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Because one fence just isn’t enough

01 Dec

Because one big, long expensive fence just isn’t enough, Republican Tea Party (GOTP) presidential hopeful Newton Leroy Gingrich has signed yet another pledge, but this time it’s a pledge to build a double fence along the entirety of the southern border of the United States. That’s right folks, because nothing says national security more than not one, but two fences along your boarder.

According to the Huffington Post, Newton – also known as “Stay Puff” – promised in the Americans for Border Security pledge to construct a complete double border fence between the United States and Mexico by the end of 2013, should he become president, joining Michele “Krazy” Bachmann as the second GOTP candidate to sign on.

“The United States must control its border. It is a national security imperative,” Stay Puff’s campaign website reads. “Every nation has the right to control its border. Historically, every country that has been determined to control their border has been able to do so. Controlling the border is a matter of resources and will.”

Reportedly, nearly all of the major GOTP presidential candidates have called for a fence along the southern border, with the exception of the Reverend Rick Perry, who’s said it would be too expensive to build and maintain. Continuing upkeep of the current border fence, without additional fencing, will cost an estimated $6.5 billion between 2009 and 2019, according to a 2009 report from the Government Accountability Office.

With his signature on one more pledge the question persists as to whom the GOTP candidates will answer to if elected, the American people and the Constitution to which they swear an oath, or to those who’ve gotten them to “pledge”? Wherein does their honor rest?  To their country and its best interest, or the special interests they’ve sworn their allegiance to?

 
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Posted by on December 1, 2011 in 2012 Election

 

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Child labor laws ‘truly stupid’?

01 Dec

Promising “extraordinarily radical proposals to fundamentally change the culture of poverty in America,” Newton Leroy Gingrich, aka “Stay Puffed” said recently that he’d fire all the school janitors and pay students to clean schools instead.

Speaking at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, the Republican Tea Party (GOTP) come from behind presidential candidate is challenging laws preventing children from working certain jobs before their mid-teens.

Newton’s blaming “the core policies of protecting unionization and bureaucratization” for “crippling” children.

“It is tragic what we do in the poorest neighborhoods, entrapping children in, first of all, in child laws, which are truly stupid,” he said.

”I tried for years to have a very simple model,” he continued. “Most of these schools ought to get rid of the unionized janitors, have one master janitor and pay local students to take care of the school. The kids would actually do work, they would have cash, they’d have pride in the schools, they’d begin the process of rising.”

What sort of union does Stay Puffed imagine that school janitors belong to, the United Brotherhood of School Sanitation Workers United?

Newton is not a man of the people, he’s every bit as much a man of the wealthy classes in this country as Mittens Romney is. He wants to do away with child labor laws so companies can put kids to work for far less pay, and with no troublesome restrictions, this one will come back to haunt him and to bite him in the butt.

 
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Posted by on December 1, 2011 in 2012 Election

 

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Mittens mews back?

28 Nov

"I firmly support a woman's right to decide!"

According to the Associated Press (AP), Republican Tea Party (GOTP) perpetual presidential bridesmaid Mittens Romney is fighting back against a Democratic National Committee (DNC) commercial that portrays him as a flip-flopper; it’s the first time Mittens has mewed about what many see as his biggest political liability.

The Romney camp threw together a hasty defense, arranging for supporters to hold conference calls with reporters in an attempt to combat the ad which highlights Mitten’s changed positions on abortion, immigration, guns and other issues.

"I firmly support overturning Roe v Wade"!

But Mittens isn’t just getting bashed by the DNC, fellow GOTP candidate Newton “Stay Puffed” Gingrich, who just won an important endorsement in New Hampshire, told a South Carolina radio audience “it’s wrong to go around and adopt radically different positions based on your need of any one election.” Finally, a GOTP contender is attacking his primary opponents!

Unlike Mitten’s recent ad where he took a remark the President made in 2008 quoting his opponent John McCain and editing it to sound as though it were today and the President was referring to himself, the DNC ad simply takes statements Romney has made and then flipped on.

"I'm an Independent who never supported Reagan/Bush!"

If nothing else, the urgency of Mittens campaign’s reaction to the Democratic ad suggested he sees the flip-flop accusations as serious, and a wound that could prove mortal to his aspirations to be president.

The DNC launched its multi-state attack, portraying Romney as a politician in conflict with himself. The TV ad’s airing in the battleground states of North Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin and New Mexico. Democrats also held events in Iowa, Florida, Michigan, Maryland and Massachusetts calling attention to a longer and more detailed version of the criticisms on the website mittvmitt.com.

"No wait, I'm a Republican who thinks Ronald Reagan is the most awesomest thing ever!"

The video calls Romney “an unparalleled flip-flopper.” It shows two late-night comedians mocking his sincerity and three Fox News reporters seeming to question Romney’s authenticity.

Meanwhile back at the ranch, Newton said he’s “a lot more conservative than Mitt Romney.” In response to a question about Romney’s eagerness to be elected, Gingrich said: “I wouldn’t switch my positions for political reasons. It’s perfectly reasonable to change your position if facts change. If you see new things you didn’t see – everybody’s done that, Ronald Reagan did that. It’s wrong to go around and adopt radically different positions based on your need of any one election. Then people will have to ask themselves, `What will you tell me next time?'”

Newton is 100% spot on with his appraisal of Mittens; if you can’t hold on to any core values as a candidate, it’s a perfectly reasonable question for the electorate to ask, “What will you tell me next time?”

Don’t get me wrong, Newton’s as loathsome an individual as the GOTP could ever hope to nominate, he’s the Gollum of the race with his sexual liaisons and extramarital affairs and his excuse that only he committed them because of his “great love for his country”; Newton is just as unelectable as Romney, but getting shellacked by the President will at last drive him from the national spot light.”Which way is the wind blowing right now”?

 
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Posted by on November 28, 2011 in 2012 Election

 

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Romney’s ‘Perfect’ President for the 19th Century?

28 Nov

New Hampshire’s largest newspaper, the Union Leader, has announced Sunday it’s endorsing Newton “Stay Puffed” Gingrich in the 2012 Republican Tea Party (GOTP) primary race. This of course comes as a near devastating blow to fellow GOTP presidential candidate Mittens Romney.

Union Leader editorial page editor Andrew Cline said on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday that Romney’s a “very play-it-safe candidate” which is not what America needs right now. “Perhaps in the late 19th century, perfect.”

“He doesn’t want to offend anybody, he wants to be liked, he wants to try to reach out and be very safe,” said Cline. “And that’s not very realistic, but imagine what that would be like as president.”

The paper had narrowed down its choices to Gingrich and Reverend Rick Perry, eventually going with Gingrich because of his political experience, Cline said.

“I’m really not sure precisely what we get out of a President Romney — who might very well be a good president — but we don’t really know,” he said. “Given the choice between the candidate who wants to be liked and the candidate who wants to be respected, we would rather have the guy who wants to be respected.”

Publisher Joseph W. McQuaide wrote in the endorsement that Gingrich is “by no means the perfect candidate,” but is the best one in the running.

“We don’t have to agree with them on every issue. We would rather back someone with whom we may sometimes disagree than one who tells us what he thinks we want to hear,” he wrote.

So, Mittens has been passed over by the largest newspaper in the state of New Hampshire for Newton; wow, no matter how you try to spin it, that’s got to sting quite a bit. But the editor’s right, Mittens wants to be liked and he’s been selling his soul to every new audience, flip flopping back and forth on every issue saying whatever he thinks the current crowd wants to hear; and well frankly, eventually that kind of political foosball catches up with you. Gingrich’s the first viable challenger to King Mittens and he could pull it off, the rest of the Crazy Eights are simply courtesans at this point.

 
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Posted by on November 28, 2011 in 2012 Election

 

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Harassment claims have affected support, ya think?

28 Nov

The Associated Press (AP) is reporting Republican Tea Party (GOTP) presidential has been playah Herman “Pizza Man” Cain’s acknowledging his slip from the top of the Crazy Eights was due to his lack of addressing accusations of sexual harassment and continued abject confusion about his so-called policies.

The former pizza magnet and “playah” insists his campaign’s sound and supporters remain on board what he calls the “Cain train;” and that sounds reminiscent of what a White Star Line ticket agent might have said about the RMS Titanic still sailing into port even as she was floundering at sea.

Cain has denied the accusations and says “nothing has gone wrong” in terms of the campaign’s mechanics. But he tells CNN’s “State of the Union” that some people “are heavily influenced by perception more so than reality.”

Well look who just caught up; perception is reality Pizza Man, especially in politics, and the fact you and your staff didn’t know this shows once more how unprepared you were to be running.

The Pizza Man never had a chance of winning the nomination, and the fact the party faithful are now flocking to Newton “Stay Puffed” Gingrich shows that. It’s way past time for most of the Crazy Eight’s to pack it in.

 
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Posted by on November 28, 2011 in 2012 Election

 

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Latest 2012 Presidential Polls – 25 Nov 11 Edition

25 Nov

A new CNN/Opinion Research poll of adult voters conducted 18 – 20 Nov 11 has been released concerning the Republican Tea Party (GOTP) nominating circus; the current poll results are:

Newton Leroy Gingrich 24; Mittens Romney 20; Herman “Pizza Man” Cain 17; Reverend Rick Perry 11; Ronny Paul 9; Michele “Krazy” Bachmann 5; Ricky “The Ric” Santorum 4 and  Jon “I can’t believe it’s not butter” Huntsman 3

The GOTP version of the Island of Misfit Candidates continues to play out with Newton maintaining his lead, followed by the Bridesmaid Mittens and the Pizza Man holding in third; Reverend Ricky, Paul and Krazy round out the middle of the pack, while Huntsman falls back to bottom dwelling mud sucker status as Santorum floats a little higher in the GOTP murky political waters.

In Iowa, a new Rasmussen Reports poll of likely voters conducted 15 Nov 11: Gingrich 32; Romney 19; Cain 13; Paul 10, Perry 6; Bachmann 6; Santorum 5 and Huntsman 2…

In New Hampshire, The Polling Company (R) conducted a poll of likely voters conducted 18 – 21 Nov 11: Mittens 35; Gingrich 18; Paul 11; Cain 8; Huntsman 8; Perry 4; Bachmann 4 and Santorum 2 …

In South Carolina, the new The Polling Company (R) poll of likely voters conducted 18 – 21 Nov 11: Gingrich 31; Cain 17; Romney 16; Perry 6; Bachmann 5; Paul 5; Huntsman 3 and Santorum 1 …

In Florida, the new Rasmussen Reports poll of likely voters conducted on 08 Nov 11: Cain 30; Romney 24; Gingrich 19; Perry 5; Bachmann 3; Paul 3; Huntsman 2 and Santorum 1 …

In Nevada, the PPP (D) poll of registered voters conducted from 20 – 23 Oct 11: Romney 29; Cain 28; Gingrich 15; Paul 7; Perry 6; Bachmann 3; Huntsman and Santorum 2 …

In the five states with the lead off primaries – or caucuses – Gingrich leads in 2, Romney leads in 2 and Cain lead in 1.

Concerning how the GOTP “candidates stack up against the President; according to a Rasmussen Reports poll of likely voters conducted 21 – 22 Nov 11, if the general election were held today:

President Obama 44/Romney 38

According to a Rasmussen Reports poll of likely voters conducted 19 – 20 Nov 11, if the general election were held today:

President Obama 46/Gingrich 40

According to a Quinnipiac poll of registered voters conducted 14 – 20 Nov 11, if the general election were held today:

President Obama 50/Cain 37

So, if the GOTP clown car had finally stopped spinning, and the general election was held today, Newton Leroy Gingrich would be the nominee, and he would’ve lost to President Obama.

 
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Posted by on November 25, 2011 in 2012 Election

 

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Romney says false ad is OK?

23 Nov

According to the Associated Press (AP) Republican Tea Party (GOTP) former presidential front runner Mittens Romney is defending a TV ad quoting President Barack Obama out of context, and signaling Romney’s ready to admit he’s a slimy politician who’s prepared to do anything in order to be elected.

The ad began airing in New Hampshire this week using audio of then-Senator Obama campaigning in the state in 2008, saying: “If we keep talking about the economy, we’re going to lose.

The ad fails to point out the President was quoting the campaign of his opponent, 2008 GOP nominee John McCain. Instead, the ad leaves the impression it’s the President who doesn’t want to discuss the economy. It’s a lie and Romney knows it.

Mittens mewed to reporters his campaign distributed the ad with a press release noting the words were originally from Obama’s opponent.

“There was no hidden effort on the part of our campaign. It was instead to point out that what’s sauce for the goose is now sauce for the gander,” Romney said, “This ad points out, now, guess what, it’s your turn. The same lines used on John McCain are now going to be used on you, which is that this economy is going to be your albatross.”

Well, except Mittens that you’re deliberately deceiving the electorate; the fact you told the media outlets the ad was a fake, doesn’t clear you from being a liar.

 
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Posted by on November 23, 2011 in 2012 Election

 

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Poor Newton …

22 Nov

 
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Posted by on November 22, 2011 in 2012 Election

 

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NO RELIGIOUS TEST!

20 Nov

Dear right-wing uber-conservative Christian fanatics,

Article VI of the United States Constitution reads, “The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.”

“NO RELIGIOUS TEST SHALL EVER BE REQUIRED”! That means there’s supposed to be a separation from religious extremists like yourselves and the Presidency.

But, just in case Article VI isn’t clear enough, how about Article 2, Section 1?

“Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation:–‘I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.'”

NOTE, there is no phrase, “So help me God” on the end of the oath of office; so stop pushing for there to be some twisted form of your uber-conservative Evangelical Christianity as the litmus test of who should or should not be elected President! You have two choices here, you either support the Constitution as the revered Founding Fathers wrote it, or you don’t; clearly there was to be a separation.

Furthermore, in spite of Michele “Krazy” Bachmann’s insistence that Washington uttered the phrase “So help me God” following his swearing in, the earliest known source indicating Washington added “So help me God” to his acceptance, not to the oath, is attributed to Washington Irving, who was six at the time of the inauguration, and first appears 65 years after the event; the only contemporary account that repeats the oath in full, a report from the French consul, Comte de Moustier, states only the constitutional oath, without reference to Washington’s adding “So Help Me God” to his acceptance. But if – and it’s a big IF – George Washington added the words that doesn’t make it somehow Constitutional by executive fiat.

While we’re running down this rabbit hole, did you know President Theodore Roosevelt didn’t use a Bible when taking the oath in 1901? Or that John Quincy Adams swore on a book of law? And that Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in on a Roman Catholic missal on Air Force One?

And furthermore, we’ve not had a single Evangelical Christian serve as President, and if Bachmann, Perry, Santorum and Cain are examples of what that would mean, then thank God for that, and it’ll probably be a long time before we do.

 
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Posted by on November 20, 2011 in 2012 Election

 

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Cain would ‘overturn the Supreme Court’?

20 Nov

Republican Tea Party (GOTP) presidential has been Herman “Pizza Man” Cain declared Saturday he’d “overturn” the Supreme Court if they legalized same sex marriage.

During a debate at the First Federated Church in Des Moines, Iowa, National Organization for Marriage (NOM) president Brian Brown asked the Republican candidates what they’d do if the Supreme Court ruled that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) — a law banning federal marriage equality — was unconstitutional.

“If the Perry case or a DOMA case gets to the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court were to overturn DOMA or to find a — quote — unquote — constitutional — a U.S. Constitutional right to same sex marriage, if you were president, what would you do?” Brown asked.

“I would lead the charge to overturn the Supreme Court if they overturned DOMA,” Cain insisted. “Whether that was new legislation coming out of the Congress like Rep. [Michele] Bachmann said. The United States Congress is supposed to pass laws so if they did overturn DOMA, that charge, I would lead to reverse that.”

Once more the Pizza Man demonstrates his inability to grasp how things work within the confines of our Constitutional Republic; the President has no authority to “overturn” the Supreme Court. He can appoint new Justices to fill vacancies, but that’s as far as it goes. The President can’t “fire” the Supreme Court. Cain was posturing for the uber-conservative Evangelicals, and his statement simply showed his ignorance, not his competence.

 
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Posted by on November 20, 2011 in 2012 Election

 

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