Top senator calls on U.S. to assassinate Al Qaeda explosives expert who made failed underwear bomb

Mr. Congeniality

UK Daily Mail   "The leak put lives at risk and the operation had to be cut short, King said. 'It sends a signal to countries willing to work with us that we can't be trusted to keep a secret if in fact we are the ones who leaked it out.'

"'I think there was a bit of premature chest-thumping in this whole thing,' Representative Mike Rogers, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, told CBS's 'Face the Nation.'

"'No national security operation ever should be used for a headline under any circumstances,' suggesting someone with ties to the intelligence community had sought political gain from the operation."

Hero mole fear/ Al-Qaeda seek revenge on Brit who foiled pants bomb  "He was hailed for his bravery yesterday for risking torture and death to infiltrate al-Qaeda and foil a deadly attack on a passenger jet.

"The unnamed agent held his nerve for weeks to pose as a would-be suicide bomber. 

"His cover was so convincing that he enabled Britain and the United States to achieve a major espionage coup against the terror network — and saved HUNDREDS of lives."

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And you thought Time had a weird cover! (Updated)

Update: That Newsweek cover   "Near the end of the competitive part of the recent Republican presidential primary season, Gov. Mitt Romney began showing growing support among evangelical voters. The Mormon had been losing that influential portion of the GOP base by lopsided proportions. Not anymore.   "Thank you, Barack Obama."  Thomas Lifson

Update: Rep. Clyburn splits with Obama, says gay marriage should not be left up to states

Update: WH getting blowback from African-American churches over gay-marriage stance

It’s not just about the policy itself, either.  The churches now wonder whether Obama will back efforts to force churches to perform same-sex marriages, a topic which one religious leader broached with the President during one of the calls:

Big Hollywood: "The cover is deeply arrogant, of course. We have no idea what a full-scale embrace of same-sex marriage would mean for society; portraying Obama as a halo-ridden angel for overturning thousands of years of marital precedent is simply absurd. It’s a radical change, by definition, with Obama and his allies tampering with the very fabric of our society – but by Newsweek’s lights, it’s obviously a net plus. Obama thinks so too, which is why he termed his embrace of same-sex marriage an “evolution,” suggesting that his opponents were unevolved."

Newsweek Cover: Obama 'First Gay President'

http://townhall.com/political-cartoons/

http://www.conservativedailynews.com/2012/05/obama-deflecting/

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Update from 

Book about the preacher that the Obama's never heard preach

Book: Rev. Wright offered $150 grand in 2008 to shut up until after election   

“And one of the first things Barack said was, ‘I really wish you wouldn’t do any more public speaking until after the November election.’ He knew I had some speaking engagements lined up, and he said, ‘I wish you wouldn’t speak. It’s gonna hurt the campaign if you do that.’

"Morrissey  points out that this makes Obama out to be a liar when he said he didn't listen to Wright's sermons for 20 years. He knew full well the kind of poison Wright had been spewing all those years. Chillingly, it also shows Obama agrees with his pastor "telling the truth" about America.

"In case you haven't noticed, the press is ignoring both this story and the book. It will be interesting to see how the campaign responds and whether or not Wright confirms the allegation." 

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The ‘bribe’ to silence Wright  "When sermons of Obama’s Chicago pastor, Jeremiah Wright, surfaced during the Iowa primaries, it threatened to derail Obama’s campaign. ABC aired one where Wright screamed, “Goddamn America!” Edward Klein interviewed Wright, who told him Obama’s team tried to buy his silence."


From 2008: OBAMA: I’VE NEVER HEARD REV. WRIGHT SPEAK LIKE THAT - WELL, OK, EXCEPT THAT TIME ..."

Obama contradictions

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Demonizing Conservative Thought

American Thinker  "Conservative thought played a profound role in the founding and history of our republic.  It continues to play a role in other areas, including defending the lives of the unborn, promoting economic growth, eliminating racial preferences, and finding free-market solutions to the burdens imposed by the cost of health care.  That's pretty good for people who uncritically accept the status quo. 
"Conservatives and liberals differ to a degree in their goals and to an even larger extent on the methods for pursuing those goals.  The president and these social scientists do a disservice to the political discourse by caricaturing and denigrating conservative thought.  However, their methods, though unhelpful in the grand scheme, are perhaps understandable in the short-term, as conservative ideas are an obstacle in the path of presidents who promise "hope and change" and social scientists who hope to design the world anew through the application of their great intellect."

David Limbaugh, 2004: Demonizing Conservatives  "Let me provide context to some of these examples to illustrate how various liberal constituencies contort word meanings to slander conservatives and Christians."

Trolling for Dirt on the President's List

Wall Street Journal; Kimberley Strassel  "Here's what happens when the president of the United States publicly targets a private citizen for the crime of supporting his opponent."
...."Three weeks ago, an Obama campaign website, "Keeping GOP Honest," took the extraordinary step of publicly naming and assailing eight private citizens backing Mr. Romney. Titled "Behind the curtain: a brief history of Romney's donors," the post accused the eight of being "wealthy individuals with less-than-reputable records." Mr. VanderSloot was one of the eight, smeared particularly as being "litigious, combative and a bitter foe of the gay rights movement." " 
Businessman Says He Lost Hundreds of Customers After Attacks by Obama Campaign  "Obama's enemies list is working"
Fox News has this report:

This president is worse than inept; he is corrupt, yet his sycophantic press does not care one bit. We keep looking for signs of an awakening in the White House press corps, but no, just more adoration of this juvenile holding the office. Case in point here.  TD

Death by 1000 Papercuts

Romney to be Fully Vetted by the Press  "If you are wondering whether the press plans to fully vet Mitt Romney in a manner it failed to do four years ago with then-Sen. Barack Obama, have a look at this article from the Washington Post."
...."I’m just wondering. Does anybody remember an article of similar detail on the life of Obama from 2008? I don’t."

(Video from Fox News Watch) Judy Miller on WaPo's Romney Smear: 'Where Are the Comparable Pieces About Obama?'  

You know what? I don't care what Mitt Romney or Barack Obama did when they were fifteen or seventeen or in law school. I really don't care. I want to know where they stand now on the issues, and I think that's what we should be concentrating on. And frankly, I'm just puzzled by the Washington Post's play to this story.

Good Grief…White House Attacks Private Citizens David and Charles Koch Again "The White House told reporters that the Koch brothers have “spent millions of dollars attacking the President in an attempt to maintain taxpayer subsidies for oil and gas companies.” Not only was it an outrageous attack on two private citizens and entrepreneurs, it was completely false."


The American Spectator, 2009: Obama's Enemies List Grows  "Just having the appearance of someone who might possibly vote for an opponent of Barack Obama could land them on the President's enemies list where proxies do the dirty work."