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Napolitano: President Obama gives himself permission to kill (5)

After stonewalling for more than a year federal judges and ordinary citizens who sought the revelation of its secret legal research justifying the presidential use of drones to kill persons overseas — even Americans — claiming the research was so … Continue reading

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Barack Obama sworn into office for four more years as leader of deeply-divided United States (4)

WASHINGTON — Stepping into his second term, President Barack Obama took the oath of office Sunday in an intimate swearing-in ceremony at the White House, the leader of a nation no longer in the throes of the recession he inherited … Continue reading

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Noonan: His Terms Are Always Hostile Ones

Presidential inaugurations are rare and notable events, coming only once every four years since April 30, 1789, when George Washington raised his right hand and took the oath on the second-floor balcony of New York’s Federal Hall. It’s a big … Continue reading

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Simon: If Reelected, Obama Should Be Impeached over Benghazi (9)

If Barack Obama is reelected, will he face impeachment over Benghazi — a yet more unpleasant and far more wrenching result than to lose an election? It could happen — and in my estimation should happen — the way revelations … Continue reading

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Steyn: The Incredible Shrinking President (2)

‘We’re going to have that person arrested and prosecuted that did the video,” said Hillary Clinton. No, not the person who made the video saying that voting for Barack Obama is like losing your virginity to a really cool guy. … Continue reading

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Noonan: When Americans Saw the Real Obama (6)

We all say Ohio, Ohio, Ohio. But it’s all still Denver, Denver, and the mystery that maybe isn’t a mystery at all. If Cincinnati and Lake County go for Mitt Romney on Nov. 6 it will be because of what … Continue reading

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Levant: A lazy lightweight (10)

Now we know why Barack Obama uses a teleprompter everywhere, even taking it once to a photo-op in an elementary school. Now we know why he hasn’t had a press conference in months, preferring to go on entertainment shows like … Continue reading

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O’Sullivan: Can an Imaginary Man Debate?

Put yourself at one of the initial meetings between Mitt Romney and his advisers prior to preparing for the debates.  At some point during the discussion, a member of his staff may have said, “How do you debate a fairytale, … Continue reading

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Taranto: Honey, I Shrunk the President

Maybe there’s something to be said for clean living after all. Although Mitt Romney is closer in age to the venerable Jim Lehrer than to the callow Barack Obama, it was the Republican nominee who came across in last night’s debate as … Continue reading

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Marcus: Obama’s Poor Debate – The Affirmative Action President Exposed (3)

If I were a part of the brain-dead, racist herd of African-Americans who voted for Obama solely because he is black and celebrated him winning the presidency, I would feel pretty betrayed and embarrassed by Obama’s debate performance.  I mean, … Continue reading

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Hanson: The Fantasy House of Barack Obama

It All Failed? By Fantasy House I do not mean — or rather only mean — Barack Obama’s La-La land in which Austrians speak Austrian, Hawaii is in Asia, Afghans speak Arabic, the Maldives lie off Argentina, there are seven … Continue reading

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