Now we know whose ‘statements’ weren’t true.
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Jake Tapper: CNN has obtained an e-mail sent by a top aide to President Barack Obama about White House reaction to the deadly attack last September 11 on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, that apparently differs from how sources characterized it to two different media organizations.
The actual e-mail from then-Deputy National Security Adviser for Strategic Communications Ben Rhodes appears to show that whomever leaked it did so in a way that made it appear that the White House was primarily concerned with the State Department’s desire to remove references and warnings about specific terrorist groups so as to not bring criticism to the department.
…. Whoever provided those accounts seemingly invented the notion that Rhodes wanted the concerns of the State Department specifically addressed. While Nuland, particularly, had expressed a desire to remove mentions of specific terrorist groups and CIA warnings about the increasingly dangerous assignment, Rhodes put no emphasis at all in his e-mail on the State Department’s concerns.
More here
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This is significant and slimy. Deserves coverage even though doesn’t neatly fit the easy “narrative” of the moment.thelead.blogs.cnn.com/2013/05/14/cnn…
— David Plouffe (@davidplouffe) May 14, 2013
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@jonkarl So it’s the WH’s fault because you didn’t vet your source thoroughly & ended up publishing WRONG information? #JournalismFAIL #p2
— PragmaticObotsUnite (@PragObots) May 14, 2013
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Media Matters: ABC News is now claiming that its Benghazi “exclusive” was based on summaries of emails between administration aides, not the emails themselves – an assertion belied by their earlier reports.
CNN’s Jake Tapper reported on May 14 that he had obtained an email sent by White House aide Ben Rhodes that “differs from how sources inaccurately quoted and paraphrased it in previous accounts to different media organizations,” including ABC’s Karl….
…. ABC News has responded by claiming their original reporting was based on summaries of the emails, not the emails themselves …. But ABC News and Karl himself have repeatedly suggested he had obtained the actual emails, not summaries of emails from Rhodes and others in the administration.
More here
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@abc can you tell us what disciplinary action you plan to take against @jonkarl in light of his using edited/faked emails?
— Scott Finley (@TheScottFinley) May 14, 2013
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Here’s an idea: Fire @jonkarl instead of Holder. Karl lied about emails; Holder never lied about anything: mediamatters.org/blog/2013/05/1…
— Chernynkaya (@Chernynkaya) May 14, 2013
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Greg Sargent: …. as Tapper puts it: “Whoever provided those quotes and paraphrases did so inaccurately, seemingly inventing the notion that Rhodes wanted the concerns of the State Department specifically addressed …. Rhodes put no emphasis at all in his email on the State Department’s concerns.”
This would seem to do still more damage to the notion that there was any kind of cover up here …. if this report bears out, it weakens the underpinning of this supposed scandal considerably…..
…. Tapper concludes: “whoever leaked the inaccurate information earlier this month did so in a way that made it appear that the White House – specifically Rhodes – was more interested in the State Department’s concerns, and more focused on the talking points, that the email actually stated.”
So who provided this seemingly changed version of the email to ABC News?
Full post here
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READ THIS —> CNN exclusive: White House email contradicts Benghazi leaks> thelead.blogs.cnn.com/2013/05/14/cnn… …
— Jonathan Capehart (@CapehartJ) May 14, 2013
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How did those false #GOP talking points end up in @jonkarl‘s reporting? @abc should release all internal communications and drafts.
— allanbrauer (@allanbrauer) May 14, 2013
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TPM: … [Jon] Karl says in a new piece that he asked his source to explain the discrepancy and got this response …
I asked my original source today to explain the different wording on the Ben Rhodes e-mail, and the fact that the words “State Department” were not included in the e-mail provided to CNN’s Tapper.
This was my source’s response, via e-mail: “WH reply was after a long chain of email about State Dept concerns. So when WH emailer says, take into account all equities, he is talking about the State equities, since that is what the email chain was about.”
I guarantee you Karl had a sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach when he saw that explanation. Because that explanation by reference to earlier comments in the thread is pretty weak. Karl’s follow on piece is entitled “More Details on Benghazi Talking Points Emerge” but the substance is, ‘How the Story Changes When I Realize the Notes I Was Using Weren’t Reliable.’ The answer here is that Karl pretty clearly got burned by his source. But he at least seriously singed himself by making it really, really look like he was looking at the emails themselves when he wasn’t.
Full post here
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Somewhere on Capitol Hill, a GOP source is having a series of awkward conversations with reporters about the fabricated Benghazi email
— Dan Pfeiffer (@pfeiffer44) May 14, 2013
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When did @abc and @jonkarl know about the fabricated email and who knew about it? How can one report they viewed something they never saw?
— Mike Chambers (@TheLogical_1) May 14, 2013
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Steve Benen: …. So, let me get this straight. Someone leaked misleading information to ABC and the Weekly Standard, they ran it, other news organizations embraced it, we’ve had several days of “scandal” based on it, and the information wasn’t true?
…. we’re not dealing with a mistake, so much as we’re dealing with a political actor deliberately misrepresenting key details to journalists, who in turn misled other journalists, who in turn created a controversy where none existed.
… Republicans have spent quite a bit of time recently insisting there are important, unanswered questions surrounding the Benghazi story. I’ve got one: who misled ABC and the Weekly Standard as part of this effort to smear the White House?
Full post here
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ABC’s Jonathan Karl has some serious explaining to do on his fake emails he reported as a Benghazi smoking gun. #impeachobama
— Jeff Gauvin (@JeffersonObama) May 14, 2013
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What a mess. ABC News and Jon Karl repeatedly suggested that they had obtained the actual Benghazi talking points… fb.me/259Q7oURC
— Charles Evans (@charles1950) May 14, 2013
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Two weeks ago:
KARL: …. my question to you is, do you still have the juice to get the rest of your agenda through this Congress?
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, if you put it that way, Jonathan, maybe I should just pack up and go home. Golly …. as Mark Twain said, you know, rumors of my demise may be a little exaggerated at this point.
Well, Karl’s own juice just ran out – ABC need to announce his demise right now. He either doctored the email himself, or, more likely, used an email doctored by an opponent of the President for his ‘exclusive’ – either way…. astonishing.
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When @jonkarl asked Pres. if he still had “the juice”. Not much juice left in Karl’s GOP-shilling tank now #Exposed youtube.com/watch?v=U48uOF…
— TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) May 15, 2013
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You know what @jonkarl should write about next? The scandal in which @jonkarl printed selectively edited material without verifying it.
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) May 14, 2013
The Obama Diary 
Benghazi scandal: Doctored email (3 days to crumble)
IRS scandal: Liberal and Conservative groups were targeted, Tea party groups just got it more cause they were all over the place and a new group emerging each second from Sheldon and Koch money. (2 days to crumble)
AP scandal: There were multiple interview done (500+) before District Attorney (read not holder) issued subpoena, oh and Holder was questioned as part of the investigation. (1 day to crumble)
All the trolls calling for Obama’s impeachment yesterday, today looking like abject fools. (Priceless.)
Some of them are still mad and can’t accept that they are looking real foolish after all the demands for Eric Holder to be fired. I can tell you that the PL emoprog contingent is ENRAGED right now. I have proof of that.
F’em. They are always enraged about something or other. Tomorrow, it’ll be Burma. What happened in Burma, you say? Why let’s ask the republican machine for the next ‘scandal’ and then everybody freak out. So over it all.
unfortunately so many of my “liberal” friends (all white mind you) were repeating that talk yesterday on facebook, and comparing this to richard nixon, so “mission accomplished for the billionaires who own all the media. that’s why what they do is so harmful. republicans are totally gone off the rails, and liberal support is allowing itself to be divided and conquered by their games. these new demographics in america cannot come fast enough! they are not so susceptible to these media-created games.
It happens to the best of us.
Uh, no., not possible…
Whew. For a few seconds there, I feared I was first.
😀 lightening quick I was, Oh and Don was a not too slow second, I guess. 😀
Indeed, you both were way ahead of it! WTG!
Perfect thread Chips – thanks!
Keep digging Jon….
Chips, in your long line of doing awesome work, this by far may be your coup de grace.
When media friends fall out – the truth is seen. Shame they don’t report the news rather than invent it
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
hahaha!
although he and his peers are not practicing anything close to “journalism” though…
Pimping ain’t easy!
As I used to say in my younger, NYC hip hop days: Word.
Well, since you brought it up, we simply must enjoy the Academy Award-winning song (clean lyrics)
Hahahaha. So apt.
I truly hope the champagne corks are popping in The West Wing, if not in the Oval Office as well!
Alls I know is that every goddamn day this fucking guy sits in the front row with a smug look on his face acting like he got the drop on President Obama or something.
Just by looking at my TL, I sense that MSNBC (I have not watched them on TV) has been literally unhinged all day – someone’s going to slip and say the N- word if they’re not careful. They are this close to saying it. They have essentially replaced FOX News and it shows in their dwindling ratings. I’m not sure why Phil Griffin thought that being anti-Obama was a good model (business or otherwise) for his network. I guess Karma is paying them a visit, as she should.
MSNBC? Who are they? 😆
Really, I get my fill of US “news” channels from Twitter. It’s all I can tolerate. Bless the stronger stomached folk who watch the crap and Tweet.
I ditched them a long time ago – except for the one or two occasions I’ve listened to a segment here and there from Lawrence or Rev Al. But that’s about it.
Chips, madam, baby boo bear: You ROCK!
I have a night owl chat ready. I think we’ll all enjoy it.
Even though you have red-nosed reindeer issues, I still love you – thank you LL!!!
“baby boo bear”? Excuse me… Oh Japa! ……
Love the title of this thread! 😀
It’s evaaaaaaaal, Dudette!
Sooo bad, it’s goooood! 🙂
You taught me all the naughtiness I know, Ms Dudette!
One is glad to be of service, ma’am. 😎
Good evening all.
Damn, I was only 1 1/2 threads behind… Good thing about being busy — I totally miss the manufactured drama/poutrage…
Been one of those days with a lot on my plate and very little energy. Dead on my feet, however, I hope that I’ll be able to hold out until about 10 pm, then sleep through the night.
I like this photo—–President Obama in between George and Abe——-looks right.
Caption this: “juice, anyone?” 😆 PBO told them just a few days ago to watch their recklessness.. But did they listen to the President of the United States? Methinks not…
That’ll teach the little bastards. Mess with my President and you WILL be “crushed”.
Totally agree, Dudette!
I hope Jay calls on Jonathan Karl first tomorrow.
Ha, that would be sweeeeeeet Don!
Yep!
I’m about to email ABC News and Jonathan Karl about their smoking gun.
oh noes!! all this “scandal” talk must mean one thing…they’re about to drop the “michelle whitey” tape finally. help us!
or POTUS cheatin’
:LOL: :LOL:
Jonathan Karl su*ked on his own Juice 😆 😆
Is that even possible?
Yeah, it is — literally and figuratively…
Show off!
I could say something salacious, but this is a family blog.
Oh, go on!
I’m just saying, I’ve seen movies. It’s possible.
However, that presupposes that Karl isn’t a eunuch. Which he is.
Now I really am afraid to look at your next column.
Oh, so you’ve also seen Caligula?
You know, I just can’t bring myself to watch a bad porn movie disguising itself as “art”. Porn at least has an honesty to it. And I really don’t want to see John Gielgud naked.
Hell, I purchased it at the bootleg store in Okinawa — thought it was HISTORY! Was I surprised! 😆
😯
But:
LL, sheesh, you made me 😆 🙄 😆
Well Don, look at the weasel. If he didn’t, he did try 😆
Nena, no Jonathan Karl choke on his own juice.
Yeah. I thought about that word “choke”…… 😉 then I said, Hmm? Since Jonathan Karl was full of himself and padding himself, to take him down a peg, perhaps, S*ck on his own Juice would do just that.
I like CHOKE too 😉
Now let’s see if the Republicans do to ABC and Karl what they did to CBC and Dan Rather–and the issue in that case was just Bush’s military service record.
This was misinformation and LIES about a tragedy that killed 4 Americans.
Great post Ms Chips, LOVE IT that these clowns now have egg on their faces…. or something much worse!
A year ago…..there were 6 states. After pres Obama spoke on this….a year later, 12 is the New number from 6.
Change We can Believe in.
See Bill, this is how you deal with juice.
I just emailed ABC News: ” Re Jonathan Karl’s stupidity: What happened to the ABC News of Harry Reasoner and Howard K. Smith? How the once mighty have fallen! You do know you’re a joke out here in the heartland?”
Jon Karl should be fired, along with the entire ABC News department!
As I said on TPV:
Excuse me as I—HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAOHMYGODOURMEDIAISAJOKEHAHAHA
Bravo Chips! That was a brutal takedown….
Stupid is as stupid does.
So another pleasant surprise from the hospital today. First the acupuncture, then a music session, THEN they brought in dinner from a local bbq restaurant. Good stuff. Most I’ve eaten from them in a very long time. Actually had a salad instead of cold soggy veggies. Yum.
🙂 Real food is an important part of healing!
OH, I see you got your appetite back!! That’s fabulous that they are doing so much to make you feel cared for. MUSIC.
Appetite was gone for lunch though. I hope It was just that I didn’t like the food and not trending backwards.
Well, just take it a meal at a time. You need sustenance!
Alright! Good music and good food. Can’t go wrong there when you need to get your strength up. Yeah Baby!
Exactly.
Goooooood….I love BBQ…baby back ribs from Fridays
I would love some ribs. They gave us chicken legs but well seasoned and cooked. Much better than usual fare.
So glad to hear you enjoyed your meal today. And, I just want you to know that you are on my prayer list as of today. I am late learning about your illness.
But, you are one tough cookie; in spite of all you write n to TOD and inspire all the rest of us. I love reading what you write, even when it’s not going so well with you. Your grat spirit shines through.
Thanks Georgia!
So pleased to hear things are going well – hope you found a minute to enjoy Chips great post on the media running out of juice
Heading there now.
Gobrooklyn, so wonderful to hear of your great progress. Music is a great healer. Keep up the appetite as well.
You are in my prayers and meditation daily. ((((((((((( Lots of loving prayers for healing))))))))))))))HZ
Thanks HZ!
The national media in its entirety is ridiculously chasing their tails (i.e., GOP talking points).
Cannot believe how BREATHLESS they have been since Friday, CONVINCED that the WH is in utter turmoil, when it’s actually the MSM joining the GOP as unhinged propaganda promoters.
So in the interest of schadenfreude (which is so savory), reposting a couple of MSM accolades of Jon (weasel) Karl:
“juice” (apr 30)
“e-mail exclusive” (may 10)
I used to refer to Jake Tapper as a weasel, and here’s something posted TODAY by his producer:
Clueless jackals and hyenas all.
There are many forms of mental illness…
For symmetry [if you’re still out there lurking. Left something for you on the previous thread too.]
Thank you! I love Sade!
So do I. She’s perfect for so many occasions! 🙂
Some great tweets on Mr Karl’s twitter – only person supporting him seems to be Jake Tapper hahahahaha
Ha, yeah, saw that 99ts – it was almost like Tapper felt bad about creating ‘difficulties’ for a beloved colleague!
Poor Jake had a big sad – should he take the kudos for getting the email – or should he hang in there for the sake of his BBF – they really do “make up” the news – ably supported by the GOP.
Of course Tapper felf bad about screwing a colleague, in the same way Tiger felt bad for Sergio on the 17th at sawgrass.
Ha!!!!!!!!!!! Although, Don, I’d guess even Tapper is a more pleasant human being than Sergio ….. and that’s saying something!
This is sickening. Why do we not wake up?
Sadly, because there’s more profit (at least monetarily) in doing the opposite. No one has figured out a way to translate the costs into terms that will cause the people with the purse strings to take notice and see that changing things will be for their own benefit.
Thanks for the shout-out!
Ah, my pleasure Allan, follow you obsessively on the Twitter machine! Thanks for everything you do.
And, of course, thanks for retweeting me and my pieces on TPV!
I really don’t understand how the deficit and ACA are tied together, but here’s some (good) perspective that is being ignored by MSM because they really are that lazy:
The ACA saves money bc you g people will be getting insurance, subsidized or sliding scale. For first time .
The MSM is not just lazy. They deliberately bury any news that could possibly be construed as positive for PBO. Yet they go out of their way and literally work over-time spinning stuff and digging up any trash that could be reported as “negative” or “scandalous” for PBO
LIberal Media My Arse……….They will find excuses for TBGOPers and justify their behavior. But to report even on pres Obama’s trips, events, commencements, etc are questioned and dissected. His Skeet shooting comments were questioned even when a photo was released. But a gulf outing with Tiger Woods was a 3-6 days story,
Scroll down a bit and look at this trailer on the website
http://teaser-trailer.com/new-clip-and-character-posters-of-star-trek-2-into-darkness/
It will fit!
🙂 🙂 🙂 LOVE JOE!!
http://www.balloon-juice.com/2013/05/14/open-thread-coolest-vice-president-evaarrrr/
Oh my gawd, I ADORE him!!!! 🙂
Aww. I need some cheeks to pinch! That is just too adorable! 🙂
“I need some cheeks to pinch!”
😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆
🙂
I just had this thought – Can anyone remember if Bush ever wrote a personal letter back to anyone? I mean, other than signing his name, can he write coherently? I’m musing, is all.
He tried, VC:
😀 Was that the personal one he sent to you? (You are bad.)
😆 Yes, my personal note from George. It reads:
“No need to be sooooooooooo rude.”
6 words (with one stretched to make the note seem longer?) Wow! Little GeorgieB had more skills that I had thought. Wonder who told him you were being rude though? I see no evidence to suggest he would have been able to figure that out by himself.
This is interesting. May have been posted already.
Ambassador Stevens twice said no to military offers of more security, U.S. officials say
In the month before attackers stormed U.S. facilities in Benghazi and killed four Americans, U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens twice turned down offers of security assistance made by the senior U.S. military official in the region in response to concerns that Stevens had raised in a still secret memorandum, two government officials told McClatchy.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/05/14/191235/amb-stevens-twice-said-no-to-military.html
Anonymous sources, though, so hard to know how credible this report is.
I recall reading just after the attacks that Ambassador Stevens had asked for additional security.
At this point, who knows what to believe?
Ain’t it the truth! 🙂 I read what was supposed to be the official State Department (?) timeline. It recorded a request from Ambassador Stevens for 5 security personnel. Then I read and email that supposedly came from Tripoli (Stevens) making the same request. 2 security personnel traveled with him and there were already 3 at the annex. In a later email, he said that would be adequate.
But who knows who wrote them. 🙂
Then maybe we should be focusing on when the State Department asked for more money for embassy security, the Republicans said NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This whole argument is so silly to me. If one has chaos breaking our in half a dozen places and you have to figure out where to send resources, I would think a location with 2 dozen CIA members would be at the bottom of the list.
Well, that takes us full circle to Congress cutting the State Department security budget.
Justice would be served to have the media turn on the GOP House and actually start asking Republicans who voted against this funding why they did so.
Not holding my breath, though.
Tim O’Brien is MSM, and like all the others has been incessantly tweeting about the non-scandal trifecta.
He is still capable of tweeting out some good news though.
If I rember correctly, CBS fired Dan Rather and somebody else for supposedly using false documents to question George Bush’s military record. I think ABC should do the same to Jonathan Karl for relying on doctored e-mails to impugn the integrity of the President. We also need an investigation to find out the source (s) of the falsfied e-mail that Karl based his sensationalist report on.
Yes, CBS fired Dan Rather, but as was later learned, Dan Rather was right, which no one, least of all the Bushes wanted made public. That was political arm twisting at its most obvious…..at least to us. Also, a journalist named Mary Mapes was also shunned because she worked with Dan Rather to investigate that situation. GWB was a draft dodger in the National Guard, and didn’t even fulfill his National Guard obligations. He was just a spoiled little rich boy who never worked a day in his life, and certainly didn’t work a day when he was appointed president!
MSNBC also fired Phil Donahue because he spoke against the Bush Iraq war and Chris Matthews, the up-and-coming MSNBC star wanted him gone.
Oh, I wish you hadn’t told me that. Now I REALLY dislike Chris Matthews!
Have a look.
Chips…can you please take this talking head down? I don’t know wth this is, but it’s not what I meant to post here:) Thanks.
Instead…try this. You can find the entire, excellent interview online….
http://www.buzzfeed.com/dorsey/witness-how-much-msnbcs-chris-matthews-and-phil-donahue-hate
I had no idea. Anyone who would take Chris Matthews over Phil Donahue is an idiot.
Just thinking…….if MSNBC still had Donahue and Olbermann, they might be making money and have a large audience. You didn’t have to agree with everything they said, to know they were being honest. Olbermann wrote all his own stuff, Donahue could interview like no one else…..the management and owners are wusses. Who’s going to watch the right/center pablum on MSNBC now?????
Carolyn, I agree 100%.
Yes, agree.
Never saw Donahue, but Olbermann is a showman and his show was extremely entertaining. He launched the MSNBC careers of Chris Hayes and Steve Kornacki.
I don’t know why MSNBC has blinders on when it comes to Joy Reid. She is really excellent and more down-to-earth than Professor Melissa Harris Perry.
Never saw Donahue…you missed the best and leave Melissa alone…she doing so much better. 🙂
You’re right.
I don’t watch her. I think her show airs on the weekend at an early time on the west coast.
But she stirred up her own controversy by unnecessarily suggesting that President Obama implied that single moms cause gun violence, so I don’t feel much guilt in preferring Joy Reid as an anchor.
Joy Reid is the best MSNBC has, but the idiots that runs MSNBC can’t see that.
I really am starting to think that the God in whom I have my doubts has a soft spot for that Obama fella.
LOL
Goodness to your fellow man is what is being rewarded here
If God exists, then it indeed appears so.
Might be “Luck o’ the Irish” too! 🙂
HA! Looks like ABC is the new CNN.
ABC has unsuccessfully tried to overcome their “third” network status because they launched after CBS and NBC (who both had a radio presence before television).
I can’t think of any credible journalist who has worked for network (not local) ABC. (Probably just my faulty memory though.)
Peter Jennings. I used to really, really like him. He’s been gone many years.
Can we get this word out to the OUTRAGED media now?
Unfortunately it was not just the GOP calling on Holder to resign – a significant segment of the left media, MSNBC, Jon Stewart, etc were all singing for Holder’s head. I think it’s time that we begin to acknowledge that this hatred of and hostility towards our President extends far beyond the GOP.
None of them are democrats, Naderites and libertarians.
That’s true, however, these individuals do not self-identify or seen by others as being part of the GOP, nor do they work for FOX news. They are usually seen either on MSNBC, or in the blogosphere where people think of them as “liberals” even though you and I know know differently about their underlying orientation.
Wouldn’t worry about Moulitsas, an Obama-basher for as long as I can remember – don’t think he ever quite left his GOP roots. But being a fake progressive can be profitable, as my beloved Cenk has proved.
Greenwald? He’s as left as Newt Gingrich. The CATO/Koch boy is a worthless piece of shit.
Shuster? A comedy show.
Jon Stewart? A juvenile smart ass – have long since grown tired of his back-of-the-class sneering at anyone and everything, but hopefully he’ll grow up one day.
:MAO! You’ve described them all to the letter Chips!
But they are not seen as part of the GOP nor do they identify that way, and some of them have been thought of as quite “liberal”
In general Eric Holder is not appreciated by the “liberal left” and “liberal MSM” for some reason, and I think it partly has to do with the fact that he didn’t prioritize their pet issues of prosecuting Bush or going after the banks, and instead worked on voters rights, medicare fraud, mortgage fraud, police brutality, etc, things that affect the poor, working class, middleclass and disenfranchised, not concerns of the wealthy limousine liberals. Of course the racial element is also an important factor.
Ah, Holder and the ”left’, Hopefruit …. can only shamelessly post my tweet from earlier today:
Yup..I saw your excellent tweet and RT’d immediately 🙂
Thank you. These are the people who dominate the airwaves. Or so I hear. They have too much power and don’t warrant one iota of it!
THIS, THIS, THIS AND THIS Chips. You said it so right.
Oh, Shuster. Striving for relevance. The others, pftttt/
Allllllllllllllllllllllllllright Ms Chipssssssss….Break it Downnn…Break it downnnnnnn…HA!
Very well said, hope fruit.
Love your characterization of Jon Stewart. This guy has daddy issues, I would bet on it. There’s something immature in his aggressiveness towards EVERYONE who has some power.
Really sick of the knee-jerk reactions of media making “proclamations.”
It’s disgusting how full of themselves they are.
MSM management needs to figure out these “proclaimers” need to be reassigned to a job that requires actual work.
P.S. Cannot STAND Greenwald. His tweets about President Obama inexplicably drip with venom and bile. Refuse to even glance at anything written by him.
Thank you carolyn, I think we all ought to contact ABC News over these lies they put out there. I sent a email to ABC News also.
What a treat to come here today! I’ve been grading papers all week-end – only have 25 more to go. And I had a funeral to go to. When I got back home I turned on Hardball – and turned it right back off again. I’ve decided on a summer without tv news. Good-bye to MSNBC. I liked some of the evening programs, but I’ve had it. Then I come here and read highlights about things the media opinionators don’t even mention. So now I’m watching a Lewis and Clark documentary on Netflix (love historical documentaries!), quickly perusing TOD, and now about to return to the papers.
Mr. President. This.
My good and fun news—-youngest daughter is expecting her 1st baby——and they found out today “what kind” (as mr. dotster amusingly put it). They are going to have a sweet little girl babe—–(no boy parts detected)—–and this is funny—-my daughter swears the wee thing (little bigger than an avocado) was waving at her mom and dad during the ultrasound. I bought it.
Congrats Grandma dotster. Will Chips get to be honorary grandma when she and mr dotster tie the knot?
Woot! Honorary Grandma BabyBooBear! Works good…..
Well, at least you acknowledge *our* marriage is in jeopardy after your philandering on Twitter. Unfaithful rascal.
Excuse me, I thought it was to be a thressome because no single man would be enough for Ms Chips.
Well, yeah, one’s not enough, but it’s already settled – you, me and Mr Dotster. So, less of your chatty-up-ness with Twitter persons, I’m way too moral for a foursome. You hear?
And a huge congratulations to the youngsters, to the grands, and I’m sure the wee lassie was a-waving to her family! 😆
Dotster, that is just the very loveliest news!
“What kind” ….. I am hooooooooowling!!!!!!! 🙂
Ah, love ya both! The warmest congratulations!
pickle48 you made the right decision to take a summer hiatus from TV “news”
Here’s an example of the kind of “analysis” from an MSNBC contributor (the so-called left-leaning network):
They’re still going to vote on this trumped up stuff before the election, just to say the house voted to impeach him?
Wow! Media all about it, promises made, no doubt.
Please proceed, Chaffetz.
I hope it riles us up!!!
I was thinking the same thing!
Great minds… 🙂 🙂
Honestly, Chaffetz is a NOBODY. They have absolutely NO BENCH.
Maybe Jonathan should concentrate LESS on telling the President what to do and focus on telling the truth with HIS JOB!
My money’s on John McCain.. as Jon karl’s lying ‘snitch’. 😉
Loving how this fucking lie exploded on the collective faces of corrupt thugs.
On the same page as you. Always amazed at the President’s grace and ability to convey the core issue.
We could easily read congressional republicans in place of IRS….
Oh wait, do they still consider themselves ‘public servants’? Even tho their paychecks come from us, they are privately employed, aren’t they?
Okay, everybody jump on me. I don’t like the President’s statement. The IRS did their job. They target people who have home offices, certain contributions, particular investment. They should have targeted all of those organizations on the left and right and turned down every one of them. The scandal is that they changed the criteria to match the activities of the Tea Party.
I know what you’re saying FayPax, but I think the statement alludes to what you said: “The scandal is that they changed the criteria to match the activities of the Tea Party.”
Here:
I have now had the opportunity to review the Treasury Department watchdog’s report on its investigation of IRS personnel who improperly targeted conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status. And the report’s findings are intolerable and inexcusable. The federal government must conduct itself in a way that’s worthy of the public’s trust, and that’s especially true for the IRS. The IRS must apply the law in a fair and impartial way, and its employees must act with utmost integrity. This report shows that some of its employees failed that test.
I’ve directed Secretary Lew to hold those responsible for these failures accountable, and to make sure that each of the Inspector General’s recommendations are implemented quickly, so that such conduct never happens again. But regardless of how this conduct was allowed to take place, the bottom line is, it was wrong. Public service is a solemn privilege. I expect everyone who serves in the federal government to hold themselves to the highest ethical and moral standards. So do the American people. And as President, I intend to make sure our public servants live up to those standards every day.
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To be honest, I think they should have been targeting these groups, but it’s also crucial that standards don’t drop to IRS levels under Bush when only liberal groups were targeted. Although, as we’ve read, the vast majority of groups that appeared in last few years were Tea Party types, which largely accounts for them topping the ‘target’ list.
President Obama is the very definition of classy and “take the high road:”
See what happens when you mess with a favorite child of God!!!!
Pity these guys are too dense to see that the presidency wouldn’t be in need of ‘rescuing’ if they would just do a professional job themselves.
Since our Beloved President had no public appearances today I am sure the media, the GOP, Jake Snapper, Chuck Waddle and Snark Knoller our OUTRAGED!
You’re waaaaaaaaaaaay classier than me, Japa:
WORD.
Not classier. I just don’t want my momma to see me writing what I really feel.
🙂
Bitch Slap! 🙂
Military needs to be a little more careful about who they’re selecting to be in charge of sexual assault prevention—–this isn’t the first such ugly situation…..
Good Lord! They’re like roaches coming out of the walls!!
Swish! Nuthin’ but net!
Did you see Jon Karl’s face when he asked that stupid “juice” question? He looked so proud of himself and looked around to see if his fellow news hacks were proud of him too. It was yuck.
They all suffer for what I call the “Woodward syndrome”. They want to become the next Bob Woodward; they want to become a celebrity because they exposed the scandal of the decade, of the century. It’s about their career. No question journalists have to scrutinize the actions of politicians; but the type of witch hunts, faux scandals we’ve seen in the last few years is NOT journalism. They’ll have to realize one thing: they haven’t found big scandals because this president and his cabinet have INTEGRITY.
If they want real scandal, they’ll have to wait for the next republican administration. We usually have big, REAL ones when a republican holds the presidency. Watergate, Iran-Contra, Abu Ghraib, the lies going into Iraq, politicization of the Justice department, and on and on… (Of course the problem is that journalists always hesitate to attack a republican president because they’re afraid of getting their republican bosses unhappy…)
Rachel Maddow is running her dam mouth tonight, and I refuse to listen to her.
THIS! http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014483580
Former NAACP Chairman Julian Bond said Tuesday that it was “entirely legitimate” for the Internal Revenue Service to target conservative groups for increased scrutiny, calling the tea party the “Taliban wing of American politics.”
“I think it’s entirely legitimate to look at the tea party,” Bond said during an interview with MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts. “Here are a group of people who are admittedly racist, who are overtly political, who’ve tried as best as they can to harm President Obama in every way.”
In 2004, the civil rights group was audited by the IRS in a move Bond criticized at the time as “an attempt to silence the NAACP.”
“They are saying if you criticize the president we are going to take your tax exemption away from you,” he said in 2004. “It’s pretty obvious that the complainant was someone who doesn’t believe George Bush should be criticized, and it’s obvious of their response that the IRS believes this, too.”
During the Tuesday interview, Bond denied that there was any parallel between the IRS’ latest scandal and the NAACP audit.
Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/14/julian-bond-tea-party_n_3274583.html?utm_hp_ref=politics
Good one! Loved that movie.
ok – just got home from being Errand Girl.
HOLYFUCKINGSHIT.
1. Someone ******inside the White House****** LEAKED fake accounts of emails regarding Benghazi.
2. Someone ******inside the White House****** LEAKED information to the AP regarding a foiled terror plot, putting lives in danger.
Someone is seriously fucking with MY POTUS, and that pisses me off.
My BIG QUESTION (other than who the fuck is doing that, and who is paying them to do it?) is WHY DID THE IRS APPROVE ANY POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS FOR TAX EXEMPT STATUS????
Don’t jump to conclusions. There is no evidence it was leaked from WH in either situation. Best guess is some GOP Congresscritter or aide in my opinion.
What Randhi Rhoades and AG Holder said today, makes it pretty clear it was someone with high enough access to those emails (enough to know what they said, and to edit them and mislead), and high enough CIA intel that they knew about the undercover op we had inside AQ in Tripoli.
There is a mole, most likely paid by the GOP, and it’s all going to blow up in their faces.
Could it be some staffer of one of the republicans who are members of the House Intel Committee or the Senate Intel Commitee ?
Who knows? But I’d put money on it being the same person.
Tally I believe it was some Republican.
I’m sure it was.
WOW!!! What a day, the I.R.S, Benghazi, and some emails. It’s barely past 9 p.m. and President Obama kicked ass and in on his way to tuck Michelle in. I miss the good old days when a scandal lasted more than twenty-four hours.
“I miss the good old days when a scandal lasted more than twenty-four hours.”
You should tweet it. 🙂
I don’t have the time, I busy breaking balls on twitter.
I already stole it from you. 🙂
So that woman who works for the Atlantic who tweeted about PBO hiding two girls in the basement, is now trying to issue a mea culpa – but is just making a royal ass out of herself at this point:
Shameless plug for the book I’m reading now. Excellent, must read.
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/idiot-america-charles-p-pierce/1100216243?ean=9780767926157&r=1&itm=2
A veteran journalist’s acidically funny, righteously angry lament about the glorification of ignorance in the United States.
In the midst of a career-long quest to separate the smart from the pap, Charles Pierce had a defining moment at the Creation Museum in Kentucky, where he observed a dinosaur. Wearing a saddle…. But worse than this was when the proprietor exclaimed to a cheering crowd, “We are taking the dinosaurs back from the evolutionists!” He knew then and there it was time to try and salvage the Land of the Enlightened, buried somewhere in this new Home of the Uninformed.
With his razor-sharp wit and erudite reasoning, Pierce delivers a gut-wrenching, side-splitting lament about the glorification of ignorance in the United States, and how a country founded on intellectual curiosity has somehow deteriorated into a nation of simpletons more apt to vote for an American Idol contestant than a presidential candidate.
With Idiot America, Pierce’s thunderous denunciation is also a secret call to action, as he hopes that somehow, being intelligent will stop being a stigma, and that pinheads will once again be pitied, not celebrated.
A pre-night owl chat thread: http://theobamadiary.com/2013/05/14/chat-away-obamas-fault-edition/
Great Push Back thread, Chips.
Thanks Amk, it honestly could have gone on forever, so much good stuff on this Karl shill.
Dear Chips,
Would you please publish that picture with the egg splatter?
Ha, LL obliged tonight Africa!
Thanks a bunch. This is how I see a whole bunch of folks in the MSM at this very minute.
Thank goodness that this too will pass. Trouble don’t last always (as the song goes). I think I’ve had it up to my hairline with these “scandals”. Just hope President Obama stays focus on moving the country forward and ignores haters on the left and right.
He will stat focus pkayden, remember what FLOTUS said about things like this, I can’t remember her exact words but she said something like when all the people around is pulling their hair our with worry, and being all concern, POTUS is charm, he keeps his eye on the ball. She said something like that, but what she said let’s me know that POTUS will be just fine. We have to keep him, FLOTUS, and the girls in our prayers.
UPDATE, 9 p.m.: Lew said in a separate statement that he is “deeply troubled” by the findings.
“While the Inspector General found no evidence that any individual or organization outside the IRS influenced the decision to use these criteria, these actions were inappropriate and did not reflect the high standards which I expect and the public deserves,” he said. “Like the American people, I have zero tolerance for any action that could undermine public confidence in the impartial and non-partisan administration of the tax code.”
Lew didn’t say much about the consequences, but he did promise to pursue those who engaged in misconduct. “I strongly agree with the president about the need for accountability at the IRS, and I expect the IRS to implement the Inspector General’s recommendations without delay,” he said.