- Mitt Romney tried to defend his “Romneycare” as conservative healthcare reform, but conservative groups aren’t buying it because maybe Romneycare prevented some poors from dying, and that is unacceptable. (The Plum Line)
- Happy Same-Sex Marriage Day, DC! Last week, couples could begin applying for marriage licences, and today the first same-sex weddings begin! (WUSA)
- Un-un-conceding wingnut spoiler Doug Hoffman will run for Congress again in New York’s 23rd district because he is sad about not being America’s Laughingstock anymore. (TPM)
- Someone is making mysterious robocalls to Iowa to warn Iowans that Rick Santorum, aka Senator Man on Dog, is not insane enough! What?! (CNN)
- Remember the planned Middle East peace talks, from two days ago? They are over before they started because of disputes over East Jerusalem. (Ha’aretz)
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- President Obama praised Iraqis for successfully holding elections with only a modicum of death. But did he praise them from the deck of an aircraft carrier, is the important question. (AP)
- A group of armed men walked into the widely-televised European Poker Tournament in Berlin and walked out with 1 million Euros. Attempts to identify the men failed because of their poker faces. (Telegraph)
- The United States will mediate peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Woohoo, middle east conflict solved! (Voice of America)
- Is Mitt Romney qualified to answer the White House’s ever-popular 3 am phone call? Only after he’s seen the results from the 2010 midterm elections. (FOX)
- French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced that Europe will help Greece stabilize their currency—coincidentally, it is also Europe’s currency. (Reuters)
Certainly Not Balanced
“How will Sarah Palin, Mike Huckabee, and Mitt Romeny split the 193% of GOP primary voters?” wonders this handy FOX News chart! Sure, 70% of Republicans supporting Sarah Palin seems like a landslide victory for America’s Governor Media Personality™–but wait! Mike Huckabee is closing in with 63% percent of the vote and Mitt Romeny is right behind him at 60%… WHAT DOES THIS CHART EVEN MEAN? Clearly, ACORN has tampered with the results of this poll.
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It’s Been Six Months, So Why Hasn’t Barack Obama Cured Cancer Yet?
- Oh noes, there is still racism in America even though Black President! Why hasn’t Barack Obama solved all of the world’s problems, forever? (CNN)
- Congratulations to the taxpayers of South Carolina! They may have paid for Mark Sanford’s sexy sex trips to Argentina, for sex. (Politico)
- Hooray for Mittens! Mitt Romney’s popularity is soaring now that the rest of the GOP’s presidential prospects have been revealed as sex maniacs and/or morons. (MSNBC)
- Looks like Iran is no longer invited to America’s fancy Fourth of July parties, what with all the senselss killing and violence they’ve perpetrated on their people. (Washington Post)
Former Romney Aides Trying to Sink Palin
The conservative magainze The American Spectator notes the opening salvo in the GOP Civil War:
Former Mitt Romney presidential campaign staffers, some of whom are currently working for Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin’s bid for the White House, have been involved in spreading anti-Palin spin to reporters, seeking to diminish her standing after the election. “Sarah Palin is a lightweight, she won’t be the first, not even the third, person people will think of when it comes to 2012,” says one former Romney aide, now working for McCain-Palin. “The only serious candidate ready to challenge to lead the Republican Party is Mitt Romney. He’s in charge on November 5th.”
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Some former Romney aides were behind the recent leaks to media, including CNN, that Governor Sarah Palin was a “diva” and was going off message intentionally. The former and current Romney supporters further are pushing Romney supporters for key Republican jobs, including head of the Republican National Committee.
Romney’s people have written McCain/Palin off completely and are focusing entirely on Romney in 2012… at the same time that they’re “working” on the McCain/Palin campaign! I’m gonna grab a bowl of popcorn because this is going to be good.
Palin’s Future
A little bit of Saturday morning fun because they’re already polling Republicans for 2012:
Fortunately for her, she’s got a pretty sold lead on “Other” and “Don’t Know.”
Moar Mittens!!
Sorry for the lack of postage, but I’ve been busy in my real life. Hopefully, John McCain will pick Mitt Romney to be his veep, thus providing a nearly infinite supply of lulz until November. Then we’ll be back in business.
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Mitt Romney: Comeback King?
Yeah, you read the title right. According to one of his sons, Mitt Romney might be down but not quite out:
Josh Romney, one of former Gov. Mitt Romney’s five sons, says it’s “possible” his father may rejoin the race for the White House, as a vice presidential candidate or as the Republican Party’s standard-bearer if the campaign of Sen. John McCain falters.
The 60-year-old Romney, who “suspended” his campaign for the GOP nomination after a disappointing showing on Super Tuesday and a week later endorsed McCain, was taking a break from politics this weekend on a skiing vacation in Utah with his wife, Ann, according to his 32-year-old son.
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Apparently, that whole business with the lobbyist Ms. Iseman is part of what could motivate Willard to jump back into the race. He still has those 286 delegates, and I’d love to see him put them to good use. Re-run, Mittens, re-run!
Good Riddance to Bad Mittens
By now you’ve probably already heard that Willard Mitt Romney has ended his bid for the presidency, effectively handing the Republican nomination to John McCain, but maybe you haven’t heard why he did it:
“If I fight on in my campaign, all the way to the convention, I would forestall the launch of a national campaign and make it more likely that Senator Clinton or Obama would win,” [Romney] said. “And in this time of war, I simply cannot let my campaign be a part of aiding a surrender to terror.”
Yes, if Mitt had stayed in the race, the Republicans would have certainly lost, and if the Republican lose, the Democrats terrorists win. Right. Remember, Mitt, that most Americans want our troops home from Iraq within a year and that Americans trust Democrats more than Republicans on the War on Terror and… well, everything else.
Tuck your tail between your legs and run home to your immense personal fortune. Your flip-flopping, pandering, and overall fakeness will hardly be missed.
McCain Has Flipped. Will He Flop?
Back in November, I wrote about how Mitt Romney’s flip-flops on… well, pretty much everything were hurting him in his home state of Massachusetts. Three months later, it looks like the mantle of Chief Republican Flip-Flopper has passed on to John McCain. But McCain isn’t just changing his stances on the Republican party’s core issues, like Mitt did. Now, McCain is actually opposing legislation that he wrote!
The Carpetbagger Report’s Steve Benen wants to know: How many of his own bills is John McCain prepared to vote against?
* He said this week that he’d vote against his own immigration plan.
* McCain used to champion the Law of the Sea convention, even volunteering to testify on the treaty’s behalf before a Senate committee. Now, if the treaty comes to the Senate floor, he’s vowed to vote against it.
* McCain was a co-sponsor of the DREAM Act, which would grant legal status to illegal immigrants’ kids who graduate from high school. In 2007, to make the far-right base happy, he voted against the bill he had taken the lead on.
* In 2006, McCain sponsored legislation to require grassroots lobbying coalitions to reveal their financial donors. In 2007, after receiving “feedback” on the proposal, McCain told far-right activist groups that he now opposes the measure he’d backed.
* McCain used to support major campaign-finance reform measures that bore his name. In June 2007, McCain announced his opposition to a major McCain-Feingold provision.
I don’t always think it’s fair to expect politicians to never change a position on anything, especially for someone like McCain who has been in Congress forever, but there’s a difference between changing his mind and voting against bills her sponsored (and even bills with his name on them!) in the interest of pandering. It’s time for someone to call Mr. “Straight Talk” on his flip-flopping.
Of course, this begs the question, if Republican primary voters are looking for consistency, where are they going to find it?
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