Vice President Biden won last night’s debate. It was a clash between forthright facts and authentic conviction on one side and glib lines and empty promises on the other. It exposed the extreme risk Romney-Ryan economics pose for American middle class and to our leadership in the world. o Must Watch: … Continue reading »
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The 7 habits of highly misleading people — get ready for Ryan’s debate “performance”
The casual fib, the tainted timeline, the flat-out falsehood—just a few of the tricks Congressman Paul Ryan might pull out at the vice presidential debate. Take a look at the seven different ways Ryan has misled the American people, then share this video with your friends. Continue reading »
ROMNEY’S ENDLESS RESETS: Romney Resets His Campaign Nearly Every Week, But He Still Won’t Tell Us His Plans Because He Knows They Would Hurt the Middle Class
Romney is constantly trying to refocus his campaign – yesterday it was on foreign policy, today it’s on agriculture – but he’s still hasn’t offered any specific ideas to move our country forward. Mitt Romney has reset his campaign over and over again, but still hasn’t told voters how he’s going to move our … Continue reading »
From the Truth Team – the debates
If you’re running for president and you have a chance to talk to voters about your plans for the country, you have a couple options. One is to explain your positions on issues, and how you’ll help fight for an America where everyone has a fair shot. That’s what the President did last week, and … Continue reading »
After Ryan Repeatedly Lied to the American People Last Night, Will Romney Finally Start Telling the Truth Instead of Basing His Candidacy on Lies?
Ryan told one lie after another last night, and Romney has consistently based his candidacy on lies about his own record and President Obama. They’re spreading lies because they don’t have anything substantive to run on. Will Romney keep lying to the American people? Paul Ryan brazenly told one lie after another last night … Continue reading »
Paul Ryan’s speech has fact checkers working overtime.
TAMPA, FL—Tonight, Obama for America Deputy Campaign Manager Stephanie Cutter released the following statement on Congressman Paul Ryan’s convention speech: “Paul Ryan offered Americans forty minutes of vitriol and a half dozen previously debunked attacks, but not one tangible idea to move this country forward. This from the man Mitt Romney called the intellectual leader … Continue reading »
Are we ready for tonight’s festival of lies from Tampa?
After an Opening Night of Tearing down the President Instead of Lifting up Our Country, Will Ryan and Rice Tell The American People Hard Truths? Republicans are more bent on tearing down the President than lifting up our country. Will Paul Ryan tell voters the hard truth tonight about the Romney-Ryan vision of fewer … Continue reading »
EDUCATION: President Obama Is Helping Millions of Students Pay for College; Romney Says Students Should “Shop Around” and Promises to Slash College Scholarships
President Obama believes a skilled workforce is critical to keeping America competitive and creating an economy built to last. He’s helping millions of students pay for college. Romney told students to “shop around” if they’re worried about higher college costs. · President Obama is kicking off his three-state college tour today in Iowa and … Continue reading »
Romney Needs To Come Clean and Release His Tax Returns So Voters Can Know Whether He Used “Tax Havens Around the World” To Avoid Paying His Fair Share
Mitt Romney said that big businesses know how to use “tax havens around the world” – he needs to come clean and release his tax returns so voters can know whether he’s taken advantage of them to avoid paying his fair share. Romney believes in a tax system with two sets of rules – … Continue reading »
President Obama Has Helped Reduce Our Dependence on Foreign Oil to a 20-Year Low; Romney and Ryan Shill for Big Oil and Would Take Us Back to the Failed Policies of the Past
FOCUS ON ENERGY: Mitt Romney claims he’ll make us energy independent by 2020, but his plan won’t do it. President Obama’s all-of-the-above energy strategy has helped lower our dependence on foreign oil to a 20-year low, is creating jobs and will help families save at the pump. Romney and Ryan return to the failed policies … Continue reading »
From our inbox: No, Romney and Ryan don’t really want a `great debate’ By Greg Sargent, and more….
The Morning Plum: No, Romney and Ryan don’t really want a `great debate’ By Greg Sargent, WashPo, August 20 Ever since Mitt Romney picked Paul Ryan, it’s been widely claimed that this ensures a “great debate” pitting two starkly different ideological visions over the future against one another. But it’s now clear that the … Continue reading »
Why we like Sandra Fluke – a letter on “legitimate rape”
In a recent statement that was both factually inaccurate and horribly offensive, Republican Missouri Senate candidate Rep. Todd Akin said that victims of “legitimate rape” don’t get pregnant because “the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.” Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan tried to distance themselves from the remark … Continue reading »
NEWS CLIPS
Paul Ryan targeted on women’s issues Politico // Maggie Haberman, Emily Schiltheis and Lois Romano Paul Ryan co-sponsored a federal “personhood” amendment. He voted to defund Planned Parenthood. He opposes all abortions, except when the life of the mother is at risk. And he supports a federal bill requiring women to get an … Continue reading »
Romney-Ryan Would Voucherize Medicare and Raise Seniors’ Health Costs to Cut Taxes for the Wealthiest; President Obama Is Strengthening Medicare and Helping Seniors Save
Romney and Ryan’s plan to turn Medicare into a voucher system would raise seniors’ health costs by thousands of dollars to pay for tax cuts for the wealthiest. They’d repeal Obamacare, which is helping millions of seniors save on their prescription drugs. President Obama’s $700 billion in Medicare savings didn’t cut benefits, and health … Continue reading »
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 »
