GOP Rivals Pick Apart Newt Gingrich's Alien 'Review Board'
Submitted by Anonymous on December 10, 2011 - 10:24pm
Newt Gingrich, asked at Saturday's ABC presidential debate to detail his idea for a review board to regularize illegal immigrants, suggested that the panels could be patterned after local draft boards of former years.
Gingrich, who voted for amnesty in the 1980s, has proposed that illegals who have been in this country for 25 years could be eligible for a green card.
He also renewed his call for "an effective guest worker program."
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Mitt Romney to Newt Gingrich: 'I'm No Bomb-Thrower' in Mideast
Submitted by Anonymous on December 10, 2011 - 10:13pm
Newt Gingrich stood by his statement Saturday night that Palestinians are an "invented" people, but Ron Paul accused him of "stirring up trouble."
"This is a propaganda war. Enough lying about the Middle East," Gingrich declared to applause at the ABC presidential debate.
Paul countered that "Israel did not have a state" until 1948.
Mitt Romney said a U.S. president needs to demonstrate "sobriety, care and stability."
"I'm not a bomb-thrower, rhetorically or literally," Romney said.
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Michele Bachmann Calls Payroll Tax Cut a 'Gimmick'; Rick Santorum Agrees
Submitted by Anonymous on December 10, 2011 - 9:43pm
Michele Bachmann split from other GOP presidential candidates Saturday night by calling the proposed payroll tax cut a "gimmick."
"President Obama only has temporary gimmicks, not permanent solutions. This [cut] takes $112 billion away from Social Security trust fund," the Minnesota congresswoman said at the ABC debate in Iowa.
Former Sen. Rick Santorum agreed with Bachmann, but Rep. Ron Paul said of the tax cut: "Extend it, and find a way to pay for it."
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Michele Bachmann Mocks 'NewtRomney' as Obama Surrogate on Health Care
Submitted by Anonymous on December 10, 2011 - 9:39pm
Michele Bachmann put Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich on the defensive Saturday at the ABC presidential debate in Iowa.
Gingrich "is the consummate insider who advocated for the individual mandate longer than Barack Obama," the Minnesota congresswoman said.
Bachmann also assailed both Gingrich and Romney for both supporting the $700 billion TARP bailout and taking squishy stands on illegal immigration.
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Ron Paul and Rick Perry Cite 'Corruption' in Washington
Submitted by Anonymous on December 10, 2011 - 9:18pm
Rick Perry joined Ron Paul Saturday night in attacking bailouts as a contributing cause to America's economic problems.
Speaking at an ABC debate in Des Moines, Iowa, Paul blasted "excessive debt and 'malinvestment'" by the federal government.
"We dumped the debt on the people and bailed out those who benefited from the bubble," the congressman said.
Perry agreed that "corruption has gone on," and he said "It will take an outsider to fix it."
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Newt Gingrich Calls Palestinians an 'Invented' People; How About Americans?
Submitted by Anonymous on December 10, 2011 - 2:57pm
Shamelessly pandering for the Zionist vote, Newt Gingrich on Friday declared that Palestinians are an "invented" people.
In an interview with the Jewish Channel, the GOP presidential contender said, "Remember, there was no Palestine as a state. It was part of the Ottoman Empire" until the early 20th century.
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Military About Face: Bibles Now OK at Walter Reed Hospital
Submitted by Anonymous on December 10, 2011 - 2:47pm
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center says it is rescinding a policy that prohibited family members of wounded military troops from bringing Bibles or any religious reading materials to their loved ones.
The Baptist Press said the decision to rescind the ban came one day after Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, denounced the policy on the House floor and called on President Obama to publicly renounce the military policy.
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Mitt Romney on Newt Gingrich's Spacey Ideas: We Can Do Better
Submitted by Anonymous on December 10, 2011 - 10:17am
Attempting to bring Newt Gingrich back to Earth, Mitt Romney is attacking the former House speaker's past ruminations on private space projects.
"I saw the speaker had a measure to put a permanent colony on the moon, to mine rare materials from the moon," Romney said Friday in an interview with the Des Moines Register editorial board.
"I think we've got other priorities for our spending before we do that.
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Black History Month Essay Contest Goes STEM
Submitted by Anonymous on December 10, 2011 - 9:47am
Floridas Black History Month art and essay contest for kindergarten to high school seniors will focus on advances in science and math by African-Americans.
In addition to the contest announced by Gov. Rick Scott, Lt. Governor Jennifer Carroll, and first lady Ann Scott, nominations are being accepted of African-American educators for the Black History Month Excellence in Education Award.
The achievements of African-Americans touch every community, in every field of study, including science and technology, Gov. Scott said.
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Williams Reappointed to State Boxing Commission
Submitted by Anonymous on December 10, 2011 - 9:46am
Gov. Rick Scott has reappointed Dr. Mark M. Williams to the Florida State Boxing Commission. According to a release from the governors office:
Williams, 51, of New Haven, is a self-employed orthopedic surgeon. He is reappointed for a term beginning Dec. 9, 2011, and ending Sept. 31, 2014.
The appointment is subject to confirmation by the Florida Senate.
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