By William Gibson   Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — The national Republican Party on Thursday fired back at a Democratic strategy to link the GOP to the Tea Party movement. The RNC says lots of voters, not just Tea Party believers, are turned off to President Barack Obama and the Democratic-run Congress. Republicans say the new Democratic strategy — [...]

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Unless you're one of the millions of unemployed Americans who has nothing to do but sit at home and watch daytime TV, you no doubt missed President Barack Obama's appearance on The View on Thursday, where he revealed tantalizing tidbits of his ignorance of pop culture. Well, we already knew that; He's paid to run the country, not write The Juice*.

While speaking to Barbara Walters and the gang, Obama revealed that he was aware Lindsay Lohan was in jail, but claimed to not know who Snooki from Jersey Shore was. Must we go to the tape of May's White House Correspondents' Dinner, where you mentioned her being exempt from an indoor-tanning tax? It's okay, we know other people write the president's jokes. After all, the president said, the reason he was on The View in the first place was because he "wanted to pick a show that Michelle actually watches."

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Meanwhile, he did have some meat in his discussions, like telling Sherri Shepherd that Shirley Sherrod's firing proved we all should "get the facts straight before we act." He also answered Elisabeth Hasslebeck's question whether his administration's efforts had saved any jobs by saying, "Well, it matters if your job was one that was saved." Bam.

Obama also added that he hadn't been invited to Chelsea Clinton's wedding, since Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her husband (some guy named Bill) didn't want their daughter's wedding to be any more of a media circus than it already is. Don't worry, the Tea Party will find some reason to protest it.

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Challenging civil rights organizations and teachers' unions that have criticized his education policies, President Barack Obama said Thursday that minority students have the most to gain from overhauling the nation's schools.



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AUSTIN — President Barack Obama is expected to be in Dallas in early August as part of a two-city Texas trip to raise money for Democratic candidates, Democratic sources said Wednesday.

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EDISON, N.J. — President Barack Obama on Wednesday cast his latest economic pitch as a matter of patriotism, urging the Senate to ditch its partisan mode at least long enough to pass a package of tax cuts and loan relief for small businesses. “This is as American as apple pie,” the president ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Saints will go marching in to the White House next month.

President Barack Obama will welcome the Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints on Aug. 9.

The Saints electrified their city and fans by beating the Indianapolis Colts, 31-17, in February.

Obama is an avid sports fan who invites most major professional and college championship teams to the White House. The administration said Wednesday the Saints will incorporate community service activities into their trip, as do most visiting teams.

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Barack Obama fought hard to keep his BlackBerry when he became the US President, but with only 10 people authorised to email the super-encrypted device, he admitted today that it is "no fun."

Barack Obama was on The View earlier today… That certainly was Barack Obama on The View earlier today. You know what, though? I'm really looking forward to John McCain's next tweet to Snooki… @sn00ki if i were president i (Jersey) Shore would know who u r! Plz pay attention 2 me! I just made that [...]

President Obama appeared on morning lady-gabfest The View today to discuss a lot of things, including some of our favorite fluffy pop-culture topics. Some think that the highest office in the land...

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President Barack Obama's nominee to be chief of U.S. intelligence, James R. Clapper, was unanimously approved by the Senate Intelligence Committee Thursday.



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President Barack Obama's nominee to be chief of U.S. intelligence, James R. Clapper, was unanimously approved by the Senate Intelligence Committee Thursday.



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President Barack Obama's nominee to be chief of U.S. intelligence, James R. Clapper, was unanimously approved by the Senate Intelligence Committee Thursday.



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Washington - The House of Representatives passed a historic bill Wednesday that narrows sentencing disparities between crack and powder cocaine convictions, which civil rights and civil liberties experts say contributed to the disproportionate imprisonment of African-Americans in recent decades.

The Senate passed its version of the bill in March. President Barack Obama, who during the 2008 presidential campaign said the current legal disparity "cannot be justified and should be eliminated," is expected to sign the legislation.

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WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday voted 60-39 to approve the most sweeping overhaul of the nation's financial regulatory system since the Great Depression, clearing the historic legislation for President Barack Obama to sign into law.

To commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), President Barack Obama announced Monday the publication of the final rule  that amends the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) regulation implementing Title III of the ADA.  These regulations set standards for making buildings accessible for people with disabilities and applies to private entities such [...]

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WASHINGTON -- Challenging civil rights organizations and teachers' unions that have criticized his education policies, President Barack Obama said Thursday that minority students have the most to gain from overhauling the nation's schools. "We have an obligation to lift up every child in every school in this country, especially...

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After 40 years as a Congressman, Charlie Rangel will stand trial on 13 counts of ethics violations after his attorneys failed to negotiate a settlement with the House Ethics Committee. Such trials are rare, the last being held in 2002.

It also increases the possibility that Rangel's fellow Democrats will call for his resignation. If found guilty, he faces everything from expulsion to censure. Either way, Rangel's legacy has been scarred because of the charges.

A somber-sounding Rangel could not hide his emotions. "Sixty years ago, I survived a Chinese attack in North Korea and have said that I haven't had a bad day since," Rangel said. "But after today, I may have to revise that statement."

The trial and charges represent a remarkable turn of events for a man regarded as one of the deans of Democratic politics. Rangel coveted the chair of the House Ways and Means committee and waited decades to get it before these charges forced him to step aside.

Rangel is being investigated for his use of four rent-controlled apartments in Harlem, using Congressional letterhead to raise money for a New York City College center for public service bearing his name, not reporting income and assets and preserving a tax loophole for a group that donated to the City College center.

Democrats have been pushing for a settlement to avoid the spectacle of a trial months before the November mid-term elections. Some have begun calls for Rangel's resignation.

Rangel was apparently unwilling to admit to the terms of a deal which would have required him to admit to multiple and serious ethics violations.

A Republican ethics committee member called the charges "very serious.'

"Mr. Rangel...was given opportunities to negotiate a settlement under the investigation phase," said Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Tex.) a member of the ethics committe. "We are now in the trial phase...For Mr. Rangel, these proceedings present a fair and public opportunity to be heard before his peers."

Still, many in Rangel's Harlem district have maintained they will support him because they believe the charges are overblown. He faces a primary challenge in September but many believe he will be re-elected.

Some also think the damage to Democrats will be limited.

"I think it's a sad and isolated case that will have a limited impact," Rep. Gerald E. Connolly told the Washington Post. "I don't think it's going to be a dispositive issue in the election."

"I was at several festivals this weekend in conservative-leaning counties, and I didn't get asked a single time about it," Rep. Tom Perriello told the Washington Post.

 

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Last time we had anything to say about conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart we just dumped on him the way many websites have over the past week or so. He deserved it, so we tore him a new one, but that's probably going to stop now because he's about to get kicked in the family jewels.

Former Agriculture Department employee Shirley Sherrod, who Breitbart consciously chose to make an enemy out of, said today that she plans to sue him for targeting her, when he posted a video to his website that was edited to look like she discriminated against a white Georgia farmer.

Truth be told, she may have a damn good case.Not that society should become overly litigious whenever someone gets bashed, but this was over the top. Breitbart took the video, which he had to see clearly was edited. He failed to check for the full context -- and if he knew there was more, that makes it even worse -- and put it up on his website to make her look like exactly the type of reverse racist villain guys like him spend their days hunting for.

Breitbart has yet to offer any apologies for the entire controversy, which caused Sherrod to lose her job, although Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has offered her another position, which she has yet to accept.

Either way, Breitbart has pretty much accomplished what he set out to do, which was attack the NAACP, and all he needed to do was just victimize a single person to achieve his goals.

For Sherrod's part, she says she holds no animus toward the NAACP or its president, Ben Jealous, for jumping the gun and publicly lashing her for what they thought was her efforts to discriminate against farmer Roger Spooner, who defended her and said loudly that she helped him save his farm. She's accepted apologies from Jealous, Vilsack and even President Obama, whom she still took to task for not understanding the experience and plight of black farmers, which is a much, much larger issue.

With that said, the legal system is complicated and can go several different ways. If Sherrod decides to go ahead with a lawsuit, the burden of proof is on her, says Bob Gaglione, a San Diego-based civil litigation attorney.

"The way she could have a case is if there was some intent to mislead, or edit or portray her speech in a false light," said Gaglione, who prosecutes libel and media cases. "It depends on the content and what his intent was. If he had malicious intent and she could prove that, then she could certainly prevail."

Breitbart has said that he really couldn't care less about Shirely Sherrod and that it was the NAACP he was going after, and in that case, she would have to be specific as to what was damaging to her.

"If you're going to put something on your website, a judge wouldn't look kindly at that," said Gaglione. "She certainly couldn't prosecute a case against him if he had intent to go after the NAACP, but if she's suffered damages, the case would have to be looked at in the light of what he did to injure her."

 

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It was a whirlwind of a day for President Barack Obama, who yesterday went from meeting with small business owners at a sandwich shop in Edison, New Jersey, to hob knobbing ith fashions elite at the West Village home of Anna Wintour, Vogue's editor-in-chief.President Obama attended two $30,400-a-person fundraisers in Manhattan, which were organized by the Democratic National Committee (DNC). Secret Service, New York City Police, roof top snipers and a helicopter hovered over Wintour's townhouse on Sullivan Stree, as President Obama's motorcade made its away in to a white tent (pictured below) that was erected over Wintour's entryway.

The President arrived at 7:20 p.m. and stayed roughly for an hour and a half. Aol. Black Voices was on the scene in front of Wintour's home and caught a glimpse of the 50 attendees that included designers Diane Von Furstenberg, Donna Karen, Vera Wang, Oscar de la Renta and Calvin Klein, who hosted an Obama fundraiser with Wintour in 2008.

DNC aides told reporters, who were not allowed inside the event, that not everyone in attendance gave $30,400, which is the maximum under federal law that an individual can contribute to a party.

 

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President Barack Obama will visit Dallas next month - Aug. 9, to be exact - to headline a fund-raising soiree for the Democrats. Let's say, just for fun, that he's going to catch a lunch or dinner while he's here...

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The couple, the parents, the celeb guest list, the toilet arrangements . . . everything you need to know about the wedding of the decade

What is Truman trying to prove?" wondered a waspishly pained Cecil Beaton of Mr Capote's legendary Black and White Ball. "The foolishness of spending so much time organising the party is something for a younger man or worthless woman to indulge in, if they have social ambitions." Well, quite. But what if the organisers of such an event were a former US president and a serving secretary of state, and nothing was too good for their little princess?

Alas, we will never know for sure what Beaton would have made of Chelsea Clinton's wedding, which is scheduled to take place on Saturday , and is being covered as though it were America's hottest social ticket since Capote's 1966 extravaganza. But as someone who had no compunction about describing Dorothy Parker as "never funny" and Grace Kelly as a "big bull puppy", you sense dear Cecil might not have held back.

Yet on with the romance. Tomorrow, Bill and Hillary Clinton's only child Chelsea marries her boyfriend Marc Mezvinsky, who works for Goldman Sachs and is the son of a disgraced former congressman who has done a bit of bird for fraud. I know – as if anyone cares about the groom's family.

Arrangements-wise, I could recycle rumours that $15,000 worth of upscale portable toilets have been ordered for the event, on the basis that no mobile sanitaryware is too good for Oprah's urine, or indeed for the waste matter of various stewards of the most disastrous foreign policy adventures since the Johnson administration. I could repeat claims that $320,000 has been spent on flowers. But no such figures have been confirmed, so do join me as we tread carefully through the speculation.

Venue

Even attendees have been kept in the dark as to the location of the Clinton wedding, informed only that they must be within driving distance of New York. Over the last few days, however, the erection of a vast marquee village at the Astor estate in Rhinebeck has led to the widespread assumption that the wedding will take place at this turn-of-the-century mansion on the banks of the Hudson – unless of course the encampment is the second most repulsively wasteful decoy in Clinton history. The first? I think bombing that aspirin factory in Sudan to distract from the Lewinsky blowjob hearings is always going to edge it, on balance.

Anyway, Astor Courts was built by John Jacob Astor IV, and elitism is part of its heritage, given that it was John Jacob's mother Caroline who inspired the capping of New York's social register at 400 during the Gilded Age. Self-styled social arbiter Ward McAllister declared that there were only 400 people in town who were at ease in a ballroom – which was, not entirely coincidentally, the precise number Caroline Astor's ballroom could hold.

As for tomorrow's affair, Mrs Astor loathed parvenus, so one can't think she'd have warmed to Bubba and the gang, while the presence of guests such as an erstwhile interior designer to the White House would doubtless have sent her calling for the smelling salts. "Just because I buy my carpets from him," she once observed of a businessman, "does not mean I have to invite him to walk on them."

Guest list

It was said of the hyper-exclusive Black and White Ball that Capote invited 500 friends, but made 15,000 enemies. Of course, the Clintons' real enemies already number considerably in excess of 15,000 – their imagined foes run into googols – but they are working to similar constraints.

Indeed, contrary to earlier reports it turns out even Barack Obama is NFI, and yesterday TV viewers were treated to the edifying sight of the president of the United States explaining to a chatshow: "I was not invited to the wedding because I think Hillary and Bill, properly, want to keep this thing for Chelsea and her soon-to-be husband." Mmm. Lost in Showbiz suspects Obama wasn't invited because nobody puts Bubba in the corner – but let's not digress.

Other no-shows? Estranged dullards Al and Tipper Gore have obligingly press-released their non-attendance, while those who have made the cut reportedly include Mr Spielberg, the aforementioned Oprah, and our beloved Sting, hopefully with his sainted Plus One. The minute we know Trudie's planet-raping coiffure arrangements for the event, so will you.

Mother and father of the bride

In State Department memos, Hillary has been jokingly referring to herself as MotB (Mother of the Bride), while explaining of the wedding: "It truly is the most important thing in my life right now." Whether you regard that as charming or geopolitically unsettling is a matter for you, but rest assured the US secretary of state is up to speed with the napery. "Luckily we have email now," she explained to reporters during a recent diplomatic tour. "People can send me pictures of flower arrangements and other kinds of decisions."

Of her husband, Hillary was adoringly undermining. "You should assume that if he makes it down the aisle in one piece, it's going to be a major accomplishment," she declared, reminding us what a shameless old scene-stealer Bill is.

Primarily, though, the wedding allows Hillary to pepper her public utterances with homespun anecdotes that effectively suggest she's just like the voters. You know the sort of thing: "Like any mother, I'm hugely emotional." "Like any mother, I'm stressing over the table centrepieces." Like any mother, she's having trouble keeping her lists in order, and the tiniest mix-up could see her point 300 intercontinental ballistic missiles at a florist and request a selection of white rose buttonholes from Kim Jong-il.

The snubbed

Speaking of the Dear Leader, it is perhaps time to consider those whom we might class as the event's 13th fairies – overlooked dignitaries who could react angrily to the social rejection, perhaps by putting all guests to sleep for a hundred years, or using the moment at which the celebrant asks, "Can anyone show any just cause why the happy couple cannot be joined in matrimony?" to start a war in the Korean peninsula.

While Kim could still rain on Chelsea's parade, the encouraging news is that Bill and Hillary are said to have invited Barbra Streisand. This is wise. Yes, the "strong-willed" diva's endorsement is typically viewed as the ultimate nail-in-the-coffin for any Democratic candidate – and the sight of her singing You Don't Bring Me Flowers at a John Kerry benefit in 2004 brought new layers of meaning to the term ballot box poison. But the Clintons have correctly judged it is better to have Barbra inside the tent pissing into $15,000 toilets, than outside doing the same all over Hillary's 2012 ambitions.

Security

As indicated, the nuptials are taking place under a level of secrecy against which all of Katie Price's future weddings will be judged. Entering the church covered in a blanket to protect an OK! mag deal now looks desperately small-time. Accept nothing less than a no-fly zone and a security detail with shoot-to-kill clearance.

Already, two Norwegian journalists have been arrested for trespassing, although they were fortunate enough to have been picked up by state troopers. Come tomorrow, you may assume that interlopers will be taken to some sort of black site marquee Hillary has omitted to tell Congress about, where they will be encouraged to give up their secrets via "mousseboarding" – a Geneva conventions-flouting interrogation procedure involving restraints, a mask, and untouched salmon appetisers.

Presents

Tomorrow, all wedding presents are to be deposited for screening by Secret Service operatives, presumably in case they contain anthrax or duplicate toasters. Less easy to do anything about, unfortunately, are the gifts that have been foisted upon the secretary of state in recent weeks during the course of her diplomatic visits, with special mention going to the gemstone mosaic portrait of Hillary and Chelsea given by the Vietnamese government. Do let's hope Chelsea has a weirdo butler to act as a fence, as I believe is traditional practice with presents from foreigners with poor taste.

Seating plans

Lost in Showbiz once went to a wedding at which the designer Valentino was also in attendance, having created the bride's dress. The walnut-stained signor is evidently a man not held back by self-doubt, given that his response to the usher's inquiry, "Bride or groom?" was an immensely haughty "I am Valentino!" The look on his face when he was nevertheless billeted at least 10 rows from the front was what we who are not in fashion call a keeper. Aren't the indignities of being in trade loathsome?

Fortunately, tomorrow's big event is in America, a land without snobbery where anyone can rise to the top (even though, had Hillary won the 2008 election, presidential power would essentially have been passed between two families for a quarter of a century or more). So rest assured that the likes of Oprah and Barbra won't mind in the slightest if they're bunged somewhere near the back, or required to make up numbers on one of the children's tables.

The Palin challenge

Enormous congratulations to Chelsea and Marc for seeing off an audacious headline grab by the Palin family, in the form of young Bristol's shock engagement to her babyfather, Levi Johnston. While Hillary's daughter remains an exemplary shunner of the limelight, Sarah's eldest recently announced her engagement on the cover of a celebrity magazine. So heartlandy! "It felt right," Bristol said, "even though we don't have the support of our parents."

For now, the Chelsea and Marc show has obliterated the young pretenders, though let's not forget that the course of red state romance never did run smooth. If Bristol and Levi should embark on a Badlands-style spree tomorrow, they could still take this fight.

The wedding's place in history

Finally, for all the ballyhoo about the Clinton bash, Lost in Showbiz fears we live in an age of sadly diminished glamour. Attendees at the Black and White Ball included Greta Garbo, Frank Sinatra, Robert McNamara, Andy Warhol, the Maharaja of Jaipur, Irving Berlin, Ben Bradlee, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Marlene Dietrich, Sam Goldwyn, Billy Wilder, Arthur Miller, Philip Roth . . .

I'm afraid space constraints means we must leave the endlessly stellar roll call there, but you should know JK Galbraith's dancing was apparently electrifying, while Norman Mailer argued with McGeorge Bundy about Vietnam.

In contrast, consider Elton John's rapidly oxidising annual White Tie and Tiara ball, which this year gave lawnroom to Alex Curran and Kerry Katona. Last year we had Simon Cowell's 50th, which was hyped in hilariously awestruck terms, with people apparently unable to grasp the fact that the minute Amanda Holden's name comes within a 30-mile exclusion zone of a guestlist, all Gatsby comparisons are off.

So the optimist can hold out fantasies of Tony Blair getting an earful off Streisand tomorrow, while in an ante-room behind the cake, Bill's voice thickens as he instructs Oprah to use Chelsea's discarded veil to cushion her knees. But at some point, we're probably going to have to accept that it was the parties that got small.

US President Barack Obama said Thursday he was not invited to Chelsea Clinton's nuptials -- reasoning the security footprint of two presidents at one wedding would have spoiled the event.Chelsea Clint

President Barack Obama said Thursday his plan to improve America's education system includes charter schools, intense teacher education and parent involvement.

President Barack Obama has faced off with Sgt. James Crowley, Gen. Stanley McChrystal and Fox News’ Bret Baier. But today, Obama sits down with a group of people who could be his most challenging and threatening personal appointment yet. Obama is today’s special guest on “The View.”

President Barack Obama says the government will recover all the taxpayer money used to bail out the auto industry last year.

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President Barack Obama tackled some hot topics on Thursday's episode of The View.

In case you missed this.... President George W. Bush might have been "The Decider," but President Barack Obama is "The Navigator."  The Web-Surfer-in-Chief demo-ed healthcare.gov for WebMD and managed to slip in two heart warming anecdotes (three if you count "starting out in Chicago") in a just over  three minute video (h/t huffpost).

Jesus, where do we begin? The latest testimony/embarrassment to American democracy comes to us by way of Basil Marceaux, the Republican candidate for governor of Tennessee.

It seems that a renewed interest in the political process and easy access to the internet is spawning the most bizarre crop of candidates for office this country ever did see. The latest comes by way of Chattanooga, Tennessee. And he's a doozy. Let's just say he makes Alvin Greene look like Barack Obama.

He recently began a Youtube Channel spreading his message of lunacy freedom all over the world.

Marceaux is a former marine who wants to be the governor of Tennessee. And like every good politician Basil has a platform consisting of issues that he will address if the good kinfolk people of Tennessee are wise enough to elect him as governor.

One of his campaign promises is "VOTE FOR ME AND IF I WIN I WILL IMMUNE YOU FROM ALL STATE CRIMES FOR THE REST OF YOU LIFE!" OK, that would be kind of awesome. But what else is Basil offering...?




On his website, which looks as if it was designed on a Commodore 64, he lists some of his political priorities:

What Important

1.Education

a. School violents [sic]

b. Add reading of the minutes to the U.S.Congress mandatory

c. Get more of the lottery money to 1-12 2.Equal Health care

a. a free gift program

b. take a look at and redo all mandtory [sic] insurance programs

c. See why dental is not in most plans a tooth aches hurt more than a back aches and no teeths depresses people [sic]

3. Citzens Safety+Citizens Constitution Rights

4. Improving Our Environment

5. Budget

6. Open doors more for Tn.food manufactures

7. My plan will give the state free gas for all governmental cars and trucks

8. Make the U.S. Flag in all state buildings and court fly right. if you fly a U.S.Flag you will fly it right


But Basil isn't all talk and empty promises. He brags of the things he has done for his fellow Tennesseans:


Things I done [sic] for my citizens:

1. Filed suit against Governor Sunquest for promoting Slavery in Tenn.

2. Filed a suit against Soddy Daisy Judge for promoting slaving at traffic stops.

3. Filled a suit against Chattanooga Free Press, Tennessean, all TV stations , Hamilton county attorney, D/A for extortion jury fixing, racketeering, promoting slavery at traffic stops.

4. All cases was [sic] taken all the way to Tennessee Supreme Court all dismiss allowing counties court to overruled the U.S. Supreme Court concerning traffic stops and media protect them Let me us put me in office. [sic]

5. Ran for governor for three times, state senator 4 times, U.S. Senate once. I don't know about you but I think its high-time a politician had the balls to take a stand against traffic stop slavery. I've been complaining about it for years. Get involved Tennessee and support this true man of the people! He needs your help in raising funds! "i welcome anyone who wants to be a A SUPPORTER. I need up to $90.00 @ PERSON for campaign funds to pay for spots on tv "

He urges like-minded citizens who are also outraged at traffic stop slavery to send donations to:

ELECT AND SUPPORT:
BASIL J MARCEAUX FOR YOUR NEXT
TENNESSEE SENATOR # 10
or

BASIL J MARCEAUX FOR YOUR NEXT
TENNESSEE GOVERNOR 2010

Soooooo...is he running for the Senate and governor? Simultaneously? That would be truly awesome though a victory by Basil in both races would likely throw Tennessee into some sort of constitutional crisis. But who has time for such trivial, elitist issues when our very freedom is on the line!

But Basil isn't just a smooth-talking politician, he is also an scholar of sorts, ready to break down the history of our great democracy at the drop of a hat: "Can our country be a republic when the founders free usin 1776-then one the founder became a traitor to a republic and became a democrate then a democrary republic took charge of our time line then split in 1825 and 1866 the congress said we were invaded by the domiment party and today we say a pledge to a repulic , but democacy must live on and we say no oath to it...this is all Thomas Jefferson fault he took us doun the wrong road while the real founders were kiled and jailed. "

Alvin Greene is looking better and better. God Bless America.

Basil Marceaux 2010!!! For freedom!! And teeths!!!

 

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WASHINGTON (AFP) - Barack Obama fought hard to keep his BlackBerry when he became president, but with only 10 people authorized to email the super-encrypted device, he admitted Thursday that it is 'no fun.' - Karameloo News UK - Latest ...

So cool, those two.

Last night in Greenwich Village, Harvey Weinstein, Georgina Chapman, Donna Karan, Bee Shaffer, Tory Burch, and Calvin Klein gathered with fellow wealthy liberals at Anna Wintour's house for dinner with Barack Obama to raise money for the Democratic National Committee. Attendees each paid $30,400 to attend, but no reporters were allowed inside, which is what the Obama administration does when the president just hangs out but doesn't give speeches. So we may never know what happened in Anna's house last night for the hour that Obama was there, but we can make it up in an imaginary scene!

Barriers on Sullivan Street in Greenwich Village are cleared for a motorcade approaching from uptown. It putters onto the street and parks outside a stately light-blue townhouse. The president exits his vehicle, his face shiny from the sticky New York humidity. Secret Service escort him to the front door. They knock. One of Anna Wintour's bodyguards opens.

Anna Wintour: Lovely to see you, Barack. You're only two years late.
Barack Obama: Hello, Anna. Thank you for giving the Democratic Party's wealthiest and most fashionable supporters a private place to give us their money. Though I do always feel a bit bad about shutting down the entire neighborhood.
Anna: Don't be silly — it's the gated community I've always dreamed of! Besides, you're in a safe space, here, darling, not the people's space. No guilt from excess here.
Barack: Ho ho, you're right! Man, it sure does smell great in here — did you sprinkle lavender oil on the banisters?
Anna: Ugh, too messy. I just had my private army of scientists install miniature lavender fields in my new air-conditioning units so that we may be constantly showered in fresh lavender air.
Barack: Man, you really know how to throw a party. I just can't coordinate this kind of stuff — but you know how I struggle with simple things like wearing pants that people won't make fun of. Air conditioners filled with genetically altered lavender? Forget about it.
Anna: Right, well it's a good thing you're the president — otherwise, those "clothes" you speak of certainly would have been a bit of a wedge in our friendship. However, while we're on the subject of how you look, I might suggest you take a cue from your wife and travel with a makeup artist. [Whispers.] Your face is kind of shiny.
Barack: Oh no! I have shiny face again? My old-fashioned handkerchiefs just aren't very absorbent, I supposed.
Anna: All I'm saying is that if you came over more often ...
Barack: What? That bad?
Anna: We could go over a few things: powder, tailoring, facials.
Barack: I do have to say, this house is pretty nice. I feel like I'm on the set of a Meryl Streep movie!
Anna: It's no White House, but at least it's, well, up to date, decorating-wise. Nothing you'll find here is hundreds of years old — except the many bottles of wine and Champagne I've arranged for us to consume, of course.
Barack: Awesome! Only I don't drink on school nights. Even if I did tape The View this morning with Elisabeth Hasselbeck. Say, what's for dinner?
Anna: Kobe beef served in truffle bowls.
Barack: Ooh, I haven't had a bread bowl since the chowder in Maine! Glad I didn't eat at The Four Seasons.
Anna: No no, not bread — it's a half of a truffle sourced by my private army of truffle pigs. Then the chef scoops them and discards the innards. I hear people sometimes request their bagels get similar treatment.
Barack: Oh, Anna, you are truly high-low, just like your magazine. Really brings a tear.

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