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Obama knocks Romney: Corporations are not people
President Barack Obama launched his reelection campaign in Columbus, Ohio on Saturday by rebuking his presumptive Republican opponent’s approach to taxes and the economy. “We’ve come too far to abandon the change we have fought for these past few years” Obama told a crowd of 14,000 supporters. “We have to…
Paul supporters hope to hijack Maine GOP convention
Supporters of Texas congressman Rep. Ron Paul (R) for the Republican presidential nomination are hoping to “hijack” Maine’s Republican convention this weekend, according to a report at Talking Points Memo. Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney (R) won the state’s caucus vote in February, but only by the slimmest of margins,…
Obama ‘Ready to Go’ with first campaign rallies
US President Barack Obama holds his first official reelection rallies Saturday at an unfortunate moment, as signs of the strong economic rebound he hopes to ride to a second term seem to be dimming. Introduced by popular First Lady Michelle Obama, the president will seek to fire up the vast…
GOP pundit calls Romney ‘foolish’ for butting into Chen affair
Word seems to be getting around that presumed Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney goofed badly when he accused the Obama administration of creating a “a dark day for freedom and … a day of shame” by allegedly encouraging Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng to leave the U.S. embassy in Beijing. Abby…
Rep. Allen West (R-FL) accuses Obama of ‘destroying the black community’
Florida Republican congressman Rep. Allen West has torn a page from Sarah Palin’s book and issued a proclamation to the world via his Facebook page. West cited the 13 percent unemployment rate among black Americans and wrote, “The failed economic policies of President Obama are destroying the black community and…
Romney attacks Obama for not keeping unemployment below 4 percent
As the unemployment rate hit a three-year low of 8.1 percent on Friday, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney escalated attacks on President Barack Obama by moving the bar to 4 percent. “Just this morning there was some news that came across the wire that said that the unemployment rate…
Enraged Ted Nugent threatens to ‘f*ck’ female CBS producer
Ted Nugent recently said presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s campaign “expressed support” after the musician made comments that caused the U.S. Secret Service to wonder if he had threatened the life of President Barack Obama. In a recent interview where the conservative rocker flew into a rage, Nugent revealed…
Romney gains in two swing states but battles loom
With his Republican rivals vanquished, Mitt Romney is focusing on the battlegrounds that will decide the 2012 election, with a new poll Thursday showing he has pulled even with President Barack Obamain two key swing states. “We’re starting the general election, and at least in Ohio and Floridawe’re starting where they are basically dead even,” Peter Brown,…
RNC may block Nevada delegation if it seats too many pro-Paul delegates
The Republican National Committee has sent a stern letter to the Nevada Republican Party warning the state not to draw too heavily from supporters of Texas Congressman Ron Paul (R) for its delegates, reports DC insider blog “The Hill.” If the delegation fails to feature the 20 out of 28…
NC pastor’s ‘apology’: ‘Effeminate behavior is ungodly’
A North Carolina pastor who in a recent sermon advocated giving gay children “a good punch” now says he was just joking. Berean Baptist Church pastor Sean Harris told The Fayetteville Observer on Tuesday that he had made the comments in “in jest,” but defended the idea of reinforcing traditional…
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