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GOP Rep. introduces bill to trigger Obama’s impeachment
In a House Resolution introduced last week, Rep. Walter B. Jones (R-NC) put forward use of the military by the executive branch without explicit authorization from Congress as an impeachable offense: one which some conservatives believe President Barack Obama has already committed. The bill’s author, Rep. Jones, was once a…
Harris-Perry slams Breitbart.com for ‘lies’ on Derrick Bell
New MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry criticized conservative website Breitbart.com for creating controversy over an old video from President Barack Obama’s days as a student at Harvard University Law School. This past week, Breitbart.com indicated that Obama’s introduction and hugging of the late African-American Harvard professor Derrick Bell at a protest…
Senate rejects oil pipeline plans
WASHINGTON — The US Senate voted down Thursday a measure to start building the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline between Canada and the Gulf Coast of Texas despite President Barack Obama’s opposition. The Senate measure was introduced by minority Republican lawmakers upset at Obama’s decision to delay a decision on…
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Reich: ‘Rising gas prices’ controlled by Wall St.
UC Berkeley professor Robert Reich explained Friday evening the real reason for rising gas prices in America, thanks to price speculation on Wall Street and not through “supply and demand.” Appearing on Current TV’s The War Room, Reich told Jennifer Graholm how President Obama could do little to control the…
After big primary loss, Santorum retools message for must-win Ohio
GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan (Reuters) – After missing a golden opportunity to dethrone the front-runner, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum has begun to retool his message as he turns his sights to Super Tuesday. Santorum fell to rival Mitt Romney in the latter’s home state of Michigan even though it appeared…
Santorum: ‘I wish I had back’ that JFK ‘throw up’ line
Rick Santorum wished Tuesday morning that he could rescind his statement of wanting to “throw up” after hearing former President John F. Kennedy’s 1960 speech on the separation of church and state. Appearing on the Laura Ingraham Show, the GOP presidential candidate expressed some regret for his comments this past…
Romney: ‘Not willing to light my hair on fire’ to win
Mitt Romney has reinvented himself over and over again since he began campaigning in 1994, but he says there limits to what he will do to get elected. During a visit to his campaign headquarters in Michigan on Tuesday, a reporter asked the Republican presidential candidate why GOP voters were…
Santorum: Obama is ‘a snob’ who ‘wants everybody to go to college’
GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum once again attacked President Barack Obama on wanting students to go to college Saturday morning, calling the president a “snob” on the campaign trail in Troy, Michigan. Santorum spoke the tea party group Americans For Prosperity’s Michigan branch and received a round of applauds for…
GOP reliance on ‘culture wars’ turning off younger voters
By Patricia Zengerle Feb 24, 2012 13:02 EST FAIRFAX, Virginia (Reuters) – Colleen Wilson has all the makings of a foot soldier for whichever Republican becomes the nominee to oppose President Barack Obama in the November election. The Virginia college student comes from a conservative family and describes herself as…
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