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26 Oct 2010 11:02

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Politics: Posted without comment: Jimmy McMillan on “Hannity”

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26 Oct 2010 10:37

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Politics: Rand Paul backers get violent towards MoveOn.org protester

  • Look, you disagree with someone, you don’t stomp on their head outside of a debate. That’s a basic rule. So, even though you disagree with this MoveOn.org supporter, you don’t stomp on her head. Because that’s not classy. Rand Paul’s people agree with us on this one: “Violence of any kind has no place in our civil discourse and we urge supporters on all sides to be civil to one another as tensions rise heading toward this very important election.” Let us be clear here: We think there’s a lot of tension going on with this election. Both sides need to chill. source
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26 Oct 2010 10:02

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Politics: Bigger crime: Alex Sink’s texting or Rick Scott’s ignorance of Apple?

  • First, Alex, you say you always follow the rules. The rule was no one is supposed to give us messages during the break, and your campaign did with an iPad, all right, an iPod.
  • Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott • Pointing out that his Democratic opponent, Alex Sink, received a text message during the debate, a violation of debate rules. Sink’s make-up assistant has been fired for the incident, but we’re pretty sure everyone’s missing the real crime here: Scott had two chances to correctly name the device she was using (an iPhone) and blew it both times. We wouldn’t vote for him simply because it’s obvious that he doesn’t know one Apple device from another. source
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25 Oct 2010 22:28

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Politics: Three-term Mayor favors two-term limit

  • thenIn 2008, two-term New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg convinced the City Council to change the city’s law and allow him run for a third term.
  • now After winning a third term, Bloomberg will be voting this November to reinstate a two-term limit for NYC mayors. source
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25 Oct 2010 16:32

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Politics: Something smells fishy about this race

  • you’ve gotta give him points for originality. In the race for California’s 47th Congressional seat, GOP candidate Van Tran has found a novel way to create a negative association with his opponent, Loretta Sanchez. Tran recently sent out a mailer with a picture of Sanchez, accompanied by a pungent scratch-and-sniff pad. According to a GOP aid, it’s “a horrible odor–like a combination of 5 or 6 of the worst possible scents you can imagine.” A dirty tactic? Perhaps. But certainly a creative one. source
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25 Oct 2010 15:54

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Politics: Conservative groups dwarfing liberals in undisclosed funds

  • $75
    million     anonymous donations to conservative/Republican campaigns this cycle
  • $10
    million     anonymous donations to liberal/Democratic campaigns this cycle source
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25 Oct 2010 11:12

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Politics: Obama not rocking the vote for congressional candidates

  • 2.5M the number of young voters Rock the Vote was able to register during the Obama-fied 2008 elections
  • 280k the number of voters they were able to register this time around (that’s kind of a big decline, guys)
  • 44% Obama’s current approval rating among college students – good luck getting out the vote with that, guys source
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25 Oct 2010 10:47

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Politics: Obama can take his endorsement and shove it in Rhode Island

  • 2008 In a move that proved extremely helpful for the president’s electoral chances back then, Rhode Island moderate political figure Lincoln Chafee supported Obama. Chafee,  formerly Republican, is running for governor as an independent.
  • 2010 Rather than go against Chafee, Obama chose not to endorse anyone in the gubernatorial race. Democrat Frank Caprio took the news well: “He can take his endorsement and really shove it as far as I’m concerned.” source
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25 Oct 2010 00:07

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Politics: Max Headroom: Juan Williams’ sloppy wet kiss from Fox News

  • Racism = Promotion? Newsbusters pulled this clip as if to vilify Andrew Sullivan for his views on Juan Williams, but it seems like they don’t have much to go on. It seems to us he’s questioning the corporate culture in general here.
  • Clip after clip Rachel Maddow made a good point about the Juan Williams thing here, noting that controversial comments about Muslims are a common theme on Fox News – and importantly, it’s not a first amendement issue.
  • After the storm On “Fox News Sunday,” there was a lot of rallying around Juan Williams, who is now a full-time anchor for the network. It seems, in fact, downright lovey-dovey. Aww, it’s a love-in with Brit Hume!
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23 Oct 2010 23:17

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Politics: Nate Silver confirms: Dems favored to lose House, keep Senate

  • 80% Republicans’ chances of winning back the House of Representatives, according to polling guru Nate Silver
  • 18% chance that they’ll win the Senate source
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