“It’s nowhere near wintertime yet, but with all the complications, controversies and kerfuffles that have been plaguing the Obama administration all week, it’s been like Christmas for the tea party.” —John Fugelsang watch video
“These are not hard ‘scandals’ to do battle with — we’ve seen much worse and we’ve seen presidents come out of them way better.” —Rick Ungar watch video
“Some people are qualified to criticize Obama on Mideast policy, as long as it’s not anybody who ever supported the Bush administration on Mideast policy.” —John Fugelsang watch video
“Sometimes it takes a perpetual warmonger who’s been wrong about everything to unilaterally ignore the U.N. and world opinion, guarantee the safety of all U.S. troops in a hostile civil war, and still find time to vet every single Syrian [...] watch video
“We investigated every lead, every question that came up in the press.” —Thomas Pickering, co-chair of the Accountability and Review Board, on the board’s report on Benghazi watch video
“Just one pill in the morning gives you that sense of righteous false equivalency, with none of the pesky awareness that you’re actually exploiting four tragic American deaths.” —John Fugelsang watch video
“Israel has the capacity to strike, and it’s not clear whether Assad has the capacity to respond to these types of pinpointed strikes.” —Joel Rubin watch video
“If Gitmo detainees were transferred to the United States, they’d be in the most secure federal institutions … on the planet.” —Adam Serwer watch video
“Bush’s greatest achievement for which I will always personally thank him: He didn’t die in office.” —John Fugelsang watch video
“I’m convinced that if we do not repeal this authorization to use force that I voted against in 2001, we’re going to see this state of perpetual war forever.” —Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., referring to the Authorization for Use of [...] watch video