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Can Sarah Silverman End World Hunger? Maybe -- With the Pope's Help
By David Gibson
Thanksgiving is over. You're as stuffed as the turkey, but your conscience feels lighter since you gave a little money to one of those help-the-hungry charities that make a big push around the holidays. And now comes a bunch of new surveys telling us that hunger is a bigger problem than ever. To ...
Viral Video: You Say, 'Obama' but I Say, 'O, God'
By David GibsonThanks to talk radio and town halls, we all knew that Barack Obama was the Messiah. But until this week we didn't realize that he had his own religion -- complete with prayer services! Or so it seemed, as video of a prayer service in support of universal health care went viral. It apparently first ...
Charlie Rangel Slams New York Post for Investigating Finances
By David SessionsAsked about his failure to disclose some $700,000 in assets, Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) said that there is "nothing to discuss," and blamed the New York Post for launching a smear campaign against him. "I think it's totally unfair for the New York Post to send investigative reporters to my ...
ABC and NBC Refuse to Run Ad Critical of Obama Health Care
By Emily Miller
ABC and NBC have refused to run a national ad critical of President Obama's health care reform plan. The commercial features a doctor who warns that a government-run health care system will lead to rationing and will disproportionately harm the quality of care for seniors on Medicare. The spot has ...
Town Halls Go to Church to Beat Health Care Reform
By David Gibson
Just last week, President Obama rallied the so-called Religious Left with a nationwide "conference call" with progressive religious leaders -- and some 300,000 listeners so far, according to organizers at Faith in Public Life. It was seen as a direct challenge to the Religious Right on its own turf: ...
John McCain Booed for Saying Obama Respects the Constitution
By David Knowles
Does Barack Obama, the duly elected president of the United States, respect the Constitution? For many of Obama's critics, the answer is a resounding "No!" What evidence do the holders of this opinion put forth to defend it? Some argue the president has not provided a valid birth certificate. Others ...
Obama 'Joker' Artist Rooting for President to Succeed
By David KnowlesFiras Alkhateeb, the Palestinian-American amateur artist whose depiction of President Obama as The Joker from the film "The Dark Knight" has become a viral hit, wants people to know that he didn't intend his Photoshop creation to be taken as anything but a bit of technological whimsy. He did not add ...
Video: Barney Frank Confronts Town Hall Protester
By David KnowlesEarlier today, Massachusetts representative Barney Frank had a run-in with a town hall protester who opposes President Obama's proposed health care reform. The woman asked asked the congressman, "Why do you continue to support a Nazi policy?" Frank's off-the-cuff response shows why he has become a ...
Damon Weaver, 11-Year-Old Reporter, Grills President Obama
By David Knowles
Consider the brief journalistic career of Damon Weaver, a fifth-grader at Florida's Kathryn E. Cunningham Canal Point Elementary. Since joining his school's television station (KEC TV), he has covered the presidential election of '08 (eventually landing an interview with Joe Biden), attended the ...
Rep. Sheila Jackson Puts Town Hall Questioner on Hold to Talk on Phone
By Christopher Weber
All kinds of bad behavior has been reported from health care town halls across the country, but it's usually perpetrated by protesters, not politicians. Here's a case of a congresswoman forgetting her manners. At a forum in Houston Tuesday, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, a Democrat, took questions from ...
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