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Sunshine Patriots and Fair Weather White Guys
Sunshine Patriots and Fair Weather White Guys by nancy a heitzeg The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it NOW deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Thomas Paine, 1776 Where were the…
Job #s Rise, Unemployment Falls to Lowest Rate Since 2009, and the GOP Lurches Further Into Lunacy
New York Times: While employers added only a modest 114,000 jobs last month, the jobless rate declined from 8.1 percent in August. The unemployment rate fell because more people were working, not because discouraged job seekers stopped looking, the numbers showed. Adding to the positive news, job gains were revised…
Perils of Debating ‘Etch A Sketch’ Romney
From The Root: This bait and switch performance was signaled in March by Romney’s key strategist Eric Fehrnstrom when CNN asked whether his candidate’s hard-core conservative positions taken during the primary would hurt him with moderates in the campaign against Obama. “Well, I think you hit a reset button for…
Lehrer Loses Debate, Gwen Ifill Should’ve Been Sitting in Moderator Seat, Romney Wishes He Could’ve Gotten Tax Cut for Outsourcing Jobs, Ed Schultz Foams at the Mouth
This waste of skin did not even bother to ask the contenders about reproductive rights, the Supreme Court, mortgage foreclosures, or student loans. “Soft on Wall Street, Tough on Sesame Street” Romney was visibly agitated, un-presidential, and infantile in his demeanor — to say nothing of his incessant barrage of…
Watch the First Presidential Debate Live at 9PM EDT
If you don’t have access to television or you’re held up somewhere this evening, you can watch the debate tonight on CMP, either on your laptop or on your smartphone (CMP is now smartphone friendly) — we’re embedding Google’s YouTube feed. Tonight’s debate will be moderated by PBS’ Jim Lehrer.…
72 Million Will Go Without Health Insurance Under Romney’s Health Plan
From ThinkProgress: One of the myriad things presidential contender Mitt Romney has pledged to do on day one of his presidency is to repeal the Affordable Care Act, President Obama’s signature health care reform legislation, and replace it with “market drive” reforms. But a new study estimates that the effort…
Mitt Romney’s California Garbage Man Speaks Out On The 47 Percent
From HuffPo: The labor union AFSCME is out with a new video featuring Richard Hayes, the man who picks up Mitt Romney’s trash at his ocean-front mansion in La Jolla, Calif. In the spot, Hayes talks about how hard he works in his job each day and criticizes Romney’s comments…