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Politics or Poppycock

• 5 Lies The Gun Lobby Tells You December 20, 2012
  Sourced from AlterNet.com Sadly, it’s time for another refresher. December 14, 2012  |     Photo Credit: © Micha Klootwijk/ Shutterstock.com    America’s seems to be in for another debate over gun regulation after the slaughter at Sandy Hook Elementary School left 27 (mostly children) dead. So it’s worth reviewing five made against regulating gun ownership [ […]
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• COLUMBINE STUDENT’S FATHER 12 YEARS LATER December 19, 2012
  COLUMBINE STUDENT’S FATHER 12 YEARS LATER !!

Guess our national leaders didn’t expect this. On Thursday, Darrell Scott, the father of Rachel Scott, a victim of the Columbine High School shootings in Littleton, Colorado, was invited to address the House Judiciary Committee’s subcommittee. What he said to our national leaders during this special session of Co […]
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• 5-Point Guide To The Fiscal Showdown November 17, 2012
  Sourced from MoveOn.org Nov. 16, 2012 Republicans, led by House Speaker John Boehner, want to scare Americans into accepting yet another extension of the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest 2% and deep cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. So they’ve created a “fiscal cliff” boogeyman. Unfortunately, if you’re following the media story, you […] […]
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• If Mitt Romney Told The Truth About Jobs November 6, 2012
  Sourced from Mmmomnmurfuture.org By Terrance Heath October 25, 2012 – 1:40pm ET Having entered the “closing argument” phase of the campaign,President Obama has pivoted to jobs. But as Bill Scher noted, the president's newly published jobs plan is cribbed from from policies that he's already proposed. President Obama has always enjoyed the advantage […]
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• Marriage Equality Case October 31, 2012
  Flashback: Romney Compared Marriage Equality Case To Pro-Slavery Dred Scott Decision Ian Millhiser Oct 30, 2012, 5:22 PMmore » As ThinkProgress reported this morning, a top Romney surrogate told socially moderate Republicans this week that the GOP presidential candidate wouldn’t actually threaten Roe v. Wadeif elected president, despite months of campaign rh […]
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• In Sandy’s Wake, Bill Clinton Calls Out Mitt’s Mockery Of Climate Action October 31, 2012
  CLIMATE PROGRESS In Sandy’s Wake, Bill Clinton Calls Out Mitt’s Mockery Of Climate Action By Brad Johnson on Oct 30, 2012 at 6:14 pm After his adoptive hometown of New York City was devastated by Hurricane Sandy, former president Bill Clinton railed against Mitt Romney for having mocked the idea of climate action. In a […]
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• Mitt Romney’s voodoo spending cuts October 30, 2012
  Sourced from washingtonpost.com Posted by Ezra Klein on October 30, 2012 at 9:41 am Thirty-two years ago, George H.W. Bush called the idea that tax cuts would pay for themselves “voodoo economics.” He was right, but his party decided he was wrong: Bush was exiled from conservatism after raising taxes as part of the 1990 […]
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• Dana Milbank: A perfect political storm October 30, 2012
  Sourced from washingtonpost.com by DANA MILBANK OCT. 29, 2012 New Jersey piled sandbags. Delaware fortified its dunes. New York evacuated parts of Lower Manhattan. And Washington prepared for Hurricane Sandy with its own brand of emergency response: gaming out which candidate would benefit. Would the tracking polls be skewed when storm victims failed to answ […]
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• The Romney Close: No Lie Left Behind October 30, 2012
  Sourced from Camaaign for America’s Future By Bill Scher October 26, 2012 – 4:00pm ET Mitt Romney delivered his “closing argument” today. True to form, Romney did not make argument contrasting his conservative positions with President Obama’s. He instead tried to take as many Obama positions as his own, blame Obama for things he wants […]
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• Boston Globe Joins The MassKnowsMitt.com Chorus October 29, 2012
  Sourced from Campaign for America’s future By Bill Scher October 29, 2012 – 11:38am ET Recently, we at Campaign for America’s Future launched MassKnowsMitt.com, where Bay Staters can share their memories living under Mitt Romney’s stewardship. If you ever wondered by Romney is losing his home state by 20 points, reading these stories will tell […]
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