WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2012
TOP NEWS
- How The American Right Invented Its Own Imaginary Obama
- True Stories Of The 47 Percent
- At Clinton Global Speech Slam, Obama Brings It (And Romney Underwhelms)
- Romney And Obama Present Their Visions At ‘Education Nation’
- WATCH: Brown Staffers Mock Warren With Racist Chants
- The Tea Party Movement Doesn’t Exist
How The American Right Invented Its Own Imaginary Obama
Gene Lyons
Despite being the least naturally gifted politician nominated by a major party in a generation, Mitt Romney’s cosmic awkwardness is only a part of his problem. The GOP candidate’s biggest liabilities are a Republican predecessor who can’t be named, and a “Socialist Hottentot” opponent, as Stephen Colbert jokes, who’s largely a product of Rush Limbaugh’s fevered imagination.
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The Tea Party Movement Doesn’t Exist
@LOLGOP
One big reason the Tea Party movement hasn’t been a factor in the 2012 election is that, well… it doesn’t exist.
Sure, evangelicals, anti-tax crusaders and Obama-haters may call themselves Tea Partiers. But there’s a better term to describe these groups: the Fox News Fan Club.
Read more...Sure, evangelicals, anti-tax crusaders and Obama-haters may call themselves Tea Partiers. But there’s a better term to describe these groups: the Fox News Fan Club.
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Man Once On Death Row Faced Financial Problems
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Joyce Robbins wanted to know why her aunt wasn’t coming to a big family barbeque.
Mamie Brown and her husband, Joseph Green Brown, who was on Florida’s death row for 13 years before his convictions on rape and murder were overturned in 1986, had been fixtures at family functions since they’d moved to Charlotte in 2007.
Read more...Mamie Brown and her husband, Joseph Green Brown, who was on Florida’s death row for 13 years before his convictions on rape and murder were overturned in 1986, had been fixtures at family functions since they’d moved to Charlotte in 2007.
Chemist’s Inflated Resume Gives Lawyers New Doubts
BOSTON (AP) — Revelations that a chemist at the center of a scandal at a Massachusetts drug lab might have lied about her educational background have given defense attorneys new grounds to challenge her credibility.
Read more...AP-GfK Poll: Most See Health Law Being Implemented
WASHINGTON (AP) — They may not like it, but they don’t see it going away. About 7 in 10 Americans think President Barack Obama’s health care law will go fully into effect with some changes, ranging from minor to major alterations, an Associated Press-GfK poll finds.
Read more...APNewsBreak: Ex-Dodger Owner Back In Divorce Court
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The ex-wife of former Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt wants to set aside the couple’s divorce settlement, claiming he vastly understated the value of a team that sold earlier this year for $2 billion, the highest figure ever paid for a pro sports franchise.
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Economic Trend Lines, For Now, Favoring Obama
WASHINGTON (AP) — For the past year, as the presidential election unfolded, President Barack Obama confronted a dizzying swell of economic news — hiring up, hiring down, a euro crisis abroad, seesawing gasoline prices at the pump, foreclosures dragging down home values.
Read more...Dear Papa: Letters To Hemingway Get Crucial Repair
ANDOVER, Mass. (AP) — The paper conservator’s scalpel picked at the red and black specks, flicking away the fly droppings that had stained Ingrid Bergman’s letter to Ernest Hemingway.
“I shall remember people like you and forget the rest of the world,” the actress wrote to her author friend from Rome in 1950.
Read more...“I shall remember people like you and forget the rest of the world,” the actress wrote to her author friend from Rome in 1950.
Pa. Hostage Call Prompts Social Media Training
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh police plan to train their officers to be fluent in social media, joining other departments nationwide, days after a man armed with a hammer and kitchen knife used a hostage’s computer to post Facebook messages lamenting his troubles.
Read more...Texas Executes Ex-Army Recruiter After 3 Reprieves
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A former Army recruiter failed to win a fourth reprieve from the U.S. Supreme Court and was executed Tuesday evening in Texas for participating in the shooting death of a woman he and a buddy met 10 years ago at a bar.
Cleve Foster was pronounced dead at 6:43 p.m.
Read more...Cleve Foster was pronounced dead at 6:43 p.m.
Sanchez’s Shutout Puts Tigers In Tie For First
DETROIT (AP) — Anibal Sanchez retired the final batter on a weak grounder, and Detroit players began celebrating around the mound.
Moments later, the home crowd roared a little louder when the AL Central standings were posted on the scoreboard in left field — with the Tigers back in a tie for first.
“We control our own destiny.
Read more...Moments later, the home crowd roared a little louder when the AL Central standings were posted on the scoreboard in left field — with the Tigers back in a tie for first.
“We control our own destiny.
Obama Summons World Leaders To Reject Extremism
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Confronting global tumult and Muslim anger, President Barack Obama exhorted world leaders Tuesday to stand fast against violence and extremism, arguing that protecting religious rights and free speech must be a universal responsibility and not just an American obligation.
Read more...At Clinton Global Speech Slam, Obama Brings It (And Romney Underwhelms)
As if shadow-boxing before a title bout, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney appeared before the same audience on Tuesday when they spoke within hours of each other at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York City.
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