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May 2012

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 10, 2012 17 Comments

Via Mass GOP, Massachusetts Republican Party Launches New Web Video:  “FRAUDSTER” As the questions over Elizabeth Warren’s false claims to Native American ancestry continue to swirl, the Massachusetts Republican Party today launched a new web video called “Fraudster.” The video documents Warren’s shifting story and the bizarre excuses...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 10, 2012 12 Comments

Headline of the Day, from Zeke Miller of BuzzFeed Politics, Gay Marriage Reversal Means Cash For Obama: When politically convenient in 2008 Obama was against gay marriage on religious and principled grounds; when less convenient in 2012 because he is in need of campaign cash and wants to divert the public...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 10, 2012 61 Comments

And not just anyone, someone who was "presumed homosexual." The Washington Post, fresh off finding a rock in Texas, has dug deep using all the investigative reporting skills of one of the most powerful news organizations in the world, and breathlessly reports that Mitt Romney teased...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 10, 2012 11 Comments

and we're not even going to give you what you need unless you stop acting like crybabies and hooligans.  Life isn't a Rolling Stones song, despite everything you learned in school. From reader Jay: Thank you for your work with Legal Insurrection. Your hard work is appreciated. I...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 09, 2012 30 Comments

Rush Limbaugh launched a Facebook Page called Rush Babes for America, intended to show that more women support him than support the National Organization for Women. And sure enough, Rush Babes already has more followers than the NOW page, and NOW is griping. The impetus for Rush...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 09, 2012 33 Comments

I just want to get this straight. Everyone knew Obama supported gay marriage, but didn't say so when campaigning for president in 2008 and 2012 for political reasons. Everyone knew the "evolving" meme was BS, Obama was just waiting for the right moment, preferably after re-election. Everyone knew...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 09, 2012 18 Comments

Keep calling attention to this video, over and over again, as part of an ethics complaint against Scott Brown, via Politico: The Massachusetts Democratic Party has filed an ethics complaint against Scott Brown, alleging that Brown has used official resources for campaign purposes. The complaint focuses on footage of...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 09, 2012 16 Comments

It's not enough for Operation Counterweight to get a candidate through the primary.  We need to support the candidate immediately to keep the momentum going. Richard Mourdock is not running to the left (often mischaracterized as running to the center) one bit. Listen to this interview, which has the mainstream...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 09, 2012 38 Comments

I don't think we've had a boycott of an entire state in a while. California was boycotted over Prop. 8, and so was Utah because it has a lot of Mormons.  There also was a Mormon boycott, a boycott of a hotel whose owner supported Prop. 8,...

Posted by Anne Segal on May 09, 2012 17 Comments

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker (R) will face Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett (D) in the general recall election on June 5, 2012, after both won primary recall elections in their respective parties. Walker previously defeated Barrett in the 2010 governor's race by 5 percentage points. Ballotpedia reports...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 09, 2012 29 Comments

Elizabeth Warren's narrative of being a descendant of the Cherokee people emboldened Warren not only to consider herself Native American, but also to identify with the most victimized of the victimized. One doesn't have to be a scholar of Native American history to know of the Trail of Tears. ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 09, 2012 15 Comments

Spotted in Ithaca: ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 08, 2012 46 Comments

It was a blow out, more than anyone expected.  At latest count it looks like a 20 point win. Mourdocks victory speech was great.  I'll post it when it is available.  (Now available at Right Scoop but no embed) For now, you'll have to do with a photo: Elsewhere: Looks like Tom...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 08, 2012 49 Comments

Opening new post for post-results -- problems with embedded tweet codes here. % Reporting - 95 Mourdock - 60 Lugar - 40 Sen. John Kerry: Sen. Lugar's defeat is a "tragedy for the Senate" #INSEN— Bahman Kalbasi (@BahmanKalbasi) May 9, 2012 Obama: As a friend and former colleague, I want to...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 08, 2012 6 Comments

From Peter Suderman at Reason, Obama Administration Security Official: We Don't Need to Subpoena Reporters Anymore Because We Already Know Who They're Talking To: Wasserman's blistering indictment of the Obama administration's hyper-aggressive pursuit of government whistleblowers, first delivered at April's Logan Symposium on Investigative Journalism, is...

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