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Romney: I’d make the sole path to citizenship military service
Mitt Romney’s plan to “replace” President Obama’s new immigration policy would only allow immigrants to avoid deportation if they served in the military, according to Talking Points Memo. Romney outlined what he called a “civil but resolute” approach to undocumented immigration in a speech before the National Association of Latino…
Biden: This election is ‘about who the hell we are’
Vice President Joe Biden painted a bleak picture of a Mitt Romney presidency Wednesday at a gathering of black media professionals, the Huffington Post reports. “Imagine what the Supreme Court will look like after three years of a Romney presidency,” Biden said in a speech at the National Association of…
Frank Rich: Romney can’t say the word Mormon
Frank Rich, writer-at-large for New York Magazine, said Wednesday that voters were likely to be turned off by Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s secrecy. “People don’t really know where he lives,” Rich told Joy Behar on Current TV. “He can’t say the word Mormon without having a heart attack, won’t…
Poll finds Obama takes significant lead over Romney
WASHINGTON — US President Barack Obama has opened up a double-digit lead over Mitt Romney in a national poll released Wednesday, even as a majority of respondents say the country is on the wrong track. Most surveys in recent weeks suggest a tight race for the White House culminating in…
Dan Savage calls conservative LGBT group ‘house f*ggots’ over Romney endorsement
This morning, the conservative LGBT group GOProud released their entirely expected endorsement of GOP presidential contender Mitt Romney (R-MA). Executive Director Jimmy LaSalvia stated as part of their endorsement, “The truth is that gay people are living in the disastrous failed Obama economy too,” and cited Obama’s economic record as…
Romney calls his supporters’ heckling of Obama ‘free speech’
While the campaign to re-elect President Barack Obama has made it clear that they do not support attempts to heckle political opponents on the campaign trail, the Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA)’s campaign has refused to take a stand against the practice, according to an article in the Boston Globe. On…
Huckabee worries EPA could say Baptists use ‘too much water’ for baptisms
Fox News host Mike Huckabee, who is an ordained Southern Baptist Minister, recently warned that President Barack Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) could force his religion to begin using less water to baptize believers. During a Tuesday evening interview with Family Research Council President Tony Perkins, Huckabee worried that if…
Ron Paul: I take Social Security checks but will eliminate it for others
Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul on Tuesday admitted that he got a monthly Social Security check, a program that he eventually wants to eliminate. During an interview on MSNBC, Paul insisted that he would preserve Social Security longer than some of the others in his party. “I want young people…
RNC ad ignores immigration but blames Obama for Hispanics’ suffering
The Republican National Committee (RNC) on Wednesday released an online video that suggests President Barack Obama is responsible for problems affecting the Hispanic community. The ad, which ignores the issue of immigration, uses audio clips of various news reports to paint a picture of hard economic times for Hispanics. A…
Fight brewing in Congress over budget, taxes
Fight brewing in Congress over budget, taxes (via The Christian Science Monitor) A budget showdown for the ages could begin after this year’s election and stretch well into 2013 — despite the threat that an impending half-trillion-dollar avalanche of tax increases and spending cuts might rekindle a national recession. The…
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