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Olbermann: ‘Almost deliberate’ gas price hikes are to hurt Obama
Liberal commentator Keith Olbermann on Sunday suggested that the price of gas had been artificially manipulated since President Barack Obama took office to hurt his chances at re-election. In an appearance on ABC, Olbermann noted he had become suspicious after gas prices increased from $1.61 a gallon when Obama took…
Axelrod: Tea party ‘reign of terror’ blocked immigration reform
Obama campaign strategist David Axelrod on Sunday explained that President Barack Obama had not accomplished comprehensive immigration reform because the tea party had driven mainstream Republicans so far to the right. “I think a lot of Republicans in Congress want to cooperate, know better — but they’re in the thralls…
Group challenges tax-exempt status of bishop who compared Obama to Hitler, Stalin
Americans United for Separation of Church and State has filed a complaint with the IRS concerning a Catholic bishop who sparked outrage by comparing President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin. Bishop Daniel R. Jenky of the Catholic Diocese of Peoria said the President was “intent on following…
Lieberman: Hold Obama ‘accountable’ for Secret Service scandal
Independent Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman on Sunday insisted that President Barack Obama and the White House should be held accountable for a sex scandal within the Secret Service and for lavish spending at the General Services Administration (GSA). “It would be unfair to hold President Obama responsible for this outrageous…
U.S. nun group rejects Vatican condemnation
The leader of a group of US Catholic nuns on Saturday rejected condemnation from a Vatican report that said it defied Church doctrine. “We haven’t violated any teaching,” Sister Simone Campbell, executive director of Network, a Catholic social justice lobby, told AFP, insisting the group would not stop “caring for the least among…
Obama’s popularity abroad on the wane, survey finds
WASHINGTON — US leadership has lost some of its luster abroad, suggesting President Barack Obama can’t count on as much global euphoria as he gears up for a fierce reelection campaign, a new survey found Thursday. The report card was particularly dire from Serbia and Iran where approval ratings for…
Congress calls Nepolitano to grill her about Secret Service scandal
Lawmakers will grill Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano about the US Secret Service next week, as the Senate’s top Democrat blasted the “stupid” agents at the heart of the scandal Thursday. And furious Republicans said President Barack Obama should be held responsible for reasserting the necessary discipline in the elite…
Romney: Obama ‘intent on punishing people,’ not creating jobs
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney on Thursday blasted President Barack Obama for being “more intent on punishing people” than creating jobs. Speaking at a closed factory in Lorain, Ohio, Romney told supporters that the empty building was proof that the president’s economic plan wasn’t working. “If you want to…
Bachmann says Obama ‘waving a tar baby’ with oil policy
Former Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann is accusing the nation’s first black president of “waving a tar baby in the air” over his proposed crackdown on oil speculators. On Tuesday, President Barack Obama proposed measures that would give regulators more power to limit manipulation of the oil markets. “We can’t…
Romney ‘not going to apologize’ for being born with silver spoon
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney on Thursday said he was “not going to apologize” for his family’s enormous wealth after President Barack Obama made the suggestion that the candidate was “born with a silver spoon” in his mouth. “The president is really taking aim at anybody he can find…
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