So, I watched the Paul Ryan speech as he accepted the Nomination for Vice President. As the event started, I knew pretty much what he was going to say, but like everyone else, wanted to see how he would say it and how everyone reacted. It's his standard points, true or false, that he has hitting since his VP announcement. In this setting, the crowd ate up those talking points like the last supper. For the rest of the TV audience, not so much. The fact checkers have been working overtime this morning and if facts are something you find necessary in a campaign, you're going to listen to the reports. Or not. Ryan told his misleading stories about Medicare, the stimulus, the unfortunate demise of his local auto plant, the US credit rating, Simpson-Bowles report and actually suggested they were looking to protect our most vulnerable. How many people in that stadium are either sceptical enough to research his rhetoric or perfectly willing to say whatever they want in order to take the White House?
What has been a running comment for two days is ow all of the main speakers at the convention have spent most of their time touting their own virtues rather than promote Bishop Willard Romney. Let's see what the grand finally brings us.
So, there's a vast number of people in OHIO who have been restricted from voting early. Well, the weekend before the general election in November anyway. The Republican leadership has decided that, since the record indicates most of the early voting occurs in the more dense, urban areas of the state, that the majority of those who participate in this civic exercise are obviously Democratic in their political leanings.
Problem is, for some reason, the GOP has left the early voting option to military registrants only. Hmmm; what do you think they are assuming?
The Obama campaign's law suit levied against the Ohio admin regarding the imposed restriction intends to once again allow everyone registered to vote early just as it had been previously. Problem is, the Romney camp fully expects to drown in the heavy participation during the early voting. If their DATA says such a turnout, it would seem natural for the Republican governor and Romney's minions to enact such a restriction.
When you see opposition camp and the turds on FoxNews spewing these twisted fairytales to their micro-cephalic viewers, keep in mind; these folks actually cant help it. Remember the edict of Hate the sin, Love the sinner. Lets stick to that. Eventually the electorate in Ohio will understand just how badly they've been hoodwinked, but until then, be gentle my friends...for they do not know the path they lead.
Gregory Nathan Peterson, seen here with Willard Romney, is the "Go To Guy" in Utah when it comes to Tea Party issues. At least it was. This was the scene at a fundraiser a few years ago standing proudly with his candidate for President.
Who knew in just a few short years he'd end up the pariah of the Republican Party with 23 felony and two misdemeanor charges in connection with the alleged rapes of four women.
According to the Salt Lake City Tribune, Peterson is still sitting in jail with a $750K bail set for his release. Suddenly the guy everyone wanted to be seen with is the embarrassment they wish they never knew.
Dont worry. Alleged serial rapist and Tea Party henchman, Peterson isn't going anywhere soon. It's not like people are clammoring to get him out on the streets. Other than maybe the Koch Brothers.
Hard to believe this picture is only a few years old. Peterson claims he's good friends with the Romney family, but in all fairness, the Romneys haven't had contact with this screwball. Tough to have such fans though.
So, we're in the summer season of the Presidential Election cycle. The Romney camp is throwing whatever it can at the incumbent President Obama in hopes of replacing him. The Obama camp is doing what it can to show Romney in his true form. No news there. What is news is this revelation that while leading Bain Capital, the firm had actually invested $75 Million in Stericycle, the Medical waste disposal company that built its reputation on efficient collection from Abortion clinics.
Try to imagine the Primary season had the opponents known this little factoid. It would have been the death knell of Romney's assention to the GOP nomination.
Now, I am a pro-choice advocate. Abortion is what I feel to be a least desired, but important legal option for women who face hard facts about theirs and the child's future and be responsible for the functions of their own reproductive organs.
What strikes me is, Romney is touting his anti-choice credentials during the campaign while shrouding his past financial gains from providing fetus disposal. Would someone explain how his fundamentalist supporters are rationalizing this revelation? Would Rick Santorum let this go? Where are all the fire & brimstone preachers screaming from the pulpits that such deals with the devil constitute a breech of trust with Religious Conservatives? Other than some online news sites like Mother Jones, I havent heard much. My thought? Maybe the hypocrisy has reached a point that no-one is shocked anymore and the effort to care has waned to the point that even the Press Core is too frackin lazy to pursue it.
Congrats to Ricky Santorum on his primary wins in Alabama and Mississippi. The south may actually rise again. Who knows. Will Newt get out and provide the path for Ricky to take Romney out at Tampa? Time will only tell. Meanwhile, None of them are talking about GWBush, the two unnecessary wars, Medicaid Part D, Wall Street prospecting inflated gas prices and that the Stock market is way up & economy is turning around. C'mon fellas, get to these talking points. You'll be faced with it once either of you is the nominee.
This past Sunday on The Chris Matthews Show they celebrated Oscar Weekend with a movie trailer of their own, "Mitt: Better Off Mute". Much like the perfect silent picture star whose career was thwarted by the emergence of sound in cinema, Mitt Romney has stumbled when he's had to open his mouth...
