[asked of Romney, regarding FEMA:] "Gov., you've been asked 14 times, why are you refusing to answer the question?"
(Source: thesmithian)
The Smithian: 'Where but America?'
Where else could a man whose ancestors lived in Mexico and who spent two years of his youth as a Mormon missionary in France, and who is now a mega-millionaire with Swiss bank accounts and tax shelters in the Cayman Islands, and whose company has outsourced jobs to nations all over the…
After his performance last week, supporters of President Obama, watching Gillard cut through the disingenuousness and feigned moral outrage of her opponent to call him out for his own personal prejudice, hypocrisy, and aversion to facts, might be wishing their man would take a lesson from Australia.
Amelia Lester on Autsralian Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s misogyny speech, and what President Obama could learn from it: http://nyr.kr/SQ8VNb
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Ohio’s new tactic in restricting voters:
Early voting stations Ohio’s heavily Democratic counties will be open shorter hours, while Republican counties are expanding voting hours.
(Source: newyorker.com, via newyorker)
HUH? “If you’re regulating vaginas, I don’t know how we’re supposed to not talk about them.”
This woman spoke out and was silenced.



