THE moral of the Ariel Castro abduction tale is an old warning given to most young girls from their parents or guardians. Onil and Pedro Castro were both booked, but only Ariel Castro was charged with kidnapping and rape. Ariel Castro’s documented history is harrowing: A 2005 court filing obtained by the Cleveland newspaper says [...]
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News Desk — Steubenville Rape Verdict: GUILTY. [Video] *Update*
THE VICTIM testified on Saturday, not remembering much of the rape, because she was basically incapacitated when the teen thugs and the so-called “rape crew” decided to humiliate and attempt to destroy a young girl’s life. I’ve added the video above, which is the report from CNN’s Candy Crowley. It seems very discordant to me [...]
Steubenville Rape Trial: “How Do You Feel On A Dead Girl?”, He Laughed.
“How do you feel on a dead girl?” – Guy in leaked rape video AS FAR as I can tell, it’s very doubtful that anything would have come of the rape if tenacious crime blogger Alexandria Goddard hadn’t blown the story wide, which got the attention of the New York Times. The whole disgusting spectacle [...]
Top Story: Obama in Michigan, Battleground in “Right to Work” [Full Remarks and Video]
MICHIGAN IS about to become the latest state where right to work for less replaces a living wage. Nothing compares to having right to work here in the heart of where the most important American union, the UAW, began. You might think I’m sentimental, with all of this twaddle about union “romance” and the blood [...]
Fox Executives Respond About Karl Rove’s Role on Election Night
What role was Karl Rove playing when he heatedly contradicted Fox News? – New York Times THIS IS the question that reverberates after what played out on the evening of Election Day. Chris Wallace kicked it off by saying he’d talked with the Romney campaign, who was challenging the results of Ohio and the calling [...]
Top Story — President Barack Obama is the 44th President of the United States **Updated**
OHIO PUTS him over the top. …and on cue, Fox News is reporting that Chris Wallace has talked to Team Romney who is disputing Ohio. — Taylor Marsh (@taylormarsh) November 7, 2012 Fox News Channel calls Ohio for Obama. Fox News Channel analysts are blowing Karl Rove out of the water on camera with Megyn [...]
Election Day White Board [Updated All Day]
“This is like a too long car ride home from the beach in a too tight bathing suit.” – “Ratherism” via Mike Allen on “Morning Joe” THERE IS nothing like a “Ratherism.” It leads this white board hang out, which will be updated all day as everyone votes. But before we get started on a [...]
Sandy Won’t Be Responsible for Romney Losing
THE MIRACLE of the first debate allowed Mitt Romney to stay in the race. President Obama helped in making this happen, otherwise there would have been a growing gap between the candidates that likely would have ended in a rout. But the next two debates slowly brought President Obama back, performing like an athlete who [...]
Top Story: The Katherine Harris of Ohio that Could Cost Obama the Election
ANYONE WHO remembers 2000 knows the importance of Ohio’s Secretary of State Jon Husted’s actions, as well as their intent. From Judd Legum, who’s got a picture of the provisional ballot in question: A last-minute directive issued by Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted (R) could invalidate legal provisional ballots. Ohio is widely viewed as [...]
David Axelrod Bets his Moustache on Obama Winning MN, PA, MI
@davidaxelrod “I’m so confident of that I’ve put my mustache on the line.” Talking about Romney SUPER Pac ads running in MI, MN of PA — Taylor Marsh (@taylormarsh) October 31, 2012 ON A CONFERENCE call this morning Team Obama pulled all the political quips and sports metaphors out of their Halloween grab bag, making [...]
Obama Cancels Campaign Trip to Ohio
THE CAMPAIGN begins again, but President Obama will remain in Washington through Wednesday. Statement of the Press Secretary on the President’s Schedule Tomorrow The President will remain in Washington, DC on Wednesday to monitor the response to Hurricane Sandy and ensure that all available federal resources continue to be provided to support ongoing state and [...]
News Desk — PPP in Ohio: Obama 51, Romney 47
LATEST NUMBERS from Ohio. PPP’s newest Ohio poll finds Barack Obama leading Mitt Romney 51-47, up from a 49-48 margin a week ago. – Obama leads 51-47 in Ohio Yes, Mitt, Obama did build this and he did on your “Let Detroit Go Bankrupt” arrogance.
Pollapalooza: National Polls Keeping Karl Rove’s “Shuck and Jive” Routine Afloat
Less than two weeks out from Election Day, Republican Mitt Romney has erased President Barack Obama’s 16-point advantage among women, a new Associated Press-GfK poll shows. And the president, in turn, has largely eliminated Romney’s edge among men. – AP/GFK EVEN MORE proof that women vote on financial issues first can be seen in the [...]
Debates Over, Republican Noise Tries to Drown Out Reality [Videos]
THE RACE is tied. Ohio still looking like the Democratic firewall, thanks to Mitt Romney, a state he has to win, but Obama needs, too. The notion that Sen. Harry Reid would let Nevada slip to Romney is laughable, when you think of scenarios to 270. So now that the debates are over, perhaps people [...]
Mitt’s Middle East Muddle
DETAILS. DETAILS. “Syria is Iran’s route to the sea.” – Mitt Romney Mitt Romney, evidently, never heard of the Persia Gulf. This is what happens when you let a conservative off the mat. Those of you who remember this moment four years ago, when Obama won the 2008 election, we all said is this the [...]
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