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Anti-Obama Navy SEAL leader admits belief in ‘birther’ conspiracy
A new anti-Obama Navy SEAL group called Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund was created by a man who believes the president is secretly a socialist communist foreign-born interloper, or so he told Foreign Policy Magazine. The “OPSEC” group claims it is “non-partisan,” and accuses President Obama of taking too much…
Team Obama promises to drop push for tax returns if Romney releases 5 years
President Barack Obama’s campaign manager offered Mitt Romney’s campaign manager a “deal” on Friday, essentially saying that if Romney releases just three more years of tax returns, they’ll stop hammering him for not releasing more, even though Obama has made 12 years of his financial history public. Team Romney, of…
After Ryan respite, election campaign back in gutter
WATERLOO, Iowa — So much for the new, intellectual debate promised after the wonkish Paul Ryan joined the White House race. In a flurry of charge and counterpunch Tuesday, the battle for the US presidency erupted, reflecting the fast deepening antipathy between the incumbent Barack Obama and his Republican challenger…
DNC Chair claims to not know political affiliation of pro-Obama super PAC
Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz on Sunday tried to distance the DNC and President Obama’s campaign from a harsh attack ad produced by super PAC Priorities USA, saying on Fox News Sunday that she had no idea of the political affiliation of that pro-Obama super PAC. Wasserman Schultz…
Paul Ryan introduces himself to America after Romney calls him ‘the next president’
Newly minted vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) introduced himself to Americans — most of whom Rasmussen reports have no opinion of him — in front of the USS Wisconsin, after his running mate Mitt Romney (R-MA) mistakenly introduced him as “the next president of the United States” (video…
Gingrich: ‘We have no proof’ to support Romney’s welfare attack
Appearing on CNN Wednesday night, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) admitted “we have no proof” to support the most recent attack at by presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney hitting President Barack Obama for supposedly scrapping a welfare work rule. The ad is blatantly false; a fabrication critics say…
Test your skills: Which are the real conspiracy theories about Obama?
We’ve all heard of the birthers, who believe that President Obama wasn’t really born in Hawai’i and is thus ineligible for his office. And no one could’ve missed the fact that 17 percent of Americans believe that he’s actually a Muslim. But, in fact, there’s a whole host of conspiracies…
Iowa Rep. Steve King wants bill to repeal everything Obama has done
Rep. Steve King (R-IA), a favorite among tea party Republicans, told an audience on Tuesday that he would like to introduce a bill that, once enacted, would nullify every single law President Barack Obama has signed over the last three years. King is running for reelection against Democrat Christie Vilsack,…
Where’s The Beef? It’s All In This Woman’s Fridge
RNC Chair Reince Priebus is deeply concerned about your grocery bill. Prices, you see, have gone up, and he is very, very sad about the whole thing. It’s unfair that a typical American grocery bill has gone up nearly fifteen percent since Barack Obama began seizing all of our goats and…
MSNBC host Harris-Perry: Romney’s ad stokes racial resentment
MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry said Tuesday that Mitt Romney’s latest advertisement subtlety used race to attack President Barack Obama. “I do think on the question of tactics, you can use African American bodies, particularly the bodies of poor black women, as a bogey man, as a wedge — the goal…
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