Last night Anderson Cooper interviewed juror B37 of the George Zimmerman trial. Think Progress has highlighted several points from the interview. A few really stick out at me. 2. Juror felt just as sorry for Zimmerman. COOPER: Do you feel sorry for Trayvon Martin? JUROR: I feel sorry for both of them. I feel sorry […]
Oh the problems that plague the Republicans when it comes to acceptance. While they just recently admitted that their losses in November were in no small part due to the party appearing intolerant to minorities and gays, they have done little to repair that problem. Now we have one high level Republican official in Florida […]
The Republican Lt. Governor of Florida has tendered her resignation amid a very nasty scandal: Florida Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll announced her resignation Wednesday, a day after she was questioned by authorities investigating possible illegal gambling at an Internet cafe company that she once represented. The head of the company, Allied Veterans of the World, […]
Kansas is the latest to try and steal the election for Romney: The Kansas State Objections Board is considering removing President Barack Obama from the November ballot because of doubts over his place of birth, according to the Topeka Capital-Journal. The panel of Republicans, which consists of Secretary of State Kris Kobach, Attorney General Derek […]
Hurricane Isaac is on target to Florida starting tomorrow night. Currently the storm is off the coast of Cuba, but being over open, warm water means that Isaac has the fuel it needs to gain strength. As we know the Republican convention starts in Tampa this week. There has already been talk in the media […]
This doesn’t sound to good for the Mitt Romney campaign: Mitt Romney is canceling a planned campaign stop Monday in Orlando after a whirlwind weekend in which the presumptive Republican nominee introduced Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) as his running mate. According to the Orlando Sentinel, the campaign said late Sunday that the presidential hopeful was […]
Many in our country feel that everything should be privatized, from road repairs to our military. Somehow they feel that corporations, which exist solely to make money, are a cheaper route than the government, which of course isn’t in the profit business. It’s one of the most infuriating and mind boggling ideas out there, and […]
The judge in the murder case against George Zimmerman, the man accused of killing Trayvon Martin, took an interesting turn today. Prosecutors argued that Zimmerman mislead the court on his finances, failing to disclose the money he had raised off his legal defense website. The argument went further in that prosecutors argued Zimmerman’s wife, Shelley, […]
Rick Scott, the Republican Governor of Florida, has devised a plan to steal the state for Mitt Romney. Via Think Progress: On Wednesday, November 7, Mitt Romney could wake up as the President-elect thanks to one man: Florida Governor Rick Scott. With little fanfare, Scott is undertaking an audacious plan to kick thousands of Floridians […]
With gas prices going up daily the Republicans are using this as an attack against President Obama. Right now Drudge is pushing an article talking about $6 a gallon gas in Florida as his main story. The story does explain the cause of the price increases, however: One reason for the high prices is the […]