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Report: Did Eric Holder Participate in ‘Armed’ Occupation of Columbia ROTC Office?

Future U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is seen in the 1973 yearbook of Columbia University in New York City. (Photo: University Archives, Columbia University in the City of New York via the Daily Caller)
The Daily Caller is reporting that the nation’s highest-ranking law enforcement official, Attorney General Eric Holder, participated in what has been described by some as an “armed” takeover of Columbia University’s Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) office in 1970.
Apparently Holder was one of the leaders of the Student Afro-American Society (SAAS) that demanded the abandoned ROTC center be transformed into the “Malcom X Lounge.”
Holder described the five-day event during a 2010 commencement speech: “[Several] of us took one of our concerns — that black students needed a designated space to gather on campus — to the Dean [of Freshmen]’office. This being Columbia, we proceeded to occupy that office.”
Holder, however, recalls the event as being “peaceful.”
The Daily Caller continues:
The details of the student-led occupation, including the claim that the raiders were “armed,” come from a deleted Web page of the Black Students’ Organization (BSO) at Columbia, a successor group to the SAAS. Contemporary newspaper accounts in The Columbia Daily Spectator, a student newspaper, did not mention weapons.
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Though then-Dean Carl Hovde declared the occupation of the Naval ROTC office illegal and said it violated university policy, the college declined to prosecute any of the students involved. This decision may have been made to avoid a repeat of violent Columbia campus confrontations between police and members of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) in 1968.
The ROTC headquarters was ultimately renamed the Malcolm X lounge as the SAAS organization demanded. It later became a hang-out spot for another future U.S. leader, Barack Obama, according to David Maraniss’ best-selling ”Barack Obama: The Story.” [Emphasis added]
In 1968– soon before Holder arrived on campus– the SAAS collaborated with the SDS to prevent a gymnasium from being built, and briefly held Dean Henry Coleman hostage. As recently as 2010, according to the Daily Caller, the perpetrators were described as “armed with guns.”
Here’s the relevant section from the now-deleted article:
In 1970, a group of armed black students seized the abandoned ROTC office on the first floor of Hartley Hall. The students, joined by the then State Senator David Patterson renamed the space the Malcolm X lounge, in honor of a man who recognized the importance of territory as a basis for nationhood. Subsequently, murals were painted on the walls depicting black leaders such as Marcus Garvey and Sekou Toure.
But that’s not all. The SAAS was also openly supportive of the Black Panthers, it seems, and Holder soon joined another group that bullied professors who failed to support affirmative action.
The Daily Caller continues:
In March 1970 the SAAS released a statement supporting twenty-one Black Panthers charged with plotting to blow up department stores, railroad tracks, a police station and the New York Botanical Gardens.
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The April 21, 1970 SAAS raid on the Naval ROTC office and Dean Coleman’s office came one month after the Black Panther arrests. The Columbia Daily Spectator released a series of demands from the student leaders on April 23 in which they claimed to be occupying the ROTC office for the purpose of “self-determination and dignity.” They needed the space, they said, because of “the general racist nature of American society.”
Holder also joined the Black American Law Students Association in 1973, the Daily Caller relates, where he took part in pressuring six Columbia professors into retracting their letter to President Ford disagreeing with affirmative action.
“Merit should be rewarded, without regard to race, sex, creed, or any other external factor,” the professors wrote, but changed their stance due to what two professors described as the “rhetoric and names hurled” at them.
Eric Holder’s detractors note that much of the story is not unexpected for the current attorney general. Still a staunch supporter of affirmative action, Holder has also come under heavy fire for failing to take action against the New Black Panthers for alleged voter intimidation in 2008.
(H/T: Daily Caller)
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BODYBAG
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 10:31amHow do these people in Barry’s circle get security clearances? I happen to know that
the vetting and background checks are typically very stringent and strict.
These activities & associations would disqualify the average person.
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Detroit paperboy
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 10:48amWow, Eric Holder is a left wing radical ???? I can’t believe it…………..never woulda thought that, wow !!! I wonder if there are anymore in the Odumbass administration………”………”.”….”…………”…?
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Want our country back
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 11:06amThat is my first question….
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Truth4SureNuff
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 11:20amNo doubt they received “special permission” to get off the double secret probation.
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SocialistSlayer
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 11:20amYou have Communists vetting Communists ! Try them for Treason !
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ScreaminEagle
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 11:24amDoesn’t Congress have to approve these appointments?
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Detroit paperboy
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 11:26amWhen he said the black panthers were his people, he really meant it…….
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Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 11:31amSomeone in Owebama’s Administration a liar and a radical? NOOO! Tell me it’s not true! Had someone actually held them accountable for their actions while they were growing up, instead of giving them a pass, because of their skin color, they just might be different people, today.
So, most of the people in this Administration are life-long felons? Not hard to believe.
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kryptonite
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 12:04pmThe FBI has been hijacked too. What’s it gonna take for you folks to believe me?
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Bluebonnet
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 12:08pmHave you ever noticed how many photo’s of Holder is with him hanging his head in shame? We know who you are, and your shameful attitude makes it more apparent.
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wordsofwisdom
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 12:20pmIt all comes down to what’s in your heart. Who you really are is important when you have this much power over people. This song explains a lot better then I can. “The Devils Song” http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_10789987
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TonyFox
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 12:30pmI would like to know how in the Hell did Obama get a Security Clearance.
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fdraiden
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 12:40pmIt took me three years to get a top secret clearance in the Navy in the 60′s. These guys couldn’t get a confidential back then! And yet they are running the country? Go figure!
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RepubliCorp
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 1:02pmWhen I was in the service during the cold war these are the people we were trained to shoot
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babylonvi
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 1:25pmIf you haven’t noticed, congress has become a vestigial branch of government. They spend their time fund raising and running for re-election and the rest of their time trying to position themselves for re-election. They do not carry out their constitutional duties and do not do anything about it when the Dictator, excuse me, President declares executive order after executive order to dance around them.
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MIBUGNU2
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 1:33pmNo MEDIA vetting required for Obama and his minions….
Today’s Journalist must answer to Rahm Emanual and
David (Axe) Axelrod….. they wet their pants and panties
when they cover anyone in this Administration….
WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO AMERICA ??????
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MIBUGNU2
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 1:52pmNo MEDIA vetting required for Obama and his minions….
Today’s Journalist must answer to Rahm Emanual and
David (Axe) Axelrod….. they wet their pants and panties
whenever they cover anyone in this Administration….
WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO AMERICAN JOURNALISM ??????
Now we know why Holder dismissed all charges against
HIS Black Panther Bud’s..for various voter intimidation
charges..
Thank the MEDIA and Congress for vetting this POS…
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Bum thrower
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 3:01pmThey don’t need “no stinkin’ security clearences’, any more than they need to show ‘proof’ of anything.
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kettererbg
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 5:01pmWhat a POS. That goes for both Columbia University and Holderon.
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MIBUGNU2
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 6:03pm@Bum thrower
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 3:01pm
They don’t need “no stinkin‘ security clearences’, any more than they need to show ‘proof’ of anything.
They don’t need “no stinkin‘ ID to VOTE if yo’ vote OBlamer’…
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desertspeaks
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 7:17pmHolder is still beholding to affirmative action! The white house is occupied today because its the greatest act of affirmative action to have ever been taken!! Obama was and will always be unqualified to hold office, he got the job because he’s black! He should be fired because he’s WORTHLESS!!
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Secret Squirrel
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 8:37pm.
So Holder supports the second amendment…….for him,
but not you.
I’d say “Typical Lib” but in this case, “Typical Commie.”
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colt1860
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 8:58pmOf course they were armed. They belonged to the “black power” movement led by the militant Black Panthers at that time. They’re Marxists. Simple as that. Why do you think both Clinton and Obama have appointed them under their administrations?
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cantthinkofaname
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 8:58pmlololol…This is for Detroit Paperboy…lolol
I really like your “‘nom de plume” of the administration,,,”Odumbass”….lololol….
It rolls off the tongue better than…”B.O”…or “The Obummer Administrtation”…lolol
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dmerwin
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 10:06pmMalcolm X lounge? Quite a lofty aspiration. Christ, this is what we’re up against?!
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ghostsouls
Posted on October 2, 2012 at 9:15am“These ARE the people” obama chose specifically BECAUSE of their backgrounds…you think it is a coincidence that a tax cheat is head of the IRS, and Napolitano is HS Chief going against the State she used to Govern? obama and his administration are riddled with these little gems.
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Spirit 72
Posted on October 2, 2012 at 11:00amGet real folks !!!
We need to change the PEOPLE before we can ever hope to bring our government back in line with the Constitution.
Candidates now come from “moderate” Repub establishment or the leftist Dems.
We need 66 solid conservative Senators with an impeachment hammer to watch over both of those 2 “big government” candidates who want in the WH.
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Grand design
Posted on October 2, 2012 at 6:50pmBarry could never have received a real high level security clearance unless gave him a pass on his background check!
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Babci
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 10:28amPlease tell me that afro is photoshopped?!?!
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OhioRifleman
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 11:49amNot likely. That was all the rage 30+ years ago.
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Mo Better
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 12:20pmBack in the day I don’t think you could have been a member in good standing of your local Choom Gang without the mile-high afro.
Holder is as odious as his master, Barry “The Fraud” Soetoro.
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Twinspeedr
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 12:22pmHe looks like a human microphone with a giant foam “wind screen” on his head.
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Wayner
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 12:50pmIt looks like he really fertilized a ch..ch..chia
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Angel_light
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 1:36pmLOL! I wonder if anything is living in it?…
OK back to reality. this guy and Obummy should be tried for treason, thrown in jail, and melt the key.
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marvlus
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 1:51pmYes, it has been photoshopped down.
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kryptonite
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 3:30pmYou could hide a weapon in there, or grow magic mushrooms.
@ANGEL LIGHT
DITTO.
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bannedfromCNN
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 4:21pmNo – he was just heading to an appearance on “Soul Train”.
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kettererbg
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 5:04pmNope. Its real. It’s was the only thing that kept their head from going up their azzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
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chips1
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 8:23pmThe invention of “Afro-Turf”.
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rtaylor174
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 10:21amWhat a piece of work…
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muffythetuffy
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 10:30amWhy are we told this know and not 4 years ago?
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kryptonite
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 11:59am@MUFFY
Four years ago we knew that Eric Holder was the driving force behind Bill Clinton’s pardon of 16 Puerto Rican terrorists who were sentenced to up to 100 yrs for setting off 120 bombs here in the US, killing and maiming civilians and law enforcement officers. Clinton signed these pardons on his last day in office.
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regmgr
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 10:18amSeems like all of Holder and Obama’s actions come directly out of a book on Marxism. Could it be that they really are Marxists. Well if Obama is elected again we will find out for sure.
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kryptonite
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 12:17pmI can’t believe you still don’t know that Obama and his administration are COMMUNISTS. Get a clue, for crying out loud. Maybe you’re listening too much to pinheads like O’Reilly. The man is a political moron. Be ready. We are not playing games here. Obama is not a socialist. He’s an effin America-hating commie. It has just been harder for him and the powers that be behind him to destroy the greatest free Republic in the the history of the world, but he is no different from Chavez and Putin, and his commie machine is now extremely strong. My experience tells me he will re-elect himself unless God sovereignly intervenes.
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Dushman Kush
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 3:01pmTake it on good authority, Barry and Eric are long-time Comrades. Long Live the Communist International!!!
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YAHUSHUAHRULES
Posted on October 2, 2012 at 2:05amThe evidence is overwhelming..this will connect all the dots for you as to how we got here and how close the end game is. Well worth the time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-dkKoJ3kT8
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Crossbow
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 10:18amThis is just another one to add to the list of reasons to vote REPUBLICAN!!
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swamp_donkey
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 6:03pmyep cuz the tea party is free to protest , but would never carry arms lmao you prople are ridiculous
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ANTIPATHIZER308WIN
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 10:10amSheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet yo beotches. We be slamma hamma jammin dem crackers into sunmission yo sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet! ROTC say what? MalcolmX dats wut I’m talking about Uh huh uh huh… Columbia University; an indoctinator oh I mean educator of tommorrow’s leaders.
This country is a freaking disgrace that’s led by legalized criminals and incompetents that’s reported on by socialists.
And the sheeple lined up and had their barcodes tatooed on their foreheads proir to being chipped.
I’m not worried though as I have my tinfoil hat and lead lined shack.
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truthnstuff
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 10:37amA very good analysis of where this country has allowed itself to become.
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mattmo79
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 10:04amHolder needs to occupy a jail cell!
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woodyee
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 10:04amHolder broke the law in 1970…wow…who would have thought that the man breaking laws today would have broken laws 40 years ago?
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65Mustang
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 9:57amDid Holder participate in anything illegal…well HELL YES, along with the criminal-in-chief, Obama.
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term limits for congress
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 9:56amOn the bright side, Affirmative Action has given us an entertaining parade of clowns in the BHO administration.
The next thing we’ll hear is that Barry and Eric are members of the muslim brotherhood.
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kryptonite
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 12:26pmDelete “clowns.” These are rabid communists, and they are bringing down our free Republic. How is that in any way “entertaining”?
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Celtelg
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 6:10pmGo to Amazon and get the DVD or book entitled “Dreams From My Real Father”. Compare the faces of Barry, O Sr. and Frank Davis. Old Barry’s face is shaped like his mother’s but his eyes, mouth and nose before plastic surgery sure resemble Davis’s. By the way Davis was a communist and supporter of Stalin and Barry knew him well. As for being a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, that is a possibility as Barry did say “my Muslim faith” in a 2008 interview with George Stephanopoulos. George corrected him and said don’ t you mean “your Christian faith.” Barry then said yes. Could the MSM be hiding the truth from us? I am not usually one for conspiracy theories; but my guess is they do know the truth about his political and religious beliefs and are complicit in hiding them from the general public.
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Tigress1
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 9:55amIt’s a shame that this is only coming out NOW. This explains a lot of things. Are we supposed to believe that Holder, an attorney, did not know about conflicts of interest????
The concept of Obama being a member of the Muslim Brotherhood becomes more plausible every day.
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AZfreeman
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 1:29pmFor us to act like this info would have made a difference if it had come out 4 years ago, is insane. Four years ago there was a ton of evidence to show who BHO was and who he would likely put into his radical administration. The people elected him anyway. We did this to ourselves.
“a people get the leadership they deserve”
Americans were uniformed and apathetic. Some saw who BHO was, but turned a blind eye because they were caught up in “hope and change” and felt obligated to show the world that they were not racists by voting in a black president… a big mistake.
“none are so blind as he who will not see”
The problem is systemic throughout all levels of government, the media, public education, and the population at large. I fear a tipping point may have been reached. Liberals, progressives, socialists and marxists have been hard at work for the last 100 years while freedom loving patriots have slept.
*”If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin”. *Samuel Adams
The answer?… Teach the values of honesty, truth, and faith in god. Make evil men fear for their actions by holding them accountable.. Accountability must come swiftly, and will show evil men that we will not tolerate corruption, incompetence, or hidden agendas.
“He will cheat without scruple, who can without fear” Ben Franklin
…rf
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BLACKDIAMONDSKIER
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 9:52am“Holder has also come under heavy fire for failing to take action against the New Black Panthers for alleged voter intimidation in 2008.”
Really………Aren’t radical socialists great? In an administration filled with them you have a justice department that plays favorites, a president that tries to bypass congress (WHICH IS THE ONLY FORM OF REPRESENTATION THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE), a secretary of state making deals with the Muslim Brotherhood and the U.N. to limit 1st Amendment rights, and a treasury secretary that is complicit in collapsing the dollar. This administration will go down as the most corrupt administration in the history of the United States.
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BuzzardSays
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 6:04pmRadicals want change. They have not thought out what that change might be because they can not project beyond their impishly sized phallus. Radical chicks included. It is my assertion that radicals needed their asses whooped more often when they was youngsters full of mischief. Maybe they would have grown up and realized the world does not revolve around them.
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thibx
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 9:52amsometims i can understand being young and in college you could get involved in a lot of stuff. most people don’t carry it a lifetime. this whole adminstration is corrupt from beginning to end.
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Cabo King
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 9:46amWell of course, without that background he would never be allowed in the white house!! one S>F>N>
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Steve28
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 9:44amJust more of the same and another to get rid of these gangsters. Great vetting by the FBI don’t you tink?
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hersey10
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 9:41amThat **** cut though !!!!! Nice work Tucker Carlson and company .
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Want our country back
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 9:40amAdd this to your information,
Google: OBAMA COLUMBIA SUNDIAL 1983
Breaking the War Mentality (Obama article from 1983 — full text)
Obama’s Youth Shaped His Nuclear-Free Vision
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ColoradoMaverick
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 9:39amNice Fro Bro. Maybe you and OB shared a dubbie back in the old days, while you were plotting against America. This is just the tip of the iceberg here folks. The entire Obama administration,, the democrat party, the liberal media and our universities are full of radicals like Holder and Obama.
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starman70
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 9:38amJust training for his present position.
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PaBowHunter
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 9:38amWhat a surprise? And this man made the decision to not prosecute the New Black Panther party for voter intimidation. If it weren’t so scary you’d almost have to laugh at it.
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burningsodium
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 9:38amthis man is a moron. Seems this is a chronic condition. So is his racism.
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Bill Rowland
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 10:39amNo the morons are the people who voted for Sweet Old Barack without him being vetted. The riminals are not just in our government but include the media that worship Obama and feed his narcissism with their refusal to report honestly on his gaffs and his lifestyle. The media ignore this kind of info and refuse to report on the costs of his familys vacations and the administrations refusual to repond to Freedom Of Information Act requests.
OMG Nov 6, 2012
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goahead.makemyday
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 9:37amI’m not surprised he gave cartels guns to hold to our heads and shoot us, occupying a building illegally with firearms is a reasonable actions to these people(corrupt, power hungry, angry minorities, not all black people). If there is no negative reaction to illegal actions there is no recourse for those who are effected by those actions.
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burningsodium
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 9:36amthis man is truly stupid enough to do the deal. And certainly he is a racist. I am starting to think they all have chips on their shoulders.
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Stelex
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 9:41amUhh…….yeah. Thats all that drive’s this bunch. Obama, Jarret, Holder, Van Jones……and the list goes on.
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Stelex
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 9:36amOk congress ……… whachya gonna do about it. Congress has been totally neutered and that means we the people have been totally neutered. Lets get are balls back America
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13th Imam
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 9:34amAnother of Barry’s Radical friends. And the DEMOCRATS will come out in droves to support him.
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Kelly Henderson
Posted on October 1, 2012 at 9:16pmThe white race is being dismanteled right in front of your eyes.Yet a lot of whites will bust their as. to go vote for obama and his racist co-horts.I hope you ignorant fools can tell your kids and grandkids how you helped bring this about.You will truly reap what you sew.
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