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“A bizarre Bible-thumping heckler called President Obama ‘the Antichrist’ as the Secret Service dragged him out of a presidential fund-raiser Monday,” the New York Daily News writes of Obama’s fundraiser in Los Angeles.
A Roanoke College poll shows Mitt Romney beating the president 45%-37% in Virginia; Rick Perry leads by a slimmer 42%-40% margin. Obama has a 39%-54% approval rating in the state, according to the poll. Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) and Sen. Mark Warner (D) have an identical 67% approval rating.
Obama’s in Denver today, pitching his jobs plan, and Politico takes a look at his fortunes in the state. It quotes former Democratic governor Bill Ritter as saying, “A repeat of 2008 is very unlikely… I’d say he’s looking at a high-wire act here.” (That’s despite the 2010 victory by Sen. Michael Bennet -- at perhaps the peak of the Tea Party enthusiasm.)
The Wall Street Journal’s Seib writes, “Amid those dark political clouds overhead right now, President Barack Obama can console himself with this silver lining: The electoral map remains stacked in favor of him and his Democrats. In a close presidential election—and there is every reason to believe that 2012's will be—that is an important and often overlooked fundamental. It will affect the strategic decisions both parties make as the campaign unfolds. Indeed, the shape of the electoral map already appears to be driving some moves this year, and offers signposts indicating which states will be pivotal next year.”
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“A bizarre Bible-thumping heckler called President Obama ‘the Antichrist’ as the Secret Service dragged him out of a presidential fund-raiser Monday,”
That sounds like an average Tea Party member to me.
I thought the religious right wanted the Antichrist to come, so God could create a better world to live in. Am I wrong or are they being hypocritical on this also?
they're totally clueless, Mo. That belief is what makes 'em so dangerous, though. "IF I'm going to walk on streets of gold because I been good, Bring on the end NOW!"
But I wonder- if this 'Christ' doesn't exist, how the hell can there be an 'ANTI-Christ'???
I agree DBO, but the religious right has to have something to be afraid of. That's the way they live their lives, scared of their own shadows.
NO, Bush II is the Anti-Christ. Everything he did while President was the exact opposite of the teachings of Jesus. Nothing he did had anything to do with Christianity. So, he wins the title by default.
If you believe in Bible prophecy then the end is truly near. Repent, repent.
You know something just occurred to me. The RWNJ's like to refer the President as the "messiah" in various denigrating ways. Would,nt it be ironic if he was?
Lucy, you got some 'splainin' to do.
Obama/Biden 2012
The story could have been written without the blaspheme. Bible Thumper..??? There are better terms in which to describe this fool.
it's a quote. From the New York Times. Perhaps he was literally thumping a Bible?
It's funny InTheMiddle how you tea people GOP republicans can call the President and Liberal bloggers all kinds of names, but when some one calls one of your's a bible thump-er you get all bent out of shape.
First all it's not one of mine...whatever that means. I just stated a fact. I hear no one but you Liberals using that terminology. I am not living quite the way Jesus would like but I DO know right and wrong. Obviously this is a concept you either don't understand or you're just a blatantly disrectful fool.
In the end we all will have to answer for everything.
Calling the POTUS and a ..lol...blogger names is definately not on the same plane as blaspheme.
http://www.gotquestions.org/blasphemy-Holy-Spirit.html
Try reading the Bible sometime, maybe you will learn something youngster.
It looks like this person that was thrown out has some issues. Maybe they need mental help.
Maybe the staff of first read that wrote this article wasn't old enough to remember the Reagan Carter race. If I remember right every poll had it a tight race and a toss up until a few days before the election. We know how that turned out, the biggest landslide in history.
Had it not been for the republicans taking over the congress, forcing Clinton to move to the center, Clinton would have been a one term president. The liberal democrats like to give Clinton all the credit when in fact it was the republican controlled congress that pulled his rear end out of a disaster.
Any of the republicans currently running for President could beat Obama, except for Michelle Bachmann and Ron Paul. Obama is getting close to being a bigger looser than Carter was.
I believe the President can and will beat any of the Republican-Tea Potty members. Main stream America will not elect any of these right wing extremist who hate other people such as Gay Americans who serve in the military.
Wow here is a non story! This has happened to almost every President for 25 years maybe longer.
“A bizarre Bible-thumping heckler called President Obama ‘the Antichrist’ as the Secret Service dragged him out of a presidential fund-raiser Monday,”
How did they know that he was a Bible-thumper? I find it hard to believe there are no democrats that believe in Jesus Christ?
look it must be REPUBLICAN MORON TUESDAY
I didn't care for your sophomoric comment, but I still love you.
Who cares who runs. It's over. The great capitalistic experiment is over, and the rich dogs have won. You can't take care of over 300 million people when you put it all in the hands of Wall Street, the financial services industry, billionaires and corportate fat cats. I'm getting more socialistic every year. The countries that will survive in the 21st century are those where the citzenry help take care of each other. Where there's a regulated free market, democracy, national healthcare, free education through college / vocational schools. All those who believe that a country ruled by the private sector is the way to nirvana -- take a look around. Look what a de-regulated capitalistic system has wrought. Yep, Mitt Romney's private sector-will-take-care-of-everything philosophy really works -- like it has the past few years. Funny how many socialistic countries have a democracy, and all the same freedoms we have, except the freedom to squash the masses by letting the few have it all.
Hasn't anyone seen the jump in the number of Wall Street protestors? Most of them are young kids in their early 20's left jobless by hotchas of Wall Street. Many of them are from out of state and a lot are college graduates. No jobs for them. No future. Meanwhile the Wall Street Pigs don't like to be reminded of their greed so they are having the protestors jailed. Why do you need a permit to exercise your First Amendment rights?
Let me clue you in about Christie. I've lived my entire 64 years in NJ. He's a Noo Yawkah wannabee. He lives in uppercrustville with the rest of the Noo Yawk imports who come to NJ join that right wing Koch inspired "Americans For Prosperity" and then play NIMBY (Not in my backyard) whenever it's time for equal rights.
If President Obama is inexperienced as righties love to claim, what do they think Christie is? In 2 years, he's spent more time out of the state than in. This guy is the perfect GOP candidate. Perfect teeth, slicked back hair, prerequisite ties to all the right Big Money names and if you're thinking he'll add jobs, think again. He's a wealth protectionist in Republicans clothes. What else is new? We need another Republican wealth protectionist in the White House like we need another 2008 Financial Meltdown..oh wait. that's coming too.
ewent, I have been watching the Wall St protest, I too live in N.J. local coverage has been a little kinder to the protest. National coverage seems to be a lot more negative both CNN and MSNBC. Your correct in assuming that Wall St and Mayor Bloomberg will prevent anything that makes Wall St and the big banks look bad.