File this in your Oh, Here We Go Again File: another person thinks out loud about assassination and will likely get a visit from the Secret Service -- this time regarding Mitt Romney. How quickly people forget all the talk (blah, blah, blah) about how things were going to change after this happened. … [Read more...] about Will They Ever Learn?
Obama Gay Marriage
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Obama’s American Exceptionalism
WASHINGTON -- Can a Republican primary in Indiana have even the remotest connection to a presidential election in France? Richard Mourdock, the tea party giant-killer who defeated Sen. Richard Lugar on Tuesday, clearly thinks so. "Just yesterday, France elected a socialist," Mourdock declared in his victory speech. "There are those I'm sure in the administration and in … [Read more...] about Obama’s American Exceptionalism
Obama’s Move on Marriage Equality Long Time Coming
WASHINGTON - It's going to be a hot time at George Clooney's Hollywood fundraiser for Pres. Obama tonight. May the gods bless V.P. Joe Biden, who laid down a solid roll out for Barack Obama by speaking out on "Meet the Press" that was followed by a statement from the President that made history. Even Alex Castellanos on CNN, after Obama's statement became breaking news, … [Read more...] about Obama’s Move on Marriage Equality Long Time Coming
Musings On The “F” Word
"I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat." --Rebecca West I have long been alternately amused and irritated by that famous quote. Why? Because I find myself relating to it in divided fashion: For my part, I have never been able to … [Read more...] about Musings On The “F” Word
Romney Defusing Washington Post Report Accusing Him Bullying When a Teenager (UPDATED)
First we had the report that Barack Obama ate dog when he was a boy living overseas. Now comes a bit of a more serious accusation -- bullying when a teenager -- that Time's Mark Halperin says has sparked a Mitt Romney "apology tour" (which will include a stop at Sean Hannity's to be sure) due to this Washington Post report: Mitt Romney returned from a three-week spring … [Read more...] about Romney Defusing Washington Post Report Accusing Him Bullying When a Teenager (UPDATED)
Tissue Time
Ok, get those tissues ready. Or if you prefer, start pretending something is in your eye. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=LqPlBy2-abA … [Read more...] about Tissue Time
Democratic Odds In Senate Growing
Amazing how the GOP hard liners work at throwing opportunities away. … [Read more...] about Democratic Odds In Senate Growing
France’s 49 Employee Firms
An interesting fact, in France there are 2.4 companies with less than 50 employees for every one with more than 50. And here is part of the reason why … [Read more...] about France’s 49 Employee Firms
The Republican Game Plan on Same Sex Marriage and Obama’s Irritation at Joe Biden
ABC's Jake Trapper reports on the GOP's game plan on same sex marriage -- and Barack Obama's feelings about how Vice President Joe Biden speeded up his eventual statement of support: video platform video management video solutions video player Also of interest: Why ABC's Robin Roberts got the exclusive. And, moving from journalism … [Read more...] about The Republican Game Plan on Same Sex Marriage and Obama’s Irritation at Joe Biden
VIDEO: Team Obama Releases Ad Contrasting Obama and Romney on Same Sex Marriage
The Obama camp just put out an ad contrasting Barack Obama's position on same sex marriage with presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney. Note at the end the one cut away footage that they put in showing Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum nodding in agreement: part of the ongoing effort to ensure that Romney is perceived as belonging to the often over-the-top Republicans who … [Read more...] about VIDEO: Team Obama Releases Ad Contrasting Obama and Romney on Same Sex Marriage
The Iranian Nuclear Talks, Part 1: Where We Are Today
By Ali Ezzatyar I feel like it is difficult to be a casual follower of the Iranian nuclear issue. All related news items are generally tagged with a derivation of one of the following themes: a) Israel is going to attack Iran; or b) the parties are set for nuclear talks. Particularly with respect to the nuclear talks, it is even frustrating for me, an IR nerd of sorts, to … [Read more...] about The Iranian Nuclear Talks, Part 1: Where We Are Today
Obama Backs Gay Marriage
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Obama Has ‘Just Concluded’ what Millions of Americans Have Known All Along
When Obama fought for the repeal of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy from the time he assumed the Presidency until its repeal in September 2011, he took many political risks. It took courage and he did the right thing. When Obama made the decision one year ago to go after Osama bin Laden, he took tremendous risks. If anything had gone wrong, if the daring mission had … [Read more...] about Obama Has ‘Just Concluded’ what Millions of Americans Have Known All Along
Mormons Perform ‘After-Death’ Baptisms of Dutch Royals (Trouw, The Netherlands)
What do journalist Daniel Pearl, Holocaust victim Anne Frank and now members of the House of Orange - the Dutch Royal family - have in common? They are all posthumous members of the Church of Mormon. According to Mormon Church records recently uncovered by the Trouw newspaper of the Netherlands, a number of now-dead members of the Dutch Royal family, formerly members of the … [Read more...] about Mormons Perform ‘After-Death’ Baptisms of Dutch Royals (Trouw, The Netherlands)
Need for Centrist Third Party Grows
The increasing ascendancy of Tea Party activists and extreme right-wingers in the Republican Party reinforces America’s need for a centrist third party. Recent events have proven that there is no room in the GOP for moderates, or even moderate conservatives, with Senator Olympia Snowe retiring and Dick Lugar going down to defeat in the Indiana Republican primary. The extremists … [Read more...] about Need for Centrist Third Party Grows
Paul Ryan Loses His Patron Saint
It's getting French Revolution-y out there. Mitt Romney is facing villagers with pitchforks, restless natives keep decapitating moderates like Dick Lugar and even new idols like Paul Ryan are being pushed toward the tumbrel. Lugar’s downfall is more 2010 Tea Party guillotining of long-time Republicans, but a search for ideological purity is so intense that even Ryan is … [Read more...] about Paul Ryan Loses His Patron Saint
Some Certainties About the 2012 Election
Who needs TV with its bad acting when we can watch the Oval Office race between President Barack Obama and presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney? The overheated rhetoric and overdramatized outrage on each side is now in full gear. Suspense is injected by perpetually see-sawing polls: the latest two show them in a dead heat nationally and Obama losing ground in 12 key swing … [Read more...] about Some Certainties About the 2012 Election
Just Say No
What's going on in Europe? They are just saying no to an economic Third Reich. It is a revolt against the plutocrats and the technocrats and yes the bankers. This is the sort of the thing that has resulted in revolution - think Cuba, Venezuela and yes pre Communist Russia. Sometimes violent sometimes through the ballot box. … [Read more...] about Just Say No
Obama On Marriage Equality: All Part of A Plan ?
Other TMV commentators have already discussed the fact that President Obama has announced his support for marriage equality. I thought I'd take a different tack on the subject, the issue of whether this was really the result of Obama being forced on the issue or part of a broader plan. I lean to the 2nd option. As Politico has pointed out, Obama expressed support for … [Read more...] about Obama On Marriage Equality: All Part of A Plan ?