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06 Jul 2010 21:13

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U.S.: Obama immigration lawsuit against Arizona: It’s a constitutional thang

  • In our constitutional system, the federal government has pre-eminent authority to regulate immigration matters. … The nation’s immigration laws reflect a careful and considered balance of national law enforcement, foreign relations, and humanitarian interests.
  • A statement from the lawsuit the U.S. filed against Arizona • Regarding the authority they believe they have over immigration. They want an injunction to stop the Arizona law from happening. If the law leans Obama’s way, it’s a big victory for him; if it leans Arizona’s way, it’s a HUGE victory for states’ rights. Too early to call this one, but it’s going to set a huge precedent no matter who wins. source
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27 Jun 2010 20:26

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World: Obama’s liberal spending policies find few friends at G20

  • yes A deal was reached at the G20 summit earlier today in Toronto, temporary home to hundreds of capitalism-hating anarchists.
  • no Obama couldn’t convince other world powers to focus on stimulus spending over deficit-cutting. Hey, just like Congress! source
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20 Jun 2010 10:17

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Politics: Obama and Tony Hayward shouldn’t take breaks in public places

  • These guys could use a better P.R. adviser but the point is we need to get this oil stopped. … If you’re going to advocate expansion of government it doesn’t look very good when the government you’re already in charge of doesn’t function so well.
  • Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell • Discussing the dual PR screw-ups of BP CEO Tony Hayward (at a yachting race) and Barack Obama (at a golf course) on Saturday were bad moves for each. CNN and TVOne political analyst Roland S. Martin had a pretty apt point about this: Rahm Emanuel’s criticism of Hayward left Obama open for the same criticism. Protip: If you guys need a mental health break for a day, stay home. Even world leaders need to tune out for a few hours. And Hayward’s big problem is that hanging out near oil-bought yachts makes you look like an elitist jerk – not that he took the break at all. source
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12 Jun 2010 13:21

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U.S., World: David Cameron’s folks: Obama’s beef not with Britain, but with BP

  • President Obama said to the Prime Minister that his unequivocal view was that BP was a multinational global company and that frustrations about the oil spill had nothing to do with national identity.
  • A statement from David Cameron’s office • Discussing what Obama and Cameron talked about today. We could have told you this before the president even picked up the phone. “The President made clear that he had no interest in undermining BP’s value,” the note added. As we noted last night, the company is just as much American as it is British at this point. source
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08 Jun 2010 10:17

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Politics: Barack Obama a new kind of president, one who says “ass” on TV

  • Look, all these interviews take attention off the real story: There’s a big oil spill still gushing in the middle of the ocean and it needs to get fixed ASAP. It’s a huge problem for which we still don’t have a solution. Still, though, you have to imagine Jimmy Carter didn’t get this sharp-tongued when he was dealing with his own never-ending scandal, the Iran hostage crisis, which the spill keeps getting compared to. source
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01 Jun 2010 20:38

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U.S.: Obama: “Oh, hey … Jan. Sorry about ripping your state so hard.”

  • The president’s got an Arizona governor-shaped guest coming this week. In case you forgot with the oil spill and Israel messing with flotillas, Arizona’s immigration law is still an annoyingly big deal. And Obama hasn’t been all that gracious about the law. So, as a way to pull out an olive branch, he’s bringing Gov. Jan Brewer to the Oval Office on Thursday. We know neither of them can wait. source
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01 Jun 2010 12:10

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U.S.: Will Obama buddy Artur Davis be Alabama’s first black governor?

On the left: The guy who wants to be Alabama’s first black governor. On the right: The guy who wanted to be, and is, the U.S.’s first black president. source
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29 May 2010 13:10

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Politics: Average day: Glenn Beck says something stupid, apologizes

  • In discussing how President Obama uses children to shield himself from criticism, I broke my own rule about leaving kids out of political debates. The children of public figures should be left on the sidelines. It was a stupid mistake and I apologize–and as a dad I should have known better.
  • Glenn Beck • In an apology posted to his Web site this morning. What was it about? Well … he basically used Obama’s daughter Malia to criticize Obama, playing off a question she asked the president. Using “Did you plug the hole yet, Daddy?” as a starting point, Beck asked a bunch of questions in that style, reaching a head with “Daddy…why do you hate black people so much?” Yeah. Malia’s going to be scarred for life because of this torrent of in-bad-taste commentary from Glenn Beck. Or not. source
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15 May 2010 23:27

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Politics: Bill Maher makes an astute point about Obama and Apple

  • Barack Obama got all fuddie duddie, and Bill Maher put it into perspective. Simply put, Obama’s point from last week’s Hampton University commencement undercuts his status as the “cool” president, and Apple would probably run the country more efficiently than our current leadership (see the clogged drain that is the Senate). Great clip. source
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25 Apr 2010 20:35

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U.S.: Billy Graham, 91, convinces Obama to hang out with him

“Hey Billy, how you been? I’m what, the seventh, eighth president you’ve met in person? What, twelfth? Wow, you’ve been around the block.” source
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