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Only hours after the Iranians took full advantage of the leader of the world’s most powerful nation on Earth, stealing everything from him but his Jockey shorts, more troubling information about the “deals” flaws have begun to surface.

 

FoxNews.com reports that, “According to the New York Times, “White House officials said that Obama told Netanyahu that he was prepared to hold "intensive discussions" on bolstering Israel's defense capabilities.”

 

Which leads to the question asked here many times in the past. That if the deal was struck to insure peace and tranquility from Iran, specifically prohibiting nuclear weaponry for them, What does Israel need additional protection for?

 

Aside from the obvious problems due to the deals probable ineffectiveness, CBS’s Major Garrett touched a presidential nerve by inquiring in a news conference about the four Americans still held in Iran, three of them on “trumped-up charges.”

 

Garrett asked, “Can you tell the country, sir, why you are content with all the fanfare around this deal, to leave the conscience of this nation, the strength of this nation, unaccounted for in relation to these four Americans?”

 

A stunned Obama blasted back, “The notion that I am content as I celebrate with American citizens languishing in Iranian jails, Major, that's nonsense, and you should know better.”

 

It seemed that the word, “content” was what set the POTUS off, which Garrett explained by saying, “Sometimes you have to take a scolding from a president to get to an answer. That’s part of my job.”

 

Although presidents are certainly adept at creating straw men, Garrett intended his question to be provocative. And in that regard Garrett was absolutely correct. Because, as part of the deal, Iran receives as much as $100 billion financial windfall. And since that’s a sum that even the Obama administration is concerned could be used to finance terrorism against American interests, you’d think freedom of the prisoners would also be demanded. 

 

However, instead, Obama said his administration is working diligently to free these Americans, and he’s “hoping” there’s some understanding that they will quietly be released if the deal moves forward. Which is truly pathetic when you think about it. 

 

At the same time, Susan Rice opened her mouth again, and proved that she’s even dumber than she appeared when trying to sell embarrassing fabrications about the terror attacks in Benghazi.

 

She was on Wolf Blitzer’s show, another micro-brained robot, who nonetheless hemmed her into a corner. 

 

Blitzer repeated the widespread concern that when Iran’s sanctions are lifted, the bad actor will have more resources to fund terrorists that destabilize the Middle East. Blitzer claimed there would be no restrictions on the money Iran would be flushed with after a deal, meaning they could send money for weapons to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Hezbollah.

 

Rice countered, “They can’t do that, Wolf, because they’ll still be under the arms embargo that would prevent them from sending weapons anywhere.”

 

Since that naive response ignored the fact that the arms embargo will be lifted as soon as five years from now, Blitzer responded, “But what if they aren’t sending weapons, what if they are just sending money?”

 

Stumped as usual, Rice said, “They may be able to send money, yes.”

 

Thus, it doesn’t really matter which aspect of how the Iranian’s fleeced the POTUS is analyzed, he got taken in all of them. In fact, the way this fiasco was negotiated, had Obama been representing the Indians when they sold Manhattan to the Dutch, he’d have given the Dutchmen back their $24 bucks in a gesture of friendliness.

 

Which brings us to today’s update on Bill Clinton’s wife.

 

According to a new Associated Press-GfK poll, “The survey offers a series of warning signs for the leading Democratic candidate. Most troubling, perhaps, for her prospects are questions about her compassion for average Americans, a quality that fueled President Barack Obama's two White House victories.

 

“Just 39 percent of all Americans have a favorable view of Clinton, compared to nearly half who say they have a negative opinion of her. That's an eight-point increase in her unfavorable rating from an AP-GfK poll conducted at the end of April.”

 

Quite disturbing for her is that, the drop in her numbers extends into the Democratic Party. Today, seven in 10 Democrats gave her positive marks, an 11-point drop from the April survey. Nearly 25% now say they see her in an unfavorable light.

 

As far as her “reinvention” goes, “the survey suggests that voters aren't sold on it. Only 4 in 10 voters say they view Clinton as "compassionate." Just 3 in 10 said the word "honest" described her either very or somewhat well.”

 

Donald Walters of Louisville, Kentucky summed it up, saying, “I used to like her, but I don't trust her. Ever since she's announced her candidacy for the presidency I just haven't liked the way she's handled things. She doesn't answer questions directly."

 

The way Bill’s wife keeps losing voter favor was remindful of aging in general, and typical reactions to it which led to finding the following on caring.com: “We know it when we smell it, though it can be hard to describe, and even harder to talk about. Sometimes we describe it as musty, sometimes as medicinal, sometimes -- sadly -- we just find it vaguely unpleasant. But what causes that "old-person smell"?

 

Eric Shapira, a physician and clinical gerontologist in Half Moon Bay, California, and author of A New Wrinkle: What I Learned from People Who Never Acted Their Age says, "It's a combination of many different things that are all associated with what happens to the body as we get older."

 

And, as we all know the same things happen to old wine, cheese, shoes and sneakers, which is why we throw them out, too. 

 

That’s it for today folks.

 

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