Even Roses Grow From the Pavement

When i was asked to speak with Mitt Romney it seemed like a very important thing to me, and I wanted to put a lot of careful thought into what I would say. So, I went to the round table discussion very optimistic and interested in hearing what he had to say.
When he sat down, one of the first questions he asked was, he said “I understand there is a teacher here today, which one of you is a teacher?”

So, I raised my hand, thinking that’s a good thing, he’s interested in education, but it wasn’t a good thing. I felt like his view was a little old-fashioned and I was surprised by it. He went on to kind of lecture me about schools and how bad they are. He talked bad about the teacher’s union. He was talking about the importance of private schools and voucher systems.

At one point, I said to him, “I have an answer for that.” And he said, “I didn’t ask you a question.”

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—	Cheryl (via bringtheruckuss)

barackobama:

Memo to Mitt Romney: President of the United States isn’t really a job you can do by halves.

Seriously, Obama’s social media team is fucking amazing!

reagan-was-a-horrible-president:

justinspoliticalcorner:

(via Ann Coulter: “Young People’s Unemployment Rate ‘Makes Me Laugh And Laugh And Laugh ‘Cause They All Voted For Obama’ | Video | Media Matters for America)

FUCK OFF, COULTERGEIST!

Concerning the fact that you can vote at age 18, she says: “Why are we letting infants vote?”

We let people vote at 18 because that’s when we also let them voluntarily sacrifice their lives for their country! FUCK YOU, ANN. FUCK YOU IN YOUR STUPID FUCKING MOUTH!- Signed, a former 18 year old Veteran.

[TRIGGER WARNING: RAPE] Paul Ryan Said Something That Should Force Him Off the Ticket, But You Probably Didn't Hear About It »

aboutmaleprivilege:

stfusexists:

greenstate:

Last week, Paul Ryan gave an interview in which, defending his position that there should be no excuses for abortion, he referred to rape as a “method of conception.”

Wow, right? Talk about a benign euphemism. Rape —RAPE! — is now a “method of conception.” You know, like love-making, just without the love.

There could be no greater testament to the utter abdication of responsibility by what passes for a “news” media in America in 2012 than that, despite the grotesquerie of this cavalierly callous comment, chances are better than good that this is the first you’re hearing of it.

Here, watch it — and try to figure out why this has gotten NO MAINSTREAM MEDIA play (not even here at the Huffington Post) despite it being, to my mind, a far more offensive remark than Todd Akin’s imbecilic blurt of last weekend. What, are we tired of stupid remarks about rape now, so Ryan gets a free pass?

Given the demands for Akin’s resignation from a mere Senate race when his musings on “legitimate rape” were publicized, what do you imagine the reaction would be if people were as familiar with VP wannabe Ryan’s stunning statement? Might there be a cacophony of outrage? Might there be calls for his resignation from the ticket? Might there be a focus on how fundamentally oblivious these people who would make our laws are to not just women’s but humans’ rights and dignity? Sure, there might, but then of course people would have to have heard about it.

According to the man who would be the proverbial heartbeat away from the White House, and who in any event would — given Romney’s utter hollowness — have an inordinate influence on the judicial appointments that will determine how much freedom our children get to live under, RAPE = “METHOD OF CONCEPTION.” And yet, unless you’re a frequenter of one of a dozen or so lefty blogs — or my friend on Facebook — you probably knew nothing about it.

I truly despair for the country my 14-year-old daughter is inheriting. That a remark this intensely revealing of the danger posed by this ticket can go basically unreported is as nauseating to me as the quote itself.

YOU awesome readers heard about, because I love you enough to keep you in the loop. I don’t know what the rest of the media is doing with their time.

this deserves ten million notes.

reagan-was-a-horrible-president:

justinspoliticalcorner:

(via Ann Coulter: “Young People’s Unemployment Rate ‘Makes Me Laugh And Laugh And Laugh ‘Cause They All Voted For Obama’ | Video | Media Matters for America)

FUCK OFF, COULTERGEIST!

Concerning the fact that you can vote at age 18, she says: “Why are we letting infants vote?”

We let people vote at 18 because that’s when we also let them voluntarily sacrifice their lives for their country! FUCK YOU, ANN. FUCK YOU IN YOUR STUPID FUCKING MOUTH!- Signed, a former 18 year old Veteran.