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May 14, 2013

Eric Holder Now Speaking About AP Investigation
— Ace

Live feed here. So far, it's another guy who doesn't know anything at all.

News: Holder says he wasn't part of the AP investigation at all, because, if I have this right, he himself was questioned by the FBI as a possible leaker. So he recused himself.

An couple of odd lines from Holder: Speaking about the administration's civil rights record, he declared "I'm proud of what we've done," then lists, as his only proof of a strong record on civil rights, treating terrorists kindly.

No one follows up -- that's all well and good for terrorists, but how about American citizens?

Then, speaking about the Administration's promise to make drone decisions more transparent, Holder says, "That was a promise, by me, that I think will be kept."

Outstanding. Can't get a stronger guarantee than that.

Posted by: Ace at 09:53 AM | Comments (244)
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1 I have turned over the investigation to the crack team that investigated the Black Panthers

Posted by: imp at May 14, 2013 09:54 AM (UaxA0)

2 Let me guess, all the reporters who were investigated by the DOJ worked for Fox News.

Posted by: Dr Spank at May 14, 2013 09:54 AM (4cRnj)

3 Seriously, how many scandals does that make it? Got to be a fucking record.

Posted by: Prescient11 at May 14, 2013 09:54 AM (tVTLU)

4 So far, it's another guy who doesn't know anything at all. --- I'm suing him for infringing upon my TV show.

Posted by: Jerry Seinfeld at May 14, 2013 09:55 AM (+x8q5)

5 Meh. The more shit that distracts from Benghazi, the happier SCOAMF and the left will be. Bad as all this shit is, it's a distraction from the main event. BENGHAZI.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 14, 2013 09:55 AM (+98Gb)

6 These smart people don't know much.

Posted by: P. Aaron at May 14, 2013 09:55 AM (AUMNX)

7 This administration was "scandal free" for so long, what happened?

Posted by: Dr Spank at May 14, 2013 09:55 AM (4cRnj)

8 Seriously, how many scandals does that make it? Got to be a fucking record. --- Wasn't it about a month ago where the MSM was STILL trying to claim that Obama hadn't had a major scandal since taking office? Yeah, I think they're going to try and bury those comments.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at May 14, 2013 09:55 AM (+x8q5)

9 How does this administration get away with making a black guy recuse himself?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 14, 2013 09:55 AM (8ZskC)

But of course he doesn't.

LIVs, do you really want someone this clueless running the country's Justice system?

Never mind - of course you do.

Hey - there's Kim K's baby bump!

Posted by: Marybeth at May 14, 2013 09:56 AM (Ks0w4)

11 Big news today in NY is that the public employee pension fund just hit an all-time high. Apparently Tom DiNapoli invested it heavily in popcorn futures.

Posted by: mugiwara at May 14, 2013 09:56 AM (W7ffl)

12 Foreplay, then Benghazi.

Posted by: Temper Tantrum at May 14, 2013 09:57 AM (AWmfW)

13 Prediction: Eric Holder will get a new assignment as the administration's Poet Laureate.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 14, 2013 09:57 AM (8ZskC)

14 He's ignorantly unfettered. Because racism.

Posted by: joncelli at May 14, 2013 09:57 AM (RD7QR)

15 Preznit Obama! What about those scandals!!!11??!!

Posted by: The littl shyning man at May 14, 2013 09:57 AM (lbJ4Y)

16 garnered a first in 3 of the last 7 posts I gotta step away.

Posted by: imp at May 14, 2013 09:57 AM (UaxA0)

17 it's a distraction from the main event. The thing is, if the current shitstorm is (as seems plausable) because of the CIA's refusal to take the fall for Benghazi, then at some point this whole thing will come right back there for the exact purpose of clearing the CIA's name--or at least ensuring that they don't go down alone.

Posted by: filbert the Whig at May 14, 2013 09:57 AM (7vimm)

18 "I would refer you to other agencies that won't or 'can't' answer these nagging questions."

Posted by: Slapweasel at May 14, 2013 09:57 AM (7gwGw)

19 11 Big news today in NY is that the public employee pension fund just hit an all-time high. Apparently Tom DiNapoli invested it heavily in popcorn futures. --- We've been advising our clients to invest in canned goods and shotguns.

Posted by: Brain Gremling at May 14, 2013 09:57 AM (+x8q5)

20 Eric
Turn yourself in now, confess. You will feel better and you will get consideration for that at sentencing.

Posted by: real joe at May 14, 2013 09:57 AM (GwfxE)

21
Richard Nixon was positively innocent, I am now also convinced.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 14, 2013 09:57 AM (jKWYf)

22 Kaiser Sose orchestrated this

Posted by: The Jackhole at May 14, 2013 09:58 AM (nTgAI)

23 Probably that same group of trouble makers in Cincinnati. Those guys are a bunch of pricks but they're in the union so you can't really do anything to them. *shrugs*

Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at May 14, 2013 09:58 AM (+lsX1)

24 It's Scandalfest!

Posted by: Oblivious at May 14, 2013 09:58 AM (6xtq3)

25 "I'm proud of our record on civil liberties."

He lies better than Carney.

Lawyers.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 14, 2013 09:58 AM (4Mv1T)

26 Holder is proud of his failures and of the spying on the media.

Posted by: Dr Spank at May 14, 2013 09:58 AM (4cRnj)

1) Fast and Furious

2) Foreign Chinese money flowing to reelection campaign

3) IRS Scandal

4) Benghazi

5) EPA emails

6) AP investigation/wiretapping

7) HHS operations/illegal pushing for obamacare

others?

And note, these are not just scandals, but scandals UPON scandals.

The gun walking/running in Fast and Furious was bad enough. But when investigated they lied, misrepresented and have refused to produce almost 60,000 pages of documents under the misnomer of "executive privilege".

I mean, each initial scandal begets its own scandal/coverup.

The one biggie they try to get Reagan with is Iran-Contra, essentially gun running to unsavory individuals. Ooooohhhhh, big scandal. That's all they had.

But in the one scandal in Benghazi, gun running to Syria IS ASSUMED TO BE GOING ON. Geraldo said he had a source confirm it!!!! And yet the media isn't out to rape zero. It isn't out for zero's head. There have been no hearings on the actual, underlying fucking original scandal of Benghazi which is the gun running.

There are just too many fucking scandals within scandals. It's a joke. The media buried them all, but like a zombie they always come back.

Posted by: Prescient11 at May 14, 2013 09:59 AM (tVTLU)

28 Holder: This administration has put a real value on the rule of law.

That's a knee slapper Eric!

Posted by: Tami[/i][/b][/u][/s] at May 14, 2013 09:59 AM (X6akg)

29 Off to fly shop anyone need some "wooly buggers"?

Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectal at May 14, 2013 09:59 AM (wR+pz)

30 "On the advice of MY attorney ..."

Posted by: Mark x at May 14, 2013 09:59 AM (B8OWU)

31 It's amazing how all of us morons know more about these crimes than the criminals involved.

Posted by: dfbaskwill at May 14, 2013 09:59 AM (71LDo)

32
Holder lying his ass off.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 14, 2013 09:59 AM (jKWYf)

33 Holder: "President campaigned on things. Carney said so, too. We're doing all we can to obfuscate and consistently break the law. You need to look at this dispassionately, rube."

Posted by: Slapweasel at May 14, 2013 09:59 AM (7gwGw)

34 Being proud of one's record does not mean it's a good record. i'm sure Dr. Mengele was proud of his record too.

Posted by: imp at May 14, 2013 10:00 AM (UaxA0)

35 Well, we don't waterboard terrorists anymore, but we spy on reporters. Civil Rights for the win!

Posted by: no good deed at May 14, 2013 10:00 AM (mjR67)

36 I have a feeling that they arranged simultaneous press conferences so that reporters and networks could only cover so much. Image these back-to-back.

Posted by: Virginia SoCon might become Harrison Bergeron at May 14, 2013 10:00 AM (+/C3g)

37 You think I'm a bad Attorney General? Come to my office and I'll show you letters of praise from every drug lord in Mexico.

Posted by: Eric Holder at May 14, 2013 10:00 AM (8ZskC)

38 Nice answer to the drone question Eric. Holy farkin sheeyite

Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at May 14, 2013 10:00 AM (XvrTA)

39 Why isn't this FG in jail?

Posted by: Optimizer at May 14, 2013 10:00 AM (Mxt9o)

40 They really should not have don this at same time as Jay Carnival's presser. Unless they want to hide something..

Posted by: Baldy at May 14, 2013 10:00 AM (tyDFN)

41 Ron Brown, Vince Foster and Ben Ghazi could not be reached for comment.

Posted by: dfbaskwill at May 14, 2013 10:00 AM (71LDo)

42 Pretty much every scandal has its own scandal within it. Chicago politics always comes back the fuck around.

Posted by: Prescient11 at May 14, 2013 10:01 AM (tVTLU)

43 40 They really should not have don this at same time as Jay Carnival's presser. Unless they want to hide something..

Posted by: Baldy at May 14, 2013 02:00 PM (tyDFN)

They're trying to overwhelm everyone.

Posted by: Tami[/i][/b][/u][/s] at May 14, 2013 10:01 AM (X6akg)

44 Please! This is supposed to be a happy occasion. Let's not bicker and argue over who killed who.

Posted by: Eric Holder at May 14, 2013 10:01 AM (8ZskC)

45 34 Being proud of one's record does not mean it's a good record. i'm sure Dr. Mengele was proud of his record too. --- My record? What does my record have to do with anything?!? She said she was 18!

Posted by: Umgwana Kickbooty at May 14, 2013 10:01 AM (+x8q5)

46 Seargent Shultze's Dad sure got around.

Posted by: maddogg at May 14, 2013 10:01 AM (OlN4e)

47 The rule of law. He who controls the law, rules.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 14, 2013 10:02 AM (+98Gb)

48 They're trying to overwhelm everyone.
Posted by: Tami
___________________________________________
Does Cloward n' Piven work for Scandals? We'll see.

Posted by: Slapweasel at May 14, 2013 10:02 AM (7gwGw)

49 They really should not have don this at same time as Jay Carnival's presser. Unless they want to hide something..

Posted by: Baldy at May 14, 2013 02:00 PM (tyDFN)

They're trying to overwhelm everyone.

Posted by: Tami at May 14, 2013 02:01 PM (X6akg)

exactly

Posted by: willow at May 14, 2013 10:02 AM (nqBYe)

50 "It's Scandalfest!"

Always held after Lobsterfest, but before Shrimpfest.

Posted by: Red Lobster at May 14, 2013 10:02 AM (71LDo)

51 Proud of his record? He must really hate Mexicans.

Posted by: t-bird at May 14, 2013 10:02 AM (FcR7P)

52 The rule of law. He who controls the law, rules. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 14, 2013 02:02 PM (+98Gb) I thought it had something to do with who had the biggest gun?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 14, 2013 10:03 AM (9Bj8R)

53 You know what this thread needs? A good troll. Speaking of trolls, where are they?

Posted by: Burn the Witch at May 14, 2013 10:03 AM (NcPjb)

54 You do realize what we have here don't you?

The Sgt. Schultz Adminisration. "We know nutink! But let us run health care ja!"

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 14, 2013 10:03 AM (uIz7u)

55
Back to Carney... it was a confusing situation on Benghazi in the early hours, throws CIA under the bus again.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 14, 2013 10:03 AM (jKWYf)

56 34 Being proud of one's record does not mean it's a good record. i'm sure Dr. Mengele was proud of his record too. Posted by: imp at May 14, 2013 02:00 PM (UaxA0) Gosnell is also.

Posted by: baldilocks at May 14, 2013 10:03 AM (Su0W2)

"It's Scandalfest!"

I was gonna go with Black Tuesday, but the mandatory sensitivity training classes would interfere with my schedule.

Posted by: Jaws at May 14, 2013 10:03 AM (4I3Uo)

58 "They're trying to overwhelm everyone." --- Indeed.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at May 14, 2013 10:03 AM (7mQyC)

59 Ben Ghazi, Ben Gazzara, Ben Gay... What's the diff?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 14, 2013 10:03 AM (+98Gb)

60 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a malignant traitor.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 14, 2013 10:04 AM (/PCJa)

61 Ulysses Grant just got out of his grave and said "Damn this president has a lot of scandals."

Posted by: buzzion at May 14, 2013 10:04 AM (LI48c)

62 He's knows nothing. It was a low level staffer.Republican witch hunt. Partisan tactics.Wait till the investigation is over. I heard about it in the news.The dog ate my home work...

Posted by: hello, it's me Donna at May 14, 2013 10:04 AM (9+ccr)

63 Ever notice that those things the Zero administration investigates never gets investigated? I wonder if Boner will ever grow a brain cell.

Posted by: maddogg at May 14, 2013 10:04 AM (OlN4e)

64 Momsers

Posted by: D. Hopper at May 14, 2013 10:04 AM (UsR5V)

65 Appropriate 80's Mystery Click: Scandal, "Goodbye To You."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 14, 2013 10:04 AM (+98Gb)

66 Look a gay NBA player!

Posted by: buzzion at May 14, 2013 10:04 AM (LI48c)

67 Test.

Posted by: kreplach at May 14, 2013 10:04 AM (UQgtZ)

68 "On the advice of MY attorney ..." He must mean the Attorney Commander-In-Chief.

Posted by: t-bird at May 14, 2013 10:04 AM (FcR7P)

69 55 You know what this thread needs? A good troll. Speaking of trolls, where are they?

Posted by: Burn the Witch at May 14, 2013 02:03 PM (NcPjb)

Weird. There was a good set for Friday's newsdump, and a few yesterday.

Guess the people at the top are still trying to figure out their story before they tell the low level employees what to push.

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at May 14, 2013 10:04 AM (oY6Yp)

70 Shrimpfest = Carneyfest

Posted by: Oblivious at May 14, 2013 10:05 AM (6xtq3)

71 low-level employees are killing this country!

Posted by: Twig at May 14, 2013 10:05 AM (w9N0m)

72 Ulysses Grant just got out of his grave and said "Damn this president has a lot of scandals." Posted by: buzzion at May 14, 2013 02:04 PM (LI48c) But not the War Record

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 14, 2013 10:05 AM (9Bj8R)

73 66 Momsers Posted by: D. Hopper at May 14, 2013 02:04 PM (UsR5V) Awww.... You read my countdown.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 14, 2013 10:05 AM (+98Gb)

74 "I wonder if Boner will ever grow a brain cell. Posted by: maddogg at May 14, 2013 02:04 PM (OlN4e)" He's more in need of a ball cell.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at May 14, 2013 10:05 AM (NcPjb)

75 yeah they truly are pigs

Posted by: willow at May 14, 2013 10:05 AM (nqBYe)

76 Things you never hear anymore: "Focusing like a laser on the economy."

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 14, 2013 10:05 AM (WX6M1)

77 Speaking of trolls, where are they? Waiting for the new talking points to come out. They're polling fantasy and SF authors right now to come up with something even remotely plausible.

Posted by: filbert the Whig at May 14, 2013 10:05 AM (7vimm)

78 I was very proud of my record too.

Posted by: K. Gosnell, Inmate at May 14, 2013 10:05 AM (WCe8r)

79 Doesn't seem to know much for a guy who's job for the last five years has been to investigate things.

Posted by: t-bird at May 14, 2013 10:05 AM (FcR7P)

80 It seems since Barry Soetoro and Eric Holder don't know anything about anything, maybe they should start getting their news from the New Media! We have known about everything except Holder's AP scandal for months and years.

Posted by: Gag me with a spoon! at May 14, 2013 10:05 AM (Akvfj)

81
Chief: Benghazi or death?
Obama: Death!
Chief: Death by Benghazi!

Posted by: Heard it before at May 14, 2013 10:06 AM (Opo0Q)

Even their denials of responsibility should be ample reason for impeachment.

Assuming Holder didn't know (he knew, but let's play along), then:

1) Why didn't he know?

b) What will be done to the person who authorized the spying?

III) Why should he be trusted to run the agency going forward?

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 14, 2013 10:06 AM (/PCJa)

83 These two big guys come outta nowhere and done it! That's the truth. I swear.

Posted by: Eric Holder at May 14, 2013 10:06 AM (vJ+mj)

84 circa whose economy?

Posted by: willow at May 14, 2013 10:06 AM (nqBYe)

85 Systemic abuse of executive authority across multiple departments. And no knows nothing about it. Why we even bother to ask them anymore is beyond me. We know they know, we know they are going to lie, we even know what lie they are going to tell. So why bother with the stupid formality?

Posted by: MikeTheMoose DOOMCASTER! at May 14, 2013 10:06 AM (0q2P7)

86 Question for Holder. "If you never know anything about everything, why do we need you?"

Posted by: Red Lobster at May 14, 2013 10:06 AM (71LDo)

87 In other news, Richard Nixon rose from his grave today and slapped the shit out of Jay Carney. G. Gordon Liddy could, indeed, be reached for comment. But we didn't call him.

Posted by: Slapweasel at May 14, 2013 10:06 AM (7gwGw)

88 Speaking of trolls, where are they? Posted by: Burn the Witch at May 14, 2013 02:03 PM (NcPjb) Yes. The lack of trolls is concerning, to say the least.

Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at May 14, 2013 10:06 AM (XvrTA)

89 @kirstenpowers10

I'd say the honeymoon is over in the White House press room.

Posted by: Tami[/i][/b][/u][/s] at May 14, 2013 10:06 AM (X6akg)

90
low-level employees are killing this country!

That's actually true.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 14, 2013 10:06 AM (jKWYf)

91 I've updated with some bits from Holder's press conference.

Posted by: ace at May 14, 2013 10:06 AM (LCRYB)

92 Lets make a sitcom out of this. Next season on Univision, Scandalpaloosa. Joey Biden is the wise Don who has started to slip into crazy territory. Gaylord is his illegitimate son by a Black Panther. Eric Holder will wear a wresting mask. While Jay Carney will be played by a midget.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 14, 2013 10:07 AM (uIz7u)

93 Maybe Marc Rich has an extra room in one of his Swiss chalets that Holder can retire to.

Posted by: somebody else, not me at May 14, 2013 10:07 AM (29vnO)

94 78 Things you never hear anymore: "Focusing like a laser on the economy." Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 14, 2013 02:05 PM (WX6M1) Yeah like a NY fundraiser last night where he blasts Limbaugh... He's doing the peoples work alright... If you have 35,000 a head that is...

Posted by: hello, it's me Donna at May 14, 2013 10:07 AM (9+ccr)

95 sure media matters is typing talking points as fast as they can.

takes Obama time to collect their ideas

Posted by: willow at May 14, 2013 10:07 AM (nqBYe)

96 Holder is another guy who's failed his way to the top. If he worked less hard at everything, he coulda been Preznit Holder.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at May 14, 2013 10:07 AM (PwV7G)

97 and... that's game.

Posted by: ThisBeingMilt at May 14, 2013 10:07 AM (7mQyC)

98 90 In other news, Richard Nixon rose from his grave today and slapped the shit out of Jay Carney. G. Gordon Liddy could, indeed, be reached for comment. But we didn't call him. --- I wonder if that little shitweasel John Dean will comment on this.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at May 14, 2013 10:07 AM (+x8q5)

99 85 Even their denials of responsibility should be ample reason for impeachment.

Assuming Holder didn't know (he knew, but let's play along), then:
1) Why didn't he know?
b) What will be done to the person who authorized the spying?
III) Why should he be trusted to run the agency going forward?

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 14, 2013 02:06 PM (/PCJa)

They are either the criminals in charge, criminally complicent, or criminally negligent.

Posted by: buzzion at May 14, 2013 10:08 AM (LI48c)

100 Speaking of trolls, where are they? Their bosses are tied up in press conferences.

Posted by: t-bird at May 14, 2013 10:08 AM (FcR7P)

101 There are people in Guantanamo currently starving to death who are proud of their record. What does that have to do with anything? Can't reporters think today. The follow-up questions write themselves.

Posted by: dfbaskwill at May 14, 2013 10:08 AM (71LDo)

102 I'm still going with "The Twelve Days Of Scandalmas." Until it hits day thirteen, of course. On the first day of Scandalmas, Obama gave to me: A cock and bull tale 'bout a video. On the second day of Scandalmas, Obama gave to me: . . .

Posted by: filbert the Whig at May 14, 2013 10:08 AM (7vimm)

103 There was a lame troll earlier on the news dump. His name: (fudge) packsoldier. Quite a bit stupider than the average troll.

Posted by: Staff at May 14, 2013 10:08 AM (vJ+mj)

104 My car broke down! I ran out of gas! I was sick! The dog ate it! IT WASN'T MY FAULT!!!!

Posted by: HoboJerky at May 14, 2013 10:08 AM (lk9x3)

105 What do these people DO all day?!?!? Justice, State, the White House!?!! They all seem to have no clue as to what is going on in their departments!

Posted by: LASue at May 14, 2013 10:08 AM (gjIQF)

106 The only thing thats clear so far is this government needs a shitload more fettering.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 14, 2013 10:09 AM (g1DWB)

107

I'm waiting to see "Politics of Personal Destruction" decried again. I give it a couple of weeks, max.

Posted by: junior at May 14, 2013 10:09 AM (UWFpX)

108 I have to admit i am shocked that Reporters actually ask questions.

It's amazing when they themselves are targeted They suddenly show interest in the corruptness of the administrations.

They sure had fun when they Helped target private citizens with the blessings of Obama.

i guess they might like some of the constitution.. bigots and teabaggers all.

Posted by: willow at May 14, 2013 10:09 AM (nqBYe)

109

They are either the criminals in charge, criminally complicent, or criminally negligent.

Depending on the specific scandal, I think they've each filled each one of those roles at least once.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 14, 2013 10:09 AM (/PCJa)

110 en, speaking about the Administration's promise to make drone decisions more transparent, Holder says, "That was a promise, by me, that I think will be kept."

Is this a way of him subtly saying he's on his way out?

Posted by: tsrblke (work)[/i][/b][/u][/s] at May 14, 2013 10:09 AM (ULkyQ)

111 Can anybody *slow jam* the scandal list ?

Posted by: grease monkey at May 14, 2013 10:09 AM (qQk+U)

112 And "Committed to holding those responsible" goes back for a pass.

Posted by: Minnfidel at May 14, 2013 10:09 AM (dedTA)

113 I'd say the honeymoon is over in the White House press room.

--

However temporary, honeymoon is over. And the media can't walk and is now sore and chaffed.

Posted by: Lady in Black (I haven't read all the comments yet, but....) at May 14, 2013 10:09 AM (ovWeo)

114 What was the leak regarding the AP?

Posted by: RWC at May 14, 2013 10:10 AM (fWAjv)

115 They are either the criminals in charge, criminally complicent, or criminally negligent. Posted by: buzzion at May 14, 2013 02:08 PM (LI48c) I don't think those options are mutually exclusive.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies. at May 14, 2013 10:10 AM (VtjlW)

116 An couple of odd lines from Holder: Speaking about the administration's civil rights record, he declared "I'm proud of what we've done," then lists, as his only proof of a strong record on civil rights, treating terrorists kindly.

Thanks to Holder, America has risen in recent polls of terrorists from 16th to 4th when asked where they hope to conduct their next operation.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 14, 2013 10:10 AM (8ZskC)

117 Marmalukes

Posted by: D. Hopper at May 14, 2013 10:10 AM (UsR5V)

118 Carney should pull the Hillary move and grasp his temple while going, "hnnnnnnggg" and stagger off the stage. You can't make a guy with a potentially serious brain problem keep answering questions.

Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at May 14, 2013 10:10 AM (+lsX1)

119 wonder if axelrod is overwhelmed with progressive tears today?

Posted by: willow at May 14, 2013 10:10 AM (nqBYe)

120
..... fuck off. I dont care if you "need my help".

I'm retired. Ive played my last game.

Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy at May 14, 2013 10:10 AM (nELVU)

121 This administration was "scandal free" for so long, what happened?

Posted by: Dr Spank at May 14, 2013 01:55 PM ..................The press got cum in their eye.

Posted by: Minnfidel at May 14, 2013 10:10 AM (dedTA)

122 119 They are either the criminals in charge, criminally complicent, or criminally negligent.
Posted by: buzzion at May 14, 2013 02:08 PM (LI48c)

I don't think those options are mutually exclusive.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies. at May 14, 2013 02:10 PM (VtjlW)

Well no. But the point is that those are the options. Innocent of wrongdoing is not one of them.

Posted by: buzzion at May 14, 2013 10:11 AM (LI48c)

123 economy still sucks, we are being run out of afghanistan, we have lost all influence in Iraq and the rest of the Middle East, we are about to give Russia our missile secrets, you can kill our Ambassadors with out fear of retaliation, and I am tired of typing. it's been a great 5 years

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 14, 2013 10:11 AM (9Bj8R)

124 Spin up the strategic special prosecutor reserve because when we have people asking their boss if the are the leak, the system is in the ditch, busted, and on fire.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 14, 2013 10:11 AM (WX6M1)

125 Hey - there's Kim K's baby bump!

Posted by: Marybeth at May 14, 2013 01:56 PM (Ks0w4)

I'm sure you actually meant to say "Fetus Bump"

Posted by: TiminAL at May 14, 2013 10:11 AM (1aLkV)

126 Eric Holder looking particularly unfettered today

Posted by: Jones in CO at May 14, 2013 10:11 AM (8sCoq)

127

I have turned over the investigation to the crack team that investigated the Black Panthers

---

And yes i do mean that they are all on crack.

Posted by: Eric at May 14, 2013 10:11 AM (SO2Q8)

128 does this mean i have to watch Jon Stewart today to see if He got the 'new' press meme's?

Posted by: willow at May 14, 2013 10:11 AM (nqBYe)

129
Rep King (R-Iowa) on CSPAN2 hammering on the amnesty bill. Good for him.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 14, 2013 10:11 AM (jKWYf)

130 You can't make a guy with a potentially serious brain problem keep answering questions. Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at May 14, 2013 02:10 PM (+lsX1) cough cough Biden cough

Posted by: RWC at May 14, 2013 10:12 AM (fWAjv)

131 125 This administration was "scandal free" for so long, what happened? Posted by: Dr Spank at May 14, 2013 01:55 PM ..................The press got cum in their eye. --- I know that Obama puts a twinkle in their eye, but that's a bit much.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at May 14, 2013 10:12 AM (+x8q5)

132

If low-level fed employees did this without the knowledge of the WH or AG, then this government really is out of control.

This should be the conservative tact.

Posted by: Soona at May 14, 2013 10:12 AM (JDLgB)

133 no drama obama

Posted by: willow at May 14, 2013 10:12 AM (nqBYe)

134 Scrotum face Stedman is one of Jarret the Ferret's favorites. He won't fall on his sword until the executioners are coming for the JEF.

Posted by: Captain Hate at May 14, 2013 10:12 AM (bZvSF)

135 "You can't make a guy with a potentially serious brain problem keep answering questions."

Okay who is playing that Slim Whitman song again? 'Ohnly yyyyyooouuuuuu....."

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 14, 2013 10:12 AM (uIz7u)

136 129 Hey - there's Kim K's baby bump! Posted by: Marybeth at May 14, 2013 01:56 PM (Ks0w4) I'm sure you actually meant to say "Fetus Bump"

Posted by: TiminAL at May 14, 2013 02:11 PM (1aLkV)

Kim K punished with a fat stomach.

Posted by: buzzion at May 14, 2013 10:12 AM (LI48c)

137

I don't think those options are mutually exclusive.

Aren't they? I think you can't be the criminal in fact and also simply criminally complicit. You can't be criminally complicit and also merely criminally negligent.

That said, any one of them could be the criminal of fact in one scandal, criminally complicit in another, and criminally negligent in yet another.

There's plenty of malfaesance to go around.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 14, 2013 10:12 AM (/PCJa)

138

Blood in the water. Feeding frenzy.

Most transperent administration ever

Posted by: The Jackhole at May 14, 2013 10:12 AM (nTgAI)

139 Yawn: Holder Orders DOJ Investigation Into IRSÂ’ Enemies ListÂ… Not-so-bold prediction: Holder finds it was the work of low-level bureaucrats. (CNN) Â– Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday he has ordered an investigation of the IRSÂ’ targeting of conservative groups. 0 3 0 0 3 ZIP | May 14, 2013 2:07 pm | 0 Comments Carney: IRS Admitting They Attacked Anti-Obama Groups Is Not Concrete Evidence Of IRS ScandalÂ… cock suckers one and all

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 14, 2013 10:12 AM (9Bj8R)

140 Rep King (R-Iowa) on CSPAN2 hammering on the amnesty bill. Good for him. You gotta feel for amnesty. He just fell off of everyone's draft board today.

Posted by: t-bird at May 14, 2013 10:13 AM (FcR7P)

141

129 I'm sure you actually meant to say "Fetus Bump"

Will NARAL & Planned Parenthood ever forgive me?

Posted by: Marybeth at May 14, 2013 10:13 AM (Ks0w4)

142
So we're to believe that a man and his administration who spend half their time at political fundraisers have no knowledge of political chicanery inside their own offices?

Posted by: soothsayer at May 14, 2013 10:13 AM (9Q7Nu)

143 Captain Hate i imagine she is truly the one running all these operations and the go to person in the WH

Posted by: willow at May 14, 2013 10:13 AM (nqBYe)

144 >What was the leak regarding the AP? Supposedly, the US foiled an al Qaeda plot to bomb an airliner- the details of how that all went down were leaked to AP, so the DOJ says the AP phone tapping was an effort to pinpoint the leak

Posted by: Jones in CO at May 14, 2013 10:13 AM (8sCoq)

145 Carl Bertstein on AP phone records scandal: Â”ItÂ’s outrageous. ItÂ’s totally inexcusableÂ…the object of it is to intimidate people who talk to reporters. ThereÂ’s no excuse for it whatsoeverÂ… a nuclear event.Â”

Posted by: Tami[/i][/b][/u][/s] at May 14, 2013 10:13 AM (X6akg)

146 The CHICKENS have come home to ROOST. (Whose keys are these?)

Posted by: Rev Thunder at May 14, 2013 10:13 AM (DrC22)

147 "Best information we had at the time" just blew his ACL in both knees and suffered a detached retina while getting caught at the airport with guns and cocaine.

Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at May 14, 2013 10:14 AM (+lsX1)

148 Rep King (R-Iowa) on CSPAN2 hammering on the amnesty bill. Good for him.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 14, 2013 02:11 PM (jKWYf)

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Yes! We mustn't lose sight of the other side of the coin of Ocare.

Posted by: Soona at May 14, 2013 10:14 AM (JDLgB)

149 know that Obama puts a twinkle in their eye, but that's a bit much.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at May 14, 2013

Don't be so sure.

Posted by: Reggie Love at May 14, 2013 10:14 AM (dedTA)

150

Nobody in the Administration will do that thing in your mouth again.

That was a promise, by me, that I think will be kept

Posted by: Eric (the Dick) Holder at May 14, 2013 10:14 AM (VndSC)

151 Things Obama Knows: He won Republicans bad I got bin Laden

Posted by: Jones in CO at May 14, 2013 10:14 AM (8sCoq)

152 The sad thing is the press just discovered that they have a fucking job to do, and will be right back in the tank for the leftists in 2014.

Posted by: Prescient11 at May 14, 2013 10:14 AM (tVTLU)

153 you know what i've noticed?

WH's seems to be over rated, They really have Nothing to do with anything. seems to be just a salesman's position

so we should, what?

Posted by: willow at May 14, 2013 10:14 AM (nqBYe)

154

32
Holder lying his ass off.

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Why was i not informed that was possible?

Posted by: Moochelle at May 14, 2013 10:14 AM (SO2Q8)

155 You can trust me because I don't have a clue.

Posted by: Bobo the Jugeared Clown at May 14, 2013 10:15 AM (NcPjb)

156 so if the WH knows nothing about anything , who is running the show?

Posted by: willow at May 14, 2013 10:15 AM (nqBYe)

157 Mel Brooks sums up this administration in 21 seconds.

http://youtu.be/uTmfwklFM-M

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 14, 2013 10:15 AM (uIz7u)

158

This should be the conservative tact.

That was kind of my point. If their denials will always be, "Well we only learned about it from the News Media too!" then start running with that- "The President has no control over his Cabinet, the Cabinet have no control over their respective branches, and on down the line. For the Good of the Country we have to remove these officers and replace them with people who will actually manage their departments."

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 14, 2013 10:15 AM (/PCJa)

159 Supposedly, the US foiled an al Qaeda plot to bomb an airliner- the details of how that all went down were leaked to AP, so the DOJ says the AP phone tapping was an effort to pinpoint the leak

Posted by: Jones in CO at May 14, 2013 02:13 PM (8sCoq)

Leaked to the AP by whom?

Posted by: Tami[/i][/b][/u][/s] at May 14, 2013 10:15 AM (X6akg)

160 Could the Military have done something at Benghazi? Put Teh Won there instead of Ambassador Stevens and suddenly cruise missiles would have been raining down on the film critics massed outside the compound like mosquitoes at a Texas Bar B.Q.

This administration is so full of shit.

Posted by: An Observation at May 14, 2013 10:15 AM (ylhEn)

161 I don't see how they pull off this scandal-dump to clear the decks strategy.

I guess it may hide some of their acts but is it really going to force Congress to pick and choose their hearings?

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at May 14, 2013 10:15 AM (YTstp)

162 >Carl Bertstein on AP phone records scandal: Â”ItÂ’s outrageous. ItÂ’s totally inexcusableÂ…the object of it is to intimidate people who talk to reporters. ThereÂ’s no excuse for it whatsoeverÂ… a nuclear event.Â” did he add 'but it still doesn't hold a candle to Watergate' ?

Posted by: Jones in CO at May 14, 2013 10:16 AM (8sCoq)

163 Melevolent Marxists

Posted by: D. Hopper at May 14, 2013 10:16 AM (UsR5V)

164 Posted by: Jones in CO at May 14, 2013 02:13 PM (8sCoq) Thanks

Posted by: RWC at May 14, 2013 10:16 AM (fWAjv)

165 Jay Carney can pull off looking like a dumbass. Holder is too sleazy to get away with it.

Posted by: Roy at May 14, 2013 10:16 AM (VndSC)

166 I've recused the DOJ from investigating so they don't feel pressured by the threat of getting fired by me.

Posted by: Eric Holder at May 14, 2013 10:16 AM (FcR7P)

167 Right now, Obama's sitting in the Oval Office, flipping madly through his copy of "How to Succeed in Politics Without Really Trying" looking for the section on "When the Media Stops Tonguing Your Balls" while Jay Carney tells him he's got the cool clear eyes of a seeker of wisdom and truth...

Posted by: WolfinNC at May 14, 2013 10:16 AM (HVOxM)

168 Yes, willow, the Iranian Rodent is the JEF's version of Rove. Only more masculine.

Posted by: Captain Hate at May 14, 2013 10:16 AM (bZvSF)

169 Jay Carney looks all crumply.

Posted by: Filly at May 14, 2013 10:16 AM (6XG5P)

170 Seems like he's quite fluent in jive

Posted by: Barbara Billingsly at May 14, 2013 10:16 AM (SO2Q8)

171 I donated 1K to the Romney campaign last September and was audited within 2 weeks.

Posted by: Wm T Sherman at May 14, 2013 10:17 AM (aD92d)

172 >Leaked to the AP by whom? Posted by: Tami at May 14, 2013 02:15 PM (X6akg) that's the question, and what DOJ hoped to find out by reviewing months of AP employees' phone records

Posted by: Jones in CO at May 14, 2013 10:17 AM (8sCoq)

173

"I'd say the honeymoon is over in the White House press room."

It was all going so well until TFG tried "The Shocker" on a complient but unsuspecting press corps. You'd think he's understand they're not as rough and ready as Reggie.

Some bells can't be unrung without a lot of expensive cars and jewelry.

Posted by: Jaws at May 14, 2013 10:17 AM (4I3Uo)

174 Ignorance is Strength

Posted by: Bobo the Jugeared Clown at May 14, 2013 10:17 AM (NcPjb)

175 133 Rep King (R-Iowa) on CSPAN2 hammering on the amnesty bill. Good for him. He has really had some good stuff to say about that piece of shit lately. Breitbart's got a post somewhere I quoted from yesterday.

Posted by: [/i][/b]Dick Windsor at May 14, 2013 10:17 AM (Vgn84)

176 Fucking shitweasel EPA sock...sigh

Posted by: [/i][/b]akula51 at May 14, 2013 10:18 AM (Vgn84)

177

149 Carl Bertstein on _________scandal: Â”ItÂ’s outrageous. ItÂ’s totally inexcusableÂ…the object of it is to
_____________. ThereÂ’s no excuse for it
whatsoeverÂ… a nuclear event.Â”

You can fill in the blanks for just about anything this WH does, fool.

Hey Carl - is it only outrageous when it's something you think will affect you?

You and your ilk need to do your f****** job ALL the time.

Posted by: Marybeth at May 14, 2013 10:18 AM (Ks0w4)

178 It was all going so well until TFG tried "The Shocker" on a complient but unsuspecting press corps. You'd think he's understand they're not as rough and ready as Reggie.

Some bells can't be unrung without a lot of expensive cars and jewelry.

Posted by: Jaws at May 14, 2013 02:17 PM........Or a massive pile of coke.

Posted by: Reggie Love at May 14, 2013 10:18 AM (dedTA)

179

WH's seems to be over rated, They really have Nothing to do with anything. seems to be just a salesman's position

so we should, what?"

Oooh, oooh, Me! Me! I know!!!

Make sure they have very little power!

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at May 14, 2013 10:19 AM (+z4pE)

180

Sadly, most sentient beings can see that the White House truly IS that incompetent and clueless. They don't need to fake it.

Posted by: Roy at May 14, 2013 10:19 AM (VndSC)

181

*scribbling furiously*

That sounds like good brain thoughts!

Pudding!

Posted by: The Geee Ohhh Peee at May 14, 2013 10:19 AM (BrQrN)

182

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at May 14, 2013 10:19 AM (+z4pE)

183 Well, there's always a place for him on the GAYMAN ISLANDS

Posted by: Build Builder at May 14, 2013 10:19 AM (DrC22)

184 177 I donated 1K to the Romney campaign last September and was audited within 2 weeks. Posted by: Wm T Sherman at May 14, 2013 02:17 PM (aD92d) Probably shouldnÂ’t have invaded Naperville.

Posted by: Ace Journalist Stephen Price Blair at May 14, 2013 10:19 AM (QF8uk)

185 I know how to start the hell out of a fire. Putting them out? Not so much.

Posted by: Saul Alinsky at May 14, 2013 10:19 AM (NcPjb)

186 We thought we ha blind justice. Turns out we had dumb justice.

Posted by: WalrusRex at May 14, 2013 10:19 AM (Hx5uv)

187 that's the question, and what DOJ hoped to find out by reviewing months of AP employees' phone records

Posted by: Jones in CO at May 14, 2013 02:17 PM (8sCoq)

Ah....so they were comparing #'s called from someone inside the government (leaker) to incoming calls to the AP?

Posted by: Tami[/i][/b][/u][/s] at May 14, 2013 10:20 AM (X6akg)

188

Leaked to the AP by whom?

Posted by: Tami at May 14, 2013 02:15 PM (X6akg)

that's the question, and what DOJ hoped to find out by reviewing months of AP employees' phone records

That's really the problem with the AP scandal. It's good because the AP's knickers are in a twist, so maybe we'll get some real reporting for the next week or two, but all DOJ really has to do is produce some warrants for the information (assuming there are any- though you'd think they'd have already produced them if that was the case) and say, "This was completely legit. We didn't tell anyone because telling anyone would have ruined any chances of the investigation bearing fruit."

If they do that, the scandal goes away, and all will be forgiven.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 14, 2013 10:20 AM (/PCJa)

189 Due to repeated examples of the White House not knowing what is going on, the OMB recommends it to be shut down as a non-essential function during this time of Sequestration.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 14, 2013 10:20 AM (uIz7u)

190 In a just world, Holder would be extradited to Mexico.

Posted by: toby928 at May 14, 2013 10:20 AM (evdj2)

191 191 I know how to start the hell out of a fire. Putting them out? Not so much.

Posted by: Saul Alinsky at May 14, 2013 02:19 PM (NcPjb)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFTLKWw542g

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at May 14, 2013 10:21 AM (sGtp+)

192 "Must be hard for the Obama administration to focus on anything other than cover ups." from AJ Barnes /below the Holder video that won't finish loading/

Posted by: The Emperor Has No Clothes at May 14, 2013 10:21 AM (MhA4j)

193 kept bringing up national security while no one asked how giving guns to cartels on our borders was not a great plan.

or open borders , or not checking on visa's after immigrants overstayed.

or checking out people you are warned about from Other countries.

Posted by: willow at May 14, 2013 10:21 AM (nqBYe)

194 All these scandals start hitting when ace takes his vacaycay? Co-inky-dink? I think not.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at May 14, 2013 10:22 AM (NcPjb)

195 >>>I donated 1K to the Romney campaign last September and was audited within 2 weeks.

Serious?

Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 14, 2013 10:22 AM (4Mv1T)

196

NIXON-AGNEW 2016!!

WE CAN DO IT BETTER!!!!

Posted by: Howard Cosell at May 14, 2013 10:22 AM (z44Y6)

197 Well. Generally when epic fuckups like these happen, management is either: Incompetent Unwilling to do their jobs So, let's pick one and start firing people, dipshits. That's how it works in the real world, aka "private sector". And yeah, the whole point of "bucks stopping" is simple - if you're in charge, it's your fucking problem. And the CEO of the USA is the President. Period.

Posted by: [/i][/b]akula51 at May 14, 2013 10:22 AM (Vgn84)

198 That was kind of my point. If their denials will always be, "Well we only learned about it from the News Media too!" then start running with that- "The President has no control over his Cabinet, the Cabinet have no control over their respective branches, and on down the line. For the Good of the Country we have to remove these officers and replace them with people who will actually manage their departments." Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 14, 2013 02:15 PM (/PCJa) Vicarious liability is a bitch. If you're working on a tort action and the employer says "hey we had no clue the employee was doing that" and it was something over which there was supposed to be employer oversight? Starting adding zeros to the end of the settlement figure.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies. at May 14, 2013 10:22 AM (VtjlW)

199 In a just world, Holder would be extradited to Mexico.

Posted by: toby928 at May 14, 2013 02:20 PM ..............In a hot van with a bunch of sweaty illegals. He can take some guns with him!

Posted by: Minnfidel at May 14, 2013 10:23 AM (dedTA)

200 All these scandals start hitting when ace takes his vacaycay? Co-inky-dink? I think not. Ace poisoned Mama Cass!

Posted by: toby928 at May 14, 2013 10:23 AM (evdj2)

201 In a just world, Holder would be extradited to Mexico.

Posted by: toby928 at May 14, 2013 02:20 PM (evdj2)

That would require the fuckface that runs that shithole to care enough about his citizens to demand it.

Posted by: Captain Hate at May 14, 2013 10:23 AM (bZvSF)

202 I donated 1K to the Romney campaign last September and was audited within 2 weeks.

Posted by: Wm T Sherman at May 14, 2013 02:17 PM (aD92d)

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Report it to your congresscritters. If they're dems, well, I guess you're SOL.

Posted by: Soona at May 14, 2013 10:23 AM (JDLgB)

203 And the CEO of the USA is the President. Yes, but he's packed the Board of Directors. Stockholders don't really have much say.

Posted by: t-bird at May 14, 2013 10:23 AM (FcR7P)

204 Sequester For POTUS '16!

Posted by: The Emperor Has No Clothes at May 14, 2013 10:24 AM (MhA4j)

205 >>>And yeah, the whole point of "bucks stopping" is simple - if you're in charge, it's your fucking problem.

And the CEO of the USA is the President.

The board can remove a CEO. aka Impeachment

Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 14, 2013 10:24 AM (4Mv1T)

206 If I understand Carney correctly, the WH gets its information from the press. Not briefings. Not its own Chief Counsel. And certainly not from AG Holder -- that would be outrageous! Perhaps Katie Couric should have posed her infamous question to Obama rather than Palin. By the way, if Carney is correct, why not fire all those WH sycophantic hangers-on? Who needs a staff to read the morning paper?

Posted by: USA at May 14, 2013 10:25 AM (VIaw0)

207 Now I'm thinking, who else got their phones tapped as a result of what DOJ learned by tapping AP phones?

Posted by: Jones in CO at May 14, 2013 10:25 AM (8sCoq)

208 201>>>I donated 1K to the Romney campaign last September and was audited within 2 weeks.

Serious?

Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 14, 2013 02:22 PM (4Mv1T)

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Yes.

Posted by: Wm T Sherman at May 14, 2013 10:26 AM (w41GQ)

209 @196 Why? So he can pay off the local cops and federales and mosey on back across the border, stopping at the rest areas we've put up all along the border until he gets to a major city and makes his way back to Washington?

Posted by: WolfinNC at May 14, 2013 10:26 AM (HVOxM)

210 Eric Holder's recusal makes me wonder if AP is the tip of the iceberg.

Posted by: USA at May 14, 2013 10:27 AM (VIaw0)

211 >>>Serious?
Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 14, 2013 02:22 PM (4Mv1T)-------------Yes.

If you, then there's others. Like stated up thread, if you are a constituent of some republican leadership, I'd approach.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 14, 2013 10:28 AM (4Mv1T)

212

i think we're getting snowed.

hillary was looking pretty vulnerable on benghazi.

so the dems/media unleash a number of other scandals simultaneously, and now the media is coming down hard of the IRS and AP issues. dumping on the lame duck, but letting hillary slide

Posted by: uncle jj at May 14, 2013 10:28 AM (9b2ES)

213 I never said the buck stops here. It stops somewhere over there there.

Posted by: Barackus Obammus at May 14, 2013 10:29 AM (/Mla1)

214

The board can remove a CEO. aka Impeachment

I don't know if you were around yesterday, TR, but we had a good discussion about that very subject.

While impeachment would be personally satisfying on a great many levels, it'd also give the Leftards an enemy (us) and a reason to circle the wagons around TFG.

A better alternative is to just let this administration drown in its own malfeasance for the remainder of the term, and poison the left just like the GOP was poisoned after Watergate. I'd personally like to see 3.5 more years like what we've seen for the past week.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at May 14, 2013 10:29 AM (+z4pE)

215

If you, then there's others. Like stated up thread, if you are a constituent of some republican leadership, I'd approach.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 14, 2013 02:28 PM (4Mv1T)

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My congresscreature and both of my senators are brain-damaged Democrats.

Posted by: Wm T Sherman at May 14, 2013 10:30 AM (w41GQ)

216 202 Nixon-Agnew Secret to Swirled Peas revised as Obama's chemical weapons manufactured in NATO countries, sold by NATO countries, bought by US "allies" in the Middle East and elsewhere, at which point no record as to who used what upon mass destruction of civilians.

Posted by: They did it, blame them! at May 14, 2013 10:31 AM (MhA4j)

217 You have to wonder when Boehner is going to cave to his caucus and appoint a special prosecutor(s). This is out of control.

The DOJ, who was spying on reporters, is going to investigate the IRS, who was targeting conservatives. Meanwhile, the DOJ will investigate itself on the wiretaps. Then they'll both report to the President, who let 4 Americans die in Libya. I can't see a problem there.

Oh, and when the reports are released, Jay Carney will brief us all, as soon as he reads the summaries in the newspapers.

Posted by: WolfinNC at May 14, 2013 10:31 AM (HVOxM)

218 We get more than enough material to do nothing but hold hearings on various scandals for the remainder TFG's term, and that would be awesome, if they never go around to voting for amnesty or internet sales taxes, etc.

Posted by: SpongeBob Saget at May 14, 2013 10:31 AM (epxV4)

219 I think we're gonna need a bigger bus.

Posted by: Some Guy In The White House at May 14, 2013 10:32 AM (HjPtV)

220

Ha!

It only took a day and half of searching online, but I've found a latch for the small back door of a '99 Izuzu Trooper at a scrap yard in California.

Between that and Obama's troubles, it's turned out to be a pretty good day.

Posted by: jwest at May 14, 2013 10:33 AM (u2a4R)

221 >>>My congresscreature and both of my senators are brain-damaged Democrats. Posted by: Wm T Sherman

Ugh. I am fortunate where I live, for now.

And by the way, my kin had to hide the family silver from Sherman's march. But no hard feelings. You're on the right side now.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 14, 2013 10:33 AM (4Mv1T)

222 i think we're getting snowed.
hillary was looking pretty vulnerable on benghazi.
so the dems/media unleash a number of other scandals simultaneously, and now the media is coming down hard of the IRS and AP issues. dumping on the lame duck, but letting hillary slide

Posted by: uncle jj at May 14, 2013 02:28 PM (9b2ES)

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I'm very curious as to what was discussed in that private WH press meeting. You may be on to something.

Posted by: Soona at May 14, 2013 10:33 AM (JDLgB)

223 Wow just tuned into j Severan, what bombshell did joe degenova drop today about the terra isths in ben gazzi?

Posted by: what?????? at May 14, 2013 10:35 AM (/b8+5)

224 Which politician benefits most if attention shifts from Benghazi talking points to AP/IRS? Which politician did the WH first try to throw under bus on Benghazi? Which politician does the MSM most want to protect in the next presidential cycle? Or this could all be a coincidence.

Posted by: USA at May 14, 2013 10:36 AM (VIaw0)

225 Scandalpalooza!

Posted by: e holder at May 14, 2013 10:36 AM (jfNc3)

226 220. A "better" alternative is to neglect the formality of OBJECTION on the record, and refuse to utilize due process. To make the effort to impeach would make you feel uncomfortable. Abandon the Constitution in order to save it. Bull.Shit. is your hill you've chosen to die on.

Posted by: They did it, blame them! at May 14, 2013 10:40 AM (MhA4j)

227 "This was completely legit. We didn't tell anyone because telling anyone would have ruined any chances of the investigation bearing fruit."

If they do that, the scandal goes away, and all will be forgiven.

Posted by: AllenG (

The problem with that is Holder claimed today that *he didn't issue the subpoenas.* If it were a legit investigation he would have had to sign them.

Options:
A ) He's lying and did issue them
B ) Not a legit investigation but illegal seizure of info.

Further, leak investigations start with deposing the leak outlets, in this case supposedly the AP reporter on the bomb story.

The AP would have known about the investigation at that point. Maybe they couldn't report on the investigation but other news outlets would have known.

Why would the DOJ break investigative procedure, order the subpoena, and then drop it?

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at May 14, 2013 10:41 AM (YTstp)

228 "Bill OÂ’Reilly: If Obama Is Behind IRS Tea Party Scandal He Will Be Impeached (Video)"http://tinyurl.com/br4osna

Bill O'reilly ought to think. Impeachment occurs in the democratically controlled Senate, not the Republican controlled house and "if" is the biggest word in the english language.

Nixon resigned because he was rendered helpless.

Posted by: what?????? at May 14, 2013 10:42 AM (/b8+5)

229 190 177 I donated 1K to the Romney campaign last September and was audited within 2 weeks. Posted by: Wm T Sherman at May 14, 2013 02:17 PM (aD92d) Probably shouldnÂ’t have invaded Naperville. Hey-oooo! I didn't know Naperville liberals were famous!

Posted by: Cheribebe at May 14, 2013 10:42 AM (9dWvN)

230 Impeachment occurs in the democratically controlled Senate, not the Republican controlled house No. Articles of Impeachment are passed in the House, then the impeached are tried in the Senate.

Posted by: toby928 at May 14, 2013 10:43 AM (evdj2)

231 236 Impeachment occurs in the democratically controlled Senate, not the Republican controlled house

No. Articles of Impeachment are passed in the House, then the impeached are tried in the Senate.

Posted by: toby928 at May 14, 2013 02:43 PM (evdj2)

Forget it toby....that's 'curious'...she's on a roll.

Posted by: Tami[/i][/b][/u][/s] at May 14, 2013 10:45 AM (X6akg)

232

Posted by: Prescient11 at May 14, 2013 01:59 PM (tVTLU)

Could be McStain and Grahamnsty were all in on the Syrian gun running with other repunk warriors of the stupid variety!

Seblieus shaking down Bidness for Obamacare funds/

And oh hey look what some guy in Chicago found tapped to the bathroon stall in the gay bath house, an envelope with a birth cert that says Odog Eater, born in kenya and the Idonesian passports with six fake social security cards! grade transcripts and college entrance papers to follow!

Posted by: ConcealedKerry or Submit at May 14, 2013 10:45 AM (vXqv3)

233 I'm very curious as to what was discussed in that private WH press meeting. You may be on to something. -- Soona The fear factor. These are your constitutional rights. This SEEMING abuse of our power is nothing compared to the hell that will engulf you if you don't abide by the One Voice of Obama's administration. /one voice does not entail one version of any story, always under revision, all things being malleable, LIVING BREATHING re-interpretations of Newspeak.

Posted by: They did it, blame them! at May 14, 2013 10:45 AM (MhA4j)

234 in Re: the recently adversarial press.

I'm thinking that the Media is just reminding Barky that he only reigns at their sufferance.

We the people do not enter into the calculation.

Posted by: trainer at May 14, 2013 10:52 AM (K5X44)

235 LIVING BREATHING malleable re-interpretations of speculative evolution

Posted by: The Chicken Heart Blob Administration at May 14, 2013 10:53 AM (MhA4j)

236

Let's see, we have scandals involving:

DOJ

IRS

EPA

State

Anyone heard from teh Department of Transportation lately? They're due for one.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Pirate Scum of Umbar at May 14, 2013 10:56 AM (hLRSq)

237

Let's see, we have scandals involving:

DOJ
IRS
EPA
State

Don't forget

HHS, ATF, FBI

The hits keep on coming...

Posted by: runningrn at May 14, 2013 11:01 AM (PLOz8)

238
"There has been some speculation Â– as yet unconfirmed Â– that General Ham was relieved of his command because he intended to send a rescue mission to the U.S. consulate facility in Benghazi, where the U.S. Ambassador to Libya and three other Americans were killed by a terrorist force in a 7-hour firefight on September 11^th and 12^th."

Be interesting to hear from General Ham - don't you think?

There was a destroyer with cruise missiles close to Benghazi that night.

Don't tell me nothing could have been done. As I have already pointed out they could have at least crashed the Predator on the mortar site that was being lazed. By the way - who told us the Predator was unarmed and why exactly do we believe him?

Posted by: An Observation at May 14, 2013 11:13 AM (ylhEn)

239

Let's see, we have scandals involving:

DOJ
IRS
EPA
State
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Hell, when the search words include "intern", "cigar", "east wing", and "oral", ONLY THEN do have a scandal.

Posted by: Bill Clinton at May 14, 2013 11:22 AM (EGPJQ)

240 Ulysses Grant just got out of his grave and said "Damn this president has a lot of scandals." Posted by: buzzion at May 14, 2013 02:04 PM (LI48c) Revives dead thread to say: Caligula climbed out of his ash pile to say, "Damn, what an unethical and unsavory administration!"

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile[/i][/b][/s] at May 14, 2013 11:33 AM (qyfb5)

241 General Ham reportedly quietly denied the rumor, but we probably should hear from him on what happened and who said what to whom that night. His connection may have been peripheral, but it was signficant, and he should know what the orders from CINC were. Stand-down orders *were* issued and they're still playing like it never happened.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile[/i][/b][/s] at May 14, 2013 11:35 AM (qyfb5)

242

Posted by: An Observation at May 14, 2013 03:13 PM (ylhEn)

got a link on that Destroyer??? I've been looking for that info...

And they would not have used Cruise Missles... but the 5 inch Gun in fire support mode is a VERY accurate weapon.. and Benghazi is not that large...

Plus, with its helo... it could have started the evacuation of the CIA folks... and supported with its boarding team...

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 14, 2013 11:36 AM (lZBBB)

243

Jeeb. I leave the office for a couple hours and the shit just kept flying.

Gotta lot of catching up to do. Unreal.

Posted by: wth at May 14, 2013 11:47 AM (wAQA5)

244 Damn, missed it. With all these scandals, I won't be able to keep up unless I take vacation days.

What was his response to the Trayvon question?