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Romney for president
Houston Chronicle, by Editorial
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Posted By:Dreadnought, 10/21/2012 10:46:06 AM
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| The Chronicle's backing of Barack Obama in 2008 broke a 44-year string of endorsing Republican candidates for president. Like so many others, we were captivated by the Illinois senator's soaring rhetoric and energized by his promise to move American politics beyond partisan gridlock and into an era of hope and change. It hasn't happened. Four years later, President Obama's deeds have failed to match his words, much less his specific vows to cut the national debt by half and bring the nation's unemployment rate to 6 percent. As Texans, it is a particular vexation
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
LadyVet, 10/21/2012 10:52:11 AM (No. 8949957)
Once every four years, the Chronicle figures out which side their bread is buttered on. This year they did not even need to read the polls.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
JoniTx, 10/21/2012 10:56:00 AM (No. 8949963)
Agree with #1.
~~We do not believe four more years on the same plodding course toward economic recovery is the best path forward for Texas or the nation. And so we endorse the Republican team, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan, in the belief that they can do better by Texas and the nation.~~
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
rabbit, 10/21/2012 10:56:07 AM (No. 8949964)
Well, well, well! That dissing Houston re: retirement of the space shuttle just came back to bite you, Obama. Another reliably liberal paper bites you.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
StormCnter, 10/21/2012 10:58:55 AM (No. 8949971)
Hooray! The Chronicle is late waking up, but the support is appreciated.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
tommyr, 10/21/2012 11:00:19 AM (No. 8949975)
It would be of interest to many as to who makes these decisions-either the California owners, the local editorial board or the paper's editors,,,
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
john56, 10/21/2012 11:01:19 AM (No. 8949976)
The San Antonio Express News, also owned by Hearst, endorsed Dear Leader(US) for four more years, saying in a lot of words basically that he's for fairness.
Of course, the local fishwrap has been endorsing about 80% Democrats; they even endorsed the guy running against Ted Cruz.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
greggojo, 10/21/2012 11:08:04 AM (No. 8949990)
Amazing.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Susannah, 10/21/2012 11:15:09 AM (No. 8950006)
Count me as one of those who wasn't "captivated" by Obama's rhetoric back in 2008. Anyone but a half-wit should have recognized it then for the utterly mendacious blather that it so clearly was.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Constitutional, 10/21/2012 11:21:14 AM (No. 8950025)
It's good.
But I'm still even more impressed with the Orlando Slantinel having turned its back on Obama. Texas is already a sure thing, whereas here in Florida, where we still struggle with democrat infestations, it may actually help tip the scales... though
that's assuming anyone reads these rags anymore.
It's still possible the collective psychological effects nationwide of the apparent multiple media abandonments of a sinking ship resonate and have some minor impacts in places far and wide, nonetheless.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
JHSMom02, 10/21/2012 11:21:39 AM (No. 8950027)
A dark day for Congress wommmaann, Shelia Jackson Lee. May there be many more.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
dirtydave, 10/21/2012 11:23:39 AM (No. 8950031)
Never understood the meme of Obama's soaring rhetoric. As I understood it, he gave one highly cliched speech that was taken as soaring. Just goes to show that even a 200 hitter can connect with one once and hit it out of the park. I guess.
Why are so many so putative sophisticates so easily duped. Well, Chronicle? Getting the country out of the mess the Chosen One has left for us will not be easy.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
stopevhillary, 10/21/2012 11:34:17 AM (No. 8950052)
So a major newspaper admits it endorsed a candidate for president based on "promises and soaring rhetoric". Quite a damning admission.
Pretty much channeling what the Luntz focus group participant said; "I bought the BS before, and all Obama is doing now is spewing BS"....something like that.
Except the Chronicle is a hopeless liberal rag and this time it's just trying to shore up it's subscriptions...those that remain.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Robinsolana, 10/21/2012 11:40:16 AM (No. 8950071)
Even the tools are wandering away from the Obama snakeoil wagon.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
pineledger, 10/21/2012 11:42:03 AM (No. 8950074)
Captivated no more! Unchained!!!
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
pjpblush, 10/21/2012 11:49:12 AM (No. 8950091)
FYI: another Hearst newspaper in TX, San Antonio Express News, endorsed Obama/Biden today. How is that for wanting it both ways? Newspapers then wonder why they are losing their readers.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
coldoc, 10/21/2012 11:49:35 AM (No. 8950093)
If the chronicle had done their job and vetted the chicago thug America hater they would be slightly credible. I guess even newspaper people are tired of $4 a gallon gas and 16% unemployment. Miracles happen.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Nimby, 10/21/2012 12:01:26 PM (No. 8950123)
This liberal rag is never going to regain readership. It is indeed a newspaper whose editorial pages lead from behind. It soon will go the way of Newsweek.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
texsupreme, 10/21/2012 12:20:23 PM (No. 8950177)
Good for the Chronicle. They should, however, learn the difference between debt and deficit.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
treecat, 10/21/2012 12:31:49 PM (No. 8950203)
Nah - Houston thought they were 'A Bill white' town, but the gal with 3 names showed 'em.
Those LBJ Jobs are moving to Kaliforna....
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
earlybird, 10/21/2012 12:48:09 PM (No. 8950242)
Puzzling that a liberal paper would have endorsed Republican candidates for presidents for 44 years until Obie in 2008, when it drank the Koolaid.
Can a Texan explain?
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Heraclitus, 10/21/2012 5:21:35 PM (No. 8950838)
Mass psychosis, back in 2008, when otherwise thoughtful(?), intelligent(?), rational(?) people endorsed/voted for a man whose scanty biography revealed nevertheless a far-left, extremely radical voting record (when he voted at all).
These voters normally would take more time and exert more effort to examine the history of, for example, a used car before buying it.
How else other than mental illness, really, can you explain people responding to "How could you vote for BO?" or "Why did you vote for BO?" with, I DON'T KNOW. or I BELIEVE IN HIM. that sort of tripe, foolish blather, and who on further questioning knew and know nothing about the man, let alone his voting record.
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Obama loses 2014 wedge
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Daily Caller, by Neil Munro
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/17/2013 11:45:27 PM
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The Senate’s effective rejection of President Barack Obama’s post-Newtown gun control bill robs the Democratic Party of an important tool for trying to regain a majority in the House in November 2014. “Are they serious?” a visibly angry Obama demanded of opponents of the Toomey/Manchin Senate bill. In a late-afternoon announcement outside the White House, the president added that if Congress continues not to pass a gun control bill, “the answer will have to come from the voters.” But without a Senate bill, there’s little chance
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A Stirring Send-Off For
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PJ Media, by Mike McNally
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/17/2013 11:39:38 PM
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After all the controversy – it was too much, and too expensive; it would be marred by protests – this morning’s funeral for Lady Thatcher in London was a splendid and memorable affair, which did her memory, and her country, proud. It was a moving, dignified and pitch-perfect occasion: unmistakably British, and a fitting send-off for the country’s greatest post-war prime minister. Big Ben fell silent – for the first time since the funeral of wartime leader Winston Churchill – and tens of thousands of admirers lined the streets to applaud Lady Thatcher’s coffin
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Saudi foreign minister
consoles Obama on Boston
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Washington Times, by Dave Boyer
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/17/2013 11:27:45 PM
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Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister offered condolences to President Obama Wednesday for the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings. Prince Saud Al-Faisal made the gesture during a meeting at the White House that included National Security Advisor Tom Donilon. The White House didn’t report Mr. Obama’s response about the Boston tragedy, but said the president asked Mr. Al-Faisal “to convey his best wishes to King Abdullah bin Abd Al-Aziz Al Saud.” Although Saudi Arabia is a longtime ally of the U.S., terrorism is a complicated issue between the two nations
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Gun vote shows gulf
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Washington Post, by Dan Balz
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/17/2013 11:23:31 PM
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If there was ever a moment that symbolized the difference between the power of public opinion and the strength of a concerted minority, it came Wednesday when the Senate defeated a bipartisan measure to expand background checks on gun purchases. By the time the vote took place, the outcome was expected. Nonetheless, the result was stunning, as was made clear by the angry reaction of President Obama, who had invested so much capital on getting gun legislation passed after the shootings in Newtown, Conn., only to see those efforts crushed
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Gun-control overhaul
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Washington Post, by Ed O´Keefe and Philip Rucker
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/17/2013 11:15:17 PM
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President Obama’s ambitious effort to overhaul the nation’s gun laws in response to December’s school massacre in Connecticut suffered a resounding defeat Wednesday, when every major proposal he championed fell apart on the Senate floor. It was a stunning collapse for gun-control advocates just four months after the deaths of 20 children and six adults in Newtown led the president and many others to believe that the political climate on guns had been altered in their favor. The national drive for laws that might prevent another mass shooting unraveled
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Terrorism Expert: Saudi National
Questioned over Boston
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Breitbart´s Big Peace, by Kerry Picket
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/17/2013 11:05:04 PM
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Steven Emerson of the Investigative Project revealed on Hannity´s Wednesday evening cable show that an official at ICE told him the Saudi national first questioned by authorities about the deadly bombings at the Boston Marathon on Monday is set to be deported. "Remember the Saudi that they had arrested or at least initially detained?" Emerson asked. "It was determined that he had no involvement and they made a statement about it to that effect? Well, I just learned from my own sources he’s now going to be deported on national security grounds Tuesday,"
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Misinformation and Anxiety in
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PJ Media, by Andrew C. McCarthy
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/17/2013 10:38:32 PM
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Misinformation rather than enlightenment has been the order of the day in the investigation of Monday’s terrorist bombing of the Boston Marathon. The anxiety stemming from the attack and the stream of inaccurate news about it is further freighted, moreover, by the FBI’s confirmation that two letters addressed to top political officials — President Obama and Senator Richard Wicker (R., MS) — tested positive for ricin, a deadly poison. As noted below, a man identified as Kenneth Curtis of Tupelo, Mississippi, has reportedly been arrested in connection with the mailings. Early this afternoon, massive confusion
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Obama Throws Tantrum
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Breitbart´s Big Government, by Joel B. Pollak
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/17/2013 10:32:02 PM
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President Barack Obama lashed out defiantly and viciously at political opponents who defeated his efforts to expand federal gun regulations today. Standing with families of victims of the Newtown school shooting at the White House, the president claimed that opponents of expanded federal background checks had "no coherent arguments" for their position, and that the "gun lobby" had "willfully lied" in the course of the debate. Ironically, while accusing others of lying, President Obama resorted to false claims and statistics about current laws
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Of every U.S. city, U-Haul
says Houston is top
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Houston Chronicle, by Carol Christian
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/17/2013 7:38:41 AM
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For the fourth year in a row, Houston was the No. 1 destination last year for people moving possessions with a U-Haul truck. According to U-Haul International´s migration trend report for 2012, Houston was the main end point for drivers who rented a U-Haul truck one-way. The survey considered every city in the country, regardless of size, the company said. Two other Texas cities ranked among the top 10 cities for people on the move - San Antonio at No. 5 and Austin at No. 6.
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Short of 60, senators hunt for
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Washington Times, by David Sherfinski
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/16/2013 11:16:34 PM
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Gun control supporters scrambled Tuesday to find 60 votes to pass expanded background checks on firearms purchases, hoping to sway reluctant senators ahead of a showdown vote. After spinning its wheels for most of the day Tuesday, the Senate set up a series of gun votes for Wednesday, including what has become the critical fight — a proposal to expand background checks to include all sales at gun shows and over the Internet, though it would exclude person-to-person private sales.
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Boston bombs used nail-packed
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Washington Times, by Shaun Waterman
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/16/2013 11:07:54 PM
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The deadly bombs that struck the Boston Marathon on Monday were fashioned from large pressure cookers packed with nails and ball bearings and hidden in black bags on the ground, said FBI investigators and a U.S. official briefed on the investigation. The construction of the devices, which killed at least three and injured more than 170, many of them gravely, showed signs of “training or knowledge,” the official said. A task force of federal, state and local law enforcement authorities ramped up a huge investigation Tuesday, but officials said they had no suspects or motive.
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Boston Marathon bombs
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Washington Post, by Joby Warrick and Sari Horwitz
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/16/2013 10:50:31 PM
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The bombs that tore through a crowd of spectators at the Boston Marathon could have cost as little as $100 to build and were made of the most ordinary ingredients — so ordinary, in fact, that investigators could face a gargantuan challenge in attempting to use bomb forensics to find the culprit. Investigators revealed Tuesday that fragments recovered at the blast scene suggest a simple design: a common pressure cooker of the kind found at most discount stores, packed with an explosive and armed with a simple detonator. A final ingredient — a few handfuls of BBs, nails and pellets
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Posted By: Desert Fox- 4/16/2013 7:06:13 PM
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Protocol: President Obama declined to send a high-level delegation to Wednesday´s funeral of Britain´s Margaret Thatcher. It´s a measure of how little he values the special relationship — and a sign of his own smallness. Back in more gracious times, vice presidents routinely attended funerals of foreign dignitaries. As such, the presence of Vice President Joe Biden — if not Obama himself — would seem fitting for as significant a U.S. ally as the late Prime Minister Thatcher, if not out of warmth of feeling, then simply to represent the U.S.´ gratitude. Thatcher´s uncompromising friendship
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Obama angrily denounces
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Washington Times, by Dave Boyer
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Posted By: Desert Fox- 4/17/2013 6:37:42 PM
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President Obama angrily blamed the defeat Wednesday of his centerpiece gun-control proposal on lies spread by the National Rifle Association, calling it “a pretty shameful day for Washington.” “The gun lobby and its allies willfully lied about the bill,” Mr. Obama said in the White House rose garden about 90 minutes after the vote. “It came down to politics.” As he spoke, Mr. Obama was surrounded by family members of victims of the Newtown, Conn., school shooting. Also with him was former Rep. Gabby Giffords of Arizona, wounded in an assassination attempt.
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Feds seek suspects, motive
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Associated Press, by Jimmy Golen
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Posted By: Desert Fox- 4/16/2013 6:53:44 AM
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BOSTON -- The bombs that blew up seconds apart at the finish line of one of the world´s most storied races left the streets spattered with blood and glass, three dead, including an 8-year-old boy, more than 140 wounded and gaping questions of who chose to attack at the Boston Marathon and why. Federal investigators said no one had claimed responsibility for the bombings one of the city´s most famous civic holidays, Patriots Day. But the blasts among the throngs of spectators raised fears of a terrorist attack. President Barack Obama was careful not to use the
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Lawyer, judge erupt in
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Philadelphia Inquirer, by Joseph A. Slobodzian
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Posted By: LComStaff- 4/16/2013 7:02:04 AM
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He is known only as "Baby Boy B," a fetus estimated to be 28 weeks old, found frozen in an altered one-gallon plastic water jug in Dr. Kermit Gosnell´s West Philadelphia abortion clinic. His passing went unnoticed and undocumented, but on Monday, prosecution and defense lawyers struggled to get Philadelphia´s chief medical examiner to say whether he was stillborn or killed by Gosnell after being born alive during an abortion.
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Boston Marathon bombings
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Washington Examiner, by Brian Hughes
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Posted By: Pluperfect- 4/17/2013 6:01:37 AM
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Authorities on Tuesday revealed little new information about the terrorist attack at the Boston Marathon, the most high-profile bombing on U.S. soil in more than a decade and a tragedy that presents a new test for President Obama. Obama, like all Americans, is standing by, waiting for answers as to who planted two bombs improvised from pressure cookers at the finish line of the storied race, and why. Three Americans were killed in Monday´s attack and more than 170 others were injured. "Anytime bombs are used to target innocent civilians, it is an act of terror," Obama said,
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Senate rejects background checks
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Hill [Washington,DC], by Alexander Bolton
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Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 4/17/2013 4:41:19 PM
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The Senate delivered a devastating blow to President Obama’s agenda to regulate guns Wednesday by defeating a bipartisan proposal to expand background checks. It failed by a vote of 54 to 46, with 5 Democrats voting against it. Only 4 Republicans supported it. Democratic Sens. Mark Pryor (Ark.), Max Baucus (Mont.), Heidi Heitkamp (N.D.), Mark Begich (Alaska) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nev.) voted against it. Reid supported the measure but voted against it to preserve his ability to bring the measure up again. GOP Sens. John McCain (Ariz.), Susan Collins (Maine), Pat Toomey (Pa.) and Mark Kirk
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MSNBC’s Joy Reid Praises Obama’s
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Mediaite, by Noah Rothman
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Posted By: NorthernDog- 4/16/2013 3:38:34 PM
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MSNBC contributor Joy-Ann Reid told the host of Now, Alex Wagner, that she thought President Barack Obama’s response to the attack on the Boston Marathon on Monday was powerful and comforting in a way that President George W. Bush’s response to the attacks of September 11, 2001, was not. She accused Bush of being unavailable to the American people for the “first couple weeks” after the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Reid told Wagner that the president’s statement actively combatted the intention of the terrorists, which is to make their targets feel “discombobulated.” “Having, sort of
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CNN: Pressure Cooker Bomb
´Right Wing´ Signature
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Breitbart´s Big Journalism, by Lee Stranahan
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Posted By: Fiesta del sol- 4/17/2013 8:56:39 AM
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An article published on CNN´s website makes an unproven claim that pressure cooker bombs like the ones used at the Boston Marathon terror attack are a ´signature´ of ´right-wing extremists.´ The article was co-written by Jennifer Roland and Peter Bergen. Bergen is the CNN ananlyst made the claim that right-wing extremists could be behind the bombing less than two hours after it took place. The article says (emphasis added) :A senior U.S. counterterrorism investigator told CNN that pressure cooker bombs have also been a signature of extreme right-wing individuals in the
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Let’s hope the Boston Marathon
bomber is a white American
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SALON, by David Sirota
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Posted By: STLstudent- 4/17/2013 7:38:32 AM
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As we now move into the official Political Aftermath period of the Boston bombing — the period that will determine the long-term legislative fallout of the atrocity — the dynamics of privilege will undoubtedly influence the nation’s collective reaction to the attacks. That’s because privilege tends to determine: 1) which groups are — and are not — collectively denigrated or targeted for the unlawful actions of individuals; and 2) how big and politically game-changing the overall reaction ends up being.
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Obama: Gun lobby ´lied´ about
background check bill
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Associated Press, by Staff
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Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 4/17/2013 6:09:57 PM
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Washington — President Barack Obama says the Senate’s opposition to a bill that would have expanded background checks for gun buyers marks a “shameful day” in Washington. He says a minority of senators decided “it wasn’t worth it” to protect the nation’s children. Obama spoke in the Rose Garden shortly after the Senate vote rejecting a bipartisan effort to expand federal background checks to more firearms buyers. (Snip) The president pinned the blame for the measures failure, though five Democrats also opposed the plan. He also said the gun lobby and its allies “willfully lied” about background check bill.
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Mark Kelly threatens to back
challenger to Flake over gun votes
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The Hill [DC], by Daniel Strauss
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Posted By: StormCnter- 4/16/2013 4:33:26 PM
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Mark Kelly, the husband of former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), is threatening to back an election challenge against Sen. Jeff Flake if the Arizona Republican votes against legislation to expand background checks. At a Christian Science Monitor breakfast on Tuesday, Kelly said he would back an opponent to Flake if the "right candidate" was available and if the senator failed to support a background check bill, according to reports. Flake, who is not up for reelection until 2018, has been close to Kelly and Giffords. But Kelly said the issue of control trumped their ties.
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Republicans pull plug
on Mark Sanford
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Politico, by Alex Isenstadt
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Posted By: StormCnter- 4/17/2013 3:06:52 PM
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National Republicans are pulling the plug on Mark Sanford’s suddenly besieged congressional campaign, POLITICO has learned — a potentially fatal blow to the former South Carolina governor’s dramatic comeback bid. Blindsided by news that Sanford’s ex-wife has accused him of trespassing and concluding he has no plausible path to victory, the National Republican Congressional Committee has decided not to spend more money on Sanford’s behalf ahead of the May 7 special election. “Mark Sanford has proven he knows what it takes to win elections. At this time, the NRCC will not be engaged in this special election,”
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