TPMDC Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Iran
Pols Want Obama To Hit Iran Harder, Make Its Bank 'Radioactive'
Iranian Pres. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a Shahab 3 missile and Pres. Obama
Republicans and even some Democrats are coming down hard on President Obama's policy toward Iran and Syria just three days after the Justice Department released information about a foiled Iranian plot to assassinate the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the U.S.
A Friday House hearing devoted to examining the threats posed by Iran and Syria quickly devolved into attacks on Obama's record toward the two Middle Eastern dictatorships.
Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-NY) lambasted the administration's execution of Iran human rights protections passed into law last year, calling its record "truly pathetic and inadequate" and arguing that "a pack of Iranian boy scouts could do better by far."
Topics: Bashar al-Assad, Gary Ackerman, House Foreign Affairs Committee, Howard Berman, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Syria
Sarah Palin
Palin Falsely Accuses Obama Administration Of Coddling Ahmadinejad With Birthday Wishes
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin is claiming that an unusual bid by the State Department to secure the release of American prisoners in Iran is the equivalent of President Obama coddling dictators. And it all happened on Twitter.
A bit of back story first: In July, 2009, three Americans were detained by Iranian forces near the northern border with Iraq and held on charges of espionage. One has since been released, but the other two -- Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer -- remain in custody and will face charges on November 6. The U.S. government calls the allegations ludicrous and has pushed for their release.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (0)Topics: Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Sarah Palin, State Department
Roundup
TPMDC Sunday Roundup
Bill Clinton: 'I Was Wrong' That Health Care Law Would Become Popular Quickly
Appearing on Meet The Press, former President Bill Clinton said he was wrong to have predicted that the health care reform law would be immediately popular after being signed into law: "Well, I was wrong about that for two reasons. First of all, the benefits of the bill are spread out over three or four years. It takes a long time to implement it. And secondly, there was--there's been an enormous and highly effective attack on it. But I think it's important. Let's--forget about the politics. Let's talk about the facts here. The real reason that the interest groups want to repeal, not fix health care, is that they like the way it's going now. They're dumping people every year and making the government pick them up. We are spending 17.2 percent of our income on health care. None of our wealthy competitors spend more than 10 1/2. Yet our infant mortality rate is higher than theirs, our overall mortal--age expectancy is lower than theirs. We don't have a better health system than they do. What's happened? That's a trillion dollars we spot our competitors every year for a health system that doesn't work as well. The people that are getting a trillion dollars have a lot of money to spread all this information--misinformation."
Kaine: Dems 'Proud Of The Accomplishment' Of Health Care Legislation
Appearing on State of the Union, DNC Chairman Tim Kaine said that the new health care law would be politically beneficial to the party. "I travel all over the country. I guess I've been in about 42 states, and most Democrats that I see on the trail are very proud of the accomplishment and they're talking about it," said Kaine. In response to Democrats who have touted their votes against the bill, Kaine said: "Some, particularly House members in districts that, you know, can often get gerrymandered and become tough districts are distancing themselves from the health care bill. I don't tell people how to run their races, but I've been on a ballot seven times and won seven races, and in my experience, you ought to be proud of what you're doing and promote the accomplishments."
Topics: 2010 elections, AK-SEN, Bill Clinton, Christine O'Donnell, DE-SEN, DNC, Health Care, Hillary Clinton, Iran, Karl Rove, Lisa Murkowski, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Roundup, Sunday Shows
Sunday Shows
The Sunday Show Line-Ups
Christine O'Donnell
Here are the line-ups for the Sunday talk shows this weekend:
• ABC, This Week: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
• CBS, Face The Nation: Former President Bill Clinton, Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell (R-DE).
• CNN, State Of The Union: Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC).
• Fox News Sunday: Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell (R-DE), former Bush White House Adviser Karl Rove.
• NBC, Meet The Press: Former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Colin Powell.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (0)Topics: 2010 elections, Bill Clinton, Christine O'Donnell, Colin Powell, DE-SEN, Hillary Clinton, Iran, Jim DeMint, Karl Rove, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Sunday Shows
Roundup
TPMDC Saturday Roundup
Obama Recognizes Passover And Easter
In this weekend's YouTube address, President Obama recognized the Passover and Easter season, with a call for all people to recognize what they have in common.
"And while we worship in different ways, we also remember the shared spirit of humanity that inhabits us all - Jews and Christians, Muslims and Hindus, believers and nonbelievers alike," said Obama. "Amid the storm of public debate, with our 24/7 media cycle, in a town like Washington that's consumed with the day-to-day, it can sometimes be easy to lose sight of the eternal. So, on this Easter weekend, let us hold fast to those aspirations we hold in common as brothers and sisters, as members of the same family - the family of man."
PERMALINK | COMMENTS | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (0)Topics: 2010 elections, Barack Obama, Financial Reform, Fundraising, Iran, Kevin McCarthy, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Patrick McHenry, Roundup, Unemployment benefits
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