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Re: Obama Meets With Reporters In Off-Record Session
« Reply #75 on: July 01, 2015, 12:05:19 PM »
in your mind nothing has anything to do with Obama when it shows him comparably in a positive light

strike up the band

Do you have an answer?  What does the approval rating of George Bush eight years ago have to with Obama's approval rating today? 

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Re: Obama Meets With Reporters In Off-Record Session
« Reply #76 on: July 01, 2015, 12:10:36 PM »
I have no idea.  What on earth does that have to do with Obama's lousy approval rating? 

because from a historical perspective with past presidents, Obama is actually doing well at 50%.

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Re: Obama Meets With Reporters In Off-Record Session
« Reply #77 on: July 01, 2015, 12:11:01 PM »
Do you have an answer?  What does the approval rating of George Bush eight years ago have to with Obama's approval rating today? 

It has to do with striking back at your absurd assertion that somehow its negative that Obama has a 50% rating this late in his term....George Bush had the same thing and many presidents simply don't poll well late in their second term because everyone has something to hold against them.....

you constantly make assertions against Obama and then when its pointed out that this other president did the same or even worse, then you meltdown

just trying to help you with your critical thinking skills :D

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Re: Obama Meets With Reporters In Off-Record Session
« Reply #78 on: July 01, 2015, 12:20:16 PM »
because from a historical perspective with past presidents, Obama is actually doing well at 50%.

Wait.  So the fact past presidents may have had a lousy second term makes Obama's lousy second term good?  That is horrible logic. 

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Re: Obama Meets With Reporters In Off-Record Session
« Reply #79 on: July 01, 2015, 12:21:21 PM »
It has to do with striking back at your absurd assertion that somehow its negative that Obama has a 50% rating this late in his term....George Bush had the same thing and many presidents simply don't poll well late in their second term because everyone has something to hold against them.....

you constantly make assertions against Obama and then when its pointed out that this other president did the same or even worse, then you meltdown

just trying to help you with your critical thinking skills :D

I just addressed this, but you talking about critical thinking skills is laugh out loud funny.   ;D

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Re: Obama Meets With Reporters In Off-Record Session
« Reply #80 on: November 30, 2015, 08:18:40 AM »
NY Times: White House Hindering Investigations, Withholding Records
By Sandy Fitzgerald   
Friday, 27 Nov 2015

The Obama administration is threatening to roll back more than 30 years of policy that has allowed government watchdogs access to records in order to conduct internal investigations, The New York Times reports.

"It’s the complete evisceration of the concept. You might as well fold them down, Paul Light, a New York University professor who has studied the system told the Times. "They’ve become defanged."

At least two government investigations have either been slowed or shut down because the White House has withheld records, the Times reports.

“This is by far the most aggressive assault on the inspector general concept since the beginning,” said Light, and Peace Corps inspector general Kathy Buller said it "runs against transparency."

The new rules come from a dispute within the Justice Department after its former inspector general, Glenn Fine, gave a series of reports on FBI abuses. After that, FBI attorneys said that he could no longer have access to their confidential records.

A Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel opinion, though, said a law passed in 1978 did not mean the inspector general did not have all access in materials used in an investigation, including wiretap data and results from federal grand juries.

The 1978 system was created after Watergate and now includes watchdogs from some 72 federal agencies, reports The Times. They have published thousands of reports on government abuse, and tension has grown between the Obama administration.
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Justice's inspector general's office said 14 investigations have already been harmed by the project, including a look at how the FBI uses the national Security Agency's phone records; the sharing of information before the Boston Marathon bombings, and the "Fast and Furious" gun tracing organization.

The watchdogs are calling for Congress to intervene.

“It’s essential to enshrine in the law that the inspector general has access to all agency records,” said Fine,, who is now the Pentagon’s principal deputy inspector general.

“The underlying principle is key: To be an effective inspector general, you need the right to receive timely access to all agency records," he said.

http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/NY-Times-White-House-inspector-generals/2015/11/27/id/703718/#ixzz3sza28qGF

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Re: Obama Meets With Reporters In Off-Record Session
« Reply #81 on: November 30, 2015, 08:22:28 AM »
Wait.  So the fact past presidents may have had a lousy second term makes Obama's lousy second term good?  That is horrible logic. 

oh by the way..its generally agreed upon that Obama is having a good second term for a presdient in his final year....Obama has been more relevant than ever in his second term unlike a lot of presidents....your assertion that he is having a lousy second term is like a lot of your assertions about Obama....totally unfounded

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Re: Obama Meets With Reporters In Off-Record Session
« Reply #82 on: November 30, 2015, 08:28:55 AM »
oh by the way..its generally agreed upon that Obama is having a good second term for a presdient in his final year....Obama has been more relevant than ever in his second term unlike a lot of presidents....your assertion that he is having a lousy second term is like a lot of your assertions about Obama....totally unfounded

"Generally agreed upon" by who?  Link?

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Re: Obama Meets With Reporters In Off-Record Session
« Reply #83 on: December 27, 2016, 10:34:45 AM »
Earnest: Obama Ran the Most Transparent Administration in History
Posted on December 26, 2016
by Keith Koffler

Please, be serious.

From the Washington Examiner:

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest expressed annoyance that President Obama doesn’t get enough credit for being the “most transparent” president in history.

When asked by CNN’s Brian Stelter on Sunday about journalists’ complaints that the federal government isn’t efficient at answering FOIA requests, Earnest said they’ve made progress with the requests over the eight years.

Earnest added that there is really “no constituency in American politics for transparency in government beyond journalists.”

He added: “If this constituency of journalists are gonna be effective advocates for the issue that they care about, they need to remember that they have a responsibility not just to criticize those who are not living up to their expectations.

Looks like Earnest is trying to work on his own legacy issues. Meantime, the Weekly Standard wrote Sunday about how the White House tried to hide that it is letting Iran cheat on the nuclear deal.

http://www.whitehousedossier.com/2016/12/26/earnest-give-obama-credit-transparent-administration-history/

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Re: Obama Meets With Reporters In Off-Record Session
« Reply #84 on: December 27, 2016, 01:18:10 PM »
Earnest: Obama Ran the Most Transparent Administration in History
Posted on December 26, 2016
by Keith Koffler

Please, be serious.

From the Washington Examiner:

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest expressed annoyance that President Obama doesn’t get enough credit for being the “most transparent” president in history.

When asked by CNN’s Brian Stelter on Sunday about journalists’ complaints that the federal government isn’t efficient at answering FOIA requests, Earnest said they’ve made progress with the requests over the eight years.

Earnest added that there is really “no constituency in American politics for transparency in government beyond journalists.”

He added: “If this constituency of journalists are gonna be effective advocates for the issue that they care about, they need to remember that they have a responsibility not just to criticize those who are not living up to their expectations.

Looks like Earnest is trying to work on his own legacy issues. Meantime, the Weekly Standard wrote Sunday about how the White House tried to hide that it is letting Iran cheat on the nuclear deal.

http://www.whitehousedossier.com/2016/12/26/earnest-give-obama-credit-transparent-administration-history/

Did the media ever ask why President Obama had numerous emails with Clinton, and those who surrounded her, on the illegal state dept Clinton email server under a pseudonym?

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In an April 5, 2016 interview with the FBI, Abedin was shown an email exchange between Clinton and Obama, but the longtime Clinton aide did not recognize the name of the sender.

"Once informed that the sender's name is believed to be a pseudonym used by the president, Abedin exclaimed: 'How is this not classified?'" the report says. "Abedin then expressed her amazement at the president's use of a pseudonym and asked if she could have a copy of the email."

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/hillary-clinton-emails-fbi-228607

If so transparent, why the pseudonym?

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