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Could Be a Mitt Romney Record – Ad Tells 4 Lies in 30 Seconds

First, here’s the ad.

And here are the lies:

1. “Mitt Romney has a plan to help the auto industry.” No specific plan is referenced in the ad, and Romney’s campaign web site does not include a plan to “help the auto industry.” In 2008, Romney wrote a New York Times editorial titled, “Let Detroit Go Bankrupt,” and he re-upped his call against the auto rescue during the Republican primaries this year.

2. “[Romney] is supported by Lee Iaccoca and the Detroit News.” Chrysler Chairman Lee Iaccoca has indeed endorsed Romney. The Detroit News, a self-described “conservative newspaper,” endorsed him last week. But in that endorsement, the paper slammed Romney’s “wrong-headedness on the auto bailout.”

3. “Obama took GM and Chrysler into bankruptcy.” Obama did take both companies into a managed bankruptcy, the path Romney says was originally his idea. Romney, however, supported private sector financing of the bankruptcy, a plan that was “pure fantasy” at the time since no private lenders could lend to the companies in the middle of the financial crisis. Without federal intervention, the companies would have almost assuredly collapsed, costing 1.3 million jobs, according to industry estimates.

4. “[Obama] sold Chrysler to Italians who are going to build Jeeps in China.” This week, Romney claimed he read a news story that said Chrysler was planning to “moving all production to China.” The Bloomberg News piece he referenced, though, made it clear that Fiat, the Italian company that now owns Chrysler, was opening new factories in China to make Jeeps for Chinese consumers. No American plants will be closed, and no American jobs will be lost. The ad’s claim may not be as false as Romney’s previous statement, but it is certainly misleading.

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The Race Race

It doesn’t come as a complete surprise, but this article from Yahoo! News about racial attitudes is a shameful comment about our so-called post-racial attitudes. Turns out they aren’t very post-anything.

Antebellum would be more accurate.

From the article:

In all, 51 percent of Americans now express explicit anti-black attitudes, compared with 48 percent in a similar 2008 survey. When measured by an implicit racial attitudes test, the number of Americans with anti-black sentiments jumped to 56 percent, up from 49 percent during the last presidential election. In both tests, the share of Americans expressing pro-black attitudes fell.

And there’s more. This week, Colin Powell officially endorsed Barack Obama for president with eloquence and reason. That, evidently, was not enough for former Bush Chief of Staff, New Hampshire Governor and present Romney staffer John Sununu. His take was that Powell endorsed Obama because he’s black. So is Powell.

In the small mind of a zealot, that makes sense. Not only is this offensive from a racial point-of-view, it is meant to reduce Colin Powell, a great military leader and public servant who actually enunciated a military doctrine that all presidents should honor, to someone who can’t think for himself and must endorse Obama for emotional reasons. He’s questioning Powell’s intelligence. Bad move.

The strategy of dividing the country by race has been a Republican staple since Richard Nixon used the Southern Strategy in his 1968 and 1972 campaigns. Ronald Reagan endorsed state’s rights very early in his 1980 campaign, and Sununu’s boss George H.W. Bush famously made Willie Horton the face of black males in 1988. Racism was muted, for the most part, in the election of 2008 (many Democrats feared a Bradley Effect where people say they’ll vote for a black candidate in a poll, but don’t vote for them in the actual election) as the economy and a near-Depression pushed it to the background. But racism is alive and well in 2012.

Fortunately, I believe, this might be the last national election where the Republican Party’s coalition of older southern and western white voters influences its policy choices. The country is changing demographically and the GOP had better nurture the few African-Americans in its ranks for 2014 and 2016 if it wants to remain competitive. I also expect Latinos like Marco Rubio to be the face of the party at the expense of Paul Ryan. Even young people might find a GOP message more reassuring if it wasn’t so anti-black, brown and gay.

Despite these attitudes, it does look like the United States is about to reelect its first African-American president, and that means something. Obama doesn’t betray a great deal of passion in his non-campaign face, but he desperately wants to win this election for symbolic and political reasons. A one-term presidency would embolden the racists to say that the US tried an African-American president and he failed. Two terms allows Obama to be an even more powerful symbol and leader, as he will now be president when the economy recovers, and the health care, Dodd-Frank and tax reform laws take hold.

In short, he will leave a legacy worthy of a great president.

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Top Republican Says “My Party Is Filled With Racists!” – Video

Lawrence Wilkerson, a critic of Bush administration detainee policies and a former chief of staff to former Secretary of State Colin Powell, gestures duirng an interview with the Associated Press in Washington, Monday, Nov. 28, 2005. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

That was the response from Mitt Romney’s top adviser John Sununu, who criticized General Colin Powell‘s decision to endorse President Obama in the presidential election. Sununu insinuated that Colin Powell only endorsed the President because they’re both black.

“Frankly, when you take a look at Colin Powell, you have to wonder whether that’s an endorsement based on issues or whether he’s got a slightly different reason for preferring President Obama,” Sununu said in an interview on CNN. When asked to explain his statement, Sununu continued, “Well, I think when you have somebody of your own race that you’re proud of being president of the United States, I applaud Colin for standing with him.”

On The Ed Show, the guest was Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, the Former Chief of Staff at the State Department for Colin Powell. Ed asked his guest to comment on what John Sununu said, and the Mr. Wilkerson’s response took me by surprised. Although I believe what Mr. Wilkerson said is true, hearing him say it was sad. Sad that this was our reality, but still refreshing to hear a Republican telling the truth.

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Jay Z For Obama – “The Power Of Your Vote” – Video

It’s getting down to the wire with 11 days to go before the November 6th elections, and President Obama is turning to hip hop mogul Jay Z, to help get out the youth vote.

“For so long, there was this voice that was silenced out there as far as exercising your right to vote. I think it was a voice that was silent because people had lost hope. They didn’t believe that their voice mattered or counted. We thought it was just politics, you know, people going back and forth. And at the end of the day it never trickled down to where we lived.

“Now people are exercising their right, and you are starting to see the power of our vote. He made it mean something for the first time for a lot of people.”

Vote! Our future literally depends on it!

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Stephen Colbert’s $1 Million Proposal To Donald Trump – Video

There are a lot of proposals going around, but this, this proposal by Stephen Colbert takes the cake! Will the donald accept? Only time will tell…

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President Obama To Donald Trump – We’re Not In Kenya Anymore. Get Over It!

Donald Trump dropped his “big” breaking news yesterday, saying that he would donate $5 million dollars to a charity of President Obama’s choice if Mr. Obama shows his college papers and passport. A foolish gesture indeed and one not worthy of a response from the President of the United States.

But on last night’s appearance on The Jay Leno show, the President mocked the donald’s proposal, saying;

“This all dates back to when we were growing up together in Kenya. We had constant run-ins on the soccer field… He wasn’t very good and resented it. … When we finally moved to America I thought it would be over.”

A fitting response indeed!

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Former Republican Secretary Of State Colin Powell Endorses President Obama… Again!

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell on Thursday endorsed President Barack Obama for reelection.

“I voted for him in 2008, and I plan to stick with him in 2012,” Powell said on CBS’s “This Morning.” “I’ll be voting for he and for Vice President Joe Biden next month.”

One of the most coveted endorsements remaining in the 2012 presidential race, Powell, a Republican, said Obama inherited a horrendous economy and has begun to turn it around.

“I think, generally, we’ve come out of the dive and we’re starting to gain altitude,” said Powell, who served as George W. Bush’s secretary of state. “It doesn’t mean all our problems are solved.”

Powell also took issue with some of GOP nominee Mitt Romney’s foreign policy positions, calling Romney’s stances a “moving target.”

h/t Politico

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Charges Dropped Against 80 Year Old Who Took Down Obama Signs With Hitler Mustache

Authorities have dropped charges against an 80-year-old Connecticut woman who tore down political signs, including one that showed President Barack Obama with an Adolf Hitler-style mustache.

Nancy Lack was driving by a post office on Main Street in Hebron, Conn., on Oct. 11 when she saw signs showing Obama with a Hitler-like mustache. She said she was so offended by the images that she took the posters down.

“I just got very angry that they would do that to Obama’s image,” Lack said. “I took the one by the road and the two by the table.”

The posters were from LaRouchePAC, which backs presidential candidate Lyndon LaRouche, and supports impeaching Obama for what they describe as “war crimes, cover-ups and blatant violations of the Constitution.”

Lack said when she removed the posters, she knew she would get in trouble. Some workers with LaRouchePAC tried stopping her, but Lack wouldn’t back down.

“A woman was following me to the car and I put the posters in the car and I said, ‘Make sure you get my license plate’,” Lack said.

Lack was arrested and charged with sixth-degree larceny and breach of peace.

h/t MSNBC

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The Bill Clinton Ad – It’s The Same Failed Republican Playbook

BILL CLINTON: “The stuff some folks are saying about President Obama sound kind of familiar. The same people said my ideas destroyed jobs—they called me every name in the book. Well we created 22 million new jobs and turned deficits into surpluses. President Obama’s got it right. We should invest in the middle class, education and innovation. And pay down our debt with spending restraint and asking the wealthy to pay a little more. Sound familiar?”

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Israel Strikes Romney – “Shooting From The Hip Is A Very Dangerous Sport To Engage In”

In a new interview released today in Foreign Policy magazine, Efraim Halevy the former head of Israel’s foreign intelligence organization Mossad, the “Spymaster” has a few choice words directed at Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney.

“Regarding the election, I think many of the statements made by the Republican candidate are very undesirable as far as Israel is concerned. I remember an article of Governor Romney’s in the Washington Post in March where he advocated dispatching American warships to the Eastern Mediterranean. Shooting from the hip on these matters is a very dangerous sport to be engaged in. And I think that drawing Israel into this campaign is detrimental to Israeli interests, and I regret that one of the candidates is doing this.”

Romney, the Republican Party and the right wing media continuously attack President Obama, saying that he does not fully support Israel. This is despite the fact that Israel’s Prime Minister, Israel’s Defense Minister and Israel’s President, all say that military and intelligence sharing has never been better under any other U.S. President.

h/t The Examiner

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Mitt Romney Endorses Richard Mourdock – Who Is Richard Mourdock? Video

We’re still trying to figure out who Mitt Romney is. With all his shifting positions moving from severely conservative to endorsing the president’s foreign policies, it is fair to say that Mitt Romney is still trying to figure out Mitt Romney.

But when Mitt Romney makes an official endorsement, it is a good indication of what Mitt Romney believes and stands for.

Mitt Romney officially endorsed Richard Mourdock. Richard Mourdock thinks that a pregnancy that results from rape is God’s doing.

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Romnesia Made Him Do It – Mitt Romney Endorsed President Obama Wholeheartedly

In the first debate, I think we can all agree that Mitt Romney won. The President just didn’t show up. In the second debate, President Obama returned to the stage and dominated the debate, clearly winning and shaking Mitt Romney to his core. And now, in the third debate, probably because he was still shaken from the second debate, Mitt Romney chose to agree with practically everything President Obama said tonight.

Mitt Romney offered a ringing endorsement of the President.

Romney agreed with President Obama’s decision to go into Pakistan to get Bin Laden. His previous position was saying there’s no need to “move Heaven and earth” to get Bin Laden.

Romney also decided to change his position and agree to the 2014 deadline to bring our troops home from Afghanistan. Previously, it was understood that Romney wanted to base his decision on the recommendation of the Generals in the field. Now, that’s changed.

And where the auto bailout is concerned, Mitt Romney simply lied, trying to fool the American people into believing that he wanted the government to finance the bailout. He actually said he wanted the government to step up and bailout the industry after they went through a structured bankruptcy. Of course we all know that what Mitt Romney said in his infamous op-ed, was “Let Detroit Go Bankrupt.”

And teachers? According to tonight’s debate version of Mitt Romney, he “loves teachers,” he actually said that. But just this year, Mitt Romney stood in Wisconsin and mocked the President’s wish to hire more teachers, saying;

“He wants another stimulus, he wants to hire more government workers. He says we need more firemen, more policemen, more teachers. Did he not get the message of Wisconsin? The American people did. It’s time for us to cut back on government and help the American people.”

On and on Mitt Romney went, abandoning his previous positions and accepting the President’s positions on the issues. Mitt Romney accepted the president’s policy on drones, he accepted President Obama’s policies on Syria and he agreed with the President on the crippling sanctions in Iran.

So thanks to Mitt Romney and his apparent lack of ideas on the issues, we leave this final Presidential debate knowing that what the President has done so far is correct, and that Mitt Romney has no different plans to do things differently. And for that reason, among others, I solidify my vote for President Obama in November instead of trying an amateur with no ideas.

Even President Obama saw Romney’s lack of ideas;

See for yourself.

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