Courtesy of Media Matters:
RIVERA: Admiral Mike Mullen, appointed by President Bush, says there was no military asset available. I have investigated this from the Air Force assets in Aviano to the special forces in Tripoli and in Italy and in other places. Whatever was available in our fleet resources, AFRICOM, there was no forces that could have intervened. There was no gunship available as the myth suggested. There was no 'stand down order' given by concentrating on the -- and the military is not the SWAT team. They're not the fire department.
If the jets Aviano had scrambled, they would have had to jettison their tanks at night, going over to a situation that they could have easily been taken down by a handheld RPG. To what end? We didn't have a target. It could would have been mounted, that mission was a suicide mission, it could not have happened.
I am not typically a fan of Rivera's but I think it is admirable that he refuses to buy into this scandal when all of the evidence proves that there is no there there.
Eh...I feel like when it comes to FOX, when they know something is stupid, they let ONE guy speak out AGAINST it...just for "credibility."
ReplyDeleteI remember back in the day Geraldo was considered a media hack. Al Capone's safe! Then came the modern Faux news with special staffers like Sarah Palin. Now Geraldo looks pretty good by comparison.
ReplyDeleteOne level head at Fox and it's Rivera! Never would have thought that! They need to listen to him before it costs the American citizens more millions than it already has. Darrell Issa said, when he took his current position, that it was his job to find something to impeach the President and he'll stop at nothing. It seems like the less "traction" Issa can get on these "scandals", the more crazed he becomes.
ReplyDeleteAmen to that!
DeleteIt's about time.
ReplyDeleteBeaglemom
When you loose Geraldo..............ouch. Those remarks are gonna leave a mark.
ReplyDeleteTypical libtard smoke screen, Gryphen, and you know it.
ReplyDeleteWhy is the lamestream media failing to ask one simple question: Were Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi personally involved in the planning and/or execution of the raid on the Libyan compound which resulted in the deaths of 4 Americans? And why is Obama hiding the video that clearly shows these 4 senior American politicians in full head-to-toe jihadi burqas participating in the attack? And if Obama admits that 4 died, what is the REAL number? 40? 4000? 40,000?
FORTY THOUSAND AMERICANS KILLED IN THE WORST ATTACK ON AMERICANS SINCE 4000 WERE KILLED ON CLINTON'S WATCH ON 9/11!!!! Hows the hopey changey thing working for you now??
I just pray to Jeebus that the GOP Bush/Bundy ticket wins in 2016 and we can get back to securing the lives of brave American diplomats like we did before Obama usurped the White House.
http://www.alan.com/2014/05/03/ll-replay-where-was-the-outrage-during-13-embassy-attacks-during-bushco/
You need psychiatric help. Or better yet, why don't you take your weapons cache and join the hoodlums on the Bundy Ranch? I expect the shootout to start very soon.
DeleteOr are you just really bad at snark?
5:05 am
Delete"Or are you just really bad at snark?"
I'd say Beldar is pretty damn good at it considering you're comment.
I know it's hard to tell with the crazy talk coming from the right, but Beldar is far from crazy.
Yeah, I got it when I saw the link...I should have not posted!!! I am aware of Beldar....thanks for your comment!
Delete*I'd also add that I'm pretty damn bad at spelling, your not you're.*
DeleteVery good Beldar!
DeleteBravo Beldar!
DeleteHey, Beldar, if that's even your real name which I highly doubt, didn't you use this same gag a while back? What's the matter? Running out of ideas?
DeleteBeldar replies, "bite me!"
I see that Sarah Palin is now OFFICIALLY responding to this blog. you are a loser Palin a sore sore sore filthy loser and you will push any lie because your're pissed off because:
Delete1. You didn't win
2. your offspring keeps popping out abstinance babies
3. No one is watching your loser show
4. you were not invited for the second time to the WHCD!
OUCH! how's that working out for ya...LOL
8:27, who are you talking to? Read, don't skim.
DeleteAnonymous8:50 AM: I didn't get Beldar's sarcasm. But if you think about it, that palin woman would sound just like what Beldar wrote.
DeleteP.S. Palin is still a loser
DeleteBeldar is the Colbert Scholar-in-Residence at IM, having completed post-graduate fellowships with CIA, NSA, USAWC and serving as an anti-Intelligence Analyst at World Net Daily, Breitbart, and Daily Caller. Anytime he contributes wisdom to a defunct blog, take careful notes and respect his authoritah.
DeleteBenghazi and the Bombshell
ReplyDeleteIs Lara Logan too toxic to return to 60 Minutes?
...Logan and 60 Minutes had been searching for a new angle on the Benghazi story for the better part of a year, and finally one seemed to arrive. The break in the story came from a hulking, goateed former military contractor who called himself “Morgan Jones.” Jones, whose real name is Dylan Davies, told Logan an emotional tale of witnessing the attack firsthand—climbing an embassy wall in order to engage the combatants, then stepping into the breach as Washington dithered. Relentlessly hyped in the days leading up to the broadcast, the story fit broadly into the narrative the right had been trying for months to build of a White House and State Department oblivious to the dangers of Al Qaeda, feckless in their treatment of their soldiers and diplomats, then covering up their incompetence. It was soon revealed to be made up almost of whole cloth.
- See more at: http://nymag.com/news/features/lara-logan-cbs-news-2014-5/#sthash.Um3ilof1.dpuf
Ha! Ha! Where's Sarah? Her big buds are all schmoozin' it up. Where's ol' Sarah? Sorry Skankwoman, they only call on ya when they want a rabid dog monster to do their bidding, they don't really want you around otherwise. Junkyard Dog Palin is what they call you in the shadows.
ReplyDeleteRand Paul Schmoozes With Rupert Murdoch At The Kentucky Derby
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/rand-paul-schmoozes-rupert-murdoch-kentucky-derby
"rabid dog monster". OMG, thank you for that!! You win the internet for today!.
DeleteI notice $arah and Toad weren't invited this year to the Derby by MaryLou Whitney.They probably embarassed the Hell out of her last year.Ha Ha
DeleteWanna see how disgusting and coarse these people Sarah endorses are? Well here's that pig castrating female that she's all hyped up about, behaving like a lunatic:
ReplyDeleteNow Iowa state Sen. Joni Ernst, vying for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate race, has released her own version.
"Joni Ernst will take aim at wasteful spending. And once she sets her sights on Obamacare, Joni's gonna unload," the ad's narrator says while Ernst fires shots at a shooting range.
"Give me a shot," Ernst says to the camera as the ad concludes.
Her campaign declines to disclose to the Washington Post how much it would spend on the ad, but said it would air on broadcast and cable TV.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/joni-ernst-shooting-obamacare-ad
It appears "obamacare" - properly called the Affordable Care Act has become the new dog whistle for racists who want to do harm to President Obama. Caliing Ernst out f what she is.
DeleteDoes absolutely EVERYTHING have to have some reference to guns? I think they worship them more than their god.
DeleteAlaska Man, 19, Shot Troopers From Behind
ReplyDeleteAs two state troopers struggled to arrest his father, a 19-year-old man armed himself with an assault rifle and shot them seven times, killing them outside his home in a remote Alaska village, authorities said in charges filed Saturday.
Nathanial Lee Kangas appeared in a Fairbanks court two days after Trooper Gabriel "Gabe" Rich and 45-year-old Sgt. Patrick "Scott" Johnson were shot to death. He was charged with two counts of first-degree murder and a count of third-degree assault. Bail was set at $2 million.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/04/nathanial-lee-kangas_n_5262854.html
It's only gonna get worse. I would hate to be in law enforcement these days.
Lay this at Cliven Bundy's door.
DeleteSounding like a lunatic, and acting as sleazy as possible, Sen. Lindsey Graham said that President Obama and the White House are disconnected from reality on Benghazi.
ReplyDeleteVideo:
...Sen. Graham (R-SC) did a few things that all conspiracy theorists due. He asked lots of questions, and he no facts to back up his conclusions. Earlier this week Graham called President Obama and the White House scumbags, when the real scumbag in this situation is Lindsey Graham. Sen. Graham lied about his military service overseas during the first Gulf War, and now he is using the bodies of four dead Americans for political gain.
Republicans have no evidence to back up their Benghazi conspiracy theory. It has been nearly two years since the attack, and they have nothing to support their claims. The real scumbags in this situation are the desperate Republicans who are catering to the far right zanies in their party in order to keep their seats.
Lindsey Graham is being dishonest for the sake of personal political gain. His Benghazi spiel sounds crazy, but crazy is what gets a Republican elected in a red state, and Sen. Graham doesn’t care how scummy he has to get in order to keep his seat.
http://www.politicususa.com/2014/05/04/scumbag-sen-lindsey-graham-obama-disconnected-benghazi-reality.html
Do Republicans Really Want to Investigate Benghazi?
Accusations made by Republicans regarding Benghazi are turning up an interesting tale. Many of the emails were altered by the RNC, which leads to this question: Are the Republicans truly interested in resolving Benghazi or is it a smoke screen for the 2014 elections?
According to the Huffington Post, Republicans Altered Benghazi Emails, CBS News Report Claims. Let me first say that CBS is NOT a liberal network, and CEO Les Moonves is a Republican. And even more interesting were the quotes:
(see quotes)
...Here is today’s conspiracy theory, there will not be an investigation, but John Boehner et al are playing off of the naivete of the Republicans and teabaggers so that the RNC can win over the House, Senate and eventually the White House and SCOTUS.
They’ll scream BENGHAZI, but not do a thing…just like the 9/11 Mosque. What happened there? Well, the community center was built and the center is doing fine. No one is protesting and Al Qaeda is not planning another 9/11 attack…why? Because President Obama was reelected.
http://www.politicususa.com/2014/05/04/republicans-investigate-benghazi.html
Holy crap, Geraldo has an ethical pinky bone!
ReplyDeleteEither that or he drew the short straw at Fox, forced to play devil's advocate.
DeleteNot a fan either, but just because he's in their face with the obvious, "DUH, ASSHOLES!" they will beat this to death. They are banking on taking control of the Senate in 2014 so they can mount articles of impeachment. It won't fly, but it will allow them to smear the President and Hilary Clinton's 2016 chances for all it's worth. Scumbags.
ReplyDeleteAnd the "Potted Plants'" brains exploded...
ReplyDeleteSince 60 Minutes correspondent Lara Logan was placed on indefinite suspension last fall after her piece on the heroism of a military contractor in Benghazi was revealed to have been an opportunistic fiction, the question of how a major news magazine could air such a factitious report has dogged the show.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.mediaite.com/tv/5-big-takeaways-from-ny-mags-piece-on-lara-logans-benghazi-report/
What happened to Sarah "Waterboarding Is How We Baptize Terrorists" Palin? She was heating up her Facebook pages and now she is silent... Is it true she stocked up the junk food and went into seclusion? At Todd's Rainbow Lodge? What happened to her ghostwriters? No Cinco Do Mayo celebrations?
she's posting pics of trig's pre-school graduation to detract from her blood libel...errr waterboarding baptismal rant...yea, whenever you fuck up pull out the poor little guy to garner sympathy, twisted bitch.
DeleteGeraldo used to not be a sellout back in the seventies. I am glad he still has a little bit of honor left.
ReplyDeleteI grew up on Long Island and remember the investigation he did in 1972 on Willowbrook State School, which was a residential facility for children with developmental disabilities. It was a horrendous place with overcrowded, unsanitary conditions, and the children were often physically and sexually abused.
DeleteRivera's story and the resulting class-action lawsuit helped get the school cleaned up and eventually closed down, and he won a Peabody award for the story.
That's when he still had integrity.
CBS News Asks for Transcript of Their Bogus 60 Minutes Benghazi Report Deleted
ReplyDeletehttp://www.politicususa.com/2014/05/05/cbs-news-asks-transcript-bogus-60-minutes-benghazi-report-deleted.html
When Geraldo and I were young, he did an expose on migrant workers, especially children..my in-laws, who use migrant workers, hated it..hence, it was true.
ReplyDeleteJerry Rivers gets one right every twenty years or so. This is the twerp who cracked open Al Capone's safe and tweeted a shirtless selfie to prove how "manly" he looks. I wonder what the dufus twins and Abbie Normal said after he swatted that fly?
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