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Benghazi and IRS Targeting: Politics by Other Means
Real Clear Politics ^ | May 16, 2013 | Michael Barone

Posted on 05/18/2013 7:46:54 AM PDT by Unam Sanctam

What do the Benghazi cover-up and the IRS scandal have in common? They were both about winning elections, under false pretenses.

Winning elections, after all, is something Barack Obama is good at. He obviously loves campaigning and delivering grand orations to enormous adoring crowds.

He loves it so much that he flew off to Las Vegas to campaign the day after the first murder of a U.S. ambassador in 33 years.

What actually happened in Benghazi was out of sync with the Obama campaign line. Osama bin Laden was dead. Al-Qaida was on the run. The global war on terror -- well, don't call it that anymore.

A deliberate effort to mislead the voters was launched. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, White House press secretary Jay Carney and the president himself talked about a spontaneous protest of an anti-Muslim video -- even though no evidence of that came from Benghazi.

The White House and the State Department altered the CIA's talking points -- not just in one minor particular, as Carney claimed, but through 12 separate versions. The Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice, armed with the talking points, spoke sternly about a spontaneous protest and an anti-Muslim video on five Sunday interview shows.

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Barone makes the important point that the malfeasance in both the IRS and Benghazi scandals were connected to winning the election.
1 posted on 05/18/2013 7:46:54 AM PDT by Unam Sanctam
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It’s sad but I think nothing whatsoever will ever come of any of this, the republicans in the house and senate have had an idea about this for some time, but because it involved the Tea Party, which they also hate they did nothing and will continue to do nothing.


2 posted on 05/18/2013 7:50:19 AM PDT by stockpirate (F. Douglass, "A man's rights rest in three boxes: ballot box, jury box, and ammo box)
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To: Unam Sanctam

Bump for later read.


3 posted on 05/18/2013 7:53:56 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Romans 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,)
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To: Unam Sanctam

The saddest part of this is the only place the connection will be made is on conservative web sites.


4 posted on 05/18/2013 7:59:44 AM PDT by pnut22
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“What actually happened in Benghazi was out of sync with the Obama campaign line”

Have you noticed how many people that are supposed to be on the right are repeating this exact same or some similar version of this talking point?

When both sides keep repeating their coordinated talking points over and over again you can guarantee there is a coordinated cover up.


5 posted on 05/18/2013 8:02:55 AM PDT by IMR 4350
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“What actually happened in Benghazi was out of sync with the Obama campaign line”

Do you think this is a false statement?


7 posted on 05/18/2013 8:13:46 AM PDT by Unam Sanctam
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8 posted on 05/18/2013 8:25:21 AM PDT by IbJensen (Liberals are like Slinkies, good for nothing, but you smile as you push them down the stairs.)
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Unam Sanctam ~:” Barone makes the important point that the malfeasance in both the IRS and Benghazi scandals were connected to winning the election.”

Winning the election was done with the compliance of the media .
I beleive the current IRS scandal is a strategic and tactical feint by the adminstration.
The ‘scandal’ was prompted by a ‘planted question’ and the adminstration was already prepared to answer .
The IRS incident should cause firings and jail time in the lower echelons of the bureaucracy, but employees will find jobs elsewhere in this governemnt
Prior to the scandal , BENGHAZI was a hot topic and can lead to IMPEACHMENT and executive change
and change for where this country is headed !


9 posted on 05/18/2013 8:38:30 AM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt
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10 posted on 05/18/2013 9:12:34 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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" WE (in Congress) dont care.
WE ARE NOT EVEN UNDER OR THE LAWS WE PASS
including stock violations AND Death PANELs."

11 posted on 05/18/2013 9:17:39 AM PDT by Diogenesis (Vi veri veniversum vivus vici)
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To: Unam Sanctam

It’s a talking point that people are starting to repeat over and over.

All the facts indicate the attack in Benghazi was orchestrated by Hillary with Obama’s blessing.

The only thing out of sync was the Navy SEALs put up resistance when they weren’t supposed to.

When the terrorist planned the attack they didn’t plan for any resistance or they would have brought more manpower for the attack. They had plenty of manpower available because they came back with a second wave.

The Obama adm. tried to make sure there was no resistance.

The terrorist in their planning of the attack expecting no resistance and the Obama adm. actions after the attack began trying to make sure there was no resistance, isn’t out of sync, they are perfectly in sync.


12 posted on 05/18/2013 7:02:01 PM PDT by IMR 4350
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt

I thought the purpose of the “modified limited hangout” by planted question on an ABA conference call was because they wanted to blunt the impact of the Inspector General’s report release. If there were no report, they wouldn’t have had to disclose anything.


13 posted on 05/19/2013 6:57:08 AM PDT by Unam Sanctam
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