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White House rips Forbes article
Washington Post ^ | 09/16/10 | Howard Kurtz

Posted on 09/16/2010 11:13:52 AM PDT by DFG

Dinesh D'Souza has drawn a torrent of criticism with a Forbes cover story that accuses President Obama of adopting "the cause of anti-colonialism" from his Kenyan father.

But while most detractors focus on the author--and Newt Gingrich, who embraced the critique--the White House is aiming its ammunition at the business magazine.

"It's a stunning thing, to see a publication you would see in a dentist's office, so lacking in truth and fact," White House press secretary Robert Gibbs says in an interview. "I think it represents a new low."

(Excerpt) Read more at voices.washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Extended News; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: africancolonialism; dinesh; dsouza; forbes; freedomofpress; freespeech; obama
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To: Nachum; 444Flyer

ping in case you missed this


81 posted on 09/16/2010 2:18:04 PM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: maggief

One Marxist supporting another?


82 posted on 09/16/2010 2:28:50 PM PDT by hoosiermama (ONLY DEAD FISH GO WITH THE FLOW.......I am swimming with Sarahcudah! Sarah has read the tealeaves.)
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To: DFG
So Obama is a Mau Mau—I think it refreshing to have a Leftist extremist president who embraces the Commie crap of Africa..

It is both multicultural and diverse.

83 posted on 09/16/2010 2:54:38 PM PDT by Happy Rain ("Karl Marx had 7 kids-only 3 lived to maturity-of those 2 committed suicide-sezzalot.")
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To: DFG

Dinesh and Forbes released the issue at least a week ago.

Doesnt look like this White House is too quick on the draw.

Thin skin and all


84 posted on 09/16/2010 3:27:36 PM PDT by CPT Clay (Pick up your weapon and follow me.)
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To: DFG

yep and can’t stand the truth!!!!


85 posted on 09/16/2010 3:45:15 PM PDT by tutstar
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To: TexasCajun

Racists both of them

Barry - the anticolonial racist

Michelle - the whitey hatin’ wookie.


86 posted on 09/16/2010 4:12:18 PM PDT by Ouderkirk (Democrats...the party of Slavery, Segregation, Sodomy, and Sedition)
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To: DFG

I am one of those that pay the 70% of taxes. I don’t mind because the tax code is understandable, even though complicated. I don’t even mind my taxes going up 13%, if it will help solve the budget problem. I do mind the change in taxes on capital gains and investment income. This is a chiller for the economy and my company. Capital gains tax will go up 58% and the dividend tax will go up 164%. What is even worse is that there is not even a planned tax for passing on my 50 years of labor to my kids. The tax is 55%. After I pay income tax at 50% (california) and 55% estate tax, my kids get 22 cents on the dollar. With four kids, they each get a nickel.

Who cares? My 35 employees may. I am now considering selling my company to a competitor who will close it down. No incentive any more unless things change. Can you imagine what the employment rate would be at 60% income tax or 70%? You folks may only get a job with the Federal Government—but wait a minute—they need tax revenue to pay you.

For this country to prosper, you must have confidence in your leaders to try their best. This article instills doubt in our leader and I find it believable. My father was a drunk and died when I was eight. I have been trying my whole life to please him.


87 posted on 09/16/2010 4:29:45 PM PDT by RCSAM
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To: DFG

Going after Forbes?

Ha, it’s popcorn time!


88 posted on 09/16/2010 4:37:18 PM PDT by bgill (K Parliament- how could a young man born in Kenya who is not even a native American become the POTUS)
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To: bgill

Dinesh scored a direct hit on the ss obama.


89 posted on 09/16/2010 4:39:58 PM PDT by GlockThe Vote
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To: LucyT
Oops. Sixteen-hundred dollar dress.

Sorry 'bout that.

90 posted on 09/16/2010 5:01:32 PM PDT by LucyT
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To: hoosiermama

Thanks for the kind words...


91 posted on 09/16/2010 5:45:14 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (FAIR DINKUM!)
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To: Fred Nerks

You do great work Fred . It is appreciated.


92 posted on 09/16/2010 6:06:17 PM PDT by hoosiermama (ONLY DEAD FISH GO WITH THE FLOW.......I am swimming with Sarahcudah! Sarah has read the tealeaves.)
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To: libstripper
And I did it all without profanity

I know an obscenity when I see it. LOL!

93 posted on 09/16/2010 6:27:11 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: onyx; hoosiermama; maggief; STARWISE; LucyT; penelopesire
Forbes is in print, unlike American Thinker, where Jack Cashill’s series went into detail about the very same.

Print media is still powerful and should remain powerful. It can be accessed by anyone at any hour. It is persistent. It is archivable. It can't be "scrubbed."

Print media is historic.

Long live print media!

94 posted on 09/16/2010 8:08:31 PM PDT by thecodont
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To: Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!

Forbes must be right over the target.

Freedom of the Press baby!


95 posted on 09/16/2010 11:08:21 PM PDT by 444Flyer (We are the end of the line.)
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To: AndyJackson
Indeed, what I wrote gave you a perfect HD view of Moochelle's departure from the Illinois bar. I don't know why, but in the past some people have actually accused me of having an inordinate love for grossness.
96 posted on 09/17/2010 5:55:28 AM PDT by libstripper
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To: LucyT

[Repost]

Cobble these two points together, and you have someone who probably hates Europeans [and people of European descent] with scalding hatred:

Obama’s Step Father:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2040486/posts?page=9097#9097
Faith: “Lolo’s father and eldest brother were killed during the Indonesian

National Revolution, when Indonesia won independence from the Dutch. The family’s home was burned to the ground by the Dutch army. Lolo fled with his mother. ... Lolo Soetoro Mangunharjo an army colonel who was also clerk in Pertamina. ... “ [snip]

Barack Obama’s grandfather ‘tortured by the British’
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1091499/Barack-Obamas-grandfather-tortured-British-Kenyas-Mau-Mau-rebellion.html

Dec 3, 2008 ... Barack Obama’s grandfather was imprisoned for two years and tortured by white British soldiers during Kenya’s bloody fight for independence, ...


97 posted on 09/17/2010 6:02:22 AM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March (Don't forget Sharron Angle v Reid. It is close. She is excellent. And FUJM!)
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To: DFG

D’Souza’s article is a phenomenal read. Well worth the time.


98 posted on 09/17/2010 6:20:39 AM PDT by GOPPachyderm
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To: Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
Accuracy in reporting is enemy #1. They MUST squash anyone who doesn't tow there line in the MSM.

Look eee here:

“WJLA-TV fires veteran anchor Doug McKelway, cites insubordination, misconduct”

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2591128/posts

99 posted on 09/17/2010 9:09:17 AM PDT by 444Flyer (We are the end of the line.)
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To: TexasCajun; DFG

Should read instead: “I HATE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA”!!!


100 posted on 09/17/2010 12:19:50 PM PDT by danamco (")
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