Republicans suddenly rushing to cover their asses after doctored email exposed

[ProSense]

Mitch McConnell Backs Away From GOP Claims Of A Benghazi Cover Up

By Igor Volsky

On Sunday, during an appearance on Meet The Press, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) — the GOP leader in the senate — distanced himself from Republican efforts to portray the Obama administration’s response to the attacks on a U.S. diplomatic issue in Benghazi, Libya as a Watergate-level scandal that should result in impeachment. McConnell’s comments come just days after the White House released 100 pages of emails undermining GOP claims that administration officials doctored the public talking points U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice used to discuss the incident on the Sunday morning talk shows.

“You’re talking about others who may have said various things about this, let me tell you what I think about it. It’s clear there was inadequate security out there and it’s very clear that it was inconvenient within six weeks of the election, for the administration to in effect announce, that it was a terrorist attack,” McConnell said. “I think that’s worth examining, it is going to be examined.”

But asked repeatedly if Republicans should tone down their attacks against the administration, McConnell demurred, saying only that Obama should allow for an investigation. He also couldn’t identify specific evidence of an administration cover-up:

DAVID GREGORY (HOST): But you have specific evidence that they made up a tale, or was it based on information they had at the time?

MCCONNELL: Well, the talking points clearly were not accurate. I think getting to the bottom of this is an important investigation.

Watch it:

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UPDATE

During an appearance on Fox News Sunday, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) also admitted that he did not know if the Obama administration engaged in a “cover-up” of the Benghazi attacks.

http://thinkprogress.org/security/2013/05/19/2033451/mitch-mcconnell-backs-away-from-gop-claims-of-a-benghazi-cover-up/

‘Doctored’ Benghazi e-mails rankle Dem lawmaker
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022864633

[MADem]

1. Yeah let's get to the bottom of it....the bottom of who directed that the doctored emails be washed

out the public via ABC news!

[dkf]

2. Well that was amazingly stupid of the GOP.

Is that criminal?

[Rosa Luxemburg]

3. The focus should be now on the person who doctered the emails

shouldn't be too hard to find (DoctorGate)

[malaise]

4. Did hack Gregory ask any of them about the doctored emails? n/t

[Cooley Hurd]

5. No, but maybe doing a jig w/ his buddy Rove got in the way...

[malaise]

6. I'm just watching the replay and he didn't even know that

Congress was informed about the IRS investigation

[ProSense]

7. They're going to ignore it until they find a scapegoat. I should add

that it's going to be hard given how this transpired.

[Dorn]

8. What a load

...it’s very clear that it was inconvenient within six weeks of the election, for the administration to in effect announce, that it was a terrorist attack, McConnell said.

DOES ANYONE REMEMBER:
Bush admin pressured ex-Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge to raise terror warnings pre-election

[robinlynne]

9. !

[Iliyah]

10. I don't believe a damn thing

that the GOP party say, period. They are habitual liars. Can't stand David Gregory with his partisan questioning majority of the time. Thats why many progressives regulate to the internet sites or nightly MSNBC and of course Martin B too. Many Americans are really getting tired of all this in your face bullshit lying and the corporate media allowing them to do that. There are very few journalist and Gregory is not one of them.

[NCarolinawoman]

11. Scott Pelley and Major Garrett got it right.

This was on the evening news the other evening. David Schuster was pointing this out on CNN today. He was arguing with a shill from Kudlow report. He was citing Pelley exposing the altered e-mails.

The Republican can of worms has been opened.

(I was really surprised to see David Schuster again.)

[BillyRibs]

12. Sniff, Sniff,

Is that Sulfur I smell?

[Rex]

13. YET

"I think it’s one of the worst incidences, frankly, that I can recall in my career." - Dick Cheney.

I so WISH someone would make Cheney EAT his WORDS now! On the M$M no less!