June 18, 2013

UPDATE: John Boehner’s Daughter Marries Jamaican-born Dominic Lakhan

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*In April, we reported the shocking engagement of Republican leader/House Speaker John Boehner’s daughter to Jamaican-born, weed smokin’ Dominic Lakhan. Now everyone knows that John Boehner is adamantly against the legalization of marijuana. He’s been on record using the words ’unalterably opposed’ to legalizing it, even for medical purposes. But Lakhan, who has been arrested for [...]




Hank Williams Jr. Says His Obama – Hitler Comment was Misunderstood

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*Now that he’s “out there” … exposed as it were …  Hank Williams Jr. is saying his controversial comments on Fox News, comparing President Obama to Hitler, were taken out of context. Here’s what Williams is saying now: “Some of us have strong opinions and are often misunderstood. My analogy was extreme – but it [...]




Video: ‘Monday Night Football’ Singer Yanked for Comparing Obama to Hitler

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*You know the country singer, Hank Williams Jr., who belts out “Are you ready for some football?!” at the beginning of “Monday Night Football” on ESPN? Well, don’t be surprised when you don’t hear him tonight because he’s been canned for comparing President Obama to Hitler. Williams went in on the prez because … (are [...]




On Joyner Show Sharpton Tells Boehner to Respect the President

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*Rev. Al Sharpton this morning chastised House Majority Leader John Boehner for disrespecting President Barack Obama earlier this week, during a live, morning remote broadcast of the nationally syndicated Tom Joyner Morning Show during the weekend-long 2011 Allstate® Tom Joyner Family Reunion. Sharpton urged black critics of the president to stop and “stand up for [...]




Obama Capitulates to Beohner: Will now Give Jobs Speech on Sept. 8

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*(Via AP/Yahoo News) – In a retreat after an hours-long test of wills Wednesday, President Barack Obama agreed to deliver an address on jobs and the economy to a joint session of Congress on Sept. 8, yielding to House Speaker John Boehner, who had balked at Obama’s request for a Sept. 7 speech. Obama’s address [...]




Boehner Slaps Down Obama’s Date with Congess to Introduce Jobs Plan

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*So who’s in charge here? Or should we ask who’s the President? Boehner or Obama? All of a sudden there’s a real interesting power play happening between President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner over the prez’ Jobs speech before Congress next Wednesday. Read on to find out what’s going on. President Barack Obama asked [...]




Obama Appeals to Nation over Debt Stalemate: Compromise is Key

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*Congress is at a stalemate over raising the federal debt ceiling, and Americans need to pressure their elected representatives to work out a compromise that will avoid a potentially devastating default, President Barack Obama told the nation Monday night. In his seventh prime time televised address, Obama sought to increase pressure for congressional leaders to [...]




Obama Pissed at GOP and Boehner: ‘Where’s the Leadership?’

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*In an unusual display of emotion, President Obama angrily responded to House Speaker John A. Boehner’s abrupt withdrawal from talks on a debt ceiling increase, and summoned congressional leaders to the White House on Saturday for emergency talks to plot a new course before the Aug. 2 deadline. “We have run out of time,” the [...]




Short-Term Deficit Deal Rejected by Obama

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*Today, President Obama pretty much said any short-term solutions to the debt limit won’t get it done, as Republicans and Democrats prepare to meet just weeks before the country defaults. “If not now, when?” Obama asked at a press conference. “Pull off the Band-Aid,” he said. “Eat our peas.” It’s looking like a deal is [...]




Dems, GOP Criticize Obama’s Afghanistan Plan

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*(Via AP) – Congressional Democrats are leading the criticism of President Barack Obama’s troop withdrawal plan from Afghanistan, arguing that his timeline for bringing 33,000 U.S. troops home by next summer isn’t fast enough. An initial drawdown of 10,000 troops is expected to take place in two phases, with 5,000 troops coming home this summer [...]




Negative Results for Late-Night White House Budget Meeting

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*Late-night budget talks between President Obama and congressional leaders failed to reach an agreement to avert a government shutdown. The President did report some progress after a hastily arranged late-evening meeting in the Oval Office with House Speaker John Boehner, a Republican, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat. The budget deadlock threatens to [...]




Boehner and Republicans invited to White House

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*President Obama is wasting no time extending the olive branch to the now large and in charge Republicans. He has invited the new GOP Congressional leadership, including incoming House Speaker John Boehner, to a Nov. 18 meeting at the White House. On the agenda: the lame-duck session and what to do about the Bush tax [...]