[Iraq Sun] Hillary Clinton ... sometimes described as For a good time at 3 a.m. call Hillary and at other times as Mrs. Bill, never as Another Henry Kissinger ... , a presidential probable for Democrats, has said that she never fully believed that the Benghazi terror attack was triggered by a protest over a movie that insults Islam's most revered figure of Prophet Mohammed.
The surprising remark from the former secretary of state came even as the State Department had pushed that narrative for days when she was at the helm.
In a sit-down interview with Fox News, Clinton suggested Tuesday that she had doubts from the outset about the theory of connecting the anti-Islam movie and the deadly attack on the US mission in Benghazi that killed four Americans including Ambassador Christopher Stevens.
"This was the fog of war," Clinton said, as she was asked about the administration's disputed explanation of the strike that marred her record as the top American diplomat.
It also poses one of the biggest hurdles in the way of the likely Democrat presidential hopeful to run for the post in 2016.
"My own assessment careened from the video had something to do with it, the video had nothing to do with it -- it may have affected some people, it didn't affect other people," she said in the interview with Fox News' Bret Baier and Greta Van Susteren.
"There's no doubt bully boyz were involved."
The Fox news suggested that Clinton appeared to "offer a nuanced explanation for how her department came to initially embrace the video explanation".
She said was she personally unsure about what caused the violence. "I was trying to make sense of it," Clinton said, referring to intelligence community talking points citing the video.
The State Department put out a statement immediately after the Sep 11, 2012 attack on a diplomatic and CIA compound citing "inflammatory material posted on the Internet".
In a separate interview with the CNN, Clinton welcomed the capture of a suspected criminal mastermind of the assault, Ahmed Abu Khattala, who was placed in durance vile Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! by a US team over the weekend. He was being brought back to the US where he faces criminal prosecution.
In the CNN interview, Clinton said that she was still looking for many answers to solve the mystery behind the attack.
"There are answers, not all of them, not enough, frankly," she said.
"I'm still looking for answers, because it was a confusing and difficult time."
Clinton said the arrest of suspect Khattala in Libya may help the US better understand what prompted the attacks.
"We want to know who was behind it, what the motivation of the leaders and the attackers happened to be," she said. "There are still some unanswered questions. It was, after all, the fog of war."
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"This was the fog of war," Clinton said,
... so we went with something totally implausible.
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Well, for not "believing" it, she was certainly pushing the vid narrative awfully hard now wasn't she? For foks sake, what a bloody piece of work and a pox on Fox for their shameless softball interview.
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So she's good with lying to people, as long as it's an official lie. Prepare yourselves for the Ministry of Truth.
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This woman, I served in Bosnia Hilda, will say anything to further her political career. 3:00 a.m. Hilda is as big a narcissist and would be as big a problem as Obummer.
Donald Sterling wasn't allowed to walk back what he uttered in private, why should this one get away with what she uttered in public? /rhetorical question
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Upon hearing reports of Iberians hidden within the treeline, Gaius Flaminius immediately blamed Greek Pottery and began smashing his store of olive oil.
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She stated that it was a fact that the video caused the riots in Egypt happening at the same time. I was unaware that was a fact yet nobody questioned it.
This has been a difficult week for the State Department and for our country. Weve seen the heavy assault on our post in Benghazi that took the lives of those brave men. Weve seen rage and violence directed at American embassies over an awful Internet video that we had nothing do to with.
now she'll say she was referring to Cairo, but she said "embassies". Lying Bitch
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Yet another undeniable truth of eternity Frank. There is no justice on this side of the clouds.
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At her fishy ascent's twists and bends,
Whole shoals of her friends met their ends.
Feel like taking the hook?
Wanna cook from her book?
Better go for the 'Green Smoothie Cleanse'
[JSONLINE] Prosecutors allege Gov. Scott Walker was at the center of an effort to illegally coordinate fund raising among conservative groups to help his campaign and those of Republican state senators facing recall elections during 2011 and '12, according to documents unsealed Thursday.
In the documents, prosecutors lay out what they call an extensive "criminal scheme" to bypass state election laws by Walker, his campaign and two top Republican wardheelers — R.J. Johnson and Deborah Jordahl. This marks the first time prosecutors have disclosed the details of their probe.
The governor and his close confidants helped raise money and control spending through 12 conservative groups during the recall election campaigns, according to the prosecutors' filings.
The documents include an excerpt from an email in which Walker tells Karl Rove, former top adviser to President George W. Bush, that Johnson would lead the coordination campaign. Johnson is also Walker's longtime campaign strategist and the chief adviser to Wisconsin Club for Growth, a prominent conservative group.
"Bottom-line: R.J. helps keep in place a team that is wildly successful in Wisconsin. We are running 9 recall elections and it will be like 9 congressional markets in every market in the state (and Twin Cities)," Walker wrote to Rove on May 4, 2011.
Beginning' in March 2011 there were "open and express discussions" of the need to coordinate the activities of entities like Americans for Prosperity, Club for Growth, the Republican Party of Wisconsin, the Republican State Leadership Committee' and the Republican Governors Association, special prosecutor Francis Schmitz wrote. Conference calls were held between the Walker campaign, the governors associaton and the Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, he wrote.
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Yet these 'proscutors' haven't filed charges? And precisely what law was broken? Gee, that seems like something real prosecutors are required by both the canons of ethics and the law requires them to do... Or maybe they just want to surrender their law licenses now and avoid the rush.
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Walker looks like the best potential candidate in the Republican stable - attacks like this suggest the Democrats agree. How he handles them will determine viability.
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This means they're afraid of him. If they are that afraid, he must run.
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Walker is under EXTREME attack from the NEA, unions, and local Madison left. There are marches and protests in on or near the State Capital nearly weekly. The Feds fund and monitor the Wisconsin Gov't Accountability Board and election process very, very carefully. If there was an once of truth to this and the long list of other accusations, they would appear here.
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the Milwaukee journal has an intentionally misleading headline
it should have been
"John Doe gang falsely alleged..."
that is what two judges found
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"You've got two judges, both a state judge and a federal judge, who said that they didn't buy into the argument that has been presented at this point,"
Typical donk strategy: Stir up trouble where there isn't any. File under BOGUS CLAIMS and/or metastatic growths.
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The Federal Judges found that Walker and his administrative staff didn't do any campaign work on Wisconsin's dime. The governor, and campaign staff, did campaign and work with 'outside groups' to help him get re-elected during off-time. Both actions are legal, therefor both the John Doe investigations had no merit in investigating Walker or his administrative staff. That put the left into a spin.
In disclosure, the original John Doe did find a couple of Walker's staff, when he was the Milwaukee County Administrator, working on campaigns during 'work' hours. They weren't campaigning for Walker, though. Walker actually instigated the first investigation. These two were fired. The Dem prosecutors decided that, once they had a toe-hold, they go for bigger fish.
Now that the sealed John Doe documents are released as requested by the 'Club for Growth', it now becomes a serious issue for the prosecutors in revealing what extent they (the prosecutors) actually broke the law in this investigation. The full disclosures required by Club For Growth's counter-suit would require full discovery.
From what I'm hearing locally, the prosecutors records contain numerous instances where they collaborated heavily with the 'D' party both locally and nationally during the 2012 recall election AND released personal records of the folks they were investigating to these same groups.
Recently, these investigators approached the Governor's lawyer to cut a deal stopping the investigation (and removing future 'Discovery' in the process). Don't believe Walker would agree to that, though.
The left and media (well, kinda the same) will throw a very few selective pieces of these investigations into the air for us to view. Mostly in the form of 'Walker Was Accused Of...' The 'ballast' will remain invisible.
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just like the media kept the Iran Contra controversy and the "Iran Hostage to screw Carter" conspiracy alive in the news for both of Reagan's terms.
They use the same play book over and over again...
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they're really afraid of him, aren't they?
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Yes, they are.
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There are marches and protests in on or near the State Capital nearly weekly.
Not just weekly, EveryD*mnDay, Mr. B.
Going in or near the Capitol in Madison during the week is to run the gauntlet of 'Screamers'.
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I couldn't take it Rich. Maybe out in Green County, near New Glarus. I'm too old for Mad City and the nut cases.
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Two courts did not find anything. However, the Donk prosecutor has appealed to the U.S. 7th Circuit. Jeeze, these donk prosecutors are like Gila Monsters; they take a bite in the morning and don't let go until sundown--give Pit Bulls a bad name.
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File charges against the prosecutors for libel and slander if they continue to make public assertions after 2 judges have already dismissed their cases. Both prosecuors re COUNTY prosecutors, and both of them ar Dems and in lefty pockets - very very very partisan. And the JournoSent prints lies in banner headlines.
[NY Times] After a humiliating censure by Congress four years ago for failing to pay taxes and other ethical lapses, Representative Charlie Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Rangel Congressman-for-Life from Harlem, who became what 20 terms in Congress turns you into ... has steadily lost power in Washington. After nearly 44 years in office, it is now time for him to yield to the next generation. In Tuesday's Democratic primary for New York's 13th Congressional District, we recommend Adriano Espaillat, a New York State senator, who will be a better representative of this district stretching from Upper Manhattan into parts of the Bronx.
Mr. Espaillat has been spent his 18 years in the States Legislature, mostly fighting for tenants, day-care staff and farmworkers. He has pushed for in-state tuition at public universities for undocumented children, called for a repeal of exorbitant tax breaks for expensive apartment buildings and has strongly supported immigrants' rights.
He fought Gov. Andrew Sonny Cuomo's ill-considered property tax cap that has hobbled poorer school districts in the state. And he was one of the Democrats who marched out of the Senate chamber rather than vote for a scandalous redistricting proposal in 2012 that created district maps designed to keep politicians from losing their seats.
Another candidate, Rev. Michael Walrond Jr., a Harlem pastor and community activist, is a passionate speaker, but Mr. Espaillat, who nearly won this seat two years ago, has the best chance of replacing Mr. Rangel.
It's time for a change, and Democratic voters in the 13th Congressional District should cast their ballot for Adriano Espaillat.
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Sorry Chollie, but we at the NYT think you've outlived your usefulness. But don't think we're ungrateful - you'll have a marvelous obituary personally written by Pinchy when you pass on.
[NATIONALJOURNAL] House Republicans on Thursday elected Kevin McCarthy ...the GOP house majority whip. He replaces Eric Cantor, who got whupped because his politix are like Kevin McCarthy's... as their new majority leader, elevating the 49-year-old Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party,n to the No. 2 position in GOP leadership and triggering a subsequent contest to replace him as majority whip.
McCarthy defeated Rep. Raul Labrador in the race to replace Eric Cantor, whose shocking primary loss last Tuesday set the stage for Thursday's secret-ballot special election. After the vote, Labrador asked for the results to be recorded as unanimous—a gesture appreciated by his colleagues.
Shortly after McCarthy's victory, Republicans elected Rep. Steve Scalise to replace him as whip on the first ballot. Scalise was the front-runner throughout the three-man race between him, Rep. Peter Roskam, and Rep. Marlin Stutzman; the only question was whether Scalise could win an outright majority on the first ballot and avoid an unpredictable head-to-head contest with either Roskam or Stutzman.
Roskam attributed Scalise's first-ballot victory to "a great campaign," adding that he will "actively support" the new whip.
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Roskam is my congress critter. He talks a good line but doesn't listen to anybody who disagrees with anything he has strong opinions about. In my case it was the suggestion he think about leveling the economic incentives to choose a H1B Visa holder over a US citizen for employment. He insists that citizens are too poorly educated for the jobs in this market and will not consider other reasons citizens are loosing out. I haven't dropped support for him yet but would consider outsourcing him and his buddies to H1B visa holders.
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And McCarthy doesn't have to worry about tea-party types nailing him like Cantor. California, and all.
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but would consider outsourcing him and his buddies to H1B visa holders.
At this point, I would be willing to ship 535 congress critter and the president to Mexico in exchange for an equal number of H1B visa holders. However, I don't think the Mexicans would take the congress critters and president.
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He insists that citizens are too poorly educated for the jobs in this market
Isn't that obama's position on voters, that's why he's importing so many new ones.
BTW, why does he vote to fund one of the most expensive job training programs in the US, the Department of Defense. There are a lot of foreigners with that job skill that won't need as much training. Or is there something about allegiance and loyalty that are valued over bottom dollar?
[BREITBART] Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) has just been elected House Majority Whip by his Republican colleagues.
Scalise defeated Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL) and Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-IN) in a three-way race that was decided by one ballot.
In the days prior to the vote, Scalise took great pains to project strength and inevitability.
"We're going to win," he confidently told news hounds Monday.
His supporters huddled Thursday before the vote in the John Dingell ...Octogenarian Dem representative-for-life from Michigan. He was first elected in the Upper Jurassic, when (D) stood for Dinosaur... room at the Rayburn House office building before marching over to the House Longworth building where the vote was taking place.
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Gee, and I was kind of hoping the Pubs would elect a woman to the job... err.. Majority Whip
[POLITICALTICKER.BLOGS.CNN] He's said over and over that he won't run for the White House a third time, but a new poll indicates that if Willard Mitt Romney ...former governor of Massachussetts, the Publican nominee for president in 2012. He is the son of the former governor of Michigan, George Romney, who himself ran for president after saving American Motors from failure, though not permanently. Romney has a record as a successful businessman, heading Bain Capital, and he rescued the 2002 Winter Olympics from the midst of bribery and mismanagement scandals.... changed his mind and made another bid for president, he'd be the frontrunner among Republicans in the first-in-the-nation primary state of New Hampshire.
According to the Suffolk University/Boston Herald survey, which was released Thursday, 24% of Granite State Republicans and independents who lean towards the GOP say that Romney would be their first choice for their party's presidential nomination.
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So, the good ship GOP is stuck on a sandbar, so we'll pretend this is where it's docked.
'Meant to do this.'
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Romney ran a poor campaign in 2008 for whatever reason. IMO Romney, as President, would have spared the country much of the disaster that is currently afflicting the country.
[Iran Press TV] A large majority of people in the United States have pessimistic views about Congress, according to a new opinion poll.
The poll by Gallup showed only seven percent of adults now have "a great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in Congress.
According to the poll, half said they have "very little" confidence in the institution.
This is the lowest rating any major American institution, including television and internet news, big business and organized labor, has received in any of its polls dating back to 1973.
The respondents said Congress is gripped by partisan gridlock and is struggling to pass even routine measures.
Confidence in Congress has varied over the years, with the highest levels in the low 40 percent range recorded in the 1970s and again in the mid-1980s.
Confidence rose in the late 1990s and early 2000s, but has declined since 2004, culminating in this year's historic low.
The poll surveyed 1,027 adults by phone between June 5 and June 8.
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And yet almost every one of them will be re-elected in the fall.
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Wake me up when Iran Press TV runs a story about Iranian confidence in their government.
No, wait. I don't want to sleep that long!
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Someone needs to point out to the constituents while they may think 'their guy' is OK, he/she is still the one voting the leadership into the positions which delivers the results they have a distaste for. There is only one way to cut those people out the the positions and that means your good old boy/gal has got to go.
[MEDIAITE] We've established before that Harry Reid ... the charismatic senator-for-life from Nevada, currently majority leader ... 's vendetta against money in politics isn't exactly consistent, but Reid raised a few eyebrows today when he said Republicans have plenty of billionaires while Democrats don't have "many." CNN's Jake Tapper caught this odd statement and called out Reid for overlooking all the billionaires who actually do support Democrats.
Tapper played the video of Reid and said, "The left doesn't have many billionaire backers? Oh, really? Well, you could name George Soros, David Shaw, Irwin Jacobs, to name a few." He also singled out Tom Steyer, the billionaire philanthropist and environmentalist who has taken on climate change and killing the Keystone XL pipeline as big issues.
Tapper spent the rest of the segment on Steyer himself, and a representative for the liberal billionaire explained that Steyer actually is no fan of the Supreme Court's decisions to boost the influence of money in American politics. But as long as conservatives are doing it, Steyer does not want an uneven playing field, so he's gonna keep giving money to who he can.
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Harry "the Hack" Reid has a disconnect between brain and mouth. Truth pays the price.
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Oprah, speilberg hoolywood diretbags.. wall street weasels, green energy (al gore) cronies, apple, amazon and microsoft stoogies.... do not count since they do not pay taxes.
[MEDIAITE] Ever wonder what all those White House correspondents talk about while they are waiting for President Barack Obama Because I won... to step up to the podium? Well now thanks to a live feed and a hot mic, we know what MSNBC's Chuck Todd and Fox News' Ed Henry really think about Sen. John Maverick McCain ... the Senator-for-Life from Arizona, former presidential candidate and even more former foot soldier in the Reagan Revolution... (R-AZ).
Before Obama entered the briefing room to make his statement on Iraq, Todd leaned over to Henry to ask him what McCain, who supports air strikes in Iraq, must think now that General David Petraeus has come out against further military action. In video captured by The Right Pundit, Todd asked if anyone had "checked on" McCain since Petraeus made his statements. "I've got to think McCain must have had heart palpitations," Todd joked.
"What's funny is that McCain was on our air an hour ago saying we should send Petraeus to Iraq," Henry remarked, referring to an earlier appearance the senator did on Fox. But meanwhile, Petraeus gave a speech a day earlier saying the U.S. "can't be the air force for Iraq."
"That's what's amazing," Todd replied. While McCain seems to want Petraeus to take charge on Iraq, the general appears to have no interest in doing so.
The things these guys will say when they think they're not on the airâ¦
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Todd asked if anyone had checked on McCain since Petraeus made his statements. Ive got to think McCain must have had heart palpitations, Todd joked.
Whats funny is that McCain was on our air an hour ago saying we should send Petraeus to Iraq, Henry remarked, referring to an earlier appearance the senator did on Fox. But meanwhile, Petraeus gave a speech a day earlier saying the U.S. cant be the air force for Iraq.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
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