Figures. The Obama administration, which refuses to allow any of its representatives to appear on Fox News, proudly boasts that it has “a great relationship” with the anti-American Al-Jazeera television network.
Politicom.com has the defining story:
Seven years after then-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld called the broadcaster’s reporting “vicious, inaccurate and inexcusable” and President George W. Bush joked about bombing it, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton praised it as “real news” in her recent Senate testimony.
Not only that, her staffers, as well as those of the CIA and the Obama White House, were attending the Congressional Correspondents’ Dinner as Al-Jazeera’s guests.
“They are a really important media entity, and we have a really great relationship with them,” said Dana Shell Smith, the State Department’s deputy assistant secretary for international media engagement, who speaks Arabic and has frequently appeared on the channel. “This administration has empowered those of us who actually do the communicating to be in a close relationship with Al-Jazeera. They understand that the relationship can’t consist of complaining to each other about the differences we have.”
… “The emir of Qatar come by the Oval Office today, and he owns Al-Jazeera basically,” Obama said in remarks recorded by CBS News’s Mark Knoller. “Pretty influential guy. He is a big booster, big promoter of democracy all throughout the Middle East. Reform, reform, reform. You’re seeing it on Al-Jazeera.”
Re-write that last paragraph thusly:
“Rupert Murdoch came by the Oval Office today and he owns Fox News basically,” Obama said. “Pretty influential guy. He’s a big booster, big promoter of democracy all throughout America. Reform, reform, reform. You’re seeing it all on Fox.”
We feel confident in saying that’s not going to happen anytime soon. The target of the reform rarely endorses the reformer.
Source: Politico
This post was last modified on April 18, 2011
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Some people have the vocabulary to sum up things in a way you can understand them.
This quote came from the Czech Republic:
"The danger to America is not Barack Obama but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the Presidency. It will be far easier to limit and undo the follies of an Obama presidency than to restore the necessary common sense and good judgment to a depraved electorate willing to have such a man for their president. The problem is much deeper and far more serious than Mr. Obama, who is a mere symptom of what ails America . Blaming the prince of the fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their prince. The Republic can survive a Barack Obama, who is, after all, merely a fool. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools such as those who made him their president."
At this point in time raise your hand if you believe Obama is a real Christian?
Raise them up... anybody?... anybody?
Kiss up to Al-Jezeera while boycotting Fox, praise the Muslim Brotherhood while
criticizing Israel, sounds like a plan. A plan to Islamize America while destroying an ally. I don't question the patriotism of the Obama administration, they never had any to begin with. My only question is: can we survive these people until the next Presidential election?
"My only question is: can we survive these people until the next Presidential election?"
In the not-so-distant past I would have said yes, but now I'm not so sure. Even if we do survive this "presidency", can we survive the 30-1,000 year sh!t storm that is sure to follow as a result of Obama bin Biden's policies?
Sure we can, we are Americans and surviving is what we do best. All we have to do is encourage people to vote with their brains instead of their ass every time there is an election in their town, county or state. The president is merely a figurehead, the presumed leader of our country. We have not had a real leader since Ronald Reagan was our President, it's the House and Senate members who run things.
That is why I tell people to worry less about will run for president and worry a whole lot more about who we will send to Washington to represent us. If the individual states could get rid of their "assholes", like Harry Reid from Nevada or Baba Wawa Boxer from Kalifornia, we would be much better off as a country.
When more states elect a Paul Ryan or Michell Bachman, when more people realize that our Congess and Senate members are the ones that write the bills, set the tax rates, spend our money, maybe they will start voting for Americans that care about America. All the puppet in charge can do is sign the bills that hit his desk and that makes him irrelavent in this day and age.
Nothing more than empty words from an empty suit that is no more than a traitor. Impeach and remove him or we're all doomed.
Am I allowed to question their patriotism yet?
PittZ, do you listen to Quinn & Rose? I'm assuming you live in the greater Pittsburgh area(if not, I'll apologize), but if you do listen, you will have heard Jim Quinn say & I quote, "We have elected the enemy". When you start adding up his words & deeds, it's hard to disagree with Quinn.
Only if you want to be called racist.
Two peas in a pod. Liars both and they just love their brother barry. Is there any doubt that this administratio would avoid one of the tougher news companies.
Well.....that's it then. We're all f***ed.
Like calls unto like, IMO.
So the terrorists really have won. All that blood we spilled, all the people who jumped to their deaths are crying out from the dust...all our boys who went there to fight the enemy never to return...now we're having them over for tea. This is literally making me physically ill; I could have lived out the rest of my life not knowing this and counted myself happy. And they're looting our bank accounts to do it.
Omg, I genuinely weep for this country. And you know, 2 short years ago this would NEVER have been the remotest concern. You would never have had to worry about this happening - about these people IN THE WHITE HOUSE! Dear God, I have to lay down now.