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Did Barack Obama Lose The Black Christian Vote Over His Support For Gay Marriage?

Web-Cam — Thu, 10 May 2012 18:40:13 +0000

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The issue of gay marriage is a divisive one in this the country particularly because of the opposition from the Christian community. Some Black Christians are on the fence about supporting the first Black president who recently announce his support for the hot button issue. Has Obama lost the Black Christian vote over his position of same sex marriage? In your opinion, is it possible to be Christian and support the rights of gay people?

When news broke that the president switched his position on same sex marriage many of our listeners chimed in on the debate on our Facebook page. Obama is leaning on the Black vote to win a second term as the Commander-in-Chief but this recent announcement may have angered some Black Christians, according to the reaction on Facebook.

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President Obama Endorses Same-Sex Marriage [VIDEO]

Web-Cam — Wed, 09 May 2012 21:18:56 +0000

President Obama delivers remarks during the Human Rights Campaign’s 15th Annual National Dinner at the Washington Convention Center last October (Getty Images)

President Barack Obama made headlines today in an interview with ABC and Robin Roberts when he said he now supports same-sex marriage.

“At a certain point I’ve just concluded that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same sex couples should be able to get married,” Obama said in an interview with ABC News.

In the past President Obama has said that his views on the issue were “evolving.” His announcement comes on the heels of Vice President Joe Biden and Education Secretary Arne Duncan saying publicly they were in favor of gay marriage.

President Obama also said he was “disappointed” by Tuesday’s vote on the gay marriage in North Carolina, which he described as discriminatory against gays and lesbians, a spokesman told CNN.

North Carolina voted to implement a state constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, which was already prohibited in the state.

President Obama told Roberts that first lady Michelle Obama was involved in his decision.

“This is something that, you know, we’ve talked about over the years and she, you know, she feels the same way, she feels the same way that I do,” Obama said. “It’s interesting, some of this is also generational. You know, Malia and Sasha, they have friends whose parents are same-sex couples. There have been times where Michelle and I have been sitting around the dinner table and we’re talking about their friends and their parents.

“And Malia and Sasha, it wouldn’t dawn on them that somehow their friends’ parents would be treated differently. It doesn’t make sense to them, and frankly, that’s the kind of thing that prompts a change in perspective.”

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ABC Exclusive: Obama Comes Out And Supports Same-Sex Marriages

Faith Dixson — Wed, 09 May 2012 19:29:54 +0000

President Obama interviews with Robin Roberts today and discusses his support for Same-Sex Marriage.

Source: ABC News

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Pastor Henzy Goes To Washington D.C. And The White House

Faith Dixson — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 22:45:16 +0000

Pastor Henzy said he thanks God for his agreement partners. Live on location with Pastor Joel Osteen, Pastor Henzy goes to D.C. to celebrate America’s Night of Hope with Pastor Joel Osteen and takes a private tour of the White House.

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Romney Accuses Obama Of Being Soft On Rights Of Gun Owners

Associated Press — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 20:42:19 +0000

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says President Barack Obama wants to reshape the Supreme Court to soften gun rights, among other things.

Romney told the National Rifle Association convention Friday in St. Louis that he will stand up for the rights of hunters and those seeking to protect their homes and families. He said Obama fails to do so, but he didn’t offer any specifics.

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Obama’s re-election campaign said the president supports and respects gun rights.

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Romney said Obama is among those who see the Constitution as a living and evolving document rather than as a timeless one. He said Obama is trying to browbeat the Supreme Court on the major health care decision pending before th HTML

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Obama Takes Up For (A) Romney

Associated Press — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 23:20:58 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House – and President Barack Obama himself – rushed into a damage control campaign Thursday to blunt the impact of a Democratic consultant’s suggestion that Ann Romney isn’t qualified to discuss the economy because she “hasn’t worked a day in her life.”

“There’s no tougher job than being a mom,” Obama declared, standing up for Republican rival Mitt Romney’s wife with Democrats suddenly on the defensive over women’s issues for the first time this election year.

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Obama, in an interview with Cedar Rapids, Iowa, TV station KCRG, said, “When I think about what Michelle’s had to do, when I think about my own mom, a single mother raising me and my sister, that’s work. So, anybody who would argue otherwise probably needs to rethink their statement.”

The president’s remarks were his answer to consultant Hilary Rosen’s comments and the Twitter war they ignited. The mere fact that he weighed in on the uproar left no doubt that Democrats want to leave nothing to chance in their effort to keep female voters in the party fold. Women, who are the majority of voters in presidential election years, lean heavily Democratic, and polls show Obama holds a commanding lead among this group so far this year in battleground states.

Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, must win about 40 percent of female voters to have a chance at beating Obama, and he’s targeting married women and mothers who tend to be more conservative. Among this group, Ann Romney is popular and has been the candidate’s chief surrogate on how the struggling economy has affected women and families.

So his campaign pounced when Rosen said on CNN Wednesday that Ann Romney was no expert on the economy.

“His wife has actually never worked a day in her life,” Rosen said. “She’s never really dealt with the kinds of economic issues that a majority of women in this country are facing.”

Rosen apologized late Thursday, after first lady Michelle Obama tweeted her own support for women and mothers.

The backlash to Rosen’s comments was bipartisan, brutal and swift, crackling across Twitter, cable television and old-fashioned telephone lines. It appeared to have reignited the “Mommy Wars” debate, at least for now, over choices many women make as they juggle motherhood with the work most need to pay bills, college tuition and a semblance of financial security for their families.

Ann Romney fought back on Twitter and television, tweeting: “I made a choice to stay home and raise five boys. Believe me, it was hard work.”

Later, on Fox News, she Romney noted that her career choice was being a mother, and while she hasn’t faced financial hardship she has confronted the ordeals of cancer and multiple sclerosis. Finally, she noted that her husband has said her work is more important than his as family breadwinner.

“He would say, `My job is temporary. … Your job is a forever job that’s going to bring forever happiness,” Ann Romney said. “Mitt respects women that make those different choices.”

Two decades after Hillary Rodham Clinton famously declared that she could have stayed home and made cookies rather than pursue a career, the role of women in American society remains a hotly contested cultural question. It’s a deeply personal matter to anyone with children. And by midday Thursday, it seemed they were all weighing in.

Rosen is one such parent. She describes herself on her Twitter feed as a “mom with opinions” and is a longtime Democratic consultant and CNN political contributor. She’s a managing director of SKD Knickerbocker, a communications and public relations firm she joined in 2010 that has been paid $120,000 by the Democratic National Committee in this election cycle, financial disclosure records show. A party official said the services were provided by former Obama adviser Anita Dunn, another managing director at the firm.

However close Rosen is or isn’t to Obama and his Democrats, her comments about Ann Romney clearly caused them problems.

Vice President Joe Biden said on MSNBC that she had made “an outrageous assertion.” David Axelrod, Obama’s top campaign strategist, tweeted that Rosen’s comments were “inappropriate and offensive.” The president’s campaign manager, Jim Messina, said Rosen should apologize.

Michelle Obama tweeted, “Every mother works hard, and every woman deserves to be respected. – mo.” Such tweets tagged “mo” are from the first lady, a mother of two with a law degree.

Rosen initially refused to back down.

“I am raising children too,” Rosen tweeted to Ann Romney. “But most young American women HAVE to BOTH earn a living AND raise children. You know that don’t u?”

By the time Obama’s remarks had been released, Rosen had done what he suggested: rethought her stance and said sorry.

“I apologize to Ann Romney and anyone else who was offended,” Rosen said in a statement. “Let’s declare peace in this phony war and go back to focus on the substance.”

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Mitt Romney Says He’s Only Out Of Touch With President Obama

Michael Arceneaux — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 22:46:59 +0000

Members of his own political party have branded him a “flip-flopper,” an “Etch-a-Sketch candidate,” and accused of being full of “pious baloney” and completely out of touch with the lives of average Americans — largely attributed to his own verbal gaffes. Yet, according to Mitt Romney, he’s not only out of touch with one person: President Obama. The now apparent GOP presidential nominee was quoted in a recent interview dismissing talk that he’s too far removed from the lives of the public that he seeks to serve in the White House by singling out the person currently in charge of that responsibility.

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From CBS News:

Romney dismissed a question posed to him in an interview on Fox News about the perception that he doesn’t understand the problems of average Americans. “The campaign started yesterday – the general election campaign,” he said, arguing that voters would get to know him better over the next seven months while also taking a closer look at the president.

“They’ll look at his record, which ultimately is the record upon which a campaign is going to be waged. But the person I’m out of touch with is Barack Obama,” Romney said. “I’m in touch with the American people. They want to see good jobs and rising incomes.”

Romney has made several references to his wealth that have been interpreted poorly, including remarks about his friends who own sports teams and his wife’s two Cadillacs. Mr. Obama, meanwhile, scores higher than Romney on poll questions about who better understands people’s problems.

Imagine that.

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Allen West: Obama Is Afraid Of Me, There Are Communists In Congress

Michael Arceneaux — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 20:17:13 +0000

Not that I believed he had an actual chance of being Mitt Romney’s choice as a running mate, but Allen West has effectively squandered whatever minuscule chance of being the Republican nominee for Vice President he had. All it took was the Florida Republican Congressman to be himself before a crowd. At a recent town-hall meeting West leveled some dubious accusations against President Obama and Democratic members of Congress.

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Via the Palm Beach Post:

The conservative tea party icon also got in shots at Democrats and President Obama, who spoke Tuesday at Florida Atlantic University. West said Obama was “scared” to have a discussion with him. He later said “he’s heard” up to 80 U.S. House Democrats are Communist Party members, but wouldn’t name names.

Oh, that doesn’t sound the least bit crazy at all, now does it? I imagine he wouldn’t name any names because there aren’t any. I’ll wait for him to not share that information with you all later, though. I’d hate to ruin the suspense.

I will say this: Herman Cain endorsement or not (because it’s oh so valuable), Allen West will not be sharing anything but a handshake this election season.

George Clooney To Host $6 Million Obama Fundraiser

Michael Arceneaux — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:20:59 +0000

In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, George Clooney, revealed plans to host a fundraiser for President Obama’s reelection campaign.

The Academy Award-winner will welcome the president and approximately 150 guests into his Los Angeles home for the event scheduled for May 10. The event is not cheap, though. It will cost attendants $40,000 per ticket to have the opportunity to hobknob with Obama, Clooney, and all their fancy friends. Proceeds will go to the Obama Victory fund, a joint fundraising committee of Obama for America, the Democratic National Committee and several state Democratic parties. Clooney told ET, ”I’m proud to do whatever I can to support the President… as long as no one asks me to sing.”

Clooney has been a staunch advocate for the president and consistently vocal about his support. Last fall, Clooney told an ABC News reporter, ”I’m disillusioned by the people who are disillusioned by Obama, quite honestly, I am.” He went on: ”If he was a Republican running, because Republicans are better at this,” and then added, “they’d be selling him as the guy who stopped 400,000 jobs a month from leaving the country. They’d be selling him as the guy who saved the auto-industry. If they had the beliefs, they’d be selling him as the guy who got rid of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,’ who got Osama bin Laden. You could be selling this as a very successful three years.”

And Buzzfeed reported that the Obama campaign had to refund Clooney on some of his donation after he maxed out on the legal limit last year.

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George Bush: I Don’t Miss The Presidency

Michael Arceneaux — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:34:15 +0000

They were his idea and he advocated for the policy extensively, and yet, former President George W. Bush hates that everyone refers to the tax cuts under his administration as “the Bush tax cuts.” I’m sure President Bush has heard the phrase “You break it, you bought it” before. Then again, perhaps it’s that kind of reality check that has the former commander-in-chief saying he doesn’t miss his old gig.

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Politico reports:

“I wish they weren’t called the Bush tax cuts,” the former president said as he kicked off the Bush Institute Conference on Taxes and Economic Growth in New York City. “If they’re called some other body’s tax cuts, they’re probably less likely to be raised.”

When President Barack Obama agreed to a two-year extension of the Bush tax cuts in December 2010, it outraged many congressional Democrats. But on Tuesday, White House campaign strategist David Axelrod said that Obama was “absolutely” committed to blocking any continuation of the Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthy.

Meanwhile, the former president also said that he doesn’t miss his old job.

“I’m often asked ‘Do you miss the presidency?’ I really don’t.” Bush said.

“I have decided to stay out of the limelight. I had plenty of the limelight,” he said. “I enjoyed it. It was unbelievably interesting experience.”

“It’s inconvenient to have to stop at some stop lights coming over here — I guess I miss that,” he said jokingly.

Well, I’m sure the feeling is mutual among many, Mr. President.

On another note, Bush commented that when it comes to the notion of undercutting our current president by way of public criticism, he’s dead set against it. On President Obama, Bush said, “I don’t think it’s good, frankly, for our country to undermine our president, and I don’t intend to do so.”

Read more at Politico.

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