tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post7644336238372697940..comments2024-03-27T01:27:21.576-08:00Comments on The Immoral Minority: The Right Wing's pet Benghazi "whistle blower" might not be quite what he makes himself out to be.Gryphenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02356503547155430235noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-7121421671212143532013-05-12T18:02:06.959-08:002013-05-12T18:02:06.959-08:00"This includes going to a meeting with the Li..."This includes going to a meeting with the Libyan Prime Minister Mohammed Magarief in a t-shirt, cargo pants, and baseball cap. “I’m too upset to wear a suit,” Hicks allegedly told a staffer. “I want the Libyans to know how upset I am about this attack.”<br /><br />If you wanted "the Libyans" to know ho upset your were about this attack, Mr Hicks, why did you wear a suit for the debate?<br /><br />Are you NOT "that upset" anymore? What will "The Lybians" think now? <br /><br />I think I found Sarah's reasoning for dressing like an assclown, folks!! <br /><br />Anita Winecoolernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-2415501252059042882013-05-12T11:20:57.536-08:002013-05-12T11:20:57.536-08:00Is not lying to congress a crime!!!!! O that right...Is not lying to congress a crime!!!!! O that right if your a republican your above the law!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-22349724636167853972013-05-12T10:20:40.277-08:002013-05-12T10:20:40.277-08:00Valerie Martin @WILLDYE4U 2h
@foxnews & repu...Valerie Martin @WILLDYE4U 2h<br /><br />@foxnews & republicans still think we're ALL STUPID! It's NOT about #Benghazi, it's about dirtying up @Hillaryin2016 let's be real clear!WILLDYE4Uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13392823408028816940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-6944510427584712782013-05-12T09:42:57.779-08:002013-05-12T09:42:57.779-08:00http://www.wral.com/review-chairman-clinton-didn-t...http://www.wral.com/review-chairman-clinton-didn-t-make-benghazi-call/12437637/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-51583814733648420562013-05-12T09:17:19.051-08:002013-05-12T09:17:19.051-08:00There is also a legitimate issue with Teaturd &quo...There is also a legitimate issue with Teaturd "Party" groups, and it is of their own making. They claim they are NOT a po0litical party. Yet they use the term party (and not in quotes) which is a form of false representation to voters. If they are a party running candidates, then IRS rules and FEC rules fro political parties apply. If not, then they need to file for 501 (?) status. The TEAturds want it both ways. THAT is unfair, and the IRS is right to give them close scrutiny.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-2606244903404708242013-05-12T08:52:35.219-08:002013-05-12T08:52:35.219-08:00So good to know the screaming I did at the TV was ...So good to know the screaming I did at the TV was right. He is a shameless bureaucrat.Chenagrrlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-14198382781902462822013-05-12T08:25:52.475-08:002013-05-12T08:25:52.475-08:00On Fox News Sunday this morning, Weekly Standard e...On Fox News Sunday this morning, Weekly Standard editor William Kristol defended former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton from partisan political attacks over the tragedy in Benghazi, while also urging non-partisan investigations into that incident and the IRS’ targeting of conservative groups during the 2012 election. Kristol denounced American Crossroads’ anti-Hillary ads, asking “What is the point of that?” and calling them “ridiculous.”<br /><br />“There’s no campaign going on,”Kristol continued, adding “Let’s pull the partisanship back. It’s genuine outrage. There should be bipartisan committees investigating both from Congress. So I wish the Republicans would just be quiet for a while, the groups that are fund-raising, would be quiet on both issues for a while, and find out what really happened.”<br /><br />Kristol’s willingness to defend Hillary Clinton could portend some dissension among conservatives about attacking the former Defense Secretary in the months and years leading up to 2016. Her intense 2008 fight against Barack Obama’s nomination made her a somewhat popular figure with many conservatives, and her non-polirtical work at State served to reinforce that.<br /><br />Juan Williams added that “unlike Benghazi,” the IRS issue “is a real problem. You cannot politicize and political politically intimidate your opponent by using the IRS, for those of us who have been around, this is Nixon.”<br /><br />According to the IRS, though, the misconduct was restricted to “low level” staffers in Cincinnati, and the White House has pointed out that the Internal Revenue Service is an “independent agency.”<br /><br />Here’s the clip, from Fox News Sunday:<br /><br />http://www.mediaite.com/tv/leave-hillary-alone-william-kristol-says-republicans-should-stop-running-ridiculous-ads-on-benghazi/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-950264152813542952013-05-12T07:50:36.271-08:002013-05-12T07:50:36.271-08:00John McCain Refuses To Back Impeaching Obama Over ...John McCain Refuses To Back Impeaching Obama Over Benghazi<br /><br />http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/12/mccain-obama-benghazi_n_3262489.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-8000992221170384392013-05-12T07:40:37.395-08:002013-05-12T07:40:37.395-08:00The Truth About The Right's Latest Benghazi At...The Truth About The Right's Latest Benghazi Attacks<br /><br />http://mediamatters.org/research/2013/05/11/the-truth-about-the-rights-latest-benghazi-atta/194021Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-5430600033796054912013-05-12T07:38:27.895-08:002013-05-12T07:38:27.895-08:00No, Obama Didn’t ‘Lie For A Month’ About Benghazi
...No, Obama Didn’t ‘Lie For A Month’ About Benghazi<br /><br />A GOP Congressman yet again made the false claim that President Obama “lied for a month” about the Sept. 11, 2012 attack on a diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya.<br /><br />Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) has, from his perch atop the House Oversight Committee for months, been the House of Representatives’ lead investigator on Benghazi, which roared back into the headlines this week. Speaking to host David Gregory on NBC’s Meet the Press, Issa once again made the claim that the Obama administration lied for a month about whether the assault was a terrorist attack or not, engaging in a massive cover-up.<br /><br />Issa claimed that the administration leaned heavily on the CIA to change its draft of the now infamous set of unclassified talking points on what happened in Benghazi to better fit a political narrative and hiding the true nature of the attack from the American people:<br /><br /><br />ISSA: The fact is, we want the facts, we’re entitled to the facts. The American people were effectively lied to for a period of about a month. That’s important to get right. And –<br /><br />GREGORY: I just want to be clear here what you believe the lie was.<br /><br />ISSA: This was a terrorist attack from the get-go. The attack succeeded extremely quickly, because in no small part because the consulate or the diplomatic facility in Benghazi was not given the support it needed or quite frankly the decision to leave which might have been just as good. Either way, they were in fact covering up an easy attack that succeeded that was from the get-go about a terrorist attack. It was never about a video.<br /><br />Counter to Issa’s claim, however, the evidence shows that while the administration acted cautiously in what it put forward, it ultimately told the public just what it knew to be fact about the attack. President Obama himself referred to the assault in Libya as an “act of terror” at least twice within 48 hours.<br /><br />http://thinkprogress.org/security/2013/05/12/1998581/issa-benghazi-still/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-63682945056357342082013-05-12T07:35:55.914-08:002013-05-12T07:35:55.914-08:00What ABC Left Out Of Its Report On Benghazi Talkin...What ABC Left Out Of Its Report On Benghazi Talking Points<br /><br />http://thinkprogress.org/security/2013/05/10/1994781/abc-benghazi-editing/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-32196926358916668042013-05-12T07:33:34.775-08:002013-05-12T07:33:34.775-08:00Congressman Tears Into Fox News Host For Obsessing...Congressman Tears Into Fox News Host For Obsessing Over Benghazi Talking Points<br /><br />http://thinkprogress.org/media/2013/05/12/1998571/congressman-tears-into-fox-news-host-for-obsessing-over-benghazi-talking-points/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-60321910349280101212013-05-12T07:29:05.608-08:002013-05-12T07:29:05.608-08:00He sounds as believable as Sarah Palin relating he...He sounds as believable as Sarah Palin relating her "wild ride" story. Hesitating, pausing, unsure of what to say next and just about as believable. This guy has had months to go over his story and this is the best he can do? He sounds like a kid standing in front of the class trying to fake his way through an oral book report on a book he didn't read. If he is trying to come off as emotional it's not working. Maybe fearful since he didn't answer his phone twice and realizes that his lack of response may have contributed to the disastrous outcome and wants to downplay his part. Yeah, I'll bet he wants to find a way to shift blame to the President or Secretary of State. <br /><br />This guy is the big "whistleblower"? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-25490649417499192222013-05-12T07:23:30.372-08:002013-05-12T07:23:30.372-08:00It's a right wing tactic, to take advantage of...It's a right wing tactic, to take advantage of extenuating circumstances to make yourself look better than your record would show; Sarah Palin was flailing and hated her highly technical political appointment to the Oil & Gas Commission and found a way to quit and make herself look good doing it - whistleblowing.<br /><br />Now as she and her minions sell it, she was a principled regulator who had to quit to take off the shackles of sealed records to take on the State's powerful party chair, andy Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-86153902671679361812013-05-12T06:44:16.039-08:002013-05-12T06:44:16.039-08:00Obama Impeachment and the Republican Presidential ...Obama Impeachment and the Republican Presidential Shoe Shine Boy Fantasy <br /><br />We’ve been hearing a lot about the I-word lately from Republicans, from Glenn Beck, from Washington Times columnist Jeffrey Kuhner, from Sen James Inhofe (R-OK) . You know… ::whispers:: …impeachment. But for thinking people – that is, liberals – there are other possibilities and I think Rachel Maddow was on to something Friday night when she diagnosed the Republican obsession with impeaching Obama as a form of… ::whispers:: …incontinence.<br /><br />http://www.politicususa.com/impeachment-obama.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-32352702586320322582013-05-12T06:42:46.661-08:002013-05-12T06:42:46.661-08:00Tongue Tied Republicans Redefine ‘Act of Terror’ a...Tongue Tied Republicans Redefine ‘Act of Terror’ and Prove Obama Right On Benghazi <br /><br />Here’s a huge, glaring logic problem for Republicans. Currently, they are arguing that Obama saying “Act of terror” in the Rose Garden on September 12 was not a real reference to terror. At the same time, they are arguing that the phrase — from the Benghazi email John Boehner never read until it was too late — “Islamic extremists” can be read and interpreted as “Islamic terrorists”.<br /><br />Oh, really?<br /><br />http://www.politicususa.com/gop-act-terror-refer-terrorism-extremist-means-terrorist.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-73400336987237188142013-05-12T05:19:38.886-08:002013-05-12T05:19:38.886-08:00I know! I say the same thing!
I can't remember...I know! I say the same thing!<br />I can't remember the last time we progressives were wrong and they were right!<br />Climate change denial, the Clinton impeachment, Bush, Iraq, supply side economics, Sarah Palin, financial deregulation...so many disasters!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-60284437784130443552013-05-12T03:33:14.025-08:002013-05-12T03:33:14.025-08:00Plus, wasn't this guy the one who didn't r...Plus, wasn't this guy the one who didn't respond to THREE calls from the ambassador when he was calling for help???? So, then, couldn't one argue, that it was really HIS fault that those people died, more so than Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama? And now he's deflecting criticism by being a "whistleblower" who is claiming that people are retaliating against him because he "spoke out" when, in fact, he was terrible at his job, and who will probably get a book deal and big $$$$ from speaking engagements to right wing nutso conventions, all because these people are so desperate to hate Obama and Hillary that they'll pay anyone to say anything bad about them. There is no offing justice in the world!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9361564.post-35742887370444905882013-05-12T02:12:19.301-08:002013-05-12T02:12:19.301-08:00Someone remind me...When was the last time the Rep...Someone remind me...When was the last time the Republicans backed the RIGHT horse?BabyRaptornoreply@blogger.com