“Netenyahu would like to have an impact on who Americans elect as president. He’s endorsed Mitt Romney.” – Ellis Henican An Israeli official said the White House had refused Israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu’s request to meet Obama when the Israeli leader visits the United States to attend the U.N. General Assembly, telling the Israelis “the president’s…
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Here’s a questions for all you budding politicians: What’s worse than not releasing your tax returns? Maybe the answer is releasing your tax returns. Harry Reid has been relentless in his attacks and taunts — successfully putting the GOP on the defense — asking why a presidential candidate wouldn’t voluntarilly release his federal tax…
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“This court is a completely discredited partisan operation” – Ellis Henican All eyes are on the Supreme Court this week. The nine justices are scheduled to rule on the highly contested partisan issue of Health Care. This is one of the court’s most important decisions – one that will have an immediate and long-term impact on every…
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“Don’t use as your official campaign spokesperson someone who believes in crazy stuff.” – Ellis Henican This was the week that Mitt Romney hit the “magic number” and unofficially clinched the Republican presidential nomination. That should have been the big political news story. But it wasn’t. Donald Trump took center stage this week – once…
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“I’m not against politicizing it. Stand up and say ‘Absolutely, I ordered the thing, it went great, and that’s a good reason to vote for me.’” – Ellis Henican Marking the one year anniversary of the US Navy SEALs’ raid in Pakistan which resulted in the death of Osama bin Laden – the President made…
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“Ted Nugent is a chicken. He found a colorful way to get out of fighting in VietNam when he had the chance. I don’t think he’s genuinely dangerous.” – Ellis Henican Sure – there’s talk of Mitt Romney picking Marco Rubio to be his Vice-Presidential running mate. And Rubio, despite saying he’s not interested, didn’t sound very…
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” ‘Stand Your Ground’ does tend to empower people who do have that kind of vigilante mind set.” – Ellis Henican “Zimmerman has not had first string defense counsel yet. If you ever get arrested – be sure you get good counsel in a hurry.” – Ellis Henican George Zimmerman was arrested and charged with…
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“I say, don’t be using every tax loophole. Don’t make it so your income goes down as zero. He has an elevator for his cars at his house in La Jolla, shouldn’t Mitt Romney pay more than 14% in taxes?” – Ellis Henican President Barack Obama is promoting the Warren Buffet-inspired Buffett Rule, which would require…
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“People who are anti-gay—are they just a little bit gay themselves? It’s something I have long suspected but now I have some unexpected academic support.” – Ellis Henican Homophobes and people who fear homosexuality the most are actually likely to have experienced an attraction to a member of the same sex, according to a new study.…
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“Santorum, I don’t doubt his sincerity. But by the same token, I think there is no question that Republicans jumped on that mandate about contraception and accused Obama of a war on religion strictly as a partisan ploy.” – John M. Barry, author and historian Some things never change. The separation of church…
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