Author: Ezra Grant

I'm just tired of the lies and nonsense coming from the GOP, so this is my little contribution to combat the nonsense!

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Politics voter suppression

Pennsylvania Judge Okays Republican Voter Suppression Law

The Republican push to suppress American votes and kill democracy received the go ahead in Pennsylvania today, as a judge refused to stop the new voter ID law. Although lawyers for the Republicans provided no evidence of a voter fraud problem in the state, the law will now be enacted.

Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson said he would not grant an injunction that would have halted the law, which requires each voter to show a valid photo ID. Opponents are expected to file an appeal within a day or two to the state Supreme Court as the Nov. 6 election looms.

“We’re not done, it’s not over,” said Witold J. Walczak, an American Civil Liberties Union lawyer who helped argue the case for the plaintiffs. “It’s why they make appeals courts.”

The Republican-penned law — which passed over the objections of Democrats — has ignited a furious debate over voting rights as Pennsylvania is poised to play a key role in deciding the presidential contest. Plaintiffs, including a 93-year-old woman who recalled marching with Martin Luther King Jr. in 1960, had asked Simpson to block the law from taking effect in this year’s election as part of a wider challenge to its constitutionality.

Republicans defend the law as necessary to protect the integrity of the election. But Democrats say the law will make it harder for people who lack ID for valid reasons to vote.

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hypocrite Mitt Romney Politics Republican

Romney Cries “Dirty Politics,” While Perfecting The Art of Dirty Politics

Get this! Someone is accusing the other person of running a “dirty” campaign. Can you guess who the accuser is?

If you said Mitt Romney, you would be right.

The man who used his money to destroy all of his Republican primary opponents is now accusing President Obama of playing dirty politics. At a campaign event yesterday, Romney said the president is trying to “smash” the country apart to win the election. Romney’s claims was in reference to a statement Vice President Joe Biden made about Republicans putting “y’all back in chains” if they win the White House. Biden was talking about Republicans’ desire to eliminate regulations on businesses, allowing them free rein to do whatever they want.

Here’s his full statement:

“Look at what they [Republicans] value and look at their budget, and what they’re proposing. Romney wants to … He said in the first 100 days, he’s going to let the big banks once again write their own rules. Unchain Wall Street. They’re going to put y’all back in chains.”

That statement was an open door for Mitt Romney who, over the last month or so, found himself in defensive mode as the Obama Team brought daily questions about his taxes, policies and his negative ads. Not one to miss an open door opportunity, Romney pounced on Biden’s statement;

 “This is what an angry and desperate presidency looks like. President Obama knows better, promised better, and America deserves better … His campaign strategy is to smash America apart and then try to cobble together 51 percent of the pieces.

“Mr. President, take your campaign of division and anger and hate back to Chicago and let us get about rebuilding and reuniting America.”

Romney’s record clearly speaks for itself. His very first ad against the president was called a lie by all the fact-checking news agencies. In that ad, Romney used a clip of Obama quoting John McCain in 2008 where McCain said, “if we keep talking about the economy, we’re gonna lose.” In Romney’s ad however, Romney edited the clip to make the audience think President Obama was saying those words.

The ad was just the first in a long list of Romney ads that fact-checkers have called lies or highly misleading. But as you read Mitt Romney’s statement above, you’ll think he was a poster boy for the Mormon Church or something, and based on his almost record-setting campaign lies, a poster boy for the Church he’s not.

Asked to respond to Romney’s statement, Ben LaBolt – Obama’s Campaign Spokesman said, “Governor Romney’s comments tonight seemed unhinged and particularly strange coming at a time when he’s pouring tens of millions of dollars into negative ads that are demonstrably false.”

We agree with you Ben!

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Paul Ryan Politics

Republican Strategist: Paul Ryan Could Cost Party Congressional Seats in November

Republicans strategists are worried that Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R-Wis.) addition to the presidential ticket will cost their party House and Senate seats this fall.

Their concern: Democrats will successfully demonize Ryan’s budget plan, which contains controversial spending cuts and changes to Medicare.

“There are a lot races that are close to the line we’re not going to win now because they’re going to battle out who’s going to kill grandma first, ObamaCare or Paul Ryan’s budget,” said one Republican strategist who works on congressional races. “It could put the Senate out of reach. In the House it puts a bunch of races in play that would have otherwise been safe. … It remains to be seen how much damage this causes, but my first blush is this is not good.”

Many Republicans in tough races this year, especially in the House, voted for Ryan’s proposal, which makes it hard for them to distance themselves from it.

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Barack Obama Politics

The Wizardry of President Obama – ” Picture

AP Photo.

This photo of President Obama has not been doctored in any way. It was taken at a campaign event and shows a light behind the president. We’re not saying what that light may represent, we’ll leave that up to you. 🙂

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Featured Immigrants Immigration Reform

Republican Joe The Plumber Proposes Shooting Immigrants To Fix Immigration Problem

At two separate events in recent days, Samuel “Joe the Plumber” Wurzelbacher has proposed to “put a damn fence on the border going to Mexico and start shooting.”

Wurzelbacher first made the remarks during a campaign rally for Arizona Republican state Rep. Lori Klein on Friday, according to video published by Prescott eNews.

“For years I’ve said, you know, put a damn fence on the border, going to Mexico and start shooting,” he insisted.

Wurzelbacher then repeated the remarks at a so-called “Patriot Rally” with Klein on Saturday.

“I’m running for Congress. How many congressmen or people running for Congress have you heard, put a fence up and start shooting? None? Well you heard it here first. Put troops on the border and start shooting, I bet that solves our immigration problem real quick.”

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Iowa Paul Ryan Politics

Paul Ryan’s Day In Iowa – A Multitude of Boos – Video

After being anointed as Mitt Romney’s chosen one for Vice President, Paul Ryan went out today to do a solo act in Iowa. But like you’ll see from the video below, the American people have done their homework on Paul Ryan, and they know all about his proposals to cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid for the poor, at the same time he’s giving trillions in tax cuts to rich people.

Iowans got this one right!

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Mitt Romney Paul Ryan Politics taxes

Paul Ryan Wants to End Mitt Romney’s Tax Havens – Video

One of the reasons Mitt Romney is bucking the American people’s wish to for him to release more of his taxes is because there are many tax havens he now enjoys. So far, we know he has millions stashed away in The Cayman Islands, we know of millions he has stored in Bermuda and we can bet you “$10,000.00” (one of Romney’s favorite betting amount) that there are many more tax havens where the Romneys bank their money to avoid paying their full share of taxes.

With that said, Paul Ryan – Mitt Romney’s Vice Presidential pick – is apparently not a big fan of the tax havens and is already going against this favorite tax evasion method of Mitt Romney. Appearing with Romney on 60 Minuets with Bob Schieffer, Ryan responded to a question about the rich and their tax rate.

Schieffer asked; “You say of course the wealthiest people pay the larger share, but don’t they also pay at a lower rate? When you figure in capital gains and all of that?”

Romney replied with his usual jargon about the rich paying more taxes than anyone else, but then Ryan said this:

What we’re saying is take away the tax shelters that are uniquely enjoyed by people in the top tax brackets so they can’t shelter as much money from taxation, should lower tax rates for everybody to make America more competitive.

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Mitt Romney Paul Ryan Politics

Mitt Romney Chose Paul Ryan as VP. Let’s Learn A Little About Paul Ryan

Now that Mitt Romney has made his choice for vice president with the Paul Ryan selection, it is very important that Americans learn a little more about the man who could potentially be the next president of the United State in the unlikely event that Mitt Romney wins in November.

So to help us with that task, the Obama re-election team has put out this video touting one of Paul Ryan’s most important accomplishment, something known as The Ryan Budget.

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hypocrisy Politics Republican

Mitt Romney – It’s Like The Pot Calling The Kettle Black

This one is almost laughable. Mitt Romney is now accusing the President of running a dirty campaign. If this ain’t a classic case of the pot calling the kettle black!

Romney sent his spokesman Eric Fehrnstorm to give his campaign’s official answer to the story of Joe Soptic. Joe’s wife died of cancer after Joe lost his job when Romney’s Bain Capital took over Joe’s company. Apparently, based on what Fehrnstorm said, the Romney campaign thinks Romney is running a clean campaign and the President is focusing on other things. The president’s response was also classic.

The graphic below explains…

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Mitt Romney Politics

President Obama’s Ad Denouncing Romney’s Welfare Lie

By now you’ve all heard of yet another massive lie from the Mitt Romney, accusing President Obama of getting rid of the “work” element for welfare recipients, and “sending them a check” just for being on the program.

Of course, this is just another of Romney’s growing list of blatant lies against the President and this time, President Obama is answering back.

Here’s the ad.

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Mitt Romney Politics

CNN: Romney Approved Over $70 Million In “Fictional Tax Losses”

What is Mitt Romney hiding, and why can’t he come clean with the American people about his taxes? Well maybe one reason is because he was involved in a tax scheme worth over $70 million dollars, something CNN called “fictional tax losses.”

Yea, if I had cheated the government out of $70 million dollars in fictional tax losses, I too would want to keep that a secret. Makes you wonder what else is he hiding?

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Politics

Congressman Joe Walsh Repeatedly calls President Obama “son”

“Son” is not a word that should be coming from Walsh’s mouth. He was recently forced by the courts to make amends on his 9 years child support bill for his children. But the Republican Congressman couldn’t resist the urge to refer to the President in the demeaning manner, because this is what the Republican party has descended to – a party captured by racists and overcome by hate.

The video below shows the Congressman at one of his events calling President Obama “son” three times, then telling his listeners how good a man “Mr. Romney” is. “Mr. Romney is a very good man,” Walsh said, before asking his listeners to pray for “Mr. Romney.”

There was a time when racism stayed under the covers of a white sheet and practiced in the secrecy of the night. Some even discussed it in the privacy of their homes. Of course there were others who were proud of their racist ways and acted out their hate for all to see. But having so many racists in the position to make laws is something I have never seen before.

When the racists like Joe Walsh are making the laws of this nation, God help us all!

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