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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.
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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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One of the things that's funny about the "fall out" from the Hillary Rosen comment is watching all the women get so worked up. Not surprised to watch them embody the same stupidity and waist peoples time on a none issue when there are important things to talk about and try to solve. Such as the economy and bringing the troops home. I guess in the list of what ever a man can do you can do and do it better being insecure idiots and waisting peoples time is one of them.
I listen to Hannity on the radio today and he had 2 ranting bitches screaming and yelling that I could only listen for about 5 minutes. Then Hannity, a dumb FUX NEWS star, went on to scream at people while defending his "Zimmerman is my guy" stance he has taken since day one of the tragedy.
Moral of the story...turn off dumb FUX NEWS, read a newspaper...
newbook,
Hannity never said, "Zimmerman is my guy".
Should I listen to Ed Schultz, instead?
By the way, what newspaper SHOULD we read?
It is going to be six months of hammering on the Ryan budget...passed along partisan lines in Republican controlled teahouse...every single Republican who voted for that abomination will have to answer to his/her constituency.
Norquist will be remembered as a demigogue and Ryan will probably be thrown under the historical bus.
FluuuuuushhssshsshhhhshhBawooosh
Can you see the republiturd disappear?
Rather than discuss things that do not matter I want the President to explain how he is going to keep his promises on the economy to the American people. For example, the President promised, without conditions, that he would cut the deficit in half by the end of his first administration. To keep the President's promise the 2012 federal deficit cannot exceed 229.27 billion dollars yet the Obama White House is predicting a deficit of over 1.3 trillion dollars which is more than 5 times what the President promised the American people. With more than 15 trillion dollars of current debt and huge deficits predicted for at least the next decade, I predict that the additional trillion dollars is going to end up costing the tax payers more than 9 trillion dollars to pay off over the nest 170 years. I want the President to explain how, without any action of congress, this year's deficit will not exceed 229.27 trillion dollars. I want him to present a program for repaying all of this money that we have been borrowing. I want to know how much it is going to cost the tax payers and how long it is going to take.
@Will Haas, people would like our previous president to explain how all those billions of dollars, in cash, disappeared in Iraq? And what happen to all those flowers our troops were to be met with? So yes, explain away. And explain how you would do it also Will, without any help from Congress.
If you are a President Obama supporter could you respond with positive reasons why you support President Obama. If you are a Mitt Romney supporter could you respond with positive reasons why you support Mitt Romney.
Oh yeah I forgot...House goes to the Dems as the teabrainers are voted out ( bad experiment ) and the Senate is kept by a slim majority.
AHC Act will go down to the activist Conservative five...the whole shebang...
Obama will finally get a Single Payee System for those who qualify for health care...about 90 MILLION Americans.
Costs of Health Care spiral DOWNWARD as the Insurance Corporations desperately poor money into the few Republican Congressmen they still own...
Debt and Deficit are erased in a mere 3 years as Wall Street pays back the bailout...with interest... and fills the federal coffers.
Arab spring spreads...some governments not exactly friendly with US interests.
Gas prices crumble, along with gold...causing much anxiety from investors...Dow drops precipitiously back to pre 2000 levels...
Obama's gamble on alternative fuels pays off...( somewhere - fingers crossed ) and dependence on foriegn energy drops even more than in his first term...
America, well on its way boldly into the twenty first century...
BTW - One more Supreme Court appointee...remember the People V. Citizens United, Bush V. Gore...and now...the AHC Act...The SCOTUS has the ability to not MAKE policy...but to DETERMINE policy...remember.
And when you wake up in the morning..you'll see how delusional YOU really are....but keep dreaming....OBAMA IS DONE....ONE TERM FAILURE LIKE HIS GOOD OLD BUDDY JIMMY CARTER.....yanno the peanut man....Obama is the acorn man....BOTH NUT JOBS ARE FAILURES.
Rosen was told to fall on the proverbial sword for the DNC, and now Democrats are trying to "spin" this as Rosen's remarks were simply "misinterpreted, BS. The only thing that caught the DNC off guard was public reaction to the statement. And this vine is proof, there is nothing "silly" about the reaction to Rosens vile statement. Either it was Democrats stirring the pot and painting Romneys wife as an out of touch "stay at home mom", or it was Democrats "class warfare" shot at Romneys wealth. Either way you liberals took a "shot" and lost, because average Americans neither HATE success or mothers who choose to stay at home and raise their children. Nor do average Americans understand the whole 99% template", since most Americans strive to be successful and not live at home in moms basement. Nor do they destroy parks, throw urine and feces at the police. In Portland Ore. the city council just announced lay-off in the police force, WHY, city is $3 million in the red in its budget, WHY, $2 million in overtime for police because of OCCUPY Portland, thanks 99%ters. You really want to end the "silliness", QUIT trying to paint Obama as a "ladies man", and stick with this issues, like the economy, gas prices, unemployment (oh yeah jobless numbers "revised" UP last month, of course "expectantly").
@Mruseurhead, the reason Portland, Or is $3 million in the red is because the city had to payout money to the family's of people the cops there killed. You know that, and so do I. But keep spinning, some low informed person might believe you.
The Democrats are IMPLODING.....
A former North Carolina Democratic Party staffer was sexually harassed by a party official, made a financial settlement with the party and signed a non-disclosure agreement to keep the incident quiet, according to emails obtained by The Daily Caller.“If this hits the media, the Democratic Party, our candidates, and our credibility are doomed in this election,” reads one email exchange between state Democratic leaders.
The question of appearances by Jones may imply that the harassment was same-sex in nature, which might complicate Democratic messaging in the party’s efforts to defeat the anti-gay-marriage amendment.
“Rest assured there is a statewide gathering (I am told) that are upset over this and want people held accountable,” Jones continued. “In all honesty, I am being told by several reliable sources that the Associated Press is itching to get this out. Thankfully, some are trying to stop it. Do we want the Republicans to get this information? They are also asking questions.”
Jones added that he expects that the “Democratic Party, our Candidates, and our credibility are doomed in this election,” if the alleged sexual harassment story is made public.
You lead a rather dimly lit fantasy life, don't you, Julie?
I didn't write it dipwit...you can google it......it's in the news.....it's plastered all over the internet......maybe you should research...then you wouldn't be quite so stupid.
Why should I google something so irrelevant to the election as that? It isn't going to affect President Obama's inevitable reelection, so I will leave it for you to roll around in like a dog who finds excrement on the lawn. Have fun!
And little julieBrown believes everything on the internet, and what's in the news. Talk about being stupid, look in the mirror and you will see stupid.
I wasn't to thrilled about Romney being the candidate until Hilary Rosen said her stupid remarks. Now I am very happy with Romney, I did not know his wife has MS and now that I do, I will fully support Romney as he understands more then most about diseases that are terminal.
manufactured? by who? the broad who said it. i noticed it took four left wing propagandised to come up with this and the rest of the article. reminds me of the joke "how many lefties does it take to screw in a light bulb" or more appropriately how many lefty propagandists does it take to screw the American people.
Ha,ha,ha what a joke! Obama says Hillary who? Then and calls her some unknown consultant even though she's been to the White House more times than some you of are old. The First Lady has it correct and rightfully so.
The Dems are running as fast and far as they can from their pit bull political strategist who bit the wrong person with a personal attack. Stupid move which was inevitable when Rosen chose to play "all's fair in politics."
If you want to find Hillary Rosen, look under the big new black campaign bus with the sign, Yes We Can.....
nice to see the Republicans finally hitting back - we had the past 12 months of the democrats and they're phoney selective outrage. No dont over play it Mitt - keep the focus on ombamas record of failure - obama is low hanging fruit - keep the focus on his atrocious record and most of the dunces still clinging to him may finally wake up
Another Day Closer!
Vote for HOPE and CHANGE in 2012!
Change America needs now and needs desperately.
We can't take 4 more years of this train wreck.
2012 HOPE AND CHANGE! :)
We've already tried that; Globalization, Free Trade Agreements, Innovation, Robotics, Computerization, Technology, etc. IT DOESN"T WORK!!! And yet, no one wants to revisit the past, even though we once had the highest standard of living in the World.
The only HOPE we've got is that there is something left of this Country after this government and its supporters take what they want...even if its just a little bit of CHANGE in our Piggy Banks!
Why did she even have five kids? ? This plante's population is getting too high as it is more than three kids for one couple is irresponsible in the extreme. Also I DOUT Ann Rommney did much of the raising I bet she used nannies for most of the child raising. No one married to an immoral man like ROmmney can have much morals herself. He made his fortunes off of moving US jobs overseas and destroying US companies to line his own pockets I want to see her defend those descisions. You can't possibly talk about family values if you take jobs away from families.
It doesn't matter how many kids she had, but I do think with her medical problems, she didn't use good judgement on birth control.
And we need to see Flipty Flops real birth certificate, not the counterfeit one his rich uncle got for him. Hey, he was born in Mexico, right? That's not part of the US is it?
The GOP talks about "family values" but they don't have any values like that. It is all a sound bite to get the bible thumpers to vote for them. Craig, Vitters, and Ensign come to mind.
Lets see--- obama, sends one of socialist hench women to go after romneys wife and then goes out of his way to take the high road. Next the media calls it the silly season.......Hmmm. Liberals want to play that game...BRING IT on. Bring on travon martin. Let obama comment. He will be aligned with that loser situation. If I was Romney I would say he is focused on everything else but the american economy and things that affect real americans. And tiffiny, she raised 5 kids NO nanny and had MS. I would be raising that flag and stuffing it down your loser mouth!
Hold your nose and swallow! Just another distracting article.
We, the people, need to regain control of our government. We can see the main cause of our problems, and all it's symptoms very clearly, and if we, the people, controlled our own government, solutions would be forthcoming. Most of us are not stupid, but enough of us are too complacent.
This time around the choices offered by the Washington Establishment, the status quo, are a shark and a barracuda. We need a third Pary in Washington...one that actually represents us.
'Silly Season'... To who?
MSNBC, the media in general, and our great Federal Government: Stop assuming we're all stupid and so easily distracted. Someone did a heck of a job 'intentionally' Dumbing Down our younger generations! But, even an animal has the natural instinct to survive, and we will get it together. When we do, the corrupt Political Class and its supporters will be legally dealt with.
Jolly joker get real I doubt she raised them herself. I think she's a better speaker then mitt and I find it a travesty that she isn't running herself rather than that loser. Sorry he moved jobs overseas and got rid of US jobs the man has no standing on the economy or on any other issue. The republican party should be done because it has no ideas of it's own. Has Mitt proposed an idea of his own at all on any issue? NO all he does is bash Obama and endorse the Ryan plan that will literally destroy this country. And as for number of kids it is irresponsible to have so many when the world's resources are finite we have an over poppulation problem on the planet to not recognize that is to be stupid.
Poor Ann Romney working her fingers to the bone what with 5 kids to raise, plus a half dozen or so dressage horses,plus them two cadillacs that needed servicing.....such a HARD LIFE...Shame on Hillary Rosen for suggesting Ann doesn't really understand what working moms have to face in their daily lives...such an attack..shameful :o)
The Obama Administration is in a cluster f@#%. Solyndra wasted a few hundred million dollars. The GSA made the taxpayers look like idiots in Vegas. Stay at home moms are considered worthless by the Obama supporters. Obama's protective force uses prostitutes in a foreign country - they must think Obama is like Clinton! Poverty is at an all time high! Unemployment won't drop. This is the longest recession recovery in US History. Obama will blame Bush for his daughters! I mean for ....
Xant the top people at GSA have been fired ONE person in his protective services used prostitutes and so what? I personally think prostitution should be legalized so long as they have to register as such and get a special liscensce, oh also tax their income. Then you can focus on the real problems of human trafficking and get rid of the pimps and such. Poverty is high because our tax codes are scewed as are our priorities also companies moving jobs over seas to take advantage of slave labor, and guess who helped do that Mitt Rommney
With all the false distractions and accusations coming from the right, it still remains a win for the Democrats no matter what spin one wishes to put upon it. The "Republican War on Women", the "Republican War on Seniors" and Social Security, and the "Republican War on the Middle Class" are all very real and the public will not forget that in November. Save our Democracy, and vote a STRAIGHT Democratic ticket in November. Tell the fascist right that they are wrong.
I am just dismayed by the modern Republik party. I listen to what they say in the news, but I just keep reaching the same conclusion: for them it is about money. They want the money, they want all the money, and they want it now and forevermore, no matter what it takes. Vouchers for education and medical care will ultimately privatize these services, and as soon as that happens the profiteers will start raising prices. That is Business 101 - always charge the highest possible price the market will bear, or you're leaving money on the table. Only the strong survive. Just my opinion, take it or leave it, or flog it to death if you feel the need. But, I do vote and will vote for Democrats in 2012.
Can we please get these guys to talk about real issues?
Mr Rmney, what do you plan to do about the tidal wave of outsourcing of American jobs ?
Corporations like Verizon are getting tax refunds as they outsource American jobs. how can you possibly tell us that you are the guy to stop this when you claim that the corporations are overregulated already?
He is not going to do anything, how do you think he got so rich? by going to our companies, firing everyone and sending the companies to other countries. That how he made his millions and has not idea or cares how we will survive here.
The "Silly Season" is right! Anyone who actually believes we have a choice of who to vote for in America is "SILLY" in their head, and now the Corporate Mainstream Media is providing all of their "Clowns"!
Mitt Obama or Barry Romney, it matters none what so ever as they are merely both parts of the same one party system controlled by the "Corporatists"!
America is no longer a Democracy, it has been turned into a Plutocracy / Autocracy for the Super Class by the Super Class and controlled by a few of these "Mega Corporations"!
That is why Occupy Wall Street is an Economic Rights Movement and not a Political Party! Just like the 1st American Revolution the Civil Rights Movement or the Anti-War Movement we are about "Principles" not about "Party"!
OWS only Demands a Constitutionally Mandated Separation between Corporation and State that leaves no room for any "Interpretations" as the SCOTUS recently did with "Citizens United"!
Come join your nearest Occupation in the First General Strike for American Economic Rights this Generation on May 1st 2012 (if not sooner) for it is time for the American Spring and let the 99% of US to return to OUR Streets!
Rosen has already explained herself and apologized, what she meant is true she has not been in the work field for a long time and Romney should not be getting advice from her. I do understand how the Republicans will grab anything and turn it into their advantage, and all the channels kept bring it up including CNN and NBC. What we should be outraged about is this big fat idiot Chisti that is calling all of us Americans lazy and waiting for the next government check. Where is the outrage on that? This big mouth is the only one that looks like he sits on the couch all day waiting for his government check. I know it is not true when we have job fairs in California there are always long lines and people looking for jobs, he should not get away with calling all of us lazy, I am disappointed that no one stands up to this mean pig.
First of all, Romney was not getting advice from his wife, she was just telling him what she is hearing from other women and why shouldn't she be qualified to do this? Because she has money she is not credible in effectively communicating what other women are talking about? This is so ridiculous! The Democrats have been waging this war on women full force ever since the whole Catholic Church controversy and now that it finally backfired with this idiotic comment from Hilary Rosen, the Republicans can finally fire back and now you don't like it? Too bad. And as far as what Chris Christie says, as much as you are probably in denial of this, there is some truth to what he says even though he might not communicate it so elequently, there is a trend that people are getting lazier and are becomming more and more dependent on Government Assistace. This is a trend that has been going on for a while now and that is why there is such an appeal to get Obama re-elected. I don't know how you are not seeing this trend of an entitlement society but it is becomming a sad reality and if Obama does get re-elected in November, it will be primarily for this reason.
Hell NBC, DON'T TELL US, tell ETCH-A-SKETCH, he's the one who keeps bringing it up! Why did he burden his wifey with 5 children in the first place! We're OVER-POPULATED NOW! The other thing is with ALL THE MONEY they have stolen from the 99% American People, they could have certainly afforded a MAID! Who's s--ting who??
99% Americans, VOTE STRAIGHT DEMOCRATIC, the life you save may be your OWN!!
This comment is being made by a DEVOUT REPUBLICAN disgusted with corrupt corporate Republican political rule! We can't even feed our families because of the OIL CORPORATES & WALLSTREETERS that think ONLY OF THEIR SELFISH GREEDS!!! They stole our PENSIONS & gave us THEIR 401k as INSURANCE FOR THEM when the economy fails (caused by them), they don't have to worry about pensions; but we, the 99% Americans can only watch our 401k disappear because of corrupt corporate GREED!
Vote STRAIGHT DEMOCRATIC, the life you save may be your OWN!!