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Axelrod: Handful of plutocrats trying to buy this government
Obama campaign strategist David Axelrod said Wednesday that billionaires were trying to buy the United States government in the November elections. “There was a report this morning that the Republican Super PACs, apart from Romney and apart from his own super PAC, intend to spend a billion dollars in this…
Are Americans ready for a Mormon president?
WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney’s faith emerged as little more than a curiosity on the US campaign trail, but with the Republican nomination securely in his grip, are American voters now ready for a Mormon president? The candidate made history late Tuesday as the first from his religion to win the…
Romney surrogate: CNN ‘should be embarrassed’ for covering birther story
Former New Hampshire Gov. John Sununu, who is now a surrogate for Mitt Romney, on Wednesday blasted CNN host Soledad O’Brien for reporting on the presumptive Republican nominee’s link to birthers like billionaire Donald Trump. Following a week of ranting by Trump about President Barack Obama’s citizenship, O’Brien asked Sununu…
Tony Perkins’ FRC tells Obama: ‘Wages of sin is death’
A Christian think tank is telling President Barack Obama that the “wages of sin is death” after he announced support for equal marriage rights for LGBT people. Family Research Council (FRC) — a hate group, according the the Southern Poverty Law Center — has asked pastors around the country to…
Hannity: ‘Odd that they didn’t release the birth certificate’
Fox News host Sean Hannity on Tuesday denied he was a “birther,” but found it “odd” that President Barack Obama took so long to release his birth certificate. “You know, I’ve never been a birther,” the Fox News host declared. “You know, it was odd that they didn’t release the…
Romney takes Republican presidential nomination with Texas win
Mitt Romney was on target to clinch the Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday by winning the Texas primary, but the milestone was being overshadowed by a rehashed controversy over President Barack Obama’s birthplace. Voters in the second most populous US state cast their ballots Tuesday, with Romney the only Republican…
Obama camp questions Romney morals over Trump flap
WASHINGTON — Barack Obama’s camp accused Mitt Romney Tuesday of lacking “moral leadership” over a planned appearance with tycoon Donald Trump, who is fanning a row over the president’s birthplace. Romney and Trump were due to appear at a fundraising event in Las Vegas on the day when the former…
Top Democrat: Romney’s ‘Latino problem’ is like alcoholism
A top Democrat on Friday accused presumptive Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney of having a problem with Hispanic voters that rivaled alcoholism. “Mitt Romney has a Latino problem,” Rep. Xavier Becerra (CA), Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus, told Univision News. “And like those who are alcoholic and go…
Limbaugh: ‘I created more jobs than Obama and Romney put together’
Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh on Tuesday scoffed at the job creation records of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama, insisting that he had created more jobs than both of them combined. Recalling how he put together his EIB radio network in 1988, Limbaugh said that…
‘Ten Commandments’ Judge Roy Moore: Secularism leads to Sharia law
The man who is likely to be Alabama’s next chief justice is warning that secular government will lead to Islamic law in the United States. In an interview with conservative talk show host Steve Deace last week, Roy Moore opined that “a government that is denying God” was also allowing…
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