From not releasing his tax returns to flip flopping on almost every major issue, Democrats often warn that Mitt Romney isn’t what he appears to be. Good news for Mitt, a new secret-video shows who he really seems to be; bad news for Mitt is that it shows that what
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The Disaffected Lib: Twitt Romney Slams Half of Americans
Well, not quite half. 47% to be precise. That’s the portion of the American public “dependent” on the government according to the Republican presidential embarrassment. Romney says this 47% is so dependent on the dole they’re bound to vote for Barack Obama. Mitt, got a minute? You can’t write off
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Romney’s Russia Blunder Backfires Again
Another Russian leader has responded to Mitt Romney’s labeling of Moscow as America’s “Number One geopolitical foe.” Earlier in the week it was Vlad Putin using Romney’s slur to justify Russian hard-line opposition to US missile defence plans for Europe. Now it’s Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich warning that
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Putin’s New American BFF – Mitt Romney
Russian strongman Vlad Putin has a new pet American – Mitt Romney. Putin told Russian reporters he’s grateful to Romney for labeling Russia “America’s number one geopolitical foe.” “I’m grateful to [Romney] for formulating his stance so clearly because he has once again proven the correctness of our approach to
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Gaffe Seekers
How does the Daily Show or Fox News uncover hypocrisy of the political right or left? Do they have employees watching every news channel, every hour, of every day? No, gaffe seeking has been outsourced, and political organizations have learn how to manipulate it. Great video from MSNBC’s Rock Center
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Sit Down, Fool, and Shut Up
Mitt Romney claims its America’s “role” to lead the Middle East. “The world needs American leadership. The Middle East needs American leadership and I intend to be a president that provides the leadership that America respects and will keep us admired throughout the world.” Mitt, you sorry bastard, the Muslim
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Who, Exactly, Do Americans Fear So Much?
It has become axiomatic in American federal politics that anyone seeking office must support increasing the country’s military spending. The United States already spends more than the rest of the industrialized nations combined and fields the indisputably dominant army, air force and navy in the world. First in subs, America.
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: How America’s Job-Creator-In-Chief Actually Made his Fortune
In a much overlooked piece from Rolling Stone, Matt Taibbi chronicled how Mitt Romney actually made his mega-fortune and, here’s a hint, it wasn’t a process of job creation. No, Romney became super-rich by, “borrowing vast sums of money that other people were forced to pay back.”“This is the plain,
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: What Romney-Ryan Might Mean to Canada
What would a Romney/Ryan win mean for the U.S. and for Canada? No one can tell for sure, of course, but we can probably get a rough idea of what might lie in store. Romney-Ryan might see a power-sharing between POTUS and VPOTUS even more powerful than under Bush-Cheney. Today’s
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: The Bain of Mitt Romney’s Existence
The folks of Freeport, Illinois know what it’s like when Bain Capital comes to town and, pretty soon, so will most Americans. Whether he likes to admit it or not, Mitt Romney is getting ever richer sucking the blood out of towns like Freeport. For decades Freeport had an industrial
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Mitt Romney Has a Problem. Her Name is Rachel Maddow.
There aren’t many American journalists today who can hold a candle to Rachel Maddow. She’s aggressive, fearless and relentless – perfect qualities for exposing a charlatan like Mitt Romney. Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Twenty Per Cent of Squat Is… What?
Mitt Romney is outraged that anyone would dare criticize the fairness of his across-the-board 20% tax cut proposal. The criticism is that this would benefit very, very rich people a very, very great deal and poor or middle class Americans far less. In fact the proposal was found to cause a
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: How Does Mitt Dig His Way Out of His Tax Hole?
Senate majority leader Harry Reid says he’s heard that Mitt Romney didn’t pay taxes for 10-years. That, according to Reid, could well account for Romney’s refusal to release his tax records. The Twit is under pressure to show that he actually paid up. It’s easily enough done. All Romney has
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Is It Too Late to Bring Back Herman Cain?
The Republicans are obviously stuck with the notion that it takes a business whiz to make a good president of the United States. That’s how they wound up with Mitt the Twit Romney as their presidential nominee. But Mitt, or as Jeremy Clarkson calls him,”the American Borat,” is proving to
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Prosperity = Cultural Superiority, says Romney
As DailyKos puts it, Mitt Romney couldn’t order a hamburger without insulting the ketchup and the mustard. The Prince of Gaffe was at it again in Israel where he told an Israeli audience that the difference between their per capita GDP, $21,000, and that of Palestinians, a mere $10,000, reflected
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: American Olympic Hero on "Mitt the Twit" Romney
Nine-time gold medalist Carl Lewis had a pithy comment on Mitt Romney. “I swear, sometimes I think some Americans shouldn’t leave the country. Are you kidding me? Stay home if you don’t know what to say.” At least Mitt didn’t tell the Brits that their trees were just the right
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Romney, Obama Surrogates Spar Over Energy Policy
energy vote.jpg On Wednesday of this week, representatives from both the Obama and Romney campaigns debated issues of energy and environment, where the two campaigns’ differences on issues ranging from renewable energy subsidies to approval of the Keystone XL Pipeline were on full display. Speaking for the Obama campaign, spokesperson
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Mitt’s Cousin Denounces Mormonism as a "Cult"
Park Romney was once a Mormon high priest. Unlike his more famous cousin, Mitt, Park Romney left the church that he now labels a fraud. “There’s compelling evidence that the Mormon Church leaders knowingly and wilfully misrepresent the historical truth of their origins and of the Church for the purpose
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Ignatieff’s Liberals & Romney’s Republicans
The comparison between Canadian politics and American politics has been made more than once, the similarity of Liberal and Republican dominance in their respective countries during the last century is the most obvious. But in recent years Liberals and Republicans seem to be sharing more and more in common, Michael
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Republicans Just Cannot Help Themselves
They’re complete boneheads, the lot of them. The real contest between Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney at times seems to be which of them can talk without jamming a foot or two in his mouth. This time it’s Romney’s turn. After his impressive win in the Florida primaries, MMM, the
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