Newsweek’s Howard Fineman, on Joe Biden,
Biden has largely escaped any hint of scandal, personal or political, in a long career, even though he was forced to withdraw from the Democratic race in 1988 amid charges of plagiarism.
Huh?
Those is the GOP establishment political and media elite including Karl Rove, the Bushies, Tony Perkins, Gary Bauer, James Bopp, Jay Sekulow, Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, Hugh Hewitt, Bill Bennett, Ann Coulter, Laura Ingraham, NRO, Human Events, and the Weekly Standard, among others have been diligently advancing the argument that McCain needs to shore up the GOP base by selecting Mitt Romney as his running mate because Romney is both “pro-life” and “fiscally conservative.”
And when McCain does select Romney as his running mate on August 29th as I have predicted for a long time that he will, the pseudo-conservatives at Fox News and National Review will be praising McCain for picking a “solidly pro-life fiscal conservative like Mitt Romney.” I can hear it now. Trust me, this is what you will be hearing ad nauseam 10 days from now.
The truth is, however, as I and a handfull of others have been reporting for well over a year, that Willard Mitt Romney is neither pro-life nor fiscally conservative.
Romney is not pro-life: While Romney and his supporters claim that he used to be “pro-choice” and had a “pro-life conversion” following a conversation with an anonymous Harvard researcher, the truth is that as governor of Massachusetts, Romney established abortion with a 50 dollar co-pay as a “healthcare benefit” (AFTER HIS PRO-LIFE “CONVERSION”) in his healthcare plan he signed into law that he called his “signature achievement” that was endorsed by Ted Kennedy, Hillary Clinton and Planned Parenthood.
Romney also appointed a Planned Parenthood representative to sit on his healthcare advisory board with no pro-life member (AFTER HIS SUPPOSED “PRO-LIFE CONVERSION.”)
And, like Senator McCain who believes individual states can violate the unalienable right to life as guaranteed in the Declaration and Constitution, Mitt Romney opposes the central plank of the GOP since 1976, a federal protection of life amendment and believes that abortion is a “states rights issues.” How can you be “pro-life” and believe that states have a right to kill babies if the majority vote to make it “legal?”
Romney is a fiscal liberal. Governor Romney opposed the Bush tax cuts which earned him praise from uber-liberal Barney Frank. He raised taxes by over $800 million dollars which has devastated the Massachusetts economy. And, on his way out the door, Romney installed a quasi-socialist healthcare plan into law that has been an abysmal failure according to the Boston Globe, Cato Institute, and Wall St. Journal.
Romney opposed the Bush Tax Cuts, raised taxes and fees by almost a billion dollars, and instituted a liberal “universal” healthcare plan which was endorsed by Hillary, Teddy K, and Planned Parenthood and Ann Coulter is calling him “manifestly our best candidate?” Mitt has achieved what neither Hillary nor Barack nor any other liberal Democrat has been able to merely in instituting a “universal” healthcare plan that subsidizes abortion at 50 bucks a pop. And he is somehow a “fiscal conservative?”
The GOP elites claim Romney is a “pro-life fiscal conservative.”
Romney’s record demonstrates that he is the exact opposite–that he is pro-abortion and a fiscal liberal.
In other words Willard Mitt Romney is Hillary Clinton in a Ronald Reagan costume.
Buyer Beware!
For more on Romney’s far left wing record go here
Update: Tom Blumer of Bizzyblog.com has this outstanding piece entitled “Romney, Russia, Georgia, and Iran: The Last Straw”
Elvis left the building for good on August 16, 1977. I remember it like it was yesterday. When news broke, we were celebrating my mother’s birthday (Happy Birthday Mom!). It was as if the air went out of the room. Nobody was particularly surprised that he died given how he was looking. It was more of the realization that the guy they grew up listening to, who was such an exciting part of their youth, was gone.
I’ve always loved his voice and had a soft spot for Vegas Elvis, especially in the early years when he was looking good, sounding good and backed by great musicians and singers.
Here he is, at the top of his game,
1970: In the Ghetto
1972: Bridge Over Troubled Water
And this is just plain sad, Elvis wasted, on stage, at the end of the line. No matter what he did to himself physically, he never lost that voice.
1977: Are You Lonesome Tonight
Courtesy of 91 year old Ernest Borgnine,
Want see Barack Obama’s big speech in Denver? For the privilege, his campaign is asking for six hours of volunteer work…to even be considered for admission. And then and only then, just maybe, they’ll let you in to see the Savior.
Six hours of forced labor for the opportunity to see Obama in the flesh? That’s change Stalin could believe in.
Rocky Mountain News
Obama tickets come with a catch
Some of those hoping to wrangle a seat for Barack Obama’s speech were told this week they have to put in six hours of volunteer work for his campaign by Friday to have a shot at a ticket.
And that ruffled at least a few feathers…
…”It’s not fair. It’s elitist. And they need to practice what they’re preaching,” she added,
Doing the volunteer work only makes someone eligible for a ticket and doesn’t guarantee one, according to the phone message from the campaign.
Obama, of course, is giving his speech in a 70,000 seat football stadium. Meanwhile, back in the 20,000 seat arena where the rest of the convention will be taking place for the mere mortals, Bill and Hillary Clinton will work overtime to undermine Obama.
Maureen Dowd: Yes, she can
Now they’ve made Barry’s convention all about them — their dissatisfaction and revisionism and barely disguised desire to see him fail. Whatever insincere words of support the Clintons muster, their primal scream gets louder: He can’t win! He can’t close the deal! We told you so!
Hillary’s orchestrating a play within the play in Denver. Just as Hamlet used the device to show that his stepfather murdered his father, Hillary will try to show the Democrats they chose the wrong savior.
And outside on the streets of beautiful Denver, delegates can only hope that a city ordinance just passed will actually work..
With DNC in mind, Denver bans carrying urine, feces
Poo and pee dominated a public hearing Monday on a new law that prohibits people from carrying certain items if they intend to use them for nefarious purposes.
The law, crafted in advance of the Democratic National Convention, was adopted unanimously by the City Council.
Look at the bright side delegates, at last your food will be color coordinated. Sounds like a great time. Sorry I’m going to miss it.
Bruce McQuain took a special trip last week and it inspired him to tell us the story of the men and women who make Operation Continuing Promise possible.
It is an operation that will continue in various forms in the future. It is a tremendous and praiseworthy effort that I think needs to be given the visibility it richly deserves.
But there is an irony here you can’t escape. And it has to do with a warship on a humanitarian mission. On the surface, it doesn’t seem to be a fit. But when you dig into it a little you realize that the Kearsarge is a perfect instrument for this sort of work, but not for the reason you might think.
Because she was built to carry United States Marines to war and support them, she has the hospital facilities necessary to treat children and change their lives forever.
Because she was built to carry United States Marines to war and support them, she has the equipment such as Landing Craft and heavy lift helicopters, to move construction materials and equipment to build instead of destroy.
Because she was built to carry United States Marines to war and support them, she provides a platform for humanitarian non-governmental organizations to reach areas in need that they never previously were able to reach.
Because she was built to carry United States Marines to war and support them, she is superbly capable of providing the humanitarian care so many in the developing world so badly need and perhaps, by doing so, she may not have to carry those Marines to war as often as they might otherwise have to go.
That is the hope of Operation Continuing Promise, and that is why it is both an important and worthwhile mission.
The Someone You Should Know radio collaboration began as an extension of Matt Burden’s series at Blackfive. Thanks to Matt, Bruce is now on board and we are lucky to have him as part of the show.
There is more information on Bruce’s trip here . Danny Glover of Eyeblast.tv was rolling,
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Hat Tip: The Weekly Standard