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[Am_I_Anonymous]

Also who was pseudo-educated in Star Wars?  Was their liberal arts education discussed?

Anakin, duh.

[Great Rumbler]

In other news, an act of terror is not the same thing as a terror attack, therefore Obama should be impeached.

[Phoenix Dark]

That's why I said "possibly".  They were obviously targeting specific groups based on politics and that in itself is a bad thing if left unchecked.  Heads are going to roll for this, and for good reason.

In their defense, these groups shouldn't have tax exempt status. But I agree this is bad news, and an actual story unlike Benghazi.

[Am_I_Anonymous]

In other news, an act of terror is not the same thing as a terror attack, therefore Obama should be impeached.

No matter how hard you try to piss on it, you know that's going to be the downfall right? It isn't going to go away.

[Joe Molotov]

I also applaud you for eliminating the good old fashion "get it done attitude" and replacing it with feigned highbrow response of talking circles around the issue until you end up throwing my money at it.

Kudos guys...now back to the standard toe sucking of the wannabe dictator..

This is an outrage, but I'm still waiting for Fox News to tell me how many Watergate's + Iran-Contra's this is equal to before I can tell how outraged to be.

[Mandark]

Where's Raperman?  I need someone to translate the new guy.

[Steve Contra]

That's why I said "possibly".  They were obviously targeting specific groups based on politics and that in itself is a bad thing if left unchecked.  Heads are going to roll for this, and for good reason.

In their defense, these groups shouldn't have tax exempt status. But I agree this is bad news, and an actual story unlike Benghazi.

Of the three "scandals" going around today this is the only one that really matters.  It's funny that some Republicans realize this and are screaming that this is a diversion for whatever was supposed to have happened when Obama and George Clooney were watching Benghazi live.

[Great Rumbler]

In other news, an act of terror is not the same thing as a terror attack, therefore Obama should be impeached.

No matter how hard you try to piss on it, you know that's going to be the downfall right? It isn't going to go away.

Of course it's not going away, but that's got nothing to do with its validity.

[Am_I_Anonymous]

A lie is a lie. They are going to have to deal with it.

The IRS thing is clearly on Obama's team

And now they raid the AP?

Sounds pretty bad...

Also 25 responses..4 addressing the topic and 21 smart guys cracking jokes. Feels like I am back in California.

[Great Rumbler]

MOM GET OFF THE COMPUTER GEEZ

[Am_I_Anonymous]

MOM GET OFF THE COMPUTER GEEZ

No that's me...she's still swirling on the dick while making me a sandwich full of trickle down ketchup and pork.

[Phoenix Dark]

I agree the IRS thing is clearly the biggest issue here. The AP thing seems like them jumping the gun early, and Benghazi is largely a joke; as Obama said, they're haggling over talking points, which is ridiculous.

Anyone who thinks any of this will be the "downfall" of the White House is delusional. If this is truly the "greatest scandal since Watergate" then the president will resign or be impeached. If not, this is just a trumped up fuck up between the CIA and State Department.

[Am_I_Anonymous]

I agree the IRS thing is clearly the biggest issue here. The AP thing seems like them jumping the gun early, and Benghazi is largely a joke; as Obama said, they're haggling over talking points, which is ridiculous.

Anyone who thinks any of this will be the "downfall" of the White House is delusional. If this is truly the "greatest scandal since Watergate" then the president will resign or be impeached. If not, this is just a trumped up fuck up between the CIA and State Department.

nobody is getting impeached...Clinton should probably rehearse for a new career selling shamwows though. Obama will put her on a pole for this and the people will be satisfied.

[Great Rumbler]

So, obtaining phone records from the phone company is now "raiding"? I guess I missed when they changed the definition!

So, the fact the IRS leadership addressed the issue twice, both times to issues new rules to put a stop to activity like that, is PROOF that those low-level employees were part of "Obama's team"? I guess he should have notified the head of the IRS, then!

[Am_I_Anonymous]

So, obtaining phone records from the phone company is now "raiding"? I guess I missed when they changed the definition!

So, the fact the IRS leadership addressed the issue twice, both times to issues new rules to put a stop to activity like that, is PROOF that those low-level employees were part of "Obama's team"? I guess he should have notified the head of the IRS, then!

Yes because surely that explanation is correct. Come on woman, presidents have used the IRS to target adversaries forever. This one is just stupid enough to get caught.

[Phoenix Dark]

I agree the IRS thing is clearly the biggest issue here. The AP thing seems like them jumping the gun early, and Benghazi is largely a joke; as Obama said, they're haggling over talking points, which is ridiculous.

Anyone who thinks any of this will be the "downfall" of the White House is delusional. If this is truly the "greatest scandal since Watergate" then the president will resign or be impeached. If not, this is just a trumped up fuck up between the CIA and State Department.

nobody is getting impeached...Clinton should probably rehearse for a new career selling shamwows though. Obama will put her on a pole for this and the people will be satisfied.

You do recognize she's not sec of state anymore, and thus can't be thrown under the bus? Again, multiple polls show Americans aren't interested in the Benghazi story and Clinton remains popular. It's pretty clear that a CIA front got hit, the State Department got the blame, and they wound up going back and forth bickering until the State Department was left with the hot potato.

You think Rubio, Paul, and Christie - none of whom have any foreign policy experience - are going to turn this into a winning argument in 2016 against her? Good luck with that.

[Am_I_Anonymous]

I actually think Hilary won't be running in 16...she's finished. However I do think the democrats will win again. Republicans simply don't have anyone worth a dick around right now.

*cries into his ron reagan pillow

Anywho enough politics...only wanted to add a little ying to the yang and you guys are way to into hand holding and dismissals without cause than I can stomach O:-)

[Phoenix Dark]

But you haven't explained how/why she's finished. I don't see how Benghazi hurts her credibility.

[Am_I_Anonymous]

But you haven't explained how/why she's finished. I don't see how Benghazi hurts her credibility.

Because as I said this isn't over. Blood will be needed for the blood god and since Obama hates her anyway it works out well for him.

[Mandark]

Yeah, definitely need Raperman.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

Hillary will be making a run regardless of how this Benghazi thing shakes out.  She's been planning this her whole life and probably does not see this as anything more than a minor bump in the road.  Do you think anyone is going to give a shit in 18 months when she is gearing up for her run?  It's hard keeping anyone interested now.

[Human Snorenado]

Ready the dumpster.

[Phoenix Dark]

Meanwhile

Detroit officially is broke; could bankruptcy lie ahead?

DETROIT (AP) -- The first report by Detroit's emergency manager declares that the city is broke and at risk of running completely out of money - a financial meltdown that could mean employees don't get paid, retirees lose their pensions and residents endure even deeper cuts in municipal services.

If Detroit cannot avert disaster by reducing its debt payments, the only remaining option appears to be bankruptcy, a threat that looms large over Kevyn Orr's urgent efforts to make deals with creditors and debt holders. Orr says he will have to seek concessions from those groups to keep the Motor City afloat.

"On a cash-flow basis, we don't have it. We're broke," Orr said Monday at a news conference. He said the city can make payroll through the rest of the year, but that some other bills and obligations are not being paid or are being deferred.

"We can't continue to do what we've been doing," he said. "It's probably a little worse than I expected. It's severe. I mean it's dire."

In March 2012, Detroit borrowed $80 million from Bank of America to avoid running out of money. But the outlook has not improved in the last year.

Orr's "first attention has got to be turned to making sure he has enough money to pay the bills he has coming in," said James McTevia, president of McTevia and Associates, a Detroit-area turnaround firm. "If I'm a creditor getting paid for my current goods and services, I'm going to be more apt to work out on something I'm owed."

Orr, a Washington-based turnaround expert and bankruptcy attorney, was selected by Gov. Rick Snyder to oversee Detroit's finances. In his report, Orr described the city's operations as "dysfunctional and wasteful after years of budgetary restrictions, mismanagement, crippling operational practices and, in some cases, indifference or corruption."

"Outdated policies, work practices, procedures and systems must be improved consistent with best practices of 21st century government," Orr wrote. "A well-run city will promote cost savings and better customer service and will encourage private investment and a return of residents."

Detroit's net cash position - the amount of money in the bank after bills are paid - was a negative $162 million as of April 26. The budget deficit that a few months ago was believed to be about $327 million could reach $386 million before July 1.

The city also owes more than $400 million, including $124 million for public improvement projects. Its long-term debt tops $14 billion.

Orr avoids using the word "bankruptcy" in the 41-page report to the state treasurer and said Monday that he believes it won't be necessary. He expects to have a clearer picture about the path ahead in six to eight weeks.

"I think we can avoid bankruptcy if people move forward in good faith," Orr said. "It's going to be hard. I don't expect anybody to say OK. I expect there to be some give and take. If we can't, we have to look at everything."

Snyder agreed that bankruptcy wasn't inevitable.

"There's a whole process you go through, and the process includes trying to work with people to not have that happen," the governor said.

City officials in Stockton, Calif., sought Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection after tentative agreements with some of the city's unions failed to provide enough financial relief. The community was still unable to pay its bills or make payroll, and City Manager Bob Deis said further cuts required court intervention.

"Bankruptcy is not a desirable option unless it's the absolute last option you have," Deis said. "Bankruptcy is not the disease. Bankruptcy is the chemotherapy for the disease."

Bankruptcy protection allowed Stockton to wipe out $8 million to $9 million in annual retiree health care costs and freeze $13 million in yearly debt payments for later renegotiation.

Orr may choose to go before a bankruptcy judge "when he gets his back against the wall and he can't meet payroll," McTevia said.

"He can default on payments to pension funds. He will try to sit down and negotiate with the pension funds: `We can do this out of court or we can do this in court.' The same thing with bond holders. It will take years for Detroit to ever pay its bonds, and they need to be negotiated," McTevia said.

The bulk of the city's revenue comes from property and business taxes. But Detroit's population dropped by 250,000 between 2000 and 2010. And outside of downtown and a few other areas, business growth virtually is nil.

"My gut feeling is that taxes are going to have to be raised at some time," possibly a temporary surcharge on businesses to keep the city afloat, McTevia added.

A Chapter 9 bankruptcy filing would also mean even more spending cuts, according to Wayne State Law School professor Peter Henning.

Bing says his administration has cut about $350 million in wages and benefits. Dozens of jobs have been cut or left unfilled.

"Services never improve after a bankruptcy," Henning said. "I read through Orr's report. The emphasis is really on the cost-cutting and the restructuring. Rarely does that improve services in the short run. In the short run, city services are going to suffer."

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_DETROIT_FINANCES_EMERGENCY_MANAGER?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-05-13-04-20-37

If ever there was a place to install Joe Biden's Iraq partition plan it's Detroit. The city's operating expenses are too high for a shrinking city with a low population (and low tax base). Split it into three smaller cities and call it a day; Motown, 8 Mile, and Hampsterdam.

[Great Rumbler]

Hillary endured 8 solid years of scandalmongering, Benghazi don't mean a thing.

[Barry Egan]

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2013/05/americans-trust-clinton-over-gop-on-benghazi.html

Americans trust Clinton over GOP on Benghazi

PPP's newest national poll finds that Republicans aren't getting much traction with their focus on Benghazi over the last week. Voters trust Hillary Clinton over Congressional Republicans on the issue of Benghazi by a 49/39 margin and Clinton's +8 net favorability rating at 52/44 is identical to what it was on our last national poll in late March. Meanwhile Congressional Republicans remain very unpopular with a 36/57 favorability rating.

Voters think Congress should be more focused on other major issues right now rather than Benghazi. By a 56/38 margin they say passing a comprehensive immigration reform bill is more important than continuing to focus on Benghazi, and by a 52/43 spread they think passing a bill requiring background checks for all gun sales should be a higher priority.

[Phoenix Dark]

I'll wait for an unskewed poll on the subject

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[Positive Touch]

BUBUBU THE TV TOLD ME SHES FINISHED

[Great Rumbler]

http://mediamatters.org/video/2013/05/13/sen-lindsey-graham-thank-god-for-fox-and-their/194052

http://mediamatters.org/video/2013/05/13/on-fox-news-sen-john-mccain-says-roger-ailes-wi/194045

[Brehvolution]

Hasn't there already been a full investigation?

[Great Rumbler]

Hasn't there already been a full investigation?

But it didn't turn up anything impeachable, so obviously it was incomplete.

[brawndolicious]

some of the logic is starting to make my head spin ....

Obama Administration uses Patroit Act powers to find who leaked damaging information that would possibly endanger US activities - IMPEACH!

It's just crazy town now - IMPEACH for not preventing the deaths of 4 americans, IMPEACH for trying to prevent deaths of Americans by tightening gun laws, IMPEACH for using Bush mandated powers, IMPEACH for stock market collapse despite it being at record high, IMPEACH for not defending marriage, IMPEACH IMPEACH IMPEACH.

The funny thing is - this is putting the right further and further away from office. The idea that this is somehow going to bring down Clinton and will somehow appeal to swing voters? I guess they aren't getting the message that swing voters already seem to think they are loons. I guess that's why they want more God up in this shit and less abortions/condoms so hopefully the pigshit-thick support base keeps multiplying so they end up with a massive uninformed userbase they can tread all over whilst pointing at Obama/Gays/Islam/Immigrants as their source of woe forever.

I remember polls from last year showed that a lot of swing voters were actually former Republicans in 2008. They know they're losing votes that they could rely on before and one tactic of gaining them back is by finding something in Obama's 8 years that poisons his legacy. Make people think that maybe a Republican wouldn't be so bad.

That is the easier path than taking a party of older white males and getting them to change their opinions on gay marriage, gun control, and immigration.

[Great Rumbler]

Actual quote from DICK CHENEY:

[Benghazi is] one of the worst incidences, frankly, that I can recall.

[TakingBackSunday]

fuck out of here

[Am_I_Anonymous]

Republicans under 40 like myself have no issues with gay marriage..none.

Our issues center more on how corporations are handled, government backed invasion of the homelife of the average american, and international relations.

You'll find our views are more aligned with most of yours and our differences aren't as vast as grandpa's may have been.

We do want to reduce unemployment duration and welfare benefits...but not take them away. I believe this is what we will beef about the most in the 2020's. Reason being is that no man who works 40 hours a week at a factory should see welfare receipents driving brand new trucks living in newly built section 8 homes while he struggles to pay his bills. None.

As for gun control..I have no issues with stricter screening processes provided that concealed carry is is still an option for law abiding citizens.

[Phoenix Dark]

Republicans under 40 like myself have no issues with gay marriage..none.

Our issues center more on how corporations are handled, government backed invasion of the homelife of the average american, and international relations.

You'll find our views are more aligned with most of yours and our differences aren't as vast as grandpa's may have been.

We do want to reduce unemployment duration and welfare benefits...but not take them away. I believe this is what we will beef about the most in the 2020's.

Something tells me you'll be beefing over demographics more than anything else come 2020. Hopefully by then the religious right will be on its way out the door. I may clown republicans but clearly the country needs more sane ones that can compromise on stuff.

Unfortunately since neither party is interested in addressing entitlements in a smart way, the 2020s will probably feature a lot of draconian cuts.

[Am_I_Anonymous]

I'm black by the way, not that it should matter but it does. Our meetings are actually now about 50/50 white/the rest of the country now.

we will kick the zealots out and we will not tolerate hatred for anyone other than Bill Clinton ;-)

[Broseidon]

Reason being is that no man who works 40 hours a week at a factory should see welfare receipents driving brand new trucks living in newly built section 8 homes while he struggles to pay his bills. None

Maybe that guy should fight for reduced hours and much better pay instead of keeping his shitty job with shitty pay and crying for the lives of poor people to be made worse just so he can feel better about his shitty lot like a petulant child

[Phoenix Dark]

Welcome my fellow black brother. All black and Jewish members are requires to fill out the following questionnaire:

1. Who is the best Wu-Tang member?

• Optional: Raekwon vs. Ghostface
  

2. Pick a side in the Notorious B.I.G. and 2Pac discussion

3. Stacey Dash or Halle Berry?

[Am_I_Anonymous]

Reason being is that no man who works 40 hours a week at a factory should see welfare receipents driving brand new trucks living in newly built section 8 homes while he struggles to pay his bills. None

Maybe that guy should fight for reduced hours and much better pay instead of keeping his shitty job with shitty pay and crying for the lives of poor people be made worse just so he can feel like his shitty lot is relatively worth more like a petulant child

sure...regale me with all the jobs available for him to jump to...I'll wait.

As a business owner I can assure you most focus on employer retention and training...some, like myself, also pay for education. I want people to love to come to work.

Unfortunately some do not, and that is something out of my control.

By the way backing up someone getting paid to sit on their ass over a guy who works every day and pays taxes is ass backwards and disheartening. I pity you.

[Am_I_Anonymous]

To Pheonix

1) Guru over any wutang but I always liked Ghostface.
2) Biggie...is that even a question? Biggie gets the girl's clothes off.
3) Angela Basset bro...c'mon

My turn:

Mary J Blige or Braxton

Jeezy or James

Sweet Baby Ray's or Open Pit (harder than it sounds)

[Broseidon]

Reason being is that no man who works 40 hours a week at a factory should see welfare receipents driving brand new trucks living in newly built section 8 homes while he struggles to pay his bills. None

Maybe that guy should fight for reduced hours and much better pay instead of keeping his shitty job with shitty pay and crying for the lives of poor people be made worse just so he can feel like his shitty lot is relatively worth more like a petulant child

sure...regale me with all the jobs available for him to jump to...I'll wait.

Maybe if Socialism wasn't satanmagic in the US then the government could be pursuing a policy of full employment

[Human Snorenado]

To Pheonix

1) Guru over any wutang but I always liked Ghostface.
2) Biggie...is that even a question? Biggie gets the girl's clothes off.
3) Angela Basset bro...c'mon

Fuck, I agree with the Republican on all scores

[Am_I_Anonymous]

;-)

 http://m.

protip: His pops was a judge. Guru was a republican..met him at a convention once. Modeled my style and work ethic from him.

[Rufus]

sure...regale me with all the jobs available for him to jump to...I'll wait.

And yet you want to target benefits for some reason, haha. Just hand out cyanide pills for people with bad prospects instead, it'd be more honest.

[Mandark]

Dude comes in blasting everyone as toe-sucking, pseudo-educated idiots, bitches that people aren't respectfully engaging his ideas, then demands we all validate him and his fellow open-minded young Republicans.  lulz

[Brehvolution]

Less than $1K a month and a shiny new truck/insurance payment? Sign me up! Why am I working when there is such a better life to be had?

[Phoenix Dark]

Dude comes in blasting everyone as toe-sucking, pseudo-educated idiots, bitches that people aren't respectfully engaging his ideas, then demands we all validate him and his fellow open-minded young Republicans.  lulz

That's all in the past bro. He likes Gang Starr.

[Positive Touch]

Republicans under 40 like myself have no issues with gay marriage..none.

Our issues center more on how corporations are handled, government backed invasion of the homelife of the average american, and international relations.

You'll find our views are more aligned with most of yours and our differences aren't as vast as grandpa's may have been.

We do want to reduce unemployment duration and welfare benefits...but not take them away. I believe this is what we will beef about the most in the 2020's. Reason being is that no man who works 40 hours a week at a factory should see welfare receipents driving brand new trucks living in newly built section 8 homes while he struggles to pay his bills. None.

As for gun control..I have no issues with stricter screening processes provided that concealed carry is is still an option for law abiding citizens.

i wonder what its like to be so sure of your own stance yet so embarrassingly uninformed

[Phoenix Dark]

Holy shit

CNN has obtained an e-mail sent by a top aide to President Barack Obama about White House reaction to the deadly attack last September 11 on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, that apparently differs from how sources characterized it to two different media organizations.

The actual e-mail from then-Deputy National Security Adviser for Strategic Communications Ben Rhodes appears to show that whomever leaked it did so in a way that made it appear that the White House was primarily concerned with the State Department's desire to remove references and warnings about specific terrorist groups so as to not bring criticism to the department.

Rhodes, White House communications director Jennifer Palmieri, and White House press secretary Jay Carney, could not be reached for comment.

In the e-mail sent on Friday, September 14, 2012, at 9:34 p.m., obtained by CNN from a U.S. government source, Rhodes wrote:

“All –

“Sorry to be late to this discussion. We need to resolve this in a way that respects all of the relevant equities, particularly the investigation.

“There is a ton of wrong information getting out into the public domain from Congress and people who are not particularly informed. Insofar as we have firmed up assessments that don’t compromise intel or the investigation, we need to have the capability to correct the record, as there are significant policy and messaging ramifications that would flow from a hardened mis-impression.

“We can take this up tomorrow morning at deputies.”

You can read the e-mail HERE.

ABC News reported that Rhodes wrote: “We must make sure that the talking points reflect all agency equities, including those of the State Department, and we don’t want to undermine the FBI investigation. We thus will work through the talking points tomorrow morning at the Deputies Committee meeting.”

ABC News notes in its report that it was provided summaries of White House and State Department emails, not the emails themselves.

http://thelead.blogs.cnn.com/2013/05/14/cnn-exclusive-white-house-email-contradicts-benghazi-leaks/

GOP, ABC annihilated

House republicans received the emails in late March, meaning they waited this long only to cause a stir over intentionally falsified information.

[Great Rumbler]

Geez.

[Dickie Dee]

“Assuming the email cited by Jake Tapper is accurate, it is consistent with the summary quoted by Jon Karl,” an ABC spokesperson told Erik Wemple of the Washington Post.

 

[DCharlieJP]

[Benghazi is] one of the worst incidences, frankly, that I can recall.

... this is the equivalent of Rosie O'Donnell telling Kate Moss she's the fattest twat she's ever met.

[Steve Contra]

I still don't know what the Republicans want me to be upset about in regards to Benghazi.  Mandark?  (Not you new guy)

[DCharlieJP]

I still don't know what the Republicans want me to be upset about in regards to Benghazi.  Mandark?  (Not you new guy)

Given the drum beat of IMPEACH since the day he took office? I'd guess this is little more than the latest desperate attempt to get the coloured gentleman out of power. Noise over content. Again. Glenn Beck is the perfect microcosm of the party in its current state - little to no facts, repeated noise, Nazi-tourettes but keep dialing it up to 10 so all the other ill informed people follow suit. As a republican couple told me on a train in the UK : "we want a president like bush - we want someone like us who don't really understand things not some smart guy who thinks he knows everything" .... ... .. . . . . 

I hope and pray that we get an disabled openly lesbian of colour as the next Dem president. I want to see the melt downs.

[Human Snorenado]

I still don't know what the Republicans want me to be upset about in regards to Benghazi.  Mandark?  (Not you new guy)

They called for help, and instead of being A STRONG DECISIVE DADDY FIGURE Obama at best WAFFLED OVER WHAT TO DO or at worst WATCHED THEM DIE ON A MONITOR IN THE SITUATION ROOM WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY TWIRLING A SNIDELY WHIPLASH MUSTACHE AND JERKING OFF, ONLY TO NUT ON A BURNING BIBLE WHILE SCREAMING "ALLAH AKBAR!"

[DCharlieJP]

I still don't know what the Republicans want me to be upset about in regards to Benghazi.  Mandark?  (Not you new guy)

They called for help, and instead of being A STRONG DECISIVE DADDY FIGURE Obama at best WAFFLED OVER WHAT TO DO or at worst WATCHED THEM DIE ON A MONITOR IN THE SITUATION ROOM WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY TWIRLING A SNIDELY WHIPLASH MUSTACHE AND JERKING OFF, ONLY TO NUT ON A BURNING BIBLE WHILE SCREAMING "ALLAH AKBAR!"

Obama's inability to teleport military personel over vast distances is the main reason he should be tried for treason

[Steve Contra]

I still don't know what the Republicans want me to be upset about in regards to Benghazi.  Mandark?  (Not you new guy)

They called for help, and instead of being A STRONG DECISIVE DADDY FIGURE Obama at best WAFFLED OVER WHAT TO DO or at worst WATCHED THEM DIE ON A MONITOR IN THE SITUATION ROOM WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY TWIRLING A SNIDELY WHIPLASH MUSTACHE AND JERKING OFF, ONLY TO NUT ON A BURNING BIBLE WHILE SCREAMING "ALLAH AKBAR!"

Well this is what I see, but I need a coherent list of Republican talking points on this

[Great Rumbler]

I still don't know what the Republicans want me to be upset about in regards to Benghazi.

That a black Democrat is President.

[Phoenix Dark]

“Assuming the email cited by Jake Tapper is accurate, it is consistent with the summary quoted by Jon Karl,” an ABC spokesperson told Erik Wemple of the Washington Post.

 

Karl got burned by his source, but more importantly he mislead by suggesting he had the actual emails. The original email is quite uneventful as seen in the link.

[Am_I_Anonymous]

Dude comes in blasting everyone as toe-sucking, pseudo-educated idiots, bitches that people aren't respectfully engaging his ideas, then demands we all validate him and his fellow open-minded young Republicans.  lulz

That's all in the past bro. He likes Gang Starr.

Also drunk vs not drunk.

Gotta say sometimes drunk me impresses sober me.