Julie Driscoll

Republicans: Feeding at the Public Trough

September 6, 2012 by Julie Driscoll 9 Comments

In critiquing First Lady Michelle Obama’s convention speech, the arm of the GOP named, facetiously, Fox “News,” was caught a little flat-footed: She didn’t (overtly, anyway) disparage Romney, didn’t give them anything much to take out of context and run with, and delivered her speech with charm, warmth, grace and skill. So what’s a body on Fox to do when propping up the GOP (and, in particular, its dismal presidential candidate) is one’s reason for living – and the Dems refused to offer them any real fodder?… [Read more]

Filed Under: We Say This Tagged With: Chris Wallace, Democratic National Convention, DNC, Farm Subsidies, Fox News, Julian Castro, Michele Bachmann, Michelle Obama, Paul Ryan

Ann Romney, You Really Didn’t Build That

August 30, 2012 by Julie Driscoll 32 Comments

I listened to Ann Romney’s speech at the RNC – her “I am woman, hear me roar,” her naked pandering to women with her shrill cry of desperation, her little tale of how she and Mitt were so determined to be together that they got married like many other young, unprepared couples get married, broke, struggling, a team united toward a common goal (in their case, the goal being wealthy beyond their wildest dreams on the backs of the working class).… [Read more]

Filed Under: We Say This Tagged With: Ann Romney, Mitt Romney, Republican National Convention, RNC, War on Women, Wealthy

GOP, Please go play in your room – adults are talking

August 23, 2012 by Julie Driscoll 10 Comments

What Romney getting the GOP presidential nod didn’t do, what the Paul Ryan veep pick didn’t do, what Donald Trump speaking at the RNC didn’t do, Todd Akin managed to do: Fire up the base . . . sort of. Only thing, when Todd Akin spoke the words, “If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down,” he fouled his own nest – not because what he said was shocking to the GOP (quite to the contrary), but because what he said framed what the GOP already thinks, packaged the GOP platform neatly into a horrifyingly ugly package for the country to see, and directed a spotlight into the sewer of extreme right-wing minds, including the mind of Paul Ryan, a man who teamed up with Akin to craft some pretty horrible legislation.… [Read more]

Filed Under: Social Change Tagged With: GOP, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, Personhood, Republicans, Todd Akin, War on Women

The Paul Ryan Pick: Sometimes “Bold” can be Downright Dumb

August 16, 2012 by Julie Driscoll 9 Comments

Romney/Ryan: Sometimes a bold choice isn't a smart choice

“’I think it’s a very bold choice. And an exciting and interesting pick. It’s going to elevate the campaign into a debate over big ideas. It means Romney-Ryan can run on principles and provide some real direction and vision for the Republican Party. And probably lose. Maybe big,’ said former President George W. Bush senior adviser Mark McKinnon.”

Bold can be a good thing, it can be an interesting thing, but it’s not always a smart thing. … [Read more]

Filed Under: In the Spotlight Tagged With: Ayn Rand, Borowitz Report, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, Rachel Maddow, Ryan Budget, Sarah Palin

Mitt, this tax return s**t is about to get real

August 9, 2012 by Julie Driscoll 17 Comments

Listen, Mitt, I gotta tell you how things work in the real world – you know, the world you don’t inhabit, but the world that 98% of the country lives in (that would be the world where there are no car elevators or offshore accounts and we wear cheap rain slickers to Nascar races, if you’re wondering).… [Read more]

Filed Under: We Say This Tagged With: Harry Reid, Mitt Romney, RNC Chairman, Tax Returns

#RomneyShambles Slinks Back Home

August 2, 2012 by Julie Driscoll 11 Comments

Man, for a CEO or whatever he was, this man, Mitt Romney, is a stone blunderbuss. He’s slinking back to the U.S. with his tail between his legs (come to think of it, probably about how his pooch felt on the roof of the family car), no doubt with wild thoughts about how to make a silk purse out of the sow’s ear that was his London tour.… [Read more]

Filed Under: WTLF*?!? Tagged With: #RomneyShambles, Ann Romney, Mitt Romney, Olympics 2012

Republicans: A Profile Of The Classic Abuser

July 31, 2012 by Julie Driscoll 7 Comments

Note: Julie Driscoll’s article was originally published in August, 2011 on Examiner.com, re-published on AddictingInfo.org.

As a former victim of domestic violence, in another lifetime, I learned a lot about the abusive personality. When it was over, and I was out, I became a domestic violence hotline counselor. The classes I took to train me for this job taught me two things.… [Read more]

Filed Under: In the Spotlight Tagged With: Abuse, Control, debt ceiling, Domestic Violence, power, Republicans, Tea Party, TeaBagger

The “Christian Right” is Neither

July 26, 2012 by Julie Driscoll 32 Comments

Frank Bruni of the NY Times wrote a piece entitled, “The Divine Miss M,” a scathing dissection of Michele Bachmann’s life, a life which is the antithesis of the “Christianity” she espouses. Wrote Bruni, “. . . [S]he presents herself as a godly woman, humbly devoted to her Christian faith. I’d like to meet that god, and I’d like to understand that Christianity.” Bruni noted Bachmann’s vendetta against Hillary Clinton’s aide, Muslim-born Huma Abedin, and Bachmann’s vengeful mission to spread dissension, lies and hatred toward Muslim Americans. … [Read more]

Filed Under: WTLF*?!? Tagged With: Atheist, Hate, Racism, Religion, Right Wing, right-wing Christians, US Politics

Obama’s “Chicago style politics” is actually Republican Politics

July 19, 2012 by Julie Driscoll 9 Comments

As the Obama campaign has allegedly unleashed its terrifying “Chicago thug politics” on Romney about his ongoing Bain Capital love affair, the righties of our nation, and particularly the Romney camp, are aghast at what they view as the pure, well, thuggery of it. Seems odd that, with all the jabs at President Obama over the years for ascending politically via classic Chicago style politics, they don’t expect to see some signs of it from time to time.… [Read more]

Filed Under: We Say This Tagged With: Chicago, Chicago Style, Karl Rove, President Obama, Republicans, US Politics

“Gone to War” – A Tribute to Our Soldier

July 14, 2012 by Julie Driscoll 3 Comments

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When my oldest son, Mike – now 24, a husband and father of two – was a little child, he wanted to be a soldier. The years passed and he never, ever wanted to be anything else. He joined the Army at 17, and is now at the tail end of his 14-month tour in Afghanistan. … [Read more]

Filed Under: Say It In Song Tagged With: Afghanistan, Soldier, Support Our Troops

Oh, Those Nutty Republicans

July 12, 2012 by Julie Driscoll 9 Comments

Right-wing nature abhors a vacuum – so they fill it with the most outlandish junk ever. Any old thing will do – and here’s the latest. Apparently, President Obama has some “missing years” in his history (there really aren’t, but let’s humor ‘em and not confuse ‘em with facts). So, yeah, it stands to reason that, according to those who take pride in being first in the battle to the bottom, those years were spent as a CIA spy in Pakistan.… [Read more]

Filed Under: We Say This Tagged With: Birthers, Conspiracy, Eric Holder, Fast and Furious, Obamacare, Republicans

The Right Wing Crazies Are Howling

July 5, 2012 by Julie Driscoll 25 Comments

For three and a half years there have been viable threats, of one form or another, to this President, beginning the night of his inauguration: While we were crying and cheering and gathering joyfully in Grant Park, dark forces on the right – including Eric Cantor, Paul Ryan, Pete Sessions, Jim DeMint, Jon Kyl, Newt Gingrich and Frank Luntz – wrung their hands and gnashed their teeth and vowed to oppose every one of President Obama’s legislative proposals, and ultimately derail President Obama’s presidency. … [Read more]

Filed Under: We Say This Tagged With: GOP, President Obama, Right Wing, Tea Bagger, Violence

Zimmerman Donors: A Pack of Gun-loving Schmucks

June 21, 2012 by Julie Driscoll 1 Comment

We’ve watched, over these months, as the racists and gun-toters scurry to provide cover for George Zimmerman (and, in case you’re living in a plastic bubble, he’s the Florida ~~murderous vigilante~~ neighborhood watch volunteer who pursued, shot and killed an unarmed 17-year-old black kid named Trayvon Martin, was charged with 2nd degree murder, and is now claiming self-defense under Florida’s Stand Your Ground law), and the clamor has certainly allowed the leopard to show its spots. … [Read more]

Filed Under: WTLF*?!? Tagged With: George Zimmerman, National Rifle Association, Racism, Stand Your Ground Law, Travyon Martin

Scott Walker: Only 282,148 jobs short of creating 250,000

June 14, 2012 by Julie Driscoll 31 Comments

I am fortunate enough to be on the E-update list from the Desk of Scott Walker. It’s been illuminating. Good times.

Now, grant you, Scott Walker was not recalled; on the other hand, Dems regained control of the Senate chamber. And in better news, even as Wisconsinites were re-electing Scott Walker, President Obama won over Romney in the exit polls.… [Read more]

Filed Under: We Say This Tagged With: jobs, Scott Walker, Wisconsin

Republican hypocrisy: Guilt by association only applies to Dems

June 7, 2012 by Julie Driscoll 1 Comment

Gotta love all the practical applications of IOIYAR (It’s Okay If You’re A Republican).

Okay, start here. Here ya have Mitt Romney, the now-official GOP presidential candidate, pal-ing around with ~~terrorists~~ fund raiser and self-described political powerhouse, Donald Trump, the yin to his yang, and a guy who’s elevated himself to just one very tiny step below the lunacy that is Dr.… [Read more]

Filed Under: We Say This Tagged With: Donald Trump, GOP, hypocrisy, Mitt Romney, Orly Taitz, President Obama

Mitt Romney the Woman Magnet?

May 31, 2012 by Julie Driscoll 3 Comments

Woah woah woah, wait wait wait . . . How in all that is unholy is Mitt Romney narrowing the gender gap with women – and unmarried women, to be specific? Has to be true; I read it just today on the Huffington Post.

According to the newest ABC News/Washington Post poll, Romney has risen 13% in the ranks, primarily due to a rise in support from women.… [Read more]

Filed Under: We Say This Tagged With: Birth Control, Mitt Romney, Planned Parenthood, War on Women

Marissa Alexander: Punished For Being a Victim

May 15, 2012 by Julie Driscoll Leave a Comment

I’d like to ask these cops in Florida who arrested Marissa Alexander, the prosecutor who charged abuse victim Marissa Alexander, the judge who denied Marissa Alexander the right to use “Stand Your Ground” as a defense, the jury of three men and three women who convicted Marissa Alexander of aggravated assault after 12 minutes of deliberation, the judge who sentenced Marissa Alexander to 20 years in prison for assaulting a wall, and the judge who recently denied abuse victim Marissa Alexander a new trial, if they know what it’s like to dodge and duck and flee from an abusive male partner, … [Read more]

Filed Under: WTLF*?!? Tagged With: Domestic Violence, George Zimmerman, Marissa Alexander, Stand Your Ground Law, Trayvon Martin

Mitt Romney: Staying True to the Wimp Within

May 10, 2012 by Julie Driscoll 6 Comments

Can someone tell me when it became vogue in the GOP to be an utter, complete, total, lily-livered, namby-pamby wimp? And no, I’m not talking about “manliness;” I’m talking about moral character, of which Mitt Romney has zero, zilch, and zip.

Okay, look, I get it. I get what it takes to become a GOP nominee for president in this new Republican era where social engineering outweighs the need for jobs and economic stability, where defeating President Obama, and belittling or denying his accomplishments, is front and center.… [Read more]

Filed Under: WTLF*?!? Tagged With: Mitt Romney, President Obama, Republicas, Ted Nugent, Wimp