Mar

19

Harry Reid Hits Rock Bottom, Keeps Digging

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Last night, seven U.S. Marines were killed in a training accident in Nevada. Harry Reid immediately took to the floor of the Senate to play politics with their lives by implying the sequester had something to do with it, even though he’s completely unaware of the cause of the accident: HARRY REID: As I indicated, [...]

Mar

14

President Obama on Drone Policy: I’m Not as Bad as Dick Cheney

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2008: Hope & Change! 2013: Not quite as bad as Dick Cheney: President Barack Obama’s defense to Democratic senators complaining about how little his administration has told Congress about the legal justifications for his drone policy: Dick Cheney was worse. That’s part of what two senators in the room recounted of Obama’s response when, near [...]

Feb

21

Origination of Benghazi Talking Points Gets a Little Clearer

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For months the White House has been pinning the “it was the video” talking points on regarding the Benghazi attack on Susan Rice and/or the intelligence community, but not surprisingly the trail is leading to the top. Yesterday, Jay Carney said that on the night of the attack, President Obama spoke with Hillary Clinton at [...]

Feb

15

White House: No, Obama Didn’t Make Any Phone Calls the Night of the Benghazi Attack

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We already know Obama didn’t speak with the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of State after a brief 5 p.m. meeting. As it turns out, while the attack was under way, Obama didn’t call anybody: President Obama didn’t make any phone calls the night of the Sept. 11 attacks on the U.S. Consulate in [...]

Dec

28

Remember When the Left Used to Freak Out About News Like This?

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We’ll have to wait for a Republican to get elected president for the left to once again go apoplectic and throw around accusations of fascism over things like this: By a vote of 73 to 23, the US Senate just voted for the warrantless surveillance of American citizens until 2017. The vote, set to affirm [...]

Nov

28

Jay Carney: The President is Only Concerned About What Actually Happened in Benghazi, Not the Explanation Susan Rice and I Gave to the American People

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Jay Carney was in his usual form today: “What the president is worried about, Major, is what happened and why in Benghazi. He is not particularly concerned about whether the ambassador or I went out and talked about the fact that we believed extremists might have been responsible. And whether we named them as al [...]

Nov

14

Doris Kearns Goodwin’s ‘Benignity of Marital Infidelity Among Public Figures’ Theory Immediately Falls Apart

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Earlier this week, goofball historian Doris Kearns Goodwin was longing for the days when excusing extramarital affairs was the only way to keep good people in public life. She referenced Roosevelt, who had a female mistress (as did Eleanor’s husband, Franklin), and of course Kearns Goodwin invoked Bubba and his magical graphite zipper. Also David [...]

Oct

31

Gingrich: US Senator Told Me at Least 2 Networks Have NSA Emails Ordering ‘Stand Down’ on Benghazi Rescue

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President Obama, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Joe Biden met as the Benghazi attack unfolded. Presumably a decision or two other than “I think I’ll go to Vegas now” was made and some directives were given. Fast forward to last night: On Tuesday night’s “On the Record with Greta Van Susteren” on the Fox News [...]

Oct

30

Retired Chief of US Pacific Fleet: Ignoring Pleas for Assistance From Those Under Attack in Benghazi ‘Incomprehensible and Un-American’

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Retired Adm. James A. Lyons, who was commander in chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, wrote an op-ed about the Benghazi attack that appeared in the Washington Times. It’s pretty condemning. Here’s a portion: The Obama national security team, including CIA, DNI, State Department and the Pentagon, watched and listened to the assault but did [...]

Oct

27

Benghazi: How Did Obama Not Know?

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Somebody in the Obama administration made the decision not to send help to rescue Ambassador Stevens and three others who were targeted in a terrorist attack in Benghazi last month. President Obama, after being pressed by a reporter about who denied requests for help during the attack, said “we’re still finding out exactly what happened.” [...]

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