Friday News Roundup - Domestic
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2012-10-26/friday-news-roundup-domestic
President Barack Obama suggested he will seek a grand fiscal bargain with Republicans if he’s reelected. Obama told The Des Moines Register this week he would also work to win congressional approval of immigration reform. Mitt Romney’s campaign said he disagrees with Richard Mourdock’s comments on rape, but he hasn't asked that an ad featuring him with the Indiana Senate candidate be withdrawn. New home sales rose to the highest level in two years. The Department of Justice said it will sue Bank of America over allegations it sold defective home loans to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. And a look at the legacy of George McGovern. Diane and guests discuss the week’s top national stories: what happened and why.
Guests
Michael Scherer
White House correspondent for Time magazine.
Karen Tumulty
national political reporter, The Washington Post
Jonathan Allen
congressional reporter, Politico
Friday News Roundup Video
The panel discussed the political implications of Indiana Senate candidate Richard Mourdock's comment about rape in a debate earlier this week. Mourdouck said, "I think even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, it is something that God intended to happen."
Michael Scherer, White House correspondent for Time magazine, said the comment gave an opening to Democrats and liberals to label Republicans as "extremists." "The politics of this is that all [election] cycle, Republicans have really struggled on social issues that in past cycles have played to their advantage," Scherer said. Karen Tumulty, national political reporter for The Washington Post, said Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney probably wouldn't pull his ad endorsing Mourdock because doing so would focus the story on Romney.
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Public health data consistently show that making abortions illegal increases morbidity and mortality for women and children. Giving women access to safe and effective abortion services and birth control saves lives. Pro-choice is very much pro-life.
@ bwstrauss
Would you like a hankie or should we place you in the bassinet. we haven't even heard about Sununu. But keep whining. SMH
@WWWyatt3:
Yeah, you said that ... and I said ...
You think if the truth about Bengahzi sinks into the American consciousness, it will not affect the election?! The whole tact of the MSM has been to SUPPRESS this story as much as humanly possible until after 11/6. It should be discussed in BOTH contexts because it has relevance to both.
Today's "Domestic Hour" is little more than a 60 minute Obama ad today. I expect the same from now until election day.
If you heard the political story on Morning Edition at 8:00 yesterday and today, it was clear. Obama gets non-stop sound bites from his speeches. Romney gets Richard Mourdoch. The contrast is stark. Don't believe me? Go online and listen.
"If Obama is able to win Ohio it will be due to the auto industry turning around..." Well - if Romney is able to win Ohio it's because the GOP was able to keep the race close enough that the Bane-owned voting machines were able to flip the vote without raising any red flags.
I do not understand why everyone has been so quick to dismiss the role Texas voters might play in this election. Everyone seems to assume all electoral college votes will go to Romney. Doesn't anyone take into account the fact that according to the most recent census, Texas is now one of only 4 states in US where whites are in the minority. With Hispanic and recent immigrant votes tending to be Democratic, doesn't anyone foresee the possibility of a surprise in the final outcome of the election in Texas?
ssousa wrote:
"Public health data consistently show that making abortions illegal increases morbidity and mortality for women and children."
Really? With unfettered abortion, the mortality rate for unborn children is 100%. How do you top that?
I think Sununu's critiques of Obama are fantastic. He says what he thinks and isn't intimated by the fear of some lib calling him "racist". Calling everyone a racist who disagrees with the president is just a way to stifle honest criticism. Judging Obama on the content of his character and the level of his performance can only lead one to say to him "you're fired".
Get pregnant yourself then :)
Why have we not heard any more about the business owners that have been trying to influence their employee's votes by threatening job cuts should Pres. Obama win?
Regarding the Mourdock controversy, what Jonathan seems to have missed is that the outrage on the left is not due to misconstruing Mourdock's words. I accept that his belief is this: that rape is not intended by god, but the resulting pregnancies are. The controversy still stands because we must assume, in the absence of information to the contrary, that Mr. Mourdock would create or sponsor legislation which would reflect his belief. He would presumably outlaw abortion even in cases of rape. As a pro-choice woman, I find this an unacceptable position for many reasons. Politicians on the right (and some male commentators) look even more out-of-touch when they defend Mourdock by arguing that his intended message has been distorted by "liberal media." I find his INTENDED message disturbing because he would legislate what women could or could not do with their own bodies following a traumatic experience. It would compound the experience of violation.
@ecgberht - No....it won't effect the election, because the two candidates don't compare on International matters. If your candidate had a message, or a CLUE, about how to manage International affairs, you'd hear more about it. As it stands, you should be grateful that his international views aren't getting more press - Cold War scare tactics, insults to our closest allies, promises to wipe anyone off the map who doesn't get in line with his objectives. Oooops ... not HIS objectives - he doesn't have any. He's simply a puppet for the last Bush's foreign affairs cronies.
Now it's the INTERNATIONAL hour....maybe you'll hear what you're waiting for.
Thank you for raising, but not dwelling on, TX AG Greg Abbott's asinine 'bring it' comment RE intl poll watchers' interest in observing elections. I'm a Texas conservative. As if our simple-minded governor wasn't enough of an embarrassment for us in the national arena during his very brief presidential bid, we now have another Texas-sized ego bringing us justly deserved national ridicule. As your panel member rightly observed, our childish AG is merely 'playing to his base.' People outside TX need to know that Abbott's base, just as Perry's base, are the corporations from whom they and their cronies profit, and not the good people of Texas.
@ bwstrauss
Why am I not surprised by your response. Just what I would expect, birds of a (racist) feather, flock together. Just a question for you, Sununu said President Obama has been the most racially divisive President in history. Can you, or your klansman buddy John, provide us proof to support this statement. This will be fun.
The abortion question comes down to your belief about pregnancy. If a human life is created at conception, then it is quite inconsistent to allow abortion exceptions other than "life of the mother" (self defense). If any human is innocent, it is the unborn, and we don't put children to death for the crime(s) of their fathers (even if the crime is rape or incest). If you don't believe that a human life is created at conception, what kind of life is it? Politicians who allow exceptions for rape and incest are only pandering.
1dondraper wrote:
Can you ask the reporters about the not so subtle racist comments coming from Romney's "surrogates"?
John Sununu:
"I wish the President would learn how to act more like an American"
"The President is lazy and did not prepare for the debate"
Colin Powell only supported Obama because of his race.
(and other racially charged comments from the Co-Chair)
Sarah Palin
Shuck and jive
Ann Coulter
Retard
And the grand pubah, Donald Trump!!
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OK. Now all you need to do is include the supposed "racist" comments made by any of these people. Did you call Coulter a "retard?" Isn't that word on liberals forbidden PC list?
WWWyatt3 wrote:
"If your candidate had a message, or a CLUE, about how to manage International affairs, you'd hear more about it. As it stands, you should be grateful that his international views aren't getting more press - Cold War scare tactics, insults to our closest allies, promises to wipe anyone off the map who doesn't get in line with his objectives. Oooops ... not HIS objectives - he doesn't have any. He's simply a puppet for the last Bush's foreign affairs cronies."
Of course that is entirely false and a misrepresentation of Governor Romney's positions. And as for
"No....it won't effect the election, because the two candidates don't compare on International matters. "
If the story got the attention it deserves, you would be wrong about that too.
BTW, I've posted on the international page too. Story still hasn't been mentioned - but I have hope, the hour's not over!
@bwstrauss
Don't have a problem with anything you've said....just wanna know why these same guys don't want these women to have government assistance in providing the best opportunities for these children once they're born. So if life STARTS with conception, isn't the quality of that life worth investment too?
@ bwstrauss
That belief is a big if. Not everyone believes human life is created at inception. Does that mean the child is eligible for healthcare, according to your definition? What if the woman loses the child during the first trimester, is the "child" eligible for benefits? Can the "child" sue doctors for any errors they may make, separate and apart from their parents? Do we want to open this legal can of worms? Just because you believe that s when life begins does not mean the rest of the country supports your view. And that does not take into account the 66 books of the Bible that you, Ryan and the rest of these clowns ignore.......visiting the sick, supporting the poor in their time of need, etc.
@ecgberht
Good luck with that.
I have confidence that when there's something worth revealing, our ever vigilant media will expose it.
Fortunately, we all have access to a wide range of views, so you if you're looking for speculation on what really happened in Benghazi, you should be able to get that right away on FOX.
@ecgberht
You're obviously mis-remembering your candidates statements and views -- sorta like he's been doing over the past 3 weeks.
1dondraper wrote:
"Ryan and the rest of these clowns...."
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Referring to conservatives as "clowns" is not only insensitive and inflammatory, but according to your own rubric, it is racist as well.
What race are clowns?
@ Phil A Buster
Had you looked right below my comments, you would have seen an article which showed the racist comments of John Sununu. I did not call Ann Coulter a retard, she has called the President a retard on at least two occasions (I know you are just busting my chops on this one because you know these were HER WORDS and you are just being a obnoxious). As for Queen Sarah (aka Edith Bunker), she used the racially charged term shuck and jive. Don't feel it is my job to "educate" you on this one. But I'm sure if you put your thinking cap on, you will understand this racially charged comment. Do we need to present the case against Donald Trump and his overtly racist behavior. Why does he need President Obama's records, when he never asked for President Bush....and we know he was definitely an affirmative action (I'm sorry, LEGACY) admission at both Yale and Harvard.
Powell went to the UN with photos supposedly showing WOMDs. He later repudiated the photos saying he was duped. He never explained how a four star general, chairman of the joint chiefs, and a Secretary of State could be ignorant about what was in the vehicles in the photos Now he is voting again for Obama (the President who has yet to compromise on anything), but claims to still be a Republican. If only Patton were around to slap him.
@ Phil A Buster
So is calling someone a socialist who saved the American car industry, but I don't hear you protesting the terms that are thrown at the President. Those who live in glass houses, should not throw stones.
@ Phil A Buster
Violence against Black people. You really showed who you are. Despicable
JessicaB,
I completely agree. Even Mourdock's intended meaning is insensitive and unreasonable. Obligating a woman to carry a pregnancy caused by rape would compound the experience of the violation and profoundly affect her life:
If she's a student, how will the pregnancy and delivery affect her academic standing? her career plans? her social standing?
If she's a mother, how will she explain/deal with the fact that this baby has a different bio dad? how will it affect her children?
If she has a career, how will it affect her job and interactions with co-workers?
Will state or fed. govt. be willing to compensate rape victims who are obligated to carry their rapist's baby to term? because, surely, they will be subject to social and economic hardships in addition to being the victims of a violent crime.
@1dondraper
Pretty classy response, that. Name calling really strengthens your argument. This is straight from the liberal playbook - if you can't win an argument on the merits "play the race card". I think your reaction/verbiage is evidence of the racial division Sununu is talking about. Your savior spends most of his time dividing the US by: race, gender, age, class, citizen status, etc, etc. We will see how many of the voters fall for this in Nov.
1dondraper wrote:
@ Phil A Buster
" Do we need to present the case against Donald Trump and his overtly racist behavior. Why does he need President Obama's records, when he never asked for President Bush....and we know he was definitely an affirmative action (I'm sorry, LEGACY) admission at both Yale and Harvard."
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Bush 43 was not a legacy at Harvard. His father went to Yale. Bush 43's SAT scores were higher than Al Gore's.
Could you provide the liberal list of acceptable unflattering words that can be used to describe President Obama's term as President, his campaign style, and his handling of Benghazi?
"I have confidence that when there's something worth revealing, our ever vigilant media will expose it. "
You believe that only if you don't really WANT to know. BTW, if it were not for Fox, President Obama would still be claiming it was a spontaneous attack because of a video.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/24/us-usa-benghazi-emails-idUSBRE...