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Vote was astronomical for Obama in some Philadelphia wards
Philadelphia Inquirer, by Miriam Hill, Jonathan Lai*
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Posted By:JoniTx, 11/8/2012 5:46:53 PM
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| Some Philadelphia neighborhoods outdid themselves in Tuesday's presidential election. In a city where President Obama received more than 85 percent of the votes, in some places he received almost every one. In 13 Philadelphia wards, Obama received 99 percent of the vote or more. Those wards, many with large African American populations, also swung heavily for Obama over John McCain in 2008. But the difficult economy seemed destined to dampen that enthusiasm four years later. Not to worry. Ward leaders and voters said they were just as motivated this time.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
javaboy, 11/8/2012 5:50:12 PM (No. 9000593)
I have trouble believing ANYONE can get 99% of a precinct's vote, even if they are all family members.
Has anyone checked those machines?
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Blue-Z-Anna, 11/8/2012 5:51:15 PM (No. 9000595)
It could have been 200% or 300% and it would make no difference. Nothing will be done about it. I'm not convinced that Romney really lost this race. But I do know that America did.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
NorthernDog, 11/8/2012 5:52:30 PM (No. 9000599)
The angry, bitter response says it all:
FTA - If they believe there was a corruption of the process, then go to court and challenge it. Show the people of Pennsylvania, Hughes said. Beyond that, shut up.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Passion, 11/8/2012 5:54:04 PM (No. 9000602)
#2 well said, and I agree. America lost, and I'm not convinced she lost by legitimate means.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Evocatus, 11/8/2012 6:01:12 PM (No. 9000618)
Corruption pure and simple. Only the Communists get higher vote percentages.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Robert D, 11/8/2012 6:04:31 PM (No. 9000624)
From the description of the wards, I can see Obama getting 100% of the vote. That would never happen in an all white ward, though. I wonder why not?
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Periwinkel, 11/8/2012 6:06:25 PM (No. 9000628)
Stolen elections are the Chicago way. Look up the presidential election of 1960. JFK plus a bunch of Chicago thugs stole it from Richard Nixon.
Rush is right, it's all about free stuff. The Obama Phone Lady with her screechy voice stated it perfectly. "Keep Obama in president..."
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
mysterylover, 11/8/2012 6:06:38 PM (No. 9000630)
#2 Ditto
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
civilservant, 11/8/2012 6:07:56 PM (No. 9000634)
It was %99 for ONE reason only........there was too much altPress reportage on the elections with +%100 returns.....
Historical FACT.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
philemon1967, 11/8/2012 6:10:00 PM (No. 9000638)
You can't fault Obama for cheating. Imagine the h3ll he would have to go from Moochelle when he got home from losing the election and her free ticket to all-expense paid vacations.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
greg1a, 11/8/2012 6:10:06 PM (No. 9000640)
Yu donna 'stand-theys be all brothers.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Alecto2, 11/8/2012 6:10:16 PM (No. 9000642)
That vile Progressive George Bernard Shaw got it right:
"A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on Paul's support."
Too many Pauls.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Bubbasuncle, 11/8/2012 6:11:01 PM (No. 9000644)
Gee, kick out all of the Republican poll watchers and then wonder what happened. Nobody, not the Committee of 70 or the media made anything of it.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
galbaccr, 11/8/2012 6:11:22 PM (No. 9000646)
I'm convinced that in Pittsburgh and Philly, (and in many other places around the country) almost every registered voter, whether dead or alive and whether they made it to the polls or not, had a ballot counted for Obama. If they were too dead, too lazy or otherwise unable to get to the polling place, I'm sure someone took care of casting an Obama ballot for them. Proving it, or even getting anyone interested in investigating it, is another matter. On somewhat related topic, has anyone seen the email with the comparison pictures of Hiroshima and Detroit now, 67 years after the A-bomb. The worst long term city destruction occurs in welfare supported and badly managed urban areas - none of which exists in Japan. Hiroshima is a beautiful, vibrant city now. Detroit today looks far too much like the Hiroshima of 67 years ago. As Dems take over urban areas, we can expect every city to look like Detroit eventually. We seem to be trying hard to make the entire USA look like cold war East Berlin. It won't be long before all the makers escape from the USA - just like those who tried to escape from East Germany.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
NYbob, 11/8/2012 6:11:43 PM (No. 9000647)
Philadelphia is where Republican poll watchers were 'ejected' from polling places for a couple of hours till a judge told everyone they could go back. Voter fraud in Philly happens every election and the rest of the state shrugs it's shoulders and the RNC gives up long before any election. No guts, no imagination, but what is the point when the democrats are so brazen they ship busloads of voters into Ohio to swing critical counties? If you wonder how a small band of Brownshirts took over Germany, read the comments.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Dante, 11/8/2012 6:12:13 PM (No. 9000648)
They know they are covered by their cohort media and given a free pass from local government, of course they lie and cheat as much as possible. They are "ends justify the means" zealots who have absolutely no respect for the law.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
curious1, 11/8/2012 6:19:12 PM (No. 9000661)
#16, politics recognizes no laws. Just as the winners in a war write the history books. The so-called 'genteel' conservatives better educate themselves on what the Republic's founders had to say about tyrannical governments and democracies (essentially the same thing) and develop some intestinal fortitude right quick. They need to learn to play for keeps.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Tucker, 11/8/2012 6:24:31 PM (No. 9000675)
Ashamed....I would be so ashamed to be a democrat. My word. Any decent person could not be.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
SgtMike, 11/8/2012 6:24:45 PM (No. 9000676)
Deleted by Taste Police & blocked poster for racial slur. LCom Staff.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
CEP, 11/8/2012 6:27:16 PM (No. 9000679)
They want their free stuff. What are they gonna do when the money dries up and they won't be able to get their free stuff?
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
civilservant, 11/8/2012 6:32:28 PM (No. 9000688)
#19, there was a time I would lecture you on manners, courtesy etc.... .After reading some of the comments on twitter and other places from the Obots.......
There was a time.
But no more.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Bevan, 11/8/2012 6:34:09 PM (No. 9000694)
Even Idi Amin only got 98.9% of the vote. Saddam Hussein did get 99% once.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
NYbob, 11/8/2012 6:35:26 PM (No. 9000695)
Uncalled for #19. Let's confront stupidity or bad judgment, but sorting each other out based on the way we look or talk is what truly horrifying places in human history do. Let's not go there.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
K620, 11/8/2012 6:36:08 PM (No. 9000696)
#19, I read an earlier similar post here today (which I think was from you, not sure)expressing the same sentiment. Love ya, but you're not doing us any favors here.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
NYbob, 11/8/2012 6:43:22 PM (No. 9000708)
#21, so we are going to add to the burden every black person endures when they understand history and cults and break away from democrats? Not only do they get incredible scorn from everyone around them, we are going to confirm the racists by calling all black people vile names? How do you beat a racist by being a racist? As far as I'm concerned I'd be happy to let the democrat party try and explain it's long, murderous history of black racism, I don't need to confirm the liars on the the left who project their sins onto the right. Done with this stupid argument.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
srhcb, 11/8/2012 6:49:19 PM (No. 9000724)
It doesn't matter how people vote.
It only matters how people count votes.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
BaseballFan, 11/8/2012 6:53:52 PM (No. 9000734)
Somewhere, Saddam Hussein is looking on in wonder at Barack Hussein.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
strike3, 11/8/2012 6:55:09 PM (No. 9000736)
Obama needed the Philadelphia area to win a coal and gas industry state. It's a certainty that he bought them one way or another. It's a way of life with crooked democrats.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
proactus, 11/8/2012 6:56:06 PM (No. 9000740)
The application for a free Obamaphone probably doubles as an absentee ballot.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
cav160, 11/8/2012 7:05:41 PM (No. 9000759)
#20 - Then they are going to come after what you have "So watch your lane". It will be a target rich environment.
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
forward, 11/8/2012 7:06:47 PM (No. 9000762)
99% of the vote? Even in an almost all black precinct? Incredible. And I mean that in the root word sense: not credible.
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
kennedylaw, 11/8/2012 7:16:37 PM (No. 9000779)
I am sure that there are many precincts around the country in which Obama got more votes than there were living voters.
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
canuckchopper, 11/8/2012 7:19:27 PM (No. 9000783)
This might be an interesting question that some daring reporter might put to the might O. "Given the long-held belief that there was a significant amount of voter fraud - like 99% turnout that not even Communist dictators get - what do you propose to ensure there is no voter fraud in the future?
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
LadyHen, 11/8/2012 7:20:16 PM (No. 9000784)
This is Ms. Lucianne's salon not a saloon. This is a lady's house and her rules should be obeyed out of respect for her.
As to the article... #2 sums up my thoughts well.
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
Calvinesq, 11/8/2012 7:25:56 PM (No. 9000793)
I think #19 is a plant. Get out.
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
Calvinesq, 11/8/2012 7:29:47 PM (No. 9000799)
Philadelphia is a funny place. It's not all orchestrated inside the city. Suburb folks come in and protect them.
The response we get when we call them on it is prove it -- show us any evidence of abuse.
The fact is, we don't have it, and even if we did, there is no one that will listen.
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
Safari Man, 11/8/2012 7:41:38 PM (No. 9000825)
There was a man named Hussein in Iraq who got similar vote totals.
Words fail me.
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
mamafrog, 11/8/2012 7:42:49 PM (No. 9000828)
Thank you LCom Staff for removing post #19 - this is an open site and anyone can read here.
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Reply 39 - Posted by:
artsy, 11/8/2012 7:44:00 PM (No. 9000830)
0bama's gang had a lot of practice conducting elections "The Chicago Way". SOP in Illinois.
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Reply 40 - Posted by:
Catherine, 11/8/2012 7:49:47 PM (No. 9000845)
But, but, Saddam used to get 100% of the vote when he ran for re-election. What happened, Obama?
I agree with poster who doesn't believe Obama really won. But it's beyond the point now. The Repubs still don't get it. Tea Party, anyone?
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Reply 41 - Posted by:
Coach, 11/8/2012 7:55:07 PM (No. 9000855)
Believe the vote percentage. Don't believe the turnout percentage.
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Reply 42 - Posted by:
civilservant, 11/8/2012 8:09:22 PM (No. 9000885)
#25, spend a few days in Philly. The pejorative is now colorblind; that word sells way too many rap albums to still sting. Strong people know 'stix n stones'.... I may not be so crass as to say it, but am done letting the left dictate what is said, or lecturing others on what they feel. Sorry, but until BHO 'officially' outlaws free speech......
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Reply 43 - Posted by:
Pros7767, 11/8/2012 8:14:35 PM (No. 9000894)
41, I don't believe anything about this election. Street money and double voting helped the numbers.
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Reply 44 - Posted by:
Thos Weatherby, 11/8/2012 8:25:51 PM (No. 9000912)
Getting 99% is impossible without fraud.
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Reply 45 - Posted by:
uno_thatguy, 11/8/2012 8:42:43 PM (No. 9000941)
Allen West has petitioned a judge to seize voting machines and ballots. If this proves the counts are faulty or fraudulent, then there should be a mass seizure of every machine in the country.
There has been only one notable case of a machine flipping a vote away from obama, but hundreds, maybe thousands away from Romney.
To alter an algorithm is simple. Machines in some battleground states often were not validated before the election. Hmmmmm!!! They should all be impounded.
It would be simple to write a script that would flip every eleventh or whatever vote making it very difficult to duplicate and identify. Don't think for a minute this could not and probably did happen... Often!
Also, three million fewer angry white voters? Again Hmmmmm!!!
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Reply 46 - Posted by:
wepeople, 11/8/2012 9:02:26 PM (No. 9000995)
I've driven through cities in the DRC, Africa where 13 yr olds are carrying AK47s; in Nairobi Kenya where the site of a white man can spark an out of control riot. It was alway frightening. Once I got off the wrong exit of the PA turnpike and ended up in one of those Philly wards and it looked like an armed camp of East Berlin after the fall. Everyone had bars on windows & doors, gang graffitti every where, drungs openly sold on corners and hostile stares. Sadly this is the America that the Democrats allowed to emerge, even after Johnson's "Great Society" and this is the America that is in power now! God have mercy on our nation.
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Reply 47 - Posted by:
Rama41, 11/8/2012 9:03:36 PM (No. 9001000)
I remember in 2000 when Donna Brazile was Al Gore's campaign manager. She was asked if PA just might go Republican and her answer was. "No problem. If it looks close, we can always get the votes in Philly". (I've tried to source the quote, but confess I can't. But I do remember it clearly.)
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Reply 48 - Posted by:
4Justice, 11/8/2012 9:41:05 PM (No. 9001091)
Talk about stuffing ballot boxes!!!!!
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Reply 49 - Posted by:
mseegal, 11/8/2012 10:12:32 PM (No. 9001158)
The vote in Philly is down! I remember one year that 109% of registered voters voted. 2012 must have been an off year!
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Reply 50 - Posted by:
pickle1, 11/8/2012 10:17:00 PM (No. 9001166)
If that doesn't spell fraud, I don't know what does?
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Reply 51 - Posted by:
nonsense, 11/8/2012 10:35:36 PM (No. 9001203)
Would those be the wards where the Black Panters were helping out by opening doors and throwing out the appointed poll watchers?
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Reply 52 - Posted by:
god of irony, 11/8/2012 11:22:09 PM (No. 9001301)
Amazing how no one was sick, in jail, in the hospital, out of town or just didn't care to vote.
Come on PA Republicans scrub the books and end this corruption.
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Reply 53 - Posted by:
Penney, 11/8/2012 11:40:54 PM (No. 9001334)
Where is any equality regarding accountability to the law anymore? The dem thugs apparently don't need to bother with pesky details like the law anymore? THATS what the lefty/libs call progressive! mmm mmm mmm
dems flaunt 0bama's ''revenge''
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Reply 54 - Posted by:
stanley, 11/9/2012 3:11:19 AM (No. 9001475)
philly voters are immortal.
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Reply 55 - Posted by:
jt26, 11/9/2012 9:13:09 AM (No. 9002005)
What happens when the FREE stuff runs out? Do the moronic Dem voters come to take other peoples stuff?
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Recent research indicates that the number of people who do not consider themselves a part of an organized religion is steadily on the rise. Interestingly enough, though the number of those religiously unaffiliated is increasing, there is little to no trend in the number of those who express atheist or agnostic beliefs. People aren’t saying they don’t believe in God. They’re saying they don’t believe in religion. They are not rejecting Christ. They are rejecting the church. This begs the question, “Why are we losing our religion?”
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Broadcasters worry about ´Zero TV´ homes
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Associated Press, by Ryan Nakashima
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Posted By: Ribicon- 4/7/2013 2:43:40 PM
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Los Angeles — Some people have had it with TV. They´ve had enough of the 100-plus channel universe. They don´t like timing their lives around network show schedules. They´re tired of $100-plus monthly bills. A growing number of them have stopped paying for cable and satellite TV service, and don´t even use an antenna to get free signals over the air. (Snip) Last month, the Nielsen Co. started labeling people in this group "Zero TV" households, because they fall outside the traditional definition of a TV home. There are 5 million of these residences in the U.S., up from
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´Mickey Mouse Club´ star Annette Funicello dies at 70
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Los Angeles Times, by Dennis McLellan
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Posted By: JoniTx- 4/8/2013 1:18:00 PM
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Annette Funicello, the dark-haired darling of TV´s “The Mickey Mouse Club” in the 1950s who further cemented her status as a pop-culture icon in the ´60s by teaming with Frankie Avalon in a popular series of “beach” movies, died Monday. She was 70. Funicello, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1987 and became a spokeswoman for treatment of the chronic, often-debilitating disease of the central nervous system, died at Mercy Southwest Hospital in Bakersfield, Walt Disney Co. spokesman Howard Green said. Funicello and her husband, Glen Holt, had moved from
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Mother Of Slain Benghazi Officer To Sean Hannity: ‘They Want Me To Shut Up’
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Mediaite, by A.J. Delgado
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Posted By: StormCnter- 4/7/2013 5:00:16 AM
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On Friday, Sean Hannity brought Pat Smith, mother of the late Sean Smith, on his radio program. The 34-year-old information management officer was one of four Americans murdered in the Benghazi embassy attack on September 11, 2012. In the chilling interview, a distraught Ms. Smith, in tears, pleaded for answers and spoke of the efforts to silence her. Ms. Smith first relayed how her son, prior to the attack, requested additional security in advance and warned the State Department: He did tell them, ahead of time, he typed it into his little typewriter over there,
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Special ops veterans’ group calls for select probe of Benghazi attack
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Fox News, by Catherine Herridge
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Posted By: JoniTx- 4/8/2013 7:00:09 AM
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More than 700 Special Operations veterans are urging members of Congress to back a select committee to investigate last year’s Benghazi terrorist attack, according to a letter first obtained by Fox News. The letter from the group, “Special Operations Speaks,” supports the appointment of a special committee tasked with the single mission of investigating the attack that left Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans dead, and shut down the CIA operation in an annex of the Benghazi consulate, in the Sept. 11, 2012 attack. “Congress must show some leadership and provide answers to the public
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Chelsea Clinton doesn´t close door to public office
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USA Today, by Catalina Camia
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Posted By: jackson- 4/8/2013 10:23:20 AM
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Chelsea Clinton has raised her profile in the last few days, which sparked the inevitable question about the former first daughter´s future: Will she ever be like Mom and Dad and run for office? Clinton, 33, essentially said "maybe" in an interview that aired Monday on NBC´s Today show. "Right now I´m grateful to live in a city, a state and a country where I strongly support my mayor, my governor, my president and my senators and my representative," said Clinton, whose father, Bill, was president from 1993-2001 and her mother, Hillary
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The Secrets of Princeton
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New York Times, by Ross Douthat
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Posted By: Oblio- 4/7/2013 8:08:09 AM
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Susan Patton, the Princeton alumna who became famous for her letter urging Ivy League women to use their college years to find a mate, has been denounced as a traitor to feminism, to coeducation, to the university ideal. But really she’s something much more interesting: a traitor to her class. Her betrayal consists of being gauche enough to acknowledge publicly a truth that everyone who’s come up through Ivy League culture knows intuitively —
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