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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…
Allen West: Nugent has no ‘ill will’ toward Obama
Tea Party darling Rep. Allen West (R-FL) on Thursday defended conservative rocker Ted Nugent after he got the Secret Service’s attention by saying that members of the National Rifle Association (NRA) should defeat President Barack Obama and other Democrats and “chop their heads off in November.” During an interview on…
CIA ‘wants more’ drone strikes in Yemen
WASHINGTON — The CIA is seeking permission to launch more airborne drone strikes in Yemen, even when there is a risk the victims might not always be terrorists, The Washington Post reported. The targets would be chosen based on intelligence reports indicating suspicious behavior, such as images of militants unloading…
McCain: U.S. military role after 2014 key to Afghan success
WASHINGTON — Ensuring a long-term US military presence in Afghanistan beyond 2014 will be a key to success or failure in the war against Taliban insurgents, Republican Senator John McCain said Wednesday. McCain, an outspoken critic of President Barack Obama’s planned withdrawal of most US troops from Afghanistan by the…
WATCH LIVE: Romney gives ‘prebuttal’ to Obama’s September DNC speech
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney on Wednesday will deliver what he calls a “prebuttal” to an acceptance speech that President Barack Obama will give at the Democratic National Convention in September. The event was scheduled to begin at 3:30 p.m. ET. Watch this live video from CNN, broadcast April…
Palin: ‘Frack, baby, frack’ a ‘very important’ policy
Half-term Republican Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on Tuesday blasted President Barack Obama as “ignorant” on energy policy, saying he wasn’t doing enough to support “drill, baby, drill” and “frack, baby, frack.” During a Tuesday interview on Fox News, Palin avoided praising Obama’s efforts to crack down on oil speculators, while…
Drug reformers slam Obama for ‘prioritizing low-level arrests’
Responding to the Obama Administration’s latest national drug control strategy, leading drug policy reform advocates assailed the president for “prioritizing low-level drug arrests” over other policies that even the White House has acknowledged to be more effective in boosting public health and safety. In an introductory statement (PDF) issued Tuesday,…
Fox News Lies: Obama learned disdain for women from Marxist father
I despise Fox News. They are single-handedly (and willfully) making people in this country stupid by spouting bullshit like — like — bullshit from a bullshit geyser: A conservative Fox News contributor insisted on Monday that President Barack Obama had a “disdain” for women that he learned from his “Marxist”…
U.S. House Speaker Boehner endorses Romney
Speaker of the House of Representatives John Boehner ended his neutrality Tuesday in the Republican presidential race, endorsing Mitt Romney and saying he’d be “proud” to help him win the US election. “It’s clear now Mitt Romney is going to be our nominee,” Boehner told reporters following a bruising, months-long…
Fox News contributor blames Obama’s ‘disdain’ for women on ‘Marxist’ father
A conservative Fox News contributor insisted on Monday that President Barack Obama had a “disdain” for women that he learned from his “Marxist” father and “communist” mentor. Fox News contributor Sandy Rios, who is vice president of the conservative political action committee Family-PAC Federal, told host Sean Hannity that Obama…
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