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Jon Stewart and Bill O’Reilly trade barbs in “Rumble 2012”

October 18, 2012 Arthur Lieber 2012 Election, Economy, Media, Politics Leave a comment

Politics lends itself to comedy, and the reverse is true as well.  Comedian Jon Stewart and Fox News pundit Bill O’Reilly held a mock debate to

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Psst! Wanna see what your ballot will look like this year?

October 17, 2012 Bobbi Clemons 2012 Election, Good government, Politics, States, Voting/Elections 2 comments

Everyone knows there is an election coming up. (It’s on November 6, 2012.) Not everyone knows that you can see your ballot in advance.

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Will the real Mitt Romney please stand up?

October 17, 2012 Stacy Mergenthal 2012 Election, Campaigns, Economy, Politics, Republicans Leave a comment

The corporate media may have declared Mitt Romney the winner of the first 2012 presidential debate, but that is only because Romney has changed

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Philadelphia Inquirer: Obama is the better man for the job

October 16, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2012 Election, Democrats, International, Media, Obama, Politics, Romney Leave a comment

Coming down hard on the Republican Party and its “Etch-A-Sketch” Presidential nominee Mitt Romney, the Philadelphia Inquirer calls President Obama the better man for

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Sacramento Bee: Re-elect President Obama

October 15, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2012 Election, Cities, Obama, Politics One comment

Voters often say they want their elected leaders to keep their promises and, at crucial moments, show real political backbone. President Barack Obama deserves

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CEO tells employees: Defeat Obama or lose your job

October 15, 2012 Stacy Mergenthal 2012 Election, Business, Employment, Labor and unions, Politics, States, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

David Siegel, CEO of Florida’s Westgate Resorts, to employees: “I will cut off your nose to spite Obama’s face because I got mine. If

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Lincoln [Nebraska] Journal Star endorses Obama for re-election

October 14, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2012 Election, Civil Rights, Democrats, Economy, Government, Health care, Obama, Politics Leave a comment

Obama has been tested and found equal to the task of being president. We think the country is in better shape than it was

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San Francisco Examiner: Re-elect President Obama

October 13, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2012 Election, Cities, Obama, Politics, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

President Obama has moved the needle on many important topics. His aggressive support of stimulus spending helped the nation avoid another depression. He made

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The debate in 99 seconds

October 12, 2012 Arthur Lieber Campaigns, Media, Obama, Politics, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

If you dig deep enough into a CNN story called, “Obama and Romney: Middle class promises will be hard to keep,” you’ll run across

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​Poor Leon Cooperman, Chapter 2

October 11, 2012 Barbara Finch 2012 Election, Business, Corporations, Economy, Politics, Republicans Leave a comment

Things just don’t seem to be getting much better for poor Leon Cooperman, about whom I have previously written on Occasional Planet. He still

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