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White House struggles with Obama comment on Paris attack
Assoc. Press ^ | 02/10/2015 | JULIE PACE

Posted on 02/10/2015 4:03:00 PM PST by Responsibility2nd

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House and State Department struggled Tuesday to clarify President Barack Obama's suggestion that last month's deadly shooting at a kosher deli in Paris was random, despite the administration's earlier assertions that the attack was anti-Semitic.

Obama, in describing terror threats during a lengthy interview with the online news site Vox, said the American people were right to be concerned "when you've got a bunch of violent, vicious zealots who behead people or randomly shoot a bunch of folks in a deli in Paris."

Administration officials at first defended Obama's comments, with White House spokesman Josh Earnest saying that while the administration was aware of the "motivation" of the gunman, the president was making the point that those killed in the deli "were not targeted by name."

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Obama has also faced criticism for not calling the perpetrators of the attacks Islamic extremists, which is how they have been described by some French officials and British Prime Minister David Cameron. The White House has said it avoids using that term because it does not want to give legitimacy to the notion that the attackers were acting on behalf of their religious beliefs.

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To: Former Proud Canadian
"were not targeted by name."

...so while most people would have called the attack on Pearl Harbor an act of war on the US, Obama might have called it a random bombing of a bunch of folks at a resort in Hawaii.....since they "weren't targeted by name".
21 posted on 02/10/2015 4:44:56 PM PST by Girlene
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To: Responsibility2nd

O’s European comrades murdering a few Joos is just random shooting, no big deal compared to what O is trying to do setting up another 7 million Jooos for slaughter in Israel


22 posted on 02/10/2015 4:48:02 PM PST by faithhopecharity ((Brilliant, Profound Tag Line Goes Here, just as soon as I can think of one..).)
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To: Responsibility2nd

9/11 was a random air traffic control incident.


23 posted on 02/10/2015 4:50:57 PM PST by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation Continues)
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To: Responsibility2nd

What’s the struggle? They could just come out and say “yeah, B. Hussein was just mouthing off without the teleprompter, again.” NOBODY (in the media) would care — they’d probably all chuckle and go onto the next Big Thing. And at least it would be somewhat more honest than trying to “explain”.


24 posted on 02/10/2015 4:59:37 PM PST by workerbee (The President of the United States is PUBLIC ENEMY #1)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Well, calling the far-left libtarded site VOX “an online news publication” is one way to put it. Those tools there swallow and swallow deep when it comes to THEIR president.


25 posted on 02/10/2015 6:26:40 PM PST by Baladas
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To: Responsibility2nd

Watching FOX News tonight, I found it both sad and amusing to watch multiple videos of people explaining what King Putz had said. Too bad that we can’t figure that out on our own and need a bunch of White Hut talking heads to tell us what we heard wasn’t really what PPOS said.


26 posted on 02/10/2015 6:32:16 PM PST by rhubarbk (Cruz/Walker or Walker/Cruz . . . either one works for me!)
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To: Responsibility2nd

I don’t think the president can get away, forever, for kicking Jews into the gutter - there will be PAYBACK, at some point.


27 posted on 02/10/2015 6:37:12 PM PST by BobL (REPUBLICANS - Fight for the WHITE VOTE...and you will win.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Off with his head! [figuratively, of course.]


28 posted on 02/10/2015 7:05:43 PM PST by luvie (All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris, Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!)
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To: BobL

Maybe Bibi will help in this regard.


29 posted on 02/10/2015 7:26:17 PM PST by dandiegirl (BO)
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To: Responsibility2nd

The White House doesn’t struggle, it’s the dingdongs who work there are on the permanent spin cycle.


30 posted on 02/10/2015 7:30:19 PM PST by Rodm
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To: Responsibility2nd

The Paris attack was a random attack, but Trevon was the result of wide spread white racism


31 posted on 02/10/2015 10:09:58 PM PST by 4rcane
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To: Responsibility2nd
The White House has said it avoids using that term because it does not want to give legitimacy to the notion that the attackers were acting on behalf of their religious beliefs.

so if religion has nothing to do with it, way is Zero talking about what christians did during the crusades ?

32 posted on 02/11/2015 5:44:13 AM PST by Reverend Wright (Go Nigel !)
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To: Responsibility2nd
President Barack Obama's suggestion that last month's deadly shooting at a kosher deli in Paris was random.

I wonder if this is a case where Obama slipped up and told the truth?

Obama's comment makes sense if you are working with an assumption that shooting Jews is normal. The "random" part being the deli location.

33 posted on 02/11/2015 6:06:47 AM PST by IamConservative (If fighting fire with fire is a good idea, why do the pros use water?)
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To: Responsibility2nd

But they are acting on their religious beliefs.

Obama is just a fellow traveler.


34 posted on 02/11/2015 7:10:16 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (Bush / Clinton 2016! Clinton / Bush 2020! Uniparty Rules!)
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To: marron
The struggle is to find anyone who cares what the president says or thinks.

Yep, who really cares why an ass does what he does.

35 posted on 02/11/2015 7:13:37 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: Former Proud Canadian

Does that mean he will stop the hate crime crusade in the United States? After all if someone who is gay is killed, well, the killer didn’t kill them for their name, so it can’t be a hate motivated crime.


36 posted on 02/11/2015 10:44:43 AM PST by Sam Gamgee (May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't. - Patton)
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To: Responsibility2nd
This whole bunch, including the Obumbler himself, CANNOT get out of their own way.

The STRANGE thing is that America continues to accept NO LEADERSHIP as an alternative.

George Carlin was right. Two or three years prior to his death he stated that America was already the turd that was circling the bowl.

The show may be over and the masses are yet to be informed.

37 posted on 02/11/2015 11:02:38 AM PST by VideoDoctor
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To: vpintheak

The worst person I know
(Mother-in-law)
Mother-in-law!
She says Obama’s her bro
(Mother-in-law)
Mother-in-law!
She lost her doctor to Obamacare
She just says, “The Republicans were unfair
“To take my doctor away!”
(Mother-in-law)
Mother-in-law!

She used to think gay marriage was bad
(Mother-in-law)
Mother-in-law!
Now she wishes her son had married a lad
(Mother-in-law)
Mother-in-law!
She says if I can’t leave her president alone
Don’t bother calling her Obamaphone
If I ain’t got nothing nice to say
(Mother-in-law)
Mother-in-law!


38 posted on 02/12/2015 12:57:25 AM PST by Rastus
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
The White House doesn't struggle with this at all. He said what he meant, and what he said goes for the rest of his criminal gang.
39 posted on 02/14/2015 4:50:38 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary men)
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