May 24, 2013

Mitt Romney Avoids Questions on Interracial Relationships in His Mormon Faith (Video)

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*The republican candidate of the hour is Mitt Romney. He’s riding pretty high on his win in the primary elections in Maryland, Wisconsin, and D.C. yesterday. But, his bones continue to fall out of his closet as he remains in the campaign. As he campaigned in Mormon country, Wisconsin was obviously fine with his answers [...]




Snoop Dogg Endorsing Ron Paul Over Weed Stance?

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*Snoop Dogg appears to be joining Kelly Clarkson as a celebrity endorser of GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul. But while the “American Idol” singer prefers Paul’s hands-off approach to all things government, for Snoop, it’s all about the weed. The rapper and marijuana lover appeared to grant his endorsement to Paul on his Facebook page [...]




In Addition to His Racist Newsletters, Ron Paul Voted Against MLK Day

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*Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul – who’s on the ballot in today’s New Hamshire primary – did not only produce racist newsletters, but he voted against marking Martin Luther King Day as a holiday, according to The Root. * Paul, who this weekend said that King was his hero, may have just done that to [...]




RuPaul is Hot on Ron Paul’s Campaign Trail

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*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 [...]




EURperspective: An UnPaul-ished Republican Nominee

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*How remarkably terrible is this group of Republican candidates that Ron Paul actually has a decent shot at taking the Republican caucus in Iowa? Paul might be – for better or for worse – quite an interesting guy, without the political flip-floppiness of the other candidates, but he’s got more skeletons in his closet than [...]




Video: Ron Paul Ditches CNN Over Racist Newsletter Questions

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*GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul simply walked away from an interview with CNN’s Gloria Borger Wednesday after she pressed him about racist newsletters sent under Paul’s name in the early 1990s. Paul, current leader in the Iowa polls, insisted that he never wrote them, read them only after they were sent out and disavows them. [...]




Ron Paul’s Racist Newsletters Re-Emerge with Rise in Polls

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*As Ron Paul suddenly tops a new Iowa poll in the GOP presidential race, the libertarian candidate spent most of Tuesday denying that he wrote a series of newsletters that appeared under his name in the 1980s and 1990s that included controversial comments about African-Americans. In 1992, the Texas congressman published a newsletter called the [...]




Trump Cancels His GOP Debate; Still Mulls White House Run

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*Donald Trump announced that he is backing out of moderating a Republican debate in Iowa on Dec. 27, because he is still considering running for president. “It is very important to me that the right Republican candidate be chosen to defeat the failed and very destructive Obama Administration, but if that Republican, in my opinion, [...]




Video: Herman Cain Predicts He’ll Win Third of Black Vote

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*During an appearance on Fox News Tuesday night, Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain predicted he would win a third of the black vote at a time when President Obama is struggling with his base. “The African-American vote, I am confident, based upon black people that run into, black people that used to call my radio [...]




Did Obama Mishandle Congress on Libya?

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*Besides Louis Farrakhan, President Barack Obama has also got certain members of Congress all bent out of shape over his decision to take military action against Moammar Kadafi. Politico is reporting that the criticism is from all directions: from moderates, like Sens. Jim Webb (D-Va.) and Dick Lugar (R-Ind.); from those on the far left [...]