Los Angeles Mayor To Chris Wallace: Republican Platform Looks Like The Party Of 1812

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Appearing on Fox News Sunday this morning, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa told host Chris Wallace that the Republican Party platform looks more like the party platform of 1812.

'If you look at [the GOP's] 2012 platform, it looks like it is from another century, maybe even two,' Villaraigosa said.

'It looks like the platform of 1812.' he explained, 'When you see they want to repeal the Affordable Care Act providing 32 million people with health care with no alternative plan of their own. They call for the self-deportation of eleven million people ' no country in the world has ever done that. They don't believe in abortion even in the case of rape and incest.'

'It's a platform that is from another century,' he concluded.

'I just want to point out, it does matter, that Mitt Romney does support the exception for rape and incest,' Wallace corrected the mayor.

The L.A. mayor then went on to criticize the Democratic Party for it's reluctance to address pension reform, and seniority and tenure issues.

Watch below, via Fox News:

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• I heard the some of the people writing the Republican platform wanted a plank that called for reinstating the 3/5s clause back into the constitution.

• Yep, the bagger regressive party is off it's creaky rocker''.who knew?

• This guy is taking a break from bankrupting Los Angeles to be the Hispanic figurehead of a Fool's Parade. He was chosen because of his ethnicity and because that's how Dems select their leaders.

  See Obama, Barack H.

• It's been said that this election is really The Stand and Obama is Randall Flagg.

• gloves is talking to himself. he is off his meds again

• *'I just want to point out, it does matter, that Mitt Romney does support the exception for rape and incest,' Wallace corrected the mayor.*

  Man, I hate that sort of phrasing, because now even a journalist like Kirell thinks that he was correcting the mayor. But he wasn't; the platform really does say what the mayor said it does. Wallace was just pointing out Romney disagrees with the GOP platform.

• No we select our leaders because they bring policies to the table that work. There has been 4,545,000 created in the public sector in the last 30 months. 4,662,000 jobs were lost under BUSH in just his last year. Then on top of it 600k public sector jobs were lost by
  REPUBLICAN legislators firing people around the country to add even more unemployment in the midst of a near depression. YOU GLOVES ARE A EFFING MORON. On top of that your candidate, Thurston Howell III is a man who not only protested in favor of sending other people's children to die in Vietnam, even as he avoided service himself, he then complained about how those dying Americans made it 'tough' for him while he was in France avoiding service. That's right you stupid morons'  Your family members who died in Viet Nam are spinning in their grave thinking their idiot relatives are going to vote in a silver spooned
  draft dodger for President. Why they are thinking how stupid could my
  relatives be?

• Who cares? Does anybody with live brain cells care about what 'Gloves' says?

  This is a guy who responds to his own posts!!

• Well, for one thing Mexico still had California back in 1812, which was a good thing. And James Madison wasn't a worthless suit with a big grin.

• Why is this dimwit being interviewed? He has nearly bankrupted L.A. What credibility does he have on any subject?

• I think this Tony Villar is a dumb as a doorknob. 1812, eh? It's a pity that the party didn't even exist back then. Ahh. But why do I I even bother? These Dems are all a bunch of Statists with no respect for the Constitution. Looking for rights under every rock and sofa. With these guys you'll have a right to free pet, a pool, 40 weekend getaways and a massage chair.

• The platform of 1812? Sooo, war with Canada?  It's about time.

• VILLARRAIGOSA ES UN MENTIROSO Y FARSANTE!

• The Republicans are not the party of 1812 for rich, white man. For women, black people, latinos, Gays, the old and young it is the party of 1712.

• Hey, what did we do to deserve that?  We're best friends. 

• Gloves, hello? You're talking to an empty chair.

• The Republican Party's push for 'change' amounts to little more than a regression back to the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, when white men ruled the roost, women and minorities 'knew their place', and corporate fat cats were free to pollute the planet and exploit their employees, unfettered by federal workplace or environmental regulations.

George Will: RNC Didn't Tell Us Something We Didn't Already Know About Romney

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Appearing on ABC's This Week panel, conservative columnist George Will said that Mitt Romney's Thursday closing speech at the Republican National Convention did not succeed in telling the American public something they didn't already know about the Republican candidate for the presidency.

'In those three nights,' host George Stephanopoulos asked at the outset, 'did [the GOP] do what they needed to do?'

'Not clear,' Will said.

He added that the real question is whether the people who watch the convention are those who are 'unusually interested in politics,' or whether the viewership includes potential swing voters who may not know much about the candidates.

Ultimately, Will concluded that Romney did not succeed in painting a strong image of himself for the voting public: 'Did Mitt Romney tell us something that we didn't already know? We know that he's against throwing money at bad ideas, we know that he's against what they call trickle-down government. But did he tell us something that we didn't already know? I doubt it.'

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• Romney announces new health care plan today. Magic underwear and prayer. Says all Dr's will now find a new career and all hospitals will close within 2 days of him being sworn in.. Romney estimates it will save 2 trillion dollars per year.

  On another note Romney says he will ban alcohol, soda, coffee, tea, and any movie rated above G.

   

• Interesting that Mediaite didn't cover these comments from the same show: http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/09/02/787991/bush-chief-political-strategist-paul-ryans-speech-was-full-of-lies/

• Everyone including all the baggers already knew Ryan is an incompetent schmuck, Romney is just a privileged rich chump with zero experience that lies perhaps more than LyinRyan.
  Romney is an empty suit, he would be the worst POTUS right next to Dumbya.

•  When real conservatives and not scummy baggers tell the truth about how pathetic Lyin Ryan is it spells trouble for the regressive party.
  Baggers don't care, they just want that black guy out of the WHITEY house, they'll vote for any clown as long as he's white.

• http://goo.gl/92mzu

• What is there to know about Romney-he was a progressive, then a moderate, then Conservative, now a right wing loon. Romney is whomever his puppet masters want him to be.

• They certainly didn't tell us about his taxes, but its pretty clear that it is not going away.  http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/02/business/inquiry-on-tax-strategy-adds-to-scrutiny-of-finance-firms.html

• Not true, he'll only ban abortions and porn.

• Is it true that Will called Brazille a racist on the air after she said 'Chicago'?  if so, lol

• Willard did say that he would create 12 million new jobs in 4 years and also walk on water. 

  Which of these is more true?

Do Journalists Now Represent The Left On Meet The Press Panel?

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Generally speaking, Sunday morning talk shows like NBC's Meet the Press take great care to have panelists representing both sides. It's become a staple of these shows to air rigorous debate among the big thinkers from both sides of the aisle.

Today's panel offering was particularly interesting: former Republican Congressman Newt Gingrich, former Republican Senate candidate Carly Fiorina, New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman, and NBC reporter Tom Brokaw, and historian Doris Kearns Goodwin.

The roundtable discussion was not only interesting for its subject matter, but because it begs the question: was the show effectively putting up two journalists (Friedman and Brokaw) as representatives of the left?

You've got two people who are clearly on the right in Gingrich and Fiorina, a historian with left leanings in Goodwin, and then two journalists who are supposed to be straight-shooters but clearly meant to balance out the conservative panelists here.

Conservatives have long accused Brokaw and (to a lesser degree) Friedman of being liberals, but is this panel placement a tacit confession that these journalists represent the left? Neither of them would agree that they represent the liberal viewpoint, but if you take seriously the notion that the show always tries to represent both sides, then this does look curious.

Regardless, when we are this close to an election, you would think journalists would be extra-sensitive about this sort of thing.

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• The liberal media lie/myth lives to tell that lie''again'and again'and again'..

• Every one in the real world has long held the belief that journalist = liberal. 

• Can you explain why the NY Times itself has found the media ' including some within Fox ' to clearly be liberal?  They ran a piece recently on that exact conclusion.  The media is liberal.  The ocean is wet.

World Class Liar: Runner's World Debunks Outlandish Paul Ryan Marathon Claim

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Who would have thought that Runner's World magazine would find itself at the center of another political controversy, about another Republican vice-presidential candidate? This one, however, could really hurt. Hot on the heels of Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-WI) Snickers' Bar of Lies at the Republican National Convention comes the story of how Runner's World debunked Ryan's claim to have run a 'two hour and fifty-something' minute marathon.

Rep. Ryan made the claim in an interview with Hugh Hewitt last week:

HH: Are you still running?

PR: Yeah, I hurt a disc in my back, so I don't run marathons anymore. I just run ten miles or yes.

HH: But you did run marathons at some point?

PR: Yeah, but I can't do it anymore, because my back is just not that great.

HH: I've just gotta ask, what's your personal best?

PR: Under three, high twos. I had a two hour and fifty-something.

Runner's World's Scott Douglas thought Ryan's claim sounded a little fishy, noting that such a performance would put Ryan well ahead of other political marathoners, including the aforementioned Sarah Palin, whose best time lags more than an hour behind the time Ryan claimed (He also detailed a highly dubious marathon claim by former Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry).

Douglas did a little legwork of his own, tracking down the name of the race that Ryan had run from a campaign aide, who confirmed that Ryan's 'comments on the [radio] show were the best of his recollection.'

The campaign gave Ryan the right race, but the wrong year. Even so, Runner's World dug up eleven years of records for the Grandma's Marathon (a true testament to the value of a beat writer), and found this:

Runner's World checked 11 years of results for Grandma's Marathon, from 1988 through 1998, and found a finisher in the 1990 race by the name of Paul D. Ryan, 20, of Minneapolis.

Ryan's middle name is Davis, and he was 20 in 1990. The finishing time listed was 4 hours, 1 minute and 25 seconds.

Now busted, the candidate released this statement through a spokesman:

'The race was more than 20 years ago, but my brother Tobin'who ran Boston last year'reminds me that he is the owner of the fastest marathon in the family and has never himself ran a sub-three. If I were to do any rounding, it would certainly be to four hours, not three. He gave me a good ribbing over this at dinner tonight.'

This must have been the same dinner at which Ryan's brother reminded him that he'd never actually walked on the moon, but had once done some fairly convincing mimicry of the Billie Jean video. The only person who could possibly knock over an hour off of a marathon time by accident is someone who had never actually run one.

As it turns out, despite having told Hewitt he had to stop running marathons (plural) due to an injury, Ryan's campaign says he ran just that one.

Even fake stories of 'serial exaggeration' did serious damage to former future President Al Gore in 2000, so a story like this, on its own, has the potential to capture the imaginations of the less politically-engage voting public. Add to that the fact that it comes on the heels of a high profile speech that was characterized by its remarkable dishonesty, and you have the potential for a Lyin' Ryan narrative that could stick, and could really hurt the Romney/Ryan ticket with the sliver of voters who haven't made up their minds yet.

Working in Ryan's favor are the fact that this story is breaking during a holiday weekend, one during which most of the political media are recovering from the Republican National Convention, while tooling up for the Democrats' gathering next week. He also benefits from the mainstream media's faint-hearted reticence to call Republicans liars, even as they're pointing out their lies.

(h/t Chris Hayes)

• The guy just can't help himself.  But considering the fact free speech he gave the other night I'm not suprised the tall tales he has told will start to come to light. Too bad the base of the GOP is imune to fact checking. As usual they will turn this into a MSM issue and not the fact that Ryan is a champion liar.

• Most politicians (either party) can't help stretching the truth every chance they get.  They want people to see them as 'superior' and therefore worthy of the people's votes.  Politicians though forget that with the Internet voters can prove or disprove most political claims within a few minutes time of doing a Google search.

  How can you tell a politician is lying?  His/Her mouth is open and they are talking.

• Wow, now this is what I call hard-hitting journalism!

• And this is supposed to be their guy who is good with numbers?

  Good at lying about numbers is more like it.

   

• They get so used to lying they can't even remember when to tell the truth. 

• this has got to be the most devastating bit of news in our lifetime. i haven't been rocked this hard since 9/11. start working on your Pulitzer Prize acceptance speech Tommy!

• Why is this even important? He spoke off the cuff, gave the wrogn time and now it's 'BFD?' You people have BIDEN, so I wouldn't knit pick.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio Not Charged In Inquiry Over Abuse-Of-Power Allegations

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Maricopa County sheriff Joe Arpaio has not been charged following an inquiry into allegations that the controversial lawman abused power in his role. The accusations against Arpaio included 'claims of misuse of county-issued credit cards and federal money to pay for salaries, trips, meals and other expenses they should not have covered.'

Investigators looking into the charges said they found 'insufficient evidence of criminal intent,' and Arpaio responded to the findings by saying he 'never had any doubt' and thanking the federal government for its work in the inquiry.

The Sheriff currently faces a similar civil-rights lawsuit, with advocacy organizations alleging that Arpaio targeted Latinos in raids and other actions carried out by his deputies. The ruling in that lawsuit is still pending.

h/t New York Times

• Of course not! They had nothing on him. It was all about intimidation to shut him up. They feel now they have sufficiently made him look like an 'extreme right wing nut' their favorite humiliation label, that no one will listen to now. They will continue to go after him in other ways. They won't quit. All our tax dollars wasted on this 'mission' to destroy Joe? How do they justify this when they won't even LOOK at the Black Panthers and their actual threats to Americans or the Fast & Furious scandal that has resulted in many deaths? Holder will be dragged out the door kicking and screaming when Obama loses! can't wait.

• Can we say political witch hunt. Does ANYONE really doubt that this is politically motivated.

• More DOJ intimidation from the Holder Justice Department.  Gibson Guitars knows all about having a differing opinion from the Messiah and how it can lead to raids on your factories.  This is just another reason why we have to kick this corrupt President out of office.

  Romney/Ryan 2012

• America's toughest sheriff has something on someone..Holder is a radical, power hunger prick. Federal charges all across Arizona were dropped. Other sheriffs, civil right cases against the state and so on.. http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/

• This must upset the brown supremacists from La Raza and other pro-illegal alien apologists.

• http://goo.gl/9eXve

Harris-Perry Loses Cool Over Guest's Comment, Yells 'I Am Sick Of The Idea That Being Wealthy Is Risky'

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On her show Saturday morning, MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry grew visibly frustrated over a guest's assertion that the 'big thing' missing in the President's 'you didn't build that speech' was an emphasis on taking risks, raising her voice and slamming down on her desk as she gave an impassioned rebuttal insisting that, no, the real risk is in being poor in America.

'What is riskier than living poor in America?' Harris-Perry demanded. 'Seriously! What in the world is riskier than being a poor person in America? I live in a neighborhood where people are shot on my street corner. I live in a neighborhood where people have to figure out how to get their kid into school because maybe it will be a good school and maybe it won't. I am sick of the idea that being wealthy is risky. No. There is a huge safety net that whenever you fail will catch you and catch you and catch you. Being poor is what is risky. We have to create a safety net for poor people. And when we won't, because they happen to look different from us, it is the pervasive ugliness.'

The panel then offered their respective takes on the issue, one guest noting that, sure, the government gives us roads, but some of us use it to go to Dairy Queen, while others use them to build businesses. Another guest pointed out a New York Times cover image of a black man laying back in an otherwise empty-looking New Orleans shelter, which she interpreted as an attempt to give an example of a 'lazy person' living off others' work.

Later on in the show, Harris-Perry offered an apology for 'losing my temper earlier,' adding that it's been a particularly hard week. Harris-Perry, as you may be aware, was among those who lost their homes this past week as Hurricane Isaac slammed into the Gulf.

Have a look at both the segment and Harris-Perry's apology below, via MSNBC:

• MHP was amazing.  I only wish there were more like her telling truth to the knee jerk talking point spouters.

• M H-P is a classy woman with exceptional intelligence. She has every right to lose her cool once in a while and this was for a good cause. The 'Haves' sometimes can't appreciate the struggles of the poor. Hell, even now, the entire discussion is about the middle class. There once was a time when attention was focused on the poor of the lower class. How long ago did you last year anyone discuss the poor as a class of concern?

• I totally respect and value MHPs' opinion on most everything'. I also ADMIRE her for STATING THEM.

• It's becoming more and more obvious that liberals are coming unglued , my God, the statement ' consumers create jobs ' is typical Obama speak. ABO  GOOD RIDDANCE.

• This woman will never get it.

• She has no clue what it is like to have to earn accolades based on merit and not simply through affirmative action. Neither does Obama. Being successful without race-based force is difficult and she will never understand that.

• 'Being poor is what is risky. We have to create a safety net for poor people.'

  to catch them from the tremendous fall that occurs when the perpetually lazy fall asleep and roll off the Hammock

• Yeahhhhhh! We got another fish on the hook. Another rabid, apoplectic Leftist media hack who really ought to be reveling in the joy of Her Boy being president. But it's not 'raining candy' like she and all the other Leftist media hacks declared would happen during the course of brick OBAMO's term.

  Someone needs to ask this Leftist media shrew WHY the 'poor' are clustered in DIM LIB cesspools where she lives? If DIM LIBS cared about being 'poor' and 'poverty,' wouldn't those things go DOWN under brick OBAMO? But they're going UP!

  Department of Social Services needs to monitor this shrew for the well being of children and pets. She needs to vent. The gal needs to vent.

• Not only was MHP  releasing the stress of Hurricane Issac'she was speaking a basic TRUTH that the Republican Party REFUSES to answer, and that FLACK that was on her show didn't have the TALKING POINTS to address.

• No business can succeed without customer's, or is that something to difficult for you to comprehend?

James Lipton Critiques Eastwood's Speech: Obama 'Incapable' Of Uttering Such Vulgarities

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The host of Inside The Actor's Studio, James Lipton, appeared on MSNBC with Alex Wagner on Friday where he offered a strong criticism of Clint Eastwood's Republican National Convention speech. Lipton said that Eastwood gave a weak performance and, worse, he was disrespectful to the office of the presidency in a way that he could not recall having a historical parallel.

RELATED: Clint Eastwood Gives 'Invisible Obama' The Best Lines Of His Performance Art Speech

Lipton told Wagner that he was friends with Eastwood and praised him as an actor and director, but he had to confess that he found Eastwood's speech to be 'not his best performance.'

Lipton said that Eastwood, improving his speech, gave President Barack Obama the worst lines of the speech. 'A couple of vulgarities,' said Lipton of the lines Eastwood gave Obama. 'A word we can't utter here, of course, and shouldn't have been uttered there.'

'In my opinion, Obama is incapable of saying 'shut up' and 'go blank yourself,' and is capable, in fact, of uttering much more eloquent and proper replies,' said Lipton. 'He was not given that opportunity; the words were put in his mouth. They were vulgar and, worse, they were disrespectful.'

'I can remember a number of Presidential campaigns where presidents running for reelection were not treated quite this disrespectfully,' Lipton lamented.

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• I hope Obama brings an empty chair for Mitt Romney's taxes. 

• Vulgarities? That's funny because 'What's your favorite curse word?' is a question he asks to every guest he has on Inside the Actors Studio.

• POOR CLINT, HE IS A SENILE OLD MAN. A CHAIR IS TOO LIFELIKE FOR ROMNEY MAYBE A RUBBISH BIN.

• Its amazing what these small minded people get in a tither over.  Perhaps they didn't notice ' but Obama wasn't there, there were no words 'put into his mouth', and if you want to see a President being disrespected just look at almost any mention of any Republican President during their administration by a liberal actor or comic.