ABC News�s random act of journalism: Obama Top Fundraiser Jonathan Lavine Tied to Bain Layoffs

This Obama strategy of attacking Romney�s experience at creating jobs at Bain Capital is really silly and its falling apart.  

ABC News reports the Obama campaign�s latest attack tells the story of workers at an Indiana office supply company who lost their jobs after a Bain-owned company named American Pad & Paper (Ampad) took over their company and drove it out of business.

Here�s what the Obama Web video doesn�t mention: A top Obama donor and fundraiser had a much more direct tie to the controversy and actually served on the board of directors at Richardson, Texas-based Ampad, which makes office paper products.

Jonathan Lavine is a long-time Bain Capital executive and co-owner of the Boston Celtics. He is also one of President Obama�s most prolific fundraisers. He has already raised more than $200,000 for the Obama campaign this election, according to Federal Election Commission records.

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Think Progress out to destroy African American Corey Booker: Uncovers Bain gave half million dollars to Corey Booker�s 2002 Newark mayor run

It doesn�t matter that Corey Booker is a star in the Democrat Party.  It doesn�t matter that he�s an African American.  He told an inconvenient truth and the Obama Regime and their minions in the media decided he needed to be discredited to protect their investment in President Obama.   

Think Progress reports yesterday, Newark, New Jersey Mayor Cory Booker (D) attacked the Obama campaign for making an issue of Mitt Romney�s tenure at Bain Capital during an appearance on Meet the Press. While the progressive leader later backed off the criticisms, Republicans have been quick to highlight his comments as an attack against the idea that scrutiny of Mitt Romney�s record as a businessman is fair game.

A ThinkProgress examination of New Jersey campaign finance records for Booker�s first run for Mayor � back in 2002 � suggests a possible reason for his unease with attacks on Bain Capital and venture capital. They were among his earliest and most generous backers.

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Here�s Chris Matthews attacking the brother, Corey Booker

Video (h/t) The Right Scoop

I�ve been saying for years to my brothers and sisters in the �hood.  The Democrat Party doesn�t love you, they love your votes.  There�s a difference.   Corey Booker's career and any thought about being Gov. of New Jersey is over!   That's how the Dems do the brother. 

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Obama Camp in full damage control after attacks on Romney�s career at Bain backfires, Corey Booker didn�t help

Mitt Romney knows what it takes to create jobs because he�s done it.  President Obama knows how to create debt, high unemployment, and give a great speech with his trusty teleprompter. 

ABC News reports the Obama campaign is in full damage-control mode one day after Newark Mayor Cory Booker publicly derided Democrats� assault on presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney over his record at Bain Capital.

Chief Obama strategist David Axelrod today publicly rebuked Booker, a popular and high-profile surrogate for the campaign, saying he was �just wrong.�

�I love Cory Booker. He�s a great mayor. If I were, if my house was on fire, I�d hope he were my next door neighbor,� Axelrod said on MSNBC, referring to Booker�s rescue of a neighbor last month.

�I agree with what he said later. I think this was a legitimate area for discussion,� Axelrod said of Booker�s subsequent comments clarifying the issue.

As for the criticism that the Team Obama�s Bain attack is part of �nauseating� political discourse with which Booker has become �very uncomfortable,� Axelrod said, �on this particular instance he was just wrong.�

Booker is not the only Democrat to question the aggressive, negative portrayal of Romney�s work in private equity. Former Tennessee Rep. Harold Ford Jr. said today he agreed with �the substance� of Booker�s comments and �would not have backed out.�

�I agree with him, private equity is not a bad thing. Matter of fact, private equity is a good thing in many, many instances,� the Democrat said in a separate appearance on MSNBC earlier in the day.

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You know they took Corey to the woodshed after that.  But, he was telling the truth. 

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Voluptuous blonde Lauren Odes claims she was fired from Native Intimates because she was �too hot�

This is like that banker that says she was fired for the same reason. The funny thing about this case is we�re talking about a lingerie company. Isn�t being attractive a plus the job?

New York Post reports they sell sexy undies � but for the ultra-religious owners of a Manhattan lingerie company, one curvaceous clerk was too hot to handle.

Busty blond Lauren Odes says the Orthodox Jewish owners of Fifth Avenue lingerie company Native Intimates canned her because she was �just too hot� for their Midtown showroom filled with skimpy satin and lace underthings.


�I was working in a business that is not a synagogue but is instead selling thongs with hearts that are placed in the female genitalia area and boy shorts for women that say �Hot� in the buttocks area,� fumed Odes yesterday in announcing her explosive Equal Employment Opportunity Commission complaint against the wholesaler.

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Bar Refaeli Tops Maxim's Hot 100 List!

People reports the supermodel (and Leonardo DiCaprio's ex-girlfriend) tops Maxim's Hot 100 list this year � and it's not hard to see why.
Refaeli tells the magazine in its issue, on stands May 29, that she was "shocked that among all these beautiful ladies, I'm number one." Meanwhile, Maxim's editors say the Israeli beauty "puts the 'promise' in the Promised Land."

Capping off the top 10, which was voted on by readers for the first time ever: Olivia Munn; Mila Kunis; Katy Perry; Olivia Wilde; Jennifer Lawrence; Emma Stone; Megan Fox; Malin Akerman; and Adrianna Palicki.

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Sandra Fluke Files: Cincinnati woman Alicia Gaston, 20, 'had sex with seven-year-old son of her boyfriend'

This is particularly disturbing if true. One thing is certain, there�s a crime wave, or a War on Children perpetrated usually by teachers, baby sitters and family friends. But, the national press doesn�t seem to notice just how many women are behaving badly.

Daily Mail reports a 20-year-old woman is accused of having sex with the seven-year-old son of her boyfriend.

Alicia Gaston, of North Fairmount, Cincinnati, engaged in sexual intercourse with the child on April 10, according to police.


She is being held on $75,000 bond after being charged with rape. She has been ordered to stay away from the boy while the case goes through the court system

Her attorney Greg Cohen said Gaston is the child's father's girlfriend.


He pointed out that his client has no criminal record and expressed doubt about the ability of a seven-year-old to engage in sex.

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Man, 40s, becomes 3rd person to survive suicide falling into Niagara Falls

Lucky fella!

Daily Mail reports a man in his 40s plunged at least 180 feet over Niagara Falls in an apparent suicide attempt, but survived and was lifted to safety during a harrowing rescue.

The unidentified man was only the third person known to have gone over the falls without a safety device and lived.


Niagara Parks Police say witnesses reported seeing the man climb over a railing at 10:20am on Monday and "deliberately jump" above Horseshoe Falls and into the Niagara River.


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