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Issa calls Obama admin. ‘the most corrupt government in history’
The Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform thinks that the Obama administration is “the most corrupt in history,” and he’s not afraid to say it. Speaking to Bloomberg on Tuesday, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) insisted that the president’s political appointees must be held accountable for their…
Pat Robertson: Bullying ‘terrible’ — but gay sex still an ‘abomination’
Anti-LGBT rights televangelist Pat Robertson on Tuesday told Christian students that bullying their gay and lesbian classmates was wrong even if they “think that these practices are an abomination.” A CBN viewer named Douglas posed this question to the TV preacher: “What would you say to a school that has…
SB 1070 author says infants can get IDs to prove they are ‘legal’
The author of a controversial anti-immigration bill in Arizona said on Tuesday that young children could simply get state-issued identification to prove they are in the U.S. legally. Appearing before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee, former Arizona state Senate president Russell Pearce (R) defended the state’s SB 1070 law, which requires…
WATCH LIVE: Obama calls for low student loan rates
President Obama will call on Congress to keep student loan rates low in remarks at the University of North Carolina. Watch this live video from CNN, broadcast April 24, 2012. Photo: Flickr/davelawrence8…
Carlson: The NAACP is ‘an absurd fringe group’
The Daily Caller’s Tucker Carlson launched another attack at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) on Hannity Monday evening. Appearing on Fox’s panel discussion, Carlson’s latest outrage at the NAACP stemmed from its Martin County branch’s decision to cancel its Tuesday event and unitive Rep. Allen…
Fox News host admits he ‘did some paraphrasing’ by misquoting Obama
A Fox News host on Tuesday stopped short of apologizing after he “did some paraphrasing” and misquoted President Barack Obama. During an interview last week with presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, host Steve Doocy quoted Obama as saying, “Unlike some people, I wasn’t born with a silver spoon in…
Colbert: Fox host Steve Doocy is ‘practicing journalism plus’
Stephen Colbert had a field day Monday evening analyzing Fox and Friends host Steve Doocy misquoting President Barack Obama on the campaign trail. Doocy told Romney in an interview last week that Obama indirectly called him out for being rich. “He said, ‘Unlike some people, I wasn’t born with a…
Maddow: ‘I think Ron Paul just won Iowa’
On Monday night’s The Rachel Maddow Show, MSNBC’s liberal politics host examined the strange Republican primaries of Iowa and Minnesota, concluding that Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) has actually won both states, or at least tied for first place. “Perhaps the most off-script thing that has happened on the Republican side……
Stewart: Being Romney’s VP is ‘a dare no one wants to take’
Jon Stewart discussed Monday evening the job that no one currently desires to have in the Republican Party: Mitt Romney’s vice presidential running mate. The Comedy Central host played a montage of different figures in the party, from Tim Pawlenty to Sarah Palin, who have immediately declined being the former…
Maddow unveils ALEC’s replacement: The National Center for Public Policy
On her show Monday night, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow explained that the National Center for Public Policy was expected to take over the role of the embattled American Legislative Exchange Council. Liberal and progressive groups have waged a successful campaign against ALEC, which drafts corporation-friendly “model” legislation for state lawmakers.…
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