VIDEO: What if Gore won in 2000?
Posted by Parker V on September 24, 2012 under Elections, President, Video | 
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2 years of alternate history discussed in new book.
New Obama Ad says YES, We *are* better off than we were 4 years ago
Posted by Parker V on September 17, 2012 under Democrat, Video | Be the First to Comment
“Here’s where are today: 30 months of private sector job growth, creating 4.6 million new jobs.”
“We’re not there yet,” the ad’s narrator admits. “But the real question is: Whose plan is better for you? The President’s plan asks millionaires to pay a little more to help invest in a strong middle class. Clean energy. Cut the deficit.”
The ad will air in Colorado, Florida, Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, Ohio, and Virginia, according to the campaign.
Mr. Obama has been arguing not just that his plan to economic prosperity is moving in the right direction – forward, as his campaign slogan says – but that Mitt Romney’s policies would take the country back.
This ad doubles down on that argument, pointing to Mr. Obama’s plans to ask the wealthy to pay higher taxes and Mr. Romney’s support for less business regulation. The ad also raises again a claim made in a study that Mr. Romney’s campaign has disputed, saying that his tax plan would actually raise taxes on middle class families by $2,000.
But the Romney campaign called the ad false and misleading. “Americans are not better off since President Obama took office,” said Ryan Williams, a spokesman for the Romney campaign. “Twenty-three million Americans are struggling for work, our national debt has hit a record-breaking $16 trillion and more Americans are in poverty and on food stamps than ever before. Mitt Romney’s economic plan would lead to a more prosperous future for middle class families spurring growth and job creation, and ensuring that the next four years are better than the last four.”
The Romney campaign put out a statement in response, saying: “23 million Americans are struggling for work, our national debt has hit a record-breaking $16 trillion, and more Americans are in poverty and on food stamps than ever before.”
VIDEOS: Romney releases 15 new ads for 8 swing states
Posted by Parker V on September 8, 2012 under President, Republican | Be the First to Comment
These fifteen new TV ads will run in eight states:
- “A Better Future: Colorado – Defense”: http://mi.tt/OTVywB
- “A Better Future: Colorado – Overregulation”: http://mi.tt/OTWSQ3
- “A Better Future: Florida – Defense”: http://mi.tt/Soz4sN
- “A Better Future: Florida – Home Values”: http://mi.tt/SoAROC
- “A Better Future: Iowa – Deficit”: http://mi.tt/RgpQNL
- “A Better Future: Iowa – Overregulation”: http://mi.tt/NPuTod
- “A Better Future: Nevada”: http://mi.tt/NPvw0V
- “A Better Future: New Hampshire”: http://mi.tt/Rgq47o
- “A Better Future: North Carolina – Defense”: http://mi.tt/OZdbcL
- “A Better Future: North Carolina – Manufacturing”: http://mi.tt/OZfug5
- “A Better Future: Ohio – Defense”: http://mi.tt/Soxvee
- “A Better Future: Ohio – Manufacturing”: http://mi.tt/NPwDO4
- “A Better Future: Virginia – Energy”: http://mi.tt/Q8aYwV
- “A Better Future: Virginia – Defense”: http://mi.tt/Q8aU09
- “A Better Future: Virginia – Families”: http://mi.tt/QpHmgk
VIDEO: Romney in 60 Minutes interview notes that Obama cut Medicare to pay for Obamacare
Posted by Parker V on August 13, 2012 under President, Republican | Be the First to Comment
“There’s only one president that I know of in history that robbed Medicare, $716 billion to pay for a new risky program of his own that we call Obamacare,” Romney said in his 60 Minutes interview alongside his running mate Paul Ryan.
This Republican group on Facebook was less gentle in making the same point when they posted this image:
Speeches 2 Possible VPs: Senators Portman and Rubio
Posted by Parker V on June 20, 2012 under President, Republican | Be the First to Comment
Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) gave keynote speeches at the Faith and Freedom Coalition Conference. Other speakers included Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) and Faith and Freedom Coalition founder and chair Ralph Reed. Among the topics they addressed were religious liberty, government regulation, and the Obama administration record.
Romney Presidency: Day One
Posted by Parker V on May 20, 2012 under President, Republican | Be the First to Comment
What will a Romney Presidency be like?
Day one:
“President Romney immediately approves the Keystone pipeline, creating thousands of jobs that Obama blocked.”
“President Romney introduces tax cuts and reforms that will reward job creators, not punish them.”
“President Romney issues order to begin replacing Obamacare with commonsense health care reform.”
That’s what a Romney Presidency will be like.
The Softer Side of Mitt Romney
Posted by Parker V on May 17, 2012 under President, Republican | Be the First to Comment
A palate cleanser for the day:
If Dino loves him, why can’t you?
York: “Republicans should be glad that Gingrich ran”
Posted by Parker V on May 5, 2012 under President, Republican | Be the First to Comment
Byron York says that although Gingrich “elevated the GOP race“, his exit from it was overdue.
Gingrich never recovered from Romney’s thrashing in Florida, although he later won his home state of Georgia by a huge margin. With that exception, the Gingrich campaign faltered step by step. First Gingrich was going to win the nomination. Then he was going to keep Romney from winning the nomination. Then he was going to fight for conservative positions in the Republican platform. Then he withdrew.
In an organizational sense, Gingrich never really had much of a campaign. But he is a serious man who has accomplished big things in his life, and his presence made the race a more substantial affair. And it’s fair to say Romney became a better candidate after facing the Gingrich challenge. Even those Republicans who never wanted Gingrich to win should be glad he ran.