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Republican senators say Rice meeting just leaves more questions unanswered
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Posted By:LittleHoodedMonk, 11/27/2012 11:50:05 AM
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| Three Republican senators who met Tuesday with U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice say they left the meeting with more unanswered questions about her comments after the deadly September 11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. “I am more disturbed now than before,” said South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham. The Capitol Hill meeting lasted about 90 minutes and also was attended by acting CIA Director Michael Morell. Graham was joined by Sens. Kelly Ayotte, of New Hampshire, and John McCain, the ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee.
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Comments: Simply put, if Rice can´t obfuscate [lie, to those in Rio Linda], she doesn´t deserve to be a future Secretary of State on 0bama´s team. This went as most of US expected. Now, what will the GOP do? Whine, or keep going after 0bama till the truth of Benghazi is revealed and those responsible for the deaths of Ambassador Stevens and the three men are criminally charged and convicted.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
thelmalou, 11/27/2012 11:55:46 AM (No. 9036026)
Well, this is something at least.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
L.A. Guy, 11/27/2012 11:56:37 AM (No. 9036031)
She´s either totally incompetent or a political stooge, either way, she misled the American people about a terror attack on U.S. soil on 9/11 and can NOT be trusted.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
fysammy, 11/27/2012 12:04:53 PM (No. 9036052)
The surge before "the cave".
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Gloating, 11/27/2012 12:10:45 PM (No. 9036064)
Call the Secretary of State in....NOW...to testify under oath.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
lancelink1, 11/27/2012 12:13:47 PM (No. 9036067)
Just this weeks episode of "Survivor - Mordor On The Potomac". Diverting your attention from the questions that really need to be answered that nobody is even asking anymore. The fog of war? No the fog of bores.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Coy860, 11/27/2012 12:16:46 PM (No. 9036071)
She went into the meeting with the "Obama ´tude"..more and more of that showing up everywhere. People showing their butts, after all they have Obamapho´ now. I am a courteous older person and lately I cannot go to a shop, bank, or other place of business without being treated like some sort of second rate citizen by Obama voters. Has anyone else experienced this?
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
phx4546, 11/27/2012 12:25:46 PM (No. 9036082)
Does anyone remember the investigation of fast and Furious?
The election is over, have we accepted the Executive Privilege claim?
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
JediJerry, 11/27/2012 12:28:44 PM (No. 9036087)
The guard dogs are growling and showing their fangs right now, but in the end McCain and Grahamnesty will put their dentures in a jar and vote for sweet little Suzie so they won´t be labeled racists and woman haters.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Felixcat, 11/27/2012 12:34:54 PM (No. 9036099)
As far as I can tell, no talking head has asked anyone (especially in the Administration) if no one was sure about what was the cause(s) of the attack and it was/(is) being invetsigated, then why didn´t you (Rice) just say that? Instead it was the video ad nauseum.
And if as Obama stated she had nothing to do with Benghazi, State Dept security/diplomatic building issues, etc. then why was she sent out if she could not answer any questions that required some knowledge of State, etc.? Why wasn´t the actual SoS sent out on these talk shows?
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
gagolfer, 11/27/2012 12:37:08 PM (No. 9036105)
I´m a little surprised Kelly Ayotte attached herself so quickly to McCain and Graham. I would like to see her show more independence at this point. Like her a lot. She may regret it in the long run.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
ho72, 11/27/2012 12:38:22 PM (No. 9036106)
Has anyone asked this question: If President Obama labled the Benghazi massacre a terrorist attack the day after it occured (as was his infamous claim in the second debate, supported and "verified" by Candy Crowley), then how is it that Rice was flitting about days later blaming the killings on a spontaneous flare-up by protesters enraged over an anti-Muslim video posted on YouTube?
Can someone post that question, preferably directly to the President, please?
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
StormCnter, 11/27/2012 12:41:21 PM (No. 9036112)
Why was the ambassador in Benghazi at all? And then why go to the consulate?
To quote Joel Chandler Harris via Uncle Remus, "Tar Baby, he don´t say nuthin".
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
TXknitter, 11/27/2012 12:49:05 PM (No. 9036137)
Asking Rice in politely for a private meeting was a tactical error. When will they learn? The Senators should ignore her totally until/unless she is up for Sec of State. Then, PUBLIC hearings under oath and ask her everything. All criticism, scrutiny should be directed at one person - OBAMA. This emphasis on Rice only helps him.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
civilservant, 11/27/2012 12:59:49 PM (No. 9036160)
Sean Smith, Tyrone Woods and Glenn Dougherty were slaughtered like animals over a 7 hour period as the President sat and watched on live drone video feed, doing nothing since any response would have laid lie to his ´Arab Spring´ policy.
There are no more questions to answer, other than WHY is the Republican party not pushing an indictment of TREASON.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
starboard, 11/27/2012 1:02:49 PM (No. 9036167)
Remember Watergate. The Dems and the press didn´t let up for five minutes. They shoved that cover up in our face the way they did Obamacare. But of course, Nixon was a mean white man not a submissive Black woman.
Rice is damaged goods who brings little credibility to the world stage, especially in the Middle East. But King Obama wants her to prove a point that he gets whatever he wants.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
woofwoofwoof, 11/27/2012 1:09:35 PM (No. 9036184)
That´s Washington-speak for it went really, really, really badly.
I don´t really have a read on Rice, of course she made a perfect fool of herself about Benghazi and a respectable person would quit and go home after that no matter whose fault it was, but DC is generally short of respectable people in any case. Is she a female Eric Holder, basically a toady whatever her actual ability level?
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Blue-Z-Anna, 11/27/2012 1:10:23 PM (No. 9036190)
Some days I am John Gault.
Most days I´m just Patty Hearst.
....held by criminals who are going to torture me until I admit that I like it.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Spot On, 11/27/2012 1:11:51 PM (No. 9036195)
Who would you rather have? John Kerry or Susan Rice?
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
trapper, 11/27/2012 1:13:01 PM (No. 9036197)
Oops! I thought this dumb play was over. Apparently there´s a second act. Oh God, here comes the chorus again. They´re going to sing some more.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Quaestio, 11/27/2012 1:15:05 PM (No. 9036203)
Correction #3, she is an incompetent, political stooge. Her record of failure should be enough to bar her from higher office. In this brave new world, it guarantees it because all her failures were to the detriment of the U.S. Remember, she couldn´t be bothered to attend Netanyahu´s speech to the UN, she was having lunch with the dictator crowd.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
enuf8, 11/27/2012 1:18:18 PM (No. 9036208)
Kelly Ayotte is doing herself no favors by coat-tailing McCain and Graham. She probably feels when she throws her hat in the ring for 2016 these two will secure many followers for her. She will echo the other two on the meeting with Rice if they ever give her a chance to talk.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
M2, 11/27/2012 1:32:58 PM (No. 9036226)
She was sent out to stonewall and she did. Now, the O Admin. is hoping to accuse all those white folks of racism if they refuse to confirm her. It´s all been set up from the start.
As for Benghazi answers, good luck.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
mre, 11/27/2012 1:49:49 PM (No. 9036250)
Okay, so she´s a liar. Is anyone really surprised? How else does one either get elected to Congress or receive a cabinet or White House post?
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Pluperfect, 11/27/2012 1:50:56 PM (No. 9036253)
#13, I believe it was Rice who requested the meeting.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
Adam, 11/27/2012 1:57:54 PM (No. 9036262)
If she is stonewalling the Senate, then the Senate should stonewall HER. No promotion for Rice.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
azusaman, 11/27/2012 2:01:53 PM (No. 9036271)
Silly republicans still fall for these Chicago thugery tricks.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
KTWO, 11/27/2012 2:04:29 PM (No. 9036275)
With a couple of exceptions the GOP* Senators should form a circular firing squad and practice until they get it right. It would be a favor to the nation.
What did those boobs expect?
*The Democrat Senators, with no exceptions should do the same. It would be an even bigger favor to the nation.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
nimby, 11/27/2012 2:07:37 PM (No. 9036281)
Tell us something new. Why is it all these news outlets spout the same BS day after day?
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
nimby, 11/27/2012 2:08:57 PM (No. 9036283)
What has McCain got to say for himself now? Is he caving?
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
earlybird, 11/27/2012 2:13:49 PM (No. 9036293)
Kelly Ayotte is on Fox with Megyn, saying she found Rice´s "explanation" to be "unsatisfactory".
Ayotte is smart. Her speech is odd which hampers her ability to communicate. Raspy. Nerves or ? Otherwise she seems smart, although not quite as take-charge as I´d like to see. Some were mentioning her for VP with Romney. Not sure about her being at that level. Seems right just where she is.
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
beca, 11/27/2012 2:15:47 PM (No. 9036295)
why do you act like ayotte attaching herself to mccain and graham is a bad thing,,,at least these men are trying to get to the truth..that is more than i see alot of repubs doing.....stop beating up on our guys.........the dems never do that..never.......stop it...at least they are proving rice LIED................
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
Shucky, 11/27/2012 2:18:01 PM (No. 9036300)
I think he meant to say distraught, not disturbed.
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
alloysteel, 11/27/2012 2:23:30 PM (No. 9036308)
If the meeting raised more questions than were answered, then one could only say it went well.
Because Susan Rice is one huge question mark. And further illumination of her background will only reveal more and more shadows and dark corners.
So why do I have this feeling of impending dread that Lindsey Graham is STILL going to capitualte and vote for her confirmation anyway?
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
earlybird, 11/27/2012 2:26:35 PM (No. 9036312)
PS to #30. Ayotte never got an answer from Rice as to who gave her the talking points and sent her to the talk shows other than "the White House", which is not an answer. We know that. WHO in the White House? Now maybe Ayotte knows, but if she doesn´t she failed on this one.
Ayotte is still hung up on who changed the talking points when we know that it was someone in Clapper´s group - the DNI - but again there has to have been a person. Or he is falling on their collective sword and it was again that illusive, ephemeral "White House".
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
earlybird, 11/27/2012 2:29:18 PM (No. 9036315)
#34 cont´d (hit submit too soon)
One statement Ayotte made positively: In response to a question from Megyn as to whether they thought Rice was confirmable, she said that there were too many questions to be answered on the entire Benghazi incident before "anyone is confirmed" for "the highest diplomatic post in our government".
Now that is getting somewhere.
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
mickturn, 11/27/2012 2:34:09 PM (No. 9036324)
Did these ´butts in seats and nothing more´ Senators actually believe they would get the truth? If so they are dumber than we all thought.
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
stryker714, 11/27/2012 2:37:56 PM (No. 9036335)
Well she was circulated, among the talk shows, to circulate the spin with no accountability because, well, she´s out of the chain. (BTW-why did the networks even let her in, when this whole debacle had nothing to do with her job/duties? Oh, b/c she just said DC sent her?! Try something new, lame American networks-it´s called "verification and screening". If this had taken place-there would be no pay dirt for Obama and his Simon-Says with: events, players, truth. The networks willingly play into his hands)
Now Obamba wants to reward her for being a good little lying, interference-running spinmeister. The foolish Repubs let the democrats set the agenda, like someone chasing a dollar bill on the sidewalk, being pulled along by invisible fishing line. When will they learn? The dems will go around saying now that Lindsey and McCain had their chance to clear the air in this meeting and issue over-confirm her NOW, when the meeting should have been, just as mentioned above, under oath and subject to perjury charges. Why is Hillary allowed to skate? Where the h is she?!
There isn´t much reason to have faith in the pub attack dogs-there´s no there, there. It´s really disappointing. They´ve let us down time and time again. Ie now F&F is just a memory.
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
bob913, 11/27/2012 3:11:09 PM (No. 9036394)
Question #1 !!! What was obama doing on 9/11?
Since the corrupt news media does not ask, we know he was the one to order the US military not to rescue 30 Americans and that obama was going to let 30 Americans and who knows how many others be murdered.
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Reply 39 - Posted by:
scarface67, 11/27/2012 3:35:38 PM (No. 9036431)
Rice requested the meeting and I think it was in order to gauge what questions might be asked in a confirmation hearing when she would under oath.
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Reply 40 - Posted by:
StuartX, 11/27/2012 3:49:04 PM (No. 9036452)
Colin Powell Condi Rice or Susan Rice Valerie Jarrett
Hey MSM! Who´s the "house n" now?
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Reply 41 - Posted by:
jorgecito, 11/27/2012 4:13:29 PM (No. 9036477)
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Reply 42 - Posted by:
jorgecito, 11/27/2012 4:20:58 PM (No. 9036487)
This was termed a "charm offensive" by the Rice cheerleaders in the MSM.
When I heard that, I laughed. Ruefully. For even if Susan Rice had any personal charm whatsoever (as Condi Rice did), there is not a snowball´s chance in hell she could stuff her Big Lie back in the bottle.
This is something that Cult of Personality acolytes --and those like Obama who believe in their own manufactured Cult of Personality-- cannot grasp:
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Reply 43 - Posted by:
pineledger, 11/27/2012 4:38:50 PM (No. 9036517)
Charm? Susan Rice? She´s rough as a cob.
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Reply 44 - Posted by:
capt scurvey, 11/27/2012 4:42:18 PM (No. 9036523)
She´s an arrogant, vulgar woman...
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Reply 45 - Posted by:
olddemocrat, 11/27/2012 4:59:28 PM (No. 9036540)
"She´s either totally incompetent or a political stooge, either way, she misled the American people about a terror attack on U.S. soil on 9/11 and can NOT be trusted."
#2, I think you are correct, apparently if she is incompetent, it may be possible she is in the correct administration.
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Reply 46 - Posted by:
M Stuart, 11/27/2012 5:28:09 PM (No. 9036565)
I like Ayotte, but somebody who knows her PLEASE tell her to get speech lessons for the trembly voice!
I hope McCain does decide that he has been dissed enough to get mad and get even.
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Reply 47 - Posted by:
leopardtwo, 11/27/2012 5:59:57 PM (No. 9036602)
Summon "I can´t recall´ Clinton......
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Reply 48 - Posted by:
rocket scientist, 11/27/2012 6:06:21 PM (No. 9036606)
I wouldn´t trust any stooge hand-picked by Obama. It sounds like all Rice did was double-down on the phony talking points Obama coached her on. There´s a reason why they call the Obama administration the Stonewall administration. Rice is a hardcore radical "Bee".
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Reply 49 - Posted by:
ArtieC, 11/27/2012 8:12:48 PM (No. 9036715)
None of this matters. Rice will be confirmed with McCain and quite possibly Graham voting for her.
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Reply 50 - Posted by:
surfhut, 11/27/2012 8:24:29 PM (No. 9036725)
What #39 said.
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Reply 51 - Posted by:
LZK, 11/28/2012 7:57:51 AM (No. 9037151)
susan rice is an "in your face" move by obama....
He knows republicans can´t vote for her confirmation -- so he´s using it as a wedge issue.
Remember always with the BO -- if his right hand is in motion -- watch his LEFT.......
LZK
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Reply 52 - Posted by:
4poster, 11/28/2012 8:55:54 AM (No. 9037245)
Q -- Where are the 30 or so staff who were air lifted from the Bengazi consulate? Why have we not heard from anyone who was actually there?
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Reply 53 - Posted by:
joeyinempirestate, 11/28/2012 9:40:23 AM (No. 9037328)
The next SOS isn´t gonna be John Bolton, it will be a Muslim symp, so who cares? Bibi is our best friend, we need to pray for him and his country.
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Reply 54 - Posted by:
TruthandJustice, 11/28/2012 9:48:24 AM (No. 9037344)
Rice is simply fodder...ask Obama these questions:
IF Obama gave the order to save the Ambassador, military attache and the Seals, there Is a written order...SHOW IT..PROVE it ...
EXACTLY WHERE was Obama at the time of the attack???..over those 7 hours...
Why was Obama running missiles and armaments through Turkey, using them as a conduit and into Syria to AlQaeda ???
Why was the Turkish counsel there in Benghazi??? At a CIA safe house?
30,000 Missing missiles and Manpads launchers,,,WHY??? Is this Fast and Furious II Missile Running??? Why was the known Arms Dealer´s ship at Benghazi´s port??? This is traitorous SEDITION if the president is arms running...And if as thought to an enemy, Al Qaeda, of the USA?? Do we have a traitor in the WH...
Ambassador Stevens was raped as reported, was this because the USA stood by and let our supported rebel forces rape Kaddaffi...PAYBACK by Russia...
Is this a proxy war with Russia?...It would seem so... as Russia is angered with our turn over of their allies Libya and now in process Syria, to the Muslim Brotherhood...Why would this president want to start WWIII?
Was Russia sending us a message on Election Day with RUSSIAN NUCLEAR SUBMARINES off our East Coast.???
Who told those Seals to light themselves up with Laser...they would Only have done that if told the Drone above would give them cover and use that light up to draw out and kill the enemy...the Seals did not draw fire to out their position and to get themselves slaughtered? Who gave the order to lie to the Seals toure the laser to get them murdered?
What is Lochkeed´s part in the direct commerce of Missile running?
Why is the USA, against our NATO treaty, handing over Stinger Missiles to Al Qaeda, an entity of the Muslim Brotherhood?
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Reply 55 - Posted by:
cake crumb, 11/28/2012 10:00:21 AM (No. 9037379)
If it weren´t so hard to shake the notion that this is nothing more than street theater for the voting public, and they´ll cave as planned during the confirmation hearings, I´d feel better about it.
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Reply 56 - Posted by:
chicodon, 11/28/2012 10:09:57 AM (No. 9037400)
The Obama campaign waltzed her out there so she could claim ignorance later. It was just another smokescreen that Barry Copperfield´s clan is known for. Watch his other hand. While we debate Rice he is going full speed ahead under the radar.
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Reply 57 - Posted by:
RightShoe, 11/28/2012 10:27:37 AM (No. 9037424)
Condoleeza Rice needs to step up to the plate and begin schooling the American people on what is expected of a Secretary of State.
Let´s see how the racist presstitutes handle that one!
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Reply 58 - Posted by:
capt scurvey, 11/28/2012 10:40:37 AM (No. 9037455)
"criminally charged and convicted." ?
By who; Holder´s DOJ?
Make me laugh...
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Reply 59 - Posted by:
redmom, 11/28/2012 11:33:20 AM (No. 9037582)
Fine. Zero said not to go after Rice, but to go at him. Game on. He made Rice and Clinton irrelevant, it´s time for Congress to subpena the chief occupier, and demand some answers.
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Reply 60 - Posted by:
RancherJack, 11/28/2012 11:48:57 AM (No. 9037609)
If she cannot effectively lie, then she has no business ..
1. In Obama administration 2. Being at the United Nations 3. Being in an ambassadorial posting 4. Being a key pillar in the Eternal Grievance industry
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Reply 61 - Posted by:
berlin, 11/28/2012 12:27:13 PM (No. 9037668)
Well people get used to the “new normal” where lies, obfuscation, prevarication, stonewalling, calling evil good and good evil are the new standards for behavior in addition remember 0bama’s approval rating is 51%, which means obviously that over half of America enjoys being screwed.
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Reply 62 - Posted by:
Rafter, 11/28/2012 4:07:44 PM (No. 9038055)
Meat over Rice?
This is gettin´ to be like good ol´ Gary Hart Daze. Donna Rice and all.
We cannot mention "Monkey Business" for obvious reasons. But Donna Rice was better looking.
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Reply 63 - Posted by:
get er done, 11/28/2012 6:14:56 PM (No. 9038288)
It is past time to subpoena Hillary, Rice, and the CIC, Barack Hussein Obama and interrogate them under oath about the Benghazi attack.
The time for meetings is long past.
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Reply 64 - Posted by:
ocjim, 11/28/2012 6:54:24 PM (No. 9038352)
Sorry to say that in this Dem/MSM induced Race Baiting, Gender Baiting atmosphere, the three senators would be smart to push Sen Kelly Ayotte more forward. Unfortunately, the ´´old white guys´´ slander still works in many quarters. Speak up, louder please, Sen Ayotte!
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Reply 65 - Posted by:
tulunk, 11/28/2012 7:40:17 PM (No. 9038400)
Dems learned years ago that "public servants" (gag) are soft, greedy, corrupt and always looking out for #1. Pubs are still playing Ststesman, but starting with Cinton & the BJ Dems learned that the GOP will always fold. The press will trivialize this, too. Expect repeal of prez term limits next. They´ll just ram it through.
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Reply 66 - Posted by:
billa, 11/29/2012 12:01:25 AM (No. 9038690)
Of course she is going to get confirmed. It is a two-fer, black and female...now if she is also a lesbian (I have no idea), she would fulfill the affirmative action trifecta
Anyone who does not confirm her is racist and sexist and also racist against BO as well.
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Trying to Plumb the North Korean Mindset
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Time Magazine, by Mark Thompson
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Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 4/4/2013 10:47:20 PM
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The titting-for-tatting between North Korea and the U.S. continued Wednesday as the Pentagon announced it is dispatching a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense System (THAAD) ballistic missile defense system to Guam to shoot down any threatening North Korean missile launches. (Snip) In an escalating war of words, Pyongyang warned Thursday that its military has been given a green light to wage nuclear war on America. “We formally inform the White House and Pentagon that the ever-escalating U.S. hostile policy toward the DPRK and its reckless nuclear threat will be smashed by
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More deaths in China from new bird flu; U.S., Japan on guard
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Reuters, by Fayen Wong & Clare Baldwin
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Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 4/4/2013 10:38:11 PM
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Shanghai & Hong Kong - China said it was mobilizing resources nationwide to combat a new strain of bird flu that has killed six people, as Japan and Hong Kong stepped up vigilance and the United States said it was closely monitoring the situation. All of the 14 reported infections from the H7N9 bird flu strain have been in eastern China and at least four of the six dead are in the financial hub of Shanghai, a city of 20 million people. The strain does not appear to be transmitted from human to human but authorities in Hong Kong raised a preliminary alert and said they were taking precautions at the airport.
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Former Massachusetts US Sen. Scott Brown not ruling out run in New Hampshire
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Associated Press, by Staff
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Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 4/4/2013 10:27:06 PM
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Nashua, N.H. - Declaring that he’s likely not done with politics, former U.S. Sen. Scott Brown from Massachusetts refused Thursday to rule out a run for office in New Hampshire, while describing the Granite State as “almost a second home.” (Snip) Asked if he might challenge Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire in 2014, Brown said: “I’m not going to rule out anything right now.” The former senator, now a Fox News contributor, won election to the Senate seat long held by Democrat Ted Kennedy after he died in 2009. Brown has been out of politics since January after losing
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Meet Cleta Mitchell, the Conservative Movement´s Anti-Gay Eminence Grise
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The Atlantic, by Jonathan Krohn
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Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 4/4/2013 10:18:39 PM
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In 2011, a little-known group called GOProud was a sponsor of the Conservative Political Action Conference, the annual marquee event for the right. A staunchly right-wing, fiscally conservative group that also promoted a pro-life message, GOProud seemed like a great fit for the event. There was just one problem: GOProud´s main function was as a gay-rights group. Enter Cleta Mitchell. Mitchell was, and is, on the board of the American Conservative Union, which runs CPAC. After calls from angry social-conservatives who threatened to boycott the event if GOProud was allowed to
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Data Leak Shakes Notion of Secret Offshore Havens and, Possibly, Nerves
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New York Times, by Andrew Higgins
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Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 4/4/2013 9:59:57 PM
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Brussels - They are a large and diverse group that includes a Spanish heiress; the daughter of the former Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos; and Denise Rich, the former wife of the disgraced trader Marc Rich, who was pardoned by President Bill Clinton. (Snip) But the enormous size of the data dump obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, a Washington-based group that, along with affiliated news media organizations, announced its coup on Thursday, has punched a big hole in the secrecy that surrounds what the Tax Justice Network estimates are assets
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McCain: ´I don´t understand´ GOP filibuster on guns
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Politico, by Jennifer Epstein
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Posted By: JoniTx- 4/7/2013 12:18:14 PM
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Sen. John McCain says he doesn´t understand the threats from some of his Republican colleagues to filibuster a bill on background checks to buy guns. "I don´t understand it," the Arizona Republican said on Sunday of the threat coming from Sen. Rand Paul,Sen. Ted Cruz, Sen. Mike Lee and nine other Republicans. "The purpose of the United States Senate is to debate and to vote and to let the people know where we stand.” "What are we afraid of? ... If this issue is as important as we all think it is, why not take ... it up and debate?"
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´My bangs are getting a little irritating´: Michelle Obama admits she already regrets her high-maintenance hairdo
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Daily Mail (UK), by Margot Peppers
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Posted By: pineledger- 4/7/2013 7:43:42 AM
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Michelle Obama has admitted that she is already tired of the bangs she first sported in January. The First Lady said in an interview with Entertainment Tonight: ´Bangs are a day-by-day proposition. They´re starting to grow out, get a little irritating.´ Still, she hasn´t let her hairdo woes get her down. ´It´s okay,´ she said after her initial complaint. ´We´ll be good.´ The first indication that her hairstyle was becoming a burden came about last weekend, when Malia, 14, was spotted adjusting her mother´s hair during the White House Easter Egg Roll.
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Christians, here´s why we´re losing our religion
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Fox News, by Craig Groeschel
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Posted By: STLstudent- 4/7/2013 5:13:55 PM
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Recent research indicates that the number of people who do not consider themselves a part of an organized religion is steadily on the rise. Interestingly enough, though the number of those religiously unaffiliated is increasing, there is little to no trend in the number of those who express atheist or agnostic beliefs. People aren’t saying they don’t believe in God. They’re saying they don’t believe in religion. They are not rejecting Christ. They are rejecting the church. This begs the question, “Why are we losing our religion?”
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Broadcasters worry about ´Zero TV´ homes
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Associated Press, by Ryan Nakashima
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Posted By: Ribicon- 4/7/2013 2:43:40 PM
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Los Angeles — Some people have had it with TV. They´ve had enough of the 100-plus channel universe. They don´t like timing their lives around network show schedules. They´re tired of $100-plus monthly bills. A growing number of them have stopped paying for cable and satellite TV service, and don´t even use an antenna to get free signals over the air. (Snip) Last month, the Nielsen Co. started labeling people in this group "Zero TV" households, because they fall outside the traditional definition of a TV home. There are 5 million of these residences in the U.S., up from
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Mother Of Slain Benghazi Officer To Sean Hannity: ‘They Want Me To Shut Up’
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Mediaite, by A.J. Delgado
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Posted By: StormCnter- 4/7/2013 5:00:16 AM
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On Friday, Sean Hannity brought Pat Smith, mother of the late Sean Smith, on his radio program. The 34-year-old information management officer was one of four Americans murdered in the Benghazi embassy attack on September 11, 2012. In the chilling interview, a distraught Ms. Smith, in tears, pleaded for answers and spoke of the efforts to silence her. Ms. Smith first relayed how her son, prior to the attack, requested additional security in advance and warned the State Department: He did tell them, ahead of time, he typed it into his little typewriter over there,
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Vanishing workforce weighs on growth
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Washington Post, by Jim Tankersley
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/6/2013 11:28:59 PM
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Put out an all-points bulletin: Millions of Americans have gone missing from the workforce. Every month that those would-be workers are gone raises the odds that they might never come back, dimming the prospects for future economic growth. The vanishing trend is more than a decade old, but it accelerated during the Great Recession. Throughout 2012, economists held out hope that it had stopped. But then came Friday’s jobs report, and hopes were dashed. The Labor Department reported that the U.S. labor force — everyone who has a job or is looking for one — shrank
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Obama critic apologizes for his ´poorly chosen words´ on gay marriage
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The Hill [Washington DC], by Alexandra Jaffe
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Posted By: JoniTx- 4/6/2013 12:18:19 PM
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Neurosurgeon Ben Carson, considered by some to be a potential Republican contender for president, apologized to Johns Hopkins University for the "poorly chosen words" he used in expressing his opposition to gay marriage last month.“I am sorry for any embarrassment this has caused,” Carson said in the letter, reported in New York Magazine.(Snip) "Although I do believe marriage is between a man and a woman, there are much less offensive ways to make that point. I hope all will look at a lifetime of service over some poorly chosen words.” Carson will remain as commencement speaker at Johns Hopkins,
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The Secrets of Princeton
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New York Times, by Ross Douthat
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Posted By: Oblio- 4/7/2013 8:08:09 AM
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Susan Patton, the Princeton alumna who became famous for her letter urging Ivy League women to use their college years to find a mate, has been denounced as a traitor to feminism, to coeducation, to the university ideal. But really she’s something much more interesting: a traitor to her class. Her betrayal consists of being gauche enough to acknowledge publicly a truth that everyone who’s come up through Ivy League culture knows intuitively —
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Is going gluten-free healthier for everybody?
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The Week, by Staff
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Posted By: NorthernDog- 4/7/2013 11:28:27 AM
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Gluten-free diets are all the rage, but they can be dangerous if not done right. What is gluten? It´s the spongy complex of proteins, found naturally in wheat, rye, and barley, that gives elasticity to dough and allows it to rise. When flour is moistened and either kneaded or mixed into dough, gluten molecules form an elastic, microscopic latticework that traps the carbon dioxide produced when yeast ferments, causing dough to inflate like a hot air balloon. Baking hardens the gluten, which helps the finished product keep its shape. Wheat — and gluten — is ubiquitous in the American diet.
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Adam Lanza´s murder spree at Sandy Hook may have been´act of revenge´
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New York Daily News, by Matthew Lysiak and Rich Schapiro
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Posted By: noproblems- 4/7/2013 9:52:58 AM
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Newtown killer Adam Lanza may have launched his murder spree at Sandy Hook Elementary School as an “act of revenge,” the Daily News has learned. A close friend of Lanza’s mother told The News that the troubled boy was a target of relentless bullying when he attended the Connecticut school years ago. “I think Adam felt betrayed by the school and this was his act of revenge,” said Marvin LaFontaine, a friend of Nancy Lanza’s. “Nancy told me he was being picked on at school. That they were just torturing him.” Source and text corrected by Staff.
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Parents outraged that Mass. kids were denied lunch
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Associated Press, by Staff
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Posted By: beancounter- 4/6/2013 5:21:39 PM
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ATTLEBORO, Mass. — As many as 25 students at a Massachusetts school were denied lunch this week — with at least some forced to dump their food in the garbage — because they couldn´t pay, school officials and parents said. Outraged parents said some students at Coelho Middle School in Attleboro cried when they were told by a worker for the district´s food service provider they could not eat on Tuesday because they couldn´t pay or their pre-paid accounts were short on funds. The on-site director for the company, Whitsons Culinary Group of Islandia, N.Y., was placed on administrative leave by
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