memeorandum: OBAMA ON HURRICANE: ‘WE LEAVE NOBODY BEHIND’ (John Nolte/BREITBART.COM)

11:30 PM ET, October 30, 2012

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How One Well-Connected Pseudonymous Twitter Spread Fake News About Hurricane Sandy — The twitter user @comfortablysmug is one of a handful of pseudonymous Manhattan professionals who keep their widely-followed Twitter voices separate from their careers. His bio describes him as “My Interests …

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Hayes Brown / ThinkProgress:

Bush's FEMA Director During Katrina Criticizes Obama For Responding To Sandy Too Quickly — Former FEMA Director Michael Brown offered criticism of President Obama's early responses to Hurricane Sandy yesterday, including a dig at the administration's response to last month's attack in Libya.

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Sam Levin / The Latest Word:

Michael Brown, ex-FEMA head, has advice, criticism for Obama about Hurricane Sandy — Colorado is not facing any danger from Hurricane Sandy, but the effects of the storm can still be felt here, with the Obama and Romney camps canceling scheduled rallies. Today, we decided to check …

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Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org blogs:

MSNBC Ridicules Romney for Collecting Food and Supplies for Sandy Victims — This one is really hard to believe, even for the most biased so-called “news network” in the nation. — MSNBC on Tuesday totally trashed Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney for collecting food and supplies …

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BuzzFeed:

The Man Behind @ComfortablySmug, Hurricane Sandy's Worst Twitter Villain — He's a hedge fund analyst, Republican political consultant, and deliberate spreader of false information. — During the storm last night, user @comfortablysmug was the source of a load of frightening but false information …

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Al Gore / Al's Journal:

Statement on Hurricane Sandy — This week, our nation has anxiously watched as Hurricane Sandy lashed the East Coast and caused widespread damage—affecting millions. Now more than ever, our neighbors need our help. Please consider donating or volunteering for your local aid organizations.

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Associated Press:

At least 48 dead, millions without power in Sandy's aftermath — Wreckage and power outages could take days or weeks to sort out. — NEW YORK - The misery of superstorm Sandy's devastation grew Tuesday as millions along the U.S. East Coast faced life without power or mass transit for days …

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Bill Cameron / wlsam.com:
LISTEN: What will Chicago do to help with Hurricane Sandy relief?

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Sabrina Siddiqui / The Huffington Post:
Mitt Romney Refuses To Talk About FEMA After Hurricane Sandy Event

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Jed Lewison / Daily Kos:
Romney lines everybody up to give him stuff the Red Cross says it doesn't want

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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Gov. Christie praises Obama response to Hurricane Sandy as ‘outstanding’

Lynne Peeples / The Huffington Post:
Hurricane Sandy Could Displace Rats, Spread Infectious Disease

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BuzzFeed:
Bill Clinton: Maybe Mitt Romney Shouldn't Be Making Fun Of Global Warming

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Stuef / BuzzFeed FWD:
Shashank Tripathi, Last Night's Twitter Villain @ComfortablySmug

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Mark Fischetti / Scientific American Blog Network:
Did Climate Change Cause Hurricane Sandy?

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Doug Powers / Michelle Malkin:
Shocker of the day: Al Gore blames Hurricane Sandy on man made climate change

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Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Obama and Christie to Assess Damage in New Jersey

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Stewart Bell / National Post:
Hurricane Sandy a ‘divine slap on the face of U.S. arrogance,’ Toronto Islamist website declares

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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:

The Morning Plum: Romney's Jeep-to-China lie earns brutal headlines in Ohio — As David Plouffe wrote in his memoir of Campaign 2008, the Obama team has long thought that one of the most effective ways to influence independents and undecided voters is via local media in key battleground states.

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Detroit Free Press:
New Romney ad: Did Obama's rescue of GM create more jobs in China?

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Tyrel Linkhorn / Toledo Blade:
Chrysler CEO to employees: Jeep will remain in U.S.

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Benjy Sarlin / Talking Points Memo:
Romney Camp Going Off The Fact Checking Rails In Ohio

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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Romney's astonishingly dishonest Jeep-to-China radio ad

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Plain Dealer:
Flailing in Ohio, Romney rolls out Jeep ploy: editorial

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Paul Santos / The Walt Disney Company Press Releases:

DISNEY TO ACQUIRE LUCASFILM LTD. — An investor conference call will take place at approximately 4:30 p.m. EDT / 1:30 p.m. PDT today, October 30, 2012. Details for the call are listed in the release. — Global leader in high-quality family entertainment agrees to acquire world-renowned Lucasfilm Ltd …

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ComingSoon.net:
Breaking: Disney to Acquire Lucasfilm, Star Wars Episode 7 Coming in 2015!

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Michael Cieply / Media Decoder:
Disney Buying Lucasfilm for $4 Billion

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New York Times:

Race Narrows as Campaign Enters Its Final Week — COLUMBUS, Ohio — President Obama and Mitt Romney enter the closing week of the campaign in an exceedingly narrow race, according to the latest poll by The New York Times and CBS News, with more voters now viewing Mr. Romney as a stronger leader …

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Jon Cohen / The Fix:
WaPo-ABC tracking poll: Popular vote > electoral college

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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
In U.S., 15% of Registered Voters Have Already Cast Ballots

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Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:

Governor Romney After the (2006) Flood: Not Good — PHOTO BY JIM DAVIS/THE BOSTON GLOBE VIA GETTY IMAGES — Now that he's again decided to mention (obliquely) that he was our governor once, and we're all up here in the Commonwealth (God save it!) being awakened by the sweet sounds …

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Jason Cherkis / The Huffington Post:
Mitt Romney Vetoed Flood Prep Funding In 2004, Blamed For Subsequent Flooding

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Mickey Kaus / The Daily Caller:

The Birth Certificate 4-Step — It's a trap! The most paranoid scenario: I'm assuming the Bureau of Labor Statistics will release the October employment statistics on schedule. The paranoia that would accompany a delay (this close to the election) would be too destructive, even if the delay was justifiable.

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John Nolte / BREITBART.COM:

OBAMA ON HURRICANE: ‘WE LEAVE NOBODY BEHIND’ — Today, during a non-campaign campaign stop at the Red Cross, President Obama told the nation something his administration obviously didn't believe during the seven-hour attack on our consulate in Benghazi (and a nearby annex) on the night of September 11 …

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BREITBART.COM:
OBAMA: ‘WE LEAVE NOBODY BEHIND’

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Richard Dunham / Texas on the Potomac:

The Morning After: First storm-related anti-Obama attack ad appears — A friend of ours in northern Virginia received this flier delivered to her apartment's front door this morning: — The ad, attacking President Obama, declared, “WE'VE SEEN STORMS IN VIRGINIA, BUT NONE LIKE THIS...”

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Rich Beeson / mittromney.com:

Memo: Pennsylvania — Rendell: ‘Startling upset’ for Romney ‘a possibility’ in Pennsylvania — When Governor Ed Rendell made these comments last week, he was clearly sending a desperate call to Chicago for help in the Keystone State. At the time, his comments were met with derision …

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David Brooks / New York Times:

The Upside of Opportunism — Let's try to imagine what the world would look like if President Obama is re-elected. — Washington over the next four years would probably look much as it has over the last two: Obama running the White House, Republicans controlling the House and Democrats managing the Senate.

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Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:

EXCLUSIVE: Romney Campaign Training Poll Watchers To Mislead Voters In Wisconsin — Mitt Romney's campaign has been training poll watchers in Wisconsin with highly misleading — and sometimes downright false — information about voters' rights. — Documents from a recent Romney poll watcher …