Category Archives: Romney

Obama’s Early History: It Would Have Been Useful If It Had Been Covered During the 2008 Campaign

Posted on May 13, 2012 by mikethemadbiologist

As the presidential silly season kicks into high gear, it’s worth remembering that the political press corps, in all likelihood, will fail to shed light on how the candidates will govern. There will be lots of fixation on the wrong … Continue reading →

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The Movement Conservative Singularity Will Occur…

Posted on May 2, 2012 by mikethemadbiologist

…when the last five movement conservatives in good standing simultaneously character assassinate each other. From the Washington Post (boldface mine): Richard Grenell, the openly gay spokesman recently hired to sharpen the foreign policy message of Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign, has … Continue reading →

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How to Extract Wealth, Mitt Romney Style: The Bain Bust Out

Posted on January 16, 2012 by mikethemadbiologist

Meet the new CEO Over at the Agonist, Numerian describes how someone, for instance, someone whose name rhymes with Pitt Glomney, could buy a company, often manufacturing companies (which typically aren’t known for their sudden increases in profits), and then, … Continue reading →

Posted in Bidness, Romney | 2 Comments

Note to Kristof: “Waiting for Mitt the Moderate” Is Like Waiting for Godot

Posted on January 7, 2012 by mikethemadbiologist

Not gonna happen. Thursday, the NY Times‘ Nicholas Kristof wrote this: This is a man who registered as a Republican only in preparation for his 1994 Senate campaign against Edward Kennedy; previously, Romney had registered as an independent. As recently … Continue reading →

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Lazy Media and the Romney Phoniness Fraud: One More Reason Why We Can’t Have Nice Things

Posted on December 22, 2011 by mikethemadbiologist

Brendan Nyhan attacks the claims that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is a phony. Nyhan: Mitt Romney, the leading Republican presidential contender in the Intrade futures market, is starting to be covered in a similar way. A Los Angeles Times … Continue reading →

Posted in News Media, Romney | 3 Comments

The ‘New’ Romney Is Like the Old One: No Friend of Women, Gays, or the Needy

Posted on October 18, 2011 by mikethemadbiologist

I’ll get to the LGBT stuff in a bit, but Jessica Valenti has this not-heartwarming story about Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney (boldface mine): I’ve noticed that some blogs and publications have taken notice of a particular section from this … Continue reading →

Posted in Blastocyst Liberation, Conservatives, Romney

Romneycare for All!

Posted on March 23, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

This should indicate just how nutty bonkers the Republican right and conservative movement have become: they think passing a plan similar to Romneycare, to a Heritage Foundation plan, to the plan proposed by Bob Dole in 1994, is the cold, dead hand of socialism.
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Posted in Conservatives, Healthcare, Romney | 4 Comments

I Told You Whatever the Blue Dog Dems Came Up With, It Would Be Worse Than Romneycare

Posted on September 17, 2009 by mikethemadbiologist

I told you this was going to suck worse than Romneycare. Once again, Democratic politicians want to pass legislation that hurts the income group that most strongly supports them.
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Posted in Fucking Morons, Healthcare, Romney | 1 Comment