New Posts to POLITICO - CLICK - Full Blog on Aug 16, 2013:
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1) Week in one-liners: FLOTUS, Carney, Paul
http://www.politico.com/blogs/click/2013/08/week-in-oneliners-flotus-carney-paul-170684.html
The top quotes in politics...
"I'm in this business to win." -- New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie reassuring Republican leaders.
"Reporting for #juryduty." -- Arizona Sen. John McCain tweeting about his afternoon in Maricopa County Superior Court.
"I think I'm too famous." -- Rush Limbaugh brushing off suggestions that he should moderate a presidential debate.
"Why does that make me not serious?" -- Donald Trump defending his ongoing skepticism about the president's birth certificate.
"I love an endorsement by Sarah Palin, what's not to love?" -- Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul touting support for "Team Rand" from the former Alaska governor.
"I want to be this really fly 80-, 90-year old." -- First Lady Michelle Obama dishing on her upcoming birthday.
"I'm kind of busy right now." -- "Duck Dynasty" star Willie Robertson shutting down talks of a congressional run.
"Can you teach me how to [...]
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2) Fairchild praises Gillibrand, Warren
http://www.politico.com/blogs/click/2013/08/fairchild-praises-gillibrand-warren-170676.html
Actress Morgan Fairchild, who has been active in supporting more women in politics for years, says in addition to Hillary Clinton, there is a growing list of rising female stars in D.C.
"It's great. And some of the women that are coming along now that really have just jumped in feet first and really making their mark in the Senate, Kirsten Gillibrand [D-N.Y.], Elizabeth Warren [D-Mass.], you've got different ones that are really getting out there and taking on some heavy issues as opposed to sort of meekly sitting in the back benches for a couple of years to get their feet wet," Fairchild said Friday on MSNBC's "Jansing and Co."
She said the women "jumping in feet first" helps them get more leadership roles.
"That's great and gives them a chance to move up that pecking order a lot faster, and reach, even if they don't run for president, reach chairmanships of committees and things [...]
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3) Kravitz: America is not past racism
http://www.politico.com/blogs/click/2013/08/kravitz-america-is-not-past-racism-170654.html
Singer and actor Lenny Kravitz says while the election of President Barack Obama did not mean there was no longer racism in America, and his movie "The Butler" comes out at an interesting time for race relations.
Speaking to MSNBC "Morning Joe" co-host Willie Geist, Kravitz was asked about the election of President Barack Obama, and the idea that a "magic wand" had been waved and America was past race.
"It just isn't so, but I think a lot of people wanted it to be so. And at the time I was touring in Europe, and that was the question I got every day when I was being interviewed: 'So America is not racist anymore,' and that's not the fact," Kravitz said.
The film is about a black butler who served eight presidents in the White House. Kravitz, who plays another White House butler in the film, said that when there's progress, some people want to hold on to old ways of thinking, and that [...]
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4) VIDEO: POLITICO Playback
http://www.politico.com/blogs/click/2013/08/video-politico-playback-170653.html
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