So 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, than the e-mail actually stated. – Jake Tapper WHOEVER leaked the summary of the [...]
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The Furor Over the Benghazi Talking Points Rewrite
**UPDATED** IT’S the obsessions of the week, the rewrites of the Benghazi talking points. It won’t keep another Benghazi style attack from happening again or keep our embassy personnel safer. It’s politics, just like when George W. Bush marketed his Iraq war campaign prior to the 2002 election. In a development that happened this afternoon, [...]
Matt Damon in Playboy: “No Matter How Hard You Work To Change Things, It Just Doesn’t Matter”
NO SUCK ups, please. Your party and political position exist for your own amusement or delusion. You can’t impact a thing. Unless you’re a member of the Tea Party, that much maligned and mocked political entity that continues to send shudders through our government and populace. They’ve succeeded in hamstringing the Speaker of the House [...]
Brig. Gen. James Shelton on Petraeus: Naive and Fell for Broadwell’s Charms
“I screwed up royally,” Petraeus told his longtime Army pal, retired Brig. Gen. James Shelton in the hand-written missive. “I paid the price (appropriately) and I sought to do the right thing at the end of the day,” he wrote in the Nov. 20 message. – David Petraeus says he ‘screwed up royally’ in letter [...]
News Desk — CBS News: Office of DNI Edited Rice Talking Points and FBI and CIA Signed Off
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy CBS NEWS is reporting that the Office of the DNI edited out “al Qaeda” and “terrorism” references in the talking points Ambassador Rice utilized on the Sunday shows on September 16th. So it’s important to ask just how dense is Senator McCain on [...]
Mad Scramble for New Scapegoat as Allegations Against Susan Rice Collapse
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy “It’s like sending in the electrician when you’re plumbing is broken.” – Catherine Herridge, Fox News Channel national correspondent WHAT WILL old man McCain and his mini me sidekick Lindsay Graham do now? There’s nowhere for the rest of the Rice critics to [...]
U.S. Warships to Mediterranean, As Israeli Iron Dome System Proves Successful
“Some people think… Israel [is] testing the rockets that would be fired against [Iran] from Gaza, next from Lebanon,” Ignatius said during a roundtable discussion. “So we may see something with Lebanon soon because it’s a preliminary; this is a, kind of, warm-up round for the real conflagration that’s ahead that involves Iran.” [CBS News] [...]
Will Petraeus-gate Wake Up America on Homeland Insecurity Privacy Invasion?
THE QUESTION in all this is whether having an elite establishment player sucked into the turbine of America’s massive anti privacy establishment will result in any light dawning on how our country has changed and just how depleted our civil liberties are today. As far as I can tell it will not. Tom Ricks offered [...]
Petraeus, Pat Robertson and ‘I’m a Man’ (VIDEOS & Music)
Yes, I know there were questions of security and classified material, not just another sex scandal by some guy in a position of power. But it was the sex scandal part that really got what passes for long-term attention (you know, two or three news cycles). People were intrigued. People were titillated. People were quick [...]
Angry John McCain Flips Out When Questioned About Skipping Classified Benghazi Briefing
AFTER GOING out of his way to rant about the Obama administration’s response to the Benghazi terrorist attack, Senator John McCain skipped out on a classified briefing on the attack on Wednesday. When asked about it by a CNN producer, McCain went off. From CNN: When CNN approached McCain in a Capitol hallway Thursday morning, [...]
Top Story — Obama to Rice Critics: “Go After Me,” “Outgageous” to “Besmirch” Her
THE BATTLE was joined over U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice’s confirmation, which occurred in President Obama’s first press conference since his reelection. After being carved up in the press, starting on Fox News, Rice had been hung out until the question was asked today by ABC’s Jonathan Karl. Obama clearly relished the moment to finally get [...]
President Obama Meets the Press on Petraeus, Benghazi, and “Fiscal Cliff”
NO MATTER where the press conference goes, the resignation of DCIA Petraeus will be primary. But at least Obama was able to design that Petraeus will testify tomorrow behind closed doors, before the press conference. The first presser President Obama has had since being reelected, the issue following Petraeus is Benghazi. The “fiscal cliff” will [...]
Jon Stewart’s Conspiracy Gas Bag Parade
The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook NOTHING LIKE a great comedian and political satirist with a video editing team. …with an assist from Fox News Channel, of course, and Gretchen Carlson, along with the always precious Peggy Noonan. The Daily Show with [...]
Top Story — Stupid at DEFCON 1: Petraeus Scandal Set Off by Rep. Eric Cantor
Later, the agent became convinced — incorrectly, the official said — that the case had stalled. Because of his “worldview,” as the official put it, he suspected a politically motivated cover-up to protect President Obama. The agent alerted Eric Cantor, the House majority leader, who called the F.B.I. director, Robert S. Mueller III, on Oct. [...]
Nominee for Supreme Allied Commander of Europe Allen’s “Bizarre” Behavior and 20-30,000 Emails to Hostess Kelley
THE TOP commander in Afghanistan is now ensnared in the Petraeus – Broadwell – Shirtless FBI Agent – Kelley sex scandal and just might lose his promotion. “At the request of the Secretary of Defense, the President has put on hold his nomination of Gen. Allen as SACEUR pending the investigation of Gen. Allen’s conduct [...]
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