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Rush Limbaugh Says Obama Won’t Be Impeached Because He’s Black

May 21, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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Rush Limbaugh Says Obama Won’t Be Impeached Because He’s Black (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Rush Limbaugh continues to play the race card in the right wing freak-out of their three scandals — IRS snooping, AP phone record seizure and Benghazi attack:

“Folks, let me tell you something. I’m just gonna launch here. I’ll do this with as much restraint as possible. But in my humble thinking, the people of this country, if it came to this, are simply not going to tolerate the first black president being removed from office. And if that’s not gonna happen, all the rest of this is academic. The people of this country are not gonna tolerate the first African-American attorney general being removed from office. They’re just not gonna put up with it, and they’re not gonna sit by while it happens, no matter what.”

There’s nothing humble about this racist windbag. Funny, I don’t recall hearing him call for George W. Bush’s impeachment over Iraq or even the scandals that rocked his administration. Oh, let me guess. That’s because he’s white.

Rush Limbaugh Says Obama Wont Be Impeached Because Hes Black
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President Obama Signs Oklahoma Disaster Declaration in Aftermath of Moore Tornado

May 21, 2013 by Leave a Comment

President Obama declared a major disaster in Oklahoma in the aftermath of the massive tornado that devastated Moore, killing 24, including seven children. The EF-4 tornado flattened entire neighborhoods, businesses and schools, including Plaza Towers Elementary School. President Obama has ordered federal aid to supplement state and local recovery and rescue efforts. Individuals and businesses affected can apply for federal grants for temporary housing and home repairs.

Here’s full Oklahoma disaster declaration signed by President Obama:

The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of Oklahoma and ordered Federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area affected by severe storms and tornadoes beginning on May 18, 2013, and continuing.

The President’s action makes federal funding available to affected individuals in the counties of Cleveland, Lincoln, McClain, Oklahoma, and Pottawatomie.

Assistance can include grants for temporary housing and home repairs, low-cost loans to cover uninsured property losses, and other programs to help individuals and business owners recover from the effects of the disaster.

Federal funding also is available to state and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency work in the counties of Cleveland, Lincoln, McClain, Oklahoma, and Pottawatomie.

Federal funding is also available on a cost-sharing basis for hazard mitigation measures statewide.

W. Craig Fugate, Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Department of Homeland Security, named Sandy Coachman as the Federal Coordinating Officer for federal recovery operations in the affected area.

FEMA said that damage surveys are continuing in other areas, and more counties and additional forms of assistance may be designated after the assessments are fully completed.

FEMA said that residents and business owners who sustained losses in the designated counties may apply for assistance by registering online at http://www.DisasterAssistance.gov or by calling 1-800-621-FEMA(3362) or 1-800-462-7585 (TTY) for the hearing and speech impaired. The toll-free telephone numbers will operate from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. (local time) seven days a week until further notice.

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Drudge Report Race-Baiting, Falsely Attributes “I’m a Black Man” Quote to President Obama

May 19, 2013 by Leave a Comment

New right wing freak-out and despicable race-baiting from the Drudge Report over President Obama’s commencement speech at Morehouse University. Nowhere did President Obama say “I’m a black man,” but that didnt’ stop Matt Drudge from running with that. As usual, the usual chorus of “haterade-drinking” right wingnuts are freaking out. Um, I suppose his speech about empowering young black men didn’t mean a thing to them. So what if President Obama did say he was a black man? Oh, in the minds of the right wing, that would mean he hates white people.

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Matt Drudge Race-Baiting: Falsely Attributes “I am a Black Man” Quote to President Obama

If you really want the truth, read the transcript of President Obama’s Morehouse speech. As you will see, the words, “I’m a black man” don’t appear. That didn’t stop Matt Drudge or his flunkies from putting it in quotations. The Drudge Report links to a Washington Post article, which doesn’t mention words “I’m a black man” either.  Of course, truth is rarely on the side of people like Matt Drudge. A freak-out is what they are after.

So, where the right wing is concerned, President Obama is not allowed to speak to black men or even talk about his experience as a person of color. This latest race-baiting tactic comes after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell accused President Obama of engaging in “culture of intimidation.” Um, that’s really calling him a thug.

Listen to a part of President Obama’s Morehouse commencement speech:



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Obama’s Approval Rating at 53% Despite IRS Snooping, AP Wire Tapping & Benghazi ‘Scandals’

May 19, 2013 by 1 Comment

After last week’s Republican freak-out over so-called scandals — Benghazi attack cover-up, IRS snooping scandal, AP phone record seizure and Umbrellagate, the last thing they expected was that President Obama’s approval rating would be in positive territory.  I wonder if the Republicans will ever realize the average American is on to their game? Last week was probably one of the toughest weeks of the Obama presidency, but a new CNN poll shows that people are still in his corner:

A new poll shows a majority approving of President Obama’s job performance after a week where his administration faced a tough trio of controversies.

A CNN/ORC poll released Sunday morning shows 53 percent approve of the president, with 45 percent disapproving. Obama held a 51 percent approval in the last CNN poll conducted in early April.

“An approval rating that has not dropped and remains over 50 [percent] will probably be taken as good news by Democrats after the events of the last week,” said CNN polling director Keating Holland, announcing the poll findings.

Seventy-one percent said that the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of conservative political groups seeking tax exempt status for higher scrutiny was unacceptable, with 26 percent finding those actions acceptable.

The IRS actions brought criticism from the White House and both parties. Obama called the actions “outrageous,” and accepted the resignation of Steven Miller, the acting director of the agency, last week.

Lawmakers have begun hearings and Republicans have vowed to discover if officials at the White House knew about the scandal, despite claims from Obama that he didn’t “know anything” until reading news reports of the matter.

The poll, though, finds support for the president, with 61 percent saying that his statements on the scandal have been accurate, with 35 percent disagreeing with his characterization of the IRS actions.

But there is also support for the GOP handling of the IRS matter, with 54 percent saying congressional Republicans are reacting appropriately and 42 percent saying they are overreacting.

Fifty-five percent believe the nation’s tax agency acted on its own, with 37 percent saying they believe the administration ordered the IRS to target Tea Party groups.

But the poll finds less support for the administration’s handling of the Benghazi Consulate attack, with 42 percent satisfied with the White House. Fifty-three percent say they are dissatisfied.

Don’t expect Republicans to suddenly have an epiphany and stop their overreaching. They would rather manufacture scandal after scandal to deflect from confronting the issues we are grappling with as a country. Why? Because they have nothing tangible to solve this country’s problems. I have no doubt they will try to keep these so-called scandals going. But it probably won’t have much effect over time.

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Is Obama Having a ‘Katrina Moment’ With AP Wiretaps, IRS Snooping Scandals?

May 16, 2013 by Leave a Comment

(HinterlandEditorial) — Is President Obama having a “Katrina moment” with the trio of scandals rocking his administration — Benghazi, IRS snooping and the Associated Press wiretaps? Personally, I believe Eric Holder should be put out to pasture, given his testimony on Capitol Hill Wednesday where he gave different variations to “I don’t know.” I thought the buck stopped with him, being the U.S. Attorney General, but maybe I’m wrong. Dana Milbank characterized his performance as an abdication, mocking him with his responses, “I don’t know. I don’t know. I would not want to reveal what I know. I don’t know why that didn’t happen.  I know nothing, so I’m not in a position really to answer.”

Todd Eberly:  ”What happened to Bush between Election Day 2004 and the Democratic victories in the 2006 election is a cautionary tale that the Obama Administration would do well to consider… Bush had presented himself as a competent manager and a reliable leader – a stark contrast to Kerry. That image collapsed in spectacular fashion in latter half of 2005.”

“Like Bush, Obama was reelected by the same 51% bare majority. Obama’s narrow popular vote victory was bolstered by a more substantial Electoral College victory. Like Bush, Obama was rejected by 49% of the electorate and exit polls showed a majority of voters favored full or partial repeal of the President’s signature legislative accomplishment – health care reform. Much like the Bush 2004 strategy, the Obama campaign spent millions defining Mitt Romney as an unfit leader. Obama was portrayed as the reliable and competent manager who understood there was a positive role for government to play in improving people’s lives. If Obama is not careful, that image will collapse in spectacular fashion.”

The onset of woes threatens to consume President Obama’s policy aspirations and possibly his legacy. Instead of focusing on some of the issues confronting the country, he has had to go in damage control mode to stem the bleeding over the trio of controversies, with no end in sight. It’s been a rough week for the Obama White House and the Republicans, who continue to cry wolf, are only emboldened to keep this going, while the country continues to grapple with the effects of the sequester, among other issues. On its face, this isn’t a “Katrina moment” but who knows how this will turn out. On a personal note, since we are talking ‘scandal,’ I guess I will tune in to watch a real scandal unfold as the season finale for ABC’s hit show “Scandal” airs tonight.

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Republicans Staging Political Circus With President Obama-Richard Nixon Comparison

May 15, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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GOP Clown Car: Republicans Staging Political Circus With President Obama-Richard Nixon Comparison

(HinterlandEditorial) — It’s very disingenuous and downright despicable for anyone to compare President Obama to Richard Nixon.  There are no comparisons, but the Republicans, who have no tangible policies to help move this country forward, will wallow in the muck like squealing pigs, making hay out of nothing. There is always an element of racial animus towards President Obama from Republicans and that’s what enrages many people. I would urge everyone not to get mad. Get even at the polling station in 2014, just as we all did in 2012. There are many issues confronting this country but the Republicans would rather deflect and create a storm in an effort to change public sentiment, notwithstanding their abysmal approval ratings. The Republicans want to make a Bill Clinton out of President Obama, but guess who landed on his feet?

There is nothing remotely Nixonesque or Nixonian in the so-called IRS snooping scandal, the Benghazi attack and the Associated Press phone record seizure. President Obama had nothing to with that mess, but the Republican freakfest threatens to slap a second term curse on his legacy. No matter how you view this, it certainly isn’t akin to Watergate or even the outing of Valerie Plame by Bush officials, including Dick Cheney’s top aide, I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby. The key players in the Valerie Plame debacle were Dick Cheney, Karl Rove and Scooter Libby. Questions still remain whether it was Dick Cheney who revealed Valerie Plame’s identity to Scooter Libby. Yeah, that would be the same Dick Cheney who recently said the Benghazi attack was one of the “worst I can recall in my career.” Hypocritical windbag.

How quickly the Republicans try to whitewash Richard Nixon’s legacy. Richard Nixon’s rivals became his enemies, he tried to tarnish his enemies reputations by attempting to turn them into criminals, all the while trampling all over the U.S. Constitution. I scarcely believe President Obama is of the same ilk.

The right wing have also conveniently ignored the fact that the Justice Department’s Inspector General found evidence that the Bush administration sought New York Times and Washington Post phone records under the same terms that the DOJ under President Obama did to the Associated Press. It doesn’t make it right but their faux-outrage is incredible. The Bush Administration tried to criminalize information gathering, not just going after the leakers. They tried to set a precedent that would have slapped criminal charges on journalists, but they didn’t have their way.

Charles Krauthammer: “But the one advice I give to Republicans is stop calling it a huge scandal. Stop saying it’s a Watergate. Stop saying it’s Iran Contra. Let the facts speak for themselves. Have a special committee, a select committee. The facts will speak for themselves. Pile them on but don’t exaggerate, don’t run ads about Hillary. It feeds the narrative for the other side that it’s only a political event. It’s not. Just be quiet and present the facts.”

More ‘scandals’ emanated from George W. Bush’s administration than from the Obama Administration. Though Dick Cheney will have you believe otherwise because he thinks we are all stupid. Conservatives are piling on and accusing President Obama of having first hand knowledge of what goes on at the Internal Revenue Service. Let me interject that the acting commissioner was a George W. Bush appointee. There was no outrage in 2004 when the IRS targeted the NAACP and black churches for speaking about against the Bush Administration. There was no outrage when the IRS targeted Greenpeace, for that matter. But now the Tea Party has been impacted so, they are calling for President Obama’s head on a platter. Typical right wing HYPOCRISY.

Karl Rove, who imploded on live television election night 2012 when Fox News called Ohio for President Obama, trotted out an advertisement critical of Hillary Clinton. Despite the fact that it was clearly stated that she had no role in the missteps that led up the the Benghazi diplomatic mission attack that left four Americans dead. I guess he must have forgotten about the White Water scandal and that the Clintons landed on their feet.

The usual Haterade drinking crew are going nuts. People like Michelle Malkin, Ann Coulter, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Matt Drudge, Tucker Carlson, etc., would like nothing more than to see President Obama impeached. Conservative pundit George Will is already talking impeachment.  So are Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) and Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK). Sorry, but the Obamagate that they are dying for won’t materialize. Yes, I am appalled at the AP phone seizure mess and I have even called for Eric Holder to step down, but this didn’t come from the White House, but the buck stops with President Obama. It will have a boomerang effect, as we are seeing in the Benghazi “freak-out.” Make way for the GOP clown car that rolling into Washington D.C.

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Conservative Group Floats Impeaching President Obama for ‘Wrecking Stock Market’ on Day it Hits 15K

May 8, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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Conservative Group Floats Impeaching President Obama for ‘Wrecking Stock Market’ on Day it Hits 15K (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Right wing groups will stop at nothing to blast President Obama for just about anything, even the most preposterous. Conservative Capital Hill Daily sent the Citizen United’s listserv a query Tuesday floating the idea of impeaching President Obama because he wrecked the stock market. Um, that was the very day the stock market hit 15,056 in a historic high.

When Obama took office on January 20, 2009, the Dow Jones was at 7,949. Over the last 4 years, it has gone up approximately 90 percent before reaching a new high today.

It’s important to remember that the health of the stock market is very different from the health of the overall economy. Middle class wages are stagnating and millions are still unemployed or underemployed.

But when a conservative organization claims ignores reality in such a blatant way, one can’t help but quote former Rep. Barney Frank: “On what planet do you spend most of your time?” Source

These right wing groups stop at nothing to discredit President Obama by any means. This isn’t just about despising him because he’s a Democrat. There’s a name for this, but I just won’t say it.

Conservative Group Floats Impeaching President Obama for Wrecking Stock Market on Day it Hits 15K
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Obama Jokes at WHCD that “Buzzfeed Was Something I Did in College Around 2 A.M.”

April 27, 2013 by Leave a Comment

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President Obama’s new look at White House Correspondents’ Dinner

President Obama joked at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner that “Buzzfeed” was something he did around 2 a.m. in college. Don Lemon tweets if President Obama made a marijuana joke. Um, he was quite oblivious to the weak lactating joke dropped by Ed Henry.

President Obama also zinged Michele Bachmann, Mitch McConnell, Sheldon Adelson and the news media.

Obama also gave plenty of ribbing to the Fourth Estate.

Of the New York Times’ Maureen Dowd, Obama said: “Maureen Dowd said I could solve all of my problems if I was just more like Michael Douglass in ‘The American President.’ I know Michael’s here tonight. Michael, what’s your secret? Could it be that you were an actor in an Aaron Sorkin liberal fantasy?”

Of CNN: “I know CNN has taken some knocks lately but the fact is, I admire their commitment to covering all sides of the story, just in case one of them happens to be accurate.”

Of MSNBC: “David Axelrod now works for MSNBC, which is a nice change of pace, since MSNBC used to work for David Axelrod.”

From Twitter:

More quips from President Obama:

Conan O’Brien slammed CNN’s John King:

Conan O’Brien disses George Stephanopolous — lame joke:

President Obama’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner speech:

Conan O’Brien’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner speech:

Kevin Spacey muscled his way into the White House Correspondents’ Dinner:

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FBI: Everett Dutschke Arrested in Probe into Ricin-Laced Letters Sent to Obama, Others

April 27, 2013 by Leave a Comment

BREAKING:  The FBI said Everett Dutschke, a Mississippi man, whose home and business were searched as part of an investigation into ricin-laced letters sent to President Obama, Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Judge Sadie Holland, has been arrested.

Everett Dutschke was arrested early Saturday morning at his Tupelo, Miss., home in connection with the letters, the FBI said. Charges were initially filed against Elvis impersonator Paul Kevin Curtis, but were later dropped. Everett Dutschke has ties to Curtis, Judge Sadie Holland and Sen. Roger Wicker.

This is not the first time Dutschke has been involved with law enforcement officials. Dutschke is currently out on $25,000 bond facing three state indictments that he allegedly fondled three females under the age of 16.

Dutschke has twice run for public office in Northeast Mississippi. In 2007, he unsuccessfully challenged Democratic incumbent Steve Holland for a seat in the state House of Representatives as a Republican. In 2008, he lost a bid for Lee County election commissioner as a Democrat. Source

Everett Dutschke is expected to make his first appearance in federal court Monday. I hope they got the right person this time around, since there was so much made of Paul Kevin Curtis’ arrest and then his quiet release after the charges were dropped.

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White House Confirms Syrian Regime Used Chemical Weapons, Including Sarin

April 25, 2013 by Leave a Comment

BREAKING:  The White House has released a letter sent to congressional leaders Thursday, saying it has evidence the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons.

“Our intelligence community does assess with varying degrees of confidence that the Syrian regime has used chemical weapons on a small scale in Syria, specifically the agent sarin,” the letter reads.

President Obama has said in the past that the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian regime would be a ‘red line’ that could trigger a new phase of intervention in the civil war, which has been underway for two years.

The White House also said facts are needed to bolster its findings. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel also confirmed the findings.

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