Discussion for article #222810
"I am pleased to have him on our team as we conduct a frivolous, fact-free investigation to ensure our fellow Americans know the full truth just how obsessed we are with our sole remaining talking point: How Obama and Hillary personally supervised the attack on Benghazi."
(edited for accuracy)
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Wow. A lobbyist. Now someone tell me who didn’t see that coming. The STUPID PARTY Reps are all about making money off of their foolish voters.
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Since this farce is really just a fund-raising game for the GOP, it’s only appropriate they have a lobbyist serve as the Director of the panel.
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It’s Gowdy Doody time.
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Oh, good. The circus has a ringleader. We can all sleep soundly now knowing this is taken care of.
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I hope the Dems do not validate this kangaroo court with “bipartisanship.”
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As an aside, it has become all too often that Sahil Kapur writes the “GOP stories” here at TPM. As soon as I saw the headline, I thought it would be one of Kapur’s stores. Naturally it reads as if it was spoon fed to Kapur by the GOP Caucus. .
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Good thing she had all that experience from killing Vince Foster and drug dealing from the airport in Arkansas.
Gowdy is here, strike up the dueling banjos.
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Gowdy Doody, I love it.
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these fools are making a mockery of the US congress and everything it stands for!
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While Trey’s surely his own Grampa, the photo with the post has a certain Morlock flavor…
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The lobbyist works for the Smith-Free Group, it’s his destiny that he’s going to work for a Truth-Free commitee
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" … and I am pleased to have him on our team as we conduct a serious, fact-driven investigation to ensure our fellow Americans know the full truth about what happened in Benghazi."
Who knew the Republicans were such comics?
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I wonder how much he’s being paid for this boondoggle ? This could drag out for months, and we (taxpayers) are presumably on the hook for this. . .
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He does seem to be fed from the republican trough quite often. However, this “piece” is actually barely worthy of being called a story. Its a bare bones piece surrounding a press release.
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Gosh! This whole thing is just getting fairer-er and fairer-et and balanced-er and balanced-er!
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All news organizations with even a handful of staff assign them to a “desk” (or more than one “desk” if staff is very few). It uses time and staff best; storys are more apt to meet deadlines with better writing, because it’s certain who’s responsible for a piece; reporters better develop reliable sources for on and (more importantly) off-the-record information; reporters better understand the nuanced contexts of information and storys.
Mr. Kapur may or may not have requested the Republican desk. This probably was a Republican press release. Not much for an eagle-eyed, ace reporter to pick apart at this stage.
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That is the plan. The whole intent is to de-legitimize the US Government.
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For theloveofgod, just please don’t say how he’s fair and will look at the evidence like they did with Ken Starr.
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