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Fears of Voter Intimidation in the Workplace As Election Day Nears

October 22, 2012 / Catherine Crier / 2 comments

Employers have recently made numerous attempt to intimidate workers into choosing a presidential candidate that supports their company’s bottom-line. Mitt Romney, IL Rep. Joe Walsh, and Koch Industries have all endorsed the practice of goading employees to vote for Republican candidates this November.

No matter what their marketing campaigns may portray, corporate interests are not the same as those of a working community. Businesses do not live and work side by side with their employees and neighbors. Their political leanings are driven solely by what owners predict will further a company’s profit-margin. How do you think voter intimidation in the workplace will affect the outcome of the 2012 election?

From The Huffington Post

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Where does George Romney factor into Mitt’s political upbringing?

October 19, 2012 / Catherine Crier / No comments

Walter De Vries, a longtime aide to Gov. George Romney, issued a scathing critique of Mitt Romney, calling him a businessman who “would say and do anything to close a deal – or an election.” Despite Mitt’s frequent claim that his father was highly influential in his political life, De Vries says George’s greatest strength “was his ability and determination to develop and hold consistent policy positions over his life.”

In a long-form exposé posted on BuzzFeed, John Bohrer posits that Mitt’s “chameleonic approach to politics” was actually a trait Romney picked up from his father. Read the following two articles on George Romney’s legacy and share your thoughts below.

From The New York Times

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Category: journalism, Mitt Romney, politics / Tags: business, buzzfeed, george romney, john bohrer, Mitt Romney, romney, walter de vries

Romney’s Business Ties to An E-Voting Manufacturer Operating in 13 States

October 18, 2012 / Catherine Crier / One comment

In 2011, Romney’s former business partners at Bain Capital acquired Hart Intercivic, a voting machine company known for their vulnerable, insecure, and often 100% unverifiable voting and tabulation systems now being used in all or parts of CA, CO, HI, IL, IN, KY, OH, OK, OR, PA, TX, VA, and WA.

Unsurprisingly, the frenzied GOP legislators who claim voter fraud is real threat to our democracy haven’t yet disputed the conflicts of interest for public officials and voting machine manufacturers who could electronically flip the 2012 presidential election in their candidate’s favor. Truthout takes a look at how this scenario played out in Ohio during the 2004 presidential election.

Hart Intercivic machines have famously failed in Tarrant County (Ft. Worth), adding 10,000 non-existent votes. The EVEREST study, commissioned by the Ohio secretary of state in 2007, found serious security flaws with Hart Intercivic products.

From Truthout

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Ayn Rand’s Radical Defense of Economic Darwinism

September 25, 2012 / Catherine Crier / One comment

Ayn Rand, the self-proclaimed radical and author of Atlas Shrugged was the ultimate purist, advocating uncontrolled, unregulated capitalism. She perverted Adam Smith’s “invisible hand” into her “virtue of selfishness” and defended an ugly dog-eat-dog economic Darwinism: The masses were servile and insignificant, government was invasive and usually malevolent.

Absolute objectivism, along with the rest of Rand’s arguments, may sway teens—a time when renegade individualism stirs the blood—but time and experience validates the social/political principles envisioned by Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and Adam Smith.

From Buzzfeed Politics

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Tax Cuts Do Not Increase Overall Revenues or Spur Domestic Business Investment and Job Growth

September 20, 2012 / Catherine Crier / No comments

Cut taxes on the rich, so the argument goes, and this money will be reinvested at home. For those of you who have read Patriot Acts, we’ve been over this numerous times, but let me restate an empirical fact: Tax cuts for the wealthy do not increase overall revenues or spur domestic business investment and job growth.

A new longitudinal study compiles data from the last 65-years to find why tax cuts in and of themselves have never led to economic growth. In the past, the rich may have reinvested about a third of their tax savings in the US, but now, most of it goes into savings, personal spending, or overseas investments.

From The Huffington Post

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ICYMI: The Ed Show

August 15, 2012 / Catherine Crier / No comments

In the last 48 hours, the Romney campaign has several times refused to give GOP voters a direct response on a coordinated Romney/Ryan tax policy. This, along with Ryan’s Medicare plan, are just two of the many issues shaping the GOP ticket that will cause a divide among Republican constituents.

On Tuesday, August 14, I joined Ed Schultz, Joy Reid, and Susan Del Percio on MSNBC’s Ed Show to weigh in on the Paul Ryan VP pick. Watch the clip below and share your thoughts on my Facebook page.

Republicans in Washington are comparing the Paul Ryan VP pick to "the day the music died." Is the Romney-Ryan ticket a real loser? The Big Panel (Joy Reid of the thegrio.com, Republican strategist Susan Del Percio, and attorney and author Catherine Crier) weighs in that.

From The Ed Show

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ICYMI: PoliticsNation on MSNBC

August 14, 2012 / Catherine Crier / One comment

Paul Ryan may prove to be a hazardous running mate as the Romney campaign pushes forward on the campaign trail. Working class Republicans – when they really pay attention to the Ryan budget plan – are going to be extremely nervous about the economic possibilities that come with a Romney/Ryan ticket. Conversely, many economic conservatives will find themselves very uncomfortable with some of Ryan’s relatively radical social positions.

On Monday, August 13, I joined Reverend Al Sharpton and Margie Omero on PoliticsNation to discuss the latest feedback on Romney’s choice of running mate. Watch the clip below for a more in-depth analysis of what it is going to take for the Romney campaign to consolidate its base without ostracizing conservatives on the fence.

From PoliticsNation

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‘Shadow Years’ is a must read as voters sort out Romney’s conflicting narratives.

July 22, 2012 / Catherine Crier / No comments

If we examine the achievements that Romney says qualify him to lead our economy, two things are certain: He generated great returns for investors but job creation was never a goal; and his success was dependent on a financial system designed and manipulated by powerful special interests.

David Bernstein’s article on the ‘Shadow Years’ is a must read as voters struggle to sort out the conflicting narratives about Romney’s corporate and political career.

From The Boston Phoenix

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Why is Romney continuing to stonewall despite pleas for complete disclosure?

July 18, 2012 / Catherine Crier / 3 comments

On PoliticsNation with Reverend Al Sharpton, I joined Bloomberg’s Joshua Green and Huffington Post’s Ryan Grim to discuss Mitt Romney’s continued stonewalling on the tax return issue and asked these questions: Is it possible that Romney participated in the 2009 IRS Amnesty program for Americans with undeclared off-shore bank accounts? If so, might this doom his campaign? Some viewers objected to my “boneheaded partisan attack.” As you read this, change the name ‘Romney’ to ‘Obama’, then ask if GOP supporters would look the other way.

From PoliticsNation with Reverend Al Sharpton

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Must read: McCain 2008 campaign opposition briefs on Mitt Romney.

July 15, 2012 / Catherine Crier / No comments

It doesn’t matter whether your political allegiances lie to the right, left, or center of the aisle—all voters should read the McCain 2008 campaign’s opposition dossier on Mitt Romney.

From Andrew Kaczynski, BuzzFeed

Category: catherine crier, Mitt Romney, political parties, politics / Tags: Campaign 2012, campaign policies, mccain, Mitt Romney, opposition briefs, presidential election, romney 2012

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