1 Jay Blarney's going to be whittled down to nothing before long.

2

Gabriel II: The Enstompening

3 Preference Cascade?

4

Shorter Gabe:

 

PUT YOUR FUCKING MOUTH ON THE CURB, DREW.

5 So, Who's in Effin' Charge in the White House, hmm?

6 Um, okay then.

7 Its the disappeared thread!

8 Hmm.

9 First?   Yes!  Ghost Thread!!

10 Hmm, draft mode...

11 Ghost thread

12 first?

13 Aha! Choom Boy will be driven from office by angry tweets!

If that doesn't work, bring on the Angry Cat!

14 I wonder if Pope Francis is available to do an exorcism on Barry the Beast.

15 50% say President Obama deserves at least a little blame for the IRS targeting of conservatives. Thank you! Note the phrasing- the IRS targeting of conservatives is the given.

16 Get me a better liar!

17 Yeah, usually you KNOW ABOUT something you plan.

18 It's super mean, even by my standards, but I want Carney to have a full out crying freak out at the podium at a briefing.

19 So, Who's in Effin' Charge in the White House, hmm?

Posted by: dc at May 21, 2013 10:27 AM (UdPlZ)

Prezzy Choom: Not me. Anyone but me. Hell, I don't even know if I've been to the White House. Sounds racist

20 Get me a better liar! Posted by: King Barry I No problem!

21 Right now the press is just wondering why it's been waking up in the morning and finding vaseline smeared around its rectum.

I'm inclined to think that they're still going to get over their temper tantrum before they throw the expensive bottle at him.

22 What did the prezident (ie: Val Jar) know and when did (s)he know it?

23 Oh my God! It's full of tweets.

24 What time is today's TV lie-fest? I need to schedule my lunch.

25

Wouldn't it be nice if one of these "news" organizations actually pressed the "admnistration" for real answers?   Instead of just   accepting,   albeit reluctantly,     what Carney Barker spoonfeeds them?

26

When can we expect the WH thugs to announce Gabe will be the target of today's "Two Minutes of Hate"?  Or, perhaps it'll be Kirsten Powers.

 

http://thebea.st/190d0dw

 

27 Eagerly anticipating the news of an appointed special counsel to the prezzy. THAT'S when it begins.

28 Affirmative Action has consequences.

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

30 The same leftists who mocked Reagan for being "disengaged" and "out of touch"... are now excusing Obama because he is "disengaged" and "out-of-touch."

31

This is like the Benghazi email re-writes but in a "fuck it, we'll do it live!" way

32 Burn it down.
Scatter the stones.
Salt the earth where it stood.

33 Sharyl Attkisson says her computers have been interfered with, via HA.

http://tinyurl.com/maphk7r

34 Also: I believe another Pratchett quote is appropriate:

"Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for day.  Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."

35 When can we expect the WH thugs to announce Gabe will be thetarget oftoday's "Two Minutes of Hate"? Or, perhaps it'll be Kirsten Powers.

Sounds like they already got Sharyl Attkisson (I thought it was Atkinson? whichever.).

36

I  don't  think  their  intention  was  to  give  Obama  'plausible incompetency'.

37 Nice Gabe. Eat something! You are getting too skinny.

38 I don't think their intention was to give Obama 'plausible incompetency'. Posted by: polynikes at May 21, 2013 11:03 AM


The law of unintended consequences strikes again.

39 "The White House knew, but Obama Didn't" "Senior White House Officials Learned, but Obama didn't" I'm a little hazy here, but could someone refresh my memory as to who the fucking primary occupant of the White House is? These pole polishers are trying really hard, even at this point, to protect their boyfriend. Something happened in a dank shithole dungeon in Iraq, and Bush was aware of it all, but apparently everyone in Obamas own house knows what's going on except him. The fucking balls on these guys. Every last one of them.

40 Only 50% thinks TFG has some of the blame?

Fuck that shit.

41 ..this or a music video.

What was the video?

42 I don't think their intention was to give Obama 'plausible incompetency'.

Posted by: polynikes at May 21, 2013 11:03 AM (m2CN7)

 

It's like I've said in the past:   who would have thought       plausible deniability through professed ignorance    would become   the go-to defense for a sitting President's utter failure     to govern,   and that the MFM would be totally willing to let it slide.

43 Joshua fought the battle of Jericho, Jericho, Jericho, Joshua fought the battle of Jericho, And the walls came tumbling down! And the walls came tumbling down! And the walls came tumbling down! The walls are a coming tumbing down all around obama!

44

The targeting of AP and now Fox (and who knows how many others) was, in hindsight, a pretty stupid way to treat a loyal ally.*  This here is pretty mild and the administration is having a hard time dealing with it.  It isn't going to get better for them either.

 

*I bet a lot of reporters and editors are asking themselves if they got this treatment from the DOJ and are probably digging around a bit to find out.  I know I'd be a little bit curious if I were one of them.  And I'd be pretty vindictive if I found out they had targeted me.

45 Sharyl Attkisson says her computers have been interfered with, via HA. http://tinyurl.com/maphk7r Posted by: huerfano at May 21, 2013 11:02 AM (bAGA/) Shit Status: Wind farm time, baby!

46 Tea Party Rallies are scheduled across the country at local IRS offices TODAY. Noon local time.

Here is the link to the rally points:

http://tinyurl.com/mulxm2v

47 a post about tweets from you

48 Poll:  50% say Prez Obama  deserves  at least a little blame for what he did in their mouths. 

49 Shit Status: Wind farm time, baby!


There's not a turbine big enough for the shit about to hit.

50 I want Carney to have a full out crying freak out at the podium at a briefing.

He's not the type.  He'll shriek a la the "leave Britney alone" guy, then run from the room while stomping his feet like a 12 year old girl.

51 Okay... let me get this straight, 'cause I'm confused.

George Bush was a hayseed hick with no brain in his head who nevertheless tricked the entire country for seven straight years and, further, obfuscated his moves so well that they're still causing Democrats grief to this day.

SCOAMT is teh Smahted Guy Evah! who has no clue what's going on in his own White House, let alone the other Executive Agencies, and let's not even talk about anything outside US Borders.

Do I have that about right?

52 and that the MFM would be totally willing to let it slide.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at May 21, 2013 11:06 AM (4df7R)

 

That last part may be coming  stuck. 

53 Shit Status: Wind farm time, baby!

Is that shit, or ground-up eagles?

54 What was the video?

To quote a certain fish-faced admiral: "It's a trap!"

55 Sen. Crapo:  How did you determine there was no political motivation in this issue?

George:  We interviewed those people directly involved.


Sen. Crapo:  So you're basing that conclusion on what the people who did this told you ?


George:  Yes.

56 Only 50% thinks TFG has some of the blame? If that's the case, we must shut down all these "rogue" agencies- IRS, DHS, EPA, FCC, OSHA, State, etc..

57

Posted by: huerfano at May 21, 2013 11:02 AM (bAGA/)

 

A few days ago I tweeted along the lines of  "The question now is, do the libs retreat and regroup, or do they go full bore trying to implement the marxist state without even trying to hide it?"

 

Looks like it's the latter.

58 Maybe TFG will pull a John Edwards and start grabbing people by the collars, screaming "Why didn't you come to me like a fuckin' man and tell me?!?!"

59 You know, at least the eeevil retard BOOOOSH was the mastermind capable of fooling the Democrats and personally perpetrating numerous crimes against humanity. At least the guy we voted for was present. If I were a Dem right now, I'd be feeling a little cheated.

60

43

 

Shaka, when the walls fell.

61 Even Maureen Dowd is on the Obama's incompetent bandwagon.  Even if  she is just hanging  on by her fingertips. 

62 ProPublica! *BANG*

63 Carney need not worry.  He'll be hired by MSNBC as soon as he leaves the White House.  That ain't gonna happen until Obama leaves in three more years.  The only difference between Carney and Joe Biden is that Carney know when he goofs, he accepts as part of the job.  Biden is too dumb to know when he commits a gaff.

64 If I were a Dem right now, I'd be feeling a little cheated.

The ability to feel cheated implies an understanding of right and wrong, and a recognition that one path is good and one isn't.  Assumes facts not in evidence.

65 OMG! DID YOU HEAR?  THEY DROPPED BRITNEY FROM IDOL!

66 I can easily believe that Oblather is off sniffing coke when he is not reading from his telly or occasionally speaking off the cuff running down real americans and doesn't know a damn thing that is going on.   But since BHO is untouchable anyway we should go after his aides for keeping the truth from him.   Get them before congress and ask them "Didn't you have a duty to inform the POTUS that this was happening?"   That would be some good theatre. 

67 >And to cap it off, 50% say President Obama deserves at least a little blame for the IRS targeting of conservatives. and the rest think conservatives were just asking for it, dressing provocatively and walking alone at night

68

51 -

 

It's the darnedest thing, isn't it?  I had somebody tell me recently that it's all the war spending Bush did, and that his daddy publicly said W was an idiot for going to war.

 

So it's not just that he tricked the Dems, it's that his own daddy is publicly acknowledging what a dopey scalawag his own son is. 

 

To which my only reply was, "if it's all Bush's fault, then why are we still in Afghanistan 5 years later?" 

 

No reply. 

69 Even Maureen Dowd is on the Obama's incompetent bandwagon. Even if she is just hanging on by her fingertips.


To Maureen Dowd, every man is incompetent.  That explains why she can't get dates.

70

Carney

http://tinyurl.com/k7x94xo

71 @63

Not so.  Once, I mistakenly ate epoxy instead of paste.  I knew right away that I had made a mistake. 

72 >Is that shit, or ground-up eagles? mmm... eagleburgers

73 Carney is such a weasel he gives weasels a bad name.

74 The first rule when something bad is coming is to make sure you let the boss know.  Bad news does not get better with age.  I can see staffers keeping the boss in the dark early on to keep the stink off him, but when it's clear that revelation is inevitable, you have got to clue him in.  The last thing you want is for him to get asked a question he is unprepared for.  That's why there is no way Obama was not told.  He had time to get his "I  learned about it from the media" line ready.  The only other choice would have been to admit that he knew and did nothing to get the word out and condemn the action.

75 Not so. Once, I mistakenly ate epoxy instead of paste. I knew right away that I had made a mistake.

Posted by: Joe Biden at May 21, 2013 11:15 AM (YXmuI)

That explains your one gaffe-free week.

76 Outlaw public sector unions, and bring back HUAC.

77 To which my only reply was, "if it's all Bush's fault, then why are we still in Afghanistan 5 years later?"

And they said, "Bush fucked things up SOOOOO BAAAAAD it will take Ear Leader years to fix.  YEARS."

Two terms might not be enough, just wait.

78 From twitter: Matt Mackowiak ‏@MattMackowiak One hour into the Senate Finance Committee #IRS hearing, only two Democrats, of the committee's 13 Dems, is at the hearing.

79

Where is that large piece of kick-in-the-nuts karma? Surely it's ready to strike these scumbags any day now.

80 57 Honestly, why would they bother to hide it anymore? They've hit upon the formula where the GOP and the nation will not rip their faces off, to use the 'poke the bear' analogy that Ace brought up awhile back.

81 IRS Went After 83-Year-Old Tea Party Member, Survived WWII Japanese Internment Camp In MalaysiaÂ… Weasel Zippers: Ya just have to shake your head sometimes

82 >Carney is such a weasel he gives weasels a bad name. he's paid to be a weasel. he's doing a remarkable job.

83 Expect THE ONE to fly to OK to see the disaster and expect the WH to go into full, we are worried about a disaster today, no other questions, AKA, Sandy storm plan. Does God give Barry these disasters as a distraction?

84

The first rule when something bad is coming is to make sure you let the boss know. Bad news does not get better with age. I can see staffers keeping the boss in the dark early on to keep the stink off him, but when it's clear that revelation is inevitable, you have got to clue him in. The last thing you want is for him to get asked a question he is unprepared for. That's why there is no way Obama was not told.

 

This.

 

Letting your boss get blindsided by something you knew ==> you get the boot. Guaranteed.

85 OT: streaming c-span IRS hearing in Senate....  man, the House did such a better job.  There is a discernible difference in tone ...  at least so far.  More speechy and statements, even by the Repubs.   .. at least so far you guys

86 Even Maureen Dowd is on the Obama's incompetent bandwagon. Even if she is just hanging on by her fingertips.


Maureen Dowd could run up and down Manhattan with a sign saying "Free Blow Jobs!" and it wouldn't do her any good.

87 Who is the senator talking?  With the lisp?

88 Does everyone at the IRS begin an answer to a question with the word "So"?

89 mmm... eagleburgers Posted by: Jones in CO at May 21, 2013 11:16 AM


Don't blame me.  I'm dead.

90 You want to find a link to Obama? Get enough people saying he's incompetent due to massive ignorance loud enough for him to hear it. He'll out himself.

91 Where is that large piece of kick-in-the-nuts karma? Surely it's ready to strike these scumbags any day now.

Unfortunately, Karma doesn't actually get balanced until you're dead, then it determines how you're reincarnated.  I'm sure several members of this administration will come back as retarded fruit flies, but that doesn't help us today.

Letting your boss get blindsided by something you knew ==> you get the boot. Guaranteed.

In the real world, it would indeed be a resume generating event.

92 64 If I were a Dem right now, I'd be feeling a little cheated. If I were a Dem, I'd be a sociopath, so I'd feel pretty good about the fact the government is going after my enemies.

93 Maureen Dowd could run up and down Manhattan with a sign saying "Free Blow Jobs!" and it wouldn't do her any good.

Posted by: EC at May 21, 2013 11:19 AM (GQ8sn)

 

I'd take a couple.

94 87 Who is the senator talking? With the lisp?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at May 21, 2013 11:19 AM (4df7R)

Sen. Wyden D- Oregon

95 Colorado Alex, Tangonine, I'll be in the Springs today for the IRS rally. You know how to reach me if you want to meet me there.

96

77 -

 

At some point there has to be a smooth transition to blaming those darned Repubs in Congress for everything... right? 

 

In fact, if they get too far going with chasing the scandals, the White House could make this about Congress not doing "the people's business," but instead going on their witch hunts.

 

I can see it now...

97

White House is changing its timeline on IRS scandal

 

 

98 Anyone going to the Fort Worth rally?

99 88 Does everyone at the IRS begin an answer to a question with the word "So"?

Posted by: JackStraw at May 21, 2013 11:19 AM (g1DWB)

Ha!  I mentioned Miller doing that the other day and Shulman just did it too!

100 OT: streaming c-span IRS hearing in Senate.... man, the House did such a better job. There is a discernible difference in tone ... at least so far. More speechy and statements, even by the Repubs. .. at least so far you guys
Posted by: Yip at May 21, 2013 11:19 AM


We're ready for our close-ups.

101

Thanks, Tami!

102 Everything the administration is doing is designed to distract people from looking at Benghazi and realizing that what Obama did was dereliction of duty and cowardice in face of the enemy during time of war - which is not only impeachable but is potentially a capital offense.

Now do you understand why all of these scandals suddenly broke at the same time? The only ones doing any distracting are the members of the administration.

103 President Jones in CO would spend the first year of his administration just firing people. I'd make it a 4-year goal to fire one million federal employees.

104

..this or a music video.

 

What was the video?

 

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at May 21, 2013 11:06 AM (QU+iw)

 

"Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?"

105 Its a shame that all employees of govt aren't considered to be under oath at all times

106 White House is changing its timeline on IRS scandal

Posted by: thunderb at May 21, 2013 11:20 AM (nH8jP)

 

Woudl that be the fifth or sixth time?

107 The IRS is the militant wing of the democrat party.

108 Donks clearly think the meme should be, these conservative groups were clearly political and therefore illegal for tax status.... pay no attention to the multitude of donk-friendly sham organizations that funnel money to their side.  They have NO shame..

109 83:  I don't know.   MO is/was a purple state.   OK is solid red.   TehWon has a history of ignoring natural disasters in flyover red states.    I guess it will be a matter of whether ValJar thinks they need to seize any distraction from IRS, Benghazi, harassing and spying on reporters etc and makes him get his scrawny ass out there or not. 

110

Nothing very funny these days but here is my favorite IRS joke:

 

The Internal Revenue Service decides to audit Ralph, and summons him to an appointment with the toughest auditor in the office. The IRS auditor is not surprised when Ralph shows up with his attorney.

The auditor says, "Well, sir, you have an extravagant lifestyle and no full-time employment, which you explain by saying that you win money gambling. I'm not sure the IRS finds that believable."

"I'm a great gambler, and I can prove it," says Ralph. "How about a demonstration?"

The auditor thinks for a moment and says, "OK. Go ahead."

Ralph says, "I'll bet you a thousand dollars that I can bite my own eye."

The auditor thinks a moment and says, "No way! It's a bet."

Ralph removes his glass eye and bites it.

The auditor's jaw drops.

Ralph says, "Now, I'll bet you two thousand dollars that I can bite my other eye."

The auditor can tell Ralph isn't blind, so he takes the bet.

Ralph removes his dentures and bites his good eye.

The stunned auditor now realizes he has wagered and lost three grand, with Ralph's attorney as a witness. He starts to get nervous.

"Want to go double or nothing?" Ralph asks. "I'll bet you six thousand dollars that I can stand on one side of your desk and pee into that wastebasket on the other side, and never get a drop anywhere in between."

The auditor, twice burned, is cautious now, but he looks carefully and decides there's no way this guy can manage that stunt, so he agrees again.

Ralph stands beside the desk and unzips his pants, but although he strains mightily, he can't make the stream reach the wastebasket on other side, so he pretty much urinates all over the auditor's desk.

The auditor leaps with joy, realizing that he has just turned a major loss into a huge win. But Ralph's attorney moans and puts his head in his hands.

"Are you OK?" the auditor asks. "Not really," says the attorney. "This morning, when Ralph told me he'd been summoned for an audit, he bet me $20,000 that he could come in here and piss all over your desk -- and that you'd be happy about it!"

111

OT

 

did anyone read the new whistle blowers on Benghazi article on Drudge?  From Roger Simon

 

The former diplomats inform PJM the new revelations concentrate in two areas — what Ambassador Chris Stevens was actually doing in Benghazi and the pressure put on General Carter Ham, then in command of U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) and therefore responsible for Libya, not to act to protect jeopardized U.S. personnel.

 

Stevens’ mission in Benghazi, they will say, was to buy back Stinger missiles from al-Qaeda groups issued to them by the State Department, not by the CIA. Such a mission would usually be a CIA effort, but the intelligence agency had opposed the idea because of the high risk involved in arming “insurgents” with powerful weapons that endanger civilian aircraft.

 

Hillary Clinton still wanted to proceed because, in part, as one of the diplomats said, she wanted “to overthrow Gaddafi on the cheap.”

 

This left Stevens in the position of having to clean up the scandalous enterprise when it became clear that the “insurgents” actually were al-Qaeda – indeed, in the view of one of the diplomats, the same group that attacked the consulate and ended up killing Stevens.

 

they are going to testify to that

 

If they do, by by Hillary

112 Does God give Barry these disasters as a distraction? Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectal at May 21, 2013 11:18 AM

Why should He? He already made Republicans to provide the Squirrels and Shiny Stuff.

113 Everything the administration is doing is designed to distract people from looking at Benghazi


So the IRS and news-bugging scandals were cooked up to save Obama's bacon?  Check the fit on that tinfoil hat.

114 Now the pedophile gets to ask questions, yeah

115 To Maureen Dowd, every man is incompetent. That explains why she can't get dates.

 

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 21, 2013 11:15 AM (KGCtJ)

 

In fairness, not every man is competent at spelunking.

116 @98 Allen, I was going to go.. got an email this morning that it was called off , or at least the Lone Star Tea Party would not be there due to weather and the disaster in Moore.  You going?

117

>>>The IRS is the militant wing of the democrat party.

 

They're the inheritors of the KKK?

118

103 -

 

Sad thing is, one million would not really make much of a dent. 

119 40 Only 50% thinks TFG has some of the blame? Fuck that shit. 52% of the low-info fuckwads voted for TFG, so 2% have wised up since. At this rate, we'll save our Republic in about...ah, fuck it. Let it burn.

120 By the way, I suspect that the comments posting problem was a denial of service attack by the NSA - might as well get all of the government agencies involved in the Obama scandalpalooza.

121 >To Maureen Dowd, every man is incompetent. That explains why she can't get dates. I thought she lived an alternate lifestyle

122 so uhm again the twit says it!

123 Allen, I was going to go.. got an email this morning that it was called off , or at least the Lone Star Tea Party would not be there due to weather and the disaster in Moore. You going?

Hadn't decided, yet.  I'm thinking a lot of people are going to feel the same way LSTP does.

Are you plugged into the Fort Worth tea party?

124 This whole cascade of scandal takes on a bit of humor when you realize that the only democrat in    the   2008    primiaries    who was legitimate was John Edwards.

125 Dems claim 501(c)(4) Mac truck being run through IRS? Uhm, only those Mac trucks being driven by liberal orgs got through the check point. Conservative Mac trucks were pulled over for near-permanent inspection.

126 "The United States of Conspiracy"
http://tinyurl.com/md3blyp
sad commentary.

127 When Obama's chief-of-staff found out about the IRS crap, and informed Obama, the SCOAMF was quoted to have said (mr.burns)Excellent!(/mr.burns).

128 This whole cascade of scandal takes on a bit of humor when you realize that the only democrat in the 2008 primiaries who was legitimate was John Edwards.

Hehe.

I needed that.

129 So 50% think he is "a little to blame".  100% of this household think he is all to blame.

130 105 Its a shame that all employees of govt aren't considered to be under oath at all times Posted by: Mark E at May 21, 2013 11:21 AM (w5RwR) True. But what the hell does 'oath' mean nowadays?

131 Okay... let me get this straight, 'cause I'm confused.

George Bush was a hayseed hick with no brain in his head who nevertheless tricked the entire country for seven straight years and, further, obfuscated his moves so well that they're still causing Democrats grief to this day.

SCOAMT is teh Smahted Guy Evah! who has no clue what's going on in his own White House, let alone the other Executive Agencies, and let's not even talk about anything outside US Borders.

Do I have that about right?

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 21, 2013 11:08 AM (/PCJa)
==========

I think you need to use a different paradigm when viewing this White House.  Instead of smart/not smart or competent/incompetant think Organized Crime Family:

TFG as the "Don" of the family is isolated and protected from any actions of his underlings by a wall of deniability.  Thus he is maintained in a position to reward those who serve him well and punish those who don't .  Meanwhile the underlings do whatever they think they can get away with to impress the "Don" and help him maintain (or increase) his hold on power.

This allows TFG to go about his golfing and vacationing without (in theory) worrying about what may be done by his underlings on his behalf.

The best way to investigate an enterprise such as this is to analyze it the way the CIA used to analyze the photos of who was standing next to whom on Lenin's Tomb during the May Day parades- ie which underlings are getting the plumbs and which ones are getting the shaft.  The ones getting the plumbs should be investigated, and the ones getting the shaft should be developed as sources.  That way the wall of deniability will eventually crack.

But I doubt anybody in Congress or the media has the stomach for that kind of effort.

132 Part of me wonders if the White House ball-lickers are telling the truth with regards to Obama being disengaged, at least in part.

I'm not convinced Obama is personally involved in much of anything except giving campaign speeches.  When he had to make an actual decision, it took him what- two full days to make the no-brainer decision to get Bin Laden?

Then there's his reluctance to take questions at press conferences.  It could be that he doesn't know enough details to answer them.

If he was replaced by a lifelike robot who did nothing but read from teleprompter scripts written by his handlers, would anybody notice?

133 @ Are you plugged into the Fort Worth tea party?.

 Arlington

134 111 Just wanted to alert the hoard about the PJM story by Rodger Simon. MUST READ. FLAMING SKULL MATERIAL.

135

113 -

 

Not  cooked up, no.  But it might make  sense if they know one is potentially more damaging, for them to let slip some "facts" about the lesser crimes, and hope the  REALLY  bad stuff gets lost in the shuffle. 

136 I thought she lived an alternate lifestyle


If by "alternate lifestyle" you mean a lot of quiet nights at home with her battery-powered friends, then yes she does.

137 By the way, I suspect that the comments posting problem was a denial of service attack by the NSA - might as well get all of the government agencies involved in the Obama scandalpalooza. Posted by: An Observation at May 21, 2013 11:25 AM (ylhEn)

Hey, be careful of the chemtrails.  OK?

138 menendez that fuckin creep from NJ is defending obama and the IRS

139 Am I hearing that the issue (per Dems on this committee) is the difference between 501c (4) v 527? This is all happening because right-wing groups wanted to keep their lists of donors anonymous and went for c4 when they should have been the other? I read the difference between c3 and c 4 and c4 clearly states it CAN be involved in education and political lobbying. But Baucus just made it sound like it was a dirty move by conservatives.

140

>>>
did anyone read the new whistle blowers on Benghazi article on Drudge? From Roger Simon

 

So the idea was to let Stevens die as some cover up should the admin lose the election?

141 Nevergiveup....did CBD forward you Jane's e-mail addy?

142 @111
I don't often say this, but OMG.  IF this turns out to be true, not only is Hillary toast, the entire administration will be.  What is Obama going to say, I didn't know that my SoS was arming Islamist militants? 

Stay tuned.

143 menendez that fuckin creep from NJ is defending obama and the IRS

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 21, 2013 11:28 AM (9Bj8R)

Of course he is. That is what is keeping Holder off his back for porking underage hookers which is a felony.

144 Are you plugged into the Fort Worth tea party?.
Arlington

Yeah, I'm on their mailing list (since I technically live in Arlington- would it kill them to have meetings farther south?), and not on FW, so I'm not sure if FWTP is pushing this or not.

It would suck to be one of like 50 people to show up.  We'd look like an Occupy rally.

145

132 -

 

Obama is Joffrey Baratheon.  Val Jarrett is Tywin Lannister. 

146 one in four said they were following the IRS and Benghazi stories "very closely"; just 16% were very closely following the story of the AP subpoenas.

-----------------

Yeah, who cares man? So many other important things to think about. brb posting a picture of me to Facebook.

147

Weren't there reports that the Treasury Department knew of the investigation in June.  We should be focused on that date. 

I cannot believe that something as political as this investigation could possibly have been kept from the president. 

148 It would suck to be one of like 50 people to show up. We'd look like an Occupy rally.

With more notice, you could have had giant papier-mâché heads.

149 If they do, by by Hillary Posted by: thunderb at May 21, 2013 11:22 AM (nH8jP) holy....crap.

150 OT - but regarding the private companies and citizens that TFG hates: --- Dana Loesch ‏@DLoesch 19s I am not kidding you now, it is raining trucks. Companies anonymously donating. God is great. ----

151 What is Obama going to say, I didn't know that my SoS was arming Islamist militants? Stay tuned. Posted by: pep at May 21, 2013 11:30 AM (YXmuI) Imagine if Hillary turns around and said she did it on orders from the president.

152 New thread.

153 I'm not convinced Obama is personally involved in much of anything except giving campaign speeches. When he had to make an actual decision, it took him what- two full days to make the no-brainer decision to get Bin Laden?

Then there's his reluctance to take questions at press conferences. It could be that he doesn't know enough details to answer them.

Well put.  He only gets personally involved when he has a personal ax to grind, and then only to order his minions to do something illegal.

154 Does God give Barry these disasters as a distraction? No, I give my people me as a distraction. You're welcome!

155 Nevergiveup....did CBD forward you Jane's e-mail addy? Posted by: Tami at May 21, 2013 11:28 AM (X6akg) Yes thank-you and I have already emailed her

156 said = says. typed too fast.

157 "If he was replaced by a lifelike robot who did nothing but read from teleprompter scripts written by his handlers, would anybody notice? would anybody notice? Posted by: Hollowpoint at May 21, 2013 11:27 AM (SY2Kh)" The pro shop at Andrews might.

158 The first black president MUST. BE. A. SUCCESS. Damn the consequences, because SLAVERY!!!!

159 Re: Allen...

yeah, I'm disappointed with the weather cancel and everything, but completely understand esp with what just happened in Moore.  There is an office in Dallas too..  I wonder what the Dallas Teas' are doing? 

160 In a CNN/ORC poll taken Friday and Saturday, the president's approval rating was 53%, up 2 percentage points from the previous survey in early April.

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All these "scandals" are so boring. It's just the Republicans trying to distract from allowing gay Boy Scouts.

Someone should pass a law lowering my phone bill, that's what I think.

161 We have been arming Syrian rebels since last year and it was widely reported.  I have no idea why anyone believes the lying Obama when he says he is thinking about "starting" it.

162 But Baucus just made it sound like it was a dirty move by conservatives. Posted by: Ragamuffin at May 21, 2013 11:28 AM (fzFF6) DING DING DING DING DING Baucus' argument is being promulgated to all the media ball washers as we type. This is going to be making the rounds as fast as Pelosi's Citizen's United pro move did.

163

Hillary was running her own private foreign policy, then.

 

Because we already know JEF didn't find out until the papers said something.

164 If the Roger Simon story is true, the Obama administration is very likely to fall.

165 Stevens’ mission in Benghazi, they will say, was to buy back Stinger missiles from al-Qaeda groups issued to them by the State Department, not by the CIA. Such a mission would usually be a CIA effort, but the intelligence agency had opposed the idea because of the high risk involved in arming “insurgents” with powerful weapons that endanger civilian aircraft.

Hillary Clinton still wanted to proceed because, in part, as one of the diplomats said, she wanted “to overthrow Gaddafi on the cheap.”

Can't wait to watch the left who went all eleventy!!11! on Iran-Contra spin this one

BRB, gotta call my broker to tell him to go long on popcorn futures....

166 Can't wait to watch the left who went all eleventy!!11! on Iran-Contra spin this one

John Kerry was one of the main eleventyers.  Should be interesting to see how he explains why this is different.  (It is different, but not in a good way for the Obama administration)

167 If the Roger Simon story is true, the Obama administration is very likely to fall.

Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at May 21, 2013 11:36 AM (JQuNB)

 

Even if true, there is no conceivable way the First Black President will be allowed to fall or fail anywhere. I don't know note this as a bigoted racist teabagger neofascist agent of the patriarchy. It's simply a fact.

168 Even if true, there is no conceivable way the First Black President will be allowed to fall or fail anywhere. I don't know note this as a bigoted racist teabagger neofascist agent of the patriarchy. It's simply a fact. Posted by: troyriser at May 21, 2013 11:41 AM (vtiE6)

I'd be happy if he'd just shut the fuck up and play golf for the next 3 years.

I'll pay for it.

Just quit trying to actively destroy this county.

169 If the Roger Simon story is true, the Obama administration is very likely to fall.

Nah.  I'm not sure we'll ever see another administration "fall" again.  After Nixon they learned how to cover their assess well enough to avoid getting removed from office.

170

Everything the administration is doing is designed to distract people from looking at Benghazi

"I lit the ship on fire; that should distract the passengers from all of that ice on the foredeck." - helpful Titanic crewman

171 "Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."

Send him to Hell and he'll be warm for eternity.

172
So the IRS and news-bugging scandals were cooked up to save Obama's bacon? Check the fit on that tinfoil hat.

Please note that the government was the group that released all of the initial information on all these other scandals, and that they appeared right after the "deep background" White House press briefing.

Or do you think the timing was accidental, and that the Obama administration just decided to suddenly come clean for no reason at all? That level of cluelessness qualifies you for the "Putting on a blindfold and waking into an oncoming truck" Darwin award.
 

173

The IRS release was done because the IG report was due to come out and they wanted to take some of the bang out of that bombshell.

 

Man, if you are trying to distract people you don't distract them with something like this!  Quit being so obsessed with just one scandal when we now have a plethora of scandals and each of them can be followed and investigated.

174 Nah. I'm not sure we'll ever see another administration "fall" again. After Nixon they learned how to cover their assess well enough to avoid getting removed from office.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at May 21, 2013 11:46 AM (SY2Kh)

And all those great Watergate "reforms" were the biggest fucking nothingburger that the shitheads in Congress ever foisted off on the public.  IOW just as fucking useless as everything else out of the 70's dogshit decade.

175 The other scandals are simply proof that we have entered phase three of the standard lame ass method for 'getting away with it':

Phase Three:

Blame the flying monkeys

176
Man, if you are trying to distract people you don't distract them with something like this! Quit being so obsessed with just one scandal when we now have a plethora of scandals and each of them can be followed and investigated.

I'm sorry, I didn't realize all those other scandals had a body count that could be laid directly at the feet of the President.

My bad.

Full speed ahead then.

177

If that USA Today/Pew poll has any relation to reality, the Benghazi issue has already been decided in the President's favor.  A majority believe there was no coverup.  A huge majority buy the line that the whole issue is mostly a Republican political stunt.  And most depressingly, the country is evenly split on whether or not they approve of Obama's handling of the Benghazi attacks and its aftermath.

There is seemingly nothing that can threaten the Narrative.

 

178 Would it be inappropriate for Christie to join Obama on his tour of Oklahoma?

179

I didn't realize all those other scandals had a body count that could be laid directly at the feet of the President.

 

Fast and Furious has a bodycount.  Give him enough time and leisure to concoct more scandals, and Obama will have other blood on his hands.  How long before IRS/FBI persecution of conservatives drives someone to suicide?  Or maybe a suicide who decides to take a few of his tormenters with him?

180 I think you should just focus on following the scandals and getting the truth, wherever it leads.  If your entire focus is "get Obama" it will be dismissed as being nakedly partisan and any results will be suspect by that belief. 

But hey, if your entire focus is to bring down a presidency, have at it.  You'll be disappointed because only one president has been brought down by scandal, but far be it from me to interfere with your gimlet eye focus on just one to the complete ignoring of the others.

181 This entire series of scandals should serve to remind us that the purpose of the Office of President of the United States is not to be head of some political party, nor to cheerlead for favored policies, not to block unfavored policies, but to in general be the executive ultimately responsible for day-to-day operations of the United States government. It would seem a full-time job. In choosing to be a super-legislator first and formost more than a Chief Executive, Barack Obama richly deserves the scandals his administration and the United States government is reaping, for he has--at best--let the government to its own devices. At best. I'm not sure I believe that, I think the truth is darker, but that is the best case scenario. In fact, it could be say to be a misnomer to call Obama's organization an "adminstration", because that implies its focus is on enforcing laws as they are, not as wished or imagined--in other words, adminstering--and I just don't believe that is true. Obama and his folk aren't adminstering, they are "fiating". It seems that the Jackson precedent of a kingly executive needs to be put back in the bottle, or tyranny will be the ultimate result. Presidents should content themselves with executing laws as they are, and with foreign policy, and let Congress determine the course of America.

182 The liberal response to getting caught is always the same, and plays out in their media thusly:
   
"This did not happen"
   
This happened, but everyone does it"
   
"Everyone might not do it, but what difference does it make?"
   
"It may make some difference, but prosecution of this issue is worse than the issue"
   
"We can do what we want because they are evil. Look at that Umbrella. Case closed"

183 Oh my gosh! A picture of Gabriel! Is that allowed?

184 Wow, Gabe doesn't look anything like I thought he would. I always imagine him as a more rough cowboy type with the hat, kind of like a Brokeback mountain look.* * If I broke the Don't pick on the Cobs rule then I condemn myself.

185 I think you should just focus on following the scandals and getting the truth, wherever it leads. If your entire focus is "get Obama" it will be dismissed as being nakedly partisan and any results will be suspect by that belief.


My focus is not on "getting Obama". My focus is 100 % on getting at the truth. The truth happens to be that Obama let people die by being derelict in his duty as CiC. Another part of the truth is that none of the other scandals amount to anything that History will even notice.

I want to see the Communist/Progressive agenda stopped in such a way that it won't be able to come back to attempt to enslave the people of this country for another 100 years. You do that by showing everyone what disgusting pieces of shit these people really are. 

The fact that Carney says Benghazi is a distraction and Obama says of it that "there is no there there" tells me it is the scandal they truly fear.

You are interested in scoring political points - I'm trying to save the Republic without it coming down to civil war.

186 Ultimately Watergate was not partisan. What made Nixon resign was his realization that he would lose the impeachment trial 100-0.

What Obama did in Benghazi deserves the same 100-0 vote - even the "Rents to Damn High" guy would vote against him if he really knew what Obama did. That is not partisan politics - it is emergency surgery to get rid of a cancer.