Aug 29, 2012 | Elections, Elections - Presidential (2012), Immigration, Media Issues, mic, Political Parties, Race and Racism, Republicans
Published: PolicyMic (August 29, 2012)
If you want to refute the widely-disseminated myth of the media having an anti-Republican bias in this election, one need not look any further than this recent incident at the Republican National Convention:
The controversy should have been over the type of partisan parliamentary maneuvers that normally define such major political gatherings, as Ron Paul supporters were in the process of contesting the decision of the Romney-run Republican National Committee not to seat several of the delegates that the quixotic libertarian had won during the Maine caucuses.... Read Original Article
Aug 11, 2012 | Class Issues, Conservativism, Economic Policy, Elections - Presidential (2012), mic, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Republicans
Published: PolicyMic (August 11, 2012)
Early this morning, The Huffington Post broke the story that Mitt Romney had selected Paul Ryan to be his vice presidential running mate. In his article, Jon Ward commented that “Ryan is a bold pick who will energize the Republican Party, but putting him on the ticket is fraught with risk and instantly puts Ryan’s budget plan front and center in the 2012 campaign.”
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Aug 3, 2012 | Class Issues, Conservativism, Economic Policy, Elections - Presidential (2012), mic, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Republicans
According to the non-partisan Tax Policy Center, Mitt Romney’s proposed tax cuts for the affluent will require him to increase taxes on middle-class families by $2,000 a year.
Just in case you missed that the first time: If you are a wage-earner for a middle-class family, Romney would raise your taxes by $2,000.
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Jul 15, 2012 | Class Issues, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2012), Plutocracy, Scandals
For those of you unfamiliar with the emerging scandal involving Mitt Romney and Bain Capital, I have broken down the debacle into five convenient sets of bullet points:
Romney’s Actions:
– In a federal disclosure form filed on August 12, 2011, Mitt Romney wrote that he had retired as CEO of Bain Capital to run the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics on February 11, 1999.
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Jul 11, 2012 | Conservativism, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2012), mic, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Republicans, Scandals
Published: PolicyMic (July 11, 2012)
In 1973, Vice President Spiro Agnew was forced to resign due to revelations that he had accepted bribes as Governor of Maryland. Why is this important nearly forty years later? Simple: If Mitt Romney chooses Tim Pawlenty as his running mate, we may have another Agnew on our hands.
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Jun 11, 2012 | Class Issues, Conservativism, Economic Policy, Elections - Presidential (2012), mic, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Republicans
Published: PolicyMic (June 11, 2012)
The American people have made it clear that unemployment will be the dominant issue of this election. Polls consistently show voters prioritizing it far above every other policy question, with nothing else – not health care reform, not balancing the budget, not international relations, not gay rights – managing to place even a close second by comparison.... Read Original Article
