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Sharp Partisan Divide Over Government Role in Fighting Obesity, Poll Finds
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyThe campaign against obesity launched just over a year ago by Michelle Obama has attracted its share of criticism and derision from conservatives such as Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh and Michele Bachmann. Bachmann accused the first lady last month of trying to create a "nanny state" because of her proposal to encourage breastfeeding as a way to reduce the childhood obesity problem. Palin told conservative talk show host Laura Ingraham last November, "What [Mrs. Obama] is telling us is she cannot trust parents to make decisions for their own children, for their own families in what we should ...
Most Americans Are Moderates -- and Thus Invisible
By Mary C. Curtis - Politics DailyMost Americans want a compromise on the budget standoff, the polls say. They want strict controls to halt illegal immigration, but they want lawmakers to keep their hands off the 14th Amendment, which grants automatic citizenship to anyone born on American soil, including those whose parents are on that soil illegally. Americans hurting the most are the ones who see hope ahead, not surprising since they have the most to lose when hope is gone. According to polls that measure such things, Americans want their politicians to work together and to listen to the voices and opinions of the people, ...
Victoria Jackson's CPAC Comments and 4 More Controversial Moments From the 'SNL' Star [VIDEOS]
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsVictoria Jackson sure loves to talk about politics. The former "Saturday Night Live" star joined a panel called "Getting Started in Hollywood" at this year's Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC. While some panel members, including Variety deputy editor Ted Johnson, doubted there was a widespread movement to suppress conservatives in Hollywood, Jackson disagreed: "They just don't dislike Christians, they hate God," said Jackson, who later added, "You don't know how liberal it is, even the Christians are communist. ... Do you see me on TV? No. Do you see me in movies? ...
Rush Limbaugh Defends His One-Sided Food Fight With Michelle Obama
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyRush Limbaugh thinks his criticism of Michelle Obama's eating habits -- and calling her a hypocrite -- was "highly civil" discourse and he's surprised by the "grief" he got over his comments. That's what he said on his radio program Tuesday. He started the week by asserting that Mrs. Obama doesn't follow her own healthy eating advice. As evidence, the conservative talk show host cited a high-fat dinner she enjoyed over the weekend in Vail, Colo. -- "feasting on ribs" is the way he put it -- when she could have been munching on roots and berries. Related Stories Rush ...
Rush Limbaugh Calls Michelle Obama 'Hypocrite' for Eating Ribs
By not in system - AOL NewsNow talk show host Rush Limbaugh is watching Michelle Obama's weight for her -- not that the first lady asked. He says she's a hypocrite for eating ribs and should stick to nuts and berries as part of her healthy eating initiative. ...
Rush Limbaugh Calls Michelle Obama 'Hypocrite' for Eating Ribs
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyNow talk show host Rush Limbaugh is watching Michelle Obama's weight for her -- not that the first lady asked. He says she's a hypocrite for eating ribs and should stick to nuts and berries as part of her healthy eating initiative. Mrs. Obama, on a skiing trip to Colorado this past weekend with daughters Sasha and Malia, enjoyed a meal of ancho chili short ribs, pickled pumpkin salad and kale, the Vail Daily reported. That was way too much for Limbaugh, who, like fellow conservatives Sarah Palin and Rep. Michele Bachmann, is on Mrs. Obama's case for her healthy kids/anti-obesity campaign, ...
Rush Limbaugh Slams Mitch Daniels, CPAC
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyOn his radio show Monday, Rush Limbaugh went after Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels, by name, for his desire to declare a "truce" on social issues. "You had a candidate promoted by the Republican establishment -- who didn't write off conservative voices -- but said, let's...we're going to move beyond that," said Limbaugh. Limbaugh noted that it's fine to want to grow a movement, but added: "You don't diss the people who are already audiences of those shows...who won election for your party year after year after year after year. And all of this, of course, done to impress the mainstream ...
Rush Limbaugh Has It Wrong. Some of My Best Friends Are Blondes
By Mary C. Curtis - Politics DailyWhat Rush Limbaugh doesn't know about black people could fill the empty cavern that is his brain. Many times over. Top of the list would have to be his habit of placing all black people into one monolithic pile, as though we act and think as one. (Oh geez, I missed the last meeting of the black people of the world, Charlotte chapter. What will I do?) Limbaugh's latest little item concerned a Super Bowl ad. In our house, the Super Bowl was mere background noise, so at first I didn't get it. The Pepsi ad Limbaugh referred to on his radio show – and which I watched later -- depicted a ...
On Holocaust Memorial Day, Hitler and Nazi Metaphors as Prevalent as Ever
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsToday is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. On this date in 1945 Soviet troops liberated survivors at the Auschwitz concentration camp, and in 2005 the United Nations designated Jan. 27 as a day to commemorate victims of the Nazi era. To mark the anniversary, the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., plans to hold a candle-lighting ceremony in its Hall of Remembrance. Holocaust memorial events were scheduled for the U.N. building in New York but have been postponed because of the snowstorm. Although many people take this somber occasion to honor the memory of lost ancestors ...
Sarah Palin's Public Relations Strategy: Presidential or Not?
By Sandra Fish - Politics DailySarah Palin may be the social media queen when it comes to going directly to her constituency (and the media), but she and her team have a ways to go when it comes to basic public relations skills. The 2012 presumed GOP presidential hopeful proved that during the past week, when all eyes were on the mass shooting in Tucson, Ariz. And her exclusive interview Monday night with Sean Hannity on Fox News (the network that employs her) didn't help. We're on board with Jared Loughner carrying the sole blame for the tragic assassination attempt on U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords that killed six people, ...
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