{"id":25184,"date":"2015-03-15T15:31:34","date_gmt":"2015-03-15T19:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=25184"},"modified":"2015-03-15T15:31:34","modified_gmt":"2015-03-15T19:31:34","slug":"one-set-of-rules-for-thee-one-set-of-rules-for-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=25184","title":{"rendered":"One Set Of Rules For Thee, One Set Of Rules For Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oh, the outrage! There were many <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Democratic Party (United States)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.democrats.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage\">Democrats<\/a> recently screaming, &#8220;<a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Logan Act\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Logan_Act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Logan Act<\/a>&#8221; or &#8220;Treason&#8221; because 47 Republicans signed an open letter reminding everyone how the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"United States Constitution\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Constitution\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">U.S. Constitution<\/a> is supposed to work. Oh, the horror of it all. Well, sometimes you need to check your own closet for skeletons before you start hauling out someone else&#8217;s skeletons.<\/p>\n<p>On August 29, 2014, <a href=\"http:\/\/pjmedia.com\/michaelledeen\/2014\/08\/29\/latest-big-lie-we-have-no-strategy\/?singlepage=true\" target=\"_blank\">PJ Media <\/a>posted an article about <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Barack Obama\" href=\"http:\/\/www.barackobama.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage\">President Obama&#8217;s<\/a> <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Iran\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=35.6833333333,51.4166666667&amp;spn=10.0,10.0&amp;q=35.6833333333,51.4166666667 (Iran)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">Iran<\/a> policy.<\/p>\n<p>That article contains the following:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>During his first presidential campaign in 2008, Mr. Obama used a secret back channel to Tehran to assure the mullahs that he was a friend of the Islamic Republic, and that they would be very happy with his policies. The secret channel was Ambassador <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sourcewatch.org\/index.php?title=William_G._Miller\">William G. Miller<\/a>, who served in Iran during the shah\u2019s rule, as chief of staff for the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Senate_Select_Committee_on_Intelligence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Senate Select Committee on Intelligence<\/a>, and as ambassador to <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Ukraine\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=50.45,30.5&amp;spn=10.0,10.0&amp;q=50.45,30.5 (Ukraine)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">Ukraine<\/a>. Ambassador Miller has confirmed to me his conversations with Iranian leaders during the 2008 campaign.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday <a href=\"http:\/\/theconservativetreehouse.com\/2015\/03\/14\/2008-candidate-senator-obama-sent-u-s-secret-emissary-to-iran-telling-them-not-to-negotiate-with-george-bush-said-wait-for-him-to-be-elected\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Conservative Treehouse<\/a> posted an article that included the following:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>According to Pajamas Media columnist <a href=\"http:\/\/pjmedia.com\/michaelledeen\/2014\/08\/29\/latest-big-lie-we-have-no-strategy\/?singlepage=true\">Michael Ledeen<\/a>, in 2008, a Democratic senator sent a personal emissary to Tehran encouraging the mullahs not to sign an agreement with the outgoing Bush Administration as negotiations would take on a much friendlier tone following <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"George W. Bush\" href=\"http:\/\/www.georgewbushlibrary.smu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage\">President Bush\u2019s<\/a> departure from office.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>That senator was a presidential candidate at the time. His name was Barack Obama. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2015\/03\/11\/senator-obamas-2008-message-to-iran-undermine-condemnation-of-gop-letter\/\">read more<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Politics used to end at the water&#8217;s edge, but I guess Democrats don&#8217;t think that way. Quite frankly, this is a disgrace.<\/p>\n<p>I would suggest that you read the entire PJ Media article linked above to see President Obama&#8217;s plans for Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh, the outrage! There were many Democrats recently screaming, &#8220;Logan Act&#8221; or &#8220;Treason&#8221; because 47 Republicans signed an open letter reminding everyone how the U.S. Constitution is supposed to work. Oh, the horror of it all. Well, sometimes you need &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=25184\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[97,251,246,2705,6984],"class_list":["post-25184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-barack-obama","tag-george-w-bush","tag-iran","tag-michael-ledeen","tag-united-states-senate-select-committee-on-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25184"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25185,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25184\/revisions\/25185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}