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Jeb, Christie on top for 2016
Washington Examiner, by Paul Bedard

Original Article

Posted By:KarenJ1, 11/19/2012 11:50:10 AM

Less than two weeks since the last presidential election, campaign advisors, lobbying firms and conservative activists are already holding meetings to mull which of the potential 2016 Republican candidates to bank on. Several GOP activists and sources said that of all those who might enter the race, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie are on top, with the B-list including Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, Ohio Sen. Rob Portman, South Dakota Sen. John Thune, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and

Comments:
No!!! I read this carefully. No, it is not satire. Un.be.lievable. Are there any sane Republicans left in this party??

  

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Reply 1 - Posted by: janylou, 11/19/2012 11:52:05 AM     (No. 9023658)

Here we go again....


Reply 2 - Posted by: tisHimself, 11/19/2012 11:52:42 AM     (No. 9023659)

To which conservative activists does Jeb Bush hold appeal, and why? What is his singular accomplishment?


   

 

  


 
Reply 3 - Posted by: lakerman1, 11/19/2012 11:53:26 AM     (No. 9023660)

I would vote for a third term for President Zero, before I would vote for the Fat Bast*rd. Seriously.
At least I know what zero stands for.


Reply 4 - Posted by: formerNYer, 11/19/2012 11:53:27 AM     (No. 9023661)

Christie can kiss my butt! just like he kissed obummer´s.


Reply 5 - Posted by: RightShoe, 11/19/2012 11:54:11 AM     (No. 9023663)

We might want to consider the source of this article before we take any of it seriously.

Lot´s of people will be jerking our chain, just because they can!


Reply 6 - Posted by: youngtexan, 11/19/2012 11:54:49 AM     (No. 9023664)

We need to quit listening to the news media. This is why we lost both 2008 and 2012. I quit listening to them, but there´s alot who still do. No to the Bushes and Christie. Both are RINOs.


Reply 7 - Posted by: Northcross, 11/19/2012 11:56:46 AM     (No. 9023665)

Why these guys? We might as well run Arlen Specter?


   

 

  


 
Reply 8 - Posted by: Garage Logician, 11/19/2012 11:58:54 AM     (No. 9023671)

Jeb says he doesn´t want Christie on top


Reply 9 - Posted by: woofwoofwoof, 11/19/2012 11:59:23 AM     (No. 9023672)

Fat chance.


Reply 10 - Posted by: strike3, 11/19/2012 12:01:14 PM     (No. 9023680)

Unless we can stop the election fraud that put the criminal back into office, it´s all for naught.


Reply 11 - Posted by: ZurichMike, 11/19/2012 12:04:46 PM     (No. 9023689)

Let´s not forget that Ann Coulter said we should get in line and vote for Romney, and also is huge Christie supporter. What is with the East Coast?


Reply 12 - Posted by: on fire, 11/19/2012 12:05:23 PM     (No. 9023693)

Stuck on Stupid, .....again.


   

 



 
Reply 13 - Posted by: TXknitter, 11/19/2012 12:06:31 PM     (No. 9023694)

The Republican establishment is so funny. Really, I am past crying and now just laugh at them. They really have no idea how many conservatives are simply done with them.


Reply 14 - Posted by: chance_232, 11/19/2012 12:12:12 PM     (No. 9023704)

Name recognition only. The vast majority of the electorate has no idea who is on the Republican bench. heck.....half the democrats dont know who Joe Biden is..........


Reply 15 - Posted by: loosecannon1, 11/19/2012 12:12:18 PM     (No. 9023705)

DOA.


Reply 16 - Posted by: prudente, 11/19/2012 12:14:12 PM     (No. 9023708)

If it´s either of the two, let´s just give the win right off to the Dem nominee and save money, time and aggrevation.


Reply 17 - Posted by: QRP, 11/19/2012 12:14:18 PM     (No. 9023709)

Does it matter?


   

 

  


 
Reply 18 - Posted by: bighambone, 11/19/2012 12:14:39 PM     (No. 9023711)

Looks like the Republican establishment types are shaping up another Democrat Lite type slate of national candidates for the Republicans.

They should remember that next time around, they will be going up against whoever the liberal Democrats nominate, either Hillary Clinton or another Obama clone, and on top of that, will have both Barack Obama and Bill Clinton essentially campaigning again for whoever the liberal Democrats put up, and you just know they would love to run against another Bush.


Reply 19 - Posted by: MattMusson, 11/19/2012 12:14:45 PM     (No. 9023712)

Two more candidate who have the ability to put the base to sleep.


Reply 20 - Posted by: Catherine, 11/19/2012 12:21:01 PM     (No. 9023722)

Jeb was governor of FL. He did a good job. I like him. But we don´t need any more Bushes in the White House. He would never win for that very reason.

Sarah Palin could. We would not have lost to O if she´d been in either place on the ticket. As for Christie, sorry pal, you used up your well thought of position when you kissed O´s butt after the hurricane.

I still like Newt, although I guess his time is passed. Paul Ryan impressed me. There are good people still but if Rove and his elitist buddies pick another RINO, I´m like another poster here, I´d vote for Obama fist.


Reply 21 - Posted by: Refried, 11/19/2012 12:25:40 PM     (No. 9023729)

Way past time to dump the NE libs and form the Conservative Party!


Reply 22 - Posted by: Cdunnrun, 11/19/2012 12:29:16 PM     (No. 9023735)

Usher in new party...


   

 



 
Reply 23 - Posted by: John21, 11/19/2012 12:31:56 PM     (No. 9023741)

No chance, we need a conservative Republican to run in 2016, if the country can survive the incompetence and corruption until then.


Reply 24 - Posted by: 49 Ford, 11/19/2012 12:32:10 PM     (No. 9023742)

The real problem with this is not the names being floated - who else would you expect to be mentioned at this point? - but with the very notion that GOP 2016 will matter at all. Financial collapse, a permanent socialist votng majority (a key Obama goal) and a federal court system completely unmoored from the Constitution will render all of this meaningless.


Reply 25 - Posted by: Pinchem, 11/19/2012 12:32:42 PM     (No. 9023744)

Gee who opened the gate and let all the weird thinking folks in here? You have to be for bad mouthing Jeb simply because of his Dad or his family. This is about the average mentality of the country lately. Didn´t your mommy teach you "if you can´t speak nicely about someone then shut your diarrhea mouth". You folks bad mouth everyone so much you will never get any decent people to run for office. Why should they when you have so much hate in your hearts?

I lived in Fla when he was Governor and he was well regarded and did a great job, especially far superior to either Bush 41 or 43 when it came to hurricanes. He had a competent staff and good communications up and down the state, part of which I was involved in.

He has to be 200% better than what we have now and if anyone thinks otherwise I´d wonder about what you really are.

Truthfully, I would far prefer the Tea Party become a recognized Party and put up their own candidates for President, VP and both Houses of Congress. We would be far closer to returning to our Constitution and our Republic.

Since you folks like to play the "know it all" card, without looking it up, let´s see you list the NINE specific DUTIES of the President of the US and where would you find them listed. Once you figure that out then you can start looking for someone who will do THOSE duties.


Reply 26 - Posted by: 4LadyK, 11/19/2012 12:42:29 PM     (No. 9023761)

No! No! No! No! Absolutely NOT. NO!


Reply 27 - Posted by: JoniTx, 11/19/2012 12:43:40 PM     (No. 9023764)

It´s becoming difficult to post these days. Not our old Salon.


Reply 28 - Posted by: woofwoofwoof, 11/19/2012 12:44:55 PM     (No. 9023768)

Even an old-line RINO party operative I know, wouldn´t have Christie on a biscuit.

Jeb, I´m not so sure, but from Jeb´s noises over the last year, *I* wouldn´t have him on a biscuit.


Reply 29 - Posted by: thethirdruffian, 11/19/2012 12:45:01 PM     (No. 9023769)

Do not let the RINOe pick our candidate again.

Dole, McCain, Romney are LOSERS for a reason.

Cruz, Rubio, maybe Jindall, etc.


Reply 30 - Posted by: Wetlandz, 11/19/2012 12:47:14 PM     (No. 9023777)

No Ryan or Jindal no more Bush. Don´t trust Rubio yet.


Reply 31 - Posted by: Di Guy, 11/19/2012 12:49:10 PM     (No. 9023789)

Fat chance I would ever vote for Christie. A VERY fat chance!


Reply 32 - Posted by: sfacheem, 11/19/2012 12:50:46 PM     (No. 9023794)

If Christie doesn´t lose 150 lbs soon, he won´t be alive in 2016.


Reply 33 - Posted by: rinohunter, 11/19/2012 12:51:04 PM     (No. 9023795)

Funny. Very funny!


Reply 34 - Posted by: Ida Lou Pino, 11/19/2012 12:54:18 PM     (No. 9023804)

The poll was conducted at a meeting of GOP Activists For Demonrat Victory.

Yup - - the good old GOPAFDV - - you can always count on them for the best advice.


Reply 35 - Posted by: bpl40, 11/19/2012 1:01:10 PM     (No. 9023816)

Christie is finished. Even as Veep. He lay down with dogs and will not be able to shake the fleas.
They should get it vetted by the courts to determine if Jindal is eligible. IMO he is not Natural Born and is a Conservative, so has to obey laws. No matter how you look at it Sarah seems to be the best choice.


Reply 36 - Posted by: jt26, 11/19/2012 1:07:23 PM     (No. 9023823)

If your last name is Bush, just take a hike son, and take the fat kid with you.


Reply 37 - Posted by: jgute, 11/19/2012 1:09:09 PM     (No. 9023831)

Your list is upside down.


Reply 38 - Posted by: The Advocate, 11/19/2012 1:13:27 PM     (No. 9023840)

As I recall, Jeb withdrew from presidential politics when his daughter was arrested several times for prescription drug shopping and his wife tried to bring in thousands of dollars goods without declaring them.
It was then that GW was pushed to the front.
Didn´t Bush 41 and Jeb visit zippy in the WH before election- why? Was the fix in?
Christie is a fat slob without any scruples who would sell out the country for a hug for Springsteen.


Reply 39 - Posted by: pmarc078, 11/19/2012 1:20:33 PM     (No. 9023856)

for everyone pining about establishing a 3rd party... have you ever heard of the Constitution party? they have been around quite a while.... they even ran a candidtse in this past election... get hip...


Reply 40 - Posted by: lylacat, 11/19/2012 1:28:53 PM     (No. 9023874)

If the Republicans try to run another bush or the horrid Chris Christie, they are doomed. Neither is a viable choice. Most republicans would not vote for either.


Reply 41 - Posted by: chumley, 11/19/2012 1:31:46 PM     (No. 9023878)

I would say this is a joke if it didnt match their pattern since daddy Bush.
#11 could have written straight from my keyboard. Sarah would be great. I have not seen a lot of great otherwise.


Reply 42 - Posted by: mary Ellen, 11/19/2012 1:32:54 PM     (No. 9023879)

Im done with the Republicans. I want a real conservative and one who is ready and able to fight dirty. The candidate has to be a street fighter against the Democrats.


Reply 43 - Posted by: Hugh Akston, 11/19/2012 1:35:45 PM     (No. 9023883)

Isn´t it too early to play this game? Can we focus on 2014 first?

Now for my one trick pony. Let me know when you get tired of hearing it because I´m sure there will be numerous occassions when it will come out of the stall.

Jindal and Rubio aren´t eligible. Parents had not naturalized as US citizens PRIOR to their birth. Yes, they were born here, but not to citizen parents. Next.


Reply 44 - Posted by: charliecoconut, 11/19/2012 1:37:15 PM     (No. 9023885)

Constitution Party? That would mean the fall of the welfare state and it´s too late for that!

How about the American Freedom Party, combining the Tea Party, the Libertarians, and the Blue dog Democrats.

Then maybe if the Republicans gets rid of Rove, Bush, Christie, and the other Progressives we could let them speak.

We would become the Big Tent for Americans, like the Democrats are the Big Tent for Socialist, Illegals, and Minorities.


Reply 45 - Posted by: KTWO, 11/19/2012 1:49:21 PM     (No. 9023903)

Death Wish.


Reply 46 - Posted by: StormCnter, 11/19/2012 2:13:32 PM     (No. 9023955)

I don´t think any of the names being bounced around right now deserve the harshness of some of these comments. Try to keep the blood pressure under control, guys. It´s really easy to stand back and say "no". I can think of few that I would hate to vote for in 2016, but I would be there if necessary. Jeb Bush was a good governor. He might have been the Republican nominee in 2008 if he had won his governership at the same time Dubya was winning his. Jeb was always thought to be a better candidate. Christie´s constituents seem to believe he is a good governor, too. So do Jindal´s supporters. I would remind the Palin hopers that she has never indicated she would like to run for President and is apparently happy in Alaska. That chance has passed. Probably there are some names none of us have considered. I´m hoping there is a spot for Susana Martinez. After all, we´ve got lots of time to think about it.


Reply 47 - Posted by: StormCnter, 11/19/2012 2:14:12 PM     (No. 9023957)

Jeb Bush in 2000, I meant.


Reply 48 - Posted by: GOP_U_BET, 11/19/2012 2:23:41 PM     (No. 9023969)

NEVER...EVER will I vote for Crisco. He is figuratively dead to me. I have never refused to cast a vote for POTUS, no matter how poor the candidate was. I will make an exception for Crisco.

No to Bush as well.


Reply 49 - Posted by: Pluperfect, 11/19/2012 2:38:04 PM     (No. 9023996)

Congratulations, #51. That kind of thinking on our side is how Barack Obama got reelected.


Reply 50 - Posted by: plumnellie, 11/19/2012 2:46:46 PM     (No. 9024014)

I have always voted. No matter who the Repub candidate was. I marched to the poll and cast my vote. Never again. I will either not vote or do a write in vote. Jeb, Christie, or any other liberal Repub will not get my vote again. First of all they would lose. And, second they are worse than a Dem because at least with a Dem we can fight. When there is a viper in the nest we have a harder time resisting. So, if that makes me responsible for Obama and other Dems winning..then so be it. They will win anyway. But at least I can make a statement that the Repubs are no better. That is how I will vote. Never never never again will I vote for an establishment Repub. I warned the Romney supporters on Lucianne that this was the last time.


Reply 51 - Posted by: Sherlock, 11/19/2012 2:59:42 PM     (No. 9024033)

I will never vote for another Bush! and as far as Christie goes, hail would freeze over first.
I hate the GOP and every ´moderate´ republican. They can take their Dem-lite views and cram them


Reply 52 - Posted by: Sherlock, 11/19/2012 3:03:27 PM     (No. 9024041)

Its this total BS that I`m sick to death of
#26-Didn´t your mommy teach you "if you can´t speak nicely about someone then shut your diarrhea mouth".
PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH!!


Reply 53 - Posted by: whyyeseyec, 11/19/2012 3:04:03 PM     (No. 9024042)

I see absolutely nobody in the GOP who can excite voters in 2016. Jindal? Forget it, he`s too short. Jeb Bush? Are you kidding? Christie? No way. Paul Ryan? Not forceful enough. All the Media has to do is say he was Romney`s running mate and he`s finished. Rubio? His 6 year term is up in 2016. It`s one or the other, but Hispanics won`t vote for him unless he`s willing to give them free stuff.

Get used to Dems occupying the WH for some time to come.


Reply 54 - Posted by: Brian D. Paasch, 11/19/2012 3:09:32 PM     (No. 9024057)

Orders just in from The Party of Stupid.... "Stay the course!!!"


Reply 55 - Posted by: GOP_U_BET, 11/19/2012 3:21:02 PM     (No. 9024076)

Thanks for your "concern", #52. I was not a Romney fan, but, I sent him a chunk of money and voted for him, and I did the same thing for McCain. I have voted in every major election since 1972. I understand the math about withholding my vote, I know that in reality it saves the opponent two votes, the one they needed to tie and the one needed to go ahead. But, Christie is a HUGE Liberal and his slobbering all over obama and springsteen has disgusted me to the point that he will never get my vote.


Reply 56 - Posted by: Bla Bla, 11/19/2012 3:33:52 PM     (No. 9024086)

Agree #30. A mean spirit dwells here now. Maybe it´s because we´re all so traumatized by Barak Hussein Obama. Maybe it was because a lot of us didn´t want Mitt Romney & now we´ve been proven right. I sure didn´t want to be right!! It gives me no pleasure whatsoever.

We have to stop shooting each other, folks. We´ve got to unite to fight this foe! I will do everything in my power to get the GOP to realize they can´t nominate another moderate ever, or they will lose massive amounts of us to staying home, or the Tea Party, & others. That includes Jeb Bush & Chris Christie.


Reply 57 - Posted by: bighambone, 11/19/2012 3:36:43 PM     (No. 9024089)

It does not matter because the liberal New York based media and information industries are not about to let another Republican into the White House as long as they are around to build up whoever the liberal Democrats put up.

After his love fest with Obama a week before the election, Christie will never be able to pull enough votes from the Republican States to get the Republican nomination. He will be a New Jersey politician for as long as he lives, and that will not be long if he does not lose a couple of hundred pounds.


Reply 58 - Posted by: submariner, 11/19/2012 3:44:00 PM     (No. 9024100)

No and, no.


Reply 59 - Posted by: kono, 11/19/2012 3:45:34 PM     (No. 9024105)

They pick Jeb for the Catholic and Hispanic demographic. His undoing as a candidate will simply be that he´s "Another Bush". Christie´s hobbled before he starts, as his praise of Obama just before the election sowed skepticism among the Conservative base.

Sounds like just the kind of candidates the MSM will enjoy anointing for the GOP.


Reply 60 - Posted by: Italiano, 11/19/2012 3:46:22 PM     (No. 9024107)

I don´t know. I was no fan of Romney early on, but ended up believing that he did a good job and would have made an excellent President. It was stolen.

Anyway, it´s academic. There isn´t going to be much left that can be fixed by 2016, unless events intervene.


Reply 61 - Posted by: DCGIRL, 11/19/2012 4:16:30 PM     (No. 9024155)

I can´t handle another Bush. Loved one and two....but I can´t handle three.

As for Christie.....fat chance that I would ever vote for this guy. He lost my respect when he screwed Mitt.


Reply 62 - Posted by: Words have Meaning, 11/19/2012 4:24:42 PM     (No. 9024169)

I swear if we as a party nominate Bush or Christie I´ll just vote for Hillary, then I will kill myself.


Reply 63 - Posted by: ChazzPalm, 11/19/2012 4:27:26 PM     (No. 9024172)

Christie???

Christie???

Fat chance!


Reply 64 - Posted by: redmom, 11/19/2012 4:39:36 PM     (No. 9024188)

Time for a conservative Constitutional party. The RINOs will never learn, so it´s time to encourage them to join their heroes in the Demonrat party.


Reply 65 - Posted by: 4Justice, 11/19/2012 4:56:00 PM     (No. 9024209)

No! Heck No! We need to tell the RNC under absolutely NO circumstances will we accept this or any more false Republicans. We do NOT need Democrats using an "R" after their name to fill our positions. We want people who will represent US and what we believe in as well as the party principles. We need to replace the RNC heirarchy.


Reply 66 - Posted by: ladychatalie, 11/19/2012 7:05:28 PM     (No. 9024386)

Now is the time to bankrupt the MSM, stand up more news organizations that report facts and send all the "pundits" home. Now is the time to home school if at all possible. We can worry about who the gop will run for president in 2016 once we win the propaganda war.


Reply 67 - Posted by: Starlady, 11/19/2012 7:51:12 PM     (No. 9024455)

I think the problem is that it is too soon to talk about ANY election right now. We are only two weeks away from the previous FOUR year campaign. I don´ think it is healthy to even want to think about 2014 or 2016 at this time We all should take a break from it until at least after January 1st. Personally I would like to take at least a year off thinking about 2016.


Reply 68 - Posted by: Hugh Akston, 11/19/2012 8:02:09 PM     (No. 9024465)

I´m with #63´s sentiments, as I am frequently, both as to warming up to Romney to where I voted ´for´ him, not just against Barry the Fraud, and about the state of the country in 2016. The country needs another Reagan. The Repubs might not want another Reagan, but the country does. And to go along with the next ´Reagan´ a reincarnation of Sen. No - Jesse Helms - to be Sen Majority Leader.

But, as I stated up thread, can we concentrate on 2014 first.


Reply 69 - Posted by: Boneshaker, 11/19/2012 8:53:45 PM     (No. 9024526)

"Jeb, Christie on top for 2016"

That takes care of the Democrat ticket.

Now we need to think about some Republican nominees.
.


Reply 70 - Posted by: King of all trolls, 11/19/2012 9:29:33 PM     (No. 9024548)

Good grief? Christie and Bush? Surely you jest. I´d prefer a third term for Dear Leader or maybe Huckabee. Where, oh where is the remnants of the GOP after 8 years of Dubya? It´s a bleak house. And It´s gonna be a cold winter.


Reply 71 - Posted by: bob913, 11/19/2012 9:46:34 PM     (No. 9024564)

Can we raise some money and pay them to go away?


Reply 72 - Posted by: ColonialAmerican1623, 11/19/2012 11:26:04 PM     (No. 9024627)

Jeb´s mother is determined to get him in the wh. We know who wears the army boots in that family.

Christie ? Are you kidding ?

I will stay home and not vote.


Reply 73 - Posted by: ocjim, 11/20/2012 1:21:14 AM     (No. 9024682)

Jeb deserves a look.

Christie might as well change parties after his ill-timed treachery smooching the Prez´ badooch.


Reply 74 - Posted by: LanieLou, 11/20/2012 3:52:48 AM     (No. 9024751)

No More Progressive RINO´s!

Well, at least we know who the liberals have picked! Rubio is trustworthy... a true conservative but he will be trashed for the next 4 years.

We need to focus on massive election reform before even thinking about a candidate... Without reform, we´ll continue to have fixed elections.


Reply 75 - Posted by: LanieLou, 11/20/2012 3:56:47 AM     (No. 9024753)

Just read poster #47.... Awesome!

The American Freedom Party! Great idea... Could be bigger than DNC or GOP.


Reply 76 - Posted by: Pinchem, 11/20/2012 4:57:38 PM     (No. 9026265)

#28...thank you for proving me correct.


Reply 77 - Posted by: gomershabazz, 11/20/2012 9:19:31 PM     (No. 9026699)

I can´t breathe!


Reply 78 - Posted by: rlwo, 11/20/2012 11:40:43 PM     (No. 9026850)

Christie is a disgusting fat pig of a traitor to the Republican party. I hope he becomes a democrat.


Reply 79 - Posted by: Penney, 11/20/2012 11:47:42 PM     (No. 9026855)

Same OLD, same OLD?!!! ...No good can come of this.


Reply 80 - Posted by: luvamerica, 11/21/2012 10:15:46 AM     (No. 9027474)

I think Romney is a good man and would be a far better President than what we are stuck with for four more long years. I am not happy with the Tea Party as all I get from them is more request for more money and I don´t think Conservatives and Libertarians are a good match, their idea of drugs for anyone or everybody is not a conservative concept. But I am like many of you folks, the Republicans better come up with a Conservative nominee or I will not be voting.


Reply 81 - Posted by: Wetlandz, 11/25/2012 8:17:52 PM     (No. 9033640)

I´m a Paul Ryan guy none of the others can do squat. Definitely no bush or fat guy.


Reply 82 - Posted by: fb2002, 11/25/2012 9:08:47 PM     (No. 9033679)

Christycreme is dead to me. Kissed zero´s butt and double crossed Mittens without even giving it a second thought. I hope the Tea Party forms as a viable party with candidates. I am done with the doves, mcpains and mittens as candidates. We need a conservative candidate that is willing to win. People need to be educated. Look, already the media is tearing down Rubio, and the election is still nearly 48 months away. Decaf coffee candidates that the establishment picks to run are not effective. I will not give a dime to another Republican candidate. My money is on the tea party.


Reply 83 - Posted by: cinwasp, 11/25/2012 9:28:47 PM     (No. 9033694)

Thank you #85...



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Michael Pfleger, the controversial Catholic priest who made racial remarks about Hillary Clinton and defended Louis Farrakhan, has been removed as a keynote speaker at a diversity day event sponsored by a federal government agency. A spokesperson for the Broadcasting Board of Governors told Fox News that Pfleger’s office has been notified that his invitation to address the group has been rescinded. “This is an event that is meant to celebrate inclusiveness and diversity,” spokesperson Lynne Weil told Fox News. “It was deemed by our senior management that it was not appropriate to have him as a speaker.”

Students Want Anti-Gay Priest
Removed from University
Fox News, by Todd Starnes    Original Article
Posted By: KarenJ1- 4/5/2013 11:04:03 AM     Post Reply
Religious liberty groups are mobilizing to defend the chaplain of George Washington University’s Newman Center after gay students launched an effort to have the priest fired because he preaches against homosexuality and abortion. “It’s discrimination against Catholics,” said Patrick Reilly, president of the Cardinal Newman Society. “Secular colleges are fast becoming a very unsafe place for Catholics who hold true to their faith. This is a very, very sad situation.” Two gay students at George Washington told the GW Hatchet student newspaper that they want Father Greg Shaffer removed from campus

Carney: Obama´s fundraising push for
Pelosi in Calif. a ´traditional exercise´
The Hill [Washington, DC], by Justin Sink    Original Article
Posted By: KarenJ1- 4/5/2013 10:43:22 AM     Post Reply
White House press secretary Jay Carney on Thursday defended President Obama´s fundraising swing through California, saying that despite "rhetoric from the other side" critical of the president, his push on behalf of Democratic Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi was "a traditional exercise." "I think it’s important to note that -- because you’ve seen a lot of rhetoric from the other side suggesting that there is something wrong with that -- that Republican leaders in the House and the Senate have been out raising money for Republican candidates;

First key fight in immigration battle
is what to name the reform bill
The Hill [Washington, DC], by Molly K. Hooper    Original Article
Posted By: KarenJ1- 4/5/2013 10:39:00 AM     Post Reply
One of the first political issues negotiators must tackle in crafting an immigration reform bill is among the most important: what to name it. It’s a decision that will bruise egos, create legacies and deeply affect subsequent messaging battles. “Every time the bill is mentioned in the press, you either have a brand that´s positive or a brand that doesn´t mean anything or even hurts you,” said Frank Sharry, the executive director of the pro-immigration reform group America’s Voice. The wrong name, he warned, could doom a good bill. “If there´s not a

Psychiatrist warned campus
police about Aurora shooter
a month before mass murder
Hot Air, by Ed Morrissey    Original Article
Posted By: KarenJ1- 4/5/2013 10:05:18 AM     Post Reply
In a revelation that may have Colorado voters rethinking their state’s push on gun control, court documents revealed that the mass shooting in Aurora that killed 12 and injured 70 more could have been prevented by law enforcement. The psychiatrist for suspect, James Holmes, had warned campus police that Holmes was dangerous and homicidal a month before the shooting took place. Lynne Fenton even told the police that Holmes had begun to stalk and threaten her, and yet no action was apparently taken: A University of Colorado psychiatrist told campus police a month before the Aurora

Rep. Peter King attacks Sen.
Marco Rubio for voting against
Sandy funding
Washington Times, by Seth McLaughlin    Original Article
Posted By: KarenJ1- 4/5/2013 9:58:55 AM     Post Reply
Rep. Peter King of New York on Friday cast Sen. Marco Rubio as a hypocrite for voting against the the Hurricane Sandy relief package and expressed disbelief that the Florida senator would then turn around and try to raise campaign money in the region. Mr. King questioned how Mr. Rubio could vote against the $60 million in relief for New York and New Jersey when Florida has received loads of federal money for Hurricane victims. “Guys like Marco Rubio of Florida, with all the money that you people have gotten in Florida over the years, with every hurricane

Attorney General Eric Holder:
Jail time for blacks is too long
Washington Times, by Cheryl K. Chumley    Original Article
Posted By: KarenJ1- 4/5/2013 9:53:14 AM     Post Reply
Attorney General Eric Holder expressed “concern” Thursday evening that black men are unfairly served with longer prison sentences than white men and that America’s prison system demands overhaul. “Too many people go to too many prisons for far too long for no good law enforcement reason,” Mr. Holder said, in remarks to the Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network in New York, Politico reported. “It is time to ask ourselves some fundamental questions about our criminal justice system. … It is time to examine our systems and determine what truly works.” Mr. Holder said in the Politico report

TV news ´lies´ about
Obama, ex-speechwriter says
Washington Examiner, by Paul Bedard    Original Article
Posted By: KarenJ1- 4/5/2013 9:48:55 AM     Post Reply
President Obama and other Washington politicians are getting a bum rap on TV news as money-grubbers and power-grabbers, views the president´s former top speechwriter calls lies, especially those aimed at his former boss. Jon Favreau told students at Harvard University´s Institute of Politics that TV portrays political leaders wrongly, and that the public ends up with a bad view of those in power. "I think that a lot of people turn on the news today, a lot of young people, and they hear people tell them that every motivation of every politician on either



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Former British prime minister
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of 87 after suffering a massive stroke

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Daily Mail [UK], by James Nye    Original Article
Posted By: Attercliffe- 4/8/2013 8:55:39 AM     Post Reply
Margaret Thatcher, the first female British Prime Minister who gained worldwide renown as the Iron Lady has died aged 87. Developing a formidable partnership with President Ronald Reagan during the 1980s, Mrs. Thatcher stood up to the ´Evil Empire´ of the Soviet Union, eventually witnessing its collapse. [Snip] Responding to her death, Buckingham Palace said, ´The Queen is sad to hear the news of the death of Baroness Thatcher and Her Majesty will be sending a private message of sympathy to the family, Buckingham Palace said today.´ British Prime Minster David Cameron said on hearing of her passing, ´It was

Obama says he´s ´determined
as ever´ for gun bill

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Associated Press, by Nedra Pickler    Original Article
Posted By: Desert Fox- 4/8/2013 10:27:49 PM     Post Reply
HARTFORD, Conn. -- With time running out on the chance to pass gun control legislation, President Barack Obama on Monday warned Congress not to use delaying tactics against tighter regulations and told families of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims that he´s "determined as ever" to honor their children with tougher laws. Obama´s gun control proposals have run into resistance on Capitol Hill, leaving their fate in doubt. Efforts by Senate Democrats to reach compromise with Republicans over expanding required federal background checks have yet to yield an agreement, and conservatives were promising to try

Kim Jong-un Wants Phone
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Korea Broadcast Service, by Staff    Original Article
Posted By: Desert Fox- 4/8/2013 6:56:50 AM     Post Reply
North Korea’s young leader Kim Jong-un is waiting for United States President Barack Obama to make a phone call to Pyongyang to discuss easing tensions on the Korean peninsula, according to Russia’s news agency Itar-Tass. The report cited United Kingdom diplomats, saying Pyongyang was demanding the U.S. president personally call Kim Jong-un as one of the conditions to relieve the current conflict at hand. Itar-Tass also quoted the U.K.’s Sky News as saying North Korea currently has eight nuclear warheads.

Christians, here´s why we´re
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Fox News, by Craig Groeschel    Original Article
Posted By: STLstudent- 4/7/2013 5:13:55 PM     Post Reply
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?”

´Mickey Mouse Club´ star
Annette Funicello dies at 70

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Los Angeles Times, by Dennis McLellan    Original Article
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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

White House: Planned GOP
gun filibuster cowardly

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Washington Times, by Dave Boyer    Original Article
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Beginning a week of high pressure on gun control, the White House on Monday accused some Republican senators of cowardice for planning to filibuster gun legislation without allowing the full Senate to vote on President Obama’s initiatives. “If they oppose this legislation, have the courage to say so on the floor and vote no,” said White House press secretary Jay Carney. “Don’t block it. Don’t hide behind a procedural action to prevent a vote. That’s the wrong thing to do, and that’s how the president clearly feels.”

Chelsea Clinton doesn´t close
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USA Today, by Catalina Camia    Original Article
Posted By: jackson- 4/8/2013 10:23:20 AM     Post Reply
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

Special ops veterans’ group
calls for select probe of
Benghazi attack

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Fox News, by Catherine Herridge    Original Article
Posted By: JoniTx- 4/8/2013 7:00:09 AM     Post Reply
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

Obama flying 11 relatives of Sandy Hook
victims to D.C. on Air Force One so
they can back gun control in person

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Associated Press, by Staff    Original Article
Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 4/8/2013 4:05:18 PM     Post Reply
President Barack Obama is bringing 11 relatives of those killed in the shooting at Connecticut´s Sandy Hook Elementary School to Washington on Air Force One on Monday so they can personally encourage senators to back gun legislation that faces tough opposition. A nonprofit organization that works with the families, Sandy Hook Promise, said that after Obama´s speech on gun control in Hartford, he is flying with relatives of seven children and one staffer killed during December´s massacre at the school. The White House says Obama is going to argue that lawmakers have an

Updated: White House, McCain
blast Cruz for threatening
filibuster over guns

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Houston Chronicle, by Joanna Raines    Original Article
Posted By: JoniTx- 4/8/2013 4:55:05 PM     Post Reply
There was growing buzz over the weekend that a bipartisan agreement on gun control — a deal that would expand background checks — could hit the floor as early as this week. However, any deal could be derailed by the looming threat of a Republican filibuster involving Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. With Cruz standing proudly in the way of any gun legislation, Democrats are trying to make him pay a political price — and even a couple of high-profile Republicans are questioning his tactics.

North Korea´s Army Is Full of Jumping,
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Atlantic, by Connor Simpson    Original Article
Posted By: Pluperfect- 4/8/2013 5:48:23 AM     Post Reply
Amid all of the very real threats of war and stuff from North Korea, you´d think American intelligence officers want as much video footage of the enemy as possible. Well, here is one video featuring North Korean exercises and Kim Jong-Un holding a gun, and we´ll say this: they certainly get points for presentation. Remember the clap-happy report from Dennis Rodman´s diplomatic basketball vacation? This video comes courtesy of the same Youtube channel that gave us that Rodman video. It appears to be the same state news channel.(Snip for video)This latest dispatch from North Korea´s state television

Gay Connecticut couple accused
of raping adopted children
will face trial

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New York Daily News, by Erik Ortiz    Original Article
Posted By: Drive- 4/8/2013 8:52:23 AM     Post Reply
The case of a same-sex Connecticut couple accused of repeatedly raping and abusing two of their nine adopted boys is headed for trial. Married couple George Harasz and Douglas Wirth of Glastonbury were supposed to be sentenced Friday in Hartford Superior Court under a plea deal, but instead withdrew from their agreement with prosecutors. The men had already pleaded no contest in January to one felony count each of risk of injury to a minor — a reduction from even more serious charges related to sexual assault....


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