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[Trifecta] Debunking the Green Goon Squad - ScrappleFace Nov 21, 2009, 9:33 am
Liars, Leftists & Lunatics: Debunking the Green Goon Squad
ScrappleFace editor Scott Ott serves as co-host of PJTV’s Trifecta, a thrice-weekly news, opinion and humor show with Bill Whittle & Steve Green. (NOTE: This week, St. Louis radio doyenne Dana Loesch subs for an ailing Steve Green)
[Trifecta] Urban Nightmare: Fed Power Over Your Town - ScrappleFace Nov 20, 2009, 8:43 am
Urban Nightmare: Livable Communities Act Boosts Federal Power Over Your Town
ScrappleFace editor Scott Ott serves as co-host of PJTV’s Trifecta, a thrice-weekly news, opinion and humor show with Bill Whittle & Steve Green. (NOTE: This week, St. Louis radio doyenne Dana Loesch subs for an ailing Steve Green)
Scott Ott Campaign Debrief with Michael Koolidge - ScrappleFace Nov 19, 2009, 4:24 pm
Michael Koolidge, a talkradio host with global reach, interviews ScrappleFace.com editor Scott Ott following his first-ever political campaign. Use the audio player below, or click the link to download the 26 min. (12.2 MB) mp3 file.
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*Obama Hails Phony Stimulus Jobs as Faux GDP Boon - ScrappleFace Nov 20, 2009, 7:44 am
President Obama on Friday hailed the “amazing growth” in phony stimulus jobs, especially from nonexistent congressional districts, as a “sure sign that we’re seeing a make-believe recovery and an encouraging spurt in faux GDP.”
Faux gross domestic product usually trails other false economic indicators, the president said, but with projected unemployment plummeting, the federal government’s top alleged experts predict ill-founded consumer confidence will bounce
*[Trifecta] Media Sharks Attack ‘Cuda: Behind Palin Smears - ScrappleFace Nov 20, 2009, 8:31 am
ScrappleFace editor Scott Ott serves as co-host of PJTV’s Trifecta, a thrice-weekly news, opinion and humor show with Bill Whittle & Steve Green. (NOTE: This week, St. Louis radio doyenne Dana Loesch subs for an ailing Steve Green)
Media Sharks Attack ‘Cuda, So What’s Behind the Palin Smears?, host Dana Loesch
*Obama: Palin Book Shows Need for Public Option - ScrappleFace Nov 17, 2009, 6:09 am
Decrying the lack of “choice and competition” in the U.S. memoir market, President Obama today backed a House bill to create a “single-writer public option” autobiography to serve the needs of an estimated 47 million Americans who can’t afford Sarah Palin’s $28.99 hardcover “Going Rogue.”
[READ THE REST at The Washington Examiner]
*Obama Says Jobs Summit Won't Hike Deficit - ScrappleFace Nov 13, 2009, 5:53 am
As he left for a weeklong trip to Asia, President Obama announced he would hold a U.S. “jobs summit” in December, and promised that the convention of experts in government, business and academia would figure out how to get tens of millions of Americans employed and “won’t add a dime to the deficit.”
Obama said funding for the summit would come from millions of dollars worth of savings squeezed from existing government employment programs.
[READ THE REST at The Washi
*[Trifecta] Calm Commander v. Cold Fish: The Ft. Hood React - ScrappleFace Nov 12, 2009, 2:10 pm
Bill Whittle asks Steve Green and ScrappleFace editor Scott Ott what kind of president reacts the way Barack Obama did to the Fort Hood terror attack, on the latest episode of PJTV’s Trifecta.
Trifecta: Tale of 2 Presidents -- Calm Command v Cold Fish
[Trifecta] Ft. Hood Shooter a Victim? We Take Offense. - ScrappleFace Nov 12, 2009, 6:45 am
ScrappleFace.com editor Scott Ott co-hosts a thrice-weekly show called Trifecta on PJTV.com with Bill Whittle and Steve Green. Subscribing to PJTV brings you information and insight from a patriotic perspective that you just can’t get in the mainstream media.
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Journalists Raise Funds for Troubled Fort Hood Shooter - ScrappleFace Nov 10, 2009, 6:42 pm
Journalists across the nation, moved by the plight of a troubled Muslim psychiatrist whose “understandable emotional turmoil” broke out in gunfire last week at Fort Hood, Texas, will hold a major fundraising event in the coming weeks in honor of the accused shooter, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan.
[READ THE REST at The Washington Examiner]
*Scott Ott Concedes Lehigh County Executive Election - ScrappleFace Nov 7, 2009, 8:53 pm
NON-SATIRE
A note from Scott Ott…
After personally witnessing Friday’s review of precinct vote totals, by the staff at the Lehigh County Voter Registration office, I’m convinced that a recount is unlikely to produce significantly different results.
The final tally had me and incumbent County Executive Don Cunningham separated by only 870 votes out of 41,228 cast. His margin of victory came entirely from urban precincts where Democrats outnumber Republicans by three or four to o
*Obama Plans Joint Library with Bush - ScrappleFace Nov 6, 2009, 7:32 am
As President Obama marked the one-year anniversary of his election by blaming his predecessor for the failure to convert the promise of “hope and change” into legislation and policy, a top White House official reported ongoing talks with associates of George W. Bush about “presidential library co-location.”
[READ THE REST at The Washington Examiner]
*Obama Marks Election Anniversary with Sabbatical - ScrappleFace Nov 3, 2009, 5:12 am
President Obama marked the one-year anniversary of his election by announcing he would take a nine-month sabbatical “to rest and refresh after a grueling year of staggering accomplishment.”
[READ THE REST AT The Washington Examiner]
*Scott Ott Debates Opponent, Election Tomorrow - ScrappleFace Nov 2, 2009, 4:07 pm
For ScrappleFace readers following editor Scott Ott’s run for Lehigh County Executive, you can now watch a 30 minute debate between Scott and incumbent Democrat Don Cunningham online. The career politician’s high regard for Scott’s craft becomes evident. The election is tomorrow, Tuesday, November 3.
Link to Video
PJTV Salutes You, Mr. Really In Your Face Earmarker - ScrappleFace Oct 30, 2009, 8:49 pm
*Obama girls get H1N1 shot, but still exhaling CO2 - ScrappleFace Oct 30, 2009, 6:05 am
After a week of national angst over Barack and Michelle Obama’s delayed vaccination of their daughters against the H1N1 virus, Americans let out a collective sigh of relief at news that the girls finally got the shot. However, an unnamed top White House official said today that the danger has not completely passed, because the girls continue to exhale climate-changing carbon dioxide.
[READ THE REST AT The Washington Examiner]
Scott Ott on Radio, Video 8:30 a.m. and 10 p.m. - ScrappleFace Oct 28, 2009, 6:56 am
ScrappleFace editor Scott Ott will appear on WGPA 1100 AM in the Lehigh Valley this morning at 8:30 p.m. You can watch streaming video at http://wgpasunny1100.com
Tonight at 10 p.m., Scott joins Jenny Erikson, host of the Smart Girl Report which you can hear at RFCRadio.com.
You can help Scott get elected Lehigh County Executive on Nov. 3, with your contribution by credit card, PayPal or check by mail to Vote Scott Ott, P.O. Box 3121, Allentown, PA 18106-0121
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*Obama Adds Public Option to World Series - ScrappleFace Oct 27, 2009, 7:56 am
President Obama today announced his plan to add “choice and competition” to the World Series of Major League Baseball by adding a ‘public team’ to the traditional end-of-season championship duel.
[READ THE REST at The Washington Examiner]
*Czar Cuts Exec Pay, Allows Just One Buffet Trip - ScrappleFace Oct 23, 2009, 7:46 am
Obama administration pay czar Kenneth R. Feinberg announced today that, in addition to severely slashing paychecks of top executives at firms which the federal government bailed out, he would also limit them to a single daily trip to the “all you can eat” buffet in the company cafeteria.
[READ THE REST at the Washington Examiner]
*Hillary Talks with Fox News, Offers Bilateral Fact Cuts - ScrappleFace Oct 20, 2009, 8:05 am
As tensions mount in the cold war between the White House and Fox News, Obama administration sources say the president could soon dispatch Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for direct, high-level talks with Fox News President Roger Ailes. [READ THE REST]
Scott Ott on Radio Online 9-10 a.m. - ScrappleFace Oct 19, 2009, 8:37 am
Scott Ott will appear on WAEB.com streaming online from 9-10 a.m. today.
*Deal: U.N. Inspects Iran Nukes, Tehran hosts 2016 Olympics - ScrappleFace Oct 2, 2009, 6:39 am
Unconfirmed reports out of Geneva late yesterday indicate the Obama administration’s tough talk strategy had pushed Iran to open its newest nuclear-fuel plant to international inspectors, in exchange for the right to host the 2016 Olympics — a privilege Obama had hoped to secure for Chicago.
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ScrappleFace editor-in-chief Scott Ott writes a twice-weekly satire column for The Washington Examiner. You can read past columns here.
*Obama to Lobby Academy for Michael Moore Oscar - ScrappleFace Oct 6, 2009, 6:01 am
Just days after his personal pitch failed to secure the 2016 Olympic Games for Chicago, President Obama will reportedly “get right back up on that horse” and personally lobby the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in an effort to get an Oscar for Michael Moore’s last film. [READ THE REST]
Mr. Faithful Like a Trial Lawyer [Real Members of Congress] - ScrappleFace Oct 7, 2009, 5:27 pm
ScrappleFace editor Scott Ott collaborated with AlfonZo Rachel and the crew at PJTV.com to create this salute to Sen. Arlen Specter, D/R/D-PA. This is the second in our ‘Real Members of Congress’ series. To see ‘Mr. Tax-Law Writing Tax Evader (Rep. Charles Rangel) click here. Visit PJTV.com, where Scott Ott co-hosts a show called Trifecta three times weekly.
ADV: Help Elect Scott Ott.
*U.N. Decries Obama's Preemptive Nobel Peace Prize - ScrappleFace Oct 9, 2009, 8:40 am
(2009-10-09) — United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today rejected in the strongest possible terms the deployment of the Nobel Peace Prize to U.S. President Barack Obama, which he said was “reminiscent of George W. Bush’s disastrous doctrine of preemption.”
“The Nobel committee, perhaps persuaded by faulty intelligence and a hyped sense of urgency, made an historic blunder in its rush to judgment,” said Mr. Ban. “When Obama was nominated in Febru
*Reid to Print Health Bill on Back of Donor Checks - ScrappleFace Oct 9, 2009, 9:37 am
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has seized upon a new strategy for passing the increasingly unpopular health care reform bill, including a public option, according to an unnamed source close to Reid.
Pundits and politicians have speculated that Reid would seek to pass “empty shell” legislation to dodge a filibuster, and then amend the “vapor bill” to include the public option health insurance plan, because amendment approval needs only a simple majority.
However, the an
*Nobel Panel Hopes Peace Prize Boosts Obama Self-Esteem - ScrappleFace Oct 9, 2009, 11:15 am
(2009-10-09) — An unnamed member of the Nobel committee this morning explained the shocking decision to give the Nobel Peace Prize to U.S. President Barack Obama, who had served only 11 days as president when nominated, by noting that the gold medal would go a long way toward boosting Mr. Obama’s self-esteem.
“We used to give the award to persons who had actual accomplishments,” the anonymous source said. “But that’s so reactionary, and almost nostalgic. By gi
*U.N. Warns Obama on Unilateral Climate Action - ScrappleFace Oct 13, 2009, 8:09 am
The United Nations General Assembly today voted to rebuke the United States for its “unilateral, saber-rattling against climate change,” and encouraged President Obama to allow time for negotiations, inspections and monitoring to produce a win-win solution.
U.N. diplomats expressed concern that Obama’s increasingly bellicose rhetoric about “weather of mass destruction” (WMD), that he claims will be spawned by alleged secret stores of greenhouse gases, is nothing but
*Reid Unveils ‘Trojan Horse' Bill to Contain Health Reform - ScrappleFace Oct 13, 2009, 10:26 am
(2009-10-13) — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid ended days of speculation this morning by releasing the text of a so-called “Trojan Horse” bill which he’ll use to bypass Republican filibuster attempts, amending it later to include the full text of the Democrat health care reform legislation.
The “vapor bill” would ban “concealed, or open, carry of any farm implement comprised of sequential, lateral, equidistant metal tines mounted on a wooden pole anywh
Limbaugh Sparks NFL to Ban Divisive ‘Trash Talk' - ScrappleFace Oct 16, 2009, 5:44 am
Just days after controversial radio talk-show host Rush Limbaugh was dropped from a syndicate seeking to purchase the St. Louis Rams pro football franchise, the NFL announced that stiff fines, suspensions and possible banishment would face players, coaches or owners who engage in divisive rhetoric.
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*World Hails Obama's Rescue of Balloon Boy - ScrappleFace Oct 16, 2009, 8:28 am
(2009-10-16) — Congratulatory messages poured into the White House this morning from global heads-of-state celebrating President Barack Obama’s dramatic rescue of a 6-year-old Colorado boy, whose apparent flight in an experimental balloon yesterday captivated viewers around the world.
While the White House declined to comment on how the president could have flown to Colorado, retrieved the boy from the balloon, and returned him safely to the attic of his family home, press secretary
*U.S. Mulls ‘Sanction Fence' for Iran - ScrappleFace Sep 29, 2009, 6:06 am
President Obama, faced with the nearly impossible task of enforcing sanctions against Iran to curb its nuclear ambitions, will reportedly propose construction of a ’sanction fence’ — a 20-foot high chain-link barrier topped with coils of razor wire — to completely surround the Islamic Republic.
[READ THE REST at The Washington Examiner]
ScrappleFace editor Scott Ott writes a twice-weekly satire column for The Washington Examiner. It appears in 800,000 copies of the street
*Scott Ott on CNN: Obama's Approach to Iran - ScrappleFace Sep 28, 2009, 7:12 pm
Scott Ott appeared on CNN.com LIVE today to discuss President Obama’s approach to dealing with Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
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*Obama Threats Force Iran to Destroy Missiles - ScrappleFace Sep 27, 2009, 8:02 am
(2009-09-27) — President Barack Obama’s tough talk against Iran this week, threatening ’sanctions with bite’ if the regime didn’t ‘come clean’ about its nuclear program, has already produced positive results, the White House said today, forcing the Islamic Republic to begin destroying its short- and long-range missiles.
“When faced with President Obama’s steel-spined rhetoric, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad blinked,” said White House press secreta
*Iran Claims U.S. Operates Underground Scolding Facility - ScrappleFace Sep 26, 2009, 7:48 am
(2009-09-26) — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who was ‘put on notice’ Friday by U.S. President Barack Obama after revealing that Iran has a second underground uranium enrichment plant, fired back with an allegation that the United States operates an clandestine rebuke-manufacturing facility.
President Obama said Iran must “come clean” about it nuclear program, or face a range of potential U.N. responses, from “aggressive diplomatic action to shock-and-
Scott Ott on Radio 9-10 a.m. This Morning - ScrappleFace Sep 25, 2009, 6:53 am
ScrappleFace editor and Lehigh County Executive candidate Scott Ott appears on WAEB 790AM from 9-10 a.m. (Eastern) this morning (9/25) with local radio legend Bobby Gunther Walsh. Listen online at WAEB.com. The program gets rebroadcast (and streamed) at 6 p.m..
*U.N. Passes Resolution Changing Human Nature - ScrappleFace Sep 25, 2009, 7:32 am
Following President Obama’s visionary speech to the United Nations Tuesday, the U.N. Security Council today passed a resolution altering human nature to comport with “Obama’s hope-saturated view of our global future.”
The measure comes a day after the council adopted a resolution aimed at “ridding the world of nuclear armaments, and replacing such weapons of mass destruction with fuzzy bunnies, warm chocolate and purple petunias.”
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Here's to You, Mr. Tax-Law Writing Tax Evader - ScrappleFace Sep 23, 2009, 6:08 am
ScrappleFace editor Scott Ott collaborated with AlphonZo Rachel and the crew at PJTV.com to create this salute to Rep. Charles B. Rangel, D-NY.
ADV: See candidate Scott Ott’s latest videos on Cutting Government Spending and Balancing the Budget, then visit VoteScottOtt.org and click ‘Donate’ to help elect Scott.
Scott Ott Challenges Opponent on Budget Shell Game - ScrappleFace Sep 22, 2009, 9:56 am
ScrappleFace readers know that editor Scott Ott is running for office for the first time, because he believes ordinary folks must step up and dislodge big-spending, liberty-leeching career politicians, so that ‘we the people’ can re-take our Constitutional Republic. Scott’s opponent has a $750,000 war chest from union political action committees and wealthy individuals whose companies have an interest in maintaining the status quo.
All of our railing against big government won&
*Obama Plan Forces Rich Kids to Care for Ailing Parents - ScrappleFace Aug 9, 2009, 8:56 am
(2009-08-09) — In his weekly radio address, President Barack Obama repeated a story from a 2008 campaign ad about how his dying mother spent her final days “worrying about whether her insurer would claim her illness was a preexisting condition” and deny coverage. This time he used the family episode to introduce a health care reform amendment that would force wealthy children to care for their ailing parents.
“I will never forget watching my own mother, as she fought ca
*Man Carjacks Own Family Hoping for Obama Invite - ScrappleFace Jul 31, 2009, 9:01 am
(2009-07-31) — East Stroudsburg (Pa.) police reported today that a man seen forcing his way into a car downtown was actually a local university professor carjacking his family in his own vehicle in hopes of getting an invitation to the White House.
The incident happened just hours after President Barack Obama shared a beer with Cambridge (Ma.) Police Sgt. James Crowley, and Harvard Prof. Henry Louis Gates, a friend of the president’s who Mr. Crowley had recently arrested for disorder
*Obama: Mandate Health Coverage Just Like Car Insurance - ScrappleFace Jul 22, 2009, 9:34 am
(2009-07-22) — The federal government should require everyone to purchase health insurance, President Barack Obama said today, just as car insurance is mandated.
Like auto collision plans, the president said his health plan would allow reductions in coverage amounts with age as “the condition of the body just doesn’t matter as much anymore.”
“If you’re driving an ‘82 Plymouth Reliant K, you’re not going to carry as much collision coverage on that
*Palin Quits to Spend More Time with Couric, Gibson - ScrappleFace Jul 3, 2009, 4:41 pm
(2009-07-03) — Sarah Palin today announced she would step down as Governor of Alaska in order to spend more time with CBS News anchor Katie Couric, ABC News anchor Charlie Gibson and several unnamed former staffers from John McCain’s presidential campaign.
“We all have our priorities in life,” said the former Republican vice presidential candidate. “I met so many interesting people during the presidential race and many of them still have the same commitment toward m
*Iran's Guardian Council Declares Neda Soltan Alive - ScrappleFace Jun 28, 2009, 9:04 am
(2009-06-28) — Iran’s Guardian Council, the 12-member body of Islamic Mullahs that exercises de facto rule over the nation, today announced that Neda Soltan, a young woman who apparently bled to death on video before the eyes of the world after being gunned down by a government sniper, is actually alive and well.
“There was no shooting of Neda Soltan,” according to the official Iranian news agency, “Neither did blood pour from her mouth and nostrils as she gazed hel
*Palin Offers Top 10 Explanations for Crude Letterman Joke - ScrappleFace Jun 11, 2009, 1:15 pm
(2009-06-11) — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, whose daughter became subject of a lurid joke by late night comic David Letterman this week, today provided Mr. Letterman with a Top 10 list of potential explanations he might offer for the offensive attempt at humor.
The CBS host, in his own top 10 list Tuesday night, suggested that New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez had used the seventh-inning stretch of a game that the Palins attended as an opportunity to sexually assault and impregnate 19-year-
*Poll: Most Know Who's the Voice of GOP - Susan Boyle - ScrappleFace Jun 10, 2009, 8:37 am
(2009-06-10) — A new USA Today-Gallup poll finds that, despite the internal debates now dividing the Republican Party, most Americans are able to identify the preeminent voice of the GOP as Susan Boyle.
Gallup asked 763 Americans, ‘Who do you think is the leading voice in the Republican Party?’
Miss Boyle, also well know for her singing on ‘Britain’s Got Talent‘, topped the list of Republican leaders with 77 percent name recognition, edging out Angelina Jolie
*Obama Cairo Speech Settles Muslim-Jewish Feud - ScrappleFace Jun 5, 2009, 10:44 am
Scott Ott, editor of ScrappleFace.com, writes Tuesday and Friday columns for The Washington Examiner. Here's a brief excerpt of his latest and a link to read more.
U.S. President Barack ‘Hussein’ Obama’s historic speech in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday appears to have cleared up what Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak now calls “the big Middle East mix up and this silly old religious feud.”
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*Obama Claims Right to Yank Sotomayor Post-Confirmation - ScrappleFace May 30, 2009, 6:24 am
ScrappleFace editor Scott Ott writes a Tuesday and Friday column for The Washington Examiner. Here’s an excerpt of his most recent, and a link to read more.
As concerns grow that Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor may not be a reliable pro-choice vote on the high court, President Barack Obama today attempted to calm fears of abortion rights advocates.
The president, who as a state senator opposed the Born Alive Infant Protection Act that mandates medical care for a living baby after a
*Obama Declares Gitmo Detainees to be ‘Fetuses' - ScrappleFace May 22, 2009, 7:27 am
ScrappleFace editor Scott Ott writes columns for The Washington Examiner on Tuesdays and Fridays. Below are excerpts of this week’s columns and links to read more.
Obama Declares Gitmo Detainees to be ‘Fetuses’
By: Scott Ott, Examiner Columnist 5/22/09
In an effort to shut down the U.S. Naval Detention Center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, thereby restoring America’s moral standing in the world, President Barack Obama today declared some 240 enemy combatants held at Gitmo to
*Unwed Mom Boom Threatens Sanctity of Gay Marriage - ScrappleFace May 14, 2009, 12:05 pm
(2009-05-14) — The boom in childbirth by unwed mothers has some American homosexuals concerned about the sanctity of their newly-minted marriages, according to a spokesman for the Defense of Gay Marriage Association (DOGMA).
Some 40 percent of all children are now born to unwed mothers, according to National Center for Health Statistics. Among minority groups, the news is even more stunning. Black single Moms give birth at twice the White rate, and Hispanic solo mothers bear babies at trip
*Obama Mulls Empathetic John Edwards for High Court - ScrappleFace May 13, 2009, 8:52 am
(2009-05-13) — In search of a Supreme Court justice with the rare combination of legal gravitas and heart-felt empathy, President Barack Obama has reportedly included former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards on his short list to replace retiring Associate Justice David Souter.
Mr. Edwards, who sought the 2008 Democrat presidential nomination, became famous in legal circles for his impassioned closing argument in a 1985 medical malpractice lawsuit during which he pretended be the unborn bab
*Obama: U.S. Also Not at War with Jews, Christians - ScrappleFace Apr 7, 2009, 10:01 am
(2009-04-07) — Just a day after Barack Obama, speaking to the Turkish parliament, put to rest rumors that the United States was at war with Islam, the U.S. President also reassured the Christian and Jewish worlds that his nation has no intention of engaging in a shooting conflict with them either.
“The United States is not, and will never be, at war with Judaism or Christianity,” said Mr. Obama. “Just last week, I asked [Defense] Secretary [Robert] Gates to scrap any Pent
*Obama Forces GM Chief Out, Puts Reid, Pelosi on Leave - ScrappleFace Mar 31, 2009, 6:43 am
Scott Ott, editor of ScrappleFace.com, is also columnist for The Washington DC Examiner. Here's an excerpt from his latest column, and a link to read more. You can access his other DC Examiner columns, or view PDF versions of the street edition of the paper, any time by clicking the ‘Columns‘ link at the top of the ScrappleFace homepage.
Obama forces GM chief out, puts Reid, Pelosi on leave
By Scott Ott, Washington Examiner Columnist
News fairly unbalanced. We report. You decipher
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*Obama to Back GM Warranties, OnStar Operator Service - ScrappleFace Mar 30, 2009, 7:57 pm
(2009-03-30) — In addition to putting the full faith and credit of the American people behind every Chrysler or General Motors automotive warranty today, President Barack Obama also announced that he would personally guarantee the continuation of GM’s OnStar in-vehicle security, communications and diagnostic system.
“No matter what happens to GM, you will still be able to press that blue button and chat with the OnStar operator, just like always,” the president said. R
*Obama Taps Ralph Nader to Run GM, Nader Joins UAW - ScrappleFace Mar 30, 2009, 12:59 pm
(2009-03-30) — President Barack Obama today tapped consumer advocate and career presidential candidate Ralph Nader to replace fired General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner.
Mr. Nader immediately announced he would join the United Autoworkers Union (UAW).
“The federal government has no intention of running a car company,” Mr. Obama said. “That’s why I’m bringing in Ralph Nader, who had a major influence on GM during the final years of its heyday.”
Other than rep
*Obama to Limit Pay for Wall Street, NFL, NBA, MLB - ScrappleFace Mar 22, 2009, 7:02 am
(2009-03-22) — With the debate over AIG executive bonuses nearly bringing official Washington to a standstill in the past three weeks, the Obama administration today expanded its plan to control Wall Street executive pay, adding provisions to limit compensation for star performers in the National Football League (NFL), National Basketball Association (NBA) and Major League Baseball (MLB).
“Some of these sports stars, like AIG execs, have negotiated sweetheart deals paying them millio
*Arlen Specter to Cross Aisle for 2010 Senate Run - ScrappleFace Mar 20, 2009, 5:51 pm
Scott Ott, editor of ScrappleFace.com, is also columnist for The Washington DC Examiner. Here's an excerpt from his latest column, and a link to read more. You can access his other DC Examiner columns, or view PDF versions of the street edition of the paper, any time by clicking the ‘Columns‘ link at the top of the ScrappleFace homepage.
Arlen Specter to cross aisle for 2010 Senate run
By Scott Ott, Examiner Columnist
News fairly unbalanced. We report. You decipher
Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen S
*Obama to Harvest Stem Cells from Only Wealthy Embryos - ScrappleFace Mar 7, 2009, 6:46 am
(2009-03-07) — As he signs an executive order Monday lifting limits on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, President Barack Obama said he intends to make the wealthiest Americans “bear their fair share of the burden.”
Following through on his inaugural promise “to restore science to its rightful place, and wield technology’s wonders to raise health care’s quality and lower its cost“, the president will order the National Institutes of Healt
*Obama's Unifying Power Evident in Bipartisan Stimulus - ScrappleFace Jan 30, 2009, 10:11 am
(2009-01-30) — A White House spokesman sounded a triumphant note about the House passage of the president’s economic stimulus package during the daily briefing for reporters, calling House Resolution 1 “the first of President Obama’s many truly bipartisan efforts.”
“Progressive Democrats from liberal extremists to the far left came together, overlooking their differences, and did the right thing for the American people,” said Press Secretary Robert Gibbs
*Pelosi: Cutting Poor Babies Accelerates Economic Growth - ScrappleFace Jan 26, 2009, 8:54 am
(2009-01-25) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told ABC News’ George Stephanapolous Sunday that the Democrat’s economic stimulus bill, containing hundreds of millions of dollars for “family planning” services for the poor, will make real cuts in the number of low-income people, thereby saving taxpayer dollars, and increasing average income for everyone.
“Poor people are a luxury we just can’t afford,’ said Rep. Pelosi, “They cost us a lot of money
*[SNN] Pro-Life Obama Inaugural Stings Abortion Industry - ScrappleFace Jan 22, 2009, 11:18 am
On the 36th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision, Planned Parenthood expressed alarm at what sounded like pro-life “code words” in President Obama’s inaugural address. ScrappleFace Network News (SNN) anchor Scott Ott brings us the story that the mainstream media ignores.
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*Bush: Second $350 Billion Bet Luckier Than First - ScrappleFace Jan 10, 2009, 11:17 am
(2009-01-10) — Although the first $350 billion dose of taxpayer cash failed to rescue the economy, President George Bush today said he feels certain that the next $350 billion he’s requesting from Congress will be “luckier.”
“It’s kind of like when you go to a casino,” the president said. “The more money you put down, the luckier you get. Based on the run of bad fortune our economy has had lately, I think we’re due.”
Mr. Bush said he
*At White House, Obama Links Laura to George W. Bush - ScrappleFace Nov 10, 2008, 8:44 pm
(2008-11-10) — After his first visit to the White House Monday to work on the transition process, President-elect Barack Obama attempted to link First Lady Laura Bush with “the failed policies of George W. Bush.”
“While she may want the American people to see her as an independent thinker, the fact is that she has supported George Bush every step of the way,” said Mr. Obama. “It’s like the two of them have become one.”
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*Inauguration Packages Free to 95% of Americans - ScrappleFace Nov 6, 2008, 9:49 am
(2008-11-06) — Sen. Dianne Feinstein, chair of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, today announced that inauguration packages — including airfare, hotel, hybrid ground transportation and prime seats for the swearing-in ceremony of President Barack Obama — will be distributed for free to 95 percent of all Americans who wish to attend.
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“If you earn less than $250,000 per year, you will not spend a penny to experience this history-making four-d
*PSA: Ronald Reagan's Response to 1976 Loss - ScrappleFace Nov 5, 2008, 5:22 pm
THIS IS NOT SATIRE
As a public service, ScrappleFace presents the following brief video of Ronald Reagan’s response to his failure to secure the Republican nomination for president in 1976, and this link to the text of his remarks to the Conservative Political Action Conference of 1975, as well as a few brief quotations below the video.
REAGAN at CPAC: “Our people look for a cause to believe in. Is it a third party we need, or is it a new and revitalized second party, raising a bann
*[Scott Ott] Barack Obama is MY President - ScrappleFace Nov 5, 2008, 11:33 am
ScrappleFace editor Scott Ott also writes columns periodically at Townhall.com. Below is an excerpt of his latest and a link to read more.
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After George W. Bush defeated Al Gore, and later John Kerry, for the presidency, countless Democrat-owned cars bore bumper stickers with clever phrases like ‘Not My President’ or ‘Don’t Blame Me I Voted
*Obama Declines GOP Request to Redistribute Votes - ScrappleFace Nov 5, 2008, 7:44 am
(2008-11-05) — President-elect Barack Obama today politely declined a request from the Republican National Committee to “redistribute the votes” from yesterday’s Congressional contests in order to “spread the power around.”
“It’s not that we want to punish your success,” wrote RNC chairman Mike Duncan. “We just want to make sure that everybody who is behind you has a chance for success too. Our attitude is that if the election’s g
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“Leaders tend to attract followers who are like them,” the source said. “Obama knows that it’s one thing to show up for an event with a crowd, but quite another to take bold p
*Police on Alert: If Obama Loses, Pollsters May Riot - ScrappleFace Nov 3, 2008, 11:16 am
(2008-11-03) — Law enforcement agencies nationwide have gone on high alert, canceling officers’ vacations in advance of Tuesday’s election, after Homeland Security officials picked up “chatter” indicating that if Barack Obama loses to John McCain, pollsters may take to the streets in violent protest.
“This time it’s personal,” said an anonymous pollster who refused to name his company. “Barack Obama is one of our own. He’s a guy who det
*LEAK: Obama Concession Draft Admits He's Unfit - ScrappleFace Oct 31, 2008, 3:50 pm
(2008-10-31) — The text of an address written by a Barack Obama speech writer, apparently scheduled for delivery on election night, inadvertently leaked to the L.A. Times today and was immediately released on the paper’s website.
The first line of the speech says, “I spoke with Sen. McCain on the phone moments ago, and I offered him and Gov. Palin our congratulations on their victory.”
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With polls showing the gap between Senators McCain and Obama closing fast in the
*McCain Thanks L.A. Times for Hiding Obama Video - ScrappleFace Oct 29, 2008, 7:16 am
(2008-10-29) — John McCain today withdrew his demand that the Los Angeles Times release video footage taken in 2003 of then-state Sen. Barack Obama praising controversial Palestinian activist Rashid Khalidi, and he instead thanked the paper for its courage.
“I changed my mind, and I want to thank you,” said Sen. McCain in a letter to editors at the Times. “You folks go ahead, stick with your bold decision to keep that video secret. After all, what’s a free press for
*Obama: U.S. Should Also Spread the 'Choice' Around - ScrappleFace Oct 27, 2008, 8:18 am
(2008-10-27) — In addition to spreading the wealth around, Democrat presidential nominee Barack Obama today said the unfair distribution of a woman’s right to choose is part of “the unfinished business of the civil rights movement.”
“Although every woman has the theoretical right to choose an abortion, thanks to the Supreme Court’s discovery of the Constitution’s implied right to privacy,” said Sen. Obama, “only a small percentage of women ac
*Aides Say Obama, Like Palin, Has Gone Rogue - ScrappleFace Oct 26, 2008, 6:53 pm
(2008-10-26) — For the second time in a week, a candidate on a major party presidential ticket has apparently “gone rogue” according to insiders close to Democrat presidential nominee Barack Obama.
Just days ago, news reports indicated that Gov. Sarah Palin had slipped her ankle harness and ran amok on the campaign trail, talking openly with reporters, expressing her own opinions instead of carefully-crafted campaign talking points, and generally implying that her “handl
*McCain Plans Chain of Obama Recovery Centers - ScrappleFace Oct 26, 2008, 7:36 am
(2008-10-26) — John McCain reportedly has already laid plans to heal the nation’s political wounds, and to offer new hope to countless journalists and other liberals whose faith will have been shattered by the defeat of Barack Obama at the polls on November 4.
According to an unnamed campaign insider, Sen. McCain’s “compassion for the multitudes who will suddenly be like sheep without a shepherd” has resulted in detailed plans for…
a nationwide chain of in-pa
*Palin Sorry RNC Wasted Cash on Her Clothes - ScrappleFace Oct 23, 2008, 8:57 pm
(2008-10-23) — Vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin today apologized to Republican supporters after expense reports revealed that the Republican National Committee used about $150,000 to buy designer clothing for her in September.
“I’m sorry we wasted your hard-earned campaign contributions,” said Gov. Palin. “When you think of how that money could have been spent, you realize what a terrible decision it was to buy clothes for me to wear out there on the campaign t
*McCain Backs Colin Powell's Obama Endorsement - ScrappleFace Oct 22, 2008, 3:42 pm
(2008-10-22) — Sen. John McCain today shocked reporters aboard the ‘Straight Talk Express’ by backing former Secretary of State Colin Powell’s recent endorsement of his presidential rival, Barack Obama.
In a move a McCain aide called, “self-sacrificial, but the best long-term strategy for Republican dominance,” the Arizona senator said he decided to join his fellow Republican in supporting the liberal Democrat for the same reason Mr. Powell did — because
*McCain to Unveil Radical Economic Plan at Debate - ScrappleFace Oct 14, 2008, 9:23 am
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*Troopergate: The Best Thing to Happen to McCain-Palin - ScrappleFace Oct 12, 2008, 7:43 am
ScrappleFace editor Scott Ott also writes non-satirical columns periodically at Townhall.com. Below is an excerpt of his latest and a link to read more.
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The so-called Troopergate investigation report, released Friday by a panel in Alaska, is the best thing to happen to the McCain-Palin campaign since the Arizona maverick chose the Alaskan hockey Mom as his running mate.
Republicans should embrace it as a way of telling the
*Obama Quotes Rumsfeld to Explain Ayers, Wright - ScrappleFace Oct 7, 2008, 9:46 am
(2008-10-07) — Democrat presidential nominee Barack Obama, under fire from Republicans over his association with unrepentant domestic terrorist William Ayers, corrupt real estate developer Tony Rezko and race-baiting pastor Jeremiah Wright, today paraphrased former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld in explaining his connection with such unsavory characters.
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“You run for president with the friends you have,” said Sen. Obama, “They’re not the friends you might
*LEAK: Draft of Lehman CEO Speech to Waxman Panel - ScrappleFace Oct 7, 2008, 7:41 am
(2008-10-07) — Officials at bankrupt Lehman Brothers immediately disavowed a statement allegedly drafted by CEO Richard Fuld which apparently had been prepared for delivery to Democrat Rep. Henry Waxman’s House Oversight and Governmental Reform Committee on Tuesday.
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Revelation of the document comes after Mr. Fuld’s appearance yesterday at a committee hearing, during which Rep. Waxman portrayed Lehman Brothers as “a firm run by irresponsible leaders who continued to
*Obama: GOP Swift-Boating Me for Nearly Joining Army - ScrappleFace Oct 6, 2008, 8:51 am
(2008-10-06) — Democrat presidential nominee Barack Obama accused the McCain-Palin campaign of using “swift boat”-style tactics in new ads and stump speeches unleashed this week because Sen. Obama once considered joining the military.
“Just like they done old John Kerry, they’re doin’ me,” said Sen. Obama. “They know that I pondered military service and might have ended up as a swift-boat commander and decorated war hero if the Vietnam conflict had
*'60s Bomber Ayers Repudiates NY Times, Obama Links - ScrappleFace Oct 4, 2008, 6:00 pm
(2008-10-04) — William Ayers, founder of the radical Weather Underground group which carried out a bombing campaign against U.S. targets in the 1960s, today attempted to distance himself from both Barack Obama and The New York Times.
Mr. Ayers distributed a news release in response to the Times’ 2,100-word investigative story, originally titled “Obama Has Met Ayers, but the Two Are Not Close” and later re-headlined “Obama Met Ayers By Accident, Worked with Him Unwit
*Debate: Palin Plans to Be Herself, Biden Still Deciding - ScrappleFace Oct 2, 2008, 10:30 am
(2008-10-02) — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin plans to “just be herself” in tonight’s vice presidential debate, and Democrat insiders said today that rival Joe Biden is still mulling such a strategy.
“I told Joe not to risk it,” said one unnamed DNC strategist. “It’s late in the process and we really don’t have time to do the research required to prep him for that kind of approach.”
Aides also fear that Sen. Biden “might not be up to the
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(2008-09-30) — Despite CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric’s aggressive, sharp-elbowed and sometimes sarcastic treatment of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin in a series of interview segments this week, Gov. Palin tonight called Ms. Couric “a personal hero of mine.”
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“Katie’s a trailblazer,” Gov. Palin said. “She stepped into a man’s world to do the serious news after years of Today Show fashion and cooking segments, gushing interviews with Holl
*Poll: Uncommitted See Obama as Most Like Them - ScrappleFace Sep 27, 2008, 6:58 am
(2008-09-27) — In the wake of the first presidential debate between Senators John McCain and Barack Obama, a CBS news poll of uncommitted voters shows that those who can’t make up their minds find more in common with Sen. Obama.
“People tend to gravitate toward the candidate who seems most like them,” said an unnamed pollster at CBS. “And we’re starting to see shift, at least a tentative one, among those who have difficulty making decisions. To the uncommitted
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(2008-09-16) — With intense pressure to raise money because he decided to forgo public-funding of his presidential campaign, Barack Obama has altered his slogan from “Change We Can Believe In” to a more direct appeal inspired by the distinctive speech patterns of Yoda, from the Star Wars movies.
“Change We Need“, now appears on the podium placard in front of Sen. Obama as he reads from his TelePromTer to crowds of supporters almost as enthusiastic as those turning o
*Obama: Abortion-Survivor's Attack Ad Could Backfire - ScrappleFace Sep 15, 2008, 10:57 pm
(2008-09-15) — A new TV ad in which the survivor of a botched abortion calls attention to Sen. Barack Obama’s repeated opposition to protecting such babies could backfire on the pro-life group that created the commercial, according to the Democrat presidential candidate.
In the TV spot, Gianna Jessen, 31, calls on Sen. Obama to support born-alive infant protections because she claims that babies should have basic human rights “no matter how they entered our world.”
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*Obama Unleashes Second '1982' Attack Ad - ScrappleFace Sep 13, 2008, 10:06 am
(2008-09-13) — Despite a firestorm of controversy over Barack Obama’s attack ad mocking John McCain as so old-fashioned he “can’t send email”, the Obama for America campaign has released a second ad through YouTube reinforcing the message that the Illinois Senator is young and “hip” compared with his septuagenarian Republican rival.
Here’s the original ad.
And here’s the follow up, just released Saturday.
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*Obama Inspires Local Man to Volunteer for McCain - ScrappleFace Sep 12, 2008, 8:31 am
(2008-09-12) — Jeremy Kleckner, a junior at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa., said today that Sen. Barack Obama’s efforts to ignite a wave of young volunteers across the nation is succeeding beyond the Democrat presidential candidate’s wildest dreams.
“He hasn’t even touched the bully pulpit in the White House yet,” said Mr. Kleckner, “and already Obama’s got me excited about volunteering. I heard him talking last night about how we need to give
*To Blunt Pig Lipstick Impact, Obama Admits Plagiarism - ScrappleFace Sep 10, 2008, 10:38 am
(2008-09-10) — In an attempt to get the mainstream media and the blogosphere to stop talking about Sarah Palin after Barack Obama’s now-famous “lipstick on a pig” gaffe, the Democrat presidential nominee attempted to direct attention to his remark just before the lipstick comment yesterday in which he used a line from a political cartoonist without attribution.
“This is my campaign not Sarah Palin’s,” said Sen. Obama at a hastily-arranged news conference
*After Obama Jab, Pig Lipstick Sales Surge - ScrappleFace Sep 10, 2008, 8:59 am
(2008-09-10) — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s growing popularity has spawned a booming cottage industry in Palin-esque items from hockey jerseys to her distinctive frameless eyeglasses. Now, an allegedly off-hand remark by Democrat presidential nominee Barack Obama has sparked a run on another product, clearing the shelves of pig lipstick at farm stores across the nation
Yesterday, Sen. Obama mocked the McCain-Palin ticket’s “maverick” claim, at one point noting that
*ABC Hopes Palin Interview Builds Confidence - ScrappleFace Sep 8, 2008, 10:16 pm
(2008-09-08) — Strategists at ABC News said they hope that correspondent Charles Gibson’s interview with Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin will increase the public’s confidence in the ability, maturity and credibility of ABC News.
“Charlie is spending a lot of time preparing,” said one unnamed ABC insider, “He doesn’t want to get caught off guard by Palin, or make some major gaffe that will follow him through election day.”
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*Young Obama Wanted to Join Army, Hunt Moose - ScrappleFace Sep 8, 2008, 7:18 am
(2008-09-07) — Sen. Barack Obama told ABC’s George Stephanopolous on Sunday that he considered joining the military when he left high school in 1979, but declined when he learned that the Vietnam War had ended some four years earlier, and that the first Persian Gulf War wouldn’t start for another 11 years.
Sen. Obama’s opponent, Sen. John McCain was shot down, captured, and repeatedly tortured in Vietnam during more than five years as a prisoner of war, much of that in so
*Palin's Radical Pastor Calls on God to ‘Bless' USA - ScrappleFace Sep 6, 2008, 12:18 pm
(2008-09-06) — In the days following Gov. Sarah Palin’s appointment as John McCain’s running mate, Americans have grown increasingly concerned about her brand of radical Christianity. A new recording released to the media today by Barack Obama’s campaign, gives definitive proof that Gov. Palin’s pastor, in an emotional tirade, once called on God to “bless” America.
The recording captured at Wasilla Bible Church, the Palin’s home congregation, will
*Sarah Palin: Is She Meaner Than Jesus? - ScrappleFace Sep 5, 2008, 7:41 pm
ScrappleFace editor Scott Ott periodically writes non-satirical columns at Townhall.com. Below is an excerpt of his latest and a link to read more.
Sarah Palin: Is She Meaner Than Jesus?
by Scott Ott
During a CNN.com panel Thursday at the Republican National Convention, the discussion turned to Gov. Sarah Palin’s use of sarcasm to attack the Democrat duo facing off against her and John McCain for the presidency. As a member of the panel, I was asked if Gov. Palin’s speech was too me
*RNC 2008 Video: Georgia Delegate on McCain - ScrappleFace Sep 2, 2008, 11:42 pm
(Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, MN) — Rufus Montgomery is a Republican delegate to the convention from a wealthy neighborhood in Atlanta, Georgia. In this interview with Scott Ott of ScrappleFace.com, Mr. Montgomery tells why he supports John McCain’s presidential bid.
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*Obama Begs Palin: Don't Punish Bristol with a Baby - ScrappleFace Sep 1, 2008, 1:37 pm
(2008-09-01) — As news broke of the pregnancy of Sarah Palin’s eldest daughter, Democrat presidential nominee Barack Obama pleaded with the GOP vice presidential candidate not to be too harsh with her daughter, who plans to marry the father of the child.
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“Gov. Palin,” said Sen. Obama addressing himself to her personally, “you tried to teach your daughter about morals and values, but she made a mistake, and she shouldn’t be punished with a baby.”
*Obama: McCain Puts Sarah Palin in 2nd Place - ScrappleFace Aug 29, 2008, 1:34 pm
(2008-08-29) — Sen. Barack Obama today slammed his Republic opponent John McCain as “a sexist who sees women as subordinate to men and who intentionally puts them in his shadow,” just minutes after Sen. McCain announced he had selected Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate.
“What could be more denigrating to women?” Sen. Obama asked a crowd of supporters in western Pennsylvania. “I think it’s shameful that Mrs. Palin’s name will always be men
*After Obama Speech, McCain Asks Terms of Peace - ScrappleFace Aug 29, 2008, 8:25 am
(2008-08-29) — The morning after Sen. Barack Obama’s historic acceptance speech as the Democrat nominee for president, his Republican rival today petitioned for terms of peace.
“I would only ask for mercy from my clearly-superior opponent,” Sen. McCain said. “In his speech last night, Sen. Obama accomplished more than I have in my military service and Senate career combined. His words carried the power of actual deeds, his rhetoric was tantamount to character itself
*Spurned Hillary Mulls 3rd-Party White House Bid - ScrappleFace Aug 24, 2008, 3:28 pm
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In 1912 Mr. Roosevelt rejected a corrupt Republican nominating process to become the presidential candidate of the Progressives, nicknamed ‘The Bull Moose Party.’
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