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The White House walk-and-talk that changed Obama's mind on Syria (CAPTION)
NBC News ^ | 8/30/13 | Chuck Todd

Posted on 09/02/2013 1:26:57 PM PDT by Libloather

A stroll around the White House grounds with his top adviser on Friday evening changed President Barack Obama’s mind about getting Congress to sign off on a military strike in Syria, senior White House officials told NBC News.

Obama had been leaning toward attacking Syria without a congressional vote for the past week, the officials said. Obama was convinced he had the evidence to back up a strike and as a result dispatched Secretary of State John Kerry to make a passionate case for U.S. action. But only hours after Kerry called Syrian President Bashar al-Assad "a thug and a murderer" and accused his regime of using chemical weapons to kill 1,429 people, Obama changed his mind as he walked across the South Lawn with Chief of Staff Denis McDonough, the officials said.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; Israel; News/Current Events; Russia; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: caption; denismcdonough; idiots; iran; israel; lebanon; maheralassad; mcdonough; obama; obamasyriaattack; obamaturnaround; russia; syria; thebrotherdidit; unitedkingdom; waronterror
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Effin' Kerry's face is still 'evolving'. Holder is there because someone mentioned guns. Biden still doesn't have a clue.

1 posted on 09/02/2013 1:26:57 PM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

They have to have name plates in front of them so they can remember their own names.


2 posted on 09/02/2013 1:28:35 PM PDT by Veggie Todd (Still crazy after all these beers.)
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"....only hours after Kerry called Syrian President Bashar al-Assad "a thug and a murderer" "

Fits Bammy the dictater thug and Drone Arranger too.

3 posted on 09/02/2013 1:28:54 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Libloather

I think some one finally informed him, starting WWIII, would put a big crimp in his vacation, and daily golf plans!


4 posted on 09/02/2013 1:29:07 PM PDT by rawcatslyentist (Jeremiah 50:32 "The arrogant one will stumble and fall ; / ?)
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To: Libloather

Criminal Holder is there because al Qaeda terrorists
(like narcoterrorists) MUST BE PROTECTED legally
and WEAPONIZED.

Also, Holder used WMD at WACO against US Children
and is the expert on killing by chemical weapons.


5 posted on 09/02/2013 1:29:09 PM PDT by Diogenesis
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Does that table have a DO NOT CROSS line down the middle?


6 posted on 09/02/2013 1:29:36 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Libloather

Clapper is there for inside info on his stocks.


7 posted on 09/02/2013 1:29:38 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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And none of them look as th9ugh they have any confidence in the clown at the head of the table.

It’s almost as if they know he is just a spokesman for whoever it is that really makes the decisions for him — behind the scenes.


8 posted on 09/02/2013 1:30:20 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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Biden: “He’s really clean and articulate for a black man”.


9 posted on 09/02/2013 1:30:39 PM PDT by AppyPappy (Obama: What did I not know and when did I not know it?)
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Looks like the guys in uniform are all the way in the back - this IS a military operation, and all the civilians are up front and close to obozo ....


10 posted on 09/02/2013 1:30:59 PM PDT by Ken522
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To: Libloather

McSonough probably showed him the latest poll numbers. That is one of the few things that matters to the poseur-in-chief.

When I heard him state on Saturday the the USA is the “oldest constitutional democracy” it re-affirmed all my beliefs that this guy is no constitutional scholar - he’s a low-life chicago thug.


11 posted on 09/02/2013 1:31:10 PM PDT by 43north (BHO: 50% black, 50% white, 100% RED)
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To: Libloather

I like how most of the people are holding their heads up in a desperate attempt to stay awake.


12 posted on 09/02/2013 1:31:23 PM PDT by Troublemaker
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nobody mention Assad
13 posted on 09/02/2013 1:31:41 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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C'mon. The man hasn't stuck his neck out once in his entire miserable political career.

He wants cover. The kind only attention whores McCain and Graham can provide.

14 posted on 09/02/2013 1:31:57 PM PDT by skeeter
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I am picturing some effete prancer running around posing these dopes for this photo op. He is( the prancer), of course paid for by the taxpayer..


15 posted on 09/02/2013 1:32:05 PM PDT by cardinal4 (Barack Barry Hussein Soetoro Obama, America's own Perkin Warbeck..)
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“Does that table have a DO NOT CROSS line down the middle?”

yeah like Obama really cares about such things


16 posted on 09/02/2013 1:32:05 PM PDT by ari-freedom (Obama is the biggest joke. But I can't laugh.)
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The White House walk-and-talk that changed Obama's mind on Syria

"I gotta tell you Joe... Mind if we sit down? Walking and talking at the same time is pretty tough. Hey, think we could find a mobile teleprompter?"

17 posted on 09/02/2013 1:33:03 PM PDT by moovova
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Walter White, second to last on the right?


18 posted on 09/02/2013 1:33:28 PM PDT by HotKat (Politicians are like diapers; they need to be changed often and for the same reason. Mark Twain)
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this is the guy Odumbo took a walk with. Denis McDonough. Looks like a zombie.

19 posted on 09/02/2013 1:35:02 PM PDT by raybbr (I weep over my sons' future in this Godforsaken country.)
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To: Ken522

Probably that way because the photog didn’t want the skepticism which is written all over their faces to be the first thing people see.


20 posted on 09/02/2013 1:35:44 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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