Monthly Archive: February 2012

Feb 29

Does Economic Recovery Expose Right-Wing Lies? Why the GOP Denies Data

By Jeremy Holden | Sourced from Media Matters| Posted at February 29, 2012, 1:16 pm|

 

 As evidence mounts that the U.S. economy is improving, President Obama’s detractors in the conservative media have been reduced to fits of denial.

That the economy is improving is not in question.

Wednesday, the Bureau of Economic …

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Feb 29

Democracy Alliance Dumps Progressive Organizations

>By Ryan Grim | Huffington Post | February 28, 2012  | The private network of major progressive and Democratic donors has dropped a number of prominent organizations. The Democracy Alliance, a private network of major progressive and Democratic donors, has dropped a number of prominent organizations, according to people familiar with the group’s decision.

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Feb 28

Republicans Block the Vote: How Voter-ID Laws Suppress Registration Drives and Block Democratic Votes

>ByLou Dubose | The Washington Spectator | February 26, 2012  | There is no real reason for voter-ID laws. Simply stated, voter-ID bills become laws because Republican legislators pass and Republican governors sign them.  The following piece appears in the current issue of the Washington Spectator. For more great stories, check out their site. 

In 2005, Mark …

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Feb 26

Obama Tells Latinos: Don’t Say I Didn’t Try for Immigration Reform

>by Julianne Hing, Thursday, February 23 2012, 10:47 AM EST|

President Obama took to the airwaves yesterday to let Latinos know he did his best to hold up his end of his promise to reform the country’s immigration system, reports Univision.

When asked whether or not he broke his campaign promise to bring comprehensive immigration …

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Feb 25

The GOP’s other nomination headache

>By Steve Kornack| Friday, Feb 24, 2012 8:05 AM Eastern Standard Time |[The Republican Party nominees are a disappointing bunch to the conservative base as an ex-Republican I certainly would be with this slate of GOP hopefuls! Oh well, let’s not get too over-confident and become complacent as we were in 2010! What else …

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Feb 25

Why Obama’s the Least Socialistic President in Modern History (And That’s a Shame)

 

>ByRichard (RJ) Eskow | AlterNet | February 18, 2012  | [Well, what do you think about this article? Is Obama a socialist? Is there a problem with the label: Socialist? Gbismarc!] 

 

If the nation were governed by a referendum of Republican voters it would be more “socialistic” than it has been under President …

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Feb 25

Agenda for the Dark Ages: GOP Frontrunner Rick Santorum’s 5 Most Extremist Themes

>By Adele M. Stan | AlterNet 

If Santorum gets to bear the standard for the GOP, the party moves even further to the right. Here’s a taste of what’s on that plate.

It says quite a lot about the state of the Republican Party that the right-wing extremist Rick Santorum — a politician so despised …

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Feb 25

Bill Maher says President Obama ‘could absolutely lose’ reelection

>Scott Collins (twitter.com/scottcollinsLAT) and Greg Braxton| February 24, 2012 |  4:01 pm |

[I've said that same thing, we did it in 2010 and let 87+ extreme (Tea bag) Republicans into Congress and the various governorships mainly in the south and look what we're dealing with, immigration, voter disenfranchisement, women's rights to her body questioned, the …

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Feb 25

Republicans see “jobs bills” as election winner

>By Richard Cowan and Thomas Ferraro| Fri Feb 24, 2012 8:15am EST | [I love this Republicans are jarring 8.3 percent unemployment rate. What exactly does that mean that they are causing unemployment to remain high, well yeah on several counts! One count in particular as the “Do Nothing Congress” to help bring(s) that figure …

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Feb 25

Comedian Maher to give $1 million to Obama “Super PAC”

>by Michelle Nichols | Fri Feb 24, 2012 2:51pm EST |

(Reuters) – Comedian Bill Maher has pledged $1 million to an independent “super PAC” set up to help President Barack Obama win re-election in November that has lagged far behind its Republican rivals in fundraising.

Maher made the pledge on Thursday night during his …

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Feb 25

The Oscars, an evening of golden statues and golden donors – to Democrats

>By Patricia Zengerle | February 24, 2012 |[Fighting back! Gbismarc!]

In a presidential election year, the Oscar statuettes are not the only gold-plated figures at Hollywood’s annual Academy Awards ceremony. The audience on Sunday will be sprinkled with big political donors — at least to Democrats.

Jeffrey Katzenberg, head of DreamWorks Animation, which has three …

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Feb 23

Out of Gas The folly of blaming Obama for higher gas prices.

By Matthew Yglesias | Posted Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012, at 4:11 PM ET

 

Several months’ worth of strong labor market data have put a crimp in Republican plans to run against Barack Obama as the second coming of Herbert Hoover. Fortunately for GOP candidates—if not for most Americans—gasoline prices are up about 29 cents …

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