Day: June 2, 2012

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The Same Failed Promises Romney Made In Massachusetts, He’s Making Now – Video

Mitt Romney is so predictable. Anyone who knows this ex-Massachusetts governor, will tell you that what Mitt Romney says depends on the audience he’s addressing. His uncanny ability to transform himself based on the group he’s talking to is why he is called a flip flopper, Mr. Etch-A-Sketch, a political chameleon.

And then this…

The Obama reelection team has come up with this video. The video looks the things Mitt Romney promised the people of Massachusetts when he ran for Governor back in 2002, then compares his words to what he is saying now. Amazingly, it seems that Romney is reading from the very same notes. The same failed policies he proposed then are the ones he’s proposing now.

Romney promised  jobs, decreased debt, and smaller government in 2002. But when he finished his term as governor, Massachusetts was a dismal 47th out of the 50 states in job creation. The state’s debt had ballooned and government spending grew bigger than when he took office.

If his policies didn’t work in Massachusetts then, why is he pushing these same failed policies for the Country now?

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President’s Weekly Address: Getting Unemployed Veterans Back To Work

The President:

Today I’m at one of Honeywell’s manufacturing facilities in Golden Valley, Minnesota, where I just announced a step that will make it easier for companies to hire returning service members who have the skills our country needs right now.  It’s another part of our effort to make sure that no American who fights for this country abroad has to fight for a job when they come home.  That’s why businesses like Honeywell are answering our challenge to hire 100,000 post-9/11 veterans and their spouses by the end of next year.  That’s why I’ve directed the government to hire over 200,000 veterans so far – because our economy needs their tremendous talent, and because millions of Americans are still looking for a job.

Right now, this country is still fighting our way back from the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.  The economy is growing again, but it’s not growing fast enough.  Our businesses have created almost 4.3 million new jobs over the last twenty-seven months, but as we learned in this week’s jobs report, we’re not creating them fast enough.  And just like last year at this time, our economy faces some serious headwinds.  Gas prices are starting to come down again, but when they spiked over the last few months, it hit people’s wallets pretty hard.  The crisis in Europe’s economy has cast a shadow on our own.  And all of this makes it even more challenging to fully recover and lay the foundation for an economy that’s built to last.

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George Zimmerman Heading Back To Jail

The man accused of murdering Trayvon Martin is going back to jail.

A Florida Judge today gave George Zimmerman 48 hours to return to jail after granting a prosecutor’s request to revoke his bail. Prosecutors said that Zimmerman and his wife Shellie knew, but failed to disclose, a fund of $135,000 donated by supporters that was accessible to Zimmerman during his bail hearing. During the hearing, they said they had limited funds available and would have difficulty posting bond. Bail was subsequently set at $150,000.

As a result of prosecutors’ petition, Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester found that Zimmerman misled the court and revoked his bond.

Prosecutors also claimed that Zimmerman had a second passport he failed to surrender, in direct violation of the terms of his bail. Zimmerman’s second passport was a replacement, granted to him after he believed his original passport was lost. The second passport was issued, then Zimmerman found the original, leaving him with two passports – and leaving one in his possession during his bail.  Judge Lester, however, dismissed this claim, stating that it was the same as having a replacement drivers license.

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