i'll watch this

hands off, mittens.

Governor Romney:

I created the TV show “Friday Night Lights” and came up with the phrase “Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can’t Lose.”

I was not thrilled when I saw that you have plagiarized this expression to support your campaign by using it on posters, your Facebook page and as part of your stump speeches. Your politics and campaign are clearly not aligned with the themes we portrayed in our series.

The only relevant comparison that I see between your campaign and “Friday Night Lights” is in the character of Buddy Garrity – who turned his back on American car manufacturers selling imported cars from Japan. Your use of the expression falsely and inappropriately associates “Friday Night Lights” with the Romney/Ryan campaign. Mitt, we all wish you and your family all the best. We are grateful for your support of our beloved show, but we are not in any way affiliated with you or your campaign. Please come up with your own campaign slogan.

Sincerely
Peter Berg

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quit it with that nonsense

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broccoli obama or meat romney

lady binder fact check.

Everyone is having a good at laugh over Mitt Romney's "binders full of women" line from last night's debate, but given our current obsession with fact checking it's no surprise that there are also questions about whether the binder story is even true. David Bernstein of The Phoenix in Boston got a post up last night questioning Mitt's recollection of events. According to Bernstein, the mythical binder did indeed exist, but it was given to Governor Romney by outside activists and not at his request.

A group called MassGAP put together the list in 2002—before Romney was elected governor of Massachusetts—as part of an overall effort to push to get more women into senior leadership positions in state government. They say they approached Romney with the binder as he was putting together his cabinet, not the other way around. (via)

actually, it was pretty much just like this.

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i missed the debates because i went to go see Pitch Perfect, but is this what it was like?

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the most important takeaway from last night's debate

are you curious about mitt romney's chipotle order?

burrito bowl, carnitas, rice (probably white), black beans and pico de gallo, and guac i know its extra

mittens romney finally released his tax information

this should tell you what you need to know

jon stewart is a carpenter.

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president obama is a carpenter.

did you see?

last night ted kennedy dragged his corpse out of the grave to deliver a mitt romney smackdown.

here comes the hand of god to wipe the republican scourge from the earth

as we speak, tropical storm isaac is gathering strength and is forecast to be a category 2 hurricane directly over tampa, florida on monday night. you might remember that the grand old party has their mitt romney party scheduled at exactly the same time. things are getting serious and the mayor of tampa is threatening to shut the whole thing down. stay tuned. source source

as you probably already know...

...the Supreme Court has upheld the Affordable Care Act insurance mandate, as well as nearly all of the law's other 92 provisions.  The liberal wing of the court ruled that the law was constitutional under the Commerce Clause, while the conservative wing of the court ruled the law unconstitutional.  Justice John Robert's was the swing vote on this ruling, deciding that the legislation was constitutional, but not under the Commerce Clause, but rather as part of the right of Congress to create and raise taxes.

The Atlantic has an interesting article about how John Robert's might be the sneakiest of the sneakiest by ruling in such a way as to deny Obama a rallying cry to his base, giving Romney a rallying cry for his base, and casting the already unpopular ACA as a dirty, dirty tax.

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romney economics

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where's your god now rick santorum?

Looks like the stresses of losing the Republican Primary are getting to ol' Rick Santorum.  He blew the F up at a New York Times reporter after being asked about his remarks that Mittens Romney is the worst candidate to run against Barack Obama.  He even went so far as to call the question "bullshit." Oh no!  But that's not what Jesus would do!  CBS News has a video of the exchange, and it's a strange mix of awkwardness and hilarity.  Rick's daughter looks especially uncomfortable as she tries to continue smiling despite her fathers long-drawn-out head shaking heavy tantrum. I'm ready for this annoying primary to be over. Doesn't Rick Santorum have anything better to do? Like holding miscarried babies or something? [via]

the latest new yorker cover

get it?

ctmol.

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jon stewart got me several times during this segment.

this is a campaign statement i can get behind

Earlier today, nearly 30 years after Mitt Romney took a twelve-hour drive with Seamus, the family's diarrheal dog, strapped to the roof of the car inside an air-tight kennel — and nearly 5 years after the story was first reported by the Boston Globe — Obama adviser David Axelrod tweeted out a photo of President Obama riding in a car with Bo, along with this message: "How loving owners transport their dogs." Burn.