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Many of the president's ideas about 'tolerance' are antithetical to the American experience, not something to celebrate.For eight years now, the president has reprimanded the American people for their attitudes about Islam. And Barack Obama's big speech to the Islamic Society of Baltimore -- granted, filled with many harmless platitudes -- was no different, leaving little room for any honest dialogue about ideology or faith. Many of the president's ideas about "tolerance," in fact, are antithetical to the American experience, not something to celebrate. Acceptance of outsiders is an American virtue, yes. Do we have to embrace all ideas, as...

Reuters/Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama waves as he arrives for a campaign rally for Maryland Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown (R) at a High School in Upper Marlboro, Maryland October 19, 2014. REUTERS/Kevin L …more UPPER MARLBORO Md. (Reuters) - President Barack Obama made a rare appearance on the campaign trail on Sunday with a rally to support the Democratic candidate for governor in Maryland, but early departures of crowd members while he spoke underscored his continuing unpopularity.With approval levels hovering around record lows, Obama has spent most of his campaign-related efforts this year raising money for struggling Democrats,...

Facebook fun Fact of the Day- Starfish have no brain* . *- Them, and Obama supporters.

7 "ughs" in the opening welcome remarks

While watching the Obama inauguration on television, I could not help but be struck by two very different emotions. On the one hand, I was happy for the African-American community. An African-American President in the White House is certainly a symbol of affirmation of the civil rights movement. However, on the other hand, I was also left with a feeling of disappointment when I contemplated just who is President. When Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. marched for civil rights, he was building upon a legacy set in motion by those before him. People like Jackie Robinson and Jesse Owens opened...

o,bama off his t-propmt

One topic that has come up is Obama’s struggles with speaking without the benefit of a teleprompter. His last big interview I watched was the one with Stephanopoulos where he had to correct Barry on the “My Muslim gaffe”. The rest of the interview was “Uh…..Uh…..Uh….Uh…..” If I recall, even Letterman did a bit called the “UH” Meter. Somebody better equipped than I should get video clips from now thru the debates and do our own “UH METER COUNTS” and get them to the blogs like Free Republic and others. We need to shed a light on the real Barack...

A series of humorous clips from Barack Obama's performance at the Saddleback Forum shows the Senator from Illinois truly off kilter.

I don't do vanities, but I spent a couple of days putting this together and I think it came out pretty good... so I thought I'd share it with FR.

The Revolutionary Political Blog has a story on the Barack Obama three point basketball shot at this link: http://www.mikefrancesa.com/wordpress/?p=938 The site claims that a military source revealed that Obama actually missed five three pointers in a row before making the shot that has been broadcast all over the MSM. The video was edited to make it seem like Obama canned the three on his first attempt.

Obama is speaking in Israel at the moment. As in previous addresses, he was careful to supply no microphones to the sea of reporters panting and drooling after him so he can control the answer in the absense of an audible question. One reporter asked a question -- no one could hear because no microphone -- and then some reporter broke with the Obama Rules and asked Obama to repeat it because no one else could hear it. Obama's response was to angrily flare back that "Why don't you ask your buddies to speak louder so I don't have to...

THE INITIAL MEDIA coverage of Barack Obama's visit to Iraq suggested that the Democratic candidate found agreement with his plan to withdraw all U.S. combat forces on a 16-month timetable. So it seems worthwhile to point out that, by Mr. Obama's own account, neither U.S. commanders nor Iraq's principal political leaders actually support his strategy. Gen. David H. Petraeus, the architect of the dramatic turnaround in U.S. fortunes, "does not want a timetable," Mr. Obama reported with welcome candor during a news conference yesterday. In an interview with ABC, he explained that "there are deep concerns about . . ....

RUSH: Grab audio sound bite number 26 first, Mike. I didn't know we'd get to this this early. I asked Cookie to put together a little montage here of all the stuttering around that Obama did in his press conference today and I want you to hear this because -- and we didn't repeat anything here. It goes 46 seconds, and we're doing this because we hear constantly, "What a great orator and a great communicator! Ohhhh, this man is smooth!" Just listen. This is a great illustration here of what happened when you take the teleprompter and your prepared...