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How I Confronted
Obama Biographer
David Maraniss
American Thinker, by John Drew
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Posted By:magnante, 11/3/2012 9:30:50 AM
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| I pushed the envelope of citizen-journalism a little further this week by introducing myself to Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Maraniss. According to Maraniss, his research for Barack Obama: The Story took him to Hawaii, Indonesia, and Kenya. Unfortunately, he did not have the time to Google search me or review any of the five books, multiple blog posts, YouTube videos, or hundreds of websites that feature my take on young Obama's ideological extremism. Ironically, Maraniss got awfully close to confirming the details of my 1980 Christmas break debate with young Obama
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
JoniTx, 11/3/2012 9:37:47 AM (No. 8984509)
Very interesting read. Highly recommend.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Tucker, 11/3/2012 9:43:32 AM (No. 8984528)
Today, and maybe before, biographers have a story they want to tell and then print what they want to fit the narrative.
I don't find David Maraniss a credible writer.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Flyright, 11/3/2012 10:00:54 AM (No. 8984548)
Total sales of Maraness' book to date come to approx.
16,000 copies. It's a flop.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
The Slammer, 11/3/2012 10:28:50 AM (No. 8984574)
David Maraniss is actually a very good author, depending on the subject matter. I certainly don't agree with him politically most of the time, but his biography on Roberto Clemente is probably one of the best biographies ever written.
I'll give credit where credit is due. Maraniss is an excellent writer. What he writes about, however, isn't always on the mark.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
slab, 11/3/2012 10:34:35 AM (No. 8984586)
Ranked 14,474 on Amazon this morning. Considering all the hype it got, that's not very good.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
StormCnter, 11/3/2012 10:53:52 AM (No. 8984640)
His book on Bill Clinton was a winner. I enjoyed it very much. "First in His Class".
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
M2, 11/3/2012 11:09:14 AM (No. 8984685)
Drew doesn't come off that well here, even though he does have a story to tell. He comes off as the kind of person who's stopped for speeding and says, "Don't you know who I am?"
Maraniss may be a toad, but Drew needs to get off his mirror.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
lakerman1, 11/3/2012 11:22:36 AM (No. 8984730)
Maraniss is to presidential biographers as Professor Mann is to global warming.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
dolphin, 11/3/2012 11:41:13 AM (No. 8984780)
In other words Maraniss is saying: You're entitled to your own opinion, but you're only entitled to facts that fit the narrative. So shut up and go away.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
vwlarry, 11/3/2012 12:32:20 PM (No. 8984926)
"Buy the book and get a free cellphone!" This might bump it up to #12,000 on the list, maybe. Maybe not, though. Those folks don't read very much, or very well.
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A Criminologist Questions Sandy Hook
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American Thinker, by Jason Kissner
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Posted By: magnante- 4/18/2013 8:34:45 AM
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Who in their right mind would even think of questioning accounts of politically momentous events (such as Sandy Hook) proffered by various MSM outlets? Well, at this point, many will agree that the MSM has dropped even the merest pretense of objectivity; MSM journalism has been fundamentally transformed into sheer advocacy. Here, we are going to do something the MSM won´t: provide context for the Sandy Hook event by conducting a statistical analysis of hard data on 30 years´ worth of mass public shootings in the United States.
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Campus Derangement Syndrome
gets prof arrested
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American Thinker, by Thomas Lifson
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Posted By: magnante- 4/17/2013 10:12:53 AM
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A faculty member at New York State´s largest public university was arrested yesterday, espousing a very peculiar interpretation of the First Amendment. Laura E. Curry, an adjunct instructor of media studies, was incensed at a display erected by Students for Life in a space reserved for free speech. As first reported by Creative Minority Report: A University of Buffalo (SUNY) professor was arrested for screaming obscenities at an administration approved graphic pro-life display. While cursing profusely, she accused the pro-lifers of being "profane."
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Those nasty conservatives forced
us to cover the Gosnell trial
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American Thinker, by Thomas Lifson
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Posted By: magnante- 4/16/2013 9:54:41 AM
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Those nasty conservatives forced us to cover the Gosnell trial That´s my translation of the New York Times headline, "Online Furor Draws Press to Abortion Doctor´s Trial." The piece by Trip Gabriel appeared on page A12 of today´s print edition, and finally brings inhabitants of the Times Bubble up to date on an outline of the most dramatic details of the testimony so far. But the main thrust of the piece is to avoid confronting the nature of the blackout, and focus attention on the role of social media and the paranoid anger of the right.
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Media: ´This is no time to speculate´
- so, of course, they do
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American Thinker, by Rick Moran
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Posted By: magnante- 4/16/2013 8:43:39 AM
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How many times did we hear reporters on the cable nets caution everyone about speculating regarding the perpetrators of the deadly attacks yesterday at the Boston Marathon? About as often as they proceeded to give their listeners the idea that it was "right wing extremists" who were behind the bombing. (snip)It takes a monumental effort to separate logic from reality and caution against blaming an entire religion for the actions of one or a few, while gleefully charging that an entire political philosophy and political party is at fault for those same actions.
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Tiger´s Ruling, Liberty,
and the Rule of Law
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American Thinker, by C. Edmund Wright
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Posted By: magnante- 4/14/2013 2:44:05 PM
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This weekend´s much-discussed ruling by the Master´s to penalize Tiger Woods, yet allow him to continue play, speaks to issues far more significant than Tiger or the game of golf. How this is being discussed across message boards speaks to where we are as a society, and not all of it is pretty -- even on the right. Perhaps especially on the right. Consider: For any society to function and facilitate liberty, there must be some guardrails and reliably upheld rules and laws, because without such, chaos rules -- and liberty and chaos are simply not compatible.
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MSM facing a new game
with Gosnell blackout
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American Thinker, by Thomas Lifson
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Posted By: magnante- 4/14/2013 11:01:11 AM
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Conservatives have studied Alinsky long and hard enough that they are starting to employ his rules against the legacy media establishment. In the face of the MSM blackout on the Gosnell trial, conservatives are fighting back with "a challenge to journalists never seen before," as Lucianne Goldberg put it today. Pajamas Media has established an anonymous tip hotline for media people to blow the whistle on spiking of coverage of the Gosnell horrors at their newspaper, TV station, website, or network. Alinsky´s Tule #4 instructs us: "Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules."
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Truth in Fables:
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American Thinker, by Jim Yadley
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Posted By: magnante- 4/14/2013 10:11:19 AM
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The fable "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" is more applicable than ever in describing the environment in which we live. Each interest group, especially those interest groups on the left, is infected with the need to describe ever more frightening futures, regardless what their interest is -- environment, education, energy, medical care, or whatever else the cause du jour may be.(snip)Sadly, there seem to be a lot of people who haven´t heard of the fable the boy who cried wolf.
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Shaming the MSM on abortion
house of horrors blackout
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American Thinker, by Thomas Lifson
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Posted By: magnante- 4/12/2013 10:21:49 AM
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The progressive media are deliberately ignoring the horrifying practices of Dr. Kenneth Gosnell, the Philadelphia abortionist who executed babies born live and is now on trial for murder. Mark Steyn does not mince words: "The U.S. media´s unanimous agreement to see no evil is sick and totalitarian." At this stage of media corruption, the only option we have in facing such evil is public shaming and ridicule. We must demand answers as to why they ignore such a compelling story, and when we get them, we must parse them and ridicule the self-serving rationalizations. They are whoring out their journalistic principles
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Deifying the Dear Leader
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American Thinker, by Daren Jonescu
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Posted By: magnante- 4/12/2013 8:07:56 AM
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For a clue as to what may be motivating the North Korean regime´s recent provocations, one need look no further than Kim Jong-Un´s American counterpart in the Dear Leader deification sweepstakes. Barack Obama is another man without meaningful accomplishments elevated to a leadership position for which he was utterly unprepared and unqualified. Just as the American political establishment and media made fools of themselves producing an illusion of significance around this most insignificant character, so North Korea must do the same for its chubby cherub-cum-demigod.
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News that must be suppressed
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American Thinker, by Thomas Lifson
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Posted By: magnante- 4/11/2013 10:37:27 AM
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If our major media were not fully committed propagandists, they would report the findings of a large scale survey of law enforcement personnel on the subject of further gun legislation. After all, they are currently following the President´s strategy of distracting the public from the awful state of the economy by exploiting the victims of Newtown to push for further erosion of Second Amendment rights. So the views of law enforcement personnel ought ot be of some interest. But of course the results are dramatic
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The most shocking news
you won´t see in the MSM today
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American Thinker, by Thomas Lifson
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Posted By: magnante- 4/9/2013 11:49:09 AM
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The murder trial of abortionist Kermit Gosnell largely is being ignored by the mainstream media, even in the face of grisly testimony, such as what we heard yesterday. Life News reports: ...a former employee described how she heard a baby scream during a live-birth abortion. Abortion clinic employee Sherry West described an incident which "really freaked (her) out" and related to the jury how she heard a child who was born alive following an abortion scream.
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Corrupt federal prosecutors escape
even a slap on the hand
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American Thinker, by Clarice Feldman
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Posted By: magnante- 4/9/2013 7:47:46 AM
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The prosecutors of Senator Ted Stevens who, by unethically hiding exculpatory evidence form him and other unprofessional conduct, got him removed from office in time to allow the Democrats to steam roll Obamacare through Congress, have now avoided even the most minor punishment for their acts
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Barack Obama can´t pass gun control
despite 90 per cent support. Truly,
he is a lame-duck president
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Telegraph [UK], by Tim Stanley
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Posted By: Attercliffe- 4/18/2013 6:42:40 AM
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Yesterday, the most modest of gun control proposals died in the Senate. It would have expanded background checks to people purchasing weapons at gun shows and online sales, enjoyed 90 per cent support among the public and came on the back of the tragedy at Newtown. Yet, despite all that it had going for it, the Toomey-Manchin bill raised just 54 votes--six short of the number necessary for passage. “This is a pretty shameful day for Washington,” said Obama afterwards. It wasn’t exactly a red letter day for him, either. Why did the no-brainer bill fail? Four reasons:
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Obama´s Official Snub Of
Thatcher Funeral Shows
How Small He Is
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Investor´s Business Daily, by Editorial
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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
gun-rights groups as willful liars
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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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Boston Marathon bombings
present new test for Obama
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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
on gun purchases in 54-46 vote
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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
Reaction To Terror, Says Bush Dis-
appeared for ‘Couple Weeks’ After 9/11
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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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Top Dem sees ´train wreck´
for Obama health law
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Associated Press, by Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar
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Posted By: NorthernDog- 4/17/2013 4:11:03 PM
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WASHINGTON -- A senior Democratic senator who helped write President Barack Obama´s health care law stunned administration officials Wednesday, saying openly he thinks it´s headed for a "train wreck" because of bumbling implementation. "I just see a huge train wreck coming down," Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., told Obama´s health care chief during a routine budget hearing that suddenly turned tense. Baucus is the first top Democrat to publicly voice fears about the rollout of the new health care law, designed to bring coverage to some 30 million uninsured Americans through a mix
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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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