Paul Ryan Booed at AARP
Just watch it: See also, Romney’s Friday News Dump: By Romney’s Own Standard, His Tax Returns Would Disqualify Him From The Presidency (11)
How Romney’s Economic Plan Redistributes Wealth To The Wealthy
From ThinkProgress: According to a Tax Policy Center analysis, Romney’s plan would increase after-tax income for those making more than $200,000 annually, while lowering it for everyone else: The upshot of Romney’s plan is that “taxpayers with incomes over $1 million would see their after-tax income increased by 8.3 percent…
Mittens, the Biggest Welfare Queen Ever, Isn’t Mitt Romney a Member of the 47 Percent?
From The Nation: The nonpartisan Tax Policy Center says roughly 46 percent of Americans paid no income tax for the last year where numbers are available, 2011. Slightly less than half of those who do not pay take advantage of tax breaks designed to ease the burden on elderly Americans…
Romney Tells Wealthy Cronies that 47% of Americans are Lazy Moochers
From ThinkProgress: It’s only September, but Mitt Romney has already written off almost half the country’s voters. A hidden-camera recording obtained by Mother Jones captures Romney at a private fundraiser telling donors that, “There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. All…
No GOP Convention Bounce as GOP Strategists Denounce Paul Ryan’s Mendacity and Koch Brothers Now Support “Gay Marriage”
Nate Silver reports zero to little GOP Convention bounce according to Gallup:
Romney Secures GOP Nomination to Sell Trickle Down Fairy Dust, More Tax Cuts for Wealthy, Gut Medicare, and Run Up National Debt
Mitt Romney has officially secured the GOP nomination and the starts day one of the their three-day hate fest. They’ve even got a debt clock to remind folks of the Bush tax cuts and two unpaid Bush wars. All photos courtesy of Restore Sanity and Take Back America. (5)
GOP Reveals Party Platform to Completely Gut Medicare and Privatize It
From TPM: The platform, snagged by Politico on Friday afternoon after the Republican National Committee accidentally posted it to its website before taking it down, is scheduled to be approved at the convention early this week. The text details the privatization policy that GOP lawmakers have supported for years, and…
The Romneyhood, Mittens and Ryan Coming to a Theater Near You; There Would Have Never Been a Neil Armstrong without American Government
Hurricane Isaac is on course to strike Florida and the Gulf Coast Monday and Tuesday — forcing the GOP to cancel day one of their four-day hate fest. A revised schedule is due some time today. Romney folks believe that the convention will be a chance to “reinvent” etch-a-sketch Romney…