In the history of mankind, many republics have risen, have flourished for a less or greater time, and then have fallen because their citizens lost the power of governing themselves and thereby of governing their state. TR
Wait. No that must be Bush he was talking about. I don’t know, you take a look. H/T to Doug Powers at michellemalkin.com, and Andrew Malcolm at Top of the Ticket, who found this gem first.
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney looked to his wardrobe today to explain to reporters who objected to his off camera briefing why he decided not to get under the klieg lights. I have to say it’s because my shirt — I didn’t have any white or blue shirts — and this one wouldn’t work on TV, so I decided to gaggle. All my other
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney today said President Obama acted against Libya without prior approval from Congress because waiting would have cost lives. Had we waited for Congress to act … there is no doubt in our minds that Qaddafi’s forces would have controlled Benghazi and there would have been a great deal of people killed in the process. In an off-camera “gaggle” with
Thought you all might enjoy this from Mike Lester of the Rome News-Tribune.
Oh no. Looks like the White House’s civility is broken again. Look at what President Obama told Spanish-language Univision TV Tuesday in El Salvador: Perhaps some of my Republican friends are gonna start recognizing, if they looked at the last census, that they are gonna have a very hard time winning any elections if they continue to deliberately target anti-immigration sentiment. Obama is inserting race
“Obama wants to cooperate with other nations, he wants to eliminate nuclear weapons, and he seeks to provide health care to all. I mean, he’s a monster.” – Newt Gingrich A note from our attorneys: This is not a real quote.
President Obama returns to Washington fully enmeshed in the Libya thicket, receiving a blistering letter from House Speaker John Boehner on the president’s lack of consultation. Republicans have called Secretary of State Clinton to testify about Libya. The Washington Post chronicles Obama’s failure to live up to his campaign promise to stop the killing in Darfur. POLITICO chronicles the unanswered questions on Libya. Sarah Palin,
Now it’s getting bad. I have better people advising me than the president does. I feel like I want to hear from him. Right Jimmy, sure, like you’d blow off a trip to Brazil just because you were starting a war. It’s Brazil, OK?