{"id":7639,"date":"2012-05-02T11:27:14","date_gmt":"2012-05-02T18:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=7639"},"modified":"2012-05-02T11:27:15","modified_gmt":"2012-05-02T18:27:15","slug":"open-thread522012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/05\/02\/open-thread522012\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–5\/2\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well I survived into another day and have a little more.  I\u2019m current with new replies.  Tomorrow I have lots of volunteer paperwork to do.<\/font><\/p>\n

Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

Today\u2019s took me 4:51 (average 5:03).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

From MoveOn<\/a>: <\/font>FDR Saw This Coming And Tried To Warn Us<\/p>\n

\"2FDR\"<\/a><\/p>\n

And in his day, Republicans were nowhere near as bad as today.<\/font><\/p>\n

From NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>Richard Grenell, an openly gay and longtime Republican foreign policy spokesman hired last month by Mitt Romney\u2019s campaign, abruptly resigned on Tuesday after antigay elements in the party criticized his appointment and some Republican advisers said Mr. Grenell had been sidelined by the campaign during a busy foreign policy week.<\/p>\n

Of course Switch Hit Mitt claims that being gay had nothing to do wit it.  Put a load of that on your garden!<\/font><\/p>\n

From Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>New Obama ad salutes Mitt Romney’s foreign policy experience: Swiss bank accounts and outsourcing<\/p>\n