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Obama behind the eight ball

Washington Times, by Editorial Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/14/2012 5:21:17 AM Post Reply

With two disastrous debate performances behind it, the Obama-Biden ticket is in trouble. President Obama’s supporters assumed the win was in the bag. Though Mitt Romney is taking the lead in national polls, Democratic strategists confidently argued Mr. Romney lacked a path to electoral victory because he would have to “run the table” of the swing states in order to win. Mr. Romney is turning out to be more of a pool shark than they expected. The latest battleground polls show a Romney surge in the critical swing states. The nine most noted swing states are Florida (29 electoral votes),

Winston Churchill's bitter
battle with the BBC

Telegraph [UK], by Nick Robinson Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 10/14/2012 5:14:55 AM Post Reply

John Reith, the BBC’s founding father, had always disliked Winston Churchill and ended up loathing him. After the war, he remarked: “A whole lot of people could have done it better and more cheaply.” Even when Churchill was dead, Reith refused to walk past his commemorative plaque in the floor of Westminster Abbey. The feeling had been mutual. Churchill referred to the puritanical Scot who towered over him as “that Wuthering Height”, and wrote: “I absolutely hate him.” These two gigantic egos were always likely to collide spectacularly. Both men had enormous self-belief and very little self-doubt. This was a

The Women in the Lance
Armstrong Doping Scandal

ABC News, by Neal Karlinsky Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/14/2012 5:14:09 AM Post Reply

Behind the riders, the drugs and the secrets there were the women. And they made choices, too, choices that may have set in motion the unraveling of the greatest doping scandal in the history of sport. In 2004, Lance Armstrong's most trusted teammate George Hincapie wrote an email to the man who used to be Armstrong's closest friend on the bike circuit, Frankie Andreu. It said: "I cannot understand how you can just sit around and let betsy try and take down the whole team." It was a reference to Andreu's wife, Betsy, who had started doing something

The Nobel Peace Bribe and
Bureaucratic Self-Congratulation

Commentary Magazine, by Seth A. Mandel Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/14/2012 5:09:46 AM Post Reply

In 2009, when Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, it was pointed out that his nomination for the award almost perfectly coincided with his inauguration as president–that is, he was given the award not for anything he had done, but rather for what the Nobel Committee wanted him to do. Hoping for American surrender in the Middle East and capitulation in the war on terror, the Nobel Committee assumed Obama shared their penchant for appeasement and decided to nudge him along. Since there are often candidates for the prize that actually deserve it,

The Mystery of Benghazi

New York Times, by Ross Douthat Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/14/2012 5:04:09 AM Post Reply

TWENTY-FOUR hours after the American compound in Benghazi was attacked and our ambassador murdered, the tragedy seemed more likely to help President Obama’s re-election campaign than to damage it. The White House already enjoyed more public credibility on foreign policy than on almost any other issue. When Mitt Romney reacted to the attack with a partisan broadside, portraying a news release sent out by the Cairo embassy before any violence began as a White House apology to the attackers, the president’s path forward seemed clear. He would be disciplined and careful, show anger and steel but also coolness under pressure,

Daily Breakdown: Romney's
Best Polling Day Yet

New Republic, by Nate Cohn Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/14/2012 4:56:21 AM Post Reply

After a week of swing state polls going Obama’s way, Romney finally added a wave of strong showings in the battleground states while preserving his lead in the national polls.(Snip for graph)This is probably Romney’s best polling day of this election. Not only did he hold leads in the battleground state polls but Romney made relatively large gains compared to pre-DNC surveys. And the North Carolina poll where Obama led was partially conducted prior to the debate and Romney led by 6 points in the post-debate sample. Romney even led a poll in Nevada,

Liberalism, Manic & Depressive

Weekly Standard, by William Kristol Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/14/2012 4:43:21 AM Post Reply

n the first presidential debate of 2012, we saw, up close and personal, what Harvey Mansfield called in last week’s issue the ennui of Barack Obama. Obama’s ennui is related to his dislike for the real challenges of governing. More fundamentally, his ennui reflects his declinism. What’s exciting about governing for the next four years if it’s just going to involve managing austerity at home and decline abroad? It’s a depressing prospect. Obama is depressed because today’s liberalism is depressing. Obama is world-weary because modern liberalism is world-weary. Hope and change was just campaign talk.

Lord of the Rings: Obama’s
wedding band allegedly carries
word ‘Allah’

Al Arabiya, by Katherine Jane O'Neill Original Article

Posted By: onashi- 10/14/2012 2:16:05 AM Post Reply

Only three weeks away from the U.S. presidential elections facing off a tie between the two parties, unverified photographs of President Obama’s wedding band have been published online, claiming the ring to have the Islamic declaration of faith, known in Arabic as ‘Shahada.’ World Net Daily (WND), a conservative online news agency, initially reported on Wednesday that Obama’s wedding band has the inscription of the first part of the Islamic Shahada: “There is no other god but Allah.”

Next Debate Topics Announced.
Unfortunately for Obama, the Minaj/Carey Feud
is Not on the List

P J Media, by Bryan Preston Original Article

Posted By: ketchuplover- 10/14/2012 1:54:01 AM Post Reply

President Obama spent his valuable time this morning weighing in on the Nicki Minaj/Mariah Carey feud. No, I’m not making that up for the sake of a joke. It’s a real story. Earlier today, President Obama called into Y100s Michael YO! Show, where he weighed in on a very serious topic plaguing the pop world – the American Idol fight between judges Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj. What better person to give their opinion on the American Idol spat, other than the top American himself. The president told Y100 that he believes that the

Coal miners ask Obama to stop
‘absolute lies’

Herald Star [OH], by Casey Junkins Original Article

Posted By: ketchuplover- 10/14/2012 1:39:09 AM Post Reply

Beallsville - Coal miners at the American Energy Corp. Century Mine said they want President Barack Obama to stop what they term the war on coal - and to stop spreading mistruths about them. (snip) The miners said Obamas campaign team is running ads filled with blatantly false statements about the miners regarding their participation in Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romneys August campaign stop at the Century Mine. These ads assert that the miners were forced to attend the event by the mines owner, Robert Murray. There are numerous false statements and absolute lies concerning our participation in

Obama bites the hand that
feeds him - Thread Closed

Powerline, by Paul Mirengoff Original Article

Posted By: ketchuplover- 10/14/2012 1:18:37 AM Post Reply

Former President Clinton has been working overtime to drag Barack Obama across the finish line in this year’s election. (snip) To save his political career, Obama would throw his own grandmother under the bus she supposedly rode to her job at the bank everyday because his grandfather thought it would be racist to give her a ride. And Biden’s 2016 presidential ambitions (no, I’m not joking) provide him with an extra incentive to see Hillary Clinton become the fall-gal for Benghazi. How is Bill Clinton taking this? According to author Ed Klein, he is not taking it lying down.

Suicide bomber targets
Afghan intelligence agents

BBC News, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/14/2012 12:42:36 AM Post Reply

At least five Afghan security staff have been killed in suicide and roadside bomb attacks. At least three intelligence officers were killed by a suicide bomber outside an intelligence agency building in the southern province, Kandahar. Some reports said four Afghans were killed in the attack, as well as two members of the international coalition. In neighbouring Zabul province, a roadside bomb killed two policemen and wounded three others. In the Kandahar attack, a bomber, reportedly on foot, targeted Afghan intelligence agents and international staff at an entry checkpoint to the National Directorate of Security (NDS) in Maruf district.

Chaos ensues after high school
principal replaces hall
passes with toilet plungers

New York Post, by Yoav Gonen Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/14/2012 12:40:17 AM Post Reply

Turns out it was a crappy idea. The principal of a Hell’s Kitchen HS that used to be among the most violent in the city had students using wooden toilet plungers as hall passes this school year. The half-baked scheme by the second-year principal at the HS of Graphic Communication Arts that placed 2-foot-long plungers in every classroom last month immediately plunged the school into chaos, a source said. “The kids were using the plungers to whack each other, to pop ceiling tiles in the bathroom,” the source said. “They were sticking it in the toilet and then flinging them

Obama bites the hand
that feeds him

Power Line, by Paul Mirengoff Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 10/14/2012 12:39:28 AM Post Reply

Former President Clinton has been working overtime to drag Barack Obama across the finish line in this year’s election. Clinton has been hands-down President Obama’s most effective advocate. His personal credibility may not be substantial, but unlike Obama, Clinton produced a non-disastrous presidency. Thus, his overall credibility vastly exceeds that of the current president. So how is Obama awarding Clinton for his heavy lifting? By throwing Clinton’s wife under the Benghazi bus, it appears. On Friday, White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters that responsibility for the consulate in Libya

Romney's Tax Plan Actually
Makes A Lot Of Sense

Business Insider, by Mark Cuban Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/14/2012 12:36:10 AM Post Reply

After watching interviews of Governor Romney and the debates, both Presidential and VP, I’m starting to fully get my arms around how Governor Romney works and the details of his tax plan. Governor Romney is a successful financier. He is an amazing deal maker. When he has control of a situation, he knows exactly how to get things done. (Snip) his is how I see his plan: - He will work to create bipartisan agreement to reduce federal spending as a share of GDP to 20 percent – its pre-crisis average – by 2016. - He will work to create

Mamas, Don’t Let Your
Babies Grow Up to Be Biden

Townhall, by Doug Giles Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/14/2012 12:30:21 AM Post Reply

“When a wise man has a controversy with a foolish man, the foolish man either rages or laughs, and there is no rest.” —Proverbs 29:9 I was going to title this column, “How Not to Be a Smarmy, Bellicose, Horse-Toothed Dork Like Biden.” However, upon deeper contemplation I thought I’d direct it toward parents as an attempt to save the next generation from the insufferable effects of the boorish Biden bug. To call Biden an ass-clown after last Thursday’s debate with Rep. Paul Ryan is to insult bottoms, donkeys and Bozos far and wide. I’m surprised Joe didn’t fart loudly

US ambassador: Internet fee
proposal gaining momentum

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Brendan Sasso Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/14/2012 12:23:51 AM Post Reply

U.S. Ambassador Terry Kramer warned on Friday that a proposal to give a United Nations agency more control over the Internet is gaining momentum in other countries. Proposals to expand the U.N.'s International Telecommunications Union's (ITU) authority over the Internet could come up at a treaty conference in Dubai in December. European telecommunications companies are pushing a plan that would create new rules that would allow them to charge more to carry international traffic. (Snip) Kramer said the idea of an international Internet fee is "gaining more interest in the African states and also in the Arab states."

Prop. 30 inspires voter registration
drives aimed at students

Los Angeles Times, by Larry Gordon Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/14/2012 12:17:49 AM Post Reply

Cal State L.A. senior Jason Jimenez didn't hesitate when asked recently why he was registering to vote for the first time. "Prop. 30," he said. Jimenez was referring to the November ballot measure that would temporarily raise state sales taxes and the income taxes of high earners. It's being touted as the only way to avoid tuition increases this year at California's public universities, and if it passes, Cal State students could get a tuition rebate.

Video From Benghazi Consulate
Shows Organized Attack

Daily Beast, by Eli Lake Original Article

Posted By: earlybird- 10/14/2012 12:17:09 AM Post Reply

Video footage from the United States consulate in Benghazi, Libya, taken the night of the Sept. 11 anniversary attacks, shows an organized group of armed men attacking the compound, according to two U.S. intelligence officials who have seen the footage and are involved in the ongoing investigation. The footage, which was recovered from the site last week by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, offers some of the most tangible evidence yet that a military-style assault took place, according to these officials.(Snip)Video from the compound’s cameras debunk the initial line from the Obama administration that there was a protest in front

Romney surge in Ohio tests
both campaigns' strategies

Los Angeles Times, by David Lauter Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/14/2012 12:08:03 AM Post Reply

Cincinatti - With a sudden infusion of cash and a major investment of time, Mitt Romney has redoubled his efforts to win Ohio, trying to overcome President Obama's months-long lead in the crucial campaign battleground. Ohio has been on the winning side of every presidential election since 1964, largely for the same reason that consumer-products companies like to use the state as a test market — it closely resembles the nation in miniature. But the resemblance is not perfect; the state has leaned just slightly more Republican than the country as a whole, meaning that a GOP nominee who cannot

U.S. intelligence hurt when
Libya base was abandoned

Reuters, by Mark Hosenball Original Article

Posted By: earlybird- 10/14/2012 12:06:17 AM Post Reply

WASHINGTON - U.S. intelligence efforts in Libya have suffered a significant setback due to the abandonment and exposure of a facility in Benghazi, Libya identified by a newspaper as a "CIA base" following a congressional hearing this week, according to U.S. government sources.(Snip) The publication of satellite photos showing the site's location and layout have made it difficult, if not impossible, for intelligence agencies to reoccupy the site, according to government sources, speaking on condition of anonymity. The post had been a base for, among other things, collecting information on the proliferation of weaponry looted from Libyan government arsenals,

Romney camp smiling
over Biden's debate smirks

Washington Examiner, by Brian Hughes Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/14/2012 12:03:33 AM Post Reply

The defining image of the 2012 vice presidential debate was Joe Biden's smirk -- and that's just fine with Republicans. For months, Mitt Romney has been attempting to convince voters he is the adult needed to clean up the mess President Obama has made of the economy. (Snip) "We're confident that the more people see the debate, the more voters are going to view Biden as a petulant clown," a Romney campaign official told The Washington Examiner. "Our side looks serious and focused on the nation's problems. The crazy uncle may be entertaining, but it's the opposite of presidential."

Is Obama Running Out of
Ammunition Against Romney?

Breitbart's Big Government, by Mike Flynn Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 10/14/2012 12:02:07 AM Post Reply

On October 3rd, Mitt Romney gave an epic performance at the first presidential debate in Denver. According to Gallup, Americans, by a 52-point margin--the most ever recorded--said Romney won the debate against Obama. In the aftermath, Romney has taken a steady lead in most national and state polls. There is no need to dissect here the details of the debate or the candidates' performance. More interesting to me is what didn't happen after the debate. There wasn't the usual push-back from the Obama campaign. This is highly unusual. Since the first campaign in 2008, in the face of any setback

Hillary Clinton reveals what REALLY
led to Benghazi massacre - and
demolishes White House claim it
was triggered by anti-Islam film

Daily Mail [UK], by Toby Harnden Original Article

Posted By: earlybird- 10/13/2012 11:28:25 PM Post Reply

The State Department has said that it never believed the September 11th attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi was the result of a protest over an anti-Islam movie - directly contracting the rest of the Obama administration. By trying to distance her department from the inept and deceptive handling of the Benghazi attack, which left U.S. ambassador Chris Stevens and three other American officials dead, Hillary Clinton could help herself politically for a 2016 presidential run. A dramatic new account by the State Department reveals that Stevens was locked inside a 'safe room' choking to death

Stratfor: Egypt Is Prepared To Bomb All
Ethiopia's Nile Dams And Water Facilities

Business Insider, by Michael Kelley & Robert Johnson Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/13/2012 11:14:07 PM Post Reply

In 2010 Egypt discussed taking military action in cooperation with Sudan against Ethiopia to protect their stake in Nile River, according to internal emails from the U.S. private-security firm Stratfor. Egypt and Sudan get 90 percent of the river’s water under colonial-era accords while upstream countries including Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Kenya and Ethiopia have been clamoring for a new deal during more than a decade of talks. (Snip) Ethiopia became an even bigger threat a month after the Egyptian Revolution toppled President Hosni Mubarak in February 2011 when they announced

New Obama ad: Few presidents
have faced so many challenges

Hot Air, by Erika Johnsen Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/13/2012 11:11:03 PM Post Reply

The Obama campaign released a new ad this morning in which we’re treated to an epical presentation of President Obama’s hard-fought achievements — because nothing says “historic” like a classic Morgan Freeman narration. (Snip) So… other presidents have faced 9/11, the Cold War, WWII, the Great Depression, WWI, the various other recessions of the 20th century, and etcetera… but we’re to understand that few presidents have faced challenges on par with those “inherited” by The One. Huh. That doesn’t reek of hubris at all. There’s no question that every era, every generation,

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