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Topic: Obama Press Conference:
Stonewalls on Benghazi,
Petreaus, Pushes Tax Hikes |
Obama Press Conference:
Stonewalls on Benghazi,
Petreaus, Pushes Tax Hikes
Breitbart´s Big Peace, by Ben Shapiro
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Original Article
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Posted By:KarenJ1, 11/14/2012 2:40:05 PM
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Today, President Obama held his first press conference in five months. It was a bizarre mix of softball questions from his press sycophants, false righteous indignation from the president over his administration’s Benghazi failures and lies, and an oddly blustery position shift on tax hikes as opposed to tax loopholes. Obama opened his press conference with his usual patter about class warfare and the fiscal cliff, insisting on raising taxes first and foremost. Then a reporter asked him about whether he knew about the Petraeus investigation – or whether he should have known.
Headline resplit by staff.
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Comments:
He was obnoxious, peevish and arrogant, like he always is. His indignation over the question about Susan Rice is just pathetic.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
carolina blue, 11/14/2012 2:44:49 PM (No. 9014329)
I changed the channel to looney tunes it was more interesting...
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
JoniTx, 11/14/2012 2:47:18 PM (No. 9014337)
Love the last paragraph!
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
LittleHoodedMonk, 11/14/2012 2:53:51 PM (No. 9014356)
FTA: "Obama then added, “Immediately upon finding out our folks were in danger, my order to my national security was to do anything they needed to do to keep Americans safe.”
This is the most damning comment to himself that 0bama let slipped out. It makes it very clear to me that HE WAS NOTIFIED IMMEDIATELY of the crisis & ´´knew´´ in plenty of time to save some, if not all the personnel lost in Benghazi. He´s preparing to throw whoever is left under bus to protect himself over this scandal [failure of leadership].
Not mentioned here was an earlier question about national security leaks. How were we ´´told´´ that there were three terrorist being held the night of the 9/11 attack? It wasn´t from any White House source & we know Paula Broadwell had access to classified military documents, which she took home. And, then mentioned in a speech after the murders of Ambassador Stevens & the three other men.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
jalo1951, 11/14/2012 3:01:42 PM (No. 9014372)
As far as he is concerned he owes us nothing. The idiots who voted him back in have given him cover for the next four years and he will take advantage of it. He will smile, lie through his teeth and act offended if anyone actually asks him a tough question. My God, what have we turned into?
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
geoguy, 11/14/2012 3:06:12 PM (No. 9014379)
It is official, we have a full blown tyrant in the White House. I have NEVER heard a more disrespectful president in my life. And I´ve heard them all since the 1960s. It will only go down hill from here.
Where the h*ll are the Republicans? A bunch of spineless...
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Patriot Forever, 11/14/2012 3:15:17 PM (No. 9014391)
The primary reason he refuses any comment on the Benghazi mess is that he knows Gen P is going to testify shortly on that subject and the General will tell the truth.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
SoCalGal, 11/14/2012 3:22:27 PM (No. 9014403)
Fox´s Ed Henry was brilliant!
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Keekng, 11/14/2012 3:24:02 PM (No. 9014408)
Snafu and Fubar
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Patriot Forever, 11/14/2012 3:25:07 PM (No. 9014411)
As for taxes, the Republicans have been taking a beating for years defending the Hollywood crowd, Wall Street and the multi-million earners in sports - most of whom support the Democrats, especially the black president. Wake up Republicans!!! Agree with the Man and let him take the credit for punishing his friends and move on.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
yuban, 11/14/2012 3:26:40 PM (No. 9014415)
"I know nothing"
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
hooter, 11/14/2012 3:28:19 PM (No. 9014420)
Don´t put to much faith in Petreaus telling truth. He´s already lie once about the video. I doubt he will admit perjury. He also doesn´t want to screw up his bribe to work at a college that also employs Van Jones.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
gesundheit, 11/14/2012 3:41:22 PM (No. 9014442)
There´s not much we can hope for from Obama, but if he continues to limit himself to only one press conference every five months it would be beneficial.
Following his mention of tax increases today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 150 points. Since the DJIA hasn´t risen a single day since Obama´s re-election, maybe we should start calling it the DOWN Jones Industrial Average.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Momma Walton, 11/14/2012 3:43:15 PM (No. 9014445)
The parents of those who lost their lives in Benghazi need to file a suit against President Obama and "let the chips fall where they may"! He has stonewalled this long enough and needs to be held accountable. They need to hire someone who is willing/able to stand up to the Socialist in the White House.
This has gone on long enough.
Also, the media needs to be called in to testify and this could open up the eyes of Americans to exactly who we have in the White House. Perjury does challenge them to be honest "for the first time"!
Pray for America! Almighty God is willing to become involved, if only we invite Him in. He is the Truth and the Light and He knows exactly what happened and why!
The truth will set US free. Amen
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
ronbet, 11/14/2012 4:24:23 PM (No. 9014552)
Same Obama. Nothing has or will change. He doesn´t compromise. He wants his way in EVERYTHING.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
msliberty1937, 11/14/2012 4:53:30 PM (No. 9014616)
Watch his eyes. No sustained eye contact with any questioner. Windows to the soul.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
judy, 11/14/2012 5:25:38 PM (No. 9014685)
And the pom pom press treated him like the one & only...
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Bettysez, 11/14/2012 5:47:34 PM (No. 9014726)
Was that a press conference? I thought it was a campaign speech.
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