http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/lyingliar/ en-us Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:34:41 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3014165/posts NOTE: Full title of article is, "In rare public Q-and-A with reporters, Obama denies knowing Benghazi terror-attack survivors have been forbidden from talking to Congress" ---------------------------------------------------- At least four career officials have hired lawyers as they prepare to share sensitive information with CongressWould-be State Department whistle-blowers claim harassment, intimidationObama: I'm not familiar with this notion that anybody's been blocked from testifying' President Barack Obama said during a rare public session answering reporters' questions that he was unaware of any efforts to prevent survivors of the 2012 Benghazi, Libya terror attack from testifying before Congress about what they experienced. 'I'm not... Dailly Mail UK http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3014165/posts#comment Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:34:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3009075/posts President Obama gave the Senate a scolding in the Rose Garden this afternoon, declaring today’s defeat of the Manchin-Toomey background check amendment “a pretty shameful day for Washington.” He blamed “politics” for the failure of the legislation and, while standing alongside Gabby Giffords and tearful Newtown families, dismissed charges that he had used people as props for “emotional blackmail.” Twitchy http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3009075/posts#comment Wed, 17 Apr 2013 22:52:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3008946/posts (CNSNews.com) – While the Obama administration will not comment on the murder trial of Dr. Kermit Gosnell, charged in Philadelphia for the murder of seven born babies and one woman, President Barack Obama said when he was a state legislator in Illinois that no laws are needed to protect babies born alive after a botched abortion. cnsnews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3008946/posts#comment Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:40:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3004200/posts At a fundraiser last night in San Francisco, President Barack Obama said that the Newtown killer gunned down 20 children using a "fully automatic weapon." From the official transcript, provided by the White House: Now, over the next couple of months, we’ve got a couple of issues: gun control. (Applause.) I just came from Denver, where the issue of gun violence is something that has haunted families for way too long, and it is possible for us to create common-sense gun safety measures that respect the traditions of gun ownership in this country and hunters and sportsmen, but also make... weeklystandard.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3004200/posts#comment Thu, 4 Apr 2013 19:23:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2999359/posts Vice President Joe Biden incorrectly stated early today that Rep. Gabrielle Giffords had been "shot and mortally wounded": weekly standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2999359/posts#comment Thu, 21 Mar 2013 19:04:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2993024/posts White House economic adviser Gene Sperling admits that, yes, in fact, the sequestration was President Obama's plan: White House economic adviser Gene Sperling admits that, yes, in fact, the sequestration was President Obama's plan: "We put forth the design of" the sequestration, Sperling finally admits after a long back-and-forth. weekly standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2993024/posts#comment Sun, 3 Mar 2013 16:01:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2992647/posts Rep. Maxine Waters of California was roundly mocked and even became a trending topic on Twitter on Thursday after a video of her claiming erroneously that the automatic budget sequester, which becomes effective tonight, will cost America 170 million jobs. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, America currently has fewer than 135 million working people. Reporting information that allegedly came from the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, Congresswoman Waters warned ominously of the catastrophic number of job losses that would hit America once the budget sequester becomes law. "We don't need to be having something like sequestration... Christian Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2992647/posts#comment Fri, 1 Mar 2013 22:15:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2992616/posts Education Secretary Arne Duncan tried Friday to explain his claim that teachers have already been laid off because of sequestration –– all he'd meant to say was that teachers have been warned about layoffs tied to the federal spending cuts. "Let me be really, really clear about this, we're getting caught in the details here: What I said was that teachers were getting notices. In the district we talked about, 110 teachers have gotten notices," he said during a question-and-answer session at Rolling Terrace Elementary School in Takoma Park, Md., just outside the District of Columbia. "Now I think there... Politico44 A Living Diary of the Obama Presidency http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2992616/posts#comment Fri, 1 Mar 2013 20:21:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2982473/posts Dan from Squirrel Hill's Blog If President Obama goes “skeet shooting all the time,” then why does Google have exactly zero pictures of it? President Obama recently told the New Republic:“Up at Camp David, we do skeet shooting all the time.”If that’s true, then why does Google have exactly zero pictures of Obama skeet shooting? wordpress http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2982473/posts#comment Sun, 27 Jan 2013 22:20:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2981362/posts WASHINGTON DC – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testified at the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing, answering questions on the attack in Benghazi, Libya. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) pressed her on the anti-Islamic video that was originally blamed for the attack. “When you briefed us, you said unequivocally this was a result of a video and I remember in fact you got pretty upset about it when somebody suggested this was a terrorist attack.” Clinton said, “I did not say … that it was about the video for Libya, it certainly was for many of the other places where we... The Conservative Treehouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2981362/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jan 2013 14:21:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2980494/posts In comments made Friday, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said the National Rifle Association (NRA) is a "fringe group" that is "very extreme." Moreover, according to Schumer, the NRA doesn't "represent average gun [owners]." Schumer says that during the 1990s the NRA used their lobbying power to fill background checks with loopholes, thus leading to a situation where "40 percent of all guns sold in American have no [background] check." You'll recall that Obama also used this "40 percent" claim when pushing for more gun control earlier in the week. This claim goes back to a 2011 study by Mayor Michael... Big Government http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2980494/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jan 2013 22:35:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2975919/posts A hunting buddy of mine emailed me from the waiting room of his doctor’s office in Columbus, Ga., a few days after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School. He was cringing in embarrassment as an old redneck spewed racially divisive rhetoric in front of African-American patients. Then my friend’s embarrassment turned to astonishment as that same redneck (almost certainly a gun owner, given the region and his demographic profile) said, “I never cared much for Obama, but that speech he gave about those little kids—I give him an A for that. He’s gonna try and get more gun control,... The Daily Beast http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2975919/posts#comment Tue, 8 Jan 2013 03:40:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2975593/posts Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) criticizes Congress for not hastily appropriating federal money for Hurricane Sandy relief efforts in New York and New Jersey while praising a more prompt response to Hurricane Katrina. REID: It's too bad that it's taking so long. When we had that devastating [Hurricane] Katrina, we were there within days taking care of Mississippi, Alabama, and especially Louisiana -- within days. We are now past two months with people of New York and the people of New Orleans and that area, they were hurt but nothing in comparison to what happened to the people in New England.... RealClearPolitics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2975593/posts#comment Mon, 7 Jan 2013 03:25:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2973270/posts http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkUpp22fHyw youtube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2973270/posts#comment Sat, 29 Dec 2012 23:32:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2971465/posts Obama: I Met Republicans Halfway On Taxes, More Than Halfway On Spending THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody. Over the last few weeks I've been working with leaders of both parties on a proposal to get our deficit under control, avoid tax cuts -- or avoid tax hikes on the middle class, and to make sure that we can spur jobs and economic growth -- a balanced proposal that cuts spending but also asks the wealthiest Americans to pay more; a proposal that will strengthen the middle class over the long haul and grow our economy over the long haul. During... FOX http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2971465/posts#comment Sat, 22 Dec 2012 19:41:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2970577/posts Law: A quarter of a century ago, a good and great man was slandered to maintain liberal judicial power. It was Vice President Joe Biden, who as a senator, led the injustices committed against Judge Robert Bork. The Wednesday morning death of Bork, Ronald Reagan´s failed 1987 Supreme Court nominee, should make us think how much freer and better this country would be if Bork´s intellectual power and constitutional integrity had been present within the justices´ deliberations over the past 25 years. Had Reagan nominated Bork to replace retiring Chief Justice Warren Burger in 1986, when Republicans Investors Business Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2970577/posts#comment Thu, 20 Dec 2012 02:42:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2958970/posts Defense Secretary Leon Panetta seemed not to have extensive knowledge of the Petraeus affair when talking to the press earlier today on board a flight to Australia. "You know, I don’t know the answer to that," Panetta said in response to a question about when the affair started and whether the CIA director would be prosecuted. "I guess, I’m reading the papers like you are to determine just what the committees finds out, what the ultimate investigation determines on that issue. We obviously are going to watch this closely to determine just exactly when that took place. But I think... The Weekly Standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2958970/posts#comment Tue, 13 Nov 2012 15:53:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2948123/posts Dear Friends: The election is coming up on all of us and we all have strong feelings about it. IÂ’ve been getting asked a lot about where I stand, so for those who are interested, here goes. This presidential election is different than the last one because President Obama has a four year record to run on. Last time around, he carried with him a tremendous amount of hope and expectations. Unfortunately, due to the economic chaos the previous administration left him with, and the extraordinary intensity of the opposition, it turned into a really rough ride. But through grit,... brucespringsteen.ne http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2948123/posts#comment Sun, 21 Oct 2012 16:00:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2941179/posts CLAREMONT, Va. - Many people in this rural town of just 300 know the story of Tawana Brawley, but most have no idea her family lives among them. Brawley - whose claims of being raped by a "white cop" shocked the city 20 years ago - has long since turned her back on New York. She changed her name, converted to Islam, moved south and got a bullmastiff "trained to bite" in case someone unwanted comes to visit. The Daily News tracked her family to Claremont, Va., once one large plantation, now a tiny town of cotton and soybean farms,... New York Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2941179/posts#comment Sat, 6 Oct 2012 17:38:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2937204/posts Friend -- I want to thank you for all you're doing for this campaign. If we get to continue this work, it's going to be because of you. Next week I'm meeting up with President Clinton on the campaign trail, and we both want to thank you in person. Donate $5 or whatever you can today to be automatically entered to fly out to join us. This Sunday is the biggest fundraising deadline of this campaign so far. There's no billionaire donor or lobbyist waiting around to write a $10 million check. How you respond right now determines if we... email http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2937204/posts#comment Thu, 27 Sep 2012 22:19:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2936693/posts Speaking at Kent State University in Ohio on Wednesday, President Obama misspoke, stating, "I want to see us export more jobs." Quickly correcting his remark to be, "export more products," he joked, "I was channeling my opponent there for a second." CBS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2936693/posts#comment Wed, 26 Sep 2012 22:41:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2936580/posts Did Biden really play college football? I think Ohio would be mad if they found out Biden never played college football after bragging his team beat them in 1963. The year Biden said he was almost arrested in Ohio. Biden was never there in 1963. Truth is Biden never played for University of Deleware football. All them Biden college football stories were just Biden folklore made up by Biden. There is only one mention of Biden at the University web site and it's a quote by Biden coming in and playing for Scotty Duncan his freshman year in 1961. Link... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2936580/posts#comment Wed, 26 Sep 2012 18:28:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2922905/posts In an interview with the Washington National Cathedral magazine, President Obama discussed how his faith influenced his politics — saying that at the end of the day 'God is in control.' “First and foremost, my Christian faith gives me a perspective and security that I don’t think I would have otherwise: that I am loved. That, at the end of the day, God is in control," Obama said. ... Obama also briefly addressed the ongoing (false) doubts about his faith — including rumors that he is a Muslim (which he is not). "I have a job to do as president,... Fox http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2922905/posts#comment Sun, 26 Aug 2012 00:40:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2935151/posts "Absolutely not," Obama campaign adviser Robert Gibbs replied to "Fox News Sunday" host Chris Wallace when asked whether the administration was politically motivated when it initially mischaracterized the recent attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya. "No one either intentionally or unintentionally misled anyone involved in this," Mr. Gibbs said. "We learned more information every single day about what happened. No one wants to get to the bottom of this more than we do." Some House Republicans have accused the president of intentionally misleading the public about the Sept. 11 attack in Benghazi that killed four Americans, including the U.S.... The Washington TImes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2935151/posts#comment Sun, 23 Sep 2012 15:46:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2932535/posts First lady Michelle Obama, speaking in Gainesville, Fla., on Monday, said that while the nation was on the verge of another Great Depression, President Barack Obama did not assign blame – instead “he got to work.” “The economy was losing 800,000 jobs every month, and a lot folks wondered whether we were headed for another great depression. Now this is what Barack faced on day one as president. That’s what awaited him, but instead of pointing fingers and placing blame, Barack got to work, because he was thinking about folks like my dad, like his grandmother,” the first lady said.... cnsnews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2932535/posts#comment Mon, 17 Sep 2012 23:24:06 GMT