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The Benghazi Timeline: Obama and Clinton Knew Right Away It Was Terrorism

Christopher Cook — Tue, 21 May 2013 17:10:37 +0000

Whenever a political scandal comes to light, one of the most common questions is, “How far up does this go?” All too often, layers of insulation protect the highest-ranking officials, and even if they had knowledge or were themselves culpable, they get away without penalty. Lower-ranking officials are sacrificed, scapegoated, or willingly fall on their swords to protect their masters.

Sweeping away all the political talk of impeachment for Obama and derailing the presidential aspirations of Hillary Clinton, ...

The Crazy World We Live In

Burt Prelutsky — Mon, 20 May 2013 00:25:29 +0000

Three Reasons Benghazi Still Matters

Christopher Cook — Sun, 19 May 2013 17:45:07 +0000

The House of Representatives’ Oversight Committee hearings about the September 2012 attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya have concluded. Four Americans, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens, were killed in the September 11, 2012 attack.

Supporters of Barack Obama and then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton say that the hearings, led by Republican Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), were nothing more than a partisan attempt to smear the current president and a likely Democratic contender in the 2016 election.

Whether you agree with that ...

John Boehner Should Stop Talking and Start Leading

John Walker — Sun, 19 May 2013 14:25:13 +0000

House Speaker Can Start with a Select Committee on Benghazi

It is time for House Speaker John Boehner to step away from the microphone, grab the gavel, and start leading as House Republicans move to investigate the Obama scandals and block the implementation of Obamacare.

The House is now awash in investigations and legislative proposals over the Benghazi and IRS scandals. Boehner needs to take charge.

The Speaker can start by supporting the effort to create a Select Committee to investigate ...

Judge Jeanine Pirro Blasts Obama on IRS, AP, and Benghazi Scandals

David Leeper — Sun, 19 May 2013 11:00:24 +0000

Speaking truth to power as few others can, Judge Jeanine Pirro devastates Barack Obama for his scandal trifecta of the past week — namely, the Benghazi Betrayal, IRS Harassment, and the AP Phone Records Seizure.

The administration’s strategy through it all continues to be:

1. Shrug, deny, delay, dissemble, obfuscate, rationalize, and blame-shift.
2. Own up to nothing while throwing a few underlings under the bus.
3. Ascribe statist thuggery and gross negligence to lack of funding.

Flailing wildly and ...

Coping Mechanisms

Burt Prelutsky — Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:23 +0000

I will frankly admit I find it increasingly difficult to share the same planet as leftists. That’s because I believe they are all insane. They say such things as “We all belong to the state” or “It takes a village to raise a child” with a straight face. One might say that a North Korean belongs to the state, but an American?

To tell the truth, the only way I have found to cope with liberals is by ...

Video: West Wing Weak — Your Guide to the Obama Scandals

Christopher Cook — Sat, 18 May 2013 15:45:08 +0000

The Obama White House has released the latest installment of its ongoing and self-congratulatory video series, West Wing Week. But despite touting itself as “your guide to all things 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.,” the new episode seems to be missing some of the key stories that have hit the headlines over the past few days.

There’s no mention, for instance, of Benghazi or the AP phone tapping – and the IRS scandal is barely mentioned in passing.

Perhaps the White House is just ...

The Benghazi Betrayal — Panetta Had Time for Rescue but “Stood Down” Instead

David Leeper — Fri, 17 May 2013 11:00:39 +0000

The Benghazi Four were betrayed. They called for help on September 11 but were left to die instead. Since then, Obama’s craven political appointees have tried to cover their backsides, and his, by lying about the time and resources needed to respond.

In the 3-minute May 11 clip below, former Navy Seal Christopher Mark Heben and Col. David Hunt (Ret.) explain how Alert-30 and Alert-60 forces could have been on-site in Benghazi within about 3 hours. Those forces ...

Barack Obama: Lame Duck Walking

John Walker — Wed, 15 May 2013 18:00:26 +0000

It’s Already Over for the Obama Administration

Second term presidents usually get almost two years to pursue their agendas before the midterm elections and the next presidential election cycle slams the door.

For President Obama, the second term timetable has been cut short. Next week marks only four months since Obama took the oath of office to begin his second term and it is already over. He’s a lame duck walking way before his time.

This is no idle prediction. The administration is ...

Obama as Nixon? Remember Bill Clinton’s IRS Filegate

Mike DeVine — Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:13 +0000

Woodwards and Bernsteins only go after Republicans; the Democratic Party has no Howard Bakers nor Joe Liebermans profiling courage; and the road to Hell paved by LBJ, Slick Willie and Barack Obama’s bad intentions would drown even a Watergate.

It wasn’t “just about sex” nor “Nixon’s War”.

In the wake of the documented cover up of Benghazi security lapses and admissions of politically targeted IRS inquiries by the Obama Administration, would it be too much to ask that the moral lapses ...