The GOPropoganda ‘big lie’ machine

July 27, 2012

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

So Politifact rates Romney’s “didn’t build that” attacks false. And this is key:

We think his meaning is clear — that both business people and government play a role in the American enterprise system, not purely one or the other.

Steve Benen explains that the GOPropoganda "big lie" is central to their entire 2012 campaign. All out of context, all the time:

As we discussed last week, at this point in the race, Republicans aren't just occasionally taking Obama quotes out of context; they're actually building their entire 2012 campaign strategy around sentiments the president didn't actually say. I've honestly never seen anything like it.

Let's start a running count:

1. The Romney campaign took Obama out of context in its very first television ad of the race.

2. When the president told business leaders that U.S. policymakers have been "a little bit lazy" when it comes to attracting businesses to American soil, Republicans took that out of context and launched a series of attacks.

3. When Obama said private-sector job growth is "fine" relative to the public sector, Republicans took that out of context, too.

4. Obama said public institutions help businesses succeed, and Republicans continue to take that out of context.

And 5. Obama said Clinton's tax policies were better than Bush's, which the RNC is taking out of context.

Remember, in theory, none of this should be necessary. If the president were the radical leftist his attackers make him out to be, Republicans wouldn't have to resort to cheap garbage like this. They'd be able to use real Obama quotes and real Obama policies.

Instead, we're left with ridiculous tactics that treat voters like idiots.

And no one demonstrates the ridiculousness of GOPropoganda as well as Jon Stewart of The Daily Show, who did a full take down of the GOPropoganda "big lie" machine in this recent segment of the show (video below the fold).

Manchester Union Leader to Romney: release the tax returns

July 26, 2012

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: After Willard "Mittens" Romney told Brian Williams of NBC News in an inteview from London on Wednesday night that he will not release his tax returns beyond his (incomplete) 2010 tax return and his 2011 tax return (which will conveniently not be ready until after election day), the Manchester Union Leader had … Read more

The Mitt Olympics

July 26, 2012

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Oh, please tell me that the $1.3 billion dollar taxpayer bailout of the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics was not used to pay for this bit of self-aggrandizement. ABC News reports Made in China: Olympic Pin Shaped Like Mitt Romney’s Face: After controversy arose over Ralph Lauren’s 2012 U.S. Olympic uniforms’ Chinese origins, … Read more

Romney looking for LIBOR banksters’ campaign cash

July 26, 2012

Posted by AzBlueNeanie:

This guy just doesn't get how godawful this appears to Americans. Isn't it bad enough that he is taking money from Chinese criminal organizations laundered through Sheldon Adelson's casinos in Macao? Frontline: His Man in Macau: Inside the Investigation Into Sheldon Adelson’s Empire.

Now Willard "Mittens" Romney is holding a campaign fundraiser in London with international financiers, some of whom are banksters under investigation as part of the LIBOR scandal.

Americans United for Change released this tough new video today (below the fold).

Romney’s European Vacation – insulting his Anglo-Saxon hosts

July 26, 2012

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

This Willard "Mittens" Romney sure is one ungracious guest. Remember awhile back at a campaign event when Romney dissed the host of his event for her choice of cookies?

"I'm not sure about these cookies," Romney told a woman at the table. "They don't look like you made them. No, no. They came from the 7-11 bakery, or whatever." Turns out, the treats that Romney "wasn't sure about" came from Bethel Bakery, a local favorite since 1955. CookieGate: Romney Cookie Comments Create Flood Of Business For Hometown Baker. Just eat the damn cookies and say "thank you," you ingrate.

A day after a campaign aide created a controversy suggesting that Romney shared more Anglo-Saxon heritage with the Brits than does President Obama (he's white, you know) One of the worst mistakes of Romney’s campaign – The Insiders – The Washington Post, Willard "Mittens" Romney insulted his Anglo-Saxon hosts at the Summer Olympics today. Mitt Romney tries to steer around Olympics controversy in London meetings – The Washington Post:

Mitt Romney’s [European Vacation] got off to a troubling start here Thursday as he tried in back-to-back meetings with British officials to defuse a controversy he sparked when he publicly questioned London’s preparedness to host the Olympic Games.

Romney, making his first foray on the international stage as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, told NBC News shortly after arriving in London on Wednesday that he found the city’s final preparations “disconcerting.” The candidate, who ran the 2002 Olympic Winter Games, said of the London games, “It’s hard to know just how well it will turn out.”

The comments drew a sharp rebuke from Prime Minister David Cameron on Thursday, on the eve of the Opening Ceremonies, and Romney spent much of the first full day of his foreign trip repeatedly lavishing praise on London’s Olympics effort at the beginning of meetings with Cameron and other top officials. [Romney's own "apology tour"!]

As the Olympic torch arrived in London’s Hyde Park on Thursday afternoon, Mayor Boris Johnson dissed Romney before a raucous rally of 80,000 people, saying, “I hear there’s a guy called Mitt Romney who wants to know whether we’re ready. He wants to know whether we’re ready. Are we ready? Are we ready? Yes we are!”

"Bugger off Yank!" Romney’s comments on the Olympics consumed the British press and overshadowed a day in which Romney had hoped to polish his diplomatic credentials and establish himself as a plausible potential commander in chief. Fail.

Dr. Richard Carmona to hold Veterans Town Halls

July 26, 2012

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Announcement from the Richard Carmona for U.S. Senate Campaign: Carmona to hold veterans town halls throughout Arizona Rich Carmona will travel throughout Arizona in the coming weeks to meet with veterans and supporters in a series of veterans town halls. Carmona is a combat-decorated Special Forces veteran who served in Vietnam and … Read more