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Obama Interviews First Court Candidate

Under-the-radar pick Sidney Thomas gets Oval Office meeting

(Newser) - President Obama has accelerated his search for his next Supreme Court nominee, meeting in the Oval Office with one of the candidates, federal judge Sidney Thomas of Montana, a person familiar with the conversation says. Obama's meeting with Thomas yesterday was his first known formal interview for the upcoming vacancy...

Biden: Obama Was 'Laughing Like the Devil' at F-Bomb

Vice president tells 'The View' he's a little embarrassed

(Newser) - Joe Biden recounted his infamous F-bomb moment during an appearance on The View today, telling the ladies that President Obama was "laughing like the devil" about it afterward. Biden said he had no idea the microphone would pick up his "big f---ing deal" comment at the health care...

Obamas Made $5.5M
 Obamas Made $5.5M 
TAX DAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE

Obamas Made $5.5M

Jill and Joe Biden earned $333,000 in 2009

(Newser) - Tax Day means we get to peek into the personal finances of the Obamas. The president and first lady reported income of $5.5 million in 2009, most of it from his books. They paid $1.8 million in federal taxes and $163,303 in state taxes to Illinois. The...

In Poll, Most Say Biden's F-Bomb No Big Deal

Fox News survey has 57% calling it 'not offensive'

(Newser) - Americans don't seem all that concerned about Joe Biden's "big f---ing deal" comment. In a poll by Fox News, 57% of respondents said his remark about health care reform was "not offensive," vs. 37% who thought it was. Fox News "went bonkers" over the comment, Greg...

Democrats' BFD Shirts Are Sold Out
 Democrats' BFD 
 Shirts Are Sold Out 
that was fast

Democrats' BFD Shirts Are Sold Out

Riff on Joe Biden's comment is a popular seller

(Newser) - Joe Biden's potty mouth is paying dividends for Democrats. The first batch of BFD t-shirts, based on the vice president's f-bomb description of health care reform, has sold out. A grassroots arm of the Democratic National Committee began selling them yesterday here for $25, notes the Hill . No word on...

Obama Hawking Shirt That Spoofs Biden's F-Bomb
 Obama Hawking 
 Shirt That Spoofs 
 Biden's F-Bomb 
Yes, we can ... curse

Obama Hawking Shirt That Spoofs Biden's F-Bomb

Tamed-down shirt: 'Health reform is a BFD'

(Newser) - With entrepreneurs across the Internet cashing in on Joe Biden's health reform f-bomb, the White House is horning in on the action, as well. But whereas other "big f---ing deal" gear uses a slash to tame the f-word, President Obama's website goes a step further in making the phrase...

Internet Cashes In on Biden F-Bomb

'Ugly swag' from toilet paper to dog T-shirts

(Newser) - Joe Biden's F-bomb has inspired not only a Twitter feed and a haiku contest but also—paging the Inevitably Dept—a slew of "truly unwearable gear," Brenna Ehrlich writes on Mashable . Those with a penchant for bedecking themselves in political slogans can choose between "It's a big...

A History of Political Cussing
 A History of Political Cussing 
it's not just you, joe

A History of Political Cussing

Joe Biden will go down in history with these other respected figures

(Newser) - Quite a big deal has been made over Joe Biden dropping the F-bomb . “But America has a long and honorable tradition of top elected officials using salty language,” writes John Dickerson on Slate . Allow him to educate you:
  • Barack Obama: Famously called Kanye West a “jackass.”
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Oh, Joe: Biden Drops F-Bomb
 Oh, Joe: Biden Drops F-Bomb 

Oh, Joe: Biden Drops F-Bomb

VP reminds president health care reform is a big deal

(Newser) - Get out the equipment you used to break down the Zapruder film, and set it to "lip-read"—did Joe Biden really remind President Obama that signing health care reform bill is "a big f---ing deal"? Talking Points Memo asks—and White House press secretary Robert Gibbs...

Defiant Netanyahu Defends Building in Jerusalem

Israeli prime minister thumbs nose at US in AIPAC speech

(Newser) - Benjamin Netanyahu won’t yield to US demands to halt construction in East Jerusalem, he told the pro-Israeli lobbying group AIPAC last night in Washington. “The Jewish people were building Jerusalem 3,000 years, and the Jewish people are building Jerusalem today,” he said. “Jerusalem is not...

Obama and Clinton, 'Frenemies' at Last

The former rivals are easing into their new alliance

(Newser) - Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have put the bitter presidential campaign behind them to form a solid partnership. They support each other, meet regularly and even joke about their status as 'frenemies.' “We’ve developed, I think, a very good rapport, Clinton said recently. “I see the...

Obama Created US-Israel Crisis
 Obama Created 
 US-Israel Crisis 
CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER

Obama Created US-Israel Crisis

Administration 'turned gaffe into showdown'

(Newser) - Israel's announcement of settlement expansion in Jerusalem during Joe Biden's visit was lousy timing, but President Obama has turned this "gaffe" into a crisis, writes Charles Krauthammer. The Israelis did their best to smooth it over but the administration used the incident to tell Israel it had to show...

Biden Bombs With Tiger Joke

 Biden Bombs 
 With Tiger 
 Joke 
correspondents dinner

Biden Bombs With Tiger Joke

One-liners only make some chuckle at Correspondents' Dinner

(Newser) - Joe Biden delivered plenty of one-liners at last night's Radio & Television Correspondents' Dinner—and he should definitely stick to his day job, writes Adrian Chen for Gawker . After reviewing his "unique brand of brain damaged-Toastmaster humor," Chen declares: "He bombed." The Huffington Post is kinder...

Israel, US in Worst Crisis in 35 Years

White House presses Netanyahu to stop construction

(Newser) - The US is pressuring Israel to scrap its plans to build 1,600 new apartments in East Jerusalem, in what Israel’s ambassador to the US called “ the most serious crisis since 1975” in US-Israeli relations. The US wants the project killed, according to Israeli officials, both because East...

Joe Biden Condemns Israeli Settlement Snub

Ministry announces new Jerusalem apartments as he visits

(Newser) - Joe Biden condemned an Israeli plan to build hundreds of homes in disputed east Jerusalem today, casting a cloud over a high-profile visit that had been aimed at repairing ties with the Jewish state and kickstarting Mideast peace talks. His remarks came after Israel's Interior Ministry said it had approved...

Biden Visits Israel to Kick-Start Talks

Israeli, Palestinian leaders agree to 'proximity' talks

(Newser) - Joe Biden has embarked upon a 5-day visit to the Middle East aimed at restarting Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, and persuading Israel to rely on sanctions against Iran instead of military action. The vice president will meet with Israeli and Palestinian leaders. But expectations on both sides are low after Israel...

Frustration Mounts at Health Care Summit
 Frustration Mounts at 
 Health Care Summit 

Halftime

Frustration Mounts at Health Care Summit

President slams Cantor for using 'props'

(Newser) - Barack Obama began the day by expressing hope “that this discussion is actually a discussion and not just us trading talking points.” But by the time Republicans and Democrats broke for lunch, the sides didn’t look any closer to compromise. “In spite of the many hours...

Man Used Bogus ID to Get Near Biden at Ceremony
Man Used
Bogus ID to Get Near Biden at Ceremony
VANCOUVER OLYMPICS

Man Used Bogus ID to Get Near Biden at Ceremony

Canadian cops believe he may be mentally ill

(Newser) - A man using false accreditation was able to get within several yards of Vice President Joe Biden before being arrested at the Vancouver Olympics' opening ceremony, police said today. The unarmed man was stopped when he got about 12 rows from where Biden was sitting in a specially protected VIP...

Scott Brown: Joe Biden's Swipe 'Insulting'

New senator highly unamused by veep's lecture on lawyers

(Newser) - Joe Biden's suggestion yesterday that Scott Brown study up on military tribunals has the junior senator from Massachusetts livid and slamming the veep's comments as "off base" and "insulting." In the latest salvo between the White House and Brown over legal representation for suspected terrorists, he tersely...

Peggy Fleming Hurt in Biden Van Accident

Ex-Olympians shook up in motorcade crack up

(Newser) - Former Olympic gold medalists Peggy Fleming and Vonetta Flowers were slightly injured in an accident as they traveled yesterday in Vice President Joe Biden's motorcade in Vancouver. The women were treated at a local hospital "as a precaution" and released after their van plowed into the vehicle in front...

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