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Politics : The Obama - Clinton Disaster -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Honey_Bee who wrote (76862)	8/10/2012 1:09:57 PM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	5 Recommendations Read Replies (45) \| Respond to of 103300

Obama has released his tax returns and Romney should do the same.

To: Honey_Bee who wrote (76862)	8/10/2012 7:49:39 PM
From: Oblivious	1 Recommendation Respond to of 103300

Don't Believe Poll Propaganda By DICK MORRIS Published on DickMorris.com on August 10, 2012 Printer-Friendly Version Dear Friend, I was outraged today when I saw a Washington Post article headlined "Three Polls Show Obama Widening Lead Over Romney." One was a poll from FOX News that showed Obama 9 points ahead. The others were surveys by CNN and Reuters showing a 7 point Obama lead. NOT TRUE! Click Here to read the Washington Post article I am referring to. The real numbers, of likely voters are found in the Rasmussen Polls which had Romney *ahead* by three yesterday and four today. Gallup, which surveys registered voters (as opposed to likely voters) has the race tied at 46-46. There are several factors which explain the difference: 1. Obama's voters don't want to come out and vote for him. They are only lukewarm and are not people who always vote. Cynical and apathetic, they do not begin to approximate the intensity of the Romney voters or even of the 2008 Obama backers. 2. Black turnout is traditionally 11% of the total vote. In 2008, rose to 14%, providing Obama with more than half of his margin of victory. Current polls suggest a reversion to the pre-2008 turnout level, but polling firms that do not measure voter intention can't tell that and weight the black vote up to 12, 13, or even 14 percent, padding Obama's vote artificially. 3. Likewise with Latino vote which was 7% of the vote and grew to 8.5% in 2008. Their votes this time show signs of returning to historic norms 4. Polls of registered voters tend to weight up the Democratic respondents, according their opinions more weight in the poll. That's because their data usually shows fewer Democrats in their sample than in national registration figures. But, in weighting for party, they obscure the fact that a great many registered Democrats have left the Party, particularly in the past few years, a finding that is obliterated by the weighting. The fact is that Rasmussen and Gallup both showed drops for Romney about 4-5 days ago when negative coverage of his foreign trip (itself a sign of media bias) tended to dampen his ratings. But both have shown a recovery since. Rasmussen and Gallup poll every day. The other polls are conducted over a period of several days. So the Rasmussen and Gallup data are a few days fresher than the other polls and reflect Romney's recovery. Thanks, Dick Morris

To: Honey_Bee who wrote (76862)	8/10/2012 8:44:40 PM
From: lorne	1 Recommendation Respond to of 103300

Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano favored women pals for jobs: lawsuit By BRUCE GOLDING August 10, 2012 newyorkpost.com A veteran US law-enforcement official has filed a blockbuster discrimination lawsuit against Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, charging she pushed him aside to make way for a less-qualified woman who’s “enjoyed a long-standing relationship” with the anti-terror chief. The lawsuit, which was first reported yesterday by blogger Debbie Schlussel, identifies the woman as Dora Schriro, who was later appointed by Mayor Bloomberg as commissioner of the city Department of Correction, a post she still holds. The court papers also allege that Suzanne Barr, Napolitano’s chief of staff at Immigration and Customs Enforcement, has engaged in “numerous” acts of “sexually offensive behavior” intended to “humiliate and intimidate male employees. Barr’s alleged acts include calling one man “in his hotel room and screaming at him that she wanted his ‘c--k in the back of [her] throat.’ ” The suit was filed by James T. Hayes Jr., special agent in charge of New York City investigations for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Hayes, who began his career with the feds as a border patrol agent in 1995, formerly served as director of ICE Detention and Removal Operations in Washington, DC, where he oversaw about 8,500 workers and a $2.5 billion budget. But Hayes says he was demoted following President Obama’s election and the appointment of Napolitano, a former Arizona governor, to head the Department of Homeland Security. In court papers filed in Washington federal court, Hayes says Schriro — who previously served as director of the Arizona Department of Corrections under Napolitano — was named a “special adviser” to Napolitano on detention and removal operations in February 2009 and began to replace him at DHS and ICE meetings. “Schriro was not as qualified for the position plaintiff had because of lack of federal law-enforcement experience,” Hayes’ suit says. “Schriro did have experience, however, working with Secretary Napolitano. Schriro enjoyed a long-standing relationship with the secretary.” The suit doesn’t detail the nature of their relationship. During her 2002 gubernatorial campaign, Napolitano publicly denied rumors that she’s a lesbian. In a 2009 interview, she said, “I just happen not to be married.” When asked at that time if she was “seeing anybody now,” she answered, “Yes, my staff.” Hayes’ suit says that when it became clear he was going to be removed from his post, he “felt that he was being targeted because of his gender.” He charges that in April and May 2009, ICE chief of staff Barr “removed the entire contents of the offices of three male employees, including nameplates, computers and telephones, to the men’s bathroom at ICE headquarters.” “Barr also created a frat-house type atmosphere that is targeted to humiliate and intimidate male employees,” court papers say. In addition to the alleged hotel phone call, Barr allegedly “covertly took an ICE BlackBerry device assigned to a male special agent in charge and sent a BlackBerry Messenger message to his female supervisor indicating that the male employee had a crush on the female supervisor and fantasized about her.” “Further, Barr promoted and otherwise rewarded those male employees who play along with her sexually charged games,” the suit says. Napolitano hasn’t formally respoded to Hayes’ suit, which was filed in May. In response to a request for comment from DHS, ICE Director of Public Affairs Brian Hale said, “ICE doesn’t comment on unfounded claims and will respond to Mr. Hayes’ allegations as appropriate through the judicial system.” Robin Campbell, press secretary for the New York City Department of Correction, said: “Commissioner Schriro’s selection and service at DHS was based on the merits. Any suggestion to the contrary is false.”