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Obama Akin to Nixon, Bush, 'They're War Criminals,' Vents Cornel West
Newsbusters ^ | February 14, 2013 | Jack Coleman

Posted on 02/14/2013 2:33:20 PM PST by lbryce

That's right -- not just Nixon ... Nixon and Bush. Can vilification from the left get much worse than that?

Cornel West continues to demonstrate why parents might want to think better of sending their children to Princeton, where West purportedly teaches when he isn't gushing over hip-hop and engaging in arcane rants over the airwaves. (audio clip after page break)

On his most recent radio show with co-host Tavis Smiley, West condemned President Obama's legal justification for drone killings of Americans suspected of involvement with al Qaeda, saying Obama had become no different than George W. Bush and Richard Nixon, all being "war criminals" (audio) --

SMILEY: This week's Senate confirmation hearing for John Brennan, the man who wants to head the CIA, capped off a week of criticism for his boss, President Barack Obama, over this license to kill American citizens. It's all related, Doc (West), in that Brennan would likely be the one carrying out Obama's orders to kill people they suspect as al Qaeda members, even if they've not committed any acts of terrorism. And so like the McCarthy era during the '50s, someone's membership in an organization rather than their actions can mark them in the eyes of Washington.

The memo written by the Justice Department, in fact, even contains that this policy holds up to international law. We've discussed this to some degree in the past, but this week when this story broke of the Justice Department memo which gives this authorization to our president who happens to be Obama at the moment but any president now has the authorization, if you

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government
KEYWORDS: cornellwest; duplicate; obama; warcriminal
That Obama is a criminal, war and otherwise is not in dispute. That Cornell West is the accuser...meh
1 posted on 02/14/2013 2:33:28 PM PST by lbryce
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To: lbryce

For a second there I read that as “Colonel” West!!


2 posted on 02/14/2013 2:36:03 PM PST by clintonh8r (Happy to be represented by Lt. Col. Allen West)
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To: lbryce
Cornel West is the archetype of the affirmative action flunkie. He has no, as in "zero," academic production of any accepted quality. His Vita is a joke. He is perfect for Princeton, home of the baby killing Peter Singer, who thinks abortions should be allowed well into the days and weeks after birth(true.) And Princeton, where hypocrite-of-the-decade Bill Bennett sent his pampered son, pays these a--holes magnificent sums.
3 posted on 02/14/2013 2:38:23 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: lbryce

Who’s the evil unilateral colonialist now, Cornell? LOL!


4 posted on 02/14/2013 2:43:33 PM PST by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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To: lbryce

For the Moderator who posted it as duplicate and my fellow Freepers who seem to dislike sloppiness please accept my deepest apologies for having this story inadvertently posted twice. I did a search in the standard, conventional manner that has served me well, but no story of Obama the War Criminal or Cornell West came up in any search so I felt free t post it. I apologize once again for the double-post.


5 posted on 02/14/2013 2:44:08 PM PST by lbryce (BHO:"Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds by way Oppenheiner at Trinity NM)
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To: lbryce

That Cornel West is given a national soapbox is criminal.


6 posted on 02/14/2013 3:19:39 PM PST by Houghton M.
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To: lbryce
Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

7 posted on 02/14/2013 3:41:55 PM PST by BitWielder1 (Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
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To: All

Why the vitriol over Cornel? He was a fine actor in The Naked Prey. I love that movie. Give him another chance.


8 posted on 02/14/2013 3:49:45 PM PST by BipolarBob (Happy Hunger Games! May the odds be ever in your favor.)
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To: Houghton M.

you mean there are people who actually understand the words this overeducated libturd says. not the meaning just the actual word. i think he speaks in tongues.


9 posted on 02/14/2013 3:52:20 PM PST by bravo whiskey (“People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people.”)
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To: lbryce

Too late, Cornel. You’ve created a god. Nothing he ever does will be wrong, and when he leaves office, the media will sob with broken hearts.


10 posted on 02/14/2013 4:50:28 PM PST by I still care (I miss my friends, bagels, and the NYC skyline - but not the taxes. I love the South.)
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To: lbryce
The best searchword to use is "akin," and it is obscure enough so that you need not worry about any other. Don't forget to "order by post time." voila!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/search?s=akin&ok=Search&q=quick&m=any&o=time&SX=511d8baeb0d4b93e06d8f649af6d18d07e39dd52

11 posted on 02/14/2013 4:51:53 PM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: Impy; fieldmarshaldj; BillyBoy

“Obama Akin to Nixon, Bush, ‘They’re War Criminals,’ Vents Cornel West”


Let’s see, in 2012, Obama won reelection, Akin got shellacked in the MO Senate race, Nixon was reelected to the MO governorship, Bush didn’t run against Bill Nelson, and Colonel West got cheated out of reelection—quite a mixed bag in that headline. Not sure where the “war criminals” come into play, though. : )


12 posted on 02/14/2013 4:56:55 PM PST by AuH2ORepublican (If a politician won't protect innocent babies, what makes you think that he'll defend your rights?)
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To: lbryce

But killing civilians in the Balkans by Clinton is OK?


13 posted on 02/15/2013 1:45:02 AM PST by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: lbryce

Obama has more (and worse) “transgressions” than all the others over the last 60 years. He will be the POS standard for centuries.


14 posted on 02/15/2013 3:20:35 AM PST by trebb (Allies no longer trust us. Enemies no longer fear us.)
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To: AuH2ORepublican

15 posted on 02/15/2013 7:04:04 PM PST by Impy (All in favor of Harry Reid meeting Mr. Mayhem?)
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To: lbryce

Medea Benjamin was saying essentially the same thing about Obama on the “O’Reilly Factor” (to Juan Williams, who was filling in in the big-boy chair.) Juan seemed upset.

It pains me to agree, even in part, with the racist hatemonger Cornel West and the traitor Medea Benjamin, but in this case, they’re essentially right. The drone attacks, at lest those on American citizens, are illegal under the Fourth, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendments.


16 posted on 02/15/2013 10:21:10 PM PST by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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