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May 13, 2013

Kristin Powers: There Is Something Very Wrong With The Media
— Ace

She's speaking of Benghazi, and the media's flat-refusal to cover anything perceived as harmful to the left and Their Beloved Obama, but she has expressed similar sentiments regarding Gosnell, and surely the latter informs her statements about the former.

I can only say I agree, and welcome to the club.

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1 Never heard of it.

Posted by: Hillary at May 13, 2013 12:00 PM (nsOJa)

2 Are things starting to shift? Even the tiniest bit?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 13, 2013 12:01 PM (GEICT)

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

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 13, 2013 12:01 PM (/PCJa)

4 January 19, 2017:

"President Obama graciously pardoned an elderly gentleman convicted of involuntary manslaughter of a young woman in Philadelphia."

- The MSM

Posted by: The Q at May 13, 2013 12:01 PM (XQzGn)

5 Is the dam breaking?

Posted by: pep at May 13, 2013 12:01 PM (6TB1Z)

6 Crisis? What Crisis?

Posted by: Supertramp at May 13, 2013 12:01 PM (7vimm)

7 She has been breaking to the center lately. I wonder why?

Posted by: Vic at May 13, 2013 12:02 PM (53z96)

8 Oh, and: "Give A Little Bit!"

Posted by: Supertramp at May 13, 2013 12:02 PM (7vimm)

9 Kirsten, ace.

Posted by: Captain Hate at May 13, 2013 12:02 PM (d4YAn)

10 Ben Gazi? Loved him in "Dr Kildare"

Posted by: mallfly at May 13, 2013 12:02 PM (bJm7W)

Now, if she'd only admit that anyone who routinely resorts to such tactics is probably not the one morally in the right, we'd be getting somewhere.

Yet she somehow maintains that she's Liberal.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 13, 2013 12:02 PM (/PCJa)

12 Ben Ghazi?

It's great on sore muscles...

Posted by: Tex Lovera at May 13, 2013 12:03 PM (wtvvX)

13 3 years, 7 months
Then we'll see.
The stories that come out after Obama is gone will be historic.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at May 13, 2013 12:03 PM (JrIz7)

She has been breaking to the center lately. I wonder why?

Did she have a kid recently?

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 13, 2013 12:03 PM (/PCJa)

15 >>>5 Is the dam breaking? Somebody better start shoving fingers in the dike!

Posted by: wooga, eyeballing Peggy Noonan at May 13, 2013 12:03 PM (PTjHW)

16 The media is going into self-preservation mode. Too little, too late.

Posted by: darwin at May 13, 2013 12:03 PM (YyEsL)

17 Alternative headline: Kirsten Powers thinks the media is being naughty, promises spanking.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at May 13, 2013 12:03 PM (Ec6wH)

18 Actually Kristin Powers did a great job on this Gosnell Trial. She almost single handedly shamed the MSM into covering it.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 13, 2013 12:03 PM (9Bj8R)

19 Now, if she'd only admit that anyone who routinely resorts to such tactics is probably not the one morally in the right, we'd be getting somewhere. Yet she somehow maintains that she's Liberal. I think she'll "convert" eventually, but for right now, she's morphing into the anti-Frum. And I mean that on a lot of levels.

Posted by: AmishDude at May 13, 2013 12:03 PM (T0NGe)

20 look, given that leftists love to think of themselves as especially smart and caring, why would you be surprised they can't deal with anything that makes their self-image look like crap?

Posted by: mallfly at May 13, 2013 12:03 PM (bJm7W)

Kristin Powers: There Is Something Very Wrong With The Media

You can say that again, honey...

only this time, bend over the couch and look back at the camera.

Posted by: garrett at May 13, 2013 12:04 PM (2hf/i)

22 Her name is Kirsten

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 13, 2013 12:04 PM (piMMO)

23 Somebody better start shoving fingers in the dike!

I'm available.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke! at May 13, 2013 12:04 PM (nsOJa)

The stories that come out after Obama is gone will be historic.

I doubt it. History books today barely mention Clinton's impeachment (and when they do, they're skewed heavily toward "partisan politics" explanations). No, the Democrat-Media complex will do anything to keep the brand (relatively) unsullied- including continuing to cover up for this Marxist bastard long after we're all dead.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 13, 2013 12:04 PM (/PCJa)

25 Common Sense, where have you been?

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 13, 2013 12:05 PM (XYSwB)

26 what happened to self-image?

Posted by: mallfly at May 13, 2013 12:05 PM (bJm7W)

27 Shit, blew the joke by putting the wrong song on the wrong album. (Any of you morons notice?) We wonders, yes we do, as we type this . . . In my defense, it's been probably twenty years since I actually went out of my way to listen to any Supertramp, so there is that.

Posted by: filbert the Whig who admits to having owned a Supertramp LP at May 13, 2013 12:05 PM (7vimm)

28 Bad week for Nobama. Not that there won't be some in the media that will tuck their testicles away for the next three years, but some might stop and wonder why they should carry water into a sinking ship.

Posted by: Name Withheld Upon Request [/i] at May 13, 2013 12:05 PM (U2UQk)

29 Ben Ghazi? Loved him in "Roadhouse" and "The Big Lebowski"! He appeared in that panties movie, too, didn't he?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at May 13, 2013 12:05 PM (HsTG8)

30 Early in Ear Leader's first term, Kirsten found herself in the bad situation of trying to defend positions that just didn't make logical sense. I remember Megyn schooling her badly on one of those. She looked pretty pissed off; not that she was ridiculed but that she put herself in such a position.

She hasn't done that for a while.

Posted by: Captain Hate at May 13, 2013 12:05 PM (d4YAn)

13 3 years, 7 months
Then we'll see.

Or sooner, if the Nixon narrative means anything.

Posted by: Bat Chain Puller at May 13, 2013 12:05 PM (SCcgT)

32 I wonder how many showers Cameron has taken since the press conference with TFG.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 13, 2013 12:05 PM (XYSwB)

33 okay... self "i m a g e" -- what did I do wrong this time?

Posted by: mallfly at May 13, 2013 12:05 PM (bJm7W)

34 I can only say I agree, and welcome to the club.

Now someone just needs to tell her that club rules strictly forbid the wearing of pants.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 13, 2013 12:05 PM (8ZskC)

35 The stories that come out after Obama is gone will be historic. I doubt it. History books today barely mention Clinton's impeachment (and when they do, they're skewed heavily toward "partisan politics" explanations). No, the Democrat-Media complex will do anything to keep the brand (relatively) unsullied- including continuing to cover up for this Marxist bastard long after we're all dead. Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 13, 2013 04:04 PM (/PCJa) There is a difference. People tended to like Clinton, with all his faults. I don't think anyone likes obama, even his supporters. He is a nasty fuck

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 13, 2013 12:06 PM (9Bj8R)

36 Who is this Ben Ghazi person?

Posted by: Toure at May 13, 2013 12:06 PM (5fSr7)

37 She dated Anthony Weiner. A step on the long journey to the realization that leftists are a bunch of wankers.

Posted by: Wm T Sherman at May 13, 2013 12:06 PM (fcTgy)

what happened to self___?

The word "i-m-a-g-e" is verboten here at the HQ.

Blame the trolls.

Or Pixie.

Or whoever.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 13, 2013 12:06 PM (/PCJa)

39 Kirsten Powers

Posted by: Vic at May 13, 2013 12:06 PM (53z96)

40 No , they're doing great!

Posted by: Joseph Goebbels at May 13, 2013 12:06 PM (AWmfW)

41 She's finally smelled the glove. The glove that is what the media adores with....

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at May 13, 2013 12:06 PM (Ec6wH)

42 Powers may be one of those rare instances where Sean Hannity has actually started to get through to a leftist. Of course, Powers always struck me as a pretty squishy leftist, but still . . .

Posted by: filbert the Whig at May 13, 2013 12:06 PM (7vimm)

43 and pfffft go the spaces again.

Posted by: Bat Chain Puller at May 13, 2013 12:06 PM (SCcgT)

44 One lib media person considering their stupidity, thousands to go.

Posted by: Roy at May 13, 2013 12:06 PM (VndSC)

45 I'm pretty sure the President addressed all of your issues today at the press conference, so, sit down and STFU.

Posted by: Jay Carney at May 13, 2013 12:06 PM (aDwsi)

46 Yeah,nice, she's cute and all but she's still all in for socialism.And why did she go out with Anthony Weiner,I mean,seriously??

Posted by: steevy at May 13, 2013 12:07 PM (9XBK2)

47 Is she a lefty?

Perhaps there's a strong form of pro-obama media and a weak form.

A guy can dream.

Posted by: eleven at May 13, 2013 12:07 PM (KXm42)

48 Actually, Ace is referring to the alternate personality I sometimes make KP act out in bed.

Blonde Alaskan = KIRSTEN Powers
French maid outfit and black wig = KRISTEN Powers

Posted by: The Q at May 13, 2013 12:07 PM (XQzGn)

49 I think the fact that her husband is Coptic Christian and what is happening in Egypt also affected her.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 13, 2013 12:07 PM (9Bj8R)

50 Ben Gazi. Didn't he star in "Run For Your Life" and all those weird John Cassevetes movies?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 13, 2013 12:07 PM (+98Gb)

51
Quite the Scooby mystery, Kirsten, eh?

Posted by: soothsayer at May 13, 2013 12:07 PM (+oin+)

52 Now someone just needs to tell her that club rules strictly forbid the wearing of pants. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 13, 2013 04:05 PM (8ZskC) And that only the guys get shirts.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 13, 2013 12:08 PM (GEICT)

53 Welcome to the party, pal!

Posted by: Jay in Ames at May 13, 2013 12:08 PM (i2Lsf)

54 Anybody heard lately from Meggie Mac super genius on these topics? Need her to inject some humor.

Posted by: Laughter Is the Best Medicine at May 13, 2013 12:08 PM (nsOJa)

55 Did she have a kid recently? ***** Was riding home Friday night, Hannity on the radio talking to Powers and she said she was personally pro-life. I admit she surprised me.

Posted by: flmom at May 13, 2013 12:08 PM (nSjrf)

56 "The Matrix is a system, Neo. That system is our enemy. But when you're inside, you look around, what do you see? Businessmen, teachers, lawyers, carpenters. The very minds of the people we are trying to save. But until we do, these people are still a part of that system and that makes them our enemy. You have to understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, that they will fight to protect it.." - Morpheus

Wonder if Kristin is wishing she hadn't taken the blue pill (or as it the red one?).

Posted by: Lizzy at May 13, 2013 12:08 PM (0qqnb)

There is a difference. People tended to like Clinton, with all his faults. I don't think anyone likes obama, even his supporters. He is a nasty fuck

I wish I thought that mattered. But even if it did- people do like TFG. I don't know why, but they do.

I don't think it matters, though. He is the very Acme, the pinnacle of their belief system. If it comes out (ever) what an evil little man he is (certainly in the next several years) it will massively hurt "the cause." And nothing can be allowed to hurt "the cause."

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 13, 2013 12:09 PM (/PCJa)

58 Did someone say fingers and a dike? I've got eight fingers and two thumbs!

Posted by: Janet Reno at May 13, 2013 12:09 PM (V1ZIU)

59 Was riding home Friday night, Hannity on the radio talking to Powers and she said she was personally pro-life. I admit she surprised me.

Posted by: flmom at May 13, 2013 04:08 PM (nSjrf)

I heard her say that on Special Report last week....surprised me too.

Posted by: Tami[/i][/b][/u][/s] at May 13, 2013 12:09 PM (X6akg)

60 I remember when Fred Barnes was pretty liberal. Every so often, one of them wakes up.

Posted by: mallfly at May 13, 2013 12:09 PM (bJm7W)

61 For the mfm It's like discussing VD during 20's and 30's. They don't really want talk about it.,

Posted by: YIKES! at May 13, 2013 12:09 PM (03Wie)

62 In my defense, it's been probably twenty years since I actually went out of my way to listen to any Supertramp, so there is that.

This is why I have a Spotify subscription. I can listen to all the guilty pleasure 70s prog-rock I want without it counting against my permanent record.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 13, 2013 12:09 PM (B/VB5)

63 I think the fact that her husband is Coptic Christian and what is happening in Egypt also affected her. Posted by: Nevergiveup
..........
Yup.. she was the only lefty I could tolerate during "Arab Spring".

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at May 13, 2013 12:09 PM (f9c2L)

64 The IRS scandal is going to be impossible for the media to ignore. F&F is dead Mexicans, Gosnell is dead black babies, Benghazi is "those crazy Muslims at it again" -- and all are ignored in part because they undermine long standing liberal positions. Everyone is afraid of the IRS. To learn that agents are in fact targeting people on political grounds is something that hits home -- and is easy for people to see how this is bad, whether by a dem controlled govt now or a republican one in four years.

Posted by: wooga at May 13, 2013 12:09 PM (PTjHW)

65 Was riding home Friday night, Hannity on the radio talking to Powers and she said she was personally pro-life. I admit she surprised me.

So is Bob Beckel.

Posted by: Jay in Ames at May 13, 2013 12:09 PM (i2Lsf)

66 Seriously, I disagree with Kirsten Powers probably 95% of the time. But here she is spot on and is to be commended for being intellectually honest in her recent commentary about the Gosnell trial non-coverage and now on Benghazi. Even Dennis Kucinich is being honest about the IRS persecutions of conservatives. We shall see if this is a watershed moment or not. I have very strong doubts. My gut tells me that they are willing to destroy SCOAMF over the IRS in order to save Hillary on Benghazi for 2016.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 13, 2013 12:09 PM (+98Gb)

67 24 "History books today barely mention Clinton's impeachment"

I don't know about that. I talked to a bunch of undergrads last week at a northeastern college campus. They all LOVE Clinton, but the first thing they think of when his name is mentioned is either "sex scandal," "Monica," or "impeachment."

Maybe the Jay Lenos of the world are overcoming the history books

Posted by: The Q at May 13, 2013 12:10 PM (XQzGn)

68
Kirsten USED to be a lock step liberal journalist. She still leans to the left.

But there was some issue a while a ago where she was on the "wrong" side of the politically correct fence. She got a bunch of backlash and kinda had her eyes opened up a bit. I dont remember what the issue was.... but I saw a change in her since then.

Posted by: fixerupper at May 13, 2013 12:10 PM (nELVU)

69 What's this news about "Godspell" having been found guilty of murder? It's every bit as life-affirming as "Up With People"!

Posted by: Meggie Mac, Columbia Djenious Par Excellence at May 13, 2013 12:10 PM (HsTG8)

70 Was riding home Friday night, Hannity on the radio talking to Powers and she said she was personally pro-life. I admit she surprised me. *** She admits that she is very left on most issues and said on twitter last week that she will never be a conservative, but there are certain issues about which she agrees with conservatives. She is pro-life and expects the media to do their job. Also pro-life: Bob Beckel

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 13, 2013 12:10 PM (piMMO)

71 But, obumbles said today there is no there there.... That's good enough for me.....

Posted by: hello, it's me Donna at May 13, 2013 12:11 PM (9+ccr)

72 58
Did someone say fingers and a dike?
I've got eight fingers and two thumbs!

and if those thumbs could talk... eww.

Posted by: mallfly at May 13, 2013 12:11 PM (bJm7W)

7 She has been breaking to the center lately. I wonder why?

Isn't she married to a Coptic Christian? ....Like the video guy who got thrown in prison.

Maybe that hit a little close to home.

Posted by: wheatie at May 13, 2013 12:11 PM (y8LTw)

74 I keep telling you people: now that Obama is re-elected, the press can pretend to give him a hard time relax... they won't let it go too far

Posted by: Jones in CO at May 13, 2013 12:11 PM (8sCoq)

75 Ben Ghazi?

Loved him in "Roadhouse" and "The Big Lebowski"! He appeared in that panties movie, too, didn't he?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars
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I keep telling you folks, it was the TV show "Run For Your Life". Am I the only one that remembers that? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058844/

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 13, 2013 12:11 PM (aDwsi)

76 I remember when Fred Barnes was pretty liberal. Every so often, one of them wakes up.

Posted by: mallfly at May 13, 2013 04:09 PM (bJm7W)

Wow that must have been a while ago. What changed? Realizing what a pompous fuck John McLaughlin is?

Posted by: Captain Hate at May 13, 2013 12:11 PM (d4YAn)

77 66 Kucinich would likely be less honest if he wasn't out of office.

Posted by: steevy at May 13, 2013 12:11 PM (9XBK2)

78 AllenG, I wanted you to see this answer from the last post. Me: 433 Never understood the logic behind thinking that he would walk anyway, especially after the pictures and the gruesome reports. You: Premise 1- People are evil. Premise 2- People are lazy. Premise 3- People are uncomfortable addressing either of these facts. Premise 4- Convicting Gosnell would force people to address 1 and 2. Conclusion- Gosnell will not be convicted. I'm glad that theory has been proven incorrect as well, but it's not as far-fetched as you're assuming. Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 13, 2013 03:30 PM (/PCJa) Assuming? The above applies to the LIVS, not to the jury, who, by definition, have the pertinent info on this case. Lazy? Why *assume* that about the jury?They had the grand jury reports, the pics and the testimony from Gosnell's assistants. Seems to me that a lot of people were conflating the jury with the average Joe who know nothing about this case and extrapolating a verdict from there...which is why their logic, and yours, escapes me.

Posted by: baldilocks at May 13, 2013 12:11 PM (Su0W2)

I don't think she's making this statement in a vacuum. I'm sure there's others (probably very few) that are thinking the same thing but lack the cahoneys to say it publically.

Yeah, I know. But one can still hope, no?

Posted by: Soona at May 13, 2013 12:11 PM (0vgKd)

80 Saw this on Twitter: Gosnell was found guilty of 21 counts of abortion of the unborn, 24 weeks or older.

Posted by: Tami[/i][/b][/u][/s] at May 13, 2013 12:11 PM (X6akg)

81 49 I think the fact that her husband is Coptic Christian and what is happening in Egypt also affected her.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 13, 2013 04:07 PM (9Bj8R)

----

That was it.

Posted by: fixerupper at May 13, 2013 12:11 PM (nELVU)

82
Mostly on topic, needs to be shared:

David Burge @iowahawkblog

Don't think of it as a 'death sentence.' Think of it as a 280th-trimester medical procedure. #Gosnell

tweet about 1 hour ago

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 13, 2013 12:11 PM (jKWYf)

83 Ever notice that libs aren't personally for any issue, but it should be made available for everybody else?

Posted by: Jay in Ames at May 13, 2013 12:11 PM (i2Lsf)

84 Is Kristen related to Kirsten?

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 13, 2013 12:11 PM (B7bVj)

85 Did anyone else see Iron Man 3? Ben Gazzi was hilarious as that Mandarin villain.

Posted by: mugiwara at May 13, 2013 12:11 PM (W7ffl)

86 who is this benjamin gazi guy that I keep hearing about? is he Kim K's new husband?

Posted by: Obamatron v10.0 at May 13, 2013 12:12 PM (8D/wQ)

87 Any chance Ben Ghazi could win a Best Supporting Role for his performance in Iron Man 3 or is the film too commercial?

Posted by: JT in KC at May 13, 2013 12:12 PM (XG1GD)

88 Guess who's not getting invited to anymore of the A-list sooper seekret parties?

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at May 13, 2013 12:13 PM (ADnWI)

89 Ms Powers, the Gosnell jury and the IRS have been intimidated by the right wing.

Posted by: spl center at May 13, 2013 12:13 PM (2iU3x)

I believe the proper terminology is not "Welcome to the club," but, "Welcome to the party, pal."

And indeed, Kirsten: welcome to the party. You took your sweet time getting here, but hopefully you'll stick around.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorirst) Party Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at May 13, 2013 12:13 PM (4df7R)

91
Question for Kirsten:

If Obama and the Democrat party hired a PR firm to sell their ideology (their product) and to act as their publicists (to promote and protect their image), what would they do differently from what the media does today?

Posted by: soothsayer at May 13, 2013 12:13 PM (vanqS)

92 54 Anybody heard lately from Meggie Mac super genius on these topics? Need her to inject some humor.

Posted by: Laughter Is the Best Medicine at May 13, 2013 04:08 PM (nsOJa)

She wants Ben Ghazi and Christopher Stevens the chance to marry legaly.

Posted by: Temper Tantrum at May 13, 2013 12:14 PM (AWmfW)

93 We should never have had an embassy in Ben Gazzara anyway.

Posted by: imp at May 13, 2013 12:14 PM (UaxA0)

94 Didn't she go out with Weiner boy some time ago?

Posted by: dantesed at May 13, 2013 12:14 PM (vF+kM)

95 I wish I thought that mattered. But even if it did- people do like TFG. I don't know why, but they do.

I think people *say* they like him because racism.

It's well established that even severe conservatives find Billy Jeff to be charismatic and likeable in person. There's no evidence for that (and quite a lot against) with TFG.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 13, 2013 12:14 PM (B/VB5)

70....She is pro-life and expects the media to do their job.

But she said on Megan Kelly's show...."I'm pro-choice, but against late-term abortions".

This was when they were talking about Gosnell, a couple of weeks ago.

Posted by: wheatie at May 13, 2013 12:14 PM (y8LTw)

97 4 January 19, 2017: "President Obama graciously pardoned an elderly gentleman convicted of involuntary manslaughter of a young woman in Philadelphia." - The MSM Just about correct. You forgot the part about "victim of Republican racism."

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at May 13, 2013 12:14 PM (7ObY1)

98 63 I think the fact that her husband is Coptic Christian and what is happening in Egypt also affected her.

Posted by: Nevergiveup
.........---- Yup.. she was the only lefty I could tolerate during "Arab Spring".

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at May 13, 2013 04:09 PM (f9c2L)

=----

I concur. She had family in Egypt and there were giving info to her unfiltered. She was calling BS on the Obama administration.

Posted by: WisRich at May 13, 2013 12:14 PM (hdpay)

99 -
Ben Ghazi will always be my hero for freeing India from the Australians.

Posted by: L.I.V. at May 13, 2013 12:14 PM (8GKDa)

100 Strange, but KP suddenly seems so much more desirable

Posted by: kbdabear at May 13, 2013 12:14 PM (mCvL4)

101 Seems to me that a lot of people were conflating the jury with the average Joe who know nothing about this case and extrapolating a verdict from there...which is why their logic, and yours, escapes me.

Posted by: baldilocks at May 13, 2013 04:11 PM (Su0W2)

I was pretty confident all along that justice would generally be done. I can't imagine any of the jury members not being horrified with what he did.

Posted by: Captain Hate at May 13, 2013 12:15 PM (d4YAn)

102 Didn't she go out with Weiner boy some time ago? Posted by: dantesed at May 13, 2013 04:14 PM (vF+kM) you proud of all your dates?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 13, 2013 12:15 PM (9Bj8R)

103 Her name is Kirsten

These things are important.

Posted by: Robert Paulson at May 13, 2013 12:15 PM (z9HTb)

104 If Obama and the Democrat party hired a PR
firm to sell their ideology (their product) and to act as their
publicists (to promote and protect their image), what would they do
differently from what the media does today?

-----

Send the White House an invoice for remittance for services rendered.

Posted by: fixerupper at May 13, 2013 12:16 PM (nELVU)

105 Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 13, 2013 04:11 PM (aDwsi) No, you are not the only person who remembers RFYL, but Ben Ghazi did appear in the cited films, too. In the panties movie, his defense was aided by Orson Bean, Andrew Breitbart's father-in-law.

Posted by: Meggie Mac, Columbia Djenious Par Excellence at May 13, 2013 12:16 PM (HsTG8)

106 There is a mortal danger to the Repuic here, folks and it isn't the one you are thinking. Obama and his Chicagoans only understand numbers. So, when it was them and the MFM against the Repubs, they saw no reason for correction. This refusal to correct course (as even Clinton did after the 1994 mid-terms) has already reared its head THREE times in the past week. First, he refused to admit defeat over the gun control legislation. Second, he doubled down on Obamacare. Then today, he brushed off questions about Benghazi If the press does not begin to treat him a politician, we will face a grave foreign policy crisis in the coming months (no, I won't predict specifically, but it will happen). Having learned no accountability, he and his inner circle will gamble with our welfare. I have been worried a put this outcome since the election. Maybe, just maybe, some are now beginning to wake up. I hope.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 13, 2013 12:16 PM (2HdXd)

107 @jdmullane

After verdicts, #Gosnell atty McMahon requested each juror be polled. Asked if they agreed with the verdicts, each in strong voice: "Agree!"

Posted by: Tami[/i][/b][/u][/s] at May 13, 2013 12:16 PM (X6akg)

108 96 Yes,I remember that.

Posted by: steevy at May 13, 2013 12:16 PM (9XBK2)

109 24 The stories that come out after Obama is gone will be historic. When? 2016? He'll be the figurehead for OFA then.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 13, 2013 12:16 PM (B7bVj)

110 22 Her name is Kirsten Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 13, 2013 04:04 PM

Forget it honey, I've been trying for 30 years on that one

Posted by: Kirstie Alley at May 13, 2013 12:16 PM (mCvL4)

111 OT - Pelosi blames Citizens United decision for IRS targeting political orbs. http://tinyurl.com/bwlm4qb Yeah, I got no explanation for this other than booze or a stroke.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 13, 2013 12:17 PM (GEICT)

112 I smooth Ben Ghazi right onto my ass whenever it gets really chapped. Its deep penetrating action reminds me of Matt Damon.

Posted by: Ben Affleck at May 13, 2013 12:17 PM (8ZskC)

113 We should never have had an embassy in Ben Gazzara anyway. Posted by: imp
------------------

True, "Run For Your Life" was prophetic.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 13, 2013 12:17 PM (aDwsi)

114 Melissa Clouthier ‏@MelissaTweets 1m RT @mpoppel: Reports of possible injuries after massive explosion hits Nitro Airgas plant in Poca, West Virginia

Posted by: Jones in CO at May 13, 2013 12:17 PM (8sCoq)

115 But she said on Megan Kelly's show...."I'm pro-choice, butagainst late-term abortions". This was when they were talking about Gosnell, a couple of weeks ag ** I would SWEAR she said pro-life, but I could be mistaken. I do know that Bob Beckel is pro-life.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 13, 2013 12:17 PM (piMMO)

116 11 Well,there is another explanation(the correct one) ,she is a very low IQ total partisan.

Posted by: steevy at May 13, 2013 12:18 PM (9XBK2)

117 Ben Gazzi is great for sore muscles.

Posted by: mugiwara at May 13, 2013 12:18 PM (W7ffl)

118 Planned Parenthood actually tweeted this in response to the verdict;

Planned Parenthood ‏@PPact 44m

A just verdict. The jury has rightly convicted #Gosnell for his appalling crimes, ensuring no woman is victimized by him ever again.

Posted by: kbdabear at May 13, 2013 12:19 PM (mCvL4)

119 115 But she said on Megan Kelly's show...."I'm pro-choice, butagainst late-term abortions". This was when they were talking about Gosnell, a couple of weeks ag It always bugs me that they claim they are pro- choice when in essence they are pro- death... Call it what it is...

Posted by: hello, it's me Donna at May 13, 2013 12:19 PM (9+ccr)

120 I do know that Bob Beckel is pro-life. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 13, 2013 04:17 PM (piMMO) That's only because he is so fat, he has convinced himself that he is pregnant.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 13, 2013 12:19 PM (9Bj8R)

121 I think the fact that her husband is Coptic Christian and what is happening in Egypt also affected her.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 13, 2013 04:07 PM (9Bj8R)

???? She's not married. She was dating Weiner the dick showing winner.

Posted by: Vic at May 13, 2013 12:19 PM (53z96)

122

Are things starting to shift? Even the tiniest bit?

***

Could be a head fake. I think that the next forty-eight or seventy-two hours will be enlightening as to whether the media blindly accepts Barky's denials today in the news conference regardless of the fact that they were obvious lies or whether they call him on it.

Posted by: WalrusRex at May 13, 2013 12:19 PM (XUKZU)

123 @ 111. Booze seems most appropriate.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 13, 2013 12:19 PM (B7bVj)

124 -
I was pretty confident all along that justice would generally be done. I can't imagine any of the jury members not being horrified with what he did.
Posted by: Captain Hate at May 13, 2013 04:15 PM
---------------------------------------

The legal ones are horrifying as well, which is why the left NEVER wants people to see the reality of ANY abortions.

Posted by: L.I.V. at May 13, 2013 12:19 PM (8GKDa)

125 No, people, no. Doctor Ben Ghazi was that guy in Philadelphia who just today got convicted of murdering women to eat their babies. He listens to Rush, you know.

Posted by: filbert the Whig at May 13, 2013 12:19 PM (7vimm)

126 Ever notice that libs aren't personally for any issue, but it should be made available for everybody else? Good. Guns.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 13, 2013 12:19 PM (b1/nQ)

127 RT @mpoppel: Reports of possible injuries after massive explosion hits Nitro Airgas plant in Poca, West Virginia

Posted by: Jones in CO at May 13, 2013 04:17 PM (8sCoq)

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Fuck.

Is it just me..... or have a lot of Petro-Chemical production plants gone all asplodey since Obama took office???

Posted by: fixerupper at May 13, 2013 12:20 PM (nELVU)

128 ???? She's not married. She was dating Weiner the dick showing winner. Posted by: Vic at May 13, 2013 04:19 PM (53z96) That was long ago. She is married

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 13, 2013 12:20 PM (9Bj8R)

129 idiot sock

Posted by: irright at May 13, 2013 12:20 PM (8GKDa)

130 On the Pelosi thing, cue George Will "how stupid do you think we are" clip.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 13, 2013 12:20 PM (2HdXd)

131 Maybe Kirsten is seeing the light. Maybe not. I'll believe it when the 2014 elections start ramping up. It's during election season when the true colors are unfurled.

Posted by: Soona at May 13, 2013 12:21 PM (0vgKd)

132 This is why I have a Spotify subscription. I can listen to all the guilty pleasure 70s prog-rock I want without it counting against my permanent record. If being a Prog-head counts against my personal record, well, my record is shot to hell and there's no saving it now! Try some of the newer bands, there's a whole revival going on, believe it or not. San Diego's ASTRA, Chattanooga's GLASS HAMMER, Stockholm, Sweden's OPETH, Oslo, Norway's WOBBLER...lots of great modern Prog out there if you get bored with the 70s classics.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at May 13, 2013 12:21 PM (7ObY1)

133 Powers married Dr. Marty Makary, Professor of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University in January 2010. Powers briefly dated former Congressman Anthony Weiner in 2002, and remained his close friend after their romantic relationship ended. After initially defending him when the story of Weiner's sexting scandal first broke in May 2011, Powers later condemned his conduct and called for his resignation from Congress.[19]

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 13, 2013 12:21 PM (9Bj8R)

134

Lazy? Why *assume* that about the jury?They had the grand jury reports, the pics and the testimony from Gosnell's assistants. Seems to me that a lot of people were conflating the jury with the average Joe who know nothing about this case and extrapolating a verdict from there...which is why their logic, and yours, escapes me.

I have a fairly dim view of humanity in general. We (yep, that includes you and me) tend toward laziness and a generally banal kind of evil that doesn't much care what happens to other people as long as "I get mine."

Some (too few in my view) aspire to higher than that and become generally good (by our reasoning) people. Most never do. My statement never had anything to do with what they knew or what evidence they had, it focused fully on them and their (probable) world-view. I'm glad I was wrong. I'm glad that my pessimism was more-than-sufficient in this case.

In most cases I find it to be insufficient.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 13, 2013 12:21 PM (/PCJa)

135 Planned Parenthood actually tweeted this in response to the verdict;

Planned Parenthood ‏@PPact 44m

A just verdict. The jury has rightly convicted #Gosnell for his appalling crimes, ensuring no woman is victimized by him ever again.

The alternative message that was typed and ready to tweet read, "Gosnell acquittal sends message to GOP extremists that a woman's right to adequate healthcare should not fall victim to rightwing politics."

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 13, 2013 12:21 PM (8ZskC)

136 And that is why I seldom bother with sock puppets...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at May 13, 2013 12:21 PM (HsTG8)

137 Not married?...maybe Kirsten Powers and Ann Coulter should do the Evans and Novak thing.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at May 13, 2013 12:21 PM (Ec6wH)

138 She's not married. She was dating Weiner the dick showing winner. Posted by: Vic at May 13, 2013 04:19 PM (53z96) Yes she is. Married a Johns Hopkins doc in 2010.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 13, 2013 12:21 PM (GEICT)

139 Dr. Marty Makary is Kirstens hubby. Accomplished surgeon I believe. And no Dick-Tweets that Im aware of.

Posted by: fixerupper at May 13, 2013 12:21 PM (nELVU)

140 Pelosi must have forgotten that the IRS started their"inquires" in 2010... before Citizens United came up in the SCOTUS..

Posted by: hello, it's me Donna at May 13, 2013 12:22 PM (9+ccr)

141 KP??

Grrrrreat ASS!!!

HooHa!!

Posted by: dananjcon at May 13, 2013 12:22 PM (jvd3N)

142

How can there be sometihng wrong when this is the way government controlled media has ALWAYS worked?

The problem lies elsewhere, and it won't be fixed.

Posted by: Rev dr E buzz at May 13, 2013 12:22 PM (raGXo)

143 Like the scales have finally slipped from Kirsten's eyes. About fucking time she woke up. Damn. O'Reilly finally woke up. Asleep for 40 fucking years.

Posted by: maddogg at May 13, 2013 12:22 PM (OlN4e)

144 PP ignores the dead kids. /grits teeth

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 13, 2013 12:23 PM (2HdXd)

145 Yet she somehow maintains that she's Liberal. Posted by: AmishDude at May 13, 2013 04:03 PM (T0NGe)

That is actually understandable. In the circles in which she moves, saying she is a Liberal is the same as saying, "I am a good person, well brought up, and with good moral fiber."

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at May 13, 2013 12:24 PM (kXoT0)

146 OK checked. She is married to Dr Marty Makary who was born in Liverpool, England.

Posted by: Vic at May 13, 2013 12:24 PM (53z96)

147 White House Was Told About IRS Targeting Conservatives In April, Claim Obama Heard About It Through News ReportsÂ… Obama not knowing about it until the news broke on Friday reeks of major BS. Via Politico: The White House counselÂ’s office was informed in April of an inspector generalÂ’s review of the Internal Revenue Service, press secretary Jay Carney said Monday. Carney told reporters that the counselÂ’s office was told of the examination into the targeting of conservative groups during the week of April 22, but not given details about the reviewÂ’s findings. President Obama, Carney said, was not told about the review and learned of it only after news reports emerged Friday, just what Obama said earlier Monday. obama reminds me of Sgt. Schultz: I know nothing, NOTHING!

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 13, 2013 12:24 PM (9Bj8R)

148

Talking to a relative yesterday who is a public school TEACHER and they no idea what Benghazi was. The MSM is successful in managing the messaging for Libs's. The only answer is to buy big MSM and change the culture- I would start with CBS, might be on sale this week.

Posted by: henry hotlove at May 13, 2013 12:24 PM (PsVX0)

149 @122. Could be a head fake. Heh. Good one. LOL

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 13, 2013 12:24 PM (B7bVj)

150

Like the scales have finally slipped from Kirsten's eyes.

I'll reserve judgement on that, but there is some hope at least. If nothing else, maybe she'll stop blindly believing the lies the rest of the Demedia proclaim about Conservatives, and start at least trying to understand what we really believe.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 13, 2013 12:25 PM (/PCJa)

151 Ms Powers, I do believe you're catching on to denying reasonable redress of grievances...

how does it feel to be part of the professional courtiers circuit and not a journalist?

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 13, 2013 12:25 PM (LRFds)

152 OK checked. She is married to Dr Marty Makary who was born in Liverpool, England. Posted by: Vic at May 13, 2013 04:24 PM (53z96) Ya don't trust me?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 13, 2013 12:25 PM (9Bj8R)

153 BTW, she worked in the Clinton WH. I doubt if she has turned ALL conservativey.

Posted by: Vic at May 13, 2013 12:25 PM (53z96)

154

>>I keep telling you people: now that Obama is re-elected, the press can pretend to give him a hard time

Yeh, I give them no credit for yelling about being "shocked, shocked" at what's going on.

It's safe to yell about stuff now, in an off year. Next year they'll back Dems who aren't Obama and in 3 years they'll be saying that perhaps mistakes were made and we need an experienced pro like Hillary.

Posted by: Mama AJ at May 13, 2013 12:25 PM (SUKHu)

155 Kirsten wouldn't feel that way if she slept with me.

Posted by: Barack O'Chooma at May 13, 2013 12:25 PM (DrC22)

156
And the big retrospective question of the year:

Why wasn't Pat Smith invited to testify at the Benghazi scandal hearings?

Not having her there was a huge blunder.

Posted by: soothsayer at May 13, 2013 12:25 PM (FC8Yl)

157 A slither of light was let in. If she can ponder this, she may be able to ponder another topic one day.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 13, 2013 12:25 PM (XYSwB)

158 obama reminds me of Sgt. Schultz: I know nothing, NOTHING!

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 13, 2013 04:24 PM (9Bj8R)

-------

Well.... Valerie Jarrett cant tell him EVERY little thing....

Posted by: fixerupper at May 13, 2013 12:26 PM (nELVU)

159 Kirsten wouldn't feel that way if she slept with me.

Posted by: Barack O'Chooma at May 13, 2013 04:25 PM (DrC22)

Barry! How could you even say such a thing! *sobs*

Posted by: Reggie Love at May 13, 2013 12:26 PM (DrWcr)

160 16 Darwin,

I want people destroyed

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 13, 2013 12:26 PM (LRFds)

161

139 Dr. Marty Makary is Kirstens hubby. Accomplished surgeon I believe.

A Coptic Christian...from Egypt.

I don't remember where I read that, sorry.

And the Video Guy that is in jail, is also a Coptic Christian, from Egypt, isn't he?

Posted by: wheatie at May 13, 2013 12:26 PM (y8LTw)

162 Uh, Powers just wrote a column for USAToday haranguing on republicans and calling conservatives all sorts of names. We are coming off four years of being oversold one fantastical story after another about the evils of Obama-land; stories that didn't pan out. http://goo.gl/UkQsx

Posted by: waldo at May 13, 2013 12:26 PM (sXWmd)

163 That is actually understandable. In the circles in which she moves, saying she is a Liberal is the same as saying, "I am a good person, well brought up, and with good moral fiber."

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at May 13, 2013 04:24 PM (kXoT0)

Thats nice, but still a lie they tell themselves. They are idiots who take comfort in their pet delusions, nothing more.

Posted by: maddogg at May 13, 2013 12:26 PM (OlN4e)

164 White House Was Told About IRS Targeting Conservatives In April, Claim Obama Heard About It Through News ReportsÂ…

Obama not knowing about it until the news broke on Friday reeks of major BS.

They wasted four weeks trying to find a YouTube video to blame it on.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 13, 2013 12:26 PM (8ZskC)

165
knood

Posted by: soothsayer at May 13, 2013 12:27 PM (8dspl)

166 Why wasn't Pat Smith invited to testify at the Benghazi scandal hearings?

Not having her there was a huge blunder.

Posted by: soothsayer at May 13, 2013 04:25 PM (FC8Yl)

If that's the woman they were talking about the Obamanites would not give her clearance. But, the hearings are not over yet either.

Posted by: Vic at May 13, 2013 12:27 PM (53z96)

167 NYT post up

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 13, 2013 12:27 PM (piMMO)

168 #134 I doubt that I would have been able to be on the Gosnell Jury. It would have given my nightmares.

Posted by: Jack at May 13, 2013 12:27 PM (Zv1QB)

169 So the "club" which thinks there is something wrong with the media over anything now consists of conservatives bloggers and conservatives who follow the bloggers. We're definitely not going to need a bigger clubhouse..

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 13, 2013 12:27 PM (kENHJ)

170 155 Kirsten wouldn't feel that way if she slept with me. Posted by: Barack O'Chooma at May 13, 2013 04:25 PM (DrC22) KP doesn't strike me as being into pegging.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 13, 2013 12:27 PM (GEICT)

171 Fresh thread...

Posted by: Tex Lovera at May 13, 2013 12:28 PM (wtvvX)

172 If Kirsten dated Weiner, just think of how much more appreciative she was when a real man began puttin' her some wood.

Chicks with low self-esteem are hot.

Posted by: Fritz at May 13, 2013 12:28 PM (G9Mmf)

173 140 "Pelosi must have forgotten that the IRS started their"inquires" in 2010... before Citizens United came up in the SCOTUS.."

They actually started the exact same month that ObamaCare was passed. The same law expanding the power of the IRS to unprecedented levels

Posted by: The Q at May 13, 2013 12:28 PM (XQzGn)

174 155. Not a chance choomboy You're gay

Posted by: Navycopjoe at May 13, 2013 12:29 PM (j8JLb)

175 They are idiots who take comfort in their pet delusions, nothing more. Posted by: maddogg at May 13, 2013 04:26 PM (OlN4e) I too take comfort in my pet delusions. My delusion right now is that Jay Carney is my pet, he's so cute. I keep telling Michelle we should tie him up in the back yard, but she's afraid he'll bark at the neighbors.

Posted by: Barack the King at May 13, 2013 12:29 PM (DrC22)

176 Thats nice, but still a lie they tell themselves. They are idiots who take comfort in their pet delusions, nothing more.

Posted by: maddogg at May 13, 2013 04:26 PM (OlN4e)

Agreed, I was just explaining the mindset.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at May 13, 2013 12:29 PM (kXoT0)

177 Dr. Makary's parents live in Egypt, along with much of his extended family. This is why she called BS on the Arab Spring from the first. I follow her on Twitter and she was adamant that the Muslim Brotherhood were behind it.

She is concerned about the few moderate, middle-class Egyptians being wiped out by the MB. I am not certain, but I believe her husband is a Coptic Christian.

Also, I did not know Dr. Makary was at Johns Hopkins, but it would not therefore surprise me if Kirsten knew Dr. Ben Carson.

Posted by: Miss Marple at May 13, 2013 12:29 PM (GoIUi)

178 Stop fapping over Powers. She's still a lefty tool and hates your conservative guts. Oh, did you hear about the youtube video of the Syrian rebel eating a guy's heart? Looks real but I am no expert. http://goo.gl/87KBb

Posted by: waldo at May 13, 2013 12:29 PM (sXWmd)

179

"[quoting from The Matrix}...But when you're
inside, you look around, what do you see? Businessmen, teachers,
lawyers, carpenters. The very minds of the people we are trying to save.
But until we do, these people are still a part of that system and that
makes them our enemy.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 13, 2013 04:08 PM (0qqnb)

It was only until after I watched the whole miserable series of Matrix movies that I realized how pernicious those movies are. Throughout, the hero and his pals gun down innocent, unknowing people left and right. 'Hi, I'm Frank the security guard, sittin' here readin' the paper, drinkin' a cup of joe, gettin' through the day. Oh, hey, maybe later I'll buy the wife some flowers on the way home and--HOLY SHIT IT'S KEANU REEVES WITH A GUN! AARGH!'

I've learned to hate those movies. Anyway, to the point: I was once a Democrat like Powers, and like Powers, fairly liberal on most issues. A veteran, I was big on national defense issues and an assertive foreign policy, and like Powers, somewhat off the Dem reservation when it came to abortion and what we now call social issues. I thought of myself as a Truman Democrat, although Truman died before I was old enough to vote. It wasn't the appeal of conservativism that made me stop voting Democratic. It was the Monica Lewinsky scandal, of all things--the willingness of supposedly feminist Democrats to paint Lewinsky as a liar and a whore, as well as the unprincipled and hypocritical stance of just about everyone on the Left. After that, I moved Right and kept going.

Posted by: troyriser at May 13, 2013 12:29 PM (vtiE6)

180 I need backup now! Now, goddammit, now!

Posted by: JohnW at May 13, 2013 12:30 PM (FpUC1)

181

147...obama reminds me of Sgt. Schultz: I know nothing, NOTHING!

Nah, he's way worse, Nevergiveup.

I caught his performance today.

He was like a guilty dog with chicken feathers and eggshells stuck to his face.

Here's the guy who lives and breathes Politics, 24/7...and never does anything that isn't motivated by his politics....accusing others of "playing politics".

Posted by: wheatie at May 13, 2013 12:30 PM (y8LTw)

182 I question her liberal bonofides and her true hair color.

Posted by: dananjcon at May 13, 2013 12:31 PM (jvd3N)

183 -
obama reminds me of Sgt. Schultz: I know nothing, NOTHING! Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 13, 2013 04:24 PM
-----------------------------------------------------

(In a sane world with a diligent press):

Mr. President, you have claimed to know nothing about Benghazi, Fast and Furious, the IRS audit scandal, etc., etc., etc.. Can you name an issue that you DO have any familiarity with, and should your lack of involvement shake the American peoples confidence in your presidency?

Posted by: irright at May 13, 2013 12:31 PM (pMGkg)

184 #24 The stories that come out after Obama is gone will be historic. (NOT) #24 is right. There isn't as much money writing revisionist history and outright lies as there is in being a guest defender of the administration. But you can still make a good living.

Posted by: Jack at May 13, 2013 12:32 PM (Zv1QB)

185 And I was the one who just got black-balled? Fuck those guys.

Posted by: Bob Woodward at May 13, 2013 12:33 PM (Zv1QB)

186

Somebody better start shoving fingers in the dike!

Been at it for a couple years already.

Posted by: Huma Weiner at May 13, 2013 12:34 PM (wAQA5)

187

The original Flight of the Phoenix will never be the same for me. Their destination was Benghazi. Serious you guys.

Posted by: polynikes at May 13, 2013 12:38 PM (m2CN7)

188 178 Oh, did you hear about the youtube video of the Syrian rebel eating a guy's heart? Looks real but I am no expert. Holy fuck. They look like the kid of allies I'd like to have, I'm glad TFG has their back. /endsarc

Posted by: [/i][/b]akula51 iirc, fwiw at May 13, 2013 12:38 PM (Vgn84)

189 Kirsten Powers: Republicans cry wolf Kirsten Powers3:43 p.m. EDT May 13, 2013 We are coming off four years of being oversold one fantastical story after another about the evils of Obama-land; stories that didn't pan out. There are plenty of worthy questions about Benghazi. But nobody is going to be impeached. It's understandable that people would start to tune out the hyperbole of the professional persecutors. Note to the GOP: if diabolical is your standard, you better be able to prove it. Good luck with that. "Of all the great cover-ups in history Â— the Pentagon papers, Iran-Contra, Watergate, all the rest of them Â— this ... is going to go down as most egregious cover-up in American history." Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) was speaking of the Obama Administration's handling of the attack in Benghazi, Libya on September 11 last year. He went on to claim that "People may be starting to use the [word impeachment] before too long." There are plenty of worthy questions about Benghazi. More so now that leaked State Department emails show the Administration intentionally misled the American people regarding the attack. But cries of impeachment at this point are farfetched. Yet, it's unfair to single out the Senator for a predilection that seemingly swirls in the GOP's gene pool: exaggerating and overplaying their hand. They are perennially the party that cried wolf. We are coming off four years of being oversold one fantastical story after another about the evils of Obama-land; stories that didn't pan out. Put in that context, it's understandable that people would start to tune out the hyperbole of the professional persecutors who are always just about to prove something completely unbelievable. It's why so few people have focused on the Benghazi story and why many still remain leery of it. It doesn't help to have people like Sen. Linsday Graham (R-S.C) claim that Benghazi is "every bit as damaging as Watergate." Sen. McCain (R-AZ) tried to walk back that notion on Sunday, but this genie won't go easily back in the bottle. On Meet the Press Sunday, Sen. Dianne Feinstein said, "Every effort has been made to turn [this] into something that's diabolical. I don't see that." She's right. The diabolical standard has not been met. The real question is why does the GOP keep making that the standard? As the Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Congressman Darell Issa squandered precious credibility trying unsuccessfully to pin low-level bureaucratic incompetence in a gun-running operation called "Operation Fast and Furious" on President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder. When Issa didn't like one of Holder's responses at a hearing, he snapped, "John Mitchell [of Watergate fame] responded that way too." In what has become a seemingly foreordained moment for Congressional Republicans, Wisconsin Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner told Holder that if he didn't do what was asked of him, "there is only (one) alternative that Congress has and it is called impeachment." Former chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Lamar Smith tried to block the confirmation of a DOJ nominee in an effort to extract information that would prove that the Obama Administration had an allegiance to the New Black Panther Party. (The Justice Department had dismissed a Bush-era voter intimidation case against the NBPP where not one voter ever alleged being intimidated.)The Philadelphia Weekly asked Virginia Republican Rep. Frank Wolf why exactly President Obama would want to do any favors for the NBPP, which is so extreme its been condemned by the actual Black Panther Party. Wolf said: "I can't answer that. That's what we're trying to find out." Incidentally, in 2012 the head of the New Black Panthers wrote that the Democratic Party is the "institutional pimp of Black peoples" and called Obama "a real disappointment." Abigail Thernstrom, a stalwart conservative scholar who sat on the Commission that investigated the NBPP allegations warned that this "overblown attack threatens to undermine the credibility" of other more valid conservative criticism. Nobody seems to have listened to her. Sen. Rand Paul signed a fundraising letter last week alleging that Obama is helping "anti-American globalists plot against our Constitution." Rep. Marsha Blackburn made the absurd and unsupportable claim that Kermit Gosnell was "the norm" for abortion clinics. Note to the GOP: if diabolical is your standard, you better be able to prove it. Good luck with that.

Posted by: waldo at May 13, 2013 12:41 PM (sXWmd)

190 BTW, she worked in the Clinton WH. I doubt if she has turned ALL conservativey.

Tell me Billy Jeff didn't hit that.

Posted by: An Observation at May 13, 2013 12:42 PM (ylhEn)

191 Gosnel must have had an incompetent jury selection consultant. Getting a true believer on shouldn't be that hard in PA.

Posted by: @PurpAv at May 13, 2013 12:45 PM (/gHaE)

192

Posted by: waldo at May 13, 2013 04:41 PM (sXWmd)

I think Powers is undergoing a kind of incremental transformation, Waldo. The Gosnell case opened her eyes, if only a little. She probably still doesn't (and won't) think Benghazi was anything but a mixture of low-level incompetence and high-level CYA, but she does recognize that the media is failing in its constitutionally implied obligations. That's a start.

Posted by: troyriser at May 13, 2013 12:46 PM (vtiE6)

193 Media Integrity.....There's no there there.

Posted by: Truth In Advertising at May 13, 2013 12:46 PM (Rx0QM)

194 Some (too few in my view) aspire to higher than that and become generally good (by our reasoning) people. Most never do. My statement never had anything to do with what they knew or what evidence they had, it focused fully on them and their (probable) world-view. I'm glad I was wrong. I'm glad that my pessimism was more-than-sufficient in this case. In most cases I find it to be insufficient. Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 13, 2013 04:21 PM (/PCJa) I pretty much agree with you, but it didn't take much effort to call that creature guilty. I don't even think one had to be particularly industrious or moral to do it. Pictures of slashed dead babies require little introspection.

Posted by: baldilocks at May 13, 2013 12:48 PM (Su0W2)

195 if diabolical is your standard, you better be able to prove it.

Once someone sings about what Stevens was doing in an unsecured location vulnerable to this kind of attack, the diabolical part will probably take care of itself.

Posted by: @PurpAv at May 13, 2013 12:49 PM (/gHaE)

196 I really think Kirsten Powers' attitude started to change when the left went after Sarah Palin.

Powers is also from Alaska, and she knew the stories were BS. She was on Fox several times talking about how misogynistic some of the dems were. I believe she also was upset about Obama's attacks on Clinton.

Posted by: Miss Marple at May 13, 2013 12:51 PM (GoIUi)

197 I think Kirsten Powers recently got divorced--saw her tweet something about it not that long ago. So she's drifting rightwards AND is available. Giddy up!

Posted by: Waingro at May 13, 2013 12:57 PM (uAytX)

198
See? They care.

The New York Times ‏@nytimes 26m

Times Haiku: All giving is good, after all, even if some kinds may be better.

Posted by: Rev dr E buzz at May 13, 2013 12:58 PM (raGXo)

199 From Hot Air...if the press was not already ticked off at the regime, this should do the trick from the DoJ:

The records obtained by the Justice Department listed incoming and outgoing calls, and the duration of each call, for the work and personal phone numbers of individual reporters, general AP office numbers in New York, Washington and Hartford, Conn., and the main number for AP reporters in the House of Representatives press gallery, according to attorneys for the AP.

In all, the government seized those records for more than 20 separate telephone lines assigned to AP and its journalists in April and May of 2012. The exact number of journalists who used the phone lines during that period is unknown but more than 100 journalists work in the offices whose phone records were targeted on a wide array of stories about government and other matters.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky is thankfully not the Duchess of Alba at May 13, 2013 12:58 PM (baL2B)

200 Shes a piece of shit. anyone who fucked anthony wiener is.

Posted by: LtT26 at May 13, 2013 01:03 PM (zO5r4)

201 I think Kirsten Powers recently got divorced--saw her tweet something about it not that long ago. So she's drifting rightwards AND is available. Giddy up!

Posted by: Waingro at May 13, 2013 04:57 PM (uAytX)

Singles advertisement we'd like to see: 'Beautiful, wealthy, career-driven, nationally known and influential newswoman seeking lonely single man with rich fantasy life. Comic book and fantasy action figure collecting a big plus.'

Posted by: troyriser at May 13, 2013 01:04 PM (vtiE6)

202 Greg Gutfeld is my Hero of the Day. He just said TFG's press conference today seemed more like a SNL skit. Finally, somebody gets it!!

Posted by: Optimizer at May 13, 2013 01:08 PM (Mxt9o)

203 BTW, she worked in the Clinton WH. I doubt if she has turned ALL conservativey.

Tell me Billy Jeff didn't hit that.

Posted by: An Observation at May 13, 2013 04:42 PM (ylhEn)

Bleh. I like 'em fat and homely. They're more grateful.

Posted by: Bill Clinton at May 13, 2013 01:24 PM (wAQA5)

204 IT IS TIME TO BURY CBS,NBC AND ABC DO NOT WATCH THEM OR BUY PRODUCTS THEY ADVERTISE. CALL THEM AND SAY SO. I've had it!!!

Posted by: Big Swinger at May 13, 2013 07:09 PM (OZtuG)

205 Too much horseshit has come from Kirstin's pouty little lips. One is not convinced in the least.

Posted by: libra at May 14, 2013 07:36 AM (q5QAW)

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