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Bachmann concedes she misspoke on Wayne’s hometown

28 Jun

Republican Tea Party (GOTP) presidential candidate Michelle Bachmann has acknowledged that she occasionally is prone to “misspeaking”.

Gee, ya think?

Her latest “misspeaking” was during her “official” announcement that she was running for the GOTP nomination. During her fiery speech her mouth ran away with itself as she attempted to compare herself to conservative icon John Wayne. While attempting to paint herself in the Duke’s image, Bachmann wrongly claiming that Wayne was from her Waterloo, Iowa hometown, actually the John Wayne from her hometown was notorious serial killer John Wayne Gacy Jr.

After admitting she’d made another misspeak, Bachmann then reminded everyone that she was “a substantive, serious person” who would be a good president.

Yeah, she’s just a “substantive, serious person,” who just happened to screw up her announcement speech by demonstrating she didn’t even know her own hometown history. Knowing your hometown history is very important in mid-America.

After declaring “John Wayne was from Waterloo” she went on to say “that’s the kind of spirit that I have, too.”

So, do you have the spirit of the actor John Wayne, who wasn’t born in Waterloo, or do you have the spirit of John Wayne Gacy Jr. who was born there? The GOTP hopeful later told CNN that her comments “were just misspeaking” and that her main intent was to show she identified with Wayne’s patriotism.

Again, is that the Duke’s patriotism, or Wayne Gacy’s? And while we’re on this subject, exactly what did John Wayne do to demonstrate his patriotism? Besides make a lot of movies where he played soldiers? Did he ever serve in the military? Did he ever run for office? What exactly did he do to show what an awesome patriot he was? It the same kind of conservative rhetoric people engage in when calling Sean Hannity’s show and proclaiming he’s a “great America”. Why, because he has a talk show? He’s never served in the military, he’s never run for office, he’s a conservative talking head, and that makes him a great American?

“I wish I could be perfect,” Bachmann said. “I’m a substantive, serious person” who has “good sense on how to turn the economy around” as president.

Wow; where to start on that comment? I guess I could say something about the fact she’s claimed she never received any income from a family farm even though financial statements demonstrate she’s made tens of thousands of dollars from it. Somehow, someone who consistently misspeaks, and who lies about her personal finances is not someone I trust to “turn the economy” anywhere.

 
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Posted by on June 28, 2011 in 2012 Election

 

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Palin Cut Her Tour Short for Jury Duty?

27 Jun

So, former Republican Tea Party (GOTP) Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin is disputing online reports alleging she canceled her bus tour of historic American sites, saying – using her favorite medium Facebook – that her family vacation (aka bus tour) schedule was going to be very tight through the rest of summer because she’s been called for jury duty.

Of course for uber-conservative Palin only the most patriotic of causes could be used as an excuse (um, I mean viable reason) for postponing her “bus tour”, and since she couldn’t be drafted, then jury duty it is; of course since making this announcement no one – including the state of Alaska – can neither confirm, nor deny, that the Ice Queen has indeed been called home for “jury duty”.

Palin said last week that her “One Nation” bus tour would resume “when the time comes.” She added that she’s looking forward “to hitting the open road again.”

“When the time comes” is Palin speak for when she needs another hit of being in the center of the public eye.

Many conservative talking heads, and many of her devoted followers, have been speculating if Palin will ever jump into the GOTP race for President, but she’s already said she wouldn’t run unless there was no one else who could carry the conservative banner to victory. In short, she’ll run one day, when she believes it will score the biggest hit in the public eye, and when it will benefit her – personally – the most. Palin isn’t touring the country for love of America; she’s touring it for love of Palin. She’s an embarrassment, she’s shallow and she’s a has-been.

 
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Posted by on June 27, 2011 in 2012 Election

 

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Republicans cheer racial humor at conference?

18 Jun

It’s 2011, the 150th anniversary year of the American Civil War, and when in the south the Republican/Tea Party (GOTP) behaves as though it’s still 1861?

At its Republican Leadership Conference, delegates were “entertained” by Reggie Brown, a comedian and Barack Obama impersonator who was cheered and then taken from the stage after he mocked the Republican presidential hopefuls and joked about President Obama’s biracial roots.

Members of the GOTP, the party of “family values”, applauded and cheered when Brown projected lewd photos of former New York Congressman Anthony Weiner. Yeah, so much for portraying yourselves as modern day Puritans; applauding and cheering to naked pictures of a former congressman. So, basically, you have a comedian making fun of the first Black President’s biracial roots, and you cheer what is essentially pornography. What’s next; strippers popping out of a cake?

But of course it was OK for the largely white, conservative, “Christian” crowd to cheer a Black man making fun of a Black President, or to make fun of a Jewish congressman fallen from grace, but the crowd became strangely quiet when Brown turned his “wit” on the GOTP hopefuls looking to make Obama a one-term president. So, making fun of Blacks and Jews is OK, but not white GOTP candidates? This is how the GOTP demonstrates inclusion? I have an idea; maybe for the Republican Convention in 2012 the GOTP should feature white singers in Black face?

 
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Posted by on June 18, 2011 in 2012 Election

 

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Many Republicans “not impressed” with 2012 field

18 Jun

According to recent poll numbers 40%, four in ten, of voters identifying themselves either as Republicans Tea Party (GOTP) or those leaning towards the conservative end of the political spectrum are saying they’re not pleased with their current choices in the GOTP presidential field.

When asked to describe the current group of candidates, 37 percent of respondents said they were “not impressed” or “unimpressed” with the GOTP hopefuls.

The more damaging for the “wannabees” is that 48 percent of Independents described the GOTP candidates negatively while just 10 percent offered a positive one-word description. To win the White House in 2012 the GOTP candidate must win a large number of Independents.

While the general dissatisfaction is not likely to cause a drop of GOTP voter support, it could very well hurt whoever comes out on top of the heap when needing to woo the Independent voters essential for defeating the President.

President Obama is the young, intelligent, animated and dynamic candidate. Whoever opposes him better be able to stand toe to toe on at least three of those items, and the current group maybe can match up on one, or two. In other words, the current group of GOTP hopefuls has been weighed; they have been measured; and they have been found lacking.

 
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Posted by on June 18, 2011 in 2012 Election

 

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Romney Jokes to Unemployed About Being Out of Work?

17 Jun

Flopsy Mopsy (aka Mitt Romney), the once presumptive Republican Tea Party (GOTP) presidential candidate, told a group of out-of-work Floridians that “I’m also unemployed.”

Wow, really? What a totally sensitive thing to say, especially to a group of unemployed people.

Only a thoughtless conservative, worth hundreds of millions of dollars, could say something like this. You know, like poor little unemployed Flopsy Mopsy.

Flopsy was trying to be all homey, visiting with a small group of business owners and unemployed workers criticizing President Obama at a Tampa coffee shop. While attacking the President, millionaire Mopsy told the group that although he was currently “unemployed”, he did have his eye on one particular job.

Florida’s April unemployment rate was 10.8 percent, higher than the national rate of 9 percent. But wait, isn’t Florida being run by a GOTP Governor, and isn’t the State Senate and the House both controlled by the GOTP? So, how can the state’s unemployment rate be higher than the national level?

Chair of the Democratic National Committee, Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, said “This comment shows that Mitt Romney – a man who wants for nothing and whose only occupation for more than four years has been to run for president – is incredibly out of touch with what’s going on in our country and around the dinner tables of those who are out of work,” she said. “Being unemployed, Mr. Romney, is not a joke.”

Perhaps, for Mopsy, this will be his Bush 41 moment. Remember? When the President’s handlers thought it would be great for him to go out shopping, and he didn’t know stores had scanners which could read the prices of the items. It was his rich man out of touch with every day life moment, and it helped lead to his defeat against upstart Bill Clinton.

Flopsy is trying to be a just another Joe, but being a millionaire, and joking about unemployment doesn’t ring true. It’s like everything else about him; nothing ever seems to ring true where Mitt is concerned.

 
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Posted by on June 17, 2011 in 2012 Election

 

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Bachmann Enters the GOTP Race?

13 Jun

The Mad Hatter of Minnesota, Representative Michele Bachmann (aka Krazy) has decided it’s time for some “crazy” to be thrown into the Republican Tea Party (GOTP) race for the White House.

Krazy, who not surprisingly has very close ties to the tea party, announced today during the so-called CNN GOTP Presidential Debate that she is running for president.

“Our country needs a leader who understands the hardships that people across America have been facing over the past few years, and who will do what it takes to renew the American dream. We must become a strong and proud America again, and I see clearly a better path to a brighter future,” Bachmann said in a statement issued through her new campaign.

Well, actually Krazy what America needs is leaders who actually know the country’s history; for example where Lexington and Concord are.

During a recent visit to New Hampshire, clutching a tea bag in her hand, Krazy told a group of students and conservative activists in Manchester, New Hampshire: “You’re the state where the shot was heard around the world in Lexington and Concord.”

And of course, who can forget when Krazy announced –during a press conference at a Freedom Watch symposium titled “National security, freedom, and Iran – is it time for U.S. and Western intervention?” – her support for The People’s Mujahideen Organisation of Iran (PMOI, also known as the MEK), saying that it should be removed from the U.S. State Department list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations.

Funny how Krazy claims to love America, but she supports the removal of a terrorist group from the list which protects us from terrorist groups; the U.S. State Department has said the PMOI assassinated at least six U.S. citizens as part of the struggle to overthrow the Shah, backed the takeover of the U.S. embassy in Tehran and opposed freeing U.S. hostages. The U.S. government designated the PMOI a “terrorist” organization in 1997.

Yeah, she’s just the lunatic we need running the country.

 
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Posted by on June 13, 2011 in 2012 Election

 

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Latest 2012 Presidential Polls

11 Jun

Here’s the latest information on this week’s polling on the 2012 Presidential election.

First let’s look at who would be the Republican/Tea Party (GOTP) nominee if it all ended today:

Romney  19; Palin 15; Giuliani 12; Paul 8; Cain 8; Gingrich 7; Pawlenty 5; Bachmann 5; Perry 4; Santorum 2; Huntsman 2

Very encouraging for the GOTP; you have Flopsy Mopsy in the lead followed by the Ice Queen (who has not announced she’s running) and the former womanizing mayor of New York pulling a close third, and no one else is even close.

And how do they stack up against President Obama? Well, if the election was held today:

President Obama 48/Romney 41

President Obama 50/Pawlenty 32

President Obama 56/Palin 35

President Obama 53/Cain 34

President Obama 53/Bachmann 33

President Obama 53/Gingrich 34

President Obama 54/Paul 36

President Obama 52/Huntsman 34

So, only Flopsy Mopsy comes within single digits and just barely, down by seven points. Of course polling this early doesn’t really mean a whole lot, but for political junkies this is good stuff. Right now, all things considered, the President is sitting pretty.

 
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Posted by on June 11, 2011 in 2012 Election, Polls

 

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Newt’s minions flee?

09 Jun

The ship shuddered as another compartment filled with the icy water of the north Atlantic, Jack grabbed Rose’s hand and they ran down the corridor, turning the corner they saw the rats running – escaping the sinking ship.

Sounds like the ending of Titanic? Or maybe it’s the entire top echelon of Newt Gingrich’s presidential campaign resigning en masse! That’s what happened today, the Newt’s most trusted minions fled quicker than Orcs taking flight from Mordor.

“I am committed to running the substantive, solutions-oriented campaign I set out to run earlier this spring,” the Gingrich said in a posting to his Facebook page shortly after the 16 aides resigned. “The campaign begins anew Sunday in Los Angeles.”

Yeah, and the Black Knight only suffered a flesh wound.

Rick Tyler, Gingrich’s spokesman, campaign manager Rob Johnson and senior strategists all quit, along with aides in the early primary and caucus states of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. The fleeing aides broke the news to Newt during a meeting at his headquarters in Washington, citing differences over the direction of the campaign.

“We had a different vision for victory,” Tyler told The Associated Press. “And since we couldn’t resolve that difference, I didn’t feel I could be useful in serving him.”

Scott Rials, a longtime aide who joined the departure, said, “I think the world of him, but at the end of the day we just could not see a clear path to win, and there was a question of commitment.”

Wow, so basically his top aides, the people closest to Newt, have determined he isn’t serious about the campaign, and that he lacks commitment? Yeah, he’s done. Of course, he never had much of a chance of winning the nomination much less the White House. Let’s face it, Newt’s as tainted as German tomatoes. In a recent FOX PAC poll he was 19 points behind the President. He’s done. He never started. He’s been a has-been ever since he resigned from Congress.

 
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Posted by on June 9, 2011 in 2012 Election, Politics, Right Wing Crazies

 

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Santorum ‘In it to win’?

09 Jun

So, former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, one of a number of Republican/Tea Party candidates for the presidency, is vowing he’s “in it to win.”

Santorum, who announced his candidacy earlier this week on Good Morning America is currently polling – as are many of the GOTP hopefuls – in double digits behind President Obama supposedly enjoys strong support amongst social conservatives because of his stands on opposing abortion, recently blaming the nation’s so-called Social Security woes on the amount of abortions performed annually, claiming we have too few people paying into the program because of the number of abortions in America.

As has been said before here; anyone who claims they have the ability to overturn Roe v. Wade is one of three things: a liar, delusional, or both.

Following the recent killing of Usama Bin Laden, and subsequent claims which arose anew by conservative bloviators that it was the the torture of prisoners which led to Bin Laden’s location;  Santorum claimed  Senator John McCain – who spent 5 1/2 years in the Hanoi Hilton, and who vehemently opposes the use of “enhanced interrogation” – “doesn’t know how effective waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques can be”.

Yeah, he actually said that; this little man from Pennsylvania, who dreams of being the President, actually said John McCain didn’t understand how effective torture can be.

Of course amongst the exceeding far-right of the GOTP who cares if the man sounds like an idiot? After all he opposes abortion, gay marriage, embryonic stem cell research, fully embraces the Paul Ryan plan for the destruction of Medi-caid and Medi-care and believes the richest 2% deserve even more tax cuts.

When the dust settles, Santorum will become just one more guy who thought he had what it takes to become his party’s nominee, and who thought the American people would support him. Sorry Ricky, but most Americans do not support abolishing abortion, are not homophobic, support stem cell research, do not support the torture of prisoners, do not support the destruction of Medi-caid and Medi-care and definitely do not think the richest 2% are taxed too much. While all of that might play well in Palinville, it does not resonate with the rest of us – who contrary to FOX News and the conservative talking heads on the radio –  do make up the majority of voters in America.

 
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Posted by on June 9, 2011 in 2012 Election, Politics

 

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Weiner confesses ‘terrible mistakes’?

08 Jun

On Monday, Democratic Congressman Anthony Weiner, in a by now all too familiar scene for modern day politicians, came clean on his “sexting” scandal by saying he had made “terrible mistakes” and had lied about it.

Little more than a week of parading around talk shows and radio programs declaring his innocence, claiming he was hacked, blaah, blaah, blaah, came crashing down on his head, as he admitted he had sent a lewd photo of himself to a young coed in Seattle.

According to the Associated Press (AP), he has admitted sending photos and that he had engaged in on-line chats – even intimate phone calls – with “at least” six women over the last three years. He said his behavior was “destructive,” especially since he continued the practice of communicating with women and sending them risky – even nude – photos, even after he was married.

Excuse me Congressman? How old are you? Are you still in high school? Were you pledging the Delta Tau Chi Fraternity House?

Weiner says he was taking full responsibility for his actions, and at least had enough manhood to announce “I have not been honest with myself, my family and supporters, and the media.”

Really? Ya think? Normally I only ask this question to Republicans, but in your case an exception will be made; Just how stupid do you think we are?

Weiner went on to say he had no intention of resigning his seat representing Brooklyn and Queens; and said he had notified Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California, the Democratic House leader, Monday afternoon.

Yeah, OK, a full ten minutes before his press conference. Thanks for the lead time smuck.

Pelosi quickly called for a federal investigation to determine if Weiner had violated any House ethics rules or used national resources.

Good for you Congresswoman. Throw the book at him, and tell him to pack it in, and to go home.

Weiner has shown he is not worthy and incapable of performing the duties of his office. He’s sleazy; he’s too immature to be making big time decisions and most of all he’s a liar.

Congressman, we have serious problems in our country today, requiring serious people, and it’s time for you to go home. And take you camera with you.

 
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Posted by on June 8, 2011 in 2012 Election, Politics

 

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