Politics

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You’d have to be comatose not to laugh at Jon Stewart‘s “The Daily Show” Tuesday night. Headlined “Democalypse 2012 – We Missed NLCS Game 7 for This,” Stewart underscored Republican nominee Mitt Romney‘s curious penchant for flip-flopping and concluded that the former Governor of Massachusetts ended the night giving a literal pound to the President’s […]

There’s an advertisement running on BET that’s got a few of our own in a tizzy. Well, sort of. It doesn’t have anything to do with BET programming per se, but there is a political ad that’s running in between their shows in Cleveland and Seattle that is rubbing many President Barack Obama supporters the […]

“[Mitt Romney] will bring back the foreign policy of the 1980s, the social policy of the 1950s and the economic policy of the 1920s.” — President Barack Obama The finale of the trio of presidential debates between incumbent President Barack Obama and Republican Party hopeful, Mitt Romney, didn’t offer the pyrotechnics of the first and, […]

NewsOne Original, Politics

Sometimes, it might seem like the battles for our rights and liberties are some distant memory – even something you’ve only read about in a textbook or seen in a documentary. SEE ALSO: Michelle Obama Defends Husband, Says Black Women Have Her Hubby’s Back [Exclusive] The Emancipation Proclamation was signed a century and a half ago. […]

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POTUS on Romney: You keep trying to “airbrush history.” —  kws #N1debate2012 Both Romney/POTUS agrees that China has potential to be a global partner. They have to say that, we owe them money. — kws #N1debate2012 —- POTUS dodges drone question, which has received heavy criticism for his administration. —  kws #N1debate2012 — Romney says […]

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The center of Mitt Romney‘s campaign, both personally and politically, has revolved around Utah. His remarkable handling of the 2002 Olympics has been touted as proof of his business acumen. And Salt Lake City, the hub of Mormonism and home of the Mormon church, has played a pivotal role in Romney’s religious growth as well. […]

Still riding high from a stellar debate performance Tuesday night, President Barack Obama expressed concern for his opponent, Mitt Romney, at a rally in Virginia.  It’s not that Mitten’s is a liar, the president joked, he’s simply suffering from ‘Romnesia.’ “Now that we’re 18 days out from the election, ‘Mr. Severely Conservative’ wants you to […]

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All the single ladies, all the single ladies…please stand up!  On Tuesday night’s presidential debate, Gov. Mitt Romney was talking to you. When he dodged a question about gun violence and instead chose to go after single parents, he was talking to US.  And when he claimed that people should think about marriage before having […]

Nation, Politics

Guest Blogger Joshua Johnson explains why voting for Barack Obama solely because of his race is an insult to his qualifications. You’re Black. You Can’t Have an Opinion. Was I the only one caught up in the irony of people attacking Stacey Dash and Tamera Mowry-Housley for stating their opinions on Twitter? All the while, […]

For a band of folks constantly denying members of their fold aren’t consumed with racism, various factions of the Tea Party sure enjoy dolling out racially coded language and actively toying with racial stereotypes when peddling their political agenda. With the options for Mitt Romney to net the 270 electoral votes he needs to become one of the […]

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We wish he would. When asked by radio host, Bill Lumaye, how it felt to to hear President Barack Obama call his father, Mitt Romney, a liar, Tagg Romney, 42, said that only Secret Service stopped him from assaulting the president, reports RawStory.com. “I’m going to ask something I think a lot of people want […]