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/05/27/491057/trump-will-birther/
Poll: Romney leads Obama among veterans
(CNN) - As Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama take a campaign break to pay tribute on Memorial Day, a poll released Monday indicates the presumptive GOP presidential nominee has a big lead over Obama among veterans. Fifty-eight percent of veterans support Romney, while 34% back the president, according to a new Gallup survey. – [...]
Source: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/28/romney-leads-obama-among-veterans/
FSU Cowgirls Gabrielle Union Garcelle Beauvais Genelle Frenoy
Rolling Thunder: Talking Politics With a Motorcycle Guy
If you wake up Sunday at 6 a.m. to the sound of a half-million engines revving up, you can thank the motorcycle riders who descended on Washington this weekend for the annual Rolling Thunder motorcycle ride. Rolling Thunder is an annual ride from the Pentagon...
Source: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/05/rolling-thunder-talking-politics-with-a-motorcycle-guy/
Panetta defends Afghan strategy following Romney jabs
(CNN) – Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Sunday labeled Mitt Romney’s attacks on the withdrawal strategy in Afghanistan “campaign rhetoric” and defended the 2014 drawdown date. “I think you know without getting into the campaign rhetoric of what he’s asserting, I think you’ve got 50 nations in NATO that agree to a plan in Afghanistan,” [...]
Sunday, May 27, 2012
By using age to allocate NHS funding, Lansley rewards Tory voters
Health secretary Andrew Lansley said at a NHS Clinical Commissioners conference in April: "age is the principal determinant of health need". It follows from this the NHS should devote a greater proportion of its resources in areas with the largest elderly populations.
But the evidence doesn't stack up. Furthermore, it looks like the funding is being shifted for political reasons.
But the evidence doesn't stack up. Furthermore, it looks like the funding is being shifted for political reasons.
Sunday Open Thread
Good Morning. As you spend this weekend with family and friends, don’t forget JJP. Drop those links. Engage in debate. Give us trivia and gossip too. And always, have a peaceful day
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JackAndJillPolitics/~3/6pQjD2cq3ao/
High partisan stakes in Bogdanoff-Sachs Senate race
With redistricting leading incumbent Republican Sen. Ellyn Bogdanoff and incumbent Democratic Sen. Maria Sachs to run in the same Palm Beach-Broward state Senate district, both candidates are bringing out the big partisan guns. Florida Democratic Party Chairman Rod Smith and incoming Senate Democratic Leader Chris Smith plan to attend Sachs’ campaign kickoff event tonight at [...]
Source: http://www.postonpolitics.com/2012/05/high-partisan-stakes-in-bogdanoff-sachs-senate-race/
Emmanuelle Chriqui Emmanuelle Vaugier Emmy Rossum Eric Decker
Fehrnstrom: Romney was elected governor in a similar economy
(CNN) – When Mitt Romney was elected governor of Massachusetts in 2002, the state was in an economic situation similar to where the country is now, Romney senior adviser Eric Fehrnstrom said in a Friday interview on CNN's "The Situation Room." "The state was in recession, in many ways the circumstances of the economy were [...]
Saturday Open Thread
Good Morning. As you spend this weekend with family and friends, don’t forget JJP. Drop those links. Engage in debate. Give us trivia and gossip too. And always, have a peaceful day
Source: http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2012/05/saturday-open-thread-198/
Saturday, May 26, 2012
Liljenquist goes up with new ad against Hatch
(CNN) - The candidate challenging longtime Sen. Orrin Hatch in Utah's GOP primary issued his second ad on Friday, blasting Hatch for increased spending in Washington. While former state Sen. Dan Liljenquist has been railing against Hatch in recent weeks for declining to take part in a televised debate, Liljenquist held back from raising the [...]
Source: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/25/liljenquist-goes-up-with-new-ad-against-hatch/
Biden touts Obama's foreign policy in West Point address
(CNN) – In a commencement address that often echoed his campaign pitch, Vice President Joe Biden on Saturday offered graduating cadets at the U.S. Military Academy a full-throated espousal of President Barack Obama's foreign policy. "President Obama and I came into office determined to end the war in Iraq responsibly, and today our troops are [...]
Will falling gas prices help Obama?
Washington (CNN) - There's good news for drivers hitting the road this Memorial Day weekend: Gas prices are falling. Regular unleaded dropped to a national average of $3.71 per gallon this week, 23 cents below an April high of $3.94, according to the federal government.
Source: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/25/will-falling-gas-prices-help-obama/
Occupy Protesters Help Los Angeles Woman And Disabled Daughter Save Their Home From Bank Of America
Last month, Bank of America foreclosed on a Los Angeles woman and her disabled daughter. Dima Rodriguez had spent thousands of dollars retrofitting her home to accommodate her daughter — who has cerebral palsy — and fell behind on her loan payments. Bank of America gave her a loan modification, and even though Rodriguez had [...]
Source: http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/05/25/490746/occupy-los-angeles-foreclosure/
Thursday Open Thread
hat tip-angelar I consider this to still be THE picture of Barack Obama’s Presidency. From The NYTimes: When a Boy Found a Familiar Feel in a Pat of the Head of State By JACKIE CALMES Published: May 23, 2012 For decades at the White House, photographs of the president at work and at play have [...]
Source: http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2012/05/thursday-open-thread-199/
Friday, May 25, 2012
Tuesday Open Thread
hat tip-The Obama Diary: Good Morning. As you go through your day, don’t forget JJP. Drop those links. Engage in debate. Give us trivia and gossip too. And always, have a peaceful day. ………………………………………….. President Obama Delivers Commencement Speech At Joplin High School
Source: http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2012/05/tuesday-open-thread-200/
The Note’s Must-Reads for Friday, May 25, 2012
The Note’s Must-Reads are a round-up of today’s political headlines and stories from ABC News and the top U.S. newspapers. Posted Monday through Friday right here at www.abcnews.com Compiled by ABC News’ Amanda VanAllen and Carrie Halperin OBAMA/ROMNEY ABC News’ Devin Dwyer: “President Obama Accuses...
Source: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/05/the-notes-must-reads-for-friday-may-25-2012/
Why does Romney accuse Obama of "apologizing" for America
The 5 Biggest Lies About Obama In Mitt Romney’s Nevada Victory Speech | PoliticusUSA (http://www.politicususa.com/romney-obama-lies.html)
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Thursday, May 24, 2012
Video: Rubio calls out Obama as divisive
(CNN) – Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida said in an interview Thursday that President Barack Obama has become more divisive since 2008 and he's the cause of gridlock in Washington. "This country has major problems. In 2008, irrespective of how you felt about the president's policies, we all hoped he'd be a uniter, he'd [...]
Source: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/24/video-rubio-calls-out-obama-as-divisive/
Keeping Track of Willard’s Lies
It’s time for Willard’s Lies of the week. Once again, I will point out the site on the blog roll: Romney The Liar: because there are Liars, Damn Liars, and then there’s Mitt Romney. Steve Benen, now at The Maddow Blog:. Here’s last week’s entry of Chronicling Mitt’s mendacity: The opening: Chronicling Mitt’s Mendacity, Vol. [...]
Source: http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2012/05/keeping-track-of-willards-lies-14/
Teacher Screams at Student for Disrespecting Obama!
I wonder if this teacher was as respectful, really, of Bush when he was in office as she now demands from the student towards Obama. In any event, it speaks volumes about our education system when the teachers are this stupid.
"Didn't Obama...
"Didn't Obama...
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Romney endorses Mack in GOP Senate primary
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has endorsed Rep. Connie Mack in Florida’s contentious GOP Senate primary. Mack, who has been facing a barrage of character attacks from GOP primary rival George LeMieux, was a key surrogate for Romney before Florida’s Jan. 31 presidential primary. At a rally in Dunedin the day before the primary, [...]
Source: http://www.postonpolitics.com/2012/05/romney-endorses-mack-in-gop-senate-primary/
I love the counter-productive attitude of right-wing commentators
During the height of the debate around the 50p tax last year, I said numerous times I wished the Conservatives would just cut it so it would blow up in their faces. They duly did and it inevitably did too.
What also amused me was the look of horror on the faces of right-wing commentators. Before the budget newspaper stridently argued for the cut and even ran embarrassingly thin stories to keep up the pressure. But after the budget they all agreed it had been a political disaster for Osborne and promptly slammed him.
What also amused me was the look of horror on the faces of right-wing commentators. Before the budget newspaper stridently argued for the cut and even ran embarrassingly thin stories to keep up the pressure. But after the budget they all agreed it had been a political disaster for Osborne and promptly slammed him.
Source: http://liberalconspiracy.org/2012/05/21/i-love-the-kamikaze-attitude-of-right-wing-commentators/
The Perfect Birthday Gift For Newark Mayor Corey Booker
I’ve done a few posts on the controversy over Newark Mayor Corey Booker’s comments about Bain Capital being a “nauseating” issue and also reviewed a DVD of the movie “Street Fight” 5 years ago about his early political career. He is one of the country’s most fascinating up and coming (but not up and coming [...]
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/themoderatevoice/~3/2LE-2RU0uDw/
Erica Leerhsen Erika Christensen Estella Warren Esther Cañadas
In the Wake of Trayvon Martin, Conservative Media Launch Race War
Apparently the RAHOWA (short for Racial Holy War among white supremacists) hasn’t come soon enough for conservatives. Didn’t Glenn Beck assert that Barack Obama was planning to round up white folks and put them in concentration camps using FEMA after his election? Hmmm…hasn’t happened yet but it might – under a second Obama administration, right? [...]
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