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  gcbelMay. 19, 2013 - 05:57PM JST

  Cute rant, but still unsubstantiated slander from start to finish.

  Indeed, hogwash from start to finish. You know, there comes a point when the rabid "anti-Obamism" comes off as so disingenuous, so based on hatred and divorced from reality that the posters are really left with no credibility whatsoever. They've morphed from biased critics into running jokes and are difficult to distinguish from crude satirists of their own side.

  The deaths of the four men in Libya mean nothing to him except for whatever political advantage he can somehow squeeze out of the event.

  Yeah... after months of doing your best to squeeze political advantage out of it - Romney, Paul... that's quite rich.

  http://samuel-warde.com/2013/05/bill-maher-on-the-republicans-hard-on-for-obama-video/

  Sorry, but what did Cheney do that was illegal? Just because you don't like the man, does not make him like nixon.

  Bush-Cheney: Ginned up war. Thousands dead. Same ballpark as Nixon.

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  gcbelMay. 16, 2013 - 03:15PM JST

  Disgraceful... Yeah, it's disgraceful that this political sideshow is still going on. Disgraceful that the likes of Rand Paul are using this tragedy for their self-serving political interests. Disgraceful that the folks who were too dense to question the Bush-Cheney con to war that cost us thousands of dead now have the gall to think they can pipe up again. Disgraceful that the folks who claim to mourn the Benghazi fallen, clearly don't care enough to read beyond the talking points they've been given.

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  gcbelMay. 14, 2013 - 11:39PM JST

  It was probably common practice for Cheney to order the IRS to target liberal churches, right? Evidence? Well it feels like the truth.

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  gcbelMay. 14, 2013 - 11:25PM JST

  Evidence? Eh, not so much. Thought so. Thanks!

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  gcbelMay. 14, 2013 - 10:40PM JST

  . You insinuate that this was instigated by the Obama administration; do you have a shred of evidence that Obama or his administration was involved in this?

  A question that deserves an answer.

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  gcbelMay. 14, 2013 - 08:24PM JST

  This is bigger than Watergate;

  Clearly, you don't know what Watergate was.

  Anyway, while this is all over the news now, attention is diverted from the even worse scandal in Bengazi, which involved this adminstration covering up four murders. That is truly impeachment level; I suppose that is why they prefer talking about the comparatively minor IRS scandal.

  Cover up of four murders? You hadn't heard of the murders? It was all over the news months ago. Or is it just that you're having trouble articulating the ludicrous right-wing nutter storyline? I understand. It's not easy.

  Anyway, assuming the charge is abuse of authority then, I assume, the charge would rise to Impeachment-level. As yet there's yet to be any evidence shown to support the charge; unless I missed it? So, a bit premature to say it's " bigger than Watergate".

  It's amazing to me that the folks who've never recognized the truly criminal, impeachment level conduct of the Bush-Cheney administration in the run up to the invasion of Iraq (and there's actual evidence of that) believe they have any kind of credibility with which to speak with.

  Honest folk can agree on the need to investigate and prosecute where appropriate. But what can we expect from Partisan hacks but, well, it's "more Nixonian than Nixon" and 'they're slaughtering children on the White House lawn". It's all part of painting a picture that doesn't exist .

  The latest scandal in an already scandal plagued administration.

  Sigh You know, repeating a lie over and over doesn't make it true. No matter how hard you wish it to be so. Repeating its a scandal, it's a scandal, it's a scandal, is supposed to make it a "scandal-ridden administration". They aren't. It isn't.

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  gcbelMay. 13, 2013 - 04:32AM JST

  The ARB was found to be flawed and a self-serving document

  After or before you clearly never bothered to read it? Most documents are flawed in one way or another. There are always points to criticize. Question is, is there anything to support the wild contentions from the GOP since the day of the tragedy before any of the investigations had been concluded? Pretty much everything the GOP put out about he tragedy has been self-serving, flawed, and disingenuous.

  Mitt showed his true colors in the way he reacted and attempted to use this tragedy (as did many of his supporters) and showed that he was clearly unfit to become President.

  All this is just part II or III of the 2012 Mitt's pathetic attempt to try and climb over the bodies of dead Americans into the WH. It was pathetic and contemptible then and is now. Anybody seriously believe Rand Paul is any differently motivated?

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  gcbelMay. 12, 2013 - 04:22PM JST

  Democrats say Republicans are nakedly exploiting the Benghazi deaths

  To say the least.

  Portray the republicans as not being sincere and the true bad guys in their crass attempt to use this to squeeze out some extra votes and donors.

  That would be an accurate, if somewhat mild, portrayal.

  For the higher information voter. http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/202446.pdf

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  gcbelMay. 12, 2013 - 04:09PM JST

  So, still nothing, eh? Par for the course.

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  gcbelMay. 12, 2013 - 06:03AM JST

  Ever hear of Saul Alinsky's Rule number 9 from the liberal political playbook ? "The threat is usually more terrifying than the thing itself."

  Yes, I have. Someone, who probably got it from the same place you did, used it thinking he was making a clever point. He wasn't either. Why? Was that supposed to be proof of something?

  So, in fact, you've got nothing... Thought so. Look, i'm not against an investigation. On the contrary.. Do dislike partisan tripe thoughtlessly tossed out especially when wrapped in hypocrisy. You're implying, without any actual proof, that it's clear that the administration is guilty of Nixonian wrong-doing. In light of your ad nauseam rant history against the MSM, it seems not a little bit hypocritical.

  Hanlon's razor, look it up.

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  gcbelMay. 11, 2013 - 08:01PM JST

  That's the best evidence of malfeasance you've got? Thanks for proving my point. Your bias is pretty clear.

  Ever heard of Hanlon's Razor?

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  gcbelMay. 11, 2013 - 07:31PM JST

  Obama's been channeling his inner Richard Nixon.

  So, no evidence the Obama administration's guilty of anything at all for the moment... But you're going to reference a really crooked Republican administration? The low-information voter would almost think you had evidence of administration "thuggery", a smoking gun.. No?. Tsk tsk... Hopefully the MSM will be more honest than you.

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  gcbelMay. 07, 2013 - 09:28PM JST

  Meanwhile, gay-rights activists want the legislation to allow U.S. citizens and permanent legal residents to sponsor their same-sex partners for residency.

  Including such an amendment ''will virtually guarantee that it (the bill) won't pass" the Senate, said Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, one of the eight senators who wrote the legislation.

  Okay. Why?

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  gcbelMay. 07, 2013 - 04:20PM JST

  Free passes, no. A realistic, humane, way of addressing the issue, yes, please.

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  gcbelMay. 04, 2013 - 07:57PM JST

  The left truly wants to take guns away from American citizens. This law contains a foot-in-the-door mechanism to lay the foundation for eventual gun confiscation.

  Geez. What utter bollocks. Really, this is the kind of flagrantly dishonest, baseless fear-mongering one would expect from paid-hacks.

  I wasn't convinced of the usefulness of some of the provisions of the defeated gun control bill (particularly with respect to limits on capacity of gun magazines) and believe an honest debate was warranted but this poster's comment is part of the problem; intelligent policy discussion is sacrificed to partisan claptrap.

  But of course it's the Obama administration that's the cause of spiking sales of guns and ammunition. Eh?

  I believe in the Second Amendment. I believe in people's lawful right to bear arms. I will not take your shotgun away. I will not take your rifle away. I won't take your handgun away. [ ] There are some common-sense gun safety laws that I believe in. But I am not going to take your guns away. So if you want to find an excuse not to vote for me, don't use that one. [ ] It just ain't true. - Obama

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  gcbelApr. 21, 2013 - 02:23AM JST

  Since that point is clear, we can clearly arrive to the very reasonable conclusion that the BSA, being a private organization with heavy religious affiliation, is also entitled to their own rules for inclusion or exclusion.

  At least you're right about that. And longtime members, like myself (also an Eagle scout, as long as we're throwing them around) and those who support the organization have every right to express our opinions and shape the rules... no less than you do. I say, We say, include - gay scouts AND leaders.

  If you do not like the BSA's stances on any issues, you are free to not join them, not allow your children to join them, and tell your friends and family not to join them.

  And the same absolutely goes for you. One of the best scout leaders I've ever known was gay. Yeah, I'll advocate for his inclusion. The many scouts he inspired, quite a few of them Eagles now, I'm sure will side with me. It may not happen now but it will, eventually.

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  gcbelApr. 20, 2013 - 07:33PM JST

  Oh no! The homophobes will leave the group? Can't have that....

  Meh.. think we can find folks willing to take up the slack.

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  gcbelApr. 04, 2013 - 02:55PM JST

  Good, now he should donate the proceeds of Nobel Peace Prize as well.

  That money already went to charities.

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  gcbelMar. 26, 2013 - 03:12AM JST

  But I sure do not think he really has shown any sort of overall wisdom or expertise at all in ME policy during his time in office though. An administration that had our Libyan Ambassador out and about on a meet and greet with the M.E locals on the anniversary of 9/11 is really pretty darn clueless about the region.

  Assume you mean our ambassador to Libya, Stevens. Unless you're a "low information voter" you'd have bothered to read the ARB report and would know that Ambassador Stevens, like many U.S. ambassadors, enjoyed a fair amount of autonomy and that the administration did not have him "about on a meet and greet with the M.E locals" (see page 6). http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/202446.pdf

  Pretty obvious that the comment has nothing to do with the administration's "overall wisdom or expertise in ME policy" and rather just another way to shoehorn Benghazi into a topic.

  Never ceases to amaze me that the cheerleaders of the Bush administration's epic fail in the Middle East (and, yes, I mean both red and blue) feel they have any kind of leg with which to stand on with which to comment on matters of foreign policy, let alone the conduct of this administration's U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East.

  Let's be clear, if you (D, R or I) thought invading Iraq was a good idea, if you thought the Bush administration managed the occupation of Iraq competently, and if you've yet to admit you were wrong then you have barely any credibility.

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  gcbelFeb. 28, 2013 - 11:38PM JST

  Nonsense. It's a ridiculous and silly tangent to an important issue.

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