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Romney pledges 6 percent unemployment after saying 4 percent is too high
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is promising that unemployment will be at 6 percent or lower by the end of his first four years in office. During a Wednesday interview, Time magazine’s Mark Halperin asked the candidate to be specific about how many Americans would looking for a job…
Conservative nonprofit outraged Obama volunteer taught striptease
A conservative nonprofit website on Wednesday revealed the “breaking” news that one of President Barack Obama’s volunteer fundraisers made a 2004 video about exotic dancing — with her clothes on. A report by The Washington Free Beacon, a project of the 501(c)4 Center for American Freedom, uncovered that Stacii Jae…
Florida man to plead guilty after threatening to ‘put a bullet through’ Obama’s head
A Miami-Dade College student is expected to plead guilty on Wednesday of threatening to assassinate President Barack Obama. Court records obtained by The Associated Press indicated that 20-year-old Joaquin Amador Serrapio Jr. will enter a plea of guilty after initially telling the court he was not guilty. A Secret Service…
Powell calls out Hannity over obsession with Bill Ayers and Rev. Wright
Retired Gen. Colin Powell is encouraging Fox News host Sean Hannity to give up his obsession about President Barack Obama’s former relationships with Bill Ayers and Rev. Jeremiah Wright. “I find him one of the most divisive figures in — that I’ve witnessed in politics today,” Hannity told Powell during…
Church member defends NC pastor: LGBT people ‘worthy of death’
Members of Providence Road Baptist Church in North Carolina are speaking out in defense their pastor after he called for “lesbians and queers” to be detained inside electric fences until they all die. Geneva Sims told WCNC that she had been listening to Pastor Charles Worley’s sermon’s since the 1970s…
Rep. Steve King on immigrants: Get ‘pick of the litter’ like dogs
If Republicans wonder why they are losing the Latino vote, they should consider comments like Rep. Steve King’s (R-IA) latest sentiment comparing immigrants to hunting dogs. King on Monday told a crowd in Pocahontas, Iowa that the U.S. should only allow the “pick of the litter” when selecting immigrants. “You…
Romney slams U.S. visa for Castro daughter visit
WASHINGTON — Republican Mitt Romney said he was “greatly disturbed” that President Barack Obama’s administration had granted a visitor’s visa to the daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro. Mariela Castro, a sexologist who supports gay rights, was granted the visa to attend the annual conference of the Latin American Studies…
Biden rips Romney’s social policy: ‘We will not go back to the 1950s!’
Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday warned that presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s social polices would take the U.S. back to the 1950s. Speaking to supporters in Keene, New Hampshire, Biden noted that his speech would focus on the economy but he also wanted to make a point about…
Clyburn: Romney was ‘raping companies’ at Bain
House Assistant Minority Leader James Clyburn (D-SC) on Tuesday said that it was fair for the Obama campaign to go after presumptive Republican presidential Mitt Romney’s record of “raping companies” and then setting up Swiss bank accounts while he was the head of a private equity firm. Appearing on NBC’s…
Hawaii turns tables on Arizona Secretary of State’s birther requests
Hawaiian officials have apparently had enough of your requests for President Barack Obama’s birth certificate and they’re not afraid to tell you where to get off, even if you are Arizona’s Secretary of State Ken Bennett or a special delegation sent by Maricopa County’s controversial “Sheriff Joe.” Talking Points Memo…
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