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A Further Perspective
From Firestorm to Perfect Storm
The mainstream media’s shameful role in the Benghazi scandal.
Fox News has aired a riveting “timeline” program, showing in painful detail the unfolding of the terror attack in Benghazi. It was a deadly firestorm of a planned assault aimed at the United States consulate, at American sovereign soil. What’s now crystal clear is that the administration had real time information on what was happening, knew that our ambassador and other Americans were in mortal peril, and nonetheless directed response teams to “stand down.” An American ambassador and others defending American soil died horribly. And the President, then leading in the polls, well, he skipped town for a fund raiser in Las Vegas. One would be hard pressed to make up a story more shameful.
The mainstream media have played an almost equally shameful role in the cover up. Even after the latest revelations have been leading the news on Fox and other media, Sunday’s Washington Post had no front page article. What’s more, a search of the entire first section of Sunday’s Post found no article on the Benghazi cover up. There was simply no report whatever on the information, now emerging from many quarters, that contradicts the administration’s (many, and false) statements to the public.
Of course, no one paying attention is surprised by this, for the Post has long been a very partisan supporter of the President in news coverage as well as editorial policy. But many of us who recall the more principled Post of a few decades back continue to be disappointed, not to mention very troubled, that this leading newspaper, and others like it, have so transparently abandoned any “watchdog” role during the reign of an administration much in need of monitoring by an aggressive and objective press.
This point is underscored when one considers the stories now circulating, and which a responsible press would be pursuing in order to fulfill its responsibility to keep citizens informed. For example, the reports that General Carter Ham, who was commander of the U.S. Africa Command, was summarily relieved (i.e., fired) because he made clear he would send special forces teams in response to the calls for help from our embattled countrymen in Benghazi. Within moments the General’s second in command told him that he was taking over, that the General was relieved. This is scandalous, but apparently not news “fit to print” for our mainstream press.
For comparison, consider the administration’s response to Hurricane Sandy’s approaching landfall. As with the firestorm in Libya, the “perfect storm” now off the east coast is hard to assess, its future path difficult to predict. Yet our President was all over the national news shows today, pledging to be there and to deploy all sorts of people and equipment to assist even before the event. The President said that Americans “pull together” and “help one another” in times like this, and he professed that supervising reaction to the hurricane is more important than mere campaigning.
How nice it would have been if he had felt the same way on September 11, when Americans were being murdered in Benghazi. But he was ahead in the polls, and Las Vegas beckoned.
About the Author
Ray V. Hartwell, III is a Washington lawyer and a senior fellow at the Alabama Policy Institute.
Von Mises Jr| 10.29.12 @ 6:56AM
There are surprising similarities between Panetta, Hillary and Obama with Tropical Storm Sandy. You have a lot of hot air, big winds that are sure to culminate in a blow hard.
Aristocat| 10.29.12 @ 7:00AM
No story here....Check out "Argo"...At least the Iranians didn't kill Americans like Al Queda did in
Libya. Brave Americans abandoned to die by Obama.
Bill8472| 10.30.12 @ 10:11AM
In the Bowen book, Guests of the Ayatollah, one of the Revolutionary Guard is said to have talked to the hostage diplomats, asking if they thought him participating in the diplomat-kidnaping outrage would interfere with his going to graduate school in the U.S.
I laughed out loud when I read about that particular congitive disconnect. Of course, it was only a disconnect in the context of the Carter/Reagan years, not the Obama years.
C. Vernon Crisler | 10.29.12 @ 1:18PM
Another possibility is that there was an arms transfer going on from Lybia to Turkey to the Syrian rebels that Obama is trying to keep under wraps. Catherine Herridge mentioned something like that last night. Maybe Romney is not attacking Obama on Lybia because he knows about this national security issue.
If this doesn't pan out, then the only thing left is incompetence or dishonesty. I'm betting on the latter.
C. Vernon Crisler | 10.29.12 @ 1:19PM
sp. check, Libya.
C. Vernon Crisler | 10.29.12 @ 1:21PM
Oops, looks like C Smith already discussed this.
SCMike| 10.29.12 @ 7:07AM
Regarding the sacking of Gen, Ham -- I've seen mention of it, but also remarks that his tour was up. Have I missed something that's more definitive?
Nina in MA| 10.29.12 @ 12:36PM
Seems a little coincidental, dontchya think? The middle of an uprising, he's offered to go in and then in the middle of the "riots" in Libya, he gets relieved?
SCMike| 10.29.12 @ 7:22AM
Here's the most complete discussion I can find that speaks to the facts around Gens Ham and Dempsey:
http://frontpagemag.com/2012/d.....ate-video/
C Smith | 10.29.12 @ 7:24AM
Aaron Klein (WND senior staff reporter and Jerusalem bureau chief) recently chided America's journalistically challenged media regarding their persistent reference to U.S. "consulate" in Benghazi. He also notes that U.S. officials not only failed to correct the misconception, but subtly subordinated it. Klein further reminds us that the State Department website lists no consulate in Benghazi:
The U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, actually served as a meeting place to coordinate aid for the rebel-led insurgencies in the Middle East, according to Middle Eastern security officials. Among the tasks performed inside the building was collaborating with Arab countries on the recruitment of fighters – including jihadists – to target Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria.
Since the mission was attacked last month, countless news media reports around the world have referred to the obscure post as a U.S. consulate. That theme continues to permeate the media, with articles daily referencing a “consulate” in Benghazi.
U.S. officials have been more careful in their rhetoric while not contradicting the media narrative that a consulate was attacked.
In his remarks on the attack, President Obama has referred to the Benghazi post as a “U.S. mission.” Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has similarly called the post a “mission."
http://www.wnd.com/2012/10/thi.....eally-was/
Brubaker| 10.29.12 @ 12:20PM
During testimony before Congress, Regional Security Officer Eric Nordstom made specific reference to the "consulate" in Benghazi. I suspect he knows a bit about the facilities under his purview.
Appleby| 10.29.12 @ 7:25AM
Hurricane victims vote. Bengazi victims do not. Naturally Obama is all over the hurricane, handing out the goodies.
TLP| 10.29.12 @ 10:23AM
Neither do Military Personnel, which is why they never get their Ballots on time from any of the Blue States.
Nina in MA| 10.29.12 @ 12:45PM
I'm sure Obama is hoping this takes the focus off Benghazi...he's going to save the day by declaring Sandy is a "bad storm"! Is it even classified as a hurricane at this point? Oooph, forgot...the lefties need someone to tell them to get the hell out of dangerous situations cuz they don't have enough common sense to know better!
RCV| 10.29.12 @ 6:52PM
Only this group of misfits could fault the President for being concerned with American hurricane victims. What a bunch.
Butch| 10.29.12 @ 7:25PM
He's not concerned with them; their votes are locked up. He's concerned with "looking Presidential" before voters in the swing states. If you think this bird has any other priority than winning this election you have another think coming. Isn't that obvious by now?
merlin| 10.29.12 @ 7:34PM
RCV, so what do you think happened in Benghazi? Were Americans abandonded when help was available or not? Why was Obama and the rest unwilling to help? Are you mildly curious? Sending help would have made Obama a hero and maybe greatly help his chances for reelection. Why didn't he? Instead there is a great anti-Obama ad waiting to be published. Something along the lines of Tyrone Woods holding the lazer gun or a rifle with a slightly surprised look on his face. Obama standing behind him with the hilt of a knife showing. The caption: Obama - he's got your back.
Do you have any idea how furious many of us are?
And to answer Biden's question. Well, at least larger than your, Obama's, Hillary's and Panetta's combinded.
RCV| 10.29.12 @ 11:16PM
The only reason you're even mildly interested in the issue is because you might be able to score political points off it. The notion that the President would deliberately do something to cause harm to American diplomats, including his personal friend, is not only ludicrous, it's a disgusting charge, and one that shows how low your kind has stooped. One has to wonder why your venom isn't directed at the terrorists this President has been working relentlessly to hunt down and eliminate, rather than the President of our country. Do you have any idea how sickening the rest of us find your attempt to politicize this tragedy?
Joellen| 10.29.12 @ 7:27AM
SCMike - that's the problem, we will never know the truth with the likes of the NY Times, Washington Post, any Gannett paper, MSNBC, NBC, CBS, etc., etc. Heck, if it werent for Matt Drudge, the media would have ignored Clinton's molestation of various woman, and still to today never acknowledge that he raped Juantia Brodwick. The mainstream media is a threat to our security and when we put in a new President/Senate/Congress, this must be addressed and they (mainstream media) must be held accountable for their treacherous deeds.
SCMike| 10.29.12 @ 7:59AM
Understood, agree. I was just looking for something more authoritative, but such bits are usually hard to come by when the MSM are so incurious.
SUBVET| 10.29.12 @ 9:46AM
Mike.........just like everything this POS does there is a reason for it. He will try to burry Bengazi with the STORM, buy more time until the election.
Big george controls the media...all this is part of his play book "divide and concur".
The question is will the american people buy into this BS or stand up on election day.
All of this "he knew" crap is part of the confusion and miss direction while they steal votes.
"What luck for rulers that men do not think"....Adolph Hitler
KennesawJack| 10.29.12 @ 10:15AM
Joellen, on Wednesday, November 7th, the day after Romney is elected, you will find the msm falling over themselves to get out the 'breaking story" of "Benghazigate". Once their boy is gone, they will lather themselves with layers of "truth and objectivity" and claim devotion to fairness in reporting. Trust me, it's coming and the fun will be watching whether they throw Hillary or Obamarx under the bus first. My bet is Obamarx gets pilloried.
Joellen| 10.29.12 @ 11:55AM
I dont know KennesawJack, do you remember them trying to report "truth and objectivity" for Presidents Reagan, and the two Bushes. They are communist and they are evil and just like the communist democrat party, they must be replaced with true Americans who are there to serve one purpose - to protect America/the Constitiution from foreign and evil entities.
KennesawJack| 10.29.12 @ 1:37PM
With Republican Presidents they never have a need to cover their a**es. With this buffoon, whom they blindly supported for 4+ years they will have not choice. They will throw him to the wolves and Hillary, if she has any ambitions towards 2016, will help do the tossing. They are scurrilous rats and they will fall all over themselves abandoning the sinking ship that is Obamarxism.
TLP| 10.29.12 @ 10:13AM
Incurious?
Who are you people?
We have a Koptic Christian sitting in The Muslim's Dungeon on a Trumped Up Visa Charge. We have 12 Million Illegals in the Country, yet they go after this Poor MFer? On an Immigration Violation?
If One goes to Drudge, One finds that Putin is doing the very same thing, in Russia. We already know that ABU HUSSAIN has whispered sweet nothing's in to Vladimir's ear.
Can the Polonium 210 be far behind?
Nina in MA| 10.29.12 @ 12:52PM
We must molify the muslums...only they are allowed to make movies of actual murders, beheadings and torture and we dumbas$ Americans take it in stride. This guy should be released from jail....
RCV| 10.30.12 @ 11:31AM
This "Coptic Christian" is a convicted felon, who violated the plain terms of his parole, and who, like all wayward parolees, should be sent back to prison.
Jack of Spades| 10.29.12 @ 8:00AM
We can only wonder what goes through the minds of the people in our Ministry of Truth as they sit on this story while Fox News and other outlets give people the scoop. And what goes through the minds of ther readers/viewers.
SUBVET| 10.29.12 @ 9:47AM
Jack......Ministry of WHAT ?
Occam's Tool| 10.29.12 @ 2:27PM
SUBVET: Ministry of Truth---in Orwell's 1984, the government ministry in charge of lying and torture.
Sir, if you have not read Brave New World by Huxley or Orwell's 1984, you really should. You would like both novels, although you would enjoy neither, as they both are Obamaian dystopic nightmares.
SUBVET| 10.29.12 @ 8:04PM
OT...............the "what" was for the word TRUTH which is not in their play book.
BTW.....yes I did.............
JP| 10.29.12 @ 8:17AM
I'm still confused about the General Ham firing. If he did attempt to circumvent WH orders to stand down, and he was relieved of command on the spot he would have been gone 6 weeks ago.
I think his demotion goes deeper. The Commander of Task Force Stennis was also relieved. And his taks force if I am not mistaken was not on station during the Benghazi attacks. These 2 demotions occured at the same time. Perhaps it is just coincidence, perhaps not.
TLP| 10.29.12 @ 10:19AM
If these men turn up Dead?
Then, maybe the Secret Service will stop doing their Job, and start Obeying their OATH.
The Military, as well.
When the Government no longer serves the people's interests, it is Every American's Duty to REPLACE that Government." Hence, the Left's Unceasing Assault on The Second Amendment.
It's gettin to be Go Time.
Stkman| 10.29.12 @ 10:51AM
I've been saying that for four years, and not just because Obama is President. Neither party has any interest in anything but power and money. Where's Boehnor? Why hasn't he called for a major investigation of somekind, anykind? Have you heard anything from any Senator? Where's John Cornyn? How about Jim Demint? Not a fricking word from anyone.
You're right Tim, it's going to be up to us to remove this government and replace it with one that serves the people and protects its citizens and foreign service personell.
SUBVET| 10.29.12 @ 8:10PM
Stkman......it's a big pond do you have enough am*o ?
Need help.....count me in.
RCV| 10.30.12 @ 11:33AM
Hah! The tinfoil hat Walter Mitty revolutionaries are out in force this morning. Fortunately, if you little nutcases tried anything -- highly unlikely -- the local constabulary would lock you up in about five minutes. What a joke!
Tomper| 10.29.12 @ 8:47AM
Romney should pull the Posts press credentials when he takes office. As well as other LSM outlets.
Stkman| 10.29.12 @ 11:23AM
He can do it now. He can ban them from his campaign. He can let them know in advance they will not be part of the correspondance pool at the White House Come January, and he should. Every last one of them.
Louis Jenkins| 10.29.12 @ 9:19AM
What were we expecting? The truth from the Chief of Liars? Or from his many little devils otherwise known as MSM or his staff, Hillary included? And the storm that hits the east coast is off track. It should sweep DC into the Potomac and drown everyone of the liars. Too much to hope for. Don't worry, says Obama. I'll be there for you. Considering Bengazigate, I wouldn't trust him in the least. Best be prepared to act on your own. Remember, the future is uncertain, but you can at least predict the future actions of a liar by his past actions. Four more years of He-- if Romney doesn't win.
Anthony| 10.29.12 @ 10:02AM
The American media are corrupt to the core. The entire collective bunch of whores have no shame left or any self respect.
A few of my squishy R friends this past weekend have had their eyes finally opened after watching Brian Williams' disgusting "interview" with Obozo.
They finally admitted what their minds were telling them, but their hearts were denying, that the media are frauds and liars for Obozo and the Ds.
I told them they simply did not want to believe the worst about these people, but once they finally breeched their intellectual fire wall, it will dawn on them that it had been obvious for decades. They were in shock, as hard as that is to believe.
We need some wholesale changes in our culture, starting with the election, and I think people are finally waking up.
Occam's Tool| 10.29.12 @ 2:31PM
Anthony: What's the difference between the MSM and Child Molesters?
At least child molesters will try to hide their horrific deeds. The MSM parade theirs out in the open.
RCV| 10.30.12 @ 11:41AM
Occam: In my professional career, I worked with and represented many, many journalists. I've also worked with and known many, many psychiatrists. Don't take this personally, but I have to tell you that in my experience anyway, the former are unquestionably way more intelligent, have way more integrity, and frankly, are way more mentally stable than the latter. I'm sure this generalization doesn't apply to you.
c. j. acworth| 10.29.12 @ 10:27AM
I've read in a couple of places that the two former SEALs who died trying to defend the place tagged about 60 of their attackers. Also, there was an AC-30 SPECTRE gunship on station that was NOT allowed to open fire, even though one of our guys was painting a target with a laser. I can't wait to read the final definative account of their last hours. Somebody should hang for this.
KennesawJack| 10.29.12 @ 10:38AM
C. J. Are you as surprised as I am at Obamarx's willingness to throw the military under the bus, time and again? I don't understand the dynamic here. You would think he would do all he could to curry favor with them considering, if he gets re-elected and continues this lttle minuet with Marxism, he may very well need them.
TLP| 10.29.12 @ 11:07AM
Are you as surprised as I
At the willingness to throw our Guys
Under the bus and again?
I don't understand the Muslim's intent
So I come here each day to Rant and to Vent
As, surely, he knows he might need them again.
TLP| 10.29.12 @ 11:12AM
Are you as surprised as I
At the willingness to throw our Guys
Under the Bus, time and again?
I don't understand The Muslim's intent
So, I come here each day, to Rant and to Vent
As, surely he knows, he might need them again.
Sung to the tune of The Maccarana.
Albert Constantine Jr.| 10.29.12 @ 12:35PM
Ironic, since the Macarena starts with something that sounds suspiciously similar to the "most beautiful sound" known to man.
KennesawJack| 10.29.12 @ 1:34PM
If you get a chance, hop over to Weasel Zippers and take a look at the picture of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier taken just a few minutes ago and then consider for a moment who the Commander-in-Chief of these men is.
Occam's Tool| 10.29.12 @ 2:29PM
I do love the Weasel. I get my news almost exclusively from NR, TAS, and the Weasel. Of the three, I like Weasel the best.
KennesawJack| 10.29.12 @ 3:49PM
Occam, you were the one who first recommended WZ to me and I thank you for it.
Pecos Pete| 10.29.12 @ 2:48PM
Thank you.
KennesawJack| 10.29.12 @ 3:50PM
What's a Maccarana?
TLP| 10.29.12 @ 4:35PM
"What's a Charles in Charge?"
"What's a Macarena?"
Why do I suspect that Jack is Strapped to an Upright Gurney, with a Hockey Mask over his face ala Hannibal Lecter & The Silence of the Lambs?
Let me guess..............."Who's Hannibal Lecter?"
Stranger things have happened.
KennesawJack| 10.29.12 @ 6:00PM
No, Tim. I know what a Macarena is, I was asking about the Maccarana. And Hannibal's not such a bad guy. Just don't accept his invitatins to dinner. He's in the room next to Purp and, I hear, he pretty much keeps to the strait (!) and narrow. By the way, can I bring my Friend "W" to the contest this week?
Bob Grant| 10.29.12 @ 6:42PM
TLP,
As much as it pains me to correct the genius who developed the best friggin' analogy game on the net, I cannot let a mistake slip by.
Hannibal Lector was not wearing a hockey mask. That contraption looks something more along the lines of Datewear for Purp.
That is to say if Purp, The Gimp, one of the 'good ole boys' from Deliverance, and Boy George double dated, two of the four would be wearing one.
Albert Constantine Jr.| 10.29.12 @ 9:28PM
Friday is here early this week.
Bill8472| 10.30.12 @ 10:13AM
Please, no more attempts at poetry.
Bob Grant| 10.29.12 @ 10:51AM
The troubling question in WHY would General David Patraeus testify on Capitol Hill that what drove these attacks was the internet video and deny the possibility of a coordinated attack?
This is very troubling, especially considering many believed - myself included - that he was one of a handful of honorable men in Washington.
I suppose we should have taken heed of the red flag when he accepted the CIA position by the most dishonorable president in modern history.
He seems to be nothing more than a military careerist and not that person we put on a pedestal.
Very disappointing.
I just wish General Ham will come forward and tell his story in the next few days.
Von Mises Jr| 10.29.12 @ 11:21AM
General Petraeus just threw Obama under the bus. He said denying the Ambassador, his information specialist and the two marines aid did not occur at the CIA.
Since it is the duty of the Military and CIA to assist our people in need, the stand down command had to come from the top.
I think the General is doing the best he can given that he reports to a communist Commander-and-Thief.
KennesawJack| 10.29.12 @ 11:37AM
Agreed. Probably too much to hope for but wiykdb't it be nice if the October surprise this go 'round were mass resignations from the Joint Chiefs, General Ham, and Petraeus accompanied by a statement saying they will no longer serve under this incompetent, traitorous bastard.
KennesawJack| 10.29.12 @ 11:38AM
wiykdb't is what happens when you fingers are on the wrong keys trying to spell "wouldn't".
Pecos Pete| 10.29.12 @ 2:50PM
rfoy lru /// see if you can figure it out
KennesawJack| 10.29.12 @ 4:30PM
Pete, I don't know how to spell edit key.
TLP| 10.29.12 @ 4:36PM
Use the Imaginary one I sent you.
TLP| 10.29.12 @ 4:40PM
I'm using mine, and I can't make head nor tails of it.
I think the imaginary batteries are dead.
merlin| 10.29.12 @ 7:42PM
I'm still looking for the erase key.
Bob Grant| 10.29.12 @ 12:16PM
Unfortunately,
The 'October Surprise', or more likely Black Swan Event, looks to be Hurricane Sandy.
Armageddon occurs and obama steps in as the leader who "saves the day".
He will be portrayed as the Anti Hurricane Katrina Bush.
Meanwhile, another week passes without the mainstream media covering one of the biggest coverups/incompetencies in our country's history. Heck, they are even considering cancelling the jobs, economic reports, most likely to obama's disadvantage, because of the hurricane.
There's your October Surprise.
Bob Grant| 10.29.12 @ 12:05PM
Then how do you explain him going to Capitol Hill and testifying that the reason for the embassy attacks were response to the video and not a planned attack?
Why was he - like obama, clinton, panetta, carney, etc - so quick to blame the video when the more likely reason was a pre-planned attack?
He wittingly or unwittingly fed into the false narrative and thus became a cog in the Obama Lying Machine.
Shame on him.
Now it's up to Gen. Carter to step up and tell the story.........AND PRONTO!!!
Bob Grant| 10.29.12 @ 12:08PM
Correction: General Carter Ham....
Oldefarte| 10.29.12 @ 11:53AM
Everybody needs to get their heads from out of their backsides on this issue. Read Frank Gaffney etc reportings on this armament running operation being conducted out of Libya by this government, about the Libyian ship docked in Turkey and loaded with armaments headed for Syria [where did these arms originated from]. Is there a connection to Fast & Furious and to our DOJ? Quit skirting around the borders of this situation and report on the truth and the intrical details of this operation and our government's involvement in same!!!!!!!!!!!
Bill8472| 10.29.12 @ 12:40PM
Better be careful about complaining too much about the MSM covering up for the Obama administration; if a Republican president does something similar in the future, the journalistic furor over that will be attributed to the press's ever-so-virtuous having "learned its lesson" from the Benghazi flap.
Bob Grant| 10.29.12 @ 12:45PM
Umm yea,
Funny how it always works that way. Isn't it?
Nina in MA| 10.29.12 @ 1:00PM
If a republican president does something similar to this in the future, he deserves to be crucified in the press...just because he didn't learn from this! Hopefully, a republican president will have the intestinal fortitude it takes to save our people from being murdered, from the possibility of supplying aid to our enemies, from being a muslum/islamic sympathizer, from cutting our military spending so we are essentially defenseless in an ever expanding world of hate, technology and military might....
Bill8472| 10.29.12 @ 5:07PM
You're right; it was a poor use of words. What I meant was if something happens where the MSM wants to pick a Republican President apart piece by piece, they'll justify it by saying they learned from being reamed out over the Benghazi incident.
Nina in MA| 10.29.12 @ 12:55PM
Everything is going to be okay folks! Obama just made a tv announcement for where we can all go get our free stuff in case we get displaced by Sandy! You know, that hard wind blowing up the coast? He has everything under control...this is at most a Cat 1? He can handle that....at least MA is covered with state of emergency declaration....hold on a minute....i gotta go stick my head in the toilet!
Bill8472| 10.29.12 @ 5:10PM
Have you noticed that the high wind speed of Sandy is 74 mph, the lowest wind speed that allows the Weather Service to categorize it as a hurricane?
Surely everyone who doesn't have an agenda has noticed that Sandy is off the coast by a couple of hundred miles and is about to be hit by a storm blowing in an easterly direction, so Sandy might be pushed off the U.S. coast entirely?
That hurricanes lose their wind speed and start to come apart shortly after making landfall?
I mean, it might be bad, but there's a pretty good likelihood that it'll just be high winds and lots of rain. But to listen to these idiots, the wrath of God is about to hit.
Probably because it's Noo Yawk, the Holy of Holies.
Bill8472| 10.29.12 @ 5:17PM
I mean, 74 mph winds are strong winds, but jeez, hardly unheard of. We're talking about a storm that is ONE mile per hour above being downgraded to a tropical storm.
Butch| 10.29.12 @ 7:40PM
You got it. Much ado about not very much. I have to wonder who's in charge of October surprises this time around.
Cat Shot| 10.29.12 @ 8:50PM
I live in SE CT where the world is supposedly coming to a cataclysmic ending while our Dem governor publicly pees himself on an hourly basis. Yes, it’s been windy enough to drop some trees, and coastal areas that have flooded before are flooding again, but the barometer is rising, the wind gusts are dropping off, and the power has stayed on all day. Irene was worse, but this time we have the MSM to remind us that only Teh One can save us!
KennesawJack| 10.29.12 @ 9:04PM
Tingle's opening monologue tonight was something to the effect that Obmarx (my spelling, not his) is used to managing cataclysmic storms as he inherited the storm of recession from Bush so he can certainly steer us through this one. Sick, sick, sick. And Tim, before you ask, whenever I need a chuckle, I turn to Tingles for a moment or two. Never fails.
RCV| 10.30.12 @ 1:03PM
Well, Bill8472, more than 26 dead, 7.5 million without power, and New Jersey devasted as Gov. Christie has noted - "unthinkable damage". One of the costliest storms in American history. But who should worry? What an idiot.
gene| 10.29.12 @ 4:33PM
You have to give these people subpoenas,
Sit them down, PUT them under oath and if they lie, they will be prosecuted, and if convicted, they will go to prison for perjury..
AND if a lower level person wants immunity to make a deal, you give them immunity if they TELL ALL and cooperate COMPLETELY. Then you just follow the evidence and the rest it the rest. What did you know and when did you know it? Very simple. Very basic. And the Boob will be out of office and will not be able to claim Executive Privledge. Nixon is told he cannot do this for a third rate goof ball burlary. But Obama does it when hundreds are murdered with Assault Weapons supplied by the Administration to the Mexican Drug Cartels? I think not.
gene| 10.29.12 @ 4:35PM
BTW
The Epidemic of Homelessness under Obama?
It has been ignored but will become a continuous NUMBER ONE story by the MSM under Romney, just like it was under Reagan.
Bill8472| 10.29.12 @ 5:14PM
Then Romney can say he "inherited it from his predecessor."
RCV| 10.29.12 @ 11:19PM
He won't say anything because he doesn't give a damn about them. Remember? They're the "takers".
Rifleman| 10.29.12 @ 11:19PM
The liberal press can continue to carry the water for Obama but they're just cutting their own throat. This is why newspaper after newspaper continues to lose advertisers and especially readers. The number of people taking a daily newspaper has shrunk so badly within another five, or ten years we will see many more reducing staff, days printed or even go all web (like the silly Newsweek). They are just hastening their own demise...