Day: December 15, 2011

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Wisconsin Union Bashing

One Month To Go Before Scott Walker’s Goose Starts Cooking

The water’s a-boiling, and Walker is literally feeling the heat. He has bombarded Wisconsin airwaves with television ads trying to convince the people that his failed policies are just what they need. But once the fire is lit, it’s just a matter of time before the feast begins.

MADISON — Organizers of the historic recall effort against Gov. Scott Walker have collected more than half a million signatures, a milestone that puts them more than 90 percent of the way toward the number needed to trigger an election.

Thursday’s announcement by officials with the Democratic Party of Wisconsin and the recall organization, United Wisconsin, comes with one month left before the deadline to turn in the 540,208 signatures needed to force Walker back onto the campaign trail.

“Scott Walker continues to spend millions on misleading TV ads trying to convince voters that his drastic cuts to education and other ‘reforms’ are working,” Meagan Mahaffey, United Wisconsin’s executive director, said in a press release Thursday. “But the people of Wisconsin are not buying his lies and are moving at record pace to stop Walker’s destruction and recall him from office.”

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Mitt Romney Newt Gingrich Politics

Flavor Of The Week – The Gingrich Lead Quickly Evaporates

But no one should be surprised. This is just part of the Republicans “Anyone But Romney” strategy. We all expect that when it’s all said and done, Republicans will put the future of this country into the hands of someone who can’t decide where he stands on any issue, on any particular day.

To quote Christine O’Donnell when she endorsed the man Republicans will be forced to accept, “That’s one of the things that I like about him — because he’s [Romney] been consistent since he changed his mind.”

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Mitt Romney Politics

Will President Obama Win The Republican Nomination Battle?

On Fox News yesterday, this graphic of all the Republicans running for President in 2012 was shown on the Magyan Kelly Show. What exactly is wrong with this picture? If you’re a Fox viewer, then let me point it out. Look at who is in second place. If you still can’t figure it out, then we can’t help you. Sorry.

The graphic was prominently displayed on confused viewers’ television screens for about 20 seconds. Later on in the show, Kelly jokingly apologized for the error saying, “As it turns out they are not the same man. Not philosophically, not ideologically, not in any other way… our apologies for that error.”

But what was even more shocking than the graphic, was Fox admitting they had made a mistake. If apologizing was a common routine for this network,  it would be a 24 hour job, consisting of at least three different shifts.

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Iraq troops war

Finally. The War In Iraq Officially Ends Today

Another promise kept, as Republicans continue chastising the president for following through on  his word to end the unpopular war.

“After nearly nine years of war, tens of thousands of casualties –including 4,500 dead — and more than $800 billion spent, the U.S. military on Thursday formally ended its mission in Iraq and prepared to leave the country,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

New York Times: “The tenor of the farewell ceremony, officially called ‘Casing the Colors,’ was likely to sound an uncertain trumpet for a war that was launched to rid Iraq of weapons of mass destruction it did not have and now ends without the sizable, enduring American military presence for which many officers had hoped. The tone of the string of ceremonies culminating with the final withdrawal event on Thursday has been understated in keeping with an administration that campaigned to end an unpopular war it inherited.”

In all fairness, the decision to leave Iraq was made between the Bush administration and the leaders of Iraq. But this important little fact means absolutely nothing to Republicans, as they continue accusing this president of wrongly bringing this war to an end.

Finally.

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