Politics
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To Drudge, From a White Guy: Stop the Racist Nonsense
Global Grind‘s Michael Skolnik says that the latest drummed-up controversy about President Obama is part of a “white-man-losing-power bulls—t rap.” Splashed across his website was a link to a 2007 video of then Senator Barack Obama giving a speech at Hampton University in front of the nation’s top black clergy. In this speech, Senator Obama…
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Michelle Obama Wins First Lady Cookie Contest
Michelle Obama wins first lady cookie contest: Her white-and-dark-chocolate-chip cookies beat out Ann Romney’s M&M’s treats in Family Circle’s competition. Romney’s cookies got 48.5 percent of votes, while Obama’s chocolate-chip cookies won with 51.5 percent. Ex-Knicks player rallies for fatherhood: Allan Houston recently brought his Father Knows Best basketball camp to Pratt Institute in Brooklyn,…
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Here's How Romney Should Debate Obama
(The Root) — The first presidential debate is finally here, and the once-nervous chatter of many inside the GOP has turned to outright groans about the state of Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign. From Peggy Noonan to Joe Scarborough to George Will, conservatives (myself included) have become increasingly anxious about a campaign in which the optics,…
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Obama's Day, Oct. 3: First Presidential Debate in 2012
THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORWEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2012 In the morning, the President will depart from Henderson, Nevada en route Denver, Colorado. The departure from McCarran International Airport and the arrival at Buckley Air Force Base are open press. In the evening, the President will…
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Obama's and Romney's Worst Debate Moments
If watching other people struggle in the spotlight gives you unbearable secondhand embarrassment, read no further. In the clips below, from a list compiled by Mother Jones, President Obama and Mitt Romney had some rough moments behind the podium. There’s Obama promising to call the “president” of Canada and forgetting a deceased soldier’s name. Or…
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Allen West: Sex Letter Is 'Garbage Story'
A representative of Florida Rep. Allen West’s campaign says the letter the Miami Herald’s Gossip Extra reported on yesterday, in which he was allegedly quoted demanding that his wife be his “porn star” and always wear bikinis while on vacation, was totally fabricated. Did you hear that collective sigh of relief? It came not only…
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Thank God Barack and Michelle Happened to Black Love
When the first presidential debate airs on Oct. 3, the Village Celebration‘s Chandra Thomas Whitfield writes, she’ll be watching while also reflecting gratefully on the 20th wedding anniversary of America’s first couple. As someone who is still very much a newlywed, Barack and Michelle’s love inspires me to work harder at being a better wife…
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Zingers Won't Save You, Mitt
Writing at New York’s Daily News, Zerlina Maxwell says that while it’s obvious one-liners won’t win the presidential debate for Romney, President Obama will need to do these three things to really distinguish himself. Relax It seems obvious, but Obama doesn’t always remember this one. As I wrote last year, “he does that uptight lip-purse…