Rep Chris Van Hollen Goes On Fox News and Destroys Their Anti-Obama Syria Lies

[Cha]

[font color=blue]This is Posted in the Barack Obama Group[/font]

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Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) put on a clinic on Fox News Sunday as he called out Fox News’ anti-Obama Syria lies as absurd, and knocked down the claim that Putin outfoxed Obama.

ROBERTS: Let me put the final question to Congressman Van Hollen.

Do you believe, as some members of Congress do, that Putin has outfoxed President Obama on all of this?

VAN HOLLEN: Well, if outfoxing means giving the president of the United States everything they asked for and more, maybe that’s kind of outfoxing we need because, look — again, the president had a clear objective: stop Assad from using chemical weapons. In the last six days, we have accomplished that and more.

So, what — and why? Look, Putin was sitting out there –

ROBERTS: Senator Lindsey Graham believes Putin has put the president in a box. "Benghazi" !!!

VAN HOLLEN: That’s absurd. Look, Putin was out there. His big ally, Assad, is sitting there, and Putin’s powerless to stop a potential military strike from the United States. What kind of message does that send any other allies Russia has around the world?

So, Putin was acting from a position of weakness, and the reality, as Mike said, is he has some leverage over Assad. He did not want to see military action taken. And at the end of the day, he helped deliver exactly what the United States wanted, which is to put an end to Assad’s weapons of mass destruction.

There's more..
http://www.politicususa.com/2013/09/15/democratic-congressman.html

[font color=blue]BOG[/font]

[Cha]

1. Kick for Chris Van Hollen..

[Cryptoad]

2. sweet! nt

[baldguy]

3. Let's try and get Van Hollen to convince to anti-Obama crowd here on DU.

[Cha]

6. We got Rep Chris Van Hollen D-MD, who has good creds,

going on fox and telling it like it is. They could learn something if they choose.

[Jamaal510]

12. He could try,

but some people just don't want to leave their bubble.

[Graybeard]

4. We have to confront them like this more.

When confronted with the truth they collapse like the cowards they are.
When they are lying just call them out. "That's a lie!"

[Cha]

5. Like Chris said..

"that's absurd"!

[IrishAyes]

7. Good on Chris! Excellent start to my day.

I know, I know... we're supposed to keep on fighting no matter how hard the battle or hidden the possible victories. But we all like reward and encouragement, and this OP makes me feel like I just downed a pound of chocolate! How sweet!

[sheshe2]

8. Thank you Chris Van Hollen.

The last paragraph from your link, Cha~

Rep. Van Hollen demolished Fox News’ talking points, and in the process demonstrated that while Republicans fear appearing on any other network than Fox, Democrats can flourish anywhere because they have the facts on their side.

Good job!

BOG

[Cha]

13. I liked that, she.. And, Chris Van Hollen was a great

spokesman for Pres Obama on fox screws. I'm surprised they let him speak without editing it out.

Chris VH: "So, Putin was acting from a position of weakness.." And, as I've mentioned.. President Obama was negotiating from a postition of strength.

BOG

[treestar]

9. Good job

We need some Democrats to get a chance to talk back to the M$M

[Jim Lane]

10. One correction for the Congressman

Van Hollen said that Putin "helped deliver exactly what the United States wanted, which is to put an end to Assad’s weapons of mass destruction."

Making the most optimistic assumptions, he helped put an end to Assad's stockpile of chemical weapons. If that happens, it will be an achievement, but you can't take "weapons of mass destruction" to refer only to chemical weapons while ignoring other weapons that can kill comparable numbers of people.

[gopiscrap]

11. Excellent

[Cha]

14. Really, huh!