By BOB THOMAS and CHRISTOPHER WEBERAssociated PressLOS ANGELESHal David was a man of simple words. A writer by trade – and a journalist by education – David had a knack for encapsulating love, earnestness and a wry sense of humor
This week, the media solemnly suggested that, with a tropical storm bearing down on the Gulf Coast, the RNC should considering canceling their convention. It would be in poor tasted, they scolded, to continue with political speeches and celebrations while
Media critics struck back hard at Clint Eastwood for his part performance art, part political critique bit featuring an invisible Barack Obama at the Republican National Convention. Breitbart News rounded up a great number of those attacks here. If the media
(AP) Guest lineups for the Sunday news showsWASHINGTONGuest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows: ABC’s “This Week” _ White House adviser David Plouffe. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” _ Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel; former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. ___
Friday afternoon on CNN, anchor Suzanne Malveaux used President Barack Obama’s hastily-scheduled trip to Louisiana on Monday as an opportunity to discuss whether Obama would come across as more empathetic than Mitt Romney, who visited Louisiana today. After White House
As you all probably know by now, as of this morning, President Obama had no scheduled plans to visit Louisiana — the state hit hardest by Hurricane Isaac. That is, until newly minted GOP nominee Mitt Romney announced immediately after
Mitt Romney left Florida Friday morning following his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention the night before. As he left he told Florida supporters he needs their help to win the White House.
Hours after Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney visited Louisiana in the aftermath of Hurricane Isaac on Friday, White House press secretary Jay Carney announced President Barack Obama would call an audible in his schedule and visit Louisiana on Monday to
Brooklyn Democrat Assemblyman Vito J Lopez is accused of creating what female employees describe as a “sexually hostile” work environment. Five women who worked for Vito J. Lopez, the assemblyman at the center of a broadening sexual harassment scandal, described
Senior citizens whose lives depend on their saved earnings are in crisis because of the economy – but somehow, because there’s a Democrat in the White House, the media says nothing. In a concise and brilliant column in USA Today,
Was it fair for Dinesh D’Souza to call President Obama a “hypocrite?” It seems Obama has repeatedly refused to aid his impoverished, slum-dwelling half-brother George–even with emergency medical care for his son, the president’s nephew. As D’Souza wrote in a
Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney’s running mate, was treated as a rock star tonight at the Republican National Convention – and for good reason. His soft-spoken manner played intimately, even in an arena of 22,000. When protesters began chanting
Special Operations-OPSEC has asked the Pentagon to scrutinize an upcoming book by SEAL Team Six member “Mark Owen” to ascertain whether it reveals classified information. If the Pentagon determine that it does, they will request that the DOJ move to pull the
Former Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter is battling cancer for the third time and has been hospitalized. “I’m battling cancer. It’s another battle I intend to win,” Specter said in a statement on Tuesday. “I’m grateful for all the well wishes
CBS: Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani calls the alleged White House leaks “abominable and disgraceful.”
(AP) FACT CHECK: “Anti-colonial” Obama not plausibleBy BETH FOUHYAssociated PressWASHINGTON To document that claim, D’Souza travels to Kenya to interview members of Obama’s extended family as well as to Hawaii and Indonesia, where Obama grew up. He also cites several
Mitt Romney has tried to come off as less elite, and he hopes his $18 dollar dress shirts from Costco can help average voters relate to him more. Romney’s wife, Ann, who will speak at the Republican National Convention on
The Associated Press has attempted to “fact check” Dinesh D’Souza’s astonishingly successful documentary, 2016: Obama’s America–and undermines its own criticism by engaging in a blatantly opinionated assault. D’Souza’s thesis is that President Barack Obama is deeply influenced by the anti-colonial
Democrats have constantly argued Republicans are waging a “war on women,” but Democrats, unlike Republicans, may have no female governors after the 2012 elections. Republicans have female governors in Oklahoma (Mary Fallin), Arizona (Jan Brewer), New Mexico (Susana Martinez), and
Former President Jimmy Carter on MSNBC’s Jansing and CO: “I think of all the Republican candidates who are prominent, I think Romney would be the one I would rather see have a slight possibility to be president” …”I would rather
CBS: A man in Riverside, Calif., is taking an extraordinary step to get his hands on the recipe for the specially-brewed White House beer. KCAL’s Rachel Kim reports.
Appearing on CNN Newsroom Monday afternoon, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who is also the chairman of the upcoming Democratic National Convention, unwittingly confirmed exactly why his boss in the White House is going to lose in November. When asked
Barack Obama has made a career out of posing as a moderate when, in fact, he is an extremist. And no issue makes that clearer than his agenda to kill the unborn. As Rich Lowry cogently points out, when the
GENEVA (Reuters) – George Clooney is the star attraction on Monday in what is being billed as the Democratic Party’s biggest fundraising event abroad aimed at helping President Barack Obama win re-election. The American actor and activist, who travelled by
Obama’s campaign manager Jim Messina sent an email Saturday that makes the Obama campaign seem like it is clinging to its last days in power. In response to an email sent two days earlier titled, “The end?,” Messina wrote, “Hell
