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McCain's Iran Neda speech raises domestic political stakes for Obama
McCain's Iran Neda speech raises domestic political stakes for Obama
Here are two videos involving the violent events in Iran and the politics they are now forcing within the United States. The first video is from C-SPAN of Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain on the Senate floor today speaking in stronger terms than Democrat  President Barack Obama  ...
The President's Opening Remarks on Iran, with Persian Translation
The President's Opening Remarks on Iran, with Persian Translation
whitehouse.gov — The President discusses Iran during his opening remarks at the Press Conference today at the White House:... Transcript in English: THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody. Good afternoon, everybody. Today, I want to start by addressing three issues, and then ... (more) The President's Opening Remarks on Iran, with Persian ...
Why Obama's sudden news conference today? And what he'll say
Why Obama's sudden news conference today? And what he'll say
latimesblogs.latimes.com — You don't need to be a basketball-loving president of the United States to know that if you're... trying to block opponents' shots in your end, you sure aren't increasing your own totals. You can't score points on D. So Obama's news conference ... (more) Why Obama's sudden news conference today? And what he'll say
We Meant To Do That
corner.nationalreview.com — I had thought about writing a column about Chuck Todd's comment on Meet the Press last Sunday.... He reported that Obama officials are "frustrated that they're not getting credit for what's going on in Iran....they think that Cairo speech did help ... (more) We Meant To Do That
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Obama Calls PC As Words “Jimmy Carter” Resonate
Pirate's Cove — Apparently, President Neophyte is not enjoying the look of things right now. His poll numbers are slipping, John McCain, among others, made a powerful speech on Iran, and it appears as if the election result will be left to standand Ahmadinejad will be reinstalled as the Iranian president. All while Iranians plead for the U.S. and world to intervene. Britain’s government has taken a strong enough stance that they are now evacuating the families of their Iranian embassy staff, as well as warming British citizens ...

Obama Calls PC As Words “Jimmy Carter” Resonate
Stop The ACLU — Obama Calls PC As Words “Jimmy Carter” Resonate Posted on June 23, 2009 Apparently, President Neophyte is not enjoying the look of things right now. His poll numbers are slipping , John McCain, among others, made a powerful speech on Iran, and it appears as if the election result will be left to stand and Ahmadinejad will be reinstalled as the Iranian president. All while Iranians plead for the U.S. and world to intervene. Britain’s government has taken a strong enough stance that they are now evacuating the families of their ...

Obama Calls PC As Words "Jimmy Carter" Resonate
Right Wing News — Apparently, President Neophyte is not enjoying the look of things right now. His poll numbers are slipping , John McCain, among others, made a powerful speech on Iran, and it appears as if the election result will be left to stand and Ahmadinejad will be reinstalled as the Iranian president. All while Iranians plead for the U.S. and world to intervene. Britain's government has taken a strong enough stance that they are now evacuating the families of their Iranian embassy staff, as well as warming British citizens to avoid travel ...

Obama-come-lately on Iran
Michelle Malkin — ... about Iran on his way out the White House door for ice cream with his daughters was insufficient media competition for the appallingly graphic video of the young woman Neda dying on a Tehran street. Some called the presidential statement ineffective and “mealy-mouthed.” On Father’s Day, while the president played golf out of camera-sight, others were on TV declaring the U.S. must say more to support the unarmed protesters in Iran.…Sen. John McCain’s angry Senate Neda speech Monday, also reported and analyzed here with a video, dramatically changed that equation, forcing ...

TEMS: Andrew Malcolm, Soraya’s Navid Negahban
Hot Air » Top Picks — TEMS: Andrew Malcolm, Soraya’s Navid Negahban posted at 1:00 pm on June 23, 2009 by Ed Morrissey Send to a Friend | Share on Facebook | printer-friendly Today, on the Ed Morrissey Show (3 pm ET), we have a great show lined up! In the first half, we’ll talk with Andrew Malcolm of the Los Angeles Times blog Top of the Ticket . We’ll discuss today’s press conference at the White House, and why Obama needed to get back in front of the press now . I’ll also ask Andrew whether the White House claim that Obama’s Cairo speech inspired the Iranian uprising holds water. In the second half, we welcome via live video actor ...

CARTERIZING OBAMA
The Moderate Voice — John McCain, who relaxed during last year’s campaign by improvising a “Bomb Iran” ditty, is back to lead a Republican chorus taunting Barack Obama as another Jimmy Carter. The tune is familiar, but the words are all wrong. Three decades ago, Carter dealt with a vulnerable revolution in Iran by fumbling every move from allowing the deposed Shah into the US to watching American Embassy hostages in Tehran paraded on TV for 444 days with time out for a lethally inept rescue attempt. Now, as Roger Cohen writes from Tehran, ...

Iran: Their Existential Challenges - And Ours
Winds of Change.NET — ... In the short term, however, it looks like the regime has likely won. No thanks to America, whose craven leadership, despite recent staged press conference shows to deflect deserved criticism, has consistently been lukewarm in its support for the protests. And consistently behind other western countries, including France. Not to mention the Congress and Senate, who eventually forced the President's hand. Thank you, Sen. McCain. Among others. ...

Envy [Darleen Click]
protein wisdom — ... rewrite, the power to open that door does not lie with the president. A constituent assembly can only be called through a national referendum approved by its Congress. But Mr. Zelaya declared the vote on his own and had Mr. Chávez ship him the necessary ballots from Venezuela. The Supreme Court ruled his referendum unconstitutional, and it instructed the military not to carry out the logistics of the vote as it normally would do. It took eight days, being embarrassed by John McCain and the viral video of Neda’s brutal murder by Iranian government thugs to prode Obama into ...

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Obama news conference: President condemns 'unjust actions' in Iran
latimesblogs.latimes.com 6/23/2009 — This morning, in the White House press briefing room, President Obama opened the fourth press conference of his presidency with a stern tone about the upheavals in Iran following its recent election. He alluded to Neda Agha-Soltan , the 26-year-old ...
Obama news conference: He saw the bloody video from Iran
latimesblogs.latimes.com 6/27/2009 — President Obama was asked if he had seen the graphic video, widely circulated on the Internet, of Neda Agha-Soltan, the protester shot to death during a demonstration in Iran. Yes, he had. “Heartbreaking,” Obama said. “It’s heartbraking. I think ...
Does Iran Even Know What It's Fighting Against? (AUDIO)The Latest on Air America
When Melody Moezzi explained the deep significance of Neda Agha-Soltan , the Iranian protester whose final moments were captured on video after being shot by government security forces, it brought the power of the Iranian protesters’ movement home. Melody Moezzi joined Montel to discuss the ...
Montel discusses the protests in IranThe Latest on Air America
Montel discusses the protests in Iran ONDEMAND HOME Embed: June 24, 2009 Montel Across America When Melody Moezzi explained the deep significance of Neda Agha-Soltan, the Iranian protester whose final moments were captured on video after being shot by government security forces, it brought the ...
Where Did the “Searing Image” of Neda Dying Come From?The Moderate Voice
We have all seen the chilling video of the 27-year-old Iranian woman, Neda Agha-Soltani, dying in the streets of Tehran. In his press conference a few minutes ago, President Obama mentioned the “searing image of a woman bleeding to death on the streets [in Tehran]” He also ...
Tears for Neda -Prince of Iran Rebukes Government
It seems that Twitter has taken over the social networks for the Iran revolt against their last election results but this goes further than the election. The change represented by the youth of Iran is now being broadcast on the social networks on the internet. Twitter has taken center stage and ...
Early Show Displays Obamacized Neda PosterNewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias
Who says Pres. Obama isn't backing the Iranian uprising strongly enough? Why, supporters of the struggle have chosen to immortalize Neda, the young student reportedly slain by the current regime, by creating a poster of her in the style of the iconic Obama poster made famous during his ...
NedaCOUNTERCOLUMN: All Your Bias Are Belong to Us
Neda. Shot by Iranian goons. Tehran, June 20th, 2009.