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Biden to 'dull as hell' fundraiser crowd: 'Pretend you like me' By Justin Sink - 04/27/12 12:38 PM ET Vice President Biden ordered supporters to "pretend you like me" after mocking them as "dull as hell" at a campaign fundraiser in Washington on Friday. The vice president was speaking to Turkish and Azerbaijani donors about the potential of the region as a democratic and economic force when he noticed he wasn't getting much of a reception. “I guess what I’m trying to say without boring you too long at breakfast – and you all look dull as hell, I might...

Muhammad Fakih is trying to eke out a living by entertaining Palestinians as they wait at IDF checkpoints in the West Bank. He decided to use his talent as an impressionist when he discovered that he was being forced to spend hours shuttling between his two wives in Bethlehem and Nablus. He has become so famous among Palestinians stranded at checkpoints that some are dubbing him the "Checkpoint Entertainer." Even many soldiers have come to recognize him. Both Palestinians and soldiers sometimes ask the stonemason to imitate Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat or Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. Earlier this week,...

The Reverend Al Sharpton could barely contain a smile Thursday when he visited the tomb of Robert E. Lee'I want people to see that if I will go to Robert E. Lee's tomb, I will go anywhere!!' [to become the 2004 Democratic Nominee for President of the United States] He then added: 'I wonder how this will play in Harlem?' Reverend Sharpton paid his respects at the end of another improbable campaign day appearance at Washington and Lee University.Neither Sharpton nor student leaders expected a meeting of the minds. It was more like a marriage of convenience.Washington and Lee students...