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Former DC Bureau Chief: Clinton Surrogate Pitched Me ‘Birther’ Story In 2008 (Sid Blumenthal )
Daily Caller ^ | September 16, 2016 | RACHEL STOLTZFOOS

Posted on 09/16/2016 12:55:00 PM PDT by maggief

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To: Mr. K

OMG Imagine Sydney Blumenthal back in the White House... holeekrap!

geez this woman must be defeated then pissed-on


Or pissed on and then defeated. Works either way for me.


41 posted on 09/16/2016 1:59:32 PM PDT by mund1011
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To: justlurking; SE Mom
Thanks, that's what I thought.

Reposting here ...


42 posted on 09/16/2016 2:01:42 PM PDT by maggief
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To: be-baw

Blumenthal definitely transmitted top secrete info back and forth without clearance. Why is he not on trial or in jail? I would not think that Obama would want to expend anything protecting him.


43 posted on 09/16/2016 2:04:56 PM PDT by rod1 (CTLY)
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To: maggief

Thanks. This is pretty damning.

We’ll see...


44 posted on 09/16/2016 2:09:26 PM PDT by SE Mom (Deplorable and Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: rod1

If Sid never had a security clearance, he has no obligation to protect classified information.

He would have to be prosecuted under the Espionage Act, and that is very difficult to — intent to give it to an enemy and harm the US must be proved.


45 posted on 09/16/2016 2:13:30 PM PDT by justlurking
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To: maggief

Game changer


46 posted on 09/16/2016 3:04:14 PM PDT by Homer1
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To: Homer1

ping


47 posted on 09/16/2016 3:52:07 PM PDT by Cyclone59 (Where are we going, and what's with the handbasket?)
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To: SE Mom

Following on twitter:

James Asher @jimasher 6m6 minutes ago Maryland, USA

On #Obama and #birther. McClatchy from 2008. #Hillary #Election2016 #Trump

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/article24503923.html

James Asher @jimasher 9h9 hours ago Maryland, USA

@_anti_climacus yes he did. Still have his biz card.
60 retweets 196 likes


48 posted on 09/16/2016 5:13:07 PM PDT by maggief
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To: maggief

Ok, what’s Asher’s point in tweeting this old article? Is he trying to show he wasn’t part of the birthers, thereby has more credibility now?

Or....I’ve had a long day and don’t get it?!


49 posted on 09/16/2016 5:23:47 PM PDT by SE Mom (Deplorable and Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: SE Mom

McClatchy ran that article on OCTOBER 7, 2008.

Did Blumenthal meet in McClatchy Bureau Chief Asher’s office to capitalize on the Corsi article?


50 posted on 09/16/2016 5:35:04 PM PDT by maggief
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To: maggief

Good point.

Also interesting, some of Asher’s tweets about this are from MARCH of this year. Just been sitting there...waiting.

Hard to believe. But- until hillary brought this up again, it wouldn’t have done any good to pount them out. It required the panic of her and the press to bring the birther stuff up...then it’s relevant. And their lies are coming back to haunt them now.

Sid is a nasty guy. Always was.


51 posted on 09/16/2016 6:22:12 PM PDT by SE Mom (Deplorable and Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: SE Mom

Curious to know if the meeting was before or after that Corsi article.

Wonder if Asher has it on his calendar, and took notes.


52 posted on 09/16/2016 6:27:30 PM PDT by maggief
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To: maggie; hoosiermama; justlurking; SE Mom

I haven’t read the thread yet, but who brought up this birther issue this week?
Was it Trump or his campaign? Because wouldn’t it be like him to be setting a trap for the media, Hillary, and Obama? We already know he plays 3-D chess while all the rest of these idiots think the game is checkers.

If Trump has Sid’s old emails that mention ANYTHING about the truth of all this, these people are toast. And some of these leaked emails that I’ve been reading go back at least to 2009...


53 posted on 09/16/2016 6:43:06 PM PDT by Nita Nupress (To Wash DC: America is coming. And we're bringing Galt-Right Donald J. Trump with us.)
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If I’m not mistaken, the “media” /hrc campaign brought it up quietly, then Hillary tweeted last night ..can’t have some racist birther be president...then Asher replied and all hell broke loose.

Just talked with a neighbor (walking dogs) and she said to me she’s become deplorable. We’ve never talked politics so I asked what she meant:) What a rant she had...been dem always...loved hrc...in her laye 60’s and saw the light in last week. She can’t believe she’d been “snookered” all these years...


54 posted on 09/16/2016 6:57:18 PM PDT by SE Mom (Deplorable and Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: SE Mom

What a cool story! I’m thinking there are many, many more Dems out there like her who’ve finally “opened their eyes.” I’m especially hopeful about the minorities who seem to be realizing how they’ve been used for decades.


55 posted on 09/16/2016 7:13:51 PM PDT by Nita Nupress (To Wash DC: America is coming. And we're bringing Galt-Right Donald J. Trump with us.)
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To: maggief

They should be really careful as there may be emails out there...

Plus, do you think Sid shopped story to only one media outlet?


56 posted on 09/16/2016 8:16:08 PM PDT by SE Mom (Deplorable and Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: maggief

Looks like the Democrats may have decided she is expendable.


57 posted on 09/16/2016 9:13:05 PM PDT by kalee
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To: SE Mom

Hmm ... that’s it?!

James Asher @jimasher 9h9 hours ago

Well I still have his biz card. So it’s his word against mine.


58 posted on 09/17/2016 4:58:19 AM PDT by maggief
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http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/09/16/former-mcclatchy-editor-assigned-reporter-go-kenya-clinton-operative-urged-birther-investigation/

Former McClatchy Editor: ‘We Assigned a Reporter to Go to Kenya’ After Clinton Operative Urged Birther Investigation

David Goldstein of McClatchy reports on two supporters of Hillary Clinton’s 2008 primary campaign against Barack Obama who pushed the false “birther” narrative that Obama was born in Kenya. One of the supporters was Clinton’s longtime confidant Sidney Blumenthal who pitched the story to McClatchy’s former Washington Bureau Chief James Asher.


59 posted on 09/17/2016 5:22:46 AM PDT by maggief
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To: maggief

At work today...thanks for updates...


60 posted on 09/17/2016 8:13:31 AM PDT by SE Mom (Deplorable and Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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