Mitt Romney's Presidential Campaign Is Built On A Mountain Of Lies

Seeded on Fri Feb 10, 2012 11:26 AM EST (PoliticusUSA)

Candidates for political office can only run on their record, plans for the future, and moral character that voters assess as either good or bad.

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Why Voters Should Have No Faith In Man Of Faith Rick Santorum

Seeded on Fri Feb 10, 2012 11:20 AM EST (PoliticusUSA)

This is the modern-day fable of the Pecksniffian candidacy of Flaming Heterosexual, Rick Santorum.

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S.C. Sen. DeMint: No compromises with Obama, Democrats | McClatchy

Seeded on Fri Feb 10, 2012 10:48 AM EST (McClatchy)

U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint kicked off a three-day gathering of conservative activists Thursday, telling thousands of cheering supporters that the divided Republican presidential contest is good for the party and will produce a stronger nominee to take on President Barack Obama.

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Hannity Refuses To Prove His Claim That Killing Of Bin Laden "Wouldn't Have Happened" If Obama "Had His Way" - NewsHounds

Seeded on Fri Feb 10, 2012 10:11 AM EST (News Hounds)

Sean Hannity is ducking Ed Schultz’ challenge to prove that Osama Bin Laden would still be alive if President Obama “had his way.” Although Schultz captured Hannity saying on Fox News that he could prove that on tape, now that he has been challenged, H …

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News Corpse » Fox Business Network Cancels Entire Primetime Lineup:

Seeded on Fri Feb 10, 2012 10:03 AM EST (News Corpse)

The day after News Corp released their latest quarterly earnings report, they made another announcement that somehow was left out of the earnings conference call. The struggling Fox Business Network (FBN) has, in one fell swoop, canceled their entire primetime lineup.

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FACT: Members Of Congress Benefit From Contraception Coverage, But Seek To Limit Access For Women | ThinkProgress

Seeded on Thu Feb 9, 2012 2:35 PM EST (Think Progress)

Republicans in Congress have gone to war over the administration’s new rule requiring employers and insurers to provide contraception coverage to women.

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News Corpse » Fox Nation vs. Reality: The Obama Downgrade Threat:

Seeded on Thu Feb 9, 2012 2:18 PM EST (News Corpse)

Once again Fox News has twisted the facts of a breaking story beyond all recognition. The headline on their Fox Nation blog reads: S&P Threatens Obama With Another Downgrade.

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Mitch McConnell Calls Conservatives 'Simply More Fun' at CPAC | ThinkProgress

Seeded on Thu Feb 9, 2012 1:12 PM EST (Think Progress)

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has an interesting new recruiting strategy for conservatives.

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Vos says redistricting talking points were prepared for him - JSOnline

Seeded on Thu Feb 9, 2012 12:31 PM EST (The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

Madison - Representative Robin Vos acknowledged Wednesday that talking points were created for him last year that told Republicans to ignore public comments on new election maps. But Vos, one of the Assembly's top leaders, downplayed the memo's significance and said he simp …

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JCPenny CEO: ‘Ellen represents the values of our company’ | The Raw Story

Seeded on Thu Feb 9, 2012 12:00 PM EST (Raw Story)

Appearing on CBS This Morning on Thuesday, JCPenny CEO Ron Johnson put an end to the so-called controversy over talk show host Ellen DeGeneres being picked as the company’s spokeswoman.

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Flashback: Santorum Compared Democratic Effort To Block Pro-Enron Judge To Adolf Hitler | ThinkProgress

Seeded on Thu Feb 9, 2012 11:18 AM EST (Think Progress)

In 2005, President Bush nominated Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owen to a federal appellate judgeship. Senate Democrats eventually staged a failed filibuster effort driven in large part because of concerns that Owen is ethically unsuited to the federal bench.

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Daily Kos: Gallup: President Obama's economic rating continues to improve

Seeded on Thu Feb 9, 2012 11:13 AM EST (Daily Kos)

For those waiting for better economic news to be reflected in the polls, the numbers are now showing up. At this early stage, polls aren't predictive, they're snapshots. Still, Gallup's latest snapshot is good news for the White House.

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Westboro Church to protest Powell boys' funeral; Occupy Seattle to counter-protest | McClatchy

Seeded on Thu Feb 9, 2012 11:00 AM EST (McClatchy)

A notoriously anti-gay church plans to picket Saturday’s funeral for Charlie and Braden Powell and will be counter-protested by Occupy Seattle. Margie Phelps, daughter of the Topeka, Kan.-based Westboro Baptist Church’s founder, tweeted Wednesday night that the churc …

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Utah Newest Front In GOP Battle Against Unions

Seeded on Thu Feb 9, 2012 10:19 AM EST (Talking Points Memo)

Republicans in Utah have opened up the next front in a battle against public unions being waged in statehouses throughout the nation. A bill introduced last week in the Utah legislature would ban government employees from collectively bargaining on any issue except for wages and …

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Political Animal - Will GOP Elites Let Mitt Reduce Ricky To Smoking Ruins?

Seeded on Thu Feb 9, 2012 10:11 AM EST (Political Animal)

Yesterday I said it, you said it, pretty much everybody said it: after the unpleasant surprise of losing the Minnesota and Colorado caucuses to Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney and his Super PAC would methodically begin to unleash the advertising equivalent of the Firebombing of Dresde …

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Tuesday Was Product Placement Day On Fox & Friends - NewsHounds

Seeded on Thu Feb 9, 2012 9:47 AM EST (News Hounds)

News Hounds has spent years documenting the lowlights of Fox and Friends, the Fox “News” Happy Talk/Agit-Prop morning tee vee show. This past Tuesday those Foxy Friends—Steve Doocy, Gretchen Carlson, and Brain Brian Kilmeade—set a new low so low …

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Santorum: Obama Has Put America On 'The Path' Of Executing Religious People By Decapitation | ThinkProgress

Seeded on Thu Feb 9, 2012 9:34 AM EST (Think Progress)

Rick Santorum continued to rail against President Obama’s so-called war against religion during a town hall in Plano, Texas Wednesday night.

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News Corpse » James O'Keefe Reaches New Heights Of Stupidity – And Irrelevance:

Seeded on Thu Feb 9, 2012 9:28 AM EST (News Corpse)

The biggest joke in the modern era of pseudo-reality television has struck again. Crockumentary videographer James O’Keefe posted a new video purporting to reveal the potential for voter fraud in Minnesota.

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John Kasich Fail Demonstrates Why Serious Politicians Use Teleprompters

Seeded on Thu Feb 9, 2012 9:21 AM EST (Addicting Info)

In his State of the State address, Republican Governor John Kasich was short on ideas for the state, long on self-congratualtion and high on imprudence. While congratulating himself for medical research, he launched into an explanation of work being done for Parkinson’s pa …

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New Hampshire Republicans Propose Bill To Eliminate Workers' Lunch Breaks | ThinkProgress

Seeded on Wed Feb 8, 2012 8:55 PM EST (Think Progress)

New Hampshire’s GOP legislature has come up with all manner of absurd bills recently, including a proposal making public school curriculum optional, another to prevent police from protecting domestic abuse victims, and even a measure mandating that new laws be&nbs …

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He’s back: Film raises Zombie bin Laden from the dead | The Raw Story

Seeded on Wed Feb 8, 2012 8:49 PM EST (Raw Story)

The Obama administration thought they had planned for every contingency when they took out terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden, but they didn’t expect this. In a low-budget film that could be making its way screens this summer, an undead Osama returns from his watery grav …

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Fox News Launches Campaign To Fire UN Ambassador Susan Rice | Crooks and Liars

Seeded on Wed Feb 8, 2012 8:39 PM EST (Crooks and Liars)

Well. This is interesting. Fox News launched a full-scale assault on Susan Rice this morning, calling for her to be fired as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.

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CPAC Set to Host White Nationalist Leader | Right Wing Watch

Seeded on Wed Feb 8, 2012 2:38 PM EST (Right Wing Watch)

Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich, along with several Republican senators and congressmen, are set to appear at the American Conservative Union’s Conservative Political Action Conference, but the GOP brass aren’t the only …

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Socialist Presidents? Who Comes Closer: FDR, Obama, Or Reagan? (Short Answer: Reagan) | Addicting Info

Seeded on Wed Feb 8, 2012 2:03 PM EST ( Is Rick Santorum The Second Coming Of Bush/Cheney? | Addicting Info)

We seem to have a resurgence of folks worrying about socialism. Those claiming rampant socialism have particularly fretted about certain Presidents, but more on that later.

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Nation's Largest Catholic University: We Offer 'A Prescription Contraceptive Benefit' | ThinkProgress

Seeded on Wed Feb 8, 2012 12:41 PM EST (Think Progress)

The largest Catholic university in the nation has admitted to providing contraception coverage as part of its health care benefit package, further undermining the GOP’s claims that Obama’s regulation requiring insurers and employers to offer reproductiv …

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Mitt Romney's Presidential Campaign Is Built On A Mountain Of Lies
Source: PoliticusUSA
Candidates for political office can only run on their record, plans for the future, and moral character that voters assess as either good or bad.
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Why Voters Should Have No Faith In Man Of Faith Rick Santorum
Source: PoliticusUSA
This is the modern-day fable of the Pecksniffian candidacy of Flaming Heterosexual, Rick Santorum.
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S.C. Sen. DeMint: No compromises with Obama, Democrats | McClatchy
Source: McClatchy
U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint kicked off a three-day gathering of conservative activists Thursday, telling thousands of cheering supporters that the divided Republican presidential contest is good for the party and will produce a stronger nominee to take on President Barack Obama.
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Hannity Refuses To Prove His Claim That Killing Of Bin Laden "Wouldn't Have Happened" If Obama "Had His Way" - NewsHounds
Source: News Hounds
Sean Hannity is ducking Ed Schultz’ challenge to prove that Osama Bin Laden would still be alive if President Obama “had his way.” Although Schultz captured Hannity saying on Fox News that he could prove that on tape, now that he has been challenged, H …
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News Corpse » Fox Business Network Cancels Entire Primetime Lineup:
Source: News Corpse
The day after News Corp released their latest quarterly earnings report, they made another announcement that somehow was left out of the earnings conference call. The struggling Fox Business Network (FBN) has, in one fell swoop, canceled their entire primetime lineup.
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