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S.E. Cupp: ´We can´t be afraid
to call out Rush Limbaugh

Daily Caller, by Matt K. Lewis

Original Article

Posted By:Fiesta del sol, 2/14/2013 10:08:21 AM

The New York Times has a must-read up on how the GOP is losing the tech war — and losing the youth vote. But tucked away in the piece, I found this:[W]e can’t be afraid to call out Rush Limbaugh,” said Goodwin’s fiancée, S. E. Cupp, a New York Daily News columnist and a co-host of”The Cycle”on MSNBC. “If we can get three Republicans on three different networks saying, ‘What Rush Limbaugh said is crazy and stupid and dangerous,’ maybe that’ll give other Republicans cover” to denounce the talk-show host as well.

Comments:
She´s on MSNBC. Has she called out any of of the race baiters on MSNBC, like Chris Matthews or Toure? Her network just hired Robert Gibbs, will she call him out?

  

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Reply 1 - Posted by: RayLRiv, 2/14/2013 10:11:14 AM     (No. 9175819)

Try it, Ms. Cupp. You´ll fail miserably.


Reply 2 - Posted by: loosecannon1, 2/14/2013 10:12:11 AM     (No. 9175823)

The people who are crazy, stupid and dangerous are the people who think Rush is crazy, stupid and dangerous.


   

 

  


 
Reply 3 - Posted by: MisterDickens, 2/14/2013 10:18:48 AM     (No. 9175843)

Is she the man or the woman in the upcoming marriage?


Reply 4 - Posted by: AltaD, 2/14/2013 10:20:40 AM     (No. 9175852)

Is there more to this story? Is there something specific that Rush said that she believes to be "crazy and stupid and dangerous" or is she just sucking up to lefties by attacking Rush in general?


Reply 5 - Posted by: grampagasman, 2/14/2013 10:21:56 AM     (No. 9175859)

I´m confused. She was a regular on Glenn Beck´s program and a solid conservative, or libertarian.

This does not sound right.


Reply 6 - Posted by: mickturn, 2/14/2013 10:24:44 AM     (No. 9175870)

Well the Libs have been trying to ´call out´ Rush forever...they just don´t have the cahones to do it and never will.


Reply 7 - Posted by: escaped commieny, 2/14/2013 10:26:34 AM     (No. 9175874)

I watch the ´RealNews´ Beck program. Buck is former CIA, Will is a statistical genius, Amy is also a savvy insider but every time S E opens her mouth, I get that little gag feeling in the back of my throat.


   

 

  


 
Reply 8 - Posted by: jimmiet, 2/14/2013 10:30:32 AM     (No. 9175881)

Who is S.E. Cupp? Call out Rush? These minor league characters don´t even recognize his humor let alone the truth he tells.


Reply 9 - Posted by: bobgray2, 2/14/2013 10:33:09 AM     (No. 9175886)

The vast majority of journalists would love to have a documented reporting and prediction accuracy level approaching Rush Limbaugh´s. No other journalist or reporter in the country has the same level of scrutiny and criticism put on everything they say. It would crush most of them. They may not like the way he states the issue, but they have only very rarely been able to fault the accuracy of his statements.


Reply 10 - Posted by: Judith, 2/14/2013 10:38:25 AM     (No. 9175900)

What concerns me about Rush is the sense of depression I feel, recently, when I listen to him. And it is the same feeling I have had since November. In the old days, Rush bounced back, after a few days, from defeat. He does not seem to be bouncing back. I think he sees the end of this country as we knew it and cannot get his head around why people who have had the privilege of living in this country, are so eager to flush it down the drain. And, sadly, I think he is right.


Reply 11 - Posted by: StormCnter, 2/14/2013 10:43:12 AM     (No. 9175910)

S.E. Cupp is a solid conservative. That does not mean she cannot have real reservations about Rush Limbaugh. Many of us do. I disagree with her that he is "crazy" or "stupid", but when he manipulates his fans for his own purposes, he does real harm and so could be considered "dangerous" in that way. People tend to forget that Rush Limbaugh is an extremely successful and astute entertainer. He is not a visionary.


Reply 12 - Posted by: jeffreyabigail, 2/14/2013 10:48:11 AM     (No. 9175925)

Limbaugh is a dead-ender. He would rather have Democrats in the Senate than Republicans who are not as conservative as he is. Think Delaware, Indiana, Missouri and Nevada with their crackpot Senate candidate losers.

I don´t hear Susan Collins crying that the Republican Party is too conservative. Somehow she manages just fine.


   

 



 
Reply 13 - Posted by: owl, 2/14/2013 10:56:04 AM     (No. 9175946)

Ditto # 5 . I´ve seen her on Hannity as a conservative , or so I thot . Something smells over in liberalville .


Reply 14 - Posted by: Foggybottom, 2/14/2013 10:58:40 AM     (No. 9175952)

Ever notice anti-Rush posters never give any actual points of disagreement with Rush? At least they should propose something in disagreement with Rush´s statements and not make the usual empty ad hominem attacks. I suppose they figure on influencing the weak vessels to swell the rovette ranks.


Reply 15 - Posted by: snowoutlaw, 2/14/2013 10:59:38 AM     (No. 9175956)

So call him out and prove you´re an idiot? Good idea.


Reply 16 - Posted by: scottc, 2/14/2013 11:01:25 AM     (No. 9175967)

Keep in mind that this is reported by the NY Times so let´s just wait until we hear from S.E. Cupp directly before launching an assault against her.


Reply 17 - Posted by: thepass, 2/14/2013 11:01:42 AM     (No. 9175968)

This is the 2nd comment Cupp has made that is an attack on Conservatives. Don´t care to spend the time to search for the 1st time. Suffice to say, she´s no more a conservative anymore than the boob attorney who claimed to be one while calling to ban and confiscate firearms.

I´m not worried about Rush but this country is in deep kimshee with the reelection of zero.


   

 

  


 
Reply 18 - Posted by: PageTurner, 2/14/2013 11:03:19 AM     (No. 9175973)

I enjoy Rush Limbaugh. I particularly like his meaty economic analyses. As for S.E. Cupp, I don´t enjoy her work or what she´s really about, television appearances. She´s largely making a name for herself by selling her looks, targeting the low information male voter, which doesn´t appeal to me. There´s no depth in anything she says, her conservatism is strictly "pop-right." Go right ahead and attack Rush, Ms. Cupp. I still won´t find anything useful in either your appearance or any of your fluff analysis


Reply 19 - Posted by: AntiStatist, 2/14/2013 11:05:29 AM     (No. 9175980)

Exactly right, 15.

Then what those Rush haters call out is some comment that they heard Rush said.

But when the transcript comes out, the haters go mute. The transcripts have made many a liar of the critics.

They don´t listen to Rush, and they are all too eager to believe the worst hearsay.


Reply 20 - Posted by: Former lurker, 2/14/2013 11:06:11 AM     (No. 9175985)

#11, I suspect you feel depressed because is so darn honest. There is no way to put a happy face about the trajectory th contrary (and the world) is on. Since I have not been able to identify an alternative you might try my solution. Just pour more wine and read a good book.


Reply 21 - Posted by: tedinmich, 2/14/2013 11:12:33 AM     (No. 9176005)

Hey storm, cupp is also an atheist! ´nuff said!


Ted in Michigan


Reply 22 - Posted by: tusker, 2/14/2013 11:12:41 AM     (No. 9176006)

"Crazy, stupid, dangerous" as well as Marxist, Communist, anti-American, anti-capitalist, and anti-Constitution: Bow-Boy and his "psychophants".


   

 



 
Reply 23 - Posted by: melanie, 2/14/2013 11:13:34 AM     (No. 9176007)

Ms Cupp´s mouth runneth over...


Reply 24 - Posted by: rightfromthestart, 2/14/2013 11:16:31 AM     (No. 9176017)

Stockholm Syndrome? Is she blinking a message with her eyes? There is a reason why fraternizing with the enemy is forbidden in all armies. After you´ve given the liberals their fondest desire, they still won´t like you or respect you. Here´s my advice : GET OFF OF THE ISLAND OF MANHATTAN! GO VISIT AMERICA!


Reply 25 - Posted by: PatriotOne, 2/14/2013 11:18:57 AM     (No. 9176025)

Oops, Ms. Cupp..... You fail on two-out-of-three accusations..... Rush is NOT "crazy," nor is he "stupid," but he is "dangerous" to you Obama butt-sniffers, water-carriers and useful-idiots.

But be of good cheer ~~ being 33% correct in your accusations puts you far above the scores of your fellow butt-sniffers on MSNBC!


Reply 26 - Posted by: Chuzzles, 2/14/2013 11:21:53 AM     (No. 9176032)

#12, just how has Rush manipulated his listeners? I love when commenters make claims like this but offer no evidence to back their claims up.


Reply 27 - Posted by: StormCnter, 2/14/2013 11:24:32 AM     (No. 9176039)

"Operation Chaos".

Manipulation? Yup, in spades.


Reply 28 - Posted by: choey, 2/14/2013 11:29:38 AM     (No. 9176055)

She should ask Harry Reid how well that works.


Reply 29 - Posted by: JAN, 2/14/2013 11:29:39 AM     (No. 9176056)

The loudmouths are all united in bashing republicans who don´t pass their purity test.

Good for their ratings, bad for America.

If we lose the house we will see the end of America as we know it. Guess they all think they´re the answer.

I´m a grownup. I don´t need a leader and I don´t need anyone telling me what to think, who to hate and who to bash because they don´t agree with me 100% of the time.


Reply 30 - Posted by: Reality, 2/14/2013 11:31:23 AM     (No. 9176060)

S. E. you might try debating him on ideas. Just calling him names worked on Palin, Romney and Ryan, but Rush has already deflected all the negatives that you J School dropouts have thrown at him. Tis also includes His Slickness and Hillary.


Reply 31 - Posted by: Eheu Fugaces, 2/14/2013 11:31:27 AM     (No. 9176061)

S.E. Cupp --- isn´t she that glasses-wearing atheist, who a few years ago was expressing fake libertarian opinions?


Reply 32 - Posted by: Linda in Seattle, 2/14/2013 11:38:52 AM     (No. 9176069)

I have to agree with #8. I´ve pretty well stopped watching Real News because of Cupp. I´ve always had the impression she´s too impressed with herself. It´s too bad because the other commentators know their stuff and I enjoyed their views.


Reply 33 - Posted by: ruready?, 2/14/2013 11:45:23 AM     (No. 9176090)

To the negative Rush posters above, if you have posted similar tripe about Sarah, you fit my definition of Obama lite (ie, RINO)


Reply 34 - Posted by: kahunavol, 2/14/2013 11:50:51 AM     (No. 9176105)

Apparently the word conservative is elastic only in a liberal direction, the other direction is crazy, stupid, intolerant and litmus-test based. Interesting.


Reply 35 - Posted by: enuf8, 2/14/2013 11:53:34 AM     (No. 9176114)

Rush has opinions, but on major subjects he usually throws the "meat" out and enough information for the listeners to make up their own mind. He gives his audience the courtesy of realizing they have a mind capable of disseminating information.


Reply 36 - Posted by: tisHimself, 2/14/2013 11:55:16 AM     (No. 9176119)

Hey, we´ve just been informed that she´s a solid conservative, from the same antiPalin, Rove luvin, Romney is a severe conservative, there is no t party and conservatives lost the election experts. All scrutiny and criticism should now cease.


Reply 37 - Posted by: escaped commieny, 2/14/2013 12:00:44 PM     (No. 9176130)

#37 to quote Rush " Right On, right on "
Sarah Elizabeth is an avowed libertarian and refuses to be called Conservative. She also is an atheist and brags about her free sexual life. as for 12, I think we all have her number


Reply 38 - Posted by: yuban, 2/14/2013 12:08:37 PM     (No. 9176145)

The anti-Rush, anti-Sarah folk on here are not Conservatives. They are Leftists that lack morality or principles. They hate everything about Conservatism except the right to be prosperous without government interference. Since we happen to believe in much of what Rush believes, that somehow makes us manipulated? I guess as long as we just sit on our hands and do not get involved with such things as "Operation Chaos" then we are good lil minions of the RINO elitists. Rush has been on national radio for 25 yrs and all you can do is name one thing? No wonder you hate him so much.


Reply 39 - Posted by: King of all trolls, 2/14/2013 12:32:50 PM     (No. 9176204)

Limbaugh has suckered many of you on this Rubio-Schumer amnesty gambit. "I like what you´re doing and wish you luck". Rush has turned into a nattering old fool ever since he was remarried. As for, CUPP, she is a fool´s fool, sophmoric, and good for a date or two but won´t shut her ignorant mouth long enough for the romance to go. These are the Whig death throes, my friends.


Reply 40 - Posted by: dwa, 2/14/2013 12:35:43 PM     (No. 9176219)

#28, an idea is not manipulation You libs use words very loosely. It is a shame you libs lack the integrity to identify yourselves on these boards.


Reply 41 - Posted by: dman, 2/14/2013 12:37:00 PM     (No. 9176220)

This Cupp is half-empty.


Reply 42 - Posted by: Italiano, 2/14/2013 12:38:38 PM     (No. 9176223)

(Psst. S.E. He´ll win.)


Reply 43 - Posted by: Nevadadad46, 2/14/2013 12:48:30 PM     (No. 9176249)

My God! I had no idea Rush was such a powerful icon- our last and only hope of expressing any conservative idea or criticism of the left. We are surrounded! And or last flag to rally round is the one over the EIB network!


Reply 44 - Posted by: MattMusson, 2/14/2013 12:55:58 PM     (No. 9176271)

Call out Rush when he is wrong.

So far, he has been right in everything about Obama.


Reply 45 - Posted by: Teleologicus, 2/14/2013 1:01:28 PM     (No. 9176288)

Denouncing the ideas of people with whom one disagrees -and even the people themselves- as crazy, stupid and dangerous is the Left´s idea of political debate. All such partisans know how to do is to try to marginalize or, better still, silence opinions with which they disagree. Character assassination is a principal tactic used by Leftists against people who disagree with them. The political, for the Left, is indeed the personal. Leftist dogmatism and intolerance is largely the consequence of a massive failure of truly liberal education, which has been replaced by indoctrination and propaganda for a Leftist world view within which children can become permanently trapped, unable even to conceive of a legitimate alternative.


Reply 46 - Posted by: Penney, 2/14/2013 1:10:16 PM     (No. 9176306)

What in the world is Cupp talking about? Rush welcomes reasoned, civil debate. Rush authentically helps fill the void left by the remarkable Bill Buckley. (...Remember when the statist pbs removed this one remaining conservative voice from their program line-up? Public Broadcasting should have been defunded immediately for their blatant political bias!!!)


Reply 47 - Posted by: bob913, 2/14/2013 2:10:36 PM     (No. 9176434)

I will call out Rush.
Stop saying nothing can be done about obama!
I see it too many times at your site. You have a megaphone, start using it to get congress to act against this muslim terrorist supporter.


Reply 48 - Posted by: PageTurner, 2/14/2013 2:12:50 PM     (No. 9176436)

We also WON´T be afraid to call out S.E. Cupp.


Reply 49 - Posted by: MissMolly, 2/14/2013 2:13:57 PM     (No. 9176439)

Will you Limbaugh fans take a step back and re-read this thread? Where in the world is it written that everyone has to be a regular Limbaugh listener and follower and that those who are not are "Leftists that lack morality or principles" and
are "antiPalin, Rove luvin, Romney is a severe conservative, there is no t party" adherents and are trying to influence "the weak vessels to swell the rovette ranks.

Friends, this is just nuts. What happened to the salon?


Reply 50 - Posted by: TrueBlueWfan, 2/14/2013 2:45:02 PM     (No. 9176522)

#40 - your name says it all. As usual, you took one line out of context. Rush has explained endlessly that when he told Rubio this, he was congratulating him on his successful voicing of conservative principles - he has not signed on to amnesty, and neither has most of his audience. But you wouldn´t know that because you don´t listen to Rush, you get your info from the likes of MSNBC & Co.

Funny how the same posters hate Rush and hate Sarah Palin too. Verrryy interesting - we know your game.


Reply 51 - Posted by: Malia2012, 2/14/2013 3:43:49 PM     (No. 9176650)

What #12, #28 & #30 said. And Thank you #50 for expressing the feelings of many of us, who while we listen to Rush Limbaugh it doesn´t mean we must agree with all his tactics. Operation chaos WAS a debacle and this past election a disaster because President Ronald Reagan was not on the ballot. I have been a Rush fan since 1988, and a lifelong Conservative, and am tired of being called "not a Conservative" or a "leftist", because the great "they" out here decide who IS and who is NOT "conservative". Friends can disagree and still be friends, but here lately, not so much. What has happened to the salon? Indeed..


Reply 52 - Posted by: GW_Rider, 2/14/2013 5:49:41 PM     (No. 9176855)

I´ll call out Rush: early in the 2012 primaries you were not a fan of Etch. Later you became a real cheerleader for him. That was wrong.


Reply 53 - Posted by: tomishere, 2/14/2013 7:48:25 PM     (No. 9177052)

Your right #53 Rush didn´t want Obama to win so he supported Romney, how foolish of him. I think SC Cup is going the way of Morning Joe, it happens at that station. Rush Limbaugh is one of the reasons conservatism has come as far as it has. I don´t agree with him 100% but I don´t agree with anyone 100%. unfortunately many posters here cannot support anyone they don´t agree with 100%, again this is why we lose elections.


Reply 54 - Posted by: annie xango, 2/14/2013 7:55:42 PM     (No. 9177070)

Me thinks, Miz Cupp is out for Miz Cupp and makin´ a name for herself...Epic fail.....


Reply 55 - Posted by: Sunhan65, 2/15/2013 1:05:02 AM     (No. 9177404)

#37, if you have Miss Cupp´s number, kindly forward it to me. She´s pretty.


Reply 56 - Posted by: wsdiego, 2/15/2013 1:15:19 AM     (No. 9177406)

So what else is new? They do this on a daily basis!


Reply 57 - Posted by: tisHImself, 2/15/2013 9:18:10 AM     (No. 9177781)

There ya go. Happy times for vitriolic and condescending severe conservatives. Feels more salon like already.


Reply 58 - Posted by: R. Edgar, 2/15/2013 9:28:11 AM     (No. 9177800)

Whoa! Way too much friendly fire on our own positions today. Which of course is what the Red Diaper whiners want.

I know I don´t perfectly align my views with everyone here, but I´ll tell you one thing, I´m directing my ordinance toward the LEFT.

Don´t worry, the leftist shills and online trolls who are deliberatley trying to sap our strength will be smoked out soon enough and dealt with accordingly. They always betray themselves at some point.


Reply 59 - Posted by: beca, 2/15/2013 11:58:34 AM     (No. 9178126)

you people think rush isnt a real conservative...i have one thing to say...SE.....put a lid on it


Reply 60 - Posted by: 4Justice, 2/15/2013 8:47:33 PM     (No. 9178993)

Sorry but Sippy Cupp is NOT a solid conservative. She is not even a conservative. She is a sometimes libertarian. But she doesn´t even get that right. Cupp is an airhead ditz who thinks she is "all that" and who believe she is superior to everyone else. But she is just another young aggressive media whore who wants to tell everyone else what to believe. I never liked her or her ugly New York glasses. Rush did not manipulate his audience. OC was NOT manipulation. People knew exactly what that was all about. 28, I used to appreciate your posts, but I no longer recognize your comments. #28 is not a lib, but certainly their views have changed a lot over the years.

I have noticed, however that we do have some more trolls (who even admit it in their names)and seminar posters who seemed to have come over from leftist sites just to create havoc.


Reply 61 - Posted by: badrad, 2/16/2013 1:24:09 AM     (No. 9179220)

50% put obama back in charge of the slippery slope our country is on. Some probable voter fraud but those who think the GOP lost for being too moderate will assure Hitlary takes over in 2016.

Political babes in the woods and political naivete IMO. Us in shambles and the dems owning the news and hence the views? Tea Party vs Rove indeed and call a Republican in a liberal state a rino instead of appreciating the seat as a number to have a majority. We really need more Akins and others that the public fear more than they do left wing tyrants?


Reply 62 - Posted by: cat2, 2/26/2013 1:17:15 AM     (No. 9196356)

I listen to Rush, so I pretty much don´t pay attention to what anybody else says about him. I can make up my own mind.

Rush is very impressive, does his homework so extensively that all important national news topics get covered thoroughly. I disagree that he is not a "visionary". His vision is the values and standards that this country was founded on, and the effort to return to those values and standards. What more vision could you want (if you are a conservative)?

Never even heard of S.E. Cupp until this post. Why would I care what she says?



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Posted By: Fiesta del sol- 4/24/2013 6:40:27 AM     Post Reply
Professionally made signs at a North Carolina campground are warning visitors that the site is closed because of an “operational change due to sequestration.” Two Republican members of Congress have demanded Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell explain how and why the signs appeared, and how they were paid for. “CLOSED,” reads a metal sign posted at a road into the Linville Falls Campground in North Carolina. “Operational Change Due to Sequestration.” The signs, at a National Park site along the Blue Ridge Parkway, bear the official logo of the National Park Service



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Putin keeps John Kerry waiting for
THREE HOURS during his visit to
Russia for meetings over Syria
as relationship between the U.S.
and Russia remains frosty

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Daily Mail [UK], by Staff    Original Article
Posted By: Attercliffe- 5/8/2013 2:10:01 AM     Post Reply
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was looking to strengthen ties with Russia as he tries to put an end to the dictatorial regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, but instead he was met with the coldest of receptions. Russian President Vladimir Putin kept Kerry waiting three hours before their meeting at the Kremlin on Tuesday and continuously fiddled with his pen as the top American diplomat spoke about the ongoing crisis in Syria. Kerry’s visit to Moscow comes as he seeks Russian help in ending Syria´s civil, telling President Putin that common interest in a stable Middle East

Republican probe of Benghazi
attacks turns to Hillary Clinton

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Washington Post, by Philip Rucker    Original Article
Posted By: JoniTx- 5/8/2013 6:52:16 AM     Post Reply
Republican lawmakers, who have spent months seeking to tie President Obama to last year’s deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, are increasingly focusing their probe on a new target: former secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton. The GOP-led investigation of the Sept. 11, 2012, assaults that killed U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three others now centers heavily on the State Department and whether officials there deliberately misled the public about the nature of the assault. Three State Department officials are scheduled to testify before a House committee on Wednesday about the Benghazi attack and its aftermath.

White House struggles to respond
to new Benghazi revelations

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Washington Times, by Susan Crabtree    Original Article
Posted By: Dreadnought- 5/8/2013 11:24:14 PM     Post Reply
The White House on Wednesday stood by its story that the Obama administration remained unsure exactly who was responsible for the attack on the U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi nearly five days after it occurred even though new revelations show Ansar al-Sharia’s direct involvement. Gregory Hicks, the deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Libya and a self-described whistleblower, testified before a Congressional committee Wednesday that the body of Ambassador J. Christpher Stevens was missing for hours during the attack after being dragged out of the diplomatic post in Benghazi.

Sanford gets second chance:
On political scrapheap 4 years ago,
ex-governor wins 1st district seat

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Post & Courier [Charleston, SC], by Glenn Smith*    Original Article
Posted By: Attercliffe- 5/8/2013 12:59:28 AM     Post Reply
Former Gov. Mark Sanford completed the trail to political redemption Tuesday with a win over Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch to reclaim his old seat in Congress. Sanford defeated Colbert Busch 54 percent to 45 percent, according to full unofficial results. Turnout was heavier than expected, with about 32 percent of the district’s 455,702 registered voters casting ballots. Sanford, who has never lost an election, returns to the 1st District seat he held for three terms from 1995-2001. It’s a remarkable comeback for a man many pundits had written off after his highly publicized affair with an Argentine

A new ‘Dawn’ at ABC:
Newsman becomes newswoman

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New York Post, by Tara Palmeri    Original Article
Posted By: KarenJ1- 5/8/2013 11:26:11 AM     Post Reply
Top ABC News editor Don Ennis walked into his Manhattan office on Friday in a “little black dress” and a brunette bobbed wig and announced to colleagues that from now on, he would like to be known as Dawn. The 49-year-old father of three said he’s splitting from his wife of 17 years to become a woman, or Dawn Stacey Ennis, as she is now known on her governmental records. “Today I begin anew,” she wrote on her Facebook timeline, where she debuted a flirty new profile picture. “Please understand: This is not a game of

Dem Congressman At Benghazi
Hearing: "Death Is A Part Of Life"

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Real Clear Politics, by Ian Schwartz    Original Article
Posted By: Desert Fox- 5/8/2013 2:27:15 PM     Post Reply
Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, tells Benghazi witnesses that "death is a part of life." CUMMINGS: And, as I listen to your testimony I could not help but think of something that I said very recently -- two years ago now -- in a eulogy for a relative. I said that death is a part of life, so often we have to find a way to make life a part of death. And, I guess the reason why I´m saying that, going back to something Mr. Nordstrom said, he wanted,

Benghazi: Incompetence,
but no cover-up

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National Journal, by Michael Hirsh    Original Article
Posted By: Fiesta del sol- 5/8/2013 6:04:54 PM     Post Reply
There was tragic incompetence, plainly, in the Obama administration’s handling of the Benghazi attacks, and even possibly some political calculation. It is a record that may well come to haunt Hillary Clinton, the first Secretary of State to lose an ambassador in the field in more than three decades, if she runs for president in 2016. But the obvious Republican effort to turn this inquiry into the Democratic (Obama) version of the Iraq intelligence scandal that has tarred the GOP since the George W. Bush years -- led by that least-credible of champions, the almost-always-wrong Darrell Issa --

Latino student group says eating
tacos is offensive to Mexicans

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Daily Caller [Washington DC], by Robby Soave    Original Article
Posted By: JoniTx- 5/9/2013 6:12:54 PM     Post Reply
Northwestern University continued to stumble over diversity issues this week as Mexican students voiced disagreement with a campuswide letter that advised students not to celebrate Cinco de Mayo by engaging in racially-offensive activities, such as eating tacos and drinking tequila. The letter was sent to students via e-mail, and published in The Daily Northwestern last week. Leaders of Alianza, a Latino student group, and the Associated Student Government called on students to remember that Cinco de Mayo commemorates Mexico’s victory over France in the Battle of Puebla. It is not a day to throw a sombrero-themed party, they said.

Stephen Hawking backs
boycott of Israeli academics

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Associated Press, by Gregory Katz and Aron Heller    Original Article
Posted By: Scottyboy- 5/8/2013 12:08:27 PM     Post Reply
British physicist Stephen Hawking has dropped plans to attend a major international conference in Israel in June, citing his belief that he should respect a Palestinian call to boycott contacts with Israeli academics. The University of Cambridge released a statement Wednesday indicating that Hawking had told the Israelis last week that he would not be attending "based on advice from Palestinian academics that he should respect the boycott." University officials said they had "previously understood" that Hawking´s decision was based solely on health concerns — he is 71 and has severe disabilities — but had now been told otherwise by Hawking´s office.

The High Cost of Rush: Talker
Bleeds Millions From His Carriers
as Toxic Talk Slumps, Cumulus Seems
Set to Part Ways With Rush Limbaugh

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Daily Beast, by John Avlon    Original Article
Posted By: Pluperfect- 5/8/2013 5:41:29 AM     Post Reply
“We´ve had a tough go of it this last year,” Cumulus CEO Lew Dickey said Tuesday morning. “The facts are indisputable regarding the impact certain things have had on ad dollars." Dickey told analysts on the earnings call that his radio empire’s revenue was down $5.6 million in the first quarter of 2013 on top of a boatload of debt. Why? Parse the weasel words (“the impact of certain things”) and you’ll see that Dickey is blaming one man for the precipitous decline of right-wing talk radio’s profitability: Rush Limbaugh. El Rushbo is still a giant in the industry,

Fox Analyst Shreds ‘Cowardly,
Duplicitous’ Admin Over Benghazi:
‘Sacrificed American Lives For Politics’

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Mediaite, by Meenal Vamburkar    Original Article
Posted By: KarenJ1- 5/8/2013 11:47:07 AM     Post Reply
Ahead of the Benghazi hearings in which three witnesses are set to testify before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Fox & Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade invited Fox News analyst Lt. Col. Ralph Peters to discuss the issue. Peters was unflinching in his criticism of the “cowardly” Obama administration — and the “establishment media” that aids it. “Is this a national security coverup?” Kilmeade asking, explaining that the witness testimony is expected to say the administration was deceitful in its handling of the situation. “The administration, facing the election, went into panic mode, wanted to contain it,”

Did Beck Cross the Line? Yes.
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Commentary, by Jeffrey S. Tobin    Original Article
Posted By: Pluperfect- 5/9/2013 6:28:23 AM     Post Reply
Fans of Glenn Beck are complaining about what I wrote yesterday about his speech at the National Rifle Association convention, where he used a giant image of Michael Bloomberg photoshopped into what appeared to be an image of Hitler with his arm raised in a Nazi salute and wearing an armband. The Beck crowd now tells me that it wasn’t Hitler’s picture into which the New York mayor was transposed but that of Communist leader Vladimir Lenin. They say that means I owe Beck an apology along with the Anti-Defamation League and others who were also outraged by it.


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