“Of course, even Jimmy Carter would have given that order.” – Mitt Romney IT’S THE QUOTE OF THE DAY and is pitch perfect for the national media and political press. On whether Mitt Romney would have given the order to take out Osama bin Laden, the quote is via Ginger Gibson of Politico. They also [...]
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Arrogant Amnesia: Obama Gets OBL, Republicans Stuck with ‘Mission Accomplished’ Cod Piece Photo Op
AN INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA in the Situation Room with Brian Williams on the bin Laden raid has exploded. Sen. John McCain is having a hissy fit. Breitbart’s Ben Shapiro is either the dumbest political writer on planet earth or is ignorant of presidential commander in chief powers. I’m guessing it’s both. He’s squealing like [...]
Team Obama Finds The Slogan and The Message
What’s missing? Killing the bad guy. Nothing about giving the order on Osama. Somehow I can’t imagine Republicans leaving that detail out. via Buzzfeed
Karl Rove’s Sour Grapes that Obama Got OBL
As for the killing of Osama bin Laden, Mr. Obama did what virtually any commander in chief would have done in the same situation. Even President Bill Clinton says in the film “I hope that’s the call I would have made.” For this to be portrayed as the epic achievement of the first term tells [...]
Just Call Him Barack Obama, The Israeli Hawk
“It felt like pandering.” – Steve Clemons Clemons is talking about the interview Pres. Obama gave to his colleague Jeffrey Goldberg. Coming just before the annual AIPAC meeting, how could it not be presidential pandering? For me, it just seemed like the same old political game from a man who knows better, but who is [...]
Obama to Thank the Republicans Running for President
**UPDATED** During his State of the Union address tonight, President Obama will announce the creation of a special unit to investigate misconduct and illegalities that contributed to both the financial collapse and the mortgage crisis. The office, part of a new Unit on Mortgage Origination and Securitization Abuses, will be chaired by Eric Schneiderman, the [...]
Hillary and Joe, Condi vs. Joe
The rumors are flying around the internets. Robert Reich reveals the Democratic panic deep within the insiders by pushing a Hillary – Biden switch. He’s just the latest. The subject of a Biden – Hillary switch makes my book, but I’ve yet to read anyone address the damage it would do to Pres. Obama, who [...]
Pakistan to Boycott Conference on Afghanistan Future
According to Afghan security officials, their commandos were engaged with U.S. Special Operations troops in a nighttime raid against suspected Taliban insurgents when they came under cross-border fire and called in an airstrike. – Afghans say commando unit was attacked before airstrike was called on Pakistan Watching the reaction of the Pakistanis after the NATO [...]
Obama Wins the Week
Republicans made Pres. Obama look very good this week. They just cannot get their act together and the one they’ve taken on the road for tryouts has been a flop. As weak as Pres. Obama is today, with large majorities believing he doesn’t know what he’s doing on the economy. The Republicans are absolutely inept [...]
Mullen: Pakistan Exporting Violence to Afghanistan
This was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen’s last testimony before retiring. It’s SecDef Panetta’s first appearance in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee, with the video via C-SPAN. From ABC News (yesterday): [...] Mullen even went so far as to say that Pakistan is “exporting violence” and that Pakistan’s [...]
FT: Obama’s Planned Cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security **UPDATED**
The Financial Times lays out what has been talked about for months and months, with Pres. Obama set to deliver a speech on deficit reduction on Monday. It begins with the way the U.S. government measures inflation, which would deliver “a less generous chained-consumer price index,” to quote FT. This decision alone would devastate elderly [...]
The Cost of Fear: Osama Won
“The dangerous trend in Pakistan,” he said, “is that there is far more hate for America now than there was ever love of Osama.” – Mission Unfinished, BY JILL ABRAMSON – In the twilight of America’s decade-long, multibillion-dollar intervention, Afghanistan remains highly unstable, the Pakistanis trust us less than ever, and it is not at [...]
9/11 Commemoration: Three Presidents, Different Perspectives
“There has always been a special place in the common memory for people who deliberately, knowingly, certainly lay down their lives for other people to live. …” – Pres. Bill Clinton Every time I hear the word “anniversary” invoked for 9/11 I cringe. There is nothing celebratory about the date, with it a commemoration of [...]
10 Years After 9/11, Afghanistan Is No Longer Our Fight
Kudos to Joe Scarborough for taking the risk, stepping out and releasing this song (video below), “Reason to Believe.” When I look at Democratic actions to withdraw troops from Afghanistan, I see Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand asking for a quicker timeline, but that’s hardly enough. As a new generation leader and a woman, why isn’t she [...]
Chris Wallace Proves (again) Why He’s the Worst Anchor on TV
… But both parties are not rotten in quite the same way. The Democrats have their share of machine politicians, careerists, corporate bagmen, egomaniacs and kooks. Nothing, however, quite matches the modern GOP. [...] – Goodbye to All That: Reflections of a GOP Operative Who Left the Cult Fox News Channel and Chris Wallace won’t [...]
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