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Ten things you should know about Romney’s extreme stance on women’s rights

Mitt Romney will say anything to win, even if it’s not true. After months of championing an extreme platform that drastically rolls back women’s rights, Romney is now dishonestly trying to hide his actual positions that will jeopardize women’s health. Here are the 10 things you need to know about where the real Romney stands … Continue reading »

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Fact check: Romney’s tax claims challenged by nonpartisan report – latimes.com

Fact check: Romney’s tax claims challenged by nonpartisan report By Lisa Mascaro October 3, 2012, 7:47 p.m. Mitt Romney made two claims about his tax plan that deserve scrutiny: That it would not lower the tax burden on upper-income households and would not add $5 trillion to the debt over the decade. Romney’s proposed tax … Continue reading »

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CarMax co-founder: “I didn’t do it alone”

CarMax co-founder: “I didn’t do it alone” August 29, 2012 Nineteen years ago, Austin Ligon and his partners had a simple idea: make buying a used car a transparent, easy process. Today, CarMax, the business he co-founded and served as CEO, is America’s largest auto retailer—a public company that sells more than 750,000 used cars … Continue reading »

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Update from the “Truth Team” – please pass it on

  This weekend, Mitt Romney chose the intellectual leader of the Tea Party as his nominee for vice president. By doing so, Romney catered to the far right and doubled down on the failed top-down economic policies that crashed our economy and hurt the middle class. It’s our job to make sure the voters get … Continue reading »

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Latest on healthcare from the “Truth Team”

Friend – I’d love to take a moment to savor yesterday’s Supreme Court decision, but we don’t have time. Already, Mitt Romney and Republicans are out with outright falsehoods about Obamacare — their favorite distortion being that this is somehow a broad tax on the middle class. In reality, this is all about personal responsibility … Continue reading »

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Media Matters features a great clip from old O’Reilly show where he promises to apologize for his idoicy if he is wrong – don’t hold your breath.

No Apology Yet From O’Reilly For Incorrect Prediction About Health Care Ruling June 29, 2012 12:24 am ET by Chelsea Rudman Bill O’Reilly promised in March that he would “apologize for being an idiot” if the Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act. But after the historic ruling upholding the law, O’Reilly called into his Fox News … Continue reading »

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Outsourcing from the source itself – Bain & Company

Outsourcing helps tech company focus on its core – Bain & Company – About. Good business practices do not translate directly to qualifications needed to run our country –  I think Romney’s record as Governor of MA is much more relevant – A map of Romney’s record on outsourcing American jobs Share This: https://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?api_key=111399285589490&channel_url=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.ak.facebook.com%2Fconnect%2Fxd_arbiter.php%3Fversion%3D8%23cb%3Df24e2924d4%26origin%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.barackobama.com%252Ff1ae93765%26domain%3Dwww.barackobama.com%26relation%3Dparent.parent&extended_social_context=false&href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.barackobama.com%2Ftruth-team%2Fentry%2Fa-map-of-romneys-record-on-outsourcing-american-jobs&layout=button_count&locale=en_US&node_type=link&ref=fb_like_btn&sdk=joey&send=false&show_faces=false&width=100 http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/tweet_button.1340179658.html#_=1340548338883&count=horizontal&id=twitter-widget-0&lang=en&original_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.barackobama.com%2Ftruth-team%2Fromney-reality&size=m&text=A%20look%20at%20where%20companies%20outsourced%20jobs%20under%20Romney's%20watch%3A&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.barackobama.com%2Ftruth-team%2Fentry%2Fa-map-of-romneys-record-on-outsourcing-american-jobs%3Fsource%3Dtweet_btn%26lang%3DesContinue reading »

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One of Mitt Romney’s most outlandish attacks on the President

Have you heard one of Mitt Romney’s most outlandish attacks on the President? “Since President Obama assumed office three years ago, federal spending has accelerated at a pace without precedent in recent history.” Strong words that might be an effective criticism of the President, were it not for one small issue: It’s completely and utterly … Continue reading »