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Obama said during a news conference at FEMA: “Anything they need, we will be there. And we’re going to cut through red tape. We’re not going to get bogged down with a lot of rules.”
The AP: “Obama, seeking to project presidential leadership, scraped plans to hold three events in three states Monday with former President Bill Clinton. Instead, Obama was to attend only a morning rally in Florida before returning to Washington to oversee the government’s emergency response.” Obama: “I'm not going to be able to campaign quite as much over the next couple of days.”
“President Obama will skip Monday morning's campaign event in Florida, and return to the White House to monitor the deadly trek of Hurricane Sandy, aides said,” USA Today writes. “Obama flew to Orlando on Sunday night, and had planned to attend a re-election rally at Central Florida University with former President Bill Clinton.”
So now Benghazi’s as bad or worse than Watergate for John McCain on Face The Nation: "You know what, somebody the other day said to me that this is as bad as Watergate. Well, nobody died in Watergate. But this is either a massive cover-up or an incompetence that is not acceptable service to the American people." (via Political Wire.)
In New Orleans, Madonna was booed and people walked out when she told a concert-goers to vote Obama.
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"Obama, seeking to project presidential leadership"
Obama "projects" leadership with photo ops. If one thing is clear from his 4 years of failure, it is that Obama is not a leader.
Actually Bob in VA, - he is a leader and as a nation we had been without one for 8 years - so yes, he is very presidential. I seem to remember another hurricane and storm of significant importance - "Heck of a job Brownie". Yes indeed, I'll take this President over the previous one anyday of the week - and we all know that mitt is a retread of georgie jr. who never saw a presidential day in his life.
Bob is a hater. If that was Romney, he will be saying how good and presidential Romney looks preparing for the storm. People like Bob hate president Obama no matter what. So Bob, screw you and get use to seeing more of president Obama after he is re-elected.
Totally agree, Union Baby. Some of us have memories that are able to span beyond last week's episode of Dancing With the Stars...
Obama is President!
Willard is trying to project his leadership skills, and so far is failing miserably!
Its too Bad President Obama did not feel the importance of protecting the 4 Americans in Benghazi. I know you all say we are politicizing this issue. The truth is this is an issue that would have ruined his lies about his wonderful successful foreign policy. Now, with Sandy he has the opportunity to show a false sense of being Presidential, while dodging the questions he needs to answer regarding Benghazi. Top officials have stated that any orders concerning Benghazi would have come from Obama.
Putting on the president hat? First time in 2 years! Where was it during Benghazi? For all that we know the president has had 2 years to come up with reasons why liberals need to focus on vaginas and birth control. (Sex Sells!) Oh my, birth control is so expensive, $11.00 a month! Who in the world can pay for that? Only the upper 1%, Right???? Lost liberals looking to Obama for leadership, and now he is putting on that presidential hat? We need to give Mitt that hat!! It fits his head, not his ego!
..... and romney wants u to believe President Obama bungled embassy security in Libya which cost 4 american lives (republicans refused to pass bill for more security dollars) ..... and romney has no problems with the fact President Bush sat reading a story book when 3000 americans killed in 9/11 ... and sent us to war in iraq (based on lies and bullsh*t) which killed 4,400 soldiers and wounded 10's of thousands more ...... romney dodged the vietnam draft to lay on the beach like a love struck pussy and has no problem with the deaths of thousands of our soldiers in irag and afganistan and wants to start a war with iran ... and russia .... damn ... FACT !!!!!!!! WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER WAR !!!!
OBAMA 2012
This is what should have happened before Katrina, there will be no repeat. Republicans and Democrats are working together, should only shine a good light on our presidents leadership.
Lawrence:
Top officials have stated? Please provide a link or a direct quote or something - otherwise you're simply a lieing piece of excrement. And please - don't make it some Fox Noise pundit.
Mccain: Please shut up before you make an even bigger mistake than Palin. Cover up or incompetence? There is no issue here and you idiots just sound and look stupid.
4 Americans Dead due to a terroist attack is the issue! What if one of them was your family member?
Charles - if one of them were my family member I'ld probably be a lot like the Ambassador's family - I'd prefer it not be political, and I know I'd prefer someone actually investigage it thoroughly before spewing the kinds of garbage that you and faux spit out. No bushie is no longer president or running for president (Thank the Good Lord!), however, he is the one we have to compare to and I don't think he did a very good job of much of anything, especially not embassy attacks or hurricane's.
Charles your lame attempt to make a conspiracy about the 4 dead Americans is very sad. What if's are for elementary school children. Grown-ups wait for the facts instead of making half aSSumptions about an issue they don't understand or really know anything about. A huge cover up or a huge lie perpetuated by Fox News....don't be fooled by an entertainment show. You have the potential to be an educated citizen instead of an ill informed idiot. Which one will you choose Charles?
Charles: I'm just wondering what you would say to a family member of the more than 100,000 Iragis that were killed because of a senseless and unprovoked war invented by the last Republican administration (who also conveniently ignored warnings of a terrorist attack that killed over 3,000 Americans). Oh yeah, that doesn't matter because it was a Republican administration. Go bang your drum somewhere else...
I bet charles was not this mad when 3000 americans died on 9/11/01. Charles was not running around mad as hell at president bush.
Charles=Another simple minded Obama Hater..
Libya conspiracies are being hatched in republican "think tanks," not in the White House.
Sad you all seem to deny the facts are proving the Government lied! Can't handle the truth, hey!
Union baby,
The investigations have been very conclusive. The facts are overwhelming. The blame is not being accepted or acknowledged by the individual that is responsible. A coward, not a great man. Afraid of ruining his political career. Too bad he cant be a man and accept the fact that we already know the orders for military action would have to come from Him (OBAMA). Any dem that defends his inability to act is just as bad as he is. Or there is the possibility that you are just ignorant. I dont mean to be rude, but 4 American lives at the risk of further Middle East aggression is too great a cost. Obama now has the opportunity to dodge the questions that he, and he alone, needs to answer. A blessing for him that he does not deserve, and once again at the cost of American lives. My prayers are with all of those in harms way. I pray there are no serious injuries caused by this storm.
..... and romney wants u to believe President Obama bungled embassy security in Libya which cost 4 american lives (republicans refused to pass bill for more security dollars) ..... and romney has no problems with the fact President Bush sat reading a story book when 3000 americans killed in 9/11 ... and sent us to war in iraq (based on lies and bullsh*t) which killed 4,400 soldiers and wounded 10's of thousands more ...... romney dodged the vietnam draft to lay on the beach like a love struck pussy and has no problem with the deaths of thousands of our soldiers in irag and afganistan and wants to start a war with iran ... and russia .... damn ... FACT !!!!!!!! WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER WAR !!!!
OBAMA 2012
Funny, we didn't hear this kind of outrage coming from the GOP mouth pieces going after President Bush when 3000 Americans were killed ON AMERICAN SOIL.
We also didn't hear anything when 132 Marines were killed in Lebanon.
Now the F'ing Republican party is comparing the responses to a politically motivated investigation panel, which responses indicted that the administration is still investigating what happened, to the absolutely worst abuse of government power, involving hundreds if not thousands of agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Central intelligence agency and the Internal Revenue Service, in the history of the United States. The abuse of power included not only the intimidation of perceived enemies of the Republican President, but reporters, lawyers, and even the burglary of not only the Democratic Party Headquarters at the Watergate Hotel, but also breaking into a doctors office to obtain the psychiatric information on a reporter. The actions culminating in the President of the United States, Richard M. Nixon, directly ordering the all investigations to cease and him firing not one, but two Attorney's General, finally getting Robert Bork (yes, that Robert Bork) to illegally fire the special prosecutor, Archibald Cox. Those actions which led to Nixon resigning just days before he would have been impeached and removed from office.
Anyone who thinks for one minute that President Obama is at all close to being anywhere near as bad as Nixon does not have any sense of proportion when it comes to the crimes Nixon committed.
It seems obvious that some folk can't count above 4.....discount the 3,000 who were killed on 9/11/2001, discount the 6,000 killed because of Dubya's lies.
Obama Haters? No we are not, we would just love to see him work someplace else. 4 more years of a teenager with a credit card president is what we don't need. Yes,we still love our teenagers, and someday they need to move out into the real world and get a real job. I would love to see Obama working at a Wisconsin paper mill as a general labor! Or milking cows! Or Making cheese! Love to be there when the boss tells Obama, less talking and more working! I would bet that in a week he could find some reason to sue for a blister on his thumb or for dirty hands. Obama needs to relocate to something that better suits him, like a cable news show, that just might work. Is MSNBC looking?
According to the media, Romney has this election wrapped up.
I've seen the story of Madonna getting booed on numerous channels. Last week, in a story about the huge advantage Obama has with Hispanics, CBS choose to illustrate the story with an interview with a wealthy Republican Latina,who listed all the reasons Hispanics should vote for Romney. If I didn't know better, I'd say the media is in the tank for the Republicans. When they do a story on Obama's advantage among young people, they find a young Republican to say she's voting for Romney. And weirdly, the media seems to believe white people only vote for Romney, as if the whitest states in the country, like Vermont and Maine, are strange outliers. (PS Madonna is a white, middle aged 1% and SHE supports Obama.)
Amy if that wealthy Latina is from Cuba you have to remember - they don't consider themselves hispanics - the hispanics come from south of the Boarder and Cuban's think themselves better than the other folks of hispanic/Latina heritage. Seems strange to me, your foot is just as wet when you climb out of the Rio Grande as it is when you climb out of the Atlantic or Caribbean.
NBC is a disgrace, no coverage of Bengahzi terrorist attack cover up! Ok to be lied to by the Government hey! President is refusing to answer valid questions. My hope is that all advertisers will withdraw funds from the so called NEWS programs that support this cover up.
Oh, Charles...where were you last week, anyway?
By the way...which do you think you'll hear more about this week...Benghazi or Bryn Mawr, PA?
Charles,
In 1983, Lebanon was being used as a base from which the Palestinian Liberation army launched attacks on Israel. Israel retaliated by invading Lebanon. The United States negotiated a ceasefire between the PLO and Israel, and sent 800 Marines to enforce it.
Ronald Reagan decided to keep our forces in Lebanon until the country could be stabilized. Naturally, the Soviets resented America's influence in the region and allied with Syria, which was trying to take advantage of Lebanon's weakness, to increase it's power in the region.
Following Reagan's decision to keep troops in Lebanon, 241 U.S. Marines were killed in a terrorist attack on their base. Was this Reagan's "fault?" Should he have been impeached for the deaths of 241 Americans? Reagan withdrew troops from Lebanon, leaving it to the Syrians, the original "cut and run" strategy. I find it utterly ironic Reagan-worshippers are now attacking the Obama administration over the deaths of Americans in Libya, and the administrations determination not to cut and run from an unstable Libya.
You need to consider that there's more going on than what your tiny brain can imagine. Even Rmoney has dropped this topic - perhaps he's been briefed on why it is not something to be talked about. When it comes to international affairs and terrorism there's a whole lot that the American public should NOT be told - it's part of this thing called security.
Well said Amy! The real "cover up" is the complete "cover up" of how republicans are willing to make political hay of the Libya tragedy even though the family of the ambassador's family has openly stated that they want republicans to stop their ranting.
Nobody really has their finger on the pulse of Libya these days. republicans think that Middle Eastern and North African countries should have sound governments by now, when it took the United States from 1776 to 1787 to acquire a sound form of government. republicans seem to forget all about 9/11 when it is not in their favor to do so. Bush certainly failed even though there were documents presented to him that he ignored because it was more important to get those tax cuts to one percenters than to worry about foreign threats.
republicans also need to look at themselves in the mirror and think about how they cut security details in our embassies by millions of dollars.
The only conspiracy on Libya is being hatched in republican "think tanks."
Charles... Just stop... Obama hating isn't your thing... 93
And Charles - did you want ronnie impeached also?
Charles it's apparent when all you've got is a made up story on Benghazi you're getting desperate.
..... and romney wants u to believe President Obama bungled embassy security in Libya which cost 4 american lives (republicans refused to pass bill for more security dollars) ..... and romney has no problems with the fact President Bush sat reading a story book when 3000 americans killed in 9/11 ... and sent us to war in iraq (based on lies and bullsh*t) which killed 4,400 soldiers and wounded 10's of thousands more ...... romney dodged the vietnam draft to lay on the beach like a love struck pussy and has no problem with the deaths of thousands of our soldiers in irag and afganistan and wants to start a war with iran ... and russia .... damn ... FACT !!!!!!!! WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER WAR !!!!
OBAMA 2012
BenghaziGATE will catch up to your savior, I assume you depend on then hand me outs that you have been promised. I know that my taxes have gone up every year since Obama has been in office. I am not better off now than I was 4 years ago. Why wouldt I want to see change? I am disabled and make very little as it is, but I collect no welfare, unemployment, or food stamps. I have self pride and loath Obamas lies. He is a Muslim hiding in christian clothes. Cutting spending for our armed forces is a joke, especially with the turmoil in the world today. It would not be long before we were overthrown by the Muslim world. If none of you can see the direction Obama is taking us, then the wolf in sheepskin has fooled you well. Look at the government controlled healthcare, which stops advantage plans for seniors in 1 year, and then there is the government control of energy that has been proposed by Obama. We will always be dependent on the Middle East for oil. We have more resources here than all of the Middle East combined. We could be energy independent and costs would be low. Not to mention the fact that all of those initiatives would create good paying jobns. Union jobs. What the hell is the matter with you people.
Yes Laurence... Obama IS a MUSLIM! and I can't wait until him and the U.N. FEMA troops come force you to learn passages from the Koran. You're a bubble inclosed idiot on every point you make... I pray that you aren't in a swing state... I am PERSONALLY going to put in a request to Obama's Commie Death Panel that I be allowed to come for your specific Gun & Bible... What a Maroon...
well laurence, so sorry you pilfered away your life and money, not sure what kind of work you are in, but my salary has gone up for 3 straight years, my health insurance rates dropped at this enrollment peroid for the first time in about 15 years, gas was so much cheaper this weekend in my little Tennessee county - could be you are in the wrong line of work? Could be you should do what I did during the regan/bush/ and bush II nightmare years - work more than one job to make it? Perhaps you should not buy a house you know you can't afford? Anyway, hope and change have worked very, very well for me and my working class family - so sorry you missed the opportunity.
If President Obama is such a Muslim, why does he like beer so much? And cigarettes? And why did the right wingnuts have to hound him out of a Christian Church he attended for many years?
Lawrence :
When will you learn we are in a new type of war. We can not and will not overwhelm the enemy with numbers of ships, numbers of troops, or high tech airplanes.
It is pointless to try and discuss anything with you, so I will not try. You are an angry person who has been dealt a bad hand in your life, and you're looking for a scape goat. You have latched onto the TPRepublican/Grover Norquist/Karl Rove dirty politics and claimed them as your own because it feels good. It feels good to rant and rave and place the blame on someone - whether they deserve it or not. Because the TPRepublicans want you to believe that Obama is not one of us. That he's not an American - that he's not a Christian. And you believe it because you want to - not because there's credible evidence - but because you're angry.
Take emotion out of the picture. Use the logical side of your brain. Works for me and it could work for you too.
New claims Obama said to do whatever you have to do to save those people in Benghazi. Hum It is funny that the 4 start general that was questioned said the president never gave any order. Why conflicting statements? COVER UP, and LIES. IMPEACH OBUMMERIGOTCAUGHT.
You're an idiot no matter how much you write in CAPS... I can't wait until the demographics make your party statistically irrelevant...
Blue4u, can you repeat that again, and again, and..... Pete and Repeat went over a bridge, Pete slipped and felled off, who was left? Repeat! Pete and Repeat went over a bridge, Pete slipped and felled off, who was left? Repeat! Pete and Repeat went over a bridge, Pete slipped and felled off, who was left? Repeat! Pete and Repeat went over a bridge, Pete slipped and felled off, who was left? Repeat! Pete and Repeat went over a bridge, Pete slipped and felled off, who was left? Repeat!
Wow...Obama to address the country on Hurricane Sandy...but Hurricane Isaac when it was devastating New Orleans .does not get the courtesy of the President to even stop campaigning......This President is so disingeneous and selfish....Since it is a close election it is time to Politically take advantage of a horrible event.
Isaac was pretty bad, but not as bad as Katrina, and no where near the anticipated destructive force Sandy is forecast to be. Can you understand the difference between New Orleans versus the entire northeast?
The entire northeast has shut down all mass transit, schools are closed today and tomorrow, malls are closed, etc. Most states in the northeast have already declared a state of emergency. Why do you suppose Romney decided to change his campaign plans and avoid the storm?
You are a political hack of the worst kind. Please go back to your underground bunker and leave us to deal with the storm as best we can.
Hey Bleary...The truth hurts!!!! So only do yoru job as a President if the whole North East is in trouble?? New Orleans...Your not big enough for the President to stop his campaigning....Your a disgrace Bleary to compare weather a trajedy to a major city is big enough to stop campaigning or not. I am really not sure where people like you are raised or come from. I made the comment at the time of Hurricane Isaac..That this President was disgrace for not getting back to the Whie House to monitor Isaac... Why start now? we all know why....
Their should not be a Presidential hat to put on....President Obama should be living it!! For this guy ...he takes the hat off all the time ...what a disgrace!
It beats the GWB dunce hat. And since Romney will (essentially) have the same staff, the dunce hat will fit him too.
Blah blah..blah.. Just like the Obama campaign ..no substance and name calling....I am sure you are one of the hand outs of Obama... Get off your ass and get a job!!!!!!
I'll tell you what is SAD, Laurence Vickery. That you and Romney and all your sort can't manage even the most basic patriotism. I didn't see Democrats attacking Bush after 9/11 AND THEY COULD HAVE. But they showed more concern for the country than for politics. How do you look yourself in the mirror in the morning?