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Romney doubles down on misleading Jeep claim Chrysler called ‘fantasies’
Speaking to voters in Ohio recently, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said that President Barack Obama’s auto bailout has been such a failure that auto-maker Jeep is “thinking of moving all production to China.” Although journalists, and even Chrysler itself, quickly pointed out that claim has absolutely no basis in…
Al Roker: Hurricane Sandy could have electoral impact
As Hurricane Sandy continued to march toward the East coast, NBC meteorologist Al Roker suggested Sunday the “Frankenstorm” could impact the Nov. 6 U.S. presidential election. The storm, which Roker said measures about 1,000 miles in diameter, is expected to make landfall on the New Jersey coast late Monday night…
Bachmann’s opponent says she is part of the ‘war on women’
The Minnesota businessman running to unseat Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) named her as part of the “war on women” Sunday in an interview with MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry. “She has engaged in a war on women,” said Jim Graves, who currently trails Bachmann by six points among likely voters. “She would…
Andrew Sullivan: Romney ‘like an alien that ripped off his mask’ at debate
GOP strategist Nicole Wallace on Sunday said that it was not a problem that Republican nominee Mitt Romney was “like an alien that ripped off his mask” when he seemed to change positions during the presidential debates because “we liked him better.” During an ABC News panel on Sunday, The…
Hume blasts media for Benghazi coverage: Fox News did ‘all the heavy lifting’
Fox News senior political analyst Brit Hume on Sunday lashed out at mainstream media organizations for not spending as much time as Fox News trying to determine what mistakes the Obama administration made before and after the Sept. 11 attacks in Benghazi, Libya. “One of the problems we’re having here…
Ex-ACORN CEO: Voter suppression a response to ‘browning’ of America
The former CEO of the activist group ACORN called the Republican party’s ongoing voter-suppression efforts a response to what she called the “browning” of America Sunday. “This is about demographics,” Bertha Lewis said on Up With Chris Hayes. “Their base just swallows this whole. Who is that base? That is…
Priebus on Sununu: Accusing Powell of racism is a ‘small brush fire’
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus on Sunday insisted that “small brush fires” like former Gov. John Sununu’s suggestion that former Secretary of State Colin Powell endorsed President Barack Obama because he’s black were just distractions. Speaking to CNN last week, Sununu wondered whether Powell’s endorsement was “based on issues,…
Gingrich on Mourdock’s rape comments: Stephanie Cutter should ‘get over it’
Former Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, who is now a surrogate for Mitt Romney, on Sunday told President Barack Obama’s deputy campaign manager Stephanie Cutter to “get over it” and stop talking about Republican Indiana Senate candidate Richard Mourdock’s assertion that pregnancy from rape “is something that God intended to…
Sen. Ron Johnson: Abortion ‘not even an issue’ in Wisconsin
Republican Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson says that voters in his state are going to vote for GOP hopeful Mitt Romney because they are not “at all” concerned about preserving reproductive rights for women. On Sunday, Fox News host Chris Wallace asked Johnson why women should vote for Romney after he…
Former Powell Chief of Staff: ‘My party is full of racists’
Former Chief of Staff to Colin Powell, Col. Lawrence Wilkerson told Ed Schultz of MSNBC’s “The Ed Show” on Friday that the Republican Party is “full of racists,” and that the main reason most Republicans want President Barack Obama to lose the election to former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA) in…
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