Wednesday: Did you hear that?
Posted: October 17, 2012 Filed under: 2012 elections, 2012 presidential campaign, Accommodation and Compromise, Affordable Care Act (ACA), American Gun Fetish, Barack Obama, birth control, Democratic Politics, Discrimination against women, Economy, Elections, Fox News, Gun Control, immigration, Libya, Mitt Romney, morning reads, Northern Gateway pipeline, Paycheck Fairness Act, Planned Parenthood, Religious Conscience, Reproductive Health, Reproductive Rights, Republican presidential politics, Romney-Ryan Budget Plan, U.S. Politics, VAGINA MItt Romney, Women's Healthcare | Tags: 2nd debate, binders full of women, Candy Crowley 83 Comments »It was a collective sigh from all the people who were relieved to see Obama giving it to Romney last night.
Good Morning!
I plumb forgot that I had to write this post. Guess I was enjoying the commentary from all you sky dancers last night. I’m still worried about what could happen on November 6th…but as least Obama did a better job of it this time around. And kudos to Candy Crowley, she did a fantastic job as moderator….
I think the photo above is very telling…Romney did not have his jerk ass smirk on, nope…he sure didn’t. And I also feel that Obama was truly offended by Romney’s politicizing the deaths of our Embassy staff in Libya and it showed when Obama gave the best answer of the night to the question about Benghazi…
Josh Marshall agrees this was a stand out moment:
I’m not sure it’s the most significant. But in some ways a stand out moment for me was the exchange on Libya when Romney clearly thought he’d caught Obama in a gotcha moment (saying he referred to attack as “terrorism” the day after it happened). But if you’ve been paying attention you know that’s exactly the word he used. Whatever else you can say happened — and must is total baloney from the Romney camp — that’s the word he used. But somehow Romney hadn’t been prepped or briefed on that. And even Crowley had to factcheck him in real time. Here’s the video.
Here are a few take-aways from last night’s debate.
First I will point to Andrew Sullivan, who will not be jumping from the George Washington bridge…. Town Hall Debate: Blog Reax He has put together many of the pundits comments in this one post. So give that link a look-see.
These are just a few more observations…in link dump fashion…
Obama regains the initiative to win second presidential debate | World news | guardian.co.uk
Obama Ekes Out a Win in Post-Debate Polls – NationalJournal.com
DEBATE 2: THE RE-DEBATENING | Gin and Tacos
Obama and Romney Turn Up the Temperature at Their Second Debate – NYTimes.com
Obama turns it around – The Plum Line – The Washington Post
Taegan Goddard- Reaction to the Second Presidential Debate
Last Night’s Debate – Charles P. Pierce at the Presidential Debate – Esquire
Obama Wins Debate. Rude Romney Loses. Round-Up.Tennessee Guerilla Women
#Debates: RomneyShambles, Fair Pay, and Binders Full of Women | Angry Black Lady Chronicles
Obama Strikes Back | Mother Jones
Obama’s Triumph – Robert Wright – The Atlantic
Everything You Need to Know About the Debate Exchange on Libya – Conor Friedersdorf – The Atlantic
George Will: ‘This Was Immeasurably The Best Debate’ I Have Ever Seen | Mediaite
Game, Set, Obama -Robert Kuttner
Romney menaces, but Obama emerges as the alpha male in 2nd presidential debate | theGrio
“I Am Bloody Elated” – The Dish | By Andrew Sullivan – The Daily Beast
(CNN) – Who was telling the truth in last night’s debate? Check out a slate of CNN Fact Checks below.
CNN Fact Check: A day after Libya attack, Obama described it as ‘acts of terror’
CNN Fact Check: Obama’s student aid boast on the mark
The Picture That Encapsulates the Debate – James Fallows – The Atlantic
1) The Obama team had clearly thought about one long-term tic in Mitt Romney’s debate demeanor: His apparently uncontrollable vulnerability to being flustered if he thinks the “rules” are not being enforced. “I’m speaking … it’s my turn.” Thus pictures like this, with Romney in a “teacher! teacher!” mode. This is the counterpart to the iconic picture of the first debate, which was Obama looking downcast and downward with a scowl. If I had more time I’d dig up one of those pics.
Getty Images2) To spell it out, I agree with my Atlantic colleagues Ta-Nehisi Coates and also Robert Wright on the general flow of this one, and disagree with our National Journal colleague Ron Fournier, who considered it a no-winner squabble that left everyone worse off. Certainly there were pitched disagreements — but to me they did not amount to squabbling but rather to the expression of actual differences, on issues from Libya to taxes. Unfortunately not on the automatic-weapons question, but that’s a different topic.
I still think that picture I put up top is better…
And… Fox Doesn’t Declare Debate Winner, Focuses On ‘Aggressive’ Obama, Romney’s Botched Libya Response (Well, no surprise there.)
One of the trends from the debate was taken from a comment Mitt made about binders full of women. In fact, I thought that whole comment of his about hiring women for his cabinet was condescending crap! You know what? Fuck you Mitt! According to this link, (h/t Boston Boomer) it was not a true story : Mind The Binder – Talking Politics
What actually happened was that in 2002 — prior to the election, not even knowing yet whether it would be a Republican or Democratic administration — a bipartisan group of women in Massachusetts formed MassGAP to address the problem of few women in senior leadership positions in state government. There were more than 40 organizations involved with the Massachusetts Women’s Political Caucus (also bipartisan) as the lead sponsor.
They did the research and put together the binder full of women qualified for all the different cabinet positions, agency heads, and authorities and commissions. They presented this binder to Governor Romney when he was elected.
I have written about this before, in various contexts; tonight I’ve checked with several people directly involved in the MassGAP effort who confirm that this history as I’ve just presented it is correct — and that Romney’s claim tonight, that he asked for such a study, is false.
I will write more about this later, but for tonight let me just make a few quick additional points. First of all, according to MassGAP and MWPC, Romney did appoint 14 women out of his first 33 senior-level appointments, which is a reasonably impressive 42 percent. However, as I have reported before, those were almost all to head departments and agencies that he didn’t care about — and in some cases, that he quite specifically wanted to not really do anything. None of the senior positions Romney cared about — budget, business development, etc. — went to women.
Secondly, a UMass-Boston study found that the percentage of senior-level appointed positions held by women actually declined throughout the Romney administration, from 30.0% prior to his taking office, to 29.7% in July 2004, to 27.6% near the end of his term in November 2006. (It then began rapidly rising when Deval Patrick took office.)
Third, note that in Romney’s story as he tells it, this man who had led and consulted for businesses for 25 years didn’t know any qualified women, or know where to find any qualified women. So what does that say?
We will keep up with this story…of course.
Anyway, TRENDING: ‘Binders full of women’ raises brows – CNN Political Ticker – CNN.com Blogs
Did Mitt Romney really request that as governor of Massachusetts, he be brought “whole binders full of women?” It was his response to a question – on gender pay inequality – which turned heads and started fingers tapping on keyboards. Before the debate was over, there was a Twitter hashtag, a blog, a series of memes, and a Facebook page with over 100,000 fans. The phrase was the third-fastest rising search on Google during the debate.
These are good:
It prompted memes, such as Hugh Heffner in what appears to be a library: “Binders full of women? Oh sure, I’ve got hundreds of them.”
Referencing an investment by Romney’s former company, Robert Drakes asked on Facebook, “Do they sell #BindersFullOfWomen at Staples?”
Others, such as Joi Jamison’s post to Facebook, get at the heart of the matter: “Binders full of women cost 77 cents, while binders full of men cost $1.”
The Obama campaign was in on it as well: a paid post from President Barack Obama’s official campaign account appeared atop searches for “binders full of women” on Twitter.
In the second question of the night, voter Katherine Fenton queried Obama: “In what new ways to you intend to rectify the inequalities in the workplace, specifically regarding females making only 72 percent of what their male counterparts earn?”
The incumbent cited the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which was the first piece of legislation he signed into law.
Romney, who worked in business, then served as governor of Massachusetts, said he “learned a great deal” about the inequalities between men and women in the workplace when chief executive of his state.
“I had the chance to pull together a cabinet and all the applicants seemed to be men,” Romney said. And I – and I went to my staff, and I said, ‘How come all the people for these jobs are – are all men?’ They said, “Well, these are the people that have the qualifications.’ “
Romney said he requested “a concerted effort to go out and find women who had backgrounds that could be qualified to become members of our cabinet.”
Then, the sound bite which drove the online chatter.
“I went to a number of women’s groups and said, ‘Can you help us find folks,’ and they brought us whole binders full of women,” Romney said.
The tweets and posts quickly stacked up.
You can read lots of tweets here at hastag.org…#BindersFullOfWomen
Or, check out this tumblr: Binders Full Of Women
That is a great way to end this post…so what’s going on in your part of the world?
SkyD Evening Reads, Step 1: Turn Water On
Posted: September 19, 2012 Filed under: 2012 presidential campaign, Mitt Romney, open thread, Republican politics, Republican presidential politics, SDB Evening News Reads | Tags: closing polling places, High school students way of the future, Voter ID laws, we are fucked! 47 Comments »
Good Evening
Before we get to the evening news reads, I have to tell y’all a tale…it is true, every word.
This afternoon, I had to go down to my son’s high school for a Freshman orientation…yes, they have been in school since August 2nd. Anyway, the teachers ushered us into this small classroom…where the lights were shut off. (Must be money-saving thing since it was after school.)
This was a regular classroom, not a special ed or the health class. (See, I have to preface this story with a few details because it is ridiculous and unbelievable.)
The woman, whose classroom we were standing in, began talking. I was looking around the room for any hint as to what kind of class this was. This teacher was also the college prep guidance counselor and she was going on and on about how every student is going to go to college. Blah, blah, blah….they have funding to make sure every kid applies to college. Yadda, yadda, yadda…and all the while she was talking, right behind her back was the day’s lesson. I kid you not…it was a step by step instruction on how to wash hands.
No shit…if I could have taken a picture I would have. On the board were eight steps, and the first one was…
Step 1: Turn Water On.
Followed by…
Step 2: Put Soap on Hands.
Here we are, in a high school classroom. It is not special ed…it is not health…or hygiene, and on the board is this crap. I mean, if you are going to teach kids about the importance of washing hands…teach them why they need to wash them, you know like e.coli… staph…MRSA, etc. These are HIGH SCHOOL students, not kindergarten or first grade. What is on the lesson plan for next week? “How to wipe your ass?”
Step 1: Pull pants down.
Step 2: Sit on toilet.
I am just wondering if the last step of “How to wipe your ass” goes something like this:
Step 6: Wash Hands, see notes from last week’s class.
And as I am watching this woman tell these parents that every student will apply and go to college…my mind is thinking, WTF? If you are teaching these kids how to wash their hands step by step, we will be lucky if they even graduate high school.
Fortunately I went to this “orientation” with my friend, who like me had the same “What the hell is this shit?” expression on her face. She whispered into my ear, “This doesn’t instill a lot of confidence in me whatsoever.” For what it is worth, we got out of going to the kids classrooms… since they are taught by the football and girls softball coaches, and the coaches didn’t stay for the meet and greet.
This classroom is the future my friends, don’t it make you feel great?
Alright, now for a few newsy links.
Did you see, Romney is “gawds” answer to those people, you know…the poor worthless Americans he dissed in his leaked fundraising tapes.
Romney says he would represent `100%’ of Americans
Mitt Romneysaid Wednesday that he would represent “100%” of Americans, striving to dampen a controversy that has dogged him since Monday, when video surfaced of him saying nearly half the nation’s voters were dependent on the government and would never support him because he would not be able to convince them to take responsibility for their lives.
“My campaign is about the 100% in America. And I am concerned about them. I am concerned about the fact that over the past four years, life has become harder for Americans,” Romney said. “… this campaign is about helping people who need help, and right now, the people who are pool in this country need help getting out of poverty. The people in the middle class need help because their incomes have gone down every year for the last four years.”
The GOP presidential nominee spoke at a Univision forum where he was asked whether he regretted the statement he made to donors in a recording that was disclosed Monday by Mother Jones. He did not respond to that part of the question.
I really hate Mitt Romney.
And why should he even bother representing all Americans, when you have things like voter id laws and polling center closures to deal with the unwanted electorate. (This news item is about a county next door to Banjoville.)
Habersham consolidating from 14 to 2 polling places
While it won’t happen in time for the November General Election, Habersham County is proceeding with consolidation of its 14 polling places.
On Monday, the commission voted 4-1 to consolidate the county’s current 14 polling places to two.
“We spent several months looking at alternatives,” said Interim Elections Board Chairman Pete Davitto as he introduced the issue before the commission. “Quite frankly, I first started looking at having five voting locations, one for each of your [commission] districts. That really didn’t work out. I looked at having six geographically-spread voting locations. We were told that the preferred number was two.”
“After lengthy discussion – I believe last month I told you it went on for almost a year – we determined that two was possible,” Davitto said. “We based that on Rabun County’s reduction from nine to one. Our recommendation at this point still stands that we reduce it to two locations. Those two locations encompass approximately 80 percent of the citizens of this county.”
“Are some citizens going to be upset with it?” Davitto said. “Of course. Are some citizens going to have to drive a little farther to vote? Of course. I’m one of them. I live in Batesville, and we’re recommending the Batesville polling location be eliminated.”
Are you fucking kidding me? Aren’t these polling places staffed with VOLUNTEERS? What about these old folks who have difficulty driving 30 miles of mountain roads to get into town? Oh yeah…they are part of the 47%…so who gives a damn about them.
This is an open thread, let the commentary begin!
Wednesday Reads: Do you feel dumb enough? Well, make my day…
Posted: September 19, 2012 Filed under: 2012 presidential campaign, Barack Obama, Labor unions, Mitt Romney, morning reads, public education, Republican presidential politics | Tags: Chicago Teacher's strike, Marc Leder, the 47% 47 Comments »
Good Morning!
We have lots of links to get to this Wednesday morning, so get that cup of coffee and let’s start the ball rolling.
First up, Chicago Teachers Union has a deal. Chicago teachers vote to return to classroom
Teachers agreed Tuesday to return to the classroom after more than a week on the picket lines in Chicago, ending a combative stalemate with Mayor Rahm Emanuel over evaluations and job security, two issues at the heart of efforts to reform the nation’s public schools.
Union delegates voted overwhelmingly to suspend the strike after discussing a proposed contract settlement that had been on the table for days. Classes were to resume Wednesday.
Jubilant delegates poured out of a South Side union hall singing a song called “Solidarity Forever,” honking horns and yelling, “We’re going back.” Most were eager to get to work and proud of a walkout that yielded results.
From the Chicago Sun-Times: Chicago Public Schools teachers’ strike over
There was no need to count.
Inside a raucous union hall packed with people Tuesday night, a thunderous round of “ayes!” and pittance of “nays” halted the first Chicago teachers strike in 25 years.
With exhilaration and relief, delegates from the Chicago Teachers Union voted to return to work Wednesday morning
“It was thunderous applause,” said delegate Adam Martinek of Gage Park High School. “People were blowing whistles and clapping and cheering.”
“And a couple of people started to cry,” said Susan Hickey, an elementary school social worker. “It was very moving. We just all sort of stood up. Very quickly we adjourned the house, and everybody left.”
The hooting and hollering could be heard outside the Operating Engineers Hall, then smiling faces spilled out the doors.
Across town at one of the city’s premiere high schools, Mayor Rahm Emanuel hailed the contract, with its teacher evaluations and his signature longer school day, for giving Chicago’s children a seat at the table.
“This settlement is an honest compromise,” Emanuel said. “It means a new day and new direction for the Chicago Public Schools.
I am glad this strike is over, and that there is an agreement in place the teachers feel comfortable about.
Before we get to the Romney 47% links, I have to share this quote from Clint Eastwood. Clint Eastwood: Obama Sleeper Agent by Ta-Nehisi Coates from The Atlantic
Via Gawker, Access Hollywood asked Clint Eastwood about his now-infamous speech. His response:
“If somebody’s dumb enough to ask me to go to a political convention and say something, they’re gonna have to take what they get,” the veteran actor told an Extra correspondent during a one-on-one interview about his upcoming film Trouble with the Curve…
Asked if Mitt Romney was that “somebody,” Eastwood initially said “yeah,” before adding, “actually, he had some of his people ask.”The Islamo-fascist, radical atheist, communist bail-out, secular sharia wizard is cunning. And Hussein has many spies.
Bwaahahahaaaa!
That is one hell of a sound bite there Clint, it fits in with that other comment from Rick Frothy Dick about the GOP not being “smart.”
No, they are not. Take this example from Rep. Schilling: Lots of Latinos don’t even know proper Spanish
Rep. Bobby Schilling (R-IL) on Tuesday faced criticism for claiming that many Latinos had trouble learning the English language because they had not fully learned Spanish.
“One of the biggest problems is — you know, I’ve got some Hispanic friends — is that a lot of those folks that don’t know English, is primarily because they don’t even know Spanish,” he said in April at a town hall event. “They don’t even know their own language. So that’s why you’ve got these teachers coming in helping them to try and get them better with their own language and then kind of teach them. It’s a pretty tough battle.”
A recording of his remarks was posted online and promoted by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, according to Quad Cities Online.
They are not just stupid, they are blatantly stupid.
Which leads me to the Romney Remarks of the 47%…
I have been curious about what Jon Stewart would do with this, here is my answer: Jon Stewart Tears Apart Romney’s Assertions About The ‘Dependent’ 47 Percent
On Tuesday night, Jon Stewart took on the current campaign controversy: Mitt Romney‘s hidden video about those “47 percent” of voters. Noting Romney’s damage control, he mocked the GOP presidential hopeful’s brushing off the incident while clearly being rattled by it.
Stewart began by noting that before this whole debacle, the Romney campaign had hit the reset button, which he likened to goading a girl to go on a seventh date…because this time, she’ll like him.
Video at the link.
I won’t quote this next link, cause it is from one loony right-wingnut extraordinaire: Time for an Intervention – Peggy Noonan’s Blog – WSJ
An intervention? Why bother? Hey, watch that Stewart clip again….
By his own logic, Romney’s dad wouldn’t vote for him…
But is all cool, the Romney campaign has a plan. /Snark Via Little Green Footballs – Romney Campaign Releases Video Titled “Mitt Doesn’t Disdain the Poor,” Then Deletes It
Tonight the Romney campaign released a video featuring Ann Romney, titled “Mitt Doesn’t Disdain the Poor.”
Then they deleted it.
Damn! I bet she was wearing a $1000 t-shirt and said the words “those people” at least once during the interview. Wait a moment! Buzzfeed has an update if you go to this link you can see the entire bit. Take a look at the comments below the interview, funny stuff.
Anyway…Obama went on Letterman and the Guardian had this little post about it: Obama rebukes Mitt Romney over his 47% remarks
President Barack Obama declared that the occupant of the White House must “work for everyone, not just for some,” hitting back at Mitt Romney‘s jarring statement that as a candidate, he doesn’t worry about the 47% of the country that pays no income taxes.
In the secretly recorded video published on Monday by the liberal Mother Jones magazine, Romney told donors that 47% of Americans would back Obama no matter what and “my job is not to worry about those people.”
The Republican presidential challenger neither disavowed nor apologised for his remarks. Instead, Romney cast his comment as evidence of a fundamental difference with Obama over the economy, adding the federal government should not “take from some to give to the others.”
Obama responded during an appearance on the late-night David Letterman television show.
“One thing I’ve learned as president is that you represent the entire country,” he said. “My expectation is if you want to be president, you’ve got to work for everybody, not just for some,” he said to applause from the studio audience.
And one more thing about these leaked videos, if you host an asshole running for president, be ready for some prodding and probing, cause you are going to get it. After all those reports of sex parties and flaming torch baton twirlers, we have this “Exclusive” from Fortune. Exclusive: Marc Leder, Romney fundraiser, speaks out
I don’t know just what kind of “exclusive” this statement can be, sounds like the same shit we here from “these people” on a regular basis.
In a statement first given to Fortune, Leder says: “I hosted a fundraiser for an old friend in May. I believe all Americans should have the opportunity to succeed, to improve their lives, and to build even better lives for their children.”
Okay…I won’t even bother commenting on that.
As for the videos that Mojo released today, Emptywheel had this to say: Mitt: Hostage Situations Are Electoral “Opportunities”
MoJo has released the full Romney donor video. And like Josh Marshall, I was immediately struck by this passage (after 3 minutes in–this is my transcription). This is in response to a donor suggesting that if Mitt could get the Iranians to agree to drop their pursuit of a nuclear bomb.
And the American people are not concentrated at all on China, on Russia, Iran, Iraq. This President’s failure to put in a place a Status of Forces Agreement allowing 10-20,000 troops to stay in Iraq–unthinkable. And yet in that election–in the Jimmy Carter election–the fact that we had hostages in Iran, I mean that was all we talked about then. And we had the two helicopters crash in the desert, that was the focus and so him solving that made all the difference in the world.
I’m afraid today if you simply got Iran to agree to stand down a nuclear weapon they’d go, “hold on.”
By the way, if something of that nature presents itself, I will work to find a way to take advantage of the opportunity. [my emphasis]
Now, like Marshall, I think this explains why Mitt jumped on the Libyan attack so quickly.
Hmmmm…interesting.
So, what are y’all thinking about today?
Friday Nite Lite: Wake the F#@k Up!
Posted: September 14, 2012 Filed under: 2012 presidential campaign, Anti-War, Diplomacy Nightmares, Egypt, Foreign Affairs, Free Speech, fundamentalist Christians, Iran, Israel, Libya, Middle East, Mitt Romney, open thread, Political and Editorial Cartoons, religious extremists, Republican politics, Republican presidential politics, Romney-Ryan Budget Plan, U.S. Politics, Yemen | Tags: Get on the love train, Muthafukkerz, Samuel L Jackson, War what is it good for 48 Comments »
Good Evening!
Time for another cartoon post, damn…it seems like the week flew by doesn’t it? Before we get to the funnies, here are a couple of news links I think you may find interesting.
Over at National Journal, they have a page that maps out Muslim Protests Around the World. They are supposed to be updating it as more hot spots come into play…gives me the creeps just seeing all those dots of violence across the globe.
In New Hampshire, they are suppressing the vote before the new voter id law comes into effect. Assholes.
And, this little news blip from NYP that I am really looking forward to: Samuel L. Jackson to support Obama in a provocative new ad calling on voters to “Wake the F–k Up”
They picked the perfect actor for a political ad loaded with f-bombs.
Samuel L. Jackson will film a provocative spot supporting President Obama’s re-election bid as early as tomorrow — telling voters to “Wake the f–k up, Vote for Obama.”
The ad is a riff on Jackson’s viral video “Go the F–k to Sleep,” where he narrates a children’s book written by Adam Mansbach.
It’s paid for by the Jewish Council for Education and Research Super PAC — which earlier this summer aired an ad of comedian Sarah Silverman offering “free lesbian sex” to billionaire Sheldon Adelson if he stopped supporting GOP nominee Mitt Romney.
It is coming out on Youtube Sept. 24th and I can’t wait. And if you want to laugh at something, I say check this out:
Drink Samuel L. Jackson’s beer — before he gets medieval on yo’ ass. (1:15)
Alright, let’s get on with the funnies…The cartoon pages were filled with things about Romney and his appalling performance the other day. Actually, it really wasn’t a performance act per say, it was his real personality showing through.
Cagle Post » Political Posturing
Cagle Post » Romney Campaign Flies Flag at Full Staff
Now a few comments on the Mideast situation in general:
I thought that one was clever…
And that one has me singing this song:
Cagle Post » Plan to Attack Iran
Now for a ride on the Romney/Ryan Express:
I think the better train to be getting on board is the love train:
Okay, now that you got your funk on…just a couple of more funnies to go!
And this from my favorite cartoonist, Mike Luckovich:
9/14 Mike Luckovich cartoon: Super-sized soft drinks | Mike Luckovich
Sad but true, innit!
Have a wonderful evening, I will be enjoying a Friday Night Lights tradition, aka high school football game, with this little nip in the air its sure to be a good one.
So…in my best Mr. Samuel L. Jackson impersonation…this is a muthafukking open thread!
Evening Updates: Libya and the Mitt Mess
Posted: September 12, 2012 Filed under: 2012 presidential campaign, Barack Obama, Drone Warfare, Egypt, Foreign Affairs, fundamentalist Christians, Hillary Clinton, Israel, Libya, Mitt Romney, open thread, Republican presidential politics, SDB Evening News Reads | Tags: Libyan Embassy Attack 21 Comments »
I thought we’d have a new post with some updates from today’s news stories. If you have not read Dakinikat’s posts today, please do…
A Crisis made worse by Religious Nuts and Political Dunces « Sky Dancing
Was the Embassy Assault a Planned Attack? « Sky Dancing
…then come back and check out these links.
Is The Muhammad Movie Even A Real Movie? – The Dish | By Andrew Sullivan – The Daily Beast
Rosie Gray created an (unembeddable) video highlighting the heavy dubbing the the trailer. She theorizes that the “anti-Muslim ‘movie’ that served as the spark or pretext for a wave of violent unrest Egypt and Libya may not be a movie at all”:
[N]early all of the names in the movie’s “trailer” are overdubbed. The video is a compilation of the most clumsily overdubbed moments from what is in reality an incoherent, haphazardly-edited set of scenes. Among the overdubbed words is “Mohammed,” suggesting that the footage was taken from a film about something else entirely. The footage also suggests multiple video sources — there are obvious and jarring discrepancies among actors and locations.
Paul Krugman: Why The Vileness Matters – NYTimes.com
I haven’t weighed in on Romney’s awesomely awful intervention on events in Egypt and Libya; with even Republicans joining in the chorus of shocked disapproval, not much I can add.
But maybe I can say something about why this matters for the campaign.
Go to link to read his thoughts on this…I think Romney made his lack of suitability for the job clear long ago, unfortunately I think even this shit is going to slide off him like all the other things we have pointed out during his campaign.
The actors from the “film” are talking: Duped | Suburban Guerrilla
And this from: Benghazi today | Suburban Guerrilla
About those wingnuts?
Bryan Fischer: Libya embassy attack ‘was an act of war’ | The Raw Story
Opinion: The problem with Mitt – Joe Scarborough – POLITICO.com
Pat Robertson: Muslims ‘go crazy’ because they have the spirit of a ‘wild donkey’ | The Raw Story
Obama vows “justice” I just wonder what kind of justice it will be?
As Susie suggest: Libya | Suburban Guerrilla
CNN reports that the United States will send unmanned drones to Libya to look for jihadist camps, as the White House now accepts the belief that the Benghazi attack was the premeditated work of terrorists. U.S. officials say the attack was not a direct assassination attempt on Ambassador Christopher Stevens, but that used the otherwise peaceful protest of an anti-Muslim film as a diversion to infiltrate the area and then strike the compound.
Nic Robertson of CNN reports that the top suspects are the Omar Abdul Rahman Brigades, named after the infamous “Blind Sheikh”, who is currently in jail for orchestrating the original 1993 World Trade Center bombing. The group has claimed responsiblity for previous attacks in the Benghazi area and even attacked the same diplomatic offices back in June. On September 11, al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri called for new attacks to avenge the death of Abu Yahya al-Libi, who had been the No. 2 man in the Libyan Brigade.
I will end with this last cartoon…
This is an open thread…
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