Morning Bunker Report: Thursday 6.14.2012
WHAT ROMNEY / REPUBLICANS STAND FOR——————————————— “With how he treated me, is that how he’s going to treat others? You know, if he gets in office is he going to be that way to us little people?” —...
View ArticleThe Romney-Ryanpalooza Tour hits a wall in Florida
Apparently Mitt Romney is too “exhausted” to stop in Orlando today, and Paul Ryan has been removed from the ironically named “Romney Plan For A Stronger Middle Class” tour bus and flown to Iowa. Is...
View ArticleIs America still beautiful without Medicare?
… peterfeld: Paul Ryan’s senior health care plan exposed!
View ArticleYes, the ACA cuts $716 billion to Medicare — but the ACA’s cuts don’t touch...
Republicans are attacking the passage of the Affordable Care Act for its $716 billion in cuts to Medicare, and they’re desperately trying to make it seem like the cuts are to Medicare benefits. Sarah...
View ArticleRomney’s White Board: corrected and meme
The Hill: “Romney uses white board to attack Obama on Medicare” — Mitt Romney took to a whiteboard Thursday to explain his plan for Medicare and to slam President Obama on the healthcare program for...
View ArticleOn the GOP: “The capture of one of our great parties by fanatics is nothing...
Robert Reich laments the insanity that has taken over the Republican Party (emphasis below is mine): We’re witnessing the capture by fanatics of what was once a great and important American political...
View Article7 states that could decide the election: CO, FL, IA, OH, NV, NH, VA
That is, if the Voter ID laws in other states don’t turn things around for Romney… While Obama has a clear advantage given his incumbency, Romney does have a path to victory — though it’s a steep...
View ArticlePaul Ryan’s speech: the Romney campaign has officially embraced the extreme
David Corn reacts to Paul Ryan’s speech, which demonstrated that the Romney campaign is not moving to the middle but has embraced a fundamental extremism: His message literally was: You should be on...
View ArticleWho are the shiftless moochers Romney isn’t going to worry about?
think-progress: Attention Mitt Romney: Who’s part of the 47 percent…
View ArticleThe rich work hard at wanting more. And with the GOP, that hard work always...
Sally Kohn in Salon unpacks Romney’s “47 percent” crack, and what it means, specifically, to the Republican Party and their wealthy benefactors: Now, what’s interesting is that, while complaining that...
View ArticleClass warfare, Romney-style
David Corn says this is the most damning line of Romney’s remarks in the hidden camera video: “I’ll never convince them that they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives.” “Here...
View ArticleVideo: Paul Ryan discussing America’s Makers and Takers
“Right now, about 60 percent of the American people get more benefits, in dollar value, from the federal government than they pay back in taxes. So we’re going to a majority of takers vs. makers in...
View ArticleFurther proof that Republican-voting seniors (and near-seniors) were duped
Raw Story: “Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) is encouraging Democrats to cut Social Security and Medicare benefits because the programs are “things we don’t absolutely need.” “Speaking to ABC’s George...
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