Politics
- Absolutely LOL hysterical…CNN Airs The Most Ridiculous Statement I’ve Ever Seen On Television | Mediaite
- Satirical NYT Piece On Romney Is About What You’d Expect From A Satirical NYT Piece On Romney | Mediaite
- Feel the Loathing on the Campaign Trail – NYTimes.com
- Todd Akin is not an extremist | Pharyngula
- I didn’t watch the Republican National Convention | Pharyngula
- AN ASTONISHING PANORAMA OF THE ENDTIMES | ginandtacos.com
- Murray Energy Miners Allege They Had To Give Up Pay To Attend ‘Mandatory’ Romney Rally (AUDIO)
- » GOP Convention Day Two: They Built A Lying Narrative Liberal Values
- Brad DeLong: The Leap of Faith That Is Supporting Mitt Romney
- Democratic Scouts Head To Tampa To Get Closer Look At Mitt Romney | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source While the Onion is well known for it great satire (right??) this seems right on to me. (The emphasis is mine)
TAMPA, FL—In an effort to better gauge the competition, scouts for the Democratic Party headed to the Republican National Convention in Tampa this week to size up GOP presidential contender Mitt Romney. “We’ve seen him on tape, so we already know he’s got great speaking mechanics and a dominant gesturing arm,” said lead scout Karl Ponias, 68, noting that Romney has been known to “bring some serious heat” during debates. “At 6-foot-2, and with a 6-foot-3 wingspan, Romney has a body built for campaigning. Combine that with a solid stance behind the podium, and you definitely have a politician who can speak with power. And quickness? The guy can make upwards of four rhetorical points in 45 seconds. No doubt about it, he’s a five-tool candidate.” According to scouts in both parties, if Romney has any weakness in his political game, it’s mental, because when it comes to the issues he often doesn’t know where he stands.
- Love, Not Politics? – NYTimes.com
- Lies, Damn Lies and G.O.P. Video – NYTimes.com
- How Rape Politics Reveal the Paradox of Modern Conservatism – redeyechicago.com
…As I said, I have a great deal of sympathy to the secular aspects of the pro-life argument. If a pro-life politician was to come forward with a proposal to reduce the number of abortions by offering teenagers realistic sex-ed that doesn’t begin with the proposition that they can all live as monks until marriage, guarantee widespread access to contraceptives, and create a program that paired unwanted pregnancies with families looking to adopt, you’d have a shot at a winning argument.
But that’s not even close to what the Republican platform consists of. It more or less advocates ways to increase the number of unwanted pregnancies with its hostility toward the economic groups most likely to incur unwanted pregnancies and medieval views on contraception. Within this paradigm, my pro-life friends, either you believe in individual liberty or you believe in stopping abortions, but you cannot believe in both. (read the complete article…)
- CNN Employee Pelted With Nuts By RNC Attendees – Business Insider
- RNC Attendee Allegedly Threw Nuts At Black CNN Camerawoman, Said ‘This Is How We Feed The Animals’ | TPM2012
- Obama answers 10 questions on Reddit – CNN.com
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- Rabett Run: Anthony Watts Is Sad