Politics

Personally I did not even know he was still in it lol. But here is the word from CNN. ============ Washington (CNN) – Newt Gingrich will officially end his bid for the Republican presidential nomination and formally express his support for Mitt Romney next week, two sources close to Gingrich tell CNN. Read the entire article here!

This was a Funny or Die video that premiered on Bill Maher's HBO show last night. Seems like it is right on the money for what ever reason the GOP feels the need to focus on this. . . http://FunnyOrDie.com/m/6t29

So VP Joe Biden told Meet The Press today that he is comfortable with marriage equality. ‎"I am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women, and heterosexual men and women marrying another are entitled to the same exact rights, all the civil rights, all the civil liberties." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/06/vice-president-biden-gay-marriage_n_1489235.html Is this the first step in testing the water for Obama to do the same before the election? Or will Obama take the safe route and wait until after he is elected (or not) to state his "evolved" opinion?

President Obama has mishandled foreign policy in the Middle East, Republican Sen. John McCain said Sunday. In particular, the United States should be putting weapons in the hands of forces opposing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Do you agree? http://www.thedailyb...reign-cred.html I'm not in favor of this constant "war creation" machine. I know there are atrocities going on in Syria against their own people. But often should the US intervene and pick a side and spend billions and billions of our dollars? I really struggle with this because I also believe we don't do it unless their is an oil motive or some other financial incentive and we cover it with a human rig…

Obama is cutting more than people think. . .

I wonder how many GOP feel this way?

http://www.bbc.co.uk...europe-17975660 Socialist candidate Francois Hollande won France's presidential election runoff on Sunday, beating President Nicolas Sarkozy by a clear margin, according to projections by pollsters. Polling institutes predicted Hollande would win between 51.8 and 52.0 percent of the vote versus Sarkozy's tally of between 48.0 and 48.2 percent. Hollande, who had led conservative incumbent Sarkozy in polls for months, would become France's first Socialist president since Francois Mitterrand left office in 1995.

Here is a progressive blog site that makes that possible in a relatively easy way. I do not agree with all of their campaigns but I do agree with several of them, like defeating my neanderthal tea party would-be GOP congressman, for one. Check them out. You might find some issues that stir your political passions. Free to look. http://credoaction.com

Here's a handy roundup of all the ridiculous bills the Tennessee legislature passed and attempted to pass, from their "Don't Say Gay" bill to their bill defining a miscarriage as murder, or a law that protects teachers who choose to teach creationism, known as the Monkey Law.

Richard Grenell has resigned from the Romney campaign, saying, "my ability to speak clearly and forcefully on the issues has been greatly diminished by the hyper-partisan discussion of personal issues that sometimes comes from a presidential campaign." it's too bad that this openly gay man was completely vilified by the right wing for being gay and was forced to resign. I wonder why Romney hired him unless he was trying to show some "centrist" behavior before the election.

WATCH: President Obama's #WHCD routine in its entirety . . . http://t.co/yuaKPmoO

North Carolina Pastor Sean Harris: Parents Should 'Punch' Their Gay-Acting Children. This stuff drives me absolutely nuts. Be warned this is just appalling to hear. I heard this speech earlier today on Michaelangelo Signorile's show and I was appalled. I can't believe people actually tolerate such hate speech especially coming from the clergy. This is EXACTLY why I will not set foot in a church again. It's not the religion that's bad, it's all the idiots who think they know what they are doing with it.

There has been a lot of negative press about Obama using this as a political advantage but I don't know why? Any normal person should expect him to use this as a political advantage. But I guess on the other hand anyone should believe that the opponents would complain about it.

and their Republican Outrage Machine. Like Lawrence O'Donnell does here quite well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA4X2Ir2lXU

Obama is going to be on Jimmy Fallon tonight and he is going to be "rapping" the news just like Brian Williams did a few months ago.

Occasional-feature larf riot from The Guardian wherein Mrs P.M. pens the day's doings. Here after David's having to protest to a reporter that he really does know the price of milk, after all he does the shopping of a Friday or a Saturday... http://m.guardian.co.uk/ms/p/gnm/op/szH8cw2MQIXz5iLRAfqL-dQ/view.m?id=15&gid=lifeandstyle/2012/apr/24/mrs-camerons-diary-daves-politics&cat=lifeandstyle

Matt Damon thinks that what President Bush did for AIDS funding with PEPFAR is amazing. "I would kiss George W. Bush on the mouth for what he did on PEPFAR." But for how long? "Three seconds. No tongue."

The presumptive Republican nominee for president might appear on Saturday Night Live. “I haven’t made a decision on that; just heard about it,” Mitt Romney told Diane Sawyer today about the late-night show’s invite. “Of course,” he added, “it would depend on the nature of the skit. I want it to be funny.” Romney was talking to Sawyer for ABC’s World News Tonight. The interview is scheduled to be broadcast tonight on World News Tonight and Nightline. SNL executive producer Lorne Michaels extended an invite over the weekend for Romney to appear this season. Romney, regularly mocked by SNL for his sometimes stiff and patrician manner, admitted that he even sets his DVR to re…

Obama and the Executive Order: A Gay Panic at the White House? By Michelangelo Signorile.

Legal Experts See a Close Win for Health-Reform Law By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter | HealthDay THURSDAY, March 22 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Supreme Court seems likely to uphold the sweeping health-reform legislation known as the Affordable Care Act when it takes up the case next week, according to a small survey of legal experts. ​ The experts base this prediction on a number of factors linked to the nine justices' legal history, political considerations and the constitutional questions raised by the case itself. "The folks [26 states] who are challenging the act have somewhat of an uphill battle," said Gregory Magarian, a professor at Washington Univers…

This is a good analysis on why the new small business tax breaks as it is currently written by the Republicans won't work yet again. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/15/opinion/sunday/more-help-for-the-wealthy.html?_r=2

From Team Obama a nice summary of what we would be in for if Mitt were to become president.

I think this sign says it all . . .

Fox News is reporting this morning that Rick Santorum has decided to drop out of the Presidential Race. And now NBC News is reporting the same thing. This is a bit surprising right before the Pennsylvania primary. But I think the polls were not in his favor and that would have marked the end of his campaign anyway. Very interesting development.

“Any person who tells you he or she truly “understands” Mitt Romney is either lying or a corporation.” Paul Krugman in a New York Times op/ed titled, A Quantum Theory of Mitt Romney. --Via BIE