Category: Election 2012

Buzzfeed: Hey, Romney Drove Past a Confederate Flag, He Must be a Racist

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Before we get any further into this story, I have to warn you that this is not satire. That having been said, Buzzfeed’s Zeke Miller perpetrated one of the worst attempts at guilt by association ever made. Miller attempted to intimate that Mitt Romney is a racist because his motorcade drove past private property that […]

 

Six Trillion Dollar Man: A Lyrical Evisceration of Obama

Posted on by Matt Vespa

Justen Charters, co-founder of Resistance 44, is sick of Obamanomics. : After all, President Obama : is “the six trillion dollar man” who “doesn’t have a budget plan” : and “basic economics is something he doesn’t understand.” : Enjoy! #obamastyle P.S. Justen, you didn’t make this song — somebody else made that happen.

 

Bummer: Nickelodeon Upset That Romney Declined To Appear With People Who Can’t Vote

Posted on by William Teach

Perhaps Nick’ should be a bit more concerned with a President who decided to campaign the day after our Libyan consulate was attacked and the ambassador was killed, as well as a president who blows off world leaders, including the Israeli P.M., in order to go on The View and be eye candy (Mediaite) Nickelodeon’s […]

 

The Real America

Posted on by Gaius

Is vastly different that what you read about in the American press or on Facebook or Twitter. Well, in most of the press, that is. There are still a few real reporters out there. Like Salena Zito: : Since boarding a jetliner on Christmas night last year, this reporter has logged more than 8,600 miles in […]

 

Good Grief: Washington Post Complains That Romney Should Be Worth More

Posted on by William Teach

The media, including opinion writers, spent oodles of time and planet killing paper and energy writing about Haditha, Korans in toilets, soldiers peeing on dead Taliban bodies, loud music and cold temps at Gitmo, but can’t find it in themselves to write about the Taliban resurgence in Afghanistan, al Qaeda growing in Egypt and Libya, […]

 

Thoughts on the Recent Presidential Debate, and the Real Reason Why Obama Lost to Romney

Posted on by Susannah Fleetwood

Redstate blogger Loren Heal once made the excellent point that “everyone knows something that isn’t true”. In other words, everyone has, at at least one point in their lives, believed–nay, knew–something to be true that was actually 100% false. In fact, throughout history, it has not at all been uncommon for large swaths of certain […]

 

After Slamming Palin, NY Times Excited for Up Coming Obama Death Panels

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

For The New York Times, Steven Ratner had to admit last month that he was pretty darned excited for those Obamacare death panels to get started. “WE need death panels,” he said on September 16. This from the same paper that in 2009 attacked Gov. Sarah Palin for her rhetoric and an Old Media establishment […]

 

Romney Destroys Obama in First Debate, Left-wingers Go Nuts

Posted on by Matt Vespa

We all got a shot of life Wednesday night from Mitt Romney. : I received a lot of flak, and some insults, for: my previous post: castigating Romney for lacking joie de vivre, but he came out swinging and left the president looking for his teleprompter. : While some posted polls in the comment section to show Romney’s campaign […]

 

Liberal on Liberal Violence, MSNBC’s Fineman Calls Lehrer ‘Useless’ and criminally negligent

Posted on by Matt Vespa

MSNBC contributor Howard Fineman lamented how the president was on the defensive concerning his first bout with Republican nominee Mitt Romney last night.:  Jim Lehrer, who moderated the October 3 debate, has a history of bias that is usually cloaked with his soporific disposition. However, Fineman seemed agitated to the point of calling Lehrer “useless” […]

 

Obamanomics Decimated the American Middle Class, Working Poor

Posted on by Matt Vespa

As our Hot Air Green Room colleague Howard Portnoy: noted on October 3, Joe Biden said that the middle class has been “buried” for the past four years. : A tacit realization that President Obama’s impotent economic policies has killed American economic vigor. Keep ‘em coming Joe! : Biden seems to be talking the Democratic ticket right out […]

 

For the millionth time, Social Security adds to the deficit

Posted on by Matt Vespa

In a bit of new old news, Social Security adds to the federal deficit. : This non-shocking piece of news continues to be either ignored or underreported since the political class is petrified of having the geriatric brigade occupying the front lawns of their homes. : The current unfunded liability of Social Security is $8.6 trillion over […]

 

Is It Racist To Mention That The Unemployment Rate Has Been 8%+ For “44” Straight Months?

Posted on by William Teach

You know, since Obama is the 44th president, and since everything else, including the words Chicago and golf, are considered racist to mention (WRAL) With a month to go until the presidential election, the government on Friday issues its September jobs report, expected to show an uptick in the U.S. unemployment rate after employers added […]

 

Romney in Big Trouble

Posted on by Michael Fell

Following the first presidential debate on October 3rd between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, one in which Romney repeatedly scored and Obama appeared lost, annoyed and disinterested; pundits, pollsters and political junkies alike unanimously declared Mitt Romney as the winner. Obama, a long time card carrying member of the self-proclaimed institutionalized “progressive” left intellectual elite, […]

 

Obama at the First Presidential Debate: Sullenness Punctuated By Peevishness

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Well, the first debate for the 2012 presidential election is now in the can. Here are the highlights… or maybe a better way to say it is the lowlights…. of Obama’s answers to Jim Lehrer’s control free questions. Obama on the economy Obama on healthcare Obama on jobs Obama on his failure to live up […]

 

Mitt Romney Vs. Barack Obama Debate Analysis: If There Was A Slaughter Rule, They Would Have Called It For Romney 45 Minutes In.

Posted on by John Hawkins

Although I am rather famously not a fan of Mitt Romney, I’ve given him credit all along for being a good debater. In fact, Mitt Romney was the best debater in the Republican presidential field other than Newt Gingrich, who was head and shoulders better than everyone else. Although Mitt had his bad nights, he […]

 

MSNBC Continues to Push ‘Nothing to See Here’ Narrative About Libya Debacle

Posted on by Matt Vespa

In the October 1 broadcast of NewsNation with Tamron Hall, a segment featuring former State Department Middle East officer Joel Rubin focused on how the Romney campaign was “trying to put all of these things in a big pot hoping that something picks up steam” concerning President Obama’s foreign policy. Yep, it’s still the same […]

 

Even Liberal Pollsters Discover Significant Plurality of Americans See Pro-Obama Bias in Polling

Posted on by Matt Vespa

There’s that clichéd saying of “where’s there smoke, there’s fire.”:  Some in the media should have heeded that advice since a plurality of Americans sees a bias in the polling conducted between President Obama and Governor Romney.:  Oh, and, by the way, this information comes from a Daily Kos/SEIU poll, so it’s hardly a right-wing […]

 

Post Racial America?

Posted on by Michael Fell

For the better part of his time in the national spotlight, the current White House occupant, with a major assist from obedient “progressive” Party Pravda puppies so eager for approval from their anointed one they have adopted criminally negligent journalistic practices, has meticulously hidden his racist self. Obama’s appointee for Attorney General Eric Holder, the […]

 

Fact Checking False Claim Obama Budget Plan ‘Reduces Deficit by $5.3 Trillion in a Decade’

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

New York Times reporter Jackie Calmes recently made the outlandish claim that the President’s budget will reduce the deficit by $5.3 trillion over a ten-year period. But a closer look at this claim proves that it just isn’t true. Firstly, Obama and his surrogates don’t even claim a savings of $5.3 trillion, so it is […]

 

Obama’s Offensive Anti-Woman Campaign Ad (Now Disappeared Down Memory Hole)

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Earlier today the Obama campaign’s “official Tumblr page” featured an offensive message: This image was followed with a text tag that said, “because they kinda do.” Uh, no, they kinda don’t, you supercilious liars. And since when was a woman nothing but her p*ssy? I thought women wanted to be considered a whole person, a […]

 

Biden: “The Middle Class Has Been Buried The Past 4 Years”

Posted on by William Teach

Sheriff Barney Fife Joe Biden went gaffetastic once again here in North Carolina this afternoon (CNN) During a campaign event in Charlotte, North Carolina, the vice president reiterated recent attacks against his Republican opponents: claiming that Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan’s economic plans would raise taxes on middle class families. “This is deadly earnest,” Biden […]

 

MSNBC Continues to Push ‘Nothing to See Here’ Narrative About Libya Debacle

Posted on by Matt Vespa

In the October 1 broadcast of NewsNation with Tamron Hall, a segment featuring former State Department Middle East officer Joel Rubin focused on how the Romney campaign was “trying to put all of these things in a big pot hoping that something picks up steam” concerning President Obama’s foreign policy. Yep, it’s still the same […]

 

Hello, Mitt Romney — Are you there?

Posted on by Matt Vespa

If you haven’t subscribed to Ben Domenech’s: The Transom, I highly suggest you do. : In the September 28th edition, Ben highlights in some of the suggested links how Mitt Romney needs to kick it into high gear. : We’re less than forty days away from Election Day and it seems Team Romney is content with maintaining their […]