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by John Glaser,antiwar.com - A lawyer for Bradley Manning, who leaked classified information to WikiLeaks, wants to question Secretary of State Hillary Clinton before the trial.by John Glaser,antiwar.com - A lawyer for Bradley Manning, who leaked classified... more
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Washington DC -- Secretary Of State Hillary Clinton has begun transforming her diplomatic corp’s global network of embassies and consulates into the world’s largest International House of Pancakes chain.
“Let’s face it, there are major problems in every nation in which we maintain a US presence,” Clinton told a stunned press conference. “And we don’t have the slightest clue about solving any of them. Hell, we’re having enough trouble keeping our own government afloat.”
Clinton pointed out that the US network of embassies and consulates costs billions of dollars to maintain and secure, contributing considerably to America’s money woes.
“By changing our embassies’ role from diplomatic sanctuary to dining destination, we can quickly move them from being financial burdens into paying off as lucrative cash cows.
“And speaking of cows, have you tried the new IHOP steak and egg breakfast combo?” the Secretary of State asked reporters. “We will be featuring it at all US Embassy IHOPs on our grand opening menu. It comes with hash browns and our world-famous bottomless coffee cup.”
Reporters asked Clinton what would become of the nation’s ambassadors and career diplomats now stationed throughout the world.
“Their positions will be reviewed on a case-by-case individual basis,” the Secretary of State responded. “A lot will be riding on their spatula skills.”
Clinton was also questioned about how America will be able to maintain its leadership role without a global network of embassies and consulates.
“I think if you look at the diversity we have on our menu, especially compared to McDonald’s or Wendy’s, who I might point out have zero nuclear capabilities, and you’ll know who the leader is,” Clinton said.
“Was my answer okay? Or can I freshen that up for you?”Washington DC -- Secretary Of State Hillary Clinton has begun transforming her... more
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In the face of Iranian accusations, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the American government is not to blame for the bombing assassination today of a man the Iranian media called a top nuclear scientist.
"I want to categorically deny any United States involvement in any kind of act of violence inside Iran," Clinton told reporters today. "We believe that there has to be an understanding between Iran, its neighbors and the international community that finds a way forward for [Iran] to end its provocative behavior, end its search for nuclear weapons and rejoin the international community and be a productive member of it."
Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, 32, was killed today after a magnetic explosive device was slipped under his car by a motorcyclist and then detonated, according to Iranian news reports. It's a tactic one Iranian semi-official outlet, Fars News, noted was similar to the failed assassination of university professor Fereidoun Abbassi Davani in 2010. Davani is now the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization. Another nuclear scientist, Massoud Ali Mohammadi, was killed almost exactly two years ago by a remote-controlled bomb attached to his car.
Roshan is the fourth scientist linked to Iran's nuclear program killed in the past two years. He was a chemistry engineer, serving as professor at a Tehran university as well as a deputy director of the Natanz uranium enrichment facility, Fars News reported. Roshan's driver was wounded in the blast and later died.
Hours after the attack, Iranian officials accused the U.S. and Israel of being behind the assassination, the latest in a string of incidents apparently aimed at disrupting Iran's nuclear program that Israeli and western intelligence agencies are suspected of spearheading.
"America and Israel's heinous act will not change the course of the Iranian nation," the Iran's Atomic Energy Organization said in a statement, referring to the bombing.
"The terrorist action was carried out by the hirelings of the Zionist [Israeli] regime and those who claim to be fighting terrorism," Iranian First Vice President Mohammed Reza Rahimi told a cabinet meeting on Wednesday.
After Iranian officials leveled their accusations, a spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces, Brig. Gen. Yoav Mordechai, wrote on Facebook, "I don't know who settled a score with the Iranian scientist, but I am certainly not shedding a tear."
The attack comes a day after the head of Israel's military told parliament that 2012 "will be a critical year in the connection between Iran gaining nuclear power, changes in leadership, continuing pressure from the international community and events that happen unnaturally."
It follows other similarly cagey comments from top Israeli officials in recent months as well as comments from former officials who say foreign intelligence agencies are responsible for the deadly attacks.
"There are countries who impose economic sanctions and there are countries who act in other ways," Israel's Minister of Intelligence and Atomic Energy Dan Meridor said late last year.
Israeli analyst Yoel Guzansky, who was in charge of the Iran desk at Israel's National Security Council and now works for the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv, said he believes it is part of an international plot though was likely executed by recruited Iranian operatives on the ground.
"Covert activity may weaken Iran's determination, exact a high price from it, and signal that it better moderate its positions," Guzansky said in an email to ABC News. "This course of action increases the pressure on Iran in comparison with the sanctions approved so far, while avoiding the price that a military attack on the nuclear facilities may incur…
"Beyond the delay in the program, causing direct failures by an 'invisible hand' has a psychological effect, contribute significantly to Iranian 'paranoia'," he added. "It sends a message to Iran that its plan is breached and accessible."
Iran has long maintained its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only.
American officials have repeatedly denied any involvement in the killing of scientists.
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/iranian-nuclear-scientist-killed-amid-heightened-tensions/story?id=15338086#.Tw4jeKU9mz4In the face of Iranian accusations, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the... more
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Oh you mean you didn't know that misogynistic religious extremists in Israel are forcing women to sit at the back of some buses?
Oh dear where are all the UN speeches and comments to the American media from that pious champion of women's rights, Hillary Clinton?
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Tanya Rosenbilt, the Israeli woman who refused to move to the back of the bus when told to do so by an ultra-Orthodox male passenger last month, said Wednesday that she had received several death threats.
Rosenbilt, hailed as the "Israeli Rosa Parks," filed a complaint to the Yarkon District police after she had received threats through the phone, email, and Facebook.
Rosenbilt made headlines last month when she refused to let an ultra-Orthodox man dictate where she can sit on a public bus traveling from Ashdod to Jerusalem. When she refused to move to the back of the bus, the man held the door openand would allow it to move for approximately 30 minutes.
When other passengers began to complain about the delay, the driver called the police. The policeman who arrived on the scene spoke with the man and then also asked Rosenblit to move to the back of the bus. When she refused, the man who had been holding the door alighted and the bus continued on its way.Oh you mean you didn't know that misogynistic religious extremists in Israel are... more
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Unfortunately, there are still many teens that grow up in conservative households and in small towns and other rural areas that being gay can be much like it was when I was growing up. Just imagine what it would be like to grow up with a mother like Michelle Bachmann who would rather believe that “being gay” is something you can overcome, or even pray awayUnfortunately, there are still many teens that grow up in conservative households and... more
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Revelations about email transactions between the US State Department and the Russian election watchdog Golos prior to Russia's parliamentary elections threaten to bring the reset to a grinding halt.
Before a single vote was cast in the parliamentary elections, a string of incidents indicated that foreign governments were already exerting influence over the election process.
Golos, an independent watchdog that has been monitoring elections in Russia for 10 years, was fined 30,000 rubles ($1,000) last week by a Moscow court for publishing “election-related opinion polls and research” after a deadline for publishing such material had passed (it is illegal in Russia to publish such information five days or less before an election).
Duma officials who petitioned to start a probe with the prosecutor’s office argued that the NGO was funded by “foreign organizations” hoping to influence the results of the elections.
Watchdogs to guard the watchdogs?
The Russian news website Life News on Friday published emails it claims show correspondence between the US State Department and the Russian election watchdog Golos that detail payments for work done to discredit the results of Russia’s parliamentary vote.
Life News reported it has come into the possession of 60 megabytes of Golos' private online correspondence sent and received by Golos Executive Chief Lilya Shibanova and her deputy Grigory Melkonyants. Judging by the published documents, the Russian election watchdog, which claimed to be an independent entity, was actually funded by the US State Department to advance US foreign policy objectives.
One letter by Yulia Kostkina, a financial analyst for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), to Golos Deputy Chief Grigory Melkonyants, reads like a shopping list of demands.
“The list of the lacking documents we are expecting from you: Policy and procedures of applying currency rates to Golos accountance and finance reporting; Procurement activities;
Procedures of property management considering the procedures, existing in USAID,” Kostkina writes.
Judging by the letters in question, there even seems to be a certain “price” Golos paid activists for any report on election violations.
Here is a letter by activist Andrey Suvorov to Melkonyants:
“Hello, I just wanted to discuss the conditions of our work once again.
Like we have defined it, it is piece-rated.
What will be the sum for one full appeal based on a violation report?
What will be the sum for the detected incorrect report about a violation?
Waiting for your answer.
If necessary, I will come up with my suggestions.
Best regards, Andrey.”
Shibanova explained the letters discussing ‘payments’ for violation reports by the fact that Suvorov is a lawyer who really was “piece-paid” for checking such messages.
She also told Life News, “this correspondence was attained illegally…and we will apply to the courts.”
Meanwhile, US officials have made no secret of their funding of Russian NGOs involved in the monitoring of elections.
Despite America’s financial problems, millions of dollars of taxpayer money have been allocated for the purpose of “improving” the Russian elections .
“We have, I know, spent more than $9 million to support free and transparent processes for Russia’s upcoming elections,” State Department Deputy Spokesperson Mark Toner said. “Our interest is to support these NGOs that support the process, not necessarily to support… any given political party.”
Reset or Regret?
Even before Russian election monitors had released their official review of the parliamentary vote, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was already out of the gate, criticizing the election process as “unfair.”
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin had harsh words for Clinton, saying she had “set the tone for some opposition activists, gave them a signal … and [they] started active work.”
Speaking at a meeting of the Popular Front Federal Coordinating Council this week, Putin said that “representatives of some foreign states” were paying politically-active NGOs in Russia to “influence the course of the election campaign in our country.”
“We need to safeguard ourselves from this interference in our internal affairs and defend our sovereignty,” the Prime Minister said. “It is necessary to think about improving the law and toughening responsibility for those who take orders from foreign states to influence internal political processes.”
Putin, stressing that Russia has nothing against the presence of foreign observers at elections, said Russia would draw the line at interference in its internal affairs from abroad.
"We favor foreign observers monitoring our political electoral processes. We favor this, we are not against this," he said. "However…when financing comes to some domestic organizations which are supposedly national, but which in fact work on foreign money and perform to the music of a foreign state during electoral processes, we need to safeguard ourselves from this interference in our internal affairs and defend our sovereignty.”
Meanwhile, Putin, who has announced plans to run in next year’s presidential elections, has pointed out that observers are not admitted to polling stations in the US.
"People are just kicked out of these polling stations, and that's it. They started admitting some (monitors) just recently. But usually it's like – get out of here. Everything is very tough there, really, and much less liberal," he said.
The war of words that has erupted between Moscow and Washington comes at a time of increasing tensions between the two nuclear powers.
Following the near-collapse in negotiations over US-NATO plans to build a missile defense system in Eastern Europe, Russia, which has been denied participation in the project and now views the system as a threat to its national security, is threatening to deploy ballistic missiles in Kaliningrad.
The question that observers are now asking is: is the recent fallout in bilateral relations a symptom of election-year rhetoric, or of much deeper problems between the two countries?
http://rt.com/politics/russia-us-elections-clinton-putin-2012-usaid-427/Revelations about email transactions between the US State Department and the Russian... more
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Hillary Clinton: And at the risk of going over our time, I just want to say having campaigned during the last presidential election, you had the most enthusiastic supporters of anybody I ever saw.
Ron Paul: I love to hear that.
Hillary Clinton: Well, I mean, my goodness! Everywhere I went they were literally running down highways holding your signs. So, I've never had a chance to tell you that, but your message obviously resonated with a lot of people.
Ron Paul: Thank you.
Howard Berman: You're going to encourage himHillary Clinton: And at the risk of going over our time, I just want to say having... more
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Days before a preliminary hearing for suspected WikiLeaks aide and US Army PFC Bradley Manning are set to begin, the attorney for the accused whistleblower is asking for two big names to take the stand.Days before a preliminary hearing for suspected WikiLeaks aide and US Army PFC Bradley... more
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PCW Politics is War on P-SPAN- Hour 1
PCW Hall
Archbold, OH
Thursday November 10th, 2011
Host: Johnny Suave
*Ten Bell Salute in Memory of the late former Heavyweight Champion ‘Smokin’ Joe Frazier*
Crowd: “PCW!…PCW!…PCW!…”
Political Championship Wrestling returns to the hallowed PCW Hall and the forces of Big Union are all in the ring. Big Labor and James the Jeep Worker (D), The Longshoremen (D), The California Teacher’s Union: ‘Foul Pole’ Andy Golatta and Malibu Dusty (D), The OWS: Shane, Nate, and Adam (D), and Union Maid (D) along with the King of Unions Richard Trumka (D) and several Democrats gloat over the defeat of Ohio‘s Senate Bill 5 this past Tuesday.
MATCH #1
The Longshoremen, Big Labor, and James the Jeep Worker (D) w/the California Teacher’s Union, The OWS, and the King of all Unions Richard Trumka
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Charlie Blackwell, Mike the Mechanic, and ‘No Frills’ Chris Escondido (American Heartland Coalition) w/Kenzie Blackwell, Sheila the Secretary, and Blackwell’s Les Miserables
BACKSTAGE
Corporate Might: Big Oil and Kirk Walstreit (R) along with their new CEO Gordan Guyko confer.
From Monday’s PCW Extreme Political TV: Merchants of Death: Angel Scott and Angel Casey (R) vs. The Mercenaries: Dawn McGill and Svetlana Kovalevski (I)
MATCH #2
Women for Women: Code Pink and Emily List (D) and PCW Women’s Tag Team Champions Kelly and Korey Korver (D) vs. Merchants of Death: Angel Scott and Angel Casey (R)
End of Hour 1PCW Politics is War on P-SPAN- Hour 1
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Current, This is my video, my editing and I own this video and you have permission to use anyway you see fit. Thanks, Randy Hansen Executive Producer / Anchor Grass Valley Television GVTV NEWS www.gvtv.org
Youtube link to interview here: http://youtu.be/YRQMtDcxPnM
Michael Moore turns the tables on hick from the sticks and interviews him about Sarah Palin, Herman Cain, Hillary Clinton, Bill O'Reilly, Greta Van Sustern, Geraldo, Clint Walker and the Disney release of Old Yeller.
Will Randy take Michael's advice to head the campaign in Nevada County, California for Herman Cain For President?? We will just have to wait and see.
Interesting short interview that enlightens viewers to the feelings of a normal everyday citizen from a small town in the Sierra's Gold Country in Northern California. Grass Valley an old gold mining town from the 1800's.
Fox News is found to be one of the reasons Randy's thinking is a little confused about the Occupy Wall Street Protests and there is not much said about Michael Moore's new book "Here Comes Trouble"
Here is youtube link of interview: http://youtu.be/RnfUvGVK0hQ
also check out GVTV NEWS site at http://www.gvtv.org for 5 day a week world & local news with local police blotter in Nevada County, California
Michael Moore turns the tables on hick from the sticks and interviews him about Sarah Palin, Herman Cain, Hillary Clinton, Bill O'Reilly, Greta Van Sustern, Geraldo, Clint Walker and the Disney release of Old Yeller.
Michael Moore suggests that Randy quit reading Michaels news letters and to start the Herman Cain for President group for Nevada County. This entertaining candid interview shows what a small town citizen is thinking about the big picture in the world today.
Its also possible that Michael Moore was just having some fun on a long tour around the country where he has little time to relax and with the small town ambiance where his sister lives was allowing him to let his hair down so to speak.
Two main questions come out of this interview:
1. Will Randy Hansen start the Herman Cain For President group for Nevada County like Michael Moore suggested?
2. Will Michael Moore continue on with his new hosting of shows that has started in Nevada County and who will be his next guest?
Michael Moore will be heading out to many more cities in the next couple months and Randy Hansen will go back to his 5 day a week local and world news and maybe start on a new adventure into the political ring in trying to help a business man Herman Cain become our next president.
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Although Randy was representing the local Public Access Television Station NCTV - Digital Media Center the way the interview went the content became political and the station is non-political so this interview is being released through Grass Valley Television that Randy Hansen is the Executive Producer / Anchor.Current, This is my video, my editing and I own this video and you have permission to... more
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By Sajjad Shaukat
Despite continued blame game of the US against Pakistan which shows differences among the high officials of the Obama Administration, a positive shift has taken place in the US South Asian policy after the recent visit of the US Secretary of State to Islamabad.
Political thinker, Morgenthau remarks that foreign policy of a country must be moulded in accordance with the exigency of time and place. In these terms, even if US does not change its policy in this region, it will have to do so in the near future. Nonetheless, it seems that a prospective shift has taken place in the US South Asian policy.
http://www.newscenterpk.com/shift-in-us-south-asian-policy.htmlBy Sajjad Shaukat
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After a blame game against Pakistan over cross-border terrorism and its links with Taliban insurgents, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has now said that his country would stand by Islamabad in the event of hostilities with any nation including the United States or India. In his interview with the Geo TV channel, he disclosed, “God forbid, if at any time there is a war between Pakistan and America, then we will be with Pakistan.”Asked specifically if Afghanistan would back Pakistan if it was attacked by India, Karzai replied: “Anybody that attacks Pakistan, Afghanistan will stand with Pakistan. Afghanistan will be a brother of Pakistan. Afghanistan will never betray a brother”.
Original Article--http://www.newscenterpk.com/afghanistan-will-support-pakistan-if-attacked-by-us-or-india.htmlAfter a blame game against Pakistan over cross-border terrorism and its links with... more
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By Sajjad Shaukat
A controversial debate continues between Pakistan’s political experts and media anchors in connection with the statements of the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton who recently visited Pakistan in order to defuse the tension between both the countries. Some analysts misinterpret that Ms. Clinton has given a warning to Islamabad so as to launch military operation against the Haqqani network in North Waziristan as an essential condition to maintain cordial relationship with America, and to avoid any American prospective action against Islamabad.
However, during her visit, Hillary Clinton said on October 21 that Pakistan should take “strong steps to dismantle safe havens of Afghan insurgents and encourage Taliban to enter negotiations in good faith.” But she clarified that the US was not asking Pakistan to sacrifice its own security, saying, “Pakistan has a critical role to play in supporting Afghan reconciliation and ending the conflict.” Replying to a question that ISI was involved in attack on the US embassy in Kabul through Haqqani network, she categorically pointed out, “We have no evidence of that.”
The US Secretary of State explained, “Her country is also committed to the economic development of Pakistan”, and “supports regional economic integration between Pakistan and all its neighbours.”
While remarking that the US wants the relationship with Pakistan based on mutual respect and mutual responsibility, Ms. Clinton further said, “Stability of Pakistan and the region directly impacts the security of the US and it is in our interest to help Afghan people build a stable, sovereign and independent nation that is not a source of trouble for its neighbours.” Terming the Pak-US relationship critical for both the countries, she indicated, “Despite frequently strained ties, we cannot walk away from the relationship.”
Positive shift in US policy towards Islamabad could be judged from the statement of Afghan President Hamid Karzai who said in an interview to a private Pakistani TV channel on October 22 that Kabul would back Pakistan, if attacked by US or India.
Read more-http://www.newscenterpk.com/us-interests-demand-pak-afghan-stability.htmlBy Sajjad Shaukat
A controversial debate continues between Pakistan’s... more
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"The Game is Over, and we the American Citizens have LOST!!!!"
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Al Jazeera’s director general has resigned due to rumors he is linked to the CIA. Critics say that would explain the switching US attitude towards the Qatar-based news network.Al Jazeera’s director general has resigned due to rumors he is linked to the... more
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Friday, September 16th, 2011 -- 3:33 pm
More than a third of Americans said that if Hillary Clinton had been elected president in 2008, the country would be in better shape than it is right now under President Barack Obama's leadership.
The Bloomberg poll showed that Clinton, currently serving as secretary of state, garnered a 64 percent favorability rating, making her the most popular national politician in the country.
Thirty-four percent expressed wishful thinking about a Clinton presidency, up from the 25 percent who responded the same in July 2010.
In the 2008 election, Obama won the majority of delegates necessary to clinch the Democratic nomination after the primaries. During the drawn-out primary battle, Clinton actually won the popular vote, though Obama won 29 states to her 21.
Only 13 percent of respondents said that things would be worse under a Clinton White House.
It's not just Democrats expressing buyers' remorse either: 39 percent of Republicans said that Clinton would run the country better than Obama has.
“Some of her appeal is that she is not Barack Obama,” said J. Ann Selzer, president of Selzer & Co., the group that conducted poll.
No matter what the public's opinion of her, any wishful thinking will remain a fantasy.
“It’s below zero,” Clinton told CNN when asked about the chance of her challenging Obama in 2012. “One of the great things about being secretary of state is I am out of politics. I am not interested in being drawn back into it by anybody.”
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/09/16/34-say-country-would-be-better-off-under-hillary-clinton-poll/
"I have often wondered where we would be today had Hillary won the primaries, what do you folks think???"Kase Wickman
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Last month, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) became the first woman to win an influential Iowa Republican straw poll — a victory that would have been impossible before the many decades of feminist activism that proceeded Bachmann’s entrance onto the national scene. Yet, at a Tea Party event with the conservative Eagle Forum last July, Bachmann lauded Forum founder Phyllis Schlafly, who spent nearly her entire career fighting to make it impossible for women to participate equally in American society:
http://tinyurl.com/3ue834dLast month, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) became the first woman to win an influential... more
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New York -- President Barack Obama met with top television executives today to present a concept for a weekly reality show that would feature the entire Obama family.
Called "One Big Happy Family," the show would focus on the Obama's' problem-solving capabilities. Each week, they would invite the dysfunctional American family to stay at the White House for five days of conversation, analysis and cure.
The president called for the creation of the show after he had trouble getting a prime time slot for an upcoming speech. He wound up scheduled against an NFL football game, virtually ensuring a diminished audience for his talk.
"If I have to invite Snooki and her family into the White House to get my face on TV, so be it," the president said. "America needs to see that its president has every situation under control."
Mark Burnett of "Survivor" fame is producing the series' pilot, and reportedly has worked closely with Pres. Obama in creating the program's format.
"'One Big Happy Family' is going to show the world that America is still the leader when it comes to family values," Burnett said.
"Each week, we are going to bring in a collection of characters who happen to have the same last name. They will share meals with the Obamas, talk with them, compete with them in special games. And by the end of the week, they will walk out as one big happy family."
Although no contestants have been contacted as of yet, Burnett did release the names of several families he would like to sign for the show.
"I'd imagine the Clinton's would be up for spending some more time in the White House," he said. "Perhaps we can have an intern reunion one day and maybe bring Monica back. I think that might be very cathartic for the whole family."
Burnett also mentioned the Osborne's. "They seem to be as obnoxious as ever, but I think the Obama's are up to the challenge. I would hope Ozzie is still up to doing his chicken trick."
Congressional Republicans, meanwhile, are said to be developing a reality series of their own. They are still deciding whether to call it "Don't Mess with Texas" or "Don't Mess with Taxes."New York -- President Barack Obama met with top television executives today to present... more
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