MSNBC Host: Obama’s Running for President Because ‘He Feels a Higher Calling,’ Romney Is Because It’s the ‘Next Thing He Should Be Doing With His Life’

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MSNBC’s Alex Wagner told late night host Conan O’Brien this week that she thinks President Barack Obama is running for re-election because “he feels a higher calling,” while Mitt Romney is because “it seems like the next thing he should be doing.”
“I think Obama is in it because he feels a higher calling, not that he likes doing it but that he really thinks he can do something better for the country,” the host of the noontime “Now with Alex Wagner” said Wednesday.
She said Romney “to some degree” is the same way but said they’re each like bosses: “Obama’s the guy you’d have a drink at the water cooler with, Romney’s the guy who would come to the water cooler and say, ‘shouldn’t you be at your desk?’”
“I am not quite sure why [Romney] wants to be president other than the fact that it seems like the next thing he should be doing with his life and of course his father’s failed bid at the presidency I think is an animating factor,” Wagner said.
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Proverbs17-12NLT
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 8:52amJust another democrat news reader reporting on feelings, emotions and assumptions. No news here.
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db321
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 9:02amSounds like a bunch of lies.
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Detroit paperboy
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 9:05amI agree, our entire government is standing by the water cooler, and Romney SHOULD tell them to get back to work………………Odumbass passes by the water cooler on his way to play golf…………
Detroit paperboy
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 9:10amThese people are scared to death, I predict Romney wins in a landslide………..look at the mid terms, look at all the special elections, look at Wisconsin, they have all favored republicans BIGTIME !!!!!!!
Obama was a complete fluke, with zero track record, and now he has a record and it sucks !!!!!!!!!!!!!
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rennyangel
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 9:27amShe doesn’t think saving the nation from bankcuptcy and irrelevancy is worth running for? And the zilch hears a calling? That must be it: he hears voices and is schizophrenic and delusional. Very good reasons to never let him near a major decision anywhere again. How did this MSM whacko get to be a host on MSNBC?
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yougottabekidding
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 9:35amObama’s Running for President Because ‘He Feels a Higher Calling”
So did Manson!
HELTER SKELTER
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Want our country back
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 9:41amSaul Alinsky’s PROJECTION, Higher calling for obama is about drugs and weed.
Mitt Romney’s whole life has been about service to others.
Democrat’s really don’t have a clue about obama…. I have resisted saying that most Liberals are that stupid……BUT MOST LIBERALS ARE THAT STUPID.
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just the facts
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 9:41amThe higher power should be our Military and Supreme Court examining some of the treason that he and his administration inacted on the people of the United States. A lot of people are forgetting all the anti-american retoric, methods, and deceptions they used to ‘redistribute’ while building a bigger government. On the whole, we ARE worse off now than before and we ARE closer to deeper loss of freedoms. – And this president and administration opened the doors and lead the way to such.
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Want our country back
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 9:48amJUST ANGRY: Liberals and those not voting for Mitt Romney should watch this….
Bill Whittle answers the “lesser of two evils” question on a new PJTV show called “Election Hot Seat”. And he’s pretty forceful about his position that any protest vote for Ron Paul or Gary Johnson, or no vote at all is ensuring the election of Barack Obama. But he takes it one step forward and said that if we reelect Barack Obama, we may never have the chance to win another election because of Obama’s “fundamental transformation”.
http://www.therightscoop.com/bill-whittle-if-you-dont-vote-for-mitt-romney-you-are-ensuring-the-election-of-barack-obama/
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soybomb315_II
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 9:48amObama is running for re-election because he wants power. Romney is running for president for the prestige.
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oneshiner
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 9:51amHigher Calling BS, he only wants to put us “back in chains” read what a member of American Legion sent:
Subject: HR 4646
Be sure to read entire explanation. .
A 1% tax on all bank transactions is what HR 4646 calls for. … Do you receive a paycheck, or a retirement check from Social Security or a pension fund and have it direct deposit??
Well guess what. The Obama administration wants to tax it 1%!!! This bill was put forth by Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-PA). YES, that is 1% tax on ALL bank transactions – HR 4646, every time it goes in and every time money goes out. Ask your congressperson to vote NO.
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AlmostaCowboy
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 9:58amI’ll bet she believes in unicorns. :-\
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RepubliCorp
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 10:24amSOYBOMB315_II And Ron Paul is a loser because he is a kook
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fastfacts
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 10:39amThis is the same MSNBC that yesterday had their report compare the oil industry to slavery. ( http://www.thedailycandidate.com/video/2012/oct/hayes_oil_slavery.html ) Yes that was Chris Hayes, the same one that said he feels uncomfortable calling fallen soldiers “heroes”.
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DEMOCRATS.ARE.EVIL
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 10:43amAnd MSNBC’s Alex Wagner is only in this career field to attract a rich actor to marry.
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paperpushermj
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 11:03amShe’s a typical Lefty Romantic who gives Noble qualities to like thinking people.
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michael48
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 11:05amshe attempts to be a reporter…she should accept a higher calling and be a campaign rep for Oblamo in Tehran…dem-wit skankism on display…CNN=toast…reguardless of outcome..
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mercenary4freedom
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 11:26ambarraka Odumbass is running for president because his party the liberals like to manage people & control every aspect of our lives.
Barakka Odumbass is running for president because his party the liberal democrats want to control the purse strings of our tax base so they can steal every penny they can, destroy the middle class, damage as much of the 1% as they can and become the dictators and 1% themselves. No prosperity, no american dream, no idividual freedom, no critical thinking allowed.
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Maji
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 11:36amThere lies the enigma…obama “thinks he can” and Romney “really can”.
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Pokerjoe
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 11:54amNo news? The news will be Obama lets OJ out of jail with many more just like him! But no one will say anythng. As he is draged from our house kicking and crying he will say ala is great.I hope thats right.
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Jaycen
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 12:02pmObviously, this woman knows the hearts and minds of both men. Obama is on a mission from God, while Romney….he’s just selfish.
I don’t like either one, but I like people like this woman even less. She thinks she knows everything. She thinks she can stand before the country and tell you what two men she doesn’t know are thinking and feeling.
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karencole
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 12:44pmI’m actually glad she said what she did about the difference between Romney as a “boss” and Obama as a “boss”
Because, what she fails to realize is in this country right now….we need a leader that says “shouldn’t you be at your desk?” or when speaking to the people in congress “shouldn’t you be at your desks solving the nations problems, instead of talking about NFL draft choices?”
Give me a break…this is a nation in CRISIS! We do not need a “Cult of Personality” leader we need a “BOSS!” I am so sick of this crap about “who would you like to have a beer with” WHO CARE’S!!!! We need a serious leader during serious times, not one that is more worried about his golf handicap!
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DOra Glasberg
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 12:45pmMitt hasn’t worked in 10 years
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Git-R-Done
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 2:14pmDumb Dora – When have you Marxists ever worked?
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Rayblue
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 2:21pmobama doesn’t work.
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skypilot77
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 2:34pm“Detroit paperboy
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 9:05am
I agree, our entire government is standing by the water cooler, and Romney SHOULD tell them to get back to work………………Odumbass passes by the water cooler on his way to play golf…………”
I’d add that if government is at the water cooler, he should do more than tell them to get back to work. He ought to fire a great percentage of them.
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Max jones
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 2:57pmShe’s right about Romney and Obama, in fact she’s dead on. Romney will treat the position as a ‘real’ job. Obama is an ideologue. Obama is working way below his actual paygrade……How much does a demigod draw anyway? $50 mil.? $100?
Obama got very wealthy playing his game…..Where will he go? Abu Dhabi? UAE? He will be a man without a country. He and his minions will do ANYTHING to prevent a loss…..LOOK OUT.
By the way Bin Laden is alive and well.
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revik123
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 3:42pmREMMYANGEL, you muse “How did this MSM whacko get to be a host on MSNBC?” Really. Isn’t it obvious? She is as cute as a button. Of course, she is also as dumb as paste – - – but at least she is the right kind of dumb for MSNBC.
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BreeZee
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 4:02pmMSNBC
nuff… said…..
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Zekron
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 5:13pmDora Gassbag, Obummer hasn’t worked yet in his entire life, Romney has been more productive, generated more jobs on average in one week than Obummer could ever dream of.
Sorry, I mean’t President Romney…
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Goldmember
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 5:44pmlick me!
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Look4DBigPicture
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 6:59pmBoy does she have that backwards!!!
Obama told his fellow college classmates he was a prince from Indonesia and would one day be king, while Romney was ministering to his church and being a servant of God.
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WATER-THE-TREE
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 8:52pmObama’s higher calling comes from allah, it is to destroy the great satan, to bring the US into domination by the UN and to spread islam, if o is reelected we will be praying five times a day with an AK-47 at our heads.
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WATER-THE-TREE
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 9:53pmBammy needs to be chained in a deep dark damp dungeon with Holder and the rest with rats nibbling his toes.
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Max jones
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 11:58pmthis short video will say it all….http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=xBOMjZU-aCE&NR=1
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mamatango
Posted on October 21, 2012 at 4:37amAnd then there’s this SHOCKER!
http://www.infowars.com/douglas-j-hagmann-death-race-damascus/
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Mil-Dot
Posted on October 21, 2012 at 9:17amYep, just another sniveling minority chick that hates white people. Typical.
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dmerwin
Posted on October 21, 2012 at 9:41amI guess his “higher calling” is to ruin our country. Nice vision.
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sillyfreshness
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 2:11pmObama does have a higher calling. It’s to destroy the US. All to fulfill the dreams of his Marxist, alcoholic, deadbeat, lazy father. His dreams, America’s nightmares.
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doncski
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 8:52ami“Obama’s the guy you’d have a drink at the water cooler with, Romney’s the guy who would come to the water cooler and say, ‘shouldn’t you be at your desk?’”
No truer words spoken….he is running the country like he is at the water cooler, talking on talk shows, rubbing elbows with Hollywood, and not at his desk!
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Favored93
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 9:37amWell said!!!
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SITDOWNANDSHUTUP
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 10:03amYep…..and when he’s at the water cooler, his chair is EMPTY. Clint was soooooooo spot on.
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Mil-Dot
Posted on October 21, 2012 at 9:21amYou have to understand something people. Minorities do not want an America where there is equal opportunity for all. They want whitey to play by the rules but they shouldn’t have to-because they are minorities. Make no mistake about it, they want all white people dead so they can have it all for themselves. That is what they dream of. If they could snap their fingers and have all white people gone, 98% of them would do it in a second. That is what they are really thinking. Fat chance progs. We are not going anywhere-you are.
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densiee
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 8:51amI have never seen this person before thats how popular she is. No one cares about her opinion.
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Mil-Dot
Posted on October 21, 2012 at 9:29amShe looks like she is half Asian and half black. Typically, Asians are conservatives that work hard and don’t expect anything other than what they earn. The black in her flat out negated all of that good DNA and took over her brain. That is how strong the “you owe me DNA” is among blacks.
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Uechi
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 8:50amYup a higher calling like Mao, Hilter and all the other tyrannts through out history.Alex all you need is a Brain but sadly you work for a Marxist news channel that nobody watches but morons and commies.
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oneshiner
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 10:44amUECHI: You hit the nail on the head. This unknown woman is a pawn for obama (unfortunately he doesn’t seem to like women from all I’ve read and Newsweek declaring him the first Gay Prez) but all that aside, this man has NO concerns for Americans. He’s going down a different path from Americans, taught by his (father?) Frank Marshall Davis, the card carrying Communist who mentored him through his very informative years, No, you don’t rub the spots off a leopard. He is what he was taught.
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densiee
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 8:50amprojecting
Shes talking about Romney Reverse the rolls I didnt read her stupid commentary I saw the gest the president is doing it too. He talks about Romney when he speaks of himself.
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HKS
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 8:49amHey, its NBC, what would you expect.
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dontmindme
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 8:48amThat ‘higher power’ is Obama’s ego, NOT God, you idiot!
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oneshiner
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 10:17amIt’s NOT God, it’s Allah and that’s not my God.
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oneshiner
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 10:53amIf o has a higher calling, it’s more like the one Chris Matthews gets when he feel a tingle. LIES and more lies. erupt when o feels that calling. Course, that’s an every day event, just listen.
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Shasta
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 11:37amI agree with you @dontmindme, OBlamo only worships himself.
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Oneirishman
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 8:48amShan Romney was Governor, he took no pay check. Do you think Obama would do the same?
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Comeandtakeit
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 8:56amI “Shan Romney was Governor, he took no pay check. Do you think Obama would do the same?”
Now that is an excellent point. And I think we should find out. Romney should go on nationwide TV and pledge in the interest of setting an example of public service and a “higher calling” and fiscal responsibility, he will pledge to serve with no pay and no government pension if elected, and challenge Obama to do the same. Retroactively. Let’s see how high a calling he has.
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JonSigMan
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 9:37amYeah, I’m surprised he hasn’t done that yet, maybe he’s holding it for backup if he needs it, because he could and would definitely do it. This woman is as delusional and Obama is, somewhere there is a rubber room with her name over the door.
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FlagWavingPatriot
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 8:42amWe are either seeing mental illness on a mass scale or the devil is at work. How else can we explain such widespread delusion?
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SimpleTruths
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 10:01amAgreed, why else would anyone vote for Romney?
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SITDOWNANDSHUTUP
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 10:10amAlex describes herself political stance as a “progressive”.
Enough said………..she is a fool with foolish views.
She is also smoking hot………that’s why she gets on shows such as Conan. Conan will never refuse a smokin’ hot babe. Conan’s a lib also, so he won’t challenge any of the dribble spewing from the mouths of the foolish liberal progressives.
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Max jones
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 3:11pm“For this cause will God send upon them a great delusion, that they should believe a lie….”
The ’cause’ is to get proglibs exposed for what they are; murderous anti-Christians.
Somehow, these people are going to get organized, and really start to believe the great evils in their undisciplined lives, are actually caused by Christians…..like homosexuality would magically not be deviant if Christian people would not point out that God, himself, called it an abomination….or that abortion would not be murder if Christians would not maintain conception as the start of human beings. I did not say these people are deluded, God does, and takes responsibility for it.
There was no written law, when Cain slew Abel, but the Lord called it murder. Cain ‘spiritually’ knew it was wrong. Ecclesiastes teaches us that there is nothing new under the sun. Human nature and the nature of God have NOT changed. Not one jot.
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BrerRabbit
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 8:39amIs that Allah calling!
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gadgetninja
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 8:14pmmichelle malkin is better looking
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progressiveslayer
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 8:38amAlex you brain dead c**t how did you ever get a job on TV? Oh yeah you work for msnbc ie the Obama campaign. The Marxist mulattos ‘higher calling’ as you put it is to end the middle class you stupid bitch.
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Gonzo
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 8:48amEasy buddy, you’re going to blow a blood vessel and it’s not even 9:00 AM! :-)
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pludge
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 8:51amWhat’s the differences between Alex Wagner, and the Panama canal?
The Panama canal is a buzzy ditch.
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justangry
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 9:09amWe know how she got a job. She’s hot and gets PMSBC a gold star for diversity.
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BODYBAG
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 10:09am@PROGRESSIVESLAYER
Gonzo is right. Take it easy. You’re important to have around here. Dont get yourself booted.
An airhead on MSLSD isnt worth it.
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mr.goodvibe
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 10:19amHis so called higher calling is collectivism, it was a good idea, when he was high.
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SocialistSlayer
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 8:38amAnother Communist Bimbo trying to make a name for herself by making outrageous comments ! Yawn !
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Oneirishman
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 8:37amEveryone knows MSLSD is the Jersey Shore of the media world.
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ohiograndma
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 8:36amMeanwhile, I’m thinking Obama is bored with the presidency; he’d rather be King. (I believe this is Limbaugh’s interpretation, too.) After all, if he can’t rule by fiat, and have the absolute adoration of his subjects — well, where’s the fun in that?
Interestingly, I see Mitt Romney as the candidate who wants to help people.
Just goes to show you how differently people view things, doesn’t it?
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ZAP
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 8:34amShe be the first person to bomb Pearl Harbor….
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BIGWUN
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 8:34amSo many Leftist talking points and so little reason. is it truly a “Higher Calling” to honor Stalin, Mao, Pol Pop, Castro, Chavez and countless other failed dictators by attempting to destroy the greatest country in the world? High indeed!
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BIGWUN
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 8:41amThat would be POl Pot.
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kat747
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 8:41amDon’t forget the man who is going to be the leader of the New World Order….Geo Soros.
Ask Barry….that is who Barry gets his big money from.
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mr.goodvibe
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 10:22amThe communists highest calling is a chicken in every pol pot.
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eyesopened
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 8:32amon the laugh meter (for her comment) ……I give it a 10
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N37BU6
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 8:32amWho cares what people with no credibility have to say?
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Gonzo
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 8:31amObama and his minions recognize no authority higher than Obama. Therefore, there can be no calling higher than Obama’s will. Pretty convenient.
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woodyl1011fl
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 9:23amYes, and there was anothet ego loony in the 1920s to 1945 that beleved his will must be followed by the people and just like here there were enough useful idiots who followed him elected him and 56 millon people died in six years. We must not make that same mistake again this November and on November 6 and send this Saul Alinsky Marxist/Leninist radical back to Hawaii or where ever he really came fom. MSNBC sems to be the central home for useful idiots. Is Screwtape running that place?
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Zipit
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 9:33amAnd Obama’s higher authority, involves a heathen that call’s him to prayer five times a day! As far as Alex Wagner goes, her opinion matters about as much as a giant pile of rat turds!
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Gonzo
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 10:09amZip, he’s no muslim. The only god he recognizes is himself. That’s why he can dabble in Islam as well as Christianity, it’s all for show and political expediency.
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RightThinking1
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 1:14pmOne thing that Clinton and Obama have in common, they are both *purely* political animals. Neither makes a move without thoroughly considering the reaction of their base. The well-being of The Republic is never even a factor. The most disgusting of the most disgusting.
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Max jones
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 3:25pmGONZO…..elevated thinking, He Is Godless……
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 8:31amOne more proof that the Radical Left sees Obama as their god-king on earth, a divine being made human in the flesh; they are being proven wrong, he is all too mortal and the true Father God is even now showing His mighty work for all to behold.
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lgccac
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 8:31amIs Mohammed calling Obama?
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kat747
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 9:00amYes……he wants him to get out of the USA and come home to his virgins.
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DoomsdayProphet
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 8:30amThis is why no one watches your show. Let me be clear: You are a bubble head.
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Metallicat
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 8:29amToo bad Obama has been wrong so far,and is still running on the same plan
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Thatsitivehadenough
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 8:28amOnly a communist would try to BS people with this idea.
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Rob1231
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 8:27amThis idiot thinks Obama is a higher being…Enough already with this BS
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