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Obama's poker tells
Washington Examiner [DC], by Hugh Hewitt
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Posted By:StormCnter, 10/1/2012 5:45:45 AM
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| President Obama has a number of "poker tells" which he displays when answering questions. They betray an increasing distance between his reply and the truth. Talk show hosts love when the president gives one of his very rare press conference or any other occasion when he is off prompter. That is when these "tells" surface, giving all veteran Obama observers the verbal heads-up that the president has entered the land of thinly disguised fantasy or obvious dissembling. First, the president begins a pattern of "ahs" and "uhmms" which are as embarrassing as they are revealing.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
lydwho, 10/1/2012 5:55:32 AM (No. 8901415)
Face it folks, the man is a bald face liar!!!!
Art
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
srhcb, 10/1/2012 5:57:44 AM (No. 8901419)
An not even a very good one!
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Lala, 10/1/2012 6:03:36 AM (No. 8901424)
If his lips are moving, he's lying. It's pretty simple.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
DW626, 10/1/2012 6:05:54 AM (No. 8901427)
"Let me be perfectly clear..." I would love to see Mitt say something to the thin-skinned zippy, thus causing zippy to have a Lonesome Rhoades moment.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Teleologicus, 10/1/2012 6:10:54 AM (No. 8901431)
The Straw Man tactic is a mainstay of Obama's demagoguery. He regularly misrepresents and even fabricates the actual positions of his opponents, often to an absurd degree. I have never known him to be confronted on this profoundly dishonest practice.
Obama uses words to obscure the truth. He emits great inky clouds of verbiage designed to distract and confuse. This, too, has never to my knowledge been confronted by anyone. He has gotten away with such elementary obfuscations until now. The press has given him a free ride on their shoulders and formed a ring of journalistic bodyguards to protect him from the slightest criticism.
He has coasted his whole life. It will be interesting to see how he reacts to a real challenge. At least, I hope Romney is prepared to present such a challenge. If he lets this opportunity slip we will regret it.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
bugger, 10/1/2012 6:29:04 AM (No. 8901442)
I am so utterly, thoroughly, entirely sick of this man that words fail me. His "schtick" is beyond tiresome. Cockiness, petulance, and anger are all I see when I look at him. Oh yes, and the non-stop lies.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
3XALADY, 10/1/2012 6:43:33 AM (No. 8901461)
Telling lies is obviously a democratic enhancement. They come by it naturally. Remember Bill and Hil. Their lies made you dizzy when they first came on the scene.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Robinsolana, 10/1/2012 7:34:28 AM (No. 8901527)
There is an amazing arrogance and emptiness to Obama. Obama's signature gesture is the casual middle finger alongside his nose mocking his his opponent.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
fransand, 10/1/2012 7:34:44 AM (No. 8901528)
His supporters really seem to be worried about the debates--I noticed this weekend that the operative talking point seemed to be that "Romney will be sure to deliver zingers." Well, I sure hope he does but he doesn't really have to if he just delivers the facts.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Udanja99, 10/1/2012 8:18:17 AM (No. 8901593)
Yes, #9, when even the DNC is saying that Romney will win the first debate, you know that the leftists are trying to either lower expectations or to set us up.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
caddyjak, 10/1/2012 8:27:59 AM (No. 8901612)
Please, Mitt, talk about Obey's 923 "EXecutive Orders" where he has transformed the U.S. into a left wing dictatorship. He has bypassed Congress nine times as much in his 3.5 years as all the presidents back to Teddy Roosevelt.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Newtsche, 10/1/2012 8:31:39 AM (No. 8901620)
The optics will be different than standing next to Hillary or pathetic gnome McCain. It's going to look like Ward Cleaver vs. Eddie Haskell. In any other position, Zip would be comic relief.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
rocket-j-squirrel, 10/1/2012 8:33:33 AM (No. 8901625)
Whatever you do, don't call his bluff...bwahahaha!
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
LZK, 10/1/2012 8:35:06 AM (No. 8901629)
Liar -- liar -- you're pants on fire.... Well not even his pants -- because he's an empty suit or chair (you call it).
LZK
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
tubaguy, 10/1/2012 8:45:51 AM (No. 8901651)
I hope that Mitt calls him on it when Obumble tries to give him the finger.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Illinois Resident, 10/1/2012 8:49:48 AM (No. 8901660)
I expect 0 to use the "old" democrat trick of first you assassinate the character of your opponent, then you try to denigrate them into submission with snarky comments avoiding any intelligent debate altogether.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
mikeh251, 10/1/2012 9:03:22 AM (No. 8901680)
mr obama, "what is a root"? Mr romney, "what is the square root of 3,966,452,413"? in unison: "O we owe. Oh weeeeee O" I don't think I will be able to watch this.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Holeymoses, 10/1/2012 9:21:25 AM (No. 8901722)
Cicero he ain't, but it won't matter. His minions are dug in and the media will declare him a winner regardless. Hope someone gives Mathews a bib so he doesn't slobber all over himself.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
gracepmc, 10/1/2012 9:40:45 AM (No. 8901765)
Obama will get the questions in advance. As a bow to her exclusion from the actual debates Gwen Ifill (sp?)will have been allowed to submit some questions. Questions to Obama will be softballs. This is good since we have seen him throw out a ball. Questions to Romney will be of the are you still beating your wife variety. No matter, the MSM will declare Barack Obama the surprise winner given his poor debating skills which the Administration and the MSM is pre selling now. To expect otherwise is to have been asleep during this campaign and to have forgotten the major role the media has played in electing and supporting this failure of a President.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
John318, 10/1/2012 9:43:21 AM (No. 8901773)
We all know who the "father of lies" is, I hope. See John 8:44
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
ebuilder, 10/1/2012 9:48:22 AM (No. 8901785)
1. The eyes closed smile, or inhale through billboard size teeth, followed by the evil savant dink and dunk response. 2. The bow. 3. The "Let me be perfectly clear..." introit. 4. The color of the tie and the audience. 5. The lack of the flag lapel pin. 6. The folded hands coming down the stairs. 7. The Jan Brewer embrace. and 8. "The future does not belong to those who slander the Prophet of Islam" -- said to a 99% Christian [faith tradition] country.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
spiderman, 10/1/2012 9:53:13 AM (No. 8901795)
The problem with the debate is that those in charge will feed the liar the questions ahead of time. Romney will need to bring his A game.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
shurnuff, 10/1/2012 9:58:42 AM (No. 8901807)
I hope L.com opens a discussion thread so that we can discuss while we watch. It's so nerve wracking and I, for one, need to know how others are viewing what I am seeing.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
ebuilder, 10/1/2012 9:58:54 AM (No. 8901808)
Missed you #4.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
tobias, 10/1/2012 10:18:50 AM (No. 8901848)
The debate will center on all the issues that are important to the left, which Obama will have all the right answers for. The interviewers will not approach any topic that might show Obama in a bad light. They will have gotcha questions for Romney that are unflattering and totally made up. their questions will start with "Some say" and proceed with something on the order that you won't look out for the 47%
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
M2, 10/1/2012 10:22:50 AM (No. 8901860)
Other tells to watch for:
"Let me be clear." "As I've said before..." "Experts agree...."
....and that head tilt with briefly closed eyes when he's been challenged and has no good answer.
He also closes his eyes briefly when he is trying to be nonchalant behind his growing unease.
When you study the man, he's an open book with no pages.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
mickturn, 10/1/2012 10:37:08 AM (No. 8901912)
He is so used to lying to his adoring fans he things everyone is as stupid. He has no respect for anyone so he lies and thinks it's justified as part of the 'the means justifies the ends' meme. The worst part is he doesn't care if he's caught, the MSM will give him CYA.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
spahrkl, 10/1/2012 10:43:56 AM (No. 8901930)
Romney can beat this O if he swings his response to O's pre learned questions if he swings in an unexpected sensitive direction. In otherwords, the questions may want a pre concieved answer but would be completely taken off point if Romney remits in a way totally unexpected. Romney can ask questions of questions.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
Razorgirl, 10/1/2012 10:45:28 AM (No. 8901935)
It's too bad they didn't get "Watson" from Jeopardy to moderate the debates. Unless Romney gives the monderator the Newt treatment right from the start it will basicly be an Bomber love fest.
Romney responses should be: "Do I see smoke coming from behind your podium, Mr. President? It appears your pants are on fire."
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"There doesn't appear to be anyone standing behind that podium over there Ms. Moderator."
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
Maybeth, 10/1/2012 10:50:29 AM (No. 8901954)
The posters at #4 and #26 took the words from my mind. I think there is no greater intro to an upcoming lie than Empty Suit's utterance of the words, 'Let me be clear.'
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
brianod1, 10/1/2012 11:25:09 AM (No. 8902040)
Mr. Hewett forgot the face-scratch-with-middle-finger.
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
peterfleming, 10/1/2012 11:29:07 AM (No. 8902059)
Paul M Fick PhD, the forensic psychologist who wrote 90's bestseller THE DYSFUNCTIONAL PRESIDENT about Bill Clinton's pathological lying and sexual compulsions, even before Monica Lewinsky appeared from under his desk has now authored THE DESTRUCTIVE PRESIDENT, a beautifully detailed E BOOK on Amazon, about Obama's "unresolved psychological problems", his raging, vindictive real self. Analytical intelligent people like Hewett can benefit from this brilliant, incisive look into the most dangerous man ever elected to high office in American history. There are several highly charged descriptions to be found on author's site www.destructivepresident.com
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
TruthandJustice, 10/1/2012 12:33:06 PM (No. 8902232)
#4...I would finish that line ...Mr. president let me be perfectly clear, If I had a CEO with your recorded and your never ending excuses. I would fire him...And I hope the American people will do just that....replace you with a chief executive officer who will do the job and accept the responsibility for that job."
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
TruthandJustice, 10/1/2012 12:43:22 PM (No. 8902267)
Your experts..."mr Obama, the American people cannot afford your experts who have been wrong at every turn nor can they continue to afford your schemes. you have spent us to 16Trillion in debt after complaining of your predecessors debt. Your Keynesian advisors offer Keynsian policy as an excuse for profligate spending which has wildly enhanced the pockets of your political backers....not The American people and you have not created jobs nor opportunity for future prosperity by growing any industry...you have put small business owners under such economic pressure and peril...and many are desperately holding on hoping for a change in leadership...I intend to help those people
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
GreatPlains, 10/1/2012 12:45:55 PM (No. 8902275)
FTA- " Pressers are not battles between the "reporters" and the president. Very few not named Jake or Ed bother the president with fastballs." Ouch. Tapper and Henry are the only real reporters in the room. And perhaps the only real men. They actually ask questions at press conferences instead of behaving like Reggie Love wannabees awaiting their turn in the hot tub with Barry. Romney is going to have to wear two hats. He's going to have to ask the questions that Jim Lehrer and the rest of the gerbils refuse to. And he's also going to be subjected to the predictably noxious questions from Lehrer designed to morph into gotchas. I would ask Romney not to insult our intelligence by telling us how nice Obama is. He's not, we all know it and those that think he is , are morons and would never vote for Romney, anyway.
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
noddy, 10/1/2012 1:47:11 PM (No. 8902407)
''Leading From Behind: The Reluctant President and the Advisors Who Decide for Him'' Author: Richard Miniter. Saw him being interviewed on a ''book show'' on C-Span over the weekend. Very impressed. Mr. Miniter has studied our President and knows him inside and out. It was nice hearing him answer great questions about his book and background information. His final words were along the lines of ~~ Romney is going to win the election.
So much has been written since the conventions about how Obama should answer questions, and how Romney should answer questions. I imagine all their advisers are keeping the candidates abreast of the suggestions and critiques. Considering Romney's background I feel it should be while terribly important, more of a matter of course for him, having been in front of boards and shareholders and having explained difficult situations. As for Obama, by Noon on Wednesday, his head will be signalling Explosion Alert. Whether it is drunk, eaten, smoked or sniffed, Obama will be needing something to calm him down.
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
Scout Finch, 10/1/2012 1:53:19 PM (No. 8902416)
#4--"A Face In The Crowd" with good ole Lonesome Rhodes was on TCM last night!
I'm hoping for Mitt to get under Obama's skin, using light humor and a mature, capable demeanor.
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
Philipsonh, 10/1/2012 2:05:08 PM (No. 8902440)
The Gallup poll today gave Obama a 47% approval rating, exactly the same percentage as Mr Romney said cannot be counted on to vote for him, and is most likely the same percentage of people getting some type of Government benefit. It is inconceivable to me that even 4.7% of the populace approve of Obama's administration, since virtually every single thing that could go wrong has gone wrong. Obviously many of these people feel a few freebies is worth more than a free Capitalistic society, but when the money runs out, and they no longer are getting their benefits, they will be protesting in the streets just like many Europeans are now doing. Government does not make money, it takes money.
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Reply 39 - Posted by:
chicodon, 10/1/2012 2:22:25 PM (No. 8902477)
Romney must segue his short answers into a longer statement about Obama. The moderators will not give him the opportunity otherwise. If he's sharp, the moderator may make Obama respond and thus Romney will control the flow.
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Reply 40 - Posted by:
Garage Logician, 10/1/2012 2:27:58 PM (No. 8902486)
"I I I I I I I..."
That's the sound of Baby Doc Obama about to lie.
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Reply 41 - Posted by:
manofparadise, 10/1/2012 2:37:24 PM (No. 8902509)
Relax and enjoy the 54% Romney/45% Zero blowout in November. I've said this before many times. Pay attention, I'm right.
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Reply 42 - Posted by:
Photoonist, 10/1/2012 2:37:58 PM (No. 8902511)
I wouldn't call these very hidden ''tells'' but instead symptoms of 0bama's malignant narcissism. The ''tells'' are the more subtle things he does with his hands and eyes and facial expressions; all insulting and disapproving of whomever asks a question of which he disapproves. Like all narcissists 0bama has this attitude of superiority. Anyone who doesn't cater to him in questions or shows they are more intelligent gets the middle finger from 0bama in some way.
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Reply 43 - Posted by:
Billyc, 10/1/2012 3:59:04 PM (No. 8902678)
#7 agree always sticks in my mind when I see this Bill Clinton phony. Nearly every night on the Telly 'had no affair with this woman' Looking into the camera sheepishly. I still would refuse to shake hands with this creep.Obama is a dead loss, words cannot conjure up the correct word to nail this idiots constant lieing. I use the English spelling so we are not lying on the ground et al.God help us we have to get rid of this illegal incompetant occupant in the WH.
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Reply 44 - Posted by:
Japanorama, 10/1/2012 4:09:54 PM (No. 8902694)
Obvious Obama tells: * When his lips move, he lies. * When his lips don't move, he's thinking of a lie.
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Reply 45 - Posted by:
3XALADY, 10/1/2012 4:27:18 PM (No. 8902728)
Who decides who will mediate or monitor or whatever the 'leaders' are called at these debates. I wish they would just let them get started and leave them alone to DEBATE between themselves. This question with 1 minute to answer blah blah is just ignorant. OR maybe some time let a conservative ask the questions.
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Reply 46 - Posted by:
lil dotty, 10/1/2012 6:03:34 PM (No. 8902853)
Just looking to see how many times oh dark won gives American 'folks' the finger and will it be on his left hand or right. Are we involved in some sort of 'drinking game' Wednesday night? Not sure I'll be able to keep up. Drinking days have come and gone. How about tea? Can that be a substitute? You can be sure...if his lips move, he would be lying....fabricating the truth. Hit it out of the park Governor.
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Reply 47 - Posted by:
Bla Bla, 10/1/2012 6:45:16 PM (No. 8902897)
Well if he's preparing to lie when he starts a pattern of "Ahs" then he is lying all the time. I've never heard head any politician get away with so much stuttering.
I loved this article! Good point about why he takes so long to answer a question. He ends up answering about a third of the questions anyone else would in the amount of time he stands there supposedly "taking questions" from the media.
After this debate, the polls -- they will be a changin'.
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Reply 48 - Posted by:
GreatPlains, 10/1/2012 7:36:42 PM (No. 8902981)
Another tell that Obama often displays is when his voice goes into soprano range as he did in the infamous " you didn't build that " sound bite.
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Reply 49 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy, 10/1/2012 9:59:10 PM (No. 8903216)
Here's what we're going to do. Right after tomorrow's debate, send any un-needed cell phones you have to Obie's office. After he receive about 50 million of them, he'll get the message, i.e., Obie you can blow it out your jug ears, pal. This should bring out a new poker tell out of the won.
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Reply 50 - Posted by:
twinspineve@gmail.com, 10/1/2012 9:59:58 PM (No. 8903219)
unfortunately traits which racists like to tie to black people are evident in this poor excuse for a president. how could anyone with so little think he could be the head of a nation. i don't think he is trying to take down our nation. i think he is clueless. hasn't an idea what it is all about. we all wanted to give a chance to a black person. why couldn't it have been condolisa or west.
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Reply 51 - Posted by:
twinspineve@gmail.com, 10/1/2012 10:43:40 PM (No. 8903311)
i am annoyed with the media trying to steer the election instead of reporting the news truthfully so i repay by accepting the introductory offer of one dollar a week. when they try to up the price upon renewal i say, "if i cannot renew for a dollar a week...cancel me." i have been getting the paper at my non-profit price for 4 years now. if they don't report true news i don't pay true price.
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Reply 52 - Posted by:
cincinnati whig, 10/1/2012 10:47:28 PM (No. 8903317)
The question is: Will he be allowed to get away with it?
Well Mitt, will he?
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Reply 53 - Posted by:
Charactercounts, 10/1/2012 11:28:30 PM (No. 8903381)
I don't think I can watch it. Perhaps I'll record and watch later, after the results are in. Obama is so offensive, and such a shameless liar, that it's painful to watch, knowing this is our president--worse than Clinton.
#52, I like your style.
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Reply 54 - Posted by:
Lonestar Jack, 10/1/2012 11:36:55 PM (No. 8903395)
You had better have a large scoreboard if you intend to keep track of obama's lies.
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Three kidnapped young women were starved, repeatedly raped — and then beaten when they got pregnant — in a basement Cleveland dungeon run by three twisted brothers, law-enforcement sources said yesterday. The tortured victims were imprisoned in a dilapidated, white-clapboard home with chains mounted to the ceiling for about 10 years before finally escaping Monday evening. Michelle Knight, 32, Amanda Berry, 26, and Gina DeJesus, 23, were treated as sex slaves — kept chained and taped in separate rooms, sources told the local ABC affiliate. They were also seen naked and on dog leashes in the back yard, according to USA Today.
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Hillary Clinton — culpable for Benghazi from beginning to end
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Power Line, by Paul Mirengoff
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Posted By: StormCnter- 5/7/2013 5:14:14 AM
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When it first became clear that the CIA’s Benghazi talking points had been altered, many of us viewed the White House as the prime suspect. After all, it served President Obama’s political purposes to claim, at the height of a political campaign in which he was taking credit for the fall of al Qaeda, that the death of a U.S. ambassador was down to spontaneous outrage over a video, rather than pre-planned terrorism. It turns out, however, that the State Department was the prime culprit. It was State that pushed back hard against the original talking points.
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Republican probe of Benghazi attacks turns to Hillary Clinton
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Washington Post, by Philip Rucker
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Posted By: JoniTx- 5/8/2013 6:52:16 AM
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Republican lawmakers, who have spent months seeking to tie President Obama to last year’s deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, are increasingly focusing their probe on a new target: former secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton. The GOP-led investigation of the Sept. 11, 2012, assaults that killed U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three others now centers heavily on the State Department and whether officials there deliberately misled the public about the nature of the assault. Three State Department officials are scheduled to testify before a House committee on Wednesday about the Benghazi attack and its aftermath.
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Turning on Obama
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Amerian Spectator, by Ross Kaminsky
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Posted By: StormCnter- 5/7/2013 6:19:30 AM
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If ponies rode men and grass ate cows, And cats were chased into holes by the mouse … If summer were spring and the other way round, Then all the world would be upside down. Once in a long while, an event evokes one of my favorite historical images: the British Army band, at Lord Cornwallis’ surrender at Yorktown which sealed the Americans’ revolutionary victory, playing “The World Turned Upside Down.” In this case, the event is the dramatic change over the past two weeks
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Seattle to melt buyback guns into peace bricks
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Associated Press, by Staff
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Posted By: maggie2u- 5/7/2013 1:13:31 PM
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The Seattle Police Department collected more than 700 guns during a buyback in January, and now city officials have a plan for what to do with them. Mayor Mike McGinn is expected to announce Tuesday that they´ll be melted into bricks carrying messages of peace, and the bricks will be placed around the city. The buyback program was announced a month after last December´s elementary school massacre in Newtown, Conn., by city leaders sick of hearing about gun violence. Private sponsors including Amazon.com contributed tens of thousands of dollars
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Sanford gets second chance: On political scrapheap 4 years ago, ex-governor wins 1st district seat
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Post & Courier [Charleston, SC], by Glenn Smith*
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Posted By: Attercliffe- 5/8/2013 12:59:28 AM
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Former Gov. Mark Sanford completed the trail to political redemption Tuesday with a win over Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch to reclaim his old seat in Congress. Sanford defeated Colbert Busch 54 percent to 45 percent, according to full unofficial results. Turnout was heavier than expected, with about 32 percent of the district’s 455,702 registered voters casting ballots. Sanford, who has never lost an election, returns to the 1st District seat he held for three terms from 1995-2001. It’s a remarkable comeback for a man many pundits had written off after his highly publicized affair with an Argentine
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A new ‘Dawn’ at ABC: Newsman becomes newswoman
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New York Post, by Tara Palmeri
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Posted By: KarenJ1- 5/8/2013 11:26:11 AM
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Top ABC News editor Don Ennis walked into his Manhattan office on Friday in a “little black dress” and a brunette bobbed wig and announced to colleagues that from now on, he would like to be known as Dawn. The 49-year-old father of three said he’s splitting from his wife of 17 years to become a woman, or Dawn Stacey Ennis, as she is now known on her governmental records. “Today I begin anew,” she wrote on her Facebook timeline, where she debuted a flirty new profile picture. “Please understand: This is not a game of
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Dem Congressman At Benghazi Hearing: "Death Is A Part Of Life"
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Real Clear Politics, by Ian Schwartz
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Posted By: Desert Fox- 5/8/2013 2:27:15 PM
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Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, tells Benghazi witnesses that "death is a part of life." CUMMINGS: And, as I listen to your testimony I could not help but think of something that I said very recently -- two years ago now -- in a eulogy for a relative. I said that death is a part of life, so often we have to find a way to make life a part of death. And, I guess the reason why I´m saying that, going back to something Mr. Nordstrom said, he wanted,
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Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee: Constitution implies a right to health care, education
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Washington Times, by Douglas Ernst
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Posted By: Desert Fox- 5/7/2013 8:22:18 PM
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Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee took to the House floor Monday night and implied that the right to health care and education exists in the Constitution. Ms. Jackson Lee, Texas Democrat, also made the case that the moral authority for such services is also derived from the Declaration of Independence. “One might argue that education and health care fall into those provisions of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,” she said. Ms. Jackson Lee added, “I think that what should be continuously emphasized is the president’s leadership on one single point: that although health care was not
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Mark Sanford wins South Carolina special election
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Washington Post, by Rachel Weiner
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Posted By: supersid- 5/7/2013 8:55:20 PM
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Mark Sanford has won the South Carolina special election in a competitive race for what in normal circumstances is a safe Republican seat. The former governor beat Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch, the sister of comedian Stephen Colbert Busch, for the state’s 1st congressional district. The AP called the race for Sanford early in the evening, with the Republican leading Colbert Busch 54 percent 46 percent.
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Sharyl Attkisson of CBS News, a persistent voice of media skepticism on Benghazi
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Washington Post, by Paul Farhi
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Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 5/7/2013 11:01:43 PM
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From the start, the Obama administration’s account of what happened in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11 last year didn’t quite square for Sharyl Attkisson. So the veteran CBS News reporter dug in, and kept digging. The result: Attkisson has been a persistent voice of news-media skepticism about the government’s story. On the air and online, Attkisson has questioned the administration’s timeline and its response. (Snip) While other media, particularly Fox News, have been similarly skeptical about the official narrative about Benghazi, Attkisson and CBS might put the story in a different light. As a much-decorated reporter from a news
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