Oct

25

Not a Surprise: Colin Powell Endorses Obama for a Second Term

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Can everybody in the world please stop referring to Powell as a “Republican” now? Probably not: Former Republican Secretary of State Colin Powell endorsed President Barack Obama for a second term Thursday, telling “CBS This Morning” that he voted for Obama in 2008 but this time was going further and publicly backing him. “We’ve come [...]

Oct

24

Big Bird, Binders & Bayonets

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This new ad from the RNC is another winner: Political scientists will look back at the “Bin Laden is dead, Big Bird is alive” approach as being one of the bigger, more embarrassing blunders in campaign strategy history right up there with this. While we’re at it, don’t forget that Obama gear is — not [...]

Oct

24

Trump Makes His ‘Special Announcement’

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We talked a little bit about Donald Trump and Gloria Allred’s “October Surprises.” Trump just revealed what he has, and it’s more of an offer than a revelation: Trump just said via a YouTube announcement that he’d write a check for $5 million to the charity of Obama’s choice if he releases all his college [...]

Oct

24

It Starts…

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Stay alert when voting, because I have a feeling we’re going to be seeing record numbers of these kinds of things: GREENSBORO, N.C. –The presidential election is just around the corner and voting issues have already become a problem in Guilford County. On Monday, several voters complained that their electronic ballot machine cast the wrong [...]

Oct

23

Trump & Allred to Reveal Dueling ‘October Surprises’

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Donald Trump says he has something on Obama. Gloria Allred says she has something on Romney. In other words, prepare to be severely annoyed in the coming days. Allred’s “goods” on Romney involve Attention Whore Gloria’s attempts to unseal court testimony in Massachusetts. I’m expecting Allred to accuse Mitt of knocking wingtips with Sharon Bialek, [...]

Oct

23

MSNBC Crowd Boos 9 Year Old Girl

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It’s their willingness to speak truth to power that gives liberals their reputation as fearless, unflinching tough guys: The people booing the little girl then went home to continue to work to re-elect Democratic candidates who express tireless support for anti-bullying legislation. (h/t JWF)

Oct

22

FLOTUS: Better Vote Early in Case Your Toilet’s Overflowing on Election Day

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Originally I hadn’t planned to mention this but then I remembered that my parents always taught me to never look a gift election metaphor in the mouth, so here goes: “On Monday I led by example: I mailed in my ballot early,” she said. “I voted for Barack Obama. And I did it because I [...]

Oct

22

CBS Affiliate in Phoenix Calls it for Obama

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This appeared on the screen Friday on KPHO in Phoenix, Arizona: It’s over… don’t bother to go to the polls. And over 30 million of Obama’s total votes came from just Chicago. I wonder who got the other 17 percent of the vote?

Oct

21

Obama Campaign Borrows $15 Million From Bank of America

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Ironic that after several years of bashing Wall Street a campaign that has already raised in excess of a billion dollars is spending what is hopefully its final days having to take out a loan from those same people they’ve demonized: Obama For America took out a $15 million loan from Bank of America last [...]

Oct

20

Shocker: Planned Parenthood President Volunteers for Obama Campaign

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The reason Cecile Richards has to take leave from her job at the abortion mill is because if she kept working there while also volunteering for the Obama campaign she’d run the risk of people thinking Planned Parenthood is a partisan organization (pause for laughter). From CNS News: Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards announced Friday [...]

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