Category Archives: 2012 GOP nomination

Morning Awful: Saint Paul

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: Saint Paul”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail The man who would do away with the Civil Rights Act, the 14th Amendment, Roe v Wade, and the Federal Reserve refuses to give up on his quixotic quest to save the GOP … Continue reading →

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Romney’s 1% Humor

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Romney’s 1% Humor”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailI can’t stop laughing, but it’s a rueful laugh of pre-schadenfreude. Because this is only one percent funny: Romney’s story involved the time more than 50 years ago that his father, George, an American Motors … Continue reading →

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Morning Awful: Romney Incoherent on Afghanistan

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: Romney Incoherent on Afghanistan”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailAmericans have been there for a decade, but Mitt Romney won’t take a stand on whether American troops should withdraw from Afghanistan until he’s heard from the generals on the ground. That … Continue reading →

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Morning Awful: Santorum in Puerto Rico

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: Santorum in Puerto Rico”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail The ‘net was abuzz with Rick Santorum’s latest faux pas yesterday after he told a Puerto Rican newspaper that islanders would have to learn English before becoming a state. The real … Continue reading →

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Brokered Convention Prep Video

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Brokered Convention Prep Video”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailA weak Republican field may wind up in the first brokered convention in years, meaning that delegate races may actually become more important than caucus or primary results. Here, conservative commentator Carl Boyd, Jr. … Continue reading →

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Santorum, Gingrich Appeal to Authoritarians in Alabama

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Santorum, Gingrich Appeal to Authoritarians in Alabama”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail The Laurens County, South Carolina Republican Party has high standards for its candidates. They have to pledge their opposition to abortion under any circumstances, their support of unlimited gun ownership, … Continue reading →

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Santorum’s Stump Speech

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Santorum’s Stump Speech”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailMia Raven bravely attended Santorum’s stump speech in Montgomery yesterday and uploaded her video to my YouTube account.

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Morning Awful: Santorum-Gingrich Debate

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: Santorum-Gingrich Debate”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailMitt Romney might have been shrewd to sit out the Alabama Republican Presidential Forum in Birmingham last night, because it gave Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich a chance to try and out-wingnut each other … Continue reading →

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Mitt Romney Likes ALL the Amendments

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Mitt Romney Likes ALL the Amendments”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailHe’s as intelligible as Sarah Palin, without the trailer-trash charm. He’s less likeable the more we get to know him. He will do just fine for an opponent.

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Pigeons Come Home to Roost

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Pigeons Come Home to Roost”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailYour takeaway from last night is that Republicans have alienated working class and Muslim voters. Here’s how Democracy Now! covered the results. If you can’t stand the recap, skip forward to the interview … Continue reading →

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Elon James White’s Teachable Moment for Rick Santorum

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Emilia1956

Share the post “Elon James White’s Teachable Moment for Rick Santorum”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail At the 2:50 minute mark, he simplifies why Republican women are drawn to Rick Santorum’s candidacy, even though he espouses (pun intended) some of the most repressively anti-women social … Continue reading →