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Topic: That didn’t take long — Obama reverses himself on Israel |
That didn’t take long — Obama reverses himself on Israel
Power Line, by Paul Mirengoff
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Posted By:StormCnter, 11/21/2012 6:11:52 AM
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| We gave Obama credit for his initial reaction to the conflict between Israel and Hamas, namely that Israel “has the right to defend itself” against attack and that the Israelis will make their own decisions about their “military tactics and operations.” We recognized, however, that Obama would likely back away from this line if the conflict dragged on for an extended period of time. As it turned out, Obama reversed himself almost immediately. The Washington Post says as much in this report called “With Hillary Clinton’s dash to Middle East, Obama signals a shift in his approach.”
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
leopardtwo, 11/21/2012 6:16:18 AM (No. 9027042)
Zero, the flip-flopper...
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Spidey, 11/21/2012 6:34:46 AM (No. 9027057)
Anybody that takes anything at face value on what Obama says is a fool.6000 volt cattle prods can´t wake up half this country.Israel´s problems have nothing to do with their EBT cards getting re-upped.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
NuGoddess, 11/21/2012 6:44:06 AM (No. 9027068)
Wow, what a surprise ... not!
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
sorosisbehindit, 11/21/2012 6:46:48 AM (No. 9027075)
Barry sees two advantages in sending PIAPS to Israel. First, she is out of the country and WAY TOO BUSY to testify before Congress about Benghazi. Second, it is very dangerous over there with incoming missiles dropping willy nilly.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
ROLFnader, 11/21/2012 6:51:34 AM (No. 9027079)
I hope he called her at 3 am. You know, just to tease her a little bit.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
strike3, 11/21/2012 6:57:50 AM (No. 9027092)
Well, we knew he didn´t send HRC to Israel to tell the palestinians to stop shooting rockets. What else is there?
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
avital2, 11/21/2012 6:59:37 AM (No. 9027096)
i imagine Hillary may be regretting her decision to inject herself so prominently and physically into the so-called "peace process" as word emerges on the Tel Aviv attack on civilians on a bus. the quicksand of the Middle East has a reputation for swallowing bigger egos than hers.............including her husband´s.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
faith_and_reason, 11/21/2012 7:09:10 AM (No. 9027110)
Hillary referred to "our friends in Israel." This is code. The Arabs and Muslims know she means Palestinians or anyone else who isn´t a Jew.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
mindyourbubble, 11/21/2012 7:20:08 AM (No. 9027124)
What a terrible mistake Obama is for a POTUS. He renegs on his words which were a meaningless bait and switch just to get the Jewish vote again. He wears a mask of smiles which cover the real face of a charlatan liar. Netanyahuh "Do not listen to to BHO" he is a hypocrite" and a political philander.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Maybeth, 11/21/2012 7:26:59 AM (No. 9027132)
The Washington Post says?
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Really?, 11/21/2012 7:27:05 AM (No. 9027133)
If anyone thinks Obama will do anything but TALK to help Israel then they have been deceived.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Really?, 11/21/2012 7:27:42 AM (No. 9027135)
He did not even defend his own diplomats and troops.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Pearson365, 11/21/2012 7:39:52 AM (No. 9027147)
If America´s Jewish voting block doesn´t care about Israel, why should conservative Americans? Romney received less than 30% of Jewish votes after four years of Obama´s neglect and rudeness towards Israel. If Obama is to be an updated golden calf to Jewish academia, entertainment, religious leaders and most of all, voters, perhaps conservatives should be equally unconcerned with Israel´s fate.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Felixcat, 11/21/2012 7:44:46 AM (No. 9027152)
Have to agree with #13. I have no religious or ethnic ties to Israel. I do care that the only true democracy and country closest in line with our values, etc is constantly under attack. But the American people spoke this past November and unless Israel starts sending free cheese and cell phones to people in this country - who cares?
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
ThinkingOutLoud, 11/21/2012 7:59:11 AM (No. 9027181)
One shouldn´t equate what too large a number of American Jews feel about Israel´s fate and their vote for Obama, with what Israeli Jews themselves think about their country´s fate and about Obama. Obama´s approval rating amongst Israeli´s is abysmal, they don´t trust him at all, and American Jews living or visiting in Israel voted by a great majority against Obama in this past election. I´m for Israel and Israeli Jews regardless of what some American turncoat Jews think or do. Go Bibi!
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
rplat, 11/21/2012 8:01:59 AM (No. 9027186)
Again, thank you enlightened voters, you really stuck it to us this time.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
walcb, 11/21/2012 8:07:15 AM (No. 9027196)
Obama is a master of stating the complete opposite of what his intentions are (and the press dutifully reporting it without criticism), in this case I am not so sure. On the other hand, since his first inclination is to stand behind the Muslims, Paul´s analysis is probably correct.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Westie64, 11/21/2012 8:13:21 AM (No. 9027213)
Is Amy Carter available?
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
synchronicity, 11/21/2012 8:15:57 AM (No. 9027218)
If The Won II is successful in undermining Israel to the extent it and its people are exterminated he will have brought about the Biblical end times but with God (Judaism and Christianity) losing and Allah (Islam) triumphant. This would fit perfectly with this narcissistic demigod´s ambition and worldview.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
sgtfox of the jarhead clan, 11/21/2012 8:16:22 AM (No. 9027220)
This is the leader America just elected...one with the backbone of a chocolate eclair.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
escaped commieny, 11/21/2012 8:16:35 AM (No. 9027221)
#15, 85% of American eligible voters in Israel voted for Romney. The population needs help, International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, info@ifcj.org with the resources going for defense, other areas like food and medicine are needed. The first 3 casualties included a pregnant wife and mother and yesterday the first military man was killed.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Jebediah, 11/21/2012 8:19:39 AM (No. 9027227)
Every idiot Jew who voted for Obama (and my husband and some of his relatives did NOT, but I have highly educated Jewish friends who did) should be G.D. embarrassed and ashamed. They tow the Democrat line, no matter that we have a totally inept and narcissistic amateur in office. I personally, and I am a Catholic, will never forgive them.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
ronnietheK, 11/21/2012 8:19:41 AM (No. 9027228)
I can´t decide whether #13 or #14 is the bigger moron. I will call it a tie for now.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
DaBigGuy, 11/21/2012 8:21:48 AM (No. 9027232)
Zero said he would stand with his fellow Muzzies. TOTUS said Israel had the right to defend itself. So according to Candy Crowley, there is no conflict. Netanyahu should send PIAPS packing, citing a need not to let clueless amateurs interfere with the real world for the sake of a photo-op.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
Jebediah, 11/21/2012 8:21:55 AM (No. 9027233)
And for poster #13, ISRAELI Jews recognize Obama for what he is---he is wildly unpopular--- and shouldn´t have to suffer for ignorant American Jews.......there, by the way, are plenty of exceptions to this blindness among the Jewish community but the sheep don´t listen.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
maryc, 11/21/2012 8:24:15 AM (No. 9027239)
Too many pots boiling over for even msnbc to cover up the disasters coming and blame someone else. obama´s ´advance to the rear´ strategy is just plain week and cowardly and will not hold the wolves at bay sadly.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
stryker714, 11/21/2012 8:26:16 AM (No. 9027243)
Hillary is a new variation of the human shield. Maybe Debbie Shultz will join her. They can sit by the rocket caches, at the Gaza hospitals and schools, sip wine and get to know the little Arab children.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
Mr. Hanky, 11/21/2012 8:28:49 AM (No. 9027250)
It´s the Democrat way! Say one thing, do another...compliant media says nothing.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
stablemoney, 11/21/2012 8:32:30 AM (No. 9027260)
Obama is a muslim. He wants Israel gone. The Jews will help him do it.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
Chuzzles, 11/21/2012 8:42:45 AM (No. 9027281)
Everything out of BO´s mouth has an expiration date. And I mean everything. During the first campaign, he boldly said what he would go after when he got elected. Too bad the takers just didn´t care. As for Israel, I am not too worried about them. They have God protecting and guiding them. Too bad the same can´t be said for this country.
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
3XALADY, 11/21/2012 8:45:55 AM (No. 9027287)
Glenn Beck´s mercuryone.org has a donate button for Israel. His organization has donated $$ so planes can be left running so they can get off the ground quickly and also provide sleeping places for the pilots. Also, he said the reservists that were called up have to clothe themselves and they needed warm clothing.
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
Cherrybark, 11/21/2012 8:55:25 AM (No. 9027303)
FTA, "The administration knows that with Clinton on the ground trying to resolve the crisis, it will be harder for Netanyahu to make good on his threat to invade Gaza."
Perhaps Netanyahu is not all that concerned about what Obama thinks. Bibi remembers his brother´s bravery as leader of the Entebbe rescue and members of the team serve in Bibi´s cabinet. They understand bravery and bold action against their nation´s enemy.
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
JAN, 11/21/2012 8:56:17 AM (No. 9027305)
If it´s in the comPost then it must be true.
The spin doctors are out in force with so many lies they make Baghdad Bob seem absolutely honest.
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
EnsignO´Toole, 11/21/2012 8:57:18 AM (No. 9027308)
I wonder if Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Weiner are planning any trips to Israel to visit his family any time soon to show off the new baby. Will they also take baby to show Huma´s Muslim Brotherhood parents her new baby?
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
coyote56, 11/21/2012 9:08:20 AM (No. 9027338)
#30,#31 & #32 thank you for your posts. Jews are scattered all over the planet for their protection. Any nation who doesn´t protect the Jews will be "cursed" & those who honor Israel will be "blessed" (proven in history). I have not one thread of agreement with anyone who is anti-semite & God will not protect our Republic if we do not protect Israel. I understand that some American warships were sent to Israel´s coast & I hope this is true. Hillary & BHO are from the darkside where the Sons of Hagar rattle their swords. Egypt is doing exactly what they have done for centuries & we helped kill off the one Egyptian who had a treaty with Israel. II Chronicles 7:14 we are not in charge!
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
zzzghy, 11/21/2012 9:11:39 AM (No. 9027341)
They call him Flipper, Flipper
Faster than lightning...
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
linkay6, 11/21/2012 9:11:59 AM (No. 9027343)
Ditto #15! Israel is God´s chosen people - pray daily for peace is Jerusalem!
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
MtGardenerview, 11/21/2012 9:12:45 AM (No. 9027346)
Piaps can only inject herself in the political process if the Israelis allow it to happen. All they have to do is ignore her and go about the business of defending themselves
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Reply 39 - Posted by:
rustycfc, 11/21/2012 9:34:22 AM (No. 9027392)
Ok, all you liberals out there,you got what paid for. Shame on you.
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Reply 40 - Posted by:
jorgecito, 11/21/2012 9:35:20 AM (No. 9027398)
#23, I think #14´s reply was tongue-in-cheek.
Obama cannot be trusted. Whatever reassuring pablum he spouts one day will be reversed the next. American Jews who care about Israel should have caught onto this by now.
Sadly, they haven´t. Many are Red Diaper Babies, trained up in Marxism from childhood, and for them it is Ideology über Alles.
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Reply 41 - Posted by:
Eheu Fugaces, 11/21/2012 9:51:35 AM (No. 9027425)
The only surprise here is that Obama even stated initially that Israel has a right to defend herself. Some pro-Israel mole must have slipped this line in on his teleprompter. But come to think of it, we were in the middle of an election when he said this, right? Actually, the statement is contrary to the thinking of most Democrats. Obviously, now the election is over, Obama can rescind the comment.
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Reply 42 - Posted by:
Butch59, 11/21/2012 9:55:24 AM (No. 9027431)
The one thing that worries me is that Israel, if I´m not mistaken, depends on America for a large majority of it´s military hardware. They fly American made planes and the munitions they use are designed and made for those said aircraft. I know that Israel does have the capability of making some of their own equipment, but not anywhere enough to wage a large scale war against those that hate them. So, in that respect, Obozo does have Israel over a barrel.
I pray that I´m wrong.
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Reply 43 - Posted by:
LadyVet, 11/21/2012 9:56:07 AM (No. 9027432)
#35, I think they just send nude pictures to the relatives by cell phone.
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Reply 44 - Posted by:
joeyinempirestate, 11/21/2012 10:08:15 AM (No. 9027458)
Many American Jews sympathize with the Palis. They truly believe that the Palis are getting a raw deal. Christians are the greatest supporters of Israel because they are prescient enough to know how this all plays out in the end and wish to be saved. 0bama is an end-times deceiver that fools worship at their own peril.
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Reply 45 - Posted by:
preciosodrogas, 11/21/2012 10:35:59 AM (No. 9027524)
I gotta believe what´s on the back of H. Clinton´s mind while over there is Benghazi. You can just picture the conversation. H: You´re sending me where?!?! BHO: Don´t worry Hill, I got your back.
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Reply 46 - Posted by:
Agent Orange, 11/21/2012 10:41:42 AM (No. 9027539)
The Israelis have over 200 nukes and the means to deliver them. If you are a camel driver you can throw camel dung at them, but a nuke is a nuke and if Israel thinks all is lost, then the entire middle east will turn to green glass.
MSgt (ret)
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Reply 47 - Posted by:
artlover, 11/21/2012 10:49:40 AM (No. 9027553)
And to think, we had enough stupid people in this country to elect this man for another term as our President and now I am hearing that ALREADY he and his supporters are thinking of making a way for him to run for a third term. What a country we live in now!. We are gone, doomed, never to be an "America" again. Our good days are over. Life will never be the same......
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Reply 48 - Posted by:
jimmiet, 11/21/2012 10:55:25 AM (No. 9027567)
The line of demarcation is being indelibly drawn. Israel will stand, not alone but alongside God. Obie and Hillary are merely standing on the line for now but not for long. Pray for Israel and know they are God´s people.
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Reply 49 - Posted by:
Udanja99, 11/21/2012 11:10:50 AM (No. 9027608)
Exactly, #15. Being a Christian, Israel is also the birthplace on my religion. I also have Jewish ancestors and I don´t want any of that country, it´s people or that heritage destroyed by a bunch of evil barbaric sewer rats.
Go, Bibi!
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Reply 50 - Posted by:
PoliticalJunky, 11/21/2012 12:02:16 PM (No. 9027742)
I hope Netanyaheu stands firm and ignores Hillary.
And, please people, it´sI "toe" the line, not "tow" the line.
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Reply 51 - Posted by:
Starlifter Nav, 11/21/2012 12:24:55 PM (No. 9027799)
Thank you, PJ. (I´ll even overlook "Netanyahu" as that´s could easily be a typo.) That other stuff makes me nuts.
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Reply 52 - Posted by:
philemon1967, 11/21/2012 1:04:59 PM (No. 9027865)
Many Christians, adopted (grafted as described by Paul in Romans 11) by God´s grace into His family, believe that God has not given up on His chosen people, the Jews. We believe these still have a special place in His heart and continue survive solely despite many genocidal attempts by Satan´s pawns because God does not go back on His promises especially the one to Abraham about the descendents continuing to propagate in multitudes.
Obama may fancy himself as earning the most powerful individual position on Earth, but we know better. He has no power but what God has allowed for him to have. As with leaders in ages past, his time too will end. He will then have to answer for how he handled the power loaned for a time to him. Something tells me that it won´t be as comfy a time as he has with the MSM right now.
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Reply 53 - Posted by:
glcinpdx, 11/21/2012 2:22:01 PM (No. 9027971)
PIAPS is going to totally muck things up in the Middle East....and through the most amazing feat of prestidigitation, we will be reminded by the Press Whores about what a ´brilliant´ and ´accomplished´ woman Herself is...
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Reply 54 - Posted by:
lana720, 11/21/2012 2:47:10 PM (No. 9028013)
#33 - yes, and thank G-d that Israel is nation of warriors, not wusses. They recognize the value of survival since they have been targeted for years.
I thank G-d that Bibi is in office. Had this happened during as Peres regime, he´d have given them more sand and land for nothing.
The happiest people in the ME are Arabs who live freely in Israel. The seculars in Israel need to wake up and recognize the One True G-d, too or He will continue to smite them like He had to thousands of years ago.
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem, may those who love her prosper.
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Reply 55 - Posted by:
BlueSkies, 11/21/2012 3:12:12 PM (No. 9028049)
Christians are the greatest supporters of Israel because they read the Bible. I fear that the warships sent to Israel´s coast by The One Who Does Not Read the Bible are not there to help Israel.
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Reply 56 - Posted by:
leopardtwo, 11/21/2012 3:58:00 PM (No. 9028107)
In reality, Hildebeast is in the Middle East to help Israel design a large ashtray- throwing weapon. She had a lot of experience aiming for Bubba´s noggin with a smaller in the WH.
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Reply 57 - Posted by:
shrugger, 11/21/2012 4:08:59 PM (No. 9028128)
Anyone know where HRC was when MSM assumed she was MIA? Possible their was a lifting of face? Just askin...
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Reply 58 - Posted by:
Gallo3, 11/21/2012 4:32:06 PM (No. 9028157)
Every time the PETUIATE is missing, means she is under the knife for Chipmunk Cheeks, or wrinkles, or cankels or botox or whatever....
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Reply 59 - Posted by:
alloysteel, 11/21/2012 5:04:15 PM (No. 9028194)
I have great regard for Israel´s capability to defend themselves, even as they are under assault from three direction, with or without "help" from the Current Regime in this country.
As for the American Jews not seeming to come to the defense of Israel, by their tacit and open support of the Current Regime, much of that may be explained easily enough, by the fact that many of them are not practicing religious Jews, and they have no sense of community with Israel.
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Reply 60 - Posted by:
bob913, 11/21/2012 5:49:35 PM (No. 9028258)
He and the democrat party want millions of people killed in Israel.
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Reply 61 - Posted by:
gop_guys, 11/21/2012 5:57:46 PM (No. 9028267)
I´ve lived a long time. I´ve been around a bit. I´ll never understand why the majority of American Jews would vote for the likes of Obama. Can someone explain it to me?
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Reply 62 - Posted by:
hamrman, 11/21/2012 6:17:40 PM (No. 9028295)
James 1:8 (NAS) describes the man occupying the Oval Ofice in the Peoples´ Whitehouse...being a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways!
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Reply 63 - Posted by:
paulfromTexas, 11/21/2012 6:21:32 PM (No. 9028300)
#62 You can find the answer to your question by rereading the history of how Hitler did it to them...they acquiesce to get along and have a herd mentality, like sheep. Those gone secular think of liberalism like it´s air, not a threat. Few people see this attitude as the extension of European wars, but the Baath party and The Muslim bro´s are all outgrowths of the German Communism we call National Socialism. If these folks takeover, they kill Jews just for their name.,,,ignoring any reference to their being secular.
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Reply 64 - Posted by:
shrugger, 11/21/2012 6:23:21 PM (No. 9028303)
there, Sorry.
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Reply 65 - Posted by:
fairplay, 11/21/2012 6:29:35 PM (No. 9028311)
America is too liberal and Israel is somewhat conservative!
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Reply 66 - Posted by:
Ida Lil, 11/22/2012 12:36:47 AM (No. 9028740)
How many of the 12 tribes survived intact as Gods chosen people after the exile? Two is the answer and they became Judah and retained the promised land. The others mingled and mixed and married into the non jews who introduced them right back into worship of the golden calf and all things corrupt. They weren´t even left the name Israel and had to live as the hated land of Samaria
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Reply 67 - Posted by:
Ida Lil, 11/22/2012 12:48:04 AM (No. 9028746)
continued. Today you can draw the same picture . Those two tribes inherited the compact with God and are Israel while the others have once again put the golden calf first and will lose that birthright just as they did then. If you don´t understand the fact that they hung the real Jews out to dry or more aptly put-- allowed them to be mass murdered then find and read The Winds of War.
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Reply 68 - Posted by:
EnsignO´Toole, 11/22/2012 8:00:04 PM (No. 9029880)
Great recommendation #68. There is a sequel to The Winds of War entitled War and Remembrance. Those two books should be mandatory reading for history classes.
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Reply 69 - Posted by:
Italiano, 11/22/2012 8:07:16 PM (No. 9029883)
True, but these days they´re too busy reading Howard Zinn BS.
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Posted By: StormCnter- 5/17/2013 5:28:00 AM
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Watching President Obama trying to dodge raindrops and responsibility yesterday reminded me of the moment when Dorothy pulls back the curtain and discovers that the Wizard of Oz is “just a man.” Stripped of his spell of mystery and power, the wizard is worse than mortal. He’s a fake. So it was with Obama in the Rose Garden. His performance was tired and trite, ordinary to the point of dull. His veneer of passion was so transparent that you could see him trying to summon his old-time magic by pushing the buttons
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Obama a new Nixon? Oh, get serious.
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Washington Post, by Editorial
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 5/16/2013 10:54:51 PM
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STANDING BEFORE reporters Thursday, President Obama declined an invitation to compare the recent scandals weighing down his administration with those that forced President Nixon to resign in 1974. So allow us to do the work for him: There is no comparison. Nixon, in a series of crimes that collectively came to be known as Watergate, directed from the White House and Justice Department a concerted campaign against those he perceived as political enemies, in the process subverting the FBI, the IRS, other government agencies and the electoral process to his nefarious purposes. Mr. Obama has done nothing of the kind.
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Weiner’s Wife Didn’t Disclose Consulting Work She Did While Serving in State Dept.
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New York Times, by Raymond Hernandez
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Posted By: StormCnter- 5/17/2013 5:43:54 AM
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The State Department, under Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton, created an arrangement for her longtime aide and confidante Huma Abedin to work for private clients as a consultant while serving as a top adviser in the department. Ms. Abedin did not disclose the arrangement — or how much income she earned — on her financial report. It requires officials to make public any significant sources of income. An adviser to Mrs. Clinton, Philippe Reines, said that Ms. Abedin was not obligated to do so. The disclosure of the agreement that Ms. Abedin made with the State Department comes as her husband,
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Watergate 2.0 -- why the IRS scandal is far worse
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Fox News, by Matt Kibbe
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Posted By: StormCnter- 5/18/2013 5:59:17 AM
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In the wake of one of the worst abuses of government power in recent history, many are rushing to frame the Internal Revenue Service scandal as simply an attack on conservative activists. That view risks creating a partisan political football and misses a fundamentally scarier abuse that exceeds the scandals of Watergate or any other prior government abuse. The IRS has admitted that since May 2010 it targeted grassroots-conservative organizations that had applied for tax-exempt status, unfairly subjecting them to rigorous scrutiny due to their political leanings. Such groups were told they were required to comply with IRS requests,
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Rep. Issa subpoenas Benghazi auditor Thomas Pickering
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The Hill [Washington DC], by Julian Pecquet
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Posted By: JoniTx- 5/17/2013 3:53:45 PM
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The lawmaker leading the charge to investigate the Benghazi terror attack on Friday subpoenaed the co-author of a report that slammed the State Department but didn´t interview Hillary Clinton. House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) formally demanded that retired ambassador Thomas Pickering submit to being deposed by the committee next Thursday. The subpoena comes in the wake of a series of acrimonious public exchanges this week between the two men. Issa didn´t issue a subpoena to former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Michael Mullen, who co-authored the Benghazi report with Pickering.
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Higher-Ups Knew of IRS Case
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Wall Street Journal, by John D. McKinnon*
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 5/17/2013 10:23:18 PM
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The Internal Revenue Service´s watchdog told top Treasury officials around June 2012 he was investigating allegations the tax agency had targeted conservative groups, for the first time indicating that Obama administration officials were aware of the explosive matter in the midst of the president´s re-election campaign. The disclosure to the Treasury general counsel and the deputy secretary was a cursory one, according to J. Russell George, the Treasury inspector general for tax administration. He said he didn´t reveal conclusions of the probe, which was in its early stages, and his disclosure came as part
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