March 5, 2014 Archives

March 5, 2014 Archives

Chris Matthews: There's Something About Ted Cruz That Is Bad For The Country

CHRIS MATTHEWS: Well, that's what I want to get to. We'll get to the issue of social justice in a minute, but the personality of [Ted] Cruz always amazes me. I can see the appeal of a Rand Paul. He's kind of a libertarian. I don't think he's a hater, he just wants total and utter freedom because he read The Fountainhead four-thousand times,

Krauthammer: Our Standing In The World Is Lower Than When Obama Came Into Office

CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: I think the drop is well-earned. You look anywhere in the world, Russia, China, Ukraine, the Middle East, Syria, anywhere, and our standing is lower than it was when he came into office. And I do think that the conduct of this administration, vis-a-vis the Russians, which has been sort of abject in the five years, contributed t

Wasserman Schultz on IRS Scandal: GOP Trying To "Politicize" A "Settled Matter"

REP. DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ (D-FL): They've not gotten away with overtly, directly trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act, so instead what they did with this bill is their trying to just basically eliminate the entire financial underpinnings of the law. Getting rid of the individual mandate makes the Affordable Care Act totally financially nonv



Hannity: "For The First Time In My Adult Life, I Am Humiliated For My Country"

SEAN HANNITY: So we got a community organizer against a former KGB leader who is getting his butt kicked and embarrassed and humiliated on the world stage. The Russian media keep showing a picture of [Obama] in Martha’s Vineyard, riding his little bicycle with his little helmet on. It’s so humiliating. I never thought I would be – remember

Gutfeld: "How Low Must We Go Before Patriotism Is No Longer Beneath Us?"

GREG GUTFELD: So, tonight on this edition of "That '70s Show," our fearless leader fails to see Russia from his house, blinded by an activist agenda meant to placate the progs. Meanwhile, an energy crisis feeds our enemy's coffers as our befuddled hero dithers over pipelines, beholden to protesters who don't use windmills to heat their dorm room

Hillary Clarifies: Putin's Reasoning "Reminiscent Of Claims Made Back In The 1930s"

HILLARY CLINTON: What I said yesterday is that the claims by President Putin and other Russians that they had to go into Crimea, and maybe further into eastern Ukraine, because they had to protect Russian minorities. And that is reminiscent of claims made back in the 1930s when Germany, under the Nazis, kept talking about how they had to protect Ge



Dem Sen. Pryor: GOP Challenger Tom Cotton Has "Sense Of Entitlement" About Military Service

SEN. MARK PRYOR (D-AR): When I look at Congressman Cotton's record, I don't see where he's passed a bill, I don't see where he's really accomplished anything in the House. And he seems to have run for the House just to run for the Senate. ### KASIE HUNT, NBC NEWS: So how do you view his two tours of duty in Afghanistan and Iraq, in the contex

S.E. Cupp: John Kerry Cleaning Up Hillary Clinton's Mess

S.E. CUPP: Today, John Kerry was in Kiev trying to clean up the mess started business his predecessor. Remember Hillary Clinton's Russian reset. She had a prop and incorrectly translated slogan to go with it. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) HILLARY CLINTON, THEN-SECRETARY OF STATE: We want to reset our relationship, and -- SERGEI LAVROV, RUSSIAN FORE

Obama Advises Audience: "Bend Your Knees So You Don't Faint"

"By the way, I just noticed, if you've got chairs, feel free to sit down," President Obama said to a student audience in New Britain, Connecticut on Wednesday. "I know the folks here don't have chairs," Obama said, pointing to the audience members in the front row. "And if you're standing up, make sure to bend your knees so you don't faint,"



Reps. Cummings vs. Issa at IRS Hearing: This is "Absolutely Un-American"

New York Daily News: A tense exchange between House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) and ranking member Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) took place during a Wednesday hearing questioning former IRS official Lois Lerner, who pleaded the Fifth, after Issa adjourned the hearing before Cummings could ask his question.

Barbara Bush: Jeb Bush Is "The Best Qualified Person In The Country" To Be President

BARBARA BUSH: I say in this country, which is such a great country, there are more than three families.  Then I read that ‘The Bully Pulpit’ by Doris Kearns Goodwin.  She points out that in 1700, there were only three families.  So maybe it's OK. It just seems to me ridiculous in a country this size that we didn't have other families.  I m

Krauthammer: "Delusional" For Obama Admin To Think Putin Has "Blinked" On Ukraine

CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: This is astonishing. On the one hand they’re unable to -- our people, our leaders -- to muster anything that the Europeans will join that will hurt Putin. And on the other hand, you’re telling us that they are thinking that Putin thinks he made a mistake, did make a mistake and is looking for an off-ramp. And our real job i



Up Late with RealClearPolitics: March 5, 2014

RCP's late-night comedy roundup, Up Late.

McCain: This President Does Not Understand Vladimir Putin

SEN. JOHN McCAIN: This President does not understand Vladimir Putin; he does not understand his ambitions, he does not understand Vladimir Putin is an old KGB colonel bent on restoration of the Soviet, of the Russian empire. It was Vladimir Putin that said the greatest catastrophe of the 20th century was the downfall of the Soviet Union. The s

Chris Christie: Don't Like Obamacare? Elect A New President

SHARON, TOWN HALL ATTENDEE: I'm from Toms River. We live in Silver Ridge Park North and I'm sure everybody here is concerned about Obamacare. First, I'd like to know what you think about that. I know. And how's it going to affect the seniors? Their insurance? A lot of doctors down here are saying that they're going to get out of it now. What do we

Chris Hayes: Republicans Have "Putin Envy"

While the GOP condemns Putin and sees him as a foe, that condemnation sometimes sounds a bit more like “admiration.”

Matthews On Iraq War Argument: "I Never Believed The Bush-Cheney Crowd Believed It"

CHRIS MATTHEWS: And now the same people who blew the bugles for us to invade that country [Iraq], are now blowing the bugle because some other country, Russia, did something a little bit like it. Well the big difference is, need I say, the tens of thousands of bodies that Bush-Cheney crowd left in their trail.

"Special Report" Panel: Is There A "Diplomatic Offramp" For Ukraine Crisis?

Steve Hayes, A.B. Stoddard, and Charles Krauthammer join Bret Baier to discuss the possibility that a diplomatic solution might present itself at the last minute in Ukraine. 

O'Reilly: "NATO Pretty Much Does Not Exist, Because It's Powerless"

BILL O'REILLY: Putin knows he can do pretty much what he wants to do. And he is enjoying the spectacle. There's a lot of attention on that narccicist.  The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is supposed to be the bullwork against Russian oppression. The USA funds 22 percent of NATO's military budget: far more than any other natio


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