PJTV Trifecta - The Moment Obama Lost the Foreign Policy Debate

Trifecta reviews the third and final debate between President Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney. Trifecta thinks that Romney won the foreign policy debate, and quite possibly secured his seat in the Oval Office. Hear why.

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Did Barack Obama Lie About His Apology Tour?

"After taking office, President Obama went on an apology tour around the world. He even said that America had dictated to other nations. Mr. President, America doesn't dictate to other nations; we have freed other nations from dictators."
Mitt Romney

" Nothing, uh, Governor Romney just said is true, starting with this notion of me apologizing. This has been, uhh, probably the biggest whopper that's been told during the course of this campaign. And every fact-checker and every reporter [who] has looked at it, Governor, has said this is not true."
Barack Obama

1. Speech by President Obama, Rhenus Sports Arena, Strasbourg, France, April 3, 2009.

"So we must be honest with ourselves. In recent years we've allowed our Alliance to drift. I know that there have been honest disagreements over policy, but we also know that there's something more that has crept into our relationship. In America, there's a failure to appreciate Europe's leading role in the world. Instead of celebrating your dynamic union and seeking to partner with you to meet common challenges, there have been times where America has shown arrogance and been dismissive, even derisive." Barack Obama

2. President Obama, interview with Al Arabiya, January 27, 2009.

"My job to the Muslim world is to communicate that the Americans are not your enemy. We sometimes make mistakes. We have not been perfect. But if you look at the track record, as you say, America was not born as a colonial power, and that the same respect and partnership that America had with the Muslim world as recently as 20 or 30 years ago, there's no reason why we can't restore that." Barack Obama

3. President Obama, address to the Summit of the Americas opening ceremony, Hyatt Regency, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, April 17, 2009.

"All of us must now renew the common stake that we have in one another. I know that promises of partnership have gone unfulfilled in the past, and that trust has to be earned over time. While the United States has done much to promote peace and prosperity in the hemisphere, we have at times been disengaged, and at times we sought to dictate our terms. But I pledge to you that we seek an equal partnership. There is no senior partner and junior partner in our relations; there is simply engagement based on mutual respect and common interests and shared values. So I'm here to launch a new chapter of engagement that will be sustained throughout my administration." Barack Obama

4. News conference by President Obama, ExCel Center, London, United Kingdom, April 2, 2009.

"I would like to think that with my election and the early decisions that we've made, that you're starting to see some restoration of America's standing in the world. And although, as you know, I always mistrust polls, international polls seem to indicate that you're seeing people more hopeful about America's leadership. I just think in a world that is as complex as it is, that it is very important for us to be able to forge partnerships as opposed to simply dictating solutions. Just to try to crystallize the example, there's been a lot of comparison here about Bretton Woods. "Oh, well, last time you saw the entire international architecture being remade." Well, if there's just Roosevelt and Churchill sitting in a room with a brandy, that's an easier negotiation. But that's not the world we live in, and it shouldn't be the world that we live in." Barack Obama

5. President Obama, speech at the National Archives, Washington, D.C., May 21, 2009.

"Unfortunately, faced with an uncertain threat, our government made a series of hasty decisions. I believe that many of these decisions were motivated by a sincere desire to protect the American people. But I also believe that all too often our government made decisions based on fear rather than foresight; that all too often our government trimmed facts and evidence to fit ideological predispositions. Instead of strategically applying our power and our principles, too often we set those principles aside as luxuries that we could no longer afford. And during this season of fear, too many of us--Democrats and Republicans, politicians, journalists, and citizens--fell silent. In other words, we went off course. And this is not my assessment alone. It was an assessment that was shared by the American people who nominated candidates for President from both major parties who, despite our many differences, called for a new approach--one that rejected torture and one that recognized the imperative of closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay." Barack Obama

6. Speech by President Obama, Rhenus Sports Arena, Strasbourg, France, April 3, 2009.

"Our two republics were founded in service of these ideals. In America, it is written into our founding documents as "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." In France: "Liberté"--absolutely--"egalité, fraternité." Our moral authority is derived from the fact that generations of our citizens have fought and bled to uphold these values in our nations and others. And that's why we can never sacrifice them for expedience's sake. That's why I've ordered the closing of the detention center in Guantanamo Bay. That's why I can stand here today and say without equivocation or exception that the United States of America does not and will not torture. In dealing with terrorism, we can't lose sight of our values and who we are. That's why I closed Guantanamo. That's why I made very clear that we will not engage in certain interrogation practices. I don't believe that there is a contradiction between our security and our values. And when you start sacrificing your values, when you lose yourself, then over the long term that will make you less secure." Barack Obama

7. Speech by President Obama to the Turkish Parliament, Ankara, Turkey, April 6, 2009.

"Every challenge that we face is more easily met if we tend to our own democratic foundation. This work is never over. That's why, in the United States, we recently ordered the prison at Guantanamo Bay closed. That's why we prohibited--without exception or equivocation--the use of torture. All of us have to change. And sometimes change is hard. Another issue that confronts all democracies as they move to the future is how we deal with the past. The United States is still working through some of our own darker periods in our history. Facing the Washington Monument that I spoke of is a memorial of Abraham Lincoln, the man who freed those who were enslaved even after Washington led our Revolution. Our country still struggles with the legacies of slavery and segregation, the past treatment of Native Americans. Human endeavor is by its nature imperfect. History is often tragic, but unresolved, it can be a heavy weight. Each country must work through its past. And reckoning with the past can help us seize a better future." Barack Obama

8. Opinion editorial by President Obama: "Choosing a Better Future in the Americas," April 16, 2009.

"Too often, the United States has not pursued and sustained engagement with our neighbors. We have been too easily distracted by other priorities, and have failed to see that our own progress is tied directly to progress throughout the Americas. My Administration is committed to the promise of a new day. We will renew and sustain a broader partnership between the United States and the hemisphere on behalf of our common prosperity and our common security." Barack Obama

9. Remarks by the President to CIA employees, CIA Headquarters, Langley, Virginia, April 20, 2009. The remarks followed the controversial decision to release Office of Legal Counsel memoranda detailing CIA enhanced interrogation techniques used against terrorist suspects.

"So don't be discouraged by what's happened in the last few weeks. Don't be discouraged that we have to acknowledge potentially we've made some mistakes. That's how we learn. But the fact that we are willing to acknowledge them and then move forward, that is precisely why I am proud to be President of the United States, and that's why you should be proud to be members of the CIA." Barack Obama

10. President Obama, speech at the National Archives, Washington, D.C., May 21, 2009.

"There is also no question that Guantanamo set back the moral authority that is America's strongest currency in the world. Instead of building a durable framework for the struggle against al Qaeda that drew upon our deeply held values and traditions, our government was defending positions that undermined the rule of law. In fact, part of the rationale for establishing Guantanamo in the first place was the misplaced notion that a prison there would be beyond the law--a proposition that the Supreme Court soundly rejected. Meanwhile, instead of serving as a tool to counter terrorism, Guantanamo became a symbol that helped al Qaeda recruit terrorists to its cause. Indeed, the existence of Guantanamo likely created more terrorists around the world than it ever detained. So the record is clear: Rather than keeping us safer, the prison at Guantanamo has weakened American national security. It is a rallying cry for our enemies." Barack Obama

NOTE: October 23, 2012 - The prison at Guantanamo is still NOT closed.

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Mitt Romney - Barack Obama - Final Residential Debate Reviews

"Mr. President, the reason I call it an apology tour is because you went to the Middle East and you flew to Egypt and to Saudi Arabia and to Turkey and Iraq. And by the way, you skipped Israel, our closest friend in the region, but you went to the other nations. And by the way, they noticed that you skipped Israel. And then in those nations, and on Arabic TV, you said that America had been dismissive and derisive. You said that on occasion America had dictated to other nations."
Mitt Romney

Charles Krauthammer Review

Florida Senator Marco Rubio Review

Sarah Palin Review

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Glenn Beck - Barack Obama Rewriting History on Benghazi

One of the scariest things to come out of the debate was a rewriting of the Benghazi Attack.

See the Entire Benghazi Terrorist Attack Timeline.
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Nevada Focus Group - Mitt Romney was Confident - Winner - Forceful

Last night (10/17/12), Obama finally decided to show some passion about wanting a second term, but he still hasn’t explained why he wants it or what he’ll do with it, even during last night’s debate.

That panel overwhelmingly chose Mitt Romney as the winner, with observations about Romney’s presidential mien and Obama’s defensiveness and lack of vision for a second term. But one woman, whom (as Luntz jokes) bears a strong resemblance to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, neatly sums up the status of many undecideds, as well as Obama’s big problem with these debates:

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Mitt Romney - I think You Know Better

ROMNEY: I think you know better. I think you know that these last four years haven't been so good as the president just described and that you don't feel like your confident that the next four years are going to be much better either.

I can tell you that if you were to elect President Obama, you know what you're going to get. You're going to get a repeat of the last four years. We just can't afford four more years like the last four years.

He said that by now we'd have unemployment at 5.4 percent. The difference between where it is and 5.4 percent is 9 million Americans without work.

I wasn't the one that said 5.4 percent. This was the president's plan. Didn't get there.

He said he would have by now put forward a plan to reform Medicare and Social Security, because he pointed out they're on the road to bankruptcy. He would reform them. He'd get that done. He hasn't even made a proposal on either one.

He said in his first year he'd put out an immigration plan that would deal with our immigration challenges. Didn't even file it.

This is a president who has not been able to do what he said he'd do. He said that he'd cut in half the deficit. He hasn't done that either. In fact, he doubled it. He said that by now middle-income families would have a reduction in their health insurance premiums by $2,500 a year. It's gone up by $2,500 a year. And if Obamacare is passed, or implemented -- it's already been passed -- if it's implemented fully, it'll be another $2,500 on top.

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John Sununu Slams CNN's Candy Crowley and Obama Post Debate

After the debate, debate moderator Candy Crowley said Republican nominee Mitt Romney was “right in the main” but “picked the wrong word” on the Obama administration’s immediate response to the terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, that left four Americans dead.

Crowley interrupted Romney during the debate, insisting that President Obama had in fact called the attack an “act of terror.”

ROMNEY: I want to make sure we get that for the record because it took the president 14 days before he called the attack in Benghazi an act of terror.

OBAMA: Get the transcript.

CROWLEY: It — it — it — he did in fact, sir. So let me — let me call it an act of terror…

OBAMA: Can you say that a little louder, Candy?

CROWLEY: He — he did call it an act of terror. It did as well take — it did as well take two weeks or so for the whole idea there being a riot out there about this tape to come out. You are correct about that.

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PJTV Trifecta - Obama Suffers Big Loss in First Debate, But Will He Lose the Election?

The 2012 debate between President Obama and former Governor Mitt Romney might be the most one-sided debate in presidential history. While Obama suffered a horrible loss, does this signal an even worse electoral defeat in November. Find out on this Trifecta.

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Crystal Wright - Romney Makes Presidential Punch of Obama in Denver

Mitt Romney gave President Barack Obama a much-deserved shellacking in the first Presidential debate held in Denver. The Republican nominee, who many conservatives were close to writing off, served ace after ace, while Obama just stood there and tried to hit the ball back, looking stunned by Romney’s strength and his own failure. After an hour and half “match,” it was clear Romney was the man with the plan and Obama the man with more promises.

Heeding conservatives’ advice to go bold, Romney showed us his backbone, laid out his plan and cornered Obama on his failed record. Again and again, Romney called Obama out on his lies; he said just because Obama says it doesn’t mean it’s true. Obama insisted Romney’s tax plan would add $5 trillion to the deficit, citing studies that have made assumptions about Romney’s plan without knowing the details.

Romney made Obama look weaker still when he reminded him that when Obama ran in 2008, he promised to cut the deficit in half but instead has increased by 60%, more than half. In fact Romney reminded Americans, Obama has spent more money in three in half years, adding more to our debt than all the presidents in history combined.

While Romney talked about how he would create 12 million jobs and cut our debt by eliminating funding to programs like PBS and Big Bird, Obama parroted the same old lines about investing (code for spending) in our future. That is more binge spending on Obama’s favorite things like Obamacare, teachers union, student loan subsidies and solar energy.

A withered looking Obama seemed to just walk into one debate landmine after another. Obama said he thought it was wrong to give $3.8 billion in tax breaks to oil companies. Romney pounced with a fiery retort:

“You put $90 billion-like 50 years worth of [oil] breaks into solar and wind, to Solyndra and Fisker and Tesla and Ener1. I mean, I had a friend who said you don’t just pick the winners and the losers; you pick the losers, said Romney.

Obama looked dazed by Mitt Romney and reverted to the posture he assumed most of the night, head looking down, befuddled. Trying to serve an ace, Obama said he also thought it was awful for companies to get a deduction for moving plants overseas. Romney returned the ball, winning the point. He told Obama in the 25 years he’s been in business, “I have no idea what you’re talking about.”

That was the story of the night; the American people had no idea what Obama was talking but understood Romney. From corning Obama on the true costs of Obamacare to the middle class and businesses and Obama’s failure to implement the Simpson-Bowles deficit reduction plan, which Obama commissioned, or work with Republicans in Congress, Romney made Obama look puny and partisan. At the same time, Romney finally seized his own narrative, with command of and passion for the issues.

A friend told me she felt bad for Obama last night because he looked worn down and weak standing next to Romney. Liberal political analysts mused maybe Obama held back because he didn’t want to really give it to Romney in the first debate. No, Obama failed in the Denver because his arrogance has made him believe he’s bigger than himself. Can you say President Romney?

Crystal Wright

Crystal Wright is a black conservative woman living in Washington, D.C. Some would say she is a triple minority: woman, black and a Republican living in a Democrat dominated city. She’s contemplating moving back to her home state of Virginia, where her vote would count for something. By day, Crystal is a communications consultant and editor and publisher of the new website, conservativeblackchick.com. Crystal earned a Bachelor of Arts in English from Georgetown University and holds a Masters of Fine Arts in Theatre from Virginia Commonwealth University.

Wright is the principal owner of the Baker Wright Group, LLC , a full service public relations firm, specializing in communications counseling, media relations, message development, media training and crisis communications. The firm’s approach is straight forward counseling: an unvarnished approach to public relations.

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Massad Ayoob - Reflections On The First Obama/Romney Debate

I was about 12 years old when I raptly watched the Kennedy/Nixon debate. Sold me on Kennedy, to tell you the truth. It wasn’t until much later than I learned that those who listened to it on the radio mostly thought Nixon had won, while we who saw it on TV saw Kennedy as the clear winner.

More than half a century later, something similar (but different) just occurred. I was listening to the first Obama/Romney debate live while driving between Atlanta and Valdosta the other night, and while it was clear to the ears that Romney had dominated, it was those who SAW it who delivered the overwhelming collective decision that Romney had absolutely CRUSHED his incumbent opponent.

“Déjà vu all over again.”

Watching it subsequently on computer video, I could see the dramatic difference. I could understand why Obama supporters SEEING IT LIVE (not just listening to it at home) were tweeting each other in despair that the President was getting his butt kicked. One pundit said that if it had been a boxing match, the referee would have stopped the fight.

As someone who has for a long time done more public speaking than most folks, and engaged in his share of debates, I can only say: CUE THIS FIRST DEBATE UP ON VIDEO, TURN OFF THE SOUND, AND JUST WATCH THE BODY LANGUAGE.

A huge amount of human communication is not just in the words put forth, but in the posture, the stance, the hand gestures, and the facial expressions that accompany it all. Watch it on split screen where you can see each debater react to the other in the same time frame. Romney stays focused on what his opponent is saying, but when Romney speaks, Obama keeps looking downward like a shamed child in the presence of an accusing parent. Obama takes a punch at Romney, and Romney smiles as if to say, “Is that all you’ve got?” Then Romney takes a punch at Obama, and Obama frowns and all but winces as if to say, “OW! That hurt!”

As you go through the vast trove of pundit commentary, notice how many Obama supporters admit their guy got his butt kicked, and the total absence of Republicans saying the same of their candidate. Notice how many excuses put forth for Obama (the YOUNGER guy couldn’t handle the high altitude lack of oxygen, but the OLDER guy COULD?!?) and that virtually no excuses had to be offered for Romney.

Neither man scored 100%. There were smiles that were taken as insultingly condescending on both sides, but I saw far more of those from the Republican candidate (one reason I can’t give him 100%). I was amazed at how many pundits saw Romney’s frequent smirks positively as patiently tolerant “polite smiles.”

The substance of it? Do the flip side of “watch them in silence” and just read the written transcript, and while you can make arguments on either side, I have to agree with the general consensus that Romney still won. He had done his homework and prepared himself better with facts and figures. Obama had reportedly done his debate prep with John Kerry, which is a little like sparring with Richard Simmons when you’re preparing to fight Muhammad Ali in his prime for the world championship.

We are creatures of inflection. Our confidence and our credibility are reflected in our posture, our facial expressions, and our gestures, not to mention our vocal pace and tone and emphasis.

But, hey…what’s YOUR take on this topic?

Massad Ayoob

Massad F. Ayoob is an internationally known firearms and self-defense instructor.

Massad Ayoob has authored several books and more than 1,000 articles on firearms, combat techniques, self-defense, and legal issues, and has served in an editorial capacity for Guns Magazine, American Handgunner, Gun Week, and Combat Handguns.

Massad Ayoob was former Vice Chairman of the Forensic Evidence Committee of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), and is believed to be the only non-attorney ever to hold this position.

http://massadayoobgroup.com/

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RedEye Panel Reviews The Presidential Debate

The president as “rambled” at times, lauding the Republican challenger for “mechanically and logically dissecting” Obama’s arguments and “talking points.”

“I don’t know what [Obama] was doing out there, he had his head down, he was enduring the debate rather than fighting it,”
Chris Matthews

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David Webb - Dems Now Use "Angry Black Man" Stereotype as Excuse for Obama

David Webb is Active in politics on the local and national level, David co-founded TeaParty365 in New York City, a non-partisan, non-profit advocacy group for fiscal responsibility, and is the spokesman for the National Tea Party Federation.

In September 2010 David was named to the Newsweek Inside The Tea Party Top 10 and in November 2010 in About.com’s Satellite Radio’s New School of Conservative Talk Stars.

In December 2011 David was selected as one of “Time Magazine’s Person of the Year ~ The Protester” representing the tea party movement.

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Michelle Malkin - 1st Presidential Debate Analyzed

Fox and Friends spoke to Michelle Malkin this morning (10/3/2012) for her reaction to last night’s presidential debate. She felt that Mitt Romney’s apparent victory in the first debate was the result of the president taking for granted his opponent and the election in general.

“I always think it’s better to be underestimated than overestimated. I think in this case, Barack Obama suffered from his own hubris. He strolled in there thinking he could just phone it in,” Malkin said.

She characterized the president as “rambling” at times, lauding the Republican challenger for “mechanically and logically dissecting” Obama’s arguments and “talking points.”

Obama invested TAXPAYER MONEY in:

Solyndra - BANKRUPT
Ener 1 - BANKRUPT
Beacon Power - BANKRUPT
Abound Solar - BANKRUPT
Amonix Solar - BANKRUPT
Spectra Watt - BANKRUPT
Eastern Energy - BANKRUPT
GM Volt - Solyndra on wheels.

$900 Billion Dollars with NO Jobs.
NOTE: All of these companies were Obama campaign contributors.

Romney's Bain Capital invested PRIVATE MONEY in:

AMC Entertainment - 1500 Theaters, 18,550 Employees.
Burger King - 8432 stores in the United States with 10's of thousands of Employees.
Burlington Coat Factory - 475 stores, 28,729 Employees.
Clear Channel Communications - 20,000 Employees.
Domino's Pizza - 10,000 Employees.
Dunkin' Donuts 10,000 stores, thousands of Employees.
Guitar Center - 225 stores, hundreds of Employees.
The Sports Authority - 14,300 Employees.
Staples - 1575 stores and thousands of employees.
Toys "R" Us - Toys 'R' Us has 836 stores with thousands of employees.
Warner Music Group - 3,700 Employees.

The Choice is CLEAR...Do you want a BUSINESSMAN who has GENERATED BILLIONS or A President who has WASTED TRILLIONS?

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Ann Coulter on President Obama's Disastrous Debate

Bestselling author Ann Coulter joins talk radio host John Phillips to discuss her new book "Mugged: Racial Demagoguery from the Seventies to Obama". In this preview, hear what the conservative icon has to say about Obama's debate performance and why she is concerned for the mental health for the staff at MSNBC.

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Chris Matthews Melt-Down and Obama Peeved

President Obama fell victim Wednesday night to high expectations, a short fuse, and a hungry challenger. If Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney didn’t win the first of three presidential debates outright, he more than covered the spread. He was personable, funny, and relentlessly on the attack against Obama. The president looked peeved, flat, and irritated as he carried a conversation with somebody telling him he’s wrong for the first time in four years...

Privately, some Democratic strategists said the challenger got the best of the president. “We got our clock cleaned,” said a Democratic strategist who spoke on condition of anonymity out of fear of retribution. The strategist had reviewed results of polls and focus groups of the debate.

Bewildered and lost without his teleprompter, President Obama flailed all around the debate stage last night. He was stuttering, nervous and petulant. It was like he had been called in front of the principal after goofing around for four years and blowing off all his homework.

The split screen was most devastating. Mitt Romney spoke forthrightly, with carefully studied facts and details at the ready. He looked right at the president and accused him of being miles out of his depth.

Mr. Obama? His eyes were glued to his lectern, looking guilty and angry and impatient with all the vagaries of Democracy. This debate was seriously chaffing him.

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PJTV Trifecta - How Should Mitt Romney Answer Jim Lehrer's Loaded Questions?

Jim Lehrer will host the first presidential debate on Wednesday between President Obama and Governor Romney. What type of questions can we expect? And how should Mitt Romney answer them? Find out on this episode of Trifecta.

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Steve Green - Debating the Debates: Who Is the Real Debate God, Obama or Romney?

The pundits and surrogates did their best to manage expectations relating to the upcoming presidential debates. What do President Obama and GOP nominee Mitt Romney need to do to win the debates? Find out on this Hair of the Dog with Stephen Green.

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Newt Gingrich - Upcoming Debate and Libyan Security Debacle

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich talks with Bob Schieffer about Mitt Romney's upcoming debate against President Obama, and weighs in on the attack against a U.S. consulate in Libya.

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