Obama: White House's Israel play

“President Barack Obama is reaffirming U.S. ties with Israel, upstaging Mitt Romney one day before the Republican challenger visits Jerusalem,” AP writes. “The White House says Obama will sign legislation Friday that expands military and civilian cooperation with Israel. The bill passed by voice vote in the House last week. The bill reiterates U.S. support for a negotiated two-state solution in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.”

And there’s this: “The White House subtly injected itself into Romney's trip on Thursday after Romney caused a stir by calling London's problems with Olympics preparation ‘disconcerting.’ White House spokesman Jay Carney said Obama ‘has the utmost confidence’ in Britain's ability to host the games.”

The Romney campaign is pushing that despite the White House’s and the president’s denials that national security leaks came from the White House, campaign adviser David Axelrod said on MSNBC’s Morning Joe yesterday: “I can tell you, that the President of the United States did not leak classified information, as Mitt Romney suggested yesterday, didn't authorize the leak of classified information, as Mitt Romney suggested yesterday, and I think it was largely a diversion because what's he going to talk about?” And then said: “[T]here's an investigation going – well, you stop it by sending strong signals. Strong signals have been sent. There are leaks out of every administration.”

“Nearly four years after he was sent to the White House, less than half of American voters know President Obama is Christian, a new poll has found,” the New York Daily News writes. “A survey by the Pew Research Center found that only 49 percent of those polled knew Obama is Christian, while 17 percent thought he is Muslim and 31 percent said they don’t know. Surprisingly, the percentage of voters who know Obama is Christian has declined since October 2008, when 55 percent correctly identified him as Christian.”

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Romney has a following on Twitter, it seems: #romneyshambles

Kinda says it all, huh.

We've yet to see how he'll place his foot in his mouth when he visits Israel. Seems Romney and Netanyahu might have some reminiscing to do, after all, Romney is his BFF:

Romney:

"We can almost speak in shorthand. We share common experiences and have a perspective and underpinning which is similar."

"Israel's current Prime Minister is not just a friend, he's an old friend".

Wow...pretty close friends, huh.

Netanyahu:

"I remember him for sure, but I don't think we had any particular connections, I knew him and he knew me, I suppose."

Yeah, I suppose...

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Reply#1 - Fri Jul 27, 2012 8:41 AM EDT

Netanyahu = Romney's BFF. That's funny.

I wonder if Mitt drinks evening tea with his pal the Queen of England, and hangs out with his fellow Olympian friend, Prince Albert II.

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#1.1 - Fri Jul 27, 2012 8:50 AM EDT

I wonder what makes MSNBC think B. Hussein is a Christian. He was enrolled as a Moslem in a Moslem school, sired by a Moslem man, raised by another Moslem man. He continually praises Moslems and their tenets and customs. He has yet to set foot in Israel. He treats Israel's Prime Minister like an unwanted stepchild, and talks bad him behind his back. And his remark about a need for Israel to relinquish the territory it took back from its Moslem enemies in 1967 shows he's completely delusional and ignorant.

If B. Hussein left Islam, why isn't there a fatwah out on his head?

He is a Moslem, and his fellow Moslems know it.

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#1.2 - Fri Jul 27, 2012 9:46 AM EDT

Keep beating that dead horse Vaughn the rest of the country has moved on.

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#1.3 - Fri Jul 27, 2012 10:49 AM EDT

SSG Retired Vaughan

I wonder what makes MSNBC think B. Hussein is a Christian.

why does that even matter? Christian religion is nothing more than a set of beliefs of certain group of people. It's not any better than other religions. Get a life.

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#1.4 - Fri Jul 27, 2012 12:06 PM EDT

What's Netanyahu supposed to say? Obama treats him like dirt already. What would the vindictive SOB do if Netanyahu came out in support of Romney? The POTUS would have him washing cars in the White House parking lot next time he was summoned to town.

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#1.5 - Fri Jul 27, 2012 12:44 PM EDT

SSG Truly a loyal foot soldier for team Romney. They count on you blog bots to continually regurgitate that Islamic crap with the well founded belief that a lie repeated frequently enough takes on the aura of truth.

GOP: If you can't say something bad, lies will do.

Besides, George Washington admonished us to form alliances for our own interests. If Israel refuses to engage in good faith negotiations (continuing to build settlements), why should we be their lapdog?

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#1.6 - Fri Jul 27, 2012 6:06 PM EDT

The article says Obama signed a bill, but doesn't say what the bill actually means. Here is some information the Zionist news organizations and our whore politicians would rather you not know.

The Senate Votes to Extend $9 Billion in Loan
Guarantees for the Benefit of Israel

Have you heard about the the "United States-Israel Enhanced Security
Cooperation Act of 2012"? It was introduced by Senator Barbara Boxer on
3/6/12 with 71 Cosponsors.

The House passed their version [H.R.4133] on May 9, pledging unlimited loyalty
and riches to our "special friend" Israel, with only two congressman
dissenting- Ron Paul and Democrat John Dingell of Michigan.

The U.S. Senate passed their version on Friday June 29, 2012. Known in the
Senate as S.2165, the measure guaranteed an astonishing $9 billion dollars in
loans to Israel (plus all fees and interest!) in addition to giving
"military assistance- stockpiles of defense articles" valued at $200
million for 2013 and $200 million for 2014.

Boxer (Jew) praised passage of the bill, stating "I am so pleased that the
Senate moved quickly to pass this important bill, which reaffirms the important
bond between the United States and Israel and helps ensure that Israel has the
necessary tools to defend itself in this time of dynamic change in the Middle
East."

Initially seeking documentation of which way turncoat Rand Paul voted on this
treasonous bill, I tried to find the roll call votes. But as Harry Reid pointed
out during the session, "THE NEXT ROLL CALL VOTE WILL BE AT NOON ON
TUESDAY, JULY 10". The Senators passed this bill anonymously, in a
so-called "voice vote"!...

After tracking down the actual video of this travesty, which was no easy task-
(they seem to make these things hard to find on purpose)- it was like watching
something straight out of the twilight zone. Two old guys in suits mumbling
under their breath in a strange monotone fashion, with the entire U.S. Senate
taking literally less than six seconds total to squander 9 BILLION DOLLARS from
the American people. A true outrage. They did not even call out each Senators
name so that their constituents can hear whether they voted yea or nay.

The bill will soon be sent to Obama for his signature. (Apparently he signed it today) By going to http://thomas.loc.gov and typing the term United
States-Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act of 2012
in the search box,
one can read full details on both the house and senate versions of this bill.

The Senate version summary states that

"it is U.S. policy to: (1)
reaffirm the commitment to Israel's security as a Jewish state, (2) provide
Israel with the military capabilities to defend itself and help preserve its
qualitative military edge, (3) expand military and civilian cooperation, (4)
assist in a negotiated settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that
results in two states living side by side in peace and security, and (5)
encourage Israel's neighbors to recognize Israel's right to exist as a Jewish
state.

Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should take specified
actions to assist in Israel's defense.

Amends the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2005 to extend authority
to transfer certain obsolete or surplus Department of Defense (DOD) items to
Israel.

Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to extend authority to make additions
to foreign-based defense stockpiles.

Amends the Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2003 to extend
specified loan guarantee authority to Israel.

The law required that a Senate report
be done on the bill. The law required that a
Senate report be done on the bill. On June 27, two days before the voice vote,
Skull and bones member John Kerry presented the obligatory "written report No. 112-179"...

The report states "That the interest rate for loans guaranteed under
this heading may include a reasonable fee to cover the costs and fees incurred
by the borrower in connection with this program"
, but then goes on to
state "That funds made available for assistance to Israel under chapter
4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be utilized
by the Government of Israel to pay such fees to the United States
Government"
!

So we can charge them interest and fees on the $9 billion dollars, but then let
them use our money to pay the fees!

There seems to be no limit to what our Jewish Congressmen and women will do for Israel at the expense of the American people. They are whores, whose only loyalty is to Israel. It certainly isn't to the people who elected them. The Congress and apparently our president have been bought and paid for by the Jewish lobbies. Obama should be ashamed, as should every Senator and member of the House, except the 2 that voted no.

The media has not once mentioned the bill and who wrote the bill, although it is what I would expect from Zionists. When and if our service men's lives are lost in a war against Iran, think back to this day. It will have been the fault of the Zionists and the prostitute politicians that support them. They are discusting.

  • 2 votes
#1.7 - Fri Jul 27, 2012 6:27 PM EDT
Reply

Obama the con man doing his thing , Gay marriage ,SAY You support it but DO NOTHING, Immigration reform,SAY You aren't going to do something that already wasn't being done, but then actually DO NOTHING to solve the problem, Israel, SAY that You support them but actually DO NOTHING,kinda like other classics such as, cutting the deficit in half , unemployment never going above eight percent,and Sure Baby, I'll respect You in the morning!

  • 4 votes
Reply#2 - Fri Jul 27, 2012 8:48 AM EDT

con-man, now that is the best character description of all!

  • 2 votes
#2.1 - Fri Jul 27, 2012 9:15 AM EDT

I wish you were right, J.D. Still, about B. Hussein being the "Do Nothing" President. Unfortunately, he's actually the "Make Everything Worse" President.

  • 2 votes
#2.2 - Fri Jul 27, 2012 9:54 AM EDT

What's a matter guys, no comments about your idiot Willard on the other side of the pond in the UK?

You three SSG, kr and J.D. are just like Willard. You read the same direction as Willard did, open mouth insert foot. Keep trying to defend Willard guys, the harder you try the harder he makes it for you.

  • 4 votes
#2.3 - Fri Jul 27, 2012 10:57 AM EDT

Mo

No need to defend him, He just spoke the truth, said the exact same things the British press have been complaining about for months,so it really does not surprise me that Obama's Socialist comrades in the British Government, the socialist Mayor of London, and the socialist Press would do their best to make something,anything, out of nothing, to try to help their troubled comrade across the pond, (Mr. Romney up by five this morning and pulling away in the Rasmussen poll,the most accurate of all the Presidential polls last cycle,when your guy won).

  • 1 vote
#2.4 - Fri Jul 27, 2012 11:22 AM EDT

J.D.Still

No need to defend him, He just spoke the truth,

and yet he is trying to convince the world that he DIDN"T mean it....ooohhh, poor Mitt the Twit.

  • 3 votes
#2.5 - Fri Jul 27, 2012 12:08 PM EDT

Bayllie

That's not what he said, first he said the problems THE BRITISH PRESS had already identified and written about were, in fact, valid concerns, He then added that He did think They were ready however.

    #2.6 - Fri Jul 27, 2012 1:19 PM EDT

    [That's not what he said...]

    Really? Huh...

    So, did Romney misspeak? Or did EVERYONE just take his comments out of context...

    Your choice, J.D....choose wisely, Grasshopper...

    • 3 votes
    #2.7 - Fri Jul 27, 2012 5:14 PM EDT

    JD

    Is your Teapublican leader going to congratulate his buddy Benny on the great shape of his Socialistic economy? Is he going to celebrate the $3 billion Israel gets from the US (which we borrow from China) every year?

    Will he refrain from espousing his conservative ideological agenda to pander to the Florida vote?

    You betcha.

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    #2.8 - Fri Jul 27, 2012 6:25 PM EDT
    Reply

    So what's new? Every couple days America's traitorously subservient congress legislates yet another commitment to forever love Israel and all things Jewish no matter how expensive, illegal, paranoid, disgusting, brutal, or racist.

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    Reply#3 - Fri Jul 27, 2012 9:01 AM EDT

    All Willard has in his bag of tricks is, " it's Ronald Reagan this, Ronald Reagan that, Ronald Reagan loved me, Ronald Reagan did this, Ronald Reagan did that, Ronald Reagan had a plan Ronald Reagan loved this Nation and let's name it all Ronald Reagan."

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    Reply#4 - Fri Jul 27, 2012 9:34 AM EDT

    What a strange article. What does the last paragraph have to do with the rest of it?

    BTW...how come at yesterday's White House press conference when asked "which city does the U.S. recognize as the capital of Israel, Jerusalem or Tel Aviv" the answer...twice...was a "our position hasn't changed." But the press secretary wouldn't say what the "position" was. Why the vague answer? Is that part of the White House's "Israel Play"?

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    Reply#5 - Fri Jul 27, 2012 9:36 AM EDT

    B. Hussein's position on the Capital of Israel is that it's irrelevant, because Israel is occupying Palestine, and doesn't rate a capital, even though less than a hundred years ago, journalists used the term "Palestinians" to refer to the true Palestinians: the Jewish Israelis.

      #5.1 - Fri Jul 27, 2012 9:57 AM EDT

      It is also interesting to note that Jerusalem ,the city that the Muslims say is so holy and so important to them, is not mentioned once in the Muslim Holy Book, the Koran.

        #5.2 - Fri Jul 27, 2012 10:13 AM EDT
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        That's about right - FOX and talk radio have saturated about half the US populace. I'm starting to think that they have replaced them with "pod people." How else to explain this idiocy. And these are the same people that want to suppress the votes of the "allegedly too lazy to get an ID" voter. While Dems may be populated with a number of lowly educated, at least they aren't as significant as the easily brainwashed within the GOP.

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        Reply#6 - Fri Jul 27, 2012 9:46 AM EDT

        yeah, right, move 4ward wm foilhat

        vote

          #6.1 - Sun Jul 29, 2012 3:33 AM EDT
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          Obama's use of the Presidency as a campaign tool is shameful. He signs legislation timed to undermine his opponent. He issues Executive Orders timed to please the groups he's addressing.

          And still it's a dead heat.

          What's left? Calling out the military?

            Reply#7 - Fri Jul 27, 2012 10:35 AM EDT

            I can't wait for him to issue an Executive Order proclaiming no election on November 6th. then he can be King Obama..........NOT!!!

            vote no BHO m mm mmm

              #7.1 - Sun Jul 29, 2012 3:37 AM EDT
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              President Obama is do far ahead of the media, Romney and the tea people Koch republicans it's amazing. Every time any of the three try to get out in front of something, the President has already been there and done that. They're always playing catch up, and their losing ground every day.

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              Reply#8 - Fri Jul 27, 2012 11:03 AM EDT

              Too bad he doesn't devote some of his amazing capabilities to fixing what's broken in this country instead trying to beat up his opponent.

              With Romney he's a tough guy back alley bare knuckles brawler.

              With the Russians he's a limp excuse for a leader, pleading for more time so he doesn't have to explain himself to the voters.

              If his goal is gaining respect from anybody, he's got it exactly backwards.

                #8.1 - Fri Jul 27, 2012 11:44 AM EDT

                mo is a teabager for Obama, drink that tea mo, suck obama bag, mo...you go boi

                Vote O gota go

                  #8.2 - Sun Jul 29, 2012 3:42 AM EDT
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                  President Obama is so far ahead of the media, Romney and the tea people Koch republicans it's amazing. Every time any of the three try to get out in front of something, the President has already been there and done that. They're always playing catch up, and their losing ground every day.

                  • 1 vote
                  Reply#9 - Fri Jul 27, 2012 11:40 AM EDT

                  Been there and done that?? Really?? Like his "evolving" stance on gay marriage? Or perhaps his committment to Latinos? Only when it's an election year does he start pandering to his electorate...

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                  #9.1 - Fri Jul 27, 2012 12:22 PM EDT

                  People who don't approve of gay marriage are not welcome in Chicago, according to their mayor. Obama had to change his stance or he couldn't go back for a visit.

                    #9.2 - Fri Jul 27, 2012 12:37 PM EDT

                    Can anybody from any point in the political spectrum explain to me how a Christian businessman expressing his traditional beliefs is less welcome in Chicago according to Jewish Mayor Rahm Emanuel than is black racist anti Semite Louis Farrakhan?

                    This is not a rhetorical question. I don't get it and would appreciate somebody teaching me something about this.

                      #9.3 - Fri Jul 27, 2012 1:14 PM EDT
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                        Reply#10 - Fri Jul 27, 2012 1:15 PM EDT

                        Isreal is fine, we don't need to be coddling them.

                        I don't care what religion any President is, as long as he/she keeps it out of politics, and doesn't let religious ideology infect policy, that's fine with me.

                        You're freaking out over nothing.

                        Go cower in your pews and leave us sane people alone.

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                        Reply#11 - Fri Jul 27, 2012 3:39 PM EDT

                        We have alienated most of the Arab world because we are so quick to kiss Israeli Tush. Yes, we want them as friends but they practically own us in Middle East affairs.

                        In 1947 the land we call modern Israel was stolen fair and square from the Palestinians. Why should they care. The UN left the bits and pieces of what was left over. They get a third of Jerusalem, what more could they possibly want?

                        No other country the size of Israel has the military prowess that she has. No country, even those many times heer size should dare mess with Israel lest they get trounced. Intebbe was a fine example of what Israel is capable of and that was a quick simple operation for them. They are quite capable of much more. So those who worship Israel and bow down to them I ask, are you afraid of Israel because we have given far more help to her than any other country on the planet, (including France and UK in WWI and WWII).

                          Reply#12 - Fri Jul 27, 2012 6:47 PM EDT

                          Daily Presidential Tracking Poll

                          July 27, 2012

                          The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Friday shows Mitt Romney attracting 49% of the vote, while President Obama earns support from 44%. Three percent (3%) prefer some other candidate, and four percent (4%) are undecided.

                          The numbers are similar to the 49% to 43% advantage Romney enjoys on the question of who is trusted more to handle the economy.

                          Seventy percent (70%) of voters see Obama as politically liberal, while 67% see Romney as a conservative. However, the president is seen as more extreme ideologically. Forty-three percent (43%) see him as Very Liberal, while just 24% believe Romney is Very Conservative. Most voters are either politically Moderate or Somewhat Conservative. Sixty-two percent (62%) place Romney in that group while just 25% say the same for Obama.

                          ROMNEY 2012!!! YEAH BABY!!!

                            Reply#13 - Fri Jul 27, 2012 10:28 PM EDT
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                            Obama's new gig?

                              Reply#14 - Sat Jul 28, 2012 3:45 AM EDT

                              The Rag Mag News, still has it that Oboma's Certificate of Birth, was a forgery, and an ongoing investigation in that has netted several arrests! [:-0]

                                Reply#15 - Sat Jul 28, 2012 4:43 PM EDT

                                God is great.

                                Israel can not be defeated.

                                Jerusalem is the capitol no question.

                                Blood is red that is undeniable.

                                Much blood has been spilled over these facts.

                                Much more blood will be shed inevitably.

                                Jesus Christ shed blood for all of mankind.

                                Mankind has denied his blood for ages.

                                Continue to fight till there is no blood

                                The culmination of which will end in no Bleeding

                                We can put a band-aid on it with our,________— <--- You answer that ---> JESUS SAVES ...

                                vote

                                  Reply#16 - Sat Jul 28, 2012 4:45 PM EDT

                                  God is great.

                                  Israel can not be defeated.

                                  Jerusalem is the capitol no question.

                                  Blood is red that is undeniable.

                                  Much blood has been spilled over these facts.

                                  Much more blood will be shed inevitably.

                                  Jesus Christ shed blood for all of mankind.

                                  Mankind has denied his blood for ages.

                                  Continue to fight till there is no blood

                                  The culmination of which will end in no Bleeding

                                  We can put a band-aid on it with our,________<---You answer that---> JESUS SAVES ...

                                  vote

                                    Reply#17 - Sat Jul 28, 2012 4:51 PM EDT
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