Obama attacks Romney's business record
Obama campaign spokesman Ben Labolt says criticism of Mitt Romney's work at Bain Capital is justified.
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David Gergen surprised Obama attacking Bain
David Gergen says President Obama risks upsetting the business community by going after Romney's record at Bain Capital.
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Pastor's anti-gay, anti-Obama sermon
Last Sunday, a North Carolina pastor condemned President Obama's support for same-sex marriage during his sermon. Charles L. Worley of Providence Road Baptist Church went on to preach his solution to "get rid of all the lesbians and queers." The message to his followers was caught on tape, but has since been removed from the church's website.
"Build a great, big, large fence 150 or 100 mile long. Put all the lesbians in there. Fly over and drop some food. Do the same thing with the queers and the homosexuals and have that fence electrified 'til they can't get out and feed them. And you know what, in a few years they'll die out. Do you know why? They can't reproduce," he said.
Anderson Cooper spoke with Rev. Welton Gaddy, President of Interfaith Alliance, about the anti-gay speech and Worley's comments against Obama's reelection. "I see nothing Christian about it and nothing American about it," said Gaddy.
Gaddy rebuked Worley for discrediting the compassion found in the bible and dangerously "planting seeds of hatred in sick minds."
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RidicuList: Finally, scented candles for men!
If you have a burning desire for your basement to smell like a football field, this is your lucky day. Anderson Cooper explains.
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KTH: Romney's Bain record under attack
President Obama's campaign launches a five-minute documentary style attack ad over Mitt Romney's record at Bain Capital. The Romney campaign responds with an ad of their own using a "Meet the Press" quote from Newark, N.J. Mayor Cory Booker who issued a revised statement after that interview.
Jim McGreevey: Jail makes Ravi a scapegoat
Former N.J. Gov. Jim McGreevey says Dharun Ravi should not get jail time. Marcia Clark thinks the sentence is too light.
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Cheech Marin: It's all about the buzzer
Anderson Cooper talks with Cheech Marin about his "Jeopardy" strategy after winning during his third appearance on the game show.
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Go backstage on 'Jeopardy' with Anderson
Go backstage with Anderson Cooper as he prepares for his third appearance on "Jeopardy." He won $50,000 for non-profit The Trevor Project.
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Letters to the President #1218: 'Speaking truth to power'
Reporter's Note: I write to President Obama every day.
Dear Mr. President,
I think there is nothing that terrifies you political types so much as someone just blurting out the truth. Seriously, in this town that prizes “staying on message,” and “talking points,” it is hilarious to watch how upset everyone gets when someone unexpectedly lays out the facts.
Such is the case with Newark Mayor Cory Booker, who created a gasoline fire on the D.C. barbeque this weekend just because he told the truth. To recap: He took issue with your attacks on Mitt Romney over his actions while he was at Bain Capital, and he suggested Republicans are just as wrong to go after your distant past.
“This kind of stuff is nauseating to me on both sides…enough is enough,” the mayor said. He followed it up with some other comments along the lines of saying our elections ought to be about who can lead, who has the best ideas, etc…not about cheap character assassination.
So what precisely is wrong with that?
As best I can make out, he didn’t say anything untrue; most voters would agree with him; and he did not even pick sides. He just departed from the written script and I think it scared the heck out of your guys. What puzzles me is why you find his words so disturbing. After all, you’ve argued many times that we need a new age of politics that focuses less on attacks and more on solutions; less on the past and more on the future. Frankly, just a few years ago I can easily imagine you saying what Mayor Booker said.
Obviously you can run your campaign anyway you wish, and your guys must have made a pretty stern call to Mayor Booker, judging from the way he was backing and filling later on.
But I can’t help but wonder if you should have thanked him instead; for reminding you of your own belief in such things. Sure, it is hard to campaign in a positive way by building up your record and ideas, instead of tearing down the other guy’s, but is the office really worth having if you must become what you deplore to win? That’s a question not just for you, but one that every candidate ought to ask him or herself. If they did, I think we might get cleaner elections, better leaders, and a lot more of that hope you once talked about so much.
Regards,
Tom
Tonight on AC360: Jim McGreevey: Wrong to send Ravi to prison
Earlier today a New Jersey judge sentenced Dharun Ravi to 30 days in jail for spying and intimidating his gay Rutgers University roommate, Tyler Clementi, who killed himself in September 2010 by jumping off the George Washington Bridge. Clementi’s suicide came shortly after he found out Ravi spied on him using a webcam while he was intimate with a man in their dorm room. Ravi also faces three years probation, community service to assist victims of bias crimes, and he must pay $11,000 in restitution.
Reaction to Judge Glenn Berman's ruling has been varied with some calling for a harsher punishment, and others praising the decision. Former New Jersey governor Jim McGreevey has a different take on the case – he's speaking out against jail time for Ravi.
McGreevey, who resigned as governor in 2004 after announcing he’s “a gay American,” wrote in an op-ed article in The Star-Ledger, "The gay community, which has suffered for so long at the hands of the law, has historically been a strong voice for decency, compassion and civil rights. And perhaps the long trail of gay history inevitably leads to this call for punishment, but it need not."
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