Obama: I totally would've closed Gitmo, but meanies in Congress wouldn't let me

May 23, 2013  04:21 PM

This afternoon, we learned the real reason that the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay is still open, more than five years after then-candidate Obama pledged his commitment to closing it: it’s Congress’ fault. He says congressional restrictions on transferring Gitmo detains "makes no sense."— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) May 23, 2013 "…there is no justification beyond […]

Code Pink's Medea Benjamin disrupts Obama speech; Some wonder: Was she a plant?

May 23, 2013  03:33 PM

President Obama isn’t used to being challenged while giving one of his endless speeches, but during his speech today at the National Defense University, he found himself at the mercy of Code Pink’s Medea Benjamin. Tyler Perry's "Madea Goes to a Press Conference".— Leah Blair (@leahblizz) May 23, 2013 Benjamin began shouting at the president […]

Big take-away from Obama's speech: ‘Tolly me banana'?

May 23, 2013  03:19 PM

Citizen of the world! As Twitchy reported, President Obama gave a pointless speech today. He totally spiked the Bin Laden football again. Twitter users spiked the funny. Tollybahn, gotta love Obama's nuanced pronunciation—   (@ExurbanDoug) May 23, 2013 WTF is Pockeestahn?—   (@ATHudd) May 23, 2013 Hello? Nuanced! Love when Obama says Pockeestahn, it's so […]

‘Osama bin Laden is dead': Obama desperately spikes football during speech

May 23, 2013  02:31 PM

Hey, America! Did you know that Osama bin Laden is dead? Well, just in case you’ve forgotten, President Obama reminded all of us when he kicked off his counterterrorism speech at the National Defense University this afternoon. President Obama: “Today, Osama bin Laden is dead, and so are most of his top lieutenants.”— The White […]

Ba-dum-tsh! Mark Knoller's punny preview of Obama's drone speech

May 23, 2013  02:18 PM

CBS News White House correspondent Mark Knoller loves his wordplay. Giggle-worthy or groan-worthy? You decide: I see what you did there. MT @markknoller Sounds like @BarackObama's speech will drone on. "I suspect it will not be brief," said @PressSec.— Steven Hoarn (@SHoarnDMN) May 23, 2013 #FunwithPuns RT @markknoller Sounds like Pres Obama's speech will drone […]