The only surprise…
…here is that the NY Times is actually reporting the story.
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When you’re being audacious, it helps to have the Times on your side
One of the many reasons Obama is able to be so bold—nay, audacious—in his negotiations with Republicans is that he is secure in the knowledge that he will get the help of articles such as this one in that reliable … Continue reading →
Nile Gardiner is wrong—“Benghazi bungling” is not a “disaster,” although it should be
Or actually, it is a disaster, but not exactly in the way Gardiner meant. Nile Gardiner is a Washington-based British conservative pundit with foreign policy advisor experience, and in an article in the Telegraph headlined “The White House’s Benghazi bungling … Continue reading →
The cover-up of the Benghazi cover-up…
…is described here. There are many reasons for the success of the coverup. One is the nicely coordinated set of messages from the administration and the MSM. Another is the complexity of the story; people have to be motivated enough … Continue reading →
Lindsay Graham asks the questions…
…the MSM should have been asking about Benghazi, but won’t. And don’t sit on a hot stove waiting for Obama’s answer. Many of us have said it before, but it bears repeating: this administration poses a great danger because it … Continue reading →
Who changed the Benghazi talking points? (smoking guns, then and now)
CBS reports that a source says that the Benghazi talking points were changed by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, without the knowledge of the White House. Let me stipulate a few things. The first is that I … Continue reading →
The media discovers entitlement reform is necessary
Now that the election’s over. How many times will we be saying that phrase? Perhaps it should be a regular feature here: now that the election’s over, something Romney/Ryan were criticized and/or ridiculed and/or demonized for saying becomes something that … Continue reading →
Krauthammer states…
…what an awful lot of people have been thinking: Of course [government knowledge of the affair] was being held over Petraeus’s head, and the sword was lowered on Election Day. You don’t have to be a cynic to see that … Continue reading →
CBS could have proved that Obama refused to call Benghazi “terrorism”
But instead it released a truncated version of an interview edited to make it seem that the opposite was true. Completely and utterly in the tank, as Brett Baier points out. But what else is new? Understand that this interview … Continue reading →
The Las Vegas Review-Journal…
…does not heart Obama. Remember, as you read it, that it’s an editorial, not a column by a single person.
Continue reading →The Benghazi ooze
Is it happening, slowly but surely? And will it be fast enough to affect the election on Tuesday? There are a couple of signs that the Benghazi furor may have reached enough critical mass to actually enter mainstream consciousness. The … Continue reading →
Hating the media and yet being influenced by it
Commenter “kolnai” makes some interesting points about the media and asks some interesting questions: What I’m questioning, however, is this statistic I’ve seen Caddell and others throwing around stating that only 8% of the public has a favorable view of … Continue reading →