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Seniors Already Benefiting From Obama’s Health Care Reform

The nay sayers will say otherwise, but the facts are here and they’re here for all to see. The benefits of President Obama’s Health care Reform have already began to kick in, and seniors are benefiting tremendously.

Here are a few of those benefits:

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius talked about these announcements during her trip to Florida, where 238,362 Florida residents with Medicare saved $141,948,339 on their prescription drugs in 2011 thanks to the health reform law, the Affordable Care Act.

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Polling Report: Special Mitt-Will-Be-the-Nominee-Edition

Since I didn’t post a Polling Report for Nevada, my public wanted to know if there was a problem, or if I was indeed in good health. All is well. I’ve just been saying for a while that Mitt will be the nominee in posts both recent and past, and there aren’t too many other ways to say it. Well, I did say it in December, but that’s the last time I’m going to remind anyone. The upshot is that I will continue to write feverishly about the campaign, but not on a primary-by-primary basis. Unless Mitt gets upset. Which he won’t.

So for Nevada, I’m going to invoke the possibly unconstitutional religious-but-maybe-I-don’t-have-to-be-religious excuse. Romney won the caucus. ‘Nuff said.

As for Tuesday’s contests in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri, the tune hasn’t changed. I expect that Romney will win two out of three solidly, with a possible loss in Minnesota to Santorum, who is ahead in the latest polls. I’ll even go out on a limb and say that Romney will sweep them all. And he’ll keep on winning, but maybe not in Georgia because that’s Newt’s home state, and he – Romney – would be the Republican nominee.

Then Barack Obama will beat him like a linty rug in November.

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Donald Trump Praises Donald Trump For Romney’s Win in Nevada

Mitt Romney should thank his lucky stars or better yet, he should bow down and worship at the altar that donald trump has prepared. For without the endorsement of the great donald – and yes, I intentionally spelled his name that way – Mitt would have lost in Nevada.

Appearing on his weekly television spot on the Fake News Network, donald trump gave praise to donald trump for Mitt’s win in Nevada.

“There was a lot riding on that particular race in Nevada and it was interesting, because the numbers were much, much greater than you thought,” Trump gloated. “And a lot of people are giving me credit for that. And I will accept that credit.”

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My Pick For The Best Superbowl Ad – Starring Clint Eastwood

Paying respects to Detroit, and the comeback of the American Auto Industry.

It’s halftime in America. The teams – Democrats and Republicans –  are in their respective locker rooms and like the Superbowl, one team will win, the other team will lose. And it’s all based on their decisions and the things they do to help or hurt America.

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Fareed Zakaria To Mitt Romney – You Don’t Know The True Meaning Of “Post American”

Fareed Zakaria took on one of Mitt Romney’s claim, that president Obama “fundamentally believes that this next century is the post American century.” It’s a claim Romney has used numerous times in attacking the President.

Fareed’s response… “Mitt, we’re in a different world now.”

Zakaria then went into a “then and now” comparison, showing how things were decades ago when America was the only dominant nation, how things are now. Zakaria credits the growth of these other nations to new leadership and policies, and suggests that the world is no longer the place Mitt Romney talks about and desires to return to.

Zakaria’s take…

“Mitt by and large, you have ridiculed this approach to foreign policy, arguing that you will instead expand the military, act unilaterally and talk apologetically. But chest thumping triumphalism won’t help  you secure America’s interests on ideals in a world populated by powerful new players. You can call this new century whatever you like, but it won’t change reality. After all, just because we call it the world series, doesn’t actually make it one.”

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Presidential Address – Helping Homeowners Keep Their Homes

In this week’s Presidential address, President Obama spoke about keeping home owners in their homes, and he mentioned a new policy that, if passed by Democrats and Republicans in congress, will make a lot of homeowners happy.

That’s why I’m sending Congress a plan that will give every responsible homeowner the chance to save about $3,000 a year on their mortgages by refinancing at historically low rates.  No more red tape.  No more endless forms.  And a small fee on the largest financial institutions will make sure it doesn’t add a dime to the deficit.

I want to be clear: this plan will not help folks who bought a house they couldn’t afford and then walked away from it.  It won’t help folks who bought multiple houses just to turn around and sell them.

What this plan will do is help millions of responsible homeowners who make their payments every month, but who, until now, couldn’t refinance because their home values kept dropping or they got wrapped up in too much red tape.

The president urged the nation to contact their representatives and push them to approve this new policy measure.

 In order to lower mortgage payments for millions of Americans, we need Congress to act.  They’re the ones who have to pass this plan.  And as anyone who has followed the news in the last six months can tell you, getting Congress to do anything these days is not an easy job.

That’s why I’m going to keep up the pressure on Congress to do the right thing.  But I also need your help.  I need your voice.  I need everyone who agrees with this plan to get on the phone, send an email, tweet, pay a visit, and remind your representatives in Washington who they work for.  Tell them to pass this plan.  Tell them to help more families keep their homes, and more neighborhoods stay vibrant and whole.

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Mitt Romney Thinks Telling This Lie Makes Him More Patriotic

Mitt Romney has said it over and over, but no one ever fact checked his claim. We had no reason to because the statement made us feel extra patriotic. Then again, we are talking about Mitt Romney – the ultimate Flip Flopper –  and with that in mind, Buzzfeed did some simple fact checking and revealed yet another Romney falsehood!

Here’s the lie.

You know, we (Americans) are the only people on Earth that put our hand over our heart during the playing of the National Anthem.

The video and pictures below tells the full story.

Let’s see what the people do in China…

in Brazil…

and how about the people of France?

And Ghana?

Oh Willard. One of your claims to fame is that you ran a successful bid as head of the Olympic Games. Did you not see participants from other countries placing their hands over their hearts too? Or maybe you think Americans are so gullible, that you can say anything and get away with it…!

See more at Buzzfeed.

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Newt Gingrich Is At The End Of The Road… Or Is He?

The latest polls in Nevada have Mitt Romney leading and expected to win tonight’s Republican primary election by some 20 points. That is not good news for his rivals and an email to reporters from Newt Gingrich is raising speculations about the future of his campaign.

According to the National Journal, Gingrich will deliver a news conference tonight after the election results. Is he ready to concede the race and throw his support behind Romney, or is he going to continue his defiance against his party’s elite and march on to the next state?

Gingrich’s press conference is scheduled for 11PM in Las Vegas.

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More Good News For The Economy – Unemployment Rate Falls to 8.3%

News from The Hill: The economy added 243,000 jobs in January, many more than had been expected. The unemployment rate also dropped from 8.5 percent to 8.3 percent.

The job gains are a boost for President Obama, who is hoping a growing economy will make voters happier with his stewardship of the economy and carry him to a second term. Unemployment might be the most important statistic to watch ahead of the presidential race, and it has now dropped from 9 percent since September 2011.

Most observers had been expecting about 150,000 jobs to be created in January, or even fewer. The January report was nearly 100,000 jobs higher, and suggests a strengthening job market.

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Gingrich Supporter Says Democrats “Abort Black Babies.”

Did you know that if you’re a Democrat and you just happen to be black, then you customarily abort your babies? What? You didn’t know this? Well have no fear, we have Newt Gingrich and his supporters to educate us on the things black people do.

This bit of ‘Knowledge’ comes from Rick Tyler, the black people expert who just happens to be in charge of a SuperPAC supporting Newt Gingrich.

TYLER: More people are on food stamps today because of Barack Obama, they fail in the schools, you can ask Al Sharpton, the Democrats have failed in the public schools with the African-Americans, they abort their babies, they’ve done nothing to lift them out of poverty.

98 percent of African-Americans vote Democrat, okay? What have they gotten for it? Poor schools, poor neighborhoods, crime-ridden neighborhoods, a destruction of the family, and the Democrats want to abort their babies. That’s their position. I’m not going to defend that.

Now I was about to tear into this imbecile, but then I found this tid-bit; Rick Tyler is a worm of a human being who will someday see his ugly heart strangle him in the mirror. But looking beyond his disgusting words, what really marks him as the liar he is are his ‘statistics’, which had the word “LIE!” stamped across everything spilling from his smarmy little mouth.

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No, Donald Trump Will Not Endorse Himself Today.

That Donald Trump is about to make an announcement is not news, we all expected the self indulging publicity hound to endorse at some point. What’s news, is that he will endorse someone other than himself. Now that, that is news!

An advisor to Donald Trump says he will make a major announcement in Las Vegas tomorrow. Sources tell the 8 News NOW I-Team Trump will endorse Newt Gingrich.

According to Trump advisor Michael Cohen, “Donald J. Trump will be making a major announcement tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. at Trump International Hotel & Tower, Las Vegas, Nevada… The announcement will pertain to the Presidential race.”

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Mitt Romney – “I’m Not Concerned About The Poor.”

Mitt Romney made an appearance on CNN after his Florida win to tell Americans a secret – if you’re very poor, he’s “not concerned” about you.

Romney says, “I’m not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there. If it needs a repair, I’ll fix it. I’m not concerned about the very rich…I’m concerned about the very heart of America, the 90-95 percent of Americans who right now are struggling.”

O’Brien asked him to clarify his remarks saying, “There are lots of very poor Americans who are struggling who would say, ‘That sounds odd.'”

Romney continues, “We will hear from the Democrat party, the plight of the poor…. You can focus on the very poor, that’s not my focus…. The middle income Americans, they’re the folks that are really struggling right now and they need someone that can help get this economy going for them.”

Well, that’s a half truth.

Of course we all know the real truth about Mitt Romney and who he’ll represent if given the chance to be president. He’s a Republican, so naturally his main focus will not be the poor and it will not be the middle class. If he becomes president, expect Romney to do what every other Republican president in recent history has done – he will protect Corporations and the rich at the expense of the poor and middle class. And it doesn’t matter if you’re a Democrat, Republican or Independent. If Romney gets elected, then the class-warfare Republicans have been waging against the middle class for decades, will be the foundation of his presidency.

Romney may succeed in fooling the gullible, or those that will vote for him simply because they’ve decided to judge the current occupant of the White House based on the color of his skin and not the content of his character. But for the majority of Americans, the real Americans who put country ahead of party, we will vote for the real alternative,  we will vote for the policies that are getting us out of this economic slump and not the ones that started the recession in the first place. We will vote for our future, we will vote for President Obama.

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