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Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal Puts Mittens On Blast For ‘Gifts’ Statement!

Finally, a Republican stands up to Robney’s ludicrous bull after he blames Barack’s win on “Obamacare Supporters”. According to Boston News : Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, a rising Republican star who stumped for Mitt Romney repeatedly on the campaign trail, assailed the failed presidential candidate for his remarks to donors on Wednesday that President Obama was reelected because of “gifts” to minorities, young people, and women. “I think that’s absolutely wrong,” Jindal said later Wednesday at a news conference in Las Vegas at a meeting of the Republican Governors Association. “We have got to stop dividing the American voters. We need to go after 100 percent of the votes, not 53 percent.“ Jindal’s reference to 53 percent was a criticism of Romney’s secretly recorded statement at a Florida fund-raiser in May that 47 percent of Americans are dependent on government assistance and do not take personal responsibility for their lives. The Louisiana governor, an Indian-American who is considered a potential presidential candidate in 2016, said that Republicans “need to continue to show how our policies help every voter out there achieve the American Dream, which is to be in the middle class, which is to be able to give their children an opportunity to be able to get a great education.” He added, “I absolutely reject that notion, that description” of Obama’s winning strategy, which Romney made in a conference call that reporters heard. “I think that’s absolutely wrong.” The election, Jindal said, showed that “if we’re going to continue to be a competitive party and win elections on the national stage and continue to fight for our conservative principles, we need two messages to get out loudly and clearly: One, we are fighting for 100 percent of the votes, and secondly, our policies benefit every American who wants to pursue the American dream. Period. No exceptions.” The criticism from Jindal, who is the incoming president of the GOP governors association, was echoed by Republican Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin, who was sitting with Jindal on a panel when the Louisiana chief executive made his comments. The Republican Party is not “just for people who are currently not dependent on the government,” Walker told CNN. “It’s for all Americans.” Let it go Mitt. Just let it go. Images via WENN

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Former First Lady Barbara Bush Says All The Mitt Romney Lovin’ Sore Losers Need To Get Over It!

Respect your elders and listen to this lady! While many Republicans have been acting super salty over Obama’s re-election , former First Lady Barbara Bush says she’s tired of election talk and ready to get on with another term for Obama! Via HuffPo reports : Former U.S. first lady Barbara Bush said on Thursday that she’s ready to move beyond this year’s campaign season, in comments that came at an Austin conference the week after President Barack Obama’s re-election. “I’m tired now of the elections,” Bush, who had endorsed Republican Mitt Romney, said at a forum on America’s first ladies. “People spoke. Move on, get on with it. I want to do other things and not to be ugly.” Bush, sporting a double strand of her signature pearls, joined former first lady Laura Bush on a panel for the Enduring Legacies of America’s First Ladies conference at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library. The first ladies avoided offering political opinions, but Barbara Bush did issue a stern warning to both Republicans and Democrats. “They are going to have to compromise,” said Barbara Bush, the wife of former President George H.W. Bush. “It’s not a dirty word.” Both first ladies reminisced about spectacular Christmases at the White House and cited family time spent at Camp David as the setting of some of their favorite memories. When asked what was the biggest misconception about her husband, former President George W. Bush, during his time in office, Laura Bush said, “That he was a heedless cowboy character.” Moderator Mark Updegrove, director of the LBJ library, asked the women if one ever can be prepared to be the first lady and without hesitation, both answered yes. “If you are the wife of a governor or the wife of a vice president, I think you can be prepared for it,” said Barbara Bush. “Or if your mother-in-law was the first lady and you watched her,” Laura Bush said. “I feel I really had a huge advantage.” Earlier in the day, during a panel featuring presidential children, Jenna Bush Hager, one of Laura and George W. Bush’s twin daughters, revealed that her grandmother Barbara Bush’s family nickname is “The Enforcer.” Hager also divulged the tidbit that her mother, a fan of reggae superstar Bob Marley, is a “secret Rastafarian.” Pure comedy at the “secret Rastafarian” business. We know that has to be deeper than just being a Bob Marley fan! Props to Barbara Bush for not acting like a lil whiny crybaby like most of these Romney supporters! WENN

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Lincoln Gets Presidential Screening; Breaking Dawn Part 2 Cashes In Overseas: Biz Break

Thursday’s early look at five top news stories also include a new indie project for Sylvester Stallone . Also, strong Oscar contender Silver Linings Playbook changes release strategy and an AFI Fest winner is heading to U.S. theaters. Obama to Host Lincoln Screening at White House The President will hist stars Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, Gloria Reuben, Tommy Lee Jones and Steven Spielberg as well as DreamWorks co-chairman and CEO Stacey Snider and producer Kathleen Kennedy at a screening of the film about the 16th U.S. leader at the presidential mansion Thursday night. Spieldberg was a big Obama donor in the recent election, THR reports . Breaking Dawn Part 2 Smashes Records Overseas Three out of four markets abroad have broken franchise attendance records. The finale will overtake Breaking Dawn Part 1 ‘s $428.6 million international total and exceed $709.9 million, Deadline reports . Sylvester Stallone Boards Reach Me The indie drama is written and directed by his Cobra co-star John Herzfeld. The story follows a group of people who all have a connection to a self-help book authored by a reclusive former football coach. Stallone’s role is keeping kept quiet, Variety reports . Silver Linings Playbook Shifts to Platform Rollout It is one of the most anticipated of the upcoming Oscar contenders that was expected to open wide. But distributor The Weinstein Company has shifted the release for Bradley Cooper, Robert DeNiro and Jennifer Lawrence starrer Silver Linings Playbook to a limited release in 16 theaters this weekend, followed by an expansion to 440 theaters over Thanksgiving with an eventual wide 2000-plus release after New Years. It’s in line with previous awards contenders the company has opened in the past, Deadline reports . AFI Fest Winner Hijacking Heads to U.S. Theaters The Venice and Toronto debut won the Audience Award in the New Auteurs program at AFI Fest last week. The film focuses on the human consequences of modern piracy and takes its starting point when the cargo ship MV Rozen is captured by Somali pirates. Amongst the men on board are the ship’s cook Mikkel and the engineer Jan, who along with the rest of the seamen are taken hostage in a cynical game of life and death. Magnolia Pictures, which picked up North American rights to the film is planning a second quarter 2013 release.

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Lincoln Gets Presidential Screening; Breaking Dawn Part 2 Cashes In Overseas: Biz Break

Lincoln Gets Presidential Screening; Breaking Dawn Part 2 Cashes In Overseas: Biz Break

Thursday’s early look at five top news stories also include a new indie project for Sylvester Stallone . Also, strong Oscar contender Silver Linings Playbook changes release strategy and an AFI Fest winner is heading to U.S. theaters. Obama to Host Lincoln Screening at White House The President will hist stars Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, Gloria Reuben, Tommy Lee Jones and Steven Spielberg as well as DreamWorks co-chairman and CEO Stacey Snider and producer Kathleen Kennedy at a screening of the film about the 16th U.S. leader at the presidential mansion Thursday night. Spieldberg was a big Obama donor in the recent election, THR reports . Breaking Dawn Part 2 Smashes Records Overseas Three out of four markets abroad have broken franchise attendance records. The finale will overtake Breaking Dawn Part 1 ‘s $428.6 million international total and exceed $709.9 million, Deadline reports . Sylvester Stallone Boards Reach Me The indie drama is written and directed by his Cobra co-star John Herzfeld. The story follows a group of people who all have a connection to a self-help book authored by a reclusive former football coach. Stallone’s role is keeping kept quiet, Variety reports . Silver Linings Playbook Shifts to Platform Rollout It is one of the most anticipated of the upcoming Oscar contenders that was expected to open wide. But distributor The Weinstein Company has shifted the release for Bradley Cooper, Robert DeNiro and Jennifer Lawrence starrer Silver Linings Playbook to a limited release in 16 theaters this weekend, followed by an expansion to 440 theaters over Thanksgiving with an eventual wide 2000-plus release after New Years. It’s in line with previous awards contenders the company has opened in the past, Deadline reports . AFI Fest Winner Hijacking Heads to U.S. Theaters The Venice and Toronto debut won the Audience Award in the New Auteurs program at AFI Fest last week. The film focuses on the human consequences of modern piracy and takes its starting point when the cargo ship MV Rozen is captured by Somali pirates. Amongst the men on board are the ship’s cook Mikkel and the engineer Jan, who along with the rest of the seamen are taken hostage in a cynical game of life and death. Magnolia Pictures, which picked up North American rights to the film is planning a second quarter 2013 release.

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Lincoln Gets Presidential Screening; Breaking Dawn Part 2 Cashes In Overseas: Biz Break

Paul Ryan Interview: We Lost Because …

In his first interview since the 2012 election results dealt him a tough defeat, GOP V.P. nominee Paul Ryan admits losing came as something of a surprise. “We thought we had a very good chance of winning,” the 42-year-old said. Paul Ryan Interview “You know, the polling and the data and all the people who are the smart people who watch this stuff — they had a pretty optimistic view on the night.” “So as you can imagine, it was a bit of a shock when we didn’t win.” As soon as the final numbers on Virginia and Ohio began coming in, says Ryan, “we knew,” adding that President Obama won reelection fair and square. “I’ll let the pundits decide exactly how he won,” says the Wisconsin Congressman. “The point is, [President Obama] got more votes than we did. That’s how he won.” “The president deserves kudos for having a fantastic ground game. And the point I’m simply making is, he won. He won fair and square. He got more votes.” “And that’s – that’s the way our system works. And he ought to be congratulated for that.” Other takeaways from Paul Ryan’s interview with ABC News: He says Obama has no mandate because America also reelected the GOP House, including himself, and that the ideas he ran on are popular. The silver lining? More time with his family; he took a short vacation and didn’t even hear about the David Petraeus scandal until days later. He’s not thinking about the 2016 election . Is Diane Sawyer drunk all the time?

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Paul Ryan Blames Obama Win On ‘Urban Areas’

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In ex-GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan‘s first interview since losing to President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, Ryan made some dubious claims…

Paul Ryan Blames Obama Win On ‘Urban Areas’

Dump Trump: Macy’s Customers Petition to Fire The Donald

Donald Trump is usually at home in the middle of controversy, but probably wishes he could extricate himself from this mess; over 470,000 people have signed a petition for Macy’s to fire him. While residents of 20 states petition to secede from the U.S., many more Macy’s customers are urging the retailer to cut ties with the real estate tycoon immediately. Hosted by SignOn (dot) org, the petition says Macy’s should axe Trump because he is sexist, racist, a denier of climate change science and not “socially responsible.” “The list goes on, but the point remains, Macy’s should dump Trump ,” it reads. Although the petition’s intro doesn’t mention it, The New York Times reported that the effort was sparked by Macy’s recently shooting a commercial with Trump. In the ad, Trump doesn’t believe Santa is real and tugs his beard to make sure – a knock at Trump’s obsession with President Barack Obama’s birth certificate . Trump attempted to insert himself into the 2012 election more than a few times, most recently with a lame PR stunt urging Obama to be more transparent. That, and general obnoxiousness, have caused his image to take a bit of a hit. By Tuesday morning, the Macy’s petition had gained upwards of 471,000 signatures, with the great hashtag #DumpTrump gaining popularity on Twitter. Hundreds of people were passing around the link to the petition in hopes of getting the department store to change its mind about its relationship with Trump. Macy’s had reportedly planned on expanding its line of Trump-related products (shirts and ties) and its partnership with his organization in general. How will the company handle this? It’s unclear, but as the Dump Trump campaign continues to go viral, they probably have to respond somehow.

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Sloppy Swish Video: SNL Channels Gangnam Style

SNL’s new Digital Short, “The Legend of Mokiki and the Sloppy Swish,” is a creature unto its own, but the absurd video and dancing are already inspiring parodies a la Gangnam Style. You could say the Sloppy Swish is literally contagious. Sloppy Swish This weekend, Saturday Night Live introduced viewers to Mokiki, a medical lab test patient turned dance machine who wanders through NYC performing his signature dance move. It’s not quite on par with Psy’s faux-horse-riding prance from “ Gangnam Style ,” but close. Clearly, SNL is striving for that kind of viral fame with this enjoyably bizarre short, which bears notable similarities to Psy’s record-shattering YouTube smash. Kenan Thompson rhythmically narrates, giving us the history of Mokiki and his powers. “It’s a really stupid dance created by a crazy person,” Thompson says to end the video. Indeed.

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Kim Kardashian Nearly Falls on Stage at MTV EMAs!

Kim Kardashian went nearly all the way down last night and the incident was captured on video. Hmmm… perhaps we should rephrase. The reality star was a presenter at the MTV Europe Music Awards , coming out on stage in a long black dress and stumbling before she reached her destination. It’s surprising, really, considering all the experience she has with black things on camera . Watch now: Kim Kardashian Stumbles at MTV EMAs

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Disappearing Romney: Site Tracks Mitt’s Lost Facebook Fans

Mitt Romney was on the wrong end of the 2012 presidential election results . Now, adding insult to injury, his Facebook numbers are dropping like mad. A new site, DisappearingRomney (dot) com, tracks the GOP candidate’s bleeding of “Likes” on the social media site – which once topped 800 per hour – in real time . Two graphs, “Recent Like Count For Mitt Romney” and “Real Time Like Count for Mitt Romney,” illustrate Romney’s downward trajectory as it happens. 12,041,819 people like Mitt Romney. Wait, 12,041,814 … 12,041,811 … President Barack Obama, for his part, is at 33,255,180 and climbing. Not everyone is a fan, of course … namely the woman who’s Obama Facebook slur and assassination threat got her fired from her job at Cold Stone Creamery.

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