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Losing the Battle to Spin the War
American Thinker, by Boyd Richard Boyd
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Posted By:JoniTx, 11/19/2012 5:18:18 PM
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| Shifting demographics. Low turnout. ORCA croaking. Moderate Mitt. Sandy/Christie/Obama celebrity three-way. Voter fraud. Many thoughtful minds have offered analysis as to why, after suffering through four years of Obama´s militant collectivism and prolific statism (AKA class warfare and social justice), a "center-right" nation would vote for the radical leftist again. But let´s face it, Republicans lost the "center" because the Republicans didn´t really have the center. The media-entertainment-education-Democrat axis control the mainstream narrative, which means the 30-40% who are in the center (between conservative and liberal identification) generally will believe whatever Bill Maher, CNN or Politico says.
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EQKimball, 11/19/2012 6:59:37 PM (No. 9024375)
Google "record voter turnout November 6" in which states and counties were reporting the turnout figures the day of the election. Then try to reconcile the published results showing that Obama received 6.5 million fewer votes than in 2008 while Romney received fewer votes than John McCain. Something is wrong.
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5 questions on IRS debacle
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Politico, by Lauren French
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Posted By: JoniTx- 5/12/2013 6:26:21 PM
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A classic Washington scandal will unfold this week complete with accusations of lies, abuse of power and questions about cover ups. To add to the intrigue, it involves one of the most hated government agencies: the Internal Revenue Service. It all started Friday when an IRS official — in an apparently off-handed remark — acknowledged and apologized for wrongly targeting conservative groups seeking nonprofit status. A firestorm quickly ensued and only deepened over the weekend with revelations that senior IRS officials knew about the targeting practice for several years. Republicans, meanwhile, are calling for additional investigations.
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Mother´s Day second-line shooting on Frenchmen Street injures at least 12 people
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Times-Picayune [New Orleans LA], by Staff
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Posted By: JoniTx- 5/12/2013 5:40:18 PM
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A Mother´s Day second-line shooting on Frenchmen Street in the 7th Ward, on Sunday about 2 p.m., left about 12 people injured, according to preliminary NOPD numbers. The shooting, in which a 10 year-old girl allegedly suffered a graze wound, occurred in the 1400 block of Frenchmen Street at the intersection of North Villere Street. A NOLA.com | Times-Picayune reporter was participating in the Mother´s Day second line in the area when the shooting occurred, and heard six to seven shots fired. NOPD Superintendent Ronald Serpas said that in addition to about 12 people injured by gunshots,
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The ultimate sun block! Startling photos of beachgoers relaxing as planes come into land just METRES above their heads
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Daily Mail (UK), by Suzannah Hills
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Posted By: JoniTx- 5/12/2013 5:06:32 PM
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With its white beaches and crystal clear waters, it´s no wonder that St Maarten is one of the most popular tourists destinations in the Caribbean. But there´s another reason holidaymakers flock to the island´s Maho beach - it is also the ultimate location for plane spotting. In these startling images, tourists can be seen reaching up as if to try and grab the planes as they come in to land on the runway situated on the end of the beach. Scroll down for video -Princess Juliana International Airport is renowned for its low-altitude flyovers
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Michelle Obama speaks at EKU´s graduation
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Herald-Leader [Lexington Ky], by Linda B. Blackford
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Posted By: JoniTx- 5/12/2013 12:05:57 PM
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RICHMOND — First lady Michelle Obama chose to speak at Eastern Kentucky University´s graduation Saturday because of its often-celebrated work with veterans, and in her speech she urged graduates to take the values they learned here out into the world.(Snip) "I know you faced all kinds of doubts and uncertainties when you showed up on campus, and I know a lot about it from my own experiences," said Obama, who with her brother was the first in her family to attend Princeton. "I didn´t know how to pick out the right classes, how to find the right buildings.
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Gates: Some Benghazi critics have "cartoonish" view of military capability
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CBS News, by Jake Miller
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Posted By: JoniTx- 5/12/2013 11:09:50 AM
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Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates forcefully defended the Obama administration on Sunday against charges that it did not do enough to prevent the tragedy in Benghazi, telling CBS´ "Face the Nation" that some critics of the administration have a "cartoonish impression of military capabilities and military forces." Gates, a Republican who was appointed by then-President George W. Bush in 2006 and agreed to stay through more than two years of President Obama´s first term, repeatedly declined to criticize the policymakers who devised a response to the September 2012 attack on a U.S. diplomatic facility in Benghazi, Libya,
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Rep. Rogers: Expect more whistleblowers to testify on Benghazi
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The Hill [Washington DC], by Peter Schroeder
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Posted By: JoniTx- 5/12/2013 10:01:44 AM
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Congress is hearing from more whistleblowers who wish to testify on the terrorist attack in Benghazi, according to House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Mich.). Rogers told "Fox News Sunday" that following the testimony of three whistleblowers before the House Oversight Committee, lawmakers have been contacted by other potential witnesses. "We have had people come forward because of the [Oversight] testimony and say we would also like to talk," he said. "I do think we´re going to see more whistleblowers. Certainly my committee has been contacted, I think other committees as well."
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Mrs. Obama: Seek out those with different beliefs
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Associated Press, by Bruce Schreiner
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Posted By: JoniTx- 5/12/2013 9:37:02 AM
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RICHMOND, Ky.- First lady Michelle Obama urged Eastern Kentucky University graduates on Saturday night to reach out to people with different political beliefs, saying the country would benefit from the conversations. "If you´re a Democrat, spend some time talking to a Republican," Mrs. Obama told about 600 education, business and technology graduates at the third and final commencement ceremony of the day. "And if you´re a Republican, have a chat with a Democrat. Maybe you´ll find some common ground, maybe you won´t." (Snip) She also pointed them to religious congregations different than their own, saying they might hear something
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Rendell, Goode Sr. start legal fund for Fattah´s son
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Philadelphia Inquirer, by Craig R. McCoy & Mark Fazlollah
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Posted By: JoniTx- 5/12/2013 7:53:42 AM
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Former Gov. Ed Rendell and former Mayor W. Wilson Goode have launched a fund-raising effort to pay the legal bills of U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah´s son, who has been under federal investigation for months. Rendell said he agreed to pitch in after Rep. Fattah contacted him for help. Rendell, in an interview, estimated that the Philadelphia congressman and his wife had spent $250,000 to help Chaka "Chip" Fattah Jr., 30, and said the costs had become a "little bit of a struggle" for the family. On Thursday, Rendell said the fund would not reveal the
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New York man finishes writing out entire Bible by hand
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Associated Press, by Staff
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Posted By: JoniTx- 5/12/2013 7:37:22 AM
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SPENCERTOWN, N.Y. – At last, it is written. Four years after he began his project to write out every word of the Bible, Phillip Patterson penned the very last lines Saturday at an upstate New York church. "Every single curly-q, every single loop, it was all worth it," said Patterson, 63, moments after inking the final two verses of the King James Bible. "I´m really going to miss this writing." It took Patterson just a few minutes to copy the final lines of the Book of Revelation before a crowd of about 125 people at St. Peter´s Presbyterian Church
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Some Things To Consider About Benghazi
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Townhall, by Derek Hunter
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Posted By: JoniTx- 5/12/2013 7:24:36 AM
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Elizabeth Taylor reportedly said, “You find out who your real friends are when you´re involved in a scandal.” Of course, she was in Hollywood, perhaps the only place where loyalty means less than it does in Washington, D.C. But some people in the Obama administration are about to find out what she meant. The Congressional hearing this week on the Benghazi cover-up was important not only for the information we heard from the witnesses, but also because, for the first time, it piqued the interest of the mainstream media. Perhaps it’s genuine concern over having been lied to,
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Original Mother’s Day: No candy, no flowers as first proclamation urged ‘display the flag’
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Washington Times [DC], by Jennifer Harper
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Posted By: JoniTx- 5/11/2013 11:33:12 PM
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So much for fancy flowers, champagne brunches and new electronic devices. Ninety nine years ago, President Woodrow Wilson had a terse message for the American people when he designated the nation’s first official Mothers Day. “Whereas, by Joint Resolution approved May 6, 1914, ‘designating the second Sunday in May as Mother´s Day, and for other purposes’, the President is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation calling upon the government officials to display the United States flag on all government buildings, and the people of the United States to display the flag at their homes or other suitable places
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Corn: ‘Carney Got Caught Saying Something That Wasn’t Completely True’
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Washington Free Beacon, by Staff
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Posted By: JoniTx- 5/11/2013 11:27:27 PM
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MSNBC contributor David Corn admitted that the reason White House Press Secretary Jay Carney’s Benghazi press briefing was so tense was “he got caught saying something that wasn’t completely true” Friday on MSNBC. Despite Carney’s untruth, Corn said that did not necessarily amount to lying. American Enterprise Institute’s Danielle Pletka reacted incredulously, suggesting Corn should try that reasoning on his children: DAVID CORN: Yeah, Jay Carney has got caught saying something that wasn’t completely true. DANIELLE PLETKA: That’s called a lie, David. DAVID CORN: We in Washington — everything you say that’s not true may not be a lie,
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McCain Defends Obama Against Impeachment For Benghazi, Will ‘Give President Benefit Of The Doubt’
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Mediaite, by Jordan Charlton
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Posted By: Desert Fox- 5/12/2013 8:07:37 PM
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Senator John McCain, who famously defended his then presidential opponent Barack Obama against an islamaphobic supporter during a 2008 campaign rally, defended President Obama once again on ABC’s This Week Sunday, cautioning his Republicans colleagues to cool it with talk of impeaching the President over the Benghazi attacks and its aftermath. In response to Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) invoking the “I word,” McCain called for caution: “With all due respect, I think this is a serious issue,” McCain told guest host Martha Raddatz. “I will even give the president the benefit of the doubt
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Benghazi Coverup Uncovered
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American Thinker, by Clarice Feldman
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Posted By: DW626- 5/12/2013 5:24:55 AM
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BBC has apologized for its coverage of the Benghazi murders; ABC has unraveled the mendacious tale of the talking points ´ genesis and the Congressional hearings this week have dramatically established the administration´s elaborate lies about how our ambassador and his brave defenders were murdered and its failure to protect them. Maybe now the press will feel it´s okay to get off their duffs and report how a thoroughly incompetent administration, motivated solely by self-interest, left our ambassador and others to be murdered and then lied about it with consequences to us all.
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Study: Black students suspended more often than others
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USA Today, by Brett M. Kelman
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Posted By: Scottyboy- 5/12/2013 1:59:12 PM
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Black students are suspended more than three times as often as their white classmates, twice as often as their Latino classmates and more than 10 times as often as their Asian classmates in middle and high schools nationwide, a new study shows. The average American secondary student has an 11% chance of being suspended in a single school year, according to the study from the University of California Los Angeles Civil Rights project. However, if that student is black, the odds of suspension jump to 24%.
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Watch out for Petraeus in Benghazi scandal
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Washington Times, by Joseph Curl
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Posted By: Desert Fox- 5/12/2013 7:35:15 PM
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Call it “Oval Office Couch Syndrome.” By the second term “inside the bubble,” presidents have completely lost touch with reality: Aides and confidants conspire to keep the chief executive insulated from the real world — the bad news, the worse press coverage. They think it’s their job, and lounging on the Oval Office couches, they nod along with the president’s every musing. But this presidency has taken OOCS to new heights — Mr. Obama has only a few trusted aides, and occasional leaks from the West Wing show a paranoid president suspicious of nearly everyone around him.
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Joe Klein: Hillary´s ´One of the Most Experienced Candidates We´ve Ever Had Running for President´
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NewsBusters, by Noel Sheppard
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Posted By: KarenJ1- 5/12/2013 3:42:58 PM
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"Everybody knows that she´s one of the most experienced candidates we´ve ever had running for president. She practically doesn´t have to say it." So said Time magazine´s Joe Klein about Hillary Clinton on Sunday´s syndicated Chris Matthews Show (video follows with transcript and commentary): JOE KLEIN: But also, they made a decision at that point that a lot of the people in Hillaryland really regret. They went with experience rather than the notion of change. “Hey, he isn´t the only change candidate - I´m a woman.” And she never did that. This time, everybody knows that she´s
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IRS targeted groups critical of government, documents from agency probe show
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Washington Post, by Juliet Eilperin
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 5/12/2013 10:35:53 PM
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At various points over the past two years, Internal Revenue Service officials singled out for scrutiny not only groups with “tea party” or “patriot” in their name but also nonprofit groups that criticized the government and sought to educate Americans about the U.S. Constitution, according to documents in an audit conducted by the agency’s inspector general. The documents, obtained by The Washington Post from a congressional aide with knowledge of the findings, show that the IRS field office in charge of evaluating applications for tax-exempt status decided to focus on groups making statements that “criticize
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Covering for Obama
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New York Post, by Michael Goodwin
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Posted By: FlyRight- 5/12/2013 6:25:07 AM
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Politics! Politics! They’re playing politics in Washington! Pretending to be modern Paul Reveres, Democrats and their media handmaidens are doing their damnedest to diminish the Benghazi revelations with the cheapest trick in town. While there is always pungent hypocrisy when one gang of politicians accuses another gang of playing politics, the current phony outrage from the Obama Protection Society is exceptionally putrid. After all, the whole saga of Benghazi — before, during and after the terror attack — reflects nothing so much as the ultimate expression of Barack Obama’s politics.
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The Power Of Drudge: A Little Civics Lesson For Janet Napolitano And Barack Obama
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Forbes Magazine, by Ralph Benko
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Posted By: Scottyboy- 5/12/2013 11:33:58 AM
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Janet Napolitano, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, is on the list of potential Democratic presidential candidates compiled by the extraordinarily astute Prez16.com . As a cabinet secretary (and as a potential, if dark horse, presidential nominee) Madame Secretary should refrain from slurring the Drudge Report, as recently she did, a slur Drudge, confidently, featured. Drudge is no fan of Napolitano. He regularly tweaks her as “Big Sis” (presumably an allusion to George Orwell’s “Big Brother”). Drudge is one of the most powerful — and widely respected — forces in the news business today.
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Report: Top IRS officials knew in 2011 that conservative groups were targeted
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Washington Post, by Josh Hicks and Ed O´Keefe
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 5/11/2013 11:12:26 PM
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An inspector general’s report due for release this week says senior Internal Revenue Service officials knew that agents were targeting conservative groups for special scrutiny as early as 2011, nine months before the IRS commissioner assured Congress the targeting was not happening. The report is certain to raise questions about the timing of the IRS’s disclosure of the targeting on Friday, how high up were the officials who knew about the practice, and whether anyone outside the agency was aware of it. Details of the inspector general’s audit, obtained by The Washington Post from a congressional aide
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CBS anchor Pelley: Journalism´s house is on fire
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Associated Press, by David Bauder
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Posted By: JoniTx- 5/11/2013 3:52:34 PM
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NEW YORK— Top CBS News anchor Scott Pelley delivered a tongue-lashing to fellow journalists on Friday, urging them to worry less about the "vanity" of being first on a story and more about being right. "This has been a bad few months for journalism," Pelley said. "We´re getting the big stories wrong over and over again." The "CBS Evening News" anchor made the criticism while accepting a journalism award named for broadcast executive Fred Friendly from Quinnipiac University. He didn´t exempt himself, noting that during early reporting of the Newtown, Conn., elementary school massacre last December he mistakenly reported
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Sanford victory shows adultery, lies can´t trump party loyalty
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Los Angeles Times, by Robin Abcarian
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Posted By: SoCalGal- 5/13/2013 12:01:45 AM
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It would be too easy to make fun of the good Christian voters of South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District who saw fit to return their disgraced former Gov. Mark Sanford to the office he once held. I won’t do it. Well, maybe just a little. Sanford, whose political rise was fueled by his conservative principles and focus on family values, did not stay true to his wife. But in the end, the voters in South Carolina’s 1st stayed true to him.(Snip)“Obviously, there´s a vulnerability to me now that people respond to," Sanford told
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Former Nixon aide claims he has evidence Lyndon B. Johnson arranged John F. Kennedy´s assassination in new book
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Daily Mail [UK], by Staff
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Posted By: KarenJ1- 5/11/2013 12:33:02 PM
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Esteemed Republican strategist and lobbyist Roger Stone writes in his upcoming book that former president Lyndon B. Johnson set up John F. Kennedy’s assassination. Stone also writes that Richard Nixon and Johnson had a documented relationship with Jack Ruby, Lee Harvey Oswald’s killer, years before he shot Oswald in the basement of Dallas police headquarters in 1963. Stone, who worked for Richard Nixon’s Committee to Re-elect the President in 1972 and later served in the Nixon administration, writes that Johnson, a congressman at the time, instructed Richard Nixon, also a congressman at the time, to hire Ruby onto
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