Tonya Harding Slams Barack Obama: "He Has To Bring Me Up?!" (VIDEO)

Mar. 5, 2009
During an interview with HBO's Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, Tonya Harding verbally slams Barack Obama for using her name to get across a few points. At one event in 2007 Obama said: "Folks said there's no way Obama has a chance unless he goes and kneecaps the person ahead of us, does a...
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A Blast from the Past

Millions of G.I.s knew her as Tokyo Rose, the voice of World War II Japanese propaganda broadcasts. Later, under her real name, Iva Toguri D'Aquino was convicted of treason. It was on this date in 1977 that she got a pardon from President Ford.

A Blast from the Past

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A Blast From The Past

Today is Jan. 19. Millions of G.I.s knew her as Tokyo Rose, the voice of World War II Japanese propaganda broadcasts.