July 2012
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“When he ascended to the White House in 1929, many commentators expected that...”
– Michael Kazin of Dissent Magazine pointing out that when it comes to CEO Presidents, we’ve seen this movie before.
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“On August 4 Monrovia’s Foothill Community Democrats will join other local...”
– Our actual Press Release from Monrovia Now!
Take the hint. Call 626-796-2262 to RSVP.
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“I think that from my point of view as defense minister they are extremely good,...”
– Israeli Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Ehud Barak gave President Obama a full-throated endorsement in regards to his administration’s committment to the security of Israel on Monday.
In an interview scheduled to air this evening on CNN’s ‘The Situation Room,’ Barak told Wolf Blitzer...
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“When our health care costs are completely out of control. Do you realize what...”
– Mitt Romney praising Israeli Health Care Spending, little realizing that the Israel Government is what keeps costs down, and realizing even less that the Affordable Care Act will, as he put it “find ways to finally manage our health care costs”.
And of course, he wants to get rid of the...
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“Yesterday, the Democratic Party platform drafting committee unanimously approved...”
– From Think Progress, July 30, 2012.
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“The Romney campaign has reversed a controversial decision to ban the media from...”
– Okay, to be fair, we reported yesterday on this…frankly…ridiculous move on the part of Romney, so it’s only fair to report the part where he (finally) relented.
Bear in mind, this is a better deal than we ever expect to get from the Romney camp.
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“Former President Bill Clinton will have a marquee role in this summer’s...”
– From Sunday’s Huffington Post Story: Bill Clinton Will Reportedly Play Major Role At Democratic National Convention
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“Under the agreement, a pool of wire, print and television reporters can cover...”
– Here we go again. The Romney campaign has decided that a fundraiser to be held at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem Monday morning will be closed to the press, reports the Washington Post..
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“During his meeting with Miliband, according to the pool report, Romney answered...”
– Again, first caught by Andrew Sullivan.
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“England [sic] is just a small island. Its roads and houses are small. With few...”
– Andrew Sullivan, recalling (not altogether fondly) a passage about his native England from Mitt Romney’s No Apology book.
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“Mitt Romney’s big international tour got off to a rocky start Thursday morning,...”
– Like…clockwork.
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“Asked if Obama had any advice for the Eagles, Asomugha, surprisingly, said yes....”
– Philadelphia Eagles Cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha, recalling a recent conversation with the President, and what advice the President wanted him to pass along.
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“Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has said he had no active role in...”
– From today’s Associated Press Story, saying (again) that all the nonsense about Mitt Romney “retroactively” retiring is just that…nonsense.
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“Mitt Romney promised “complete transparency” when he took charge of the...”
– Seriously? Seriously??
Does this not at all sound familiar???
From Yesterday’s Boston Globe.
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“These machinations make a mockery of the democracy we put on display every...”
– Charlie Crist, the former Republican, and former Republican Governor and Attorney General of Florida, in an Op-Ed in the Washington Post, Sunday July 22nd.
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“The White House announced today that, this afternoon, President Obama will...”
– From Nikki Finke’s Deadline Hollywood Daily.
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WatchChad Stone yesterday highlighted Senator Patty Murray’s (D-WA) recent speech at a Brookings forum explaining why policymakers shouldn’t let misguided fears about the so-called “fiscal cliff” panic them into making unsound fiscal decisions.
In the brief clip below, Robert Greenstein, a panelist at the forum, discusses how the debate over the tax and spending changes scheduled for next January may...
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“NAPOLITANO: I found out that the statements that have been made in that regard...”
– Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano tearing into Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX), in that oh-so Washingtonian way.
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“We don’t have enough information to make a judgment about what happened, much...”
– Jamelle Bouie, in this morning’s Washington Post.
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WatchStephen Colbert’s interview with Mayor Annise D. Parker of Houston, Texas…the first openly gay Mayor of a Major City (4th Largest) in America.
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