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The Bain Of Mitt Romney’s Existence
Just as with Ted Kennedy in 1994 and the Boston Globe in 2002, Mitt Romney’s vulture capitalist record has come back to haunt him, this time in Sunday’s New York Times. After a Romney Deal, Profits and Then Layoffs By … Continue reading
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Tagged 1994, 2002, Bain, Boston Globe, Dade International, Mitt Romney, New York Times, Ted Kennedy, vulture capitalist
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Let The Seamus Sweepstakes™ Begin Again (Again)!
Just when the hardworking staff was thinking Seamus might be in the doghouse with New York Times columnist Gail Collins, he shows up in two consecutive columns, Thursday’s and today’s: The antipathy toward Mitt Romney is the most fascinating part … Continue reading
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For Mitt Romney, 2005 Was A Very Flip-Flop Year
The Wall Street Journal did no favors for presidential hypeful Mitt Romney (R-Newt Gingrich? Really?) in this Friday front-page piece: To win election as governor of Massachusetts in 2002, Mitt Romney made a truce with liberal activists and cast himself … Continue reading
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Tagged Mitt Romney, Oxymoron Watch, presidential hypeful, Total Moron Watch, Wall Street Journal
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NYT, WSJ Handicap The 2012 Election
Somebody please get the Wall Street Journal’s Dorothy Rabinowitz and the New York Times’s Nate Silver into the same room. In Wednesday’s Journal, Rabinowitz makes a compelling case for Newt Gingrich as a viable alternative to Mitt Romney in the … Continue reading
Mitt Romney Can’t Add
In a rare encounter with actual people, presidential wannabe Mitt Romney (R-Call Me Ahab) parachuted into Iowa this week in an effort to – wait for it – campaign there without seeming to campaign there. According to a New York … Continue reading
Michele Bachmann Is Language-Impaired
In the ongoing effort to reinsert herself into the GOP presidential primaries, Michele Bachmann (R-Put James Garfield on Mt. Rushmore) has launched a new offensive against the leading Republican candidates. From the New York Times: Michele Bachmann Warns Against Supporting … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, frugal socialists, Herman Cain, James Garfield, Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney, Mt. Rushmore, New York Times, Rick Perry
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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Obama Bashing Romney Edition)
While Republican presidential wannabes Herman Cain (R-More Stories Than Richard North Patterson) and Rick Perry (R-Laughing Gas) stumble around the political landscape, the Obamanaut super PAC Priorities USA Action is dropping 100 grand on web videos attacking Mitt Romney (R-Anderson? … Continue reading
NYT’s Ross Douthat Says Romney Will Do That
New York Times op-ed columnist Ross Douthat, a.k.a. The Weakest Link, has officially anointed Mitt Romney (R-I’m Still Speaking) the inevitable GOP 2012 presidential nominee: Ignore the Politico daily briefings, the Rasmussen tracking polls, the angst from conservative activists over … Continue reading
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Tagged inevitable GOP nominee, Mitt Romney, New York Times, Ross Douthat
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Mitt Romney Is A Moron
Quadrennial White House wannabe Mitt Romney (R-Oops! . . . I’m Running Again) has to be the least funny politician ever. From Matt Viser’s toe-curling report in Friday’s Boston Globe Political Notebook about Romney’s campaign swing through Iowa: When a woman … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, e-Viser-ation, Iowa, Matt Viser, Mitt Romney, Political Notebook
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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Ron Paul Twofer Edition)
Congressman Ron Paul (R-Anyone Seen My Right Eyebrow?) may be – actually, has been – marginalized by the mainstream media, but he’s nonetheless managed to mainstream himself in paid media. Paul is the only GOP presidential hopeful who’s run actual … Continue reading
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Tagged ABC The Note, Consistent, Mitt Romney, Plan, Rick Perry, right eyebrow, Ron Paul
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