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Obama still wrong on Libya;
Crowley blows it

Washington Post, by Jennifer Rubin Original Article

Posted By: Drive- 10/17/2012 9:28:19 AM Post Reply

In what surely was one of the weirdest incidents in a presidential debate, CNN’s Candy Crowley egregiously sided with President Obama on his false remarks on Libya, was repeatedly and decisively fact-checked post-debate as wrong (somewhere between “mostly wrong” and “pants on fire” in my book) and then backed away from her own incorrect assertion. As was the case in the vice presidential debate, the biggest story may be the after-the-debate tumult over White House misrepresentations on Libya. Here was the exchange:
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Why Is the Anti-war Left
Silent on Assad's Killing?

RealClearWorld, by Vicken Cheterian Original Article

Posted By: cebuyer- 10/17/2012 9:27:33 AM Post Reply

Why are there no demonstrations in Paris against the violence in Syria? A friend who knows the French anti-war movement went on to supply an answer: because the French left is deeply divided between those who support the popular revolt and many others who see in the Syrian regime the last anti-imperialist Arab regime. This confusion is not limited to France. The same can be said about the anti-war movements in Britain or Australia (where in Sydney, as Syria's air-force and artillery was pounding the poor neighbourhoods of Aleppo, demonstrators demanded: "hands off Syria!"). This internal divide has little to do with what is happening in Syria or the region itself, and more to do with the left's own deep crisis of vision and theoretical clarity.
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Debate II: Obama shows up this
time, Romney stays on the attack

Investor's Business Daily, by Andrew Malcolm Original Article

Posted By: SurferLad- 10/17/2012 9:16:47 AM Post Reply

Just as a reminder of what's at stake here in the last 20 days of the 2012 presidential campaign: Gov. Mitt Romney and Barack Obama faced off in their second debate last night, a contentious 90 minutes of to-ing and fro-ing in a stilted townhall format before seven dozen allegedly undecided New Yawk votahs. Yes, it seemed more like two hours. But during those 90 minutes, the pair of would-be presidents uttered about 18,000 words.

Michelle Obama Broke Agreed
Upon Rules, Clapped At Debate

Real Clear Politics, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Drive- 10/17/2012 9:10:16 AM Post Reply

At the second presidential debate on Tuesday night, a camera caught first lady Michelle Obama clapping after moderator Candy Crowley told Republican presidential candidate Gov. Mitt Romney that President Obama called the Benghazi attack an "act of terror" soon after the attack on the U.S. consulate. Nearly all of the audible applause came from those sitting away from the actual debate, but when FOX News' camera shot moved to a bird's-eye view it became apparent that the only applause from the participating debate audience came from first lady Michelle Obama.

Gas Prices Doubled, Obama
Locks Up National Reserve

Investor's Business Daily, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: HollowLeg- 10/17/2012 9:10:00 AM Post Reply

Energy Policy: As the administration fast-tracks solar projects on public lands, it has locked up more than half of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, preferring to continue outsourcing energy jobs and dollars. The price of gasoline, which was $1.84 a gallon the day President Obama took office, has more than doubled since, willfully aided and abetted by an administration that claims we can't drill our way to energy independence as we ignore vast reserves of North American energy that dwarf OPEC's and we sit on 100 years' supply of petroleum. Few Americans have heard

Obama wins the second debate.
Too bad it’s not the one that mattered

Yahoo! News, by Jeff Greenfield Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 10/17/2012 9:04:23 AM Post Reply

When the evening began, one observation dominated the conversation: “If President Barack Obama has another debate like the last one, the election’s over.” When the evening ended, I was struck by a different thought: If Obama had performed this way at the first debate, the election would have been over. In every debate, whatever the format, whatever the questions, there is one and only one way to identify the winner: Who commands the room? Who drives the narrative? Who is in charge? More often than not on Tuesday night, I think, Obama had the better of it.

US official: CIA operative, army
intel officer among those killed in
Afghan insider attack

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Drive- 10/17/2012 8:57:37 AM Post Reply

WASHINGTON — A senior U.S. defense official says an agent for the Central Intelligence Agency was among those killed in a suicide bombing at an Afghan intelligence office — the latest so-called “insider attack” in the war. The attack Saturday in Kandahar province killed four Afghan intelligence officials and two U.S. intelligence officers. One of the Americans has been identified as a female solider — 24-year-old Brittany B. Gordon, assigned to a military intelligence company from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.

A President Without a Plan

Wall Street Journal, by Editorial Original Article

Posted By: earlybird- 10/17/2012 8:52:48 AM Post Reply

President Obama bounced off the canvas with a more spirited debate at Hofstra University on Tuesday night, as everyone expected he would. He was animated and on the attack. The question we kept asking as the evening wore on, however, is what does he want to do for the next four years? At least two questioners put the point directly, yet Mr. Obama never provided much of an answer. Sure, he wants to hire 100,000 more teachers, as if there is the money to hire them or it would make much difference to student outcomes.

A new, improved Barack Obama shows
up for the second debate but fails
to halt Mitt Romney's momentum

Daily Mail [UK], by Toby Harnden Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 10/17/2012 8:41:34 AM Post Reply

President Barack Obama needed a game-changing night here in Hampstead, New York and Mitt Romney made sure he didn't get it. Over the 90 minutes, Obama might have edged it--just--but strategically he did little if anything to blunt Romney's growing advantage. Just as Al Gore over-compensated for his poor first debate in 2000, we saw a completely different Obama this time around. He had clearly had some intensive coaching from his debate prep team and was acting under orders to change everything. Romney strategist Stuart Stevens quipped afterwards that he became 'Joe Biden without the charm'. The problem is tha

If You Don't Like This Furniture,
Just Throw It in the Barbecue

Wall Street Journal, by Miguel Bustillo Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/17/2012 8:38:34 AM Post Reply

FREDERICKSBURG, Texas—People in the Lone Star State have long cursed the gnarled mesquite shrub as a pest on par with the mosquito, good for little except adding smoky flavor to barbecue. It is thorny, forever thirsty and just plain unsightly. Ranchers hate it—they are losing the battle to eradicate mesquite to clear range for cattle. But a hardy band of woodworkers has higher aspirations for mesquite: turning the twisted trees into objets d'art. And after two tool-busting decades spent carving misshapen mesquite trunks into rocking horses, golf clubs and tables, they have achieved a bit of fortune and fame.

Armstrong steps down as chairman
of Livestrong cancer-fighting charity

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: bldrrepub- 10/17/2012 8:37:27 AM Post Reply

Austin, TX – Lance Armstrong said Wednesday he is stepping down as chairman of his Livestrong cancer-fighting charity so the group can focus on its mission instead of its founder's problems. The move came a week after the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency released a massive report detailing allegations of widespread doping by Armstrong and his teams when he won the Tour de France seven consecutive times from 1999 to 2005. The document's purpose was to show why USADA has banned him from cycling for life and ordered 14 years of his career results erased -- including those Tour titles.

Colonel Gaddafi 'Killed by
Bayonet Stab to the Anus'

International Business Times (UK), by Gianluca Mezzofiore Original Article

Posted By: Scottyboy- 10/17/2012 8:35:39 AM Post Reply

Colonel Muammar Gaddafi died after being stabbed with a bayonet in the anus and not in a firefight as originally claimed by Libyan authorities, according to a report on the Libyan dictator's last hours.(snip) The charity obtained unedited mobile footage that showed militia fighters abusing Gaddafi as they took him into custody in February 2011. "As he was being led on to the main road, a militiaman stabbed him in his anus with what appears to have been a bayonet, causing another rapidly bleeding wound,"

Going after the women's
vote? Michelle Obama and
Ann Romney wear identical
hot pink outfits at presidential debate

Daily Mail (UK), by Louise Boyle Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/17/2012 7:57:52 AM Post Reply

Michelle Obama and Ann Romney both appeared to be going after the women's vote at the second presidential debate with an obvious fashion choice. The First Lady wore a coat-style, hot pink dress while Mrs Romney wore a shift with capped sleeves in exactly the same shade. The wives of the presidential candidates took their seats as their husbands appeared on stage at Hofstra University in New York on Tuesday. Scroll down for video -Twitter users suggested that both wives had chosen the color to honor Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Romney’s Ace-in-the-Hole

New York Sun, by Editorial Original Article

Posted By: Drive- 10/17/2012 7:48:36 AM Post Reply

It’s starting to look like Governor Romney is going to attempt to go this whole race without playing what might be called his ace-in-the-hole. He had a chance to play it relatively early at the debate in Hempstead. It was put on the table by one of the questioners, Phillip Tricolla, who asked the president whether he agreed with his energy secretary that it’s not the policy of his department to lower gasoline prices. President Obama rattled on with his usual gift for gab without substance, and then, when the question was put to Governor Romney,

Internet Takes Off With
Mitt Romney’s ‘Binders
Full of Women’

ABC News, by Abby Phillip Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/17/2012 7:45:32 AM Post Reply

Despite all the fireworks over taxes, oil and Libya, the most buzz-worthy social media moment of Tuesday night’s presidential debate was Republican nominee Mitt Romney’s comment about “binders full of women.” The inadvertently funny comment came in response to a question about pay equity for women from a member of the audience of the debate between Romney and President Obama at Hofstra University. Romney was explaining that as the governor of Massachusetts searching for qualified women to fill cabinet posts, women’s groups brought him “binders full of women” who were good candidates.

Matthews Likens Paul Ryan's
Pro-Life Views to Sharia Law

Newsbusters, by Matt Vespa Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/17/2012 7:42:35 AM Post Reply

A little over a half-hour before the debate, Matthews went on a tirade against the pro-life movement. His fury mostly centered on Rep. Paul Ryan, whose pro-life views, according to Matthews are akin to Sharia law that is practiced and advocated by radical Islamists. He also sounded the alarms that the Republican ticket may want to “operate [the United States] under a religious theory.” After exposing the theocratic conspiracy of the Republicans and the Sharia enemies within – Matthews came off as utterly unhinged. CHRIS MATTHEWS: I think it's the hottest issue that's not been exploited.

Romney aides take aim
at CNN’s Crowley after
Tuesday’s debate

Daily Caller [Washington DC], by Will Rahn Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/17/2012 7:27:53 AM Post Reply

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — In the post-debate spin room Tuesday night, Mitt Romney’s senior advisers and surrogates took aim at moderator Candy Crowley as they defended their candidate’s response to a question on the Sept. 11 terrorist attack in Libya. “I thought it was terrible,” former New Hampshire Gov. John Sununu said when asked by The Daily Caller what he thought of Crowley’s performance. “I think she had no business trying to be a fact-checker on the stage, because she was dead wrong.” Crowley incurred the ire of Team Romney after she said that, contrary to

Crowley: Obama Took 17 Days
to Claim Benghazi Was
Terror Attack

Breitbart Big Journalism, by Tony Lee Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/17/2012 7:23:45 AM Post Reply

On CNN's "State of the Union" on September 30, Candy Crowley asked Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) why he thought it took the administration 17 days after the Benghazi attacks to give a "sort of definitive statement" that terrorists orchestrated the attacks. While moderating Tuesday's debate, Crowley forgot the timeline and facts she commanded two weeks earlier, and she inexplicably took President Obama's side when Obama and Romney were arguing about whether Obama referred to the Libya attacks as acts of terror on the day after. Romney correctly said Obama did not

Obama on Immigration:
Only Deport 'Gang Bangers'

Brietbart.com, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: mainelysane- 10/17/2012 6:47:12 AM Post Reply

President Obama addresses immigration and deportation during Tuesday night's presidential town hall debate: "If we're gonna go after folks who are here illegaly, we should do it smartly and go after folks who are criminals -- gang bangers. People who are hurting the community.

Moderator Crowley became focus
of debate when talked turned to Libya

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: mainelysane- 10/17/2012 6:37:27 AM Post Reply

Candy Crowley’s signature moment as moderator of Tuesday’s rough-and-tumble presidential debate came when she was called upon to referee a dispute over President Barack Obama’s description of the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya as an act of terror. When Republican Mitt Romney questioned whether the president had done so, Crowley said, “He did, in fact, sir.”“Can you say that a little louder, Candy?” Obama said, as the debate’s audience broke into applause.
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Obama won the debate on points.
But some 'morning after' fact
checking might even
out the score

Telegraph [UK], by Tim Stanley Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 10/17/2012 6:35:41 AM Post Reply

Obama won Tuesday night’s debate. His performance was far stronger second time around, more aggressive, more personal, and he commanded the floor. By contrast, some of the bad old Mitt from the primaries was back. The Republican shuffled around the stage and seem to tire halfway through. As he often does under pressure, Romney talked in innuendoes. Asked a question about achieving gender balance in the workplace, he replied, “Thankyou, that's an important topic”--which longtime Mitt followers know is code for “I never thought about that before.” He then told the audience that, as Governor of Massachusetts

Town Haul

American Spectator, by Jay D. Homnick Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/17/2012 6:20:54 AM Post Reply

Watching the town-hall debate between President Obama and Governor Romney on Tuesday night, I kept murmuring to myself: "This is unprecedented. No one has ever debated like this before." (Snip)To put it simply, Willard "Mitt" Romney, the Mormon guy, the starched-collar guy, the high-falutin' guy, the out-of-touch guy, the too-polite guy, walked out onto a stage and delivered the best performance in the history of televised debates. Yes, he was better than my personal hero, Ronald Reagan. Better by a long shot.

Obama's Candy

American Spectator, by George Neumayr Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/17/2012 6:15:00 AM Post Reply

"Can you say that a little louder, Candy?" Obama craved more credit from the moderator, Candy Crowley, for her correction to Mitt Romney that the president had in fact used the word "terror" a day after the killing of his ambassador in Libya. "He did, in fact, sir," Crowley said to Romney. Obama savored his "victory" in that round, but it was a hollow and disturbing one. Either he already knew it was an act of premeditated terrorism -- in which case he proceeded to lie for two weeks about that on The View, David Letterman, and at the UN --

Todd Akin: Lazarus Rises in Missouri

Daily Beast, by Peter J. Boyer Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/17/2012 5:59:29 AM Post Reply

Of those lonely souls deemed untouchable in polite political circles, the persona non grata of the year has to be Rep. Todd Akin, the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Missouri. So swift and thorough was Akin’s shunning by his fellow Republicans after his infamous midsummer gaffe—“legitimate rape,” he told a TV interviewer, rarely results in pregnancy because a woman’s body can shut down and prevent conception—that the smart money had Akin out of the race by Labor Day.Akin was publicly urged to go away by his party’s presidential nominee, Mitt Romney,

First Lady urges UNC crowd
to 'get to work'
as election approaches

NewsObserver [Raleigh,NC], by John Root Original Article

Posted By: Fiesta del sol- 10/17/2012 5:57:29 AM Post Reply

Three weeks before Election Day, first lady Michelle Obama sought to inject a sense of urgency into a crowd of college students Tuesday, telling them the presidential race “could all come down to what happens in a few key states like right here in North Carolina.” She called the election a stark “choice about our values and our hopes and our aspirations,” and leveled criticism at Republican priorities. “So for the next 21 days, we’re going to need you all to work like you’ve never worked before,” Obama said to loud applause from the 5,700 gathered

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