memeorandum: A Department Of Business Is None Of Obama's Business (Investor's Business Daily)

3:30 AM ET, October 31, 2012

Top Items:

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.

Discussion: The Daily Caller, Rumproast, Taylor Marsh, msnbc.com, The Political Carnival, Mother Jones, The New Civil Rights Movement, Colorlines, Little Green Footballs, Balloon Juice and Commentary Magazine

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 …

Discussion: The Huffington Post, msnbc.com, The Hill, Addicting Info, Politico, The New Civil Rights Movement, CBS Denver, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Reuters, The Raw Story, Runnin' Scared, Daily Kos, The Hinterland Gazette, New York Times, theGrio, Gothamist and CNN

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 …

Discussion: Election 2012, Weasel Zippers, Taking Note, American Power, New York Magazine, Nice Deb, Balloon Juice and Addicting Info

BuzzFeed Politics:

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 …

Discussion: BuzzFeed, The Moderate Voice, BuzzFeed, Guardian, BuzzFeed FWD, Poynter, FishbowlDC, Washington Post, Taylor Marsh, The Political Carnival, Making Light and BuzzFeed, more at Mediagazer »

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.

Discussion: Politico, ABCNEWS, NewsBusters.org, The Hill, The Daily Caller, BizzyBlog, The Huffington Post, Weasel Zippers, Conservatives4Palin, The Lonely Conservative, Taylor Marsh, Pat Dollard and The Powers That Be

Jed Lewison / Daily Kos:

Romney lines everybody up to give him stuff the Red Cross says it doesn't want — So here's what things looked like at the donation table at Mitt Romney's “storm relief” event before he arrived: — And here's things nearly an hour later when Mitt Romney finally arrived: — At least he didn't wash clean dishes.

Discussion: The New Civil Rights Movement, Talking Points Memo, CNN, Firedoglake, The Political Carnival, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and The Mahablog

Lynne Peeples / The Huffington Post:

Hurricane Sandy Could Displace Rats, Spread Infectious Disease … REACT: — FOLLOW: — New York City, Video, Floods, Hurricane Sandy 2012, Hurricane Sandy New York, Hurricane Sandy Nyc, Infectious Diseases, Hurricanes, Rats, Green News — The 8-million-strong human population …

Discussion: New York Magazine, LewRockwell.com Blog and Firedoglake

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 …

Discussion: New York Magazine, Firedoglake, Crooks and Liars, Poynter, Wonkette, BuzzFeed FWD and Hullabaloo

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

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, Weekly Standard and Washington Examiner

Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Councilman Pushes For Charges Against Twitter User Who Spread Falsehoods

more at Mediagazer »

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

Discussion: Mashable!, The New Republic, Poynter, The Raw Story and BuzzFeed, more at Mediagazer »

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

Discussion: Twitchy, Weasel Zippers and Doug Ross

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

Discussion: Dot Earth, The Atlantic Online, Liberal Values and Washington Examiner

Daily Mail:
Will global warming bring storm barriers to New York Harbor? …

Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Jammie Wearing Fools

Rachel Weiner / Election 2012:
Chris Christie: Obama ‘outstanding’ in response to Hurricane Sandy

Discussion: The Fix, Princeton Election Consortium, New York Times and Towleroad News #gay

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

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

Discussion: Weasel Zippers

Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard: Clinton: Romney Wrong to Hit Obama for Promising ‘to Turn Back the Seas’

Detroit Free Press:

New Romney ad: Did Obama's rescue of GM create more jobs in China? — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has broadened his attack on President Barack Obama's auto industry restructuring, implying that General Motors used the aid to hire more workers in China than in the U.S.

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Business Insider, Firedoglake, Politico and The Raw Story

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

Discussion: Politico, BizzyBlog, NewsBusters.org and Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The Morning Plum: Romney's Jeep-to-China lie earns brutal headlines in Ohio

Discussion: Plain Dealer, Firedoglake, Addicting Info, The Reaction, New York Times, Mother Jones, msnbc.com, Economist's View, Washington Monthly and Daily Kos

detroitnews.com:
Marchionne's letter on Jeep production in U.S.

Discussion: PoliticusUSA and The Maddow Blog

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

Discussion: Associated Press, The Huffington Post, Dangerous Minds, msnbc.com and Washington Post

Politifact.com Truth-O-Meter rulings from National:
Mitt Romney: Says Barack Obama “sold Chrysler to Italians who are going to build Jeeps in China” …

Discussion: Washington Post, The Huffington Post, PoliticusUSA, The Reality-Based Community, The Hinterland Gazette and Daily Kos

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 …

Discussion: Forbes, New York Magazine, Outside the Beltway, Engadget, Guardian, Hot Air and AllThingsD, more at Mediagazer »

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

Discussion: DealBook, more at Mediagazer »

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

Discussion: The PJ Tatler and The Jawa Report

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 …

Discussion: Hot Air, The Caucus and Politico

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

Discussion: Business Insider and msnbc.com

Stephen Battaglio / TVGuide.com:

The Biz: President Barack Obama Reveals His Favorite TV Shows — As Election Day approaches, President Barack Obama agreed to share with us his favorite television series and provide insight into some of his other pop-culture habits. Check out Governor Mitt Romney's picks here.

Discussion: Politico and theGrio

Nicholas Ballasy / The Daily Caller:
Michelle Obama: 'I've had 10-year-olds who are on a phone bank' for Barack

Discussion: Weasel Zippers

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 …

Discussion: Wonkette and Slog

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

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland

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...”

Discussion: BuzzFeed and Hullabaloo

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.

Discussion: Hot Air and Reuters

Rich Lowry / National Review:

The President's Insulting Campaign — It is a mercy that the suffragettes aren't around to see President Barack Obama's campaign for the women's vote. It would make them weep in dismay. — Almost a hundred years after passage of the 19th Amendment, the president is making perhaps the most superficial …

Discussion: alicublog

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 …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Associated Press, Daily Kos, Guardian, Politico, msnbc.com, ABCNEWS, PoliticsPA, The Strata-Sphere, Power Line, The PJ Tatler and BuzzFeed

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 …