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Herman Cain came out swinging Friday against a New York Times op-ed that claims Republicans strategically use black politicians, in this case soon-to-be Sen. Tim Scott, to “undermine black interests.” The former presidential candidate wrote at his CainTV.com: “Any newspaper that would publish a piece denigrating blacks as needing the benevolence of big government in order to serve their interests is obviously racist and deserves widespread censure for making such an insensitive and racially biased editorial decision.” Read more…

As John Kerry faces Senate confirmation hearings for secretary of state, he should be hit with tough questions regarding his: (1) testimony against fellow Vietnam War veterans before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in 1971; (2) meeting with North Vietnamese communists in Paris, also in 1971; (3) campaigning for a nuclear freeze in Europe in the 1980s. Aren’t his failures over four decades something his colleagues should worry about? Read more…

The ordeal for Jon Hammar Jr., who languished under deplorable conditions in a violent Mexican prison for four months, is finally over. The ex-Marine, who was arrested at the same border crossing Aug. 13 after trying to declare an antique shotgun, was released Friday and was suffering from a stomach virus, his father told Fox News as he and his son drove from the Texas border. Read more…