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G.O.P.: F.U. to U.S. Vets

Clint at least made reference to Iraq, but he was the rare one. And it was only to point out that Obama had been against it. Romney did support the war, but he did not mention the country where over 4,400 U.S. Soldiers lost their lives. Nor was he interested in Afghanistan; over 1,000 have died there.  No thank you; no expression of admiration; and no message for the grieving families. Not a word.  Dead, and forgotten.

I was certainly against the war in Iraq, not only because it was a strategic error of great magnitude, but also because of the lives that would be lost. Those lives deserve recognition.

The convention was supposed to show us the heart of Mitt Romney. It certainlly did.

UPDATE: Memeorandum shows me that even William Kristol was amazed by this one.

GOP Ignores Fact: This Time it's History's Turn

Former Bishop Mitt Romney recently spoke with Politico, explaining why he deserves election. You see he 'believes that people' are "looking for someone who can get the country growing again with more jobs and more take home pay, and  I think they realize this president had four years to do that... He got every piece of legislation he wanted passed, and it didn't work."

(emphasis added)

You probably remember that the voice of the Republican party, Rush Limbaugh, said before Obama even took office that he wanted Obama to fail. But your memory is faulty. It never happened. Rush wouldn't have said something like that.

You see, the new fact is (in the world according to Mitt) the Republicans were really cooperative with the newly elected President - perhaps even  models of bipartisanship.

Over at Whiskey Fire Thers noted the same problem, when he referred to  Rick Moran's piece in which Moran wrote:  "Regardless, the GOP has passed several of the president's "jobs" initiatives that have had no effect whatsoever on the employment situation."

To which Thers replied with restraint: "No the GOP fucking hasn't, and fuck you five times on a fuscksickle for a fucking fucked-up-straight-up-lie. Name one." 

Remember when Senator Mitch McConnell said that "The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president." ?? Well, of course you don't. It never happened. (National Journal October 2010)

I can understand that Mr Obama's campain might not want to appear to be wining. But he can't  let them rewrite history. The Republican House has been as obstuctionist as it possibly could.

Give'em Hell Barry!

h/t meme

Romney's Boob Tube

Politico today reported on Mitt Romney's discussion of his various overseas bank accounts. Attempting to burnish his patriotic purchasing bona fides, Mr. Romney said:

"and by the way, [I] don't buy foreign products, don't have any Japanese TV's or foreign cars, yeah,"

Please Mr Romney - if you don't buy any foreign products, where do you buy your TV's?? Becase they were not made in the U.S.A.

This is from the Chicago SunTimes Jan, 2012

"If Element Electronics succeeds in making flat-screen televisions in Michigan, it will become the only American-owned TV manufacaturer producing in the U.S., something the country has lacked since Zenith Electronics became a subsidiary of LG Electronics 17 years ago"

Although obviously untrue, this little falsehood of Romney's isn't a big deal. What is important is that Mr Romney's baby, Bain and Company, continues to brag about its history of, and proficiency at,  outsourcing.

So while Romney may like to fantasize that he buys American made products, much of the money he spends was made by helping companies STOP making in America.

h/t meme

& Now, a real Shocker: Powerline Lies (and the Proteins, Gateways of that Sad Community Follow Suit)

Power line today has the head line: "Republican Women for Obama?  [UPDATED: Another Fake "Republican" Exposed]"

And states that in an Obama ad called "Republican women for Obama", there are "four or five women who claim to be Republicans, or have been Republicans until recently."

Sherlock Hinderaker finds that one of them has in fact been a registered Democrat since 2006. You can imagine the outrage.

Except of course he is referring to the one woman in the video who  NEVER claimed that she ever was a Republican, the one who said about herself only 'that she had been raised in a very conservative, Republican family.'

In his update, he claims to have another fake "Republican." At least it's true that this woman did claim to have been a Republican. His evidence that she was a fake? That he can find postings indicating that since August 11th she has been doing 'Democrat' type things- things like meeting the First Lady, and liking Rachel Maddow.  But if someone claims to have been a former Repubican; to have decided that she can no longer support the Republican Party - is this not exactly what you would expect her to do? Sherlock is outraged that a person totally opposed to Mitt Romney is not listening to Rush?

So Hinderaker's thesis is totally dishonest: one never claimed to have been a Republican,and one is doing exactly what a former Republican would be expected to do.

But on another level the deception is even worse. The post begins by saying that

"It happens all the time... someone "will say that he is a lifelong Republican"... "how he voted for Ronald Reagan" ... then he says that the party's gone to far, and he's voting for a Democrat! These callers are nearly always lying"... they are "likely" Democratic Party Precinct chairman."

This lie is simply absurd. Does Hinderaker really believe that there aren't many Republicans who have left the party? Has he forgotten how often he has posted triumphantly of having driven another RINO out of the party?

Big distinction: Obama's ad is fundamentally, if not totally, true. Hinderaker's post is entirely dishonest.

P.S. As is their standard practice, the usual suspects took Powerline's pack of lies,  and injected it with steroids.

Protein Wisdom states that two of the women are "actually registered Democrats." Evidence: None. Lie: Complete. 

Of course, Gateway Pundit has to up the ante. Apparently referring to all of the women, he writes:

"There's just one thing.

They're not Republicans

They're Democrats."

h/t memeo randum

 

 

 

Paul Ryan's Modest Home

Paul Ryan, who has spent virtually his entire career working in government, lives in this 2-1/2 Story Georgian style home.

Mr Ryan's money appears to originate in the fortune made by his great-grandfather. Thus Mr Ryan has many close family members living in similar homes in the neighborhood.

Unlike Mr. Romney's new home, there is no evidence of plans to install an elevator in the garage. 

The selection of Mr Ryan will undoubtedly silence comments about the "elite" or the "entitled" in conversations about the upcoming Presidential election.