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To: i-node who wrote (784746)	5/14/2014 12:09:20 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1574187

So flaccid..........so Republican. Fox News sets Rand Paul straight 05/14/14 09:00 AM By Steve Benen I had no intention of returning to the subject of Sen. Rand Paul’s (R-Ky.) on-again/off-again concerns about voter-ID laws, but the Kentucky Republican’s position keeps changing – and if I’m in for a penny, I’m in for a pound. To briefly recap, Paul told a largely African-American audience in Memphis late last week that it’s “wrong for Republicans to go too crazy” on voter-ID laws. When the right murmured some disapproval, Paul backed off a bit, saying he never actually “come out against voter-ID laws.” Then Fox News got involved. By midday yesterday, the Kentucky Republican had abandoned altogether the position that had won him progressive praise. Tuesday, Paul spoke with Sean Hannity, and abandoned his deviation completely. Paul assured Hannity he fully agrees with the Republican vote suppression strategy on substance, and that his only argument is that Republicans should “emphasize” other issues without changing their policies: “No I agree, there’s nothing wrong with it. To see Eric Holder you’ve got to show your driver’s license to get in the building. So I don’t really object to having some rules for how we vote. I show my driver’s license every time I vote in Kentucky … and I don’t feel like it is a great burden. So it’s funny that it got reported that way.” Last night, the senator appeared on Fox News’ “On The Record with Greta Van Susteren,” and went even further. “I am very aware of voter fraud, and I think it’s not that unreasonable to show your driver’s license, but I’m also aware that some people find it – that they think it’s nefarious that Republicans are doing this to suppress the African-American vote. […] “It’s not an unreasonable thing to ask to show your identification…. We shouldn’t be tone deaf about this. And that’s what I’m saying, is don’t be tone deaf, but I’m also not saying, it’s not unreasonable idea.” For the record, voter fraud generally exists only in the imaginations of those who support voter-suppression tactics. So for those following along at home, Paul started with a sensible comment intended to show an African-American audience that he’s a different kind of Republican. Then he backed off a little. Then he backed off a lot, endorsing Republican orthodoxy on Fox News. Voting-rights advocates who applauded the senator probably should have waited for him to change his mind.

To: i-node who wrote (784746)	5/14/2014 12:14:55 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1574187

>> She was the National Security Advisor and a member of the Obama administration. Why would she not speak for the president? She was NOT National Security Advisor. Had she been, that would have been different. When have you ever seen a president send out a UN Ambassador to talk about an attack on foreign soil that has national security implications? Why not? The UN deals with international incidents. Would you have preferred someone from the Commerce Dept? Seriously. This dog can't even pick up a scent. Rice either lied knowingly or read a falsified script like an actress. You know this because you have the gift of telepathy? You are speculating like Rs love to do eventually working themselves up into another farfetched conspiracy theory. It was strange. She was clearly the wrong person to have been sent out to discuss it. In her position she had not bona fides to discuss the subject at all. I was astounded that NOT ONE of the five talk show hosts asked her WTF she was doing there rather than someone who had a legitimate role to play. Dave, admit it.......Rs have nothing except some wild imaginings. >> "And that information turned out, in some respects, not to be 100 percent correct. But the notion that somehow I or anybody else in the administration misled the American people is patently false," she added. Except we now know, conclusively, that not only was it not correct, but that the facts were manipulated by the White House to downplay the role of terrorism FOR POLITICAL REASONS. To maintain his electability, the man sent out a woman to lie like hell. >> You have said nothing and proven even less than nothing. Have you not read ANYTHING about this story? In spite of chronic stonewalling, they were forced finally to release the linked email from Ben Rhodes that included a who's who of White House top-level people. "TO UNDERSCORE THAT THESE PROTESTS ARE ROOTED IN AN INTERNET VIDEO, AND NOT A BROADER FAILURE OF POLICY." You cannot get clearer than that. This is a classic cover-up. Why would they have to tell the person appearing on the morning shows with details like this? The point is to send out someone who knows WTF is going on. judicialwatch.org I think it is fine if you want to argue Benghazi is nothing but you ought to at least be up to speed on what is going on. Dave, its a witch hunt hoping to make the Negro look bad and to hang around H. Clinton's neck should she run in 2016. Rs continue to play games while the country suffers. The GOP is worthless. Do something constructive..........like electing Pols who want to help move the country forward.