On Thursday, Vice President Joe Biden (pictured) delivered a harsh counter to Mitt Romney’s speech Wednesday (July 11), where the GOP presidential hopeful was met with boos during the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) convention in Houston. In stark contrast to Romney, Biden was welcomed and cheered, drawing laughs from the […]
“If you are looking for a president who will make things better in the African-American community, you’re looking at him.” This is what Mitt Romney said to his audience at the NAACP convention today in Texas: A hilarious declaration from the increasingly hilarious political candidate. I knew this would be an entertaining speech as soon […]
Every four years, the presidential candidates make their obligatory pilgrimage to the NAACP convention, which has become the traditional venue for presidential aspirants to make their case to the Black American voter. Every four years, the Republican candidates put on their best performances, and every four years, they are, literally, unbelievable. The folks over at […]
Politicians often speak of doom and gloom scenarios whenever the subject of their adversaries winning a given race arises. Republicans have made it an artform, though there’s something to be said of knowing when to pull back on hyperbole. Reince Priebus (pictured), the chairman of the Republican National Committee, criticized President Barack Obama’s economic record on […]
Most people aren’t kidding themselves about the state of the economy: It’s bad and too many are suffering. Still, it appears that a large number of Americans are anticipating a significant turnaround sooner rather than later. According to a new CNN/ORC International poll released Tuesday, for the first time in a good while, voters are looking […]
For the few reasonable Republicans left in public life, Monday proved to be yet another day in which their sensibility got overshadowed by sensationalism. Yes, instead of seizing the opportunity the Supreme Court gave them to switch their language about immigration, we were treated to a patronizing presidential candidate, contemptuous congressman, and surly southwestern governor making transparent — and in […]
Mitt Romney wants to show us that he cares, y’all. That is, if we are to believe his intentions are genuine with the hire of Tara Wall (pictured) as a senior communications adviser. Personally, it’s not working for me, but feel free to tap into your inner idealist if necessary. SEE ALSO: Romney’s Economic Failure […]
Trying to show that he can look beyond his usual line of supporters as he campaigns for the presidency, Mitt Romney stopped by the Universal Bluford Charter School in West Philadelphia this week. There he discussed education that he deemed the “civil rights issue of our time.” I suppose to a person who largely ignored […]
GOP presidential hopeful Mitt “Poverty is Un-American” Romney is preparing to install quite the futuristic contraption in his home in LaJolla, California — an elevator for his cars. The “Phantom Park” is a car lift that lowers into a subterranean garage, reports local San Diego news source 10News.com. RELATED: Romney Hires Veteran Black Strategist 10 […]
If height were the deciding factor, presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney would defeat Barack Obama in the 2012 presidential election. Just how tall is Romney? The former Massachusetts governor is 6 feet, 2 inches tall—a full inch taller than Obama. Romney is the same height as recent presidents Bill Clinton and George H. W. Bush, […]
Never one to shy away from anyone or any topic, the ever feisty and brilliant Tamron Hall put a figurative “smack-down” on conservative columnist Tim Carney when he appeared as a guest on her MSNBC show, reports the Huffington Post. SEE ALSO: NBA’s Birdman Probed For Online Crimes Against Kids Carney was invited on to […]
Looking to score political points on Obama’s support for gay marriage, Mr. “Etch-A-Sketch” Mitt Romney came out to reaffirm his opposition to marriage equality. SEE ALSO: Is The Church Brainwashing Blacks Against Homosexuality But in a 1994 interview with LGBT newspaper “Bay Windows,” Romney said that he would be “better than Ted (Kennedy) for gay […]
