Bad news from Howard Dean: Wisconsin was a win for the left or something

posted at 3:21 pm on June 11, 2012 by Allahpundit

Via WaPo, what strange Orwellian urge compels guys like this to try to make a meal out of a shinola sandwich? Literally nobody believes him. Jon Stewart turned MSNBC into a punchline for the depth of their denial after the Wisconsin results and Dean-o’s even further gone than they are. You know what he thinks the big victory was last Tuesday? Supposedly, it’s the fact that Democrats took back the state senate by defeating a Republican incumbent in a recall election. Left unmentioned here: (1) Three other Republican incumbent senators won their recall fights, (2) thanks to redistricting, the GOP’s likely to regain the majority in November, and (3) er, the new Democratic-controlled state senate isn’t scheduled to meet again until 2013, when it’ll almost certainly be a Republican-controlled senate once again. (Ed covered all of that a few days ago.) How does it help his side to omit those details and encourage complacency instead of treating the Walker victory as a Democratic disaster and a five-alarm fire for November? Good lord.

Oh, he’s also pretty sure that President Romney and a Republican Congress will be even worse for deficits than Obama is, even though the left’s spent three years now screaming that the GOP can’t be trusted with power because they’ll slash government spending to ribbons. (“Draconian!”) So, aces all around here.

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A poster on another thread–Holder telling Issa heno love him long time, said “Issa should have said FU”, only it came throught the filters in loving color. So in his/her honor myiq2xu now means the finger salute.

arnold ziffel on May 15, 2013 at 11:18 PM

…I was rather surprised!…I always use ph yet…there was myiq2xu‘s word…in living color!

KOOLAID2 on May 15, 2013 at 11:21 PM

My brain won’t tell me what myiq2xu is.

What is it?

SparkPlug on May 15, 2013 at 10:56 PM

I think he means you cross out the last 2 digits

WryTrvllr on May 15, 2013 at 11:22 PM

Thanks ziff. I hope my brain tells me what you said.

SparkPlug on May 15, 2013 at 11:23 PM

Oh My… Breaking: Holder Justice Department Also Tapped House of Representatives Cloak Room

Posted by Jim Hoft on Wednesday, May 15, 2013, 9:13 PM

ted c on May 15, 2013 at 11:14 PM

Update, Jeezus Edith, DOJ also vid tapped dem women’s dressing room.

arnold ziffel on May 15, 2013 at 11:23 PM

Dallas is a mess. Grapefruit size hail??

http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2013/05/15/deaths-multiple-injuries-confirmed-from-granbury-tornado/

katy on May 15, 2013 at 11:23 PM

Any questions¿

SparkPlug on May 15, 2013 at 11:21 PM

Yes. Do you know your punctuation is upside down?

KCB on May 15, 2013 at 11:23 PM

Injuries in 3 figures with fatalities in Hood County – WBAP

workingclass artist on May 15, 2013 at 11:23 PM

Obama’s thuggery is on full display for everyone to see what we’ve known all along, yet Democrat sycophants like Dan Rather keeping pushing the line ‘There’s no proof that the President was involved.’ Well, yeah, there’s no smoking gun, but I am sure the Obama administration are masters of constructing enough layers of separation to create ‘plausible deniability.’ They are better at covering their tracks than Nixon.

What I think is going to happen is the press will get tired of this eventually and will go back to giving fellatio to the Chocolate Jesus soon enough.

The only thing that’s going to change is that Obama won’t be able to push his agenda because Republicans will never work with him again and Democrats in red states may also refuse to because they are probably really worried about the tea party in 2014. Obama has succeeded in uniting Republicans.

Corporal Tunnel on May 15, 2013 at 11:24 PM

but isn’t this exactly what Watergate was?

nobar on May 15, 2013 at 11:21 PM

Different location, papers instead of eavesdropping, parties reversed, but other than that…no.

Nixon used outside operatives. 0bama is using the government itself.

cozmo on May 15, 2013 at 11:24 PM

I love you too axe. Now get over to Barksdale and steal that Vulcan for me, would you?

cozmo on May 15, 2013 at 11:16 PM

I don’t know anything about any Barksdale Air Force Base or . . . lol, aliens.

Axe on May 15, 2013 at 11:24 PM

Maybe’s the US Flag,should be hung upsidey down,
in solidarity that Fence Post Turtle Hopey should
be ImPeached,er,DeThroned!!

(sarc)

canopfor on May 15, 2013 at 11:24 PM

So IRS employees gave disproportionately to Obama in his race against Romney. Ironically Romney voters gave disproportionately to the IRS.

CW on May 15, 2013 at 11:24 PM

A LOOOOONG Time……..

If you can hold your breath……

For A LOOOOONG, LOOOOONG TIME!…………

williamg on May 15, 2013 at 11:25 PM

Oh so help me I am overloaded!

Axe Cozmo be safe you guys!!!

Good evening Ken and all!! :-)

WTF is going on? (rhetorical)

I been reading off and on all day, this is insanity!!

And more stuff comes out? Sheesh, it’s been a hellluva week so far.

Scrumpy on May 15, 2013 at 11:25 PM

As seen on the interwebs tonight:

The President is doing so bad right now, even the Kenyans are saying he was born in Hawaii.

can_con on May 15, 2013 at 11:25 PM

…I was rather surprised!…I always use ph yet…there was myiq2xu‘s word…in living color!

KOOLAID2 on May 15, 2013 at 11:21 PM

Hence the honor bestowed upon him. Or her, whatever the case may be.

cozmo on May 15, 2013 at 11:26 PM

As seen on the interwebs tonight:

The President is doing so bad right now, even the Kenyans are saying he was born in Hawaii.

can_con on May 15, 2013 at 11:25 PM

Which is in Asia, according to bat Face.

tom daschle concerned on May 15, 2013 at 11:26 PM

Different location, papers instead of eavesdropping, parties reversed, but other than that…no.

Nixon used outside operatives. 0bama is using the government itself.

cozmo on May 15, 2013 at 11:24 PM

So it’s worse. Great.

Sadly, my inner cynic is saying not much will come of this.

nobar on May 15, 2013 at 11:26 PM

Thanks ziff. I hope my brain tells me what you said.

SparkPlug on May 15, 2013 at 11:23 PM

Sparky, he said Issa should have called him a miserable coxsucker. Now that is open to interpretation. Miserable at that particular function or overall.

arnold ziffel on May 15, 2013 at 11:27 PM

One link? That’s not even enough to stop shaking. Hold on, let me use a RWM decoy, try to lure her back for another link or something:

ΘΘΘ

Axe on May 15, 2013 at 11:27 PM

I don’t know what happens, but when the false face falls off, generally things get ugly.

At least that’s how I’ve read history.

Barky doesn’t care. He hid long enough.

It’s about power.

They get through this? They are home free from here on out.

They’ll do whatever they want.

wolly4321 on May 15, 2013 at 11:27 PM

Beck and his crew have named the entire mass of scandals as IntimOgate.

All of them meant to intimidate with the sole focus of shutting down the 1st amendment.

O couldn’t nail the 2nd so he going for broke.

katy on May 15, 2013 at 11:14 PM

The most dangerous aspect of the IRS corruption scandal is the leaks of Governor Romney’s confidential IRS information. That’s not intimidation.

It’s likely a conspiracy between parties in the IRS and Sorosian-type media organizations to tilt a presidential election, and it worked.

slickwillie2001 on May 15, 2013 at 11:27 PM

If you CAN YOUR Breath…….for a LOOOOOOONG TIME!!

williamg on May 15, 2013 at 11:28 PM

lmao!

tom daschle concerned on May 15, 2013 at 11:29 PM

arnold ziffel on May 15, 2013 at 11:18 PM

Sounds vaguely like Iron Sheik on Twitter…”go F*** yourself. Buy my #1 T-shirt!”

socalcon on May 15, 2013 at 11:30 PM

Nixon used outside operatives. 0bama is using the government itself.

cozmo on May 15, 2013 at 11:24 PM

Abuse of power.

Past is prologue. <– twerpy phrase. Not Texan phrase.

SparkPlug on May 15, 2013 at 11:30 PM

but isn’t this exactly what Watergate was?

nobar on May 15, 2013 at 11:21 PM

Different location, papers instead of eavesdropping, parties reversed, but other than that…no.

Nixon used outside operatives. 0bama is using the government itself.

cozmo on May 15, 2013 at 11:24 PM

Nixon’s operatives wanted the scoop on the Dems campaign and broke into the DNC.

Obama is using government to intimidate and coerce citizens, not to mention his subversion of the Constitution, letting people die for the sake of his political narrative, and his nepotism and cronyism on steroids.

Nixon is the driven snow compared with Obama.

INC on May 15, 2013 at 11:30 PM

How can the administration “mitigate the damage it has caused? Are we talking pinky swear never to do it again or Pigford II?

Cindy Munford on May 15, 2013 at 11:31 PM

Is Susan Rice getting promoted?

KCB on May 15, 2013 at 11:28 PM

Yep. That’s another scandal. Try to keep up¿ It’s impossible.

SparkPlug on May 15, 2013 at 11:31 PM

No red meat from Ted Cruz tonight?

can_con on May 15, 2013 at 11:32 PM

slickwillie2001 on May 15, 2013 at 11:27 PM

Yes, but the method they used to slant it is what is at the core of the IRS scandal.
63% of Tea Party applicants withdrew their applications for 501C4 status which had a huge affect on the 2012 race.

katy on May 15, 2013 at 11:32 PM

This is all nice and good after the fact, but to understand how this happened and to fight back against it happening again, you have to go back to the beginning…

“The IRS scandal can be traced back to a series of letters that the liberal groups Campaign Legal Center (CLC) and Democracy 21 sent to the IRS back in 2010 and 2011..”

Seven Percent Solution on May 15, 2013 at 11:33 PM

If this goes all the way to the president, this could be, this could be his downfall.

And even if it doesn’t go all the way to the top, this had better at least lead to the downfall of the IRS.

FloatingRock on May 15, 2013 at 11:33 PM

‘There’s no proof that the President was involved.’ Well, yeah, there’s no smoking gun, but I am sure the Obama administration are masters of constructing enough layers of separation to create ‘plausible deniability.

Sounds like the same kind of proof you relied upon to conclude that Romney was willing in the polls in the days leading up to the last election.

The IRS commissioner in charge when the scandalous behavior started was a Bush appointee. That fact along flies in the face of all the accusations that it was a blatantly partisan effort coordinated by the White House. As Krauthammer pointed out, sometimes it’s better to let the facts speak for themselves. You might listen to him for once.

bayam on May 15, 2013 at 11:33 PM

Hugo Chavez dictator sulfur smell went rogue and is stinking up DC. Peels off wall paper in Lincoln bedroom.

SparkPlug on May 15, 2013 at 11:34 PM

Why is Jay Carney even part of this discussion? He’s just a someone who regurgitates what he’s told.

Cindy Munford on May 15, 2013 at 11:35 PM

I think Ed and the guys(and gals) should always start using

Sargeant Schultz picture instead of Obama’s since he never seems to know anything

gerrym51 on May 15, 2013 at 11:35 PM

ΘΘΘ

Axe on May 15, 2013 at 11:27 PM

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Resist We Much on May 15, 2013 at 11:35 PM

Why is Carney singled out he is just repeating what he is told to say. Carney cant be the fall , he’s just a puppet

Conservative4ev on May 15, 2013 at 11:18 PM

Because O’bozo isn’t bright enough to be held accountable as much as we all want. He is a puppet. Carney is a willing accomplice.

WryTrvllr on May 15, 2013 at 11:35 PM

k. paid the bills & stuff. can now lose interwebs without fiscal discomfort. checked emails & comments & stuff . . . all caught up there. forgetting something

Axe on May 15, 2013 at 11:36 PM

“I’M LOSING COMMAND!!! I’M LOSING COMMAND!! I’M ALONE!! I’M LOSING COMMAND!!”

Are you – OUTTA YOUR VULCAN MIND!!!!

williamg on May 15, 2013 at 11:36 PM

May 14, 2013, 10:48 a.m. ET

Richard Milhous Obama
*********************

The left-wing publication Pro Publica admitted Monday that it obtained from the Internal Revenue Service illegally leaked confidential tax forms from nine organizations. All of the groups whose records were improperly released were conservative.

Pro Publica says it obtained the forms from the IRS “in response to a public records request.” It then published the names of the organizations in January and accused the groups of being “controversial dark money” organizations that unlawfully engaged in “politics” rather than policy advocacy. On Monday, it again published the names of the organizations, over the repeated objections of the lawyers representing these organizations, who told ProPublica that this was an illegal act.

What is the motivation for leaking these documents? The answer is that the left is trying to dry up the money of tea party and conservative groups by intimidating donors.

Two months ago, several dozen attorneys who represent policy and political organizations on the left and right wrote a scathing letter of protest to the IRS. They complained that the “unlawful disclosures” only reinforce “the view that the IRS or its employees are biased against those [with conservative] ideologies.” To the money issue, the attorneys charged that “donors may be deterred from giving if they fear their contributions might be improperly disclosed.”

Adds Jeff Altman, an attorney at Whiteford Taylor Preston who represents conservative policy organizations, “This kind of unlawful disclosure of IRS tax forms can have a chilling effect on donors. No organization wants contributors to know their IRS applications are being help up for special review and might never be approved.”

For donors who are seeking anonymity in their giving, the fear that their names will be disclosed is a big deterrent to contributing at all. Two conservative organizations—the National Organization for Marriage and the Texas Public Policy Institute—have had their donor lists illegally leaked and the names reported by the media in recent years. Last month, the confidential donor list of the Republican Governors Association was made public. This information could have come from one of two sources: IRS officials with a political ax to grind, or the organizations themselves.

No one knows yet who leaked the IRS data. But the targeting of conservative groups suggests that the Obama administration, in Nixonian fashion, is using the leverage of government to defund political adversaries.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323716304578482852932646798.html

canopfor on May 15, 2013 at 6:49 AM

canopfor on May 15, 2013 at 11:37 PM

The IRS commissioner in charge when the scandalous behavior started was a Bush appointee. That fact along flies in the face of all the accusations that it was a blatantly partisan effort coordinated by the White House. As Krauthammer pointed out, sometimes it’s better to let the facts speak for themselves. You might listen to him for once.

bayam on May 15, 2013 at 11:33 PM

Oh, puhlease. Nixon went after the John Birch Society, too.

* 57% Want IRS Offenders Jailed or Fired

* Just 16% of Likely U.S. Voters believe the IRS investigations of these groups were a coincidence

* 57% think the investigations were politically motivated

* 55% think it is at least somewhat likely that President Obama or his top aides were aware that Tea Party and other conservative groups were targeted by the IRS

* Only 7% of voters believe no disciplinary action should be taken against the IRS employees involved in the investigations

Resist We Much on May 15, 2013 at 11:38 PM

ΘΘΘ

Axe on May 15, 2013 at 11:27 PM

٩(͡๏̮͡๏)۶٩(͡๏̮͡๏)۶٩(͡๏̮͡๏)۶

Resist We Much on May 15, 2013 at 11:35 PM

….ahhhh……should we be watching this?……

williamg on May 15, 2013 at 11:38 PM

If they get away with all of this, they’ll know they can do anything.

That’s not good.

wolly4321 on May 15, 2013 at 11:38 PM

The IRS commissioner in charge when the scandalous behavior started was a Bush appointee. That fact along flies in the face of all the accusations that it was a blatantly partisan effort coordinated by the White House. As Krauthammer pointed out, sometimes it’s better to let the facts speak for themselves. You might listen to him for once.

bayam on May 15, 2013 at 11:33 PM

Souter.

WryTrvllr on May 15, 2013 at 11:39 PM

¿(๏๏)¿

Axe the alien is wearing ear rings again outside his space Helmet.

SparkPlug on May 15, 2013 at 11:39 PM

Sounds like the same kind of proof you relied upon to conclude that Romney was willing in the polls in the days leading up to the last election.

bayam on May 15, 2013 at 11:33 PM

Romney wasn’t willing?

As far as who appointed whom, the Bush family has its own set of progressive tendencies, and could hardly be described as tea party supporters.

Who nominated Souter, anyway?

wolfsDad on May 15, 2013 at 11:40 PM

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rotf — i don’t even know what i’m looking at, except it really sweet and cute or something. or, i’d say that if i were a woman. i’m not though, so i’m just staring and trying to look mean & and not grin.

Axe on May 15, 2013 at 11:40 PM

canopfor on May 15, 2013 at 11:37 PM

Thanks for copying that cuz when I clicked the link nothing showed!!

Scrumpy on May 15, 2013 at 11:40 PM

No Sh*T!

This is a gobsmacker development…What will Sheila Jackson Lee have to say about this?

workingclass artist on May 15, 2013 at 11:13 PM

She will have to pause, wipe her tire hairdo and get the c-phone ringing in her purse.

arnold ziffel on May 15, 2013 at 11:40 PM

bayam on May 15, 2013 at 11:33 PM

I thought Romney was willing. After all, he ran and everything.

KCB on May 15, 2013 at 11:41 PM

bayam on May 15, 2013 at 11:33 PM

Obama didn’t like the Citizens United decision, so he sent the IRS after Tea-Party groups in an effort to intimidate them so that they would be less effective in motivating their voters to the polls.

It worked. Republicans stayed home in droves and Romney lost.

Bush’s appointee had nothing to do with it. That’s a Red Herring.

Corporal Tunnel on May 15, 2013 at 11:41 PM

Magic 8 Ball says:

Next scandal will hit airwaves in 6 minutes.

Prepare for bowshock to ionosphere.

SparkPlug on May 15, 2013 at 11:41 PM

Don’t remember it and definitely not proud of it. I’m sorry.

tom daschle concerned on May 15, 2013 at 11:12 PM

It never happened my friend.

arnold ziffel on May 15, 2013 at 11:42 PM

Chrissy and Sophie! It just got way smarter and prettier here in the Glade!

KCB on May 15, 2013 at 11:42 PM

Powerline picked up the Nunes story from Hewitt show…

“This S— Just Got Real

I’ve been skeptical if not dismissive of all the loose talk that the multiple scandals piling up around Obama would be sufficient to bring about his impeachment–until this afternoon. Let’s remember that impeachment didn’t work out too well with Clinton, and the evidence of his bad behavior was a lot more direct that it is (so far) with Obama. In the case of Nixon, it will be recalled, it required a tape recording of his collaborating in the obstruction of justice to bring about the final tipping point that doomed his presidency. But for that tape, he might have been able to tough it out as Clinton did.

But there’s always been an important contrast between the Nixon and Clinton cases–and the unfolding Obama mess–that tends to get lost in the Standard Heroic Narrative that liberals and journalists tell themselves at Watergate revival campfires. Nixon had deeply angered members of both parties in Congress with his attempts to gain control of pork barrel spending, such that his support among Republicans was already somewhat diminished when the storms of Watergate broke.

Hence the news this afternoon that the Obama administration may have even secretly obtained phone records for members of Congress is going to be a bombshell if true…”

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2013/05/this-s-just-got-real.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+powerlineblog%2Flivefeed+%28Power+Line%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

workingclass artist on May 15, 2013 at 11:43 PM

Those four IRS employees who say they were following orders from superiors (where have I heard that before!) may bring down the house. They don’t seem willing to take the rap for their bosses.

INC on May 15, 2013 at 11:44 PM

That’s a Red Herring.

Corporal Tunnel on May 15, 2013 at 11:41 PM

And yet ANOTHER good nw name for the Redskins.

WryTrvllr on May 15, 2013 at 11:44 PM

bayam on May 15, 2013 at 11:33 PM

…STFU1…you braying azzhole!

KOOLAID2 on May 15, 2013 at 11:45 PM

A Brief History of Slimy Dem Snoops and Dumpster Divers

It’s always the “low-level” peon’s fault, isn’t it? When Democrats get caught red-handed abusing government powers and bullying their political enemies small and large, nobody at the top knows nuttin’. The buck stops…in the janitors closet or something.

Here’s what I know: While they pretend to champion privacy rights, top left-wing operatives have routinely ransacked and plundered through the private documents and personal records of conservative groups, business owners and public figures. Through it all, those on the right standing against government tyranny have refused to stand down.

During the Clinton years, senior IRS official Paul Breslan revealed that the administration’s auditors specifically targeted conservative critics. On the hit list: Judicial Watch, Paula Jones and Gennifer Flowers, the National Rifle Association, National Review, The American Spectator, Freedom Alliance, National Center for Public Policy Research, Citizens Against Government Waste, Concerned Women for America, and the San Diego Chapter of Christian Coalition.

Steven Miller, one of the Clinton IRS agents who helped conduct those witch hunts in the 1990s, is currently has just resigned as [RWM] the head of the Obama IRS department that has now admitted it discriminated against tea party groups. Jackboot history repeats itself.

…

In 2005, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee — headed by New York Sen. Charles Schumer — targeted then Maryland GOP Lt. Gov. Michael Steele as he considered a U.S. Senate bid. Two of Schumer’s staffers illegally obtained Steele’s credit report by using his Social Security number, which they got from public documents. They set up a fake email account and then impersonated Steele on a website to filch his financial information.

Democrats framed the sleazy move as the work of junior staffers. But the supervising operative involved, Katie Barge, was senior research director of the DSCC, a former researcher at the George Soros-funded attack group Media Matters for America and a researcher for presidential candidate Sen. John Edwards.

Schumer’s other document plumber, Lauren Weiner, was a DSCC researcher who had worked for Dick Gephardt and the Democratic National Committee. She pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining a credit report and escaped jail time. After she was fired, she earned a journalism degree at the Columbia University School of Journalism.

In 2006, longtime Democratic operative Bob Fertik called on his minions to attempt to obtain the private phone records of prominent conservatives through shady online information brokers. “If money is scarce,” Fertik vowed, “Democrats.com will reimburse you if you buy the records for an important phone number and discover gold when you get the records.”

In October 2008, top Ohio Democrats targeted real plumber Joe Wurzelbacher after he challenged then presidential candidate Barack Obama’s “spread the wealth” radicalism. Helen Jones-Kelley, then director of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, ordered underlings to scour government databases for dirt. In addition to pawing through his child-support papers, her agency also checked Wurzelbacher in its computer systems to determine whether he was receiving welfare assistance or owed unemployment compensation taxes.

Jones-Kelley was not just a high-level state official. She was also an Obama campaign donor who volunteered to arrange an event for Michelle Obama and provided the campaign with nearly 20 names of potential donors ahead of a Dayton campaign stop. Three years after resigning, she found herself back on the taxpayer dole with another government job. Corruptocrats protect their own.

Also in 2008, Obama’s allies at a Soros-tied outfit named Accountable America sent out “warning” letters to 10,000 top GOP givers “hoping to create a chilling effect that will dry up contributions.” Witch hunt leader Tom Matzzie, formerly of Soros-funded MoveOn.org, promised “legal trouble, public exposure and watchdog groups digging through their lives.” Matzzie also advertised a $100,000 bounty for dirt on conservative political groups “to create a sense of scandal around the groups” and to dissuade donors from giving money.

The effort was supported by Judd Legum, founder of Think Progress, which is run by former Clinton scandal manager turned Obama confidante John Podesta‘s Center for American Progress.

During the 2010 midterms, the Obama bully brigade waged a similar campaign against the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and its donors as payback for the organization’s ads opposing the federal health care takeover. During the 2012 election season, Obama campaign manager Jim Messina declared war on free-market philanthropists Charles and David Koch and private donors to their nonprofit activist group Americans for Prosperity.

As I warned in my column in March 2012, it seemed “no small coincidence” at the time that Team Obama was threatening conservative activists publicly “just as numerous tea party organizations (were) reporting that the Internal Revenue Service (had) targeted them for audits. According to Colleen Owens of the Richmond (Va.) Tea Party, several fiscally conservative activist groups in Virginia, Hawaii, Ohio and Texas (had) received a spate of IRS letters. The missives demand(ed) extensive requests to identity volunteers, board members and … donors.”

The latest confession by Obama IRS officials that they targeted tea party, pro-Constitution and pro-Israel groups isn’t a sign of “rogue” behavior. It’s tyrannical Democratic business as usual.

Resist We Much on May 15, 2013 at 11:46 PM

You might listen to him for once.

bayam on May 15, 2013 at 11:33 PM

And you Trixie, might want to lay low for awhile and let your butt heal from the spanking you got over the last few days.

arnold ziffel on May 15, 2013 at 11:46 PM

workingclass artist on May 15, 2013 at 11:43 PM

It was stupid of the DOJ to go after the MSM and Congress. Those two groups may not pay attention to us, but when their own ox is gored they feel the pain and act.

INC on May 15, 2013 at 11:47 PM

Memory hole is clogged. The truth is piling up around the edges. Ministry of informative is in panic mode. Cancelled three minutes of tea party hate.

SparkPlug on May 15, 2013 at 11:47 PM

Hey, folksies!

Resist We Much on May 15, 2013 at 11:48 PM

especially from AAPL.

WryTrvllr on May 15, 2013 at 11:48 PM

It was stupid of the DOJ to go after the MSM and Congress. Those two groups may not pay attention to us, but when their own ox is gored they feel the pain and act.

INC on May 15, 2013 at 11:47 PM

I know. I miss “smart power”..

KCB on May 15, 2013 at 11:49 PM

Guys, the Cloak Room was a number called, it wasn’t tapped and it could have been anyone the AP was talking to.

Cindy Munford on May 15, 2013 at 11:49 PM

Hey, folksies!

Resist We Much on May 15, 2013 at 11:48 PM

Also, speak or something, later or whatever, please or whatever. I accidentally got way into it.

http://predicthistunpredictpast.blogspot.com/2013/05/art-deco-london.html

Axe on May 15, 2013 at 11:50 PM

Hey, folksies!

Resist We Much on May 15, 2013 at 11:48 PM

Hi. Got anything I can blockquote¿

SparkPlug on May 15, 2013 at 11:50 PM

Hey, folksies!

Resist We Much on May 15, 2013 at 11:48 PM

;-)

KCB on May 15, 2013 at 11:50 PM

the cool, no-drama demeanor that has long been a defining feature of the Obama White House.

ROFLMAO.

More like “the cruel, low-iq demeanor that has long been a defining feature of the Obama White House”

ThePrimordialOrderedPair on May 15, 2013 at 11:51 PM

Hi Cindy!

KCB on May 15, 2013 at 11:51 PM

Cindy Munford on May 15, 2013 at 11:49 PM

Ok. That puts the number of scandals into single digits for now.

SparkPlug on May 15, 2013 at 11:52 PM

Good evening Sophie!! cute little bears? Cute!!

Scrumpy on May 15, 2013 at 11:52 PM

Hey, folksies!

Resist We Much on May 15, 2013 at 11:48 PM

Hey, RWM!

On your long comment quoting MM, I think there is so much corruption packed behind the walls of this WH, if the dam breaks—which it seems to be doing—it’s going to be the political equivalent of the Johnstown Flood.

INC on May 15, 2013 at 11:52 PM

We go back to 2012,when Libs won the Election:

Was it a thought,or a REAL THREAT!!!
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The Media Embarrassed Itself by Asking if Obama Wants to Destroy

…www.politicususa.com/media-embarrassed-obama-destroy-republican-pa…‎CachedJan 24, 2013 – The Media Embarrassed Itself by Asking if Obama Wants to Destroy the … working with Republicans as well as Democrats to get things done. … John Boehner Thinks Obama Wants to Shove the GOP to the ‘Dustbin of History’
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…Dems “want to destroy” Republicans because of pro-life positions

…www.jillstanek.com/…/pro-life-activist-democrats-cant-stand-republicans…‎CachedMar 1, 2013 – “Democrats want to destroy the Republican Party because of their pro-life stand.” ~ Alfonzo Rachel, PJTV.
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Is Obama Trying to Destroy the GOP? -

NationalJournal.comwww.nationaljournal.com/…/is-obama-trying-to-destroy-the-go…‎Cachedby Jill Lawrence
Jan 22, 2013 – The president pokes at the GOP and asks citizens to put the pressure on. … foreign policy and Republicans who want to extend the 11-year U.S. … Bush believed in those causes and peeled off as many Democrats as he could
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…Obama’s No. 1 Second-Term Gol—Destroy Republicans And Win

…news.investors.com › IBD Editorials‎CachedJan 18, 2013 – His primary mission in his second term is to destroy the opposition … Enough Republicans actually do believe Obama and Democrats want to
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…Obama’s Secret Plot to End the GOP – The New

Republicwww.newrepublic.com/…/republican-self-pity-obamas-secret-plot-end-g…‎CachedFeb 27, 2013 – The GOP, which once delighted in mocking Democratic sissies, … in Slate, urging Obama to “destroy” the Republican Party if he wants his …
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canopfor on May 15, 2013 at 11:52 PM

Hence the news this afternoon that the Obama administration may have even secretly obtained phone records for members of Congress is going to be a bombshell if true…

workingclass artist on May 15, 2013 at 11:43 PM

If that’s not the tipping point, there won’t be one.

Curtiss on May 15, 2013 at 11:53 PM

Top Ten Reasons Obama is Innocent

By Stanley Kurtz

10. Obama admires Abraham Lincoln.

9. Saul Alinsky died in 1972.

8. Campaign 2012 was an aberration.

7. “Punish your enemies” was an aberration.

6. Nobel Peace Prize.

5. Campaign 2008 was an aberration.

4. Obama taught constitutional law.

3. The War on Fox News was an aberration.

2. Obama’s past was an aberration.

1. There are no red taxpayers or blue taxpayers, only American taxpayers.

Resist We Much on May 15, 2013 at 11:53 PM

The IRS commissioner in charge when the scandalous behavior started was a Bush appointee.

bayam

Make sure you give that chicken a kiss while you fornicate it.

xblade on May 15, 2013 at 11:54 PM

Guys, the Cloak Room was a number called, it wasn’t tapped and it could have been anyone the AP was talking to.

Cindy Munford on May 15, 2013 at 11:49 PM

Someone on another thread (or this one?) mentioned a type of pattern analysis that could be done that would give a grest deal of info.

INC on May 15, 2013 at 11:54 PM

Chrissy and Sophie! It just got way smarter and prettier here in the Glade!

KCB on May 15, 2013 at 11:42 PM

I knew you wouldn’t dig these pigtails.

*pulls rubber bands dejectedly*

*straightens tube top*

Axe on May 15, 2013 at 11:54 PM

workingclass artist on May 15, 2013 at 11:43 PM

It was stupid of the DOJ to go after the MSM and Congress. Those two groups may not pay attention to us, but when their own ox is gored they feel the pain and act.

INC on May 15, 2013 at 11:47 PM

“Rep. John Fleming (R-LA) introduced a bill Wednesday that would revoke the IRS’s ability to audit taxpayers until Congress has investigated the scandal surrounding the agency’s targeting of conservative and Tea Party groups.

“Today I’m calling on Congress to halt the audit authority of the IRS until Congress has had a chance to get to the root of the misconduct within that agency,” Fleming said in a Wednesday statement. “For years the IRS has been using the power of the audit as a political weapon. Consequently, Congress must act to disarm the IRS… The IRS has breached the trust of the American people and its misuse of the authority to audit must be stopped while Congress investigates the breadth of this scandal.”

According to a release from Fleming’s office, the “Audit the IRS” bill would suspend the IRS’s audit powers for 180 days.

“What’s especially stunning is that the President, the Attorney General, and the IRS are all suggesting that this was not a coordinated attack on conservative groups or individuals,” Fleming said. “Instead, they claim this was just the misguided work of low-level employees. If that’s true, then our worst fears about the IRS may be true: countless IRS agents are going rogue and using their government-backed power to carry out personal and political vendettas.”

He countered, “I’m not convinced that’s the case, and Congress needs to investigate to find out who authorized this policy.”

Fleming noted that the IRS is “poised” to start “enforcement of Obamacare,” so he argued that Congress “must act quickly and decisively to investigate this scandal.”

“My bill will suspend the authority of the IRS to perform any new audits for 180 days, stopping the threat of coercion and intimidation while Congress carries out its full responsibility to examine how audits were misused and who is responsible for any criminal actions,” Fleming said. “Audits should not be allowed to resume until we complete a Congressional audit of the IRS and can assure the American people that this kind of government strong-arming won’t happen again.”

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/05/15/Congressman-introduces-bill-to-revoke-IRS-audit-power-while-Congress-investigates

workingclass artist on May 15, 2013 at 11:54 PM

KCB on May 15, 2013 at 11:51 PM

Hi, Ken! How’s the new job going?

Cindy Munford on May 15, 2013 at 11:55 PM

On your long comment quoting MM, I think there is so much corruption packed behind the walls of this WH, if the dam breaks—which it seems to be doing—it’s going to be the political equivalent of the Johnstown Flood.

INC on May 15, 2013 at 11:52 PM

Yep, and the fallout for the suck-up media is going to resemble Jonestown.

Resist We Much on May 15, 2013 at 11:55 PM

The IRS commissioner in charge when the scandalous behavior started was a Bush appointee.

bayam on May 15, 2013 at 11:33 PM

The CIA Director on 9/11/2001 was a Clinton appointee who was carried over. He got no blame from your Party.

F-

Del Dolemonte on May 15, 2013 at 11:55 PM

*straightens tube top*

Axe on May 15, 2013 at 11:54 PM

Hey, there!

ThePrimordialOrderedPair on May 15, 2013 at 11:56 PM

Axe on May 15, 2013 at 11:54 PM

Yer killin me. I actually pictured the tube top.

KCB on May 15, 2013 at 11:56 PM

Found it. This is from the Green Room thread on the House phone records:

It’s called traffic analysis. Even if they have nothing but call records, no call content, they can learn a lot just by mapping out who called whom, how often, and when, compared with events, publication dates, speeches, etc.

If someone in Congress is talking to the AP, traffic analysis can figure it out. This is a big deal.

NeighborhoodCatLady on May 15, 2013 at 8:56 PM

INC on May 15, 2013 at 11:56 PM

Resist We Much on May 15, 2013 at 11:53 PM

Are Howard and Stanley Kurtz married or just fellow travelers?

arnold ziffel on May 15, 2013 at 11:57 PM

workingclass artist on May 15, 2013 at 11:43 PM

Obama has officially jumped the shark.

What’s really fascinating in ALL of this is, someone in the WH is leaking like crazy. They are risking all and probably taking full advantage of the momentum.

Can’t imagine the paranoia going on in the admin right now.

katy on May 15, 2013 at 11:57 PM

Chrissy and Sophie! It just got way smarter and prettier here in the Glade!

KCB on May 15, 2013 at 11:42 PM

~~wink, wink~~

Axe on May 15, 2013 at 11:54 PM

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Resist We Much on May 15, 2013 at 11:57 PM

Hey, RWM!

On your long comment quoting MM, I think there is so much corruption packed behind the walls of this WH, if the dam breaks—which it seems to be doing—it’s going to be the political equivalent of the Johnstown Flood.

INC on May 15, 2013 at 11:52 PM

Yes. Except, this bugs me:

GREENWALD: It’s very tough times and, you know, that’s what I said, I don’t think anyone wants, you know, people who are Obama supporters or supporters of progressive policies, this is not gleeful jumping up and down, this is saying this is sad, this is painful, but we’ve got to speak the truth and we’ve gotta create pressure.

That’s hardly “zeal.” –but, you know, maybe if they get flooded, they all have no real option but to tread.

Axe on May 15, 2013 at 11:58 PM

Cindy Munford on May 15, 2013 at 11:55 PM

Not too bad. It’s a new position, not a vacated one so it is still getting defined. Hey, I am headed back to VA in June! Gonna see my young’uns and grand young’uns!

KCB on May 15, 2013 at 11:59 PM

Hey, there!

ThePrimordialOrderedPair on May 15, 2013 at 11:56 PM

rotf

Axe on May 15, 2013 at 11:59 PM

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