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Artist Cee-Lo sings ‘F**K You’ uncensored at Obama fundraiser
Music superstar Cee-Lo provided a very colorful moment during a fundraiser from President Barack Obama Friday evening in Atlanta, Georgia, singing the uncensored version of his hit song “Fuck You.” NBC’s The Voice co-host was scheduled to perform the PG version of the song titled “Forget You” with “forget” replacing…
Obama campaign film contains $25 billion error on auto bailouts
The Obama 2012 campaign has released a short film called “The Road We’ve Traveled,” detailing the challenges faced by President Barack Obama’s administration from day one through the start of the campaign. But it’s not all roses for team Obama: part of the film contains a gross inaccuracy. Specifically, it…
Michelangelo Signorile: Obama has ‘irrational fear’ of backing same sex marriage
Michelangelo Signorile, Sirius OutQ radio host and Huffington Post Gay Voices editor-at-large, said Thursday that President Barack Obama seemed to fear the political repercussions of fully supporting same sex marriage. “Why can’t he simply be with the rest of the country with this?” he wondered during an appearance on The…
Obama mocks GOP candidates as members of ‘Flat-Earth Society’
President Barack Obama on Thursday went after his potential Republican opponents for their resistance to green energy solutions, likening them to members of the “Flat-Earth Society.” In a speech at Prince George’s Community College in Largo, Maryland, the president said that the U.S. should pursue an “all-of-the-above strategy” for developing…
Obama hails ‘indispensable’ U.S. alliance with Britain
A “chuffed to bits” President Barack Obama gushed over British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday, but deepening world crises conspired to darken a warm welcome for a special ally. Obama went out of his way to hail America’s “indispensable” relationship with Britain, even offering to learn the rules of…
Blagojevich heads to jail for corruption
CHICAGO — Ousted Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich reports to prison on Thursday to serve a 14 year sentence for trying to auction off President Barack Obama’s vacated US Senate seat and a host of other corruption charges. The Democratic governor was arrested in the midst of what prosecutors called a…
Obama welcomes U.S. trade pact with South Korea
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama called his South Korean counterpart Lee Myung-bak to welcome the beginning of a long-delayed free trade agreement, the White House said. Obama thanked Lee for “Korea’s close cooperation in getting the agreement implemented,” and stressed it was a strong example of the two country’s partnership,…
Colbert asks where Romney’s dog would go if his car had a windmill
Bored with President Barack Obama’s energy policy, Stephen Colbert spent Monday evening championing the GOP presidential candidates for being “plain spoken” folks when it comes to science. The Comedy Central personality had an animated one-sided discussion about Rick Santorum’s latest dismissal of climate change with his house plant Robert, who…
Ron Paul: GOP going to be the John McCain party in 2012
Texas Rep. Ron Paul warned his fellow Republican presidential candidates on Tuesday that they risked losing to President Barack Obama if they did not reconsider their foreign policy. “They want more war than Obama,” he said on CNBC. “I think Obama wants way too much. He’s ready to go into…
Sarah Palin challenges Obama to debate
Former Republican Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on Monday night challenged President Barack Obama to a debate. “I’m not running for any office, but I’m more than happy to accept the dubious honor of being Barack Obama’s ‘enemy of the week’ if that includes the opportunity to debate him on the…
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