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To: puborectalis who wrote (654274)	5/9/2012 9:55:13 AM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1578157

Strange Anomalies in the Famous Situation Room Photo Beyond the obvious blurred photo in front of Hillary Clinton, are there other hints of manipulation? A Swedish paper makes the observation that Obama looks like a midget in the chair despite his six-foot-plus stature. When comparing the size of the surrounding people in the photo to Obama, the photo certainly gives the impression that Obama's head (or possibly the entire body) was placed into the photo and resized a tad too small. And as a side-note observation: why is everyone in the room dressed in work attire -- as if they went to work that day -- except for Obama? Compare the size of surrounding heads in the "Situation Room" photo to the size of Obama's head. Even if you use a perspective argument -- in which objects appear smaller at a greater distance -- then why are the faces behind Obama still larger? Marshall Webb's head is larger as well, and keep in mind that Marshall is sitting next to Obama (on the same plane). Read more: americanthinker.com

To: puborectalis who wrote (654274)	5/9/2012 10:54:22 AM
From: longnshort	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1578157

So lets look at this turnout – the Democrats cast a total of 670,278 votes. Hey, wait a minute. That isn’t even close to the number of petitions filed for the recall in the first place (around one million supposedly). What is up with that? Only a few things can be surmised. Massive peition fraud. People signed just to feel good, or get a family member or someone else out of their face. People didn’t understand what they were signing. Something else? I don’t get that at all. Hey, YOU are the ones that wanted this stupid recall and you aren’t even going to vote in the primary now to select the candidate to go against the dark lord Walker? Sheesh. What a scam. The republican turnout was impressive – 646,458 votes – almost MORE than the Dems and for the R’s, there wasn’t really anything to vote for. I am pleasantly surprised at this. By Barrett winning, it is absolutely clear now that this isn’t about collective bargaining for government unions anymore. It is a power grab by one party over another, plain and simple. Barrett has campaigned FAR away from the union issue and I can only assume will continue to do so. So prediction time, and a little crystal ball stuff. I think Walker will win. I also think that the Senate will flip from R to D. I believe there are four state senate races to be decided in the general recall election on June 5. It is going to be a LONG month up here with robocalls, ads, and all the rest. readmsg.aspx?msgid=28133360

To: puborectalis who wrote (654274)	5/9/2012 11:35:44 AM
From: tejek	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578157

Jon Stewart Explains How The Right Avoids Giving Obama Credit For Anything gawker.com

To: puborectalis who wrote (654274)	5/9/2012 11:47:17 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578157

Wait til the Swiss find out! Michele Bachmann, Swiss citizen By Steve Benen - Wed May 9, 2012 10:00 AM EDT When I saw reports bouncing around this morning that Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) had become a Swiss citizen, I thought it was some kind of joke with an odd punch line. As it turns out, it's legit. The Minnesota congresswoman and former Republican presidential candidate was recently granted dual citizenship, Bachmann's office confirmed Tuesday night, according to CNN. "Congresswoman Bachmann's husband is of Swiss descent so she has been eligible for dual-citizenship since they got married in 1978," spokeswoman Becky Rogness said in a statement. "However, recently some of their children wanted to exercise their eligibility for dual-citizenship so they went through the process as a family." Here's video of the right-wing lawmaker, commenting on her eligibility to seek public office in the European country. [iframe height=429 src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/3zdNnhQVTJY" frameBorder=0 width=600 allowfullscreen=""][/iframe] As a practical matter, this apparently won't have much of an impact on Bachmann's political career -- she will continue to seek re-election -- but it is a rather odd turn of events, not only for a member of Congress to maintain dual citizenship, but for this member of Congress to maintain dual citizenship. Doug Mataconis noted, "Perhaps it has happened before, and I don't necessarily have a problem with it, but one has to wonder how Bachmann and her fellow Republicans would react if a Democrat did something like this." I had the same thought. I can only imagine the breathless Fox News reports about the nefarious Democratic lawmaker who "wasn't satisfied with her American citizenship," so she picked up dual citizenship for her and her children from a "liberal European country" -- probably because of Switzerland's universal health care system and generous, anti-freedom welfare state.