Mitt: My Beliefs are Clear (Albeit Somewhat Limited...and Likely Subject to...
A brief diary but loads of fun. Monday, March 19th, the Mittster delivered a talk at the University of Chicago (home to the famed Milton Friedman school of Economic survivalism) and his...
View ArticleCharles Blow Aims the Dagger at Romney - Will the Public or the Media Drive...
NY Times columnist Charles Blow's latest posting Candidate Blank is a deadly weapon....the rapier point of which could and should be the blade that destroys his campaign for President. If this is the...
View ArticleNew Evidence: The Degree of Financial Fraud Globally is Beyond Your Wildest...
The following offers no deep analysis…..just some links and key points from a few fairly recent random articles in the global media…..and some of them will really astound you – starting with a new...
View ArticleWhaddya Get at a “Conservative Beauty Pagent?” All White Contestants!
Claiming that American beauty pagents have a “liberal bias,” and have been “overtaken by the liberal movement and liberal thinking people,” conservative organizers put together the 2012 “Miss...
View ArticlePA Hires GOP Hacks to Promote Voter ID Law It Admits Isn't Needed
The rationale for the sham that is Pennsylvania’s new Voter ID law is steadily becoming clear and the image is not a pretty one:The July 24th Huffington Post: “Defendants in a case against one of the...
View ArticleGood Lord Tim: Say it Isn't So...YOU have Tax Problems Too? w/Poll
Poor Mitt...he just can't catch a break. With the Democratic Party and the media hounding him to reveal just what he paid in taxes for the past decade, the LAST thing he needs is a potential running...
View ArticleIt's Time for the Marshall Plan: Make the GOP OWN Romney Ryan Medicare
About eight years ago, the Bush Administration launched an effort to "reform" Social Security by "privatizing" it. The idea was to shift employee payroll contributions from the federal Social Security...
View ArticleFOX Reveals: Ryan Plan is "Substantive" Hot Air
Esquire's Charlie Pierce today provides campaign trail coverage of our good friend and "policy wonk" Paul Ryan on the stump in Longwood, Colorado and it's obvious the folks who came to see him love...
View ArticleCorbett Administration Makes Priorities Crystal Clear
You want a really really great example of GOP priorities? You will absolutely love this very brief note from the Philly News: especially when you compare it with another Corbett administration...
View ArticleThe Growing Internal GOP Split - Mike Huckabee's "Wedgie"
It didn't get a lot of attention the other day when Mike Huckabee sent out an e-mail to his list of fervent right-wing evangelicals, but if you read carefully, the specific wording and claims he made...
View ArticleMy LTE Calls BS on Pollster's Op-Ed Claim That "GOP Can Win Women"
On Sunday, Sept. 2nd, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's Op-Ed page rolled out the newsprint carpet to let "GOP Pollster" Kellyanne Conway argue that "The GOP can win women". (This sprawling epic...
View ArticleWhazzup? Has the Mittster Got Money Problems?
This is, admittedly, only speculation, but there are increasing signs tonight that the Romney campaign may be suffering from cash shortages, leaving it hampered in its supposed plans to wallpaper media...
View ArticleGet Ready! The Bloody Brutal Battle for the GOP Is Already Underway!! w/Poll
By all current measures it seems increasingly certain that Mitt Romney is going to lose the 2012 Presidential election and there is some possibility that with his continual gaffes and flailing and...
View ArticleRyan Re-elected/Bachmann holding on
Short diary, but news reports say Ryan defeated Zerban to win an 8th congressional term in WI, giving him continued employment after his defeat as the VP candidate for Romney. Interesting speculation...
View ArticleEuphoria Meet Reality - The GOP Thinks It Won! w/Poll
While progressives everywhere are starting a new day filled with joy at the results of last night's election...Obama re-elected, progressive initiatives passed, strong Senate results, some incremental...
View ArticleWelcome to Pittsburgh Area Kossacks
Good morning and welcome to the newly created Pittsburgh Area Kossacks Group on Daily Kos.First some quick notes about your volunteer Group leader: I am a retired public relations executive and...
View ArticleAnd We're Off - Pittsburgh Area Kossacks Group
After a brief holiday lapse (too much turkey and tryptophan), the Pittsburgh Area Kossacks group is up and running.At this writing we're approaching a couple of dozen members who have joined or asked...
View ArticleAfter a "Brief Delay" Pgh. Area Kossacks Gets Rolling
OK Pgh. Area Kossacks members and those who are interested in joining.First a word of apology for my fairly long absence from the task of membership maintenance and editing. My excuse....I just turned...
View ArticleThree Easy Ways John Boehner Can Cut the Budget by A Half Trillion in 10 Years
Dear Congressman Boehner:We know you are in a tough spot these days. President Obama is pressing his election mandate to get a bill passed NOW that would eliminate tax hikes on the 98% of Americans...
View ArticleWe watch CNBC.....so You Don't Have To
With a viewership largely made up of people with fiscal holdings much larger than the GDP of many mid-sized nation states, and a fierce determination to protect their wealth at all costs, CNBC...
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