GOP debate fact check: Errant claims on bailout, taxes
CBS News
Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum have traded verbal punches about health care, spending earmarks and federal bailouts in Wednesday night's Republican presidential debate in Mesa. Santorum, who has surged in the polls, got booed when he talked about voting The Final Four GOP candidates meet up tonight in Arizona. This will be the last debate [...]
Read MoreBrady Quinn says he's sorry for Tim Tebow comments
Vancouver Su
By SportsDirect Denver Broncos backup quarterback Brady Quinn apologized to Tim Tebow for remarks that appeared in a GQ magazine article. Quinn was interviewed for the magazine piece on the Tebowmania phenomenon that was penned by Michael Silver and It's probably unfair that Brady Quinn's quotes are going to overshadow GQ's excellent oral history of [...]
Read MoreArizona Republican Debate live blog
Washington P
Live updates, analysis and fact checking of Wednesday's Republican presidential debate hosted by CNN. Arizona Republican Debate: Live! BY Celeste Katz. live.jpg Welcome to our coverage of tonight's Arizona Republican Presidential Primary Debate, broadcast by CNN. Our team tonight includes Aliyah Shahid, Alison Gendar, Arizona Republican Debate: Live! BY Celeste Katz. live.jpg Welcome to our [...]
Read MoreSaul Alinsky: A GOP Bogeyman Who Influences Many On The Left And Right
Huffington P
Well no, not exactly. But as anyone who has ACTUALLY READ ALINSKY KNOWS–in contrast to those who simply parrot his name as part of rather stretched smear of. When he claimed victory in South Carolina on Saturday, Newt Gingrich declared that, "The centerpiece of this campaign, I believe, is American exceptionalism versus the radicalism of [...]
Read MoreAt Joe Paterno memorial service, Phil Knight shows true leadership
Washington P
A public memorial service is held for late Penn State football coach Joe Paterno at Bryce Jordan Center on Penn State's campus on Jan. 26, 2012. Thousands of mourners and well-wishers joined Joe Paterno's family and other invited guests for a memorial service for the late football coach. (Jan. 26) (/The Associated Press) Correction: Clarification: [...]
Read MoreSaul Alinsky: A GOP Bogeyman Who Influences Many On The Left And Right
Huffington P
Michael Kazin and Russell Arben Fox have critiqued Newt Gingrich's claim that “The centerpiece of this campaign . . . is American exceptionalism versus the radicalism of Saul Alinsky. ” Like them, I find many contemporary Republicans in general, and Newt Gingrich in specific, pepper their rhetoric with mentions of Saul Alinsky. "And I believe, [...]
Read MorePresident John Tyler's grandson says Newt Gingrich is a 'jerk'
Politico
Kudos to New York Magazine's Dan Amira, who tracked down one of President John Tyler's grandsons (not great-great-great-grandsons) to discuss the fact that he's still living. Here's a brief excerpt from Amira's interview with President John Tyler's grandson Harrison Tyler, 84, says he's not impressed with the state of politics today and particularly thinks Newt [...]
Read MorePresident John Tyler's grandson says Newt Gingrich is a 'jerk'
Politico
BY PAM LOBLEY NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM. COM NOW THAT'S FUNNY John Tyler, our nation's 10th president, was born in 1790. Two of his grandchildren are alive today. Not his great-grandchildren – his grand. Lufkin's Jeff Slusher saved a penalty kick with three minutes remaining and Elias Aguilar scored the game-winner a minute later as the Panthers rallied [...]
Read MorePresident John Tyler's grandson no 2012 fan
Politico
“John Tyler is a good team. We played really well. We had two freshmen starting and a sophomore in our back four. We were the better team, I thought, today. It was windy and the conditions were difficult.” The Wildkats play Jacksonville at 6 pm Friday, John Tyler (1790-1862), the tenth President of the United [...]
Read MoreYour comments: Remembering Robert Hegyes aka Juan Epstein of 'Welcome Back Kotter'
The Star-Led
He played Juan Epstein on the 1970s television show and was a regular on "Cagney & Lacey." Robert Hegyes, who played Juan Epstein in the 70's show, "Welcome Back, Kotter," died of an apparent heart attack at his home in Metuchen. Hegyes was born in New Jersey, and also starred in "Cagney and Lacey." NJ.com [...]
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