When he was last in office, Alan Grayson was a hard working progressive Democrat. He campaigned as a progressive, and when he got elected, he delivered.
Category: 2012 Election
Nickel-and-diming it: Surprising tidbits in Romney’s 2011 tax return
Inequality.com took a microscopic look at Mitt Romney’s 2011 federal tax return –one of the only two he’s released—and found some surprising tidbits. It
Sacramento Bee: Re-elect President Obama
Voters often say they want their elected leaders to keep their promises and, at crucial moments, show real political backbone. President Barack Obama deserves
CEO tells employees: Defeat Obama or lose your job
David Siegel, CEO of Florida’s Westgate Resorts, to employees: “I will cut off your nose to spite Obama’s face because I got mine. If
Five bad reasons to intervene in Syria
Recentl,y Michael Doran and Max Boot wrote an op-ed in the New York Times entitled “5 Reasons to Intervene in Syria Now.” While their
Lincoln [Nebraska] Journal Star endorses Obama for re-election
Obama has been tested and found equal to the task of being president. We think the country is in better shape than it was
San Francisco Examiner: Re-elect President Obama
President Obama has moved the needle on many important topics. His aggressive support of stimulus spending helped the nation avoid another depression. He made
Presidential debates: Bi-partisan, fraudulent, corporate controlled theater
The presidential debates are part of the unconscionable fraud that our political campaigns have become. They should be charged with sabotaging the electoral process. Walter Cronkite
Poor Leon Cooperman, Chapter 2
Things just don’t seem to be getting much better for poor Leon Cooperman, about whom I have previously written on Occasional Planet. He still
Obama had to debate with one hand tied behind his back
Mitt Romney accused Barack Obama of favoring a policy of “trickle-down government.” Indeed it was a zinger for Romney. It handcuffed Obama, although this