September 2012 Archives

"It's not the way that you say it when you do those things to me, it's more the way that you mean it when you tell me what will be." --HeywardI often get Paul Krugman and Thomas Friedman confused, so I can't remember who addressed the now infamous 47 percent first, but it is clear that the statements weren't as much gaffes per se, but Freudian slips. The statement most telling wasn't made by Mitt...

Over the weekend, the conservative blogosphere freaked out over an art print being sold by the Obama campaign.  The image was a free hand likeness similar to an American flag, with the Obama logo in the upper left corner.  Conservatives screamed that it was a "desecration" of the flag, even though it's not a flag at all.  Here's said offensive image: The fake outrage campaign worked, of course, and the poster no longer appears on...

The DNC just posted a video that's devastating to the Romney campaign.  Have a look: Is this the beginning of the end?...

Buried in Mitt Romney's speech in Virginia yesterday in which he toned his criticism of President Obama over the consulate attack in Libya was this little tidbit:"Romney criticized Obama for reductions in defense spending and the potential deep cuts if the White House and Congress can't agree to a budget deal by the end of this year and sequestration ensues."Ever since FDR, we've had the capacity to be engaged in two conflicts at once," Romney...

http://this-small-planet.com/2012/shell-begins-drilling-in-the-chukchi-sea-the-details/...

http://www.harpers.org/archive/2012/09/hbc-90008829...