President Barack Obama’s traditional supporters, the national news media, has begun to crack under the weight of Libya and first term priorities. Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin recounts the Libyan cover up in her Oct. 24 column, “White House emails blow up its Libya cover story.” And, one of the traditional newspapers that endorsed the president in 2008 cornered the president in an interview with Des Moines Register Laura Hollingsworth, president and publisher of the Register, and Rick Green, editor/vice-president of news.
CBS News has released a clip of an interview by Steve Kroft of 60 Minutes on Sept. 12, with President Obama that indicates Obama knew the assault on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya was a premeditated terror attack — and suggests the White House later deceived the public by blaming protests against an anti-Islam video. CBS chose not to air the clip for over a month--but did air Obama’s attack on Romney that same night. In a phone interview with the president the Register’s top leaders posed this question: “Some say you had a super majority in your first two years and had this incredible opportunity, but because of what you were talking about, as you were running, you had to go to get Obamacare done. Do you have any regrets taking on some of the economic issues, some of the issues that we’re talking about for your second term, that when you had the chance, so to speak, during your first — do you have any regrets that you didn’t do that at that time?”
“Absolutely not, Laura. Remember the context. First of all, Mitch McConnell has imposed an ironclad filibuster from the first day I was in office,” the president responded.
In fact, Mitch McConnell was the Senate’s minority leader in 2009. He had no filibuster lock on the president’s proposals.
Now back to Libya. The Washington Post’s Rubin notes, “President Obama is playing the media and, in turn, the American people for fools on the Libya scandal. Reporters and columnists who carried his water have been hung out to dry. The White House cover story — namely that CIA got it all wrong and the White House (in urging us to believe the murder of four Americans was the result of a video riot gone bad) was telling us what it knew, when it knew — has been severely undercut. Three e-mails sent to the White House within two hours of the attack identify it as a terrorist operation and inform the White House that local jihadists with al-Qaeda connections claimed responsibility.”
Are the former allies of the president now running for cover in light of these assumed betrayals by the president and his administration? It would appear so, at least in these three instances.
Keith Hansen
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Oh cappy
Your on here today. Darn I was kind of hoping you were delivering one of your yacht's down the East Coast this weekend. Its still not to late ya know.
Watch the "Liar in Chief"
cost taxpayers a billion dollars pretending to care about this.
Unless, of course, he needs to go to bed to get ready for another TV show. Dutch, your boy is a loser.
Cappy is a liar
trying to copy the one that sends a tingle up his leg.
bout time you woke up
the libs love to gang up on a lone sensible taxpayer.
Not this lone sensible taxpayer, Correct Fair.?.
I see that
Wow. Cant say if I have ever seen so many thumbs down as I have today. They are waiting for this silly thing to update so they can see all their [filtered word] stuff they wrote in today.
I completely disagree, Muehl.
Romney's remarks were reckless and not worthy of one who wishes to be Commander-in-Chief. The Washington Post says it much better than I could presume to:
Mr. Romney’s rhetoric on embassy attacks is a discredit to his campaign
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-death-of-an-ambassador/2012/0....
The other issue, regarding Romney's seeming reticence to pursue Benghazi lately, may signal that his ongoing intelligence briefings are educating him.
"Currently there is a front page article pondering why Romney has been silent on Benghazi, while some aides are pressing for more media coverage. I don't think it has anything to do with Romney getting thumped at the 2nd debate over the acts of terror fact check.
Checking the timeline, the Romney campaign was still working the Benghazi angle immediately after the second debate. But sometime between the second debate and the third debate Romney and Ryan went mute with regards to Benghazi. This is counterintuitive since the third debate was a foreign policy debate and the media presumed that the Benghazi attack would be a major focus of Romney in that debate. We now know that Romney punted on Benghazi during the third debate and has been silent ever since.
So the question is why the sudden shift in the Romney strategy. My guess is that is was this (from the Boston Globe): http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/10/25/1150117/-A-theory-about-Romney-...
The end of that article may sum up the current silence (Fox News, et al, notwithstanding) on the subject: "I think there is also a possibility of a deal being struck between the Romney and Obama camps agreeing not to politicize Benghazi while the intelligence/security agencies were so hot on the tails of the attackers. If some Romney aides are pestering reporters regarding Benghazi, my guess is that they are low level and don't have the security clearance necessary to be in the know."
Interesting theory. I'm sure we'll find out more when ALL of the facts are in. In the meantime, the desparate-for-an-Oct.-gottcha chatter on the right seems like nothing more than politically-motivated poppycock.
Best news for Mitt yet?
I read this tonight and it has me so excited I can't sleep! (And as always, the red button is on the right)
>>The latest Presidential polls of swing states in the 2012 election have revealed that Republican candidate Mitt Romney has a significant lead against President Barack Obama. According to the latest Rasmussen poll released Saturday, Romney now has a 6 percent lead across the 11 key swing states.
The Rasmussen poll presented combined results across the 11 key swing states which were won by President Obama in 2008, and which are thought to be the key states in deciding who will win the presidential election in 2012.
The poll revealed that Romney leads Obama across the 11 states by 51 percent to 45 percent among "likely voters."
Those 11 states in total hold 146 Electoral College votes, and include the states of Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin.
As well as the 51 percent for Romney and 45 percent for Obama, there were also 2 percent likely to vote for a third party candidate, and a further 2 percent were still undecided just over a week until election day.
Saturday's poll win for the Republican candidate, means that Romney has now led in the cumulative swing states poll for 10 consecutive days.
Read more at http://www.christianpost.com/news/presidential-polls-2012-latest-swing-s... <<
Do miracles really happen??? We'll find out in just a few days. Go Mitt Go!
Obama watched and allowed US citizens to be murdered
The military was ordered not to respond by the commander and chief Obama despite standing orders to defend US citizens.
I'm excited by the numbers reflected here:
http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/27/oct-26-state-poll-av...
Go, Prez., go!! You're right, RonMex, it'll be a close one! Political junkie heaven.
The "horse race" aspect of it aside, however, I already worry for "the least among us" if Romney wins. Bread for the World completed research recently (corroborated by Catholic Charities) that concluded if the Ryan(Romney) Budget is enacted, consequences for the poor -- esp. poor children -- would be devastating. The safety net as we've know it would almost be gone.
Their research went on to say that to make up the huge cuts, every church in America would have to pony up an additional $50,000 each to cover the gap (this averages smallest and largest churches). In a scenario like that, those who have long called for the churches and charity to take over gov't social justice role will have a chance to literally put their money where their mouths have been. I guess we'd just hand out lists of local churches (esp. the conservative ones) at social services departments, and have poor citizens line up there with their hands out on Sundays? I'm praying we don't have to find out how that voluntary program of caring for the poor would work out.
I'm excited by the numbers reflected here:
http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/27/oct-26-state-poll-av...
Go, Prez., go!! You're right, RonMex, it'll be a close one! Political junkie heaven.
The "horse race" aspect of it aside, however, I already worry for "the least among us" if Romney wins. Bread for the World completed research recently (corroborated by Catholic Charities) that concluded if the Ryan(Romney) Budget is enacted, consequences for the poor -- esp. poor children -- would be devastating. The safety net as we've know it would almost be gone.
Their research went on to say that to make up the huge cuts, every church in America would have to pony up an additional $50,000 each to cover the gap (this averages smallest and largest churches). In a scenario like that, those who have long called for the churches and charity to take over gov't social justice role will have a chance to literally put their money where their mouths have been. I guess we'd just hand out lists of local churches (esp. the conservative ones) at social services departments, and have poor citizens line up there with their hands out on Sundays? I'm praying we don't have to find out how that voluntary program of caring for the poor would work out.
Treason
They watched my son die as he called for help. ~ Charles Woods
A"Effin big deal"
Hate to quote Joe Biden here but "This is a effin big deal!"
Rapid Response
Why two weeks to respond?
Money to be made, emails to be burned and tangled webs to be weaved.
How's this for our next ex-POTUS ...
... as of Jan. 20, 2013, I would support our new POTUS assigning Mr. Obama as the new U.S. Ambassador to Libya ( with orders, of course, not to provide any assistance in the event of an al-Qaeda attack).
What's your worry, Bubba ?
... that your EBT card won't be refreshed?
I would love to see churches and charity to take over the government's social justice role; they'd do it far more efficiently, and it would be a better use of their members' contributions than is usually the case.
Funny how people are concerned about how much of their charitable contribution dollar goes for the actual cause of the charity vs. administration, yet those same people are more than eager to have the government run social justice programs - the most bureaucratic inefficient of all organizations.
A research topic...
In reference to...
...churches and charity to take over the government's social justice role; they'd do it far more efficiently, and it would be a better use of their members' contributions...
Enjoy the read of...
Articles & Books By
Gazelka, Paul. "Marketplace Ministers: Awakening God's People in the Workplace to Their Ultimate Purpose." Florida: Creation House, Strang Communications Company, 2003.
Churches' use of donations:
Such as buying millions of dollars of ads to try to pass the Marriage Amendment and to secure a Mormon in the White House?
How many people will miss their churches' help this year as their funds for charitable expenses dry up? Did their memberships get a vote on whether to spend these massive amounts on advertising?
really muehl?
I went to the site you gave and did not find Tyhrone Woods' mother rescinding what she had put on facebook earlier speaking so positively of her meeting with President Obama, VP Biden and Sec of State Clinton. Yes, she wants answers, and she wants results. That doesn't take away from the concern and compassion with which she felt she was treated.
really muehl?
I went to the site you gave and did not find Tyrone Woods' mother rescinding what she had put on facebook earlier speaking so positively of her meeting with President Obama, VP Biden and Sec of State Clinton. Yes, she wants answers, and she wants results. That doesn't take away from the concern and compassion with which she felt she was treated.
shadrack
Regarding the mother of Mr. Woods who was killed.
As a mother myself, I can imagine the grief she was feeling
at the airport that day and wanted to believe that the administration was telling the truth. I don't think she has to
rescind what she said on Facebook or wherever ( I didn't see it as I don't do Facebook) to now question them. I did hear
an interview on the radio where she was irritated at all of them and just wants to know how her son was killed.
What Biden said about her sons balls certainly didn't help and was so inconsiderate and stupid.
The important things to me are; why being it was 9/11 was it not better secured or why were they still there? when it was happening and the state dept heard it all as it happened why wasn't some help sent in?, and why all the different stories by all in the Obama administration? In addition, why hasn't the New York Times, Wash. Post and other media outlets put investigative reporters on this? Why don't some people care about how and why this happened and why the different stories? Maybe something with guns moving? Incompetence? Deliberate cover-up?
The country owes it to the four that died.
scribbles
Actually, the government took the so-called "social justice"
role away from the churches as it orignally was in this country.
I like to say that the churches gave the role to the government
some years ago and that was a shame.
Some churches are trying to get back into it but it is hard.
It is better if the money is not taxpayers, but donations.
I think it helps the people that are being helped if it comes
from churches and other non-profits.
There are many organizations that work in the international
field . I like to donate to Salvation Army and Lutheran world
relief.
Sorry, Lendad, unfortunately, I'm cursed with money, and
trying to determine the best use thereof. (It's an inheritance issue I never asked for.)
The point here: when you leave the care of the poor to the haphazard's of "charity", you're taking a huge risk. You take a risk that many children won't be fed (because that nice group of rich folks at that Houston mega-church decided to spend their money on the pastor's jet); you take a risk that the critical need for a piece of live-saving equipment for a mom with 3 kids and no health insurance must depend on the offerings of the congregation in Oklahoma City (who'd really like a new church swimming pool for their nice parishioners). When it's left up to the whims of "everyday" church folk, who knows where the money might be spent. Many of us, even as "good Christian folk" can justify spending it on "our own", as opposed to taking care of someone else's "bastard child". You get my drift, no doubt.
I trust a more even-handed approach to social justice that keeps the poor on a fair playing field. That's the message Matthew 25 speaks to me.
Sadie: Good luck building up the church treasury.
take the same care with each Mother's deceased child from the (unjustified, biblically speaking) War in Iraq.
Sadie: Good luck building up the church treasury.
take the same care with each Mother's deceased child from the (unjustified, biblically speaking) War in Iraq.
You do have a Nasty Side
Bubba.
FNB: Thanks for pointing out the obvious about all of us, FNB.
God didn't create perfect "children", FNB. God does give us each a certain amount of discernment. We each need to do the best that we can, and we need to encourage others (who show up along our path) to do the best they can. Be kind, be loving, be strong, . . . and be yourself, FNB). God created you, one-of-a-kind -- you have a lot to offer to the world. Grab that special gift, and run with it in a POSITIVE way. Take care of yourself, FNB.