My local (and usually conservative) NH paper endorses Barack Obama for reelection in a piece entitled: "Save America"
We see the race for president between a candidate who is willing to do and say anything to become president, and a president who has done about as good as anyone could have done in the worst economic mess since the Great Depression, and has the right ideas on the most important issues of our time.
We heartily and without reservation endorse President Barack Obama.
For other races, the Sun’s endorsements are split. At the federal level we endorse Democrats; for statewide offices, Republicans; and for county candidates and local reps, both.
We support Obama and Carol Shea-Porter’s bid to unseat U.S. Rep. Frank Guinta, and agree with them that Republicans are on the wrong side history on the major issues: health care, Medicare reform, taxes, immigration, foreign policy, the environment, same-sex marriage and abortion rights.
As for the economy, yesterday’s job report confirms it continues to improve, and all signs, including recent improvements in housing and car sales, point to that trend continuning next year regardless of who lives in the White House.
The Sun’s political orientation is most closely aligned with old-style moderate Republicans; and like many moderates, we believe the party has been hijacked by social conservatives and Tea Party extremism.
An example is that many Republicans, including our own Rep. Guinta, signed Grover Norquist’s pledge to never — ever — support a tax increase. What good is Guinta to New Hampshire if is he bound by a ridiculous pledge that prevents him from voting for smart, compromise legislation? Like a deficit cutting package that includes $1 of tax increases for every $10 in spending cuts, a sensible fiscal approach Republicans have no choice but to reject.
Progressive Democrats — at least on the national level — have taken over the middle of the political spectrum and we’ll gladly join them until the Republicans come back to earth.…
A popular Republican placard reads “Save America.” A suggestion for Democrats to retort: “Save America from the most shameless and pandering presidential candidate in history.”
This is WAY out of the ordinary - the Conway Daily Sun is opening themselves up for a LOAD of right wing crazy from a town that has been shunning unions since before it was cool.
(Source: seriouslyamerica)
Rock the Vote #WeWill
You know what’s important? Voting.
You know who appears in a PSA telling you to vote? Nearly every celebrity I can think of.
In the “We Will” commercial for Rock the Vote, celebs such as Darren Criss, Neil Patrick Harris, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Eric Stonestreet, Jane Lynch, Kathy Griffin and Miley Cyrus (with her new hairdo!) come together to write on a whiteboard and also break into some choreographed dance formations…all in the name of making your voice heard!
(Source: seriouslyamerica)
Bro-choice - Jon Stewart
Al Madrigal reports on location from Oklahoma, where a proposed amendment to its “personhood” bill would effectively outlaw male masturbation.
I was disturbed by many of the comments. It seemed that people don’t understand satire and the double standard being played here.
Obama's Close Ties To CEOs Whose Firms Dodge Taxes - HuffPo
Normally I don’t care for HuffPo, but this is a great article about a very important subject. Even as Obama is set to revamp the tax code, he’s surrounded himself with corporate executives who exploit that very tax code to enrich themselves and their companies to the tune of billions (approximately 30 billion in fact).
Let’s not forget the benefits that were cut so these people can continue to evade paying taxes: WIC, Early Childhood, Education, Pell Grants, etc. If you don’t think you have skin in the game, you’re simply not paying attention. Personally, I find it abhorrent that we demonize people on food stamps, when it costs a hell of a lot less to keep people fed than it does to subsidize the luxurious lifestyles of these rich deadbeats and deadbeat corporations.
How can we expect the Democrats to work for us when they’re pandering to the same rich scumbags as the Republicans? It seems to me that the only difference is Republicans have no shame about it.
Per HuffPo:
Institute for Policy Studies, a liberal think tank, named in a new report 25 major American corporations whose CEOs were paid more last year than their firm’s total U.S. income tax bill. Of those business elites, 10 have substantive ties to Obama — including some who have official economic policy advisory positions in his administration — according to a HuffPost analysis of the report.
All told, these 10 CEOs with Obama connections brought in over $158 million for themselves last year. Their companies’ federal tax bill, however, was a combined net benefit of $5.4 billion — meaning the federal government actually owed these companies billions of dollars. Eight of the 10 firms not only did not pay taxes; they received large refunds. The 10 companies scored combined U.S. profits of $26.8 billion.
HuffPost’s calculations are based on data compiled in the report by the IPS. The IPS figures, in turn, are drawn from documents the companies filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
