Monthly Archives: August 2012

“Private Stock Market Where Mitt Romney Made $200 Million”

Posted on August 30, 2012 by politicswestchesterview

I don’t want to advertise for free so won’t name the company, but I recently got this email ad, which is, though, a great advertisement for bringing some sanity to our financial system: The Private Stock Market Where Mitt Romney … Continue reading →

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History lesson for John McCain

Posted on August 30, 2012 by politicswestchesterview

From McCain’s speech this evening at the Republican convention, 8/29/12: I trust him to know that an American president always, always, always stands up for the rights, and freedoms, and justice of all people. From “The end of active hostilities,” … Continue reading →

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Keep the media out of polling places

Posted on August 28, 2012 by politicswestchesterview

Today’s (Aug. 28) print Daily Local has a 5-line blerb “Advocates support newspaper lawsuit,” which, for those who know how, can be expanded by smart-phone technology into the AP article “Right-to-know group opposes Pa. poll-access limits,” which even those of … Continue reading →

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How Romney missed his best VP pick

Posted on August 12, 2012 by politicswestchesterview

In choosing Paul Ryan as his running mate, Mitt Romney passed up a much more strategic choice. All political organizations to the left of George W. Bush are sending out appeals to their members for help in stopping what People … Continue reading →

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The Romneys’ tax returns for 2010 and 2011

Posted on August 11, 2012 by politicswestchesterview

Cal Thomas, in today’s (8/10/12) Daily Local News, writes under the title “Most Americans are not fooled by ‘Dirty Harry’s’ shell game,” referring to senate majority leader Harry Reid’s charge that Mitt Romney paid no income taxes during ten years … Continue reading →

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The Obama and Romney tax plans: more background

Posted on August 8, 2012 by politicswestchesterview

As shown by my previous post “The Romney and Obama tax plans: West Chester 8/3/12,” taxes have risen to the top of campaign issues, thanks in part to the recent report by Tax Policy Center Another reason Romney is on … Continue reading →

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The Romney and Obama tax plans: West Chester 8/3/12

Posted on August 8, 2012 by politicswestchesterview

On August 3, Obama headquarters in West Chester hosted four speakers who took issue with Mitt Romney’s tax proposals, as recounted in “Democrats rallying for Obama tax plan” by Michael N. Price, Daily Local News, 8/4/12, taxes have risen to … Continue reading →

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Why I moved from tumblr to wordpress

Posted on August 7, 2012 by politicswestchesterview

I’ve needed to move to a new site to continue my blog Politics: A View from West Chester, which is part of the Daily Local News’ Blogtown series of blogs.  Because of technical difficulties with tumblr.com, I’ve moved to wordpress.com … Continue reading →

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