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White House Admits: ‘We Put Forth the Design of’ Sequestration

Mar. 3, 2013 11:36am Madeleine Morgenstern

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A top White House official acknowledged on Sunday that President Barack Obama was the one to put forward “the design” of the forced federal budget cuts known as sequestration.

Obama has heaped blame on Republicans for allowing the across-the-board $85 billion cuts to go through, but economic adviser Gene Sperling admitted it was the White House that presented the basic framework — even though no one meant for it to go through.

“Everyone knows that the president wanted an enforcement mechanism that included revenues on the most well-off,” Sperling said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “The Republicans insisted that this be an enforcement mechanism that be on all spending cuts…it’s most accurate that they did propose an all spending cut mechanism that would have this type of harmful impact.”

He added, “The idea was not that these would go into effect, but that people of good faith would come back and compromise.”

The cuts went into effect Friday.

“The president was overall right in that the idea of an across-the-board, all-spending cut was the idea of Republicans…but yes, we put forth the design of how to do that,” Sperling said. He quickly noted that in the end, “we all did agree to this.”

(h/t Weekly Standard)

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calebjim
Posted on March 3, 2013 at 12:02pm
Now we see what happens when the uninformed elect a president.

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- bannedfromCNN
  Posted on March 3, 2013 at 12:21pm
  “What a tangled web they weave when first they practice to deceive.”
  
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- 13th Imam
  Posted on March 3, 2013 at 12:23pm
  To jugears low information voters they will still only hear the R’s did it.
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on March 3, 2013 at 12:38pm
  Expanding on his work in a Sunday Washington Post op-ed, he noted—as he has before—that both President Obama and his would-be Treasury Secretary Jack Lew lied on the campaign trail by
  saying the sequester originated with House Republicans.
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on March 3, 2013 at 12:39pm
  The White House has now ceded that fact.
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on March 3, 2013 at 12:39pm
  cnbc.com/id/100491803/Bob_Woodward_Obama_Made_Big_Mistake_on_Sequester
  
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- ClemBradshaw
  Posted on March 3, 2013 at 12:40pm
  Well put, Calebjim.
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on March 3, 2013 at 12:47pm
  Wow, I had to break my post into 3 parts because someone at The Blaze was blocking it.
  
  Been trying post it for 3 days.
  
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- Kregneva
  Posted on March 3, 2013 at 1:27pm
  I think there is a theme-oink-mind-meld for blocking South Pacific monk seal transmissions that we first detected Friday using our special Blaze monitoring software system. There has been a disturbance in the force emanating from outside the continental USA, and many foreigners are being affected. It could also be meteors that were recently sent to Russia. Or Sun Spots based on the San Jose Shark Bite.
  
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- MIBUGNU2
  Posted on March 3, 2013 at 1:31pm
  @calebjim
  Posted on March 3, 2013 at 12:02pm
  Now we see what happens when the uninformed elect a president.
  
  Plus his 47% flock of Takers and Gimmies, Brainwashed College
  Students, Women that can’t keep their legs together.. and all the
  starred eyed Libotard that think this White/Black AH s the Second
  coming and will prove they aren’t RACIST…Let’s not forget the
  COMMIE OBAMA MEDIA that wet themselves every time they see
  O’Blamer..
  
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- 83plus
  Posted on March 3, 2013 at 2:00pm
  /sarcasm Say it isn’t so. /sarcasm
  
  @calebjim exactly
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on March 3, 2013 at 3:41pm
  Kregneva / Encinom / Monicne / …
  
  1. I posted the comment with the link in 3 separate posts because that is what it finally took to get thru. It would be much easier to make 1 post.
  
  2. Either Woodward is right or he is wrong.
  
  3. It is interesting that Send_the_Meteors right out of the chute said Woodward was senile, which is what the rest of the leftists blogosphere also said. You guys must be afraid. You have to keep up the pressure or you lose.
  
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- desertspeaks
  Posted on March 3, 2013 at 4:12pm
  sequestration, from the same man that has yet to disclose anything that can be verified from his past!
  no one can be surprised at this point!
  
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- Ben__Franklin
  Posted on March 3, 2013 at 5:48pm
  Did anyone notice that this lying @ss-hat spin monkey is the same guy who threatened Woodward for telling the truth?
  
  I almost had coffee through my nose when he basically said. Well yeah it was the Presidents idea to get the Republicans to agree to tax hikes – but he did not expect anyone to follow thought with the cuts when it came due. The President was to beat the Republicans over the head with doomsday scenarios, blame them for his idea, say anything to make it all their fault, go on a “Rock Star” tour around the country, and then get the Republicans to replace the cuts with Tax Hikes.
  
  Only problem is he failed the second part of their plan and now this Obama Monkey has been sent out for damage control. Notice the stance has changed from the “Republicans Fault” – to the word “We”.
  
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- Kregneva
  Posted on March 3, 2013 at 7:53pm
  WankaButt / JakarderMan / NZKissi
  
  You are paranoid, but deservedly so. Spartacus outnumbers you and has American technology. But you are stubborn and persistent – unlike many male Aussie “drifters” – it is revealed you are a team that includes a masculine female who does most of the grunt work, gainsay me that?
  
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- henryKnox
  Posted on March 3, 2013 at 10:28pm
  The fact that the President is a serial liar is not news to the informed voter. It has become such old news that it is irritating to have to read about it as though it is news.
  
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- Mil Mom
  Posted on March 4, 2013 at 1:43am
  Yeah, they wanted budget cuts, we wanted revenues, so we told them to make the most awful budget cuts imaginable, so no one will ever want them again. IS THAT WHAT I’M READING? Nothing new here, move along….
  
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- nzkiwi
  Posted on March 4, 2013 at 1:46am
  “NZKissi”
  
  Lol…
  
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- dblaess
  Posted on March 4, 2013 at 3:07am
  Just the White House way of saying president Obama voted for it, before he voted against it
  
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- heidihoneighbor
  Posted on March 4, 2013 at 7:50am
  We wish but people like that get their news from Hollywood so they wont ever know the truth. If they hear anything it will have the typical Hollywood fantasy spin on it.
  
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- IndyGuy
  Posted on March 4, 2013 at 11:07am
  Rule to live by…”Don’t bluff if you can’t handle it being called”….
  
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- slatejer87
  Posted on March 4, 2013 at 7:10pm
  Its really bothering me that people are not being honest what sequestration really is. To sequester means to confiscate, but we’re not anything away. We’re just forcing the military to use last year’s budget. I just wrote a blog post on this. http://www.jeremyrslate.com
  
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The-Monk
Posted on March 3, 2013 at 12:02pm
This sounds like two teenagers having consensual sex, being upset with a pregnancy and blaming each other for the results.

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- DLV
  Posted on March 3, 2013 at 12:20pm
  Hahahaha Monk never thought of it like that good analogy.
  
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- SpankDaMonkey
  Posted on March 3, 2013 at 12:49pm
  .
  Feels more like Rape to me Monk……..
  
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- gyro
  Posted on March 3, 2013 at 12:53pm
  SpankDaMonkey you got it right this time
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on March 3, 2013 at 1:06pm
  Hi Spank,
  
  The teenagers in my analogy are the RINO’s and progressives and the baby is their Bills/Laws.
- Mil Mom
  Posted on March 4, 2013 at 1:47am
  @The-Monk
  Posted on March 3, 2013 at 12:02pm
  
  This sounds like two teenagers having consensual sex, being upset with a pregnancy and blaming each other for the results
  ***
  Is this where the statement “Politics makes STRANGE bedfellows.” comes from?
  
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showmerancher
Posted on March 3, 2013 at 12:02pm
The administration folks are trying to find ways to do damage control and ease themselves from the shadow of whom they know to be the Pathological Liar in Chief by admitting the truth.

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- battles
  Posted on March 3, 2013 at 12:46pm
  Damage control as a result of trying to inflict damage. The godless Obama doesn’t know the simplest of scripture verses:
  Galatians 6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
  
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- termyt
  Posted on March 4, 2013 at 9:20am
  You mean the administration proposed, and then signed into law something it had no intention of doing? I am so surprised.
  
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NO_MORE_OBAMA
Posted on March 3, 2013 at 12:02pm
LYING POS ………… If the speaker of the house had any balls he could impeach him.

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- kcsparky
  Posted on March 3, 2013 at 12:33pm
  Unfortunately Boehner has a spine made from loosely rolled rice paper! His knees tremble and his eyes tear up when confronted. He is gutless!
  
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- CatB
  Posted on March 3, 2013 at 1:01pm
  Amen to that .. we need a REAL speaker .. I keep hoping he will do something so bad that they would replace him .. but then you have to ask … With whom? We need a pit bull to go after the Obama regime … I am hoping that Woodward and a few other REAL press people will get fed up .. and do their jobs .. so Boehner would have no choice .. he would have to go after Obama.
  
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- termyt
  Posted on March 3, 2013 at 1:57pm
  Even if the House would indict, the Senate will never convict. We can’t even get the court to rule based on the Constitution.
  
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- NO_MORE_OBAMA
  Posted on March 3, 2013 at 2:25pm
  Its ok if the senate does not impeach him. OBAMY will just be another foot note in the history of this country, like Bill Clinton.
  
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brtmchl30
Posted on March 3, 2013 at 12:01pm
It was supposed to make me look tough before the election. I..I..never thought those weak republicans would call my bluff. People were supposed to act like the world would collapse and I would get everything I want.. as usual. Nothing’s really being cut anyway. Crap… they’re on to me. I take it all back. It was Bush. Those evil repeublicans just want Big Oil to get richer.

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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 3, 2013 at 11:59am
Obama’s idea
Obama’s mess
Obama’s problem
Obama’s refusing to take the blame.

Why do I feel there is something terrible coming down the line in short order from the administration?

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- Xanderson
  Posted on March 3, 2013 at 12:07pm
  Because you have a brain :)
  
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kcsparky
Posted on March 3, 2013 at 11:56am
For once, someone in the Liars Factory is telling the truth about something!! About DARN time!! Nothing yet on any network media outlets……gee, imagine that! Wonder how many network execs at CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC & MSNBC are gonna choke over this one? Hopefully all, buuuut….all I really expect are more cover lies!

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- civilwarcometh
  Posted on March 3, 2013 at 11:59am
  http://weaselzippers.us/2013/03/03/dennis-rodman-wouldnt-apologize-for-my-friend-kim-jong-uns-murderous-regime-we-do-the-same-thing-here/
  
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- Rowgue
  Posted on March 3, 2013 at 12:26pm
  He’s sort of telling the truth. He’s admitting that they actually presented the plan, but he’s still trying to blame it on the republicans by implying that they only did what the republicans insisted they do.
  
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americanexile
Posted on March 3, 2013 at 11:56am
Note to Bob Woodward: Don’t expect any apology letters in the mail.

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- Walkabout
  Posted on March 3, 2013 at 1:47pm
  I spent 3 days posting Woodwards assertion that Obama designed the sequestration & that the White House finally owned up to it.
  
  The left is still blaming the Republicans and their robots are still linking to their false stories in their magazines/rags
  
  cnbc.com/id/100491803/Bob_Woodward_Obama_Made_Big_Mistake_on_Sequester
  
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Mike Benton
Posted on March 3, 2013 at 11:56am
The typical way of 0bama and His gang is to create a crisis, then hype the crisis, then blame it all on the GOP. He read Alinsky, then improved on his tactics.

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Displacedsoutherner
Posted on March 3, 2013 at 11:55am
They can’t keep their story straight for two sentences in a row. It was BHO’s idea, but it wasn’t really his idea, only the “framework”, it wasn’t supposed to happen, but the president wanted it to happen even though he opposed his own idea and it was all the Republicans’ fault even after they kept up their end of the deal and raised taxes (aka revenues) on the “most well-off”.

It reminds me of Ralphy in “A Christmas Story” explaining how his glasses got broken from is own (“You’ll shot you eye out, kid”) BB gun. A lot of fast talking, all of it lies, getting more far-fetched by the minute.

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- taxpro4u03
  Posted on March 3, 2013 at 3:18pm
  Smells like it has Cass Sunstein and perhaps Valarie Jarrett written all over it ;-) Me thinks O hasn’t had an original thought or idea going on 52 years, now — typical marionette –
  
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- Mil Mom
  Posted on March 4, 2013 at 2:16am
  @taxpro4u03
  Posted on March 3, 2013 at 3:18pm
  
  Smells like it has Cass Sunstein and perhaps Valarie Jarrett written all over it ;-) Me thinks O hasn’t had an original thought or idea going on 52 years, now — typical marionette
  ***
  And didn’t we all as kids cry when “Jeppitto” soros claimed all he ever wanted was a “real boy” (pinnochio) I feel myself tearing up just to think how wonderfully fairy tales do come true in America.
  
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Bohump
Posted on March 3, 2013 at 11:53am
I can’t Belive it …… First you tell me that the White House told the TRUTH, … Then you Expect me to Belive the White House New media Printed it !

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FlagWavingPatriot
Posted on March 3, 2013 at 11:52am
…and they’re smiling ear to ear. They got what they wanted…a blow to our national defense.

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- Vickie Dhaene
  Posted on March 3, 2013 at 12:28pm
  Exactly.
  Soon chaos will be so rampant and our Government declared “Incompetent” The United Nations and The New World Order will come out of the shadows to “Save” America.
  
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progressiveslayer
Posted on March 3, 2013 at 11:51am
Now that makes it all better,Barrys supporters understand that their god wanted to raise taxes and make a 2% ‘cut’. “Everyone knows that the president wanted an enforcement mechanism that included revenues on the most well-off,” Sperling said. The progs can confiscate everybody’s wealth and it won’t stop the inevitable.

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- geeman
  Posted on March 3, 2013 at 12:52pm
  85 b cut from 38000b big fn deal.that still leaves 37150b to waste,steal and give to countys that hate us,and welfare brood mares.
  
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- gyro
  Posted on March 3, 2013 at 1:06pm
  ——-it won’t stop the inevitable——-
  
  they will eviscerate anyone who speeks out
  catch them lieing ?
  keep your mouth shut or you are on the list
  
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SurfdomBound
Posted on March 3, 2013 at 11:51am
Now can Obama stop the lies? NOPE, that is in his nature don’t you know. It’s a shame that impeachment can’t be started on him since he lied during the debates also. I guess we all should expect politicians to lie to us, regardless of party. We are fools for accepting this.

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LEFTIST_CLOWNS_AND_FAR_RIGHT_JOKERS
Posted on March 3, 2013 at 11:51am
He added, “The idea was not that these would go into effect, but that people of good faith would come back and compromise.”

Like the other poster wrote…. “their bluff was called.” Obama’s desperate and whining.

What should the Republicans do? Nothing and keep him on the defensive.

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- Mike Benton
  Posted on March 3, 2013 at 11:57am
  There has to be “people of good faith” on both sides of the table. His side never is!
  
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- Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
  Posted on March 3, 2013 at 12:01pm
  Absolutely, Obama knows his plans are now in danger of collapsing around his ears. I wonder what plans he has in store for a ‘economic scorched earth’ to bring down the economy completely in the near future? The main reason this is again becoming a probability is the statements of being able to print all of the money they need.
  
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- LEFTIST_CLOWNS_AND_FAR_RIGHT_JOKERS
  Posted on March 3, 2013 at 12:09pm
  We now have a bit of leverage and we should use it along with shouting from the rooftops that it was their idea in the first place so everything and everyone is quite clear on the matter – then get something close to real tax reform.
  
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Stoic one
Posted on March 3, 2013 at 11:48am
But the tax increases were done at the first of the year…oh – wait – those don’t count.

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- WillG
  Posted on March 4, 2013 at 1:15pm
  I know right. I actually had a guy try to argue that it was not an increase at all. In fact it was merely reverting to the previous amount.
  
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Gildersleeve
Posted on March 3, 2013 at 11:47am
You own it barry. Now do us all a favor and RESIGN.

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shorelineliz
Posted on March 3, 2013 at 11:44am
Wow. I am so convinced of the “sincerity” of this “pensive” picture of Barry. Not!

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- oneshiner
  Posted on March 3, 2013 at 11:53am
  Interesting how they;re backtracking after he’s caught with his hand in the Cookie Jar.
  So, hasn’t that been his style from the beginning? Use Deceit until caught?
  
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barber2
Posted on March 3, 2013 at 11:44am
“We put forth the design of how to do that.” Huh ? This sounds a bit like ” the video was responsible for the Benghazi killings.” Ah, the Twists. The Spins. The ” talking points ” of the radicals now Occupying in the White House. Hope Woodward stays on this bunch . Someone needs to expose them for what they are .

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shorelineliz
Posted on March 3, 2013 at 11:44am
Well ain’t that just Jim Dandy gosh darn golly gee whiz! No one “meant” to cut spending? Of course you big fat bloated hogs didn’t mean to cut spending. Cause you all think you are kings and queens up on that hill well don’t that just beat the rag off the bush? LOL!

Wonder how many of those porn watching, Merlot swilling “teachers” and “educators” with their little book “Megan has two Mommies” you gonna have to lay off? Hmmm. Wonder how many of those pervert TSA officials that grope people and terrorize little kids you gonna have to lay off? Did you say 800,000 Pentagon employees are gonna have to go on unpaid leave? Dang! That is a good start. Big fat bloated Government sickos!

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The-Monk
Posted on March 3, 2013 at 11:43am
“The president was overall right in that the idea of an across-the-board, all-spending cut was the idea of Republicans…but yes, we put forth the design of how to do that…”

Just give progressives a microphone and enough air-time and they can’t help themselves.

Just like the trolls who post comments here. LOL

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DLV
Posted on March 3, 2013 at 11:43am
Oh look surprise surprise!

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- Xanderson
  Posted on March 3, 2013 at 12:01pm
  Yep. I thought of Gomer Pyle the minute I read the headline :D
  
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Fubared
Posted on March 3, 2013 at 11:41am
Well sure he is a lying liar. Duh. Keep cutting until it hurts.

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- Evileye
  Posted on March 3, 2013 at 12:53pm
  Pathological lairs cannot distinguish the truth from fiction.
  
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- barber2
  Posted on March 3, 2013 at 1:10pm
  EVIL: or the truth from ” composites !”
  
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ExLawman
Posted on March 3, 2013 at 11:41am
Imagine that…

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wingedwolf
Posted on March 3, 2013 at 11:41am
So they’re whining because their bluff was called. Good.

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- barber2
  Posted on March 3, 2013 at 1:09pm
  So is this the White House spin of say – ” yes, we lied !? ‘ and Bob Woodward may STILL regret making his comment !?
  
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