jerseyhoya wrote:I thought he was ruining public education in New Jersey

jerseyhoya wrote:Lugar camp mocks Mourdock's 'Confederate tie', hair dye

A top aide to Sen. Dick Lugar is charging that a necktie GOP rival Richard Mourdock frequently sports on the campaign trail carries Confederate symbolism.

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"Whether or not this exact tie is from the Ben Silver Store in Charleston, SC or someplace else, a historian would see that this tie is a take off on the Confederate Battle flag," Willkie said. "Some say that it is not exactly the thing to wear in Indiana, Lincoln's boyhood home and where the popular Indiana National Guard sees its origins directly in the Union Army."

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"I do not own a Confederate necktie. I own two ties that are red with a blue stripe with white stars. I bought them at the Republican state convention," he said. "I don't even know how to respond. I am stunned. If you're running for class president you do something like that. I don't have anything that has a Confederate symbol on it, anything like that. That's lunacy."

In his email responding to a follow-up about the tie, Willkie also lobbed another ostensibly petty charge.

"PS, We also hear that Mourdock dyes his hair," Willkie wrote in an email. "But you be the judge. . . lol."

What. the. fuck.

Note to campaign staff: don't get drunk and email dumb things to reporters

jerseyhoya wrote:Lugar camp mocks Mourdock's 'Confederate tie', hair dye

A top aide to Sen. Dick Lugar is charging that a necktie GOP rival Richard Mourdock frequently sports on the campaign trail carries Confederate symbolism.

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"PS, We also hear that Mourdock dyes his hair," Willkie wrote in an email. "But you be the judge. . . lol."

The report by the Government Accountability Office, to be released this week, found that while Mr. Christie said that state transportation officials had revised cost estimates for the tunnel to at least $11 billion and potentially more than $14 billion, the range of estimates had in fact remained unchanged in the two years before he announced in 2010 that he was shutting down the project. And state transportation officials, the report says, had said the cost would be no more than $10 billion.

Mr. Christie also misstated New Jersey’s share of the costs: he said the state would pay 70 percent of the project; the report found that New Jersey was paying 14.4 percent. And while the governor said that an agreement with the federal government would require the state to pay all cost overruns, the report found that there was no final agreement, and that the federal government had made several offers to share those costs.

Canceling the tunnel, then the largest public works project in the nation, helped shape Mr. Christie’s profile as a rising Republican star, an enforcer of fiscal discipline in a country drunk on debt. But the report is likely to revive criticism that his decision, which he said was about “hard choices” in tough economic times, was more about avoiding the need to raise the state’s gasoline tax, which would have violated a campaign promise. The governor subsequently steered $4 billion earmarked for the tunnel to the state’s near-bankrupt transportation trust fund, traditionally financed by the gasoline tax.

But the report is likely to revive criticism that his decision, which he said was about “hard choices” in tough economic times, was more about avoiding the need to raise the state’s gasoline tax, which would have violated a campaign promise. The governor subsequently steered $4 billion earmarked for the tunnel to the state’s near-bankrupt transportation trust fund, traditionally financed by the gasoline tax.

Democratic Strategist Hilary Rosen generated instant bipartisan criticism Wednesday night for her statement that Ann Romney has "actually never worked a day in her life."

"What you have is Mitt Romney running around the country, saying, 'Well, you know, my wife tells me that what women really care about are economic issues, and when I listen to my wife, that's what I'm hearing.' Guess what? His wife has actually never worked a day in her life," Rosen said.

"She's never really dealt with the kinds of economic issues that a majority of the women in this country are facing, in terms of how do we feed our kids, how do we send them to school, and why do we worry about their future," Rosen continued, adding that Romney "just seems so old fashioned when it comes to women."

td11 wrote:Mrs. Romney started a twitter yesterday and already responded to it saying she worked very hard to raise 5 kids. agree that it was a dumb thing to say, but romney and co. have said much worse things PR-wise. I mean, just yesterday his people had a phone conference on women's issues, and when sam stein asked if they support the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, there was a long silence followed by, "sam we'll get back to you on that."

td11 wrote:lol sucks that she's a lez. they're gonna go to town with that. and it's pretty stupid if she doesn't come out and issue a simple, "sorry, my b"

obama has a double digit lead with lady voters in polls right now, though. i think (hope) this isn't a big enough gaffe to put a dent in it.

"They're attacking me," she said Thursday morning on CNN. "That's fine but it does not erase (Mitt Romney's) woeful record" on women's issues.


"This really isn’t about stay-at-home vs. working moms," she said " I have kids. It's the hardest job I've ever had. Romney has brought his wife into conversation. ... It's a strategic to attack me rather than talk about the issues."

jerseyhoya wrote:God, you had to know the question was coming. How the fuck is that your answer?

traderdave wrote:Now, granted, Ann Romney raising five children while married to a billionaire is not quite the same as middle America mom raising five children married to the Magtag repair man. Still, Rosen's comments were idiotic and created an unnecessary side issue for the President.

drsmooth wrote:

traderdave wrote:Now, granted, Ann Romney raising five children while married to a billionaire is not quite the same as middle America mom raising five children married to the Magtag repair man. Still, Rosen's comments were idiotic and created an unnecessary side issue for the President.

she's sorry, she's sorry

“I apologize to Ann Romney and anyone else who was offended,” Ms. Rosen said in a statement issued by her firm. “Let’s declare peace in this phony war and go back to focus on the substance.”