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Obama Meets with Menendez
Weekly Standard, by Daniel Halper
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Posted By:Pluperfect, 2/13/2013 5:22:23 PM
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| President Barack Obama is meeting with the embattled senator from New Jersey, Bob Menendez, this afternoon at the White House. The meeting, which the White House says is for an immigration discussion, will be attended by three other Democratic senators. "Mr. Obama will meet with Democratic Sens. Charles Schumer of New York, Dick Durbin of Illinois, Robert Menendez of New Jersey and Michael Bennet of Colorado, according to a White House official. The meeting is set for later in the day Wednesday. The four senators are half of a bipartisan group of lawmakers that has put forward a plan
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Comments:
Known in the South as a Come to Jesus meeting. It´s not about immigration, I guarantee.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
whyyeseyec, 2/13/2013 5:46:13 PM (No. 9174757)
Barack and Christie already have the next NJ senator picked out.
Wonder what Obama gave the governor in return.....
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
vesicant, 2/13/2013 5:55:54 PM (No. 9174767)
The complete conversation:
scumbama: Bob, you´re embarrassing me. Don´t get caught again. Now go and sin again.
menendez: I hear you, O Great Leader. Which appendage will I be kissing today?
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
dp1950, 2/13/2013 6:21:55 PM (No. 9174808)
Bi-partisan???? All I saw listed was dems. Not one of them from a state that borders Mexico.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
nonsense, 2/13/2013 9:45:46 PM (No. 9175110)
Hmmm, so there really might be a "secret" deal between Cristie and Mr. o.
I´m sure Soros will provide a well paying job for Menendez in his New World Order company.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
benignczar, 2/14/2013 9:29:21 AM (No. 9175722)
Senator Juan Valdez must be as guilty as sin and the evidence must be overwhelming. Never fear, however, the ultra corrupt NJ Dem. party meachine will give him several no-show jobs to pad his pension.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
zek, 2/14/2013 9:57:36 AM (No. 9175794)
bipartisan board? First clue in this story. Only the democrats were invited. They don´t care what child Menendez has destroyed. They want to lay out the plan to alloy immigrants freely into the country and how to discredit and destroy the Republicans who don´t agree with everything they say or want. The definition of bipartisan to the left is you are either with us or we will turn the country against you.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
ncgrammie4, 2/14/2013 10:22:27 AM (No. 9175860)
Sounds like they are circling the wagons to me.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
pensom2, 2/14/2013 11:05:59 AM (No. 9175984)
I´m surprised His Royal Highness would permit himself to be found in the presence of Menendez. He delegates every other responsibility--this one should be easy. Maybe Harry Reid refused to act as surrogate.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Lawsy0, 2/14/2013 11:10:24 AM (No. 9175998)
Expect an announcement soon--telling us what he wore and what he ordered for lunch!
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
pickle1, 2/14/2013 11:43:19 AM (No. 9176085)
Kicking him to ground.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
pickle1, 2/14/2013 11:44:08 AM (No. 9176087)
Obama can be the only stain in the Dimwit party.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
mitzi, 2/14/2013 11:48:01 AM (No. 9176101)
Hey! Menendez was duly elected by the people of the great state of New Jersey!
Does King Obama plan on "firing" him? /s
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Scottyboy, 2/14/2013 12:15:45 PM (No. 9176159)
Sounds more like a meeting of the down low boys club to me.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
wexfordcounty, 2/14/2013 1:25:49 PM (No. 9176332)
I thought Bill Clinton was the "go-to" guy for bad news, like for that other dumped NJ senator Torricelli.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Charactercounts, 2/14/2013 4:37:06 PM (No. 9176754)
Agree, #9. Isn´t that what hatchet-men are for?
If Menendez goes, watch who Christie appoints. It will say a lot about his plans for 2016.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
uno, 2/14/2013 6:11:28 PM (No. 9176894)
I´m guessing we´re all going to find out that Mike, Chuckles Shurmer, Dick Turbin and the Obamboolzer are seriously concerned with Bobby´s stressful work schedule and the affect it is having on his home life and that he will announce that he needs to spend more time with the family...
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