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Fox News poll: Voters give both 2012,
Obama mixed reviews

FOX News, by Dana Blanton Original Article

Posted By: smcchk- 12/13/2012 11:54:48 PM Post Reply

American voters are sharply divided over how things went this year, and they continue to give President Obama mixed reviews. Meanwhile, voters are almost twice as likely to say Obama will be one of the country’s “worst” presidents as to say he will be one of the “greatest,” according to a year-end Fox News poll released Thursday. Some 42 percent of voters feel 2012 was a good year, while 41 percent say it was bad. Another 15 percent have mixed feelings. Some 57 percent of Democrats say 2012 was a good year,

Rendition Victim El-Masri
Awarded 60,000 Euros

Spiegel Online International, by cgh with Wire Reports Original Article

Posted By: LanieLou- 12/13/2012 11:53:27 PM Post Reply

Khaled El-Masri, the Lebanese-born German national who claims the CIA abducted him in Macedonia in 2003 before subjecting him to unlawful imprisonment and torture, has become accustomed to his case being thrown out of court. But on Thursday, he was finally able to claim a victory. The European Court of Human Rights ruled in El-Masri´s favor and ordered that the government of Macedonia to pay him €60,000 in damages.

Get ready for the costs
and chaos of Obamacare

Washington Examiner [DC], by Byron York Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 12/13/2012 11:04:43 PM Post Reply

Nancy Pelosi was widely mocked when she said of Obamacare, "We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it." At the time, March 2010, Pelosi´s words accurately described the Democrats´ just-get-it-done approach to passing a national health care bill. But now it turns out Pelosi was wrong. In fact, we have to implement Obamacare so that you can find out what is in it. Amid the other momentous events coming in 2013 -- bitter fights over federal spending, debt, entitlements and immigration -- the biggest story of the year, and of 2014 as well, will be the arrival of Obamacare

Michigan Unions Targeted Obama
Enemy: Koch Brothers

Investor´s Business Daily, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: HollowLeg- 12/13/2012 10:39:37 PM Post Reply

Politics: The union mob that tore down that tent outside the Michigan state capitol was aiming at a free-market advocacy group on the president´s enemies list promoting right-to-work and other pro-growth measures. In an editorial headlined "Drinking the Kochs´ Kool-Aid," the Detroit Free Press, a newspaper in a decaying city with 18.9% unemployment, opined it was pressure from the Koch brothers, David H. and Charles G., who head a Kansas-based conglomerate with 50,000 U.S.-based employees, that moved Michigan Republicans to make the state adopt right-to-work legislation.

Battered by Benghazi, Rice
withdraws as State candidate

Washington Times, by Dave Boyer Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 12/13/2012 10:32:57 PM Post Reply

Embattled U.N. Ambassador Susan E. Rice withdrew her name Thursday from consideration to succeed Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton after months of criticism over her comments about the terrorist attack that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, in September. Although the decision had been building for weeks, Mrs. Rice’s request was a stunning setback for President Obama, who angrily defended her in a November news conference and challenged the Republican critics that “they should go after me” over the handling of the Benghazi attack. Mrs. Rice has been

Right-to-work proponents
demand justice for violence

Washington Times, by Andrea Billups Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 12/13/2012 10:31:10 PM Post Reply

LANSING, Mich. — Conservative activists and supporters of Michigan’s new right-to-work law gathered on the Statehouse lawn Thursday to demand justice for what they said were threats, intimidation and entrapment under a tent that was destroyed by union supporters during protests two days earlier by thousands of labor union activists. Scott Hagerstrom, state director of Americans for Prosperity-Michigan, said he had filed a police report for assault and destruction of property with the Michigan State Police’s Capitol post after aggressive pro-union forces used knives

The right-to-work dilemma

Washington Post, by Charles Krauthammer Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 12/13/2012 10:21:58 PM Post Reply

For all the fury and fistfights outside the Lansing Capitol, what happened in Michigan this week was a simple accommodation to reality. The most famously unionized state, birthplace of the United Auto Workers, royalty of the American working class, became right-to-work. It’s shocking, except that it was inevitable. Indiana went that way earlier this year. The entire Rust Belt will eventually follow because the heyday of the sovereign private-sector union is gone. Globalization has made splendid isolation impossible. The nostalgics look back to the immediate postwar years when the UAW

Obama wisely opts for no drama

Power Line, by Paul Mirengoff Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 12/13/2012 10:16:27 PM Post Reply

Let me offer my thoughts about Susan Rice’s withdrawal from consideration as Secretary of State. First, this decision probably came from the White House. Susan Rice, from everything I’ve heard, isn’t the kind of person who simply walks away from a job like Secretary of State in order to spare the country a contentious confirmation hearing. Second, pushing Rice out, assuming that’s what happened, is a wise decision on Obama’s part. Her confirmation hearing would have focused substantial media attention on Benghazi. That’s the last thing Obama wants or needs. Now that Rice has bowed out,

Only 15 States Establish
Obamacare Exchanges

National Review Online, by Wesley J. Smith Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 12/13/2012 10:11:50 PM Post Reply

Only 15 states have fully cooperated with Obamacare by establishing state exchanges. From the CNBC story: Only 15 states have told the federal government they plan to operate health insurance exchanges under President Barack Obama’s reform law, leaving Washington with the daunting task of creating online marketplaces for two-thirds of the country. Not all of this is protest, of course. Indeed, other states are setting up hybrid exchanges, and the number of states who go it on their own could rise to 18. plus the DC. But that makes for a difficult slog for the Feds:

Night talks: Obama, Boehner
meet on ´fiscal cliff´

Associated Press, by Andrew Taylor and Jim Kuhnhenn Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 12/13/2012 10:05:35 PM Post Reply

WASHINGTON -- Face to face with time running short, President Barack Obama and Republican House Speaker John Boehner negotiated at the White House Thursday night in what aides called "frank" talks aimed at breaking a stubborn deadlock and steering the nation away from an economy-threatening "fiscal cliff." Boehner returned to the Capitol an hour later, briskly walking past reporters without comment. There was no indication whether any progress had been made, though the use of the word "frank" by both sides to describe the talks suggested the president and the speaker stuck hard to their opposing

NBC´s Chuck Todd: Susan Rice a Victim
of Conservative ´Advocacy Media´

Breitbart´s Big Journalism, by Warner Todd Huston Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 12/13/2012 9:55:36 PM Post Reply

U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice announced Thursday that she was taking herself out of the running to be considered the next Secretary of State. NBC´s Chuck Todd blamed "conservative advocacy media" for forcing Rice´s decision. To Todd, it was nothing but a right-wing witch-hunt. Todd appeared on MSNBC on Thursday and proclaimed that Rice was a victim because she didn´t have a "consulting team or a full PR team" at her disposal. I guess the White House wasn´t enough of a megaphone for her. “It was all driven, in many cases, by some conservative outlets

Russian State Role Seen
in Death of Poisoned Spy

New York Times, by Alan Cowell Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 12/13/2012 9:46:33 PM Post Reply

LONDON — New testimony that emerged Thursday deepened the intrigue surrounding the death of the former K.G.B. officer Alexander V. Litvinenko, offering prima facie evidence of Russian state involvement and indicating that he had been a paid agent of the British Secret Intelligence Service, MI6, lawyers at a preliminary inquest hearing said. (Snip) Mr. Litvinenko died after ingesting a rare and highly toxic radioactive isotope, polonium 210, which British investigators later traced to a pot of tea served to him at an upscale hotel in Grosvenor Square, opposite the American Embassy in central London. British prosecutors have charged

Will Swift Boat Veterans
reunite to protest a
Kerry nomination?

Human Events, by Hope Hodge Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 12/13/2012 9:35:56 PM Post Reply

In popular wisdom, one-time presidential runner-up Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) is likely to be nominated by President Barack Obama for Secretary of Defense or Secretary of State. But if Kerry does get the nod, a group credited with helping to thwart his presidential bid could re-organize to take him down once again. The Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, a group formed of military veterans who served alongside Kerry, worked to bring attention to the senator’s anti-war activities following his military service and to raise doubts about the truth of Kerry’s own accounts of his conduct

ESPN Analyst Calls RGIII a
‘Cornball Brother’ Because
He May Be a Republican

National Review Online, by Andrew Johnson Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 12/13/2012 9:17:13 PM Post Reply

Robert Griffin III is arguably the most popular man in Washington right now. The Redskins’ spectacular rookie quarterback has been winning games, fans, and headlines due to his play this season. Today, he was on the front page of the Washington Post for the third time in a week and a half. Under increasing media scrutiny, Griffin has been clear he does not want to be defined by his race. In a news conference yesterday cited in USA Today, Griffin, an African-American, said, “For me, you don’t ever want to be defined by the color of your skin. You want

It´s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad ObamaCare

Wall Street Journal, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Desert Fox- 12/13/2012 9:10:45 PM Post Reply

For sheer political farce, not much can compete with ObamaCare´s passage, which included slipping the bill through the Senate before dawn three Christmas eves ago. But the madcap dash to get ready for the entitlement´s October 2013 start-up date is a pretty close second. The size and complexity of the Affordable Care Act meant that its implementation was never going to easy. But behind the scenes, even states that support or might support the Affordable Care Act are frustrated about the Health and Human Services Department´s special combination of rigidity and ineptitude.

State Dept: Clinton may not
testify on Benghazi next week

Foreign Policy, by Josh Rogin Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 12/13/2012 9:01:11 PM Post Reply

The House and Senate foreign relations committees have already announced that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will testify on Benghazi next week, but the State Department said today that´s not a done deal. Moreover, the State Department may not even share the report of its own internal review on Benghazi with Congress, a top State Department official said today. Congress expects Clinton to testify Dec. 20 about the results of the Accountability Review Board, State´s internal review on the events leading up to and during the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi

Vatican announces plans
for nativity scene

United Press International, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 12/13/2012 8:48:56 PM Post Reply

VATICAN CITY- This year´s Vatican nativity scene in St. Peter´s Square is being offered by the Basilicata region in southern Italy, church officials say. The Vatican said sponsors will cover most of the cost, Agenzia Giornalistica Italica reported. The Roman Catholic Church will pay 21,800 euros ($28,500) with 90,000 euros ($117,600) from elsewhere. The scene will include a reproduction of the old town area in the city of Matera, the famed "Sassi di Matera," Vatican Radio said. Joseph and Mary will guard their infant son in a cave like those where many residents of Matera still live.

Obama to match FDR´s
record of 4 swearing-ins

Associated Press, by Nedra Pickler Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 12/13/2012 8:25:52 PM Post Reply

WASHINGTON- President Barack Obama is poised to match Franklin Roosevelt´s record of being sworn in as the nation´s leader four times. While FDR served four terms, Obama is getting double swearing-in ceremonies for each of his two terms. He´s planning a private oath at the White House on Jan. 20, when the Constitution requires that his second term begin. But since presidential inaugurations are not traditionally on Sundays, his public swearing-in is scheduled Jan. 21. In 2009, Obama had a do-over of his oath the day after Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts accidentally mixed up the words

Obama Peddles Massive Myth
About The Fiscal Cliff

Investors Business Daily, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Desert Fox- 12/13/2012 8:11:15 PM Post Reply

Practically every time he opens his mouth these days, President Obama warns that middle-class taxes will automatically go up on Jan. 1 if Congress fails to act on the fiscal cliff before year´s end. "The typical, middle-class family of four will see an income tax hike of around $2,200. How many of you can afford to pay another $2,200 in taxes?" he says. It´s all meant to scare the public into thinking there´s no hope of keeping middle-class taxes down if a deal isn´t worked out before Dec. 31. But Obama is creating a false sense of urgency — and needlessly scaring millions of middle-class families — simply to

Report finds harsh
CIA interrogations ineffective

Washington Post, by Greg Miller Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 12/13/2012 8:05:23 PM Post Reply

After a contentious closed-door vote, the Senate Intelligence Committee approved a long-awaited report Thursday concluding that harsh interrogation measures used by the CIA did not produce significant intelligence breakthroughs, officials said. The 6,000-page document, which was not released to the public, was adopted by Democrats over the objections of most of the committee’s Republicans. The outcome reflects the level of partisan friction that continues to surround the CIA’s use of waterboarding and other severe interrogation techniques four years after they were banned.

Russia Honors Lenin
As U.S. Disses Reagan

Investors Business Daily, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Desert Fox- 12/13/2012 8:00:32 PM Post Reply

Legacies: Wonders never cease in the Obama era. "Post Communist" Russia is preserving Lenin´s Tomb, while the educational institution most associated with Reaganomics is set to demolish Ronald Reagan´s boyhood home. Ex-KGB officer and "elected" Russian President Vladimir Putin wants the body of Vladimir Lenin, the murderous founder of the Soviet state, preserved in its place of honor in Red Square. Addressing supporters this week, Putin even compared Lenin´s bones to the treasured relics of Russian saints. Communism was responsible for more genocide in the

Glenn Beck And S.E. Cupp Agree
That GOP Must Accept
Gay Marriage, But How?

Mediaite, by Noah Rothman Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 12/13/2012 7:57:11 PM Post Reply

On Wednesday night’s Real News on The Blaze TV, S.E. Cupp and Glenn Beck engaged in a strategy session focusing on ways to move the Republican party forward in the wake of 2012’s losses. Their conversation centered around the GOP’s historic opposition to gay marriage – both agreed that the party of Lincoln must find a politically amenable solution to move party towards accepting, if not embracing, same-sex marriage rights. In the process, however, Beck became somewhat vexed over the real and persistent problem that religious objections to gay marriage pose to formulating a policy that

Obama Admin Protected Sex
Offender, Helping Re-election

Investors Business Daily, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Desert Fox- 12/13/2012 7:52:44 PM Post Reply

Scandal: In a new low for Obama corruption, AP reports that the Homeland Security Department "several times" protected a Democratic senator´s registered sex criminal aide from arrest before November´s election. Letting our ambassador and three other U.S. personnel get murdered by Islamist terrorists in Benghazi by refusing assistance; giving firearms to Mexican drug lords, thus leading to the murder of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in the Fast and Furious scandal; ObamaCare unconstitutionally forcing religious institutions to provide abortion drugs — these are just some of the Obama

GOP needs a talent search

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Cheri Jacobus Original Article

Posted By: hornet- 12/13/2012 7:42:06 PM Post Reply

The cavalcade of post-election autopsy analysis as the GOP and detractors attempt to make sense of it all has been interesting and instructive. The left-wing mainstream media and Democrats gleefully jeer that the Obama victory is proof positive the GOP is the party of old white men, is racist and sexist and condemned to the annals of history. It’s called gloating, and they are having a simply marvelous time rubbing the collective GOP nose in it. In the fullness of hindsight, history will view President Obama as perhaps the worst of our presidents. And as former GE CEO Jack Welch said, Mitt Romney was

The Left vs. Susan Rice

Commentary Magazine, by Seth Mandel Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 12/13/2012 7:25:59 PM Post Reply

Though the discussion appears to be moot now that Susan Rice has apparently withdrawn her name from consideration to be secretary of state, I agree with Max that the criticism of Rice’s undiplomatic style would seem to be complements when coming from conservatives. (Snip) Liberals, on the other hand, made it personal. Dana Milbank suggested Rice had an attitude problem. Maureen Dowd said Rice was too ambitious and unprincipled for her own good–or the country’s. Yesterday at the Daily Beast, Lloyd Grove launched a bizarre attack on Rice that accused her of having a personality

Middle East Exploding, and
Obama Nowhere to Be Found

American Thinker, by Elise Cooper Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 12/13/2012 6:43:40 PM Post Reply

Nations in the Middle East, some of whom were once allies of the U.S., appear to be defying America. This is very evident when reviewing the events over the past six months in Libya, Syria, Egypt, and Iraq, and also among the Palestinians. As former Vice President Dick Cheney stated, "[o]ur allies no longer trust us, or have confidence in us, and our adversaries no longer fear us." (Snip) In Iraq, the government has ignored entreaties from the Obama administration and has freed a top Hezb´allah operative accused of murdering American soldiers. This was after Vice President Joe Biden

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