August 29, 2013 Archives

August 29, 2013 Archives

Krauthammer: British Parliament Voting Against Action In Syria "A Complete Humiliation For Obama"

CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: This is a complete humiliation for the Obama administration. Forget about the merits of what Obama wants to do, which I think it's a bad idea, but let's assume it's a good idea. This involves the elementary conduct of international diplomacy, trying to get some allies aboard so you don't act unilaterally. So who's the main

Ron Paul: Chemical Weapons In Syria A "False Flag"

NEIL CAVUTO: I guess what I want to advance here is this, that if a dictator using chemical weapons on his own people, is it a litmus test for us to help those people? For Ron Paul, what is? FMR. REP. RON PAUL: Well, I think getting to the truth of it, and that's what we're not getting to because when Saddam Hussein used the gases, some of the p

Gutierrez: Women Will Be Raped, Children Will Cry Without Immigration Reform

REP. LUIS GUTIERREZ (D-IL): "Today, someone is going to die in that desert, trying to return to their families, women and men are going to die in that desert; someone’s going to lose a finger, a hand, an eye, a life today because an unscrupulous employer is going to put them in harm’s way, someone’s going to die; there’s a woman that’s go



White House: "Thoroughly Reject" That Iraq, Syria Are "Similar Situations"

JOSH EARNEST, DEPUTY PRESS SECRETARY: As it relates to the situation in Iraq, I don't agree that these are similar situations. I think that there are some very important differences. What we saw in that circumstance was an administration that was searching high and low to produce evidence to justify a military invasion, an open-ended military invas

Obama: If Minorities Start Thinking Government's The Problem, That Leaves The Marketplace On Its Own

PRESIDENT OBAMA: There is an argument that was made in 1964, 1965 on through the ’80s and ’90s in which those who resisted any change in the status quo, particularly when it came to economic opportunity, made two big arguments. Argument number one was, any efforts by government to help folks who were locked out of opportunity, whether it wa

Limbaugh: Left Turning Martin Luther King Jr. Into A "Commodity"

RUSH LIMBAUGH: What was that I just heard? Andrew Young, the former mayor of Atlanta, has just proclaimed Trayvon Martin Luther King a martyr. You’re gonna hear that name a lot today, Trayvon Martin Luther King. Okay. From CBS Eyeball News in Washington: “Would Martin Luther King Jr. Support Obamacare? The president believes so.” We’ve



State Department On Syria: "We Make Our Own Decisions And Our Own Timeline"

QUESTION: Well, actually, not with Syria directly, but with what’s going on in Britain. How badly did the British reversal of its original position impact your – the Administration’s plans? MARIE HARF, DEPUTY STATE DEPT. SPOKESWOMAN: Well, (a) the President still has not made a decision yet about a response. We are staying in close touch w

Rumsfeld: Obama Has Yet To Justify Intervention In Syria

"One thing that's very interesting, it seems to me, is that there really hasn't been any indication from the administration as to what our national interest is with respect to this particular situation," former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld told Neil Cavuto in an interview on FOX Business. "If you think of what’s really important in tha

Obama: Criticism Leveled At Me "Doesn't Have To Do With My Race In Particular"

GWEN IFILL, PBS NEWSHOUR: I interviewed Taylor Branch, the civil rights historian, for part of our series on the March on Washington yesterday, and one of the things he said was that you suffer – you are a victim of partisan racial gridlock. That’s the way he put it. And you talked a moment ago about that a little bit. I wonder whether you thin



Scarborough: Racist Claims About Voter ID Laws "Outrageous"

SCARBOROUGH: Okay. So Mike Allen, let me ask you this. I'm curious. Because I keep reading these stories and I hear these fiery condemnations of these laws across the country. In North Carolina, in Texas, are they just asking people to have a picture I.D.? Or are they, what, doing like, like poll tests? Are they making -- what else are they asking

Sen. Kaine: No War In Syria Without Full Political, Public Support

Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) said that the president was “constitutionally required” to get congressional approval before an attack on Syria on CNN’s “New Day” Thursday morning.  “We shouldn’t ask people to fight a war unless they know that they’ve got the full weight of our political leadership behind them, and the American public

O'Reilly: We Aren't There Yet, But We Are Moving Towards Achieving King's Dream

O'REILLY: America remains the land of opportunity, but only for those who are honest and responsible. If you are irresponsible, lazy and/or corrupt, this country can be a tough place. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wanted equal opportunity for all. And while that has not been totally accomplished, our system is moving toward it.



Chris Matthews: Republicans Seize On, Exploit Racial Divisions

Martin Luther King III and Jonathan Capehart join Chris Matthews to discuss why today’s Republicans no longer go after the African American vote.

"Special Report" Online: What Action Will U.S. Take In Syria?

Bret Baier hosts Steve Hayes, Juan Williams and Charles Krauthammer as they discuss American options in Syria.

Maddow: Rather Than Liberator, FBI Saw King As Threat

Charles Ogeltree, professor at Harvard Law School and founder of the Charles Hamilton Institute for Race and Justice, talks with Rachel Maddow about the people in power who saw Martin Luther King, Jr. as a threat, the parallels between current civil rights issues and those of 50 years ago, and the significance of Martin Luther King, Jr. to Presiden


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