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To: longnshort who wrote (85522)	3/13/2012 1:22:08 PM
From: joseffy	3 Recommendations Respond to of 90947

To: longnshort who wrote (85522)	3/13/2012 11:15:39 PM
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David Axelrod bails on Bill Maher By KEACH HAGEY \| 3/13/12 politico.com David Axelrod will not be appearing as a guest on “Real Time with Bill Maher,” despite reports last week that he was scheduled to do the show in the next few weeks. “He's not scheduled to go on at this time,” said Ben LaBolt, the press secretary for President Obama’s reelection campaign. ( Also on POLITICO: Limbaugh laughs at Dems: "They thought I was finished") Maher, who donated $1 million to the pro-Obama super PAC Priorities USA, has increasingly become a target of right-wing attacks over the last week in response to the left’s attacks on Rush Limbaugh. Maher has come under fire for calling Sarah Palin a “ct” during his stand-up act and a “dumb twt” on his HBO show, among other sexist comments. Axelrod has used the Limbaugh affair to attack Mitt Romney, slamming him for having “essentially refused to comment on what was a really egregious set of comments by Limbaugh” and saying “he’s afraid to challenge a guy who’s the de-facto head of his party.” The Daily noted this when reporting last Wednesday that, according to an HBO spokeswoman, Axelrod was scheduled to appear on Maher’s show in the coming weeks. Axelrod’s cold feet are not the only sign that the right’s attacks on Maher seem to be gaining some traction. On Thursday, The Daily Caller reported that the Alabama Democratic Party had scrubbed its website of an announcement for its upcoming fundraiser headlined by Maher.

To: longnshort who wrote (85522)	3/14/2012 3:04:25 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 90947

Vets angry over American flag featuring Obama Tuesday, March 13, 2012 wftv.com LAKE COUNTY, Fla. — Tempers are flaring over a version of the American flag flying in Lake County. A veterans group says the flag is an outrage. The flag, which features a picture of President Obama, was taken down Tuesday afternoon. Korean war veteran Don Van Beck said his blood was boiling. "I can't describe how upset was because you just don't do that to the American flag," Van Beck said. Van Beck found it flying outside Lake County Democratic headquarters under the stars and stripes. Marine Corps vet John Masterjohn was seeing red. "Joseph Stalin, pictures of Mao, pictures of Adolph Hitler. The pomp, the ceremony -- the flags like that," Masterjohn said. Nearly a dozen veterans went to the door and aimed to take it down. "No. This is private property. This is private property. You're not allowed to touch anything. I'll call the police," Democratic Party chairwoman Nancy Hulbert said. "Just went online. Just went online and looked up the flag code. There is no higher-up in Lake County. I'm responsible. I take responsibility." "If you've been a veteran and fought -- and some died for this flag -- you don't want to see it desecrated. That's how simple it is," Van Beck said.