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CNN contributor: ‘You’re an idiot’ to vote only for who lets you ‘roll up a blunt’
A left-leaning CNN contributor on Monday said that Americans who voted solely based on who let them “roll up a blunt” were foolish and shouldn’t bother voting at all. CNN’s Carol Costello asked contributor LZ Granderson to respond to any of the Colorado voters who might be less likely to…
Pelosi says Hillary Clinton is ‘our shot’ for 2016
In an interview published Sunday, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) calls Secretary of State Hillary Clinton “our shot” for Democrats in the 2016 presidential election, saying that after Clinton has taken time off to relax and reflect, she’ll find the prospect of national leadership irresistable. “Why wouldn’t she run?”…
Louisiana GOP spirals into chaos as Ron Paul delegates injured, arrested
Several supporters of Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) sustained injuries while being arrested during the Louisiana Republican Party’s state convention over the weekend, in a conflict that engulfed the meeting after Paul’s supporters overwhelmed other delegates and voted in new leadership, only to be ignored. Former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) won…
CBS host to RNC chair: Romney ‘silly and petty’ for Solyndra stunt
Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Reince Priebus on Sunday called an Obama campaign event in Boston a “political stunt,” but said the same wasn’t true of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s surprise press conference in front of Solyndra, a bankrupt solar energy company. During an interview on CBS, host…
Barrett: Walker campaigning to be ‘poster boy’ for the tea party
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett (D) on Sunday ripped his opponent, Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, for campaigning to be “the rockstar of the far right.” In an interview on CNN, Barrett told host Candy Crowley that he expected to defeat Walker in Tuesday’s recall election. “People [are] saying to me…
Romney adviser dismisses women’s issues as ‘shiny objects’
Mitt Romney’s senior campaign adviser, Eric Fehrnstrom, on Sunday said that social issues important to women, like contraception coverage and abortion rights, were “shiny objects” that were being used to distract voters. David Plouffe, one of President Barack Obama’s top aides, last week told New York Magazine that Democrats needed…
Romney adviser: Walker victory would mean unions can’t be ‘too greedy’
Ed Gillespie, an adviser to GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, on Sunday said that a loss for Gov. Scott Walker (R) in Wisconsin’s recall election would not “factor into November,” but a win would mean that labor unions shouldn’t be “too greedy.” “I think this recall is about Wisconsin and…
‘War on women’ comes to the Wisconsin recall
'War on women' comes to Wisconsin recall – and could be decisive (via The Christian Science Monitor) Edna Kunkel calls herself an “accidental activist.” A writer of technical and scientific manuals from Verona, Wis., she came of age at the height of the women’s movement, and she never expected to…
Trump: I’m Not Racist, Arsenio Hall Won ‘The Apprentice’
Donald Trump would like you to know that he has a black friend. Speaking to the North Carolina Republican Convention on Friday, Trump fired back at critics who’ve called his birther crusade race-baiting by noting that black actor Arsenio Hall won the last season of “The Celebrity Apprentice.” “How can…
McCain slams Obama administration over Iran cyber attack leaks
US Senator John McCain on Saturday accused President Barack Obama’s administration of leaking details of a reported cyber attack on Iran and other secret operations to bolster the president’s image in an election year. “Again we see these leaks to the media about ongoing operations, which is incredibly disturbing. Doesn’t…
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