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May 17, 2013 · 6:31 AM

Breaking: Report claims Republicans edited White House Benghazi e-mails

What was the GOP hoping to achieve by over-blowing the current Benghazi scandal and other “scandals” promoted by them?

The Examiner

A new report released Thursday night accused Republicans of editing the White House Benghazi e-mails, sending a hard blow to the conservative conspiracy theory on the issue.

Only one day after the White House released 100 pages of Benghazi e-mails, CBS news is reporting that the original e-mails released only one week ago were edited by Republicans. The two main points that were focused on in the CBS report were from National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes and State Department Spokeswoman Victoria Nuland.

The statement by Rhodes in the official White House e-mail differs from the edited Republicans version. Below are the two statement were the difference is clearly shown.

Republican edited e-mail:

“We must make sure that the talking points reflect all agency equities, including those of the State Department, and we don’t want to undermine the FBI investigation.”

Offical White House email:

“We need to resolve this in a way that respects all of the relevant equities, particularly the investigation.”

State Department Spokeswoman Victoria Nuland’s comments were also altered, as CBS news points out the conflicting statements.

Republican edited e-mail: :

“The penultimate point is a paragraph talking about all the previous warnings provided by the Agency (CIA) about al-Qaeda’s presence and activities of al-Qaeda.”

Official White House email:

“The penultimate point could be abused by members to beat the State Department for not paying attention to Agency warnings.”

After congressional Republicans accused the Obama administration of watering down vital information regarding the attacks in Benghazi, they released e-mails that were supposed to be damaging to the White House. If the CBS report holds water, the Republican conspiracy against the Obama administration could lose traction.

President Obama called the alleged scandal a “sideshow,” and a new poll shows that more people trust former Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton over congressional Republicans on the situation in Benghazi. While Republicans have compared the alleged “Benghazi cover up” to President Nixon’s Watergate scandal, many from the political center to the left are laughing it off as another conservative attempt at playing politics.

In Two Hours Obama Destroys the GOP’s Benghazi and IRS Scandals (kstreet607.com)
It’s Official: Those Bogus Email Leaks Came From Republicans (motherjones.com)
Republican Claims on Benghazi Prove False (politicalwire.com)
Republicans Altered Benghazi Emails, CBS News Report Claims (huffingtonpost.com)
CBS: It was congressional GOP who faked Benghazi email (video) (americablog.com)
Maddow blasts erroneous Benghazi reporting: ‘ABC blew it’ (rawstory.com)

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Tagged as al Qaeda, Ben Rhodes, Benghazi, CBS, Republican, United States Department of State, Victoria Nuland, White House

April 20, 2013 · 8:37 AM

Second Boston Marathon suspect now in custody: Summary

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokar Tsarnaev in ambulance after being taken into custody

Daily Kos

A brief summary of today’s events for those who were unable to follow them throughout the day. Here’s hoping this wraps up a truly monstrous week.

After a shootout with police that left Tamerlan Tsarnaev (“Suspect 1″) dead last evening, today began with a street-to-street search for the remaining suspect in Watertown and a stay-indoors order in place for all of Boston.
A hero: Jeff Bauman lost both legs in the bombing, as was evidenced by several of the most grisly post-bombing pictures. After waking up in the hospital, however, he was still able to deliver crucial information to the FBI:

“He woke up under so much drugs, asked for a paper and pen and wrote, ‘bag, saw the guy, looked right at me,’” [his brother] Chris Bauman said yesterday in an interview.

Bauman was able to give a description of the man, allowing investigators to narrow their focus. He is also facing major medical needs, and his friends have set up a a fundraiser for those expenses: you can contribute here.
Late today, the FBI confirmed that the older brother, Tamerian, had been interviewed two years ago. According to CBS, the interview was done “at the request of a foreign country about possible extremist ties“, but no such ties were found.
By the afternoon, the trail had seemingly gone cold. Police lifted the stay-indoors order at slightly after 6 PM local time; less than an hour later, a call to police from an alert resident reporting blood in or near a backyard boat led to an immediate police response and another shootout.
The suspect was soon confirmed to be Dzhokar Tsarnaev, hiding in the boat. After an extended standoff, he was captured alive this evening and transported to a nearby hospital, where he is reported in “serious” condition.
In remarks late this evening, President Obama pledged: “We will determine how this happened. We will investigate any associations that these terrorists may have had.”

This story is far from over, of course. But both main suspects have now been accounted for.

Second Boston Marathon suspect now in custody: Summary (dailykos.com)
Boston Bomb Victim in Photo Helped Identify Suspects – Businessweek (businessweek.com)
Internet sites raise big bucks for bomb victim Bauman – Philly.com (philly.com)
Wounded Man in Iconic Marathon Photo Helped Identify Alleged Bombers (gawker.com)
Boston bombing victim who had legs blown off helped identify suspects (bangordailynews.com)

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Tagged as Barack Obama, Boston, Boston Marathon, CBS, Chris Bauman, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Jeff Bauman

October 25, 2012 · 8:38 AM

Colin Powell Endorses Obama For President

Colin Powell Endorses Obama

This is good news…

The Huffington Post

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell endorsed President Barack Obama for a second term Thursday.

“You know, I voted for him in 2008 and I plan to stick with him in 2012, and I’ll be voting for he and Vice President Joe Biden next month,” he said on CBS’ “This Morning.”

Asked whether it was an endorsement, he said, “Yes.”

Powell praised the president’s handling of the economy and ending of the Iraq War.

“I think we ought to keep on the track we are on,” he said.

Powell said he had the “utmost respect” for Mitt Romney but criticized his tax plan.

He said Romney’s foreign policy was a “moving target.” “One day he has a certain strong view about staying in Afghanistan, but then on Monday night he agrees with the withdrawal. Same thing in Iraq. On every issue that was discussed on Monday night, Gov. Romney agreed with the president with some nuances. But this is quite a different set of foreign policy views than he had earlier in the campaign.”

Powell, a Republican who served in President George W. Bush’s first term, backed Obama in 2008. He was frequently mentioned as a potential Republican challenger against Bill Clinton in 1996, but decided against it.

Colin Powell Endorses Obama For President (huffingtonpost.com)
Remember that Colin Powell Guy? (thedailybeast.com)
Now Can We Stop Pretending Colin Powell Isn’t a Moonbat? (moonbattery.com)
WARNING!!! Political post… (run4joy59.wordpress.com)
Ex-Powell aide on Romney’s foreign policy team: ‘These people make me sick’ (leanforward.msnbc.com)
Endorsements Don’t Matter But Some Don’t Matter At All (jeffwinbush.com)

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Tagged as Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, CBS, Colin Powell, George W. Bush, Joe Biden, Mitt Romney, Powell

October 3, 2012 · 12:29 PM

10 Totally Fake Stories Bannered By Drudge This Year

Think Progress

Matt Drudge continues to capture the attention of the polical media “because of his brand recognition and, in 2012, because he has a direct line to the Romney campaign.”

But Drudge has used this position to continually mislead the public and the media. Tuesday night’s “bombshell” was just one of many recent examples. Here are 10 completely fake banner stories by Drudge in 2012:

1. Obama proposed to “repeat” auto bailout for every industry in America

Obama just didn’t say that. He said he wanted to bring back manufacturing jobs to every industry. You can read the transcript.

2. Obama “admits fabricating” his girlfriend in his memoir

As the Atlantic reported: “Obama is clear at the start of the book that certain characters are composites, writing, ‘For the sake of compression, some of the characters that appear are composites of people I’ve known, and some events appear out of precise chronology.’”

3. New evidence that Obama was “born in Kenya”

It was actually just an error in a pamphlet produced by his literary agent’s assistant.

4. Obama is giving out free phones

The “Obama phone” is really a program started by Reagan and expanded by Bush that provides subsidized phone service to low-income Americans.

5. Condoleeza Rice at the top of Romney’s list for Vice President

In response to the Drudge Report banner, which recieved wide-spread attention in the press, Rice said that “all of her previous statements denying interest in being Romney’s vice presidential pick ‘still stand.’” In a June interview with CBS, Rice said “there is not way I would do this… I don’t see myself in any way in elected office.”

6. Sherrif Joe Arpaio has uncovered evidence that Obama’s birth certificate is fake

The new evidence was just a collection of warmed over theories from internet conspiracy websites.

7. David Petreaus under consideration for Romney’s Vice President

It’s unclear how President Obama would know the internal deliberations of the Romney campaign. Nevertheless, the White House “flatly denied” the report, stating “such an assertion has never been uttered by the president.” A Petraeus spokesman said “as he has stated clearly numerous times before, he will not seek elected office.”

8. Biden proposed a “global tax”

As the Hill noted at the time, Biden was referring to a tax “under which the American government would impose a domestic tax on American companies that were shipping jobs — or profits — overseas to avoid paying taxes.” The Obama administration regularly discusses the proposal.

9. Obama had time to meet with a pirate but not Netanyahu

In September, Drudge suggested that Obama found time to meet with a pirate but not Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The photo was actually taken in May 2009 for the White House Correspondents Dinner.

10. Explosive new video of “race speech” will expose Obama

The “new” video was a speech from 2007 that was widely reported at the time. The only new footage was of Obama criticizing the federal government’s response to Katrina.

In addition, Drudge regularly links to internet conspiracy websites, including those that promote the idea that 9/11 was an “inside job.”

October 2, 2012

Even Republicans unimpressed by Drudge video (washingtonpost.com)
Republicans unimpressed by Drudge video: I’m unimpressed with some Republicans (riehlworldview.com)
Fox News and Matt Drudge turn ‘pirate’ gag into international incident (kaystreet.wordpress.com)
Shelf life of Drudge’s ‘racism’ vid looks short (theblaze.com)
DRUDGE TEASES ‘CAMPAIGN DRAMA’ TAPE TO DROP TONIGHT, Bryan Preston writes at the Tatler. Latest head… (pjmedia.com)
Is This Obama’s ‘Other Race Speech’ That Drudge And Fox News Are Teasing? (mediaite.com)
Why the Drudge Tape Shouldn’t Overshadow Libya News (nationalreview.com)

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June 26, 2012 · 3:18 PM

‘Forget The Anger, Reason Is Back’ – Philadelphia Station Replaces Limbaugh

Now if only more major markets were this reasonable…

Addicting Info

Despite Rush Limbaugh’s futile attempt to convince his audience that his nine-hour hate rant on Sandra Fluke did not affect his ratings or sponsorship, the facts prove otherwise.

Limbaugh will no longer be heard on the CBS station in Philadelphia that has allowed him to spew his venom for the past twenty years. He has been replaced by Michael Smerconish with the intro “forget the anger, reason is back”

Score one for reason and morality.

As someone who has followed this Fluke/slut saga, I have seen and heard many who don’t like Limbaugh defend his right to free speech. In this case, he not only called Fluke names but he lied about the facts. The fact that he chose to spend three days obsessing about her on air is more than a little creepy, too.

Fluke went before Congress to ask that birth control be covered by insurance. Limbaugh whined that she said she was having so much sex she couldn’t afford it anymore and demanded free birth control. He lied. That’s not free speech. It’s slander.

The right is quick to bring up Bill Maher, David Letterman and Ed Schultz and while they are all guilty of bad jokes and name calling, they didn’t spend nine hours lying with the intention of misleading listeners. There’s a huge difference.

Most reports on the misogynist Limbaugh are about the hate and lies that come out of his mouth. It’s really nice to report that a major market is saying no to Limbaugh and his hate speech.

Buh-bye,Rush!

Rush Limbaugh Makes Philly Move To IQ 106.9 Today (allaccess.com)
HEY, LIBERALS: Turns Out Sandra ‘Slut’ Fluke Isn’t A Friend Of Free Speech (businessinsider.com)
Ed Schultz Comes To Rush Limbaugh’s Defense: Targeting Advertisers ‘Wrong Thing To Do’ (mediaite.com)
Rush: Obama Having a “Dictator’s Wet Dream!” (patriotwarrior.org)

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Tagged as Bill Maher, CBS, David Letterman, Ed Schultz, Hate speech, Limbaugh, Michael Smerconish, Philadelphia, Rush Limbaugh

June 19, 2012 · 10:08 AM

Mitt Romney Promises To Have Immigration Reform ‘As Soon As I Get Elected’

Romney Hispanics

It appears Mr. Romney is quite confident on getting elected to the presidency. I would suggest that if Romney is “elected” it will be because his sixteen or so millionaires bought him the position.

Meanwhile, Romney refuses to take a stand on the partial Dream Act that the President introduced via an executive order.