gee, it's as if they know they'll lose if they tell the truth

Florida Republican Volunteer Tells Senior Citizens: Obama Is A ‘Muslim’ Who Will ‘Get Rid Of Your Medicare’
(Think Progress)

pathetic

Top Romney Adviser Criticizes Obama For Not Killing Bin Laden Fast Enough
(Think Progress)

more on obstructionist repugs

Obama’s Judges Are Confirmed More Than Three Times Slower Than Reagan’s Judges
(Think Progress)

oh gosh, it's the repugs who do voter fraud? Who knew?! (Besides everyone)

Republican Party Paid $3.1 Million To Firm Under Investigation For Voter Registration Fraud (Think Progress)

Akin really doesn't like women

GOP Senate Candidate Akin: ‘Free Enterprise’ Means Being Allowed To Deny Equal Pay To Women
(Think Progress)

what a surprise

Romney’s Approach To Medicare Reform Will Lead To Higher Costs, Study Finds
(Think Progress)

more bad news for the repugs

After Nearly A Decade Of Declines, Manufacturing Jobs Begin Rebound
(Think Progress)

wow - how civilized

World Leaders Strike Deal To Reduce Price of Contraception | Coinciding with World Contraception Day, former President Bill Clinton announced on Wednesday a new agreement that will reduce the price of long-acting birth control for millions of women worldwide. The trade deal, announced jointly with the Clinton Foundation and several world leaders at the UN, will cut the price of Bayer-manufactured progestrogen implants by half or more in exchange for a six-year purchasing commitment. Clinton described the arrangement as “a very big deal, and it will play itself out over and over again in the lives of citizens who will be safe, who will have healthier families and who will live longer lives.” 

(Think Progress)

figures that the other worst offender was also a repug

Romney’s Tax Rate Lower Than Any President’s Since Nixon
 (Think Progress)

because repugs have no principles

GOP Lawmaker Who Called For Akin To Drop Out Now Supporting Him
(Think Progress)
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 If this had been a Democrat he would have been drummed out of the party instantly. Repugs have no principles or morals...

I don't think that anyone except the ultra-rich except this from Romney

Romney To Small Businesses: ‘Don’t Be Expecting A Huge Cut In Taxes’
(Think Progress)

only "universal" among bigoted assholes

RYAN: PREVENTING GAY PEOPLE FROM MARRYING IS A ‘UNIVERSAL HUMAN’ VALUE 
(Think Progress)

of course, they never say HOW his policies are similar

Conservative Group Claims Obama Has ‘Communist Beliefs,’ Compares His Policies To Hitler’s
(Think Progress)
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They just make these wildly insane accusations without feeling they have to back them up with any evidence. I guess it's easy being a conservative!

cuz lies are all they have

Romney’s Latest Myth: Obama Wants To Force Workers Into Unions!
(Think Progress)

odd definition of "fair"

Millionaire Mitt: It’s ‘Fair’ For Me To Pay Lower Taxes Than Middle Class Americans 
(Think Progress)

totally insane

’2016: Obama’s America’ filmmaker defends against critics
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The film's central argument is an alarming one: The president's dream or primary goal is to weaken America, make it less wealthy, less powerful, and less influential in the world.

 "I think Obama's dream is a dream of global justice," says D'Souza. "And he wants to redistribute wealth away from the United States and toward other countries. And he also wants to redistribute power, he wants to shrink America's footprint in the world because he thinks we've been stepping on the world."

 D'Souza's film ignores evidence that conflicts with his view of Obama. For example, the fact that President Obama sent 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan, significantly increased drone strikes on Al-Qaeda targets in the Pakistani tribal areas, and made the call to go after Osama Bin Laden. This does not seem like a president who is acting in a way to limit America and to make it a weaker country in the world.

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For more on D'Souza and his documentary, including how, according to this filmmaker, Obama supports 100 percent taxation, check out this week's Spinners and Winners. 

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 There is not even a twisted logic to this - Obama struggled to become the leader of the most powerful country in the world in order to weaken it? And despite all of the evidence to the contrary? And he supports 100% taxation?! How would that even work?

 How anyone could compare this quack to Michael Moore - whose documentaries are based on facts that no one has ever been able to dispute (other than minor details, like Moore saying he was born in Detroit when he was born right outside of Detroit) - is beyond me. I guess it is the "liberal media" trying to make false equivalencies again.

more vague platitudes from Romney

Romney’s Housing ‘White Paper’: No Plans For Foreclosure Prevention, Just Debunked Right-Wing Rhetoric
(Think Progress)

I guess this is the only way they feel they can win

WA GOPer Tells 1.1 million Voters They're Not Registered 
(Crooks and Liars)
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"Funny" how it's never a Democrat doing this...

another repug campaign lie - what a surprise

GOP Group Pulls Ad About Kathleen Kane After Rape Victim's Father Calls It A Lie
 (Huffington Post)

and more on Romney's tax evasiveness

Democrats: Political slant marks Romney tax return 
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats say Mitt Romney manipulated his deductions to keep his overall 2011 federal income tax rate below a certain level for political purposes. The Republican presidential nominee is certain to face new questions about his finances.
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Democrats quickly leaped on the documents, saying Romney had claimed fewer deductions than he was entitled to just to keep his rate at such a level. Romney told reporters in August he had never paid below 13 percent in taxes in any given year over the past 20. Had he taken the full charitable deduction, it would have pushed his tax liability below 13 percent.

"The information released today reveals that Mitt Romney manipulated one of the only two years of tax returns he's seen fit to show the American people - and then only to 'conform' with his public statements. That raises the question: What else in those returns has Romney manipulated?" said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.

Stephanie Cutter, deputy campaign manager for President Barack Obama, said the release of Romney's 2011 tax returns "confirms what we already knew - that people like Mitt Romney pay a lower tax rate than many middle-class families because of a set of complex loopholes and tax shelters only available to those at the top. Yet, Mitt Romney still wants to give multimillionaires an additional $250,000 tax cut at the expense of middle-class taxpayers who will see their taxes go up."

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So, yes, he pays taxes, but he manipulates the system, pays less than the middle class and wants to give himself a bigger tax break. So, pretty much what we already knew.

being evasive just creates more questions

10 Questions Romney Should Answer About His Taxes
(Think Progress)
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And conservatives think that this vague evasiveness is a good thing - and they love the fact that he fudged the system so it would look like he was paying a higher tax amount.

He couldn't be hiding anything by not releasing anything else except for a vague summary, could he?

old folks ain't falling for your lies

Paul Ryan tanks at the AARP 
(Daily Kos)

sick

New Mexico Gov. Requires Women Seeking Childcare Assistance To Prove They Were ‘Forcibly Raped’
(Think Progress)

making damn sure he doesn't help anyone who isn't wealthy

Ryan Returns To Washington To Vote Against Welfare Policy He Once Supported 
(Think Progress)

what a great idea!

Rand Paul’s Solution For Lowering Health Costs: Have Patients Pay In Cash 
(Think Progress)
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Cuz people who can't afford decent health insurance are sure to have extra cash lying around!

out to offend everyone

\Sponsor Of Pennsylvania Voter ID Law Defends Romney, Says ‘Lazy’ People Also Shouldn’t Vote 
(Think Progress)

cuz repugs had to have their witchhunt

Inspector General’s ‘Fast And Furious’ Report Clears Attorney General Holder
(Think Progress)

defending Romney

Red State's Erick Erickson thinks that Romney's insulting remark is actually a positive for him and if people are insulted by it, it's only because the media told them they should be, so they will be mad at the media and not at Romney. And though Romney called them victims, they don't think they're victims, because they don't want to be unemployed (though I guess the actual victims do want to be poor) so the left loses!
....or something like that. It is all so convoluted that it's hard to tell what he really meant.

and even more bad news for Romney

More Americans paying off debts, owe less money than pre-recession
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Because, of course, Romney wants the country to fail so he can try to blame Obama.

more bad news for Romney

US home sales jump to highest since May 2010
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Though Romney will probably say this is a bad thing, somehow - and Fox will agree with him...

there is no way that any sane person could think these two things were remotely similar

Romney Tries to Change the Subject
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Obama thinks that government should do what it is supposed to do - take care of its people - and Romney thinks that half of the country wants a "handout" - which to him means people who don't want there insurance taken away from them or who expect to get back some of the money they put into things like Social Security.

Nobody is really stupid enough to think these are comparable, are they? (I know, that's a loaded question).

ok, this is Romney explaining the difference between him & Obama

Romney stands by comments in video but says they were ‘not elegantly stated’

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"My campaign is about helping people take more responsibility and becoming employed again, particularly those who don't have work," Romney said. "His whole campaign is based on getting people jobs again, putting people back to work. "

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So, he is incredibly offensive and then he says that he & Obama are doing the same thing. Is he even trying to win?

Romney - anti-gay and anti-women

Mitt Romney invokes Rick Santorum in taped address to Values Voter Summit 
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some African-Americans would rather not vote than vote for equality?

African-American Christians waver over vote 
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Is that ironic or just sad?

classy

Ohio Gov. Kasich: "Our Wives Are Home Doing Laundry"
(Crooks and Liars)

must be tough

Romney’s Adviser Complains About Company’s High Taxes — But It Pays Just 2.2 Percent
(Think Progress)

pretty amazing even for Limbaugh

AL-QAEDA ‘GAVE UP OSAMA BIN LADEN’ TO HELP OBAMA GET REELECTED, LIMBAUGH CLAIMS
(Think Progress)

Obamacare doing its job

Obamacare Lowered Uninsurance Rate, Census Finds
(Think Progress)

terrorist attack and Romney's (and repugs') idiotic response

Morning Briefing: U.S. Ambassador To Libya Killed Following Unrest
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Romney Accuses Obama Of Sympathizing With Attackers Who Killed U.S. Ambassador
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Conservatives Fault All Muslims For The Murder Of U.S. Ambassador To Libya
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Following Murder Of American Diplomats, Romney Stands By Misleading Attack On Obama
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 Official Romney Campaign Talking Points Blame Obama For Libya Attack
(all from Think Progress)

Romney's a dick

Romney’s Insensitivity To LGBT People: ‘I Didn’t Know You Had Families’ 
(Think Progress)

could it have been avoided?

9/11: When The Facts Didn't Fit Their Neocon Fantasy
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repugs want America to lose so that they can regain power

Unhappy Anniversary: Republicans Have Blocked The American Jobs Act For One Year 
(Think Progress)

Ryan a hypocrite? What a surprise!

Paul Ryan Acknowledges Requesting Federal Money From Program Funded By Obamacare
(Think Progress)

Biden on the repugs' Medicare lies

BIDEN CALLS OUT GOP ON MEDICARE: ‘THEY’RE FOR A WHOLE NEW PLAN. THEY’RE FOR VOUCHERCARE’
(Think Progress)

yet another insane repug

GOP Rep. Calls Federal Student Loans A ‘Slippery Slope’ That Could Lead To Holocaust 
(Think Progress)

more proof (as if it was needed) that Dems in power are better for the country

‘It’s Arithmetic’: The Best Of Bill Clinton’s DNC Speech, In One Infographic 
(Think Progress)

oh that "liberal media"

Associated Press ‘Fact Checks’ Clinton’s Speech By Bringing Up Monica Lewinsky 
(Think Progress)
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They have to bring this up as a smear to distract from the fact that everything he stated in his speech was true. How does anyone believe that there in the mythical "liberal media"?

repugs continue their vile war on women

Conservatives Bash Sandra Fluke’s Convention Speech, Parroting Limbaugh’s Sexist Attacks
(Think Progress)

why does anyone think repugs would ever be good for the economy?

Clinton: Over Last 50 Years, Two-Thirds Of Private Sector Job Growth Came Under Democratic Presidents
(Think Progress)

sorry repugs, facts are facts

Are We Better Off? 10 Headlines From September 2008 
(Think Progress)

unbelievably sick scumbag

GOP Senate Candidate Supports Life Sentences For Rape Victims Who Obtain Abortions 
(Think Progress)
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These "people" literally have to be insane. How could any decent, sane human being say something this revolting?

Romney praises Obama!

Romney On Whether We’re Better Off: ‘Of Course It’s Getting Better’ 
(Think Progress)

do they really think that we can't remember back to 2009?

Fox News Pundit Claims: ‘Worst Of The Recession Was Over By The Time Barack Obama Took Office’ 
(Think Progress)
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I could never watch Fox "News" because I couldn't stand to have my intelligence insulted that much.

repugs still want the country to fail

Republicans Hope Bad Jobs Report Will Overshadow Obama’s DNC Speech
(Think Progress)