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Chris Hayes: Why Republicans hate Clint Eastwood’s commercial
Dirty Harry has turned against the GOP. That’s basically the message in last night’s episode of The Rachel Maddow Show, during which guest host Chris Hayes examined the popular Chrysler Super Bowl ad featuring Oscar-winning director Clint Eastwood. His conclusion: Eastwood’s sideways endorsement of the auto bailouts punches conservatives where…
Ron Paul: ‘The welfare system helps the wealthy’
Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul wants to abolish all income taxes — but he says he’ll have to completely destroy the “welfare system” to do it. During CNN’s Republican debate in Florida on Thursday, moderator Wolf Blitzer asked Paul if he agreed with the tax policies that former President Ronald…
Hinckley is a ‘danger’ if released: psychiatrist
John Hinckley’s tendency to lie and his isolation increase the risk that he presents a new danger to society after 30 years of confinement for shooting president Ronald Reagan, a psychiatrist told a federal judge. The judge is reviewing Hinckley’s case to decide whether to expand the conditional release rights…
Cantor refuses to admit Reagan raised taxes
Appearing on the CBS News program 60 Minutes on Sunday night, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) experienced an awkward moment when he was challenged to admit that his hero, President Ronald Reagan, did in fact raise taxes. Cantor was speaking with interviewer Lesley Stahl, who asked if he was…
Ronald Reagan shooter seeks more time out of jail
WASHINGTON — The gunman who tried to assassinate president Ronald Reagan in March 1981 appealed on Wednesday to be allowed more time outside the psychiatric hospital where he has held for nearly 30 years. John Hinckley, 56, “won’t be a danger to himself and to others,” his attorney Barry Levine…
Vandals leave Reagan statue leaning left
A larger-than-life statue of former U.S. President Ronald Reagan has been removed from Bonita Canyon Sports Park in Newport Beach, California after it was damaged by vandals. The crooks attempted to steal the bronze statue using a chain and truck, according to Newport Beach police. City crews have since removed…
Romney adviser: Women ‘aren’t discriminated against anymore’
A legal adviser to Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign recently told Newsweek that women are no longer discriminated against in the United States. Romney announced the formation of his “Justice Advisory Committee” in August. The group is co-chaired by former District of Columbia federal appeals judge Robert Bork. Bork was nominated…
Obama invokes Reagan to rebut class warfare charge
DALLAS, Texas — President Barack Obama on Tuesday invoked conservative icon Ronald Reagan to rebut Republican claims his plans to raise taxes on the rich smacked of class warfare. In a campaign event in Texas, Obama referred to a speech that former president Reagan gave about tax reform in Atlanta…
Obama uses decaying bridge to slam Republicans
CINCINNATI, Ohio — US President Barack Obama on Thursday used a decaying bridge between the states of his top two political foes to step up his push for his economic rescue plan. Obama traveled to Cincinnati in the key 2012 swing state of Ohio, to renew his demands that a…
Ron Paul’s latest ad slams Rick Perry as ‘Al Gore’s Texas cheerleader’
Congressman Ron Paul’s presidential campaign released a new advertisement on Tuesday that attacks his rival Texas Gov. Rick Perry for his involvement in Al Gore’s 1988 presidential bid. The ad also highlights Paul’s early support for former President Ronald Reagan The 60-second spot will be aired in New Hampshire and…
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