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White House tries to ease flare-up over Netanyahu insults (Obama official calls PM “chicken****”)
FoxNews.com ^ | 10-29-2014 | FoxNews.com

Posted on 10/29/2014 12:09:16 PM PDT by servo1969

The White House on Wednesday sought to tamp down the controversy over a magazine piece that detailed deep tensions between the U.S. and Israel – and quoted an unnamed senior Obama administration official calling the Israeli leader a “chicken****.”

Administration officials, including White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest, did not deny the quote. They also did not signal there would be any robust effort to find out who said it.

But Alistair Baskey, spokesman for the National Security Council, said the criticism does not reflect how the rest of the administration views Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

“Certainly that's not the administration's view, and we think such comments are inappropriate and counter-productive,” Baskey said in a statement. “Prime Minister Netanyahu and the president have forged an effective partnership, and consult closely and frequently, including earlier this month when the president hosted the prime minister in the Oval Office.”

At the same time, Baskey acknowledged they “do not agree on every issue,” including on settlement activity that the U.S. considers “illegitimate.”

Officials quoted in The Atlantic magazine article, written by Jeffrey Goldberg, were far more blunt in their characterization of those differences. Goldberg quoted one anonymous senior administration official saying: “The thing about Bibi is, he’s a chicken****.”

The article said Obama administration officials have also described Netanyahu over the years “as recalcitrant, myopic, reactionary, obtuse, blustering, pompous, and ‘Aspergery.’”

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: again; benjaminnetanyahu; california; chicken; chickenbleep; guano; israel; jeffreygoldberg; kamalaharris; kenyanbornmuzzie; netanyahu; obama; obamanation; theatlantic
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1 posted on 10/29/2014 12:09:16 PM PDT by servo1969
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To: servo1969

Jarrett?


2 posted on 10/29/2014 12:11:28 PM PDT by servo1969
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To: servo1969

Obola is afraid to show HIS birth certificate.
Everyone else’s medical records are being broadcast.


3 posted on 10/29/2014 12:11:44 PM PDT by Diogenesis (The EXEMPT Congress is complicit in the absence of impeachment)
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4 posted on 10/29/2014 12:12:18 PM PDT by Ouchthatonehurt ("When you're going through hell, keep going." - Sir Winston Churchill)
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To: servo1969

How many “senior officials” are there in the White House?


5 posted on 10/29/2014 12:12:33 PM PDT by Cowboy Bob (They are called "Liberals" because the word "parasite" was already taken.)
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To: servo1969

Does Obama know who said it? Is he shielding them? They ought to be keelhauled.


6 posted on 10/29/2014 12:13:45 PM PDT by Genoa (Starve the beast.)
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To: servo1969; Joe Brower

Funny, with the huge Jewish population in South Florida, you might think the Miami media would report this....I wonder why they aren’t......


7 posted on 10/29/2014 12:14:32 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: servo1969

I would expect this from John “Jenjis Kahn” Kerry.


8 posted on 10/29/2014 12:14:34 PM PDT by FamiliarFace
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To: servo1969

It’s funny but my definition of chicken**** is turning your country and government over to a bunch of chicken****, commie wannabe, spoiled children for them to destroy. Sort of like the voters did in this country.


9 posted on 10/29/2014 12:14:57 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Ebola and Enterovirus-D68. Proud members of Viruses Without Borders.)
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To: servo1969

There is no excuse for the embarrassment we the people, we the AMERICAN people are suffering at the hands of these incompetent idiots in the White House today. There are reasons, and God willing that’s all changing now. People seem to be wising up, but I won’t hold my breath.

Prayers up for November 4th.


10 posted on 10/29/2014 12:15:32 PM PDT by rockinqsranch ((Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will. They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.))
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To: Cowboy Bob

Situation is kinda similar to hearing the neighbor’s 3 year old come out with an “expletive deleted”. First thought is they heard it at home.

WH in this instance, as you don’t use profanity in a work place unless it’s commonplace.


11 posted on 10/29/2014 12:16:24 PM PDT by Covenantor ("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
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To: FamiliarFace

The spelling in my earlier pits was meant to be phonetic in the way Kerry said Genghis Khan.


12 posted on 10/29/2014 12:16:35 PM PDT by FamiliarFace
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To: servo1969

If anyone would know a chickens—t, it would have to be those closest to Obola.


13 posted on 10/29/2014 12:16:53 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Dunam, Duncan, man what infections these folks brought over.)
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To: FamiliarFace

Post not pits. Love autocorrect...not!


14 posted on 10/29/2014 12:17:21 PM PDT by FamiliarFace
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To: Cowboy Bob

I don’t know but there is only one President Chickensh*t.


15 posted on 10/29/2014 12:17:23 PM PDT by bergmeid
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To: FamiliarFace

Autocorrect is the spew of Satan.


16 posted on 10/29/2014 12:18:10 PM PDT by Genoa (Starve the beast.)
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To: servo1969

It must be so tiring to constantly be on the offense and then put on a charm offensive. ..


17 posted on 10/29/2014 12:22:23 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: FlingWingFlyer
Our "leading from behind" administration thinks Netanyahu is chickenshit?

I don't think there is a person in this whole administration that could stand up to the pressure that Netanyahu faces everyday trying to defend Israel. He's surrounded by enemies, has such unreliable allies that he has to try to forge a relationship with Putin.

18 posted on 10/29/2014 12:23:09 PM PDT by oldbrowser (We have a rogue government in Washington)
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19 posted on 10/29/2014 12:24:00 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: servo1969

Of course they’ll try to gloss this over. Might affect the Joosh vote.


20 posted on 10/29/2014 12:24:34 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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