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19. Who said he is stupid and lazy? He probably knows not listen to them

Fri Mar 7, 2014, 09:43 AM

Mar 2014

The decision surprised his own advisers, who had not proposed voluntarily seeking lawmaker approval and had concluded Obama had the legal authority to take action on his own. But Obama felt it would be more consistent with his desire, stated earlier this year, to take America off of a "perpetual wartime footing" by getting the backing of Congress and the citizens it represents.

After his walk with McDonough, the president called National Security Adviser Susan Rice, her deputy Tony Blinken, senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer, and others into the Oval Office to announce his approach.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/01/us-syria-crisis-obama-decision-idUSBRE98001520130901

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Obama Urges Putin In Phone Call To Accept Terms Of Diplomatic Solution For Ukraine [View all] Purveyor Mar 2014 OP

You forgot the link dipsydoodle Mar 2014 #1

Thanks, I fixed it. eom Purveyor Mar 2014 #2

I wonder who called whom. amandabeech Mar 2014 #3

Nobody is saying yet so that I tend to think Obama called Putin or a big deal Purveyor Mar 2014 #4

Interesting. Erin Burnett seems to be taking the position of many pro-Russia posters amandabeech Mar 2014 #5

ROFL davidpdx Mar 2014 #14

Thank you! n/t amandabeech Mar 2014 #16

She most likely is just following the money. go west young man Mar 2014 #23

She does love the money, amandabeech Mar 2014 #26

Totally agree... go west young man Mar 2014 #29

I think that some of the folks on wall street verge on sociopathic. amandabeech Mar 2014 #30

Did the President mention our orchestrating the overthrow of Yanukovich's government . . . another_liberal Mar 2014 #6

Because none of that is true. geek tragedy Mar 2014 #7

You didn't hear Victoria Nuland? arewenotdemo Mar 2014 #8

Yes, she convinced Ukrainians to abandon the geek tragedy Mar 2014 #10

I say all of those things are true, and the proof is in the public record . . . another_liberal Mar 2014 #9

Certainly Russia Today will document geek tragedy Mar 2014 #11

You are beating a dead horse. another_liberal Mar 2014 #12

Maybe you can just put a link to geek tragedy Mar 2014 #13

Yeesh davidpdx Mar 2014 #15

I can answer that! go west young man Mar 2014 #24

don't you have some GLBT activists to insult because they criticized the extreme geek tragedy Mar 2014 #25

And I love reasoned debate go west young man Mar 2014 #27

there is nothing reasoned about insulting GLBT activists because they are protesting geek tragedy Mar 2014 #28

We already went around on that one. go west young man Mar 2014 #31

Merely tired of those who rationalize their insults towards the GLBT community... LanternWaste Mar 2014 #32

I wonder how much he knows ... does he miss his meetings, because he knows they are feeding him BS ? jakeXT Mar 2014 #17

Is this Free Republic? "Obama is stupid and lazy" geek tragedy Mar 2014 #18

Who said he is stupid and lazy? He probably knows not listen to them jakeXT Mar 2014 #19

RW sources and tilt - Obama not being at a meeting does NOT = he missed the information karynnj Mar 2014 #20

Bush couldn't talk, if there was one president, where it was obvious that he wasn't running anything jakeXT Mar 2014 #21

Hersh is just wrong there karynnj Mar 2014 #33

Did Putin ask for Obama and the EU to stop funding right wing parties and fomenting riots yurbud Mar 2014 #22