Are you better off today than four years ago – 9/5/12
Will Romney close the very loopholes that make him wealthy?
Romney/Ryan: How to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy
Betty White and Mitt Romney – Eastwooding
Via JoeMyGod
New York Times calls out Romney/Ryan lies and distortions
In an Op/Ed piece in the New York Times, the paper ran an editorial calling out many lies and distortions put out by the Romney/Ryan campaign. And I, for one, am glad.
Run on your record, run on your truth. But don’t lie and distort to make yourself look better.
A few of the issues the New York Times highlights:
Deficit Commission: While Ryan spoke of the Simpson-Bowles commission, what he didn’t mention was that HE was a part of that panel. AND he voted against the commission’s recommendations.
Credit Rating: Ryan talked about the down-grading of the US credit rating blaming the President. What he didn’t mention was that the credit rating was down-graded because the GOP fought raising the debt ceiling for spending that had already happened and had been approved by Congress.
Medicare: Ryan tried to portray the President as “raiding” the Medicare fund of $716 billion dollars. The problem with that is HE himself had already recommended cutting the same amount from Medicare. However, the President’s savings would come not from trimming benefits for current recipients, but from cutting the projected growth in reimbursements to hospitals and insurers over the next decade.
Head over the the New York Times article and take a read.
Parents – which guys do you like?
GOP Nat’l Convention: Ron Paul supporters revolt
As expected, the Ron Paul delegates made their statement today at the GOP National Convention.
Mitt Romney supporters shouted the Paul supporters down with chants of “USA! USA! USA!”
Mitt Romney – “The Do Over”
New from the Obama campaign.
Love the dramatic flair.
Cher tweets about Mitt Romney’s “birther” joke
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.
Update: JoeMyGod points out that President Obama showed his sense of humor in responding: