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How About More Spending or Another Stimulus?

Posted on May 15, 2013 at 12:41 pm by Bob Cesca

Dare to dream, but look — the president will have cut the deficit in half within his first four fiscal years, from $1.4 trillion in 2009 to $642 billion by the end of this year. That’s far lower than $845 … Continue reading →
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Sorry, Republicans, But the Economy Keeps Growing

Posted on November 30, 2012 at 11:15 am by Bob Cesca

I’m sure this is a massive conspiracy by the Obama administration that demands portly Dean Chambers to unskew it, but here you go: The economy grew at a substantially faster pace in the third quarter than first thought, powered by … Continue reading →

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For the Thousandth Time: the Stimulus Worked!

Posted on November 5, 2012 at 11:07 am by Bob Cesca

It might surprise most of the backwards, non-reality based conservatives to know that the stimulus not only worked, but the economy isn’t nearly as bad as they’d like it to be. That’s no coincidence. And Mitt Romney wants to do … Continue reading →

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Republicans Cry About Lack of ‘Civility’ at DNC

Posted on September 6, 2012 at 7:18 am by Bob Cesca

My Thursday column examines the Republican definition of “civility” and “class.” Predictably, the Romney campaign and its apparatchiks at Fox News accused the Democrats of lacking “civility” during the first day of their convention. RNC chairman Reince Priebus called the … Continue reading →

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More Republican Fiscal Contradictions and Confusion in Tampa

Posted on August 30, 2012 at 10:19 am by Bob Cesca

My Thursday column continues to dissect the Republican contradictions about the debt with a mind-boggling example: When a political party not only builds a convention theme but an entire political movement around lies, myopic slogans and total fiction, there are … Continue reading →

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This Will Make Your Brain Hurt

Posted on August 29, 2012 at 8:24 am by Bob Cesca

The Republicans featured a series of business owners who spoke at the convention yesterday as part of the “we built this” theme, ostensibly relating the notion that the government didn’t help businesses form and prosper — a notion that’s wildly … Continue reading →

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You Know Who Totally Kicked Ass This Weekend?

Posted on August 20, 2012 at 11:19 am by Bob Cesca

Chris Hayes and his staff. That’s who. They dug up an clip from 2002 showing Paul Ryan making the Obama/Democratic/Keynesian case for stimulus spending during a slow recovery, on the floor of the House no less, along with a case … Continue reading →

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President Obama Rescued the Economy. Period.

Posted on August 19, 2012 at 12:23 pm by Bob Cesca

Here’s Paul Ryan with some honesty, then a gigantic lie: “Now, let’s be candid, President Obama clearly inherited a very difficult situation. There are no two ways about that. Problem is, he made things much worse.” He obviously didn’t make … Continue reading →

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The Dog Ate Paul Ryan’s Homework

Posted on August 18, 2012 at 4:30 pm by JM Ashby

First he said he never requested stimulus. Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan told Cincinnati’s WCPO today that he “never” requested stimulus funds for his Wisconsin district in 2009. The problem: That blatantly contradicts a report from The Boston Globe … Continue reading →

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Paul Ryan is a Lying Liar

Posted on August 16, 2012 at 3:45 pm by JM Ashby

During a television interview today Paul Ryan said he “never asked for stimulus.” That’s a lie. He wrote at least four letters asking for stimulus funds in 2009 according to the Associated Press. Rep. Ryan wrote letters in 2009 to … Continue reading →

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