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- klein is delusional. he wishes libya is not an issue for obama. the truth is that both the state dept and the cia knew within 24 hours that this was a concerted and planned terrorist attack. for them not to have told the WH is too far beyond belief.
what's more reasonable is that they did tell the WH and the WH proceeded to spin it (lie to us)knowing that the joe kleins of this world would stay in obama's pocket until, perhaps, after the election. they weren't prepared for the firestorm that erupted due to fox news and breitbart being on this with both feet. and even as the truth is clear, joe and his pals are still in obama's pocket over this. it's astounding.
the reporting of the issues is a real watershed against the mainstream media. now, mre than ever before, it's clear that the MSM is unwilling to be the pillar of truth that they used to be and still claim to be.
the MSM is doing a great disservice to the american people. - Reply to this comment
- I'm so tired of the carnival barker Mitt Romney spewing out stuff he can't back up....
If you vote for that phony Romney I hope you all lose every entitlement since FDR... I hope every one of you without jobs, sick or old that vote for Romney get squat under Ryan and Romney....
As a liberal I'm tired of fighting for you people sucking off the government that vote Republican... A note to every red state with millions sucking government funds...I hope you starve under Romney/Ryan.. - Reply to this comment
- "It is not true that all conservative people are stupid; it is true, however, that most stupid people are conservative." - John Stuart Mill, 1806-1873.
Romney/Ryan's plan: cancel your Medicare, reduce your Social Security check, no more COLAs, eliminate the EPA, the SEC, the Department of Education, the banking commission, food stamps, Medicaid, Student Aid, the Post Office, Health Care and dozens others; lay off police, firemen, teachers, park rangers, using the savings to lower the Deficits and pay off the Debt? Hell no! TO LOWER THE RICH TAX! They'll shaft the nation to create more millionaires. - Reply to this comment
- After being dragged into futile wars by republican George Bush which destroyed their economy, killed thousands of brave Americans and stretched their military to its limit,
after record spending of historic proportions by republican G Bush which obliterated a record surplus and plunged them into enormous debt,
after all the blustering and tough talking by republican G Bush which eroded their reputation and standing in the world, making it harder for other countries to work with them,
half of Americans are still sheepishly believing that a republican government and not the democrats, will be more fiscally conservative , fix their economy and take them to the promised land. - Reply to this comment
- Romney "climbed the mountain" of people thinking he was a rich guy who didn't care about them? So I guess he lied to the Boca Raton donors.
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- This is the quote from Joe Klein:
Political columnist for Time Magazine, Joe Klein, said Romney successfully used the first debate to overcome an image of him painted by President Obama. "[T]he Obama campaign spent the entire summer very effectively making the argument through advertising that Mitt Romney was a rich guy who didn't care about you. I think that Romney took care of that. That was a huge mountain for him to climb," Klein said."
Painted by Obama as not caring about you? Did Mr. Klein give any credence to the 47% video where Romney said straight out he didn't care? Said behind closed doors, where more often than not, people speak their true feeling. - Reply to this comment
- Obama foreign policy has been a dangerous failure in every country!
Leaving aside the resurgance of the Taliban in Afghanistan,
and the unravelling of the gains of the pre-Obama surge in Iraq,
the fact is, Obamas one success, Libya, is now a big failure.
More obviously (except to the Obama shills in the press quoted above) is the massive failure of Obama in Egypt. Consider:
Al Qaida is stronger in more countries now, than they were in 2008.
US alliances that stood for decades are shaky or gone.
Radical Islamic extremists are better off now than they were 4 years ago.
Egypt -
The only lasting foreign policy "success" of the Carter (!) Administration was the Camp David Accords, the peace treaty between Israel and Egypt. That almost lasted 30 years. Now we have: Iranian warships allowed passage through the Suez Canal, Gas pipelines to Israel and Jordan blown up, Al Qaida and others launching attacks from Sinai, Egyptian heavy war material moving into Sinai, and, most disturbing of all, the Egyptian government saying that Camp David needs to be revisited and reevaluated. Hosni Mubarak was with Sadat for the Camp David Accord. Hosni Mubarak was with the United States during Desert Storm. Hosni Mubarak was a facilitator of Israeli Palestinian Peace Talks. Where was Obama, when the Mubarak administration could have used some guidance and support, or even tough some love.
Why did Obama have a hands-off approach when the IRANIAN people rose up against Ahmadinejad in 2009, but a sympathetic approach to the Islamic Brotherhood forces overthrowing Mubarak. Mubarak was no saint. But Morsi is even harder on the press, on women, on minorities, and on peace with Israel.
Obama told Univision that Egypt is not an ally of the United States. This was not the case in 2008. Sadly it may be true now. Mr. Obama's 2009 Cairo SPEECH may have won him a Nobel Peace Prize, but his POLICY failures have pushed peace further away. The fact is, last year the Israeli Embassy in Cairo was overrun,
and this year the embassy of the United States in Cairo was overrun with the Al Qaida flag literally raised over it.
Libya -
Like George W. Bush, who succeeding in ousting Saddam Hussein, Obama succeeded in aiding the overthrow of Kaddafi. But what did he do AFTER Kadaffi was out? Good question. For months Obamas diplomats pleaded for better security. It was no secret. They were loud, they were specific. Obama's job as commander in chief was to KNOW what was going on in Libya. This IS the president's job. Not just the State Department's job! Obama's job was to attend those intelligence briefings he skipped. The American people want to know why the Obama administration let down a great American diplomat like Chris Stevens. Where was he for those intelligence briefings he skipped? Let's not even debate how many days (too many) it took Obama's administration to stop blaming a juvenile amatuer YouTube video. What the American People want to know is, where was Obama in the MONTHS before, while BOASTING about Libya in the campaign trail as a foreign policy succcess, while being oblivious to pleas from the US diplomats and security experts on the ground in Libya.
Obamas gives great speeches, but his policies are big time failures. - Reply to this comment
- How nice to see the usual brotherhood of talking heads giving their institutionalized takes on the political landscape and its issues. To this I say, Yeah, yeah, yeah! The only thing more disheartening than having to endure the media and its endless discussions about the same topics (ofentimes seem like some of these self-absorbed pundits are more adept at waffling than Mitt Romney). My question to someone...anyone...what are the attributes of Mitt Romney's expertise and history on foreign policy that qualify him to debate this issue? How many of his foreign policies have been enforced? What has been the effect of his foreign policies on world affairs? How many current &/or past world leaders has he met with to develop and enact foreign policy? I have been willing to accept that his business experience, however questionable, could be considered an adequate qualification for dealing with certain economic issues which are in the realm of the government responsibility. I am willing to consider that his management experience, however questionable, might serve in dealing with the widespread waste which has become synonymous with government bureaucracy. However, I cannot find any evidence of any undertaking nor accomplishment which points to Mitt Romney being qualified to debate foreign policy, except his unabashed threats of military action against many imaginary enemies (remember Dubya's Axis of Evil?) and a whole lot of conjecture which points to sticking America's nose where we have no business. Anyone....anyone?
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- What difference does it make in a two party dictatorship? Romney and Obama act like they are different and fool a lot of people, but they do not fool me.
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- So here's what I take from this. When it comes to word affairs Mitt Romney advocates that we lead the rest of the world. Barack Obama wants to follow or get out of the way. He's never sure which
By the way, that "unipolar" moment lasted the better part of a century. It could have lasted longer if we hadn't been stuck with a bipolar administration. - Reply to this comment
