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By John LeBoutillier

How can a President of the United States hold a press conference to announce, “I do not have a strategy”? And refuse to call the Russian invasion of Ukraine an “invasion”? Is President Obama playing politics here by downplaying these crises and instead trying to rally the Democrat base for this November by talking immigration, income inequality and climate change?

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Are Bad Guys Exploiting A Weak Obama? Watch POLITICAL INSIDERS

By John LeBoutillier

With the ISIS beheading of an American journalist, are we heading toward another military intervention in the Middle East? Did the trade of Bo Bergdahl for five Taliban monsters lead to this beheading? Did Putin invade Ukraine because he thinks Obama is weak?

This – and much more – will be discussed by the POLITICAL INSIDERS – Pat Caddell, Doug Schoen and John LeBoutillier – live - on Fox News Channel this Sunday evening – at 7:30 PM ET.

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FROM THE NEW YORK POST'S ANDREA PEYSER

By John LeBoutillier

Bacall ’em as she saw ’em

Movie and stage siren Lauren Bacall, who died last week at age 89, once verbally eviscerated a teenage Anderson Cooper. Bacall was a guest at a 1982 dinner in Southampton given by Gloria Vanderbilt, mom of Cooper, now a CNN anchor, who was 14 at the time. He said, “Something has to be done to help the Palestinians. We need a Palestinian state,’’ according to John LeBoutillier, a former congressman and Vanderbilt’s cousin, Post columnist Richard Johnson reported.
Bacall, an ardent supporter of Israel, “went nuts’’ and humiliated the boy to the point of tears said Le Boutillier. (Cooper, now 47, denied only that he cried.) The tale was meant to demonstrate that Bacall — a Jew born Betty Joan Perske in The Bronx — could be a terror.
I think she showed great strength of character.

Watch This Week's POLITICAL INSIDERS Here

By John LeBoutillier

On this week's POLITICAL INSIDERS, Pat Caddell, Doug Schoen and John LeBoutillier explored the President's quick return trip to DC, Hillary's attempt to separate herself from the Obama foreign policy record, the indictment of Governor Rick Perry and the new study that shows the American people have absolutely "no impact" on public policy.

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Part 2 Gov. Perry
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Clinton tries to separate herself from Obama policies
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Fox Poll: Near majority of Americans upset with Congress

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Is Hillary Again Blowing A Sure-Thing Election? Watch POLITICAL INSIDERS

By John LeBoutillier

Is Hillary Clinton – yet again – blowing a seemingly insurmountable lead for the Democratic presidential nomination? Did she make a mistake trying to separate herself from the Obama White House? Will the Obamas retaliate? Can Hillary be defeated in 2016 either in the Democratic primaries or in the general election?

This – and much more – will be discussed by the POLITICAL INSIDERS – Pat Caddell, Doug Schoen and John LeBoutillier – live - on Fox News Channel this Sunday evening – at 7:30 PM ET.

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Bacall lost her temper with teenage Anderson Cooper

By John LeBoutillier

Bacall lost her temper with teenage Anderson Cooper

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The obituaries for Lauren Bacall praise the glamorous actress, who passed away Tuesday at the age of 89, for her incredible career, her life with Humphrey Bogart and her three kids — but they gloss over her infamous reputation for being difficult.
Bacall was known to be a terror — just ask Anderson Cooper.
Former congressman John LeBoutillier recalled sitting next to Bacall at a 1982 dinner that Cooper’s mom (and LeBoutillier’s cousin) Gloria Vanderbilt threw at her Southampton’s house for Claudette Colbert.
“Gloria’s son Anderson was 14 at the time and he was at the table. The conversation turned to the Mideast and Anderson weighed in and said, ‘Something has to be done to help the Palestinians. We need a Palestinian state,’” LeBoutillier recalled, first on Joe Piscopo’s radio show Wednesday and later to me.
“Bacall, a big supporter of Israel, went nuts. She eviscerates this kid in front of everyone, humiliates the hostess’ son. Anderson was in tears.”
LeBoutillier said movie critic Rex Reed, a neighbor of Bacall’s in the Dakota, told him later, “She’s the most miserable woman. Let’s throw her in the swimming pool.”
The two men started looking for her, but LeBoutillier said, “I thought, ‘I’m running for re-election. What if I pull her arm out of the socket?’ So we didn’t.”
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Through his rep, Cooper told me there were no tears but didn’t dispute the rest of LeBoutillier’s story.
I personally experienced Bacall’s anger firsthand 15 years ago when her longtime agent and friend Johnnie Planco introduced us at a party.
Knowing that she had starred on Broadway in “Applause” — a musical version of the 1950 Bette Davis movie “All About Eve” — I told Bacall I had just seen the film again and how great it had held up.
“I wonder why no one has done it as a stage play,” I remarked.
Bacall screamed, “We did. It was called ‘Applause.’”
I tried to make a distinction between a play and a musical — with music that the critics didn’t love — but Bacall was done with me.
Planco admitted, “[Bacall and I] did a lot of head-butting. She was a perfectionist. If she didn’t like someone, she did not suffer them. But she was a loyal friend and the sweetest lady. When I was sick, she called every day.”
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