This is one of the best Romney flip-flop videos. If you think he has character after watching this then you need to take some medication.

Romney:

About Romney:

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

nytimes- 8-27-2012- The Real Romney

Ann Romney:

rawstory– 9-7-2012- Ann Romney: Marriage rights, birth control aren’t economic issues for women

Platform:

thinkprogress-9-7-2012-Even Fox News Is Fed Up With Romney Failing To Provide Details Of His Tax Plan

Bain Capital:

2001 Massachusetts official document– 2001 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?

Charlie Crist:

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

Convention-Democratic:

 youtube- 9-04-2012- First Lady Michelle Obama’s Remarks at the 2012 Democratic National Convention – Full Speech

youtube-9-6-2012- Fmr Gov. Jennifer Granholm Remarks at 2012 Democratic National Convention

 Convention- Republican:

politicususa- 8-29-2012- RNC Attendees Throw Nuts at African American Camerwoman While Calling Her an Animal

politicususa– 8-30-2012- Another GOP Convention Night of Lies and Distortions

ThinkProgress– 8-30-2012- six worst lies and Paul Ryan’s speech

nbcnews-8-31-2012- Romney accepts nomination, says ‘The time has come to turn the page’

yahoonews– 8-31-2012- Eastwood goes off-script in Romney endorsement-

nytimes– 8-31-2012-Mr. Romney Reinvents History

politicususa– 8-31-2012- Romney Bombs: Convention Speech Draws 13 Million Fewer Viewers than McCain in ’08

 

 

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.”

Obstruction- Republication:

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

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

usatoday-8-23-2012- Romney wants church donations private

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

 

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 administration’s position on welfare reform. Spin and counterspin in the welfare debate- Rated four Pinocchios

Ryan:

CNN Politics– 8-30-2012- Fact Check: Paul Ryan misleads on debt panel’s spending cut plan

ThinkProgress– 8-30-2012- six worst lies and Paul Ryan’s speech

Huffpost- 8-30-2012- Media Calls Out Paul Ryan Acceptance Speech For Falsehoods

Huffpost– 8-30-2012- Paul Ryan Misleads With GM Plant Closure Tale

mydailynews-8-30-2012-  Fact check: Closer look at words spoken by Paul Ryan, others at Republican National Convention; GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan took some factual shortcuts when he attacked President Obama’s policies on Medicare, the economic stimulus and the budget deficit.

Businessinsider– 8-30-2012- WATCH: The Top Five Factual Inaccuracies In Paul Ryan’s Republican National Convention Speech

Washingtonpost– 8-30-2012- Paul Ryan’s breathtakingly dishonest speech

cnn– 8-30-2012- CNN Fact Check: Did Ryan get Obama’s GM speech right? In our opinion, this is one of the better explanations on the subject.

washingtonpost– 8-30-2012- Mr. Ryan’s misleading speech

 

 

Let’s face it, Ryan gave a great speech. A speech filled with lies and deception. And he did it all on a straight face. They blame Pres. Obama for closing the plant in 2008 in his hometown before Mr. Obama took the oath of office. Ryan voted for two unfunded wars, TARP and  the stimulus under George Bush. He haven’t requested the OSHA stimulus monies and if you remember like about it the day after he was selected by Willard.
He voted with George Bush on every one of his economic policies that resulted in the current recession. Now he’s the one that will fix it. Amazing. He has policy amnesia in that he was once a big spender before he became a budget hawk? A bunch of lying phonies.
PS: Every fact check organization and independent policy study has noted that the Ryan budget will reduce jobs, not increase them. Can anyone find a study that says his budget will improve the employment market?

 

Update: 8-30-2012- 5:30 PM

While there are a few Republican blogs and websites that make a futile effort to make Ryan’s speech the truth, every fact checking organization and the general media note the speech was mostly incorrect or a lie. Think progress which is a liberal based website notes areas issues 1-6 below as the most significant lies. More later Think Progress

For those of you that are uninformed, don’t think for a moment what sounded like a great speech is gospel. Educate yourself because the man giving the speech, is lying. Just as he lied to the press on 60 min. and when questioned if he ever requested stimulus money.

 1. A downgraded America

2. More debt than any other president before him, and more than all the troubled

3. Shuttered General Motors plant is “one more broken promise

4. Obama “did exactly nothing” on Bowles-Simpson

5. $716 billion, funneled out of Medicare by President Obama

6. The greatest of all responsibilities is that of the strong to protect the weak

 

 

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The Koch brothers just can’t help themselves. Just like Sheldon Adelson, the Koch brothers are making every attempt to protect their personal interest while trying to buy the presidency.

 

T-Boone Pickens

Recently, Thomas Frank, political thinker and writer wrote an essay in Harper’s Magazine. Salon.com columnist David Daley, conducted an extensive interview on his essay. You can read the entire interview and essay by clicking here. However, as with the Mann and Ornstein, Frank indicates Democrats are too soft and willing to reach across the aisle. He blames Obama’s failures on two major issues. First, Obama’s conciliatory nature and second, Republican obstructionism. He notes they think they are the elite class. Below is an excerpt from the interview with Frank where he notes that having Paul Ryan and Todd Akin “would be a disaster for this country.” if you have read Mann and Ornstein, Frank, and other political writers, they generally note and are baffled by the Republican constituency being ignored by the people they elect into office. The question I have; Are you ready to get mean? Are you ready to fight? I am.

 

So what is the lesson to take from that? That things are so impossibly broken, that there is this ruling class that cannot be defeated?

Well, I don’t know. They haven’t been defeated by my team, you know, by Team Liberal. Let Paul Ryan get in there and do his tricks … No, that’s a really cynical, awful thing to say. I’m very disheartened these days, let me put it that way. I don’t mean to be cynical, but I don’t see any other way to talk about this. I myself will probably vote for Barack Obama, almost for sure, because you know, getting Paul Ryan and company in power would be a disaster for this country, there’s no question about it. We need look no further than Todd Akin to remember why.

 Latest Missouri Senate race poll: This tells you that Republicans simply don’t care about women, the elderly, the poor, education, and other social values.

On this page, we look to build a comprehensive listing of all of the fact checking regarding the 2012 presidential campaign.

 

 

 

 

Business:

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

Job Creation:

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.

The Fact Checker-1-10-2012- Mitt Romney and 100,000 Jobs: an untenable figure

Miscellaneous:

comcast.net– 8-12-2012- FACT CHECK: Questionable claims in veep debut

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

 

And he will probably get reelected.

Somerville

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AN YOU READ THIS? 50% of AMERICA CANNOT. Many were the children left behind from the Bush years when the $5 billion reading initiative he campaigned on never materialized. The promised plan guaranteed that each child would be able to read by 3d grade. It was all part of a fundamental plan to dumb down the Erica we have today. It is an America where 50% of the people, many of them registered voters who are students or are unemployed and also who are on public assistance do not exercise their right to vote. Its the legacy of the Bush administration.

So what does Sheldon Adelson want that Romney is willing to deliver in part, and Pres. Obama has not been responsive. Actually there are several things and I will briefly allude to them here but more information can be obtained by clicking on the links at the bottom of this page.
Because he doesn’t have to be identified when donating to a super pack, sources differ on the amount Adelson has donated to date. However, a good estimate is that he has already donated approximately $40 million. He has stated a willingness to donate $100 million in order to place Romney in the White House. That would be the equivalent of the average income family donating $40. So much for a Supreme Court ruling that neglects the very premise of our Constitution. He has joked privately about buying the presidency.
First, Adelson wants the United States Embassy in Israel moved to Jerusalem without consultation with the Israeli government. Romney has agreed to look into it. While Obama has objected in principle.
Secondly, Adelson, will be hundreds of millions of dollars richer (that’s correct, hundreds of millions of dollars) with Romney’s tax plan as opposed to Obama’s.

Third, he wants Romney to openly support the release of Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard. Pollard, was convicted in 1985, of spying for Israel and received a life sentence. A brief description of Pollard and his circumstances were noted on December 22, 2010 in the New York Times.

“Mr. Pollard, who worked for the Navy as a civilian intelligence analyst, began spying for Israel after he approached an Israeli officer in the spring of 1984. He was arrested 18 months later after giving Israel tens of thousands of top-secret documents. He claimed he was trying to protect the Jewish state from its enemies.”

Fourth, Adelson, believes Pres. Obama is turning the country more towards socialism. The irony of this is that one of his major casinos is located in China, which is the epitome of socialism.

Currently, Adelson is under investigation by the United States Justice Department to determine if he violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Of course, Adelson is hoping the investigation will die a natural death with Romney in the White House and keep his billions intact.

By R.J. Intindola

 

 

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