ISSUE: Health Care
- Audrey Kubetin
- Nov 5, 2012 at 9:10 am
Cher and Kathy Griffin: Don’t Let Mitt Turn Back Time On Women
In the biggest “Actually…” video to date, Cher and Kathy Griffin take on Mitt’s efforts to “turn back time” (GET IT?!) on issues important to women. Actually.org is our joint effort with the Jewish Council for Education & Research, of Great Schlep fame.
- Audrey Kubetin
- Oct 23, 2012 at 10:37 pm
The Romney-Mourdock Ticket
Indiana Senate candidate Richard Mourdock described pregnancy resulting from rape as “something God intended.” We’ve long known Mourdock was extreme, but that didn’t stop Mitt Romney from cutting an ad exclaiming, “This fall, I’m supporting Richard Mourdock for Senate… I hope you’ll join me in supporting Richard Mourdock.”
Here’s American Bridge’s newest video showing voters what a Romney-Mourdock partnership would look like in Washington. WARNING: Offensive content.
- Audrey Kubetin
- Oct 11, 2012 at 10:29 pm
Debate Fact Check: Ryan Plan Includes Obamacare Medicare Savings
During tonight’s VP debate, Paul Ryan attacked the Affordable Care Act for its $716 billion in Medicare savings… that he supported & included in his own budget plan.
- Sam Drzymala
- Oct 6, 2012 at 1:05 pm
VIDEO: The First Debate — The Full Romney Fact-check
Mitt Romney’s claims at the first Presidential Debate relied on outright falsehoods. Take a look at this video roundup — the full Romney Debate Fact-check.
- Audrey Kubetin
- Sep 25, 2012 at 4:12 pm
Todd Akin’s Top Ten Crazy Moments
Rep. Todd Akin forever entered the political lexicon and emerged as a national punch line with his comments on “legitimate rape.” For casual observers, the comments raised the question of how an individual holding such an extreme view not only wins a Senate primary, but holds onto a seat in the House of Representatives for over a decade. Indeed, such concerns are well warranted. Rather than an isolated incident, these remarks are just the latest in a long line of outrageous comments from Akin.
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MEMO: 12 Things We Could Learn From Previous Romney Tax Returns
ICYMI: With Mitt Romney still refusing to release his pre-2010 returns, we wanted to be sure that you saw our previous memo explaining why it is so important that Mitt Romney release them.
Click through for the 12 questions that Mitt Romney needs to answer by releasing his previous years’ tax returns.
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ICYMI: Romney Profited From Government Handouts
This morning, the Los Angeles Times reported on Mitt Romney’s reliance on tax breaks and government subsidies while working in private equity. The article focuses on Steel Dynamics, the same steel company featured in Romney’s positive ad released just this morning, and all of the government help they received. In fact, Dekalb County was forced to institute a new tax to pay for all of the handouts.
Despite his constant opposition to government interference in the free market, Mitt Romney has a long history of profiting from government handouts. Research after the jump.
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Scott Brown’s Website Steals Childhood Anecdote From… Elizabeth Dole
Sen. Scott Brown may have some explaining to do. It seems a passage from his website detailing the values instilled in him as a young child was stolen essentially word-for-word from former Sen. Elizabeth Dole.
Original research & screenshots after the jump.
