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Cupp: Wasn't Romney right on Russia?
Crossfire host S.E. Cupp and Van Jones debate Hillary Clinton's recent comparison of Vladimir Putin to Hitler and Cupp asks why Democrats were making fun of Romney's warning to be worried about Russia.
Jones: Save the guacamole!
Van Jones is outraged about climate change possibly hindering Chipotle's guacamole production.
Cupp on girl suing parents: grow up!
S.E. Cupp is outraged that an 18 year old girl is suing her parents to pay for her college tuition.
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Posted by CNN's Christina Manduley Filed under: Adam Kinzinger • Debates • Eliot Engel • Foreign policy • Hillary Clinton • Outrage of the Day • Putin • Russia • S.E. Cupp • Ukraine • Van Jones |
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Hey, Romney was right on Benghazi, Jeep, AND Russia, but who's counting? Thanks Candy Crowley and the media!
As was Mrs Palin correct on the issue, the guy in charge had no clue and still doesn't and never will.
No, Romney is not right, he is just eating the same sour grapes as McCain.
S.E. Cupp has the mental capacity of an amoeba. And no, the eyeglasses do not make her more intelligent.
Ha, and if Romney was elected America would be ay War with Russia. That is exactly what the republicans want. More War !!
Instead of pointing fingers, why not focus on the problem not the person, the behavior not a person. Our government is so entitled it will be impossible for the Dems or Repubs to please anyone. Our country has become a place where every person that cry’s is given a sucker. We have to stop this and get our nation back on track. We all want the same thing……..To be happy and safe. Let talk about where to start……How about that for a change?
Absolutely right. Just like the Republicans started war in Korea, started war in Vietnam, bombed Kosovo, continued the war in Afghanistan with nothing to show. Your right about those republican war mongers. Jeez, you guys make history as you go along, don't you.
The only one keeping troops in Afghanistan is Obama. So bring the troops home – oh yeah this administration wants to keep troops in Afghanistan till 2024 and beyond. So it seems both parties have the defense contractors in their pockets.
Dan, I don't know where you gets your facts, But Korean conflict was Truman, Vietnam was Johnson and Kosovo was Clinton all Presidents with a D behind there name
And your proof is where?
Thanks for playing.
Well we probably would not be standing around with our pants down around our ankles. You have no reason to say we would be at war just because he understood they were our "number one geopolitical foe".
Check your history Chris. Every war, going back to WWI started with a Democrat in the White House. Just the facts please.
He is right on 47% but remember he is worng on 53% which means his rival is right. what he will guys do, if was. he will sit like the previous did during the time of Georgia incident.
How about we worry about JOBS first? Maybe the IRS? I mean why is Lois Learner taking the 5th? Is she guilty of targeting Conservative groups? Who is she covering for??? How can Obama say there isn't a "smidgen" of corruption when there are still investigations going on???
Still pushing that old disproven nonsense about Bush appointee Lerner? After what happened to Susan McDougal during the last TEA/GOP witch hunt, I don't blame her. Maybe she is protecting her appionter, Bush.
Why aren't we asking why the IRS took it upon its self to rewrite the 501(c)(4) tax code back in 1950. Only congress can change the tax code not the IRS. IRS can only enforce the tax code not write it.
It's against democrat policy to ever admit a republican is right.
They never are!
Thanks for proving my point.
Have you ever be right on anything ? War mongers crying like anything. The sanctions put forward will cripple them.
Everyone has been right but Obama. He is the only one that does not get it. Dumba@@
Those who suffer from NPD rarely admit flaws in their thinking.
Your Polls are garbage, it only reflects a chosen few and the way the questions are asked determines what Fox News wants you to think. Republicans are going to get a big surprise in 2014 elections because the rest of the world will never allow Republicans to ever get back in the White House again. Because, if they do i think the USA will completely collapse again and their will end up being another war within the country. Both Canadians and Americans lost lives and fought in the 40's-60's for rights for women and all human beings and now to watch a republican party try to remove those values is a disgusting and inhuman dictatorship. I have watched USA politics for over 40 years and i can honestly say THIS republican Party has done more damage to the country and other countries around the world in the last 10 years than ANY President ever has. for example, in states run by republican governors they are suppressing voters rights (unconstitutional). They are dictating what woman can and cannot do with their own bodies, They are literally taking food out of the mouths of children and lining their friends pockets in Congress with Farm subsidies which are guaranteed every year wether they farm or not( of course in the BILL they put in a clause where the American people will not be able to see who those people are). They are refusing people Medicaid and medicare expansions and people are literally dying because of it. They are LIARS, Racists,cheaters and they have stole from the American people for years and if anyone calls them out on it they blame the Media, I have learned over the years that if Republicans are saying that the other guy is doing a particular bad thing that it is a cover up for exactly what they are doing themselves. As President Bush said (we have him on video stating this) Just keep telling the lies over and over untill the American people believe them to be true. his words, not mine. So i have a challenge for all Republicans, RIGHT NOW, Practice what you preach and lets see how many of give up all support financially you get from the government. You all say you do not need the government programs so whats stopping you all from giving up Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid programs, subsidies for education, Food Stamps, Business programs and subsidies from the government, Healthcare, and so on and so on. You can do that RIGHT!!!! and Untill you make sure ALL republicans who preach about and want to tear down this government do this you will never be taken seriously. So, practice what you preach. Other wise you are just Dictators. And the biggest problem is when groups like yourself use RELIGION to divide and benefit your POCKETS, that is the worst SIN of all. So, i think you will see groups of people from around the world encourage every single American how important it is for them to ALL vote in the 2014 mid term elections so that they can get their country along with President Obama back to what it really can be instead of having people who have no concern for their own country or its people and would harm it the way you Republicans have done for over a century just because you cannot move into the 21st century.
So much hate, I feel sorry for you!
Ya know, if you said all of this about democrats you would hit the nail on the head, however with what you wrote is all wrong. Stop drinking the kool-aid.
Yeah smoke republican blunts...
It's obvious somebody or several people over the years have told you what you typed here. You certainly didn't get your info from any reliable source, because most of what you rant about is wrong. The Democrats have been in strong control in Congress for the last 50 years, so if there's hungry kids out there you better register your complaint with them, since they held the government purse strings. It was the Republicans who started theright to vote for women as well as the civil rights movement. It was Republicans who started the EPA, and so on.
See what I mean? You just don't know what you're talking about, and every word you type screams that out loud and clear. Instead of making an educated comment you come across as a dupe. Why don't you spend some time researching those things that bug you and find out what really happened.
Diane, Diane, how thick can you get? None of what you said has any truth to it.
Your comment is just full of garbage information. When you know what you are talking about then you can make another comment. You sound like a typical democrat....no common sense.
Absolutely unbelievable...please move to Kenya
I smell TEA here
your right
Diane, I can't agree with you more! Look at all the conservative responses your post, it is all deny and deflect. They can not see through their blind hatred for the poor, women, people of color etc., etc. I left that group and the people of the church ( Not God) because they just deny and deflect and never take responsibility for who they harm. Jesus would be ashamed of these people. I'm not saying Democrats are perfect, far from it, but at least their agenda is to help those in need with out judgement, is in defense of those who are defenseless and instead of ignoring global warming they want to prepare for it. As far as the environment goes, the Republicans want to profit off Gods great earth destroying it as they go. I call that total disrespect for Gods greatest gift to us, Earth. Jesus would come back to us to help the people NOT CORPORATIONS!
That Cupp is so full of it!
Really bothers the haters when Romney is shown to be right – again. And btw, Obama lied repeatedly to win the election. Period.
Doesn't bother me. Doesn't matter if he was right or wrong. He lost. His opinions and ideas don't mean jack.
That's remarkably telling, and sadly it seems like a common opinion among Obama supporters. It's not about being correct or having a reasonable and informed opinion, it's about getting as many uninformed people to support your bad ideas and faulty assumptions as possible.
Are you kidding me? So we should never learn from our mistakes, right?
IT SHOULD! Mindless drones who only vote Dem.... even when they are wrong!
Maybe you are one of those who are collecting all the freebies that Obama is handing out. You do not have any common sense and that is why I hope you better wake up and get some sense into that thick head of yours or maybe there is a brain missing.
With the electorial votes does it matter really if anyone votes. The goverment is so curoupt. They are all rich and protect the rich that pay for there elections.obama is only worried about his dems re election as with the republicans. Why dont someone run that is for the people for the middle class and the poor.
Because that someone would have to tell everyone the truth about politicians and the real state of the country, but people don't want to hear that, it's easier to do what they are told, they don't want to think for themselves.
Who do these nutjobs always invoke Romney's name? He's a loser and always will be! His millions couldn't buy he or his Queen the White House.
It matters little whether Romney and Palin appear correct.. they hold no position or public office. A broken clock is right twice a day!
It's people like you that kept a remarkable man out of the White House. A Loser, you say? He has succeeded at every position he's held: Voted in as governor in the bluest state in the Union; took an all Democrat legislature and got them to vote in the first comprehensive health care program in the nation; took a failing and corrupt Winter Olympics and (with very little time) turned it into the greatest and most profitable Winter Olympics ever; took ailing and failing companies ant turned them around into profitable businesses, saving over 150,000 jobs; has always donated over 20% of his income to charity, unlike our President, who limped along at 5% until his office embarrassed him so much that he bumped it up to 10%; has a wonderful and loving family and grandchildren.
He failed at becoming president, but I wonder if things might have been different if the press had not given Obama 50 times (actual fact) more positive coverage than they gave Romney. I wonder if things might have been different had the people known the truth about Obamacare.... but in your eyes Romney is just a loser.
Romney is a loser and your know it. He lost even before he was nominated.
You are correct.... the fact is.... Obama LIED to get elected. BTW.... has he healed the Earth yet? lol
I think the "Community Organizer" in the WH now is a joke. He has no leadership skills what so ever – at all. amen. Romney may have lost but he is still respected. Not like Obama and his administration of lies, smoke and mirrors – So much for his transparency.
No – Romney and Sarah Palin were not correct. Putin is not going to send terrorists into this country to kill us. He likes being part of the G8 so he will do the same thing when they went into Georgia when Bush was president. Obviously, the GOP chooses to forget about that.
Russia is not exactly an enemy. They are more of a competitor (same goes for China). We have pretty much never ended up on the battlefield with either of them... but rather we compete for control of other areas, usually with both sides using proxies or through economic means... but occasionally with one side having a proxy while the other has a direct military presence.
While that's a small difference, I do think it's an important one to notice for a president. We aren't trying to "defeat" Russia or China. We don't want to wipe them out or destroy their government. We simply want to have more influence on the future of the world then they do.
This is why I view Putin's decision to use military force rather then economic pressure to get what he wants in the Ukraine as so misguided. He could have used natural gas supply to lean on the Ukraine and get everything he wants with nobody in the world having a problem. Instead, he used military force and lost standing in the international community because of it. He'll still get Crimea and possibly more of the Ukraine, but he ends up wasting 51 billion dollars spent on the Olympics, he'll likely lose Russias place in the G8 (which has a huge impact on controlling the world economy) and he may get sanctions from the US (which will mean little) and the EU (which will mean a LOT).
He's paying a high price for wanting to puff out his chest. Kind of like using your queen to take a pawn and then losing the queen when you could have taken the pawn with a pawn of your own.
The Ukraine still owes Russia for gas delivered, which the President instead of paying put in his own pocket. Russia did stop delivery of gas, guess you missed that part.
They did not stop delivery of gas until after invading.
The point was that just using the leverage of the natural gas would give them whatever concessions they wanted from the Ukraine. The invasion was simply not necessary for Russia to get what they wanted.
Actually, in reading more I don't think Russia HAS stopped delivering natural gas to the Ukraine even post invasion. In 2009 they cutoff gas supplies because Ukraine was refusing to sign a new contract.
Russia pretty much got everything they wanted with that maneuver (they did give a short delay to the price increase going into effect so that the Ukraine could save face).
Excellent Post!
"...use military force rather then economic pressure to get what he wants..."
I'm having a hard time believing an American would say this. America is a great country but we don't do very well against this standard. Besides, the Russian invasion has resulted in what, 1 or 2 deaths?
Putin feared Mittens and his bean counter VP would win the election and squash Mother Russia
@Tony as I wrote no one can stand up for Obumbles ineptness, you just proved it. Palin, we are now seeing was right with the Death Panels, just look around at all the people who lost their ins. For Romney, you need to catch up Jeep is in china. Bottom line is Obumbles is just lost, IRS, Ben ghazi his whole admin is falling apart, enjoy what you voted for.
By the way it is a gov takeover wake up dude. Hows that reset and gitmo closing working out ???? Remember if you like your plan you can keep it, period !!!!
Really... death panels again?
Okay... let me present the facts. Private insurance companies do have panels that can deny coverage. This exists in EVERY private insurance plan. They can deny your coverage for certain things because they believe your condition is such that spending money on it won't help you.
This wasn't added by Obamacare. This already existed in private insurance. Obamacare put RESTRICTIONS on what those panels could deny... which means the "death panels" could choose death for you LESS often because of the law. But what did happen is that because Obamacare relies on private insurance (rather then public insurance like many liberals would prefer), those "death panels" are in Obamacare.
But this isn't what Palin was referring to. What SHE Was refering to was a medicare provision which would pay physicians for voluntary counseling about living wills and end of life care options. Note that this means patients would ask for help with those options, and doctors could be reimbursed with spending their time letting them know about options.
BUT... what's even more stupid is this condition was removed before the law was voted on. YES, THAT'S RIGHT... it's not there. Palin was successful in removing payment for doctors providing end of life counseling for patients on medicare.
So we do have death panels... but rather then the made up ones Palin was talking about we have the real ones that exist in private insurance plans that are purchased over the exchanges... because we don't have a public option.
Funny how reality doesn't match perception.
Nice ramble, it is very clear you didn't read it, and yes I did. But as usual its not Obumbles fault. Hes either partying with JZ or on the golf course. Look, I know it sucks to be totally let down and the biggest liar of the year
has done that. This whole admin is falling apart and king obumbles has no idea what to do.
By "read it" what exactly are you talking about?
I've read the health care law and I've read Palin's explanations as to what she was talking about with death panels.
She was talking about what I referred to... the part that was changing medicare to pay doctors for end of life counseling. She has stated so many times publicly. And that part of the bill was REMOVED before it was passed.
I'm all for people having their own opinions. I'm open to changing my opinion if people give a good argument. But you can't make up stories and present them as fact. That's what the whole "death panel" thing was (and apparently still is since people like you are still talking about it).
It's fiction. Present an argument based on something that is factual and I'll entertain it. Make stuff up and I'll simply present the facts which show that you are incorrect.
"I've read the health care law and I've read Palin's explanations as to what she was talking about with death panels."
Wow! You read all 2409 pages, and full comprehend this whole thing. Yeah, right!
No, there are still no death panels. In fact, Obama is allowing everyone to keep his or her insurance plan for another year. The problem is, many insurance companies don't want to re-offer their canceled plans. Jeep wants to build new plants in China, but it is not moving any plant in America. IRS targeted both conservative and liberal political groups that wanted the 501(c)(4) designation, which is for social welfare groups only. There were 13 attacks on embassies during the Bush Administration, but you never hear Republicans talking about them. They just focus on Benghazi. Bush said that he and Putin were the best of the friends, way before Clinton's "reset" policy. Obama Administration is humming along just fine. Obamacare is still going, with more than 4 million people buying new private insurance plans, even though Republicans tried to repeal it for the 50th times. No wonder Putin does not have any respect for us. Congress is good at spinning its wheels and do nothing. You can keep your plan if you want it, but if insurance companies jack up your premiums, you still need to pay to keep it.
Isnt that kind of King Obumbles, breaking the law to extend and add more chaos. Look around he is FAILING on all fronts. Blah blah blah Bush, and im no repub (just have some common sense) The reason Putin is bending Obumbles over is he is weak. Period, end of story. The red line back down proved it. Go ahead and blame someone else but fact is Obumbles aint getting it done.
Look, Smitty, you may not believe this, but there is no statute of limitation for what Bush did. He did it, whatever it was, blah blah blah, then I can blame it on him. If Republicans have no problem blaming Clinton for her "reset" policy after she is out of the office, then I have no problem blaming Bush for what he did. And Bush did plenty.
Believe it or not, but the Pres.Obamas healthcare tsar stated, that people over 55 do NOT contribute to society anymore and therefore do not need extensive medical procedures. Make up your own mind, if you still have one after frying your brain smocking drugs.
I wish Van JONES would pop her in the mouth sometime on the show.
What authority or background does Cupp have to make all the radicals statements, Conservative women are so vocal, yet so dumb. Why is CuPP even on TV. She doesn't have the knowledge to know what she tries to say.
Was Romney right when he off-shored money to evade taxes?
Eh,
What do you want Romney to do Was? Leave all his money here where the scoundrels can steal it? Back when Marco Polo traveled to China he did a lot of it by water because of Bandits, Robbers, Thieves, Highway men and other All Around Good Guys. Nothing has changes. They all still exist, except a lot of them are your elected officials. The biggest Mouthpiece example of late is no other that Obama. Ring any Bells?
According to the IRS he payed taxes, not like Sen. Harry Reid who under the protection of the Democratic Party has money in the Caymons.
God you guys are freaking liars. You know damn well Romney did not pay taxes on his money in the Cayman Islands
@ Smitty Romney lied 27 times in one of the debates. I guess he was the biggest liar of 2012. President Obama handled the Ukraine incident just right. Romney would of had us at war by now like his crazy Repubs. Graham, and McCain.
Oh please, I know its got to suck for you. It always sucks when you get ripped off and that's what Obammy did to his followers. There is no defense for Obumbles, all I see from the blogs is Bush did this , Ike did that , the excuses for this pres ineptness get worse every day. When your pres gets biggest liar of the year you know hes a loser.
Romney won the 2012 Lie of the Year, when he was running for president. Republicans won two Lie of the Year in the first two years of the award– Sarah Palin won in 2009 for her "death panel" claim, and Republicans won in 2010 for their refrain that Obamacare is "a government takeover of health care." So what if Putin and Romney want to re-fight the Cold War. McCain wants to re-fight the Vietnam War. The Tea Party wants to re-fight the Civil War.
Have you forgotten Obama bigger lies....if you want to keep your health care....you can period......if you want to keep your doctor...you can period. The man has been a total liar from day one. If Obama is the best that we Americans can vote as president then we have really lost our way and senses. The man is a terrible leader and he is slowly but surely destroying our great country. I wonder what else is on his agenda??????
Yes he was. Got to give to Obammy he also said they no longer use bayonets and horses and like his whole admin, was wrong again. Hilly, hows that reset button working out. Congrats to the pres for winning BIGGEST LIAR OF THE YEAR.