March 2012

Mitt Romney Communications Director Eric Fehrnstrom, appearing on CNN, was asked about his candidate moving to the far right and possibly alienating some of the more independent supporters. Here's what he said:

HOST: Is there a concern that Santorum and Gingrich might force the governor to tack so far to the right it would hurt him with moderate voters in the general election?

FEHRNSTROM: Well, I think you hit a reset button for the fall campaign. Everything changes. It’s almost like an Etch A Sketch. You can kind of shake it up and restart all of over again.

Think Progress has the video from this exchange.

Welcome to the problem of politics that all American's know about. The fact that candidates now admit they don't believe what they say; that they are willing to say anything to get the vote, is a serious issue facing America. No one ever knows exactly what their candidate is going to do once in office, and once they do assume their elected position they will try and do everything to make you feel crazy for thinking they stood for something else.

And while this issue plagues all sides of the political spectrum, it has been most obvious in Mitt Romney. This man has constantly flip-flopped on issues. That's also why President Obama will have an easy time beating him. Even Republican voters would be willing to vote for Obama over Romney simply because they know what they are getting with Obama, but Romney will be a serious gamble. Fehrnstrom just reaffirmed that fear with many in the GOP. I'm sure Obama is thanking him right now.

This isn't America anymore!

Fort Worth police say an arrest has been made in connection with Tuesday night's firebomb attack on the office of state Sen. Wendy Davis.

Davis was not in the office at the time of the attack, and no one was injured.

Two staff members opened the door to the office Tuesday night to find flames shooting in the air, the senator's spokesman said. An employee put out the fire with an extinguisher, said Anthony Spangler, the senator's spokesman.

There are no more details on the suspect yet. A news conference is coming up in a bit. As soon as more information is released I'll be sure to post it.

Andrew Breitbart is doing his vetting of the Obama administration beyond the grave and this time they have gone after Eric Holder:

Breitbart.com has uncovered video from 1995 of then-U.S. Attorney Eric Holder announcing a public campaign to "really brainwash people into thinking about guns in a vastly different way."

Holder was addressing the Woman's National Democratic Club. In his remarks, broadcast by CSPAN 2, he explained that he intended to use anti-smoking campaigns as his model to "change the hearts and minds of people in Washington, DC" about guns.

"What we need to do is change the way in which people think about guns, especially young people, and make it something that's not cool, that it's not acceptable, it's not hip to carry a gun anymore, in the way in which we changed our attitudes about cigarettes."

This is another nuclear bomb being dropped by the right. How dare the future Attorney General say guns aren't cool! I mean going into schools and shooting students, shooting members of Congress and fellow workers - how much cooler can you get?

Of course the right has been pushing this lie since Obama became the nominee that he will take away everyone's guns. Funny that guns are still selling and people still have them. Even funnier is that the President hasn't proposed anything to limit those rights. Just more conspiracy theories being pushed by the biggest bunch of conspiracy theorists in the country - the Republican Party.

PORN!

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum says that “America is suffering a pandemic of harm from pornography” because the Obama administration favors “pornographers over children.”

In an undated statement on his official website, the former Pennsylvania senator promises that he will “vigorously” fight to make sure porn isn’t easily available in the U.S.

“Pornography is toxic to marriages and relationships,” the statement says. “It contributes to misogyny and violence against women. It is a contributing factor to prostitution and sex trafficking.”

“Current federal ‘obscenity’ laws prohibit distribution of hardcore (obscene) pornography on the Internet, on cable/satellite TV, on hotel/motel TV, in retail shops and through the mail or by common carrier,” the statement continues, adding that these laws should be “vigorously enforced.”

The GOP constantly talks about rights, freedoms and personal responsibility, yet they want to turn this into a nanny state over things they morally object too. They are the biggest bunch of fucking nannies to ever walk the planet and their hypocrisy reeks through and through.

And what about real problems, Rick? What about the economy, terrorism, millions of Americans and children starving and without affordable healthcare? You don't give a rat's ass about any of that; just your moral crap. Sorry but I won't take morality lessons from someone who sleeps with a dead baby.