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An emotional Obama: ´They had their entire lives ahead of them´
NBC News, by Michale O´Brien
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Posted By:JoniTx, 12/14/2012 3:58:17 PM
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| An emotional President Barack Obama led the nation in mourning the victims of an elementary school massacre on Friday, speaking from the White House following the shooting in Newtown, Conn. The president not only pledged to assist investigations into the shooting, but also became openly emotional upon reflecting upon the many school children killed or injured in today´s mass shooting. "The majority of those who died today were children -- beautiful little kids between the ages of 5 and 10-years-old," he said, pausing to wipe away a tear.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
VinGoombatz, 12/14/2012 4:03:11 PM (No. 9065888)
Words from politicians are like slime from snakes.
Sorry.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
vrb8m, 12/14/2012 4:03:45 PM (No. 9065889)
obama, you need to stay away from these people and let them grieve without you inserting yourself into everything. Why must you always do this?
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
4Justice, 12/14/2012 4:04:54 PM (No. 9065893)
Oh, but don´t you know...He cares!! He cares!! /s
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Charactercounts, 12/14/2012 4:04:54 PM (No. 9065892)
Decency would have dictated that this hideous opportunist keep quiet while the situation is still unfolding.
But instead: Never let a crisis go to waste.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
BaseballFan, 12/14/2012 4:05:53 PM (No. 9065894)
I listened to this on the radio. He sounded like he was reading minutiae from the pages of a company´s annual report.
Oh - and he also claims that ´now is not the time to gave a discussion about gun control´... but Carney had this to say:
"The president may be making some hard decisions in the coming days about our 2nd Amendment right, and that some Americans may not support his decision."
HIS decision? It isn´t HIS decision to make!
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
KarenJ1, 12/14/2012 4:06:31 PM (No. 9065895)
FTA: We´re going to have to come together to take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this, regardless of the politics...
He may have been emotional, but it was an incredibly inappropriate time to even mention politics. Of course nothing is surprising coming from 0bama.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Mike PHX, 12/14/2012 4:09:19 PM (No. 9065902)
Shut up, white boy.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Cog, 12/14/2012 4:14:12 PM (No. 9065908)
The prevention was given thousands of years ago in one simple commandment: "Thou shalt not kill." Perhaps this little line could be brought back into our schools--maybe just before the line about how to put on a condom.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
ZurichMike, 12/14/2012 4:16:22 PM (No. 9065911)
Yeah, the sociopathic whore in the White House breaks all land speed records racing to a podium if he can insert himself in history, whether he is falsely accusing a white policeman of racism for arresting a foul-mouthe, uncooperative black Harvard professor, ridiculously comparing Travyon Martin (a mixed martial arts devotee and urban thug) to what a son of his would look like, commemorating Rosa Parks by having a photo of *himself* in her bus, and now shedding a tear on camera before anything is really sorted out in Connecticut.
I loathe the Marxist Mulatto, the Leftist Puppet, the Alinsky Slave, the Affirmative Action Poster Child for White Guilt, with the heat of a gazillion exploding supernovas.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Carpe Diem, 12/14/2012 4:18:05 PM (No. 9065912)
He´s going to come for our guns now, guaranteed.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
TnEm, 12/14/2012 4:19:42 PM (No. 9065915)
Wolf and some White House reporterette were just gushing over Obama - how he was so emotional, wiping away tears and they had never seen a prez get so emotional. I guess they have forgotten about George Bush who appeared to really be crying and really care. Obama´s little drama was totally fake.There were no tears, no catch in the voice - just a flat line speech which he read and a wipe of his eyes on cue. What a disgusting display!
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
TheGrandWahzoo, 12/14/2012 4:21:51 PM (No. 9065919)
Molon Labe!!!
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
BaseballFan, 12/14/2012 4:22:18 PM (No. 9065920)
#8 - from both Exodus and Deuteronomy, the words were:
"You shall not murder."
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
killerbee, 12/14/2012 4:23:06 PM (No. 9065922)
So, if you kill a bunch of kids, the president will go on TV and talk about you and what you did. Nice incentive, dumb bunnies.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
mcparland, 12/14/2012 4:24:12 PM (No. 9065925)
What about the 750,000 kids aborted each year in the U.S. who have "their whole lives ahead of them"? The president has no tears to shed for them. Maybe if abortionists used guns instead of scalpels...?
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
fayebeck, 12/14/2012 4:24:38 PM (No. 9065926)
Turned the Jackass off. Once a jackass always a jackass. No matter what.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
master sergeant, 12/14/2012 4:25:59 PM (No. 9065928)
Obama is coming after your 2nd Amendment Rights. He and his crew will use this sorrowful situation as a crowbar against our 2nd Amendment. Consider this - If someone, teacher, administrator or custodian in the Newtown. CT school had had their own firearm maybe the situation might be different this afternoon. Evil people will find a way to commit murder and mayhem. The poor innocents will have no clue as they perish.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Keekng, 12/14/2012 4:32:29 PM (No. 9065937)
To quote BO......"just another bump in the road"
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Norwegian Goddess, 12/14/2012 4:34:21 PM (No. 9065939)
Right #18. It was "not optimal".
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Attercliffe, 12/14/2012 4:35:55 PM (No. 9065940)
June 14, 2008: That’s exactly what Barack Obama said he would do to counter Republican attacks “If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun,” Obama said at a Philadelphia fundraiser Friday night. “Because from what I understand folks in Philly like a good brawl. I’ve seen Eagles fans.” -- Barack Obama in the Wall Street Journal by Staff.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
linkay6, 12/14/2012 4:40:14 PM (No. 9065943)
As we´ve said time and again, it´s not the guns that kill people, it´s the people that kill people. You can make all the laws you want, but stupid people will continue to do stupid things. What are they gonna do - lock everyone up?!
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
dittohead, 12/14/2012 4:54:43 PM (No. 9065960)
My heart is broken.
I can see an Executive Order regarding guns.
In my school in NC a lock down means NO ONE, even if you know them, comes in while in lock down - too bad this was not the policy here. I refuse to let ANYONE in, even it´s my own son.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
rc1776, 12/14/2012 4:54:49 PM (No. 9065961)
There has been no mention of the millions of babies the dimfecal leftist have tortured and murdered. The law abiding abortionist (murderers) no doubt do not use firearms since that would violate break local commie anti-gun and down with the Second Amendment ordinance laws.
Check your yellow pages for the nearest shiria law iman and mosque.
Happy Ala Akbar yaw´all Send donations to the wh
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
lazyman, 12/14/2012 4:56:56 PM (No. 9065963)
A crisis and now an opening to get this Fed even bigger.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
noddy, 12/14/2012 5:01:57 PM (No. 9065973)
I´m giving Obama a pass on this one. Had he stayed away and said nothing he would be blamed. He has young children, and I do think he was affected by this; how couldn´t you be.
As regards guns and gun laws, the criminals will find a way to get automatic weapons into this country and they will be bought and sold on the street.
Today on Drudge I read that in China someone had slashed 22 children.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
TXknitter, 12/14/2012 5:04:35 PM (No. 9065981)
#27, I think your points are right on. Those who fight and push to make sure our public school children are not allowed to honor their Christian faith in any way are also the first to say "Why did God allow this to happen?" They want to blame The Lord God for the evil perpetrated by people controlled by satan.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
rlwo, 12/14/2012 5:06:48 PM (No. 9065984)
Wrong diagnosis #9. He has Narcissistic Personality Disorder. They insert themselves in anything the can. It is the only way they maintain their sense of self.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
fireman28, 12/14/2012 5:22:23 PM (No. 9066003)
SO WHEN IS HE GOING TO TELL US THE TRUTH ABOUT BENGAZI?
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
Malia2012, 12/14/2012 5:25:29 PM (No. 9066007)
What #2 said. IMO, basic human decency just doesn´t apply to obama. BTW, "news-sources", please spare me the phony tears from the false prophet obama. If I NEVER hear one more "talking head" remind us that obama "as a father"... it will be too soon..
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
dolphin, 12/14/2012 5:28:21 PM (No. 9066017)
If he REALLY wants to do something, he should make breaking the law illegal.
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
enemyofthestate, 12/14/2012 5:30:12 PM (No. 9066023)
Where were the tears for the four who died in Benghazi?
0bama´s a phony through and through. Another photo op.
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
msjena, 12/14/2012 5:31:12 PM (No. 9066026)
Phony, phony, phony. This cold fish isn´t even good at pretending to have empathy.
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
GreatPlains, 12/14/2012 5:35:01 PM (No. 9066036)
It´s not gun control, it´s control of the mentally ill that we need. Every horrific incident like this has one common denominator. The weapons always vary. But, the shooters are always young men with a history of unstable and antisocial behavior.
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
redink, 12/14/2012 5:36:09 PM (No. 9066040)
There was a mass shooting of little children in Dunblane, Scotland in 1996. Sixteen children murdered. In 1997, The Firearms Act was passed after a year of media-driven public petitions and guns were effectively banned in the U.K.
This is what Obama is after. Fast and Furious and the movie theater shooting were not enough...it had to be little children. We are in danger of losing what remains (and it ain´t much these days) of our Bill of Rights.
I have been in tears all day over the deaths of these children. Though I know they are in the arms of Jesus, the parents are left in unimaginable grief, and there is little any of us can do for them right now except pray.
But bear in mind, while we pray...the evil that is in this administration is plotting. They will use this monstrous tragedy...they will use it every way they can and we will all suffer the consequences. Be vigilant.
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
mominNoCA, 12/14/2012 5:43:43 PM (No. 9066048)
Very true, #34. Think of the weirdo rambling on YouTube and the "Joker" guy with the orange dye in his hair. Both have been diagnosed as psychotic/schizophrenic. That´s a common thread in any mass killing.
Society needs to rethink caring for and managing the behavior of the dangerously mentally ill. There is no place in society for them, and if those who don´t kill others die because of their vulnerability. Institutionalization is a humane solution for these people.
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
redmom, 12/14/2012 5:51:20 PM (No. 9066068)
And still, his speech was full of "I" statements and how it effected him.
This tragedy is made worse (if possible) by the transparent glee on the left at finally having a way to institute gun control, ´for the children´.
Condolences to the many families whose lives have been destroyed by a sick individual.
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
JAN, 12/14/2012 6:19:35 PM (No. 9066119)
And the unborn, Mr. Obama?
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
zeldafitzg, 12/14/2012 6:28:54 PM (No. 9066138)
I don´t listen to him or look at him, if I can help it.
My husband saw his statement, however, a said he was pulling at the corners of his eyes before any "tears" came. Phoney.
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Reply 40 - Posted by:
LAW428, 12/14/2012 6:42:37 PM (No. 9066166)
He "cares" only to the extent he can exploit this to a political advantage; no more, no less.
Remember, he didn´t care enough about Ambassador Chris Stevens, Tyrone Woods, Sean Smith, or Glen Doherty, to send them aid while they were still alive and were under siege.
Do you think he expends any emotional energy for persons in Connecticut that he doesn´t know, whether children or not? Obama has emotions only for his narcissistic self, no one else. In this regard he is mentally ill.
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Reply 41 - Posted by:
Penney, 12/14/2012 6:44:40 PM (No. 9066172)
He seems cold. ...Emotionless, not, ´´emotional.´´
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Reply 42 - Posted by:
previouslyon24, 12/14/2012 6:54:51 PM (No. 9066185)
How very sad for the families of these victims. The random events where these things happen seems tragic, but cannot be avoided completely, no matter what is done. But that won´t stop the do-gooders from trying, mostly out of emotion, but many out of a desire for control, like Obama and his Leftist associates. Better to subjugate an entire nation in an effort to stop random shootings; 1984´s condition of super government control will be hastened by the reaction to this. China does this to an extent (no guns allowed), yet there remains mass killings with other instruments. And their population is essentially living within a mental and geographic prison, which begs the question of whether that´s preferable to death. Live free or die, a once proud statement, and one still on a license plate back east, is becoming hollow to the core with half the population of this nation. They have no sense of history or perspective. This is a very sad story, time for grief, not for instant solutions dripping with emotion.
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Reply 43 - Posted by:
Tianne, 12/14/2012 6:56:03 PM (No. 9066190)
We don´t need to be reminded by President Obama that these dear children and their families belong to the larger American family. We have lived though horrible tragedies before and we know how to respond to them. We have pulled through previous shocking disasters with calm, determination, charity, and action and we did this without President Obama´s instructions. We mourn these precious children and we grieve with their suffering families without reservation and without regard to political persuasion. President Obama should stand back and let the American people quietly respond to this latest situation appropriately, just as they have always done.
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Reply 44 - Posted by:
Keekng, 12/14/2012 7:03:27 PM (No. 9066197)
When a person is seriously grieving, the tears come from the inner part of the eye, not the outer part which obama was wiping away. That type of tear is a "Hollywood" tear, manufactured for sympathy.
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Reply 45 - Posted by:
cgood, 12/14/2012 7:09:44 PM (No. 9066211)
Actor-in-Chief.
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Reply 46 - Posted by:
ocjim, 12/14/2012 7:52:31 PM (No. 9066265)
Stone cold sociopath.
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Reply 47 - Posted by:
Boneshaker, 12/14/2012 8:01:43 PM (No. 9066288)
President Wonderboy displays his intuitive grasp of the obvious.
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Reply 48 - Posted by:
Judith, 12/14/2012 8:37:37 PM (No. 9066336)
Obama amazes me. His eyes looked dry and don´t most people cry from their inner eye? After watching him for the past week or two waltzing around with a big smile on his face and partying and golfing as our country headed for disaster, at least he mustered an effort to appear to be sad during this awful time.
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Reply 49 - Posted by:
3XALADY, 12/14/2012 9:07:21 PM (No. 9066380)
Alligator tears from the wart hog. Where is his empathy and sympathy for the millions of babies not allowed to be born or those who survived after having scissors poked in the back of their little heads and were put aside to die in agony. Hypocrite.
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Reply 50 - Posted by:
Quaestio, 12/14/2012 9:17:14 PM (No. 9066390)
Thank you #9, beautifully said, but no matter what, please don´t let that supernova heat consume you. For example, today I am trying very hard to find some comfort in the fact that certain states are fighting against everything this anti-American pox is inflicting on our nation. As long as our best and bravest are struggling overseas, I feel we can´t completely give up.
As for those in CT, I will pray for the departed and for those left behind, that they receive the support they need to carry on in this life.
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Reply 51 - Posted by:
ColonialAmerican1623, 12/14/2012 9:57:08 PM (No. 9066455)
All those kids cared about was Christmas and Chanukah and the school break.
Every 15 minute seeker of attention has jumped into the fray. Please leave these families alone to grieve. They aren´t asking for a handout, just peace and quiet. Take your TV cameras and leave.
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Reply 52 - Posted by:
bighambone, 12/14/2012 10:40:55 PM (No. 9066511)
This is one big crisis, full of short term emotion, that the Obama crew is not going to allow to pass without them attempting to push through Congress, or administratively ordering a lot of new gun control measures.
Gun control backfired politically on the Democrats the last time they tried it and that could easily happen again. What they should be doing is enhancing the background check process to keep mentally defective people from purchasing firearms. That might not have helped in the Connecticut mass shooting, because it appears that his mother may have been what amounts to a firearms straw purchaser for the perpetrator by purchasing and registering guns in her name for him and it looks like that irresponsible action cost her her life.
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Reply 53 - Posted by:
fembot, 12/14/2012 10:53:06 PM (No. 9066521)
I thought I couldn´t feel any sicker after hearing about the horror of today.
Then the Narcissist-in-Chief gets up and does the Crocodile Rock while trying to make it all about HIM.
As so many of you have rightly said: Where are his tears for the babies and mothers murdered by legal abortion??? So far from weeping for those deaths, he wants us to be forced to PAY the hit men to murder them.
Woe to you, Pharisee, whitewashed tomb full of dead men´s bones!
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Reply 54 - Posted by:
lil dotty, 12/14/2012 11:02:25 PM (No. 9066531)
our emotional light worker.... in the often remembered words of Elaine (Seinfeld´s ex-girlfriend) fake, fake, fake fake, fake, and fake....
Apparently this clown as learned his fake tears from Slick Willie. Two of a kind....lies and tears.....on cue, on command J. Boehner also comes to mind.
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Reply 55 - Posted by:
bob913, 12/15/2012 12:22:48 AM (No. 9066610)
So did the over 300 Mexicans killed by the weapons you sold to the drug cartels. So did the American rancher and American border guard. So did the 4 men killed in Benghazi. So did the over 1,000 soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan who have been killed because you restrict them from defending themselves.
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Reply 56 - Posted by:
Trigger2, 12/15/2012 4:09:53 AM (No. 9066743)
Yeah, he was soooooo emotional that he stuck his middle finger to his eye several times.
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Reply 57 - Posted by:
ROLFnader, 12/15/2012 11:40:42 AM (No. 9067413)
Lemme see- so far, I found two articles about this ´show of emotion´. The first didn´t contain a video and the second( NBC) for some reason wouldn´t let go to full screen to get a closer look at those ´tears´. This man is cold and without a soul. He has had over five years to prove this and nothing he does will make me believe differently. Were it not for revenge, he would have no emotion. Prove me wrong , please.
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Reply 58 - Posted by:
Italiano, 12/15/2012 11:45:11 AM (No. 9067423)
So did all of those babies who survived attempted abortions, whose killings he voted to authorize.
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Reply 59 - Posted by:
Keekng, 12/15/2012 5:20:17 PM (No. 9067992)
Let the exploitation begin.....
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Reply 60 - Posted by:
Lalo, 12/15/2012 6:02:25 PM (No. 9068041)
#55, I think Boehner is truly tenderhearted and that his tears are real - and inconvenient for him since he´s ridiculed so much about it. Not at all sure about the prez´s though, and it´s indeed unbelievable how the media has been carrying on about them - and never a word about how wooden and unfeeling he always seems. He´s just their little prezzie & don´t you dare say a word against him.
Love is truly blind. (sigh)...
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Reply 61 - Posted by:
strike3, 12/16/2012 9:10:51 AM (No. 9068837)
At the time, the teleprompter was saying "Wipe Your Eye." That is no reason to write an article. This boy is not capable of emotion, except for a perpetual state of anger.
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Posted By: JoniTx- 6/10/2013 2:20:01 PM
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On Monday, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney defended the president’s transparency record in wake of Edward Snowden, the NSA whistleblower, criticizing the administrations surveillance programs. JAY CARNEY: The president’s record on transparency is broad and significant. I think the president’s record on making the kinds changes that he promised he would make to the ways that we pursue our fight against al-Qaeda, our fight against terrorists and extremists, he has lived up to. I think that if you look at the distinction between how that fight was engaged in the previous administration and how it is
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Edward Snowden has blown the whistle on this presidency. You have to wonder: Will Obama see out his full term?
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Telegraph [UK], by Damian Thompson
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Posted By: Attercliffe- 6/9/2013 9:23:19 PM
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"They could pay off the Triads," says Edward Snowden, the NSA whistleblower interviewed by the Guardian in his Hong Kong hideout. Meaning: the CIA could use a proxy to kill him for revealing that Barack Obama has presided over an unimaginable – to the ordinary citizen – expansion of the Federal government´s powers of surveillance over anyone. Libertarians and conspiracy theorists of both Left and Right will never forget this moment. Already we have Glenn Beck hailing Snowden on Twitter: Courage finally. Real. Steady. Thoughtful. Transparent. Willing to accept the consequences. Inspire w/Malice toward none.#edwardsnowden Snowden will be a Right-wing
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Rubio: In immigration reform, legalization comes first. ‘It is not conditional.’
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Washington Examiner, by Byron York
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Posted By: KarenJ1- 6/10/2013 1:07:52 PM
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In a Spanish-language interview Sunday with the network Univision, Sen. Marco Rubio, the leading Republican on the Gang of Eight comprehensive immigration reform group, made his strongest statement yet that legalization of the nation’s 11 million currently illegal immigrants must happen before any new border security or internal enforcement measures are in place, and will in no way be conditional on any security requirements. “Let’s be clear,” Rubio said. “Nobody is talking about preventing the legalization. The legalization is going to happen. That means the following will happen: First comes the legalization.
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NSA Leaker Is No Hero
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Commentary Magazine, by Max Boot
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 6/9/2013 4:01:21 PM
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That didn’t take long. The official who leaked top-secret information about the National Security Agency’s surveillance programs to fight terrorism has now come forward in the pages of the Guardian to revel in his role “as one of America’s most consequential whistleblowers, alongside Daniel Ellsberg and Bradley Manning.” Edward Snowden is described as a 29-year-old high school dropout who worked (ironically) on computer security for the CIA before becoming a highly paid contractor at Booz Allen, making a reported $200,000 a year working for the National Security Agency in Hawaii. The Guardian story presents him as a martyr
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Bolton: NSA leaker Edward Snowden is guilty of treason
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WLSAM.com, by Staff
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Posted By: KarenJ1- 6/10/2013 11:55:04 AM
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(CHICAGO) There is a lot of reaction on WLS this morning to the identification of the man who leaked information last week, about the U.S. Government’s secret surveillance program, which allows the National Security Agency to monitor the phone calls and emails of Americans. Former U.S. Ambassador John Bolton told Bruce Wolf and Dan Proft on WLS that he thinks admitted leaker Edward Snowden, is guilty of treason: "Number one, this man is a liar. He took an oath to keep the secrets that were shared with him so he could do his job.
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Why Schumer-Rubio is a Fraud- The Nutshell Version
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Power Line, by Paul Mirengoff
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Posted By: Pluperfect- 6/10/2013 6:09:57 AM
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Mickey Kaus has produced an excellent, easy-to-use “pocket guide” to the reasons why the Schumer-Rubio immigration reform bill (S.744) is fraudulent. Kaus catalogues the provisions of the bill that promise tough future enforcement, etc. but don’t do what they pretend to do: “Multiple triggers” — Legalization is immediate. DHS just has to write border “plan.” The most any “triggers” can possibly do is delay green cards and citizenship. “90% effectiveness” — If not reached, triggers only toothless commission “Pay back taxes” — Only if already “assessed” by IRS (unlikely). Newly legalized may instead get refunds. “Learn English” — Only need to sign up
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Sources: Pats to sign Tim Tebow
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ESPN.com, by Ed Werder
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Posted By: Kingbubo- 6/10/2013 5:39:04 PM
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The New England Patriots will sign Tim Tebow, league sources told ESPN. The Patriots are signing Tebow, who is expected to participate in the team´s mandatory minicamp Tuesday, as a quarterback, according to sources. The move reunites Tebow with Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels, who was the Broncos' head coach when Denver traded into the first round to draft the Heisman Trophy winner in 2010. Patriots head coach Bill Belichick often has spoken with admiration for Tebow's versatility, intelligence and character. Belichick covets what he has described as tough, smart, versatile football players.
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The Scandal Dump is a Smokescreen.
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American Thinker, by Philip Cowan
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Posted By: FlyRight- 6/9/2013 10:40:03 AM
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For several months, the Benghazi scandal lay dormant, apparently forgiven and forgotten. Then, inexplicably, it reared its ugly head when Congressmen Ron Johnson and Jason Chaffetz smelled Obama´s blood in the water. After feigning affliction with the flu, and then ostensibly tumbling down a carpeted stairwell resulting in an unconfirmed concussion, then-Secretary of State Clinton was finally forced to testify before Congress. Clinton´s desperate attempt to put the Benghazi scandal to rest with her now-infamous impassioned declaration -- "What difference, at this point, does it make?"
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IRS manager: White House not involved in reviews
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Associated Press, by Philip Elliott
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Posted By: john56- 6/9/2013 4:12:39 PM
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Washington - A self-described conservative Republican who is a manager in the Internal Revenue Service office that targeted tea party groups told investigators that he, not the White House, set the review in motion, the top Democrat on the House watchdog committee said Sunday. Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., released a partial transcript of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform interview with the unnamed manager in the IRS' Cincinnati office. In it, the employee said the extra scrutiny for tea party groups' tax exempt status was an effort to be consistent
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In nation´s breadbasket, Latinos stuck in poverty
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Associated Press, by Gosia Wozniacka
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Posted By: NorthernDog- 6/9/2013 10:46:44 AM
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FRESNO, Calif. — On a warm spring day, farmworker Cristina Melendez was bedridden and unable to make her way back into the asparagus fields of central California for the kind of backbreaking work she´s done since childhood. The 36-year-old mother of seven was desperate. Her bank account had been at zero for months, the refrigerator was nearly empty, and she didn´t have enough to cover the rent. Lacking health insurance, Melendez couldn´t see a doctor or afford medication, so her illness dragged on — and another day came and went without work or pay. A native of Mexico
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Prosecute Snowden
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National Review Online, by John Yoo
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 6/10/2013 8:13:20 PM
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Edward Snowden should go to jail, as quickly and for as long as possible. This is a leak case that should be difficult for even Eric Holder to bungle. Snowden has already confessed in public to the crime of leaking classified information. He has said in public how he did it, that he did it with intent, and that he knowingly harmed our national security. Holder will finally find a leaker that he can prosecute. But given the Holder Justice Department’s record on the other leak cases, who wants to take a bet
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China and Hong Kong Hold Edward Snowden´s Fate
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Atlantic, by Connor Simpson
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Posted By: StormCnter- 6/10/2013 5:36:00 AM
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What happens next with the man responsible for leaking a trove of National Security Agency documents to the Guardian rests in the hands of two countries who could decide to send him back to the U.S. with express shipping, or to keep him as a global bargaining chip. Edward Snowden, a 29-year-old American defense contractor, revealed himself as the man responsible for the Guardian´s string of NSA leaks Sunday afternoon. Booz Allen confirmed he was an employee for the last three months. But, for now, he´s in a hotel in Hong Kong ordering room service and covering up
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´I Was Born This Way´
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American Thinker, by Clayton E. Cramer
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Posted By: magnante- 6/9/2013 11:57:27 AM
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One of the more effective arguments used by those arguing for same-sex marriage and sexual orientation anti-discrimination laws is that homosexuals have no choice in the matter -- that sexual orientation is something that you are born with, and you can´t change it. The claim is that this is a natural part of human variability, no different from skin color or hair color or how tall you are. (snip) There is pretty persuasive evidence that what determines sexual orientation, at least for some homosexuals, is environmental.
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