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"We all remember Abraham Lincoln as the leader who saved our Union. Founder of the Republican Party. But in the middle of a civil war, he was also a leader who looked to the future -- a Republican President who mobilized government to build the Transcontinental Railroad -- (applause) -- launch the National Academy of Sciences, set up the first land grant colleges. (Applause.) And leaders of both parties have followed the example he set."

"We all remember Abraham Lincoln as the leader who saved our Union. But in the middle of a Civil War, he was also a leader who looked to the future - a Republican president who mobilized government to build the transcontinental railroad; launch the National Academy of Sciences; and set up the first land grant colleges. And leaders of both parties have followed the example he set."

Laying Down Astro Turf
On Wall Street
Investor's Business Daily, by David Hogberg

The Occupy Wall Street rally may not be growing, but press coverage of it is.

Even some members of Congress, like Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn, are endorsing it.

Last night on the O’Reilly factor, Gretchen Carlson warned: “It would be dangerous for any politician to align themselves with this group. It’s dangerous if it continues to become more violent.” (Hat Tip: Alex Alvarez at Mediaite.)

Fortunately, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi dismissed them as “astroturf.” Oh wait, no, that’s what she said of the Tea Parties. These were her sentiments about the Occupy Wall Street folks:

“God bless them,” Pelosi said, “for their spontaneity. It’s independent . . . it’s young, it’s spontaneous and it’s focused. And it’s going to be effective.”

She added: “The message of the protesters is a message for the establishment everyplace. No longer will the recklessness of some on Wall Street cause massive joblessness on Main Street.”

Pelosi did not comment on — and was not asked about — the law-breaking that occurred during the protest over the weekend.

Meanwhile, CNN tries to find moral equivalence between the Occupy Wall Street crowd and the Tea Party:

With all of that rage, Tea Partyers can attest, trouble can brew quickly.

Violent clashes between Occupy Wall Street protesters and New York City police officers have raised obvious questions about the demonstrators’ intentions.

Open story: Are you involved?

“It’s a classic mob uprising. It’s utterly incoherent. They’re always left wing,” conservative commentator Ann Coulter said in a Fox News interview.

During the height of the Tea Party movement, there were few confrontations with police. But violent rhetoric was often caught on camera and immediately uploaded onto YouTube.

“If ballots don’t work, bullets will,” Tea Party activist and radio talk show host Joyce Kaufman said at a rally about the midterm elections of 2010.

Is CNN really so dense that it can’t distinguish between a violent clash and inappropriate, over-heated rhetoric? Never mind, that’s a rhetorical question. Here is the AFL-CIO blog boasting about union involvement:

http://blogs.investors.com/capitalhill/ ... -tea-party

NYTimes Avoids Word 'Obama,'
Buries Story on Plea to Delay
Solyndra Layoff News
Newsbusters, by Clay Waters


Energy Secretary Steven Chu is testifying today before a Congressional committee on Solyndra, the solar equipment maker favored by the Obama administration that went bankrupt after being pledged federal loan guarantees worth a half-billion dollars.

Revelations that the administration asked Solyndra to delay a layoff announcement until after the 2010 midterm elections made the front page of the Washington Post on Wednesday: “The Obama administration, which gave the solar company Solyndra a half-billion-dollar loan to help create jobs, asked the company to delay announcing it would lay off workers until after the hotly contested November 2010 midterm elections that imperiled Democratic control of Congress, newly released e-mails show.”

Meanwhile, the New York Times buried the revelation in a page 24 story Wednesday by Matthew Wald, “Solyndra Was Asked to Delay Layoff News Till After Midterms, Memo Says.”

And while the Post forthrightly identified 'The Obama administration" as the culprit, Wald’s opening paragraph only blamed “The Energy Department.” Bizarrely, the word “Obama” doesn’t appear in the story at all.

Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/clay-water ... z1e0KqK1Jg

Holder lashes out at The Daily Caller
while refusing to address growing
calls for his resignation
Daily Caller, by Neil Munro*

Embattled Attorney General Eric Holder today demanded The Daily Caller stop publishing articles about the growing calls in Congress for his resignation because of the failed Operation Fast and Furious gun-walking program.

As Holder’s aide was escorting the attorney general offstage following his remarks Tuesday afternoon at the White House, a Daily Caller reporter introduced himself and shook Holder’s hand. The reporter asked him for a response to the growing chorus of federal legislators demanding his resignation.

Holder stepped towards the exit, then turned around, stepped back toward the reporter, and sternly said, “You guys need to — you need to stop this. It’s not an organic thing that’s just happening. You guys are behind it.”

Holder then walked offstage without answering TheDC’s request for comment about calls for his resignation.

Watch:

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2011/11/29/holde ... z1fCFS1CgA