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PICKET: 'Game Change' movie omits vicious Obama-Hillary primary covered in book

Kerry Picket

Filmmaker Jay Roach's new HBO movie "Game Change" based on the book by political reporters Mark Halperin and John Heileman focused exclusively on the trials and tribulations of the McCain-Palin 2008 presidential campaign and chose to ignore the vicious primary covered in the book between then Senator Barack Obama and then Senator Hillary Clinton. Democrats today are romanticizing the the primary between Obama and Clinton. However, if liberals are so quick to believe the film about the McCain-Palin campaign story, then they should be interested about the other aspects the film omits.

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PICKET: McCain-Palin '08 adviser on 'Game Change': 'True enough to make me squirm'

Kerry Picket

McCain 2008 presidential campaign adviser Nicolle Wallace joined ABC’s This Week on Sunday and discussed the recently released HBO film “Game Change.” The movie, which stars Julianne Moore as Sarah Palin and Woody Harrelson as McCain 2008 campaign manager Steve Schmidt is based on the book of the same title explores the McCain-Palin campaign from the reporting of journalists Mark Halperin and John Heilemann.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who claimed victory in Russia's presidential election, has tears in his eyes as he watches the massive rally of his supporters at Manezh Square. "I promised you we would win. We won," he said. "Glory to Russia." (Associated Press)

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Obama calls Putin amid talks on Syria

Susan Crabtree

President Obama called Russian President-elect Vladimir Putin Friday to congratulate him on his election, and the two leaders pledged to work together on areas of common ground even as the U.S. and Russia continued to publicly clash over what action to take in Syria, according to a White House read-out of the phone call released Friday night.

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PICKET: Anti-racism pill on the way?

Kerry Picket

According to reports, a common drug used to treat high blood pressure is believed to also "curb racist thoughts." According to the London Free Press, a new study from the University of Oxford, which was published at the Psychopharmacology journal, claims that people who took the medication known as propranolol "showed less implicit racism — automatic, subconscious bias — than those who took a placebo."