Tag: 2012 Election

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Mitt Romney goes for the “birther” joke

Campaigning in Michigan on Friday, he made a joke about President Obama’s birth certificate. Here’s what he said:

“Now, I love being home in this place where Ann and I were raised, where both of us were born. Ann was born at Henry Ford Hospital, I was born at Harper Hospital. No one’s ever asked to see my birth certificate. They know that this is the place that we were born and raised.”

As a literal statement, this isn’t true. People have asked to see Romney’s birth certificate, and his campaign released it, with little fanfare, earlier this year. As a “joke,” it isn’t very funny. And as a reference to the controversy-that-won’t-die over the president’s origins, it’s a venture into very perilous territory for Romney.

More at The Atlantic

Update:  JoeMyGod points out that President Obama showed his sense of humor in responding:

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Rep. Todd Akin kills Romney lead in Missouri

As the controversy over Republican Senate candidate Todd Akin’s “legitimate rape” comment continues, Mitt Romney’s lead in Missouri has vanished.

One month ago, Mitt Romney was leading in the state by 6 points.

Today, however, according to Rasmussen Reports most recent poll of Likely Missouri Voters,  President Obama leads with 47% support to Romney’s 46%. Three percent (3%) favor some other candidate in the race, and three percent (3%) more are undecided.

In addition, before the kerfuffle the Senate seat currently held by Democrat Claire McCaskill was seen as “leaning Republican” in polls.  She now holds a 10 point lead and the seat is being seen as “safely Democrat” now.

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Paul Ryan blames Obama for GM plant closing; the plant closed in 2008

This is brilliant.

Watch as Rep. Paul Ryan blame the Obama Administration for the closing of a General Motors plant in Wisconsin. A plant that closed in 2008 before President Obama was elected.

Ryan’s speech is juxtaposed with local news coverage from 2008 as the plant was being shut down.

Seriously. Who gave Paul Ryan these talking points?

Fail.

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The facts about how President Obama and Mitt Romney address Medicare differently

Yesterday, Mitt Romney took to a white board to try and “explain” the differences between how HE would address Medicare versus what the Affordable Healthcare Act does.

The main thing I want to point up is: Romney has said repeatedly that he will repeal the Affordable Healthcare Act COMPLETELY. What that means is senior citizens who are right now saving money since the prescription drug “donut hole” was closed by the AHA would see the return of that “donut hole.”

Also, Romney continues to say the President “cut billions from seniors” in Medicare. The truth is the AHA saves money from inefficiencies in monies to providers NOT seniors.

It just goes on and on. Watch the video for the facts.

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Paul Ryan requested stimulus funds, then didn’t, then did…

From Newser:Paul Ryan has repeatedly denied that he requested funds for Wisconsin businesses from Barack Obama’s signature stimulus bill, despite documented evidence to the contrary.

Yesterday he finally admitted he had—but said he hadn’t realized he was doing it.

The requests first became an issue in a 2010 Wall Street Journal report. In an interview at the time, Ryan said he wouldn’t vote against something “then write to the government to ask them to send us money.”

But the Boston Globe reported this week that Ryan did just that, sending at least four letters to the Department of Energy on behalf of two Wisconsin companies looking to develop “green jobs.”

Ryan again denied those reports yesterday, before finally backtracking with a statement saying the requests were “treated as constituent service requests,” according to the New York Times. “This is why I didn’t recall the letters earlier. But they should have been handled differently.”

So he didn’t request the funds he voted against, then it turns out he did – he just didn’t remember. And then it admits it was all true, he just didn’t handle it correctly.

Got that?