Mitt’s many mansions

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 19:45:00 +0000

It is time for reporters following Mitt to start asking him some questions about housing, a serious problem today.

Housing is a topic that Mitt should know something about. After all, his father, George, served as the nation's housing secretary during the Nixon administration. And Mitt currently owns three homes, according to Zillow.

In 1989, Romney bought a seven-bedroom, 6.5-bath home in upscale Belmont, a Boston suburb. The 6,434 square foot house is situated on 2.44 acres. With his kids grown, Romney sold the house in 2009 for $3.5 million -- 293 percent more than the purchase price of $890,000 twenty years earlier. (This is the kind of job-creating entrepreneurship that -- along with inheriting his father's fortune -- made Romney a rich man). The following year Romney -- the former Massachusetts governor who needed a local address in order to run for president -- bought a two-bedroom, 2,100 square foot townhouse in Belmont for $895,000.

NRA’s LaPierre has blood on his hands

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 15:10:00 +0000

The Brady Campaign has a 62-page list of mass shootings in America since 2005. It is Wayne LaPierre's resume.

For 21 years, LaPierre has been the executive VP and chief political strategist of the National Rifle Association. The blood of the victims of the Aurora, Colorado shooting is on his hands.

Of course, LaPierre didn't pull the trigger, but he's the NRA's hit man when it comes to intimidating elected officials to oppose any kind of gun control and the nation's most vocal advocate of gun owner rights.

The NRA not only lobbies on behalf of "stand your ground" laws, but also offers insurance to members to pay for the legal costs of shooting people in "self-defense." The NRA also defends the right of Americans to carry concealed weapons, including handguns.

Salon.com > Peter Dreier

Mitt’s many mansions

NRA’s LaPierre has blood on his hands