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Topic: Bam’s Benghazi two-step |
Bam’s Benghazi two-step
New York Post, by Rick Lowry
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Posted By:drive, 2/12/2013 8:11:19 AM
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| The Obama White House is to be congratulated. It has executed one of the most effective stonewalls in recent memory over the Benghazi attack last Sept. 11 that killed our ambassador to Libya and three others. Its handling of the aftermath of the debacle is a model example of the power of obfuscation and delay. Future high-ranking officials please take note: This is how it is done. All the smart PR gurus say it is best to release bad news as soon as possible “to get ahead of the story,” as the phrase goes.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
4freedom, 2/12/2013 8:27:33 AM (No. 9171594)
Progressives have this down to an art.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
FunOne, 2/12/2013 9:04:21 AM (No. 9171669)
It works because during a democrat administration, the media morphs into cheerleaders.
During a republican administration, the media becomes a biased referee.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
CleanhouseinDc, 2/12/2013 9:07:35 AM (No. 9171678)
Weak, cowardly Republican "Leadership" doesn´t help.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Scottyboy, 2/12/2013 9:17:12 AM (No. 9171701)
Yup, during GWB´s administration they had to manufacture the Valerie Plame "scandal" from whole cloth, and here we have a cover-up, bigger than Watergate which happened in real time right before our eyes and the MSM completely ignores it.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Wilko, 2/12/2013 9:22:54 AM (No. 9171710)
Because it happened during the run up to the election the media had to duck and cover for the regime as it put out that stupidly weak video story. They along with Obama have let this country down, but then at this point what difference does it make?
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
kanphil, 2/12/2013 9:29:36 AM (No. 9171724)
It´s over. There will be no more questions answered about Benghazi. The MSM deserves their share of the blame, but so also does the U.S. Senate. The senate panel questioning Hitlery was a fawning, slobbering bunch of sycophants. The House, if they do succeed in getting Clinton to testify, is our last chance. Otherwise, we will never learn what happened. But then, I think in our hearts, we know already.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Scottyboy, 2/12/2013 9:52:08 AM (No. 9171795)
Yup, a much deserved public fat ass kicking before the senate panel would have done Madam Rodham and our country some good. . . . But kissing her fat ass instead just cleared her way to the 2016 democrat nomination.
We are in deep doo.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
mikeyt64, 2/12/2013 10:14:19 AM (No. 9171861)
Dittos #3. Its no great rocket science or strategy. If the media doesnt give a shiznit then the low informed citizen could care less. Woodward and Bernstein are only engaged when its a (R) after the name. None here so its "move along...nothing to see here."
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Ida Lou Pino, 2/12/2013 10:37:30 AM (No. 9171934)
Lowry is ignoring the fact that Lady Lindsey is still hot on the case.
It´s not over until the sweet lady caves.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
woodsto sea, 2/12/2013 10:58:32 AM (No. 9171981)
It doesn´t take smarts to lie. It takes a MSM not pointing it out. Truth takes backseats to the advancement of progressive ideas. Yet the wizards of smart who run the MSM still blame the internet for a decline in views and sells.
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