ISSUE: Libya
- Derek Pearce
- Nov 15, 2011 at 10:09 am
NY Times: Cain Stumbles in Assessing Foreign Policy
On November 14, 2011, the new York Times reported:
Herman Cain became badly flustered on Monday when asked to assess President Obama’s policy toward Libya, raising new questions about his command of foreign policy as he lurched over five minutes from awkward pauses to halting efforts to address the issue.
Video of Mr. Cain’s appearance on Monday before editors and reporters at The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel went viral almost immediately after it was posted online, and drew immediate comparisons to Rick Perry’s recent stumble in a debate when he froze in discussing which federal agencies he would eliminate…
- Audrey Kubetin
- Nov 4, 2011 at 5:18 pm
Rehberg Shows Off Cartoon of Obama as Gaddafi
In this clip, our tracker catches Denny Rehberg showing off this cartoon of President Obama dressed as the late Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi.
Once Rehberg sees our tracker, he quickly lowers the cartoon.
This footage was captured in Bozeman, MT, on October 31, 2011.
- Audrey Kubetin
- Nov 3, 2011 at 6:03 pm
Huntsman Won’t Rule Out Impeaching Obama
In this video, Jon Huntsman discusses the constitutionality of the U.S. involvement in Libya. “Last I looked, the U.N. was not our Constitution,” he says. “We ought to recognize who’s responsible for declaring war and giving the approval for these kinds of things.”
When asked by a member of the audience whether he thought Obama could be impeached for sending U.S. troops to Libya, Huntsman gave a noncommittal answer: “I’ll let Congress make that decision.”
This footage was captured by an American Bridge tracker in New Hampshire on August 1, 2011.
- Derek Pearce
- Aug 11, 2011 at 11:19 am
MEMO: Questions For The Republican Debate
During tonight’s debate the American people will see the Republican candidates firsthand and will get a glimpse at the positions and ideology driving the field.
Over the last few months, as they have scrambled further and further to the right, American Bridge’s research and tracking has documented the candidates adopting positions that are: hypocritical (Romney and taxes), evasive (Huntsman and Libya) and just downright out of the mainstream (Bachmann and contraceptives).
Yet tonight, as the candidates face a national audience, and not solely a fawning crowd of TEA party activists, the nation will see if they will maintain their extreme positions as the candidates attempt to answer the following questions:
See the questions after the jump
- Derek Pearce
- Aug 3, 2011 at 12:03 pm
ABC News: Impeach President Obama Over Libya? Jon Huntsman Punts
On August 3, 2011, ABC News reported:
“And this week, when asked by a New Hampshire resident whether President Obama should be impeached over Libya, Huntsman refused to say, telling the voter that he’d ‘let Congress make that decision.’”
More from ABC News and video after the jump
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MEMO: 12 Things We Could Learn From Previous Romney Tax Returns
ICYMI: With Mitt Romney still refusing to release his pre-2010 returns, we wanted to be sure that you saw our previous memo explaining why it is so important that Mitt Romney release them.
Click through for the 12 questions that Mitt Romney needs to answer by releasing his previous years’ tax returns.
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ICYMI: Romney Profited From Government Handouts
This morning, the Los Angeles Times reported on Mitt Romney’s reliance on tax breaks and government subsidies while working in private equity. The article focuses on Steel Dynamics, the same steel company featured in Romney’s positive ad released just this morning, and all of the government help they received. In fact, Dekalb County was forced to institute a new tax to pay for all of the handouts.
Despite his constant opposition to government interference in the free market, Mitt Romney has a long history of profiting from government handouts. Research after the jump.
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Scott Brown’s Website Steals Childhood Anecdote From… Elizabeth Dole
Sen. Scott Brown may have some explaining to do. It seems a passage from his website detailing the values instilled in him as a young child was stolen essentially word-for-word from former Sen. Elizabeth Dole.
Original research & screenshots after the jump.
