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10:15: President Obama hosts the bipartisan, bicameral leadership of Congress at the White House; VP Biden also attends.
2:0: President Obama and VP Biden meet with leaders of civic organizations and other groups, including the Human Rights Campaign, the NAACP, AARP and National Council of La Raza
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Michael Tomasky: What is going on with John McCain? Maybe he just despises Barack Obama so completely that he almost can’t help himself. That’s one option. Another is that he has decided for whatever reason to finish his Senate career as a full-out tea partier. A third is that he’s just a nasty man, which is pretty widely known to be true in Washington.
Hard to say. But this jihad of his against Susan Rice really is about the nastiest thing we’ve ever seen him do. Rice had nothing to do with security at the Benghazi consulate. Nothing….
…. in 2005, McCain and Graham fiercely defended Condi Rice from Democratic attacks of “lying,” arguing she had been misled by intelligence. “I can only conclude we’re doing this for no other reason than because of lingering bitterness at the outcome of the elections,” McCain complained when Condi Rice’s nomination came to a vote.
Amazing. The man needs an intervention. Isn’t there anyone who loves him who can tell him what he’s doing to what remains of his reputation?
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This is a great article – read it here. Thank you Meta!
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Moooooooorning everyone!
The Obama Diary 
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You! Congrats, UT:)
Congrats on 1st UT! Love your tweets as well as posts. Thanks for the “heads up” Chips…and please rembember:
Friday is always good!!
Thank you Proud! I forgot, again 😳
Congrats ut on #1!
Look up, it’s UT!
TOOTHACHE!!!!
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PBO and baby are tuned in to something that others around them seem oblivious to. I wonder what that something is…Chips you’re right. Must be ut for real!
It’s a bird, singing. G’day, y’all, I have 5 whole minutes! WooHoo!
THE EVEREADY BUNNY HAS ALWAYS BEEN A SUCCESSFUL ‘BABY WHISPERER!’…:)
Yes he has! How are you feeling Sue, how is your health?
Fantastic!
Congrats!!!!! 🙂
Congrats on being first UT! Have a great day.
Nice write up by Michael Tomasky. McCain has gone off the deep end.
ut, I agree. John McCain is a senile bitter old man, and I don’t know what to think of his lying little sidekick from South Carolina.
He’s a Senator and who are YOU to question what end he’s done off????
😉
Seriously, he’s always been like that, “liberal media just hasn’t caught up.
G’morning Chips, TOD, lurkers, everyone, and Happy Friday 🙂
Mooooooooorning Hopefruit! Have a blissful Friday!
Thanks Lady Chips – and hope your ankle is on the mend and you are feeling better today 🙂
Mending beautifully Hopefruit, thank you!!
Glad to hear you are on the mend Chips. Have a great day!!!
Thank you Donna, have a wonderful day yourself!
Congrats UT on first. GM Chips hope everyone is going to have a fantastic Friday & weekend. This typing on my iPhone sucks. Can hardly wait to get my laptop back.
Don’t worry Roberts! Remember Willard said that Obama is giving his voters “gifts?” You might just get a brand new iPad or laptop in the mail soon!!
Still waiting for my gift. I fantasize about what it’s going to be. An all-expense paid 5-star resort vacation? A new BMW? A new 5-bedroom home? Who knows, the possibilities are endless…
A bumper magnet!
The elections are over, we won a mandate. So why are we still talking about the thugs like mccain, msm hacks, et.al., again?
How about we talk about moving forward with the dems agenda?
McCain can hardly be ignored seeing as he’s started the campaign to block Susan Rice – the more his dishonesty and bitterness is exposed up to then, the better. Morning Amk!
Oh, I don’t know Chips. Ever since the tuesday’s historic moment, all we have heard is the rethugs’ framing of issues, be it Benghazi, secstate or debt ceiling or whatever crap. We are just being reactive than being proactive. Same as before.
My $ 0.02.
Your $0.02 is always welcome Amk. I know what you mean, but it’s hard for us to ignore how all of this is being framed, and in some cases I think the pushback has been great, especially on Susan Rice. But yep, point taken.
We can’t ignore it since the media is pushing the crap out there every day. As you say, the pushback has been tremendous. And sometimes, it is hard to be pro-active when you are dealing with inaccurate, illogical lunacy which is what all the crap is. You can’t prevent it from being spewed from the sewers of the minds of people like McCain. But you can make sure that the response (I won’t even call it reaction) is quick and effective. And that is what is happening. McCain has been placed on the defensive for making his big speech about the adminsitration not providing info while at the time he was doing that he was missing a Senate hearing on exactly that topic.
On that point Japa, I loved Steve Benen’s take on it today – he finishes up with:
“McCain’s smear campaign simply isn’t based on facts. The senator owes Rice an apology”
http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2012/11/16/15216929-spontaneously-inspired?lite
That’s exactly the counter-attack we need to see from the decent liberal voices in the media, instead of being defensive go after McCain, his lies and his bile. Time for the mother of all fightbacks.
Not to mention his advanced dementia, which some people can compensate for by appearing to be their normal selves, as long as everything around them remains unchanged, they navigate well enough. Then again, some folks just thrive on self-humiliation, and he will NEVER EVER EVER live down that thing he threatened to put 2nd in command. NEVER. bye-bye!
GM to the entire TODville community, home of smart thinkers, people who believe that we all matter, not just the 1%, people who believe that the future is more important than the past, people who believe that what we do now must be predicated on leaving a better world for those who follow us, and of course, home to the hostess with the mostest, our own Perle Mesta, Chips, she who hobbles through life, putting aside her own pain and suffering to bring us together. (Was that a long enough sentence? Almost Joyceian.)
🙂 “who hobbles through life”! Thank you Japa, what a beautiful morning greeting – I’d agree it was Joyceian, except I only got to page two of Ulysses before giving up, and didn’t try reading anything else by him. So I’m not even sure what Joyceian means 😳 (Unreadable?)
I never read anything by Joyce, but my understanding is that he wrote in extremely long sentences. I don’t consider the staqtement I made about my own writing to have been complimentary. And I thought I was being very flattering to you, saying that you view all of us to be so important that you put your pain and suffering second to our well-being.
You were very flattering Japa, thank you so much.
The difficulty with the written word is that the vocal inflection is missing, thereby limiting one’s ability to detect sarcasm.
Ah Japa, I spend half my life getting in to trouble with my failed used of sarcasm in the written word! Thanks again.
Good West Coast morning Chipsticks.
Thanks to you and Japa21 for my laugh before going to work this morning 🙂
And in a sneak review, this convo is an open invitation to LL to straighten out some confusion!
Toast to the “nerds”!! http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/11/16/obamas_digital_fundraising_efforts_surged.html
President Obama’s re-election campaign raised $690 million digitally in 2012, up from about $500 million in 2008. The total number of donors increased to 4.4 million individuals, up from 3.95 million four years ago, Time reports.
“But when the final numbers are counted, Obama’s aides now expect more than $1 billion dollars to have been raised by the 2012 campaign and its affiliated party committees, breaking the 10-figure milestone for the first time in history. The reason is simple: the campaign brought in more small-dollar fundraising through email, social media, mobile and its website during the final months of the race than initially projected.”
Money well spent for the best american president in the 21st century. President Obama will be well regarding in the history books right up there with FDR.
I don’t even know how that mother gets out of bed in the morning. Her story just stabs me in my heart.
Me neither Rikyrah, there just are no words.
https://twitter.com/NJedwina/status/269421741795852288
For those who missed it on the previous thread. Our VP Joe aka/”Precious Cargo” on Parks and Rec last night.
http://www.youtube.com/user/nbcParksandRec?feature=watch
Thanks a million Donna, added the video to the post – “precious cargo” 😆
Am I the only one that sawt the pic of the Moores and assumed Damien was a Secret Service agent?
He looked so serious, like he was standing guard. He’d fit riight it to Obama ‘s team
Not making light of his loss or anything. I feel so bad for their loss, my heart goes out to them. It’s so sad Hoping the president provided some comfort. 😦
TD, I thought the same thing when I first saw the picture. I was looking around for Mr. Moore, but then see him, till I learn that the well dressed white guy standing there was Mr. Moore, then this morning I saw a picture of those two beautiful boys they lost. My my my, how sad.
“But didn’t see him” is what I were trying to write.
https://twitter.com/NJedwina/status/269449960255270912
New York Post cover seems surprisingly decent.
Yeah, that one surprised me GB, considering how anti-PBO they are. I have such a low opinion of them, I half wondered if they were being sarcastic – I don’t remember him saying “I’ll try to make it right”, he said everyone working together would fix it.
I agree with your suspicions.
~Thank you~, Chips. When I read that “I’ll try to make it right,” I thought . . . ‘that ain’t President Barack Obama . . . . somebody made that up, somebody who has never experienced where PBO comes from in his thinking.’ It was weird to read that.
Good Morning Todville and Ms Chips
Yes, you are the Hostess withe the mostest Ms Chips Yeaaaa:)
Everyone have a beautiful day. It should be interesting,
Congrats utaustinliberal on 1st
Good morning friends. Couple questions for y’all….the first one I asked last week but was probably too early to get answer. The other one is a question from a friend. First, how did the military vote, especially active duty, come out? Second, how about the NON-evangelical vote? Remember, there was a chart with Catholics, Mormons, Evangelicals, etc. but it did not include NON-evangelical–the more mainstream Christians. Appreciate anyone who can find these answers. Thanks!!!
These are great questions that I have too. Does anyone know the answers?
HOW ‘NOT’ TO WIN FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE
5 ‘Gifts’ Mitt Romney Gave America
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In his sour-grapes postmortem of the 2012 presidential race, Republican Mitt Romney attributed his decisive defeat to expensive policy “gifts” that President Obama doled out to Democratic constituencies: African-Americans, Latinos, and young voters.
Stories in the Los Angeles Times and The New York Times smartly point out the problems with his argument. For instance, “Obama won several key states without large cities or minority populations,” wrote Maeve Reston of the Los Angeles Times. “And he did so in part by asserting that it was Romney who was planning to disburse gifts–by virtue of a budget plan that included tax breaks heavily skewed toward the wealthy.”
So let’s take a moment to thank Romney for the gifts he bestowed upon voters in his failed campaign.
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http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/5-gifts-mitt-romney-gave-america-20121115
I hope we all remember what Ann Romney said about her husband, how if he were to win she would be concern about his mental well being. Well we are seeing more evidence of her concern with this latest speech of his.
All I can say is Thank God he didn’t win.
I second that motion, anniebella!!
I can probably live the rest of my life without Twinkies, as I’ve managed so far, but I am sad about the demise of Wonder bread. My first school field trip was to our local Wonder bread bakery, and I think it was an annual excursion. It was either that or the cement plant for our lesson in manufacturing. And the bakery smelled so much better. And our little personal loaves of warm, just out of the oven, squishy, yummy bread was much more satisfying than a handful of cement dust.
Sad that I read that Hostess/Wonder was now owned by 2 greedy hedge funds who shut down rather than decently paying their bakers. Bain?
I had the same school field trip in San Jose, CA! The smell of that bread baking is such a strong sense memory. And at the end they gave us all a slice of bread sealed in see-through wrapping. What a trip to remember that!
Oooo dotster. I remember that too. There was a Wonder Bread plant on 55th & State St. in Chicago that kept the whole neighborhood smelling good. Ahhh. Memories!
There’s one in Fayetteville NC near my old high school. It was heavenly driving past the smell of fresh baked bread every morning. It’s loss will be a huge blow for the employees and the rest of the community.
Word! Wassup 9t9?
Hiya Yardarm! Had to pay attention to work for a spell. Thought I’d pop back in for a bit before I roll outta dodge. Hope you’re having a splendiforous day! Mine’s getting better by the minute. 🙂
I hear ya. Me too.
…late to the conversation, as usual (west coast)…had the same field trip back in the sixties (elementary school days) here in Oakland, CA 🙂 🙂
Wonder Bread? Squishy for sure. I remember you could squeeze it into a ball.
…soft and “squishy”…you could “squeeze it into a ball” and put somebody’s eye out!
Democrat to GOP in Benghazi Hearing ‘If you want to know who is responsible in this town, buy yourself a mirror!’
By Jason Easley
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Republicans were also warned by their own side to stop playing games regarding funding Libya to little avail.
They were told that they were putting our security at risk, but the taste of socking it to Obama was too delicious. It turns out that while they were playing juvenile games of “gotcha”, lives were indeed on the line, just as Clinton and even right wing policy makers warned Republicans.
Now that the results of their obstruction are staring us all in the face, instead of owning up to it, they are screaming at the top of their lungs that it’s the other guy’s fault and he’s a liar. Usually, this method of distraction works well for Republicans, as the media follows their pointing fingers to a shiny ball and forgets to go look up just who denied that funding.
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http://www.politicususa.com/democrat-gop-benghazi-hearing-if-responsible-town-buy-mirror.html
Yup, Saw that LH and posted it in the earlier thread.
It’s high time the dems call out the bs 24xx7. Beat the fucking media on their heads with truth.
Congrats on 1st UT! Thanks for that great Atlantic article, Chips/Meta! Here’s a little from it that I found nice about the tech cool nerds, their experience became profound:
“But of course, he and his whole team of nerds were changed by the experience. They learned what it was like to have — and work with people who had — a higher purpose than building cool stuff. “Teddy [Goff] would tear up talking about the President. I would be like, ‘Yeah, that guy’s cool,'” Reed said. “It was only towards the end, the middle of 2012, when we realized the gravity of what we were doing.”
Part of that process was Reed, a technologist’s technolgoist, learning the limits of his own power. “I remember at one point basically breaking down during the campaign because I was losing control. The success of it was out of my hands,” he told me. “I felt like the people I hired were right, the resources we argued for were right. And because of a stupid mistake, or people were scared and they didn’t adopt the technology or whatever, something could go awry. We could lose.”
And losing, they felt more and more deeply as the campaign went on, would mean horrible things for the country. They started to worry about the next Supreme Court Justices while they coded.
“There is the egoism of technologists. We do it because we can create. I can handle all of the parameters going into the machine and I know what is going to come out of it,” Reed said. “In this, the control we all enjoyed about technology was gone.”
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/11/when-the-nerds-go-marching-in/265325/
Wow. What an intense write up. This is one more difference between Pres. Obama’s team and the GOP. Pres. Obama’s team felt drawn to a higher calling. They genuinely believed they were there to do good. They genuinely respected, admired and believed in their guy, his values and his policies. They’re just like the volunteers who participated in GOTV efforts; who walked miles, had doors slammed in their faces, had calls dropped on them. It was all worth it because a future with Barack Obama as President, was worth all the interim angst, anguish and anxiety.
I love this. President Obama has brought about a complete paradigm shift. We haven’t had this type of explosion of creativity since Kennedy, I would guess.
Nerds Rule! 🙂
Hear that Mitt Romney. It means alot to the people that we have a leader who cares.
The Rachel Maddow video, the first Republican Congressman speaking his lies is the Congressman from Texas who apologize to BP the oil company responsible for that terrible oil spill in the gulf. I loved how the Democrats stood up to those lying hateful Republicans. As the Governor of Mass. said at the DNC, it’s time for the Democrats to grow some backbone and it seem they have.
Oh, btw. Fuck’em, fuck’em all.
Gunnite folks.
Gunnite amk. Sleep tite. Don’t let McCain bite.
Reveille, reveille.Up all hands. Heave out and trice up all bunks, the smoking lamp is lit. Reveille, reveille!
GM everyone! Hiya yardarm… and Ms Chips, so happy to hear your ankle is better today!
amk I thought you were in bed…
The first jackass out of the House hearing with Petraeus was Peter King, who couldn’t wait to get to the microphone to intimate that because Petraeus says that with current information now they have determined it was a terrorist attack, means the Obama administration was lying 5 days after the attack.
Waiting to hear what Democrats are saying.
Peter King is the last person I would believe about anything. I can’t stand him.
I’m just pissed he got out there to the mic before anywhere else.
Honestly, the average person isn’t listening to any of this. Thanksgiving is next week; people are traveling and planning to spend time with their families. This trumped up outrage is the last thing on people’s minds.
So true and wise. As always, Tien Le.
I’m assuming the AP knows as much as I do about this—-may be assuming too much. But I’m reading their write-up of Obama’s visit to NY yesterday, and it’s going along pretty good, with descriptions of the comfort he provided and his quotes, but then—–they inserted a couple of complaints from local residents. “Why wasn’t he here sooner?” etc. And AP chose not to reveal Bloomburg’s role in that. Not one word of explanation about Bloomburg waving him off when he wanted to go there way back when he toured N.J. That kind of thing just makes me furious. What the press neglects to say is purposely misleading and dishonest reporting. Unethical. Our press continues to fail our democracy with this inexcusable negligence.
Was there any news on the meeting between PBO and business leaders?
Morning everyone. CHIPS I hope the ankle’s getting better! Great day all
Oh fuck. Sounds like Petraeus is putting the knife in PBO’s back: that the terrorist attack language was in the original talking points but was taken out by other ‘agencies of the Obama administration’.
Why do Dem’s let Republicans get out there first?!
Where are you seeing this? Or is that an MSM report?
AP news feed on progressive radio in chicago.
57 and female, Let’s not get all upset now. Take a deep breath.
I’m not hearing it anywhere else. I’m not seeing it on my twitter TL. I do wish WCPT would find another news feed for their headlines at the half hour.
Republicans can’t help themselves, I’ll wait for the Dem’s to step to the mic to find out what really happened.
Ay yi yi—-the Tampa gal
http://www.tampabay.com/news/military/article1261848.ece
[CRIKEY!!]:
“Maine GOP chair Charlie Webster defended himself to TPM on charges that he was racist suggesting black people committed voter fraud in rural counties in his state.
“Said Webster: “There’s nothing about me that would be discriminatory. I know black people. I play basketball every Sunday with a black guy. He’s a great friend of mine. Nobody would ever accuse me of suggesting anything.”
Jesus…
I know, Dakota, dood reduced me to one word as well! 🙂
The Legendary Ruby Dee is turning 90!
http://thegrio.com/2012/11/15/ruby-dee-celebrates-90th-birthday-in-harlem-documentary-screened-about-her-life-and-career/#s:ruby-dee
Okay. Your chuckle for today. Especially for the ladies and for dudes who don’t have a clue.
YOOOOOOWWWWWWLLLLLING!!!!!
I thought some of ya’ll might like it.
Sent it to my daughters who would have died before ever discussing this with their dad. As a matter of fact, they swore me to secrecy. They didn’t stop to think that maybe since he had a hand in their existence, he may have an inkling of such matters. Too funny!
Hi just popped in to see what is happening in TOD. What a man, he is so caring and we are definately blessed to have such a good man as president, I hope his visit gave the people of Staten Island some comfort.
Been a hard day here as we have just gotten back from our friend’s funeral. It was heartwrenching. I know this is gonna sound dumb but I just needed to hear PBO’s voice and see him on here – yeah it sounds whacko I know. There is so much more I want to say but just can’t get it together at the moment.
I’m so sorry for your loss, Sam! I hope you were able to find some comfort in the gathering of family & friends, to share memories and to love & support each other.
I don’t think it’s whacko at all to seek out PBO’s voice. He’s our Consoler-in-Chief. People know that he cares about & understands those in pain. We see it in his actions, we hear it in his voice. People feel the inner peace that exudes from him. It’s palpable. It’s soothing. This is one of the many things that make him a great leader. It’s why so many people love him. It’s okay to feel that. Millions do.
As you honor your friend’s memory, remember to take care of yourself. Be well.
HIdee O’s on this great getting up start of the week-end day in TOD town!!! An oil rig has exploded in the Gulf of Mexico. Location about 20 miles south of Grand Island La. So far, 4 casualties being air lifted by helicopter, 2 people missing. Too sad.
Very lovely, flattering write up of PBO visit to Staten Island:
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/obama-hero-sandy-survivors-article-1.1202982
(note – different to the one cited above)
This!!
“I got up at 5 a.m. and took the day off to get a good spot to see President Obama,” said Lisa Bongay. “I voted for him twice. He wanted to come two weeks ago, but Bloomberg wouldn’t let him because he said he didn’t have the security. But he had the security for a marathon.”
By the way, in the ‘New York’ thread, Chips has a picture of the letter that’s mentioned in this link (letter presented to POTUS by Sheila Traina from her grandkids)
Followup story, the little girls “were squealing with delight Thursday after President Obama immediately responded to their heart-tugging letters for help.”
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/president-vow-high-note-n-girls-article-1.1202963#ixzz2CPK1pWwY
According to this article, Mitt Romney claims that Bill Clinton did this:
// “I spoke with President Clinton the day before yesterday. He called and spent 30 minutes chatting with me. He said, ‘A week out, I thought you were going to win.’ And he said, ‘But the hurricane happened, and it gave the president a chance to be presidential, and to look bipartisan. And you know, he got a little more momentum.’ And of course he also said that when he was watching Ann speak at the Republican convention, he decided he was tempted to join the Republican Party. So he may have just been effusive with generous comments as he chatted. He was very complimentary, by the way, of how well we did with middle-class voters, and he said they were surprised by how strong we were in Ohio and in other states with middle-class voters, they did exceptionally well with minorities, but white, middle-class voters, we really cleaned up with and that caught them by surprise.” //
http://news360.com/#article/160681670
If Bill Clinton said any of this, then he’s even a bigger traitor than I thought. But I know Mitt Romney to be a LIAR so I’ll wait to see if this really happened.
clearly a “divide and conquer” attempt by republicans to get democrats arguing with each, especially right after such a bonding election. that’s why “the news” is also pushing hillary in 2016 so hard right now too…they know how the clintons are such lightning rods. let’s focus on how we’re going to win the house in 2014.
I don’t believe a word of this, HF! I also don’t believe the conversation took place at all! What reason would Clinton have to call Willard? Then that Ann lie! I don’t think anyone would be anywhere near tempted to become a repub after 30 seconds of listening to her! Romney just plain lies all the time. I’d love to hear the audio recording of that imaginary conversation! 🙂
Unless confirmed by President Clinton, it’s just more of Romney doing the only thing besides destroying companies that he has any skill – LYING.
“And of course he also said that when he was watching Ann speak at the Republican convention, he decided he was tempted to join the Republican Party.” Now c’mon are we to believe that Bill was doing anything but stroking an already inflated ego? Yeah, he may have thrown Mitt a conciliatory bone, but there sure wasn’t any meat on it. Of course Mitt, in his hermetically sealed bubble would actually take it as a literal expression of awe and wonder by Bill. Kinda like, ‘he likes me! He likes me! He really really likes me!!”
I don’t think Bill said any of that. Why would Clinton feel the need to (1) Call Romney and (2) Stroke his ego like this?
To get his daily chuckle perhaps??? I know it would crack me up. I’d put him on speaker with all my friends in the room listening. We’d be ROTFLOAO!!!!
I heard this a day or two ago. Have not heard a word from Clinton, either way. It’s all very strange. If it was anyone but Romney you’d think no one would be that craven as to say he had a 30-minute conversation with someone and have it be a lie. But it’s DimMitt and yes — he’s capable of making the whole thing up.
I wouldn’t mind a refutation from Clinton, however.
What is this strange love affair with the Clintons from the Repubs about ? They never seem to have any bad things to say about them these days. Now they are going after Ambassador Rice and leaving Hillary out of it. I love the Clintons but do not trust these Repubs.
Yeah, unless Hillary runs in 2016. Republicans the Clintons almost as much as the black guy in the White House.
The bizarre thing about this story is that evidently Mitt didn’t get the memo that Bill Clinton worked his ass off to help reelect Barack Obama. But that would require he have a clue about what is happening in the world.
Man, we skirted a Major Disaster with this dumb ass.
“Mitt Romney claims that Bill Clinton did this”
that already proves it is a lie.
Gallop was the worse of the worst pollsters during the election. I wouldn’t take anything they had to say worth more than a grain of salt. Even good news for our side is suspect. They lulled the repubs into a false sense of security with their erroneous reporting.
I only found out this year that Gallup has been off the past few election cycles. By being so far out of sync with other polling this election season, they seem to have done great, if not irreparable damage to their brand. I can’t trust any of their polling anymore until I verify it with a credible pollster.
The account I read of the Petreaus testimony is NOT critical of either PBO or Susan Rice – he explicitly removes them from any blame re changing talking points. The take is that talking points were modified for intelligence/security reasons. I read it on Huff Po so did not want to link (it may be an AP piece but I’m not sure). But please don’t worry (for those who were getting anxious by an earlier post up thread).
Can’t recall the names, but it sounds to me that the issue has shifted from Susan Rice to why so little security in Benghazi. It seems that Petreaus did not stab PBO or Dr. Rice in the back. More likely, there was some redaction of information in the report that Dr. Rice left out for security reasons when she visited the Sunday shows. The only 2 people making noise is Lyin’ Little Lindsey and McHuffnPuff.
I didn’t get the ‘stab in the back’ feeling from what is being reported:
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/petraeus-due-capitol-benghazi-questioning
Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said Petraeus disputed Republican suggestions that the White House misled the public on what led to the violence in the midst of President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign.
“There was an interagency process to draft it, not a political process,” Schiff said after the hearing. “They came up with the best assessment without compromising classified information or source or methods. So changes were made to protect classified information.
“The general was adamant there was no politicization of the process, no White House interference or political agenda,” Schiff said. “He completely debunked that idea.”
Schiff said Petraeus said Rice’s comments in the television interviews “reflected the best intelligence at the time that could be released publicly.”
King said Petraeus had briefed the House committee on Sept. 14 and he does not recall Petraeus being so positive at that time that it was a terrorist attack. “He thought all along that he made it clear there was terrorist involvement,” King said. “That was not my recollection.”
yeah. Listen to the AP news feed and you’d get another feeling. It’s despicable the way they are trying to spin this. They are the news feed that WCPT progressive radio in Chicago uses.
There is a lot of good information coming out of the testimony, no doubt. Think Progress is ahead of it, etc. but we have to be diligent to make sure RWNJ’s don’t get to set the narrative.
I just listened to the AP ‘update’, only quoting Republican Saxby Chambliss that he was ‘pleased’ to ‘clarify some issues’. Then AP went on, saying that Petraeus said he always thought that it was a terrorist attack.
So there’s the soundbite. We have our soundbites to use as well, but Repubs are out there first.
Yet to hear one Democrat quoted on the AP news feed on this. If you’re really busy right now, as we all are with Thanksgiving on the horizon, this is what you’re hearing on the news, running from errand to errand over this busy weekend. Even on progressive radio (until Thom Hartmann does a detailed explanation later in the day).
No doubt there is spin! Heck, republicans are great at spinning. I chuckle when I see McCain and his sidekick doing their little dance, because I know that POTUS is so good at moving out of the way and allowing his opponents to destroy themselves 🙂
Another thing we should not forget, even though clearly the republicans are not ready to admit to this new norm – the democrats grew a spine in the last general election. They are prepared to fight.
Please proceed Senators!
Ah! Thank you! Leave it AP to spin it another way.
It was Darrell Issa’s committee that outed a CIA location in Libya. It drives me insane that they can get away with destroying our intelligence apparatus for political gain. We will never know how many people were put in danger because of the Valerie Plame matter.
Yes, I was the worrier. I will refrain…… In my defense, the AP radio report was pretty damning. The truth often gets swallowed up by the narrative, which was why I got upset.
The MSM is making it look like Petraeus threw Susan Rice under the bus. We need to fight back hard on this as I’m sure POTUS will.
After all the B.S we have seen from the media during the election, haven’t we learn anything from the MSM yet?
Don’t trust them
They set the narrative. We have to fight back and not just ignore them.
I’m seeing spin everywhere and it’s making me dizzy. I wish we could just have seen the testimony and could make our own observations.
And oh, great, Sestak is talking shit on Ed Schultz, saying that there is always a ‘political’ element right after talking about taking out the terrorist information. Being all Democrat-y, fair-ish. He’s not doing any kind of terrible damage, but he certainly isn’t really helping our side of the narrative.
Those little boys….sigh. 😥 😥 😥
Hey Chips I hope your ankle is better today. We have to scratch our plans of watching sunset all weekend as sadly my son got sick and I had to take him to the doctor so Im home all day from work. As for that idiot McCain, he really needs to go retire.
I’ve never before heard of any President naming the HUD Secretary to oversee a recovery area. Brilliant (and caring). Yet another brilliant decision. Totally brilliant. Thank you, President Obama!
And good morning/afternoon, TODville!
That really does make sense doesn’t it? I see a logical overlap of duties with HUD involved with housing for the displaced. Oh but had PBO or someone with intelligence been in charge during Katrina. smh
Katrina was more shame for our country, as if we needed more – smh, too. We can never go back to all that – we have our model now, methinks.
And he just so happens to be Shaun Donovan, who was head of NY’s housing authority.
Oh. Never mind.
(Just kidding – I had forgotten that twist! Wonderful.)
Beautiful Morning to my lovely Chips and my TOD Family. First, Chips make sure there is rest for your foot today and stop and have a nice cup of your favorite. (((((( Lots of warm healing hugs from me))))))))).
Also, let us have a joyful day and keep our eyes on our fineeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee POTUS. “Grampy and sour Linsay Nothing” will not spoil our beautiful victory. We are going to continue to celebrate this day and everyday going FORWARD.
We the people gave each other a Winner, President Barack H. Obama and VP Joseph R. Biden for another 4 years! Now take that Mitten and leave us alone. Those are the most important and beautiful gifts we received, and we are grateful for both being in our lives and our nation. Celebrate Today.
We are going to enjoy our victory. Guard your space with lovely, uplifting moments and actions today, TOD family.
Let us remember the many families who are trying to put goodness into their
space with their lives as they are healing from the tough times from the damage that they all are trying to heal from the storm, Sandy. Pray for the children, seniors, and All who need our help financially and prayfully. I love you, my TOD family((((((( Keep goodness in your space)))))))))HZ.
Good morning Chips, TOD family, and wonderful HZ. This place is such a blessing. Thank you to everyone. I continue to be high on the President being reelected. And so mad at the stupid Repubs. Now off to a busy day.
Rep. Peter King (R-NY) has admitted that the CIA and intelligence community approved U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice’s talking points before she made her much-derided Sept. 16 appearance on several Sunday news shows to discuss the attacks in Benghazi. King, one of the most outspoken critics of the Obama administration’s response to the attack, came to his conclusion following testimony from former CIA Director David Petraeus.
After leaving the closed-door hearing, King spoke with reporters for several minutes about Petraeus’ statements. Rice’s television appearances were among the topics discussed, leading King to indicate that while Petraeus did not personally write Rice’s talking points, the CIA did approve them:
http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/11/16/1203921/peter-king-cia-approved-rice-libya-statements/?mobile=nc
Little Lindsay owes Amb. Rice an apology also.
Yes Little Lying Lindsey do too.
“The latest outburst of violence began when Israeli tanks made an incursion into the Gaza strip and killed a 12 year old boy playing football. The two sides then engaged in back and forth attacks that was followed by a brief ceasefire.
“Israel then broke the cease fire by assassinating Ahmed Jaabari, the commander of Ezedin al Qassam, the military wing of Hamas.
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“What they did not explain is that Ahmed Jaabri was critical to ongoing long term cease fire talks between Hamas and Israel. Jaabri held enormous sway in negotiations because he had the power to keep militants in line at home, and make meaningful concessions to the Israelis. He was instrumental in the negotiated release of the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, even personally escorting him to the Rafah crossing with Egypt. According to Gershon Baskin, the Co-Chairman of IPCRI, the Israel Palestine Center for Research and Information, Jaabri was key to a sustained ceasefire agreement with the Israelis.
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“Baskin, who himself is deeply involved with back channel negotiations between the two sides, writes that a new proposal with his input was being drafted for a ceasefire, and Jaabri was tasked with checking reactions from Gaza.
“Then, he was assassinated.
“Why would Israel kill someone so crucial to what was left of the fragile ceasefire negotiations? The answer is simple, and you only have to go back to the last invasion of Gaza to see why it happened. ‘Operation Cast Lead’, the assault on Gaza in 2008 that left over 1,400 Palestinians dead occurred two months before Israeli elections. The latest assault on Gaza is again happening two months before the 2013 elections – enough time for Benjamin Netanyahu to get the public behind him in a time of war.”
http://thedailybanter.com/2012/11/netanyahus-attack-on-gaza-is-about-re-election-not-terrorism/
[From Haaretz]:
“Although Israel renounced responsibility for the civilian Palestinian fatalities in Operation Cast Lead, it now prefers to reduce the number of bloody spectacles. Such spectacles, which were not shown on Israeli television in 2008-09, were seen all over the world and raised unprecedented protest.
“In contrast to the military and PR lesson Israel learned after Cast Lead, it has learned no political lesson this time; it’s sticking to the concept that killing Hamas military and political leaders can subdue the organization.
“Hamas is a mass movement and an organization with institutions, internal discipline and laws. Unlike Fatah, it doesn’t depend on a charismatic figure or on the personality of one strong leader. Its policy and debates are marked by continuity, even if senior officials are killed by an Israeli missile or bomb.
“Israel’s leaders could have learned this lesson a long time ago had they wanted to. They could also conclude that military attacks on the entire Palestinian population unite it behind its leaders and silence criticism.
“The Gazans have many reasons to complain about Hamas, which deserves its reputation as an oppressive ruler. But even Hamas’ opponents are convinced that Israel is not just the occupier but the aggressor as well. So when the attack is over, Hamas will remain, probably stronger.”
http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/has-israel-learned-the-lessons-of-operation-cast-lead.premium-1.478228/has-israel-learned-the-lessons-of-operation-cast-lead.premium-1.478228
The press were already writing her epitaph. Chumps.
How crude and anti-American is it to falsely and harshly and bitterly put down our United Nations Ambassador in front of the entire world, the world she negotiates with on behalf of our country? APOLOGIZE, McDOOFUS AND YOUR LAPDOG! Then, go home. We got R off the national stage, now it’s time for you two to go.
Good one Larry Madill
Petraeus tells lawmakers CIA always saw Benghazi as terrorism
Jeremy Herb and Jordy Yager – 11/16/12 01:33 PM ET
Talking points prepared by the CIA were different than the ones used by Susan Rice, Petraeus told lawmakers. …
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That’s not good!
jovie why is your information so different from what we just read above?
If you’re getting your information from Think Progress, it is favorable to us but incomplete. The AP story is favorable to RW but not complete. What Jovie is reporting is what AP reported and subsequently Huffington Post from the AP story. The talking points were different, with changes made by the many agencies of the intelligence community. But AP has shortened that to ‘agencies of the Obama administration’. Everyone is agreeing that Petraeus said he thought it was a terrorist attack from the beginning. What is not being said by everyone is that he said the changes made were for security reasons, and not political.
Jovie is not to blame for what is in the actual reporting. And so far all I’m hearing are Republicans being quoted on air.
The explanation of the above RW talking points are difficult to soundbite.
I am so tired and really do not want to put up with this kind of “reporting” for the next four years.
Don’t know what we can do, except fight each issue and WIN. This is now about a Democratic majority going into the future to undo Republican damage. The good news — not everyone needs to fight every day with all their might, like we had to to get PBO reelected. But we can’t let this shit slide, either. Republicans are using a great deal of energy to hold on to their narrative – we have to fight them each and every time they try their slimy tactics.
Yeah, I’m tired too. Real tired. But fighting this stuff means having PBO’s back, and God knows he’s earned it. Just can’t let them make Watergate out of this no-story story.
Remember also, these Repugs do not get tired.
here is the message from the election of 2012: if they’re gonna steal 1,000,000 votes, we’ll send 2,000,000. If you’re going to suppress 1,000,000 votes we’ll send 2,000,000 voters to stand in line as long as it takes.
They are not ready for the fact that we no longer get tired and we’re going to act like the winners this time and fight these miserable, treasonous bastards.
Amen, 57. Perfect statement.
While agree with you that we need to fight back against misinformation, I don’t see how reporting misinformation by the msm and then expressing alarm as if that information may be true equals fighting back.
There’s a big difference between talking about what was actually said in the hearing or repeating ‘misinformation’ from Fox news. Petraeus gave Republicans some good soundbitable stuff if they choose to continue this vendetta. It was not ‘misinformation. I suspect they will not go quietly into the night on this issue and we have to push back and drive the narrative and cede them no ground. I want to cut them off at the knees at every opportunity and not let them advance any of their looney conspiracies into anything that could hurt this President or distract this government from doing something constructive. That is their aim and I don’t want to give them an inch of opportunity.
I don’t watch Fox or listen to the loons calling in to c-span. But Petraeus did say in the hearing that he always thought it was a terrorist attack. I suspect you will hear this all morning on the Sunday talk shows. Any spin from the right on the Petraeus hearing has to be countered by us. Or we can assume that the hearing was completely favorable to us and create our own bubble. The lines between concern trolling and what requires action are fluid, blurry. It’s the nature of being a Democrat.
CNN describes it this way:
Petraeus testified that he developed unclassified talking points in the days after the attack but he had no direct involvement in developing the ones used by Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, King said.
That is different from the way the quote above puts it. He also said that there were multiple sources of intelligence and it took them awhile to make any kind of final interpretation. I don’t know who Herb and Yager are, but they obviously want to twist things.
No direct involvement???
This can be spun, and will be. Even more questions from the Buzzards in Capitiol Hill.
I say, just make Susan Rice Chief of staff! That will really piss them off, and she is more than qualified!
We just picked up another seat:
GOP Rep. Brian Bilbray concedes to Democrat Scott Peters in CA52.
Yes ! Peters will now represent my district here in San Diego!!!
Yay!!!
yipee!
This is wonderful news. I just got home from work and had not yet listened to local news. CA52 is next to mine, CA53. We’ve been trying to get rid of Brian Bilbray for a while. Finally Scott Peters succeeded. Poor Romney! His La Jolla mansion, with an elevator for his cars, is now going to be represented in Congress by a Democrat. It turns out that of all his home states, Mitt won nay Utah. He lost CA, MA , MI and NH.
I meant to type “only (not nay) Utah.”
Morning all.
So, Bibi can’t get his war in Iran, so he’s calling up 30K reservists for an invasion of Gaza. My god. I know Israeli civilians are being targeted by Gaza rockets, but Gaza is a prison straight out of “Escape from New York”. Corner 1m people in an area the size of lower Manhattan and the results are predictable. Everyone has gone mad.
Of course, we all don’t know what it’s like to have rockets land in our neighborhood.
It’s both sides.
Yes it is. And predictable.
Wisconsin and Ohio reject Healthcare exchanges, allowing theFederal Government to do it for them!
That’s just spite.
It is more than spite. If they had done it themselves, they could take at least partial credit for it. When the people discover the benefits, they will know that the GOP didn’t want them to have those benefits.
Not just spite but stupid as well.
I sometimes wonder if these dumb ass Republican governors understand that the exchanges WILL happen in their states. I’m beginning to wonder if they have even basic knowledge of anything.
They make it sound as if they are not letting these exchanges operate in their states. From everything I understand, that is flat out wrong.
Now, they can seriously screw with the effectiveness by not expanding Medicaid which, as I recall, was a right affirmed in the SCOTUS case against PPACA. But having the exchanges in place actually frees many Americans to get affordable health care.
I heard on one of the MSNBC shows last night that the House is trying to cut funding to HHS for getting out the message of what’s available, what it will do, and how Americans can get affordable insurance, and other benefits of PPACA.
maybe it’s just that they are too dimwitted to figure out how to do it. too much work, too complicated–let the feds do it.
Is it me or doesn’t this just move us one step closer to single-payer? Sounds like good news.
[Resident on PBO trip yesterday… 🙂 ]:
“I got up at 5 a.m. and took the day off to get a good spot to see President Obama,” said Lisa Bongay. “I voted for him twice. He wanted to come two weeks ago, but Bloomberg wouldn’t let him because he said he didn’t have the security. But he had the security for a marathon.”
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“The President gets no political mileage out of this visit,” says Miriam Friend, sporting an Obama skullcap. “The election is over. He isn’t coming for politics. He’s coming because he really cares. The way I care about Sheila. We went to New Dorp High together, and yesterday Sheila and her husband were in our home. Her husband saw my husband’s electric razor in a charger and he got excited. He asked if he could charge his razor so he could shave. He explained that his charger was buried under their house. It made us laugh. It also makes you want to cry. Obama is the kind of big-hearted guy who can laugh and cry and understand that kind of loss.”
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“The first thing Obama saw when he stepped onto Cedar Grove Ave. was Sheila Traina’s rubbled home. She gave him the two letters from her granddaughters Maggie and Kate. He read them and asked an aide for a pen and presidential stationary and on the spot back: “Dear Maggie and Kate: Thanks for the letters. I am going to help. President Barack Obama.”
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The women in the crowd behind police barricades a full city block from the President oohed and ahhed, snapped cell phone photos, remarking on how good he looked and how proud they were that he was here in their neighborhood.
“He’s getting gray,” said one.
“Very distinguished,” said another.
Then Lorraine Merced, 40, of 1 Neptune Ave., whose house took on 3 feet of Sandy floodwater, shouldered through the crowd after having taken back-streets to get close enough to Obama to receive an executive hug.
“He hugged me and said things were gonna get better,” she said. “He was even better-lookin’ up close than he’s good-looking on the TV. And a regular, good-hearted guy. And he is as good as he looks. I voted for him four years ago to clean up the awful mess left by Bush. This time I voted for him to help clean up the awful mess left by Sandy. I have faith in him. I think he’s gonna do both.”
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/obama-hero-sandy-survivors-article-1.1202982#ixzz2CPtRfFl7
Oh my …. tears, tears. This is just wonderful.
I like Lorraine’s determination to get close enough for her hug from PBO! 🙂
P.S. Don’t bother scrolling down to the comments!
I saw Jack Jacobs on Tamara…I don’t like him…is he a repub?
I thought I was the only one who this person rubbed the wrong way. He is very partisan and has never been fair to President Obama.
He’s a vietnam era war lion, whose first civilian job after leaving the military was investment banker. I rest my case.
Well now I know. Thank you.
I am going to do a big ol’ happy dance, arthritic hips and all, when Allen West finally goes the hell away! Which is getting closer and closer….
Good bye Mr. West. hello handsome Congressman-Elect Murphy!
With a whole, wonderful Democratic career ahead of him. West is clinically insane.
You know there is help for that, either through the Son of Man or medication. I truly hope he choose the former.
Me, too!
🙂
Okay, this just made this 62 year old with her 72 year old husband, smile:
taking a break from politics…… 🙂
‘ So it’s almost Thanksgiving, the one day a year when everyone in the country is theoretically eating exactly the same thing. But might not lifestyle considerations change the ways people celebrate the holiday? Whether assuaging one’s social conscience, rebelling against one’s parents’ fussy traditions or catering to guests with specific dietary habits, go ahead and have Thanksgiving your way. Your guests will put up with it, as they will have no choice once they’ve turned down their other invitations. ‘
http://www.santafenewmexican.com/sfnmhome/dining/features/111412alternative
Oh my god.
I’m watching the Davis Cup finals between the Czech Republic and Spain. A commercial just came on for the Wall Street Journal. And I kid you not, it featured a car elevator. Who the hell thought that was a good idea?
Mitt Romney
Indeed.
Dems unveil ‘FAST Voting Act’
http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2012/11/16/15217439-dems-unveil-fast-voting-act#.UKZu3elVQ-M.twitter
This would be great
WIW, this is a good start, although I think it will run into a buzzsaw with Republicans. I’d also like to see a recommendation for eliminating insecure electronic voting machines. In any case, it needs to be brought up and vigorously debated when the new congress meets and we have to work hard to make sure this stuff isn’t buried. Americans shouldn’t have to endure Banana Republic voting procedures in the 21rst century.
And to think this business model was anywhere close to the Presidency.
Pelosi seeks at least $4 trillion cut to deficit
Mike Lillis
11/16/12 01:46 PM ET
The House minority leader said Friday’s budget talks at the White House yielded a “plan of action” for future negotiations. …
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And then when that 6 months is up? Just 1 more month, pleeease!
Senator Portman wants a six month extension of all bush tax cuts.
seriously, the answer must be NO. They want go ahead and extend the tax cuts for those under $250,000. That’s it.
i know–it’s like death by a thousand cuts. hats off to pbo for his patience as he outmaneuvers the rethugs!
interesting piece from al jazeera:
‘ To the surprise of many, Iran’s Intelligence Ministry shares the assessment of its counterparts in the US and Israel: the potential destruction caused by military strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities would set back the programme only a few years. More telling is their final conclusion: diplomacy is the preferred way forward. ‘
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/11/2012111510502245362.html
love it! the credibility cliff!
It is ‘Beep Beep’ time …. this is all about Credibility.
🙂 bob, you ROCK!
House Dems Call McCain Racist, Sexist and Say He ‘Battered’ Susan Rice
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/house-dems-call-mccain-racist-sexist-and-say-he-battered-susan-rice
Don’t read the vile comments!!!
Dozen House women defend Rice over Libya comments
http://news.yahoo.com/dozen-house-women-defend-rice-over-libya-comments-160532035.html
This article goes into more detail!!
So happy to see the Dems are backing Ambassador Rice! I hope there is a video clip out there.
Just realized there are lots of clips, but my ancient computer won’t let me see them!
#2 in Spain teaching English, a required foreign language in their school system just texted me this message:
“Thank GOD for free healthcare! (in Spain lol) Got an ear infection. Went to the emergency room. Doctor saw me and prescribed my medicine. Walked across the street and got antibiotics AND ear drops. Guess how much….FREE! Can the USA please get with the program?”
Not quite the gift that Mitt said PBO was giving out here, but had it happened here, PBO made sure she’d be covered under my health insurance. Small step, but greatly appreciated by so many.
Just got home, listening to Thom Hartmann in the car. Don’t know if this has been posted—-but unbelievably the Tampa gal and her evil twin have been guests in the WH 3 times in the last 3 months, at least once dining in the exec. dining room, supposedly guests of a “mid level WH aide. I have never seen such brashness in my life——these gals have been everywhere with everyone. I wonder what in the world was the purpose of their 3 !!! visits. Weird, weird, weird.
Also there was a discussion of the story posted on Wonkette which they gave credibility. As in 2004 when the vote counting was shut down in Ohio at 11:14 p.m. when Kerry was winning, confirming exit polls, count switched to server in Tn., and then when count restarted, Bush was winning. This time the vote count stopped at 11:13, but “anonymous” claims he and cohorts watched Rove’s rats, as they called them, prepare to steal Ohio again. But, aha, they waited till the last minute and hacked that program with a firewall stopping the theft. Cannot attest to the truth of all this, of course, but they said this is why Rove was so dumbfounded and refused to give up Ohio—–and named out loud on FOX the same 3 Cincy counties where the vote was stolen in 2004. Interesting.
Hey Tally, congrats on Nicole Sandler mentioning one of your tweets on the Randi Rhodes show this afternoon!
Yeah thanks! – I heard that! I was shocked. I sent her the article on Ackerman too – I just wanted her to TALK ABOUT IT. 😀
Woot! Our girl Tally is part of Progressive Radio history! 🙂
wewt! 😀
Boy, this has been a long Rise and Shine. I hope Chips’ ankle didn’t give out on her and she’s fallen and can’t get up.
Talking points prepared by the CIA were different than the ones used by Susan Rice, Petraeus told lawmakers.
some thing is not right with this statement, because obama said her talking point came for the cia, and i believe obama
No, I believe this. Several agencies provided different information and it was all collated and then a condensed version was given to Susan. Some of the info did come from the CIA, and some from other agencies. When there was conflict between the reports they probably took taht which they were sure of and put6 the others aside for her statements, although all would still have been considered by the decision makers.
Certain information was not given or withheld By Dr. Rice on the Sunday shows for security reasons. Perreaus said that he didn’t make all of the actual changes. The CIA did approve the message she gave in response to the attacks. Had she said anything otherwise, it would have been a breach. Please don’t listen to the pundits or opposing political folks. They have an agenda to stir up controversy or hear themselves talk.
Is this true? Why would Clinton call Romney and say he had a good shot at winning but Sandy knocked him down?
Um, I thought it was “arithmetic.”
I haven’t been the hugest fan of Clinton, but I don’t believe this. Unless Clinton says that he told Willard this, I’ll continue to believe that these are the ravings of a lunatic who just can’t understand that he lost and why he lost.
Obama pollster says there was never any kind of Willard surge. Didn’t a lot of people waste a lot of breath on this non-existent event?
Throughout the election cycle I said to watch the PBO team. If they remain calm, then we should too. They had internals that no one else saw. I was one for following their lead. The RWNJs lost their minds cause they chose to only believe polls in their favor. They gladly lived within the echo chamber of their own AM radio, Fox, and nut job blog site bubble. That so-called bump Willard had after the first debate was only the punditry calling it for him. A week before the 1st debate, Plouffe said on Meet the Press that the media would be chomping at the bit to write the great Romney come back story. They had it all figured out, including the MSM.
This election, like the last one, has been very illuminating…it seems neither pundits nor polls can be trusted any more. They are going to become irrelevent soon.
Good evening peeps! Remember the now famous photo of the Obamas the campaign tweeted out election night? For your FRIDAY afternoon treat, here is the OTHER side of the photo of Michelle’s face taken from the other side of the stage. I love it. As the article notes, fortunately she looks as happy to be holding him again:-) Enjoy!
http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2012/11/16/most_liked_photo_of_all_time_michelle_and_obama_s_victory_hug_from_the_other.html
Why was that Kelley woman included in talks and briefings about Pakistan/Afghanistan policy at the WH? I’m flabbergasted about this. This gal puts the Salahis to complete shame. Wonder what WH staffer fell for her —–uh—persuasion.
Classic Grassley non-sequitur
https://twitter.com/NJedwina/status/269579158705815552
The man is senile.
Phew, new post!!!! But a miserably small one 😕
http://theobamadiary.com/2012/11/16/chat-away-77/
Hello there, Ms Chips, are you in the local emergency waiting room or just having a good sleep to restore your energy and your ankle? I sure hope it’s more the latter.
President Obama leading now by almost 4 million votes and 3% pts. Still more votes to come.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/11/16/1162425/-Obama-s-Lead-Expanding-but-it-s-a-tie
Obama 50.7%
Romney 47.7%
Much larger than Bush margin of 2004 (2.4%)
It’s a 3% margin and still growing. What about raw votes? Right now:
Obama 63.2 million
Romney 59.5 million
The margin is 3.7 million and could expand to nearly 4 before it’s over.
Guess they found those two million voters who voted for McCain last time. Darn and we thought they all had obituaries.
Now I am getting scared … been on this thread all day and now we hear that the “scandal” players were at the WH and in talks and briefings? God, why can we not have honesty and a no drama governing body? What is going on?