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'He just lit the final fuse' (Dem Rep. Gary Ackerman)
MSNBC ^ | Feb. 10, 2011

Posted on 02/10/2011 2:06:36 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY

Rep. Gary Ackerman, D-N.Y., chairman of the Foreign Affairs subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, called Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's address "a sadistic tease" and predicted that demonstrations could turn violent.

"He just lit the final fuse," Ackerman said in an interview on MSNBC TV. "And now I think the situation is going to verge on the explosive over the next 24 hours."

(Excerpt) Read more at worldblog.msnbc.msn.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ackerman; bayofpigs; egyptcrisis; foreignpolicy; garyackerman; mubarak; muslimbrotherhood; obamunism; punkd; statedept
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1 posted on 02/10/2011 2:06:38 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I think MSNBC meant: “Gary Ackerman, D-NY and FORMER chairman of the foreign relations committee...”. They just can’t give it up.


2 posted on 02/10/2011 2:08:56 PM PST by Deb (Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

He should stfu!


3 posted on 02/10/2011 2:09:32 PM PST by Republic (The entire White House presidential team needs to grow up and face facts!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
And you sir, are the lit match.........

STFU

4 posted on 02/10/2011 2:09:57 PM PST by blackdog
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To: Free ThinkerNY

No one on earth has a clue as to what is next and Im quite sure Obama is needing a cigarette.


5 posted on 02/10/2011 2:10:00 PM PST by GoCards (Why me? Why not me?o)
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To: Deb

Heh. Good catch, my FRiend. Hugs!


6 posted on 02/10/2011 2:10:13 PM PST by Cyber Liberty (Win The Future = Whiskey Tango Foxtrot)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Considering how accurate the administration and Intelligence agencies have been regarding Egypt I would suggest that the Congressman has as much credibility on the subject as my 90 year old Aunt.


7 posted on 02/10/2011 2:13:54 PM PST by saganite (What happens to taglines? Is there a termination date?)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Obama will make Mubarak the USA’s enemy. It will give Obama a “community organizer’s moment” which he will enjoy. He can grandstand about promoting democracy. The MSM will be able to promote this simple narrative. Obama believes it will further burnish his 3rd world Muslim credentials. He won’t really care who takes over in Egypt.


8 posted on 02/10/2011 2:14:49 PM PST by PGR88
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To: GoCards

Obamma needs a smoke, and a stroke of his head by his master’s hand, satan.


9 posted on 02/10/2011 2:15:11 PM PST by blackdog
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To: Deb
There is nothing in the world more testy and dangerous than a majority member now finding himself moved to the minority. They have jaws that can excert more pressure than a Great White.
10 posted on 02/10/2011 2:16:48 PM PST by JPG (Work for conservative change like your country depended on it.)
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To: saganite
Good point! Boxer just said that they have no idea of what's anything. That was yesterday.

Boy, they sure got smart in the legislature awful quick huh?

11 posted on 02/10/2011 2:17:08 PM PST by blackdog
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I never thought I would say this but Hilary seems to be the only one Dem with any brains, unless I’ve missed something she said. This is a no win situation and idiots like Ackerman are not going to warm up whoever comes out on top in Egypt. A BLANK teleprompter is what is needed at this moment.


12 posted on 02/10/2011 2:23:56 PM PST by trubolotta
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To: Free ThinkerNY

If Barak had ANY political acumen at all, or if he had not insisted on surrounding himself with sycophantic worshipers, he would have seen this coming and tried to get Mubarak to defuse the situation by announcing a more democratic form of government.


13 posted on 02/10/2011 2:25:42 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Islam is the religion of Satan and Mohammed was his minion.)
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To: PGR88
Obama will make Mubarak the USA’s enemy.

What irony...as he's already made Israel the USA's enemy. He's uniting the world in hatred of us (or at least in hatred of him).

14 posted on 02/10/2011 2:29:31 PM PST by Scott from the Left Coast
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Obama REALLY IS just a teleprompter reader. This goes way beyond him.


15 posted on 02/10/2011 2:30:22 PM PST by Crimson Elephant
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Actually, with those comments, I think Ackerman is the one lighting the final fuse.


16 posted on 02/10/2011 2:32:33 PM PST by RobRoy (The US Today: Revelation 18:4)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Rioters in the streets make for a target rich enviroment.


17 posted on 02/10/2011 2:35:16 PM PST by stockpirate (U-6 Total unemployed for January 2011 16.1 percent)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
And now I think the situation is going to verge on the explosive over the next 24 hours.

Nothing incendiary about that comment.
Doubt it'll give anyone any ideas ...

18 posted on 02/10/2011 2:48:58 PM PST by Tanniker Smith (I didn't know she was a liberal when I married her.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
If a Democrat calls something a "final fuse", and it isn't, then by gawd they'll make it the final fuse.


Today is a good day to die.
I didn't say for whom.

19 posted on 02/10/2011 2:58:10 PM PST by The Comedian (Muslim Brotherhood = A.N.S.W.E.R = Soros = Obama)
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To: The Comedian

“I never thought I would say this but Hilary seems to be the only one Dem with any brains...”

What has she ever done to convince you of that. She’s an old ugly Stalinist with a gigantic sized ego.


20 posted on 02/10/2011 3:01:33 PM PST by Luke21
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