ThinkProgress released this story on Friday: Presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney’s new foreign policy spokesperson Richard Grenell has an odd penchant for targeting the wives of male politicians and women in general on Twitter…This afternoon, Grennell offered an apology, of sorts, for his attacks, writing, “my tweets were written to be tongue-in-cheek and humorous but […]
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Unions for Cops, Firefighters Endorse Jefferson Smith
The two unions representing rank-and-file police officers and firefighters decided they’d ratgher have some skin in next month’s mayoral primary than not—announcing, this morning, a joint endorsement for State Representative Jefferson Smith. The decision comes months after the leadership of both the Portland Police Association and the Portland Fire Fighters Association both pointedly decided not […]
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The Daily Show on Fox News’ Sudden Love for Romney
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Marco Rubio Spoils 2012 Republican National Convention
Jeezus, Senator Rubio, put a SPOILER ALERT up if you’re going to give away key plot details: “If I do a good job as a vice president —I’m sorry as Senator—I’ll have the chance to do all sorts of things,” the rising Republican star told the National Journal during a Newseum forum. Rubio is a […]
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Conservative Provocateur Takes on the Bus Project
Yesterday, the Oregon Tea Party released video of chat it recently had with James O’Keefe, the activist whose videos—cobbled through the use of hidden cameras and some painstakingly thought-out editing—wound up embarrassing and/or annoying NPR, ACORN, and others. O’Keefe’s latest target? He says it’s the Oregon Bus Project, the group that Jefferson Smith founded before […]
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Mayoral Debate on the Environment
We’re now getting to the point in election season where there’s a candidate debate every other day on every issue under the sun. Last night’s mayoral debate—featuring top candidates Eileen Brady, Charlie Hales and Jefferson Smith—tackled a multi-faceted, always debatable topic that Portlanders love to talk about: The environment. Put on by the Oregon Chapter […]
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President Obama Tells Crowd He “Wasn’t Born with a Silver Spoon in My Mouth”
Just before the ten minute mark in this video is the money shot: “I wasn’t born with a silver spoon in my mouth. Michelle wasn’t, either,” the president said to a crowd of 400 students at Lorain County Community College in Elyria, Ohio. “But somebody gave us a chance. Just like these folks up here […]
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The Nuge Calls Himself “a Black Jew at a Nazi-Klan Rally”
According to MSNBC, Mitt Romney surrogate Ted Nugent isn’t backing down from his idiotic statements: During an interview with conservative radio show host Dana Loesch, Nugent says that he is “a black Jew at a Nazi-Klan rally.” “There are some power abusing corrupt monsters in our government that despise me because I have the audacity […]
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Mitt Romney Would Not Stick His Dog on the Roof Again, Because It Was So Unpopular the First Time
This exchange with Mitt Romney about Seamus the dog is an interesting one: DIANE SAWYER: As we move away from this primary campaign into the next phase — again, on Yahoo, we got two questions most often, first about Seamus — which as you know is out there forever — would you do it again? […]
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The Nuge Shoots His Mouth Off One Too Many Times
Newsflash: Mitt Romney surrogate Ted Nugent is a total fucking idiot: Rocker Ted Nugent has reportedly earned himself the scrutiny of the Secret Service after saying over the weekend that he would be “dead or in jail by this time next year” if President Barack Obama is re-elected. Mitt Romney should be held accountable for […]
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Mitt Romney Only Hates Poor Moms
Over the weekend, the postscript to the whole “War on Moms” debacle was uncovered in the form of some video of Mitt Romney from January: “I wanted to increase the work requirement,” said Romney. “I said, for instance, that even if you have a child 2 years of age, you need to go to work. […]
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What the Hell Is It With Mitt Romney and Dogs?
This ruined my weekend: 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 birthday party for his wife Ann at the house of Frederick Malek […]