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SEALs slam Obama for using them as ‘ammunition’ in bid to take credit for bin Laden killing during election campaign — Serving and former US Navy SEALs have slammed President Barack Obama for taking the credit for killing Osama bin Laden and accused him of using Special Forces operators as ‘ammunition’ for his re-election campaign.
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Talking Points Memo, Power Line, Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit, The Hill, Jammie Wearing Fools, Hot Air and Conservatives4Palin
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Mitt Romney undermines his own argument about Bin Laden — Today Mitt Romney was asked whether he would have given the order to launch the operation that killed Osama Bin Laden, as Obama did. — “Of course,” Romney said. “Even Jimmy Carter would have given that order.”
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ThinkProgress, The Political Carnival, 2012 Decoded, Lawyers, Guns & Money and NationalJournal.com
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Romney on OBL: ‘Even Jimmy Carter would have given that order’ — Mitt Romney, asked if he would have given the order to go after Osama Bin Laden, as President Obama's new video and his campaign aides have suggested he wouldn't have done, per POLITICO's Ginger Gibson: “Of course, even Jimmy Carter would have given that order.”
2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012 — The Five Stages Of GOP Reaction To Osama Bin Laden's Death — And What's Next — As America nears the one-year anniversary of the operation that killed Osama bin Laden, Democrats are running on the tagline, “bin Laden is dead, General Motors is alive,” as Vice President Joe Biden put it this week.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Inside the Mitt Laden Smackdown — As you know, on the eve of the anniversary of the targeted killing of arch-terrorist Osama bin Laden, the Obama reelection campaign launched a frontal attack on Mitt Romney. They not only celebrated Obama's decision but freely suggested that Romney …
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Time, Booman Tribune, Hullabaloo, Washington Monthly and Hot Air
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Obama Smirks: Again Suggests Romney Wouldn't Have Killed Bin Laden (Updated: Romney Responds)
Obama Smirks: Again Suggests Romney Wouldn't Have Killed Bin Laden (Updated: Romney Responds)
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Ricochet Conversations Feed, Nice Deb and The Gateway Pundit
CBS News:
Arianna Huffington: President's bin Laden ad “despicable”
Arianna Huffington: President's bin Laden ad “despicable”
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Politics, Power …, Hot Air, BAGnewsNotes, New York Magazine, CNN, NewsBusters.org, Indecision Forever, Slate, Washington Wire, Mediaite and Weasel Zippers
Olivier Knox / ABCNEWS:
Depressed Bin Laden thought about ‘al-Qaida’ name change, White House says
Depressed Bin Laden thought about ‘al-Qaida’ name change, White House says
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Politico
Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
Elizabeth Warren campaign, challenged on Native American heritage claims, ‘digging up some sort of evidence to appease you’ — Massachusetts senate hopeful Elizabeth Warren described herself in law-school professional directories as a Native American minority from 1986 to 1995.
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The Harvard Crimson, Weasel Zippers, iOwnTheWorld.com, Unfogged and Betsy's Page
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Chris Cassidy / Boston Herald:
Scott Brown calls on Warren camp to ‘come clean’ — Liz listed self as minority in professional directories — Despite claiming she never used her Native American heritage when applying for a job, Elizabeth Warren's campaign admitted last night the Democrat listed her minority status …
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The Daily Caller and Washington Wire
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Elizabeth Warren camp: It's kind of sexist for Scott Brown to ask if she's lying about being Native American
Elizabeth Warren camp: It's kind of sexist for Scott Brown to ask if she's lying about being Native American
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, RedState and National Review
New York Times:
Elizabeth Warren's Ancestry Irrelevant in Hiring, Law Schools Say
Elizabeth Warren's Ancestry Irrelevant in Hiring, Law Schools Say
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The Volokh Conspiracy
Stephanie Ebbert / Boston Globe:
Directories identified Warren as minority
Directories identified Warren as minority
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NewsBusters.org blogs
Victor Morton / Washington Times:
New Obama slogan has long ties to Marxism, socialism — The Obama campaign apparently didn't look backwards into history when selecting its new campaign slogan, “Forward” — a word with a long and rich association with European Marxism. — Many Communist and radical publications …
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Joel B. Pollak / BREITBART.COM:
COMRADES! OBAMA'S NEW SLOGAN: FORWARD!
COMRADES! OBAMA'S NEW SLOGAN: FORWARD!
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americanthinker.com and Jammie Wearing Fools
Chris Christie / CNN:
Romney might convince me, Christie says — (CNN) - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Monday said Romney “might be able to convince” him to serve as his No. 2 on the Republican presidential ticket. — “He might be able to convince me. He's a convincing guy, but I really love this job.
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ABCNEWS, Politico, Yahoo! News, HotAirPundit, National Review and The Page
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Megan DeMarco / New Jersey Online:
Gov. Christie shakes off Jimmy Kimmel's jabs at his weight
Gov. Christie shakes off Jimmy Kimmel's jabs at his weight
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Politico and New York Magazine
Matt Katz / Philly.com:
Romney could ‘convince’ Christie to run for VP
ABCNEWS:
Christie Willing to Be Sold on VP Slot
Christie Willing to Be Sold on VP Slot
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Philly.com, nation.foxnews.com and The PJ Tatler
Joe / Joe. My. God.:
NORTH CAROLINA: Man Films Himself Firing A Shotgun Into Neighbor's Yard Sign Against Amendment One — How is NOM going to spin THIS? Somebody please mirror this clip immediately onto your own YouTube channel and send me a back-up link. — UPDATE: Thanks folks, we've now got back-up copies of this shameless a**holery.
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The Impolitic and Gawker
Stephen King / The Daily Beast:
Stephen King: Tax Me, for F@%&'s Sake! — The iconic writer scolds the superrich (including himself—and Mitt Romney) for not giving back, and warns of a Kingsian apocalyptic scenario if inequality is not addressed in America. — Chris Christie may be fat, but he ain't Santa Claus.
Bristol Palin:
Defending the “Palin Pick” — Most of you know I'd rather post photos of my family and write about Alaska than talk about politics. But after reading and watching some recent commentary, I can't help myself. — The chattering class is talking - endlessly - about Mitt Romney's choice of a Vice Presidential running mate.
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GOP 12, Wonkette, Conservatives4Palin and Politico
Island Packet:
Bluffton Middle School teacher accused of assault, calling student “Jew” — From staff reports — Feeds | | Search the Archive — A Bluffton Middle School teacher is accused of grabbing a student by his shirt collar, forcing him under a desk and telling him …
James Pethokoukis / The Enterprise Blog:
Why the presidential election could be over at 8:30 a.m., October 26 — This may be as good as it gets. Sputter-speed growth of around 2% and a moribund labor market. As the above chart suggests, the recovery is losing momentum. Here's Goldman economist Jan Hatzius:
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Hot Air
Wall Street Journal:
Hollywood Returning to Obama Fold — After Slow Start Tied to Antipiracy Bill Decision, Clooney Says Fundraiser Could Bring in $10 Million — President Barack Obama is starting to lure Hollywood donors back into the fold after his decision earlier this year to side with Internet companies …
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Roger L. Simon, Weasel Zippers, Washington Free Beacon and Clayton Cramer's Blog
Claire Atkinson / New York Post:
TV in real dime — Viewers who stream network TV shows may soon discover the free ride is not so free. — Hulu, which attracted 31 million unique users in March under a free-for-all model, is taking its first steps to change to a model where viewers will have to prove they are a pay-TV customer …
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Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
GOP Rep. Joe Walsh Says The Country Only Elected President Obama Because He's Black — Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) minced no words at a town hall over the weekend, telling constituents that the only reason President Obama was elected in 2008 was because “he's our first African-American president.”
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland and The Raw Story
Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
Ex-CIA counterterror chief says Pelosi ‘reinventing the truth’ about waterboarding — In an explosive memoir released today, former CIA counterterrorism chief Jose Rodriguez provides new evidence that Rep. Nancy Pelosi lied when she declared she had not been briefed about the use of waterboarding.
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Belmont Club, Weasel Zippers, The PJ Tatler, Hot Air and CBS News
Chuck Lindell / Austin American-Statesman:
Judge grants Planned Parenthood injunction — Updated at 1 p.m. to include the judge's order and details on the ruling — A federal judge in Austin ruled today that state officials cannot exclude Planned Parenthood from a health care and contraception program for low-income women.
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msnbc.com, LGBT Weekly, Daily Kos and American Prospect