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Obama: Under Romney, U.S.
would 'survive,' but not 'thrive'

Politico, by Josh Gerstein Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 9/25/2012 12:03:11 PM Post Reply

NEW YORK — President Barack Obama suggested Monday that electing Republican nominee Mitt Romney as president wouldn't be a disaster for the country, but would leave the U.S. in a state of malaise. "What would be so terrible if Mitt Romney were elected? Would it be disastrous for the country?" veteran TV journalist Barbara Walters asked Obama during a taping of "The View." "We can survive a lot. But the American people don't want to just survive. We want to thrive. I've just got a different vision of how we grow an economy.

Talk about jumping on the
bandwagon! Ohio marching
band joins the Gangnam craze
in hilarious dance video as
they stop, drop and roll to
the beat

Daily Mail (UK), by Laura Cox Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 9/25/2012 11:50:24 AM Post Reply

This is the moment a group of university musicians proved there's fun to be had at band camp. Members of Ohio University Marching 110 are the latest to shoot a Gangnam-style video of themselves prancing around mimicking Korean rapper Psy. Performing ahead of a football game against Norfolk State on Saturday, the 200-strong self-dubbed 'most exciting band in the land' began their performance like any other, bopping happily to the beat of the music. Scroll down for video

MSNBC: Obama should be meeting
with the NFL to resolve replacement
refs issue

Washington Examiner, by Charlie Spiering Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 9/25/2012 11:50:18 AM Post Reply

An MSNBC guest this morning suggested that President Obama should meet with the NFL to resolve the issue surrounding the replacement refs, after a weekend of mistakes culminated in a controversial call during a Green Bay Packers game against the Seattle Seahawks. As the news hosts wrapped up a segment discussing Obama’s failure to meet with foreign leaders, they switched subjects to talk about the NFL replacement refs. "Why aren’t we trashing NFL officials?” Chuck Todd asked, as host Joe Scarborough was wrapping up a segment criticizing Obama. “Sorry, I’m like frothing at the mouth,

It’s Obama’s Turn To Release
Some Documents

CBS Washington, by Scott Paulson Original Article

Posted By: MPierson- 9/25/2012 11:49:47 AM Post Reply

Last Friday, GOP presidential challenger Mitt Romney disclosed his tax returns and health records. In particular, the release of the tax information was a pleasant surprise – released without pre-announcement or fanfare. Romney gave information that dates back to 1990 which ought to close Harry Reid’s mouth for a time – but, of course, no guarantee that he’ll finally sit and listen for very long. Now that the political “left” has seen what it has been screaming for – and now that the “left” has finally learned what they really knew all along,

Madonna: 'We have a black
Muslim in the White House!
Now that’s some amazing sh-t'

Washington Examiner, by Charlie Spiering Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 9/25/2012 11:42:07 AM Post Reply

At a concert in Washington, D.C. on Monday night, Madonna explained why she expected all of her fans to vote for Obama. “Y’all better vote for f–king Obama, OK? For better or for worse, all right? We have a black Muslim in the White House! Now that’s some amazing s–t,” Madonna said. “It means there is hope in this country. And Obama is fighting for gay rights, so support the man, g-damnit."

Romney Eyes Hollywood Return After
Successful Weekend Fundraiser

Deadline Hollywood, by Dominic Patten Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 9/25/2012 11:38:00 AM Post Reply

Turns out Mitt Romney is a big fan of Hollywood. After pulling in $6 million in a fundraiser Saturday at the Beverly Hilton, the GOP candidate could be back in town soon. “This weekend’s event was very successful and there are plans to try to get the Governor back in Los Angeles again after the first or second debate for a similar occasion,” a source close to the Romney campaign told Deadline. The first Presidential debate is October 3, with a second October 16 and a final face-to-face October 22. On Saturday night, 1,500 donors showed up for

Among some Paul Ryan backers,
disappointment at Romney
campaign trajectory

Wasshington Post, by Felicia Sonmez and David A. Fahrenthold Original Article

Posted By: tisHimself- 9/25/2012 11:19:45 AM Post Reply

Conservatives had hoped that Mitt Romney’s choice of House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (Wis.) as his running mate would make Romney act more like Ryan — bold, specific, confident. Instead, in the six weeks since Ryan became the GOP vice presidential nominee — and particularly in the three weeks since the Republican National Convention — there has been mounting concern among Republicans that the pick has made Ryan look more like Romney — vague, cautious and limited to preset talking points.

House Dems tally violent weather
in push for climate action

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Ben Geman Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 9/25/2012 11:16:13 AM Post Reply

Two senior House Democrats are circulating a detailed tally of extreme weather in the U.S. and worldwide as they seek to rebuild political support for congressional action to battle global warming. Reps. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Edward Markey (D-Mass.) – authors of the big climate-change bill that narrowly passed the House in 2009 – released a report Tuesday about record-setting heat waves, droughts, violent storms and other costly disasters. The report arrives at a time when climate-change legislation is frozen on Capitol Hill. Advocates are instead playing defense against GOP efforts to scuttle federal greenhouse gas regulations

Obama Adviser: 'If He Met
With One Leader, He Would
Have to Meet With 10.'

Weekly Standard, by Daniel Halper Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 9/25/2012 11:01:17 AM Post Reply

The reason why President Obama is not meeting with any foreign leaders during this week's United Nations General Assembly in New York is, as one aide to the president explained, because "If he met with one leader, he would have to meet with 10." The reasoning was explained that way to the New York Times. "Mr. Obama was scheduled to attend a reception for world leaders at the United Nations on Monday night. But a campaign adviser acknowledged privately that in this election year, campaigning trumped meetings with world leaders.

The Internet Doesn't
Need More Regulation

American.com, by Jeff Eisenach Original Article

Posted By: eagleblurst- 9/25/2012 10:59:25 AM Post Reply

Two cases on data roaming and net neutrality deal with similar economic issues: Will more regulation improve the market for Internet-based communications? Last Thursday, the D.C. Court of Appeals heard oral arguments on whether to uphold the Federal Communications Commission’s so-called “data roaming” rules, which would impose new open-access regulations on wireless broadband companies. The issues at bar—including whether imposing such a requirement on an Internet carrier amounts to “common carrier” regulation—are similar to the issues the court will face when it rules on the FCC’s net neutrality regulations next year.
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Ahmadinejad Getting no Love From
Occupy Wall Street Protestors

PJ Media, by Rick Moran Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 9/25/2012 10:53:21 AM Post Reply

Daniel Halper at the Weekly Standard reports that the Iranian Fars News Agency has indicated that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will visit with protestors from Occupy Wall Street. “Ahmadinejad is also set to meet American university students, artists, intellectuals and elites, including Occupy Wall Street anti-capitalist protestors, despite the ongoing efforts made by the pro-Zionist lobbies to prevent direct link between American people and the Iranian president,” the Iranian organ Fars News reports. But the OWS folks see a plot to discredit them. They angrily refuted the report and denounced the Iranian president:

Court rules out-of-state students
have right to vote in New Hampshire

Union Leader [Manchester, NH], by John Quinn Original Article

Posted By: nhchemist- 9/25/2012 10:50:29 AM Post Reply

Strafford County Superior Court Judge John Lewis ruled Monday that out-of-state students have the right to vote in New Hampshire, a decision immediately criticized by top Republican legislators. “New Hampshire citizens have a right to elect individuals of their own choosing,” House Speaker William O'Brien said in a joint statement with Senate President Peter Bragdon. “Allowing non-residents into New Hampshire to dictate who will be our presidential choice, who shall be our governor, and who shall represent us in the Legislature takes away our voting rights.”

57 Top U.S. Muslim Groups Demanded
Government-Wide ‘Islamophobia
purge’ in Letter to White House

PJ Media, by Patrick Poole Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 9/25/2012 10:49:08 AM Post Reply

In an excellent article yesterday by Kerry Picket of the Washington Times on the influence of Muslim groups on changing the language used in national security documents and protocol (the whole article is worth the read), Picket reports that last October several dozen top US Muslim groups sent a letter to White House “Assassination Czar” John Brennan demanding that the Obama administration establish a task force with these same organizations to “purge” (their word) US government counter-terrorism training of views them deem offensive. Picket states: By 2011, Obama’s Counterterrorism and Deputy national security advisor John Brennan

School Lunch Fiasco:
Only the Beginning

National Review Magazine, by Stanley Kurtz Original Article

Posted By: Scottyboy- 9/25/2012 10:40:00 AM Post Reply

Drudge today links a student protest video objecting to Michelle Obama’s school lunch regulations, and stories about school lunch complaints are cropping up everywhere.(snip)Her child happened to attend one of the first schools in the country to use textbooks created to teach Obama’s new national curriculum. Most Americans have no idea that the president has circumvented the legal and constitutional prohibitions and imposed a national school curriculum on the states. Nor will they wake up to this disturbing fact until a second Obama term.

Reporters Press WH:
Why Isn’t Obama Meeting
With Foreign Leaders in NY?

Cybercast News Service, by Susan Jones Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 9/25/2012 10:38:36 AM Post Reply

When President Obama addresses the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday morning, he will "put the international situation in context" and "put forward a vision of U.S. leadership," White House spokesman Jay Carney said on Monday. But Carney had a tougher time explaining to White House reporters why Obama will not hold formal meetings with any foreign leaders while he's in New York. Carney said that Obama would "certainly encounter many leaders" at a Monday night reception and again on Tuesday. Carney also mentioned that Obama has had "extensive consultations" by telephone in the last few weeks

Chris Christie: If Election
Were Held Tomorrow, ‘That
Would Be A Problem’

Mediaite, by Meenal Vamburkar Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 9/25/2012 10:26:08 AM Post Reply

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie took a moment to remark on the state of Mitt Romney‘s campaign today, noting there’s much to be done before the finish line come November. But thankfully, they’ve got a bit of time — because were the election tomorrow, he said, it wouldn’t bode well for Team Romney. We had a bad week — if the election were going to be held tomorrow that would be a problem, but there’s a lot of ground to cover in the next 42 days,” Christie told reporters, according to Bloomberg.

Obama on 'The View': U.S.
Would 'Survive' But Not
'Thrive' in a Romney Presidency:
Politico's Gerstein Ignores
Past 44 Months

Newsbusters, by Tom Blumer Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 9/25/2012 10:21:47 AM Post Reply

He clearly doesn't suffer from a shortage of chutzpah. According to the Politico's Josh Gerstein, President Barack Obama was asked the following question by The View's Barabara Walters in a Monday appearance to be broadcast on Tuesday: "What would be so terrible if Mitt Romney were elected? Would it be disastrous for the country?" His response: "We can survive a lot. But the American people don't want to just survive. We want to thrive. I've just got a different vision of how we grow an economy. We grow fastest when the middle class is doing well."

Reid: I agree Romney has
'sullied' Mormonism

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Justin Sink Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 9/25/2012 10:21:33 AM Post Reply

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said during a conference call Monday that he agreed Mitt Romney had "sullied" their shared Mormon faith with his comments about "47 percent" of Americans secretly recorded during a fundraiser earlier this year. Reid was discussing an op-ed published in the Huffington Post by Gregory A. Prince, who argued in his column that voters should "not judge Mormonism on the basis of the Mitt Romney that was unveiled to the public this week." "He is not the face of Mormonism," Price continued. Reid, on a conference call with reporters, said he agreed

Obama makes room for ‘The View’

The Washington Post, by Dana Milbank Original Article

Posted By: chicodon- 9/25/2012 10:18:58 AM Post Reply

As heads of government arrived in New York on Monday to attend the opening of the United Nations General Assembly, President Obama also made his way to Manhattan but to see a different group of world leaders: Barbara, Elisabeth, Joy, Sherri and Whoopi. (snip) But Mitt Romney isn’t in an ideal position to press Obama on his priorities. This is because the Republican presidential nominee and his wife, Ann, just spent some quality time on the set of “Live! With Kelly and Michael,” where they discussed, among other things, Snooki, peanut butter and chocolate milk, their toothpaste-squeezing techniques, Romney’s singing

Ahmadinejad criticizes Navy SEALS
for killing Osama bin Laden

Washington Examiner, by Charlie Spiering Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 9/25/2012 10:14:31 AM Post Reply

During an interview with Piers Morgan last night, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad explained that Osama bin Laden deserved a fair trial, instead of being shot to death by Navy SEALS. Morgan asked Ahmadinejad if he was “pleased” that Navy SEALS had killed Osama bin Laden. “I would have been happier to see a transparent trial, a formal trial, and find out the root causes of all of the events of the last few years,” the Iranian president said via a translator

Secretary Clinton Subtly
Weighs in on Tax Debate

ABC News, by Dana Hughes Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 9/25/2012 10:09:11 AM Post Reply

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton appeared to subtly weigh in on the current tax debate in American politics, something she normally refrains from doing in her job as America’s top diplomat. Clinton made her comments in a keynote address address at her husband’s Global Initiative conference. She spoke primarily about America’s diplomacy goals for the 21st century. When Clinton talked about the collection of taxes in countries around the world, she was careful not to talk specifically about the United States or mention political parties or names, but after speaking generally about her

Hillary’s Thesis: The Village
Needs an Enemy (From LDot
Archive March 9, 2007)

Human Events, by Amanda Carpenter Original Article

Posted By: earlybird- 9/25/2012 10:08:06 AM Post Reply

Hillary Clinton’s political methods were founded on the theories of a 1960s radical about whom she wrote her college thesis in 1969. It may take a village to raise a child, but Clinton’s college thesis seems to say that the village politicos need an enemy to mobilize against. She titled the paper, written to fulfill her Bachelor of Arts degree at Wellesley College, “There is Only the Fight.” It praises the work of radical activist Saul Alinsky, a man who epitomized a self-interested no-holds barred campaign style that Hillary has emulated in later years. Clinton’s savvy-but-ruthless politics,

GOP takes aim at ‘skewed’ polls

The Hill [Washington DC], by Jonathan Easley Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 9/25/2012 10:06:59 AM Post Reply

The Romney campaign and other Republicans say polls showing President Obama with a significant lead over their candidate are inaccurate. They argue many mainstream polls skew in Obama’s favor because of sample sizes that base 2012 turnout projections on 2008, when Democrats — and Hispanics, blacks and young voters in particular — turned out in record numbers. “I don’t think [the polls] reflect the composition of what 2012 is going to look like,” Romney pollster Neil Newhouse said in an interview.

Madonna strips for Obama, offers
profanity-laced endorsement

The Hill [Washington DC], by Emily Goodin Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 9/25/2012 10:02:48 AM Post Reply

Madonna offered a profanity-laced endorsement of President Obama at her concert Monday night, which involved the singer stripping down to her underwear to reveal the president's name written on her body. “You all better vote for f---ing Obama okay,” she told the crowd at Washington's Verizon center. Later in the show, Madonna took off her shirt and pulled down her pants to show she had “OBAMA” written in all capital letters across her lower back.“When Obama is in the White House for a second term I'll take it all off,” she said to cheers and whistles from the audience.

Romney has been on enough planes to
know how they work. The media
needs to give him a break

Telegraph [UK], by Tom Stanley Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 9/25/2012 9:59:38 AM Post Reply

On Monday, Mitt Romney made an innocent comment at a rally in California that is being taken way too seriously by the mainstream media.[Snip] Cue howls of laughter and derision by the pundits, who seem genuinely to think that Mitt Romney reckons you should be allowed to wind down a window at 30,000 feet. Rachel Maddow--showing off her sciencey credentials--even replayed that clip from Goldfinger where the villain gets sucked out of an airplane. Maddow pointed out that even if it was a gag, Romney was joking about his wife’s near death experience--and that makes him a bad human being.

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