Just Too Bad: Rachel Maddow's Microphone Goes Completely Dead Right in the Middle of a Bush Bash Segment (Video)

I wish this would happen everytime MSNBC decides they want to slam Bush

newsbusters

RACHEL MADDOW: "Spreading peace and democracy. That was the third try at made-up reasons we invaded. How's that worked out

Are we back? We're not back? Well this is unusual. One, two, three, four, five. [Inaudible] conspiracy"

Lisa Murkowski Concedes Alaska Primary Race to Tea Party Candidate Joe Miller

foxnews.com

In a major upset, Sen. Lisa Murkowski has conceded her GOP Senate primary race to Tea Party Express favorite Joe Miller, who had the backing of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
"I don't see a scenario in which the primary will turn out in my favor," Murkowski said in her concession speech.

Murkowski made the concession speech Tuesday night, a full week after the primary.
Murkowski trailed Miller, a Fairbanks attorney, by 1,668 votes after last week's primary. Election officials began counting absentee and outstanding ballots Tuesday. Murkowski made slight gains, but was never able to get Miller's lead below 1,200 votes.

"We took the high road," Murkowski said in her concession speech about not going negative on Miller. "I'm coming back home. You all know my heart and soul has always been in Alaska."

Redstate's EE:

David Gergen on Obama's Speech: "I Found This One Perplexing, I Didn't Understand What the Point Was"

David Gergen on CNN's Anderson Cooper right after the speech..."It's unclear what the mission is"

Gergen: Well Anderson, I frequently praise Barack Obama in his speeches...I found this one perplexing, I didn't quite understand what the point was, not only did he omit talking about the surge, but it's unclear that the mission is, either in Iraq or Afghanistan going forward. It seems to be much more we're getting this monkey off our back, we gave it our best shot, over to you Iraqis, over to you, next year Afghans"

Barack Obama in His Own Words on Iraq (Video)

As you watch Obama hold the Iraq trophy over his head tonight, here are some more reminders of what he said in 2007...

What an absolute shame....

Joe Biden 2007, The Day After Bush Announced The Surge in Iraq, Gives Us All The Reasons Why It Won't Work (Video)

As you watch the speech on Iraq tonight, a few reminders.....

The man who wanted to partition Iraq and said the surge would make things "much worse"..."The President's plan is not a solution, it's a tragic mistake" (Biden in his own words Jan. 11 2007)

Biden: "In Iraq, the core of the President's plan is to send another 20K Americans to Baghdad...Our boys are gonna go door-to-door in the middle of a civil war, folks, we tried that escalation twice before in Baghdad, twice it's failed and if we try it again it will fail for the 3rd time"...

AP Headline (5/1/2006)

Glenn Beck a Disgrace? Shocking Racism at Al Sharpton's MLK Anniversary Rally

Devastating video on Al Sharpton

breitbart.tv

In August 2000, Rev. Al Sharpton organized the "Redeem the Dream" march in Washington DC commemorating the 37th anniversary of Rev. Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech. His rally included a lengthy address by New Black Panther leader Malik Zulu Shabazz filled with disturbing racism and calls to violence against whites.

"We have a black dream today of when we see caskets rolling in the black community, that we will see caskets rolling and funerals in the white community of our enemy as well today... we have a black dream."

Senator Orrin Hatch Defends Right To Build Mosque at Ground Zero, Calls Islam a "Great Religion"

Remember the old Orrin Hatch? Where is he?

Hatch: "So, if the Muslims own that property, that private property, and they want to build a mosque there, they should have the right to do so,"

fox13now SALT LAKE CITY

The proposed Islamic Center and Mosque near Ground Zero in New York has drawn protests from many Republican leaders. Major national GOP figure, Senator Orrin Hatch is defending the right of Muslims to build there. "If the Muslims own that property," said Hatch. "It's private property and they want to build a Mosque there, they should have the right to do so."

Most prominently, Hatch sponsored the religious land use and zoning bill, which passed the U.S. Senate unanimously in 2000. Hatch said it is really an issue for New Yorkers and for the Mosque builders themselves. "The only question is are they being insensitive to those who suffered the loss of loved ones? We know there are Muslims killed on 9-11 and we know it's a great religion," Hatch told FOX 13.

Raw Video: NASA Test Fires Solid Rocket Motor in the Utah Desert

AP video, this was earlier today

AP: NASA carried out a full-scale test of a solid rocket motor in the Utah desert Tuesday. It's the most heavily instrumented solid rocket motor in the space agency's history.

Pennsylvania Senate: Pat Toomey Leading Democrat Joe Sestak By 6 Points

rasmussenreports

Republican Pat Toomey continues to hold a modest lead over his Democratic Challenger, Joe Sestak, in the U.S. Senate race in Pennsylvania.

A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in the state finds Toomey earning 45% of the vote, while Sestak earns 39% support. Five percent (5%) prefer some other candidate, and 11% are not sure.

In surveys dating back to early February, support for Toomey has ranged from a low of 42% to a high of 47%. In those same surveys, aside from a brief surge in support following his mid-May primary victory over incumbent Senator Arlen Specter, Sestak's support has fallen in a narrow 36% to 40% range.

Earlier this month, Toomey led Sestak 46% to 37%. When leaners are included in the totals, Toomey's advantage over Sestak remains at six points, 48% - 42%.

*2010 Senate


The Sestak campaign released a new ad today against Pat Toomey, it's pretty lame, it this is all they got, Pat Toomey will be the next senator from Pennsylvania

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Alvin Dances: "Alvin Greene On The Scene" (Video)

Greene on the Keith Larson Show

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- NewsChannel 36 crews caught up with U.S. Senate candidate Alvin Greene Monday morning while he was in town visiting a radio studio.

Greene appeared on the Keith Larson Show on WBT Monday morning. He talked about his well-worn themes of jobs, education and justice, but also revealed some new positions, such as opposition to gay marriage and support of abortion rights.

Greene also danced when Larson played a rap called "Alvin Greene on the Scene."

White House Oval Office Gets Makeover

I had to check the video myself, I didn't know if they'd take down Washingon's picture and replace it Saul Alinsky...


Five historical presidential quotes woven into the new rug in the Oval Office:

-“The Only Thing We Have to Fear is Fear Itself” – President Franklin D. Roosevelt

-“The Arc of the Moral Universe is Long, But it Bends Towards Justice” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

-“Government of the People, By the People, For the People” – President Abraham Lincoln

-“No Problem of Human Destiny is Beyond Human Beings” – President John F. Kennedy

-“The Welfare of Each of Us is Dependent Fundamentally Upon the Welfare of All of Us” – President Theodore Roosevelt

Obama's makeover, the embroidered wingback chairs that Bush and visiting leaders sat on in front of the fireplace have been replaced by more businesslike, leather-covered boardroom-style chairs. The flanking sofas are covered in an unadorned beige corduroy. End table lamps are modernistic, with blue bases and white shades

Harry Reid's Latest Attack Ad on Republican Sharron Angle "Spoiled"

And you'll see it again at the end of this video "Sharron Angle, Just Too Extreme"

HarryReid: "Sharron Angle would have opposed extending unemployment benefits, says that laid off workers are 'spoiled' and 'want to be dependent on government. Las Vegan Debra Harding takes excepting with Angle's extreme and dangerous agenda for Nevada"

Averages from pollster.com

Obama Calls Former President Bush From Air Force One

I got an idea Barry, just forget about the phone call and just thank President Bush tonight in your speech...Simple enough?...


Fox News Major Garrett

Caught on Tape: 2 Men Charged With Preparing a Terrorist Attack Arrested on the Plane

Police make the arrest on the flight in Amsterdam

Caught on Tape: Two men were arrested at Amsterdam's airport after U.S. authorities found suspicious items in one of the men's luggage; including a cell phone taped to a bottle of medicine, a knife and box cutters

Fox News Gretchen Carlson Grills Robert Gibbs: "Will President Obama Credit President Bush in His Speech Tonight For The Success in Iraq?"

Of course, Gibbs dodges the question and starts talking about the Sunni awakening

Gibbs: Again Gretchen I think you've asked me this question twice

Carlson: "Will President Obama thank President Bush tonight for the success of the surge...You've had 5 chances to answer the question, will he credit President Bush tonight

Gibbs: (Smart Aleck) "That's my one question to you and I can even ask it 5 more times"

2007: When Bush called for a 'new way forward' and ordered the troop surge (Jan 10th 2007), Obama went to the Senate floor (Jan 30th 2007) and called for troops to be pulled out and redeployed

Barack Obama, rewriting history...

Matthews: It Would Have Been More Courageous If Glenn Beck Apologized At His Rally For Calling Obama a Racist

DNC spokesman Chris Matthews: Let me finish

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Matthews: "I remember what Barack Obama said when I first heard him speak six years ago about this the being the only country in which a story like his is possible, where you can rise up to be president, where you can rise up to be host of a national television program and speak your own mind, what you don't like to see is this positive love of our country, which we heard on the Washington mall on Sunday, accompanying anger and division,

Beck finally apologized on Sunday a day after his rally for calling the President of the United States a racist, it would have been better, more courageous, more American to say that when he stood up there with the amplifier talking to his people, but better late than never

Former Congressman James Traficant Has Enough Signatures To Run For The House of Representatives

Associated Press

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — An elections board in Ohio says a former congressman who served time in federal prison has enough valid signatures to run again for a U.S. House seat.

Director Tom McCabe says the Mahoning County board on Monday approved more than 30 disputed signatures to allow Jim Traficant to make the November ballot in northeast Ohio's 17th district.

Traficant represented the Youngstown area as a Democrat for nearly two decades before his 2002 conviction for corruption. He's running as an independent.

Hundreds of signatures from four counties were disqualified in July. The secretary of state ordered a review by the board in Youngstown last week.

Elections officials in neighboring Trumbull County are expected to certify the total Wednesday. Campaign coordinator Linda Kovachik says Traficant supporters overcame many hurdles and she's elated

Comedy gold: Traficant before the House Ethic Committee saying he's gonna walk over there and 'kick them in the crotch' (from 2002)

Two Passengers on United Flight from Chicago Arrested on 'Preparation of a Terrorist Attack'

Myfoxchicago: Air Marshalls were on board the United flight, one of the men was was carrying $7K in cash in bulky clothing...


myfoxchicago.com

Chicago - Two men who flew through Chicago O’Hare International Airport have been charged with "preparation of a terrorist attack".

There may be some other explanation for what they put inside their luggage, but investigators are wondering if it was some kind of dry run for a new terror attack.

The two men were allowed to board a United Airlines flight to Amsterdam at O'hare Sunday night despite security concerns about one of the men.

They are identified as Ahmed Mohammed Nasser al Soofi -- he's from Yemen, and is reportedly a legal resident of Detroit -- and Hezem al Murisi. His nationality and where he was living are both unclear right now.

Al Soofi flew to Chicago from Birmingham, Ala. The other suspect flew here from Memphis.

In Birmingham, authorities became suspicious after they found al Soofi was carrying $7,000 cash in bulky clothing.

They opened his checked luggage and found a cell phone taped to a Pepto-Bismol bottle, three cell phones taped together, several watches taped together and a box cutter and three knives.

Found in luggage:

How long until Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano takes to the microphones and says 'uh, uh, it was nothing more than a one-off'

O'Reilly Challenges Al Sharpton For Comments About the Beck Rally (Video)

Sharpton gets cornered by O'Reilly for saying "they [Beck rally] want to disgrace this day [MLK Day]"

Sharpton: "They may have the mall, but we have the message, the may have the platform, but we have the dream, they want to disgrace this day, and we're not giving them this day. This is our day and we ain't giving it away"

Obama Education Secretary Arne Duncan Urged Gov't Employees To Attend Sharpton's Rally Against Glenn Beck

weaselzippers

President Obama’s top education official urged government employees to attend a rally that the Rev. Al Sharpton organized to counter a larger conservative event on the Mall.

“ED staff are invited to join Secretary Arne Duncan, the Reverend Al Sharpton, and other leaders on Saturday, Aug. 28, for the ‘Reclaim the Dream’ rally and march,” began an internal e-mail sent to more than 4,000 employees of the Department of Education on Wednesday.

Sharpton created the event after Glenn Beck announced a massive Tea Party “Restoring Honor” rally at the Lincoln Memorial, where King spoke in 1963.

The Washington Examiner learned of the e-mail from a Department of Education employee who felt uncomfortable with Duncan’s request.

Although the e-mail does not violate the Hatch Act, which forbids federal employees from participating in political campaigns, Education Department workers should feel uneasy, said David Boaz, executive vice president of the libertarian Cato Institute.

“It sends a signal that activity on behalf of one side of a political debate is expected within a department. It’s highly inappropriate

NRSC Ad: Time To Fight Back Against Unchecked Power, So Donate Now

National Republican Senatorial Committee


NRSC: "With your contribution the NRSC will be able to help GOP Senate candidates fight against the millions in special interest money that will be spent against them"

Republicans Take An Unprecedented 10-Point Lead on Generic Congressional Ballot

gallup.com
PRINCETON, NJ -- Republicans lead by 51% to 41% among registered voters in Gallup weekly tracking of 2010 congressional voting preferences. The 10-percentage-point lead is the GOP's largest so far this year and is its largest in Gallup's history of tracking the midterm generic ballot for Congress


Trend: GOP with a 10 point gap, Note: In 1994 GOP had a 5 point gap 49%-44%

CNN's Rick Sanchez Apologizes For Calling Obama "The Cotton-Picking President of the United States"

"I wanna apologize for it...I just was saying 'cotton pickin' because it's a term I've used because I grew up in the south"

Flashback Obama on the Mid-Terms: "Well, The Big Difference Here and in 1994 Was You've Got Me"

abcnews.com (January 25, 2010)

Rep. Marion Berry, D-Arkansas fears that these midterm elections are going to go the way of the 1994 midterms, when Democrats lost control of the House after a failed health care reform effort.

But, Berry told the Arkansas Democrat Gazette, the White House does not share his concerns.

“They just don’t seem to give it any credibility at all,” Berry said. “They just kept telling us how good it was going to be. The president himself, when that was brought up in one group, said, ‘Well, the big difference here and in ’94 was you’ve got me.’ We’re going to see how much difference that makes now.”

Asked today by ABC News’ Yunji de Nies if the president said that, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs pleaded ignorance.

“I have not talked to the president about that,” Gibbs said, employing one of his favorite dodges.

Berry told the newspaper that he “began to preach last January that we had already seen this movie and we didn’t want to see it again because we know how it comes out…I just began to have flashbacks to 1993 and ’94. No one that was here in ’94, or at the day after the election felt like. It certainly wasn’t a good feeling.”

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Glenn Beck Talks About Wearing a Bullet-Proof Vest at the Restoring Honor Rally

He tells the story of right before Alveda King went on stage...This is something...


gatewaypundit

Glenn Beck admitted on his radio show today that he wore a bullet-proof vest for the Restoring Honor rally to protect himself against violent leftists.
Good move.

Beck was choked up when he talked about the massive rally on his radio program. He also said the number was close to 500,000 at the rally. Beck said the media had proven themselves to be, in his opinion, so “untrustworthy and out of touch” that it’s really not even worth reviewing

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Obama Still Blaming Bush on Economy: "It Took Nearly a Decade To Dig The Hole That We're In"

19 months in office, 18 months after the passage of the disastrous Economic Stimulus, it's still Bush's fault. He then goes after Senate Republicans and asks them to "drop the blockade"


thecaucus

President Obama on Monday chided Senate Republicans for engaging in “pure partisan politics’’ by blocking a bill that would offer tax breaks and ease credit to small businesses, and said the measure was necessary to boost hiring and economic growth.

On his first workday back at the White House after a 10-day vacation on Martha’s Vineyard and a trip to New Orleans on Sunday, Mr. Obama addressed the nation’s mounting economic anxieties in brief remarks from the Rose Garden. With the unemployment rate stuck above 9 percent, and the economic recovery all but stalled, he spent part of the morning huddled with his economic advisers.

While he said he and his team were ‘’hard at work in identifying additional measures that could make a difference’’ – including extending middle-class tax cuts that are set to expire this year, investing more in clean energy and in infrastructure rebuilding – the president’s most urgent call was directed at members of Congress, who return to work next week.

“This bill has been languishing in the Senate for four months, held up by a partisan minority that won’t even allow it to go to a vote. That makes no sense,’’ Mr. Obama said, referring to the small business initiative. He added, “Holding this bill hostage is directly detrimental to our economic growth.

Governor Jan Brewer First Ad Against Democrat Terry Goddard Ties Him To Obama

Good ad from Governor Brewer...


Lastest Rasmussenreports poll:
Arizona Governor: Brewer 57% Goddard 38%

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer continues to enjoy a solid lead over Democrat Terry Goddard heading into the fall campaign season.

A new Rasmussen Reports statewide telephone survey finds Brewer leading Goddard by a 57% to 38% margin. That’s little changed from a month ago and two months ago. Just three percent (3%) prefer another candidate while five percent (3%) are undecided.

The race remains Solid Republican in the Rasmussen Reports Election 2010 Gubernatorial Scorecard. Following Election Day this November, Republicans are projected to hold a majority of the Governors around the country.

This is the first poll conducted since Brewer formally wrapped up her party’s nomination in last week’s primary. However, her major primary opponents had dropped out of the race earlier as the incumbent’s popularity soared following passage of the state’s much talked about immigration law

From the ad

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Video: Mob Attacks Rock Fans at Russian 'Tornado' Festival

Attacks start at :29

Russia Today:

More than one hundred young people attacked the audience at a music festival in central Russia on Sunday. Eleven people were taken to hospital. Police are questioning the suspected organizer of the mass fight. According to reports, the man became enraged and retaliated after local teenagers had been goading him.

According to witnesses, the attackers were armed with clubs and sticks when they stormed the rock concert, which was being held at a youth summer camp in Miass. They began assaulting members of the crowd as well as police and security. Some 3,000 people were attending the festival when the attack took place

More Than 25,000 Ballots Remain Uncounted in Alaska GOP Senate Race

Miller leads by around 1700


cnn.com

One day before vote counting resumes in Alaska's Republican Senate primary, election officials say more than 25,000 ballots remain uncounted.

According to unofficial results from last Tuesday's primary, Sen. Lisa Murkowski trails attorney Joe Miller by 1,668 votes, in what could turn out to be the biggest upset so far this cycle. Absentee ballots had 10 days domestically and 15 days internationally to arrive through the mail as long as they were postmarked August 24th, the day of the primary.

Officials at the Alaska Division of Elections tell CNN that as of Sunday 15,720 absentee ballots have been returned. Absentee ballots continue to arrive by mail. Also waiting to be counted are 663 early votes, ballots which were cast in pre-primary day voting. Add to that 9,117 "questioned" ballots, which may or may not be counted. Some may be disqualified by a panel of election officials for irregularities. Most of these votes are expected to be cast in the Republican primary, but some may be intended for the Democratic contest.

Election officials say they will determine Monday how many votes will be included in Tuesday's initial count.

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New Anti-Obama Billboard Appears: Voted Obama? Embarrassed Yet?

Giant billboard along Highway 65 in Missouri

ky3.com

CHRISTIAN COUNTY, MO -- Billboard after billboard along U.S. Highway 65 vies for your attention and dollar.But it's this newest message along the way that’s becoming a hot topic for voters of all leanings.

The questions posed to tens of thousands of motorists each day by the billboard ask, “Vote for Obama? Embarrassed Yet?”Several residents say the sign serves as a rallying point for disgruntled voters.

“The way a lot of people feel, there’s a lot of people not going to vote for him who voted for him last time, said Cynthia Todd.But supporters of the President and his politics were quick to defend him.

Regardless of their political views, this billboard is stirring up emotions of some sort in a lot of residents.“You wonder what motivates people to do that. What kind of hatred involved, or [if] they're just mad the president won his election a year a half ago,” said Patterson.

A close look at the sign reveals the words “Paid For”, followed by a small logo for Commercial One Brokers. Records show the company is a major Branson real estate firm. Commercial One was not able to return our calls for comment.

Awesome...

Obama on the Glenn Beck Rally: "It's Not Surprising That Somebody Like Mr. Beck Is Able To Stir Up a Certain Portion of the Country"

Obama interview on NBC with Brian Williams

BRIAN WILLIAMS: What does it say to you that Glenn Beck was able to draw a crowd of perhaps north of 300,000 people on the anniversary of Dr. King's speech, on the site of Dr. King's speech? Message appeared to be, at times, anti-government, anti-spread of government. Anti-Obama administration. And in favor of I guess, re-injecting God into both politics and the American discourse.

OBAMA: Well, I have to say, I did not watch the rally. I think that one of the wonderful things about this country is that at any given moment any group of people can decide, you know, "We want to — our voices heard." And — and so, I think that Mr. Beck and the rest of those folks were exercising their rights under our Constitution

So, given all those anxieties, and given the fact that, you know in none of these situations are you going to be fix things overnight. It's not surprising that somebody like a Mr. Beck is able to stir up a certain portion of the country

Video: Westboro Baptist Protesters Hit With Pepper Spray

Watch the guy in the brown F-150 pass by and put his arm outside of the driver's side window and start spraying a can of mace (Photo here)....Video below


abcactionnews

OMAHA, Neb. - A Nebraska man is in jail after police believe he tried to spray mace on protestors outside the Omaha funeral of a Leesburg High graduate.

George Vogel was arrested Saturday morning a few blocks away from the First United Methodist Church, the location of Staff Sergeant Michael Bock's funeral.

Officers on duty for the funeral say Vogel drove up in his Ford F-150 pick-up truck and as he was passing by Westboro Baptist Church protestors he extended his arm out the truck's window and sprayed a large amount of mace into the air from an industrial-sized container.

More than a dozen people were hit by the mace, including one police officer.

Vogel was arrested and charged with sixteen counts of misdemeanor assault, one count of felony assault of a police officer, and one count of child neglect. The 62-year-old Vogel is currently in the Douglas County jail.

Video: You can see the reaction after the truck passes by, to make it worse, right on the corner is a cop with his back turned towards the truck, he was also hit and you'll see him start walking towards his cruiser, the man was charged with one count of felony assault of a police officer in addition to 16 counts of misdemeanor assault..

Obama: "I Can’t Spend All of My Time With My Birth Certificate Plastered On My Forehead" (Video)

Obama interview on NBC's with Brian Williams is asked about significant numbers of Americans who believe that he is a Muslim

Obama: “I will always put my money on the American people, and I’m not going to be worried too much about what rumors are floating around there.”

The facts are the facts, we went through some of this during the campaign, there is a mechanism, a network of misinformation that in a new media era can get churned out there constantly,”

“I can’t spend all of my time with my birth certificate plastered on my forehead

Governor Bobby Jindal Calls For Greater 'Urgency' From Obama on Ending Drilling Moratorium

Jindal talks to reporters right after Obama spoke at Xavier University

Jindal: "I don’t think they understood how the energy industry worked"

thehill

NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-La.) on Sunday blasted President Obama’s failure to revisit his ban on offshore oil drilling.

“We don’t think the fact that they’re not doing their jobs in D.C. should cost thousands of Louisianans our jobs,” Jindal told reporters shortly after the president spoke at Xavier University in New Orleans.

Obama’s speech on the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina addressed the rebuilding of New Orleans and his commitment to clean up the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico but did not mention his administration’s decision to halt offshore exploration until Nov. 30.

The White House is reportedly considering an early end to the ban but Jindal wants to see a “greater sense of urgency” from the president. “The experts all agree, we can end this moratorium before six months," he said. "Let’s put our people back to work.”

Jindal said he was going to meet on Monday with former Florida Sen. Bob Graham (D-Fla.), who co-chairs the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling Commission, to make that point. The first-term governor said he’s fine with increased inspections of the rigs off Louisiana's coast; “what we’re saying is, a one-size-fits-all moratorium doesn’t make sense.”

“I don’t think they understood how the energy industry worked – I think they really thought that the rigs could simply flip a switch,” he said. “In the beginning, the administration suggested people file BP claims with unemployment claims. We made it clear that people want to go back to work.”

He Can't Resist: Obama Takes a Shot at the Prior Administration For The Response to Katrina

The Great Divider, fresh off his vacation, of course has to point out the government's response to Katrina in 2005 under President Bush. "A shameful breakdown, government that left countless men and women and children alone"
Start video at 4:55

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Brian Williams To Obama on the Katrina Anniversary: "Do You Still Get Driven To Anger When You See Those Pictures Again After 5 Years?"

WTH kinda question is that? A Dithering President who just rolled in from a 10 day vacation on Martha's Vineyard who had a disastrous response to Louisiana Gulf oil spill is asked if he's still angry about Katrina? What a shame Brian Williams...

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Iraqi Families Fear The Future After The Withdrawal of U.S. Combat Forces

Yes, they want U.S. forces to leave, but not at this time, fearing the return of sectarian violence. Video shows an average Iraqi family living in Baghdad

He says he will leave Iraq forever if there is a return of sectarian violence

VOA NEWS: "With the withdrawal of U.S. combat forces from Iraq complete, and a formal handover of command to Iraqi forces days away, many Iraqi's fear for their future. The government's inability to form a ruling coalition since March and the recent wave of bombings across the country have put the country in a precarious situation. We sat down with a Iraqi family in Baghdad who offered to share Iftar with us, the evening meal that breaks the daily fast during the month of Ramadan. In the spirit of the holy holidays, they graciously shared their hopes and fears for the country with us"

Republican Nikki Haley 16 Points Ahead of Democrat Vincent Sheheen in Race For Governor of South Carolina

Leading among Independents by 13 points...


rasmussenreports

Republican state legislator Nikki Haley now earns 52% of the vote in her bid to be the next governor of South Carolina. Democratic State Senator Vincent Sheheen picks up 36% of the vote in the latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in the state.

Three percent (3%) prefer some other candidate, while 10% are not sure. The race remains Solid GOP in the Rasmussen Reports Election 2010 Gubernatorial Scorecard.

Late last month, Haley, who has remained consistently ahead in the race, held a 49% to 35% lead over Sheheen. Her support has ranged from 49% to 55% in previous surveys, while Sheheen has earned 34% to 40% of the vote.

Haley is favored by 86% of Republicans, while Sheheen receives support from 72% of Democrats. Among voters not affiliated with either political party, Haley leads Sheheen by a 13-point margin.

Republican Joe Miller on Face the Nation: "The Government is Going Bankrupt, I Don't Think Anybody Can Deny It"

"I think the only answer to this is to basically transfer the responsibilities of government back to the states and the people"


cbsnews

Tea-Party-backed Joe Miller, who could become the Republican nominee for the Senate if he brings down incumbent Lisa Murkowski, warned that the U.S. is going bankrupt and that "everybody in this nation is going to have to do some belt-tightening."

Miller told CBS' "Face the Nation" Sunday that he supports asking the government for less federal money.

"I think Alaska ranks about second per capita of the amount of federal dollars that come in to the state," host Bob Schieffer said. [According to statistics by the Brookings Institution,

"You've said that we can't afford all that federal money that's pouring into Alaska. Should Alaska get less money from the federal government?" Schieffer asked.

"I don't think anybody can [claim] - sitting at $13.3 trillion in absolute debt, by some estimates $130 trillion in future unfunded obligations - that we are in any way in a good financial state," Miller said.

"The answer to this is to basically transfer the responsibilities and power of government back to the states and the people. That is really the only answer, I think, out of this crisis," Miller said

Latest vote total of Miller vs. Murkowski

Miller running about 1700 votes ahead...

Charlie Crist: "I Don't Have To Say I'm Gonna Caucus With The Democrats or the Republicans"

Yes, you do Charlie, if you win the Senate seat, you'll have to choose


Crist says he'll give back campaign money to Republicans who ask for it...

Charlie Crist is asked about Sarah Palin, no comment

Unhinged Ed Schultz Speech at Sharpton Rally (Video)

Schultz refers to "the brothers"...Says "I got on the bus with "the brothers," They only gave him three minutes to speak

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Glenn Beck Interview on Fox News Sunday After The Restoring Honor Rally

'Every American has a role in saving this country"

Beck: We'll have aerial photography here shortly on the numbers but I can tell you it was in the hundreds of thousands, lets be, on the low end 300,000, it may be as high as 650,000 but there were hundreds of thousands, you don't get that many people to come to Washington and stand there and have that kind of a moment, without signs, without any political messages for no reason, you don't do it because they are happy about things, that's what the politicians, the first message they should get"

National Mall Left Spotless After The Glenn Beck Rally

On the mall after the Restoring Honor rally...

weaselzippers

Compare...Here's video from right after the Barack Obama Inauguration January 20, 2009, see if you can notice a slight difference...


AP Photo


**Update** New Posts here at hotairpundit

Washington Post Headline: "Beck, Palin Tell Thousands to Restore America"...Photo Shows An Empty Crowd In Front of the Lincoln Memorial

Story time stamp is at 1:38 p.m. right near the end of the rally, the deceptive photo from the Washington Post is long before the massive crowd showed up

via legalinsurrection

Aerial photo right about the same time from the examiner

**Update** WaPo must have gotten the message since they have now updated the photo at 9:00p.m., 7 1/2 hours after the conclusion of the Glenn Beck rally...

DCCC Chairman Chris Van Hollen: Polls Are Dead Wrong About House Dems

"Reports of the House Democrats’ demise are greatly exaggerated"

Lets hope this hack keeps thinking this right up until November 2nd

blogs.foxnews.com Carl Cameron

Congressional Democrats have a 39 seat majority in the House, and polls suggest they should be very worried. But the top lawmaker in charge of defending Democratic seats says the surveys are all wrong.

“Reports of the House Democrats’ demise are greatly exaggerated,” Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Rep. Christopher Van Hollen (D-Md) said at a Washington press conference Friday. “It all depends on turnout projections, and I think they have been miscalculating Democratic turnout.”

For most of the year, slightly more voters have preferred a Republican for Congress than a Democrat, according to a Gallup generic poll released earlier this month.

But this year, independents are expected to be the decisive voting block, and Gallup has consistently shown they have a strong double digit preference for GOP candidates over Democrats.

The Democratic National Committee and its House and Senate subcommittees have been girding for tough midterms all year. Democrats have raised and spent more than Republicans, and have pre-committed resources and ground troops to defend their 54 most vulnerable seats. With primaries winding down, Democrats are now ramping up their attacks on the GOP as too extreme, based on its new crop of Tea Party-backed candidates.

“The Republican candidates emerging from primaries across the country are on the far right of the spectrum, in many cases being driven by the Tea Party movement,” says Van Hollen. “In many cases, being the nominee of the Tea Party movement. And they are not a good fit for our moderate, centrist districts.”

Iraq on Highest Alert For Terror Attacks

Why are we pulling out again? Because Obama said he would...

To h*ll with what the conditions on the ground say..

Associated Press

BAGHDAD – Iraq's prime minister put his nation on its highest level of alert for terror attacks, warning of plots to sow fear and chaos as the U.S. combat mission in the country formally ends on Tuesday.

The Iraqi security forces who will be left in charge have been hammered by bomb attacks, prompting fears of a new insurgent offensive and criticism of the government's preparedness to protect its people. Still, President Barack Obama left no doubt Saturday in his weekly radio address that the U.S. is sticking to its promise to pull out of Iraq despite the uptick in violence.

In a statement to state-run television, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Iraqi intelligence indicated an al-Qaida front group and members of Saddam Hussein's outlawed Baath party are collaborating to launch attacks "to create fear and chaos and kill more innocents."

"We direct the Iraqi forces, police and army and other security forces, to take the highest alert and precautionary measures to foil this criminal planning," al-Maliki said in the statement issued late Friday

Directed at Glenn Beck? NAACP Tweets:

NAACP on twitter today:

DSCC Releases New Attack Ad on Republican Roy Blunt of Missouri

Saturday afternoon release


DSCC: "A culture of corruption and special interests where Missouri gets left behind," the DSCC's ad says. "And, when our economy collapsed, Washington is where Roy Blunt took the lead and voted for the $700 billion Wall Street bailout"

The DSCC is running ads against Blunt thinking they can pick up this seat in Missouri, held by the retiring Kit Bond, but the latest Rasmussen poll showed Roy Blunt with a double digit lead for the first time over Democrat Robin Carnahan....Trend:

Maybe after the election of Claire 'Acorn' McCaskill in 2006, Missouri has had enough of Democrats that pretend to be moderates...

MLK's Niece Alveda's Speech at the Glenn Beck Rally in Washington (Video)

KING: "If uncle Martin could be here today he would surely commend us for giving honor where honor was due...We are called to honor God and love each other"...This is gonna drive the Libs nuts

Arizona Senate: John McCain Leading Democrat Rodney Glassman By 22 Points

I just wonder, if the race was close would John McCain refer to Glassman as a 'pig' or repeatedly call him one of the 'dumbest men in congress' like he did J.D. Hayworth? No, that's not the way you treat a Democrat if you're John McCain

When the race was close with Hayworth, McCain became the new Conservative tough guy on border security, I just wonder how long he will keep that up...Fun Fact: John McCain's Senate seat in Arizona was previously held by Barry Goldwater

rasmussenreports

Longtime Republican Senator John McCain runs well ahead of his Democratic challenger Rodney Glassman in the first Rasmussen Reports post-primary survey of the Arizona Senate race.

Fifty-three percent (53%) of Likely Voters in the state support McCain, while Glassman earns 31% of the vote. Ten percent (10%) like some other candidate in the race, and six percent (6%) are undecided.

Arizona remains Solid GOP in the Rasmussen Reports Election 2010 Senate Balance of Power rankings.

In late July, McCain led Glassman, the former vice mayor of Tucson, 53% to 34%. Prior to the latest findings, McCain’s support has ranged from 53% to 57% in surveys pitting him against Glassman back to April. Glassman, in turn, has picked up 28% to 34% of the vote.

*2010 Senate Arizona

GOP Weekly Address; Marco Rubio; "America's Greatness is Threatened By The Economic Policies Coming From Washington D.C."

Great deliverly from the next senator from the State of Florida

RUBIO: "America is the greatest country in the history of the world. But that didn’t happen by accident and it won’t continue automatically.

“Today the American Dream is threatened by out of control politicians in Washington, who think that more government deficit spending is what it takes to grow our economy. That has never worked anywhere it’s been tried and it won’t work now.

“Now for some it may be hard to imagine that the American Dream could actually be at risk, but as the son of exiles I know firsthand that it is possible to lose your country because my parents lost theirs.

“They came to America with virtually nothing. My Mom worked as a factory worker, a maid and a stock clerk at K Mart. My Dad was a bartender. They made many sacrifices so we would know opportunities they never did.

“But you see our story is not unique. It’s the story of America. It’s our history. It’s our common heritage

Obama's Last Day of Vacation on Martha's Vineyard, Vacation Stats:

Wow, 21 hours on the golf course...


BACK TO THE BEACH TODAY!!!

capecodonline

In a repeat of a week ago, the First Family this morning went to a private beach in Edgartown. The Obama motorcade - with the president, first lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia, and Sasha left the family's Martha's Vineyard vacation retreat at Blue Heron Farm in Chilmark at 11:07 this morning.

The family is now at a private beach off Pohogomot Road, according to White House press pool reports. The area is on the opposite side of Oyster Pond and the Oyster Watcha Road area where the family spent last Saturday at a private beach.
This is the last full day of the Obama family's Martha's Vineyard vacation.

They are scheduled to leave the Vineyard tomorrow after a 10-day vacation with a stop-over at Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod to switch from the helicopter to Air Force One, the White House says.

Last night, President Obama and Michelle capped the day with dinner at the Beach Plum Inn in Chilmark with White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett and Obama Chicago friends Alan and Sofia King

Glenn Beck Rally Live Video

**Update** Here's Sarah Palin's speech at the rally:



from freedomslighthouse

Glenn Beck's Speech:

Obama Weekly Address: Our Moral Responsibility To Keep Our Commitment To Those Who Served in Iraq

But it's funny how it's not our moral obligation to keep our commitment when these same people are at war...Nope, there's no 'sacred trust' there

What this should have been was a 5:26 apology to America and our troops for joining his fellow Democrats and doing everything they could possible to sabotage victory in Iraq when Bush was president so they could win at the ballot box....

Here's another gem from this genius when he was a Senator, in 2007 when Bush ordered the troop surge in Iraq, Obama took to the Senate floor and introduced the 'Iraq War De-Escalation Act'...."The time for waiting is over"

NEWS HEADLINES...

ALVIN GREENE TRAILS REPUBLICAN JIM DEMINT BY 44 POINTS

DEMONSTATORS GATHER OUTSIDE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING TO PROTEST THE BUILDING'S POLICY OF NOT HONORING MOTHER TERESA

REPUBLICAN SENATOR JOHN CORNYN BACKS AWAY FROM BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP DEBATE: "IT'S GOING AFTER A SYMPTOM RATHER THAN A CAUSE"

BANKRUPT MEXICANA AIRLINES SAYS ADIOS AT MIDNIGHT

TOO FUNNY: WHICH PRESIDENT HAD THE COOLEST RIDE? (PHOTOS)

SPENDING ON POLITICAL ADS SURPASS 2006 LEVELS

FIDEL CASTRO: OSAMA BIN LADEN IS A U.S. AGENT: HE ALWAYS POPPED UP WHEN FORMER PRESIDENT BUSH NEEDED TO SCARE THE WORLD

OBAMA TO VISIT JERUSALEM ACCORDING TO A WHITE HOUSE REPORT

FORMER FIRST LADY LAURA BUSH VISITS NEW ORLEANS SCHOOL TO COMMEMORATE THE ANNIVERSARY OF KATRINA

LADIES NIGHT WITH MAMOUD AHMADINEJAD

DEMOCRAT JAMES CLYBURN: NO, I AM NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR ALVIN GREENE

BRITISH AIRWAYS APOLOGIZES TO PASSENGERS AFTER TELLING THE 275 ON BOARD BY MISTAKE THAT THEY WERE 'ABOUT TO CRASH'

WHITE HOUSE SAYS THE OUTBREAK IN DEADLY VIOLENCE IN IRAQ WON'T CHANGE THE TIMETABLE FOR WITHDRAWAL

ALVEDA KING, NIECE OF MLK JR. EXPLAINS WHY SHE'S SPEAKING AT THE BECK RALLY: IT'S A MATTER OF HONOR

...SARAH PALIN TWEETS ABOUT KING

INFORMATION ON THE GLENN BECK RALLY HERE, IT WILL ALSO BE CARRIED ON C-SPAN AND STREAMING LIVE ON FACEBOOK

Ray 'School Bus' Nagin Talks To CNN's John King on the 5 Year Anniversary of Katrina

King actually plays the "chocolate city" speech from Ray Nagin in the middle of this clip...But Nagin was not asked about hiding out on the 27th floor of the Hyatt after the storm while his city was falling apart

CBS's Scott Pelley To Mosque Developer: Hey, Where's The Money Coming From?

Is anybody gonna believe any of this? CBS released this clip of the upcoming 60 minutes interview with the mosque developer


cbsnews

Sharif El-Gamal, the developer behind the so-called "Ground Zero Mosque," told CBS News in an interview last night that the backers of the project will not take money from "organizations that have un-American values."

"We will not take money from Iran. We will not take money from Hamas," said El-Gamal of the funding for the project, a proposed Islamic cultural center two blocks from the former site of the World Trade Center called Park51.

"The money is going to be coming from people that want to get involved in the project," he told CBS News' Scott Pelley. "And I think it's gonna come from people from all walks of life."

El-Gamal kicked off a fundraising effort for the site today with an announcement that he had secured $10,000 in donations from a Muslim congregation for the $100 million project. The New York Times noted in a story discussing the difficulty of completing the project yesterday that "Mr. Gamal has yet to secure financing, hire an architect, incorporate the nonprofit entity that will run the center, start its fund-raising, recruit its board members, or present formal feasibility studies and business plans to community meetings

Embattled Democrat Calling on Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner To Go

politicalticker

Washington (CNN) - It's not just Republicans calling for President Obama's economic advisers to go. An embattled member of the president's own party has publicly called for the resignation of the top member of the administration's economic team.

Rep. Tom Perriello, a Virginia Democrat, called for the resignation of Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner at a town hall meeting in Ruckersville, VA earlier this month, according to Perriello spokesperson Jessica Barba.

Perriello's move is emblematic of how–with the economy the biggest issue with voters–Perriello felt it necessary to distance himself from Obama economic policies.

Barba tells CNN that the congressman has long been critical of the Obama economic team for "its lack of boldness and economic failures" and that Perriello has expressed these concerns to top White House staff.

"It's not a secret to the administration," said Barba. Another Democrat–Rep. Peter Fazio of Oregon–called on Geithner to resign last year

Recession May Have Pushed US Birth Rate To New Record Low

Current U.S. birth rate is 13.5 births per 1K people, the lowest in a century

"When the economy is bad and people are uncomfortable about their financial future, they tend to postpone having children"

Associated Press

The U.S. birth rate has dropped for the second year in a row, and experts think the wrenching recession led many people to put off having children. The 2009 birth rate also set a record: lowest in a century.

Births fell 2.7 percent last year even as the population grew, numbers released Friday by the National Center for Health Statistics show.

"It's a good-sized decline for one year. Every month is showing a decline from the year before," said Stephanie Ventura, the demographer who oversaw the report.

The birth rate, which takes into account changes in the population, fell to 13.5 births for every 1,000 people last year. That's down from 14.3 in 2007 and way down from 30 in 1909, when it was common for people to have big families.

"It doesn't matter how you look at it — fertility has declined," Ventura said.

The situation is a striking turnabout from 2007, when more babies were born in the United States than any other year in the country's history. The recession began late that year, dragging stocks, jobs and births down.

"When the economy is bad and people are uncomfortable about their financial future, they tend to postpone having children. We saw that in the Great Depression the 1930s and we're seeing that in the Great Recession today," said Andrew Cherlin, a sociology professor at Johns Hopkins University.

"It could take a few years to turn this around," he added, noting that the birth rate stayed low throughout the 1930s.