Bromance, not Benghazi, may explain Rice’s predicament
UN Ambassador Susan Rice
According to U.S. Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., and a few others, harsh Republican criticism of UN Ambassador Susan Rice has been motivated by racism and sexism, not by any role she might have played regarding the attacks on our consulate in Benghazi.
The editorial board of the Washington Post recently made a similar suggestion, noting that 97 House members have taken the very rare step of sending a letter to the president opposing a possible Rice nomination to replace Hillary Clinton as secretary of state. (The House, remember, has no constitutional role in the confirmation of Cabinet nominees.) As the Post pointed out, “more than 80 of the signatories are white males, and nearly half are from states of the former Confederacy.”
Personally, I think that explanation is far-fetched at best. There’s no evidence whatsoever that racism is involved, and making such a serious charge without evidence to support it is simply wrong.
That said, however, I can see how Clyburn and others could have come to that conclusion. There is no logical, rational explanation for the intensity of the criticism directed at Rice, who as UN ambassador had no operational responsibility for Benghazi and was only serving as an administration spokesperson on the topic. At best, she was a bit player in that tragedy. And with no logical, rational explanation available, it is only natural to turn to the illogical and irrational for an explanation. Thus, the racism charge.
Again, I think the charge is false. But racism also would help to explain why almost no Republican criticism has been directed at Clinton herself, the person who actually runs the State Department and is responsible for what happens at our embassies and consulates. As secretary, Clinton is also responsible for what Rice was told to say publicly about Benghazi. Yet it’s Rice, not Clinton, who has become the target of criticism.
In recent days, however, another possible if convoluted explanation has begun to emerge. The political attacks on Rice have been led by U.S. Sen. John McCain, who has made it no secret that he would prefer that fellow senator John Kerry be named our next secretary of State. In fact, while taking part in a press conference today, McCain jokingly referred to Kerry as “Mr. Secretary” instead of as senator. (Upon taking the microphone from McCain, a wry Kerry responded “Thank you very much, Mr. President.”)
That’s where things get interesting. If Kerry does become our next secretary of state, he would have to leave the Senate, leaving an open seat in Massachusetts. Scott Brown, recently defeated by Elizabeth Warren, would be perfectly positioned to run in a special election to replace Kerry.
And Brown, it turns out, is a particular favorite of McCain. The Arizona Republican serves with Brown on the Senate Armed Services Committee and took part in ceremonies last summer when Brown, a member of the Massachusetts National Guard, was promoted to colonel. Campaigning for Brown in October, McCain said “this man is the one I want most in the United States Senate.”
In most cases, the simplest explanation is also the most accurate, but in this case there is no simple explanation for McCain’s behavior. The notion that by vilifying Rice and elevating Kerry, McCain might be trying to help Brown return to the Senate makes more sense than anything else I’ve heard, including the racism angle.
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Elections Have Consequences
December 3rd, 2012
9:47 pm
“Personally, I think that explanation is far-fetched at best“
Yet the two next paragraphs go out of the way to somehow quantify it. So we have a choice of either the Progressive ace-in-the-hole of racism, or some Machiavellian plot to derail Rice in favor of Kerry, which would then open the door for the “perfectly positioned” Brown-who just lost to Warren? Wow.
Notwithstanding the Obama administration’s abject failure in Benghazi- How about the remote possibility this woman is simply not qualified?? Guess that’s too much of stretch, isn’t it…
moonbat betty
December 3rd, 2012
9:49 pm
Kamchak can’t catch a fish.
Rotfl!
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
December 3rd, 2012
9:52 pm
Do I smell betty tuna?
Atlanta1
December 3rd, 2012
9:53 pm
Frankly, I think the Republicans have it all wrong.
This woman was clearly sent out to ‘parrot’ what she was told to say.
The focus of this investigation should be on what happen that day. Could those lives been saved? And then who did what in a cover up, if indeed there was one.
But to pull out the Ole Race Card – is nothing short of laughable by all who chose to do so, including Mr. Bookman…
Shame on you…
Bobby Ho
December 3rd, 2012
9:54 pm
Who is this Recon?
Does she actually think if she post an unsubtainted statement that it is true just because she posts it?
Is she serious?
Doggone/GA
December 3rd, 2012
9:55 pm
“Notwithstanding the Obama administration’s abject failure in Benghazi”
And what proof do you have that it could have been handled better?
RB from Gwinnett
December 3rd, 2012
9:55 pm
“Shame on you…”
Don’t bother. Bookman’s shame left with his journalistic integrity and shall never again grace the people of Atlanta.
Sad…
Doggone/GA
December 3rd, 2012
9:56 pm
“This woman was clearly sent out to ‘parrot’ what she was told to say”
Wouldn’t it be more accurate to say…as SHE did..that based on the information they HAD AT THE TIME…their best assessment was…etc.?
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
December 3rd, 2012
9:57 pm
Shame on you…
Guilt trip aboard the shame train.
Funny….
RB from Gwinnett
December 3rd, 2012
9:58 pm
“And what proof do you have that it could have been handled better?”
They could have told the public the truth and not tried to pass off the attack on some made up BS youtube video story.
If you need more proof than that, you’ll have to pull your head out of Obama’s arse to see it.
Doggone/GA
December 3rd, 2012
9:59 pm
“They could have told the public the truth and not tried to pass off the attack on some made up BS youtube video story”
That’s not proof, that’s opinion. Try again.
Doggone/GA
December 3rd, 2012
10:01 pm
Well, it’s later than I thought. Time to hit the sack. Night all.
RB from Gwinnett
December 3rd, 2012
10:01 pm
Kammie, are you going to back up your claims or not?
Or perhaps you’ll concede most of the comments on here are merely opinions, can’t be “proven”, and don’t need to be? Do you have that level of maturity in you or do you choose to play childish games? What say you?
Liberal Pariah
December 3rd, 2012
10:01 pm
Preach it RB, Preach It!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
December 3rd, 2012
10:02 pm
Do you have that level of maturity in you or do you choose to play childish games? What say you?
Have you stopped beating your wife?
Georgia
December 3rd, 2012
10:04 pm
Now that’s using your timeouts.
RB from Gwinnett
December 3rd, 2012
10:07 pm
“Have you stopped beating your wife?”
I guess that answers that question….
Recon 0311 2533
December 3rd, 2012
10:07 pm
USA Patriot,
I rarely challenge anyone’s posted opinion on this forum or Kyle’s. My posts typically draw some fire and I will give back what I get. Retaliating though against trollers isn’t any badge of honor. I respect more the few who post their opinions and ignore the attacks than those of us who reply in kind.
St Simons - he-ne-ha BOOTAKOOK 2014
December 3rd, 2012
10:07 pm
Con ‘proposal’ –
-Raise the meddycare age (middle class)
-eliminate the deductions (middle class)
-cut obamacare & medicaid (working poor)
-payroll tax increase (working poor)
-no tax increase for the rich
hahahahahahaha, just go ahead and call em the Whigs
oh please go with this one heheh
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
December 3rd, 2012
10:08 pm
I guess that answers that question….
There’s your sign.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
December 3rd, 2012
10:10 pm
Someone may have posted this earlier but:
Hummmmm ……………………..
“Newly released photo shows bloodied George Zimmerman from night of Trayvon Martin incident”
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/12/03/newly-released-photo-shows-bloodied-george-zimmerman-from-night-trayvon-martin/#ixzz2E36CEkap
Ministry of Truth
December 3rd, 2012
10:12 pm
This is a side show. Fact is 4 Americans are dead: two diplomats and two former SEALS. Doherty and Woods were told to stand down twice. Help was DENIED by the White House, not once, not twice but three times.
Additional security had been requested back in August by Ambassador Stevens. The Tripoli Embassy was frantically calling Washington for help 4pm EST the night of the attack. Not to mention plenty of support close by:
The security officer (who was on the roof of the annex and had a laser on the target that was firing at them) REPEATEDLY requested back-up support from a Specter gunship, which is commonly used by U.S. Special Operations forces to provide support to Special Operations teams on the ground involved in intense firefights. The fighting at the CIA annex went on for more than four hours — enough time for any planes based in Sigonella Air base, just 480 miles away, to arrive. Two separate Tier One Special operations forces were told to wait, among them Delta Force operators.
The interesting thing is the Specter. It’s the perfect plane for this sort of thing — it loiters slowly over a target. It’s heavily armored (for a plane). It’s got huge guns for obliterating ground target. The SO was aiming a laser on a ground target, painting it for a plane to see. To drop a bomb, to attack with very heavy machine guns. But the laser itself is nothing, absolutely harmless. So he sat up there on the roof, risking his life to paint a target with laser light, and no one bothered to send anything to hit that target.
We know from multiple other sources that the first reaction of the Military would be to move in. We know that the White House was monitoring the attack in the Situation Room. We know that a “stand-down” order was given, not once, but twice. We know that assistance was requested and denied three times.
I am glad you are able to see past it being Fox News. Truth be told I do not care for them either however BB has a lot of integrity IMO. At this point in time it really doesn’t matter who it comes from, right? 4 Americans are dead – we had the means, the resources ready to go to assist them – to get them out. Instead they watched and denied support. And the administration blamed a “You Tube” video for more than a week (and kept this charade up even after Ansar al-Sharia claimed responsibility 2 hours AFTER the attack began; side note – the man who made the video is now in prison). And no one in this administration is planning on willfully cooperating with the congressional inquiry into Benghazi. Wonder why? What is there to hide?
Lets see whose signature is or is not on the CBA. That’s the only piece of paper that really matters.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
December 3rd, 2012
10:14 pm
Truth be told I do not care for them either however…
Truth be told, you used a caveat.
There’s your sign.
Alex
December 3rd, 2012
10:15 pm
Atlanta city council votes themselves a 50% pay increase (FIFTY PERCENT), love living in Sandy Springs…….
bman.
December 3rd, 2012
10:16 pm
“Atlanta City Council votes for 50 percent pay increase”
wowie
YouLibs
December 3rd, 2012
10:16 pm
getalife
“Blusterbation.”
Consider that one stolen.
Ministry of Truth
December 3rd, 2012
10:16 pm
Yeah 0311/8541/5811/1811/1801 – an obvious case of self mutilation. Wonder why she only released the BW photo before? Maybe because the dried blood from obviously being pummeled matched his beard.
Thulsa Doom
December 3rd, 2012
10:18 pm
“Kammie, are you going to back up your claims or not?”
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAH!!
Thulsa Doom
December 3rd, 2012
10:19 pm
“There’s your sign”
The Lame Ass Redundant Post bunny strikes again!
RB from Gwinnett
December 3rd, 2012
10:19 pm
“Atlanta City Council votes for 50 percent pay increase”
Democrats voting themselves more free stuff. Whoda thunk it?!!!
YouLibs
December 3rd, 2012
10:20 pm
0311
Ease up on the blusterbation a little, would ya?
USA Patriot
December 3rd, 2012
10:20 pm
Recon – keep trying to take that “high, narrow, dirt road”. Sometimes one just can’t resist getting in the gutter w/ the “trolls”.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
December 3rd, 2012
10:21 pm
“When blusterbation is outlawed, only outlaws will blusterbate.”
– Thomas “Speedo Boy” Jefferson
Thulsa Doom
December 3rd, 2012
10:22 pm
“Atlanta City Council votes for 50 percent pay increase”
Well of course they have D beside they names.
Thulsa Doom
December 3rd, 2012
10:24 pm
Aaaaah. Some fresh new kamspam. Almost funny. Almost…
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
December 3rd, 2012
10:24 pm
“According to U.S. Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., and a few others, harsh Republican criticism of UN Ambassador Susan Rice has been motivated by racism and sexism, not by any role she might have played regarding the attacks on our consulate in Benghazi.”
So ……………….. what was it when “I left a woman behind” Ted Kennedy and “I’m a former Klansman” Robert Byrd voted against the first “Rice” ????
RB from Gwinnett
December 3rd, 2012
10:25 pm
“Recon – keep trying to take that “high, narrow, dirt road”. ”
In my opinion, taking the high road with liberals is one reason we’re in the shathole we’re in. We keep assuming we’re negotiating in good faith with people who share a common moral compass with us when it should be clear by now their compass points directly to socialism and they have no morals. Being nice to a rattlesnake is just as pointless.
Dr. Freud
December 3rd, 2012
10:26 pm
McCain is being term limited out of his powerful chairmanship and about the best he could hope for would be chairman of a committee that deals with Native Americans, so McCain is trying to appear relevant.
Everyone knows he’s irrelevant and destined to become even more irrelevant, so he’s getting facetime stirring up a nonissue — trying to blow it into something “relevant.”
In reality, McCain is destroying his legacy and making a partisan fool out of himself.
The Three Amigos — John Mc Cain, Lindsey Graham and Joe Lieberman — have morphed into The Three Stooges.
USA Patriot
December 3rd, 2012
10:28 pm
RB – if you’re trying to change beliefs/opinions/philosophy on this blog, put your safety glasses on – ain’t gonna happen. You’re typing to a bunch of empty boats…..but, hey, rock on!
getalife
December 3rd, 2012
10:30 pm
It would help if you cons were right once in a decade.
Nobody cares who the cons or the gop want to replace Hillary.
Our President will decide not you cons.
YouLibs
December 3rd, 2012
10:31 pm
Dr. Freud
“The Three Amigos — John Mc Cain, Lindsey Graham and Joe Lieberman — have morphed into The Three Stooges.”
The perfect storm of circular blusterbation.
getalife
December 3rd, 2012
10:33 pm
Actually, Lieberman said Rice is qualified for any job.
The three stooges broke up .
Thulsa Doom
December 3rd, 2012
10:33 pm
“We keep assuming we’re negotiating in good faith with people who share a common moral compass with us when it should be clear by now their compass points directly to socialism and they have no morals.”
Libs have a moral compass??? The folks that loves themselves abortion have a moral compass? Surely you jest.
getalife
December 3rd, 2012
10:35 pm
cons lost their moral compass when our President was elected.
RB from Gwinnett
December 3rd, 2012
10:36 pm
“RB – if you’re trying to change beliefs/opinions/philosophy on this blog, put your safety glasses on – ain’t gonna happen. You’re typing to a bunch of empty boats…..but, hey, rock on!”
I’m aware of that, but maybe, just maybe, one of them will figure out the Bookman’s of the world aren’t telling them the whole story and start to explore and think for themselves. At least they won’t be able to say “I didn’t know…”
USA Patriot
December 3rd, 2012
10:37 pm
Get – gotta jump in on this one. Your lib policies have worked so well in Chicago (highest homicides w/ a “no guns allowed” law), DC (same gun laws),Detroit (ditto), Cleveland, Atlanta, LA, Houston, NYC, Hartford, Miami, etc., etc., etc. Now YOUR president is doing the same thing on a national level……yep, we’ll see how it works out. ‘Cause the “grand plan” for those cities have worked out so well.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
December 3rd, 2012
10:39 pm
I’m waiting ……………………
“According to U.S. Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., and a few others, harsh Republican criticism of UN Ambassador Susan Rice has been motivated by racism and sexism, not by any role she might have played regarding the attacks on our consulate in Benghazi.”
So ……………….. what was it when “I left a woman behind” Ted Kennedy and “I’m a former Klansman” Robert Byrd voted against the first “Rice” ????
USA Patriot
December 3rd, 2012
10:39 pm
RB – agreed.
Ministry of Truth
December 3rd, 2012
10:40 pm
Kam – if that’s all you picked up on then…well I’m not surprised. Go stand inline for your goodies before they run out. You have less than a month to get your affairs in order.
Alex
December 3rd, 2012
10:40 pm
RB, overreaching has begun, count on it, the prez is doing he same. Dems are splitting on increase of the inheritance tax. Schumer(God help me to enlist his ideas)thinks that rich means incomes over1,000,000 (NYC and SanFran-I guess) History repeats itself . If the Repubs agree to a marginal tax hike on the above 250,000 crowd and present rational entitlement cuts( Ex. increase age of medicare with means testing and defense cut) the prez will cave unless he wants an increase in unemployment. How’s he and the rest of the bunch-all of them- gonna look if they don’t cont. to control the # of tax-payers paying the alternative minimum tax. Legacy?-NOT a pretty scenario..
Oh yea,but Obama won, the election is over, time todeal, wake up everyone, The repubs are presenting their side, the president can claim HE didn’t come up with the entitlement cuts,but would have to go along to get the increased taxes on the RICH. AND the country will put on sounder financial footing in a shorter period of time……..Snarks, Smirks, 4 word responses aside, see the future, welcome it.
RB from Gwinnett
December 3rd, 2012
10:46 pm
Alex, Obama is going to let us drive over the fiscal cliff, take the huge cut to military spending, let the tax rates go up everybody, and then craft a tax cut for the middle class. Leaves lower military spending, an increase on the rich, and the R’s arguing against a tax cut for the middle class.
And all the while, the idiots in the media will keep telling us how Obama is working hard to get a deal while he puts 1.6 trillion dollar tax increases on the table with some silly promises of spending cuts.
getalife
December 3rd, 2012
10:52 pm
Actually, the gop finally wrote a proposal so the negotiation is on.
They did not listen to rush and walk away yet.
Oscar
December 3rd, 2012
10:58 pm
The look pretty far apart to call what is happening negotiation. Looks more like posturing.
Off the cliff and try to open the chute next year before we hit the ground.
There is still time.
Ministry of Truth
December 3rd, 2012
10:59 pm
Obama’s tax increases would only fund government for 8 days.
From Tom Price: “It’s not a real solution. So, again, I’m puzzled by an administration that seems to be more interested in raising tax rates than in gaining economic vitality.”
Yeah, he’s not. Wake up call. Guess what 46.5%? Your Bush tax credits are expiring next month!!! That means you’re going to owe taxes (wait, whats that?!). Not to mention severe penalties for non-compliance of nationalized healthcare, a new massive set of tax hikes beginning January ’13, a $1.2 Trillion sequestration and we need to raise the debt ceiling, again! This equals dwindling jobs, less disposable income for those with work and even more government assistance. And your hand outs will end; especially when China comes calling. You voted for it, now eat it. The 1930’s will be like a walk in the park. I’m preapared. Are you?
RB from Gwinnett
December 3rd, 2012
11:05 pm
Ministry of Truth, not to worry. As soon as the cliff dive ends, he’ll propose a tax cut to restore all takers to the feed trough. Their biggest threat is all the employers like me who are figuring out how to run our businesses without letting more than 30 of them work more than 30 hours per week. They’re going to be spending their gas money driving to 2 jobs if they can get one and if they thought they were getting left behind in THIS economy, they ain’t seen nothing yet.
Alex
December 3rd, 2012
11:06 pm
No Rb he won’t because the unemployment rate will climb and people will be PO’d and he’ll get the blame because IF the Repubs present a limited , rational decrease in entitlements the PREZ will be getting what he asked for :A) higher marginal taxes for the “rich” and B) and actual plan put forth by the Repubs which he willhave to take or the country economy willtake a back-step and he will be blamed…The Repub position is actually quite strong IF they accept the tax on the >250, 000 crowd which affects a small segment of the population while the president will be getting a lot of heat from a larger segment f the population, the infamous 47% (no ,not that many , but morethan 2%) for cutting the entitlements and the far left of the deems will be spitting mad (see Bookman without a pacifier) and unless they are rational will pull the currently solid front apart—OVERREACHING . If he doesn’t accept the entitlement cuts by the Repubs , a lot more than 47% will be infuriated as the economy spirals downward… Take that Krugman !!!!!
getalife
December 3rd, 2012
11:06 pm
truther,
The sky is not falling.
con kook much?
USA Patriot
December 3rd, 2012
11:08 pm
Ministry – yep, that about sums it up. Futures so bright I need sunglasses! Be prepared my friends, be very prepared.
~
getalife
December 3rd, 2012
11:08 pm
You cons think the world ends this month don’t you?
Doomer gloomers.
USA Patriot
December 3rd, 2012
11:09 pm
Empty boats, good night all!
getalife
December 3rd, 2012
11:12 pm
Empty heads.
RB from Gwinnett
December 3rd, 2012
11:13 pm
Alex, the problem with your thinking is you’re forgetting the 47 percent are getting their news from the same idiots who cheered Obama’s accomplishments when the unemployment rate WENT UP the week before the election. R’s could offer the moon and the stars and the Bookan’s of the media would call it mean sprited, accuse them of starving children, the elderly, minorities, and disabled people while pushing them all down the stairs. And the clowns like getalife will lap it up like free cell phones.
USA Patriot
December 3rd, 2012
11:13 pm
Oh, by the way Fred – shoulda picked the NYG field goal kicker, woulda gotten more “fantasy” points.
Ministry of Truth
December 3rd, 2012
11:16 pm
RB – thus dependence on the government. What will be the incentive to get up in the morning and work your ass off – two jobs, spending gas$ – if it costs one more to do so and the government programs “pay” more than the actual work? In short, get ready for a new set of woes.
get a life – No doubt Congress will do what they can to avoid this – 0 isn’t helping as this is what he wants. Let’s see where you are in the summer – July/August ‘13. Bet you wont be getting that extra $100 on your EBT card next holiday season.
getalife
December 3rd, 2012
11:17 pm
Free cellphones?
The silly things you cons fixate on cracks me up.
Just silly.
getalife
December 3rd, 2012
11:19 pm
Teleprompter.
RB from Gwinnett
December 3rd, 2012
11:21 pm
“What will be the incentive to get up in the morning and work your ass off – two jobs, spending gas$ – if it costs one more to do so and the government programs “pay” more than the actual work? ”
Wait til the 10+ million illegals are given the ability to sign up for freebies and figure out they’d rather sit at home for welfare wages than do the jobs the rest of our “less fortunate” won’t do. Liberals apparently think they work hard because they love to and not because they have no other option.
RW-(the original)
December 3rd, 2012
11:29 pm
I wonder when this site will join us in the century that quits letting people break the blog with really long “words”
Anyway, it occurs to me that the racist Republicans would never ever ever let a black woman named Rice be Secretary of State, not no way not no how.
What???? Never mind….
Ministry of Truth
December 3rd, 2012
11:29 pm
No GAL, the world isn’t going to end this month. Simply stating that you have until 1/2/13 to get with your attorney (that is if you have one) cause y’all are in for a shock; cant wait until April, for you to realize what you asked, voted for. I wouldn’t even bother with hedge proofs now – notice whats happend with them? Prob. not! Its going to be a slow, drawn out, painful process that will last for years. Oh and your dollars you have saved up? In the bank or stuffed in your mattress? From your tip jar? You can just save them for toilet paper…Zimbabwe. Argentina. Greece.
Alex
December 3rd, 2012
11:32 pm
Rb, I don’t believe that, While Obama got 51% of the vote, there was a poorer turnout this election, he’s a smart guy and like all 2nd term prez’s has a fixation on the legacy of his terms. Well over 50% of the voting population is not convinced this guy has “the right stuff” and he wants to prove that he does, after allhe doesn’t need to keep his far left base-2 terms and he’s history, he cares about HIS personal history and how he’ll stand in the pantheon of presidents, That’s my take, He’ll chuck the mother jones economic club in a heartbeat and have more time for other issues
Ministry of Truth
December 3rd, 2012
11:37 pm
GAL – I never mentioned free cell phones, that was actually a program initiated under Bush, not 0. I did mention the extra $100 bucks on the EBT card bc my twitter was swarmed with gratefulness of an another handout! Weee! I think I’ll go down to SNAP tomorrow to see what I can get!! Let all you suckas pay for it now that you’re out of the tax free zone. I’ll save you some lobster GAL. My, no 0’s, treat!!
moonbat betty
December 3rd, 2012
11:38 pm
Stop it, getalife!
a rat can’t stop an elephant.
Ministry of Truth
December 3rd, 2012
11:55 pm
Alex – back to the heart of this OP/topic; Benghazi. He may or may not survive this – that’s what I said: the CBA is what matters – if his signature is on it or not. How long did Watergate take to unfold? I wasn’t born yet so I do not know. 6 months? Didn’t Nixon win by a landslide? Only difference is no one was murdered, no one was sodomized before and after death and dragged through the streets in Watergate. No one watched from the “situation room”, no one told ex SEALS to stand down twice and no one denied assistance on three separate DESPERATE occasions. Oh, and no one blamed a silly YouTube video – like Rice did for a good time after the fact it was made known it was actually al qaeda (wait – no we defeated them so said 0!!) And no one locked up the producer of said silly video for a year and sentenced him to death. Time will tell…
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
December 3rd, 2012
11:55 pm
Bottom Line ? TOTAL DOUBLE STANDARD !
“According to U.S. Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., and a few others, harsh Republican criticism of UN Ambassador Susan Rice has been motivated by racism and sexism, not by any role she might have played regarding the attacks on our consulate in Benghazi.”
So ……………….. what was it when “I left a woman behind” Ted Kennedy and “I’m a former Klansman” Robert Byrd voted against the first “Rice” ????
ODD OWL
December 3rd, 2012
11:55 pm
Secretary Hillary Clinton is the real target of the neo-con Republicans… The neo-cons are attempting to set up Ambassador Rice now, so they can connect her to Hillary if and when she run for President in 2016.. The rebel Republicans intend to use the Benghazi attacks against Hillary over the next four years to take her out with a thousand cuts…
moonbat betty
December 4th, 2012
12:01 am
a liberal boy can survive!!!!!
Yeah, we came from the west virginia coal mines,and the Rocky Mountains and the Western skies.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4s0nzsU1Wg
getalife
December 4th, 2012
12:03 am
Zeppelin on Letterman.
moonbat betty
December 4th, 2012
12:04 am
Hey Odd O, are those neo-cons like those McCarthites we hear so much about?
moonbat betty
December 4th, 2012
12:07 am
Live it up, getalife.
One week.
Ministry of Truth
December 4th, 2012
12:12 am
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801 – this is a mere sideshow – a deflection to stop from asking the harder questions, just like petraeus . Truth will come out eventually. Oh and when you look at Rice’s track record she is not qualified for the position she holds and certainly is not qualified for a promotion to Secretary of State and that’s before we get to Benghazi.
getalife
December 4th, 2012
12:17 am
“Live it up, getalife.”
I am.
pete
December 4th, 2012
12:26 am
Hmmm…folks in New York and New Jersey still homeless and suffering after hurricane Sandy over a month ago, and 4 dead Americans in Benghazi. Where is Obama off to next? Hawaii for 20 days…on tax payers dime.
But, he cares. Hahahahaha!!!!! What a joke.
Laura Perkins
December 4th, 2012
12:55 am
Please credit Rachel Maddow…she first reported on this several days ago.
stands for decibels
December 4th, 2012
5:44 am
Mornin’. Lessee… what’ve the Youtubers got left?
“I left a woman behind” Ted Kennedy and “I’m a former Klansman” Robert Byrd
Nothin’, I see.
Corbin Sharpe. Baby Boomer leech...and earned it!
December 4th, 2012
5:54 am
Good morning all y’all! A great Luckovich this morning…
http://blogs.ajc.com/mike-luckovich/2012/12/03/124-luckovich-cartoon-santa-pause/
stands for decibels
December 4th, 2012
6:00 am
Corbin, I see Luckovich is buying into the notion that basic social services that civilized countries provide to their citizens are mere gifts.
That’s kind of sad, really.
/drive-by
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
December 4th, 2012
6:07 am
Db – 6:00 – I don’t think he is – I think he’s pointing out that the GOP is.
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
December 4th, 2012
6:28 am
oh, and I’m sure it’s already been said … but … well done to Rachel Maddow who called the John Kerry / Scott Brown gambit last week.
(see what happens when you have a political talk show host who is actually … you know … EDUCATED, rather than a hack drop-out like Hannity??)
TaxPayer
December 4th, 2012
6:43 am
Republicans are so depressing. The poor things. How will they ever survive until the end of the world!
GT
December 4th, 2012
6:59 am
The Republican Party’s days are numbered. The Congressmen are like mountain fighters that can hide in caves or gerrymander around a southern state and get elected in evaporating pools of voters. As for Brown in Mass. I am not sure the Democrats don’t rise to that occasion and defend their territory. Brown is the exact ego the Senate doesn’t need to entertain anymore. Rice will be approved above and beyond the minority interest of the senate. It is actually poor form in some parts of the country to vote against a candidate just because she is black.
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
December 4th, 2012
7:04 am
“The Republican Party’s days are numbered. The Congressmen are like mountain fighters that can hide in caves or gerrymander around a southern state and get elected in evaporating pools of voters. ”
oh, ffs … seriously??? hyperbolate much?
TaxPayer
December 4th, 2012
7:15 am
Tom Price is hardly a “mountain fighter”. I would say he’s more of a comic book character called “I Object man” except that would be a misuse of man.
Mick
December 4th, 2012
7:19 am
Winning a presidential election and adding seats to congress doesn’t seem to carry much weight anymore. Modern republicans are the worst political losers in our nations history.
Give the president and the dems their due, then move on to fight another day. That will not be a problem because the republican brand stinks to high heaven…
stands for decibels
December 4th, 2012
7:28 am
Back to that first linked article, from Jay’s post:
When asked about Rice on CNN’s Starting Point on Tuesday, Clyburn said that words like “lazy” and “incompetent,” which have been used to describe black members of the administration, including Rice and President Obama himself, are reminiscent of language used to undermine minorities in decades past.
“You know, these are code words,” Clyburn said. “We heard them during the campaign. During this recent campaign, we heard Senator Sununu calling our president lazy, incompetent—these kinds of terms that those of us, especially those of us who were grown and raised in the South, we would hear these little words and phrases all of our lives, and we’d get insulted by them.”
Anyone really have a problem with that particular sentiment? I don’t. I think it’s a perfectly reasonable assertion–now, whether it’s the primary motivator behind this stupid bit of Senate gamesmanship on the part of Gramps McCain and crew, I don’t claim to know.
stands for decibels
December 4th, 2012
7:31 am
I think he’s pointing out that the GOP is.
Perhaps, but if so that’s a whole lot more subtle than his target audience is likely to suss out at first glance.
It’d be a lot like if he were to depict a “welfare queen” with in a Lexus SUV with spinny-rimz, buying lobster at Whole Foods with “food stamps”.
We’d get the joke, but most seeing it, wouldn’t.
AU Liberal in ATL
December 4th, 2012
7:34 am
If there were some actual cause and effect related to Rice’s comments there might be a story here. There’s not, so there’s not. This is all about John McCain, the Massachusetts Man Cake, and his other sugar pie, the still in the closet Lindsay Graham. John and Lindsay must missing Scott in the Senate cloak room. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
December 4th, 2012
7:34 am
“When asked about Rice on CNN’s Starting Point on Tuesday, Clyburn said that words like “lazy” and “incompetent,” which have been used to describe black members of the administration, including Rice and President Obama himself, are reminiscent of language used to undermine minorities in decades past.”
except, in Condi’s case, it was actually true.
stands for decibels
December 4th, 2012
7:35 am
Modern republicans are the worst political losers in our nations history.
hmm.
I’d say the men on the short side of the 1860 election might’ve been just an eensy-weensy, teeny-tiny more sore-loser-ish. JMHO.
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
December 4th, 2012
7:36 am
off topic, but it’s about the GOP, so it’s somewhat related …
I see from the GOP’s counter offer that they’re including CPI-adjustment that will result in 800 skadzillion in savings …
does anyone have any details on this? I’ve tried using Almighty Google to find details, but no one seems to have anything
alex
December 4th, 2012
7:39 am
“evaporating pools of voters”,”I object man,”republican brand stinks to high heaven” are examples of why the left wing of the dem party are not taken seriously in the WH. As soon as the repubs present a viable entitlement cut, the President will toss the hyperbole back to Chris Matthews, sign the bills and move onto his legacy. AND the country will be better off for it.
as for Begahzi, a few more months and the accurate events will be published-I’m optimistic. Back to Clyburn , for a racist everything is racial…….