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Liz Cheney won’t deny she’s planning Senate run
The daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney on Sunday refused to deny that she was planning a run for Senate in Wyoming. Politico noted last week that Liz Cheney had been setting the stage for a possible Senate run by increasing her visibility and speaking at six events in…
Biden: ‘Men marrying men’ should have equal rights
Vice President Joe Biden on Sunday endorsed equal rights for married gay men and lesbians — and President Barack Obama’s top aide said that the president had “precisely” the same position. “The good news is that as more and more Americans come to understand what this is all about is…
SNL’s ‘Fox and Friends’: Know who else wouldn’t have killed bin Laden? Barack Obama
On this week’s “Saturday Night Live,” Taran Killam, Vanessa Bayer and Bobby Moynihan returned as Steve Doocy, Gretchen Carlson and Brian Kilmeade of the Fox News Morning Show, “Fox and Friends.” First, the trio brought their spot-on impressions of the three morning news hosts to bear on the topic of…
Obama tells Americans not to take chance on Romney
President Barack Obama said Saturday the United States had suffered too much pain to turn the economy over to Republican Mitt Romney, as he fired up his first official reelection rally. “We are not turning back the clock, we are moving forward,” Obama said, seeking to revive the political magic that swept…
Wingnuts Think the ‘Composite Girlfriend’ and ‘Obama Eats Dogs’ Memes are Important — They’re Not
Tim Stanley — who appears to have an affinity for Pat Buchanan, Sarah Palin, Richard Nixon, Elvis, Chairman Mao, Jesus, and buxom blondes*** — has penned a truly hilarious piece for The Daily Telegraph that attempts to argue that the recent conservative interest in Obama’s book Dreams of my Father,…
Do wingnuts really believe all that crazy stuff?
Joshua Holland has an important piece at Salon (originally Alternet) about the way that paranoid conspiracy theories constantly pumped out by right wing media rule the right wing imagination, and how important it is to understand this about conservatives. He describes what the country looks like for a loyal consumer…
Australian ex-girlfriend’s diaries show Obama in love
WASHINGTON — Secret diaries of an Australian woman who was one of young Barack Obama’s girlfriends, show the warmth and trust of the future president in love, but also hint at his reserve and “coolness.” Accounts of the 1980s romance between Genevieve Cook and a twenty-something Obama in New York…
Obama tries ‘Forward’ campaign slogan after 2008′s ‘Hope and Change’
Four years on, “Hope and Change” has become “Forward” as President Barack Obama road tests a new campaign slogan to encapsulate his reelection bid. Matching the powerful simplicity of his 2008 theme was always going to be tough — especially after Obama’s three-and-a-half years stuck in the grind of governing…
Romney aide: Obama made bin Laden a ‘divisive partisan political attack’
A senior advisor to presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney on Sunday accused Barack Obama of being “one of the most divisive presidents in American history” for making the killing of Osama bin Laden a part of his re-election campaign. “He took something that was a unifying event for all…
U.S. environmental official apologizes for ‘crucify’ gaffe
An official from the environmental protection agency has apologised for advising staff to pursue harsh punishment or “crucify” companies that break environmental laws. The embarrassing episode – which came to light through the efforts of the Republican senator Jim Inhofe – has been a godsend for the GOP’s efforts to…
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