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Roland Martin accuses Romney of using ‘coded language’
CNN contributor Roland Martin on Thursday accused Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney of using “coded language” when talking about African Americans. Romney on Wednesday said those at the NAACP convention who booed him should “vote for the other guy” if they wanted government handouts. “When I mentioned I am going…
Rep. Gowdy on leaks: Reporters aspire to go to jail, so give em what they want
Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) said Wednesday that the government should give reporters “what they want” by imprisoning them for refusing to reveal their sources. His comments came during a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing on whether reporters could be prosecuted for leaking sensitive national-security information. “One way to have fewer leaks…
Michigan woman kept friend’s dead body for 18 months
A 72-year-old Michigan woman kept the body of her dead companion bathed, dressed and sitting up for a year and a half after his death because she didn’t want to be alone, according to M Live, a Michigan news and information blog. Linda Chase said that she knows what she…
Krugman: ‘Now is not the time to get rid of those public deficits’
In order to avoid a full-on depression, the U.S. government needs to ignore the size of the deficit and start spending to stimulate the economy, Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman tells us. “Somebody has to spend more than their income, and, for the time being, that has to be the…
Daily Caller reporter: Democrats reduced women ‘to a sexual being’
A reporter from Tucker Carlson’s conservative website The Daily Caller said on Wednesday that by fighting for birth control and reproductive rights, Democrats had “reduced the American woman to a sexual being.” During a segment praising Karl Rove’s American Crossroads super PAC for accusing President Barack Obama of waging a…
NAACP official: Romney ‘rigged crowd’ by having blacks ‘flown in’
The director to the NAACP’s Washington Bureau revealed on Thursday that GOP hopeful Mitt Romney had conservative African Americans “flown in” to the 103rd convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to make it appear that he had more support than he really did. During an…
Steve Martin sells Mitt Romney’s pot in New York City park
Late night funnyman David Letterman joked on Wednesday that New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg had asked him to create a park on Broadway for the tourists, but comedian Steve Martin stole some of his thunder by opening his own park and selling marijuana, beer and and firearms. Throughout Wednesday…
Romney to NAACP: ‘Vote for the other guy’ if you want free stuff
On her show Wednesday night, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow reported that Mitt Romney had responded to being booed by the NAACP by telling them to vote for President Barack Obama if they wanted handouts. “Remind them of this: If they want more stuff from government, tell them to go vote…
Alan Grayson: Gov. Rick Scott will have blood on his hands
Democratic candidate Alan Grayson said Wednesday that people in Florida would suffer because Gov. Rick Scott (R) refused to implement parts of the Affordable Care Act. “There’s literally thousands of people who will live if Medicaid is expanded in Florida, and die if it isn’t,” he told Current TV host…
Sen. Leahy: Time running out on Violence Against Women Act
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) on Wednesday warned that the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act could die in the U.S. House of Representatives. The VAWA, originally passed in 1994 and reauthorized twice since, provides funding to local communities to improve their response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking.…
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