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Dick Cheney: Obama is Jeopardizing National Security With ‘Second-Rate’ Nominees

Feb. 10, 2013 10:37pm
Dick Cheney: Obama is Jeapordizing National Security With Second Rate Nominees

Former Vice President Dick Cheney speaks during the Republican Committee Fundraising Dinner on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, at the Little America Hotel in Cheyenne, Wyoming. (Photo: AP)

(TheBlaze/AP) — Former Vice President Dick Cheney said Saturday night that President Barack Obama has jeopardized U.S. national security by nominating substandard candidates for key cabinet posts and by degrading the U.S. military.

“The performance now of Barack Obama as he staffs up the national security team for the second term is dismal,” Cheney said in comments to about 300 members of the Wyoming Republican Party.

A Wyoming native, Cheney said it is vital to the nation’s national security that “good folks” hold the positions of secretary of state, CIA director and secretary of defense.

“Frankly, what [Obama] has appointed are second-rate people,” he added.

John Kerry, the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee, has been confirmed as secretary of state. CIA designate John Brennan and defense secretary nominee Chuck Hagel are still awaiting U.S. Senate confirmation.

Wyoming’s two U.S. senators, Mike Enzi and John Barrasso, voted for Kerry’s confirmation. But both Enzi and Barrasso gave introductory speeches for Cheney Saturday night.

Cheney asserted that Hagel, a former Nebraska U.S. senator, was chosen because Obama “wants to have a Republican that he can use to take the heat for what he plans to do to the Department of Defense.”

Dick Cheney: Obama is Jeapordizing National Security With Second Rate Nominees

WAFormer U.S. Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee during his confirmation hearing to become the next secretary of defense on Capitol Hill January 31, 2013 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Getty Images)

Not only that, he said Obama intends to allow severe cuts in U.S. defense spending, which would limit the capability of the U.S. military to respond to future foreign crises well after Obama has left office.

β€œThe decisions that Obama makes today aren’t about what the forces are going to look like tomorrow, it’s what the forces are going to look like 10 years from now,” Cheney said. “He is today … establishing what limitations will be on future presidents.”

The former vice president also noted that the security situation in the Middle East and North Africa has worsened under Obama’s watch and is “as dangerous as it has ever been,” with Iran actively pursuing nuclear weapons and with turmoil in Egypt, Syria, Mali and elsewhere.

The Obama administration’s response has been to pull back U.S. military presence and influence, resulting in rising mistrust of the U.S. from allies such as Israel and Saudi Arabia, he said.

β€œOur friends out there no longer trust us,” he reportedly warned.

Cheney touched on domestic politics in his speech, as well.Β  Despite Obama’s re-election, Cheney said he hopes Republicans can revive their political fortunes by holding to conservative principles.

“I believe we’re all going to pull together, work hard, dig in and do what needs to be done,” he said.

According to the Associated Press, Cheney appeared fit during the speech.Β  He received a heart transplant about a year ago.

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  • TrueSoundsOfLiberty
    Posted on February 11, 2013 at 3:51am

    Do I even need to bring up John Bolton?

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  • betterpart
    Posted on February 11, 2013 at 3:51am

    Lowlies and less-than-acceptable all typically band together. Good. Let them gather in one spot so that the miscreants can be watched and monitored.

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    • Freedomlover_US
      Posted on February 11, 2013 at 12:56pm

      Seriously – this is Cheney we’re talking about, who got us into an unneccessary war in Iraq and strained every alliance we have in the world. He is the very last person to judge who is qualified for these positions. The rat even goes after his former administration colleagues.

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  • Stab_friendly
    Posted on February 11, 2013 at 3:30am

    Anyone who had a hand in the Iraqi War debacle, has NO room to say anythingn, including little Bush’s #2.
    Remember Paul Bremer and his 2 major faux pas:
    Disbanding of the Iraqi army(bye, bye security) and the De-bathification of the Iraqi civil service…

    Countless American soldiers lives suffered because of this…

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  • pwatkins
    Posted on February 11, 2013 at 2:03am

    The only thing that scares me about Dick Cheney is that he knows what he is talking about and he scares the left for the same reason but they still blindly lay their lives in the hands of their Pharaoh in the White House.

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    • Freedomlover_US
      Posted on February 11, 2013 at 12:58pm

      Yeah, we’re scared about just how much of an expert he is. Like his expertice on Weapons of Mass Destruction

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  • FieldJudge
    Posted on February 11, 2013 at 2:02am

    Dick, Sir,

    That’s fourth rate nominees!
    I have my reasons… and resemble that remark.

    - BO

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  • Keatonc33
    Posted on February 11, 2013 at 1:11am

    Love how we have the worst VP in American history talking trash on the guy cleaning up his mess!

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    • Zipit
      Posted on February 11, 2013 at 9:16am

      Kinda funny ain’t it EXCRETION!

      This administration is the perfect example of what is known as , “The Peter Principle”! Almost everybody involved with, appointed by, and including the President himself have been, “promoted to the level of their incompetence”!!!!

      Arguably, a good number of them were failures at what they did before being appointed! Take little Timmy Geitner as one of of the best examples! Here’s a guy that obviously cheated on his taxes because he, “couldn’t figure out Turbo Tax”, and he ends up as Treasury Secretary.

      That’s certainly worked out well for us!!!! Hasn’t it?

      And if you want to have a discussion about the worst Vice President in the history of the U.S., we can discuss , and laugh about Joe thepeterprinciple Biden, all day long!!!! It was your vote that promoted him! Twice…….

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  • Xylliab_of_the_Znarghh
    Posted on February 11, 2013 at 12:42am

    Advection
    You’re the guy who’s screen name is a combination of advertisement and infection. If you can’t tell, who can?

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  • Advection
    Posted on February 11, 2013 at 12:14am

    Is that an ad or a link to a virus? Or both?

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  • FANGS
    Posted on February 11, 2013 at 12:03am

    If Obama communist care isn’t going to be repealed or replaced with a free more logical system. Guaranteed at least 100 to 200 million Americans, Doctors and health care industries will open up and destroy all Communists in America. America’s Communist problem is The Public Unions, Communist media, Communist democrats, Planned baby killers, 5 million brainwashed Union drone teachers, Communist Obama supporters. I hate to use the word genocide, But the evil in America must be terminated.Democrats know we are on the verge of total Inilation of the evil they promote. thats why their panicing to disarm Americans. Any Gun or magazine ban will absolutely begin our 5 year economic depression revenge. Communism and democrats are america’s enemies, traitors and parasites.With God as our Shield, Christian Conservative Patriotic Families on every block in every town and city will wipe out Communist evil. Survey the people on your street and your neighbors to see where they stand. This battle is closer than anyone thinks.

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    • Keatonc33
      Posted on February 11, 2013 at 1:05am

      You want Obama care to be replaced with a “FREE more logical system”??? That is socialism!

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    • NoLongerNonPlussed
      Posted on February 11, 2013 at 6:55am

      Genocide? So, the next American Civil War will be genocidal?
      Which generation shall we kill? Which race will we spare? Which religion will we not tolerate? Which Constitution will we ignore as we brandish our guns and wave our flags?

      Wake up patriots! The next civil war must be fought totally within the Constitution’s limits. Just as everyone’s relationship with their God is their personal responsibility, so is our responsibility to the Constitution. If you want changes, refer to the Constitution for how to go about making them.

      Most importantly, remember that your right to bare arms is for property, family and self protection. Waving guns around publicly might sound good, but it shall be easily construed as public endangerment or armed rebellion if you take your loaded gun off your property.

      The enemy is destroying us while using the freedoms they were given by the Constitution. We have to remember that any responses we make are also totally within the boundaries set by the Constitution. If you think that the framers purposely left us a loophole so that we could have an armed insurrection or second revolution by giving us the right to bare arms, just remember what our federal govt. did to the free and independent states of the Confederated States of America. Think about the American Indians or even the Americans of Japanese descent during WW II.
      Work within the Constitution.

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  • Advection
    Posted on February 11, 2013 at 12:00am

    Obama is setting the order of battle for regional wars and the next World War, and he’s making sure the US and Israel will lose decisively.

    The US didnt need to spend so much just to defend North America. We inherited the responsibility to defend much of the rest of the world since WWII, and it is reckless to simply chop that defense to bits like Obama is doing. It should have been done in ways that keep alliances intact and allowed other nations time to take up the slack.

    He’s also destroying the Dollar. It would be a miracle if it remains the world reserve currency by the end of Obama’s second term. And when that ends, US aid will end, alliances will break, millions will starve and epidemics will erupt.

    So to sum up, Obama is destroying the world order that’s been in place since the 1940s, and he’s doing so as fast as possible and without any regards for the consequences, which will be wars, famines and pestilence.

    Just don’t expect any apologies from Obama, Reid, Pelosi and the others. Expect more propaganda and an increasingly paranoid federal government that sees liberty and freedom as the greatest threats to its power, wealth and privileges.

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  • neverending
    Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:50pm

    Always happy to hear from V.P. Cheney and glad he came forth and spoke up because one thing for sure it will really make poor little barry boy see red. Campared to what the commie chose first time around these are second rate people but of course they all probably all the ones hes was saving for his second term – who better then them to reach his goal of taking this beautiful God given country down? They fit the ruthless anti American program barry has going. Everybody had better just sit back and relax because all of this is just the beginning of what the bastard in chief intends to do. And for all those out there that think 2014 and then 2016 can change it all back – good luck with that one. If the ignorant and outrageously stupid Americans didn’t get it in 2012 they ain’t never going to get it and besides barry keeps growing government by leaps and bounds and anyone that thinks all of those government workers won’t vote democratic again are total fools. Too bad America just couldn’t and still isn’t waking up. So happy though to see that the republicans and conservatives and tea party are continuing their fight and division – that is just such good news!! idiots!

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    • wowjustwow
      Posted on February 11, 2013 at 12:08am

      Okay, now the blaze may be the ONLY place where Dick Cheney is liked. I can’t think of any others, and I try to observe as many news outlets as possible. How can anyone like this guy after he has destroyed so many lives by his greed??? I wish he would go away. It annoys me that he’s even covered in the news because it gives him relevance…and he has none.

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    • PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
      Posted on February 11, 2013 at 7:32am

      Dick Cheney – Trilateral Globalist Corporate Shill
      Enzi Barrasso – RINO Progressives vote for Kerry – IDIOT
      Do not cut defense – CUT THE PENTAGON
      They talk of “Parties” – We speak of the Constitution and our Country
      BOTH THE R’s & D’s play this game the are both VILE and have sold us down the river! WAKE UP

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  • barber2
    Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:48pm

    The Blaze is being OCCUPIED by the ” liberal ” Libertarians . AKA, the anarchists. The “Let’s Have A Revolution ” Crowd so Dear Leader can declare martial law . The Obama Lefty Trolls. My, but they are ” dedicated. ” Broken Records of the Community Organizing Tribe…

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    • RealLiibertarian
      Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:57pm

      You have a problem with freedom?

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    • Advection
      Posted on February 11, 2013 at 12:06am

      Because the right won’t fall into their traps, the left meld into the crowd and toss “bombs” at themselves.

      These people do this with just about every major issue. They cannot find evidence to support their theories about the world, so they contrive false evidence then shout “Ah ha!” and set about reacting to their fake situations.

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    • soybomb315_II
      Posted on February 11, 2013 at 12:54am

      yea if you would rather have constitutional government instead of the same old tired arguments of R versus D – You must be a liberal…… What a small view of a simple subject

      Barber has been around this board for a long time and he still does not get it. Here is Dick Cheney – the iconoclast of corrupt capitalism and bad government….But Barber acts like it never happened and the boogeymen are out to destroy his republican utopia

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    • FieldJudge
      Posted on February 11, 2013 at 2:14am

      Soy Bomb,
      You are like a fox hole buddy the rest of us can’t stand.
      If we followed your views and opinions we’d create a bigger mess or worse, get ourselves killed.
      But we get what you’re trying to say, that you are on our side.
      And so… we will stand guard while you try to sleep and get some rest.

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    • barber2
      Posted on February 11, 2013 at 9:39am

      SOY: Between your ” anti-capitalism” rant and your anti-military rants, ( shades of General Be-tray-us Days ! ) why are you HERE ? You belong with the OWS set and with the anarchist/ revolution crowd . The Obama Underground Set who are just drooling for an excuse for Martial Law.

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  • barber2
    Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:44pm

    Cheney is so correct : witness our anti-American military , ghost from the radical 60s , John Kerry. Barf. Will Bill Ayers , Mr. Anti-Capitalism, be Obama’s next Secretary of Commerce ? That would be the only more outrageous appointment than Kerry..

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    • neverending
      Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:51pm

      You are so exactly right.

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    • soybomb315_II
      Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:54pm

      John Kerry passed the republican litmus test with flying colors. Even the article mentions that both Wyoming senators approved John Kerry – and Wyoming is as conservative as it gets. But the same people that approved John Kerry are slamming Chuck Hagel – WHY????

      It seems to me that the only difference between Kerry and Hagel is that Kerry approves of the intervention around the world and drone program. Cuz you know the republicans love that stuff

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    • RealLiibertarian
      Posted on February 11, 2013 at 12:00am

      Soy, that’s it exactly. Hagel has seen war from the grunt perpective, and so is less likely to kowtow to the generals who want to play war, and the contractors who lobby them. Anyone who will not vote for continual expansion of the military and sticking our nose in where it doesn’t belong will not get votes from the GOP.

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    • Keatonc33
      Posted on February 11, 2013 at 1:08am

      Right.. so much worse than those Pro americans who lied to us about the cause of a war.. and then sent thousands of our troops to die in vain… we need that leadership back! no more anti-troop leadership!

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    • barber2
      Posted on February 11, 2013 at 9:35am

      You ” anti-military ” types are so transparent. Say “hi” to all of the Obama ” General Be-tray-us” crowd. Know you’ll have more of the ” Let’s Have A Revolution” rhetoric you’ve been plying since the Bush years…

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    • franklinmintjulep
      Posted on February 14, 2013 at 5:17am

      I agree with Cheney- this administration is a horific joke on the world’s stage and no other country has any reason to take us seriously anymore

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  • RealLiibertarian
    Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:35pm

    Translation- These nominees are not friendly enough to the DOD contractors and won’t support all the military pork and warmongering.

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  • KidCharlemagne
    Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:32pm

    During the 1970′s, wasn’t it Dick Cheney who tried to cook up a deal to help Iran get nuclear power?:

    —————————–
    Yet Cheney, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and outgoing Deputy Secretary Paul Wolfowitz held key national security posts when the Ford administration made the opposite argument 30 years ago.

    Ford’s team endorsed Iranian plans to build a massive nuclear energy industry, but also worked hard to complete a multibillion-dollar deal that would have given Tehran control of large quantities of plutonium and enriched uranium — the two pathways to a nuclear bomb.
    Washington Post (March 27, 2005): “Past Arguments Don’t Square With Current Iran Policy”

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    • soybomb315_II
      Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:46pm

      and when iran shut out the US corporations, we turned around and used Iraq to attack Iran…..Until the Iraqis turned on us….All because of our freedom, of course

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    • barber2
      Posted on February 11, 2013 at 10:06am

      SOY: Here it comes: the Obama ” anti-corporation” mess….such a bunch of anti-American BS.

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  • mash4077
    Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:31pm

    uh dick, where have you been? It’s all by design. he is going to destroy this country once and for all.

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  • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
    Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:29pm

    What? And the people that LEFT were 1st rate? Just say it like it is and say Zero will only nominate communist yes men. People that say “how high?” when they hear the word ” jump.” People with a history of hating this country, flaunting the law, from Harvard, are good at embezzling and laundering money, and liars.

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    • Xylliab_of_the_Znarghh
      Posted on February 11, 2013 at 12:52am

      β€œAnd the people that LEFT were 1st rate?”
      Well, perhaps not, but you can hardly expect Cheney to say that since the outgoing Defense Secretary and CIA Director both served in important positions under his administration.

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  • Freedomlover_US
    Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:20pm

    Said the guy who let 9/11 happen on his watch to the guy that killed Bin Laden

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    • chips1
      Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:35pm

      AND the guy that killed an Ambassador?

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:55pm

      and the guy that killed Brain Terry

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    • soybomb315_II
      Posted on February 11, 2013 at 12:59am

      and the guy who assasinated Anwar al-Aulaqi….just sayin

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    • Keatonc33
      Posted on February 11, 2013 at 1:11am

      spot on freedom lover! by the way those last three comments.. Obama had nothing to do with their deaths.. but i’m sure you knew that.

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    • Shrugged
      Posted on February 11, 2013 at 8:30am

      The guy that let 9-11 happen was BILL CLINTON. Obama had noting to do with Bin Laden. Panetta kept him in the dark so Jarrett wouldn’t STOP the mission.

      Hahaha Rewriting history is an early lib skill.

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    • Freedomlover_US
      Posted on February 11, 2013 at 12:49pm

      SHRUGGED – where on Earth do you get your information? It was Obama’s decision to look into the operation, keep it from even his closest advisors, and ultimately go for it, even though it was “55/45″ in his estimation. Dick Cheney is a bitter blowhard.

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  • soybomb315_II
    Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:17pm

    There is Cheney talking about how our allies no longer trust us and that the middle east has become a more dangerous place…..

    For Goodness sakes, have they learned nothing???

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    • Freedomlover_US
      Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:25pm

      This is the same genius that said Obama would be a one term president. This is the same person that left office with a lower approval rating than the Nixon administration. This is the same person that has been wrong about everything he said since he left office.

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  • spfoam1
    Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:11pm

    2nd rate is giving them too much credit. 2nd rate implies they do some good, but not much.

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  • soybomb315_II
    Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:11pm

    LOL…..Dick Cheney, that is the pot calling the kettle black!

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  • The-Monk
    Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:02pm

    No one can accuse Cheney of not having a spine.

    What I want to know is…..

    Where did his neck go?

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    • Freedomlover_US
      Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:23pm

      Cheney asserted that Hagel, a former Nebraska U.S. senator, was chosen because Obama β€œwants to have a Republican that he can use to take the heat for what he plans to do to the Department of Defense.”

      Sounds like something a tea party conspiracy nut would say.

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    • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
      Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:42pm

      How much does a “Cyber-Warrior” make? How are the benefits? Do you get dental, too?
      I hear that the pay is a little more than minimum wage, do they help you with the rent on mom’s basement and snacks?
      Do they provide you with talking points, or do you just make stuff up as you go?

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    • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
      Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:46pm

      Hi MONK
      He might be like Cotton Hill and his shins. They just sewed his head to his shoulders.

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    • PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
      Posted on February 11, 2013 at 7:38am

      LoL

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  • CathyvanDyke
    Posted on February 10, 2013 at 10:57pm

    Chuck Hagel – Islamic Appeaser?

    Levin Defends Hagel, Calls GOP Disclosure Request β€˜Unprecedented’
    February 8, 2013

    Rumors abound on Capitol Hill that a full disclosure of Hagel’s professional ties would reveal financial relationships with a number of β€œunsavory” groups, including one purportedly called β€œFriends of Hamas.” The GOP aide said it was β€œnoteworthy” that the White House has yet to deny the association. β€œMaybe it’s not true, but why not provide a list of groups he spoke to and remove all doubt?” the aide said.

    http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/340193/levin-defends-hagel-calls-gop-disclosure-req

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  • RLTW
    Posted on February 10, 2013 at 10:45pm

    NO **** RINO recruiter, he!! You set the stage for this BS and now you want to act like you give a cr@p?

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  • civilwarcometh
    Posted on February 10, 2013 at 10:42pm

    Tell me something we don’t know Cheney.. Wonder if our trolls work for these people???http://obamareleaseyourrecords.blogspot.com/2013/02/obamas-homeland-security-forms-cyber-army.html

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    • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
      Posted on February 10, 2013 at 11:34pm

      Yeah, we have had, and still have, some of these guys on TheBlaze. A lot of them have signed up recently. Since the 2nd week of December 2012, I have never seen more new usernames than all year.
      I am reading the same thing on other sites, about new users and users with multiple usernames.

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    • Zipit
      Posted on February 11, 2013 at 9:37am

      They are the OBAMA YOUTH! Unemployed, uninformed, uneducated, unimaginative Zombies!!!!!

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    • barber2
      Posted on February 11, 2013 at 10:14am

      Soy and Company are all part of the Obama group. She has just been here longer and more dedicated/ brainwashed.

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