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Subscribe to RSSWe’ve entered the silly season… In fact, there have been three manufactured controversies in the past month (Etch A Sketch, hot mic, and Hilary Rosen)… What yesterday did teach us: It didn’t take much for conservatives to rally to Romney’s side… Team Obama’s not-so-good week… Romney calls Obama “incompetent” after North Korea’s “incompetent” missile launch… Romney addresses NRA at 2:20 pm ET, while Obama gives a speech in Tampa, FL at 1:20 pm ET and sits down for interview with Telemundo before departing to Colombia… Lugar gets Super PAC help… And “Meet” interviews Treasury Secretary Geithner.
*** The silly season: If this first week of the general election has taught us anything, this is going to be a long next six months. It started with the Obama White House and campaign hammering away at the "Buffett Rule," which was more of an effort to embarrass Mitt Romney (and his low effective tax rate) than a realistic policy proposal. And then on Wednesday and Thursday, the Romney campaign seized on comments by Hilary Rosen, a Democratic strategist with thin ties to the White House, who said that Ann Romney has never worked a day in her life. It was a manufactured controversy -- fueled by Twitter and social media -- because no serious political actor in this presidential contest is criticizing stay-at-home moms or the value of the work they do. In fact, Rosen was referring to the Romneys’ wealth, not Ann Romney’s decision to raise her five sons at home. While the two major parties are fundamentally divided (over taxes, entitlements, the role of government, and national security) and while so much is at stake (control of Washington, potentially two Supreme Court justices), we find ourselves smack-dab in the silly season.
*** Three manufactured controversies in the past month: Of course, manufactured controversies are nothing new in American politics. There was Nixon’s famous “Checkers” speech. Even four years ago, political observers were obsessing over Michelle Obama’s patriotism and John McCain’s seven homes. What is new, however, is how much faster and professionalized -- due to Twitter and the drive to make something go viral -- these manufactured controversies have become. Indeed, we’ve now seen three of them in the past 30 days: Etch A Sketch, hot mic, and Hilary Rosen. Now all three were related to a bigger issue or narrative (doubts about Romney’s true beliefs and ideology, conservative suspicions about Obama’s intentions, and a real gender gap in American politics). But, unfortunately, we talk about the manufactured controversy and not the real story here (that a general-election candidate always moves back to the center, that a president’s second term with no more elections on the horizon does give him more flexibility to do certain things, and that women do have real anxieties about the balance between working and raising a family). The fact is, these next few months before the conventions are probably going to be filled with these manufactured “shiny metal object” controversies because of what we noted -- just how professionalized both political parties are at creating them. And some in the media are easily susceptible to helping these manufactured controversies go viral because they are seen as simply “more interesting” than the serious “eat your vegetables”-like issues that divide the two parties.
Steven Senne / AP
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks with his wife Ann.
*** Rallying around Romney: Yesterday also taught us something else: Conservative elites are going to rally around Romney. They needed just the tiniest spark (Hilary Rosen) and they went into overdrive for Romney. It remains to be seen whether conservatives will stick around the former Massachusetts governor when the going gets tough -- that’s the true definition of a strong base (see African Americans for Obama, evangelical Christians for George W. Bush) -- but the folks in Boston have to be pleased with the past 24 hours. But today will be an interesting when Romney addresses the National Rifle Association’s conference in St. Louis at 2:20 pm ET. After all, it’s been well chronicled that Romney, who only became a “lifetime member” of the NRA in 2006, lacks a natural appeal with gun-rights groups, having supported some gun-control measures in the past. But so far this cycle, he’s avoided awkward missteps like in the ‘08 cycle, when he said (falsely) on Meet the Press that he’d been endorsed by the NRA, claimed to have been “a hunter pretty much all my life,” and the “Varmint” hunter press conference. By the way, expect a lot of anti-Obama chatter out of the NRA convention. While not surprising, do consider this so-called anti-gun president signed one of the largest expansions of rights for gun owners in recent history, allowing loaded guns to be carried in National Parks.
*** Team Obama’s not-so-good week: This was supposed to be a week when the White House and the Obama campaign focused on tax fairness and Mitt Romney’s wealth, punctuated by today’s release of Obama’s and Biden’s tax returns (more on that below). But the last seven days have been rough for Obama. There was last Friday’s disappointing jobs report (which led to a nervousness and recalibration on Wall Street and in the economic community in general), the rallying around Romney (due to Rick Santorum’s exit and the Hilary Rosen flap), and the Romney campaign’s success in manufacturing a distraction (when Romney was having a rough time erasing his gender gap). Even yesterday, one of Obama’s local TV interviews didn’t go so hot, with the RNC clipping this exchange. That said, it shouldn’t be lost that Obama has had a GREAT last three months -- with strong jobs numbers, the divisive GOP primary season, and the GOP’s focus on abortion and contraception. But the last seven days haven’t been as good for Team Obama, and these last 7 days constitute the first REAL week of the general election.
*** Obama campaign to urge Romney to release his tax returns: Speaking of tax returns, the Obamas and Bidens will release theirs today -- with a statement calling on Romney to do the same, the New York Times reports. “While Mr. Obama has long acknowledged being in the nation’s high-income echelon, thanks largely to sales of his best-selling books, he and his wife, Michelle, have paid an effective federal tax rate nearly twice that of Mr. Romney and his wife, Ann, according to tax returns released by both couples. The Obama campaign will post the 2011 tax return for the Obamas, as well as those dating back to 2000, on the campaign’s Web site, an official said. It will also post tax returns for Mr. Biden and his wife, Jill. In January, under intense pressure from his Republican rivals, Mr. Romney released his tax return for 2010, plus an estimate of his tax payment in 2011. But he has not released returns from earlier years, when he was governor of Massachusetts or a financial executive at Bain Capital.” Obama gives a speech in Tampa, FL at 1:20 pm ET and sits down for interview with Telemundo before departing to Colombia.
*** Romney calls Obama “incompetent” after North Korea’s “incompetent” missile launch: Last night, Romney released a statement criticizing Obama for North Korea’s failed missile launch. “President Obama sought to appease the regime with a food-aid deal that proved to be as naïve as it was short-lived. At the same time, he has cut critical U.S. missile defense programs and continues to underfund them. This incompetence from the Obama Administration has emboldened the North Korean regime and undermined the security of the United States and our allies.” Two things jump immediately to mind with this release: 1) Wasn’t the real incompetence was on North Korea’s side due to the failed launch and the nation squandering its chance at food aid? 2) The tone of this statement appears to reinforce a growing perception in serious foreign policy circles that Romney is willing to say anything, no matter how knee-jerk, to try to get an upper hand on these issues. What would Romney do when it comes to North Korea? Isn’t his criticism of Obama on North Korea also a criticism of Bush’s handling of the country as well?
*** On the GOP trail, per NBC’s Adam Perez: As mentioned above, Romney speaks at the NRA conference in St. Louis at 2:20 pm ET, while Gingrich addresses it at 3:00 pm ET.
*** Veepstakes watch: NBC’s Jamie Novogrod reports on Rob Portman stumping last night for Romney in Pennsylvania: Portman began his academic-feeling speech with a lengthy tip of his hat to Santorum in an effort to nurture a spirit of party unity. But later, Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), the evening’s keynote speaker, seemed to resist Portman's entreaty, stopping short of rallying would-be Santorum voters behind Romney. “We’re going to have a presumptive nominee for 2012 really soon,” Blackburn said tepidly, per Novogrod. Blackburn, in fact, did not mention Romney by name during her speech -- and only later, during an on-camera interview with NBC, did she say: “I will support our nominee. We are moving to having that presumptive nominee, and it’s going to be Gov. Romney from what it appears, and I look forward to supporting the nominee.”
*** Lugar gets Super PAC help: Politico: “After massive ad buys against Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar by national conservative groups like the Club for Growth, the establishment cavalry is coming to his rescue, with the American Action Network launching a nearly $600,000 broadcast buy just in Indianapolis… The ad, called ‘Problems,’ is an ad slamming Lugar's primary opponent, state treasurer Richard Mourdock, accusing him of ‘receiving illegal tax breaks,’ and hitting his ‘failed stewardship’ of his government office, according to a release. The ad, which launches tomorrow on broadcast, will run through May 4. The cost of the flight is $590,000. There will also be a digital ad component, and a limited statewide mail buy, in the AAN campaign.”
*** On “Meet” this Sunday: On Sunday’s “Meet the Press,” NBC’s David Gregory will interview Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and have a roundtable featuring Hilary Rosen, Michele Bachmann, NBC’s Savannah Guthrie, Harold Ford Jr., and Mike Murphy.
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I would not call the Hillary Rosen comments silly; I would label them as stupid, stupid, stupid, and coming from a perverted woman who thinks she can speak for all women when she cannot even speak for herself. Do they actually pay this women to do what she supposedly does in such an unqualified and incompetent fashion? If this women is a spokesman for the Democrats, then the Democrats are in deep trouble, as well as Obama. Or have any of you Democratic morons read and watched the news this morning? Obama is on his way out for sure and I say damned good riddance.
I would call her comments inappropriate, but she's a radio jock like Limbaugh who does far worst every day on Armed Forces Radio
Nobody can deny that she didn't hit it right on on perspective though.
You can't compare millionaire stay at home moms with stay at home moms who's entire existence relies on one paycheck, expecially when the national income for American families is around 60K a year
I think she might be a plant from the Republicans to make the Democratic Party look bad. She's not ugly enough to be liberal. JOKE PEOPLE
I like Ann Romney, but she is simply out of touch with stay at home moms around the country... I don't fault her for her wealth, but I do fault her for supporting a total idiot husband running to lead our nation.
Jim you are not the best person to be calling out women when you your self are not one please go back to watching abc or msnbc and get forced fed , this is not the place for you.
Jim, Romney is a total idiot? Total idiots don't get elected Governor of one of the most liberal states take a $1.5 billion deficit and turn it into a surplus.
Job growth increased at a 1.3 percent rate during Romney's term, ranking Massachusetts 47th out of 50 states in that statistic during that time, in absolute terms.
In relative terms, however, Massachusetts added 51,362 jobs during Romney's tenure, while its population grew by 26,500 residents during that same period. Massachusetts therefore added two jobs for every resident gained.
The state's unemployment rate fell during the same period, from 5.6 to 4.7 percent.
Add to that the failing 2002 Winter Olympics turnaround, his success in the private sector with Bain. I'd say that to call my main man Mitt an idiot makes you look like an idiot.
VOTE ROMNEY 2012
honesty,,,, I have two 40 year old daughters, one is a stay at home mom
"if this woman is a spokesperson for the dems..."
well, she isn't. duh.
but she is a lesbian, which "of course" means she's perverted and means you are completely biased against her and your comments, therefore, are worthless.
thanks for posting! lol.
Check with redstate.com,,,,, Romney couldn't get reelected to the the job of Governor again
Maybe not. Who really knows? But Deval Patrick, who replaced Romney, had a similar approval rating for his reelection than that of Romney's. In fact Governor Patrick's approval rating at one time in his first term was 22%, Romney's was never that low. A poll was taken and 49% of those polled said Romney was a better Governor the Patrick.
Romney's family history dates back to their original conversion by Mormon missionaries and the Romney family's flight to Mexico to protect their polygamous relationships. And Mitt home-schooled his kiddies with "nannies", and everyone knows Mormon nannies never get mysteriously pregnant. In 1994, Romney said to a woman he was counseling against abortion and pressuring into adoption, one of his 'nannies', "As your bishop," she said he told her, "my concern is with the child." When questioned, he claimed a Harvard-trained bad memory, and said, "I certainly can't say it could not have been me." A waffle with a twist of religious extremism! Sure, he's a conservative, and my dog can speak Arabic. Woof, salaam, woof!
Vermont Guy:
If being biased against her means my comments are worthless, doesn't being biased for her mean your comments are equally worthless? For sure, your's is jackass logic and you are indeed a mule's behind who cannot think logically if you try really, really hard.
MSNBC is talking about over--hype? They INVENTED hyperbole!
media invented hype actually. You should see some of the newspapers from the 19th century as early examples.
This is hysterical coming from MSNBC! Only AFTER the Dems truly screw up on a distraction THEY are trying to create, do you now say "The distractions are piling up". Don't worry MSNBC, we still haven't forgotten Obama's dismal record as President the last 3.5 years!
The Democrats have been pulling distractions about wealth, race, gender, sexuality, nationality, EVERYTHING continuously!
Well said, talk about a bunch of hypocrite, phony, two faced liars
yeah, its not like the republicans have been pushing social issues like gay marriage continuously. lol.
joe, I agree with you, the gop is disgusting. :)
What is truly, absolutely and totally disgusting is the performance of our president. He is a failed, incompetent, unqualified man whose election in 2008 has been a total and utter disaster. All he has done is increase the numbers of his supporters who are mainly people who pay no taxes whatsoever or they are people on the total government dole. Four more years of Obama will take America over the economic and political abyss, down to the burning hell of entitlement society dependent of government for our existence. ANYBODY BUT OBAMA IN 2012.
So, Tom in N.H.: "This is about the Congress and whether or not Americans will vote for at least 2 more years of Republican obstruction! First they crash the economy, then actively work against the recovery."
Can you tell us which party controlled Congress when, according to you, Republicans "crashed the economy"?
if reelected this president cannot handle a republican dominated congress as he is not a team builder..
nor is he an effective leader..
so there will be 4 years of whining and blaming by the boy president..
the republicans will not turn this country into a socialist democracy..
so the government will be stagnant and ineffective..
and the country will grow in spite of the government..
pick your poison..i say dump bho..
Ron,,,, Obviously you've never done any serious leading of anything major & you've totally ignored what every President faced from our 1st President onward
Put some pants on & man up dude.... You dishonor our nation with stupidity
This President doesn't even communicate with his own party. Can anybody list a "REAL JOB" Obama ever held before coming the Pres? And please, being an activist doesn't count
bugs bunny..
this pos prez has dishonored our nation by his stupidity..
my stupidity dishonors myself and not anyone else..
i read your posts ..
u shud not be allowed to vote..
Jim all I know is this president has made more dept then all previous president combined !! That"s all I know
Not to go all anal on your spelling honesty, but it would help if you understood debt, it's not "dept" & it takes short term deficit spending to bring it down
Shutting down government over a ludicrous radical agenda over foolishness from the right will add immediately another 1 trillion to our debt & Ronald Reagan would have had a hissy fit if republicans tried their current antics on him
bugsy.. it is dept that he has added more of.. meaning czars..all socialists..
and adding another 1 trillion to our dept will be better than adding another 10 trillion which barry will do if he is cut loose..
ronald reagan was a leader..something barry is lacking..
END OF THE ERROR
ABO2012
For over a year we've had to put up with obstructionism from the McConnell group. Storm outs by Rep. Cantor and the overall failure of Rep. Boehner's tenure as Speaker of the House. The past few months we've had to endure Republican candidates start a war on women. Their racist comments and their overall incompetence "Self-Deportation" huh, "Geographical foe" really Mr. Romney. When put into context may have been a week for Team Obama but it's been worse year and half for the Republicans.
And for three and a half years we have had to endure the failure, incompetence, and lack of qualifications from Barack Hussein Obama, the absolute worst president ever in US history, far worse than that idiot Jimmy Carter. His cabinet is filled with criminals and thugs and his advisers are assisting with the total economic and political destruction of the US.
Look how the author uses the term 'silly' to soften the impact the Obama gaffs are having... Bet your sweet azz, lest the tables were turned, the author would be singing a very different tune... Fair and balanced? I wouldn't bet your freedom on it...
he uses "silly" to describe the etch-a-sketch gaffe by the GOP..so we don't have to go far to disprove your theory.
All I know is how I felt when the GOP Bush ruinators were running this country and how I feel now, a whole lot better.
I don't want to go back to that horrible, horrible time when Republicans were in office.
U must be collecting food stamps then, otherwise how is your financial life better now
IfItellU:
Go out and get a job because it sounds like you're the one on government assistance and it isn't enough for you.
You must have run out of Iraqi civilians to murder so now you are after women.
I would bet I make more money than you do and I also bet you wish a more affluent person did not defend poor people.
Please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
since the bottom of the bubble burst both enployment and the stock market are better, for example. My 401K is MUCH improved, for example.
Please!!!!!!!!!!!!!! what?
You want me to stop being VERY happy the war is over and I have more work now?
ifitell..
i can see that you are very effluent and well educated..
just like bugsy above..
Chuck Todd complains about the "silly season" and yet what does he and his network do....play right into both parties hands and go hog wild with coverage.
It's not the politicians and political parties that are the problem....it's the 24/7 news networks that are biggest problem we have in this country. Pols just play them for what they are......scandal driven, confrontation driven ratings whores.
And Chuck Todd is right at the top of the heap.
It's a "silly season" because the President had a bad couple of weeks and Chuck is trying to make light of some possible problems that are just around the corner for our, most holy, President.
assinine. sorry
The left is alreday trying to cover for Hillary Rosen (aka stupid b!tch)
Her comments will come back to haunt the Demotards in hmmmm like 7 months!
yawn, in 7 days they will be gone. If obama had said something stupid, maybe, but a political consultant? lol.
you really think anyone will remember this non event past this weekend?????
"Romney calls Obama “incompetent” after North Korea"This is a stretch even for Romney. we didn't send them the aid promised if N. Korea behaved. Well they didn't and didn't get the food aid.
And as working mom, Ann Romney hasn't a clue what it is to juggle, work, family and running a household. I didn't have any nannies, drivers or Cadillacs to drive around in. There is nothing evil about being rich, just don't tell me you understand what me and others like me are going through.
I agree with your first statement Pat. She had other struggles called cancer and MS. I hope you have not had to go through that too. Please stop with the class warfare and jealous talk.
Both are in complete remission. I know all about her ills.It's not class warfare and it certainly isn't jealousy. I just don't like her telling me she understands me when she can't possibly!
So elect a president that will create a better environment for business and create real jobs that can support a family. Don't fall for the liberal lies that say business is evil.
VOTE ROMNEY
Sily season? My opinion is that silly season is any time the Congress or Senate are seated.
Jim: Condescension and insult from an intelligent man is a waste of his talents. You're capable of better.
I'm an old Reagan Republican Mike,,,, I call it as I see it
This radical far right nonsense from republicans today is dishonoring our nation
REPUBLICANS ARE A NOW A PARTY WITHOUT IDEAS & A PARTY WITHOUT A MORAL CONSCIOUS & PARTY WITHOUT A FORWARD DIRECTION
bugsy..
you are an entitlement democrap..always was, always will be..
reaganites are loyal republicans..
we don't jump ship..
Fools! Look who's doing all the hyping! ITS THE MEDIA. Take another big gulp!
of course media is hyping..its what they've been doing since forever. Its how they make money.
MGates - you echoed my thoughts exactly!
My question is why does MSNBC contribute to the "silliness" by karping on all of the non(sense) stories?
media needs attention t make money. If they ran serious stories people would spend their time elsewhere, unfortunately.
You might want to ask Fox News why they employed Judith Miller
She's the tool Cheney & Scooter used to salt the media with false intelligence that took us to war
President Obama has done a great job...he has increased deficit spending, increased the deficit 5 trillion, kept unemployment high, doubled gas prices, signed into law a health act that no one understands, can't pay for, and that is probably unconstitutional, divided this country, etc. What more could you ask for?
Is that you Mitt? If so, that's the same $hit you said one live T.V. moments ago. From one end to the other this speech was full of lies and Mis-information. GOOGLE IT!
yawn..the country was divided before obama (see bush jr), gas prices aren't "doubled" by a president, unemployment is decreasing, and done a lot of good in terms of foreign policy.
Of course, your post indicates you are a mindless political hack who wouldn't admit anything good no matter what, so its clear why you posted what you did. :)
(and yes, the debt is troubling for example...but why didn't people notice the first $11T debt, 80% of which came under GOP presidents? hmmm)
Hey, Dude- get it right.
Unemployment is NOT decreasing!
Are your referring to that joke of an "8.2%" figure?
That is MEANINGLESS.
There are NOT ENOUGH JOBS BEING CREATED TO KEEP PACE WITH POPULATION GROWTH. THE JOBFORCE UTILIZATION RATE IS THE LOWEST SINCE WORLS WAR ll.
Guess I have to shout to get you stupid liberals to understand the meaning behing the "statistics" NBC likes to throw out...
Muffie and Biff Romney feel they are entitled to be President & First Lady.
One thing I really hate about this couple is they try to use her illness. She is not the only woman that has had Breast Cancer or MS. I am sure that she has had a difficult time but trying to compare herself to women that cannot afford to have several housekeepers to cook the meals, do the laundry, and take care of the kids, can't afford medication, and certainly can't afford the kinds of Medical Care Muffie has received is terrible.
Once they buy the Presidency with the help of their Rich friends, God help the hard working people that made this country, because they give less than a Damn about any of us.
Hilary Rosen was IN FACt criticizing Romney for her decision to choose to be a stay-at-home Mom...
Feminist Biatch....
A feeble and obvious attempt at a take-back.
Don't insult my intelligence by pissing on my leg and telling me it's effing raining...
Obama won't distance himself from those comments, and I'm SO happy for that...
Can't wait to see this one on the prime-time Super-Pac spots.
She said what she meant, and meant what she said. Freudian slip, whatever...you can't put the cat back in the bag, lady...
"Lighten up Francis" (Stripes, Sergeant Hulka, 1980)
Be nice Bro.
Mike 306915
I said what I did't like about the couple and that is my opinion. I never said who I was voting for Idiot. So stop trying to imitate Black people with the Biatch, Wannabe!! Now that I have schooled you on reading with understanding B-itch you know what you can Kiss!!
Wow...guess you told me.
I'll just go crawl back into my hole.
FACT is, my wife also chose to stay home, and raise our sons.
Funny, before it took two incomes to support a family, this was the NORM.
I have ALWAYS told my wife that she has the hardest job I can imagine, and that I would NEVER want to, nor have been able, to do it.
I am MORE offended than most stay-at-home Moms are at her comment.
Mike
I have nothing against stay at home Mom's I was one until my husband passed away. I have raised 6 kids and I now have 6 Foster kids. I choose to work because I am a one income family and I firmly believe in making a better life for mine.
I still don't like the comparison of the illness situation, they should leave it alone. And I am more offended with them using that because, I am a Breast Cancer Survivor!!
Two words: EMPTY SUIT
If want to find someone who is rich and never worked a day in his life, look no further than the WH.
poncero,,,, Like every thing else republicans tell you it falls flat on facts & truth, they have no honor
Obama has a record that shows he worked as a low paid community organizer in Chicago & even turned down the riches of Wall Street
bugsy..
and he is still a community organizer..
never left the fold..
Has Obama ever had an actual non-government full-time job? I don't think so.
He became the President of the United States of America
Romney tried before & failed,,, Romney could not even get reelected as governor let alone to the White House
In fact, Romney has lost swing states for republicans
I see you still have no facts Jim, the lefty deflection answer
If anyone told you the truth you wouldn't listen to it. Your ears are closed, with your mind and its myopic sense of football team sports politics. Try google, ixquick, but no... Never mind. You already know everything, just like Rush does. Be calm. It's easy to have your thinking fed to you like fast food. Don't think. Leave that up to better people...Bush loves you. There are WMDs in Iraq. All is just swell.
This radical far right nonsense from republicans today is dishonoring our nation
REPUBLICANS ARE A NOW A PARTY WITHOUT IDEAS & A PARTY WITHOUT A MORAL CONSCIOUS
A PARTY WITHOUT A FORWARD DIRECTION & BEYOND A DOUBT A PARTY WITHOUT HONOR
A party that has declared war on women, Latinos, gays and the educated.
Not to mention their war against economic recovery, common sense, basic goodness, children & families
War against religion? Yep, republicans even war against the "Sermon on the Mound" & Jesus who denounced wealth & greed
Jim, Jim, Jim, AND Pat. Keep spreading the lies. Polls show the conservatives are MORE charitable the liberals. Compare Joe Biden's charitable donations to Romney's 1.5% to 15%. Liberals are VERY free with other people's money, calling it charity, but when it comes to their own, they hold on to it like Ebenezer Scrooge.
Who has more Honor? Biden, the racist? Or Mitt Romney who gave to the poor more than any other candidate in history?
Link?
Link?
lol ... asshat.
Link?
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Atticus,,,, That is just silly. Go check the record & you will find that this White House spent more on Christian Charities than the last White House
Pat,
Hey putz. So, I guess there are no women, gays or Latinos in the republican party?
You men because we refuse to voluntarily pay for your handout programs?
Every program of the Democratic Parasitical Party is predicated on stealing money from working people and using it for their own ends or giving it to the handouters.
Then, you have the unmitigated gall to talk about a lack of morals in another group?
Wow! At it again!
Joe Biden spoke out again on the Right's War on Women! Stupid is as.......
Can't let the dead horse lie......
Hillary-ous Rosen and the Whitehouse need to get a grip and have a group meeting on the Attack on Stay at Home Moms fast.......
Another Day will soon be done, Mr. Obama, he's had his fun. So soon we'll see him packing up, and driving away in a Mayflower truck.
The world as we know it will have found needed CHANGE, and HOPE can be in our future again.
We won't have to hear all the excuses and blame, and the spinning that's so much a part of their game.
Our freedom and pride that's been dwindling away, can be something we share with our children each day.
Their future's may one day again be restored, instead of thinking there is nothing more.
A final thought as I end this quick note:
In 2012, HOPE and CHANGE is our VOTE! :)
Emperor Romany Ohgustus I
About 19000 babies die each month from lack of pre-natal care and complications that arise, most often because of inadequate health care. By refusing to give these children a chance at life through affordable healthcare, even RomneyCare, Emperor Romany is signing a death warrant for 228,000 children a year, which would be almost a million during his term of office. Mission Accomplished! Then, as now, he said he is "pro-life". He's not. He's pro-death. Affordable healthcare would save more lives than making abortions illegal, in point of fact without recourse, except for ignorant team fans that wave the Cross and act like sheep at a football game. He's not pro-life. He's an egomaniac the American people will not in good conscience elect.
Randy,
Obamacare is a farce.
Anyway, it's amazing that you can predict exactly how many lives or whatever it will save.
Libs biggest flaw that is that they feel they know everything, literally, everything.
Anyone who disagrees with them is stupid, and you know the rest....let the name calling and hatred begin.
Think they would try to hide their prejudice better, but it is too hard to hold it in.
Love it when they launch into Flame thrower mode! ha ha lol :) Why use the small arms when we can go Flame thrower! lol
We can all see why there is such a need for CHANGE in America. These are the folks in charge right now. Amazing!
Hope and Change in 2012 for a BETTER America!
There is a point, of course, at which a mom (or dad) doesn't have the economic option to stay at home, but it is not a 1 percenter vs. 99 percenter phenomenon. My mother (who has a masters degree) stayed at home in the late '70s / early '80s to raise her kids while my father supported the family with his teaching job, earning in the neighborhood of $30,000. We didn't go out to eat; we only went on the most simple of vacations (camping trips). We had a wealth of cultural and intellectual exposure largely due to our mother's efforts.