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Michael Moore rips Obama over Libya
The Hill ^

Posted on 03/19/2011 5:07:48 PM PDT by Sub-Driver

Michael Moore rips Obama over Libya By Jordan Fabian - 03/19/11 06:41 PM ET

Anti-war filmmaker Michael Moore tore into President Obama for taking military action in Libya on Saturday.

Moore, a frequent critic of President Bush for launching the Iraq War, unleashed a string on tweets comparing the U.S. military's mission in Libya to Iraq and Afghanistan, using a mantra coined by Charlie Sheen:

It's only cause we're defending the Libyan people from a tyrant! That's why we bombed the Saudis last wk! Hahaha. Pentagon=comedy

And we always follow the French's lead! Next thing you know, we'll have free health care & free college! Yay war!

We've had a "no-fly zone" over Afghanistan for over 9 yrs. How's that going? #WINNING !

Khadaffy must've planned 9/11! #excuses

Khadaffy must've had WMD! #excusesthatwork

Khadaffy must've threatened to kill somebody's daddy! #daddywantedjeb

Moore also suggested that Obama should return the Nobel Peace Prize he won in 2009:

May I suggest a 50-mile evacuation zone around Obama's Nobel Peace Prize? #returnspolicy

Moore's comments came after the U.S. launched 110 Tomahawk missiles at military targets in Libya as part of an allied effort to prevent forces loyal to Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi from overtaking the rebel-held city of Benghazi.

The strikes on Libya began on the eighth anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq War.

Obama explained Saturday the U.S. and its allies acted to protect the Libyan people from a potential massacre.

"Make no mistake, today we are part of a broad coalition," the president said. "We are answering the calls of a threatened people, and we are acting in the interest of the United States and the world."

The Michigan native and prominent left-wing activist supported Obama during the 2008 Democratic primary race. But since then, he has criticized the president for escalating the conflict in Afghanistan.

Moore penned an open letter to Obama in 2009 on the eve of his decision to send an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan, warning him not to do it.

"If you go to West Point tomorrow night and announce that you are increasing, rather than withdrawing, the troops in Afghanistan, you are the new war president," he wrote to Obama. "Pure and simple. And with that you will do the worst possible thing you could do -- destroy the hopes and dreams so many millions have placed in you."


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
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Pass the popcorn.......
1 posted on 03/19/2011 5:07:50 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
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To: Sub-Driver

First Louie now Fatboy...


2 posted on 03/19/2011 5:09:51 PM PDT by The Magical Mischief Tour (With The Resistance...)
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To: Sub-Driver

He’s just going on record as having opposed but he’ll be back in Lansing screaming about nazipublicans soon enough.


3 posted on 03/19/2011 5:10:19 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: Sub-Driver
"And with that you will do the worst possible thing you could do -- destroy the hopes and dreams so many millions have placed in you."

Anyone whose hopes and dreams for Obama have not already been destroyed is a slow learner and cannot be harmed by whatever else Obama might do while he is pretending to lead the free world, whether from the golf course or from his various vacation resorts.

4 posted on 03/19/2011 5:12:29 PM PDT by Pollster1 (Natural born citizen of the USA, with the birth certificate to prove it)
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To: Sub-Driver

The last thing Moore ripped into was a dozen hot pockets last night!


5 posted on 03/19/2011 5:12:32 PM PDT by Trueblackman (The American People are looking beyond Obama.)
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To: Sub-Driver

All the lefties are crushed their annointed one is a bumbling idiot. It would be comic if it wasn’t so tragic for our nation.


6 posted on 03/19/2011 5:13:00 PM PDT by exnavy (May the Lord bless and keep our troops.)
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To: Sub-Driver

Poor poor BHO - he’s really pissing off his base now.
Michael Moore. He’s had enough popcorn for all of us. LOL. I can’t believe anyone listens to him seriously, but unfortunately - some do! (like my stupid liberal sister)


7 posted on 03/19/2011 5:13:19 PM PDT by nagdt ("None of my EX's live in Texas")
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To: Sub-Driver

This may be the first time I’ve ever complimented the fat socialist weasel, but at least he’s consistent.


8 posted on 03/19/2011 5:14:17 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Sub-Driver
"Make no mistake, today we are part of a broad coalition," the president said.

AAaaaauuugggghhhh!!!! You know he's lying when he says "make no mistake."

I suppose it's supposed to sound like he's in charge... instead, it just makes him sound like a poseur.

9 posted on 03/19/2011 5:15:30 PM PDT by r9etb
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To: Trueblackman

Well that explains the hot pocket shortage in Michigan.


10 posted on 03/19/2011 5:15:55 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: Sub-Driver
Help, I've been transported to Bizarro World; where Michael Moore occasionally makes sense.


11 posted on 03/19/2011 5:16:10 PM PDT by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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"This may be the first time I’ve ever complimented the fat socialist weasel, but at least he’s consistent."

He's consistent alright. I'll bet he campaigns for Obama in '12, just like he did in '08.

12 posted on 03/19/2011 5:17:44 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: dfwgator

I watched cnn and pms what hyos they are all pro war mongers now. The msm is like a kitten chasing a flashlight. They cannot focus on any one thing.


13 posted on 03/19/2011 5:18:10 PM PDT by Brimack34 (Sarah is a real leader)
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To: Sub-Driver
Look out Obama, It looks like this guy eats his enemy's.
14 posted on 03/19/2011 5:19:12 PM PDT by mountainlion
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To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA

Up is down. In is out. War is peace.

Welcome to Bizarro world.

Nobel Peace Prize recipient nobama attacks a sovereign country destroying their property, killing their people and contributes to their agonies. Is nobama a war criminal (as well as biden and h clintoon)?????


15 posted on 03/19/2011 5:19:41 PM PDT by hal ogen (1st amendment or reeducation camp?)
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To: mountainlion

“Get in my belly, I’m higher up in the food chain than you are.”


16 posted on 03/19/2011 5:19:55 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Joe 6-pack
I'll bet he campaigns for Obama in '12, just like he did in '08.

They will all be back on the plantation for 2012...who else are they going to vote for? Sarah Palin? LOL!

17 posted on 03/19/2011 5:22:39 PM PDT by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: Sub-Driver

hehehehehehe

Obama will screw ANYONE over. I doubt there’s a colder fish anywhere in the country.


18 posted on 03/19/2011 5:23:11 PM PDT by ChocChipCookie
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To: r9etb
You know he's lying when he says "make no mistake."

That. And "let me be clear."
19 posted on 03/19/2011 5:23:23 PM PDT by nhwingut (Palin '12... Accept No Other)
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To: Trueblackman
He actually wanted another dozen but then remembered he polished those off for lunch.
20 posted on 03/19/2011 5:24:02 PM PDT by JPG ("2012 Can't Come Soon Enough" - Sarah Palin)
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