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Tuesday Afternoon News Roundup – The Mitt Romney addition
ecthompsonmd October 16, 2012

I would like to go back to the gift that keeps on giving, Mitt Romney‘s secret video of one of his fundraisers. This was originally posted on the Mother Jones website about a month ago. In that video Mitt Romney said, “my dad, you know, was the governor of Michigan and was the head of a car company, but he was born in Mexico. And had he been born of Mexican parents I’d had a better shot at winning this, but he was unfortunately born of Americans living in Mexico.” Isn’t that just the knee slapper? Although Mitt Romney would like

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The right freaks out over rapper’s invite to WH (Update)
ecthompsonmd May 12, 2011

This was very predictable. Some on the right have been trying to paint President Obama with the Black Stereotype brush. Remember Glenn Beck and others have stated that Obama has a deep seeded hatred of white people. There have been several racial cartoons depicting our president as a monkey or worse. So, the fact that Obama invited rapper Common to the White House is another opportunity for the Right to go nuts about rap music… except this rapper delivers a positive message. From Media Matters: Tonight, MSNBC’s Cenk Uygur reported on the freak-out by the right-wing media, including Fox News, about the

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Obama Speaks to Muslims
ecthompsonmd June 4, 2009

I think that President Barack Obama did a great job in Cairo. He reached out without bending over. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy From Political Animal:  In his speech in Cairo this morning, President Obama early on established some credibility and goodwill with his audience. He talked about the sources of tension between the United States and Muslims around the world, heralded the culture and contributions made by Muslims throughout history, quoted the Koran, cited the burgeoning Muslim communities in the U.S., and explained his belief that he has a “responsibility” to “fight against

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