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Maher calls Obama a ‘dismal failure and a liar’ over drug policy
HBO’s Bill Maher on Tuesday blasted President Barack Obama over his administration’s decision to ramp up prosecutions of medical marijuana dispensaries. “This is one place where Obama has been such a dismal failure and a liar,” Maher said during an interview with The Huffington Post’s new HuffPost Live video streaming…
Deferred deportation program already drawing thousands of applicants
More than a million young undocumented immigrants are eligible as of today for the two-year deferred deportation program enacted by the Obama administration in June, and reports suggest many are already seizing that opportunity. In Chicago, WLS-TV reported that people began lining up Tuesday night to turn in their applications.…
Ann Romney: ‘No more tax releases’ but ‘there’s nothing we’re hiding’
Ann Romney, the wife of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, recently said that there will be “no more tax releases given” by the wealthy couple, but she also insisted that “there’s nothing we’re hiding.” During an interview that’s scheduled to air on Thursday, NBC’s Natalie Morales noted that people…
Pawlenty suggests that Soledad O’Brien doesn’t understand English
Romney surrogates going up against CNN host Soledad O’Brien clearly haven’t learned their lesson. A day after former New Hampshire Gov. John Sununu angrily told O’Brien to “put an Obama bumper sticker on your forehead,” former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, Mitt Romney’s national campaign co-chair, suggested that the CNN host…
Romney accidentally tells Cuban exiles he loves vagina
GOP hopeful Mitt Romney on Monday mistakenly told Cuban exiles that he loved vaginas. During a campaign stop at a Miami juice shop owned by convicted cocaine trafficker Reinaldo Bermudez, the presumptive Republican presidential candidate spoke with the hosts of Radio Mambí, a station run by Cuban exiles. “They’re waiting…
Democratic strategist: Romney-Ryan ticket ‘doesn’t make sense’
Democratic strategist Chris Kofinis on Tuesday compared Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) to Sarah Palin, saying the new vice presidential candidate was likely to appeal to conservatives but not independent voters. “This ticket doesn’t make sense,” he said on Current TV. “It doesn’t makes sense politically… In terms of battleground [states],…
Paul Ryan’s Wisconsin challenger: He is ‘completely out of touch’
Democratic candidate Rob Zerban said Tuesday that Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) had done a poor job of representing his Congressional district. “He supported unfair trade practices and trade agreements that have moved our manufacturing base overseas,” Zerban told The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur. Zerban is running for Ryan’s seat…
McCain: Reid wrong about Romney not paying taxes
There is no truth to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-NV) claim that GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney didn’t pay taxes for ten years, according to Sen. John McCain (R-AZ). In an interview with the Las Vegas Sun set to air on Tuesday evening, McCain said that his 2008 presidential…
Biden warns Romney will ‘put y’all back in chains’
Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday warned that presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s financial policies would put voters “back in chains.” At a campaign stop in Virginia, the vice president told a crowd — which included many African Americans — that Romney was “going to let the big banks…
Obama mocks Romney for putting dog on his car roof
President Barack Obama for the first time on Tuesday personally took a jab at presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney for strapping his dog to the roof of his car. At a campaign event in Oskaloosa, Iowa, the president pointed out that Romney had invested in several companies that were…
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