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Obama: ‘Mitt Romney. Not
one of us’

Washington Post, by Karen Tumulty Original Article

Posted By: abuela10- 10/22/2012 12:47:41 PM Post Reply

That’s the tag line to a tough new ad the Obama campaign is airing in Ohio. But it is one that, ironically, echoes a slogan that has been used as a racial code over the last half century or more. The context of the ad is very different from the one in which the phrase “one of us” was used to divide the country along racial lines, but Conservative commentators quickly seized on it.Obama’s critics said the fact that he would use such loaded language in the hard-fought race to win Ohio shows

Barbra Streisand asks for 'emergency
contribution' from Obama supporters:
Are Hollywood Democrats panicking?

Fox News, by Hollie McKay Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/22/2012 12:46:19 PM Post Reply

With the Presidential election just three weeks away, prominent Hollywood Democrat Barbra Streisand has sent an “emergency” email to the entire Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) mailing list, urging all recipients to dig deep into their pockets for last minute Obama campaign donations, according to The Hollywood Reporter “The Democratic Party urgently needs your help. We’re just weeks from the most important election in a generation and every single thing Democrats like you and I spent a lifetime fighting for is on the line. Republican Super PACs are pounding President Obama and Democratic candidates with

The Ties that Biden

Fox Business Network, by Charlie Gasparino Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/22/2012 12:36:11 PM Post Reply

David Richter, the president of Hill International (HIL), a mid-sized outfit that manages construction projects, was speaking last year at a private meeting with investors when he was asked about the recent success of his newest subsidiary, HillStone International. How was it that HillStone, a newcomer in the business of home building, landed a massive and potentially lucrative contract to build 100,000 homes in war-torn Iraq? Richter didn’t mince words. It really helps, he said, to have “the brother of the vice president as a partner,” according to a person who was present.

Reporter 'not allowed' to
talk to voters at Biden event

Politico, by Dylan Byers Original Article

Posted By: Scottyboy- 10/22/2012 12:29:37 PM Post Reply

Joe Vardon, a reporter with the Columbus Dispatch, says campaign aides stopped him from speaking to voters at a rally featuring Vice President Joe Biden in Canton, Ohio, today. "Reporters NOT ALLOWED to talk to voters at Biden/Canton event," he tweeted. "Saddled up to two 'Scotts' — both white, mid-50s — campaign tapped me on shoulder, said I wasn't allowed."Vardon told POLITICO the aides simply said, "I'm sorry, reporters aren't allowed out here" and did not provide further explanation..

BREAKING: October Surprise —
Iran Agrees To Nuke Deal with U.S.

National Review Online, by Peter Kirsanow Original Article

Posted By: duhem- 10/22/2012 12:27:39 PM Post Reply

Tehran — Iran has agreed to abandon its nuclear-weapons program in a historic diplomatic achievement certain to dominate tonight’s foreign-policy presidential debate, and dramatically reshape the electoral landscape. “This is an extraordinary breakthrough,” said Deputy Undersecretary of State Jonathan Ebert Jr., lead negotiator for the U.S. “It’s a tribute to the hard work of our diplomatic team and President Obama’s visionary leadership.” According to Ebert, the momentous deal was struck late Sunday night after President Obama called Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and personally apologized for a Madonna video the Iranian leader found offensive.

Afghan 'Woman of Courage' hailed
by Michelle Obama for defending
women's rights has actually
JAILED 100 wives for 'adultery'

Daily Mail [UK], by Eddie Wrenn Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/22/2012 12:27:31 PM Post Reply

Last year she was hailed as one of the most influential people in the world - a defender of women's rights as Afghanistan's only female head prosecutor. Ms Bashir has been lauded by both Michelle Obama and Hilary Clinton - and she was one of ten women to receive a 'Women of Courage' Award in Washington last year. But Maria Bashir's reputation is now in doubt after the Times revealed that Ms Bashir is also the most prolific prosecutor of women for Afghanistan's so-called 'moral' crimes, such as adultery. While Ms Bashir campaigns against abuse husbands, more

Maneuvering Starts Among Democrats
To Claim GOP Is Buying the Election

New York Sun, by Ira Stoll Original Article

Posted By: abuela10- 10/22/2012 12:10:10 PM Post Reply

If Mitt Romney wins the presidency, expect the Democrats to complain that the Republicans bought the election — and to try to outlaw it from ever happening again. The signs are already emerging. A New York Times column earlier this month ran under the headline “Buying the Election?” The New Yorker magazine ran a long article by the editor of Thompson Reuters Digital, Chrystia Freeland, reporting, “the Republican National Committee and Romney .

Defiant insider: Benghazi
attack clearly planned

Washington Times, by Rowan Scarborough Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/22/2012 12:06:09 PM Post Reply

The Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, was planned and “not spontaneous,” a U.S. intelligence official has told The Washington Times. The official’s statement rebuts news reports that there is no evidence the attack was planned, even as the intelligence community says al Qaeda-linked militants carried out the deadly assault. The official, who is not authorized to talk to the news media, asked to remain anonymous. The news reports support the Obama administration’s use of the word “spontaneous” to describe a mob assault that ended in the death of U.S. Ambassador to

Fighting for Free Speech

Washington Free Beacon, by Andrew Evans Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/22/2012 11:59:31 AM Post Reply

The author of a new book is angry at the suppression of politically incorrect views on campus. “On college campuses today, students are punished for everything from mild satire, to writing politically incorrect short stories, to having the ‘wrong’ opinion on virtually every hot button issue, and, increasingly, simply for criticizing the college administration,” writes Greg Lukianoff, the president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), in Unlearning Liberty: Campus Censorship and the End of American Debate. Lukianoff, a first generation American, details the ways that colleges and universities have restricted free speech on their campuses.

US has ‘zero’ influence
over peace: Carter

Agence France Presse, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Scottyboy- 10/22/2012 11:56:27 AM Post Reply

Occupied Jerusalem: The former US president Jimmy Carter said on Monday that Washington had “zero” influence over Israel and the Palestinians to resolve their decades-long conflict, and its sway had dropped to the lowest level in 45 years.(snip)“A major change lately has been the withdrawal of American influence” in the Israeli-Palestinian arena, Carter said, estimating it was the first time since the 1967 Six-Day War that Washington had not “played a major role” in trying to resolve the conflict. “This is the first time that we’ve seen since 1967 that an American government hasn’t played a major role,” he said.

Chuck Todd Confronts DWS Over
Contradictory Statements On
Romney’s ‘Backwards Cowboy’
Foreign Policy

Mediaite, by Alex Alvarez Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/22/2012 11:54:01 AM Post Reply

On Monday, MSNBC’s Chuck Todd sat down with DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Shultz in Florida, where he asked questions relating to tonight’s presidential debate on foreign policy, including one regarding her thoughts on what Mitt Romney will bring to the table that is different from what Obama has and will propose. Wasserman Schultz told Todd that Obama will “keep our eye on the prize” and protect American from harmful forces — a contrast, she added, to the “backwards cowboy justice Mitt Romney would drag us back to.” At least it’s not reverse cowgirl justice, though.

Tribal spokeswoman says former
American Indian Movement activist
Russell Means dies at 72

Associated Press, by Dirk Lammers and Kristi Eaton Original Article

Posted By: SnowQueen- 10/22/2012 11:43:03 AM Post Reply

Russell Means never shunned attention. Whether leading Native Americans in railing against broken federal treaties, appearing in a Hollywood blockbuster or advocating a sovereign American Indian nation within U.S. borders, the activist who helped lead the 1973 uprising at Wounded Knee reveled in the spotlight. But it was only on his terms. Openly critical of mainstream media, the onetime leader of the American Indian Movement often refused interviews and verbally blasted journalists who showed up to cover his public appearances.
Source corrected, extra long headline resplit by staff

Anti-Muslim filmmaker detained
for almost a month...next court
date three days after election

Washington Times, by Kerry Picket Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/22/2012 11:42:52 AM Post Reply

Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, the 55-year-old filmmaker responsible for the anti-Muslim video that President Barack Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice initially and wrongly blamed for inciting the deadly terrorist attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, is still being held at the Los Angeles Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) without bond. It has been almost one month since Mr. Nakoula was arrested for allegedly violating the terms of his probation for a 2010 bank-fraud conviction. According to reports, under his probation, Mr. Nakoula was prohibited from using computers and the

Obama Campaign E-Mail:
‘None of Us Should Feel Confident.’

National Review Magazine, by Jim Geraghty Original Article

Posted By: Scottyboy- 10/22/2012 11:39:36 AM Post Reply

The Obama campaign is quite disappointed that I haven’t donated anything this cycle. [Jim], This week alone, the other side is expected to spend $57 million on TV advertising against us. It gets worse: We just learned that Mitt Romney and the Republicans started this month with a $34 million cash advantage. This election is already extremely close.(snip)It can’t be good. If we don’t close the gap starting today, none of us should feel confident about how November 6th will play out.

Libya fumble puts Kerry
up over Rice to replace
Clinton at State

Washington Examiner, by Paul Bedard Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/22/2012 11:34:53 AM Post Reply

Sen. John Kerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and President Obama's debate sparring partner, is now considered the leading candidate to replace Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the beneficiary of United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice's fumbles on the recent Benghazi, Libya assassination. Several sources told Secrets that Rice, while still a favorite of Obama and the West Wing, would face withering questions during a confirmation hearing and could be hit with congressional subpoenas even before Election Day as lawmakers determine if politics played a role in the muddled reports of what happened in Benghazi.

Wal-Mart boss Sam Walton
funding Obama big time

Washington Examiner, by Timothy P. Carney Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/22/2012 11:30:39 AM Post Reply

Can we stop pretending that Barack Obama’s candidacy is some grass-roots uprising? Obama’s campaign has outspent Romney’s campaign. The Democratic National Committee has outspent the Republican National Committee. While Romney’s SuperPAC (Restore our Future), has outspent Obama’s SuperPAC (Priorities USA), that $40 million Romney SuperPAC edge doesn’t come close to making up for the Obama campaign’s $180 million edge. There is legally undisclosed spending going on here, and there’s reason to believe Romney benefits from more of it than Obama, but that’s not conclusive, and we don’t know how big Romney’s edge is in that category.

Van Hollen: Libya criticism
makes Romney look ‘pretty small’

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Daniel Strauss Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/22/2012 11:24:33 AM Post Reply

Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) on Monday accused Mitt Romney of trying to exploit the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, for political gain. The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday that President Obama was told in his intelligence briefings for a week after the Libya assault that it had been sparked by a spontaneous protest. Van Hollen said the report proves that Obama administration officials were acting in good faith when they initially attributed the attack to anger over an anti-Islam video. "Well, there’s no doubt we should get to the bottom of the intelligence information,

Ann Romney talks baby names
and meatloaf with Rachael Ray

The Hill [Washington DC], by Judy Kurtz Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/22/2012 11:21:47 AM Post Reply

Ann Romney whips up a mean meatloaf and dishes on baby names and date nights in an upcoming episode of “The Rachael Ray Show.” Although GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s wife says her husband “is not a picky eater, not at all, and he will eat anything you put in front of him,” Romney tells Ray she’s been cooking his favorite meatloaf cakes for his birthday dinner for the past 43 years. The mom of five grown sons, 63, also gets personal in the episode, which airs on Thursday, Oct. 25. Romney reveals to the

Trump says he will release 'very
big news' about Obama this week

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

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/22/2012 11:19:24 AM Post Reply

Donald Trump says he has “very big news” about President Obama that could significantly alter the race for the White House just two weeks before Election Day. “Something very, very big concerning the president of the United States,” Trump said Monday on "Fox and Friends." “It’s going to be very big. I know one thing — you will cover it in a very big fashion.” Trump said he would “probably” release the bombshell sometime on Wednesday. Trump, a real estate investor and surrogate for Mitt Romney,

14 shot, 3 fatally in shootings
since Sunday afternoon

Chicago Tribune, by Carlos Sadovi & Adam Sege Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/22/2012 11:13:19 AM Post Reply

At least 14 people were shot, three fatally, in South and West Side shootings that started Sunday afternoon and continued overnight, police said. Five of the injured were under the age of 16. Two men, ages 28 and 30, were killed in a 5:30 p.m. shooting on the 9400 block of South Rhodes Avenue in th Burnside neighborhood on the Far South Side, police said. A gunman emerged from a gangway and shot the men, also striking a 23-year-old pregnant woman, before fleeing in a dark-colored van, police said. Both men were struck in the head and pronounced

Michelle: Vote Early Because
Your Toilet May Be Overflowing
on Election Day

Cybercast News Service, by Elizabeth Harrington Original Article

Posted By: pineledger- 10/22/2012 11:12:23 AM Post Reply

First Lady Michelle Obama encouraged her husband’s supporters to vote early, because you may find your “toilet overflowing” on Election Day. “You can also tell people that they don’t have to wait until November the 6th to cast their ballots because you can do it early,” Mrs. Obama told a crowd Friday at the University of Wisconsin in Wausau.(Snip)“You wake up on Election Day—you might have a cold, babysitter gets sick, it’s raining, car broke down, I mean I could go on—-toilet overflowing,” she said
Long headlines must be split. CNS always spelled out as Cybercast News Service. Errors corrected by staff

Cutter: Libya Not A Foreign
Policy Failure, Has Been A
"Very Transparent Process"

Real Clear Politics, by Ian Schwartz Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 10/22/2012 11:09:00 AM Post Reply

"Every step of the way, as information is learned, as intelligence is approved of what happened on the ground that night, the president makes it available to members of Congress and to the public. It’s been a very transparent process and he’s determined to bring whoever perpetrated this against the four Americans to justice," Obama deputy campaign manager Stephanie Cutter said on NBC's "Today" show this morning. "No, look, you know, we live in a dangerous world. Anytime American lives are lost it's a terrible tragedy,

Report: Islamist radicals find
warm welcome in
Obama White House

Daily Caller, by Neil Munro Original Article

Posted By: Scottyboy- 10/22/2012 10:58:57 AM Post Reply

White House visitor records show that administration officials have hosted numerous White House meetings with a series of U.S.-based Muslim political groups that have close ties to jihadi groups and push to reduce anti-terrorism investigations.(snip) Administration officials also invited Syrian-born Louay Safi to the White House twice in 2011, even though he had been named an unindicted co-conspirator in two terrorism cases, and had been barred from Fort Hood following the 2009 jihadi attack by a Muslim U.S. Army major. In contrast, White House officials have not invited Zuhdi Jasser, an Arizona-based, American-born moderate Muslim and former Navy officer.

Pundits: A world of trouble
awaits the prez tonight

Boston Herald, by Chris Cassidy & Hillary Chabot Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/22/2012 10:51:31 AM Post Reply

Unrelenting bad news could dog President Obama at tonight’s foreign policy-focused presidential debate. “There’s plenty of ammo,” said Democratic strategist Lou DiNatale. “And the president better be ready to handle some incoming.” Recent headlines include Russian President Vladimir Putin personally overseeing ballistic missile tests, Iran’s nuclear program still under way, a lingering war in Afghanistan, civil war in Syria, a Muslim Brotherhood government in Egypt and shifting stories about what happened in the Sept. 11 Benghazi terrorist attack. It may be harder for Obama to attack Romney’s once-mocked assertion

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