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On his radio program Monday the moral leader of the Republican Party, Rush Limbaugh, said Mitt Romney might as well be “Elmer Fudd” meaning that Republicans are not voting for him, they are voting against Obama. That must hurt to be considered the equivalent of Elmer Fudd. Limbaugh was frustrated with the fact that Romney is trailing in the polls when Limbaugh and GOP leaders thought he would get a double digit bounce after the Republican Convention. In fact, Romney got no bounce and Obama seems to have risen between 4-6 points since the Convention. Even with last week’s weak jobs report, Obama is now favored over Romney on the economy and every other issue. 
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A humorous look at the difference between the parties.
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On the heels of a successful Democratic convention and with less than 60 days till the Presidential election, Fox News and conservative talk radio are pulling no punches in misleading their audience as to the President’s record. Last night, in a feeble attempt to quell the excitement of a pumped up Democrat base after the DNC, Fox News’ Sean Hannity had a segment last called ‘Lies and Distortions at the DNC” (talk about projecting). Hannity advanced misleading claims about the latest jobs report and criticized the GM bailout (when most economists agreed it was the right thing to do) in a desperate effort to make the President look bad after he knocked it out of the park with his most successful and inspirational speech to date.
In criticizing the President for the latest August jobs report, Hannity advanced the argument that when you take into account the millions of people that have left the workforce, his record on job creation has been horrendous...
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By Alan Johnson and Jim Siegel, the Columbus Dispatch
Bowing to pressure from a federal judge, Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted today rescinded his order prohibiting the setting of voting hours in the last three days before the election and has asked the court to stay its ruling until an appeal is complete.
U.S. District Judge Peter C. Economus this week ordered Husted to appear in court next week to explain why he issued an order to all 88 county boards of elections that defied the judge’s ruling clearing the way for weekend voting.
Husted today rescinded the order.
[Read more.] Via Lynda Park
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Shares of gun maker Smith & Wesson Holdings Corp rose 22% in preopen trade on Friday, a day after the company reported strong growth in profit, revenues and profit margins.
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“Great timing, drawing back from (conservative) politics and all, right when the DNC is slated to hit town,” said Mark Pellin of PunditHouse.com, a conservative blog for Charlotte news and politics.
He says it looks like “a calculated move on the station’s part to curry favor with the left.”
[Conspiracy nuts, UNITE!!! - MC]
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“This is a big moment,” Savage told his listeners after describing a remarkable divine encounter he experienced last night that has underscored for him the gravity of the moment.... [That's all you need to know about him really.... MC]
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Hank Williams Jr. repeated his anti-Obama tirade at a concert in Texas on Sunday. Performing at the Stockyards Music Festival, the country singer went on an extended rant against the president. Via Religulous
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by MICHAEL CHARNEY As the biblically named Tropical Storm Isaac barrels back over open waters in the Gulf of Mexico (and is fully expected to become a hurricane prior to its inevitable U.S. landfall), the organizers of the Republican National Convention have chosen to delay the opening ceremonies until Tuesday rather than Monday of this coming week. Florida’s governor has declared a state of emergency as weather watchers track a variety of computer models, all of which show that, at the very least, Tampa is due for substantial rain and possible heavy flooding. Most surprising, however, is that no one from the religious right is claiming that the wrath of God is being visited upon the convention because America is full of sinners. “It is unusual,” one unnamed spokesman said. “Most of the time when we have a disaster like this, it’s because of the homosexuals, or abortionists, or Hollywood or something like that....[MORE]
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Hank Williams Jr. is giving the encore no one really asked for. The country star, who caused a stir last year by comparing President Barack Obama to Hitler, unleashed more sensational criticism of the Commander in Chief at the Iowa State Fair Friday. Sheer idiocy: he's entitled to his opinion re: military, farming etc., but he's not entitled to make up facts. Obama is not a Muslim. Headline should read: "Hank Williams Jr. offers opinions on Obama policy, then lies about Obama's religion." Lies are lies. Period.
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Glenn Beck wants Americans of all ages, races and creeds to be a part of what he dubs the next great movement. He has also been vocal in his desire to turn "TheBlaze" into a "verb" -- a catalyst that moves people to action ...
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Allen Quist, a former Minnesota state representative who worked with Michele Bachmann to change Minnesota’s school curriculum, defeated his primary opponent in the race for Minnesota’s District 1 seat in the House of Representatives. Quist, a retired political science professor, helped Bachmann win election to the state Senate in 2000. He also shares many of Bachmann’s positions, according to Mother Jones, which describes him as “a 67-year-old soybean farmer and onetime anti-sodomy crusader who believes that humans and dinosaurs may have coexisted in Southeast Asia as late as the 11th century.”
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Video on msnbc.com: President Obama and Vice President Biden remember the victims of 9/11; Rush Limbaugh compares Mitt Romney to Elmer Fudd; Laura Ingraham says it’s time for the GOP to close shop; and Paul Ryan pines for asparagus doughnuts – yes,...
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by MICHAEL CHARNEY Adam Smith, in several of his writings (including the oft-quoted The Wealth of Nations), describes for us an invisible hand, a term now used by economists to describe the self-regulating nature of the marketplace. What Smith fails to tell us, however, is this: Just because the hand is invisible doesn’t mean you can’t feel it when it body-slams you to the ground. As we slowly arise—very, very slowly, according to recent job and GDP stats—we continue the search for the best way to handle the hand... [MORE]
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WeAreChange runs into Keith Olbermann and asks him if he has any advice for the 9/11 Truth movement. Follow Luke on twitter @ http://www.twitter.com/lukewear...
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Why didn't anyone watch the Republican National Convention last week? Was it apathy? Nope. It was boring. Must not-see TV. Nielsen viewership fell 22 percent this year compared with 2008 when John McCain and Sarah Palin ran. Why the drop? Rush Limbaugh posed the question. So here you go, Rush. Television is a visual medium. We want to see movement and hear sounds, coordinated in a symphony that tells a story. The convention had almost none of that. Think about it. The only thing that could make political speeches duller is packaging them in a miniseries. They are predictable and monotonous.
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by BRIAN E. KONKOL, Sojourners
Instead of trying to fight fire with more fire, the time has come to practice civility among ourselves as we engage in public life, and as we do so, learn to demand respectfulness from our elected officials, before and after Election Day. [MORE]
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Radio talk show host Glenn Beck isn’t backing down from his public attack on American Airlines.
For a second straight day, Beck on Wednesday used his show to complain that a flight attendant treated him rudely. Beck claims it was punishment for his conservative views. Beck said American should fire the flight attendant, and he vowed to never fly on American again.
“These big, stodgy airlines that think they can treat people like garbage – they can’t,” Beck said during a 14-minute segment on Wednesday’s show. He suggested that such poor service could explain why American had to seek bankruptcy protection, yet insisted that he wasn’t trying to hurt American and wasn’t urging fans to boycott the airline.
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Why not? He's been starring in a show based in fiction for years anyway. Why not jump to film?
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by JKL, Pointed Postcards
This weekend, while businesses coax us away from the TV or BBQ long enough to buy something on sale, maybe even on credit, my thoughts will be on those who don’t have much to celebrate right now.
You can fact-check me on this: the American worker – public or private; organized or at-will; full- or part-time; man, woman, or child; homeowner or renter; regardless of race, nationality, or creed – did not create this recession.
But here we are, so very many, the beneficiaries of financial and economic mischief from “above”. This IS what trickle down looks like: bad economic news flows to ground, while good economic news seems to hover. Brought on by an infestation of “wealth-builders” who call themselves “job-creators”, things look like they could get worse before they get better.
To the 12+ million unemployed, and countless others who rely on public assistance and the kindness of others to get by, I promise to do everything I can to end this political storm of short-sighted self-interest, and restore a government that values the sanctity of the United States of America and the dignity of all her citizens.
The American Way is more than a pep rally for a business proposition. Via J'nene Solidarity Kay
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Deep in the West Virginia woods, in a small cabin powered by the sun and the wind, a bespectacled, white-haired man is giving a video tour of his basement, describing techniques for the long-term preservation of food in case of “an emergency.” “We...
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If you want to score twenty G’s this summer and garner at least thirty minutes of crazy fame then get busy rooting out Obama’s college transcripts.
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I was recently watching Bill O'Reilly's "The Factor" on Fox News. I won't say whether I watch him because I like him, or because he ticks me off--it doesn't matter what side of the political fence I sit on. But during Bill's weekly "Culture Quiz," he mentioned that Mark Twain was an athiest. I've watched the show a number of years, and it was the first time I was motivated to write Bill O'Reilly an email--which I understand he read later that week on air. I missed it, so I don't know if he considered me a "pinhead" or a "patriot" but I got a flood of emails over it. If any of you saw it, I'd appreciate it if you'd let me know how I fared. But, I disagreed with him. Mark Twain was not an athiest. He couldn't have been. It's an area I know a little something about....
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