Posts Tagged ‘press release’
Did Obama Pay a Lower Rate Than His Secretary?
Updated 1:10 pm ETPresident Obama paid a total federal tax rate in 2011 on adjusted income of $789,674 that may be lower than that of his secretary, even though she earned substantially less.Obama has spent the past week touting the Buffett Rule, which calls on those who make $1 million – just a little more than Obama made – to pay at federal tax rate of at least 30 percent. The rule was inspired by Buffett’s comment that he paid a lower tax rate than his secretary.The most recent information about salary regarding Obama’s secretary is for his former secretary, Katie Johnson, who is listed by the White House as having made $90,000 in 2010.According to Wikipedia, Johnson is 31 years old and now attends Harvard Law School. I don’t know about her personal life or what her [...]
Quote of the Day || April 13, 2012
Wednesday, April 11 || Holds an East Room celebration of the first anniversary of "Joining Forces," and then travels to Philadelphia to continue the celebration. Afterward, Michelle will be in New York City to appear on The Colbert Report Thursday, April 12 || Continues the celebration with events in Shreveport, Louisiana and Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida Friday, May 11 || Offers the commencement address at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia Saturday, May 12 || Delivers the commencement address at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in Greensboro, North Carolina Sunday, June 17 || Delivers the commencement address at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon
Carney Indirectly Rebuts Rosen, But Doesn’t Condemn
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney today offered a mild rebuttal to Democratic operative and Obama adviser Hilary Rosen, noting that mothers who raise children at home have a tough job.Rosen remarked last night that Ann Romney had “not worked a day in her life,” eliciting storm of protests from backers of Mitt Romney.“I think we can all agree– Democrats and Republicans — that raising children is an extremely difficult job,” said Carney.But Carney acknowledged that he had not talked to President Obama about the remark.Carney did not criticize Rosen, though he did seek to minimize reports of her influence in the White House, saying that 35 reported visits by “Hilary Rosen” to the White House may not have all been the Hilary Rosen in question.And Carney ran down a [...]
Mittens Loves His Missouri Fox Trotter
Saddle up the ponies dahling, we’re going riding!This is a video provided to Gawker by a Fox “mole,” who has since been outed.All I can say is, when I go riding, I very much love a horse who’s easy on the rump. But please, not a quarter horse. I want THE WHOLE HORSE, thank you very much.Yikes. What a crew these Republicans were. One wants to reintroduce child labor, the other is pondering Satan’s role in Congress and vomiting on JFK speeches, and this one tries to look regular-guy in Dockers while secretly pining for his favorite mare.NIGHTmare.The class warfare crowd should have fun with this.I will say, it’s nice to see Romney with his hair down . . . metaphorically. Comes off more natural-like when talking about the horsies.Related Posts:Romney Hired to Write Obama Campaign [...]
Carney: No More From Obama on Trayvon Martin
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney today said President Obama will make no further comments on the Trayvon Martin case.“I certainly don’t think you’ll hear from him,” Carney said, noting that there is an “ongoing investigation” in the case.Carney suggested the White House is now imposing a wall of silence on the matter. “He and I and others will refrain from commenting on it,” he said.Carney did not say that Obama had erred in addressing the case last month when the president suggested sympathy for Martin and remarked that if he had a son, he would look like him. The case was also under investigation then.Martin, who is black, was shot and killed by George Zimmerman, who is half white and half Hispanic, during an altercation February 26 in Sanford, Florida. Zimmerman [...]
Mitt Would be a Conservative President
Wednesday, April 11 || Holds an East Room celebration of the first anniversary of "Joining Forces," and then travels to Philadelphia to continue the celebration. Afterward, Michelle will be in New York City to appear on The Colbert Report Thursday, April 12 || Continues the celebration with events in Shreveport, Louisiana and Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida Friday, May 11 || Offers the commencement address at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia Saturday, May 12 || Delivers the commencement address at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in Greensboro, North Carolina Sunday, June 17 || Delivers the commencement address at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon
Obama Schedule || Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Wednesday, April 11 || Holds an East Room celebration of the first anniversary of "Joining Forces," and then travels to Philadelphia to continue the celebration. Afterward, Michelle will be in New York City to appear on The Colbert Report Thursday, April 12 || Continues the celebration with events in Shreveport, Louisiana and Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida Friday, May 11 || Offers the commencement address at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia Saturday, May 12 || Delivers the commencement address at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in Greensboro, North Carolina Sunday, June 17 || Delivers the commencement address at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon
Quote of the Day || April 10, 2012
Wednesday, April 11 || Holds an East Room celebration of the first anniversary of "Joining Forces," and then travels to Philadelphia to continue the celebration. Afterward, Michelle will be in New York City to appear on The Colbert Report Thursday, April 12 || Continues the celebration with events in Shreveport, Louisiana and Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida Friday, May 11 || Offers the commencement address at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia Saturday, May 12 || Delivers the commencement address at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in Greensboro, North Carolina Sunday, June 17 || Delivers the commencement address at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon
White House B-Balls Adorned With The One’s Image
Wednesday, April 11 || Holds an East Room celebration of the first anniversary of "Joining Forces," and then travels to Philadelphia to continue the celebration. Afterward, Michelle will be in New York City to appear on The Colbert Report Thursday, April 12 || Continues the celebration with events in Shreveport, Louisiana and Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida Friday, May 11 || Offers the commencement address at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia Saturday, May 12 || Delivers the commencement address at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in Greensboro, North Carolina Sunday, June 17 || Delivers the commencement address at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon
Catholic Leaders Take the Fight to Obama
The Catholic church shows no sign of backing down in its struggle with President Obama over Obamacare’s requirement that Catholic institutions cover birth control, casting the issue in broader terms as a matter of religious freedom.Obama is sure to suffer politically from the fallout in key swing states with large Catholic voting populations, like Pennsylvania, Ohio and other areas of the Midwest. Most Catholics use birth control, but many may recoil at any perceived attack by Obama on the church.On Meet the Press, Bishop William Lori, archbishop-designate of Baltimore, said:What we’ve seen is an erosion of religious liberty. Our teachings had been accommodated, but now they are not being accommodated.Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York said the church would continue the fight, [...]
