Former president Lyndon B. Johnson was quoted as saying that Gerald Ford, then a member of the House of Representatives, couldn't "walk and chew gum at the same time." White House press secretary Josh Earnest wants everyone to know that President Obama can run the world and eat cheeseburgers at the same time. Earnest was responding to criticism that amid the uproar over the shootdown of a jet airliner over Ukraine Obama headed to a burger joint in Delaware and then flew off to fundraisers in New York.


At a time when America should be tough with its adversaries, the Obama
administration plans to give Iran access to another $2.8 billion and appears to be willing to allow Iran to proceed with enrichment of uranium, the key ingredient of nuclear weapons. This is in exchange for agreeing to extend nuclear talks past their July 20 deadline. The U.S. already has returned to Iran $4.2 billion in unfrozen oil assets.


While Democrats continue to call for measures to shrink the gap between the rich and the poor, Hillary Clinton, a potential Democratic nominee for president in 2016, made at least $12 million in 16 months since leaving her post as secretary of state. The money came mostly from sales of her latest memoir, from speeches and from paid appearances at corporate retreats.