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Will he endorse a candidate? If so, which one? If not, will he finally jump into the ring himself. And as what? A Republican? Too late to get on the ballot, isn’t it? An independent? Could be. Who knows?
Whatever. But it’s official. You know it’s official because Donald “tweeted” it himself on his Twitter doohickey.
http://deepbrainmedia.com/2012/02/02/trump-to-make-major-announcement-thursday/Will he endorse a candidate? If so, which one? If not, will he finally jump into the... more
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So, you'd vote for Ron Paul if it weren't for his wacky foreign policy?
U.S. military veterans and active duty soldiers overwhelmingly support Ron Paul for President in 2012. Find out why.
This video explains why they support Ron Paul so overwhelmingly, including a discussion of "blowback" resulting from U.S. interventionist foreign policy.So, you'd vote for Ron Paul if it weren't for his wacky foreign policy?... more
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In a desperate bid to knock frontrunner Mitt Romney off his perch, the other candidates got nasty.
It's already being called Las Vegas Fight Night -- the moment the Republican presidential rivals turned the heat on each other, and the moment it all got personal.
In a desperate bid to knock frontrunner Mitt Romney off his seemingly inevitable course, the rest of the pack piled into him during last night's GOP debate, attacking his stance on everything, from immigration to healthcare.
The man most desperate to restore some glitter to his rapidly fading star, Rick Perry, could barely contain his hostility. There were narrowed eyes. There was shouting. There was even some actual snarling.
It all came to a head over an episode in 2007 when Romney hired a lawn company which was later found to have employed illegal immigrants. Not so much a debate, more of a slanging match ensued, as Perry went in for the kill (see video above). "The idea that you stand here before us and talk about that you're strong on immigration is, on its face, the height of hypocrisy." Romney fired back, with a sort of hollow laugh: "Rick, I don't think I've ever hired an illegal in my life. And so I'm looking forward to finding your facts on that." That made Perry even madder: "It's time for you to tell the truth".
Outside, chief strategists for the two men were frantically trying to spin this loss of cool -- Perry's man accusing Romney of being "very rattled" -- while the Romney lot called Perry a desperate hothead.
And we haven't even got around to Herman Cain yet. The man who's been briefly enjoying his moment as the anyone-but-Romney favourite had an even worse night.
In the debate itself, he came under repeated questioning over his 9-9-9 tax plan, which wasn't helped by a report from the non-partisan Tax Policy Centre. They said his proposals would cut taxes for 95 per cent of America's millionaires, while raising them for most people earning less than $100,000. And the six other candidates siezed their chance, dubbing it dangerous and simplistic.
Asked about foreign policy, the former pizza mogul was stumbling all over the place. At one stage, he said he could see himself negotiating with al-Qaeda, if he were elected. He later had to back down on the Anderson Cooper show, admitting he had "misspoke", before blundering on: "Because I didn't, you know, things are moving so fast, I misspoke."
Turns out he'd got himself all confused between the whole al-Qaeda thing and Israel's decision to release hundreds of prisoners in exchange for the captured soldier Gilad Shalit. Which doesn't exactly inspire confidence in a man vying to be the figure with his finger on the nuclear button.
This, after FEC returns showed Cain spent $36,000 of his campaign funds buying copies of his own book, perhaps in an effort to keep it in the New York Times bestseller list.
Last night, though, was really all about Romney, or stopping Romney. As Politico put it, for his rivals "it's a strategic imperative to halt the frontrunner". Yet all the acrimony, the shouting matches, and the attacks on each other may not have impressed any wavering voters who tuned in. And one man -- President Obama -- got off relatively unscathed. He is deep in traditional Republican territory, trying to drum up support in North Carolina and Virginia.
On that note, perhaps the last word should go to one of those warring Republicans, Newt Gingrich, who warned that "maximising bickering" might not be the best way to win the White House.In a desperate bid to knock frontrunner Mitt Romney off his perch, the other... more
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The 2012 Republican Primary race continued to take shape today after high-profile candidate and real estate mogul Donald Trump decided that his public service would no longer be required.
The announcement comes just two days after front-runner Mike Huckabee decided that he would also bow out of the race.
Trump, who made the announcement in a press release Monday morning, cited his love for business, and his unwillingness to leave the private sector at this point in time as his reasons for withdrawing his potential candidacy.
"This decision does not come easily or without regret; especially when my potential candidacy continues to be validated by ranking at the top of the Republican contenders in polls across the country," Trump said in the press release.
Trump, who is rumored to have recently purchased the paraphrasing rights to the English language, is now contractually unobligated to specify that "ranking at the top of the Republican contenders in polls" means that he has plummeted in recent polls and now hovers near the bottom of the pack of GOP contenders.
More at link:
http://itslonelyuphere.blogspot.com/2011/05/trump-fires-himself-from-presidential.htmlThe 2012 Republican Primary race continued to take shape today after high-profile... more
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In Oakland, Jean Quan's riveting victory to become the mayor has brought renewed attention to ranked choice voting (RCV). San Francisco has used this system, which allows voters to rank their top three candidates, in seven elections since 2004. Oakland, Berkeley and San Leandro used it for the first time in 2010.
Quan became the first Asian American woman elected mayor of a major U.S. city by coming from behind to beat the favorite, former state Senate President Pro Tem and powerbroker Don Perata, even though he outspent her 4-1. Quan showed how to win with a new kind of politics that better comports with the diverse society we have become – she used coalition building and grassroots campaigning. She told people, "If I'm not your first choice, please make me your second or third choice." She also reached out to her opponents, Rebecca Kaplan especially, saying, "In case I don't win, I think Rebecca should be your second choice." As a result, Quan received three times more runoff votes from the supporters of Kaplan, who finished third, than did Perata. That gave Quan her victory.
VIDEO DEMONSTRATION OF HOW RANKED CHOICE VOTING WORKS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqblOq8BmgM&feature=player_embeddedIn Oakland, Jean Quan's riveting victory to become the mayor has brought renewed... more
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Breaking News Updates People familiar with Mr. Keith Olbermann's plan say he has a possible deal with Al Gore's Current TV. "Tonight, Current TV host Mr. Keith Olbermann with the latest on the 2012 presidential race from commentator Al Gore…"Breaking News Updates People familiar with Mr. Keith Olbermann's plan say he has... more
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*Imagine the damage he and Palin could inflict...*
Former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton says that he's still "considering" whether to run for President in 2012, but when it comes to the decision, he's still just talking to people and not taking any major steps for a run: "I'm not like the duck, placid on the top of the water and paddling furiously underneath. I'm really looking at it. It's a hard decision for me."
Bolton told Warner Todd Huston of Publius Forum: "When I say 'considering', I mean 'considering.'"
"I don't feel under enormous pressure to make a decision one way or the other," he said. "We've got plenty of time. The field is wide-open. It's very fluid."
Here's the video. The comments on 2012 come at the 3:34 mark:*Imagine the damage he and Palin could inflict...*
Former U.N. Ambassador John... more
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How do you get access-all-areas to film the most powerful man in the world at work and play? Get in early, the makers of a fascinating new documentary about Barack Obama tell Gerard Gilbert
'By the People: the Election of Barack Obama' is on BBC2 tomorrow at 7.30pmHow do you get access-all-areas to film the most powerful man in the world at work and... more
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who would you vote for and why
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Iran protests: live
guardian.co.uk, Thursday June 18 2009
Daniel Nasaw and Matthew Weaver
6.44pm: Here is some grainy but fantastic footage of the march to Imam Khomeini square in Tehran, from 5 pm Iranian time. You can hear the crowd chanting "Ya Hossein! Mir Hossein!" 6.40pm: Just after 10 pm in Iran, Saeed writes that the people are again shouting "Ya Hossein! Mir Hossein!" and "Allah-o-Akbar!" (Arabic for "God is Great!") all across Tehran. 5.24pm: A reader i
(...)chanting "Ya Hossein! Mir Hossein!" 6.40pm: Just after 10 pm in Iran, Saeed writes that the people are again shouting "Ya Hossein! Mir (...)
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In the event that the divisive Ahmadinejad were to be dropped and Mousavi became president, his 25-year-long battle with Khamenei can be expected to resume in earnest. That is a strong reason for Khamenei to fight hard to keep him out. But while the warring cousins differ sharply on social issues, there may be more room for an accommodation than many suspect.Iran protests: live
guardian.co.uk, Thursday June 18 2009
Daniel Nasaw and... more
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Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
by Ilan Pappe
ISBN: 1851685553
ISBN-13: 9781851685554
Format: Paperback, 320pp
Publisher: National Book Network
Pub. Date: September 2007
Synopsis
In this controversial new book, a prominent Israeli historian at Haifa University revisits the formative period of the State of Israel. Decisively debunking the myth that the Palestinian population left of their own accord during the War of Independence, he offers archival evidence to demonstrate that a central plank in Israel's founding ideology was the forcible removal of the indigenous population. This book is a passionate plea to acknowledge the ethnic cleansing of Palestine in 1948 as the root cause of the ongoing Palestine-Israel conflict.
Publishers Weekly
In his latest work, renowned Israeli author and academic Pappe (A History of Modern Palestine) does not mince words, doing Jimmy Carter one better (or worse, depending on one's point of view) by accusing Israel of ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity, beginning in the 1948 war for independence and continuing through the present. Focusing primarily on Plan D (Dalet, in Hebrew), conceived on March 10, 1948, Pappe demonstrates how ethnic cleansing was not a circumstance of war, but rather a deliberate goal of combat for early Israeli military units organized by David Ben-Gurion, whom Pappe labels the "architect of ethnic cleansing." The forced expulsion of 800,000 Palestinians between 1948 and 1949, Pappe argues, was part of a long-standing Zionist plan to manufacture an ethnically pure Jewish state. Framing his argument with accepted international and U.N. definitions of ethnic cleansing, Pappe follows with an excruciatingly detailed account of Israeli military involvement in the demolition and depopulation of hundreds of villages, and the expulsion of hundreds of thousands of Arab inhabitants. An accessible, learned resource, this volume provides important insights into the historical antecedents of today's conflict, but its conclusions will not be easy for everyone to stomach: Pappe argues that the ethnic cleansing of Palestine continues today, and calls for the unconditional return of all Palestinian refugees and an end to the Israeli occupation. Without question, Pappe's account will provoke ire from many readers; importantly, it will spark discussion as well. (Jan.)Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
by Ilan Pappe
ISBN: 1851685553
ISBN-13:... more
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Former president Bill Clinton has agreed to several concessions requested by President-elect Barack Obama’s transition lawyers that could pave the way for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) to become the next secretary of state, including making public all donors to his foundation and clearing all of his future speeches and charitable activities with Obama administration officials, according to a Democratic source with direct knowledge of the negotiations.
But there continued to be some dispute about whether the job had been formally offered to Hillary Clinton. Although Obama did not formally offer her the position, aides to the president-elect said Wednesday, they said that it would be difficult for Clinton to now walk away from the secretary of state post. The aides said Obama’s staff has gone down the path of thoroughly vetting her and her husband with the understanding that, if he should make an official job offer, she would accept it. Another candidate for the post, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, emerged from his meeting with Obama last Friday under the impression that the job had not been filled, people familiar with that meeting said.
Clinton is mulling whether to take the post with her husband and close advisers, the source said, noting that becoming the nation’s top diplomat would be a major and career-changing decision for the former first lady. Of particular concern is how much influence Clinton would have in Obama’s White House, where she would compete for attention with other top foreign policy and national security advisers, said a source, who spoke on condition of anonymity in order to speak candidly about the negotiations.Former president Bill Clinton has agreed to several concessions requested by... more
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Armed with millions of e-mail addresses and a political operation that harnessed the Internet like no campaign before it, Barack Obama will enter the White House with the opportunity to create the first truly “wired” presidency.
Obama aides and allies are preparing a major expansion of the White House communications operation, enabling them to reach out directly to the supporters they have collected over 21 months without having to go through the mainstream media.
Just as John F. Kennedy mastered television as a medium for taking his message to the public, Obama is poised to transform the art of political communication once again, said Joe Trippi, a Democratic strategist who first helped integrate the Internet into campaigning four years ago.
“He’s going to be the first president to be connected in this way, directly, with millions of Americans,” Trippi said.
The nucleus of that effort is an e-mail database of more than 10 million supporters. The list is considered so valuable that the Obama camp briefly offered it as collateral during a cash-flow crunch late in the campaign, though it wound up never needing the loan, senior aides said. At least 3.1 million people on the list donated money to Obama.Armed with millions of e-mail addresses and a political operation that harnessed the... more
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The pastor of St. Mary Catholic Church in Greenville, SC, is urging parishioners who voted for Barack Obama not to present themselves for Communion unless they go to confession first because they have cooperated with “intrinsic evil” by voting for a candidate who supports abortion rights over a candidate who does not. The Rev. Jay Scott Newman told the Greenville News that he doesn’t intend to deny anyone Communion, but made it clear that his view is that Obama voters should not present themselves without seeking penance first “lest they eat and drink their own condemnation.”
Newman is the only priest in the U.S. known to have taken this position — the Catholic bishops met this week in Baltimore and this idea was not even discussed, at least in public session. Newman has posted on his parish web site the following letter explaining his rationale:The pastor of St. Mary Catholic Church in Greenville, SC, is urging parishioners who... more
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At least one of the more disconcerting leaks about Governor Sarah Palin turned out to be true.
Palin, the Republican vice-presidential nominee, arrived in Phoenix, Arizona, on election night hoping to deliver her own concession speech. “It was a great speech,” Palin told Matt Lauer on the “Today” show on Tuesday.
Aides to her running mate, Senator John McCain, told her it was not customary for the No. 2 to speak, she said. "But, you know, I thought, even if it was unprecedented, so what, you know?" Palin told Lauer. "Geez, let's do something a little bit out of the box there."
And now she is. Unleashed and not humbled, Palin is on a speed date with history, upending protocol as she goes. She put herself on full display, in interviews with NBC and Fox News before McCain had a chance to take a no-victory lap on "The Tonight Show." And she has many more appearances scheduled throughout the week, including a star turn at the Republican Governors Association meeting in Miami on Thursday.
Palin could be turning to television to restore her tarnished image, jump-start a 2012 presidential bid, or both. But so far, viewers have mostly witnessed some of the very traits - disarming candor and staggering presumption - that drove some McCain campaign aides to leak damaging accusations about her.At least one of the more disconcerting leaks about Governor Sarah Palin turned out to... more
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Limited release full length motion picture directed by Michael Moore, and produced by Oliver Stone! You might laugh at this... but i can see it becoming a reality!Limited release full length motion picture directed by Michael Moore, and produced by... more
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This is EXACTLY the kind of things that after I read it, gives me a shiver! What scares me is that they live among us, thinking these scary, crazy thoughts. I guess we should be thankful when they expose themselves with their senseless blather on forums.
I did not vote for Barack Obama, but I respect him, and will support his efforts to fix this country.
PLEASE read this. PLEASE post your comments here.
(The following was taken off a thread from another forum. I purposely chose not to “link” back to this forum/thread for several reasons)
DARKHAT: As an United States of America citizen I will show respect to President-elect Obama
more then the left did for President Bush …
Fact is Obama was elected President just because of his skin color and emotion, because Obama has zero experience to be elected by anything he’s done.
Fact is to many Americans fail to be able to comprehension the concerns about Obama anti american views and his ideas that will destroy the whole foundation of this great country. Obama’s socialistic desires comprise the centerpiece of his whole agenda are a clear and present danger to United States.
Then another member of the forum takes the bait and replies….
GFORCE: Your brain is obviously infected with FOX news. McCain is average and Palin is ignorant, unread, and inarticulate. They bragged about having a lock on the uneducated and low-information voters. Fortunately there are fewer and fewer and the population is getting more educated and/or thoughtful.
Losing Strategies/Moves:
The fundamentals of the economy are strong.
I mean, I was talking about…(out of my ass).
I have to cancel the debate and suspend my campaign.
I’m gonna fire an appointee that I have no authority to fire.
Sarah Palin is qualified. Wink, Wink, You betcha’.
You can see Russia from Alaska so I have foreign policy experience.
Putin rears his head where does he go? (I’m sure Putin is still laughing his ass off).
William Ayers, William Ayers, William Ayers.
Obama wants to teach Kindergarten kids all 12 sex positions and hardcore sex.
The Bush economy - worst in 80 years
6.5% unemployment-84,000 lost jobs in October
Joe the imaginary Plumber wants to buy a fantasy company and make 280K - He only makes 40k, Company grosses 150k.
Obama was elected because of his vision, ability, political skill and a smarter electorate.
Bush is a liar, murderer, and thief that manipulated his subjects with fear and propaganda (FOX NEWS)- as confessed by his former press secretary. No one had more experience in Washington than Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney. How did that go?
But thank God, many low information voters have had enough as well, and that put Obama over the top.
Of course DARKHAT MUST respond… it gets better!
DARKHAT: You I am sure think all police are killer to since you think our soldiers are killer too.
Strange why do you love the killer saddam hussein? He murder 100,000’s maybe even millions? Why do you attack Bush and yet
not the terrorist for killing people ?
Bill Clinton Bombed a country for months killing thousands did you call him a killer ?
War is war no one like it but it must be waged to protect us from evil …
Fox news lol don’t even watch it.
But you can be sure cnn is always worshiping Obama 99% of the rest of the tv news ..
Fact Obama was taught in a islam school until 4th grade,Fact he is friends with terrorist friends Ayers and Dohrn.Ayers just the other day stated me and Obama are great friends (after the election statement)
The day he was elect the Al-Qaeda and Hamas terrorist celebrated .
Problem with you is facts mean nothing you live on pure emotion .
PLEASE READ THE REST:
http://www.whiterabbitcult.com/these-are-the-people-who-make-me-lose-sleep-at-night/This is EXACTLY the kind of things that after I read it, gives me a shiver! What... more
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