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CNN host John Berman confronted Senator Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Wednesday for previously opposing government shutdowns. Along with most Democrats, Schumer voted to shut the government down since the Republican-led stopgap bill did not include an extension of enhanced tax credits in the Affordable Care Act. While he defended his party for voting in favor of the shutdown on “CNN News Central,” Berman played previous clips of the New York Democrat previously calling government shutdowns “self-defeating” and “a politics of idiocy.” “That was you three times in the past,” Berman said. “That was in March, John, before they had...

Joe Biden Makes History! ** Joe Biden is now the first US President in 100 years NOT to hold a press conference in his first 30 days in office. Advertisement - story continues below He can’t. ** Joe Biden is the first US President NOT to hold a State of the Union Address or Joint Session of Congress Address in almost 100 years. ** And Joe Biden is the first US President to COMPLETELY OPEN the US Southern border to illegal aliens, even sick ones, during a pandemic. The White House on Tuesday announced that dementia Joe will finally hold...

By Stephanie Condon / CBS News/ April 3, 2013, 10:53 AM Michelle Obama: It's "OK" president is a sex symbol Asked by Entertainment Tonight about her husband's status as a "sex symbol," first lady Michelle Obama says she understands the attraction. "He's got a little swag, you know. That's OK," Mrs. Obama said in the Monday interview, conducted at the White House Easter Egg Roll. "I mean, I'm proud of him. He's a stylish, I think, man who is healthy and he's smart and he's passionate and he's inspiring. And who wouldn't fall in love with that, you know? It's...

DES MOINES.....a Grinnell College student, Muriel Gallo-Chasanoff, said a Clinton aide told her to ask Hillary a scripted question about global warming at a bio-diesel plant event.... "They were canned," according to The Scarlet & Black student newspaper. Before the event, Clinton's staff member got Gallo-Chasanoff to ask the after Clinton's speech. "One of the senior staffers told me what [to ask]," she said. When Gallo-Chasanoff asked about global-warming, Clinton replied that young people often ask her that question.

Sean's going to interview President Bush and Vice-President Cheney.

Equal Time For A Monster! Congratulations Mr. Rather. You Won. By Lowell Phillips Weekender, March 2, 2003 Toogood Reports When I first got wind of Dan Rather's interview with Saddam Hussein, what I immediately wondered was "Why?" The answer should have materialized just as quickly, though I admit I had to think about it. No, I'm not unaware of what drives the media, and considering much of my time is spent immersed in it, I should never have such questions. But then again I have trouble relating. You see, I consider the title of "American" more important than that of...