This is a disturbing development

From the City of Brotherly Love: Hecklers mar Romney’s visit to inner-city charter school in Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA – When Mitt Romney came to an inner-city charter school here Thursday to promote his new education agenda, he received something of a history lecture about the persecution of blacks in America and the struggles of African American [...]

4 out of 10 Democrats in Arkansas and Kentucky are racists

4 in 10 Democrats desert Obama in Arkansas, Kentucky primaries Four in ten Democratic voters chose someone other than President Obama on Tuesday in primaries in Arkansas and Kentucky. In Arkansas, John Wolfe — a perennial, long-shot candidate — took 41 percent of the vote in the Democratic primary, with 71 percent of precincts reporting. [...]

Are you kidding me?

Politico: Records: Iowa man in Romney video did jail time for assault of a peace officer Jason Clausen, a Mason City, Iowa, man featured in Mitt Romney’s new video featuring unemployed people has a lengthy rap sheet and served ten days in jail for “assault on a peace officer,” public records show. Clause is seen [...]

Never blog with your mouth full

Spoony Atkins reviews the new Obama ad: It’s beautiful. Brilliant. It lays the blame squarely on the previous Administration where it belongs, without being nasty or partisan about it which would turn off a lot of people. It’s hopeful. Inspiring. Proud to mention the end of the Iraq War. Populist in its mention that America [...]

It’s the economy, stupid!

Hot Air: Romney scolds reporter after social-issues questions: “Aren’t there issues of significance that you’d like to talk about?” Via BuzzFeed, a fun way to end Gay Marriage Day. The key bit comes at 2:15 but watch from the beginning or else you’ll miss why he’s so exasperated. This is what I was getting at [...]

Finally, a primary challenger!

Felon beats Obama in several West Virginia counties A Texas felon is currently giving President Obama a run for his money in the West Virginia Democratic primary, beating Obama in several counties and winning enough of the vote to be eligible for at least one delegate at the convention, according to the Associated Press. Perennial [...]

Fauxrage du Jour

Remember when Hillary tried to kill Bobby Kennedy? Romney Refuses To Stand Up To Woman Who Says Obama Should Be ‘Tried For Treason’ At a town hall event in Ohio this afternoon, a woman asked Mitt Romney what he would do to roll back the size of government, and commented that President Obama “should be [...]

Because he’s black

Bill Maher: “If the first black president only has one term, America reads that as a failure. This is what the right wing hopes and prays for more than anything else. America looks at this one-term president and goes, ‘We tried a black guy, but it just didn’t work.’” Maher thinks it’s important to reelect [...]

Did you really expect her to shop at Walmart?

This is the #1 story at Memeorandum right now: Designer of Ann Romney’s $1K Shirt Says It’s Off The Rack The fashion house that makes the nearly $1,000 blouse worn by Ann Romney on morning television earlier this week tells ABC News that they had nothing to do with the wardrobe choice, remarking that they’d [...]

New Obama ad: “I killed Bin Laden!”

Seriously. 3 1/2 years in office and that’s all he has to brag about?

Using religion as a hook

The Other McCain: As you can see, Bashir calls Romney “Mitt the Mendacious” three times. The crudeness of Bashir’s rhetorical method is enough to make Allahpundit pine for “the relative subtlety and understated good taste of Keith Olbermann.” Bashir also reminds MSNBC viewers that on Wednesday, he interviewed Pastor Robert Jeffress, the Southern Baptist who [...]

Is it racist to say that Michael Jackson was a good dancer?

Tommy Christopher: Mitt Romney’s ‘Obama Isn’t Working’ Banner Evokes Racial Stereotypes Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney rolled out a new accessory at a speech in Ohio today, delivering his remarks in front of a black banner that said “Obama Isn’t Working,” which is also the name of a website his campaign set up several [...]

Good thing religion is off limits

And so it begins: Brian Schweitzer: Mitt Romney’s ‘Family Came From a Polygamy Commune in Mexico’ The Daily Beast contacted the office of Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer today to talk about whether his state would be in play in the 2012 presidential election. About a half hour later, the governor called back, and he had [...]

Cry ‘Havoc,’ and let slip the dogs of war angry chihuahuas of Obamanation

Jezebel: Ann Romney’s Birthday Party to Be Hosted by a Dude Arrested for Barbecuing a Dog Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, who once strapped his dog to the roof of the family station wagon before embarking on a road trip, has again chosen to thumb his nose at the all-important dog vote by throwing a fundraising [...]

If you were thinking about starting a third party, now would be the time

Poll: Americans, 2-1, Fear Obama’s Reelection When it comes to how Americans view President Obama going into the new year, there appears to be very little spirit of Auld Lang Syne. Instead, according to the new Washington Whispers poll, many voters aren’t forgetting what they dislike about Obama and want him out office. In our [...]

I remember Caitlin

Peter Wehner: First it was Alan Colmes; now it is Eugene Robinson of the Washington Post, who went on MSNBC to mock Rick Santorum​ for how he and his wife Karen dealt with the death of their son Gabriel. (A severe prenatal development led to his very early delivery, and Gabriel died two hours after [...]

I get mail

Found in my spam folder: Myiq2xu, yesterday President Obama used recess appointments to name Richard Cordray the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and to fill the vacancies on the National Labor Relations Board. Please, send President Obama an email thanking him for this bold move. Without these appointments, the National Labor Relations Board [...]

The real question with Romney

Willard “Mitt” Romney is the GOP establishment pick for the nomination. Unlike the situation with Obama in 2008 where the Democratic establishment was secretly backing Obama over Hillary, here the Republicans have made no secret of their desires. They want Mitt. It remains to be seen how far they will go to make it happen. [...]

And the winner is . . .

. . . I don’t know. I haven’t seen the results yet, but when I do I won’t know what they mean anyway. The results will be all-important for exactly one week, until New Hampshire holds its primary on January 10th. What a f**ked-up way to pick a POTUS. UPDATE: Results for Iowa Republican Caucus [...]

New RNC Ad

What do you think? BTW – I know some people believe that even while we oppose Obama we still have to keep beating the tribal drums against the GOP. That means when we see an ad like this one we’re supposed to either ignore it or condemn it. If we say something even mildly positive [...]