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To: bentway who wrote (798757)	8/1/2014 3:32:05 PM
From: Brumar89	1 Recommendation Recommended By FJB Respond to of 1578563

Russian deputy PM mocking Obama on twitter Dmitry Rogozin @DRogozin Follow We have different values and allies 2:13 PM - 31 Jul 2014 Dmitry Rogozin is Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister. http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2014/07/31/the-russians-are-openly-mocking-obama-on-twitter-now/?

To: bentway who wrote (798757)	8/1/2014 3:57:21 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578563

You know if they win the Senate, even though impeachment will still be impossible, they'll be demanding it. A few of their sane that are left will be attempting to tamp it down, but the tide will be unstoppable.. Definitely. Ted Cruz will lead the charge 'cause you know God is on his isde.

To: bentway who wrote (798757)	8/1/2014 4:03:48 PM
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Oh my..........Lois called some Rs assholes Get the guillotine out. The other side of those Lois Lerner emails 08/01/14 02:39 PM By Steve Benen The last week before Congress’ five-week August break is nearly always hectic, and this week was no exception. But for many on the right, one of the more important stories was largely overlooked. Former IRS official Lois Lerner cursed conservatives in emails released on Wednesday, leading House Republicans to intensify their push for criminal charges. Lerner, in an email conversation with an undisclosed person, suggested that listeners to conservative talk radio were “aholes.” […] Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.) said he hoped the new documents would force Attorney General Eric Holder to take the criminal investigation into the IRS’s improper scrutiny of Tea Party groups more seriously. In a separate email message released at the same time, Lerner described the far-right as “crazies.” Because I’ve published quite a few pieces explaining why there is no actual IRS “scandal,” a handful of conservatives emailed this week to say, “See? This is proof.” It’s hard to say, though, what exactly it’s proof of. For example, it’s not illegal to call someone an “ahole” in an email. In fact, Lerner appears to have used language Republicans have used to describe each other – House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) described Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) as an “ahole” earlier this year, and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) has referred to some on the far-right as “crazies,” too. Indeed, if Congress is shocked by Democratic officials in Democratic administrations who dislike conservative talk-radio listeners, we’re going to need quite a few fainting couches. The idea that this would intensify a “push for criminal charges” seems a little desperate. That said, the story might be marginally more serious if there was evidence that Lerner was talking to another IRS official about conservative “aholes,” as part of some kind of behind-the-scenes conspiracy, but as it turns out, that’s not even close to what happened. A Democratic source flagged the actual email for me and as it turns out, Lerner was exchanging notes – sharing a few private thoughts – with her husband a few days after the 2012 elections, while on vacation. Why would this prompt anyone to “take the criminal investigation into the IRS’s improper scrutiny of Tea Party groups more seriously”? I honestly don’t know. Camp, whose committee publicized the messages, said this week, “In light of this new information, I hope DOJ will aggressively pursue this case and finally appoint a special counsel, so the full truth can be revealed and justice is served.” But this “new information” just doesn’t tell us much of anything we didn’t already know. It may not be polite to send a private message to a spouse calling conservative talk-radio listeners “a**holes,” but that’s hardly the sort of thing federal prosecutors should get excited about. It’s certainly possible that with enough digging, GOP lawmakers will uncover something more serious – though after a year of relentless investigation, it appears the well is dry – but if this is supposed to be proof of criminal wrongdoing, Republicans are pushing their luck.

To: bentway who wrote (798757)	8/1/2014 4:59:50 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578563

Bentway, You know if they win the Senate, even though impeachment will still be impossible, they'll be demanding it. Did you catch that lie by Sheila Jackson Lee which claimed that the Democrats never tried to impeach George W. Bush? In fact, she was one of the cosponsors of the impeachment resolution in 2008. news.yahoo.com When caught, a spokeshole claimed first that she "misspoke." Later, her office claimed that Democrats as a whole did not pursue impeachment, so what she said was "technically true," even though she comes off as an abject hypocrite for trying to assume the moral high ground. Tenchusatsu