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Obama has held more re-election fundraisers than previous five Presidents combined as he visits key swing states on 'permanent campaign'

Barack Obama has already held more re-election fundraising events than every elected... more

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Spokesmodel Obama to Run Again!

The President will continue to inspire confidence while following the dictates of his... more

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Santorum will win Louisiana. It doesn't matter

It’s primary day in Louisiana. Former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Penn.) will win... more

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Guess Who's Not Conservative Enough For Utah.

An ancient United States Senator, that's who!

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Is Cenk Uygur being to hard on Obama and his Admin and how crazy is that 12 months out from a general election?

Yes!!! Let's face it, like Obama or not, that is who the left has running and it simply does no good to have Cenk slamming Obama for some new violation of his far left idealism every show. I don't think I've seen a show yet where he hasn't come across pissed about something. Well Cenk consider this, if Obama piss's u off, imagine if all your whining suppresses some left wingers to sit home and one of those right wing wacko's gets elected, where will you and all of us be then? Huh? Up a shits creek that's where. They will take a soft majority of 5-4 in the supreme to probably a 6-3 strong one if the right assumes power. Then where will your far left progressive attitude be? You know 80% of what we can get through Obama is better then nothing at all or didn't you learn that lesson back in the sand box when you were young. Is Obama perfect? NO! Has he made me frustrated at times, YES! Have I ever entertained the idea of voting for a right wing wacko like you did on national tv, HELL NO! Who's side are you on MR. Uygur? If you want me and my family to continue to tune in you need to temper your daily wrath to maybe the last 10-15 mins of the show or something, I don't want a yes man no, but I don't want a sour puss either. Cenk maybe take your boss's lead in how you carry yourself forward. When you had V.P Gore on a few nights ago while he expressed some dissatisfaction with Obama and some of his positions he has taken or allowed to pass, he did it with class, style and reasonable restraint and never ever forgetting that he's our man, he's the one we have in the race, and don't be so dumb to cut your nose off to spite your face. Geez, Cenk how stupid is it to go so negative on Obama day after day 12 months out, when all the effect it will have is maybe suppressing voters on our side. You know after he gets in again he doesn't have to worry about re-election, maybe then we will get the 100% 2008 Obama like we all wanted, but even if he still only gives us the 80% like he is giving us now, don't you think it's 10 times better then what we would ever get with any of the crazy crack pot rightie wankers could or would be giving us, damn Cenk isn't that elementary or what! Don't sink my hopes and dreams just cause your not getting every one of your far left ideals met! My family needs some of the welfare sadly I know Obama will sponsor and advocate for where no one on the right, even a Ron Paul would be for, so hold your tongue a little bit till after we get him elected Mr Ungur, then go verbally postal all you want on him. Please I implore you to consider the macro aspects here not simply the point of view of the far left progressive movement. respectfully yours John F. (a committed but moderate left winger)Yes!!! Let's face it, like Obama or not, that is who the left has running and it... more

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Now, he's talkin'!

Why the heck wasn't he making speeches like this at those critical junctures over... more

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Rove Group Targets 10 Democrats

WASHINGTON — A conservative group linked with Republican strategist Karl Rove... more

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Giving Peace No Chance

In 2009, the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the annual Nobel Peace Prize to newly minted President Barack Obama. In its press release, the Committee noted “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.”

Democrats hailed the announcement as a validation of their faith in the erstwhile junior Senator from Illinois. Conservatives acknowledged the most-recent addition to the untested former community organizer’s collection of accolades as proof that the Nobel Prize — which had gained considerable tarnish after being handed to Al Gore for science fiction — was rapidly becoming as precious as those fancy breath mints they have in a dish at the Chicago-area restaurants where Oprah Winfrey dines. The conservative skepticism was confirmed after it became apparent the Norwegian Nobel Committee voted to hand the medal to Obama only nine days into his occupation of the Oval Office.

But Obama is a Nobel laureate. He successfully campaigned on his opposition to war, proudly touting his stance against further combat in Iraq and promising a swift withdrawal from that conflict. With Obama in the White House, not only were we all going to be better people, but we were going to live in a more peaceful world. Obama was demonstrating “extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation.”

So, more than two years later, how’s that working out for everyone?

The War in Iraq continues, although the corporate media have developed an apparent aversion to reporting on it. The War in Afghanistan has gotten more — not less — violent, although the corporate media have evidently forgotten how to find Afghanistan on a map. The Middle East has erupted in a revolutionary frenzy which seems inspiring, until closer examination of the various conflicts reveals what may well be some sort of intramural Islamofascist squabble. Instead of delivering harmonious peace to the planet, Obama has increased U.S. military obligations from two wars to four. And he has done so at a time when the U.S. economy is wheezing like Ed Schultz chasing after a date (thanks to Obama’s ham-fisted economic stewardship).

You read that correctly. In addition to the continuing engagements in Iraq and Afghanistan, Obama has committed us to the dubiously progressing effort to oust Moammar Gadhafi from Libya. And thanks to a report which will probably cost The New York Times a spot on the plane the next time Michelle Obama takes a few dozen of her closest friends to a five-star foreign resort, it has been revealed the U.S. military is now conducting a “secret” — and growing — conflict in Yemen. “Cooperation between peoples” is fairly simple when one side of those “peoples” is pushing up palm trees.

To be honest, I have no issue with justifiable war. Terrorists, among others, need to die; and the U.S. military has consistently demonstrated it is second to none at killing terrorists. Plus, war looks much cooler on television than the corporate media excusing Representative Anthony Weiner’s contact with high school girls. Of course, I didn’t run for President of the United States on an anti-war platform, nor did I win the Nobel Peace Prize on spec. The Obama global doctrine appears to involve some sort of diplomatic board game: “All right, Mr. President, you rolled a five and a three. You have to go to…Yemen… with a cruise missile!”

I am, therefore, perplexed by the ability of rank-and-file liberals to rectify their beloved Obama’s anti-war promises with his decidedly belligerent (or scattershot) performances.

The whole of human history has been marked by war. Indeed, the number of war-free years since the first Neolithic tribesmen began scribbling depictions of dead other Neolithic tribesmen is, counting 2011, effectively zero. Ever since Thok figured out he could have the best cows and women by splitting Unk’s skull with a rock, we’ve been at it. In fact, there may well be only one thing that has defined man’s attempts to assert his own dominance over the world: lying.

–Ben Crystal

http://www.personalliberty.com/hot-topics/outside-the-asylum/giving-peace-no-chance/?eiid=&rmid=2011_06_14_PLA_[P11826592]&rrid=238466338In 2009, the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the annual Nobel Peace Prize to newly... more