Bat.Shit.Crazy.

I saw this crazy exchange on Anderson Cooper last night. How this man is a congressman is beyond me (Rep. Louie Gohmert-R)??? Terror Babies??? Are the Republicans peddling this bill of goods? And evidence? As you watch the clip, there is NONE.



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Criticism continues on the lack of leadership from the Obama White House on this oil spill (Video)

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This is why we are lucky Sarah Palin is not a heart beat away from the presidency (Video)

Former Campaign Manager, Steve Schmidt and authors of the new bomb shell book, "Game Change" on 60 Minutes



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The Texas execution of an innocent man continues (Video)

From AC360 on the execution of Todd Willingham, and read it all here:



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President Obama is now an "Indonesian Muslim Turned Welfare Thug" (Video)

Just Wow. From Anderson Cooper. And when is the Obama White House going to get enough of this? Just when? If POTUS can call Kanye West a jackass, please these words are warranted for idiots like this.



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Memory Lane of Hurricane Katrina (Video)

h/t AMERICAblog, Anderson Cooper going off on Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) and it was WARRANTED. Again another politician who is about absolutely NOTHING.



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Harsh criticism for Elizabeth Edwards (Video)

Some things just need to be kept behind closed doors.

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Paul Begala serves Ari Fleischer a cup of STFU when it comes to TORTURE from Anderson Cooper, CNN (VIDEO and TRANSCRIPT)

I saw this last night and Paul Begala was in magnificent shape. Ari Fleischer was just stunned.



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It is on.....

Those who had anything to do with the signing off for torture, should be very scared right now.

Let me be clear. Barack Obama stood and still stands with what Rahm Emanuel said on the Sunday talk shows. He would prefer for us to move on past the Bush Administration, however traumatic and ill-advised that administration was. Obama is all about moving forward, but this country is founded on the law of the land and the moving on theme was always going to be a hard sell to the public for Obama.



There is a lot of anger out there towards the former Bush Administration. Anger on the Iraq War, Katrina, the politicized Justice Department, the money thrown away on Iraq and Afghanistan, the economy, the housing mess, China, and the list is endless. But what the Bush Administration did was torture and what they left us is repercussion worldwide.

Sure, I am all for moving on, but I am also for not ever letting this happen again. Rahm Emanuel and Barack Obama was wrong for stating that no prosecution will be forthcoming dealing with torture. It is not Obama nor Emanuel's job to say what is going to be prosecuted in this country and what is not going to be, that is left to the United States Attorney General Eric Holder. Obama deserved the backlash from that blanket statement and the walkback is warranted.

The Team Bush brain trust that approved CIA torture techniques faces a roughing-up after President Obama reopened the possibility of investigation - and even prosecution.

Just five days after urging against "recrimination" for the George W. Bush-era torture of terror suspects, President Obama said Attorney General Eric Holder is free to probe the White House higher-ups who authorized the tough treatment.

I know Barack Obama is about consensus, but until we acknowledge and be forth right about what really happened, going forward is not going to be easy. The public deserves the right to know what happened. Transparency is one of the key reasons Barack Obama was elected and though he may not like the criminal road that we are about to walk down, we deserve the right to know what happened, but more importantly to be told the truth after being lied to for eight years.



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Obama speaks to Arab Media, Al-Arabiya TV (Video and Transcript)

Obama had a full sit down with Al-Arabiya TV. Full interview in links, below. Clip from AC360.

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The reviews are in for the George W. Bush's final press conference (Video)

Bush getting ripped apart for attempting to change what happened during his administration is just astounding.

AC360, CNN



Campbell Brown, CNN



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Lou Dobbs, CNN



Keith Olbermann, MSNBC

Keith Olbermann, with Richard Wolffe

Hardball, Chris Matthews

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

Got enough, yet?

George W. Bush's final press conference was bizarre, defiant, angry, unrealistic, so out of touch that the general public really can not wait for him to LEAVE. Not only does his argument FAIL, but to try to point the blame of the botched job of Katrina on everyone else but his FAILED RESPONSE AS POTUS, was just too much.

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The Obama Dog Debate (Video)

This is quite funny...



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Ed Rollins on Anderson Cooper, CNN, believes race is over for McCain (Video)

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Morning Brew...Obama in Israel, West Bank and CBS McCain Coverup...

Barack Obama lays a wreath in the Hall Of Remembrance visit to the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum

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CBS's snafu and editing of the McCain's misunderstanding of the Surge and Sunni Awakening

This was first pointed out by Keith Olbermann, last night on Countdown, as follows:



How this was found out is because extended video of both McCain and Obama's interview was posted on CBS's website with transcript. I have the link here, with the original Couric interview and the extended video.

Then on Anderson Cooper 360, CNN, last night this incident was talked about extensively, with David Gergen questioning the continuous gaffes and confusion of McCain and brought up McCain's age.



Joe Klein wraps this up about the danger of John McCain making hard, heavy hits on Obama and the overstating of the insurgency of al-Qaeda in Iraq, this along with the scurillious statements that Obama would rather "loose the war to win an election". This is worth repeating.



And JedReport's take on it:



and h/t over at kos for how it really went down:



My take, CBS lost credibility, period. McCain gaffed, again. Don't hide it, show it. And if you are going to do the "sneaky", at least don't put the sh*t on your website to discredit you. (rolleyes)

Obama Campaign don't let this sit out there and fester, the McCain words, that is. I know that many would rather Obama take the gloves off and fight right now, this is understood, but remember we will never win the war, but rather pick the battles that you can win.

I expect some response, when it comes it will be irrevocably on point, factual and hard hitting that the McCain Campaign will have to move along.

Full rundown by turneresq and Huffington Post. A good read.

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Obama with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas



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McCain and his Negativity

First Read gives a good rundown on John McCain and his spiraling campaign.

Sometimes body language can tell you a lot. And the body language coming from the McCain campaign -- as Obama continues his overseas trip -- doesn’t look too pretty right now. Let us count the ways: It has aired its first two negative TV ads of general election, one of which (on energy) was panned by virtually every media outlet for being factually incorrect. It later sent the press on what appears to be a wild goose VP chase, when it leaked to Bob Novak that a veep decision could be coming this week (and now even Novak admits that he might have been used). Next came the McCain Web video blasting the media’s attention on Obama, as well as those luggage tags calling the reporters who have followed McCain for much of this election the “JV Squad” while others are covering Obama overseas; the other side of the luggage tag was in French with a beret-wearing guy pouring wine. (Side thought: Why does McCain think belittling his own press corps is a good idea? But we digress…) And then yesterday came McCain’s line that “Obama would rather lose a war in order to win a political campaign” --

We all should digress.

John McCain and his Camp belittled Obama, challenged him to go to Afghanistan and Iraq. Of course, McCain wanted to go with Obama, but Obama side-stepped that one.

Since, Obama has been in the middle east, the whole Iraq thingy has unraveled to favor Obama, with the White House coinciding with the junior senator from Illinois, without publicly stating so.

I think yesterday's Katie Couric interview told the story about McCain. Couric let him go through his diatribe hate of Obama, because that is what his was, then just stated that he was frustrated with Obama.

Well, he is. He challenged Obama, thought Obama would mess up, big time and has come out on the losing end. That is it in the nutshell.

McCain need to wash his mouth out with "straight talk mouthwash" and get back on the straight and narrow trail of truth. Stop worrying about Barack Obama, but worry about how you are coming across to the American public right now. That is shrill, bitter, jealous and totally frustrated.

The only one looking presidential is Barack Obama.

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Lieberman speaking to Hagee Group, so when are the Dems going to kick him OUT....

Full Obama Jordan Press Conference, here...

Missed Evening Wrapup, here....

NBC/WSJ Poll out later today....

Obama Israel Press Conference this morning, will post video when available....

catch you guys later....

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