Thursday, September 27, 2012

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE G.O.P.?

 


Seems like in the past they used to care about society and how to keep things working.
Today they seem to care primarily about only a handful of Americans and want to keep things (and people) from working.


Wednesday, September 19, 2012

GOP Candidates Ditching Romney Like Rats Abandoning A Sinking Ship


A growing number of Republican candidates deserve some credit. Either they’ve figured out that 47% of the population involves numbers too big to ignore at election time, or they realize that elected officials are actually put in office to represent the entire population. Whatever the case, prominent GOP-ers are quickly distancing themselves from Mitt Romney and the awkward truth-telling moment when he candidly said he isn’t concerned with 47% of the American public.

New Mexico’s governor isn’t currently running for office, having just assumed her post a year and a half ago. But when asked if she was offended by Romney’s dismissal of those he says are dependent on the government and wouldn’t vote Republican anyway, Governor Susana Martinez replied, “New Mexico has many people who are living at the poverty level and their votes count just as much as anyone else.”

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

New Study Finds High-Income Tax Cuts Don’t Stimulate Economic Growth

New Study Finds High-Income Tax Cuts Don’t Stimulate Economic Growth: Congressional Republicans and their party’s presidential nominee have both pushed plans to cut taxes on the wealthiest Americans in hopes that such a move would stimulate the economy and aid the recovery from the Great Recession. A new study, however, indicates that tax cuts for the wealthiest earners fail to generate economic growth at the [...]/

Saturday, September 8, 2012

Friday, September 7, 2012

Why Even Run?


When you're that filthy rich, why expose your personal life in public for a position where you'll have less power and freedom than you currently have? If he really wants the attention (which I think he does), he could just go out and buy a country and play king.

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Since When Did Paul Ryan Become a Liar?

By Jonathan Chait


A week ago, Paul Ryan’s political assets included — alongside his chiseled torso, plainspoken Midwestern demeanor, and the unshakable loyalty of the entire Republican Party — a firm reputation for honesty among the mainstream media. That reputation has suffered a massive, swift erosion. News stories about his speech at the Republican National Convention focused on its many rhetorical sleights of hand. Over the weekend, the revelation that he dramatically misstated a marathon time added a crucial, accessible piece of evidence to the indictment. Now liberals are calling him “Lyin’ Ryan” — a nickname that, a few weeks ago, would have seemed silly, like “Wimpy Palin.” Now mainstream pundits are defending Ryan with versions of the “well, all politicians fib” defense. Given that this constituency was once portraying Ryan as unusually honest, this represents a huge retreat for his political brand.

What happened?

Here’s what has not happened: Paul Ryan did not begin telling an unprecedented series of lies that suddenly exposed a predilection for shading the truth. His marathon boast is certainly odd and may well be a deliberate lie, but it could also be a simple failure to recall. The New Yorker’s Nicholas Thompson, arguing for the prosecution, contends that “for someone who does run seriously,” missing a marathon time by as a vast a level as Ryan does is nearly impossible. On the other hand, given that the race occurred in 1990 and was Ryan’s only marathon, perhaps the explanation is that Ryan just isn’t a serious runner.