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Dick Cheney Hubris: Benghazi ‘One of Worst Incidents I Can Recall in My Career’

May 14, 2013 by 1 Comment

(HinterlandEditorial) — The mere mention of Dick Cheney’s name makes my blood boil and I don’t expect him to offer President Obama any encouragement or understanding, but his latest comments on Fox News take the word ‘hubris’ to another level. He said the Sept. 11, 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi was “one of the worst incidences” he could recall. Um, let’s see, September 11, 2001, didn’t ring a bell for him. How does  he have the gall to claim four lives lost is worst than the 3,000 killed during the terror attacks on American soil? I am in no way diminishing the importance of the four Americans killed in Benghazi, but Dick Cheney is just full of sh*t.

There’s more ugliness that emanated from Cheney’s mouth — he also attacked President Obama’s response, claiming that the Obama administration “lied” about Benghazi. Of course, Dick Cheney is of the same ilk as Mother Teresa, right? If anyone should be accused of lying, repeatedly, it’s the Bush Administration.

CHENEY: I watched the Benghazi thing with great interest, Sean [Hannity]. I think it’s one of the worst incidences, frankly, that I can recall in my career. It put the whole capability claiming the terrorist problem solved once we got Bin Laden, that Al Qaeda was over with. If they told the truth about Benghazi, that it was a terrorist attack by an al-Qaeda-affiliated group, it would destroy the confidence that was the basis of his campaign for re-election.

They lied. They claimed it was because of a demonstration video, that they wouldn’t have to admit it was really all about their incompetence. They ignored repeated warnings from the CIA about the threat. They ignored messages from their own people on the ground that they need more security. They reduced what was already there. Source

I’m sorry but is this the same Dick Cheney who played a role in the shenanigans leading up to the invasion of Iraq, on a lie no less? You remember the whole weapons of mass destruction premise for going after Saddam Hussein, but there were really none. Or better yet, how about those 13 diplomatic missions that were attacked during under his watch as the vice president of the United States? If the truth be told, Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev did more damage in the Boston terror attack than al Qaeda did in Benghazi. The Republicans’ freak-out is making a mockery out of this country. Where’s the outrage from the Republicans about the 19 people, including two kids, wounded in New Orleans during Mother’s Day shooting? There’s a word for Dick Cheney. Well, you can say it, I won’t.

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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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Stunning Defeat of Gun Control Overhaul Should Culminate in Lawmakers Being Kicked Out of Office in 2014 Elections

April 18, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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Stunning Defeat of Gun Control Overhaul Should Culminate in Lawmakers Being Kicked Out of Office in 2014 Elections (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

HinterlandGazette Editorial — Wednesday was a horrible day for the majority of Americans who wanted to see some type of gun control overhaul passed. What’s troubling is that it wasn’t just the background check amendment that went up in flames. Every other proposal concerning gun control did too. To echo President Obama, this shouldn’t be ignored, but remembered in the polling booth in the 2014 and 2016 elections. It’s quite clear, the National Rifle Association controls the majority of the Senate like puppets on a string.

Washington Post:  ”It was a stunning collapse for gun-control advocates just four months after the deaths of 20 children and six adults in Newtown led the president and many others to believe that the political climate on guns had been altered in their favor.”

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“But the biggest setback for the White House was the defeat of a measure to expand background checks to most gun sales. The Senate defied polls showing that nine in 10 Americans support the idea, which was designed to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and the mentally ill.”

First Read: “Yesterday, even the most uncontroversial piece of gun legislation — a trafficking bill with NRA support — went down. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wouldn’t get cloture on the final bill, and he may pull the whole package from the floor as soon as today.”

Michael Tomasky : “You cannot oppose the will of 90 percent of the public and expect no consequences. You can’t have people saying what Rand Paul said, that monstrous comment of his about Newtown parents being “props,” and think that you haven’t offended and infuriated millions of people. You can’t introduce amendments that encourage moreinterstate transfer of weapons and give it the way-beyond-Orwellian name “safe communities” act and think that karma will never come back around on you. And you can’t sneer at the parents of dead 6-year-olds and expect that God isn’t watching and taking notes.”

If this isn’t proof that lawmakers thumb their noses at their constituents and ignore their wishes. Well, we’ll be urging you to remember those lawmakers up for reelection in 2014 who didn’t do your bidding in the gun control fight. Until the gun violence hits close to home, they will continue their love affair with the NRA. That includes Democrats and Republicans alike. The Democrats deserve to lose their majority edge in the Senate. You can’t just ignore the wishes of the vast majority of Americans who elected you to do as you please once you get to Washington D.C. Gun control overhaul was supported by 90% of Americans.

When one of these lawmakers lose a child, spouse or another relative to gun violence, they’ll sing another tune. Until then, they are willing to trample all over the victims of the Aurora movie theater shooting, the victims of the Newtown school massacre, the victims of Sikh temple shooting, and all the others victims of gun violence. That’s just shameful.

The group of cowards don’t realize that the impact of their votes will be largely positive on President Obama because it shows he fought for the victims of gun violence and their families.  David Axelrod said it best, “I don’t think there is any doubt that the President devoted himself fully to the cause of strengthening gun laws. The American people know that.” He added this on the subject of political fallout, “If there is some, it will be for those members of the Senate who defied 90% of the American people out of fear of reprisals from the NRA.” Enough said. Fe fi fo fum, 2014 elections here we come……

NAMES OF COWARDS WHO VOTED AGAINST GUN CONTROL OVERHAUL — CALL 202-224-3121 TO COMPLAIN:

1. Sen. Rand Paul

2. Sen. Saxby Chambliss

3. Sen. Johnny Isakson

4. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp

5. Sen. Mitch McConnell

6. Sen. Richard Shelby

7. Sen. Jeff Sessions

8. Sen. Marco Rubio

9. Sen. Jeff Flake

10. Sen. John Boozman

11. Sen. Tim Scott

12. Sen. Lisa Murkowski

13. Sen. Mike Crapo

14. Sen. Jim Risch

15. Sen. Dan Coats

16. Sen. Chuck Grassley

17. Sen. Pat Roberts

18. Sen. Jerry Moran

19. Sen. David Vitter

20. Sen. Thad Cochran

21. Sen. Roger Wicker (the one who got ricin letter)

22. Sen. Roy Blunt

23. Sen. Mike Johanns

24. Sen. Max Baucus

25. Sen. Mark Begich

26. Sen. Mark Pryor

27. Sen. Deb Fischer

28. Sen. Dean Heller

29. Sen. Kelly Ayotte

30. Sen. Richard Burr

31. Sen. John Hoeven

32. Sen. Rob Portman

33. Sen. Jim Inhofe

34. Sen. Tom Coburn

35. Sen. Lindsey Graham

36. Sen. John Thune

37. Sen. Lamar Alexander

38. Sen. Bob Corker

39. Sen. John Cornyn

40. Sen. Ted Cruz

41. Sen. Orrin Hatch

42. Sen. Mike Lee

43. Sen. Ron Johnson

44. Sen. Mike Enzi

45. Sen. John Barrasso

Stunning Defeat of Gun Control Overhaul Should Culminate in Lawmakers Being Kicked Out of Office in 2014 Elections
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Good Riddance to the 112th Congress with Its Toxic Partisan Bickering

January 3, 2013 by 1 Comment
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Good Riddance to the 112th Congress with It’s Toxic Partisan Bickering

All I can say is good riddance to the 112th Congress, the worst in decades. Too bad people like Tea Party wingnut Michele Bachmann wasn’t kicked out of office.

Ezra Klein: “What’s the record of the 112th Congress? Well, it almost shut down the government and almost breached the debt ceiling. It almost went over the fiscal cliff (which it had designed in the first place). It cut a trillion dollars of discretionary spending in the Budget Control Act and scheduled another trillion in spending cuts through an automatic sequester, which everyone agrees is terrible policy. It achieved nothing of note on housing, energy, stimulus, immigration, guns, tax reform, infrastructure, climate change or, really, anything. It’s hard to identify a single significant problem that existed prior to the 112th Congress that was in any way improved by its two years of rule.”

Good Riddance to the 112th Congress with Its Toxic Partisan Bickering
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Andrew Sullivan: President Obama Came “Back Like a Lethal But Restrained Predator”

October 17, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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Andrew Sullivan: President Obama Came “Back Like a Lethal But Restrained Predator” (Photo credit: DonkeyHotey)

More reaction to the second presidential debate from some popular political writers on the Internet. I can say that President Obama’s performance was far better than the first debate, including calling Mitt Romney’s five point plan a one point plan:

The instant polls all found Obama won last night’s presidential debate: CBS News had Obama beating Romney 37% to 30%, CNN found Obama won 46% to 39%, and a Lake Research poll in the battleground states found Obama up 53% to 38%.

Nate Silver cautions: “The relationship between the quick-reaction polls and their eventual effect on the horse-race polls has historically been very modest, and has sometimes even run in the opposite direction of what the initial polls suggested.”

Here are some other reactions:

Andrew Sullivan: “To my mind, Obama dominated Romney tonight in every single way: in substance, manner, style, and personal appeal. He came back like a lethal, but restrained predator.”

Joshua Green: “I thought Mitt Romney’s second debate was nearly as bad as Barack Obama’s first debate.”

Alex Pareene: “Obama clearly prepared for his Libya response. Romney makes a dumb mistake: Obama says he spoke in the Rose Garden after the attack and called it an act of terror. Romney says “no you didn’t.” Obama says “get the transcript.” Crowley says ‘he did.’ The audience applauds Crowley live fact-checking Romney. Like, twice. They applaud twice. Romney stutters through the rest of his response, and it doesn’t matter what he says: He just got fucking destroyed. By the audience, basically.”

Rick Klein: “Not until an exchange on Libya — close on the heels of a petty-but-buzzy attack on pension size — did the president hit a stride in tonight’s debate… The president took a subject that should have been a sore spot and turned it around. He was having a decent debate to that point, but that exchange — including his call for a fact-check on when he labeled Benghazi a terrorist attack — made it something more than that, the victory his campaign desperately needed.”

Greg Sargent: “This race will still be the dead heat tomorrow that it was yesterday, but Obama made big strides towards turning things around tonight.”

Joe Klein: “Most political debates are like this. There aren’t very many clean wins or losses. The candidates work on the audiences they’ve targeted-women for Obama; small business for Romney-and few minds are changed. The number of minds that are changeable at this point in this race is so miniscule that I can’t guess which candidate did better at influencing the truly undecided-which is why I can’t say who won.”

Josh MarshallL “Romney did well. Obama did better. And increasingly better over the course of the evening.”

Andrew Sullivan: President Obama Came Back Like a Lethal But Restrained Predator
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Mitt Romney Invokes ‘Popeye the Sailor Man’ Saying “I Am Who I Am” After Conceding Obama Made Him Less Likable

August 27, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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Mitt Romney Invokes ‘Popeye the Sailor Man’ Saying “I Am Who I Am” After Conceding Obama Made Him Less Likable (Moosroom)

Mitt Romney as Popeye the Sailor Man? He conceded President Obama has succeeded in defining him in public, breaking the first rule of politics to never let your opponent define you. He told Politico Obama succeeded in making him a less likable person, but offered up a defiant retort:  ”I am who I am.” Like Popeye.

“Romney quoted that Popeye line three times in a 30-minute interview… about his leadership style and philosophy, swatting away advice from Republicans to focus on connecting with voters in a more emotional, human way at this convention.”

“The issue seems close to the surface for Romney. He even used the same line in an interview with Fox News that aired Sunday: “Remember that Popeye line: ‘I am what I am and that’s all what I am.’” Source:  Politico

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Former VA Gov. Doug Wilder Says “Slavery Is Nothing to Joke About” But Said Nothing to “Shackles” References by GOP

August 16, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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Former VA Gov. Doug Wilder Says “Slavery Is Nothing to Joke About” But Said Nothing to “Shackles” References by GOP(Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Joe Biden’s “put y’all in chains” comment lives another day and now one prominent former black politician is giving his two cents. Former Virginia Gov.  Doug Wilder, appeared on Fox News’ “Your World with Neil Cavuto” said “slavery is nothing to joke about,” when asked about Biden’s comment.

To be honest with you, Joe Biden is a gaffe machine and I have often wondered why in the world would Obama have picked him in the first place. Kinda makes you wonder how much Bill and Hillary Clinton are doubling over in laughter.  The Obama campaign can’t afford to let Joe Biden loose. He will embarrass them, as he always has.  Joe Biden is living proof that loose lips sink ships.

“Well, first of all it is divisive and certainly uncalled for,” Wilder said. “I don’t think the Obama administration needs that at this time. And, as you know, I have not been the most strong supporter of Joe Biden. And yet, we all know he’s gaffe-prone. But when you make a statement that says ‘They are going to put y’all back in chains,’ which means ‘I’m OK — not going to happen to me.’”

“We’ll work through it, but ‘y’all’ would be in chains,” Wilder continued. “Slavery is nothing to joke about. And the history of this nation’s involvement with slavery is nothing to pass off in a joke. And so let’s give him the benefit of the doubt by saying, ‘Well, he didn’t mean all of it,’ and his apologists are already out there saying it. But you can’t continue to make gaffe after gaffe after gaffe and believe that it’s going to be supportive of what you and the president are trying to do.” Source:  Daily Caller

Don’t get me wrong, Biden’s comments weren’t out of line, but taken in the right context, he wasn’t being racist one iota. It’s funny because the audience was also made up of blacks, who didn’t seem to be bent out of shape about his quip. I don’t recall hearing Gov. Wilder criticize Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and others for using the word “shackles.” Better yet, R&B legend Aretha Franklin has a song “Chain of Fools,” as well as gospel duo Mary Mary’s “Take Shackles Off My Feet” and I don’t think I heard peep out of him. Everyone knows that slavery is nothing to joke about, but guess what, some would call what’s going on in this country economic slavery.

Former VA Gov. Doug Wilder Says Slavery Is Nothing to Joke About But Said Nothing to Shackles References by GOP
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Gallup Poll: No Paul Ryan Bounce for Mitt Romney with ‘Bold’ Veep Pick, Could Get Delayed Bounce

August 15, 2012 by Leave a Comment

No Paul Ryan bounce for Mitt Romney though could see delayed bounce, according to new Gallup poll.

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Romney Sees No Immediate Bounce After Naming ‘Bold’ Veep Pick Paul Ryan. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)

Gallup Poll — Mitt Romney’s standing in the presidential election campaign has not changed materially in the immediate days after his announcement of Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan as his vice-presidential running mate. The first four days of Gallup Daily tracking after Romney’s announcement show 47% of registered voters saying they would vote for Romney and 45% for Barack Obama if the election were held today. The four days prior showed Romney at 46% and Obama at 45%.

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Gallup Poll: No Paul Ryan Bounce for Mitt Romney with Bold Veep Pick, Could Get Delayed Bounce
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Conservative Group, ‘Jews and Christians Together’ Sending Dump Romney Memo to RNC Delegates

August 9, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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Conservative Group, ‘Jews and Christians Together’ Sending Dump Romney Memo to RNC Delegates (Buzzfeed)

Dump Romney:  A group called “Jews and Christians Together” is sending a memo to Republican National Convention delegates urging them not to vote for Mitt Romney at the convention, even if they’re bound to him, Buzzfeed reports.

What if Mitt Romney is not inevitable at Tampa? What if his nomination makes four more years for President Obama all but inevitable? What if it’s true that, despite Obama’s governing ineptitude, the Republican frontrunner is already losing the Electoral College in a rout which threatens GOP Senate prospects in the overlapping swing states? And, what if that’s before all the ugly stuff really hits the fan?

Few Tampa delegates have had any disclosure on the racially-toxic texts to which Willard M. Romney is tied – and which he has yet to repudiate; same with the anti-Semitic writings. No disclosure, either, on Romney’s role as America’s Founding Father of Gay Marriage, the reason Obama could safely come out. Without a Tampa game-changer, we’ll soon see how it all ties in to Romney’s Big Problem, the core reason he can’t carry the toss-ups.

“Purple State” voters already get it that ObamaCare is simply coercive RomneyCare writ large – each a punitive tax program for nonetheless bankrupting new entitlements, each illustrating why neither author should be President. This fall, however, left-allied media will also be spinning our “No Apologies” social engineer, quite plausibly, as a liar and loony: For a catalog of troubling character issues, click The Romney Files or this Romney robo-audio; they’re examples of what millions of voters have already been receiving in battleground states like MI, WI, PA and OH – and partly why, despite a weak economy and incumbent, Romney’s already losing the Electoral College so badly.

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And, it’s within the power of Tampa’s delegates to dump Romney. (See page 77). He can’t win. Or more precisely, after months of campaigning, at a time when the U.S. economy is at its lowest point in decades, and against one of the most inept Presidents in U.S. history, if Romney’s trailing as badly as he is now… the odds are very long he can close this fall.

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Fight Bigotry Super PAC Accuses Obama of Racism Against Whites Over Eric Holder Decision in New Black Panther Case

August 4, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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Fight Bigotry Super PAC Accuses Obama of Racism Against Whites Over Eric Holder Decision in New Black Panther Case (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

A pro-Romney super PAC, Fight Bigotry, released an ad accusing President Obama of racism towards whites. Um, absolutely laughable. The ad accuses him of racism against whites for allowing his attorney general, Eric Holder, to say that some white people hate the president and attorney general because of their racism.

The narrator says, “Implying that whites are too stupid to have honest disagreements with the president without being racist is, in and of itself, racist against whites.” It goes on to say by ‘allowing’ Holder to continue his line of attack, it was “reinforcing Mr. Obama’s disturbing pattern of tacitly defending black racism.”

The ad also selectively edits President Obama’s speeches to imply that he called his grandmother racist and said she was a “typical white person.” The group also deemed Holder racist for declining to prosecute the New Black Panthers for intimidating white voters.

Fight Bigotry Super PAC Accuses Obama of Racism Against Whites Over Eric Holder Decision in New Black Panther Case
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