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Romney suggests Obama has ‘beef’ with Bill Clinton
Speaking in Iowa on Tuesday, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney suggested that President Barack Obama has “beef” with former President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, which may have led him to abandon “the Clinton doctrine” of balancing budgets to counter-balance spending. “President Obama tucked away the…
The Stench Of Funny Money
Politico’s Ben White gets his inner Matt Taibbi on and declares that voter don’t understand the nuances behind last week’s $2 billion Big Casino loss from Jaime Dimon and JP Morgan Chase (or the fact that Republicans in Congress fatally weakened the Dodd-Frank legislation), the only thing they understand is…
Perino calls marriage equality ‘crass politics of the left’
Former Bush spokeswoman Dana Perino on Monday said that President Barack Obama only ended the “charade” that he did not support same sex marriage because his campaign wanted to use “crass politics” to divert attention from the economy. Over the weekend, conservative New York Times columnist Ross Douthat charged that…
Gun group responds to ‘silly’ story by pointing rifle at Rand Paul
The Virginia-based firearms advocacy group that published an image this week depicting a rifle pointed at President Barack Obama’s head, attached a letter by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), responded to Raw story’s reporting on Friday by turning the rifle around and pointing it at the Kentucky Republican instead. “A silly story,…
Virginia Republican group denounces its own call for ‘armed revolution’
The Republican Party of Greene County, Virginia denounced on Thursday an essay it published in March, which demanded that conservatives take up arms and overthrow the government if President Barack Obama is reelected. “The Greene County Republican Committee denounces such language and does not subscribe to that thinking,” a prepared…
Rand Paul endorses campaign depicting gun pointed at Obama’s head
An email campaign launched this week (pictured, below) featuring the endorsement of Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) depicts a rifle pointing at President Barack Obama’s head, and a message about an imaginary “million rifle ban” the president is allegedly seeking to implement. “Death threats against this president are up 400 percent…
President Obama Gives Marriage Equality a Leg Up: He Voices His Support for SSM
Same-sex couples should be able to get married. – President Obama I awoke this morning* to the momentous news that President Barack Obama had come out in support of SSM. Let me tell you, after the bruising defeat of Amendment One passing last night in NC and the aftermath, I…
Chris Matthews compares LGBT Republicans to indentured servants
MSNBC host Chris Matthews on Wednesday praised President Barack Obama for endorsing same sex marriage. “President Obama remains a maker of history,” he said. “He was the first African American to serve as our President and now he is the leader of another kind: the first President to state his…
Log Cabin Republicans: Obama manipulating LGBT families for political gain
The Log Cabin Republicans, a group dedicated to representing LGBT Republicans, on Wednesday derided President Barack Obama’s endorsement of same sex marriage. “That the president has chosen today, when LGBT Americans are mourning the passage of Amendment One, to finally speak up for marriage equality is offensive and callous,” said…
Obama declares himself ‘evolved’ on marriage equality
In an interview with ABC News today, following a lot of back-and-forth about the nature of his position on marriage equality, President Obama announced that he had finally come to the conclusion that civil unions are not enough to guarantee that “gay and lesbian Americans should be treated fairly and…
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