Right-Wing Media Claim Obama "Lost Egypt," But Can't Agree On Why

Cali_Democrat

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Mon Jan-31-11 07:27 PM
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Right-Wing Media Claim Obama "Lost Egypt," But Can't Agree On Why

http://mediamatters.org/research/201101310038

Right-wing media outlets have begun claiming that President Obama has "lost Egypt" due to his reaction to the unrest in that country. But they do not agree on whether Obama lost Egypt because he is too supportive of Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak, is not supportive enough, or is doing something else wrong.

Dick Morris: Obama Should Be Standing With Mubarak. From Dick Morris' January 30 syndicated column:

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Obama should say that Egypt has always been a friend of the United States. He should point out that it was the first Arab country to make peace with Israel. He should recall that President Anwar Sadat, who signed the peace accords, paid for doing so with his life and that President Hosni Mubarak has carried on in his footsteps. He should condemn the efforts of the Muslim Brotherhood extremists to take over the country and indicate that America stands by her longtime ally. He should address the need for reform and urge Mubarak to enact needed changes. But his emphasis should be on standing with our ally.

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Weekly Standard's Hayes: Obama Could Be "On The Wrong Side Of History" If He Backs Mubarak. On Special Report with Bret Baier, Weekly Standard senior writer Steve Hayes stated:

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HAYES: It's a tough line the White House has to walk because the prospect of Muslim Brotherhood in power in Egypt is certainly discouraging. There is a risk the White House could end up being on the wrong side of history here with President Obama's remarks seeming to get the back of Mubarak even with his word about the protesters.
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W Fox's Kelly: "There Is Concern" That Obama "Could Go Down In History As The President Who Lost Egypt." Introducing a panel discussion on the situation in Egypt, Fox News host Megyn Kelly stated:

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KELLY: Well the chaos in Egypt is creating a diplomatic dilemma for the United States. There is concern today that Mr. Obama could go down in history as the president who lost Egypt, a critical ally of ours in the Middle East, some comparing him to President Jimmy Carter who saw a pro-Western government in Iran fall to radical Islamists on his watch.
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Read more (with video)...http://mediamatters.org/research/201101310038

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muntrv

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Mon Jan-31-11 07:30 PM
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1. Lost Egypt? Since when did the USA own Egypt?

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Uzybone

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Mon Jan-31-11 07:32 PM
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2. Idiocy

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Cleita

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Mon Jan-31-11 07:35 PM
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3. Shouldn't someone tell them that we aren't

supposed to "own" nations? That would be imperialism.

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Thrill

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Mon Jan-31-11 07:35 PM
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4. Megyn Kelly

continues to get dumber every week

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JoePhilly

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Mon Jan-31-11 08:54 PM
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8. She is the UGLIEST pretty woman I have ever seen. nt

Her face is in a permanent sneer.

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DCKit

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Mon Jan-31-11 07:45 PM
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5. For all their talk of revolution, the RW risks being seen as hypocritical - By their own. nt

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tridim

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Mon Jan-31-11 08:10 PM
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7. Actually now they just have three anti-Obama viewpoints to choose from.

Three is much better than one for people in faux reality land.

Oh, he's black too. That's four.

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doc03

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Mon Jan-31-11 07:55 PM
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6. Glenn Beck was calling the revolt in Egypt the American

Socialist Revolution today. He is blaming the revolt on Obama's speech over there. Yet other Rethugs are giving Bush credit for it because of the PNAC invasion in Iraq.:crazy:

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Webster Green

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Mon Jan-31-11 11:25 PM
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9. They can't agree why because they are fucking brain-dead.

They should watch Al Jazeera and learn something about what's going on in Egypt. Maybe the dumb shits will learn something about real journalism as well.

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joe1991

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Mon Jan-31-11 11:44 PM
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10. Goldilocks syndrome

I've noticed it from the day Obama was elected.

Nothing Obama does will ever be good enough,
and even if it's close, it's still too much or too little.

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saras

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Tue Feb-01-11 12:22 AM
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11. We didn't lose it, Fox News just put it where Iraq belongs

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BlueMTexpat

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Tue Feb-01-11 01:20 AM
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12. DUzy-worthy, IMO! nt

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vaberella

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Tue Feb-01-11 02:37 AM
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13. Anything to hate on the President. You'd think people would clue in by now.

There are people on the left and the right who just want to see this President fail and they will run on any claim to ensure that---no matter how nonsensical. I'm still waiting for those cuts on SS to be proposed.

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