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Republican Jobs Plan- Where- Not

Do the Republicans and Mitt Romney actually had a plan to create jobs?  Save for the Keystone pipe line and reducing taxes on the upper 2%, I cannot locate a plan.  The Keystone pipeline will create 10,000 jobs and we all know reducing taxes on wealthy will not increase jobs.  George Bush had the worst net job losses in more than 50 years using the technique.  Why are we buying into a jobs creating theory has not worked for 10 years?

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Romney-Links

Romney-Links

Apr 21, 2012

About Romney:

The Christian Science Monitor– How much do you know about Mitt Romney? A quiz.

nytimes- 8-27-2012- The Real Romney

Bain Capital:

2001 Massachusetts official document2001 document listing Romney as Bain Capital’s president)

Reuters-16-2012: Special report: Romney’s steel skeleton in the Bain closet

The Daily Beast- 7-13-2012- “Romney’s Got Nothing”- Romney demanded an apology from President Obama for making what he called “reckless” and “absurd” allegations about his record while repeating his insistence that he left Bain Capital in 1999 to run the Olympics.

Mother Jones-7-13-2012-Did Romney Make a False Statement on His Financial Disclosure?

Think Progress– 7-13-2012- “Romney Interview Directly Contradicts His Previous Statements About Bain Tenure”

Forbes- 7-14-2012 “Did Romney’s 2002 Bain Capital CEO Filing Violate The Exchange Act”?

New York Times– 7-14-2012- “No Bain, No Gain”

Up with Chris Hayes Msnbc-7-15-2012-Former Bain Capital partner says Romney was ‘legally’ CEO of Bain Capital until 2002

Bloomberg.com– 7-20-2012- Romney as Job Creator Clashes with Bain Record of Job Cuts

US News.com– 7-25-2012- Mitt Romney’s Certainties: Bain and Taxes –  As he fumbles on Bain and taxes, Romney is in danger of letting Team Obama define him for voters

The Real Romney Record- No date:  GST Steel: a “Profitable Failure” where “Every promise they made was broken.” GST Steel

Birther Issues:

Alternet- 8-24-2012– Dogwhistle or Primal Scream? Romney’s Racist Birther Comment

cbsnews– 8-24-2012- Romney birth certificate remark sets off firestorm

 Business-Growth:

The Fact Checker-4-23– Romney claims on small business are determined to be untrue. Washington Post

Campaign Status:

CNN Politics-8-10-11- Is Romney’s campaign stalled?

Endorsements:

cbsnews– 8-26-2012- Charlie Crist backs President Obama

Fact Checking:

ABC News– 8-7-2012- Welfare-Fact checking the Obama administrations position on welfare reform.To hear Mitt Romney tell it, President Obama wants to let lazy welfare recipients sit around collecting checks, with no strings attached. Another lie.

The Fact Checker-8-8- 2012- Welfare- Fact checking the Obama administrations position on welfare reform. Spin and counterspin in the welfare debate

 

Foreign Affairs:

ABC News Video-7-26-2012- British Prime Minister Jibes at Mitt Romney Over Olympic Remark

ABC News Video-7-26-2012 London Mayor Blasts Mitt Romney Over Olympic Comment

The Daily Beast– 7-27-2012- Mitt Romney’s London Gaffes Unite Divided Britons—Against Him

ABC News Video– 7-31-2012- Mitt Romney’s foreign tour is a disaster by his own hand

ABC News Video– 7-31 2012-Mitt Romney Spokesman: ‘Kiss My ***’

Healthcare:

Forbes- 7-30-2012 Whiplash-Mitt Romney Lavishes Praise On Israel’s Socialist, Government Controlled HealthcareSystem

General Feeds

From CNN Politico

Income Taxes:- see personal income taxes

Job creation- Employment:

CNN Money-10-1-2002- A brief history and background of Staples.

Politico-1-8-2008

National Review-9-8-2011

New York Times-12-18-2011

Time Magazine-12-22-211- Mark Halperin interviews Romney on Bain Capital

ABC News-12-28-2011-Fired factory worker, Randy Johnson, tells his story about Bain Capital closing his plant. Viedo

USA Today-1-5-2012

Business Insider-1-6-2012

vtdigger.org-1-9-2012- partisan democratic-Randy Johnson speaks at Vermont Democratic Party meeting

The Fact Checker-1-10-2010- Mitt Romney and 100,000 Jobs: an untenable figure

The Daily Caller-1-16-2012

The American-1-19-2012- How many Jobs did Romney create at Bain?

Washington Post-2-7-2012

PolitiFact-4-6-2012-Romney campaign says women were hit hard by job loses under Obama- This assertion was determined to be mostly false. It further notes that many of the jobs lost for women were in the public sector in states controlled by republicans.

firstread-msnbc-4-11-2012-FACT CHECK: Romney’s women job loss claims paints incomplete picture-

Market Watch-4-23-2012-Q&A with Romney economics adviser Hubbard.

thehill.com– 7-16-2012-Opinion: Republicans jab Obama on jobs, but have no plan of their own

Mitt Romney Job Creation-Personal site, dedicated to providing information about Romney, ability to create jobs.

Lies-and Deception:

The Last Refuge 2-4-1012- Opinion Blog

PolitiFact-see PolitiFact-4-6-2012- job creation-

firstread-msnbc-see Job creation- firstread-4-11-2011-Romney tilts the facts again

New York Times-4-22-2012- Paul Krugman, examines Romney blaming Obama for a drywall plant closing that actually closed under George Bush. He refers to Romney as the amnesia candidate.

Consortiumnews-4-23-2012

The Fact Checker-4-23-2012-Romney claims on small business are determined to be untrue. Washington Post

The Huffington Post-5-15-2012-“Mitt Romney debt speech ignores key facts.” What else is new?

The Fact Checker– 5-18-2012- “Mitt Romney’s claim that 100,000 auto jobs have been lost under Obama. This statement rated four Pinocchios as a total fabrication.

Medicare:

Huff Post Politics– 8-15-2012- Soledad O’Brien Fires Back At John Sununu Over Medicare (VIDEO)

Politifact.com– 8-15-2012- President Obama Says Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan “want to turn Medicare into a voucher system.”

Paul Ryan:

NewsMax- 8-11-2012- Conservatives Express Delight With Ryan Selection

HuffingtonPost– 8-11-2012-What the Ryan Selection Means

JSoline– 8-11-2012- State political leaders react to Ryan selection

CNNPolitics- 8-11-2012  From CNN Politics

Ryan’s selection as Romney’s running mate energizes both sides – wp.me/p4HKM-12Z2
2:46 pm ET August 11, 2012 RETWEET
Romney’s VP decision: The tick tock – wp.me/p4HKM-12YF
1:26 pm ET August 11, 2012 RETWEET
Pawlenty calls Ryan ‘terrific selection’ – wp.me/p4HKM-12YB
1:17 pm ET August 11, 2012 RETWEET
Romney fires big gun with Ryan pick – wp.me/p4HKM-12Yx
1:04 pm ET August 11, 2012 RETWEET
Analysis: A bold but risky choice for running mate – wp.me/p4HKM-12Yb
12:20 pm ET August 11, 2012 RETWEET

Personal Income Taxes

Politicususa-7-16-2012-Mittens Impossible: Romney Bombs on Fox News

The Wall Street Journal– 7-16-2012-Romney Rejects Calls on Tax Returns

The New Yorker-7-16-2012-Why Won’t Romney Release More Tax Returns?

CNN Opinion- 7-18-2012- Why won’t Romney release more tax returns?

The Los Angeles Times-7-19-2012- Mitt Romney’s secrets are not all in his tax returns

Huff Post-7-24-2012-Romney May Have Paid No Federal Income Tax From 1999 to 2001

CNN Opinion– 8-9-2012- Did Romney enable a company’s abusive tax shelter?

Politicususa- 8-15-2012- Angry Ann Romney Announces They Shouldn’t Be Questioned About Finances

gawker.com–  8-23-2012- The Bain Files: Inside Mitt Romney’s Tax-Dodging Cayman Schemes

bloomberg.com– 8-27-2012- Romney Tax Returns Show Strategy for Moving Money to Kids

Vice President Selection– See Paul Ryan:

Welfare:

ABC News– 8-7-2012- Welfare-Fact checking the Obama administrations position on welfare reform.To hear Mitt Romney tell it, President Obama wants to let lazy welfare recipients sit around collecting checks, with no strings attached. Another lie.

The Fact Checker-8-8- 2012- Welfare- Fact checking the Obama administrations position on welfare reform. Spin and counterspin in the welfare debate- Rated four Pinocchios