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Rand Paul: Obama’s views on marriage couldn’t get any ‘gayer’
Despite his libertarian views, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) expressed his candid disagreement Friday evening with President Barack Obama’s decision to support same-sex marriage. Speaking at the Faith and Freedom Coalition meeting in Iowa, the son of Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) criticized the president for his “evolving” views on the issue, as well as…
Gun group responds to ‘silly’ story by pointing rifle at Rand Paul
The Virginia-based firearms advocacy group that published an image this week depicting a rifle pointed at President Barack Obama’s head, attached a letter by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), responded to Raw story’s reporting on Friday by turning the rifle around and pointing it at the Kentucky Republican instead. “A silly story,…
Romney challenges Obama to waterskiing
WASHINGTON — Republican Mitt Romney took the White House race into uncharted waters, suggesting he would like to challenge President Barack Obama to a bit of waterskiing. “I don’t think I’ll play the president a round of golf but I’ll be happy to take him through a waterski course,” the…
Biden says sorry to Obama over same sex marriage flap
WASHINGTON — US Vice President Joe Biden apologized to President Barack Obama in the Oval Office for remarks which forced his boss into an early endorsement of same-sex marriage, sources said Thursday. In a rare glimpse inside the relationship between the president and his understudy, sources familiar with the conversation…
George Clooney hosts $40,000-a-plate Obama fundraiser
George Clooney, who hosts a star-studded fundraiser for Barack Obama Thursday, is a Hollywood A-lister turned activist for causes like Sudan, Haiti — and now the US leader’s re-election. The movie heartthrob’s $40,000-a-plate dinner is being tipped as possibly the biggest presidential fundraiser ever, bolstering Obama’s coffers to the tune…
Virginia Republican group denounces its own call for ‘armed revolution’
The Republican Party of Greene County, Virginia denounced on Thursday an essay it published in March, which demanded that conservatives take up arms and overthrow the government if President Barack Obama is reelected. “The Greene County Republican Committee denounces such language and does not subscribe to that thinking,” a prepared…
White House not ‘disappointed’ after Putin no-show at G8
The White House insisted Thursday it was not disappointed that Russian President Vladimir Putin will skip the G8 summit and talks with President Barack Obama next week. The Russian leader, returned as president after a four year break Monday, and was expected to have a first chance to meet on…
Rand Paul endorses campaign depicting gun pointed at Obama’s head
An email campaign launched this week (pictured, below) featuring the endorsement of Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) depicts a rifle pointing at President Barack Obama’s head, and a message about an imaginary “million rifle ban” the president is allegedly seeking to implement. “Death threats against this president are up 400 percent…
The trouble with Barack Obama’s endorsement of ‘monogamous’ same sex marriage
Along with President Barack Obama’s “evolution” on same sex marriage, the institution itself has been evolving. Indeed, throughout history, as marriage historian Stephanie Coontz has pointed out, marriage has been an exceptionally adaptable institution. Even as religious conservatives kept voting for same-sex marriage bans — a full 32 times, in…
Colbert: Obama has pushed the Rainbow Button and launched ‘Gay-mageddon’
Stephen Colbert wants to know: Did your straight marriage start to feel a little weak Wednesday afternoon? If so, it was because President Barack Obama publicly endorsed same sex marriage in an interview in the Oval Office, a room previously reserved, Colbert noted, for “hummers from interns.” Yes, he said,…
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