Articles Tagged with Mitt Romney

Candy Crowley Answers Critics Over Debate Moderator Role [Video]

Both candidates have complained about Candy Crowley's role as moderator

More attention has been paid in the 2012 presidential debate cycle to the debate moderators themselves rather than the actual candidates. CNN’s Candy Crowley is up next, and has already received a fair amount of criticism from both sides regarding her selection as moderator. First, it was Jim Lehrer who was criticized for a soft-ball… Read more »

Obama Under Fire For Not Paying Campaign Rally Bills In Ohio

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President Barack Obama is coming under fire for not paying municipal expenses during past campaign events in the all-important swing state. Fiscal officers in both Copley Township and Fairlawn have still not been repaid approximately $50,000 the municipalities spent on police overtime and other related expenses. Akron’s Democratic mayor decided not to bill the president… Read more »

Obama Campaign Promises Not To Repeat Mistakes In Tomorrow’s Debate

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As tomorrow’s Obama-Romney debate approaches, the second in this hotly-contested election cycle, the President is coming off a strong showing by right-hand man Joe Biden in last week’s fiery debate with VP challenger Paul Ryan. As we reported earlier, both contenders are training hard for the Obama-Romney debate. And campaign adviser to the President David… Read more »

Million Muppet March Planned In DC To Defend ‘Sesame Street’ And PBS

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A Los Angeles animation executive and an Idaho college student are planning a “Million Muppet March” in Washington, DC, to protest Mitt Romney’s pledge to eliminate federal funding for PBS. Michael Bellavia and Chris Mecham came up with the idea for the event separately after Romney told moderator Jim Lehrer — a former news anchor… Read more »

Mitt Romney: People Don’t Die At Home Because Of Lack Of Insurance

Mitt Romney States Americans Don't Die In Homes From Lack Of Insurance

Mitt Romney is receiving heavy criticism for comments made in an interview on Wednesday saying that Americans do not die at home from a lack of insurance. Romney made the comments to the editorial board of The Columbus Dispatch on Wednesday, minimizing the harm for Americans who do not have health care. Romney stated: “We… Read more »

Completely Wrong Mitt Romney, Is Google Showing Its Political Colors?

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As we reported yesterday, googling “completely wrong” brings up a slew of links relating to Mitt Romney, prompting many to ask if Google is giving Mitt the old GWB treatment. Which is to say, the “completely wrong” Google search calls to mind the old “miserable failure” Google bomb of the mid-to-late 2000s, when googling the… Read more »

New Obama Advertisement Stars Big Bird [Video]

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Big Bird has made the jump from Sesame Street to the White House by becoming the latest star in President Obama’s new television advertisement. You can check out the footage at the foot of the page. The ad mocks Mitt Romney’s declaration that he would cut the funding towards the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and… Read more »

Big Bird Appears On SNL’s Weekend Update [Video]

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Big Bird has been the hot topic of discussion ever since Mitt Romney confirmed at the first presidential debate that he would pull funding from PBS despite his love of the giant educator of children. While Elmo, Oscar the Grouch, and the rest of the Sesame Street crew have remained quiet on the issue, Big… Read more »

Sesame Street Funding: Show’s Co-Creator Slams Mitt Romney

Sesame Street Funding: Show's Co-Creator Slams Mitt Romney

Sesame Street funding became a hot topic after GOP candidate Mitt Romney said during Wednesday’s debate that he would pull funding for PBS in an attempt to cut the national deficit, but the stance isn’t going over too well with one of the creators of the show. Lloyd Morrisett, one of the creators of Sesame… Read more »