Swiss Bank Account (VIDEO)

Published on May 1, 2012 by BarackObamadotcom Are you in? https://my.barackobama.com/swissbankad “Swiss Bank Account” highlights Mitt Romney’s belief that a strong economy is built on outsourcing, loopholes and risky financial deals. As a corporate CEO, he shipped American jobs to places like Mexico and China. As governor, Romney outsourced state jobs to India, and now [...]

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Weekly Address Of President Obama: It’s Time For Congress To Pass The Buffett Rule (VIDEO)

One of the fundamental challenges of our time is building an economy where everyone gets a fair shot, everyone does their fair share, and everyone plays by the same rules. And as many Americans rush to file their taxes this weekend, it’s worth pointing out that we’ve got a tax system that doesn’t always uphold [...]

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Two Charts That Should Terrify Republicans

February 20, 2012,  4:52 AM TPM Brian Beutler     If Republicans seem spooked to you these days, here’s why. President Obama’s political comeback over the past several months aligns neatly with when he began more aggressively attacking the GOP and politicking for economic growth and equality back in September. But over that same stretch, the economy [...]

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While He Was A Senator, Rick Santorum Voted With President George W. Bush Over 95% Of The Time

February 15, 2012 Addicting Info  By Stephen D. Foster Jr. Rick Santorum is currently the poster boy for conservatism and the candidate leading the national polls among Republicans. Every day, Romney gets a little weaker, and Santorum gets a little stronger. And that makes him a threat to be the Republican Presidential nominee who faces [...]

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Obama Invokes His Christian Faith In His Call To Raise Taxes On The Very Wealthy (VIDEO)

Addicting Info- February 3, 2012 By Michael Hayne A day after Mitt “Moneybags” Romney stated his lack of concern for the economically disadvantaged (an old school Republican touchstone), President Obama shot back by finally using the right-wing’s bullets against them.  Despite constantly being smeared as a secret Muslim, Barack Obama in fact subscribes to Christianity.  [...]

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Thousands Cheer Bernie Sanders’s Appeal to Obama, Super-Committee: Make the Rich Pay for Deficits

Senator Bernie Sanders on the Senate Floor Feb. 16, 2011 The Nation September 18, 2011 John Nichols Declaring that “Social Security is the most successful government program in our nation’s history,” and decrying threats to Medicare and Medicaid that would punish Americans who did not cause the current economic crisis, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders brought [...]

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Keith’s Special Comment: The Four Great Hypocrisies of the Debt Deal

Obama on the Backs of the Poor OpEdNews 8/3/11 By Ray McGovern What are we to make of the Obama-brokered deal on debt and spending? It was certainly what the Germans call eine schwere Geburt (a difficult birth); it was one of the few times I would have favored abortion. I am reminded of a [...]

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Globalization for the Elite~Same Stage Different Actors

The Corporate State Wins Again Posted on Apr 25, 2011 truthdig By Chris Hedges When did our democracy die? When did it irrevocably transform itself into a lifeless farce and absurd political theater? When did the press, labor, universities and the Democratic Party—which once made piecemeal and incremental reform possible—wither and atrophy? When did reform [...]

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Politicking In The Mos Eisley Cantina

. Politicking in the Mos Eisley Cantina Monday 25 April 2011 by: Davidson Loehr, Truthout Our economic and political mess became more clear once I realized that most of the important political deals take place in the Mos Eisley Cantina. You know the scene from the first “Star Wars” movie in 1977: a dark, smoky [...]

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Why Are the Republicans Afraid of President Obama?

One of the most often-overheard refrains from the Republican Party and its far-right base is that President Obama is the worst president in American history. Others say he “pals around with terrorists.” They say he’s destroying America. They say that he’s weak, that he dithers and that he’s effete — implying either that he’s gay [...]

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