Bob Cesca: As predicted, the Keystone XL pipeline has now been officially rejected by the Obama Administration after the Republicans chose to hasten the timeline for approval with a rider inserted into legislation that extended payroll tax-cuts and unemployment benefits for 2 months.
….. [when] Speaker Boehner whines about this today … you should keep this in mind:
Environmentalists note that in December 2010, according to Boehner’s financial disclosure forms, he invested $10,000 to $50,000 each in seven firms that had a stake in Canada’s oil sands, the region that produces the oil the pipeline would transport….
Full post here
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350.org founder and Keystone XL protest leader, Bill McKibben, had the following reaction the news that the State Department is expected to reject the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline later this afternoon:
“Assuming that what we’re hearing is true, this isn’t just the right call, it’s the brave call. The knock on Barack Obama from many quarters has been that he’s too conciliatory. But here, in the face of a naked political threat from Big Oil to exact ‘huge political consequences,’ he’s stood up strong. This is a victory for Americans who testified in record numbers, and who demanded that science get the hearing usually reserved for big money.
More here
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton accepts a Los Angeles Lakers uniform from NBA legend, and State Department Cultural Ambassador, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, during their meeting in Washington, January 18.
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President Barack Obama will be in Phoenix next Wednesday as part of a swing through Iowa, Michigan and Western states after the State of the Union address on Tuesday.
The President is slated to visit Cedar Rapids, Iowa and Phoenix on Wednesday, Jan. 25 and then Las Vegas and Denver on Thursday, Jan. 26. That will be followed by Detroit on Friday, Jan. 27.
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Mediaite: In a preview of Wednesday’s Piers Morgan Tonight, former President Jimmy Carter surprised host Morgan with his somewhat blunt (by mainstream media standards) assessment of Newt Gingrich. Speaking of his standing ovation moment at Monday night’s debate, President Carter told Morgan “I think (Gingrich) has that subtlety of racism that I know quite well, that Gingrich knows quite well, that appeals to some people in Georgia.”
“Really?” Morgan exclaimed as Carter spoke, later adding, “That’s a pretty serious charge to level at Newt Gingrich, that he’s being racist.”
“I’m not saying he’s racist, but he knows the subtle words to use to appeal to a racist group,” Carter responded.
More here
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NYT Editorial: Preaching Division in South Carolina. By mixing falsehoods with racial condescension, Newt Gingrich brought a raucous presidential debate crowd to its feet on Monday night in South Carolina, further cheapening his reputation and that of the state Republican Party.
For months, Mr. Gingrich has made racial resentment an integral part of his platform as a conservative challenger to Mitt Romney. He has traversed the country calling President Obama “the greatest food-stamp president in American history” and presenting African-Americans with the great revelation that they should prefer paychecks to federal handouts….
The fact is that Mr. Obama has “put” no one on food stamps. People apply for food assistance, known officially as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, because they’re poor or out of work and their families are hungry. The number of people using the program, which is now at a peak, began rising with the recession, in 2007, and continued through four of the toughest years ever faced by the poor and near-poor in modern history. Mr. Obama eased the eligibility requirements as part of his stimulus program, a desperately needed measure that helped struggling families and the economy…..
Full editorial here
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Chris Weigant: The Huffington Post ran an article today titled “Gov. Martin O’Malley Urges Dems To Focus More On Romney’s Governing Record, Less On Bain.” In it, the governor of Maryland makes the following case:
“I think a point that needs to be emphasized was that in easier times when he [Romney] was governor of a pretty innovative state, Massachusetts ranked 47th out of 50 [in job creation],” he said. “You contrast that to the tougher times we have now, under Governor Deval Patrick’s leadership, Massachusetts is 5th in the nation.”
O’Malley makes a good point. President Obama’s re-election team should heed it …. the real issue to put before the voters is what Mitt Romney did after he left the private sector for politics.
Full post here
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The Obama Diary 
not first!
Congrats. Lisa! Way to PBO! Jerry rocks.
Too first!
The Springer vid is worth it just to see how shocked… SHOCKED! …Wretched Gretchen is when Jerry suggests that Fox may not be “fair and balanced.”
What exactly did he say? I can’t watch video at the moment.
That she was a little disingenuous (and hypocritical) in accusing Newsweek in being partisan given that Fox bashes the President on a daily basis.
Okay. Sweet. Jerry! Jerry! Jerry!
After he basically called them hyprocrites, there was a string of clips from that morning show illustrating his point that they bash PBO relentlessly on everything from a Xmas tree tax to how many times he golfs, attends fundraisers and let’s not forget him “boasting” about Bin Laden’s death. It was quite funny and sad at the same time.
Retched Gretchen then went on to say she was the only “Independent” and that the panel (with Jerry and the other two GOP trolls) was a “fair and balanced” panel. However, watching Retched Gretchen on The Ed Show, she’s fawning all over soon-to-ex-governor Scott Walker on how wonderful it was to have him on her show, blah blah blah.
Goodness. Glad she was not wearing pearls – she’d have been frantically clutching them
🙄
Probably would have choked herself !!
Once again, Boehner …
https://twitter.com/#!/Our4thEstate/status/159702374401839104
#PRESSON
https://twitter.com/#!/CaptivatingNews/status/159760740247539712
Yes We Can … DO More Together – We Must! #LandslideOBAMA2012
Retweeted & faved x 2!
Bobfr, I’ve said it before, but ill say it again: You are simply the best! Thanks for representing us non-tweeters so well!
Thank you, Bob…he’s a little slow.
Jerry! Jerry! Jerry!
That’s what I was thinking! 😀
HEADLINE: President Obama: Romney Foreign Policy Attacks Will Wither in ‘Serious Debate’
// President Obama dismissed Republican rival Mitt Romney’s critiques of his foreign policy credentials Wednesday in an exclusive TIME interview, saying the GOP frontrunner’s attacks are little more than primary posturing that will wither under the glare of “a serious debate.”
“I think Mr. Romney and the rest of the Republican field are going to be playing to their base until the primary season is over,” Obama told TIME’s Fareed Zakaria during a White House interview that will appear in the next issue of TIME magazine. “Overall, I think it’s going to be pretty hard to argue that we have not executed a strategy over the last three years that has put America in a stronger position than it was than when I came into office.” //
Read more: http://swampland.time.com/2012/01/18/president-obama-romney-foreign-policy-attacks-will-wither-in-serious-debate/#ixzz1jqjJdir5
HAHAHAHA. DO IT MR. PREZ. HIT EM IN THE GUT!
I can just imagine Romney trying to go up against a foreign policy juggernaut like PBO. The image cracks me up! This five state swing that PBO will conduct and the ad buys are exciting news. GOP clowns beware; the adult is in town and he’s going to show you a taste of what you’re up against.
Sorry to be graphic, but if MythRobney does get to stand in a debate with the finest orator and President this country has ever known, I hope for his sake he is smart enough to wear Depends, thus saving himself the embarrassment of wee- ing his pants while whole world is watching.
“MythRomney”… It’s the first time I see this and I LOVE it !!!
Great minds think a like. I read this too.
Are Repubs so delusional that they think Obama will just sit and take it from Romney in the general debates???
I know, I know…SATSQ but still!
This President will say just one thing not even a big deal and Romney will flip out.
You tell ’em POTUS!
Time Magazine Cover Next Week:
http://www.time.com/time/pr/magcovers.html
Beautiful cover of our POTUS!!!
Fareed is good and will do a good and thoughtful interview. Dick works for Time and the magazine is smart enough not to have him do this important interview.
I don’t think PBO would even grant an interview with Dick Halperin. After referring to the President in such derogatory terms and getting every political headwind and political question of the day wrong; PBO would not want to sit down and answer questions from a category 5 moron such as Halperin. His stupidity might spread and infect the white house.
I’m so buying this one.
Thanks for the heads up.
That is one cover that I will save.
I just saved it from the link. I refuse to buy the mag, though. Not so long as they have Halperin in their employ.
AHA!
https://twitter.com/#!/TheDemocrats/status/159754769295093760
The more you scratch, the more fleas come out of Romney’s hide. Just when one thinks he couldn’t have said or done anything more foolish than the last foolish gaffe, he goes and tops himself. His glass jaw just keeps on cracking and by the time PBO is done with him, it’ll be fully shattered.
I brought this over from the last thread where I was talking to myself 😉
ABC News reports Romney “has as much as $8 million invested in at least 12 funds listed on a Cayman Islands registry.” The story says another investment, which Romney has disclosed as being worth between $5 million and $25 million, “shows up on securities records as having been domiciled in the Caymans.”
A Romney campaign official, who was not named, told ABC News that “the tax consequences to the Romneys are the very same whether the fund is domiciled here or another country.”
That last quote really cracks me up! Grand Cayman HIDES the money from the US…might as well be a Swiss banks account…which reminds me…have they checked THAT OUT???
Hey there’s my Governor O’Malley. Love!
Mine too. He’s a really good guy. He’ll have my vote in 2016 should he be the nominee.
Will you trade your governor for Virginia’s Governor and AG, 2 for 1?
What the…? Bill what kind of trade is that? You been watching the Republicans huh? 🙂
Hi, just trying to catch up.
Okay, exactly how tall IS Kareem Abdul Jabar? Sec. Clinton is not a short woman…
He is 7’2″.
HAH!…SHE IS NOW!
LOL!. That jersey could be her nightgown.
That photo hurts my neck.
That photo is priceless. She can wear that top as a dress. On me, it would be an ankle-length gown. She should definitely have this one framed–it’s a keeper.
Anypne listening to Rhandi Rhodes and her Mitt Romney is Edward Lewis (“Pretty Woman”) analogy. She is so dead on!
She was great, as usual. Love me some Randi 🙂
I always compared Mitt to Edward in Pretty Woman…except I don’t believe that Mitt would have been so kind in the end.
Yep, she was live on the west coast from noon to 3PM and it was spot on.
https://twitter.com/#!/PaulBegala/status/159751705536368640
Do they even want to?
They may not want to, but this is something we should all talk up. Overseas tax havens, multi-millions, 15 percent tax rate, vulture capitalist, someone who dismisses $360,000 as not much—how out of touch can one person be.
https://twitter.com/#!/Our4thEstate/status/159758410936623104
We knew the off-shoring of his wealth would emerge. He’s a member of what I call the “Dart club” – (just Google Dart, Cayman, IRS & Bill Clinton and enjoy).
#PRESSON
Hey guys, did I miss anything? I took a 30 min.nap which I will pay for later but I couldn’t fight it.
“he’s stood up strong”, and we are standing up strong beside him, every step of the way!
POOR ‘RUSTY’…HE’S GOING TO SPOIL THAT ‘ORANGE ICING’ HE CALLS A TAN!!!!!!!! SORRY ABOUT YOUR INVESTMENTS DEEP POCKETS!..:)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))…
THAT PICTURE OF SOS CLINTON AND KAREEM IS PRICELESS…THAT NEEDS TO BE FRAMED SOMEWHERE. WHEN HIS BOOK HITS THE SHELVES…I AM DEFINITELY BUYING IT!
OMFG! If I had to listen to Fox News all day every day, I’d probably hate him too. Fortunately I’ve been blessed with the constant desire to seek the truth.
Keep an eye on O’Malley people! Our next Dem president..2016 😉
The Democrats have a great bench, the Republicans not so much.
https://twitter.com/#!/NBCNews/status/159759893111386113
Right on Mr. President. We have your back Sir!
About time, I’m tired of seeing the Karl Rove Solyndra ads here in Virgina 😡
They don’t seem to be working though. Pres.Obama’s numbers stay the same or get better. I haven’t seen any affects of Rove’s ad campaign.
That was MY question! That’s why people PARK $$$ in Grand Cayman!
It looks like the’boners’ investments may be in the toilet. Ha! Justice, eh?
Looks like Big Boy might not be Willard’s VP choice after all:
Two assholes on a ticket won’t work.
Hahahahahahahaha. Couldn’t have said that better.
REMEMBER…THE RUMOR IS MARCO RUBIO FOR VP…TO PULL IN CHRISTIAN AND LATINOS. IF HE GETS THIS NOMINATION…HE WILL HAVE A TRICK UP HIS SLEEVE!
Latinos don’t like Rubio.
4 assholes
all he needs is the red and white checkered over-alls…
Re: “I think a point that needs to be emphasized was that in easier times when he [Romney] was governor of a pretty innovative state, Massachusetts ranked 47th out of 50 [in job creation],” he said.”
Romney said today that Government doesn’t create jobs:
Romney in a fresh new attack on Newt says Government does not create jobs:
Romney: “The speaker just the other day at the debate was talking about how he created millions of jobs when he was working with the Reagan administration. Well, he’d been in Congress two years when Ronald Reagan came to office. That would be like saying 435 congressmen were all responsible for those jobs. Government doesn’t create jobs. It’s the private sector that creates jobs. (Note: edited gratuitous Al Gore joke.)
Read more: http://thepage.time.com/2012/01/18/romney-newt-gets-no-credit-for-reagan-jobs-record/#ixzz1jpxYRf81
I’m not sure where he’s going with this but if the recent past can be a guide maybe he blame the Democratic-dominated legislature during his tenure.
And yet Willard says he’s going to put people back to work… I REALLY despise Willard and I hope Newt batters and bruises him so much Willard will have to SIT in the first debate against President Obama!
NONE OF THESE CLOWNS WILL MAKE IT THRU A DEBATE WITH OUR PBO…YOU HAVE TO HAVE ‘INTELLIGENCE’ TO BEGIN WITH…THEY’VE FLUNKED THAT COURSE AND NOT EVEN GOTTEN OUT OF THE SHOOT! PBO…WILL SQUASH AND SMILE GRACEFULLY WHILE HE’S DOING IT!
nice how they bad-mouth government in the light of day but bend over backwards for government ‘hand-outs’ —-sorry tax payer bail-outs—-in the dark of night……If he wasn’t already doing it, I’d tell Willard to go frack himself. 😡
It was a quick snippet but the look on McCain’s face was priceless. And Perry who has issues looked at Romney as if he were insane regarding that 10,000 bet thingy.
Nice photo of my Gov. O’Malley. I am so proud of the job he’s doing as Democratic spokesman. He is a great communicator. I was miffed when he supported Clinton in the primary (he owed the Clintons, I’m sure – Bill came to campaign for him when he first ran for Gov.) but as soon as Obama had the nomination sewn up, O’Malley was absolutely on his side and working hard. Another thing I really appreciate is that Maryland is going full stream ahead on health care reform.
Many people supported Clinton initially (including Debbie-Wasserman Schultz) so I won’t hold that against him. He has been extremely supportive of our President once PBO got the nomination and has not looked back. I hope he gets a key (no pun intended) role at the DNC convention this year!!!
Yeah, I don’t mind if they supported Hillary Clinton but when its time to head into the championships Democrats need to back the nominee.
This.
YES, AND AS THAT NOMINEE, THEN SENATOR OBAMA DELIVERED…A WIN FOR THE DEMS UP AND DOWN THE TICKET!!!!
I agree with your comment 100%. By the way, although I supported then Sen. Obama during the primaries, if Sen. Clinton had won both the nomination and the Presidency I would be supporting her. That’s how people who call themselves Democrats should behave.
President Obama: Romney Foreign Policy Attacks Will Wither in ‘Serious Debate’
PRESIDENT IS READY TO TAKE ON THE HATERS!! HE IS FIRED UP!
http://imm.io/eQdx
Kasai. What is this a link to?
It’s a sign at a Church that reads
” I told Perry, Cain, Bachmman to run for President, because I want Obama to win in 2012 ~ signed ~ God
Hahahahaha. Thanks for this Kasai. God sure does have a wicked sense of humor! 😆
Love it!
THAT SIGN IS PRICELESS! I’M LOVIN’ IT!
Perfect.
Hi everyone,
I’m new to this blog, but I’ve been on the BarackObama blog since 2006. It’s such a relief to come here and not be bombarded with comments from all those trolls that were on the BO blog.
I’m glad Gov O’Malley’s highlighting Massachusetts’ economy under Romney; but I think the Dems should go after Romney hard on both his economic record in Mass. AND the parasitic capitalism of Bain.
Here’s an article from Forbes on Mitt Romney and his leverage buyout firm: “The U.S. Cannot Have a Private Equity President, Mitt Romney” http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertlenzner/2012/01/10/the-u-s-cannot-have-a-private-equity-president-mitt-romney/
Here’s another article from Forbes about why Warren Buffet refuses to purchase companies from leverage buyout firms: “Why Warren Buffet Disdains the Private Equity Crowd” http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertlenzner/2012/01/14/why-warren-buffett-loathes-the-private-equity-crowd/
WELCOME!!!!
Thanks, Tally
Welcome to the TOD family CFK1. I’m glad you were able to leave that other cesspool and find this haven. Thanks for the links to the articles and hope you continue to drop a line or two. 🙂
CFK1, Let me join Tally in welcoming you to this fabulous place. You really arrived with a bang! Thank you for sharing these hard hitting articles, which clearly exposes the way Mitt Romney made his money. It was certainly not about creating jobs as claims on the campaign trail.
Welcome aboard. Grab a bunk and stow your gear. We’ve got water tight integrity and look forward to those comments that will help maintain a true course.
🙂
You will like it here, everyone is smart, and sometimes sassy, but never vile or ugly.
Welcome to the family!
Welcome CFK1. You’ll enjoy this blog. It’s our place to come for sanity and truth. You will enjoy being troll-less thanks to our BLOG GODDESS Chipsticks!
Thanks for the welcome, guys!
Another welcome CFK1, thank you for visiting!
Teacher resigns over slavery-themed math lessons
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2012/01/teacher-resigns-over-slavery-themed-math-lessons/1?csp=34news&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+usatoday-NewsTopStories+%28News+-+Top+Stories%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
Math? Not history but math? They are coming out of the woodwork.
Never try to reason the prejudice out of a man. It was not reasoned into him, and cannot be reasoned out.
Sydney Smith (1771 – 1845)]
so true! that’s why non-verbal appeals, and clear images have such impact, i think. they bypass the mind and go right to the heart.
People are still trying to justify the teacher’s methods of teaching math. HMMMMmmmmm, I wonder what the other questions were?
It takes 3 gallons of gasoline to set a cross on fire.
Bubba just finished making his 5th cross.
How many gallons of gas should Bubba tell Jimmy to bring to the rally.
ISON-I literally guffawed at this question! Pls tell me this wasn’t one of the questions?
Good….
I live in Gwinnett County close to that school.
Me too. What a blight on the community these people are. Ugh!
Yikes! Newt—-not so bright, lacks judgment. Here’s proof:
https://twitter.com/#!/politicoroger/status/159767740079538176
Newt clearly has a short memory.
that pompous twit Tweety is giving his august opinions on PBO’s surge in Afghanistan. The guy who wrote the McCrystal article for Rolling Stone was on pawning his book called ‘The Operators’ which apparently catalogues PBO’s evolution as the ‘beez neez’ when it comes to US military. Can’t fricking stand Tweety, he wouldn’t even let the Rolling Stone guy get a word in edge wise. He tried to defend and explain what PBO was doing in Afghanistan but big head Tweety just kept a’rambling on and on like he knows anything about military strategy. 🙄 what. an. ass. 🙄 why did I turn to MSNBFOX so early?
Chillax, Reverend Al is now on 🙂
Tweety is making up for the fact he said nothing about Iraq, even though he knew something.
Wrong war Tweety!
I have a simple question: how many jobs has Mitt created since leaving Bain? We’re supposed to give tax breaks to these ‘job creators?’
How many after-tax dollars has Mitt Romney personally created since he stopped being employed?
I work for a very wealthy man. Let me tell you what he does with his tax break windfall: the only job he ever created was the guy packing the truck from Sotheby’s.
Truth!
Welcome to TOD family CFK1. This is our refuge from the haters. And thank you for the forbes links.
Thanks, Ahero62
I know this lady who is a phone banker and she wrote this! neat huh? http://bpicampus.com/2012/01/18/midday-matinee-tales-from-phone-banking/
The money quote from your friend’s blog…
If you were stressed by the Monday night debate, I say, “Get busy.” It is the only way we will win.
THIS!!!
yep!
https://twitter.com/#!/ThePlumLineGS/status/159759132818292736
BOOM! Right in the kisser! The more we peek, the more we realize that the emperor really has no clothes. I’m going to enjoy Romney getting bloodied by his opponents and smashed to the gutter by PBO. This election is going to be hard, yes, but so much fun! Romney’s gonna be wishing everyday that he never ran for the mantle of GOP clown in chief. Hopefully, more news outlets do their due diligence and keep investigating into every part of his background because I bet there’s more smelly fish in the sea. *rubs hand in glee*
The unbridled arrogance of this man that thought we wouldn’t find out, or care that much of we did. My mind reels.
My sentiments exactly!
There’s arrogance and then there’s ARROGANCE. One is exotic and the other isn’t. Which is which I wonder?
In other news….. because I was RIGHT:
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/1010099/david-beckham-expected-to-re-sign-with-la-galaxy?cc=5901
Granted, I shouldn’t officially gloat until tomorrow when it’s on the Galaxy website…… But Mighty Mike Magee said he was staying.
Lucky YOU!
Thank you Robert Redford 🙂
President Obama Stands Up to Big Oil ~ Robert Redford
Let’s face it: Big Oil is used to getting its way. But not today… and we have President Obama to thank for standing up to them in spite of the political risk.
President Obama has just rejected a permit for the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline — a project that promised riches for the oil giants and an environmental disaster for the rest of us.
His decision represents a victory of historic proportions for people from throughout the pipeline path and all across America who have waged an uphill, years-long fight against one of the most nightmarish fossil fuel projects of our time.
(Sorry i won’t link HUffPuff in here)
Awesome.
Let’s see what the PL & EmoProgs say……. Hopefully they will surprise me.
Who has more information on Mittens offshoring? If it’s true how can he in good faith dare to run for President? If he became president, we would be doomed!!! he won’t, praise God.
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2012/01/mitt-romney-tax-haven-cayman-islands-abc-news-/1
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/confirmed-more-on-romney-and-his-offshoring/2012/01/18/gIQAf9Gz8P_blog.html
One more with extra “goodies”
http://thepoliticalcarnival.net/2012/01/18/cayman-islands-watch-mitt-romney-parks-millions-in-offshore-tax-haven/
DWS on Reverend Al right now!
She was great as usual.
Yes Debbie was great. I also think that it is great that Rev. Al features different companies who are hiring on his show, instead of these fake poverty tours with Dylan RAT and the WEST/SMILEY fakes.
DWS was on Rev AL. She was fabulous!!! I’m telling you, best decision ever making her the head of DNC!!
Another scumbucket to deal with
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/01/18/406606/gingrich-fundraises-off-saying-he-wants-to-punch-obama-in-the-face/
This is mild compared to what it will degrade to before November 6th 2012.
FYI ~
Fareed Zakaria
I interviewed President Obama today in the White House. I’ll be posting my reflections shortly on CNN.com/GPS, in a TIME cover essay, and here globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com
This guy ought to be a Republican politician
* What a comedian: “The cruise liner captain accused of abandoning ship after he grounded it off the coast of Italy Friday now says he only left because he slipped and tripped into a lifeboat while helping passengers evacuate the ship.”
From WashingtonMonthly
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced new Pentagon initiatives Wednesday to try to reduce an “unacceptable” number of sexual assaults in the military.
Panetta said there were 3,191 reports of sexual assault in 2011, a slight increase from 2010. Because the crime is underreported, the military estimates that the actual number was closer to 19,000, Panetta said at a press conference announcing the new measures Wednesday.
“It is an affront to the basic American values we defense and it is a stain on the good honor of the great majority of our troops and our families,” Panetta said.
http://thehill.com/blogs/defcon-hill/operations/204963-pentagon-starts-new-initiatives-to-curb-military-sexual-assault
Breaking: who cares about the Huntsman daughters anymore?
And did anyone (apart from the media) care about them ever? They couldn’t even save their father’s boring uninspiring campaign..why should anyone be taken up with them?
Mr. Perry (who Tweety and Fineman were salivating over just a few months ago), it’s time to DROP OUT. Take a page from your colleague Huntsman’s book and do so before you embarrass yourself.
HEADLINE: Small crowds speak to Perry’s struggling, dying campaign
// GREER, S.C. — Rick Perry walked into a pizza shop with eight news cameras trained on him, a dozen more reporters and a handful of Texas troopers and campaign staff. At most, a dozen ordinary people waited for him Wednesday at Wild Ace Pizza. This isn’t what a top-tier presidential candidate’s events should look like just four days before Saturday’s South Carolina primary.//
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/01/18/136263/small-crowds-speak-to-perrys-struggling.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_term=news
Texas taxpayers are picking up the tab on Perry’s pizza party:
“We commend the Texas Tribune’s Jay Root for reporting that Perry is costing Texans as much as $400,000 a month in security costs as he travels and campaigns. Root reported that Perry’s security retinue is larger than any other except the president’s. Also, as far as Root could determine, Perry is the only Republican candidate whose security detail is taxpayer-provided.”
http://www.caller.com/news/2011/dec/29/texas-shouldnt-have-to-subsidize-perrys-campaign/
Note: this is from Corpus Christi paper Caller.com, not Tucker’s The Daily Caller.
http://thepoliticalcarnival.net/2012/01/18/poll-itics-third-party-campaign-by-ron-paul-would-work-to-president-obamas-advantage/
bring on the loons!!
I really, love our President Re-elect Obama. This O’Malley fellow is looking like he is cut from the same cloth. So I will be watching with interest his political career.
Looks like Newt’s Dog Whistling signal was heard loud and clear.
CNN’s King Reports A Gingrich Surge Post-Debate
uh huh. romney et Co are getting worried I bet. I read somewhere that the Romney camp is might be considering not doing anymore debates…I guess that’s the Sarah Palin strategy.
Does Gingrich Have Momentum in South Carolina?
By NATE SILVER
http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/18/does-gingrich-have-momentum-in-south-carolina/
Go Leroy!!!! 😆 ……….. serves WIllard right 😈
Lisa, I understand your meaning, but I really wish Leroy and Willard would “go” to hell !! I can’t wait until all these demons are banished from the day to day, so we can get on with governing Obama-style. Or as Tom Joyner likes to call him, Big Chief. Can you tell I have no use for politics? 😀
Action Item: Sierra Club — join them in sending a message to President Obama thanking him for Keystone XL decision
http://action.sierraclub.org/site/MessageViewer?em_id=224702.0&dlv_id=193643
Dear Friend,
Thank President Obama for Rejecting Keystone XL and Standing Up to Big Oil
Huge news!
The Obama administration announced that it would deny a federal permit for the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline, which would run 1,700 miles across six US states bringing toxic, highly corrosive tar sands crude from Alberta, Canada, to refineries and ports in Texas.
The president stood up to Big Oil, backed by the voices of hundreds of thousands of activists just like you, who have built the movement to stop this dirty, dangerous oil project.
Thank President Obama for standing up to Big Oil and rejecting the Keystone XL oil pipeline….
I wish I could join them in their thanks, but I know they are one of the many groups that like to take credit for “making” PBO do their bidding, as though he has no sense of discernment of his very own. So sick of all these self-righteous characters. Sorry to sound surly, TOD, but I’ve had my fill of the “progs” as well as the Mikeys (OWS), and those miscreants who shall remain nameless today. F’em all !!
EDP, I haven’t been following Sierra Club for awhile. The letter is absolutely clear that they recognize the pressure from big oil and thank the President for standing up to them. There’s nothing in it about him being weak or them having to push him to do so. I know the activists at the orange site think like that. I haven’t caught that from the Sierra Club, but I’ll watch out for it.
They do call for activism to support the President and I agree with them on that. Those are voters and when they raise their voices in Washington it makes an impact.
It sounded very supportive to me. Here’s more:
“Unfortunately, the fight is not over. Over the coming weeks we will need to work hard together to defend the decision to deny Keystone XL. Big Oil companies have launched an all-out assault on the president for not doing their bidding on Keystone XL. We will undoubtedly see a barrage of misinformation on Keystone XL from Big Oil in the form of flashy ads attacking the president.
Thank the president for rejecting Keystone XL and tell him that we aren’t fooled by Big Oil.”
That sounds like they are letting the President know they have his back and aren’t fooled. I understand what you are saying, but I’d like to see abroad coalition of supporters for the president, including environmental, so this sounded good to me.
so I see the twitterverse is all a buzz becasue Drudge is saying that ABC has an interview with Newt’s ex-wife Marianne in the can but ABC is waiting to air it until maybe after the SC primary so that it won’t hurt Newt???
WTF. I guess the establishment is really trying to anoint Mittens ain’t they.
ETA: Now reports saying the interview is likely to run tomorrow. Just in time for the debate????
THEY WANT MITTENS SO BAD
Evening all 😉
http://theobamadiary.com/2012/01/18/evening-all-26/
Woooo..man just finished catching up.
I just love reading every one’s comments. Like I said before, I may not comment often but I’m always here lurking to see what Momma Chips has posted, and what you guys have to say afterward.
As the shoes continues to drop revealing just what a flawed candidate Romney is, the republican establishment will become more panicked, because they’ve placed all their eggs in the Romney basket.
The following article was tweeted earlier today..sorry but it links to Huff & Puf, but if this topic is brought up in the debate Thursday, it may spell the end for Romney. It seems that Bain has invested in the company Stericycle, which handles the disposal of aborted fetuses from Planned Parent hood and other clinics around the world. Sure the article said that Bain invested in the company after Romney left to run the Olympics, but he’s still receives payouts from the investment.
Mitt Romney’s Bain Capital Invested In Stericycle, A Company Now Targeted By Anti-Abortion Activists
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/17/mitt-romney-bain-capital-stericycle_n_1211228.html?ref=mitt-romney-2012
PBO HAS HIS FIRST AD UP!
http://www.buzzfeed.com/zekejmiller/obama-gets-jump-start-on-general-election-release
IT”S A GOOD AD. I GUESS THE CROSSROADS SOLYNDRA LIES WERE GETTING OUT OF CONTROL.
I love this ad! Gracious, strong and to the point. Excellent!!