"They have gone from what started out as petty distortions and untruths to unbelievable exaggerations that diminish the office of the president and insult the American people," Romney senior adviser Eric Fehrnstrom told reporters at a media briefing at the campaign's headquarters. "I don't think a world champion limbo dancer could get any lower than the Obama campaign right now."
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Romney adviser slams Obama campaign’s ‘unbelievable exaggerations’ | The Ticket - Yahoo! News
Romney adviser slams Obama campaign’s ‘unbelievable exaggerations’ | The Ticket - Yahoo! News ;.. BOSTON—A senior adviser to Mitt Romney lashed out at President Barack Obama's re-election campaign Friday, accusing the president of waging a campaign based on "ugly distortions and lies."
Obama response to Ryan pick: Harder, Faster, More | The Ticket - Yahoo! News
Obama response to Ryan pick: Harder, Faster, More | The Ticket - Yahoo! News ;.. The early attacks are telling: Obama's website repeatedly refers to Ryan's "extreme budget plan" as favoring the rich over the middle class (the president's core argument against Romney). The first line of its biographical sketch reads "Paul Ryan is a career Washington D.C. insider." (Obama has been running in large part against inside-the-Beltway political stalemate, casting the blame on Republicans.)
In an attack everyone in politics saw coming, the site warns Ryan's budget "would turn Medicare into a voucher program, increasing seniors' costs by up to $6,350 per year"—an unusually precise figure seemingly tailored to shock elderly voters in pivotal battlegrounds like Florida, even though his proposal would not affect people currently over 55.
The site also highlights Ryan's opposition to abortion and his vote against legislation aimed at erasing pay discrimination against women. (Obama is counting on his "gender gap" advantage over Romney in November.) The president tweeted a link to the new content to his 18.4 million followers.
Team Obama hopes that these arguments will be enough to reassemble key parts of the coalition that powered his historic 2008 victory while limiting the political damage from the president's sorest vulnerability: An economy still sputtering and weighed down by high unemployment three and a half years after he took office.
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Malaysian PM warns against liberalism, pluralism - Latest news around the world and developments close to home - MSN Malaysia News
Malaysian PM warns against liberalism, pluralism - Latest news around the world and developments close to home - MSN Malaysia News ;''
Speaking to more than 10,000 Islamic leaders just days before the Muslim fasting month begins, Najib also said he supported human rights but "within the boundaries set by Islam", in comments quoted by local media.
"Pluralism, liberalism? All these isms' are against Islam and it is compulsory for us to fight these," Najib said, according to news portal the Malaysian Insider.
Najib must call fresh elections by early next year and his government has come under pressure to reform an electoral system that critics and the political opposition say is biased in the long-ruling party's favour.
An April rally saw tens of thousands pour into the capital Kuala Lumpur to demand electoral changes.
It ended in chaos after police and protestors clashed openly in the streets of the capital. Police used tear gas and water cannons, and more than 500 people were arrested.
The next polls are widely expected to be a close contest after the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition suffered its worst-ever election showing against a resurgent opposition in 2008.
Adopting a reformist mantle to woo back voters lost in 2008, Najib has embarked on a raft of reforms including repeal of the controversial Internal Security Act, which for decades had allowed indefinite detention without trial.
He also last week announced plans to repeal the country's Sedition Act, which has been similarly criticised for being used to curb dissent.
But Najib faces a balancing act in that he also must appeal to conservative hardliners and Muslims, some of whom are opposed to an increasingly vocal gay rights movement.
Muslim ethnic Malays make up 60 percent of the multi-ethnic country's 28 million people, but Malaysia also has sizable ethnic Chinese and Indian non-Muslim minorities whose votes are coveted by the ruling coalition.
Speaking to more than 10,000 Islamic leaders just days before the Muslim fasting month begins, Najib also said he supported human rights but "within the boundaries set by Islam", in comments quoted by local media.
"Pluralism, liberalism? All these isms' are against Islam and it is compulsory for us to fight these," Najib said, according to news portal the Malaysian Insider.
Najib must call fresh elections by early next year and his government has come under pressure to reform an electoral system that critics and the political opposition say is biased in the long-ruling party's favour.
An April rally saw tens of thousands pour into the capital Kuala Lumpur to demand electoral changes.
It ended in chaos after police and protestors clashed openly in the streets of the capital. Police used tear gas and water cannons, and more than 500 people were arrested.
The next polls are widely expected to be a close contest after the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition suffered its worst-ever election showing against a resurgent opposition in 2008.
Adopting a reformist mantle to woo back voters lost in 2008, Najib has embarked on a raft of reforms including repeal of the controversial Internal Security Act, which for decades had allowed indefinite detention without trial.
He also last week announced plans to repeal the country's Sedition Act, which has been similarly criticised for being used to curb dissent.
But Najib faces a balancing act in that he also must appeal to conservative hardliners and Muslims, some of whom are opposed to an increasingly vocal gay rights movement.
Muslim ethnic Malays make up 60 percent of the multi-ethnic country's 28 million people, but Malaysia also has sizable ethnic Chinese and Indian non-Muslim minorities whose votes are coveted by the ruling coalition.
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