Biden Takes Ryan to School #Sippycup
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Watch the Vice Presidential Debate Live at 9PM EDT on CMP
If you don’t have access to television or you’re held up somewhere this evening, you can watch the only vice presidential debate tonight on CMP, either on your laptop or on your smartphone (CMP is now smartphone friendly). The debate will cover both foreign and domestic topics and be divided…
“Resistance is Futile” BS: The Republican Romney/Ryan Feint
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Sunshine Patriots and Fair Weather White Guys
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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…
Never Mess With Big Bird
“I just want to make sure I’ve got this straight: He’ll get rid of regulations on Wall Street, but he’s going to crack down on `Sesame Street,'” Barack Obama 10/4/2012 (10)
“Pay No Attention to That Man Behind the Curtain…”
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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…