Dempsey Hits Ryan For Calling Military Brass ‘Liars’: ‘I Stand By My Testimony’ In Support Of Obama DOD Budget

“'There’s a difference between having someone say they don’t believe what you said versus … calling us, collectively, liars,' Gen. Dempsey told reporters aboard a U.S. military aircraft after a four day visit to Latin America. ”'My response is: I stand by my testimony. This was very much a strategy-driven process to which we mapped the budget.'” 

http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/03/30/455447/dempsey-paul-ryan-liars/

The rich will pay the lowest taxes since the Hoover Administration over 80 years ago

"The Paul Ryan budget would make life miserable for the elderly, the middle class, and life more cushy for the 1% who will be getting a $265,000 tax cut on top of what they get from the Bush tax cuts for the rich."

http://freakoutnation.com/2012/03/29/the-rich-will-pay-the-lowest-taxes-since-the-hoover-administration-over-80-years-ago/

Paul Ryan: The Generals Are Lying About Their Support For Obama’s Pentagon Budget

“'You don’t believe the generals?' Roberts later wondered, asking Ryan to explain. However, the House Budget Committee chairman dodged, throwing out general baseless platitudes like Obama’s military budget 'hollows out defense.'”

http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/03/29/454701/ryan-generals-lying-budget/

Scalia Echoes GOP Buzzwords Against ‘Obamacare’

 "The Constitution that I interpret is not living, but dead."~Antonin Scalia. Like Justice Scalia knows that our Founding Fathers didn't intend for the Constitution to be a living document. They're called "Amendments," Justice Scalia, and I use that term loosely. Look into it.

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/03/scalia-echoes-gop-buzzwords-against-obamacare.php

South Carolina Governor To Be Indicted?

At least five lawsuits have been filed against the Sikh Society of South Carolina since 2010, alleging that the group bilked contractors out of nearly $130,000 for the construction of a new temple. Gov. Haley is reported to have managed the temple’s finances as late as 2003, and our sources believe any indictment would center on what happened to the missing money.

http://www.alan.com/2012/03/29/south-carolina-governor-to-be-indicted/ 

Angry and Insulted Women Will Make The Republicans Pay In November

"The important message for women is that the only means of bringing the war on women to an end is removing every Republican from state and federal elected office before they relegate women to slave status stuck in the home giving birth and cleaning their man’s chamber pot."

http://www.politicususa.com/women-republicans-pay/

House Republicans Claim Credit For Turning The Economy Around

"According to a recent report, after Republicans brought the federal government to the brink of a complete shutdown last year by demanding draconian cuts to federal programs, a last-minute continuing resolution that introduced some of the Republicans’ cuts led to the loss of an estimated 370,000 jobs"

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/03/27/452582/republicans-demand-credit-economy/ 

The Etch-a-Sketch incident and the art of the political gaffe

"The Etch-a-Sketch incident is likely to linger in the electorate because it speaks to a broader storyline already bouncing around the political world: That Romney lacks any core convictions and that he will say and do whatever it takes to win."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/the-etch-a-sketch-incident-and-why-some-gaffes-catch-on/2012/03/22/gIQA8ob0TS_blog.html

The Right's Etch A Sketch Imperative

"The context matters because Romney later said Fehrnstrom was only talking about post-primary changes that would be made 'organizationally,' a claim that is plainly untrue. Ironically, the semi-denial only reinforced the lesson Fehrnstrom taught: To win, Romney is willing to change not only his own positions but also reality itself."


http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/03/26/the_rights_etch_a_sketch_imperative_113600.html

President Obama's "hot mic" incident with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev encourages the Right Wing to go on the attack, and coaxes the Whiny Wendigo of Wasilla to emerge from the shadows with claws at the ready.

"Of course there is NO indication that the President is planning to sell out America defenses (And isn't this the same President who has been picking off Al Qaeda leaders like tin cans on a fencepost?), though of course he has gone on record as wanting to dramatically reduce the number of nuclear weapons we have stockpiled. (Which by the way is the exact same goal that both Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush fought for during THEIR Presidencies as well.)"

http://theimmoralminority.blogspot.com/2012/03/president-obamas-hot-mic-incident-with.html

The Affordable Care Act v. The Roberts Court

"If we don’t soundly defeat a Republican Party that exists to only to cut taxes and reduce responsibility for the richest and their corporations, we will be circling around this question of how we should provide health care for everyone for another decade."


http://eclectablog.com/2012/03/the-affordable-care-act-v-the-roberts-court.html

WI GOP Resorts To Harassing People For Signing Recall, Gannett Commits Felony?

"The letter was written by a Genia Lovett, President and publisher for the Appleton Post-Crescent. Unfortunately for her, however, what she did could be illegal."


http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/03/26/wi-gop-resorts-to-harassing-people-for-signing-recall-gannett-commits-felony/

Birthers want proof that Mitt Romney was born in America

"That's right, Mitt Romney's father was born in the Mexican colony that Mitt's great-grandfather founded after fleeing the United States so he could stay married to Romney's four great-grandmothers. Let's all just let that sink in for a moment."

http://now.msn.com/now/0322-romney-vs-birthers.aspx 

In Republican Politics Truth Is a Non-Existent Concept

"For every ignorant, memory-challenged Republican sycophant, there are 10 Americans who remember that four years ago, Bush Republicans crashed the economy, bailed out corporate banks, and have spent the past three years obstructing jobs, economic recovery, and nearly caused the country’s first credit default. Republicans depend on all Americans to forget that policies like Romney is proposing are the source of the deficit, loss of jobs, and more tax cuts for the wealthy and regardless how much they lie, intelligent Americans will vote by what they know to be the truth, and not what Romney or any Republican liar tells them."

http://www.politicususa.com/no-truth-republicans/

Norquist: Republicans (Like Reagan) Who Vote For Tax Increases Are ‘Rat Heads In A Coke Bottle’

"Norquist, of course, is well aware of Reagan’s tax raising legacy, he just chooses to ignore it. In a recent appearance on The Daily Show, Norquist laughably refused to criticize Reagan, saying he didn’t hold the tax increases against the conservative hero because 'he hadn’t signed the pledge.'”

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/03/24/451219/norquist-republicans-like-reagan-who-vote-for-tax-increases-are-rat-heads-in-a-coke-bottle/

Republicans offer few details on Afghanistan plans

"Yet many in the GOP have agreed with some of Obama's aggressiveness in Afghanistan, from increasing U.S. troop levels to ordering the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the attacks that drew the U.S. into the war in the first place."

http://news.yahoo.com/republicans-offer-few-details-afghanistan-plans-131507471.html 

Quiet Season On Capitol Hill Exposes Boehner’s Deep Challenges

"...now that the calendar’s mostly clear of “must-do” items, a series of smaller imbroglios has exposed the fact that Boehner’s members can’t unite behind even the simplest, most politically innocuous measures. Now it’s reached the point where even Senate Republicans are outwardly admitting that their House counterparts don’t have their act together."

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/03/quiet-season-on-capitol-hill-exposes-boehners-deep-challenges.php

Romney Celebrates Health Care Reform Anniversary By Lying About It

– ROMNEY LIE 1: “And we’ve just learned from the CBO, it’s not a trillion dollars. It’s more like double that…Obamacare is massively more expensive than had been originally estimated.”
– ROMNEY LIE 2: “Thirty percent of employers said they are going to drop the coverage for their employees when Obamacare is installed.”
– ROMNEY LIE 3: “The Catholic Church is being told that they have to provide insurance that covers morning after pills, sterilizations, and contraceptives. Despite the fact that these very features violate the conscience of the Catholic Church itself

 http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/03/23/450771/romney-celebrates-health-care-reform-anniversary-by-lying-about-it/

Kay Bailey Hutchison Defends Planned Parenthood, Says Organization Provides Critical Preventive Care

"The outgoing Texas senator also condemned a recently-enacted Texas law that prohibits Planned Parenthood from participating in the Medicaid program and providing health care services to some 130,000 women."

http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/03/22/449827/kay-bailey-hutchison-defends-planned-parenthood-says-organization-provided-critical-preventive-care/

GOP Threatens Transportation Funding Shutdown That Could Jeopardize 1.9 Million Jobs

"The Senate approved MAP-21, its transportation bill, 74-22 last week. The bill 'is the biggest jobs bill that Congress will consider this year,' according to its main Democratic sponsor, California Sen. Barbara Boxer. The bill is also fully paid for. A long-term House bill that was rife with problems — not least that it would have bankrupted the Highway Trust Fund — has already been defeated."

 http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/03/22/450216/gop-transportation-shutdown-jobs/

Karl Rove: Bin Laden killing was no biggie

"Keep an eye on this one, too, because it will also be central to GOP efforts to rewrite the history of the Obama presidency."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/karl-rove-bin-laden-killing-was-no-biggie/2012/03/22/gIQAMtjeTS_blog.html

Why the Etch A Sketch Will Lead to Even More Lies From Mitt Romney

"By lunch, Santorum and Gingrich were handing out Etch A Sketches. Suddenly, the perfect metaphor for the con Mitt Romney is trying to pull on America had been found—by the Romney campaign. What did team Mitt do? They went back to strategy they’ve been relying on since they began their 2012 campaign: lying."

http://eclectablog.blogspot.com/2012/03/why-etch-sketch-will-lead-to-even-more.html

Faith Leaders Blast House GOP Budget As ‘Immoral Disaster’ That ‘Robs The Poor’

"'As a constituent of Congressman Ryan and a Catholic priest, I’m disappointed by his cruel budget plan and outraged that he defends it on moral grounds. Ryan is Catholic, and he knows that justice for the poor and economic fairness are core elements of our church’s social teaching. It’s shameful that he disregarded these principles in his budget.'”

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/03/21/448820/faith-leaders-blast-house-gop-budget/ 

FCC decision strikes critical blow to right-wing radio dominance

"Though the FCC’s decision may not sound all that important, it really is. For the first time in decades, Americans living in major cities will soon be hearing the voices of their friends and neighbors flooding the airwaves — a far cry from the typical morning DJ fart jokes and the same 'top hit' songs endlessly droning on a looping playback."

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/03/20/fcc-decision-strikes-critical-blow-to-right-wing-radio-dominance/

Romney campaign reiterates ‘reset button’ line, opponents pounce

"'We all knew Mitt Romney didn't have any core convictions, but we appreciate his staff going on national television to affirm that point for anyone who had any doubts,' Santorum spokesman Hogan Gidley said in a statement."

 http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/romney-campaign-reiterates-reset-button-line-opponents-pounce-164442085.html

GOP Controlled Tennessee House Passes Anti-Evolution Bill

"The Republican war against geology, anthropology, cosmology, biology, and archeology continues apace."

http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/gop-controlled-tennessee-house-passes-anti-evolution-bill/

Ryan Budget Pads Big Oil’s Pockets with Senseless Subsidies

"So why does his FY 2013 proposal leave these Big Oil tax breaks intact? Why would he break his word?
Perhaps it’s because Koch Industries, a large private oil company, is his fifth-largest campaign contributor over his career. And the oil and gas industry as a whole gave him $242,850 in campaign cash."

http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2012/03/ryan_big_oil.html

Romney To Women Voters: ‘Vote For The Other Guy’ If You Want Greater Access To Birth Control

"Beyond simply threatening Planned Parenthood, which provides necessary health care for millions of women, Romney has also called for cutting funds for Title X — the only federal program devoted to family planning — from the federal budget. He endorsed the so-called Blunt amendment to allow any employer to drop health insurance coverage for contraception and other health services on moral grounds, and spoke out against requiring employers and insurers to provide birth control coverage in their health care plans at no additional cost."

http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/03/20/447919/romney-vote-for-other-guy-contraception/

Paul Ryan’s budget: Should the poor pay for deficit reduction?

“'If you agree it’s morally wrong to ignore the most predictable crisis in U.S. history, this is your budget,' Ryan tweeted yesterday. Apparently, though, it seems Ryan and his Republican colleagues got so wrapped up in creating a budget that benefits the top one percent, they forgot to actually reduce the debt."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/paul-ryans-budget-should-the-poor-pay-for-deficit-reduction/2011/08/25/gIQAxawWPS_blog.html

Santorum: "I don't care" about US unemployment rate

"'I don't care what the unemployment rate is going to be. It doesn't matter to me. My campaign doesn't hinge on unemployment rates and growth rates,' Santorum said during a campaign appearance in Illinois, which on Tuesday holds the next contest in the state-by-state battle for the Republican presidential nomination."

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/19/usa-campaign-santorum-jobless-idUSL1E8EJG6020120319 

Is Mitt Romney the Most Unpopular Likely Presidential Nominee Ever?

"The depth and duration of Romney’s favorability dip is unprecedented, even during a heated primary battle. More often than not, the eventual winner enjoys positive favorable ratings the March-April before the election. Carter was at 74 percent favorable on March 27, 1976; Reagan was at 41 percent favorable to 34 percent unfavorable on April 18, 1980; George W. Bush was at 63 percent favorable to 32 percent unfavorable on March 10, 2000 (a split that was unchanged a month-and-a-half later); and over the month of March 2008, Obama’s favorable rating outstripped his unfavorable rating by an average of 19 percentage points."

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/03/19/is-mitt-romney-the-most-unpopular-presidential-nominee-ever.html

Health Insurers: We’ll Deny Coverage For Pre-Existing Conditions If Health Mandate Is Repealed

"Health-insurance officials say that if the mandate is repealed, 'their first priority would be persuading members of Congress to repeal two of the law’s major insurance changes: a requirement to cover everyone regardless of his or her medical history, and limits on how much insurers can vary premiums based on age.' Their next step would be to 'set rewards for people who purchase insurance voluntarily and sanction those who don’t.'"

http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/03/19/447157/health-insurers-well-deny-coverage-for-pre-existing-conditions-if-health-mandate-is-repealed/

New Hampshire House Republicans Pass Bill Forcing Doctors To Tell Women That Abortion Causes Breast Cancer

"This bill is a lawsuit waiting to happen. Doctors are forbidden by law to tell lies to their patients. This legislation will ultimately cause women to not trust their doctors which is wrong on so many levels. Republicans are trying to sell this bill as an 'informed consent’ bill or a ‘right to know’ bill. The GOP seems to feel that women are stupid and don’t know anything about pregnancy, as if women don’t already learn about it in sex education or biology."

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/03/17/new-hampshire-house-republicans-pass-bill-forcing-doctors-to-tell-women-that-abortion-causes-breast-cancer/

America’s public morality crisis

"America’s problem isn’t a breakdown in private morality. It’s a breakdown in public morality. What Americans do in their bedrooms is their own business. What corporate executives and Wall Street financiers do in boardrooms and executive suites affects all of us."

http://www.salon.com/2012/03/14/americas_public_morality_crisis/singleton/

Mitt Romney's Terrible Fox News Interview

"The conservative rap on Romney has always been that the Harvard-educated Mormon Yankee is uncomfortable with cultural conservatism. His struggles on Fox only serve to support that narrative."

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mckaycoppins/mitt-romneys-terrible-fox-news-interview

GOP: Old, white and in trouble, poll says

"'The Republicans really are the party of white people, and especially older white people,' Kohut told reporters as the poll was released. 'They’ve done nothing in this campaign to make themselves be more favorably viewed' among other parts of the electorate."

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/la-pn-poll-primary-battle-has-hurt-gops-image-among-young-nonwhites-20120314,0,62506.story

A Desperate Rush Limbaugh Tries To Win Advertisers Back With Female Callers

"Rush won’t say it, but it’s clear that he’s scared. Radio stations are losing money by airing his show and advertisers are jumping ship. There’s no other reason for him to try to falsely equate the Democratic Party with the Republican Party on women’s issues or for him to try to co-opt female callers in a transparent effort to prove that he is not offensive to all women."

http://www.politicususa.com/rush-limbaugh-advertisers-female/

Sarah Palin Unwisely Challenges Barack Obama to a Duel of Words

"Umm, remember when George Bush had that ugly showdown over foreign policy ideas with Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, and, of course, before that Bill Clinton was forced to argue the finer points of his domestic policies with Jerry Springer. So, yeah, prepare yourself, Barack, I guess? Because any day now, you're going to be getting a wax-sealed invitation that says simply, 'Meet me in the Walmart parking lot at dawn.'"

http://jezebel.com/5893133

GOP Rep. Blasts Norquist’s Anti-Tax Pledge As ‘Disingenuous And Irresponsible’

“'Have we really reached the point where one person’s demand for ideological purity is paralyzing Congress to the point that even a discussion of tax reform is viewed as breaking a no-tax pledge?' asked Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA)."

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/03/08/440397/gop-rep-blasts-norquist-irresponsible/

Cecile Richards, Planned Parenthood President: Mitt Romney's Plan To 'Get Rid Of' Us Won't Balance Budget

"'I was really stunned to read that Mitt Romney has now said he wants to get rid of Planned Parenthood, because really what that means is he wants to get rid of preventative health care for 3 million folks every year,' Richards told reporters on Wednesday."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/14/cecile-richards-mitt-romney-planned-parenthood_n_1345479.html?ref=politics

Ann Coulter Criticizes Sarah Palin, Says GOP Has A Problem With 'Con Men And Charlatans'

"I want them to sign a pledge," said Coulter, "saying, 'If I lose the nomination I pledge I will not take a gig with Fox News or write a book.'"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/14/ann-coulter-sarah-palin_n_1345588.html?ref=politics

Most Americans back "Buffett tax": Reuters/Ipsos

"Legislation has been filed by Democrats in Congress to enact the tax into law, but it was widely expected to languish this year with the U.S. House of Representatives under the control of Republicans who are opposed to tax increases of any kind."

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/14/us-usa-poll-tax-idUSBRE82C1CD20120314 

McConnell: I’m Filibustering Seventeen Judges Because Reid Made Republicans ‘Look Bad’

"In an exchange that seems designed to prove why fewer Americans approve of Congress than approve of communism or the BP oil spill, Senate Leaders Harry Reid (D-NV) and Mitch McConnell (R-KY) engaged in a long debate this morning over why Reid is currently trying to break seventeen filibusters of President Obama’s judicial nominees. The exchange culminated with McConnell admitting that, even though all these judges will be confirmed eventually, he is blocking them now because he is upset that Reid’s making him look bad."

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/03/13/444005/mcconnell-im-filibustering-seventeen-judges-because-reid-made-republicans-look-bad/

The 2 Week Chill: Rush Limbaugh Is Counting on Short Memories

“The big difference is that Beck hung around for months, while Limbaugh is declining by the day. If the boycott continues to gain steam, Limbaugh’s future will be Beck’s present. Glenn Beck went from being a mainstream media golden boy to being an afterthought on radio with a fledgling Internet TV show. Beck is still around, but nobody cares or talks much about him anymore. I can’t see Limbaugh being totally off of radio, but this boycott may mark the end of his days as a Republican power player and national voice.”

http://www.politicususa.com/rush-limbaugh-short-memories/

Poll: Most Americans Want Super PACs To Be Illegal

"The heightened visibility of super PACs has not endeared them to Americans of either party. Among the seven in 10 Americans who want to ban super PACs, according to the poll, 52 percent feel very strongly about the issue. Among Tea Party supporters, 69 percent oppose such groups, 59 percent of whom strongly oppose them. Along party lines, 70 percent of Democrats, 55 percent of Republicans and 78 percent of independents favor outlawing the outside spending groups."

 http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/03/poll-shows-most-americans-want-super-pacs-to-be-illegal.php

Billionaire Romney Backer: The Ultrawealthy Have An ‘Insufficient Influence’ Over Politics

"Griffin said that ultrawealthy individuals like himself should 'absolutely” be allowed to donate unlimited amounts to Super PACs and political campaigns', citing 'rules that encourage transparency.' However, he added that he views actual transparency with “trepidation,” noting a successful campaign that progressives launched against Target after it made a post-Citizens United corporate contribution to a group supporting an extreme anti-gay Republican gubernatorial candidate in Minnesota."

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/03/10/442067/billionaire-romney-backer-ultrawealthy-have-an-insufficient-influence-over-politics/

The Doonesbury Comic Strip Republicans Don’t Want You To See

"The Doonesbury strip is exactly spot on. Any law that forces a woman to have a wand inserted into her vagina is nothing less than state sanctioned rape. Republicans say that they only want women to have all the information before having an abortion, but that couldn’t be further from the truth."

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/03/12/the-doonesbury-comic-strip-republicans-dont-want-you-to-see/

A Manifesto for Psychopaths

"Saturated in her philosophy, the new right on both sides of the Atlantic continues to demand the rollback of the state, even as the wreckage of that policy lies all around. The poor go down, the ultra-rich survive and prosper. Ayn Rand would have approved"

http://www.monbiot.com/2012/03/05/a-manifesto-for-psychopaths/

Colbert Gives Fox News Host His Number

"Fox News’ Eric Bolling claims to have a solution to America’s rising gas prices problem. It’s all there in a manila envelope. All President Obama has to do is give Bolling a call, and gas prices could go down by $1. What could possibly be in the envelope? 'Could it be a dollar?' Colbert wondered." Brilliant.

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/03/colbert-gives-fox-news-host-his-number.php

In Between PSAs For The United Negro College Fund Limbaugh Calls Obama Boy

"Rush Limbaugh and his words matter. It is nice to see him finally being taken seriously by liberals and progressives who ignored or dismissed his conduct for years. Now is the time to wake America up to Rush’s racist attacks. All Americans with a conscience need to work together to shut down Rush Limbaugh’s hate pollution machine."

http://www.politicususa.com/limbaugh-obama-boy/

Fall of the GOP: Fear and Loathing in Conservative America

"The Republican party is no longer the party of freedom and liberty as they claim to be. They are no longer the pragmatic thinkers at the table, offering solution-based methods of compromise and action. They are no longer the party that thinks with their head and their pocketbook. That party disappeared a long time ago. The Republican party that we see today, and have seen for the past several decades is one of fear and faith, then finding ways to gather votes to gain power based upon those two principles."

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/03/09/fall-of-the-gop-fear-and-loathing-in-conservative-america/

Sarah Palin: Obama Wants to Make White People Slaves

"Palin may not be running for president, but she is trying every way she knows how to get back into play. By dog whistling 'race' through a convoluted reinterpretation of the president, Palin is tuning up her white-mother-of-the-nation racist rally-cry back in full-throated roar. Palin may confound the media, but her loyalists completely understand her scrambled message."

http://www.religiondispatches.org/dispatches/antheabutler/5776/_sarah_palin:_obama_wants_to_make_white_people_slaves/

Is the 1% Pledge Falling Apart?

“Grover Norquist has no credibility, so I don’t respond to him. He doesn’t deserve being responded to.” Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)

http://thinkprogress.org/progress-report/is-the-1-pledge-falling-apart/

FLASHBACK: Fox News On Gas Prices In 2008

"In 2008, Fox's coverage occasionally even mirrored the facts: expanding domestic oil drilling will not significantly lower prices, and the only way to reduce our vulnerability to gas price spikes is to use less oil. Perhaps there was more room for reality-based coverage at Fox when there wasn't an incumbent president to defeat?"

http://mediamatters.org/blog/201203050007

Poll: Health overhaul unpopular, but not as feared

"Most of the law's major changes have yet to take effect, and dire predictions — of lost jobs, soaring premiums and long waits to see the doctor — have not materialized. Provisions that have gone into effect, including extended coverage for young adults on their parents' insurance and relief for seniors with high prescription costs, only had a modest impact on health care spending."

http://news.yahoo.com/poll-health-overhaul-unpopular-not-feared-171856743.html

“A Separation” We Can’t Live Without

Of all Mitt Romney’s deceitful pandering, his warmongering when it comes to Iran is the most despicable.
Faced with an ever-weakening campaign and an improving economy, his only hope is to gin up war. This President has been cautiously and effectively receding the 'tide of war', as he calls it. And Romney, along with Santorum and Gingrich who don’t know better, is doing everything he can to reverse this course."

http://www.eclectablog.com/2012/03/separation-we-cant-live-without.html

After outcry from right, Mitt Romney reverses stance on minimum wage

"'There's probably not a need to raise the minimum wage,' the Republican front-runner told CNBC's Larry Kudlow on Monday."

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/outcry-mitt-romney-reverses-stance-minimum-wage-181557691.html

The Story Behind the Obama Law School Speech Video

"The editors at Brietbart.com responded that the video on Buzzfeed had been “selectively edited” and said that they would release the full footage tonight on Fox News. But there’s nothing new about the clip or Obama’s role in the controversy at Harvard Law School."

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/government-elections-politics/the-story-behind-the-obama-law-school-speech-video/

Dozens Of Vermont Communities Vote To End Corporate Personhood

"Vermont’s communities join a quickly growing list of cities across the country that have taken up the issue of corporate personhood. Smaller cities like Boulder, Colorado and Portland, Maine joined the nation’s two biggest—New York and Los Angeles—in introducing measures designed to push back against the Citizens United ruling"

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/03/07/439659/more-than-two-dozen-vermont-communities-vote-to-end-corporate-personhood/

Romney: Impossible to know cost of his tax plan

"In an interview Wednesday on CNBC, the former Massachusetts governor scoffed at outside groups who have said his plan to lower marginal tax rates would increase the deficit. Romney said he was surprised that such assertions were being made because his plan 'can't be scored.'"

 
http://news.yahoo.com/romney-impossible-know-cost-tax-plan-171212554.html

Pressed Four Times, Bachmann Refuses To Condemn Rush Limbaugh

"Ironically, Bachmann attacked CNN and the media for supposedly employing a double standard when it comes to conservative women and sexism. But it is Bachmann who seems to be deploying the double standard here, happy to go after her perceived enemies in the mainstream media at NBC, but resistant to condemn her ally, conservative Limbaugh."

http://thinkprogress.org/media/2012/03/06/438591/bachmann-limbaugh-fluke/

Here's The Woman Rush Limbaugh Is Attacking Today; 'Totally Bizarre,' She Says

"Say you’re a conservative radio host who’s losing advertisers left and right for saying some deeply misinformed and misogynistic things about the lifestyle of a highly-educated single woman, and now you need to change the conversation. How do you do that? If you’re Rush Limbaugh, you do it by attacking a different woman on the basis of her singleness, youth and education."

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffbercovici/2012/03/06/heres-the-woman-rush-limbaugh-is-attacking-today-totally-bizarre-she-says/

Fox's Tantaros: Fluke "Is Supremely Radical And Part Of This Fringe Gender Mania Sect Of The University Class"

The GOP and FOX's use of the various "classes" in their claims of class warfare is beginning to sound like a game of "Risk."

 http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/201203060012

‘I Have to Deal With This Sh**’: Beck Photographer Tells of Emotional Encounter With Storm Victim

Despite the photographer being a shill for Glenn Beck, this is actually a remarkable story.

http://news.yahoo.com/deal-sh-beck-photographer-tells-emotional-encounter-storm-172632113.html;_ylt=AhDWXP8wRSCdC_5MPSzr0mPNt.d_;_ylu=X3oDMTRvOWtzYmtiBGNjb2RlA2dtcHRvcDEwMDBwb29sd2lraXVwcmVzdARtaXQDTmV3cyBmb3IgeW91BHBrZwNiOTk3ZmQzNy1jYWVlLTMyZjMtODBkOS0yZDY3MGNmOWY1MzQEcG9zAzQEc2VjA25ld3NfZm9yX3lvdQR2ZXIDZmNiMGRiNjAtNjdjNi0xMWUxLWJmZGMtZjNkOGVkOGYxZDc0;_ylg=X3oDMTNoZjR0aG9kBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDZjlhYTBkZjMtNDVmNy0zODUyLWEwMjUtNjhkM2QzMGViYTYwBHBzdGNhdANwb2xpdGljc3xkZXN0aW5hdGlvbjIwMTIEcHQDc3RvcnlwYWdlBHRlc3QD;_ylv=3

Ann Romney Says Her Family Is ‘Poor In Spirit,’ Says She Doesn’t Consider Herself Wealthy (VIDEO)

"How the hell can you be 'poor in spirit?' Does the Romney family gather once a year to sleep in cardboard boxes in the living room of their California beach house? Do they fit in a "whatever you can find in the garbage" dinner night into their weekly meal schedule?"

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/03/06/ann-romney-says-her-family-is-poor-in-spirit-says-she-doesnt-consider-herself-wealthy-video/

Rush On Degrading Comments About Women: ‘I’m Not Going To Apologize. People In My Position Never Apologize’

This bloviating prick is finally circling the drain. One can only hope he gets stuck in it, until the next Hate Radio mouthpiece implodes.

http://thinkprogress.org/media/2012/03/05/437551/rush-on-degrading-comments-about-women-im-not-going-to-apologize-people-in-my-position-never-apologize/

Arpaio’s ‘Volunteer’ Investigator Profits From Birther Probe

Wouldn't it figure that turning a buck lies behind perpetuating the birther myth...?!?

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/03/arpaios_volunteer_investigator_profits_from_birther_probe.php

How Romney Advocated Obamacare and Lied About It

"It’s hard to run for president as the advocate of an idea that your party considers the greatest threat to freedom in history. His response was to simply revise the past, much as he did with abortion. Romney now claimed he had never advocated a federal version of his Masscare program"

http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/03/how-romney-advocated-obamacare-and-lied-about-it.html

It's Seusstastic! How The Lorax Saved Hollywood

"Before it hit theaters, The Lorax fended off lackluster reviews from critics and warnings from Lou Dobbs and other conservative commentators that the tree-hugging movie — a cautionary tale about the environmental dangers of profit-hungry developers — was trying to 'indoctrinate our children' in Obama-esque ideology. The Lorax's 'savvy marketing' certainly helped it smash box-office records. But Universal Studios should also consider sending flowers to right-wing commentators like Dobbs. 'Their fulminations were just so much free publicity, alerting the dads watching the Fox Business Network that their children had a movie to see this weekend.'"

http://entertainment.time.com/2012/03/04/the-lorax-project/

Who owns Rush Limbaugh?: Bain Capital

Could that be why Romney's only comment about Limbaugh's attack on Sandra Fluke has been to say "it’s not the language I would have used"?

Continue reading on Examiner.com Who owns Rush Limbaugh?: Bain Capital - National Political Buzz | Examiner.com http://www.examiner.com/political-buzz-in-national/why-owns-rush-limbaugh-bain-capital#ixzz1oGnxi6b5

Mitt Romney Tries To Scare 11 Year Old Boy, Says Iran Will Have Nuclear Weapons If Obama Gets Second Term

"Romney is basically telling a child that war is coming. He is intentionally trying to scare a little kid into begging mommy and daddy to vote for him. Not because Romney is a great guy or because he has good ideas, but because Romney scared him into believing that he will be attacked if he doesn’t convince them to vote against President Obama this November. It’s a fear tactic that is being used on an unacceptable level. What kind of politician tries to scare kids? Shouldn’t Romney be assuring and calm instead of frightening? This poor kid probably doesn’t even know where Iran is, yet Romney is standing there and telling him that Iran will have the capability to kill us all if President Obama wins re-election. It’s disgusting and teaches the kid to hate."

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/03/05/mitt-romney-tries-to-scare-11-year-old-boy-says-iran-will-have-nuclear-weapons-if-obama-gets-second-term/

N.H. GOP Moves To Revise State's Contraception Law

"New Hampshire has required contraceptive coverage in all prescription drug plans since 2000. The law was passed by a Republican Legislature and signed by a Democratic governor. Nobody at the time, it seems, saw the policy as a blow against religious liberty. Democratic state Rep. Terie Norelli, who co-sponsored the law, said that objection never came up. 'There was no discussion whatsoever — I even went back and looked at the history from the bill," she said. "There was not one comment about religious freedoms.' It wasn't just lawmakers who were silent; religious leaders were, too."

http://www.npr.org/2012/02/24/147326639/n-h-gop-moves-to-revise-states-contraception-law

‘He’s not a favorite son’: In search of Romney Fever in Massachusetts, which votes on Super Tuesday

 "'There is no more enthusiasm here than there has been anywhere else,' Jim Rappaport, a Republican business executive and former state party chair, who has been a frequent Romney critic, told Yahoo News via email. 'There was significant disappointment in his term here, as he was not perceived as having accomplished much.' Nor did Romney do much for the struggling Massachusetts GOP. After his slate of candidates suffered a wipeout at the polls in 2004, the governor was unusually frank about the approach he planned to take going forward. 'From now on, it's me, me, me,' he told an interviewer."

PHOTO: Mitt Romney at a July 4th parade last year in Amherst, N.H. (Jim Cole/AP)

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/not-favorite-son-search-romney-fever-massachusetts-votes-135109446.html

Eric Cantor Compares Contraceptive Mandate to Kosher Food

"Nobody's denying access. No, it's not about that. It is about the administration and the president saying to the Catholic Church that we know what your faith holds and you have to abide by that. It would be like saying to the--those of us in the Jewish faith that, you know, we know what the laws of Kashrut, being kosher means, and we're going to tell you what that means." WTF?

http://crooksandliars.com/nicole-belle/eric-cantor-compares-contraceptive-ma

Gingrich Bets Big Oil Will ‘Crater The Economy’ To Defeat Obama

"Appearing on CNN, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich bet that oil companies will ruin the economy, getting President Obama out of office. Asked by Candy Crowley why he is so confident of a Republican landslide in the November elections, Gingrich predicted that gasoline prices — already on a rapid rise to the massive benefit of the oil industry — will continue to skyrocket, leading to an economic collapse by August."

 http://thinkprogress.org/green/2012/03/04/437249/gingrich-bets-big-oil-will-crater-the-economy-to-defeat-obama/

George Will Blasts GOP Candidates’ Meek Response To Rush: ‘They Want To Bomb Iran, But They’re Afraid Of Limbaugh’

http://thinkprogress.org/media/2012/03/04/437316/george-will-rush-limbaugh-gop/

Romney: ‘I am big believer in getting money’ from Washington

“'I am big believer in getting money where the money is,' Romney said in an address to the New Bedford Industrial Foundation on Oct. 16, 2002. 'The money is in Washington. I want to go after every grant, every project, every department in Washington to assure that we are taking advantage of economic development opportunities,' the candidate explained."

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/03/02/romney-i-am-big-believer-in-getting-money-from-washington/

North Carolina Republican Says Extreme Poverty Doesn’t Exist

"Cleveland is so alarmingly unaware of the hardships faced by Americans today, that he apparently hasn’t noticed that poverty increased by more than 7 percent in his home district in Onslow County between 2007 and 2010, and median household income dropped by 5.7 percent."

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/03/02/north-carolina-republican-says-extreme-poverty-doesnt-exist/

The Hypocritical Summer of Ted Nugent

"All fiction, since Nugent–a Draft Dodger–divorced his wife, used his rock star money to gain sole custody of the kids, lived with a teen groupie who raised the kids (he was too busy touring), cheated on his second wife, Shemane, and had a kid outside of wedlock with Karen Gutowski of New Hampshire, with whom he fought against paying child support for years. That’s in addition to the two other kids Ted Nugent had out of wedlock with two other different women by the time he turned 21. That’s right. Ted Nugent fathered SEVEN kids with FIVE different women, to which only two of whom he was married." I always thought he sucked - nice to know now he's always sucked.

http://www.debbieschlussel.com/1503/the-hypocritical-summer-of-ted-nugent/

No Special Report Panelist Is Willing To Defend Limbaugh's "Hateful" Words About Fluke

"Carly Fiorina, the former HP CEO who ran for Senate in California in 2010 and now serves as Vice-Chairwoman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, became the first high profile Republican to come out against Rush Limbaugh’s sexist attacks against Georgetown Law student Sandra Fluke, condemning the radio host on CBS this morning. 'That language is insulting, in my opinion. It’s incendiary and most of all, it’s a distraction. It’s a distraction from what are very real and important issues,' Fiorina said"

http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/201203020018

Advertisers Distancing Themselves Over Limbaugh 'Slut' Rant

Sleep Train's the only advertiser to drop Limbaugh so far, but others are already distancing themselves. Pro Flowers and eHarmony both tweeted that they were re-evaluating their ad buys, according to The Huffington Post, and organizers on Twitter are calling for a boycott of other Limbaugh advertisers, which they say include Domino's Pizza, Legal Zoom, Carbonite, and Auto Zone.

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/business/2012/03/advertisers-distancing-themselves-over-limbaugh-slut-rant/49420/

March 1, 2012 Rush doubles down on ‘slut’ claim, demands sex video in exchange for taxpayer-funded contraceptives

“'If we’re going to have to pay for this — then we want something in return, Ms. Fluke,' Limbaugh said. 'And that would be the videos of all this sex posted online so we can see what we’re getting for our money.'”

http://dailycaller.com/2012/03/01/rush-doubles-down-on-slut-claim-demands-sex-video-in-exchange-for-contraceptives/#ixzz1nvI7ESNI

Obama Calls for End of Oil Tax Breaks

"Right now, four billion of your tax dollars subsidize the oil industry every year.  Four billion dollars. These are the same companies that are making record profits off of us right now—tens of billions of dollars a year. Every time gas prices go up, and you fill up your car, they make even more. Tell me—does anyone really think Congress should give them another four billion dollars this year? Of course not. That’s outrageous. It’s inexcusable. And I am asking Congress to eliminate this oil industry giveaway right away. I want them to vote on this in the next few weeks, so we can put every single Member on record: You can either stand up for the oil companies, or you can stand up for the American people." ~ President Obama, today at Nashua Community College.

http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/820786/obama_calls_for_end_of_oil_tax_breaks/

Conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart dies at 43

"I'm more than willing to go off decorum to ensure THIS MAN is not beatified. Sorry, he destroyed lives. And he knew it." ~ Andrew Breitbart, on the death of Senator Edward Kennedy

http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/01/politics/breitbart-obit/index.html