James Buchanan objects. Obozo hasn't ushered in a civil war. Yet.
Posted on 05/19/2011 1:45:14 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Obama 'disrespected' Israel, threw it 'under the bus,' says Romney By Michael O'Brien - 05/19/11 03:29 PM ET
President Obama "disrespected" Israel and threw it "under the bus" in a wide-ranging speech on the Middle East on Thursday, GOP presidential contender Mitt Romney charged.
Romney strongly criticized Obama, who, in a speech at the State Department, called for Israel to return to its border lines as drawn before the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.
"President Obama has thrown Israel under the bus. He has disrespected Israel and undermined its ability to negotiate peace," Romney said in a statement.
"He has also violated a first principle of American foreign policy, which is to stand firm by our friends," added the former Massachusetts governor.
Romney led Republicans in criticizing the Obama speech, which touched on broader themes throughout the Middle East, including the popular movements for democratization, from Egypt to Yemen, during the first half of the year.
"President Obama has betrayed Israel and made a grievous mistake by suggesting borders of Israel go back to pre-1967 borders. This is an outrage to peace, sovereignty of Israel, and a stable Middle East," former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R), a 2008 Republican presidential candidate who's been a staunch supporter of Israel, said in a statement.
Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.), meanwhile, suggested Obama's stance could represent "the beginning of the end as we know it for the Jewish state."
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, another Republican presidential candidate, declined to comment on the Obama speech during an appearance on the Rush Limbaugh radio show this afternoon, explaining that he hadn't yet been able to listen to the speech or digest its contents.
The political battle lines emerged quickly on Thursday afternoon after Obama's speech, especially after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the president's call for a return to 1967 borders.
Netanyahu will meet with Obama on Friday at the White House, and he'll stay in Washington over the weekend before addressing the AIPAC conference Monday and a joint meeting of Congress on Tuesday.
Obama 'disrespected' Israel, threw it 'under the bus,' says Romney
...Newt Gingrich, another Republican presidential candidate, declined to comment on the Obama speech during an appearance on the Rush Limbaugh radio show this afternoon ...Newt declined comment because he didn't hear the speech and had just concluded a campaign appearance when Rush asked him less than 10 minutes after Obama's presser. Gingrich didn't flinch, he said he hadn't heard the speech yet and would coment once he had. Maybe you should reserve your comments until you know what Gingrich did say - Rush went after him with vigor over recent comments and Newt explained himself and the slanted media spin quit well imho, ymmv.
Once burned, twice shy. He's going to flinch every time someone asks him a question
Ok, so it is Palin first, Bachman second and then, really, I am not excited at all. I used to think the world of Santorum, I cried reading about the time he proclaimed in the Senate "it is not a choice, it is a baby" and a baby among the visitors started crying! But now it doesn't feel like the same Santorum. The rest just does not excite me, we need someone who can take on the Democratic party and the whole culture of death/liberalism. Someone with Reagan's magnetism and way of getting people to follow him.
Netanyahu And Palin? [Bibi is waiting for President Palin]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2529725/posts
Palin got this one right: More Jews going to Israel
http://209.157.64.200/focus/f-bloggers/2679580/posts
Israeli FM: No Palestinian State ‘til 2012 (Waiting for President-elect Palin?)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2544776/posts
Wrong....I’d rather keep fighting Obama than see Romneybot in that seat. At least we know who and what BO is. Romney blows like a feather whatever the wind blows hardest.
Romney wouldn't put left-wing marxists on the Supreme Court. We MUST get that marxist OUT of the white house.
The sentiment is correct, despite the woefully unstatesmanlike wording.
Well, 75% of the Jews voted for the Obongo in 2008 (Hope ‘n Change and all that jive). You get what you pay for...
No, he'd be putting airheaded dipwads who think they're going to rule on another planet and become a God...and then rescue the world from alien invasion. He's programmed and will do all the leadership of his "kind" tell him to do....He's a robot in others hands.
Sounds good, but what are the chances that a conservative black man will be elected? Sigh! I don’t see him as a real possibility.
I’m not a mormon but I recognize an anti-mormon zealot when I see it. That is no reason to keep a marxist in the white house.
You need to figure out whether you are a constitutional conservative or an idiot. Right now you are NOT a constitutional conservative.
“I hope Congress gives Bibi a standing ovation before, during, and after his address.”
The majority (R’s) of the House will. The Senate? Hopefully, all the Repubs (at least) will.
As many as possible must send a message to the American public - and b. hussein obama.
“Netanyahu should understand zero no longer speaks for Americans”
I think he does, but he also realizes the power BHO, his minions and supporters in Congress wield.
He may wonder, though, why we’re not rising up in more protest or action against our evil leadership.
“He has disrespected Israel”
MUST we use the ghetto slang, Mitt? Real grownups use “treated Israel with disrespect [or disrespectfully].”
Sheesh..
Daaaaamn! Romney done said 0bama dissed the Izzyalites fo shizzle! He done catchered my vote in da pry-mary.
(”Hey, Mitt... be yourself. Don’t try to sound like some MTV douchenozzle. It isn’t presidential.)
You can bring in the old tactics of ‘anti-mormon crap’ all you want...it doesn't take away from the fact of who Romney is and his point of reference.. in all decisions which he makes...which is why he waffles and flip-flops at the turn of any hat that tips his way. He's a RHINO and will sell us out in a heartbeat to the highest bidder. He's a dog and a full fledged traitor....'deception' is his game and that will not change.
Your bigotry blinds you to what is truly killing this Republic.
I left my last post incomplete.
It won’t matter because I oppose Romney, too, and he won’t get the nomination.
We needn’t fight. OK?
It will never happen... This so-called "arab spring" is an orchestrated event designed to move the middle east to an Iran dominated caliphate. Think about it... Which of the arab countries did Obama NOT at least speak out in favor of the protestors? Iran, and their puppet, Syria. It seems that the arab countries where Obama is in favor of the revolts were either somewhat inclined to work with the US, or relatively secular.
I think Obama, while not muslim, was brought up with muslim teachings, is trying to do his own "caliphate building."
Mark
Well he's not the only one! I do wonder what it will take and I'm afraid another hit on our country would be necessary....you know.."Wake the Sleeping Giant" sort of wake-up call.
Meanwhile the enemy slithers over every boundary of our states and our constitution once stood for...and...fills the offices of power and influence. A 'war' few care to see or know how to fight.
They said this "war" would not be won in the US by bullits from a gun...rather thru our government and laws...so far it's working and they are winning.
Additionally the internet is more and more being hacked by those who would not have us know the truth...videos which would be insightful or hacked "no access" one after the other etc.....More and more control is being shaped and shifted...and it's not going to stop until all is in place.
I can only hope and pray BIBI will stand against all that he now faces and knows that the American people do not oppose him nor Israel.
James Buchanan objects. Obozo hasn't ushered in a civil war. Yet.
Tou gotta believe if anyone has the goods on Obama, knows the truth about Obama, it’s the Israelis.
Look for Netanyahu to tell him the facts of life in their private meeting. If Obama fails to reverse course, info will begin to surface that will confirm all the suspected wrong-doings, illegal and corrupt activities of this administration.
Hey Obama... you don’t tell someone to go to hell unless you can put him there. My money is on Bibi and Israel.
Mike Savage just said American Jews voted 82% for Obama and that he doesn’t expect that percentage to significantly decrease despite Zero’s abandonment of Israel. They just can’t bring themselves to vote for a Republican, said Savage.
None dare call it treason.
Newt said he declined to comment on Zero’s speech because he hadn’t heard/read it.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, another Republican presidential candidate, declined to comment on the Obama speech during an appearance on the Rush Limbaugh radio show this afternoon,”
Newt has gone so far to the left that he might actually agree with Obama. Newt was quick enough to throw harsh words at Tea Party candidates, quick to throw harsh words at Paul Ryan, but ask him to comment on something as outrageous as this when it concerns Obama and Newt suddenly gets shy. One MORE reason Newt is NOT the man for the job!
In this instance, Romney used an apt term, whether it was his full intention or not.
Obama often displays the instincts of a street thug. “I won, you lost.” “They’ll (Republicans) have to get in the back of the bus.” Returning the Winston Churchill bust, and numerous, in-your-face statements that sound more like a street thug than a president of the US.
And his one-upmanship and attempt to undercut Netanyahu with this speech, the day before Netanyah is to arrive in the US, is just more example of Obama acting on his street thug instincts instead of acting diplomatically and like a president of the US.
Obama ‘dissed’ Netanyahu today and Romney described Obama’s behavior accurately.
"President Obama has thrown Israel under the bus. He has disrespected Israel and undermined its ability to negotiate peace," Romney said in a statement.Israel can't negotiate peace because there's no one with whom to negotiate. Israel's evolving response is to insist on preconditions, just as the koranimals. They should also remind everyone that no progress has been made as a consequence of the three no's of the Khartoum declaration of 1967:
Why wouldn’t he be elected? I say he cuts Obama’s black support by 1/3rd. He’ll take well over half of the independants and 60 + percent of male voters. IMHO (I could be wrong) he will beat Obama 54/45 with one percent divided amongst the various and insignificant minor parties.
It will be a complete and total repudiation of Obama. Not just Obama but the voters of this nation continue to state, poll after poll that they are sick of business as usual in D.C. so do you elect a career politician or do you elect a businessman with a reputation for getting things done?
It will be a walk.
It would be wrong for anyone to comment on something they had not listened to firsthand.
-PJ
IN other news GOP hopeful Mitt Romney hsd announced that he will be on the ticket as Em-Rom.
If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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(Barry) has disrespected Israel and undermined its ability to negotiate peace,” Romney said in a statement.
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What an ignoramous Romney is
He needs to read the Christian Bible
They dress the wound of my people as though it were not serious. “Peace, peace,” they say, when there is no peace. Jeremiah 8:11
My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and utter lying divinations. They will not belong to the council of my people or be listed in the records of the house of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Sovereign LORD. Because they lead my people astray, saying, “Peace,” when there is no peace, and because, when a flimsy wall is built, they cover it with whitewash, Ezekiel 13:9, 10
For you know quite well that the day of the Lord’s return will come unexpectedly, like a thief in the night. When people are saying, “Everything is peaceful and secure,” then disaster will fall on them as suddenly as a pregnant woman’s labor pains begin. And there will be no escape. But you aren’t in the dark about these things, dear brothers and sisters, and you won’t be surprised when the day of the Lord comes like a thief. 1 Thessalonians 5:3
So far, Romney is one of a small handful of political figures who have come out and hit Obama on this. I give him great credit for this.
One does not have to be a Romney supporter to be gracious when he does the right thing,
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I will never kiss the slimy butt of that evil abortion pusher, Williard Mitt Romney
Did you get all gracious and warm fuzzy and gooey when Barry “got” Osama bin Laden ???
Are you gracious when Barry “does the right thing” ???
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Oh SNAP
Was he crying with joy ???
He is also strong on the military
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Lets qualify that one, kid
Williard Mitt Romney is a TWO time draft dodging coward
Feathers should be sent
Not gracious acolades
I’d bet the farm on that!
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Since youre giving away your milch cow send her on down here before they count her as one of your assets
Elsie will take the goats ...
UB needs a new tractor...
Romney wouldn’t put left-wing marxists on the Supreme Court
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He did in MASS
In this instance, Romney used an apt term, whether it was his full intention or not.
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And as usual MittTwit got it wrong when he said “disrespected”
“whether it was his full intention or not”
Mitty should have had the grace to ask the Jewish Rabbis what they thought...
IMMORAL is a better word...and intentional
“It’s immoral in that basically the president of the United States is asking that 500,000 people who live, work, and raise families around Jerusalem – Jewish families – that they be uprooted, resettled, deported from their homes, have their families broken,” Rabbi Aryeh Spero, founder of Caucus for America, told CNSNews.com.
Rabbi: ‘The President of the UnitedStates is Asking for Ethnic Cleansing’
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2722336/posts
LOL, Some days I wake up, and I just don’t feel like praising Mitt Romney, you know that feeling?
bump!
“Obama isn’t ‘disrespecting’ Israel - he obviously is seeking Israel’s destruction.”
Hannity’s having a debate on now between Brigitte Gabriel and this Muslim idiot, Mike Ghouse, head of “America Together” or some similar BS Muslim org. He’s smirking and saying what a “historic day” this is, while Sean and Brigitte are saying how shameful BHO is for throwing our ally Israel under the bus, saying Yeah, it’s historic alright.
Nope, Mitt got it totally right on this one. Obama again acted in a classless manner more appropriate to a street thug than a president of the US. When Romney said Obama "disrespected" Netanyahu, he answered in the same vein as Obama's behavior and thereby included a word link to how Obama acted, and often does act: like a street thug.
I sure hope you are right. I don’t think you are, but for the good of the country it would be good to have a winning candidate.
this should be Obama’s Neville Chamberlain moment but the media would never cover it.
Saying that the Israelis should just give up some land to the Islamofascists is just like the Slavs just giving up some land for the National Socialists. It’ll all lead to “peace in our day”..
I’m assuming that the good professor never learned about that seminal moment in world history because he was either too stoned, tweeked or was busy with the radicals to remember that appeasement never works.
When will the Jews in the US wake up to this guy?
Neville Chamberlain is the wrong analogy. Try the guy with whom Chamberlain had just met.
Think that’s an exaggeration? He knows that he has pushed the domino.
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