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Do you really think Sesame Street would die even if all government funding were cut off? A show like that easily can get support from donors unlike perhaps less popular PBS shows.Flagg wrote:I'm not saying they should get involved themselves, but don't tell people not to fight on your behalf, especially when it's your survival on the line and it benefits millions and millions of underpriviledged kids.
Romney promises no abortion legislation
By STEVE PEOPLES | Associated Press – 1 hr 5 mins ago
Republican presidential candidate, …
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Wading into an explosive social issue, Republican Mitt Romney on Tuesday said he would not pursue any abortion-related legislation if elected president.
"There's no legislation with regards to abortion that I'm familiar with that would become part of my agenda," he told the Des Moines Register in an interview posted on the newspaper's website.
The former Massachusetts governor said he would instead use an executive order to reinstate the so-called Mexico City policy that bans American aid from funding abortions. President Barack Obama waived the order soon after taking office.
Romney's statement to the newspaper represents an apparent shift on a topic Obama's campaign has tried to use against him, particularly with female voters. Soon after the comments were posted on the Register's website, the president's campaign pounced.
"We know the truth about where he stands on a woman's right to choose: He's said he'd be delighted to sign a bill banning all abortions, and called Roe v. Wade 'one of the darkest moments in Supreme Court history,' while pledging to appoint Supreme Court justices who will overturn it. Women simply can't trust him," Obama spokeswoman Lis Smith said.
As recently as a presidential debate in January, Romney said the Supreme Court should overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling that legalized abortion across the nation.
Social issues were a focus during the Republican presidential primary earlier in the year as Romney struggled to win over skeptical conservatives. He has focused on economic issues since claiming his party's nomination and offered a moderate tone in recent days.
The Planned Parenthood Action Fund says Romney's statement is misleading.
"Mitt Romney's views on women's health are far outside of the mainstream, and that's why he's trying to hide them in the last weeks until the election," said action fund executive vice president Dawn Laguens.
Romney spokeswoman Andrea Saul did not back away from the Des Moines Register comments when asked for clarification Tuesday night.
"Mitt Romney is proudly pro-life, and he will be a pro-life president," she said.
More likely it would become another show designed solely around selling shit to kids. Something that shouldn't happen.General Mung Beans wrote:Do you really think Sesame Street would die even if all government funding were cut off? A show like that easily can get support from donors unlike perhaps less popular PBS shows.Flagg wrote:I'm not saying they should get involved themselves, but don't tell people not to fight on your behalf, especially when it's your survival on the line and it benefits millions and millions of underpriviledged kids.
I love it. This is a long standing pattern where Romney says one thing to a large audience, and then has a handler backtrack so he can say he wasn't lying.In other news...
http://news.yahoo.com/romney-promises-n ... ction.html
Romney promises no abortion legislation
By STEVE PEOPLES | Associated Press – 1 hr 5 mins ago
Republican presidential candidate, …
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Wading into an explosive social issue, Republican Mitt Romney on Tuesday said he would not pursue any abortion-related legislation if elected president.
"There's no legislation with regards to abortion that I'm familiar with that would become part of my agenda," he told the Des Moines Register in an interview posted on the newspaper's website.
The former Massachusetts governor said he would instead use an executive order to reinstate the so-called Mexico City policy that bans American aid from funding abortions. President Barack Obama waived the order soon after taking office.
Romney's statement to the newspaper represents an apparent shift on a topic Obama's campaign has tried to use against him, particularly with female voters. Soon after the comments were posted on the Register's website, the president's campaign pounced.
"We know the truth about where he stands on a woman's right to choose: He's said he'd be delighted to sign a bill banning all abortions, and called Roe v. Wade 'one of the darkest moments in Supreme Court history,' while pledging to appoint Supreme Court justices who will overturn it. Women simply can't trust him," Obama spokeswoman Lis Smith said.
As recently as a presidential debate in January, Romney said the Supreme Court should overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling that legalized abortion across the nation.
Social issues were a focus during the Republican presidential primary earlier in the year as Romney struggled to win over skeptical conservatives. He has focused on economic issues since claiming his party's nomination and offered a moderate tone in recent days.
The Planned Parenthood Action Fund says Romney's statement is misleading.
"Mitt Romney's views on women's health are far outside of the mainstream, and that's why he's trying to hide them in the last weeks until the election," said action fund executive vice president Dawn Laguens.
Romney spokeswoman Andrea Saul did not back away from the Des Moines Register comments when asked for clarification Tuesday night.
"Mitt Romney is proudly pro-life, and he will be a pro-life president," she said.
Who said anything about McCain, did McCain say something?Flagg wrote:Translation: Old Man (McCain) yells at cloud, MJ soils himself.Lord MJ wrote:Has the Obama campaign taken it too far with the Big Bird attack ads?
Yeah McCain was whining about Obama using Sesame Street against Willard.Lord MJ wrote:Who said anything about McCain, did McCain say something?Flagg wrote:Translation: Old Man (McCain) yells at cloud, MJ soils himself.Lord MJ wrote:Has the Obama campaign taken it too far with the Big Bird attack ads?
When I and my co-workers (a few of which are probably voting for Obama) saw the Sesame Street ad, the reaction was, "is this for real?" Poking at Mitt's PBS comments seemed like a good stump speech, maybe pointing out that PBS is an insignificant part of government spending was a good idea too. But this ad seems to much like desperation. Do they honestly think that this ad will get them anywhere with anyone? There is plenty of other ammunition to use against Romney from the debate. This just seems farcical.
React like an adult and not piss yourself at every bit of bad news minutia that won't matter at all in the end? Act your fucking age. Or older. Probably older.Lord Falcon wrote:Crossroads: Please don't call me a troll. Look, I'm not trying to piss anybody off or be difficult. If I am doing so, I am genuinely sorry, ok? I'm just really worried. Even with two jobs, between me and my mom, and Jerry trying to go back to school, we STILL need our monthly Social Security to survive, and barely. The Republicans basically plan to do away with all those. How else am I supposed to react? They just don't CARE about people at ALL.
Are you politically active?Lord Falcon wrote:Crossroads: Please don't call me a troll. Look, I'm not trying to piss anybody off or be difficult. If I am doing so, I am genuinely sorry, ok? I'm just really worried. Even with two jobs, between me and my mom, and Jerry trying to go back to school, we STILL need our monthly Social Security to survive, and barely. The Republicans basically plan to do away with all those. How else am I supposed to react? They just don't CARE about people at ALL.
Am I fucking invisible? I thought I asked you to stop posting in this thread.Lord Falcon wrote:Crossroads: Please don't call me a troll.
The creepy thing is that he had the snake oil salesman smirk from the debate and was telling the story about the guy dying almost jovially.Dalton wrote:Romney once again politicizes Benghazi, exploits one of the dead to "humanize" himself despite the mother requesting he not do so and only stops after media scrutiny.
Apparently only Romney can sink Romney with the relentless pursuit of a thousand small leaks.Flagg wrote:The right must have started screeching because now Romney says he'll be a pro life president. For now.
According to the latest NBC/WSJ/Marist polls, early voting in Ohio has been predominantly among Obama supporters 63-37.JME2 wrote:At the very least, Biden can buy Obama time to regroup and re-energize.
My worry is that the damage from the first debate has already been done due to the early voting that's begun in Ohio. But we'll see.
