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Mitt Romney In 2002: “I'm Basically In The Investors Hall Of Fame”
Romney has come under fire this week from Democrats for his role leading the private equity firm Bain Capital. Romney, though, is proud of his work, as he said while running for governor: “I wish I could bat 1.000, I can't, but I'm basically in the investors hall of fame.” Read More ›
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In New Ad, Democrats Say Private Equity Isn't About Creating Jobs
A new ad from the DNC hits Romney for his role at Bain Capital saying his role in private equity wasn't about creating jobs, but money for his investors. Read More ›
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Romney In 2002: I'll Get More Money From The Federal Government Like I Did At The Olympics
Presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney campaigned heavily against earmarks in the Republican primary. But in this clip from a 2002 gubernatorial debate Romney argues that as Governor he'll “get more money from the federal government” like the “record amount for security and transportation” he got for the 2002 Olympics. Read More ›
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Mitt Romney Stands By What He Said… Whatever It Was
In a press conference in Jacksonville Romney said of his comments to Sean Hannity on Obama's former pastor Jeremiah Wright in February: “I stand by what I said — whatever it was.” Read More ›
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Romney Gets Facts Wrong On Gay Adoption
The former Governor cited “the fact that gay adoption is legal in all states but one.” That's not correct, and where Romney got the statisitic remains unclear. UPDATE: The campaign says he's referring to Mississippi. Read More ›
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Mitt Romney's Pitch To The True Believers
At Liberty University, the Mormon candidate finds an army of (reluctant) political supporters — but little apetite for theological bridge-building. Read More ›
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Best New Tumblr: 1,001 Droll Pranks For Rich Boys
The wealthy young gentleman's guide to horseplay. Click through for more japes and tomfoolery that you can perpetrate on your prep school chums! Read More ›
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Democrats Launch It Gets Worse Attack On Romney For Stance On Gay Marriage
The pro-Obama superPAC American Bridge released an ad today attacking Romney today for his stance on gay marriage, along with a website. Read More ›
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Republicans Laugh, But Women Relate To "The Life Of Julia" on thedailybeast.com ›
For all the snide comments from the right, the word is getting passed on. In just two days, “The Story of Julia” has been liked over 37,000 times on Facebook and #Julia has had over 20,000 mentions on Twitter.
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White House Advisor: You're Not Responsible For Everything Said At Every Event
Democrats are capitalizing on comments made at town hall by a woman asking a question who said President Obama should be tried for treason, comments not immediately disavowed by Mitt Romney. In 2011, during a Labor Day rally with Obama rally, Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa said Democrats should “take these [Republican] sons of bitches out”. WH Advisor Daniel Pfeiffer responded in an interview with AM 630 that officials shouldn't be responsible for everything said and don't have to serve as the “speech police.” Read More ›
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The Obama Campaign Also Hit John McCain On Offshore Bank Accounts
Mitt Romney's Cayman Island investments have become a favorite Democratic attack. In the 2008, the Obama campaign took a similar line on McCain, using comments he made in Bermuda supportive of offshore accounts to paint McCain as a out-of-touch friend of rich tax dodgers. Read More ›
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In 2007, Mitt Romney Addressed His Bin Laden Gaffe
Democrats continued their attack on Mitt Romney today for 2007 remarks saying it was not worth moving “heaven on earth” to kill Osama Bin Laden. Rivals pilled on Romney for the remark and in this 2007 debate Romney addressed the comment, saying “we will move everything to get him,” and that his comments were meant to convey the larger scope of the War on Terror. Read More ›
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Rick Santorum Meets Lindsay Lohan
The look on his face says it all. This odd encounter at the White House Correspondents' Dinner is made all the odder by the mini-scandal involving whether or not Santorum took Lohan's photo. Read More ›
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White House Correspondents' Dinner Fake Dog SuperPAC Ad
President Obama joked about the prevalence attacks in the 2012 election related to the candidates' past treatment of dogs. The President showed a fake ad from Romney's SuperPAC hitting the President for “dog socialism.” Read More ›
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Romney's Bin Laden Comment In Context
Romney's 2007 gaffe was fodder but rivals, but also reflected a maximalist view on the War on Terror. “Not worth moving heaven and earth, spending billions of dollars just trying to catch one person.” Read More ›
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22 Biggest Klouchebags On Twitter: Beltway Edition!
We plugged some of DC's biggest pundits, journalists, and politicos into Klouchebag to find the worst social media sinners. The program tabulates a given person's Twitter misdeeds — bad english, excessive social app use, retweet abuse, and anger/profanity — and pops out a score and a label. (With a score of 30, this reporter was dubbed “a bit of a prat.”) Read More ›
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48 More Photographs Of The Romney Family Looking Perfectly Normal
Mitt Romney's sons maintained the “Five Brothers Blog,” during his 2008 campaign. The message: He's a regular guy. Read More ›
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Barack Obama And Mitt Romney Wanted “Apollo Project…Manhattan Project” For Energy Independence In 2008
Presidential rivals Mitt Romney and Barack Obama offer different plans today for getting America energy independent. But in 2008 Obama and Romney's plans were remarkably in similar, featuring a huge investment in clean energy. Obama's was financed through a cap-and-trade system, while Romney's was financed through tax credits. Read More ›
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Mitt Romney: “We Raised Fees $240 Million”
Presumptive Republican Mitt Romney has long campaigned on not having raised taxes, while critics point to his record overseeing millions of dollars in fee increases. Here's Romney correcting John McCain on his fee record in 2008 saying “we raised $240 million dollars.” Read More ›
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Mitt Romney Dishes On “The Hair”
The presumptive Republican nominee's hair was listed as a negative in a leaked campaign strategy book in 2008. Here's the former Governor Romney giving “Fox and Friends” the rundown on his hair in 2008. “He won't shave it” and he hasn't combed it since high school. Read More ›
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Happy 4-20! Here's Barack Obama And Mitt Romney On Marijuana
Hint: Neither want to legalize it. Read More ›
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In 2008 Gaffe, Romney Repeatedly Called Osama Bin Laden "Barack Obama"
It was notable Romney gaffe from the 2008 campaign. In a speech to the Greenwood, South Carolina Chamber of Commerce Romney repeatedly referred to 9/11 mastermind Osama Bin Laden as Barack Obama.” Read More ›
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Even The Elevators At Obama's Headquarters Are Mocking Romney
Obama has “car elevators,” too. The campaign has names for them. Read More ›
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Obama, Romney Advisors Debate: Was “Mad Men” Era Awesome?
The pressing question of our time. Read More ›
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The Etch-A-Sketch Response Ads Everybody Was Hoping For
Ohio Art capitalizes on Romney aide soundbite. Fast. Read More ›
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Exclusive: Paul Ryan Will Endorse Romney
A source tells BuzzFeed the Budget Chairman's staff told Rick Santorum he'll back the frontrunner. Read More ›
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Mitt Romney Made Fun Of John Kerry For Having A Large Home
Mitt Romney has been in the news for ill-timed plans to triple the size of his California home. But in a 2004 speech to the Republican Governor's Association, for George Bush's reelection Romney himself attacked the Democrat, John Kerry on the same grounds: “There's a Senator from my state who wants to get elected President. I don't know why he would want to do that, because he would have to move into a smaller house.” Read More ›
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When Mitt Romney Wanted An “Energy Revolution”
Republican Presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney has shifted right along with the Republican Party on the question of global warming. The former Massachusetts Governor's energy plan mostly focuses on increasing domestic oil production and streamlining regulation. But during the 2008 Presidential cycle Romney often talked about fighting climate change and launching an “energy revolution” through developing renewable resources like wind, solar, clean coal, biodiesel, algae, biofuel, and ethanol to combat America's reliance on foreign oil. Here are eight examples. Read More ›
