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Kirsten Powers hits Obama’s inaction on plight of Christians in Middle East
Legal Insurrection ^ | 8-9-14 | Aleister

Posted on 08/09/2014 10:17:07 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic

Kirsten Powers and other panelists on the FOX News program “Outnumbered” were discussing Obama’s newly discovered concern for Christians in the middle east and things got a little heated.

Powers, who is a liberal and frequent defender of Obama, was one of the most vocal critics.

Tim Cavanaugh of National Review has the details:

…Kirsten Powers, usually the most liberal of the panelists, tore the president a new one:

“He has not uttered the word ‘Christian,’ and now suddenly he throws it in with the Yazidis,” Powers said. “We’re not doing any airdrops to the Christians, who are refugees in the Kurdish region. [Virginia Congressman Frank] Wolf has taken to the floor, I think, seven days in a row now, pleading with the administration: Please help these people. They need humanitarian aid; they need drinking water. They have nothing. They’ve lost their homes; they’ve lost everything.

The White House has done nothing; they’ve said nothing. And then the president goes on and goes into quite a lot of detail about the Yazidis, and never really gets into the specifics about Christians. I mean, it’s really unbelievable, and he has no right to invoke humantiarianism, because he is not a humanitarian president. A humanitarian president does not sit quietly by, while hundreds of thousands of Christians in Iraq [are uprooted or killed]– forget about the rest of the Middle East — and doesn’t say a word.”

Here’s the video (jump ahead to 2:00 for her comments):


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: christians; iraq; iraqichristians; isis; kurdistan; obama; yazidi; yazidis
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To: afraidfortherepublic

I’ve never understood how Christians around the world can be so blasé about the murder of their fellow Christians by jihadis. Any other religion would be up in arms-literally.


41 posted on 08/09/2014 11:07:24 AM PDT by Hugin ("Do yourself a favor--first thing, get a firearm!")
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To: afraidfortherepublic

No, her husband is a doctor who is a coptic Egyptian, which is a Christian:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copts


42 posted on 08/09/2014 11:08:36 AM PDT by Kackikat (ELECTED officials took an OATH...Time to honor it....be a Patriot.)
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To: EagleUSA

If Power’s is taking IQ Pills, she needs to check her dosages. She is still regularly getting bad batches.


43 posted on 08/09/2014 11:11:57 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (zerogottago)
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To: 353FMG

Yes, FOX really loaded themselves up with token liberals. Can’t stand to listen to the leftist insanity they spew out along with the Obama apologies and spin.

I still grope to see how this is “fair and balanced”.


44 posted on 08/09/2014 11:13:35 AM PDT by EagleUSA
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Two percent a day keeps the 404 away.
Don't let FR fade away!

45 posted on 08/09/2014 11:19:26 AM PDT by RedMDer (May we always be happy and may our enemies always know it. - Sarah Palin, 10-18-2010)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

First thing I noticed. Couldn’t have him actually claim to help just Christians. He had to justify it by lumping them in with some religion no one ever heard of.


46 posted on 08/09/2014 11:19:49 AM PDT by nhwingut (This tagline for lease)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Wow!!!

I usually switch channels when she is on so I missed this.

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47 posted on 08/09/2014 11:27:06 AM PDT by Mears (thanks !)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Can’t stand the obnoxious dingbat, and couldn’t care less what supposed light the self-supposed deep thinker supposedly saw.


48 posted on 08/09/2014 11:27:38 AM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: SkyDancer

See #42.


49 posted on 08/09/2014 11:49:18 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: Enterprise
If the Christians were on the mountain top, the Obama Administration would condemn them if they defended themselves.

If the Christians were on the mountain top, the Obama Administration would have launched air strikes against them.

50 posted on 08/09/2014 11:57:09 AM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: afraidfortherepublic

You would think the Hobby Lobby, Chic-folet and Homosexual agenda would give her a hint?

Pray America wakes up


51 posted on 08/09/2014 12:02:01 PM PDT by bray (Palin/Bibi 2016)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

http://www.catholic.org/news/international/middle_east/story.php?id=56481
This is what they do send it to a friend, graphic, the American public needs to know who we are dealing with


52 posted on 08/09/2014 12:02:09 PM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: EagleUSA
I still grope to see how this is “fair and balanced”.

They have a balance of both barking moonbats AND conservatives. Fair and balanced within their own confines. I guess they utilize obvious liberals to expose all of the other networks for being solely RATagandist.

Personally, I'd just as soon they were fair, using only conservative bias, and thus PROVIDED balance to the steady diet of Communist talking points coming from everywhere else.

Their motto could be:

"We are Equal Time."

53 posted on 08/09/2014 1:29:06 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" Month.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

We will not hear Obama say the word “Christian” when referring to these stranded people because he resents them and he doesn’t care that those on the mountain are Christian. He is being forced to act and protect these people and it’s probably causing him some indigestion, as well as his godless pals. Can anyone besides those who follow this stuff understand what is going on? The Great OZ has spoken.


54 posted on 08/09/2014 3:22:01 PM PDT by WyCoKsRepublican
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To: WyCoKsRepublican

Levin was right on target yesterday (Fri Aug 8) when he said we’ve had enough. Christians, Jews, Buddists, Hindus and even level headed Muslims need to unite to counter the destruction of our great nation.


55 posted on 08/09/2014 3:29:45 PM PDT by WyCoKsRepublican
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To: kiltie65

Carlos Danger is Anthony Weiner’s alter ego on Twitter. :-)


56 posted on 08/09/2014 4:30:51 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic
Isn't he wonderful! Lord Obama gives us free abortions and birth control. Then, he is letting ISIS and HAMAS kill all those evil/judgemental Christians and Jews.


57 posted on 08/10/2014 6:12:52 AM PDT by Grampa Dave ( Obama's Storm of Illegal immigrants, aka, new democRat voters and his 2016 FDR 3rd term attempt!)
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