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A personal message from the gar spot

Posted on November 5, 2012November 6, 2012 by gar

Our vote is precious.  Our vote is sacred.  Our vote is our democracy.  Please use it.  However which way you vote, vote.  Don’t let anyone deter or dissuade you.  If you are eligible to vote, please vote.

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He’s a Real Nowhere Man

Posted on November 5, 2012November 6, 2012 by gar

He’s a real Nowhere Man, Sitting in his nowhere land, making all his nowhere plans for nobody. -Lennon/McCartney A thought keeps jostling my head.  Mitt Romney is a Nowhere Man, literally.  I guess one could say that his record number of flip-flops on the issues make this moniker a given.  But I’m not thinking of…

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Empathy, No, Arrogance, Hell Yes – The Story of Mitt Romney

Posted on September 20, 2012September 21, 2012 by gar

One fine day in 2004, shortly before the great state of Massachusetts was about to become the first state in the Union to permit same-sex couples to marry, a group of folks, plaintiffs of the court case that ultimately brought marriage equality to the Commonwealth, had a meeting with then-Governor Romney.  The meeting did not…

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PR for VP

Posted on August 11, 2012August 11, 2012 by gar

So Mr. Romney chose Paul “Vouchers” Ryan as his running mate, choosing the quick and easy path of a no-nonsense, white male, dyed-in-the-wool conservative who isn’t a complete kook (like Sarah Palin), but who also still appeals to the Tea Party wing of the Republican Party.  Mr. Romney chose against having a woman or a…

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