Archive for July 14th, 2012

All Apologies

Filed in National by cassandra_m on July 14, 2012 • 11 Comments

While the Romney people are demanding apologies from President Obama, the Obama Truth Team send out this video that reminds us all that Romney isn’t talking about issues, he is just attacking and making up stuff:

Saturday Open Thread [7.14.12]

Filed in Open Thread by cassandra_m on July 14, 2012 • 9 Comments

It is a nice, rainy Saturday meaning that all of our plants get watered for free for a change. It is also a busy Saturday as pretty much everyone I know in the city is knocking on doors, looking for votes for candidates. And it’s Bastille Day! The closest great celebration of this is over at Fairmount Park at the Eastern Penitentiary, featuring a Marie Antoinette hauled off to the guillotine yelling, “Let them eat Tastycakes!” with thousands of Tastycakes launched off into the crowd. Fun!

Did Delaware’s Colm Connolly Run Interference For Romney and Bain Illegalities?

Filed in Delaware, National by El Somnambulo on July 14, 2012 • 58 Comments

8-Ball sez: “Signs Point to Yes”. Now pay attention, kids, this is complicated, as many crimes involving money, corporatese, and coverups are.

First, read this article by DailyKos’ Stephen Laser Haas. In it, he lays out the massive fraud that Bain got entangled in during 2001. Massive fraud that Romney’s law firm at the time, the New York-based law firm, Traub, Bonacquist & Fox, has now admitted guilt for. As most of you know, there is always a Delaware-based law firm engaged in any Delaware litigation. That law firm in the Bain/e-toys matter was Morris, Nichols, Arsht and Tunnell.

The Most Devastating Ad Ever Produced.

Filed in National by Delaware Dem on July 14, 2012 • 58 Comments

If you are a political history junkie, then you will understand when I say that this ad will rank up there with Daisy, the Bear in the Woods, and the Willie Horton ad as the most devastating political ads. The message in this ad is so simple it is amazing. This Obama campaign is good at politics. Very good.