May 22, 2013

Ronald Reagan’s Childhood Home To Become Obama Library?

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*There are 13 U.S. presidents that have libraries or rather, repositories, according to the National Archives, for preserving their personal papers, records, and other historical materials. Now that President Obama is serving his second term it may be time that he gets his rare documents preserved as well. According to the Daily Mail, President Obama [...]




Oprah Posts ‘Butler’ Pic with Jane Fonda as Nancy Reagan

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*Oprah Winfrey has sent out another photo from the set of “The Butler,” this time posing with director Lee Daniels, Jane Fonda and Alan Rickman – the latter two as Nancy and Ronald Reagan. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Winfrey, who shared the pic on Instagram, was dressed like she just stepped off the set [...]




Video: Kanye Releases Video for ‘Way Too Cold’

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*An unofficial video for Kanye West’s single “Way Too Cold,” formerly known as “Theraflu,” arrived online today from director Ashley Smith, a.k.a. Ash Innovator. The clip fetures a mini-Kanye walking through midtown Manhattan with a blonde woman, while a motley crew of Republicans make appearances as masks – including Sarah Palin, Ronald Reagan, Condoleezza Rice, [...]




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 [...]




Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Why President Obama Continually Hails President Reagan

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*The shock waves from liberal and moderate Democrats not to mention then Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s two rivals Hillary Clinton and John Edwards were palpable in January, 2008. Obama had committed political heresy when he heaped mild praise on former President Ronald Reagan in an interview with the editorial board of the Reno Gazette-Journal. [...]




Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Reagan Was No Friend of Blacks

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*It is no surprise that former President Reagan’s son, conservative political consultant Michael Reagan would add his unabashed and wildly inaccurate historical revisionism about Reagan with his absolutely ridiculous assertion in a Fox News op-ed piece that dad, Reagan was a “better friend of blacks” than President Obama. Normally that would be the cause for [...]




Jesse Jackson Jr. Compares Obama to Reagan

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*Illinois congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., who served as co-chairman of Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign, compared the president’s economic agenda to that of Republican President Ronald Reagan on Friday. “If we cut taxes for the wealthy, while maintaining massive military spending in support of two wars, then the new Republican Congress will be empowered to cut [...]




LA Times: Obama the Velcro President

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*If Ronald Reagan was the classic Teflon president, Barack Obama is made of Velcro. Through two terms, Reagan eluded much of the responsibility for recession and foreign policy scandal. In less than two years, Obama has become ensnared in blame, reports the Los Angeles Times. Hoping to better insulate Obama, White House aides have sought [...]