Darrell Issa's Latest Epic Fail Prostituting the Deathes of 4 Americans

You have to give Republicans like Issa an "A" for.... Asshole I guess. Benghazi... the gift that just keeps exploding in the GOP's face.




Committee chairman Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) speaks to reporters after a hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Capitol Hill University March 5, 2014 in Washington, D.C.
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Issa’s latest Benghazi stunt backfires

05/22/14 03:49 PM—Updated 05/22/14 04:19 PM
By Steve Benen

There’s a usual pattern to House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa’s (R-Calif.) media game: he’ll quietly leak misleading information to a news outlet; the outlet will run with the exclusive; then the story will be entirely discredited, leaving everyone involved looking rather foolish. It’s happened more than a few times.

Today, Issa tried to play a similar game, but it backfired much quicker than usual.

The California Republican appears to have sought out a reporter he hoped would be sympathetic – in this case, ABC News’ Jon Karl – with Issa’s new Benghazi scoop.

A still-classified State Department e-mail says that one of the first responses from the White House to the Benghazi attack was to contact YouTube to warn of the “ramifications” of allowing the posting of an anti-Islamic video, according to Rep. Darrell Issa, the Republican chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.​

Issa, in a perpetual state of high dudgeon, issued a statement describing the White House’s message to YouTube as evidence of … something nefarious. It’s not entirely clear what.

But the trouble, as Karl, to his credit, was quick to note in his report, is that Issa’s revelation actually undermines Issa’s preferred narrative.

The memo suggests that even as the attack was still underway – and before the CIA began the process of compiling talking points on its analysis of what happened – the White House believed it was in retaliation for a controversial video. […]

Asked about the document, a senior White House official told ABC News it demonstrates that the White House genuinely believed the video sparked the attack all along, a belief that turned out to be incorrect.

“We actually think this proves what we’ve said. We were concerned about the video, given all the protests in region,” the official said. And the intelligence community “was also concerned about the video.”​

In other words, Issa has uncovered a document, intended to discredit the White House’s argument, which actually bolsters the White House’s argument.

So, here’s the larger question to consider: did Issa just not understand his own story, or, as Eddie Vale suggested, did he release this to undercut the select committee Issa is so opposed to?

Either way, when coming to terms with House Speaker John Boehner’s 180-degree turn on creating the new committee, keep today’s story in mind – GOP leaders long ago lost confidence in Issa’s ability to deal with the investigation competently.

Update: Hannah Groch-Begley discovered that today’s “new” story from Issa to ABC is practically identical to news we already learned – from, among others, ABC – in 2012.

 

Why do some republicans continue to ignore stories like this one?:

Obscure Film Mocking Muslim Prophet Sparks Anti-U.S. Protests in Egypt and Libya

By ROBERT MACKEY and LIAM STACK
SEPTEMBER 11, 2012 7:25 PM

Source: http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/20...n-egypt-and-libya/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0

...Because they prefer to lie.

 

Because then they can't prostitute the deaths of 4 Americans for purely political purposes. They just can't seem to figure that Americans do not want endless partisan investigations costing millions of tax payer's dollars in an effort to try and seem like they are relevant in the context of no ideas, no compromise, and no intention of moving forward on anything other than tax cuts for the wealthy.

Did you see Fusion anchor Jorge Ramos go after Boehner the other day on immigration? Boehner blamed Obama for immigration road block because, and I quote, "[the president] continues to ignore Obamacare, his own law,” and so he “reduces the confidence” of people who would otherwise like immigration reform." Ramos responded, “What does Obamacare have to do with immigration reform?” The GOP's excuses are just pulled straight out of their asses.

 

So you are basing your rant on a story over a year old the Clinton, Obama, Hicks, Pelosi, Kerry, et al have disavowed?

 

You might just be spreading your butt crack and spewing gas as usual? What do I mean, "might just be"? Gee Mr. Scientist, did they teach you reading comprehension in that fancy learnin' school?

What part of "A still-classified State Department e-mail" is confusing you anyway? I guess the last newly released email that amounted to nothing new was OK with you but this one isn't? I think you need to just close both cheeks and stop saying things lest you prove to the rest of us the true depths of your stupidity. And if you are neither going to read something or comprehend it, try not to comment.

 

Let the adults take this one....

 

You mean this?