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Ohio senator: ‘Jim Crow has been resurrected’
An Ohio Democratic senator slammed her state’s Republican party and accused them of racially-motivated voter-suppresion tactics during an interview with CNN’s Deborah Feyerick Tuesday. “It’s tragic that in the 21st century, 2012, we have voter suppression going on,” Sen. Nina Turner (D-OH) said. “Jim Crow has been resurrected, making repeat…
Romney surrogate to CNN host: ‘Put an Obama bumper sticker on your forehead’
The chairman of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s national steering committee on Tuesday angrily shouted for a CNN anchor to “put an Obama bumper sticker on your forehead” after she tried to fact check Republican claims about Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) plan to overhaul Medicare. CNN’s Soledad O’Brien pointed…
Maddow: Ryan pick better than ‘Christmas in August’ for Democrats
On Monday night’s edition of “The Rachel Maddow Show,” veteran newsman Dan Rather joined host Rachel Madddow to discuss Vice Presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI)’s difficulties as be steps out of the right-wing media bubble and into the view of actual American citizens, who, it turns out, are neither…
Joe the Plumber calls to ‘start shooting’ immigrants at the border
At two separate events in recent days, Samuel “Joe the Plumber” Wurzelbacher has proposed to “put a damn fence on the border going to Mexico and start shooting.” Wurzelbacher first made the remarks during a campaign rally for Arizona Republican state Rep. Lori Klein on Friday, according to video published…
Protesters interrupt Ryan in Iowa: ‘Stop the war on the middle class!’
Speaking from the same stage in Iowa where Mitt Romney once declared that “corporation are people,” presumptive Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan found himself on Monday being interrupted by protesters who accused him of waging a “war on the middle class.” During an stump speech at the Iowa State…
Romney’s constitutional amendment disqualifies Ryan for no business experience
A constitutional amendment suggested by presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney would have barred Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) from serving as his running mate. Speaking to supporters in Las Vegas last May, Romney told the story of a man who said the Constitution should be amended to require three years…
Obama tells NASA: ‘I thought about getting a mohawk myself’
During a Monday call to congratulate NASA for successfully landing the Curiosity rover on Mars, President Barack Obama acknowledged the “special mohawk guy” in the control room who had taken the Internet by storm. As the world watched the rover landing last week, NASA flight engineer Bobak Ferdowsi became an…
Doocy defends Ryan: ‘What’s the matter with being an ideologue?’
Fox News co-host Steve Doocy on Monday attempted spin Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan’s “ideologue” label as an advantage to Mitt Romney’s campaign. During a series of interviews on Sunday, Obama campaign adviser David Axelrod blasted Ryan’s plan to turn Medicare into a voucher system while skewing tax cuts…
Cheney on Ryan: ‘I can’t think of a better choice’ for VP
The man who selected himself to be former President George W. Bush’s running mate says that he “can’t think of a better choice” than Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) to share the Republican ticket with Mitt Romney. “I’m a big fan of Paul’s,” former Vice President Dick Cheney told Fox News…
Top Romney adviser: He ‘would have signed’ Ryan’s budget
As Mitt Romney’s campaign was trying to distance itself from his running mate’s proposed budget on Sunday, senior adviser Ed Gillespie admitted that the candidate “would have signed” Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) controversial plan. After the Republican presidential hopeful on Saturday announced that he had selected Ryan as the vice…
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