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Christie goes off on ‘toxic’ House Republicans over Sandy aid delay
Washington Post, by Rachel Weiner
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Posted By:Drive, 1/2/2013 2:50:03 PM
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| New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) condemned House Republicans Wednesday afternoon for failing to pass a $60 billion package of funding for Hurricane Sandy relief. In the strongest terms, he accused House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) of letting “toxic internal politics” impede necessary storm relief. “There’s only one group to blame for the continued suffering of these victims: the House majority and their speaker,” Christie said. “It was disappointing and disgusting to watch.” Christie told reporters that he has spoken to both Boehner and President Obama today.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
hot coffee, 1/2/2013 2:57:42 PM (No. 9095075)
Shove it Christie
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Country Boy, 1/2/2013 2:59:32 PM (No. 9095076)
The reason that all these property owners need Fed assistance is because they can´t buy flood insurance ... because ... those properties can flood.
Bulldoze the properties and move on.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
wayneright, 1/2/2013 3:01:03 PM (No. 9095079)
Yuk. Go hug Barry again. Never been so disgusted by a fellow Seton Hall Law grad.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
noproblems, 1/2/2013 3:01:04 PM (No. 9095080)
This fat ar$e needs to undertand that he will get no special treatment from the taxpayers.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Haskell, 1/2/2013 3:05:44 PM (No. 9095086)
Hey Chris, Mitt would have had it all cleaned up by now, even before taking office! Ya hugged the wrong guy!
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
JimS, 1/2/2013 3:06:42 PM (No. 9095087)
But watching the Dem lawmakers add $-billions in pork for expenditures totally unrelated to Sandy wasn´t disgusting? Is that it? This bill doubled in size because of all the unrelated earmarks added by Dem politicos.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
usingthebean, 1/2/2013 3:06:44 PM (No. 9095088)
Christie obviously can´t recognize the role of lard in legislation or his own personal diet. The mask comes off the Rino!
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
usingthebean, 1/2/2013 3:13:32 PM (No. 9095097)
Sorry for the second post, but anyone see or heard of Christie admonishing his transportation head for not paying heed a week before Sandy of the trains being parked where they very well may flood? A one hundred million dollar WHOOPS! How about the State cover this incompetence "rotund one"?
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Calvinesq, 1/2/2013 3:13:45 PM (No. 9095100)
What´s the rush? The Dems always want late-night, closed-door negotiations. And, they usually get Republican enablers to go along. Let´s shine some light on these cockroaches for a change.
Let´s have a debate over spending. Why send anything to Alaska, NASA, museums in D.C.?
The money isn´t there anyway, and it´s not going anywhere. The money that has already been allocated isn´t close to being spent yet. New money will be spent over the next three years. Again -- What´s the rush (other than to sock it to the public again?
Maybe, just maybe, we´ll get some responsibility and make sure those that need relief in fact get it, instead of earmarking the heck out of the pork.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
tsquare, 1/2/2013 3:16:11 PM (No. 9095102)
really having snit fit, isn´t he
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
BaseballFan, 1/2/2013 3:16:44 PM (No. 9095104)
“No bureaucracy. No red tape.” -Barack Hussein Obama, October 30, 2012
Christie has praised Obama for his handling of the storm response, saying Tuesday morning that the president has been “wonderful” and “deserves great credit.”
- Politico, 10/30/12
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
citizen plain, 1/2/2013 3:17:02 PM (No. 9095106)
Christie´s eating patholgy has taken him over....
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
dixieboy1, 1/2/2013 3:17:02 PM (No. 9095105)
"El Gordo" is preparing to pull a "Spector" and shift to the Dark Side. I know the Republicans are the Stupid Party but this obese clown´s tactics aren´t too bright.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Quigley, 1/2/2013 3:17:05 PM (No. 9095107)
Why wouldn´t he be calling out teleprompter for not putting the language in the bill?
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
PageTurner, 1/2/2013 3:18:56 PM (No. 9095109)
Christie demonstrates just why he´s not ready for political primetime.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
cheeflo, 1/2/2013 3:19:12 PM (No. 9095110)
The Sandy Relief bill was so larded up with pork, that´s why it was shelved.
It included monies for fisheries in Alaska, $5.3B to the Army Corps of Engineers (more than their annual budget), $56.8 million for charting the debris from last year’s Japanese tsunami, $41 million for eight military bases including Guantanamo Bay, $100 million for the federal Head Start day care program, $188 million for new Amtrak lines (not repair, whole new lines), $20 million for a nationwide “Water Resources Priorities Study,” $4 million for the Kennedy Space Center (in Florida, untouched by Sandy).
Is that what you wanted, Chris?
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Dreemaun, 1/2/2013 3:28:05 PM (No. 9095121)
Barry got his photo opt, Christie got punked.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Bevan, 1/2/2013 3:35:30 PM (No. 9095131)
Christie loves pork
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
VinGoombatz, 1/2/2013 3:36:40 PM (No. 9095133)
Plus state governments should have "rainy day funds" at the ready. Go screw, Christie.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Namma, 1/2/2013 3:37:30 PM (No. 9095134)
hey Chrustie...put the blame where it belongs..on your new BFB..obama....unless of course you are taking lessons from him and blaming everyone else but who really should be blamed...
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
aindyin, 1/2/2013 3:40:26 PM (No. 9095139)
Up yours Donut boy.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
floydhowardjr, 1/2/2013 3:41:53 PM (No. 9095141)
Christie brought it on himself and his state. Maybe he won´t play politics next time.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
DW626, 1/2/2013 3:45:57 PM (No. 9095152)
You´ve been used and abused Gov.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
glcinpdx, 1/2/2013 3:46:44 PM (No. 9095155)
I never thought this man could be more politically dead to me than after that big kissy faced hug with Jug Ears....I was wrong.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
DARling, 1/2/2013 3:47:11 PM (No. 9095156)
Obama got the milk free, so no need to buy that cow.
Christie, you gave away your favors too cheaply. Go have a seance so you can communicate with the late Arlen Spector, who also thought democrats "respected" him.
I don´t approve of what the republicans did with the "cliff," but I surely approve of them not passing a Sandy bill full of pork.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
whyyeseyec, 1/2/2013 3:48:31 PM (No. 9095161)
Raise taxes in your state Governor. The dem controlled legislature will be more than happy to comply.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
TXknitter, 1/2/2013 3:49:57 PM (No. 9095165)
#12, really. Never seen a more toxic- looking guy. His family better step in extremely soon....
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
abiner, 1/2/2013 3:50:19 PM (No. 9095166)
I´m beginning to think that the only difference between Christie and Michael Moore is that one of them lives in New Jersey. They appear to be as identical in intellect as they are in silhouette.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
LC Hoghead, 1/2/2013 3:56:37 PM (No. 9095181)
Obama got his photo op.....and Christie got punked . What a surprise.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
judy, 1/2/2013 3:59:23 PM (No. 9095187)
Christie & King should blame the senate for adding billions $$$$$ in un-related greedy pork to the so called Sandy bill.
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
mitzi, 1/2/2013 4:01:23 PM (No. 9095189)
What does Christie expect? "They" don´t need him anymore ... nor to they need votes from the people in NJ or on LI.
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
Teleologicus, 1/2/2013 4:02:40 PM (No. 9095193)
Though I have never been a fan of Christie´s -his remarks about Muslim judges were a deal breaker for me long before now- attacking him for attacking Boehner misses the point. The point is that perception is reality - and the Republican leadership left itself open to precisely this kind of smear. I simply do not understand how people who have spent years, indeed much of their lives in politics, could have failed to foresee and take precautions against such an obvious tactic by the opposition. This is a serious black eye that should never, ever have been allowed to happen. The damage is done. The narrative will now be recycled and repeated and warmed up and warmed over in the Leftist media. Saying nasty things about Christie will not undo the self-inflicted damage that Republicans have sustained. OF COURSE the whole thing is demagogy. OF COURSE the plan was to attach tons of pork to the relief bill. Everybody knows that. But Republicans fumbled the ball badly.
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
simpleman, 1/2/2013 4:03:40 PM (No. 9095195)
...Christie loves PORK...
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
killerbee, 1/2/2013 4:07:01 PM (No. 9095210)
#32: exactly. They are pathetic at getting the truth out. They depend on right of center bloggers, it seems.
The RNC does nothing to get information out to people who are being disinformed by the media. The whole thing needs to be shut down.
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
thethirdruffian, 1/2/2013 4:22:11 PM (No. 9095245)
Fat boy needs to go depend on his hero Obama.
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
Bla Bla, 1/2/2013 4:30:14 PM (No. 9095265)
You´re going off on the wrong people, Crispy Creme. Go off on your buddy President Obama, then the Dems in the senate. The House has done their job repeatedly. They sent a budget to the Senate last spring, sir. The Senate refused to bring it to a vote, & Obama never bothered to even look at it.
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
snapper451, 1/2/2013 4:31:01 PM (No. 9095270)
Call your buddy Barry.
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
Malia2012, 1/2/2013 4:32:19 PM (No. 9095274)
What #16 said. Chris Christie is no more than a democrat turned inside out and calling himself a Republican. The amount "required" for "sandy" is FAR less than what they are trying to extort from Taxpayers all over the Country. The bill, as usual is full of PORK! Chrissie should call his bff-obama and I´m sure he´ll fix things for him..What´s that? The Election´s over? ....Never mind. Good on Christie, what goes around comes around..The people of N.J. and N.Y. deserve better than a loaded up phony "relief" bill being mis-represented by the outright lies of the phony-christie and the rest of them.
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Reply 39 - Posted by:
Judith, 1/2/2013 4:50:47 PM (No. 9095311)
So, do you think the voters are getting the picture? You can´t be slightly conservative or slightly republican. Social and fiscal issues go hand in hand. But we do not have a political party that is willing to explain to the voters exactly how that works.
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Reply 40 - Posted by:
vesicant, 1/2/2013 5:08:09 PM (No. 9095345)
I suspect he´s working his way up to changing parties. Somebody has to fill the Teddy Kennedy Chair of Slob Opportunist.
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Reply 41 - Posted by:
DCGIRL, 1/2/2013 5:17:54 PM (No. 9095357)
Hey fat boy have another twinkie. Tired of hearing from you. I suggest you call your boyfriend Obama and see if he will bother to return your call. You are no use to him anymore.
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Reply 42 - Posted by:
Coy860, 1/2/2013 5:18:07 PM (No. 9095358)
I feel sorry for the victims of the Hurricane, but will NOT support anything with billions in the most blatent, wasteful PORK in so many areas far removed from the Hurricane damage. Watch the Congress closely, send the list of pork in that bill to everyone you know. EXPOSE THEM.
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Reply 43 - Posted by:
Newtsche, 1/2/2013 5:44:53 PM (No. 9095402)
He can´t get there, #1, he´ll need to have someone do it for him.
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Reply 44 - Posted by:
TigerLilly, 1/2/2013 6:14:06 PM (No. 9095443)
Boehner wouldn´t take your call Governor? I´m sure the President will take care of things for you, just throw those big old arms around Obama and tell him what a great job he is doing, that will fix things in New Jersey real quick.
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Reply 45 - Posted by:
ragu, 1/2/2013 6:15:20 PM (No. 9095447)
Boehner and Cantor Release Statement on Hurricane Sandy Relief Aid
http://tinyurl.com/ah2xt9w
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Reply 46 - Posted by:
rocket scientist, 1/2/2013 6:23:29 PM (No. 9095459)
I think Fat Boy has pretty well worn out his welcome. Go hug and kiss Bammy some more and maybe he´ll throw you some scraps. I´m not happy with Boehner either. Why don´t we dump BOTH Boehner and Christie. A couple of obnoxious RINOs if I ever saw any. Members of the Justice Roberts club of traitors.
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Reply 47 - Posted by:
trapper, 1/2/2013 6:32:21 PM (No. 9095472)
I guess when Christie abandoned Romney, the Republican presidential candidate, to tour the Jersey coast doing campaign appearances for the DEMOCRAT candidate, he forgot that any aid to his state had to come through the REPUBLICAN controlled House. Payback sucks, eh Chris? Go get the money from your new pal Obama.
The people of New Jersey have no one to blame but Christie, for the way he completely bungled this.
Oh, and helpless Katrina victims have nothing on the helplessness in Jersey and New York. Almost 3 months later and still sitting in the debris waiting for someone to take care of them. Shovels and saws are such complicated tools to operate. Feed me, clothe me, house me, help me.
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Reply 48 - Posted by:
Safari Man, 1/2/2013 6:58:35 PM (No. 9095505)
I wish I could afford to live in a high-cost seaside community such as those affected by Sandy. Well, maybe I could if I got everyone else in the country to pay for all my problems.
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Reply 49 - Posted by:
Keekng, 1/2/2013 7:01:44 PM (No. 9095508)
Christie should see if Nadler will share his dieting secrets.
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Reply 50 - Posted by:
Coy860, 1/2/2013 7:13:11 PM (No. 9095516)
If Christie were an astute politician, he would have come out and exposed the democrats for using the Hurricane victims´ needs to reward their constituents. Had he done that, the spotlight would now be shining on the crooked democrats for making victims suffer, and he would be polishing his halo.
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Reply 51 - Posted by:
happywarrior, 1/2/2013 7:15:28 PM (No. 9095519)
Will this money allow that stupid town to rebuild a roller coaster out over the ocean? If that thing is an ´icon´ than so is my arse!
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Reply 52 - Posted by:
marthaville, 1/2/2013 7:24:16 PM (No. 9095524)
Christie is a RINO and an Obama lover. Tell him to call his buddy and get him to issue an executive order to cover New Jersey and New York´s failure to prepare.
No reason to do anything for these two blue states, and turncoat Christie. Whine, whine, whine.
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Reply 53 - Posted by:
erv, 1/2/2013 7:26:18 PM (No. 9095525)
If a tornado destroys a dozen homes, no federal assistance is given. If you house burns to the ground, no federal assistance is given. If you build a house along the coast and a hurrican or tropical storm destroys your home then we all have to pay to rebuild those homes. This is a bunch of crap. The federal governmnet should not pay anything to rebuild private homes. If the home owner was too stupid to get insurance then they should suffer the consequence, not the rest of us.
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Reply 54 - Posted by:
66Strat, 1/2/2013 7:35:59 PM (No. 9095530)
We should listen to a Springsteen-loving Obama hugger? Thanks for sealing Barry´s victory Chris. Poster #1 is most eloquent.
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Reply 55 - Posted by:
ricktutt, 1/2/2013 8:40:19 PM (No. 9095601)
Another lying,worthless politician!
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Reply 56 - Posted by:
doublesharp, 1/2/2013 8:45:26 PM (No. 9095608)
See what happens when the Twinkie supply is exhausted? It will only get worse.
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Reply 57 - Posted by:
god of irony, 1/2/2013 10:16:15 PM (No. 9095684)
I wonder if Ann Coulter still marvels at his conservatism? Basically he is saying that he doesn´t care that the bill was laden with pork.
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Reply 58 - Posted by:
nascarfan, 1/3/2013 2:10:19 AM (No. 9095860)
Either he is fat and hasn´t read the bill and is just Bloviating or he´s fat and has read the bill and is just bloviating. Chris Christie is a fat Democrat hiding in Republican Clothing.
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Annette Funicello, the dark-haired darling of TV´s “The Mickey Mouse Club” in the 1950s who further cemented her status as a pop-culture icon in the ´60s by teaming with Frankie Avalon in a popular series of “beach” movies, died Monday. She was 70. Funicello, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1987 and became a spokeswoman for treatment of the chronic, often-debilitating disease of the central nervous system, died at Mercy Southwest Hospital in Bakersfield, Walt Disney Co. spokesman Howard Green said. Funicello and her husband, Glen Holt, had moved from
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White House: Planned GOP gun filibuster cowardly
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Washington Times, by Dave Boyer
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/8/2013 11:08:31 PM
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Beginning a week of high pressure on gun control, the White House on Monday accused some Republican senators of cowardice for planning to filibuster gun legislation without allowing the full Senate to vote on President Obama’s initiatives. “If they oppose this legislation, have the courage to say so on the floor and vote no,” said White House press secretary Jay Carney. “Don’t block it. Don’t hide behind a procedural action to prevent a vote. That’s the wrong thing to do, and that’s how the president clearly feels.”
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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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Chelsea Clinton doesn´t close door to public office
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USA Today, by Catalina Camia
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Posted By: jackson- 4/8/2013 10:23:20 AM
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Chelsea Clinton has raised her profile in the last few days, which sparked the inevitable question about the former first daughter´s future: Will she ever be like Mom and Dad and run for office? Clinton, 33, essentially said "maybe" in an interview that aired Monday on NBC´s Today show. "Right now I´m grateful to live in a city, a state and a country where I strongly support my mayor, my governor, my president and my senators and my representative," said Clinton, whose father, Bill, was president from 1993-2001 and her mother, Hillary
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Special ops veterans’ group calls for select probe of Benghazi attack
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Fox News, by Catherine Herridge
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Posted By: JoniTx- 4/8/2013 7:00:09 AM
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More than 700 Special Operations veterans are urging members of Congress to back a select committee to investigate last year’s Benghazi terrorist attack, according to a letter first obtained by Fox News. The letter from the group, “Special Operations Speaks,” supports the appointment of a special committee tasked with the single mission of investigating the attack that left Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans dead, and shut down the CIA operation in an annex of the Benghazi consulate, in the Sept. 11, 2012 attack. “Congress must show some leadership and provide answers to the public
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Obama flying 11 relatives of Sandy Hook victims to D.C. on Air Force One so they can back gun control in person
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Associated Press, by Staff
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Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 4/8/2013 4:05:18 PM
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President Barack Obama is bringing 11 relatives of those killed in the shooting at Connecticut´s Sandy Hook Elementary School to Washington on Air Force One on Monday so they can personally encourage senators to back gun legislation that faces tough opposition. A nonprofit organization that works with the families, Sandy Hook Promise, said that after Obama´s speech on gun control in Hartford, he is flying with relatives of seven children and one staffer killed during December´s massacre at the school. The White House says Obama is going to argue that lawmakers have an
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Updated: White House, McCain blast Cruz for threatening filibuster over guns
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Houston Chronicle, by Joanna Raines
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Posted By: JoniTx- 4/8/2013 4:55:05 PM
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There was growing buzz over the weekend that a bipartisan agreement on gun control — a deal that would expand background checks — could hit the floor as early as this week. However, any deal could be derailed by the looming threat of a Republican filibuster involving Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. With Cruz standing proudly in the way of any gun legislation, Democrats are trying to make him pay a political price — and even a couple of high-profile Republicans are questioning his tactics.
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North Korea´s Army Is Full of Jumping, Leaping, High-Kicking Martial Artists
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Atlantic, by Connor Simpson
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Posted By: Pluperfect- 4/8/2013 5:48:23 AM
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Amid all of the very real threats of war and stuff from North Korea, you´d think American intelligence officers want as much video footage of the enemy as possible. Well, here is one video featuring North Korean exercises and Kim Jong-Un holding a gun, and we´ll say this: they certainly get points for presentation. Remember the clap-happy report from Dennis Rodman´s diplomatic basketball vacation? This video comes courtesy of the same Youtube channel that gave us that Rodman video. It appears to be the same state news channel.(Snip for video)This latest dispatch from North Korea´s state television
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Gay Connecticut couple accused of raping adopted children will face trial
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New York Daily News, by Erik Ortiz
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Posted By: Drive- 4/8/2013 8:52:23 AM
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The case of a same-sex Connecticut couple accused of repeatedly raping and abusing two of their nine adopted boys is headed for trial. Married couple George Harasz and Douglas Wirth of Glastonbury were supposed to be sentenced Friday in Hartford Superior Court under a plea deal, but instead withdrew from their agreement with prosecutors. The men had already pleaded no contest in January to one felony count each of risk of injury to a minor — a reduction from even more serious charges related to sexual assault....
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