Thursday, October 18, 2012

BinderGate? Is this all the Obama people have?

Political Cartoons by Nate Beeler
PJ Media; ‘Binder Derangement Syndrome’: How the Democratic Party Exploits Women 
..."Hence constant appeals are made to the lowest common female denominator in an attempt to terrify single women and soccer moms, etc., that their “reproductive rights” are being violated or someone is about to deprive them of birth control pills or force-feed ultrasounds in their private parts.  
"It’s absurd, if you think about it — but the Democrats don’t want you to. They just want women to feel deprived or manipulated."
Right: Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau at left fondling cardboard Hillary Clinton cutout
CNN's Yellin: Romney's 'Binder' Comments Sounded 'Almost Like' Women Are 'Mail-Order Product' Out of 'Binders'   "Not 24 hours after Tuesday's presidential debate, CNN's Jessica Yellin was working the Obama spin on Mitt Romney's "binders full of women" comment."

Rush Limbaugh holds school on how the liberal media promulgate the Democrat line;
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"Today's tip sheet, talking points that have gone out, focused totally on this binder with the suggestion that women be told they'll be taken back to the Stone Age if Romney and Ryan are elected. 
"If what I saw is correct and applicable, it's already happening, actually.  We see the bloggers start talking about this obscene, ridiculous binder business and what it means, Romney and Ryan, women, barefoot, pregnant, in the kitchen, Stone Age, then the media picks it up and they start doing man-on-the-street interviews about it, they start talking about it.  That's how the process starts.  The whole thing is a giant insult to every woman, except maybe for Gloria Allred.  It's a giant insult." 

Charles Krauthammer; Obama’s bluster and non-response on the Libya question will come back to haunt him.

National Review Online   "The rub for Obama comes, ironically enough, out of Romney’s biggest flub in the debate, the Libya question. That flub kept Romney from winning the evening outright. But Obama’s answer has left him a hostage to fortune. Missed by Romney, missed by the audience, missed by most of the commentariat, it was the biggest gaffe of the entire debate cycle: Substituting unctuousness for argument, Obama declared himself offended by the suggestion that anyone in his administration, including the U.N. ambassador, would “mislead” the country on Libya.

"This bluster — unchallenged by Romney — helped Obama slither out of the Libya question unscathed. Unfortunately for Obama, there is one more debate — next week — entirely on foreign policy. The burning issue will be Libya and the scandalous parade of fictions told by this administration to explain away the debacle."
(Emphasis added)
Political Cartoons by Michael Ramirez

'If four Americans get killed, it's not OPTIMAL': Obama's extraordinary response to Comedy Central question about fiasco after Benghazi attack

UK Mail   "President Barack Obama, during an interview to be shown on Comedy Central, has responded to a question about his administration's confused communication after the Benghazi attack, by saying: 'If four Americans get killed, it’s not optimal.'

"Obama was speaking to Jon Stewart of The Daily Show for a programme to be broadcast tonight. 
"Stewart, a liberal whose young audience is full of potential voters prized by the Obama campaign, asked the president about his handling of the aftermath of the Benghazi attack."
Political Cartoons by Steve Kelley

Pension Envy: Who Has More—Obama or Romney?

THE INFIDEL BLOGGERS ALLIANCE  When life beats fiction... Obama's pension out of Cayman's and BIGGER THAN ROMNEY'S

Romney says Obama also has investments in Chinese companies and through a Cayman Islands trust

"UPDATE: PolitiFact, the fact-checking arm of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, has confirmed that Obama does participate in the Illinois pension fund, which was organized in the Cayman Islands and has interests in China."

"From the standpoint of a public pension, Obama is well-heeled.

As president, he will receive $191,300 annually for life — win or lose in next month's election — and receives a travel allotment as well as mailing privileges. Should Obama lose, his presidential pension kicks in immediately after leaving office.
"Given that the president enjoys a normal life span, the pension allotment would be worth upwards of $6 million.
"The federal budget spends about $3 million annually for the four living ex-presidents. Obama also will get Secret Service protection.In addition, Obama may be due a nice pension for the eight years he served in the Illinois Legislature as a state senator.
"Illinois is infamous for its lavish pension planfor former lawmakers. A Freedom of Information Act request for Obama's pension amount submitted Wednesday to the General Assembly Retirement System of Illinois was not immediately answered, nor was a call to the Obama campaign." "

The Libyan Deception

Rich Terrell strikes again

Jennifer Rubin; More evidence of deception "The more we learn the more we see how both dishonest and incompetent has been the handling of this entire incident. The Obama White House may be out spinning the press to buy into the Obama-Crowley line, but no one is buying it. As the rest of the information comes to light, the president retains less and less credibility. Like a fish on a line he flops this way and that, trying to break free of his self-created trap."

A Bright and Shining Libyan Lie

Victor Davis Hanson   "The new administration narrative faulted not one video, but the intelligence community for misleading them about the threat of an al-Qaeda hit on an American consulate -- and the Romney campaign for demanding answers about a slain ambassador and his associates. Meanwhile, the State Department, the Obama re-election team and the intelligence community were all pointing fingers at each other.

"What the Obama administration could not concede was the truth: The lead-from-behind intervention in Libya had proved a blueprint for nothing. Libya has descended into chaos. Radical Islam had either subverted or hijacked the Arab Spring. Al-Qaeda was not dismantled by the death of bin Laden or by the stepped-up drone assassination missions in Pakistan. Egypt was becoming Islamist; Syria was a bloody mess. Iran was on the way to becoming nuclear. Obama had won America no more good will in the Middle East than had prior presidents."

Oba-spin on the debate aftermath

WSJ; Henninger: The Un-PresidentBarack Obama shows an unerring instinct for policy deniability.  "One of the most familiar Obama positions—repeated at every campaign stop—is that he "inherited" a bad economy from George W. Bush. Set aside that whatever the cause, everyone concedes he took over a tough situation. More to the point is Mr. Obama's compulsive insistence that anything awry in the economy during his first term is "not my fault." "

Obama Dropping Al Qaeda Brag From Speech?   "Who has been politicizing the far greater tragedy of 9/11 more than Barack Obama?
"Lest we forget, George Bush was not even allowed to mention 9/11 when he was running for re-election. But Obama has made the killing of Bin Laden and the ‘defeat’ of Al Qaeda the centerpiece of his campaign."
First lady: President 'didn't point fingers, didn't place blame'   Wait...what?  "First lady Michelle Obama said Wednesday that President Obama did not look to blame others for the challenges he faced as president, an apparent rebuke to Republican accusations that the White House continues to point the finger at President George W. Bush for the lagging economy."  Incidentally, this link was provided by left-leaning memeorandum. 


Sununu battles O'Brien on Crowley comment    Catch the smug look on Soledad's face, one of contempt for anyone who might be against Obama's re-election. 

Is Atlas Shrugging? Job Creators Are Giving Up on the U.S. Economy

PJTV  (Video) "It's a special Ayn Rand edition of Instavision. Harmon Kaslow, the producer of the film Atlas Shrugged, Part II, discusses the relevance of the Ayn Rand classic to the policies of President Obama. This novel is selling better now than when it was first released. Are job creators going to give up on the U.S. economy? Find out."  

Branco Cartoon – Candy Blocker

Threats to Assassinate Romney Explode After Debate

infowars.com   "Obama supporters voice desire to kill Romney over fears food stamps will be taken away"

"As we reported yesterday, in addition to threats by Obama supporters to riot if Romney wins, innumerable Twitter users are also making direct death threats against Romney.
"The primary reason given for Obama supporters wanting to see Romney dead is the fear that he will take away food stamps."
Political Cartoons by Bob Gorrell