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Michelle Obama announces her endorsement of Obama for 2012 on Colbert Report
First Lady Michelle Obama was the featured guest on Wednesday night’s episode of “The Colbert Report.” Host Stephen Colbert asked Obama about her work with Joining Forces, a support group for military families, and the importance of hiring veterans. “These people,” she said of veterans, “are some of the most…
Romney: Santorum ‘on my list’ for VP
It seems like probable Republican nominee Mitt Romney has already forgotten that former rival Rick Santorum recently called him a liar and the “worst Republican in the country.” During a town hall-style event in Warwick, Rhode Island on Wednesday, Romney insisted that he had not ruled out the former Pennsylvania…
Stewart to Santorum: You’re not that special
On Wednesday night’s edition of “The Daily Show,” host Jon Stewart took a moment to address Pennsylvania Republican Sen. Rick Santorum’s remarks upon suspending his campaign and conceding the candidacy to former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney (R). The former Senator offered the usual words of thanks to family and staff,…
Maddow: GOP has repeatedly failed to refute ‘war on women’
MSNBC host Rachel Maddow on Wednesday night explained how Republicans had tried but failed to refute the assertion that they were waging a “war on women.” “The problem with women voters is the problem Republicans have been trying to fix,” she said, noting that a very large percent of women…
Raw Story’s Megan Carpentier on Rep. West ‘communists in Congress’ remark
Megan Carpentier, the executive editor of Raw Story, said on The Young Turks Wednesday that claiming Democrats are members of the Communist Party was not particularly outrageous in today’s political climate, considering how often unsubstantiated smears get thrown around. Rep. Allen West (R-FL), a tea party favorite, said Tuesday that…
Gingrich: Me dropping out just ‘a Washington, New York fixation’
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Wednesday that he would continue to campaign until Mitt Romney obtained all the delegates he needed to win the nomination. “I was in North Carolina yesterday,” he told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer. “Not a single person asked me to drop out and many, many people…
Trayvon Martin’s father to Zimmerman: Was it really worth it?
In an interview with the Associated Press on Wednesday, the parents of slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin explained what they would say if they had a chance to talk to his killer, George Zimmerman. “I would probably give him the opportunity to apologize,” said Sybrina Fulton, Travyon Martin’s mother. I…
LIVE: Florida special prosecutor announces charges in Trayvon Martin case
Florida State Attorney Angela Corey is scheduled to hold a press conference at 6 p.m. EST to announce what charges George Zimmerman will face for the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin. The Associated Press is reporting that Zimmerman is already in police custody and will be charged with second-degree murder.…
Obama calls Ronald Reagan a ‘wild-eyed, socialist, tax-hiking class warrior’
President Obama made the case today for the so-called “Buffet Rule,” which would mandate that the wealthy pay the same percentage of their income in taxes as middle class families. He described for the audience the actions of one of his predecessors in the Oval Office, a president who “gave…
Romney: Women ‘have gone back 20 years’ under Obama
Likely Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney on Wednesday continued to blast President Barack Obama by insisting that women account for 92.3 percent of the job losses in his first term, a claim that fact checking organizations have called false or misleading. Surrounded by a group of women at a business…
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