Home » Archives » 2012 (Page 279)
Race, religion come to the fore in Republican race
WASHINGTON — Republican hopefuls insist the 2012 White House race will hinge on the economy, but it is the conservative hot-button issues of race and religion that currently dominate the campaign. Frontrunner Mitt Romney’s Mormon faith, which was debated at length when he ran for president in 2008, was decried…
Paul Ryan: Obama ‘sowing class envy and social unrest’
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) suggested Sunday that the Occupy Wall Street protests were the fault of President Barack Obama for “sowing class envy and social unrest.” Ryan told NBC’s David Gregory that the real source of the sluggish economy and lack of jobs was that businesses “needed…
Cain calls Occupy Wall Street protesters ‘anti-American’
Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain claimed Sunday that the Occupy Wall Street protests going on in New York City and across the country were a conspiracy designed to help President Barack Obama. “The proof is quite simply the bankers and the people on Wall Street didn’t write these failed policies…
Romney sidesteps pastor’s attack on Mormon faith
Republican frontrunner Mitt Romney sidestepped a controversy over his Mormon faith at a summit of Christian conservatives Saturday a day after being attacked as “not a Christian.” Romney focused his speech to the Values Voter Summit mainly on President Barack Obama’s economic and foreign policy, making no mention of his…
Santorum: Homosexuality ‘is a behavioral issue’
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum said Sunday that gays in the military don’t deserve to be integrated like blacks. “That’s very, very different,” the candidate told Fox News’ Chris Wallace. “We’re talking about people who are simply different because of the color of their skin, not because of activities that…
Tea party abandons presidential race to focus on Senate
WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) – With their favored candidates for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination lagging or out of the race, many U.S. Tea Party activists are shifting focus to the struggle for control of the U.S. Senate. The fizz has gone out of the presidential contest for some supporters of the…
Romney still holds wide lead in New Hampshire: poll
LITTLETON, New Hampshire (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney holds a wide lead in the early primary state of New Hampshire, with former pizza executive Herman Cain a distant second place, a poll showed. Romney, a former governor from neighboring Massachusetts, leads the Republican field with 37 percent support…
Bill Maher on Rick Perry’s ‘N*ggerhead Ranch’ rock
On Friday night’s episode of Real Time, host Bill Maher –in a segment reminiscent of our own primer on how not to respond to accusations of racism– pulled no punches in discussing the controversy surrounding the painted rock at Rick Perry’s “N*ggerhead Ranch.” “If you find yourself prefacing more than…
Perry: ‘Every human being is entitled to life’
Appearing at the Values Voter Summit Friday in Washington, D.C., Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry, who has presided over 234 executions during his time as governor of Texas, declared “every human being is entitled to life.” “There are millions of Americans that are born into less than ideal circumstances,” Perry…
Romney: God wants America to lead
Leading Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney declared Friday that God created America to lead the world, and accused President Barack Obama of deliberately weakening his nation. Romney sought to bolster his credentials to serve as commander-in-chief as new polls showed him back at the top of the Republican field and…
Brand new on Raw Story
- An Open Letter to the Center for Inquiry
- Federal judge finds probable cause Fox News reporter helped leak classified docs
- Colbert reminds Virginia grads: Jefferson became known for ‘embracing diversity’
- Magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes coast of Chile
- Man-on-the-street TV anchor guides Spain through crisis
- Two Las Vegas men accused of killing teen over iPad
- Survey: Japan rejecting view that ‘Comfort Women’ were ‘necessary’
- India’s ‘new generation’ of filmmakers feted at Cannes
- Mother of Chinese rape victim becomes human rights crusader
- Health organization warns: Warmer weather could impact Syrian refugees
Commentary
Stop whining about Millennials
By Pando Daily
Six ways the GOP could screw up the Obama administration’s scandals
By Ana Marie Cox, The Guardian
Raw Exclusives
Featured Video
Follow Us!
