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Santorum: Obama ‘doesn’t deserve credit’ for getting bin Laden
GOP hopeful Rick Santorum says that a lot of people deserve credit for the death of Osama bin Laden — but President Barack Obama isn’t one of them. In recent weeks, Santorum had called Obama’s foreign policy “pathetic” and accused the president of doing “nothing but appease the Iranians.” “Ask…
O’Reilly surprised to learn U.S. gov’t. controls the military
Somehow in the mind of Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly, the United States military is not controlled by its government. In a discussion on government involvement on health care Tuesday evening, The O’Reilly Factor suddenly had an interesting and peculiar back and forth with Alan Colmes on the government’s overall effectiveness.…
Colbert: Trump should just run for the Whig Party
Emboldened by Donald Trump dropping out of the Newsmax GOP debate, Stephen Colbert made certain to plug his own debate again Tuesday evening. Hearing the billionaire withdrew from moderating because of his urge to still run as an independent candidate for president, Colbert gave his usual, animated opinion on Trump.…
Stewart: Florida Family Association just loves their stereotypes
Jon Stewart tried to understand Tuesday evening why the conservative group Florida Family Association could have any problem with a reality show about peaceful American Muslims. The Daily Show host analyzed interviews of the group’s executive director David Carton comments on TLC’s All-American Muslims, who said he was concerned that…
Human rights attorney: Defense bill will ‘gut the Constitution’
Raha Wala, Advocacy Counsel for Human Rights First, told Countdown host Keith Olbermann on Tuesday night that a controversial provision in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2012 would practically destroy habeas corpus — a guaranteed trial for those accused of a crime. Sections 1031 and 1032…
Rep. Tonko recites his own ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas’ poem
Rep. Paul Tonko (D-NY) gave an unusual speech to his fellow lamakers on Tuesday. The congressman recited his own version of the holiday poem “Twas the Night Before Christmas” to chide Congress for failing to protect the middle class and help the unemployed, all while giving tax breaks to the…
Sen. Ron Johnson: ‘Good workers’ don’t make minimum wage
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) on Sunday defended voting against raising the minimum wage by suggesting that only bad workers earned minimum wage. “Bottom line: when you’re a good worker you don’t stay at minimum wage for long,” he said. “Trust me on that. It’s not universal, but trust me as…
Sandusky lawyer tells reporters to call gay phone-sex line
Jerry Sandusky attorney Joe Amendola didn’t do his client any favors Tuesday when he quipped that reporters should call “1-800-REALITY” if they believed his client raped boys. Unfortunately, that number turned out to be a gay phone-sex service. Soon after a hearing where Sandusky, a former assistant Penn State football…
Santorum: ‘Court has gotten it wrong’ that pornography is free speech
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum said Tuesday that he was a “big believer” in free speech, but the “court has gotten it wrong” on pornography. At a town hall-style campaign event in Belle Plaine, Iowa, a woman asked the Pennsylvania Republican what he would do about the Occupy Wall Street…
Cheney calls for air strike on Iran over captured drone
Former Vice President Dick Cheney said on Monday that President Barack Obama should have ordered an “air strike” on Iran after they recently captured a U.S. drone. Earlier on Monday, President Barack Obama had explained that U.S. officials asked Iran to return the RQ-170 Sentinel surveillance drone. “The right response…
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