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Obama speech to troops met with silence

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Obama speech to troops met with silence

President Barack Obama speaks to troops and military families Friday at the 1st Aviation Support Battalion Hangar at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas. Photo Credit:AP President Barack Obama was greeted with fleeting applause and extended periods of silence as he offered profuse praise to soldiers and their families during an Aug. 31 speech in Fort Bliss, Texas.His praise for the soldiers — and for his own national-security policies — won cheers from only a small proportion of the soldiers and families in the cavernous aircraft-hanger.

The audience remained quiet even when the commander-in-chief thanked the soldiers’ families, and cited the 198 deaths of their comrades in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Rasmussen: GOP voters at all-time high

Saturday, September 1, 2012
Blogs
Rasmussen: GOP voters at all-time high

According to new Rasmussen research, more voters identify themselves as Republican than ever in the last 8 years. By a 4 point margin, more voters identify as GOP than Democrat. If the electorate is evenly split on election day, then current media polling is way off-base. Democrats and the media may wake up in shock on November 7. Read more…

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Rains wash away ‘Mount Obama’ sculpture

Saturday, September 1, 2012
Blogs
Rains wash away 'Mount Obama' sculpture

A torrential downpour that struck Charlotte Saturday afternoon damaged the Mount Rushmore-style sand sculpture bust of President Obama — an ominous beginning to what many fear is a plagued convention. Read more…

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Matthews admits to verbally accosting delegates

Friday, August 31, 2012
Blogs

MSNBC host Chris Matthews has admitted to verbally confronting several GOP delegates at a restaurant in Tampa, Florida calling them a “douchebag convention.” He later added, “I wanted to confront them,” describing his exchange with the men as “towel-snapping” among guys. Read more…

Newsweek’s anti-Obama issue flies off newsstands

Sunday, September 30, 2012
News

Newsweek received withering and widespread criticism over its “Hit the Road, Barack” cover story by Niall Ferguson. But it turns out the cover may have also been a newsstand hit. The read on sales suggests the issue could double Newsweek’s newsstand average. Read more…

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