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On #Benghazi, question may be “What did Obama do, and when did he do it?”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 19, 2013 25 Comments

There is a desperate attempt to dismiss Benghazi as a big nothing. Based on what we know already, there is a lot of “there there” showing that there we multiple levels of defalcation before, during and after the killing of our Ambassador. But there are...

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The post-#Benghazi hearing spin begins

Posted by David Gerstman on May 09, 2013 17 Comments

After public editor, Margaret Sullivan’s unconvincing arguments about the New York Times coverage of Benghazi, I was expecting the New York Times and other members of the MSM to be out today with editorials spinning yesterday’s testimony in favor of the administration. .@sulliview insistence on...

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Mideast Media Sampler – 05/03/2013 – The Benghazi Bungle

Posted by David Gerstman on May 03, 2013 5 Comments

1) The innocence of the Obama administration Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on September 14, 2012: Remarks by #SecClinton at the Transfer of Remains Ceremony to Honor Those Lost in Attacks in Benghazi, #Libya http://t.co/1aQUi58z — Department of State (@StateDept) September 14, 2012 This has...

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Fake but real

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 24, 2013 25 Comments

I normally don’t run bumper stickers circulating by email or on Facebook. It’s probably fake, but the reaction is real. From John in Washington State: I’m not sure if this bumper (window?) sticker is for real, but it looks like something that will give many...

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Upworthy — or, How we are losing the internet to lowest of low information young liberals

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 17, 2013 83 Comments

I previously wrote about how BuzzFeed Politics has combined “the culture” and savvy crafting into a highly effective tool for undermining Republicans with subtle and not-so-subtle mockery.  “Look at the goofy cat, look at the goofy celeb, look at the goofy Republican” is more dangerous...

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Is prestigious genealogical society throwing media under the bus on Warren 1/32 Cherokee claim?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 14, 2012 57 Comments

There is a new and bizarre twist in the Elizabeth Warren 1/32 Cherokee saga. As discussed below, Warren’s claim to 1/32 Cherokee heritage arose from comments attributed to the prestigious New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) through two of its employees, well-known genealogist Chris Child and spokesman...

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Collapse of Western civilization delayed

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 16, 2012 28 Comments

but not averted. al-Qaeda’s master plot to install Joe Biden as President and thereby cause the collapse of Western civilization, or at least the last part of Western civilization which still matters, was set in motion: “The reason for concentrating on them,” the al-Qaeda leader explained...

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We No Longer Need To Ask “What Did Obama Know About Egypt And When Did He Know It”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 16, 2011 3 Comments

I have posted before about how “[t]he administration’s complete obsession with Obamacare” manifested itself in a “neglect and disregard” of the troubles brewing in the Middle East. Now we have confirmation that there were explicit warnings to the Obama administration about the likelihood of trouble in...

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Liberals’ Teachable Palin Moment

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 18, 2009 3 Comments

The Newsweek cover of Sarah Palin in fitness clothing is becoming the teachable moment of the year. Because liberal women are beginning — just beginning — to acknowledge that liberals of both genders are so driven by hatred of Sarah Palin that their worst instincts...

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