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Topic: Republican leaders’ ‘meeting’ with
Obama: Seven minutes |
Republican leaders’ ‘meeting’ with
Obama: Seven minutes
Washington Times [DC], by Dave Boyer
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Posted By:JoniTx, 2/28/2013 8:31:46 AM
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| Never let it be said that President Obama has failed to spend time with Republican leaders in seeking an alternative to automatic budget cuts that are due to hit most federal departments Friday. On Wednesday, for example, the president gave GOP lawmakers as much as seven minutes, a rare face-to-face encounter that the White House described as a “meeting.” The White House’s characterization of this momentary huddle at the Capitol as a meeting illuminates Mr. Obama’s strategy in dealing with Republicans on the budget cuts and other fiscal deadlines. With speeches and other staged events, the president has tried
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Scottyboy, 2/28/2013 8:35:51 AM (No. 9200525)
I think that gave Barry just enough time to stand atop his desk and sing his rendition of:
"If I were King of the Forreeeeeest!"
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
noproblems, 2/28/2013 8:51:51 AM (No. 9200553)
0bama has no mandate from the 2012 election. not sure why this is not brought up post-election. his campaign was not a mandate on the middle class
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Bjnealeigh, 2/28/2013 8:54:00 AM (No. 9200555)
Once again, Obama is a nitwit! His band of nitwits have overplayed their hand. This will be a long 4 years!
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
John c, 2/28/2013 9:00:52 AM (No. 9200576)
At the dedication of the Rosa Park statue, obama found a minute or should I say a photo op second to be seen with the leaders.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
ramona, 2/28/2013 10:02:41 AM (No. 9200738)
Every day, in every way, this media-made, anti-American monster baits and goads peace-loving citizens. He is so very certain of his immunity to criticism. He cannot tell a truthful account of anything. What a despicable, detestable fool.
He will fall - it is inevitable - but I will take no pleasure in his descent from the heights of Mt. Moron Adoration; there is just too much pain in the havoc he has wreaked on our beloved nation.
Ramona (the Pest)
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Posted By: JoniTx- 5/18/2013 1:57:40 AM
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CHICAGO — The Angus burger is going away, and it may not be the only McDonald´s dish on the chopping block. The world´s largest restaurant chain has also considered axing Caesar salads, the McSkillet Burrito, the Southern Style Biscuit and steak bagels, according to a franchisee email obtained by Bloomberg News. While the Angus burger contains as many as 820 calories and costs $4, the culling isn´t simply about offering healthier fare and cheaper items. It´s an effort by McDonald´s Corp. to streamline a menu that has expanded by 70 percent to about 145 items since 2007 — straining
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Watch: Cable Networks Eagerly
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Posted By: JoniTx- 5/18/2013 1:11:52 AM
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You may have heard that there are a variety of scandals unfolding in Washington D.C. at the moment. Scandals swirling around the White House this week include revelations that the Internal Revenue Service singled out conservative groups for intimidation, that the Department of Justice may have expressed their frustration with the Associated Press by obtaining an absurdly wide swath of phone records, and the ever-unfolding scandal surrounding Benghazi and the administration’s response to that attack. With all these overwhelming controversies enveloping the executive branch, one question dominates in the media: When will Republicans overstep in their effort to criticize
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Breitbart Big Government, by Wynton Hall
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Posted By: JoniTx- 5/18/2013 1:05:23 AM
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In an interview with Bloomberg TV, former Obama chief of staff-turned-Treasury Secretary Jack Lew offered two conflicting yet carefully worded answers as to when he first learned that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) had targeted Tea Party and conservative groups: he learned last week--and possibly before the 2012 election. Bloomberg´s Al Hunt asked Lew, whose Treasury Department oversees the IRS: “When were you first notified that IRS agents were targeting conservative groups like the Tea Party?” Instead of answering Hunt’s question directly, however, Lew instead chose to answer when he first learned about the IG report, a tactic
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Posted By: JoniTx- 5/18/2013 1:00:59 AM
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Ken Venturi, who overcame dehydration to win the 1964 U.S. Open and spent 35 years in the booth for CBS Sports, died Friday afternoon. He was 82. His son, Matt Venturi, said he died in a hospital in Rancho Mirage, Calif. Venturi had been hospitalized the last two months for a spinal infection, pneumonia, and then an intestinal infection that he could no longer fight. Venturi died 12 days after he was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. He couldn´t make it to the induction. His sons, Matt and Tim, accepted on his behalf after
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President’s supporters change tune
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Boston Herald, by Joe Fitzgerald
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You can feel their pain as disillusioned devotees begin peeling Obama stickers from their bumpers, no longer anxious to share an identity with him as he slips further and further into a festering pool of scandal. For years these True Believers rationalized every faux pas and reckless word emanating from the White House, because to them none of it mattered in the greater light of his glorious incumbency. If he joked with Jay Leno about his inept bowling, saying “it was like the Special Olympics,” so what? If he dismissed his critics as “people who cling to their guns
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Washington Times [DC], by Cheryl K. Chumley
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A healthcare provider has sued the Internal Revenue Service and 15 of its agents, charging they wrongfully seized 60 million medical records from 10 million Americans. The name of the provider is not yet known, United Press International said. But Courthouse News Service said the suit claims the agency violated the Fourth Amendment in 2011, when agents executed a search warrant for financial data on one employee – and that led to the seizure of information on 10 million, including state judges. The search warrant did not specify that the IRS could take medical information, UPI said.
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I can finally see! Michelle
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Daily Mail (UK), by Staff
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Posted By: JoniTx- 5/17/2013 7:31:52 PM
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Posted By: MissMolly- 5/16/2013 6:00:07 AM
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New York Post, by Michael Goodwin
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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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Washington Post, by Editorial
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 5/16/2013 10:54:51 PM
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Posted By: StormCnter- 5/17/2013 5:43:54 AM
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President Obama’s press conference in the rain was not a success, if by success, his supporters would mean an event which convinces anyone who doesn’t work for him that he’s getting ahead of the scandal deluge. The sight of a Marine holding an umbrella over his head only added to the weirdness of the event. So what did we learn? 1. He has full confidence in Attorney General Eric Holder, the man who purportedly recused himself (whenever) without putting it in writing (whatever). When asked about the untrammeled snooping on Associated Press reporters and editors,
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