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*It’s now official…at least according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. Among black voters, President Barack Obama is beating his Republican opponent Mitt Romney by 94 percent to 0 percent. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] This, even after Romney addressed the NAACP in July to try and make his case among African Americans. [...]
*President Barack Obama made a surprise appearance in the White House briefing room this afternoon to address Republican challenger Mitt Romney’s claim that he has “gutted” work requirements for folks on welfare. Obama called the charge “absolutely wrong.” [Scroll down to watch.] [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] A reporter asked Obama if he was comfortable [...]
*The trailer for Kathryn Bigelow’s forthcoming film about the killing of Osama bin Laden, “Zero Dark Thirty,” has been released online ahead of its December opening in theaters … just after the presidential election, and with the man who ordered the killing not depicted in the film at all, according to the co-screenwriter. [SUBSCRIBE TO [...]
*The House has voted to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress over his failure to turn over documents related to the Fast and Furious scandal, the first time Congress has taken such a dramatic move against a sitting Cabinet official. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Politico reports: The vote was 255-67, with 17 [...]
*A Warner Bros. shareholder has accused the studio of allowing Morgan Freeman to co-opt a press tour for the studio’s “Dolphin Tale” in order to push his political agenda rather than the movie, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The subject came up Tuesday during Time Warner’s annual shareholder’s meeting at the Steven J. Ross Theater [...]
*Just several hours after Mitt Romney accused President Obama of politicizing the anniversary of Osama bin Laden’s death, the GOP presidential candidate was at a New York City event with former mayor Rudy Guiliani — marking the anniversary of Osama bin Laden’s death. And he was heckled to boot. Romney was campaigning with Giuliani at [...]
*The President has never been a more disrespected office than right now. Republicans have attacked him and even called him a liar in front of the whole world during a presidential address to Congress. Unheard of right? So who could blame a president for using his executive power when trying to run the country when [...]
*CNN is reporting that interest in the Trayvon Martin shooting death is sharply divided along partisan and racial lines, according to a new study by Pew Research Center. Far more Republicans (56%) than Democrats (25%) say there has been too much coverage of Martin’s death, according to Pew, which surveyed a “nationally representative sample of [...]
*Frequent contributor to EURweb Dr. Boyce Watkins recently wrote a piece on African Americans and Republicans for our partner site, NewsOne.com.* As we all know, the relationship between blacks and Republicans has been one that’s been testy for decades now. The relationship became even more observed when Herman Cain launched his bid for the presidency. [...]
*Rush Limbaugh began his syndicated radio show on Monday by reiterating the weekend apology he had made to Sandra Fluke, the Georgetown law student whom the outspoken host had called a “slut” and “prostitute” for her testimony about contraception the week before. “I descended to [the left's] level when I used those two words to [...]
*President Obama has never had a real problem making ends meet on the campaign trail. In fact, he broke out the gate with millions of campaign dollars when the Republicans were still only pulling in Kool-Aid money in comparison. But now one of the President’s SUPER PAC’s are under performing and Bill Maher–one of the [...]
*As political pundits continue to dissect Clint Eastwood’s Super Bowl commercial for Chrysler, which has been accused of supporting President Obama’s decision to bail out America’s auto-industry, the Libertarian actor says he has no “affiliation” with the current administration – or any politician or party, for that matter – and has donated his salary to [...]
*Memphis, Tennessee’s airwaves are still sizzling from a recent radio interview that ended with the radio show host threatening his own guest. A black female GOP candidate running for congress really brought out the bad side of this guy. We can understand being impatient with Republican/Tea Party nuts, but he went just a little too [...]
*The most fabulous of drag queens is RuPaul. No one has managed to grasp the general public with such a flamboyant charm as she … I mean, he. And now, his larger than life looks and persona have somehow veered off the Runway on to the campaign trail. There’s no way of knowing how the [...]
Dems Freak Repubs Out with Biden ‘Chains’ Quip (or Gaffe?) – VIDEO
*It’s gettin’ hot in heah! The race for the White House is starting to get a little more interesting. Both sides have amped up the rhetoric. But it seems that, as usual, the Republicans have shown they can dish it, but can’t take it. For instance, Vice President Joe Biden sparked a campaign commotion Tuesday, [...]