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EC

(12,287 posts) Mon Nov 19, 2012, 10:47 AM Nov 2012

I guess I'm not getting it,

Is all they are arguing about (re:Benghazi) is which talking points should have been used by Susan Rice on Meet the Press, etc.? Really? What am I missing?

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I guess I'm not getting it, (Original Post) EC Nov 2012 OP

Nothing. This is an attack on the Obama administration. Who said it had to make sense? Mass Nov 2012 #1

and they may impeach Obama over it rurallib Nov 2012 #2

Yes, it's mostly mudslinging to prevent Obama from a shiny new start. HereSince1628 Nov 2012 #9

i think it's call "setting the tone" unblock Nov 2012 #3

Fake birth certificate? Mass Nov 2012 #4

ok ... sort of ... i don't really think of that as a scandal, it really was just a dog whistle. unblock Nov 2012 #7

It was only Fox now since the election is over it has turned into the doc03 Nov 2012 #5

Oh for f*ck sake...... a kennedy Nov 2012 #6

They are pissed tyne Nov 2012 #8

But Obama didn't exactly say that EC Nov 2012 #10

Mass

(27,315 posts)

1. Nothing. This is an attack on the Obama administration. Who said it had to make sense?

Reply to EC (Original post)

Mon Nov 19, 2012, 10:54 AM

Nov 2012

They are looking for their Watergate scandal to bring Obama down. (BTW, had it been Hillary Clinton reading the talking points, they would have gone after her. She would have been a harder target, but they would have).

rurallib

(64,688 posts)

2. and they may impeach Obama over it

Reply to Mass (Reply #1)

Mon Nov 19, 2012, 10:57 AM

Nov 2012

because they can get 218 votes for anything.

HereSince1628

(36,063 posts)

9. Yes, it's mostly mudslinging to prevent Obama from a shiny new start.

Reply to Mass (Reply #1)

Mon Nov 19, 2012, 11:57 AM

Nov 2012

This parallels the frustration of some old republican pols just said good-bye to their secretly cherished chances to move to high profile positions in a Rmoney administration, and they are showing us how they would have been better had they but had the change.

unblock

(56,198 posts)

3. i think it's call "setting the tone"

Reply to EC (Original post)

Mon Nov 19, 2012, 11:00 AM

Nov 2012

they intend to pretend there's a scandal in everything in obama's second term.

frankly, the only thing surprising about this is that they didn't play the faux scandal card during obama's first term (well, technically, until now).

Mass

(27,315 posts)

4. Fake birth certificate?

Reply to unblock (Reply #3)

Mon Nov 19, 2012, 11:04 AM

Nov 2012

unblock

(56,198 posts)

7. ok ... sort of ... i don't really think of that as a scandal, it really was just a dog whistle.

Reply to Mass (Reply #4)

Mon Nov 19, 2012, 11:51 AM

Nov 2012

doc03

(39,086 posts)

5. It was only Fox now since the election is over it has turned into the

Reply to EC (Original post)

Mon Nov 19, 2012, 11:18 AM

Nov 2012

media's new shinny object. Morning Joe was on the band wagon today.

a kennedy

(35,995 posts)

6. Oh for f*ck sake......

Reply to EC (Original post)

Mon Nov 19, 2012, 11:26 AM

Nov 2012

shinny object indeed. Faux noise will ram this down the throats until they choke. Ugh.......

tyne

(1,248 posts)

8. They are pissed

Reply to EC (Original post)

Mon Nov 19, 2012, 11:53 AM

Nov 2012

because Obama had said that Al Quaeda was decimated. They believe he lied in the talking points to cover up the fact that they're not.

IOW, it would have taken away one of his talking points.

It's really that simple.

BTW, this was the explanation given to me by a bagger on my politics board.

EC

(12,287 posts)

10. But Obama didn't exactly say that

Reply to tyne (Reply #8)

Mon Nov 19, 2012, 12:34 PM

Nov 2012

he said decimated in Afghanistan...he didn't say around the world.

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