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Topic: Michelle Obama’s Oscar presentation raises questions about the role of a first lady |
Michelle Obama’s Oscar presentation raises questions about the role of a first lady
Washington Post, by Krissah Thompson
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Posted By:Dreadnought, 2/25/2013 10:49:20 PM
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| Is this what Michelle Obama looks like untethered to the pressure of a campaign? Is she free to follow her whims without worries about political backlash? The first lady became the buzz of the weekend when she beamed into the Academy Awards from the White House to present the award for best picture with Hollywood legend Jack Nicholson. Attendees and viewers were flabbergasted at the satellite image of the elegantly dressed Obama, flanked by young service members in full regalia, opening the envelope to name Ben Affleck’s “Argo” the winner.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Pinons, 2/25/2013 11:01:25 PM (No. 9196252)
Somebody please lead Sasquatch back into the woods and turn her loose!
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
JHSMom02, 2/25/2013 11:11:31 PM (No. 9196264)
Personally, I think it demeans the position of First Lady to be involved in "pop" culture and their glorified self aggranizing awards, which is all the Oscars really are. But then, Michelle Obama demeans the position of First Lady all the time.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
brownshoepogue, 2/25/2013 11:14:27 PM (No. 9196266)
She may be a nice lady, but she is just way too rough on the eyes and ears. Maybe float check the "Cousin It" wig, and do some real and meaningful charity work, away from the boot lick media and the spontaneous adoring crowds.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Delilah, 2/25/2013 11:18:57 PM (No. 9196272)
The Os are celebrities in their own minds. And in the minds of most of their voters it would seem.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
billa, 2/25/2013 11:36:21 PM (No. 9196288)
Other than laughing how lame the award ceremonies are, (we watch it every year just to make fun of the clown clothes, makeup and speeches), MO topped it off...with her "Moe" hair cut, sans "Curly and Larry", facade Military back drop when clearly our soldiers were agonizing being around her (of whom she detests), and regurgitating the speech of which she has delivered countless times regarding her "Lets Move" campaign to get federal funds for school lunches to teach kids how to eat.
In my opinion, MO, as role of the first unlady...please go on TV and every where else to show how you do not represent any woman with class, confidence and actual earned success.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
RedWhiteBlue, 2/25/2013 11:58:43 PM (No. 9196313)
There was nothing funny about the two ugly women dressed in drag skit!
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
bighambone, 2/26/2013 12:33:24 AM (No. 9196335)
She has not made any contributions to the motion picture industry, so she cannot become a member of the academy, and has never been awarded an Oscar. All the above are required by the academy (see their website) by way of rule and/or tradition to be a best picture presenter. So she should not have been there. By inviting her, the Hollywood high mucky mucks told the world that the academy is just another liberal Democrat political constituency group.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
vinegrower, 2/26/2013 12:54:49 AM (No. 9196343)
If Nancy Reagan, while first lady, had been an oscar presenter it would not have bothered me as she is an academy member and therefore a voter. Oh silly me I forgot she´s not a member of the right political party!
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Subal, 2/26/2013 12:57:34 AM (No. 9196345)
"Babe" with lipstick!
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Alpha91c, 2/26/2013 1:02:02 AM (No. 9196346)
She is the first lady. She can do, or say, just about whatever she pleases as long as it is not outright criminal. The little people have no right to say otherwise.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Sanspeur, 2/26/2013 1:48:51 AM (No. 9196371)
That ain´t no lady.. That´s just mo with her all white team.. The all blacks are for her real power out reach...
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
steveW, 2/26/2013 1:49:27 AM (No. 9196373)
I was not flabbergasted. I was disappointed by the lack of eye candy. If they needed a token black women to present the award, they could´ve used Halle Berry.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
kiwinews, 2/26/2013 2:28:32 AM (No. 9196382)
She can do what she wants, she´s just a private citizen MARRIED to an officeholder. A "First Lady" like a nickel doesn´t officially exist. It´s a throwback to the time when a woman´s rank was as her husband´s baggage. She needs to be reminded of that hourly apparently. In fact as soon as the first woman entered any of the three branches of government, the whole idea should have been scrapped. Why the heck should a Supreme Court Justice or Speaker of the House take a back seat to some woman with a marriage license? We´ll revisit this when the first married woman is elected President, and it won´t be pretty. OT:My offense is at this civilian has somehow been allowed to press U.S. military personnel into service in support of a purely commercial venture at the behest of a large political donor. What´s next? Drone strikes on the Weinstein´s neighbor´s yappy dog?
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
NotaBene, 2/26/2013 3:09:54 AM (No. 9196396)
Michelle is so School on Saturday - no Class
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
pineledger, 2/26/2013 6:59:55 AM (No. 9196501)
Somehow when she showed up in Grant Park in that ludicrous Black Widow Spider dress, we knew it would come to this.
However, this will not stop her from going for a new low.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Really?, 2/26/2013 7:10:43 AM (No. 9196517)
I think she and they (the Academy) can do whatever they want, but the chips will fall as they may.
The same was true with the Dixie Chicks. You have to realize that the audience did NOT tune in for politics.
Let´s see how the viewers react next year. I am already turned off by Hollywood, but I did watch for about an hour. Next year, I will probably not watch at all.
After awhile, you do get tired of this stuff. I am very tired of the Obama´s.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
JAN, 2/26/2013 7:22:30 AM (No. 9196530)
And the smiling happy to be there military folks surrounding herself????
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
freightdog, 2/26/2013 7:25:31 AM (No. 9196536)
In over 200 years, the USA has had but 44 presidents. The Obamas apparently fail to grasp the significance that being elected as president makes one very special. Yet, they seem to be constantly begging for our attention in the same way an insecure teenager acts out. By appearing on commercial TV while rubbing hips with a comedian who is desperate to sell advertising, Mrs. Obama tarnishes what is special about her position as wife of the president. Same thing goes when she appears (with an extremely small bodice) on a self serving commerical entertainment venue like the Oscars.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Daylily, 2/26/2013 7:37:44 AM (No. 9196558)
The people living in our White House are pushing the limits as far and as fast as they can. And the moral and cultural decay of our most loved country continues.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Kansas Conservative, 2/26/2013 7:40:55 AM (No. 9196561)
It was a very classless act by a buffoonish black woman who thinks she is better than everyone else in America. She didn´t have the decency to even mention or introduce the military members she was using as a prop. Just another example of how there are two sets of rules in America: if you are a conservative, you will be crucified like Christ on a Cross for the smallest of slip-ups and faux paus actions. If you are a liberal Democrat, you get accolades galore and you can get caught with live boys and/or dead girls and it doesn´t make any difference because you will be lionized as a hero for "voting the right way".
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
nonsense, 2/26/2013 7:48:19 AM (No. 9196577)
More of the O. family famous finger poke into the eye of the American people. Uncalled for elitism. They feast on the anger they cause, very sick people.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
califedup, 2/26/2013 7:58:28 AM (No. 9196594)
What a badly written article. Astonishngly incoherent. You can tell the "reporterette" just can´t bring herself to write a critical article about her hero, Moochelle, being an overexposed publicity hound who is finally starting to generate the disgust of even some of the propaganda reporters in the media that she so richly deserves. If the Post was a real newspaper the author of this article would have been fired on the spot by her editor when she turned in this piece for publication.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Trigger2, 2/26/2013 8:07:27 AM (No. 9196615)
We all know what her role is - spend taxpayer money like it grows on trees for vacations each and every month. Her other role is to pretend she´s a nutrionist and can dictate school lunches that get thrown out.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Crosscut, 2/26/2013 8:19:30 AM (No. 9196640)
The Obamas should be told to go to their rooms and stay there until his term is over. Enough already.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
LZK, 2/26/2013 8:39:51 AM (No. 9196671)
OMG -- poster #5 -- you nailed it....
The haircut is the "Moe" cut. I just couldn´t put a name to it....
She´s Moe of the three stooges....
LZK
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
mamameatballs, 2/26/2013 8:42:46 AM (No. 9196677)
Big Arms using our Military as props for her performance was disgusting.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
Rinktum, 2/26/2013 8:46:40 AM (No. 9196682)
Since nothing worthy comes out of Hollywood, I thought it extremely fitting to have the Queen of Wigdom present the best picture. It is an award bestowed upon the work product of a group of individuals whose very existence relies on their ability to portray individuals in situations that confirm their own belief system. They will be worthy of an award when they make an honest film on the life of Mohammed. Until then, it is all just a big dress up party giving out awards to fellow narcissists.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
gwmcclintok, 2/26/2013 8:59:20 AM (No. 9196709)
"He usually has a messiah complex. He is very self-centered. He is like a "school bully" who is very unruly. He does not respect the rights of others. He uses mass meetings to intimidate his "scapegoat" and rally people to join his ranks. These mass meetings have much pomp and power displayed in them. It is not uncommon for these mass meetings to have uniformed fully-armed guards around them. They like to display their "power" in a massive parade for all to see. This strikes fear into those who would refuse to get out of his way. He can never get enough. He is obsessed with ruling the whole world."....Howard Wright Another characteristic of a tyrant: "Invasive, intrusive, and obnoxious." Not only is Obama a tyrant....Michelle is right there with him. She is unhappy, feels wronged, angry, and she needs a lot of attention.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
EnsignO´Toole, 2/26/2013 9:01:36 AM (No. 9196713)
Thank goodness I was watching 13 episodes of "House of Cards" - a Netflicks series about fictional Congressional Representatives and their egos and a reporter who wants to get the "big dirty" story. Every Congress critter seems to have an ulterior motive for every vote.
At least the zombies in la-la land may be questioning the Mooche´s "invasion". It´s like Neil Armstrong said when he stepped out onto the moon:"That´s one small step for man..." This may be a watershed moment regarding Michelle and the MSM: "That´s one small question for fawners".
The question is will they take another step or two before 2014 and 2016? A smart reporter would realize that a Pulitzer might be there for asking good questions which reveal things the powerful in DC want covered up.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
navybrat, 2/26/2013 9:06:08 AM (No. 9196724)
Is every event in the U.S. a state event? The military had no reason to be there other than a show of force to the subjects. Why does she and her husband push in on non political and pop culture news and occasions?
You can´t get away from them if you try.
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
Felixcat, 2/26/2013 9:07:05 AM (No. 9196728)
I could have tolerated (barely) her appearance if she had used the opportunity to emphasize with the servicemembrs standing in the background that two of the best picture nominees show how the US military has contributed to this country; the Union troops who fought, bled and died to save the union (Lincoln) and how the military and its civilian counterparts in the foreign service put their lives at risk stationed oveseas (Argo - okay - bit of a stretch), but instead we get her vacuous comments about how we all can overcome...
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
krause, 2/26/2013 9:15:59 AM (No. 9196738)
Now that she has ´performed´ at the ceremony, they could now give her some kind of an award!
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
udanja99, 2/26/2013 9:20:06 AM (No. 9196752)
Other than The Passion of the Christ, every movie I´ve seen in the theater in the last 12 years has been made in England or New Zealand - Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings.
If enough of us boycott ALL Hollywood productions, maybe they won´t be able to afford to hold the Oscars next year. Maybe they won´t even be able to afford to make movies. That would be a good thing.
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
thatsomewhereplace, 2/26/2013 9:30:31 AM (No. 9196774)
Now give her a break. At least she didn´t fly to the Oscars on our dime. Just saying. As for using our military folks as a back drop, now you´ve got me...such bad taste. But go figure, to use an over used cliche!
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
sliver of truth, 2/26/2013 9:34:18 AM (No. 9196777)
It´s a no-brainer that his constituents are comprised of dimwits that thrive on pop culture. Explains all the appearances on Jimmy Kimmel, Jay Leno, The View, etc. Just another attempt to ingratiate themselves to the voters who got them elected.
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
Me?Opinionated?Nah!, 2/26/2013 9:43:09 AM (No. 9196799)
To tactlessly exploit members of America’s Military, by using them strictly as window dressing, was the ultimate insult. To not introduce or even acknowledge them was, at best, thoughtless. Along with a host of other awkward, inappropriate behavior, our First Family is also quite tone-deaf.
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
Puttmastr, 2/26/2013 9:47:37 AM (No. 9196811)
When I first saw her emerge from the glare of Bollywood glitz and fill the TV Screen, I thought OMG its another Obama Nobel Prize moment only this time it´s a surprise Oscar for Dancing (Hiphop, Gangnam, Booty Pick, etc. )Then she almost ripped off a fingernail and there it was, The Best Picture. A stunning moment as the gold braided military enthusiastically realized that this was the highlight of their career, national exposure..... for service to their country. A new medal will be created by the Obama´s to commemorate this moment. Can anyone out there name this award?
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
roger h. cook,MD, 2/26/2013 9:48:29 AM (No. 9196816)
Hell, its been the Hollywood leftists white house for four years already, that is when they are really in the white house.
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Reply 39 - Posted by:
wendybird, 2/26/2013 9:48:54 AM (No. 9196821)
I can’t wait for the sequel, based on a true story of rescuing our consulate in Benghazi, and starring another heroic president.
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Reply 40 - Posted by:
Grambo, 2/26/2013 9:53:12 AM (No. 9196833)
In fairness to the First Lady, having lost her law license, she finds fewer employment opportunities now. She´s exploring possibilities in Hollyweird.
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Reply 41 - Posted by:
Tigergirl, 2/26/2013 9:56:54 AM (No. 9196846)
Michelle will probably go on Dancing with the Stars next.
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Reply 42 - Posted by:
Freeloader, 2/26/2013 9:57:46 AM (No. 9196848)
Questions about her role? The painful truth in today´s America...Our current Empress Consort does as she pleases, whenever it pleases her. End of story!
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Reply 43 - Posted by:
Arby, 2/26/2013 9:57:47 AM (No. 9196849)
What would Laura do? Nothing like this.
The wookie is just trying to connect with Fauxbama´s base: narcissistic children.
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Reply 44 - Posted by:
yo-yo, 2/26/2013 10:00:48 AM (No. 9196859)
Wouldn´t it be more appropriate for her to award the Outland Trophy for the best college lineman?
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Reply 45 - Posted by:
Farmwife1, 2/26/2013 10:15:38 AM (No. 9196895)
She wants to be Beyounce. Fine. Be Beyounce. Just don´t be my first "lady." You can´t be both.
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Reply 46 - Posted by:
Smaj, 2/26/2013 10:17:58 AM (No. 9196904)
As has been said elsewhere, isn´t it sumpremely ironic she presented the best picture Oscar for a film about rescuing American diplmats while her hubsy couldn´t or wouldn´t do the same thing? Using military people as props is pretty pathetic, too.
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Reply 47 - Posted by:
confused, 2/26/2013 10:27:54 AM (No. 9196933)
she´s no "Moe", she reminds me of Flip Wilson´s "Geraldine"
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Reply 48 - Posted by:
snapper451, 2/26/2013 10:30:44 AM (No. 9196938)
Here is a prediction for you - she will run in 2016 against Hillary. They will not give up the power and perks and once Hillary starts running she will have to distance herself from this administration and they won´t be able to take it. They think they have this magic database, but it´s really their Chicago style / thug / union thug fraud machine that got him re-elected and they will use it again.
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Reply 49 - Posted by:
tfwg, 2/26/2013 10:48:54 AM (No. 9196992)
I would like to know how the Military members to her left and right were ´volunteered´ for her little oscar soiree ????
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Reply 50 - Posted by:
enemyofthestate, 2/26/2013 10:54:16 AM (No. 9197002)
Her bit would have been much better if she had been costumed as Aunt Esther.
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Reply 51 - Posted by:
Flipper3, 2/26/2013 10:54:49 AM (No. 9197004)
She´s a disgrace and so is that rancid clown with whom she´s currently living.
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Reply 52 - Posted by:
ChazzPalm, 2/26/2013 11:00:26 AM (No. 9197019)
The Obamas, like the Clintons before them, have absolutely no sense of nor respect for The Office of the POTUS.
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Reply 53 - Posted by:
FleetUSA, 2/26/2013 11:25:06 AM (No. 9197074)
Remember she and Choom both fly into situations c*** and leave the mess behind, e.g. Chicago Olympic bid.
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Reply 54 - Posted by:
Lawsy0, 2/26/2013 11:57:26 AM (No. 9197137)
With all due respect to fellow poster #2, much of what the Obama´s know is pop culture, bubblegum royalty and faux issues. So--dating myself greatly--we need more Bess Truman-type first ladies!
From sitting down with late night entertainment show hosts to knee-bending kiss-kiss of Hollywood nobodies, there is a long list of demeaning behavior by the Obamas. Here, she was more properly dressed than when she wore short-shorts getting into and out of the presidential limo.
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Reply 55 - Posted by:
bmw50, 2/26/2013 12:00:00 PM (No. 9197141)
I find it amazing that Hollywood, the center of the world for fornication, drug use, self-indugence and illicit and perverted lifestyles, can find comradery and unity with the Obamas and the Obamas with Hollywood.
We live in a very sick society and these sickos have taken over the country.
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Reply 56 - Posted by:
strike3, 2/26/2013 12:10:45 PM (No. 9197162)
Neither one of the squatters in the White House is sure of their role. King and Queen of the Universe has already been spoken for.
The lack of taste, humility and intelligence just shouts out at you.
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Reply 57 - Posted by:
dolphin, 2/26/2013 12:36:18 PM (No. 9197205)
Politics is showbiz for the ugly.
If somebody would just head off these narcissists before they got into politics, we would have a lot less trouble.
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Reply 58 - Posted by:
GreatPlains, 2/26/2013 12:43:01 PM (No. 9197222)
Since she was so interested in having a military backdrop-why didn´t Michelle pose with the 1,812 flag draped coffins that have returned to Dover AFB since her husband was inaugurated ??? Or those of Ambassador Stevens , Glen Doherty, Sean Smith and Tyrone Woods ? This was her most offensive and inappropriate act... to date. And we are just two months into the second term.
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Reply 59 - Posted by:
brianod1, 2/26/2013 1:01:04 PM (No. 9197256)
Just because it is on television doesn´t mean this award show has any importance to the future of the republic. For crying out loud, who cares if the First Lady presented an award?
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Reply 60 - Posted by:
earlybird, 2/26/2013 1:04:21 PM (No. 9197262)
Mo as Moe? How ..... symmetrical.
http://www.cyber-cinema.com/bestseller/t3stoogesjustmoe.jpg
But I´ll betcha his was rooted in his scalp and didn´t end up on the closet floor with all the other wighats.
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Reply 61 - Posted by:
901AtTheRiver, 2/26/2013 1:11:24 PM (No. 9197276)
Right after the killing of our embassy personnel She flies off to hollywood to present an award for a completely fictional account of the rescue of our embassy personnel. Just trying to make Jimmy Carter look good? They already did that.
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Reply 62 - Posted by:
DoktorFranken, 2/26/2013 1:27:17 PM (No. 9197322)
Just makes me DOUBLY GLAD that I never watch.
Here is what chaffs me - the Leftist nimrods who have equated GW Bush´s "nation healing" appearance on the Oscars (after 9/11/2001) with this BLATANT political appearance by a celebutard wanna-be.
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Reply 63 - Posted by:
mrduc, 2/26/2013 1:30:38 PM (No. 9197334)
´´Why, it´s the Eighth Wonder of the WORLD!!!´´ ~Carl Denham
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Reply 64 - Posted by:
JudithC, 2/26/2013 2:02:23 PM (No. 9197416)
The FLOTUS orangutan is a national embarrassment and the only justification for her insinuation into this miserable night would have been if she was accepting an oscar for their Planet of the Apes home movies. So, Jack Nicholson is now on my list having behaved like another toady tossing to the the bow legged amazon who suddenly loomed in full regalia complete with bangs that stop just above her six inch teeth and lantern jaw. This hideous woman looked like a fool, sounded like a fool, and that must be because she is a fool who´s kidding no one.
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Reply 65 - Posted by:
autumnjoy, 2/26/2013 5:02:19 PM (No. 9197677)
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Reply 66 - Posted by:
AutumnJoy, 2/26/2013 5:23:19 PM (No. 9197716)
Michelle Obama Unchained. She just cannot wait until 2016 so she can assume her rightful position as talk show host. Creepy, creepy, creepy. No end in sight. At least it looks like she realizes she could never amount to anything a real attorney would aspire to: Senator? No. Thank God. Sad. Does she even recognize how she proves the point about Affirmative Action? Or does she revel in what it brought her? And she is just nothing more than the wife! (She allegedly had divorce papers drawn up at least once).
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Reply 67 - Posted by:
ArtieC, 2/26/2013 5:50:31 PM (No. 9197777)
I don´t see why we should get all exercised over this. This sort of thing has become the norm. Americans are being squeezed by their policies and life for them is one big party. We knew they were snakes when we picked them up. Unfortunately a slight majority of Americans like being snake bit. And after all this going on, nobody is asking questions about Benghazi or sequestration or anything else. Mission accomplished.
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Reply 68 - Posted by:
lencu255, 2/26/2013 6:49:43 PM (No. 9197877)
Considering what oscar´s have become we shouldn´t be commenting on them. first lady? what first lady? Of course we have to pay attention to what obozos are doing - our well being (most likely, ill being) depends on what they do. oscars? don´t care. She can comment on the awards for the best gay/lesbian/transgender movie - still don´t care.
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Reply 69 - Posted by:
Janjan, 2/26/2013 6:51:14 PM (No. 9197879)
I really don´t care what this woman does. I despised her before her Oscar appearance and still do. Liberals eat this stuff up because they seem to think it´s better to have a Hip Hop President who is perceived as ´cool´ than one who is competent and loves his country. Especially one who hands out goodies paid for with Other People´s Money.
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Reply 70 - Posted by:
O.G.´s Mom, 2/26/2013 7:03:57 PM (No. 9197902)
I barely go to the movies now. But, with the Wookie´s appearance and the obvious politicization I will never, ever set foot in a movie theatre again. I am so sick of Hollywood, the nauseous fawning articles such as the one above of the main stream media and I am sick of this disgusting president and his ugly wife. Will this nightmare never end?
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Reply 71 - Posted by:
navyjag907, 2/26/2013 8:15:11 PM (No. 9198011)
Those young officers are White House social aides who volunteer to serve in that position in addition to their regular duties. I would imagine they´re thrilled to be in the White House. Further, you have to be single so it´s a great place to meet people. Lynda Bird Johnson met her husband Captain Charles Robb, USMC while he was a White House social aide.
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Reply 72 - Posted by:
xcenturion, 2/26/2013 9:14:11 PM (No. 9198070)
I think it was perfectly acceptable for Michelle to appear during the Oscar´s. Isn´t she a member of the academy?After all didn´t she play the Wookie in all the Star War movies?
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Reply 73 - Posted by:
Scout Finch, 2/26/2013 10:57:18 PM (No. 9198158)
Bread and circus.
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Reply 74 - Posted by:
saraguay, 2/26/2013 11:31:07 PM (No. 9198179)
when i read all of the comments about the obamas and their terrible behavior and what bo has done to ruin this country, i hope every ldotter voted for romney. it´s the people who complain bitterly about obama(s) but didn´t vote because romney was mormon, not conservative enough, flip flopper, whatever who get my goat. if all the republicans, conservatives and libertarians who didn´t vote had, we would have a dignified, smart and able man in the white house now.
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Reply 75 - Posted by:
ColonialAmerican1623, 2/26/2013 11:42:50 PM (No. 9198189)
Moving On Up from Chicago to the East side back to Kallyfornia.
Now that everybody knows them, just resign and go Hollyweird. Fit right in.
My mother used to have this expression in the 50´s that was sounded something like neuvo reiche.
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Reply 76 - Posted by:
cat2, 2/27/2013 5:44:29 AM (No. 9198335)
We didn´t send any soldiers to protect the ambassador in Benghazi. But these soldiers were sent into the White House to protect Michelle or an Oscars envelope?
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 6/17/2013 10:27:38 PM
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Political appointees at the Defense Department, the CIA and the White House brushed aside concerns from career officials about helping two Hollywood filmmakers research their 2012 movie about the top-secret Navy SEAL raid that killed Osama bin Laden, according to a report from the Pentagon’s inspector general. CIA Director Leon E. Panetta, who had been nominated to take over at the Pentagon; Mike Vickers, defense undersecretary for intelligence; and politically appointed public affairs staff in both agencies and the White House helped secure
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SCOTUS: States Can´t Require Proof of Citizenship to Vote in Federal Elections
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Breitbart´s Big Government, by Ken Klukowski
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 6/17/2013 6:52:45 PM
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The Supreme Court ruled today in Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council that federal law does not allow states the option of requiring voters to prove they are American citizens when they register to vote. The National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA, or “Motor Voter”) creates a standardized national system for registering to vote in federal elections. It allows for registration three ways: (1) in person, (2) when you get your driver’s license, or (3) by mail. The Election Assistance Commission (EAC, created by a later federal law in 2002)
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Officials: NSA Doesn´t Collect Cellphone-Location Records
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Wall Street Journal, by Siobhan Gorman and Julian E. Barnes
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 6/17/2013 5:21:28 PM
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WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency sweeps up data on millions of cellphones and Internet communications under secret court orders. But as it mounts a rigorous defense of its surveillance, the agency has disclosed new details that portray its efforts as tightly controlled and limited in scope, while successful in thwarting potential plots. On Sunday, officials said that though the NSA is authorized to collect "geolocational" information that can pinpoint the location of callers, it chooses not to. A secret court order that was made public earlier
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Government compromises our trust
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USA Today, by Glenn Harlan Reynolds
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 6/17/2013 5:10:48 PM
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t looked bad last week, but it looks much, much worse now. The federal government has been spying and lying. The only comfort is that, apparently, it´s been largely incompetent at both: Nobody believes the lies, and the spying wasn´t even able to catch the Tsarnaev brothers. Not long ago, the Director of National Intelligence assured us that the federal government does not "wittingly" spy on Americans. That has turned out to be a lie. As Fred Kaplan writes in Slate, "We as a nation are being asked to let the National Security Agency continue doing the intrusive
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Eighth-Grader Who Refused to Remove NRA Shirt Could Face Year in Prison
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National Review Online, by Ian Tuttle
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 6/17/2013 4:58:56 PM
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Perhaps a suddenly firearm-friendly President Obama can put in a good word for Jared Marcum. In April, Marcum, an eighth-grader at Logan Middle School in Logan, W. Va., was arrested when he refused to take off his NRA t-shirt. The New York Daily News reports: The clothing kerfuffle began when Marcum wore a shirt bearing the NRA’s logo and a hunting rifle. As he stood in line in the cafeteria, a teacher ordered him to either change shirts or turn it inside out. Marcum declined and was sent to the office, where an officer
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TWA Flight 800 investigators break silence in new documentary, claim original conclusion about cause of crash is wrong
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FOX News, by Staff
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Posted By: smcchk- 6/19/2013 12:41:02 AM
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A group of whistleblowers, including a number of aviation experts, have come forward in a new documentary to claim that the official explanation for the crash of TWA Flight 800 was wrong and a gas tank explosion did not bring down the flight off the coast of Long Island 17 years ago. However, the six whistleblowers, all part of the original investigation team, stopped short of saying the plane was shot down. Flight 800, a Boeing 747, had just taken off from JFK airport with 230 people aboard on July 17, 1996 enroute to Paris when it exploded
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Benghazi Whistleblower Lawyer Says Joint Chief’s Chairman Lied to Congress
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Cybercast News Service, by Fred Lucas
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Posted By: KarenJ1- 6/18/2013 8:06:14 PM
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An attorney whose firm represents two Benghazi whistleblowers said Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, lied to the Senate when he said there was never a “stand down” order during the Benghazi attack on Sept. 11, 2012. “What was fascinating is that he explained his lie to them,” Joe DiGenova, an attorney representing one of the whistleblowers, told CNSNews.com. “He actually said they were sent to Tripoli. They were needed in Benghazi,” said DiGenova, a former U.S. attorney, now with the Washington firm of DiGenova & Toensing.
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Obama: ´If Catholics Have Their Schools and Buildings and Protestants Have Theirs ... That Encourages Division´
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Cybercast News Service, by Terence P. Jeffrey
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Posted By: JoniTx- 6/19/2013 3:46:48 PM
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Likening religious schools to segregation--a racist system that forced blacks to attend different schools and use different facilities than whites in the American South--President Barack Obama told a town hall meeting for youth in Belfast, Northern Ireland on Monday that there should not be Catholic and Protestant schools because such schools cause division. "Because issues like segregated schools and housing, lack of jobs and opportunity--symbols of history that are a source of pride for some and pain for others--these are not tangential to peace; they’re essential to it,"
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Edward Snowden Is In The Process Of Destroying Any Support And Sympathy He Has Built Up
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Business Insider, by Brett LoGiurato
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Posted By: StormCnter- 6/18/2013 5:34:23 AM
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Amid a steady rise of backlash, Edward Snowden, the 29-year-old former National Security Agency contractor who was the source of a spring of leaks about the agency´s surveillance methods, conducted a live chat on The Guardian´s website Monday morning. Judging from some of the pointed questions he´s been asked and the reaction to newly leaked revelations over the past few days, it´s clear that much of the sympathy and support Snowden had built up for his early exposures is eroding. Many Americans supported his decision to leak information about a pair of National Security Agency surveillance programs, which, he detailed, gathered information
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G8: Barack Obama looks like a president going through the motions
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Telegraph [UK], by Alex Spillius
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Posted By: JoniTx- 6/19/2013 4:58:06 AM
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Listening to Barack Obama give his speech in Belfast on Monday, it was hard not to stifle a yawn. I kept waiting for the part when he would say something interesting, but, about three quarters of the way through, realised it wasn’t going to come. Judging from television pictures some of his young audience felt the same, after the initial rush of euphoria of receiving the rock star president in their midst had passed. This is not surprising, for we had already heard this number about the inspirational role of the Northern Ireland peace process and the Emerald Isle’s
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Obama: You Can´t Fathom ´Complexities´ of Syria Policy ´If You Haven´t Been in Situation Room´
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Weekly Standard, by Daniel Halper
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Posted By: Desert Fox- 6/18/2013 5:30:04 PM
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Charlie Rose last night asked President Obama his new Syria policy. The president first objected to it being called a new policy. "I´m not sure you can characterize this as a new policy. This is consistent with the policy that I´ve had throughout," he said. Obama then explained the goal is regional stability, and especially in Syria. "Really, what we´re trying to do is take sides against extremists of all sorts and in favor of people who are in favor of moderation, tolerance, representative government, and over the long-term, stability and prosperity for the people of Syria," said Obama.
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The IRS Immigration Fraud Scandal
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American Spectator, by Jeffrey Lord
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Posted By: KarenJ1- 6/18/2013 10:37:24 AM
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Marco Rubio. Paul Ryan. The IRS. Illegal immigration. And fraud to the tune of billions.. Now there’s a combustible mix. Let’s start with the IRS, illegal immigration and fraud. We’ll come back in a minute to Senator Rubio and Congressman Ryan. For those who came in late, a year before the IRS scandals burst onto the scene in early May of 2013, an alert investigative reporter for WTHR-Indianapolis (Channel 13), Bob Segall by name, produced a stunning piece of journalism. Segall’s video report is found here and we will quote from his story for the basics.
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