Hello. Im bonnie erbe. Welcome to to the contrary, a discussion of news and social trends from diverse perspectives. Up first, political gaffes. The last days of the president ial race have become a pitch battle for swing voters in battleground states. And women are the coveted swing voters of 2012. Theyre called waitress moms, described as a rung or two down the economic ladder from the soccer moms of the more prosperous 1990s. Meanwhile that prickly issue of abortion detonated once more this week when richard mourdock, the gop Senate Candidate in indiana talked about rape and pregnancy during the latest debate. Life is a gift from god. When it begins in the horrible situation of rape, that is something that they intended to happen. Gop candidate mitt romney distanced himself from the remark. But despite objections from womens Rights Groups romney didnt pull this campaign ad. I hope you will join me in supporting richard murdoch. This, of course, after freshman House Republican joe wa
Hello. Im bonnie erbe. Welcome to to the contrary, a discussion of news and social trends from diverse perspectives. Up first, political gaffes. The last days of the president ial race have become a pitch battle for swing voters in battleground states. And women are the coveted swing voters of 2012. Theyre called waitress moms, described as a rung or two down the economic ladder from the soccer moms of the more prosperous 1990s. Meanwhile that prickly issue of abortion detonated once more this week when richard mourdock, the gop Senate Candidate in indiana talked about rape and pregnancy during the latest debate. Life is a gift from god. When it begins in the horrible situation of rape, that is something that they intended to happen. Gop candidate mitt romney distanced himself from the remark. But despite objections from womens Rights Groups romney didnt pull this campaign ad. I hope you will join me in supporting richard murdoch. This, of course, after freshman House Republican joe wa
you can post your comments on twitter or go to facebook got,/cspan here is the front page of the washington times this morning. below the fold words the president s own on benghazi yesterday. [video clip] whole issue of talking points has been a sideshow. thesen mind, by the way, talking points that were six daysfor susan rice after the event occurred pretty much matched the assessment that i was receiving at that time. keep in mind that two to three days after susan rice appeared on the sunday shows using these talking points which have been the source of all this the headsy i set out of our counter-terrorism effort and thatl hill extremist involvement inside libya were involved in it. the washington post reporting this morning on the irs, the washington post ninerting this morning here is president obama yesterday during that joint news conference with prime minister on the irs. [video clip] the ig is conducting its investigation. i m not going to comment on
both sides say they re caught one. president obama spent exactly know, all speaking about any specific plans for a second term. a few cnn polls found that 46 percent of voters who watched last night s presidential debate said the president won the showdown. so turning the tables compare to the first debate 39 percent said they thought republican nominee rick romney thdid a better job. the polling or flecks the views of voters who watched the debate not the views of all americans. cons of people came out to temple nightclub to support the president every time the president interrupted a challenge people gave a rousing cheer. many said the president to redeem himself in the second debate. he was fired up and he seems to be doing that- holding romney accountable to holding the truth. i think he brought a little bit more emotion and passion to the bay. he is hitting on a heart on his false truth. no word on just how many people were at last the rest of it last time th
ryan who entered the house in 1999 has risen quickly through republican ranks becoming chairman of the powerful house budget committee last year. he began his career as an aide to then jack kemp. ryan surged to the front of the v.p. pack in recent weeks on the strength of his popularity among grassroots conservatives. his esteemed right wing activists as a visionary and is considered an intellectual leader for the proposed budget. safety net programs like food stachs, cut hup dretds of billions of dollars and end medicare as we know it. the choice of ryan then would seem to be an attempt to bolster romney s standing among conservatives who have remaining skeptical of his credentials even at this late date. the announcement comes just two days after the wall street journal urged romney in an editorial to pick ryan to call him, the candidate that best exemplar fi fies the nation. he voted for the iraq war and there s much in ryan s record that contradicts his image as a refor