Posts tagged “Meet the Press”
Mitt Romney does another interview in which he doesn’t answer the questions
A Rasmussen Presidential tracking poll released today confirms what has been widely suspected since friday: President Obama gained a significant “bump” in his polling numbers from the Democratic National Convention this past week. The latest Rasmussen poll puts Obama at 49% over Mitt Romney’s 45%, while the Gallup poll from Friday had Obama with a 49% [...]
Bain, Booker and backtracking
The story of the day originates once again from Meet The Press. Yesterday, Newark mayor Cory Booker criticized the Obama campaign for their ads attacking Mitt Romney’s time at Bain Capital. Almost immediately after, the rising-star in the Democratic party put out a YouTube video to reaffirm his support for Obama and clarify his comments. [...]
It’s Time to Face Accountability to your Republican Congress Member
Yesterday during a roundtable discussion on Meet the Press, former Senate Republican Chuck Hagel premised his understanding of the debt-ceiling standoff in Washington as merely a representation of the divided political views of the country at large. In his words: Well, I think where you start is with this fact, at least I believe this, [...]
The Height Of Political Assholery
Did you know that some of the central tenets of Islam are economic beliefs? For example, Muslims believe that the government can generate jobs. (Whereas the asshole contingent of the Republican Party, the largest contingent by far these days, believes that the government has never created one single job. Yes, whether you realized it or [...]
Boehner Won’t Say Whether He Still Believes In The Tax Fairy
Yesterday, on Meet The Press, David Gregory tried to question House Minority Leader John Boehner about this business of wholesale Republican support for extending the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans without making any effort to pay for the tax cuts in any way. He kept trying to to ask Boehner whether it’s true [...]
The Moral Bankruptcy Of The Republican Leadership
These days I need to actively look for reasons to be grateful that Barack Obama is our President. The things that emanate from the speech orifice of Republican congressional leaders are one continuing source. Take Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell‘s performance on Meet the Press yesterday. (That’s the same program which was recently revealed to [...]