Who ELSE can Romney offend, now that he is done insulting England, praising socialism
(seriously), scheduling a $50,000 per plate fundraiser on a national
day of fasting set aside to commemorate Holocaust victims, making thinly
veiled anti-Semitic comments praising Israel’s “business acumen,”and basically telling Palestinians that they suck for being poor? A Palestinian official summed up our thoughts exactly when he said,
“What is this man doing here? Yesterday, he destroyed negotiations by
saying Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, and today he is saying
Israeli culture is more advanced than Palestinian culture.” Indeed. What
IS this man doing here, and would you like to exchange him for Rick
Santorum or Michele Bachmann, because we can maybe work that out for
you! Anyway, you are thinking that there is no one left that he can
possibly insult, but you are WRONG, there is someone, and it is you and
your intelligence.
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
GOP Report Finds No Connection Between White House And ‘Fast And Furious’
GOP Report Finds No Connection Between White House And ‘Fast And Furious’
Despite insistence from GOP leadership that the White House was behind the so-called “Fast and Furious” gunwalking program, a report from House Republicans released Tuesday names five officials at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms as culprits in the misguided effort. All five were reassigned before the release of the report — the first of three. The indictments in the report contradict House Speaker John Boehner’s (R-OH) insistence that the President invoked executive privilege over the Justice Department’s information on ongoing investigations to protect his personal interests. The indication, however, is that the upcoming reports will try to tie the President to the program. It will “address the unprecedented obstruction of the investigation by the highest levels of the Justice Department, including the attorney general himself,” according to the Republicans who wrote the report.
Despite insistence from GOP leadership that the White House was behind the so-called “Fast and Furious” gunwalking program, a report from House Republicans released Tuesday names five officials at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms as culprits in the misguided effort. All five were reassigned before the release of the report — the first of three. The indictments in the report contradict House Speaker John Boehner’s (R-OH) insistence that the President invoked executive privilege over the Justice Department’s information on ongoing investigations to protect his personal interests. The indication, however, is that the upcoming reports will try to tie the President to the program. It will “address the unprecedented obstruction of the investigation by the highest levels of the Justice Department, including the attorney general himself,” according to the Republicans who wrote the report.
Republican Candidate In Arizona Accused Of Voter Fraud
THINK PROGRESS
While Republicans trying to justify voter suppression bills continue to struggle to find any actual cases of voter fraud, once again a Republican politician may be the exception that proves the rule.
While voter fraud is exceedingly rare — a person is more likely to be hit by lightning than to commit it — then-Indiana Secretary of State Charlie White (R-IN) was convicted of it
earlier this year. Now, a candidate for Pinal County Supervisor in
Arizona has dropped out amid questions about who cast ballots on behalf
of his long-deceased girlfriend.
The Arizona Republic reports:
A Pinal County supervisor candidate has withdrawn from the race in the wake of voter-fraud allegations involving a former companion who, records show, has continued to vote by absentee ballot in the five years since her death. John Enright, 66, had been seeking the Republican nomination for county supervisor of District 5, an area that includes Apache Junction and Gold Canyon. …
His statement made no mention of the scandal unleashed in an anonymous, undated letter sent several weeks ago to the Pinal County Recorder’s Office. As recently as this year, the letter alleged, someone had been filling out and mailing in absentee ballots addressed to a woman who died on Feb. 3, 2007. The woman, Sheila Nassar, and Enright lived together at the time of her death.
Enright has not been charged with any crime and told the Arizona
press “I look forward to learning more about these allegations. If they
are indeed formal allegations, I will defend myself. I very much look
forward to clearing my name.”
But if Enright was indeed casting ballots in his late girlfriend’s
name, he would be guilty of what the Pinal County Recorder called “an
absolute act of fraudulent voting” — and a Class 6 felony.
Voter identification laws would have done nothing to prevent the sort
of absentee ballot fraud alleged here. And the fact that this is
already a felony shows that laws already on the books are clearly
sufficient to punish this exceedingly rare crime.
Stocks Rally Due To Romney Win 100 Days In Future, CNBC Declares With Straight Face
The stock market. What is it? It is a collection, or “cooperative,” of
people who throw bits of paper in the air and scream their faces off. If
you are rich, it gives you muneez. If you are poor, it gives your boss
muneez. When the stock market goes down, that is because everyone hates the president, but when it goes up, that is because everyone hates the president. If anything, it just makes too much sense! Let us ask CNBC to explain why a stock market surge is due to investors betting on a Romney win, despite the fact that Mitt Romney is not, in fact, actually winning. READ MORE »
