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Tuesday, April 14, 2015
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A Matter of Respect
"The ISIS killers have released an animated video depicting a jihadist beheading President Obama. These thugs obviously taunting Mr. Obama, trying to humiliate him in the eyes of the world. In Moscow, Putin has ordered Russian missiles be shipped to Iran, violating the spirit of the arms embargo. Another gross act of disrespect by the tyrant Putin. And the Iranian mullahs are openly contradicting the American president on the nuke negotiations, disrespecting him. You would think Barack Obama would be angry and would begin punishing those who are humiliating him. But Talking Points believes President Obama does not give a fig about being disrespected by enemies overseas. Not since Jimmy Carter has an American president been so diminished throughout the world. The bad guys are running wild and this situation lessens the perception of American power. Today the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted unanimously - 19 to zero - to compel Mr. Obama to bring the Iranian nuke treaty to Congress for approval. The committee's bill now goes to the full Senate, where it's expected to pass easily. It will also pass the House. President Obama should want Congress to approve the treaty so all Americans have a voice in the matter through their representatives. Few of us want war so if the deal is beneficial, Congress would approve it. But if it's not and it empowers the fanatical mullahs, then Congress will set it aside."

The Factor was joined by Republican Bob Corker, chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, who was instrumental in today's vote. "Congress had put sanctions in place," he explained, "but the president indicated he would go directly to the UN Security Council and not come through Congress. So today our committee said this deal must be submitted to Congress." Corker added that the administration should have included Congress all along. "This could have been worked out long ago, but they have been stiff-arming Congress. This keeps Congress involved for the duration and ensures that Iran won't cheat." The Factor characterized the episode as a black eye for the administration, saying, "The president has no confidence in Congress, he tried to do the end run, and now he's embarrassed again."
President Obama Disrespected
Democrat Kirsten Powers and Republican Monica Crowley weighed in on the accusation that President Obama has lost respect around the world. "I think he is out of step with what a lot of people want," Powers conceded, "and he's not very popular right now with the American people, particularly on foreign policy. But you're talking about Khamenei and Putin, who don't show respect for many people. I don't know that they have a specific disrespect for Obama." Crowley argued that President Obama's foreign failures are catching up to him. "A lot of people gave Barack Obama the benefit of the doubt, they wanted to see whether he could make peace with our adversaries. But now we have a long list of adversaries who are running circles around him. This world is increasingly dangerous because of a president who has demonstrated weakness."
Religion Under Attack
The Factor asked Fox Business host and agnostic John Stossel, to analyze the attacks on religious Americans. "Your 'war on Christianity' makes you a 10-foot-tall crybaby," Stossel responded. "It's not so bad, Christians aren't being killed and they're not going to be. 83% of the country says they're Christian - you're the majority, you've won!" But The Factor contended that the war on religion is far from over: "The secularists feel religion stands in the way of unfettered abortion and gay marriage and legalized narcotics. They're still on the attack."
Suicide Epidemic?
There has been a rash of suicides by current and former military personnel. The Factor spoke with David Waters, a vet who tried to take his own life, "I had gone through over twenty jobs," Waters lamented, "and I felt like a failure. The depression that had started when I was in the Navy continued to get worse. There were days when I could not get out of bed, could not interact with people around me. " Brian Kinsella, head of a charity dedicated to helping Waters and other suicidal vets, spoke about the larger trend. "Veterans have higher suicide rates and we believe it has to do with the transition process after someone serves. What we do with any soldier who reaches out to us is try to talk about the underlying causes of why someone wants to take their own life. We then assign a case officer to provide that high-touch, tailored solution." To learn more about Kinsella's organization, visit StopSoldierSuicide.org.
Trouble at the Border
Legal aces Lis Wiehl and Kimberly Guilfoyle examined a troubling situation in Arizona, where illegal alien Genaro Cisneros-Delgado is charged with smuggling other illegals across the border. "He's thumbing his nose at the system," Guilfoyle said, "and he's boasting about having been deported more than twenty times. But the immigration authorities say they're on it now." The duo turned to New England, where a jury has deliberated for a week in the murder trial of former NFL star Aaron Hernandez. "Prosecutors will tell you," Wiehl said, "that the longer a jury is out, the more likely there will be an acquittal. But I'm not so sure here. This is a complex case with DNA and a lot of evidence to go through." Guilfoyle suggested that Hernandez may walk on the murder charge. "It's a circumstantial evidence case and no one can say he's the guy who pulled the trigger. I think there may be a compromised verdict and put him down on weapons charges."
Sexist History?
The Department of Defense has offered its employees a voluntary course that identifies sexism in the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and the Bible. Conservative radio talk show host Laura Ingraham ridiculed the course. "The sensitivity training that began in the military at the start of the Obama administration," she complained, "was the beginning of the fanaticism of secular progressives within our military. They've burrowed their way into education and Hollywood, but this is new for them. This is whacky stuff and we laugh at it, but there's something more - it's a perpetual undermining of our founders, our framers, and our founding documents." The Factor tried to lay out the goals of the course and its purveyors: "They want to forge a brave new world of secular progressivism where there is no 'white privilege' and no 'male dominance,' where we all have the same things."
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Factor Words of the Day
David Kelly, Louisville, CO: "Hey, Bill, no fair-minded person believes you will be fair to Hillary Clinton. You attacked her last night and implied that you would have something to say if she got mixed up with websites you dislike. Was that a threat?"

Arlene Loder, Anaheim, CA: "O'Reilly, you say you're going to be fair to the person who went along with everything her evil husband did? The person who supported Barack Obama's betrayal?"

Joe Brouwer, Bainbridge Island, WA: "O'Reilly, you have given a pass to Obama with every scandal."

Jack Alexander, Rotonda, FL: "Just once can Watters interview some normal people?"
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