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George Will: Romney could not have prevented embassy attacks
The Romney campaign wants voters to believe that if Mitt Romney were president, U.S. embassies across the Middle East would not have come under attack last week. Asked if that’s correct on ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday, conservative political columnist George Will had a simple answer: “No.” In admitting as…
McCain: Muslim protesters ‘taking appropriate action’ against Americans
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said Sunday during an appearance on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that Muslim protesters across the Middle East are “taking appropriate action” against Americans in the widespread protests that swept the Arab world last week. Asked by host Bob Schieffer if he believes the Obama administration is…
Liz Cheney accuses Obama of abandoning non-existent country ‘Czechoslovakia’
Fox News contributor Liz Cheney on Sunday blasted President Barack Obama with the false claim that he had apologized to enemies of the United States and had abandoned Czechoslovakia, which has not existed since 1992. During a panel on ABC’s This Week, host Jake Tapper asked the daughter of the…
Pelosi: ‘Everybody knows’ Romney won’t be president
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) says that it’s now obvious that GOP hopeful Mitt Romney will lose in November because “everybody knows” he will never be president. During an interview that aired on Sunday, CNN host Candy Crowley asked the former House Speaker if there would continue to be…
White House race nudges toward Obama
President Barack Obama has carved out a clear advantage in the White House race even as he juggles the demands of his re-election campaign with managing a raging Middle East crisis. Obama appears to be enjoying a resilient bounce following the Democratic National Convention nearly two weeks ago, while his…
SNL debuts with actual African-American ‘Obama,’ whose secret election weapon is Mitt Romney
The 38th season of Saturday Night Live premiered this week with an opening segment featuring new cast member Jay Pharoah portraying President Barack Obama. “Obama” had been previously impersonated by white guy Fred Armisen. During the segment, Pharoah’s “Obama” expressed confidence in re-election, using a clueless, gaffe-prone “Mitt Romney” and…
Obama ad: Romney tax plan would send 800,000 jobs overseas
In a new ad released on Saturday by the campaign to re-elect President Barack Obama, Deputy Campaign Director Stephanie Cutter attempted to debunk recent assertions by former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA)’s campaign regarding President Obama, China and the economy. At the outset of the video, Cutter quoted Romney campaign staffer…
Protests target U.S. symbols across Muslim world
Furious protesters targeted symbols of US influence in cities across the Muslim world, attacking embassies, schools and restaurants in retaliation for a film that mocks Islam. At least six protesters died in Egypt, Tunisia, Lebanon and Sudan as local police battled to defend American missions from mobs of stone-throwers, and…
Obama attorneys ask court to restore indefinite detention power
Less than 24 hours after a judge blocked a law that gives the government the power to indefinitely detain U.S. citizens without trial, attorneys for the Obama administration were already filing an appeal. U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest in New York ruled Wednesday that the law is unconstitutional after The…
Bachmann: Libya attack was effort to impose Sharia law on the U.S.
Former Republican presidential candidate Michelle Bachmann on Friday asserted that the recent attacks on American embassies in Libya and Egypt were part of a plan to bring Sharia law to the United States. “The violence has come to us, the United States,” the Minnesota congresswoman warned in a speech at…
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