youtube.com - 6/23/2009
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What a contrast. Sean Hannity compares and contrasts Barack Obama's weak stand on Iran to Ronald Reagan's support of Polish freedom fighters back in 1981.
latimesblogs.latimes.com - 6/23/2009
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latimesblogs.latimes.com —
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 ...
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McCain's Iran Neda speech raises domestic political ...
corner.nationalreview.com - 6/23/2009
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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 ...
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We Meant To Do That
fivethirtyeight.com - 6/22/2009
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fivethirtyeight.com —
I've generally tended to take the position that
while the people running Iran are a bunch of...
reactionary thugs, they're at least a fairly intelligent bunch of reactionary thugs. After this revelation on Iranian Press TV, however, I'm not so certain: ...
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Worst. Damage Control. Ever.
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AMAZING Video Comparison: Obama on Iran versus Reagan On Poland
Gateway Pundit —
What a contrast! Sean Hannity compares and contrasts Barack Obama's weak stand on Iran to Ronald Reagan's support of Polish freedom fighters back in 1981.
Compare And Contrast: Obama On Iran To Reagan On Poland
Nice Deb —
You’ve got to hand it to Sean Hannity for digging up this old Ronald Reagan speech and juxtaposing it with Obama’s weak response to the Iranian uprising:
Via mycoalition on Twitter.
Obama On Iran vs. Reagan On Poland
Flopping Aces —
How A Real President Responds
Rhymes With Right —
Over on a liberal political website where I've criticized Barack Obama's weak response to the crisis following the Iranian election, I've been roundly condemned as a warmonger who wants to prove that the US "has a bigger dick" than anyone else. Oddly enough, all I said was that the president should speak clearly, emphatically, and personally on the evil deeds being perpetrated by Mahmoud the Mad and the Mullahcracy rather than issuing press releases and non-committal comments from his surrogates. All right, liberals, do you want to know what I mean? Here's the sort of response that Barack Obama needs to make -- the sort of response I would applaud and support. So be a leader, Mr. ...
Brave Sir Obama: We Might Not Invite The Mullahs Over For Hot Dogs!
Right Wing News —
"Brave Sir Obama ran away. Bravely ran away, away! When danger reared its ugly head, He bravely turned his tail and fled. Yes, brave Sir Obama turned about And gallantly he chickened out. Bravely taking to his feet He beat a very brave retreat, Bravest of the brave, Sir Obama!" -- A slightly edited version of "The Ballad of Brave Sir Robin." When the Iranian people started protesting in the streets against a stolen election, the Republican reaction was quite naturally to speak out in favor of the people who wanted freedom. Obama, on the other hand, said nothing, then gave a timid statement, then finally, at long last, after pretty much everybody in the else in the country had ...
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A word from Ronald Reagan
powerlineblog.com 6/16/2009 — When the Polish government declared martial law to crush Solidarity, this is what Ronald Reagan had to say on December 23, 1981:
As I speak to you tonight, the fate of a proud and ancient nation hangs in the balance. For a thousand years, ...
Americans, the events in Iran, and nuclear prospects
tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com 6/23/2009 — Pres. Obama has been coming under a lot of pressure to express a more forthright stand in favor of the pro-Mousavi demonstrators in Iran. He is quite right to resist those pressures, for a number of reasons.
Meanwhile, the deep split within the ...
Lech Walesa's Thank You Note to Ronaldus Maximus —
Right Wing News
A few years ago Lech Walesa, leader of the Solidarity movement that rebelled against communism in Poland, published a grateful editorial entitled "Remembering Reagan": When talking about Ronald Reagan, I have to be personal. We in Poland took him so...
Lech Walesa's Thank You Note to Ronaldus Maximus —
Moonbattery
A few years ago Lech Walesa, leader of the Solidarity movement that rebelled against communism in Poland, published a grateful editorial entitled " Remembering Reagan ":
When talking about Ronald Reagan, I have to be personal. We in Poland took him so personally. Why? Because we owe him our ...