Category Archives: Elections

Heh! Obama Says He’ll Get The Economy “Going Full Guns”

At a $40,000 a head fundraiser Monday night (weird how the Occupiers weren’t outside protesting) Obama said (Politico) “I’m confident that we are running a good campaign” and will continue to do so, but Democrats are “being outspent substantially,” he told 60 donors, who gave $40,000 each. Though Obama said he doesn’t anticipate being able […]

NJ Man Face Of Obama 2008 Buyers Remorse

One has to wonder how much the notion of “buyers remorse” will show up at the polls this November. For one NJ man, it’s large in his mind (NJ.com) Michael Goldstein voted for Barack Obama in 2008, and supports gay marriage and an assault weapons ban. Before moving to New Jersey 11 years ago to […]

100 Days Left Till General Election

It’s crunch time….once the summer is really over (Washington Post) There are 100 days left in what, at times, has seemed like an endless presidential election. And these are the bewildered sounds of the Undecided American, trying to decide. “I know Obama says he has put people back to work, and I don’t dispute that,” […]

“New” Obama Ad: “It’s a scary time to be a woman”

Apparently, “it’s a scary time to be a woman” because Romney might want to reduce the amounts of abortions because some people are irresponsible when having sex The Washington Post’s Rachel Weiner calls this a new add, though I’ve seen it run a few times here in North Carolina. I even mentioned this in a […]

Washington Post: “A Romney presidency would be illegitimate”

Why? Because some states require voters to provide legitimate identification that shows that “hey, I’m me!” It’s not like we need ID for practically everything. It’s not like Democrats have called for even more draconian registration and identification to purchase a handgun. Do you want to purchase certain cold medicines? More than likely, you will […]

VA. Senator: If You Don’t Vote For Obama, You’re A Raaaaacist

With the presidential race tightening up in Virginia (it’s now dead even), the race card is played (Examiner) The latest Democrat to make that charge is Virginia State Senator Louise Lucas, who accused presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney of catering to those who don’t like the President’s skin color, the Daily Caller reported Monday. “What […]

Thin Skinned President Whines About Having His “Vision Distorted”

Someone needs to put on their big boy and big girl pants, because, actually, we know what Obama’s vision is. We’ve been forced to live with it for 3 7/12’s years (The Hill) President Obama slammed his opponent Mitt Romney on Monday night, accusing the presumptive GOP nominee of trying to “distort my vision.” The […]

New Romney Ad Bashes Obama On “You Didn’t Build It”

This is one that should be on TV from now till election day…..that is, until (NMP) Obama says something else off script that exposes exactly who he is (via Instapundit) James Taranto explains Obama’s resentment in an article worth the read, and also notes Meanwhile, @BarackObama tweets a quote attributed to somebody identified only as […]

Obama Discusses Vision For Second Term: A Lot Of Spending

No one should be particularly shocked. It’s all he knows, especially since it’s not his money (via Erika Johnsen from Townhall) Of course, he uses the word “invest” as a euphemism for spending boodles of Someone Else’s cash. Money we don’t have. On projects that have so far failed. He wants “investments” in more failed […]

Team Romney To Hit Obama On Crony Capitalism

It started Sunday with Ed Gillespie hitting Obama And the Washington Post picks the story up Trying to shift the presidential campaign narrative away from his personal finances and tenure at Bain Capital, Republican Mitt Romney will launch a fresh assault this week accusing President Obama of political cronyism at the expense of middle-class workers. […]

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