Posts tagged politics
it's just a bunch of words
...and pictures and links and videos, but yeah, mostly words
“The attempt by Republican men to wrestle American women back into chastity belts has not only breathed life into President Obama, it has roused and riled Hillary. And that could turn out to be the most dangerous thing the wildly self-destructive G.O.P. leaders have done.” ( x )
This needed its own post.
hillary is a giant squid of anger!
(Source: nom-chompsky, via stfuconservatives)
There is more selfishness and less principle among members of Congress than I had any conception of before I became President of the United States of America.
GOP Candidates Blame 30 Years Of Rising Income Inequality On Barack Obama And Single Moms
TUMULTY: Governor Perry, over the last 30 years, the income of the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans has grown by more than 300 percent, and yet we have more people living in poverty in this country than at any time in the last 50 years. Is this acceptable? And what would you do to close that gap?
PERRY: The reason we have that many people living in poverty is because we have got a president of the United States who is a job- killer. That’s what’s wrong with this country today. You have a president who does not understand how to create wealth. He has over-taxed, over-regulated the small-business men and women to the point where they are laying off people. Two-and-half million Americans are out there who have lost their jobs. We have got 14 million without work. This president, I will suggest to you, is the biggest deterrent to getting this country back on track, and we have to do everything we can to replace Barack Obama in 2012.
ROSE: OK. But we are almost out of time. I want to give you a chance, and then we have to go the final questions.
SANTORUM: There is more to it than that. And I agree with Rick, what he said, but the biggest problem with poverty in America, and we don’t talk about here, because it’s an economic discussion — and that is the break down of the American family. You want to look at the poverty rate among families that have two — that have a husband and wife working in them? It’s 5 percent today. A family that’s headed by one person? It’s 30 percent today…We need to have a policy that supports families, that encourages marriage that has fathers take responsibility for their children. You can’t have limited government — you can’t have a wealthy society if the family breaks down, that basic unit of society.
America, a vast land of opportunity and prosperity prior to January 20th 2009.
-Joe
reblogging for commentary.
(and also just to reiterate how much these candidates scare me.)
(via stfuconservatives)
The 2012 US election candidates’ stances on LGBT issues. This chart sure does make for some depressing reading. Source
this is frightening.
(via stilletcheduponhisface)
All of Modern Politics in One Chart
(via itsvondell)
fyeahhistorymajorheraldicbeast:
There’s absolutely no one alive today that I would trust to write a Constitution for the US. You just can’t beat Madison and company.
