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The newest story comes from the UK, with details about an alleged relationship between the former Commander-in-Chief and actress Elizabeth Hurley:

Extraordinary claims Elizabeth Hurley had a year long affair with President Bill Clinton after he flew her to Washington for  sex, have surfaced in the U.S.

During their first secret tryst his wife Hillary was asleep in the next  room.

The astonishing claim comes after a tape of the actress’s former boyfriend Tom Sizemore was found describing  how he set Hurley, 48, up with the Clinton following a private screening of  Saving Private Ryan at the White House in 1998 – scroll down for the audio.

The then President called the actress saying “Elizabeth, this is your  Commander-in-Chief. I’m sending a plane to pick you up in three hours. Is that  enough time?”

http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/elizabeth-hurley-affair-president-clinton-3113958#ixzz2sSaCJFJu Follow us: @DailyMirror on Twitter | DailyMirror on Facebook

from the New York Times:

After Senator Elizabeth Warren spoke at a luncheon in Beverly Hills, Calif., last month, women from the audience swarmed around her, many of them asking the same question: will you run for president?

Ms. Warren’s fiery speech at the national A.F.L.-C.I.O. convention this month set off even more excitement, with some union members standing on their chairs applauding and shouting out to her. And when she joined a MoveOn.org conference call this summer to promote her student loan legislation, 10,000 people got on the line — the liberal group’s biggest audience on any conference call in four years.

In Democratic circles, disappointment in the promise of the Obama presidency and unease over a possible restoration of the Clintons have made the senator, who was sworn in just 10 months ago, the object of huge interest and the avatar of a newly assertive, fervently populist left eager for a more confrontational approach to politics.

Ms. Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, said in an interview that she was not interested in seeking the presidency. And despite talk of a draft movement among some activists, it is difficult to imagine her taking on former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.

For full article: http://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/09/30/us/politics/warren-is-now-the-hot-ticket-on-the-far-left.html?hp=&

 

       Richard Nixon was dogged by the Watergate break in and coverup in his second term, ultimately leading to his resignation from office!

Ronald Reagan had to deal with the Iran-Contra scandal in his second term.

And, of course, how can we forget the young intern in the “beret” who caught the wandering eye of Pres. William Jefferson Clinton. Monica Lewinsky was Clinton’s second term curse, no doubt!!

So, as Barack Hussein Obama II takes the Oath of Office on Sunday, January 20th, 2013, what brewing problems could ultimately turn into his “Second Term Curse”.

The possibilities are many:

BENGHAZI AND ITS AFTERMATH

                                        POOR CABINET CHOICES

                                       THE DEBT CEILING FISCAL CLIFF DEBACLE

                                       THE UNCOVERING OF WIDESPREAD ELECTION TAMPERING

So what scandals do you see for the Obamessiah in his 2nd Term?

Not since the feud between Ted Kennedy and Jimmy Carter tore the Democratic  Party apart more than 30 years ago have two panjandrums of the party loathed  each other quite as much as Bill Clinton and Barack Obama.

And yet this week, television viewers will be treated to a remarkable  spectacle at the Democratic National Convention: Clinton will stand before a  cheering throng of delegates on Thursday night and deliver a primetime speech  nominating Obama, a man he once dismissed as incompetent, as president of the  United States.

The president, First Lady Michelle Obama and their senior political adviser,  Valerie Jarrett, all argued strenuously against offering Clinton a plum  assignment at the convention. They wanted to relegate him to a minor,  non-prime-time speaking role. However, Clinton, who is viewed as an iconic  figure by the party faithful, refused to accept anything less than the  all-important nominating speech and threatened to boycott the convention unless  his demands were met.

The decisive vote in the matter, according to my sources, was cast by David  Axelrod, Obama’s chief political strategist, who argued that the Obamas needed  Clinton far more than Clinton needed them

The Obama campaign has insisted on seeing the speech before Clinton delivers  it, and Clinton has just as insistently refused to show it to them. As a result,  no one — not even the president — knows what Clinton intends to say. This has  led some Democratic insiders to speculate that Clinton will make  not-so-flattering remarks about the last four years of Democratic rule in the  White House.

“If I were the president,” one of these insiders told me, “I’d wake up at  night in a cold sweat wondering what surprises Clinton is going to come up  with.”

Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/how_clinton_plans_to_upstage_the_2FwMFHFfkOGNT8OfwaFkmO#ixzz25KBzFS1f

 

 

  • Despite endorsing Obama in 2008, JFK’s daughter Caroline now considers Obama a “liar,” according to a family source in Edward Klein’s new book on Obama called “The Amateur.”
  • Caroline’s past support for Obama, which was mirrored by the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, caused a riff in the family. In fact, Klein writes of an incident where Bobby Kennedy Jr. got in his uncle Ted‘s face over Ted’s support for the president.
  • Some of the Kennedys’ diminishing support for the president is due to the Obamas snubbing several members of the Kennedy family on multiple occasions — one that sent Ethel Kennedy on a furniture-turning rant.
  • But despite the tension, both families know the Kennedys have no one else to support, and that “really pisses [Caroline] off.”

Back in 2008, Caroline Kennedy — the only surviving child of former President John F. Kennedy — delivered a rousing endorsement of Barack Obama. “I have never had a president who inspired me the way people tell me that my father inspired them,” she wrote in the New York Times back then. “But for the first time, I believe I have found the man who could be that president — not just for me, but for a new generation of Americans.”

for full details: http://www.theblaze.com/stories/new-obama-book-shocker-kennedys-and-obamas-at-war-caroline-considers-obama-a-liar/

You gotta love the name of Klein’s book….. “The Amateur”. Sometimes it only takes a word or two to sum it all up !!

All ready: Water flows in the fountains of the National September 11 Memorial in New York on Saturday, ahead of the 10th anniversary of 9/11

Remembered: Former U.S. presidents George W. Bush, left, and Bill Clinton, right, and former first lady Laura Bush, centre, bow their heads during ceremonies marking the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attack in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, on Saturday

Into the sky: The 'Tribute in Light' shines above lower Manhattan, the Statue of Liberty, and One World Trade Center, left, on Saturday in New York

Service: Flags are carried into St. Patrick's Cathedral during a memorial ceremony on Saturday to honor New York firefighters that were killed in the attacks on the World Trade Center

(St Patrick’s Cathedral)

Linking arms: To commemorate the 10 year anniversary of the September 11 attacks, people participate in the 'Hand-In-Hand 9/11' ceremony by holding hands for a moment of silence at 8:46am, the time that the north tower of the World Trade Center was hit

Empty Sky Memorial structure is seen during the structure's dedication at Liberty State Park

First glimpse: Aeriel view of Ground Zero taken from Washington Street the day before the official 9/11 memorial service

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2036096/9-11-ANNIVERSARY-Leaders-tears-America-begins-ceremonies-remember.html

     The 40 heroes who were onboard Flight 93 on September 11, 2001 will be given the honors of a memorial to their final resting place in field in Shanksville, PA.

     Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, with Mrs. Bush, and Mrs. Biden, join Vice President Joe Biden to dedicate the Flight 93 Memorial.

      The passenger and crew of Flight 93 learned what was going on in New York and at the Pentagon, and quickly realized that their hijacked plane was a part of the terrorist mission on that fateful morning. The stories of the 40 brave souls have played out in various accounts, and will be memorialized forever. The first responders to the site, and the many on the ground who talked with the passengers or their families as the events unfolded in that short period of time, are all a part of the memory and the understanding of the human spirit that those 40 brave heroes exhibited that day.

         As the poet said at the dedication, we would not choose to have gone through this event to be able to remember, but we must choose never to forget. Pres. Bush invoked the words of another great President, at another dedication of sacred land in Pennsylvania, as Lincoln said “The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced.”

        God bless the heroes of Flight 93 and their Families who carry on their legacy!!

      Twelve years after taking his seat in Congress, New York’s loud Progressive voice has told friends that he will step down from his seat.

      Since the Friday of Memorial Day weekend, Weiner’s sordid online persona has emerged, and it has called into question his judgment and his character. First denying that he had sent lewd photos via Twitter, then blaming others, then accepting responsibility but refusing to resign, to finally asking for a leave of absence and waiting for his wife, Huma Abedin, to return from Africa (where she was travelling with Hillary Clinton) before making a decision, the saga of Anthony Weiner has overshadowed the more pressing issues, such as the debt crisis and the President’s snubbing of the War Powers Act with regard to Libya.

       We are sure there will be further updates, and most likely more sordid details.

     Tne New York Daily News is reporting that after nearly two weeks of arrogance about the scandal that has engrossed his career, and dominated the news, Congressman Anthony Weiner is now seriously considering resigning his seat in Congress. Sources say that he is merely awaiting the return of his wife, Huma Abedin, who is travelling abroad with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. He also sees the writing in the wall for his Congressional district, as New York seeks to eliminate two districts as a result of the 2010 Census.

       The leadership became more vocal this weekend, capped with Nancy Pelosi, Steve Israel, and Debbie Wasserman Schultz yesterday officially suggesting his resignation, and Steny Hoyer leading it on the Sunday talk show circuit.

       The bombastic Congressman’s last straw may have been the latest release of photos, which show him taking photos of himself in the Congressional gym. A friend said that Weiner was surprised it had taken so long for those photos to appear.

        BigGovernment is reporting that Democratic leadership has met with Weiner’s staff to offer assistance in placing them in other positions on Capitol Hill.

         With our country on the verge of a second Great Depression, and our POTUS so in tune with our economy that he feels that two economy briefings a week are sufficient, one figures the President is pleased with anything that distracts from the real problems that he cannot address.

http://biggovernment.com/publius/2011/06/12/weiner-staff-heading-for-the-exits/

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2011/06/12/2011-06-12_rep_anthony_weiner_finally_considering_he_may_have_to_resign_amid_sexting_scanda.html

232 media outlets to cover Marco Rubio on Election Night

Perhaps the most sought-after press credential in the country on Nov. 2: Republican Senate frontrunner Marco Rubio’s party at the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables.

As of yesterday, the campaign had received requests from 232 media outlets. That includes 35 television cameras (of which 17 are from Florida), network crews from NBC, ABC, FOX, CNN, the BBC, NPR, Univision and Al Arabiya, and 75 members of the foreign press — radio reporters from the Czech Republic, West Africa, China; TV crews from the Congo, Colombia, Japan, France, Spain; and print reporters from Germany, New Zealand, Argentina and the UK.

To say Rubio has come a long way is a massive understatement. Miami lobbyist Ana Navarro recalled his first fundraiser at the Biltmore, early on in the campaign, when turnout collided with expectations and the reception was downsized three times from a ballroom to a small meeting room.

“It was a small little group of renegades,” said Navarro, whose boyfriend Gene Prescott runs the hotel. “Now we are building a four-tier press riser and worrying whether people will fit.”

http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/content/232-media-outlets-cover-marco-rubio-election-night

Note: The count has now topped 300

UPDATE: 11/02/10 6:30PM EST: Polls in Florida close @ 7pm. JAMES predicts that Marco Rubio will be declared Florida’s new Senator between 8:00-8:30pm. Rand Paul should be declared the victor in Kentucky’s Senate race by 8:30pm as well.