Politics

While the movement to have Macy's drop Donald Trump from their stores and advertising campaigns continues to garner major support, Macy's doesn't seem interested in firing The Donald. "Macy's marketing and merchandise offerings are not representative of any political position. Many of the individuals associated with products sold at Macy's -- or at any retailer, for that matter -- express personal opinions that are not related to the merchandise we sell or to the philosophies of our company."

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is telling top donors that President Barack Obama won re-election because of the "gifts" he had already provided to blacks, Hispanics and young voters and because of the president's effort to paint Romney as anti-immigrant. "The president's campaign, if you will, focused on giving targeted groups a big gift," Romney said in a call to donors on Wednesday. "He made a big effort on small things." Romney said his campaign, in contrast, had been about "big issues for the whole country." He said he faced problems as a candidate because he was "getting beat up" by the Obama campaign and that the debates allowed him to com…

Did the Obama administration want General David Petraeus out at the CIA? The Wall Street Journal suggests that Petraeus had the CIA at loggerheads with other agencies over the Benghazi attack in Libya, could not get along with his CIA staffers, and, with the affair scandal, was no longer a threat to run for president,which was the main reason Obama put him in the CIA position in the first place- to get him out of the running, which he would presumably do as a Republican. Read more: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324595904578119293804968764.html?mod=WSJ_MostPopular_US

Oh my he looks like a hottie... http://m.yahoo.com/w/legobpengine/news/fbi-vet-started-petraeus-email-probe-021145321--abc-news-topstories.html?orig_host_hdr=news.yahoo.com&.intl=US&.lang=en-US

A coalition of porn companies have announced plans to sue L.A. County over the requirement to start using condoms in all productions.

Expressing profound regret at how his dick had led him astray and ruined his career, former General David Petraeus announced today that he would leave his wife, the very wife who has just contacted a divorce lawyer, and enter a Trappist monastery,where he would never speak again. The disgraced CIA chief had admitted that he had considered castration, but, he said, "If I did that then that Broadwell broad would probably have it stuffed and mounted, and I didn't want that." Petraeus becomes the 801st former government official to resign after a sex scandal in the last ten years.Only 2 have opted for castration.

This makes perfect sense to me now. . .

Straight guys, we're tired of playing around trying to get you to support marriage equality. Either you come around and agree to equality matters, or we're going to marry your girlfriends. (NSFW)

Give some respect to the former General for owning up to exposing the country to a blackmailed CIA leader. David Petraeus has resigned as head of the CIA after having an affair. He has been marrried for 37 years. Details not known: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/10/us/citing-affair-petraeus-resigns-as-cia-director.html?hp

Obama wins Florida officially

The Wall Street Journal's editorial board, long one of the most conservative in American media, asks conservatives today: How many more Tuesdays like this one they'd care to repeat? Citing the anti-immigrant rhetoric of the Romney campaign, and his loss of Hispanic votes that even George Bush won, the Journal says that the "free movement of labor is a central component of economic growth. Yet is has become near-orthodoxy among conservatives to denounce every attempt at immigration reform as a form of 'amnesty." "But the right response isn't mass deportaton- as politically infeasbile as it is morally repulsive. It's a rational, humane, bipartisan reform that broadens the…

An excellent analysis of how the GOP got itself to where it is. A highly recommended read. Enjoy... How Conservative Media Lost to the MSM and Failed the Rank and File By CONOR FRIEDERSDORF - Conor Friedersdorf is a staff writer at The Atlantic, where he focuses on politics and national affairs. He lives in Venice, California, and is the founding editor ofThe Best of Journalism, a newsletter devoted to exceptional nonfiction. See the article here: http://www.theatlant...nd-file/264855/

Speaker Boehner says that Obamacare is the law of the land, and while he may attempt to tweak the law, he doesn't see any way to stop it. He also says that the recent elections have basically eliminated the Tea Party caucus, which could be the best thing that ever happened to Congress.

While I watched most of the Democratic convention highlights on PBS, I did tune in to CBS in time to hear Scott Pelley echo the standard refrain that the presidential election is neck and neck. One of the other commentators had asked the White House for their reaction to the close race, and their reaction was that they are paying more attention to the electoral votes than to the popular vote. That's what I've been looking at too, and the predictions there seem anything but close. In fact, Nate Silver's FiveThirtyEight blog is the one I check most days and he's giving Obama better than 75% odds. He has a very good track record and missed only one state in 2008. He als…

The Atlantic offers the lyrics and an explication of Pussy Riot's 'Punk Prayer.' Fascinating. Interesting all the Western comment on the case, yet no reportage of their act itself until this, that I know of. http://www.theatlant...ly-said/264562/

This is how the election results will roll in today. . .

We can only hope she loses as well as Paul Ryan - twice. . . http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/02/michele-bachmann-jim-graves_n_2067274.html

I couldn't resist sharing this. . .

I really would love to understand why she got this way. But these were her tweets after the election last night. For those who don't know Victoria Jackson, she was an SNL comedian and I say that generously. . .

so funny. . .

I hope she can achieve her goals in the senate... Poor Scott Brown...

That is what the newspaper headlnes will read on the morning of November 7th. That is barring an unforseen catastrophe or external event imposing itself in the intervening days before the election. This cake is baked! Mitt Romney cannot win. Stick a fork in him, he's done. There is nothing he can do to change his fortunes. People know him and do not like him -- even the Republicans. Maybe, most of all, the Rebublicans. The people do not identify with him or his values. The 47% tape cooked his goose for once and for all. Everyone believes that we have a national election on November 6th to elect a President and Vice President. The media -- all of the media -- perpertuate…

... no one cares about them and their votes anymore. Tell them to take their time no hurry at all. Totally unimportant and totally a waste of land. I rather see it cut off and floated out to sea

I am going to bed now since he will obtain 270 soon. Congrats Obama!