memeorandum: Young Obama Bullied....A Girl (Tlc/The Talk of the Times)

6:25 PM ET, May 10, 2012

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Jason Horowitz / Washington Post:

Mitt Romney's prep school classmates recall pranks, but also troubling incidents — BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. — Mitt Romney returned from a three-week spring break in 1965 to resume his studies as a high school senior at the prestigious Cranbrook School. Back on the handsome campus …

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Emily Friedman / ABCNEWS:

Romney Camp on Defense Over ‘Pranks’ — ABC News' Emily Friedman, Emily Stanitz and Steven Portnoy report: — One of Mitt Romney's closest friends and a high school classmate has been asked by the Romney campaign to come out and offer “supporting remarks” in defense of the candidate following …

Discussion: Hot Air, The Daily Caller, The Right Scoop, RedState, Daily Kos, The Right Sphere and The PJ Tatler

Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:

The Content of Romney's Character — A young Mitt Romney, relaxing with friends. — It is a horrendous coincidence of timing for Mitt Romney that the day after President Obama ceased his elaborate wink-and-nod game and endorsed gay marriage, Jason Horowitz reports that Romney bullied a gay classmate at his prep school.

Discussion: Washington Post, Mother Jones and The Daily Dish

Adam Peck / ThinkProgress:

Mitt Romney Outed As Anti-Gay High School Bully — Last year's string of heartbreaking suicides by young members of the LGBT community who had been bullied by their classmates led hundreds of celebrities, sports teams, politicians and ordinary citizens to record “It Gets Better” videos.

Discussion: Advocate, No More Mister Nice Blog, Washington Post, Guardian and Business Insider

Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Mitt Romney apologizes for high school pranks that ‘might have gone too far’

Discussion: Politicker, Hot Air, Daily Kos, GayPatriot, Shakesville and Wonkette

Tlc / The Talk of the Times:
Young Obama Bullied....A Girl

Discussion: ABCNEWS, Business Insider, Instapundit and National Review

Justin Sink / The Hill:
Romney on prank: ‘Back in high school I did some dumb things’

Discussion: Ballot Box

Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Cutting-edge reporting from WaPo: Let's take an in-depth look at ... Romney's cruel high-school pranks

Discussion: Washington Post, PoliticusUSA, The Hill, Mediaite, The Daily Caller and Patterico's Pontifications

Washington Post:
Mitt Romney's prep school classmates recall pranks, but also troubling incidents

Discussion: Mediaite and The Raw Story

Bristol Palin:

Hail to the Chiefs - Malia and Sasha Obama — Is anyone really surprised by the fact that President Obama came out of the closet for gay marriage? What was most surprising is when he explained how his position (supposedly) “evolved,” by talking to his wife and daughters: … Let's pause for just one second.

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Seung Min Kim / Politico:

House strikes back on gay marriage — Just hours after President Barack Obama publicly backed gay marriage, the House struck back and passed a measure aimed at reinforcing the Defense of Marriage Act. — With a 245-171 vote, the House voted to stop the Justice Department from using taxpayer funds …

Aliyah Shahid / NY Daily News:

Bristol Palin rips President Obama for listening to daughters Malia, Sasha on supporting gay marriage — Palin — a single mom herself — argued children are raised in homes where there is both a mother and a father — Bristol Palin ripped President Obama on Thursday for allowing his daughters …

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland

New York Times:

Biden Said to Apologize to Obama Over Gay Marriage Issue — WASHINGTON — A few hours before President Obama offered his historic endorsement of same-sex marriage on Wednesday, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. apologized to the president in the Oval Office for forcing Mr. Obama's hand …

Discussion: Guardian and Mediaite

Adam Nagourney / New York Times:

News Analysis: Obama's Watershed Move on Gay Marriage — President Obama's endorsement of gay marriage on Wednesday was by any measure a watershed. A sitting United States president took sides in what many people consider the last civil rights movement, providing the most powerful evidence …

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Charles Mahtesian / Politico:
Barack Obama's seven states of grief over gay marriage

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Maggie Gallagher / National Review:
Fox News: Pro-Gay Marriage?

Discussion: Rod Dreher, Equality Matters and The Huffington Post

Chris Good / ABCNEWS:
Rep. Allen West: Obama May Lose African American Votes Over Gay Marriage

Discussion: LGBTQ Nation, Mediaite and The Huffington Post

Carlo Munoz / The Hill:
House Armed Services vote bans gay marriage on military bases

Discussion: Washington Monthly, ABCNEWS and Los Angeles Times

John H. Cushman Jr / The Caucus:
Biden Got Out ‘Over His Skis,’ Says Obama

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, Connecting.the.Dots, Politico, New York Times, Mother Jones and Weekly Standard

Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Black voters in NC supported Amendment One by 2-1 margin

Discussion: Politico, Weasel Zippers, Addicting Info and RedState

Major Garrett / NationalJournal.com:
Biden With the Assist: Veep Again Dumb Like a Fox

Discussion: Hotline On Call, 2012 Decoded and Weasel Zippers

Evan McMorris-Santoro / Livewire:
Romney Gets Testy After Questions On Gay Marriage, DREAM and Pot

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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:

Obama Ad Claims to Have Helped Man Get a Job, but Man Claims Employment Since 2006 — Matt Negrin of ABC reports that “A new ad by Obama tells the story of Brian Slagle, an autoworker in Ohio who says he was laid off and ‘scared to death’ until the president swooped in to save the industry.”

Discussion: msnbc.com, Wake up America and The Right Sphere

Matt Negrin / ABCNEWS:
Spotlight on Autoworker in Obama's Latest Ad

Discussion: Toledo Blade, Business Insider and Balloon Juice

Rasmussen Reports:

Wisconsin Recall Election: Walker 50%, Barrett 45% — Embattled Republican Governor Scott Walker holds a five-point lead over his newly nominated Democratic challenger Tom Barrett in Wisconsin's special recall election. — A new Rasmussen Reports statewide telephone survey shows that 50% …

Discussion: ABCNEWS, Hot Air, The Gateway Pundit, Althouse, Weekly Standard, The PJ Tatler and National Review

Noah Bierman / Boston Globe:

Records shed more light on Elizabeth Warren's minority status — A second law school, the University of Pennsylvania, has touted Elizabeth Warren as a minority faculty member in an official school publication, according to an online document obtained by the Globe.

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit and The PJ Tatler

Ian Swanson / The Hill:

House votes to replace Pentagon cuts mandated by debt deal — The House voted Thursday to override steep cuts to the Pentagon's budget mandated by last summer's debt deal and replace them with spending reductions to food stamps and other mandatory social programs.

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Outside the Beltway, Weekly Standard and The Maddow Blog

Ryan J. Reilly / tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com:

TPMMuckraker — Justice Department Sues Sheriff Joe Arpaio Over Alleged Latino Abuse — The Justice Department finally filed suit against Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his Maricopa County Sheriff's Office on Thursday, accusing the Arizona official of engaging “in a pattern or practice …

Discussion: The Raw Story, Talking Points Memo, Instapundit and Stinque

New York Times:
Justice Department Sues Arizona Sheriff

Discussion: Outside the Beltway

Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:

Obama on Biden: ‘Got Out a Little Bit Over His Skis’ — Vice President Joe Biden is at least part of the reason President Barack Obama came out in favor of same sex marriage yesterday, the president admitted in the interview on the issue with ABC's Robin Roberts:

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CNN:
Source: Obama had planned marriage announcement on ‘The View’

Discussion: Hot Air, TVNewser and Politico

James Hansen / New York Times:

Game Over for the Climate — GLOBAL warming isn't a prediction. It is happening. That is why I was so troubled to read a recent interview with President Obama in Rolling Stone in which he said that Canada would exploit the oil in its vast tar sands reserves “regardless of what we do.”

Discussion: Hullabaloo, The Volokh Conspiracy, ThinkProgress, Politico and Pirate's Cove

Tara Palmeri / New York Post:

Policy adviser testifies Edwards wanted Supreme Court seat — GREENSBORO, NC — A delusional, two-timing Sen. John Edwards dreamed of a Supreme Court appointment, even as his political career crumbled under the weight of a seedy sex scandal, according to testimony today.

New York Times:

Ultra-Orthodox Shun Their Own for Reporting Child Sexual Abuse — The first shock came when Mordechai Jungreis learned that his mentally disabled teenage son was being molested in a Jewish ritual bathhouse in Brooklyn. The second came after Mr. Jungreis complained, and the man accused of the abuse was arrested.

Discussion: Guardian, Taylor Marsh, Mondoweiss and CNN

BBC:

Prince Charles turns BBC Scotland weatherman — Prince Charles presents a special weather forecast during his BBC Scotland visit — Prince Charles had a go at reading the weather during a tour of BBC Scotland's Pacific Quay headquarters. — He and his wife, the Duchess of Cornwall …

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