Herman Cain new GOP frontrunner

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Ok, maybe that headline may a bit of a stretch but it’s not that far fetched. At Tuesday night’s GOP Presidential debate, held at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, almost everybody had something to say to Cain. From moderator Charlie Rose fielding the first question of the night to Herman Cain to the other [...]

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NFL: week five Hits and Misses

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There’s no way that I can go any further without talking about Tim Tebow. The Denver Broncos[...]

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Open Thread

post from Crooks and Liars on 11 October 2011 11:30:31 PM. © Crooks and Liars

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A Satirical Elizabeth Warren talks about why she's running for the United States Senate.

"I'm Elizabeth Warren, and I will fix this $*%&* myself if I have to."

Seems like her real campaign slogan.

Open Thread below....

Starring: Molly Erdman
Directed by: Brian Shortall
Written/Produced by: Eddie Geller
Edited by: Richard Klopfenstein

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Open thread for Night Owls: Occupy Wall Street
roundup, Day 25

post from Daily Kos on 11 October 2011 11:30:03 PM. © Daily Kos

Pay to the order of John Paulson (@elliottjustin/twitpic)Reactions from conservatives and the financial sector are picking up, perhaps because they realize this thing isn't just going away on its own. Significantly, much of the reaction falls into the "delusional, possibly insane" category, which perhaps speaks to a wee bit of panic in the upper echelons. Or maybe they've just lost the ability to come up with any responses to anything that aren't delusional and/or insane.

Among the Occupy-related events, punditry, and other things-of-note for today:

Today Occupy Wall Street protestors marched to the homes of some of New York City's wealthiest people leaving giant "checks" made out for $5 billion, the amount of state money that will be lost when New York's "millionaire's tax" expires at the end of the year. The targets were Rupert Murdoch, David Koch, hedge fund manager John Paulson, and JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dixon. Wait, Murdoch and Koch live in New York City?an ultraliberal den of high taxes so very oppressive to the wealthy that even conservative stalwart Rush Limbaugh turned tail and ran, rather than pay his share? I don't know if I'm impressed by their apparent courage in the face of such rampant liberalism, or just surprised that they're rich enough to live literally anywhere on the planet, and yet they still chose New York. Huh.
John Paulson, meanwhile, says, "Instead of vilifying our most successful businesses, we should be supporting them and encouraging them to remain in New York City and continue to grow." (Note: John Paulson is not related to ex-Treasury Secretary-slash-ex-Goldman-Sachs-CEO Hank Paulson. Also note the giddy praise of the reporter in that piece, relating how some wealthy financial speculators are finally saying "what many are thinking." Sheesh.)
The situation in Boston continues to be among the most tense, nationally. Last night, over 100 protestors were arrested. A first-hand account can be found here. Boston Mayor Tom Menino exclaimed, "I will not tolerate civil disobedience in the city of Boston," which sounds like satire until you realize he was serious. I guess we just don't like tea parties like we used to?
Eric Cantor continues to be confused about the protests. While no longer quite willing to call the protestors a "mob," he still doesn't like them. You see, the tea partiers were protesting the government, but Occupy Wall Street is "pitting one part of our country against another":
?The ire from the tea party?s standpoint is at Washington,? Cantor said. ?It is about the government and its policies, and how that affects this country.?
?Do you not see the government as representing the people?? [Politico's David Rogers] asked.
?Sure, it?s of the people,? Cantor responded. ?But we?re in an elected position and trying to lead, to solve problems. I don?t believe that our role is to inflame a division between different parts and sectors of American society.?
If it doesn't make sense to you, just remember that Eric Cantor has made a political career out of making no sense at all on issues of taxes, economics, government and public opinion.
Rush Limbaugh, on the other hand, says the protests are a plot against the Jews. Wait, what? Aside from being nonsensical (see: Cantor), I think it also means he's stealing Glenn Beck's only remaining schtick ... so I eagerly await that lawsuit.
Conservative fundraiser and consultant Nathan Wurtzel, on the other-other-hand, keeps it classy:
It turns out conservative mostly-ex-wunderkind James O'Keefe, who is on probation and lives with his parents, was indeed in Liberty Plaza yesterday in order to edit together a film about (I think?) how those crazy hippies in the park are really just all money-hungry or something. A rather lackluster effort; I'm not sure what about that made O'Keefe think it was worth the possible probation violation.
Rounding out crackpot conservative reactions to Occupy Wall Street day: my God, David Brooks is an idiot. Still, if you had told me that Brooks would write a column linking the Occupy Wall Street protests to the need for a third party that would pursue all of his great conservative ideas like cutting corporate taxes, etc., I never would have believed you. No, I would have said: it's just too stupid. Dean Baker responds here.
A Ben & Jerry's flavor coming soon? Nope, not quite. Just photoshop. Good name, though.

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-Owls:-Occupy-Wall-Street-roundup,-Day-25

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Late Night FDL: Babble On, Michele, Babble On

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C&L's Late Night Music Club With Jack White

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Title: Love Is BlindnessArtist: Jack White

Jack White caused quite a stir with his recent collaboration with Insane Clown Posse, but for those who had all but given up on the enigmatic rocker, this cover of U2's "Love is Blindness" should make up for it. It's off Q Magazine's star-studded celebration of the 20th anniversary of U2's Achtung Baby. Look for it on magazine racks around the end of the month.

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Why is it okay for Romney to criticize the
religion of Perrys pastor supporter

post from US Politics | AMERICAblog News on 11 October 2011 11:00:18 PM. © US Politics | AMERICAblog News

It's all so confusing.

Romney criticized then-candidate Obama for having gone to a church with a preacher that Romney didn't like. But don't criticize Romney based on the church he goes to, because that would be wrong. And Romney is now criticizing a pastor (who supports Rick Perry) because of the pastor's religious views (namely, his belief that Mormonism is a cult). So once again Mitt Romney is criticizing someone else for their religious views, while at the same time telling people not to criticize him for the same.

From HuffPost:

Mitt Romney called on Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) on Tuesday to "repudiate" the Texas pastor who called Mormonism a cult and said that evangelicals should support Perry because he is a "follower of the Lord Jesus Christ."

Romney's comments on the matter were his most expansive since Rev. Robert Jeffress first injected the issue into the Republican presidential primary on Friday. Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

"Gov. Perry selected an individual to introduce him who then used religion as a basis for which he said he would endorse Gov. Perry and a reason to not support me. Gov. Perry then said that introduction just hit it out of the park," Romney said.

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Perry Concludes Underwhelming Debate Performance
With Quote From Gay Rights Advocate

Rick Perry turned in another underwhelming performance at tonight’s GOP presidential debate in Dartmouth on Tuesday night and signed off by quoting the title of a pro-union, pro-racial justice, and pro-immigrant poem written by Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes, titled “Let America Be America Again.” Watch his final answer:

The phrase was first appropriated by Rick Santorum, who later dropped the slogan after learning of its origin.

While Hughes is best known for his poetic cries for racial and economic justice, he was also a staunch defender of gay rights. His poem ?Cafe: 3 a.m.? criticizes a police raid on a gay establishment, attacking the injustice of arresting gay people because ?God, Nature, or somebody made them that way.? Perry, by contrast, signed a pledge opposing same-sex marriage and previously compared homosexuality to alcoholism in his 2008 book about the Boy Scouts. He also supports a Texas law that criminalizes sodomy.

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Bachmann Boasts She Spent ‘Entire Life In
The Private Sector’ Minutes After Touting IRS Job

At tonight’s GOP presidential debate, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) — famous for making things up — embellished her own personal history when she claimed that she spent her “entire life in the private sector.” In fact, in case she doesn’t remember, according to her own official bio, she “served in the Minnesota State Senate from 2000-2006″ and then served in the U.S. Congress form 2006 onward.

Before that, she was a tax attorney for the IRS, as she touted just over a half hour earlier in the debate. But even that statement wasn’t entirely true, as she implied she still holds that government job, saying, ?I?m a federal tax lawyer. That?s what I do for a living.

BACHMANN (9:23 p.m.): I’m 55, I spent my whole life in the private sector. I get job creation too.
BACHMANN (8:44 p.m.): I’m a federal tax lawyer. That’s what I do for a living.

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Bachmann left the IRS job in 1993 and it’s worth noting that her short tenure there was less than stellar, as she ?seldom entered a courtroom? and colleagues ?cannot recall one important case or criminal prosecution she handled.?

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RAILROADED Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia
Tymoshenko Gets 7 Years in Jail

**UPDATED** While most people are pondering the odd intersection between Iran and a Mexico drug cartel in the alleged assassination attempt of the Saudi ambassador, which sounds like a weird spy novel, at least so far, about which I’m extremely[...]

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