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Call off the Bombers, Franklin Graham Says ISIL Will Bow Down to Jesus
“One thing is for sure – one day every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father”
Tagged Libya
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John Boehner Shares his Scott Walker-Like Delusions About Foreign Policy
You might remember how John Boehner went all Stepford-like on Fox News Sunday and screamed that he was going to shutdown Homeland Security, and oh by the way it’s all Obama’s fault? If you didn’t watch the entire interview, you missed a few other Boehner nuggets. This is what Boehner is saying, that his interview…
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On His Birthday Remember Reagan’s Extremism Drives Republicans’ Agenda
Instead of celebrating B-movie actor Ronald Reagan’s birthday today, Americans should reflect, deeply regret, and grieve that they and their parents foolishly gave bad actor the power to set in motion America’s thirty-year march toward theocracy and corporate fascism. A march today’s conservative religion is closer to enacting than ever before.
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Romney 3.0 Crashes And Burns As Mitt Unleashes Bitter Whiny Tirade At Obama
Mitt 3.0 is Mitt 2.0, but with some more carefully chosen words meant to appeal to the 47%. He came across as almost Palin level stuck on Obama, still pandering to everyone, and though carefully rehearsed, unsteady on foreign policy.
To Delete Obama’s Agenda From History Republicans Violated Their Pledge To America
There has been an ongoing Republican crusade to eradicate any legislative accomplish this President supported since the Koch brothers took control of the House after the 2010 midterms.
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House Report: No Benghazi Coverup. Republican Response? Broaden Investigation
in response to the House investigation proving there was no Benghazi coverup, Republicans, looking for a different answer want a Senate investigation
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For Reasons They Will Never Admit Republicans Are Responsible For The Attack on Benghazi
Republicans are ultimately responsible for the attack on the Benghazi outpost for several reasons they will never admit, but that does not absolve them for their very substantial role in the diplomats’ deaths or eliminate the need for a special prosecutor to hold them accountable for inciting Islamist militants to attack Americans.
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Ross Douthat Ignores Context and Facts to Make Obama a Foreign Policy Failure
Douthat also carefully avoids mention of Egypt, another Obama foreign policy success story, where the Obama administration’s moderating influence ensured that the Mubarak regime would be sent packing, and without the violence of a civil war.
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Tea Party Nut Allen West Says Obama Is Using Boko Haram To Distract Us All From Benghazi
Former one-term Republican Congressman, and current Fox News analyst, Allen West took to his personal blog to write about the Boko Haram kidnappings on Monday.
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CNN Shoots Down Michele Bachmann With a Single Point About Benghazi and Jobs
Michele Bachmann tried to justify yet another Benghazi investigation by saying it’s what the people want, but Candy Crowley said the people want jobs.
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The New York Times Turns Republican Benghazi Hoax Inside Out
The Times has stated that al Qaeda was not behind the spontaneous” – not planned – Benghazi attack, setting right wing heads a-spinning
Michele Bachmann is Sleeping with Putin, Proving We Are in the End Times
Michele Bachmann, digging deep, claims Obama is supporting Al Qaeda, proving that we are in the End Times
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Louie Gohmert Suggests Defunding Executive Branch to Punish Obama
Louie Gohmert wants the Obama administration to come clean about non-existent scandals or face being defunded
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What the Feck Is Wrong with an Obama Pivot?
President Obama’s critics routinely dismiss him as “feckless,” but most have long records as feck-ups. And what’s wrong with pivoting?
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Rand Paul Says Hilary Clinton Should Never Hold High Office Again
Paul hopes to bolster his own chances in 2016 while using his political office to pre-emptively destroy his opponent
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Insider: A Chain of Errors Led to Romney Looking ‘ill-informed and opportunistic’
A tell all book written by Gabriel Schoenfeld, who describes himself as a “senior adviser” to the Romney campaign who spills the beans on the series of errors that doomed his campaign.
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Post Benghazi Witch Hunt, Hillary Clinton is the Most Popular Politician in America
After all of the time, money and energy Republicans put into attacking Hillary Clinton over Benghazi, it turns out America loves her best.
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Game On GOP: Benghazi Hearings Did Not Deter Hillary Clinton from 2016
The Republican plan to preemptively destroy a 2016 Hillary Clinton is another fail. Clinton returned fire by noting that ‘ some people refused to accept the facts’.
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One fiery speech and the Syrian threat is taken to a whole new level
Reporting on the recent Assad defiant speech and a recent story on Russia’s role in the Syrian civil war. Syria may explode
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The civil war in Syria may be coming to a head as negotiations urged
The Syrian civil war drags on. Russia is sending ships and marines to Syria and both the U.S. and Russia are pressuring Assad to negotiate.
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Tea Party Fantasies of Sending Obama to Prison for Benghazi
Tea Partiers indulge in wild fantasies of sending President Obama to prison since they haven’t managed to impeach him for Benghazi
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Republicans Accuse Hilary Clinton of Lying About Concussion
Hilary Clinton, felled by a concussion, is under attack by Republicans for depriving them of an opportunity to subject her to the Inquisition
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The Republican hyperbole about the ‘fiscal cliff’ is deafening and misleading
The ongoing debate about the fiscal cliff continues as the U.S. approaches the current debt ceiling. Republicans are responsible for problem
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The McCain Backpedal on Benghazi Begins
From lies and calling for a Watergate-esque investigation to ‘We’re not trying to quote ‘take on anyone,” McCain is backpedaling.
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Benghazi Gate Deflates as Republicans Abandon Fox and Grasp Reality
After General Petraeus very slowly explained to confused, befuddled Republicans what everyone in the world already knew, they saw the light.
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Republican Desperation Grows as Benghazi Backfires and Scandal Talk Fizzles
Benghazi gate is not going as Republicans planned, and in fact, the failure to gain traction on their narrative is further compelling Republicans to hysterics.
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Democrat to GOP in Benghazi Hearing ‘If you want to know who is responsible in this town, buy yourself a mirror!’
A House Foreign Affairs hearing went wild today, resulting in Rep. Gary Ackerman calling the GOP out on their hypocrisy and cutting funding to the embassy security.
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Will the Media Call Out McCain for Missing the Benghazi Briefing?
John McCain missed a classified briefing on Benghazi because he was giving TV interviews about his alleged questions about Benghazi.
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John McCain of Palin Infamy Dares to Question Susan Rice’s Qualifications
McCain told CBS News that he would block Ambassador Rice’s confirmation, saying she’s ‘not very bright’ and ‘not qualified.’
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The GOP’s Vorpal Blade of Cognitive Dissonance Goes Snicker-Snack!
Reality is the ultimate enemy of Republican ideology, so Tom Tancredo picks up his vorpal blade and shows himself asylum-ready
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John Kerry Challenges Romney with 6 Questions He Must Answer at the Debate
Kerry lists 6 questions Romney must answer tonight. He commented, ‘Romney, who once even said ‘a president is not a foreign policy expert,’ appears unprepared to be either.’
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While Investigating Obama Over Libya, Darrell Issa Puts Libyans’ Lives at Risk
Darrell Issa (R-CA) has placed several Libyans lives at risk, in the course of investigating the alleged security issues regarding the attacks in Libya.
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Richard Clarke: Romney’s Libya Questions Reveal Someone with No Experience in Terrorism
Reagan/Bush national security expert Richard Clark indicts Mitt Romney’s criticisms of Obama over Libya, saying Romney poses novice questions.
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Cowardly Romney Refuses to Release His Tax Returns but Will Tell Obama to Man Up
Mitt Romney won’t release his tax returns because he’s afraid of what Obama would say about them, but he’s going to ask the President to ‘man up’ tonight.
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Romney Politicizes Libya Attacks While House GOP Outs CIA Base
Mitt Romney politicized the attacks on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi today as the House GOP outed the CIA, suggesting that they might be investigating the wrong agency.
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Don’t expect Obama/Romney part deux Biden is one tough cookie
Joe Biden debates Paul Ryan in the only Vice Presidential nominee debate. Biden is expert in Foreign Affairs and very learned domestically.
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In Foreign Policy Romney Needs to be More than Not-Obama
Mitt Romney is campaigning as not-Obama and in this case at least, he is being entirely honest: he is not Obama
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Meet the Press Loses Credibility by Letting David Gregory Misquote Obama
David Gregory twice asserted an inaccurate Obama quote while advancing a Republican argument against President Obama’s foreign policy today on Meet the Press.
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As Romney Sinks, Netanyahu and GOP Push for War Before the US Elections
Netanyahu’s vague conflations of the attacks on our embassies with the regime in Iran are being to force Obama’s hand.
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GOP uses Middle East tragedy to try to gain points for Mitt Romney
The Republicans are trying to manipulate tragic events in the Middle East to the benefit of foreign-policy challenged, Mitt Romney.
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ABC’s Jake Tapper Gets Busted Pushing Bogus Republican Libya Talking Points
UN Ambassador Susan Rice busted ABC’s Jake Tapper for offering up bogus Republican talking points as facts about the situation in Libya and the Middle East.
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Religious Extremism Breeds Violence and Extremism
I don’t mind paying their taxes as many of the religious organization need the tax break to spread the word of their god. And their word? Peace. Yet when extremists battle extremists, I have an issue.
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House GOP Was Warned Their Obstruction on Libya Would Embolden Our Enemies
In 2011, House Republicans ignored warnings from conservatives of emboldening terrorists and voted no on authorizing the Libya mission in order to obstruct Obama.
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A Close Listen Reveals Mitt Romney’s Religious Bigotry
Romney’s message to the Muslim world that religious bigotry is an American value informs that he is not, and never will be, ready to be on the world stage in any capacity.
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Paul Ryan Pours Gas on Middle East Unrest at the Values Voter Summit
Ryan poured gasoline on the fire today and then, like a little boy dropping the pyro’s match and running, disingenuously renamed the goal of a Romney Ryan administration as ‘peace’.
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Rep. Rangel Says What Everyone Is Thinking: Mitt Romney is Threat to Our National Security
Charlie Rangel said what everyone is thinking after Romney foreign policy/statesman debacles with Putin, Britain, Poland, Israel, Iran and now Libya, adding, ‘We just cannot afford that type of incompetency.’
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Rush Limbaugh’s Anti-Romney Media Conspiracy Collapses Under Its Own Stupidity
Rush Limbaugh’s claim that the media is conspiring to get Mitt Romney after his remarks on Libya completely collapsed under the weight of its own stupidity today.
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Chasing Mitt Romney’s Hypocritical, Blindfolded, Ever-Changing Libya Positions
Mitt Romney is not a leader, even conservatives have called his foreign policy positions ridiculous and accused him of merely mimicking others’.
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The Smirking Sociopath: Romney Finds Sick Joy in Using Libya to Attack Obama
Romney’s smirk revealed his belief that the pursuit of political expediency was worth appealing to a sick segment of society clamoring to hear him demean an African American President.
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Unfortunately, America is Stuck with These Idiots
I blame the First Amendment. Don’t get me wrong: I’m not making excuses for bad behavior by Islamic fundamentalists or any other fundamentalists. And the First Amendment is great. It’s my favorite amendment. It’s why I can do what I do here. It’s why I can read what I read and believe what I believe…
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Picture of the Day: Libyan Child Apologizes to America for Embassy Attacks
We must never forget our humanity. Click on image to enlarge. I shudder to think of how a Romney administration would have responded to the tragic events of today, and I’m grateful that we have an administration that pauses and investigates prior to rash words and actions. I am tired of war. Tired of religious…
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Sociopathic Mitt Romney Smiles During and After Presser on Embassy Tragedies
Mitt Romney could barely contain his glee while discussing the murders of four Americans including the US Ambassador to Libya. What was he smiling about?
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Rush Limbaugh Calls Romney’s Libya Disaster a Media Conspiracy to Protect Obama
In his desperation to defend Mitt Romney’s botched Libya comments, Rush Limbaugh has devised a wild conspiracy theory that claims the media is trying to protect Obama by blaming Romney.
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Mitt Romney Disgraces America By Exploiting Embassy Attacks to Criticize Obama
This morning, Mitt Romney doubled down on his embarrassingly tone deaf and flat out wrong accusations against Obama over the Libya and Egypt embassy attacks.
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Ask Osama bin Laden is he is better off now than he was four years ago
John Kerry exposed the Romney-Ryan foreign policy as the neocon shell game that it is, contrasting it with the steady hand of Barack Obama
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America’s Choice: Why Obama in 2012?
There are many reasons to vote for Barack Obama in 2012, and very few to vote against him, given the alternatives
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How the Republican War Machine Has Lied to America About Iran
The imminent threat from Iran that Republicans like to fear monger about has existed since Ronald Reagan, and the surest way to blow up the world is to allow the GOP to bomb Iran.