“The Keystone XL pipeline is a no-brainer,” said Terry Lee (R-NE-02) during the weekly GOP address, calling on the White House to help lower the nation’s energy costs, create a total of about 140,000 jobs and provide a boost to the economy by moving forward on the pipeline. Gosh …. 140,000 jobs … well, the [...]
QUERY : Does Mitt Romney’s business philosophy work in foreign relations ? “In a free economy and in the private sector, sometimes investments don’t work and they’re not successful. It always pains you if you have to be in a situation of downsizing a business,” said Mitt Romney, who added: “This is a free-enterprise system.” [...]
cross posted from Penigma Watch for our Minnesota Republicans to fall into the line of surrogate goats in support of Romney and Ryan, to manipulate the conservative sheep, especially pandering to the more ignorant Islamophobes. As we learn more about the intentional and unintentional distribution of the hate movie made by the far right wing extremist Christian felon and friends, [...]
The MN-GOP issued a press release noting the rise of oil prices and the potential of the Keystone XL pipeline project. Some portions : – In recent weeks, Iran has cut oil exports to British and French companies and threatened to block the Strait of Hormuz, – The Keystone XL Pipeline would create 20,000 construction [...]
As previously noted, Mitt Romney has made a bold, albeit misguided, promise during the previous Republican presidential candidates debate that focused on foreign policy, stating : “Look, one thing you can know– and that is if we reelect Barack Obama, Iran will have a nuclear weapon. And if we elect Mitt Romney, if you’d like [...]
DATELINE : Wofford College Spartanburg South Carolina Saturday November 12 2011 Best Question and Answer Major Garrett: Mr. Speaker, you said yesterday that Governor Romney is a competent manager. But you said you were unsure if he was really capable of changing Washington. You said you were the change agent. Based on the arc of [...]
In July, Jeremy Herb of the Star-Tribune did a profile noting that Raymond “Crash” Cravaack (R-MN-08) and the 112th Congress has mostly been a “do-nothing Congress,” which made “it difficult for freshmen like Cravaack to rack up legislative accomplishments.” One of Cravaack’s biggest moments in the D.C. spotlight occurred when he accused the Los Angeles [...]
Ignorance is Bliss … neither are desirable attributes for a Commander-in-Chief. Herman Cain is ascending in the polls on what appears to be a winning smile, a positive message, and no political experience … considering the dour world that we live in, that appeals to the Pollyanna world that we would like to live in, [...]
Last week, while Michele Bachmann was keeping bloggers busy fact checking and Mitt Romney was doing his best No I Didn’t Say What I Said impression, Tim Pawlenty was doing what Republican candidates do … talking Foreign Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations. During the Q&A, “Soon-To-Be-President” Pawlenty was asked if his foreign policy [...]
MN Blue Blogs: Ten articles from Minnesota blogs
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Union News: 10 articles from national union blogs
