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Hillary Criticizes Pakistan On Terrorism Fight
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton criticized Pakistan's performance in fighting terrorists, telling a group of Pakistani journalists that she thought it was "hard to believe that nobody in your government knows where they are and couldn't get them if they really wanted to."

Obama's Day Ahead
President Obama will sign at 11:50 a.m. ET the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009. At 1:30 p.m. ET, he will meet with the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Afghanistan and Pakistan.

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Topics: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Jeb Bush, John Murtha, Pakistan, Roundup, Socialism, Tom Coburn

Jim DeMint

DeMint Invokes Memory Of Dead American Soldiers In Fight Against Obama's Domestic Policies

Eric Kleefeld | September 23, 2009, 1:05PM

Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC)

In a new post on his campaign blog, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) invokes the memory of America's dead soldiers to explain how we must fight for our freedom against President Obama's socialist agenda:

Will we continue to climb the mountain of personal responsibility, free markets and constitutional limited government; or will we sink into a steep pit of high taxes, suffocating debt and socialism?

The President and his leaders in Congress need to start listening to all of us: "Let freedom work!" Too many Americans fought and died for our freedom to simply give it away with apathy and silence.

One question: Does DeMint include the troops from World War II in this count? After all, those brave servicemen were fighting for an America run by that big-government President Franklin Roosevelt -- and a lot of them even voted for him, too!

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Topics: Jim DeMint, Socialism

Socialism

Former Bush Official: Obama's Policies Are Like Hitler's and Peron's

Eric Kleefeld | September 17, 2009, 7:05PM

Former Asst. Sec. of State Ellen Sauerbrey

Former Bush administration official Ellen Sauerbrey, who served as Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration, is warning that President Obama's policies point in a very dangerous direction: economic fascism.

The County Times of St. Mary's County, Maryland, reported on an appearance that Sauerbrey -- a former two-time GOP nominee for governor -- put in at a local Republican dinner this past Saturday. The paper reports that Sauerbrey said that President Obama was surrounded by a cult-like following, edging towards that of Juan Peron or Adolf Hitler. She told the paper that she was not making a comparison between Obama and Hitler, but instead saying that the conditions in this country were such that a dictator could usurp the rights of citizens:

She said that the Obama administration advanced "fascist, socialist ideals."

"I'm really afraid for the future of our country," Sauerbrey told attendees at the annual Lincoln/Reagan Dinner of Sept. 12 in Callaway. "Our Constitution is indeed being dismantled."

In an interview with TPM, Sauerbrey disputed some of the article -- but made clear the dangers of economic fascism and a breakdown in economic freedom and the rule of law.

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Topics: Socialism

Michael Steele

Steele: Public Option Is Socialist

Eric Kleefeld | September 9, 2009, 9:59AM

Michael Steele appeared this morning on CBS, and was asked by host Harry Smith whether he believes the public option is socialist. "Yes I do," he said. "And quite frankly I think a lot more people believing (sic) that there's more to this than meets the eye."

Steele explained: "And the reality of it is, you know, I just don't understand this idea that somehow people think that the federal government can enter into a marketplace and compete with private industry. That goes counter to everything that we know about how markets work and the role that the government plays in those markets."

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Topics: Medicare/Medicaid, Michael Steele, Public Option, Socialism

Jim DeMint

DeMint: America Is Like Germany Before WWII

Rachel Slajda | July 9, 2009, 10:14AM

America these days is reminding Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) of Nazi Germany.

Last night, at a National Press Club event where he was plugging his book Saving Freedom, he implied that America's elections are "just power grabs."

Part of what we're trying to do in Saving Freedom is just show that where we are, we're about where Germany was before World War II where they became a social democracy. You still had votes but the votes were just power grabs like you see in Iran, and other places in South America, like Chavez is running down in Venezuela. People become more dependent on the government so that they're easy to manipulate. And they keep voting for more government because that's where their security is. When our immigrants get here, they're worried, because they see it happening here.

He said he doesn't, however, think America is ready for a revolution, and said he believed the government could change "in a civilized way."

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Topics: Jim DeMint, Socialism