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Tue Jan 29, 2013, 11:01 PM

Octafish (55,745 posts)

What a contrast!

from our good friend, Bartcop:

Three thousand people died on 9/11 and Bush and Cheney were questioned in a closed session.

Four people died in Benghazi and Hillary Clinton was questioned in public.

Does anybody besides me think this is wrong?

-- Eckhard

I also think it's wrong. And I'd like to see Bush and Cheney held to account for their lies, actions and inactions that led to the deaths of a million Iraqis and 6,663 Americans, and plundered trillions from the U.S. Treasury for their cronies.

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34 replies	Author	Time	Post
What a contrast! (Original post)	Octafish	Jan 2013	OP
America lives by two standards	liberal N proud	Jan 2013	#1
We live in bizarro backwards world.	ananda	Jan 2013	#12
AND	chervilant	Jan 2013	#25
Haven't we all been thinking	Control-Z	Jan 2013	#2
I think questioning Benghazi is fine. But we should have seriously questioned 9-11	Demo_Chris	Jan 2013	#3
Keep asking the hard questions.	leveymg	Jan 2013	#4
Hey, you said 9-11. Off to the CT dungeon.	rhett o rick	Jan 2013	#5
They also testified not under oath--only way they would open their mouths	kairos12	Jan 2013	#6
And together, too.	Old and In the Way	Jan 2013	#11
I always thought that Uncle Dick was holding Li'l Boots' hand.	DollarBillHines	Jan 2013	#19
Also, because Cheney had his hand up Shrub's ass puppet style.	kairos12	Jan 2013	#26
If I'm not mistaken	NewJeffCT	Jan 2013	#32
They should be tried now for treason!	aptal	Jan 2013	#7
AND Colin Powell...	Hulk	Jan 2013	#8
Heck, I knew it was bullshit and I was just watching the teevee	DollarBillHines	Jan 2013	#20
George Tenet got a Medal of Freedom! Sickening!	Auntie Bush	Jan 2013	#23
K&R. nt	OnyxCollie	Jan 2013	#9
My biggest disappointment with the Obama administration	Blue_In_AK	Jan 2013	#10
Democrats, as a rule, have nothing to hide...	ReRe	Jan 2013	#13
It's about the	nineteen50	Jan 2013	#14
Not under oath....why not??	young_at_heart	Jan 2013	#15
House and Senate both in R hands, go figure	bigbrother05	Jan 2013	#17
No big brouhaha was raised by my Party. Then, too, the call was for "bi-partisanship.'	Octafish	Jan 2013	#22
You can't expect accountability from a Republican. 'Nuff said.	ck4829	Jan 2013	#16
The pile of Wrong from the Republicans grows daily.	lunatica	Jan 2013	#18
Not only closed, but Bush the Least and Cheney would only do it together, probably because	Uncle Joe	Jan 2013	#21
Exactly	libodem	Jan 2013	#24
Furthermore, those 3,000 died ON OUR OWN SOIL. n/t	Beartracks	Jan 2013	#27
Benghazi is still the number one talking point..	Permanut	Jan 2013	#28
K&R	raouldukelives	Jan 2013	#29
Different rules for them and us, it seems.	Cleita	Jan 2013	#30
Brilliant perspective!	robertpaulsen	Jan 2013	#31
K&R nt	ProudProgressiveNow	Jan 2013	#33
Now is not the time time to point fingers.	Hotler	Jan 2013	#34

Response to Octafish (Original post)

Tue Jan 29, 2013, 11:10 PM

liberal N proud (59,660 posts)

1. America lives by two standards

One where the bad guys get off easy and the good ones get punished.

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Wed Jan 30, 2013, 10:46 AM

ananda (27,534 posts)

12. We live in bizarro backwards world.

Sociopaths with money and power, and the nutters who follow them, abide by no civil laws or rules, not even the Constitution; whereas liberals, protesters, whistleblowers, and leakers are harassed, jailed, or forced out of office.

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Wed Jan 30, 2013, 08:24 PM

chervilant (8,267 posts)

25. AND

Can't get a job...

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Tue Jan 29, 2013, 11:12 PM

Control-Z (15,681 posts)

2. Haven't we all been thinking

the same?

But who complains about an investigation into the death of even one American?

It is along the lines of asking a mother, who was forced to carry an unwanted pregnancy, if she loves and wants her child. I don't know of any woman who would say otherwise, even if she may love that child, but in her heart still wishes she hadn't been forced to have it.

Pretty messed up.

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Tue Jan 29, 2013, 11:15 PM

Demo_Chris (6,234 posts)

3. I think questioning Benghazi is fine. But we should have seriously questioned 9-11

We still should actually.

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Tue Jan 29, 2013, 11:16 PM

leveymg (36,418 posts)

4. Keep asking the hard questions.

If not you, who? If not now, when?

Thanks from all of us.

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Tue Jan 29, 2013, 11:22 PM

rhett o rick (55,981 posts)

5. Hey, you said 9-11. Off to the CT dungeon.

It wasnt necessary to question Cheney and dipshit because the elite knew full well what happened and Cheney and dipshit did what was expected. Cheney ran the country from his bunker while dipshit "acted" stupid.

The elite also know what happened in Benghazi but want to embarrass Sec Clinton and Pres Obama.

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Tue Jan 29, 2013, 11:49 PM

kairos12 (12,094 posts)

6. They also testified not under oath--only way they would open their mouths

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Wed Jan 30, 2013, 10:43 AM

Old and In the Way (37,540 posts)

11. And together, too.

Dick couldn't have Dimbulb screwing up the story by testifying separately. Amazijg how fast this investigation got fast tracked.but a public investigation of 9/ 11 took years to materialize..no thanks to the Republican House and Senate who controlled both chambers. No outrage then.

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Response to Old and In the Way (Reply #11)

Wed Jan 30, 2013, 03:47 PM

DollarBillHines (1,922 posts)

19. I always thought that Uncle Dick was holding Li'l Boots' hand.

They absolutely didn't want the idjit to be in that chamber alone.

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Wed Jan 30, 2013, 08:27 PM

kairos12 (12,094 posts)

26. Also, because Cheney had his hand up Shrub's ass puppet style.

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Wed Jan 30, 2013, 09:18 PM

NewJeffCT (56,792 posts)

32. If I'm not mistaken

the questioners were also not allowed to take notes, record the conversations, etc.

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Tue Jan 29, 2013, 11:51 PM

aptal (304 posts)

7. They should be tried now for treason!

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Wed Jan 30, 2013, 12:41 AM

Hulk (6,699 posts)

8. AND Colin Powell...

...was on "the hannity" nonsense program tonight. I was nearly yelling at the TV when Powell made it sound like it was the CIA's fault that his information at the UN speech of his was absolute bull shit. "Hey, Cheney, Bush, ....everyone believed what I was saying was the truth". ...more or less. Absolute bull shit. Just when I start to think this ass hole has a soul worth saving, he throws up the old "RepuKKKe denial of responsibility" to avoid looking like he misled the American people and THE WORLD.

Worthless sack of human waste.

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Response to Hulk (Reply #8)

Wed Jan 30, 2013, 03:49 PM

DollarBillHines (1,922 posts)

20. Heck, I knew it was bullshit and I was just watching the teevee

And then there was George Tenet, sitting right there behind My Lai Powell.

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Wed Jan 30, 2013, 06:45 PM

Auntie Bush (17,528 posts)

23. George Tenet got a Medal of Freedom! Sickening!

Someone needs to destroy the damn thing!

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Wed Jan 30, 2013, 12:48 AM

OnyxCollie (9,958 posts)

9. K&R. nt

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Wed Jan 30, 2013, 01:10 AM

Blue_In_AK (46,436 posts)

10. My biggest disappointment with the Obama administration

has been the failure to hold anyone accountable for the atrocities of the Bush Adminstration and, in fact, the continuation of its surveillance policies.

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Wed Jan 30, 2013, 11:31 AM

ReRe (10,597 posts)

13. Democrats, as a rule, have nothing to hide...

...unlike the Bush cabal who had to hide everything..

And then of course, Nancy and PO in 2009 said nope, not gonna' go there. Let bygones be bygones. We have two sets of rules. One for them, and one for the rest of us. One for Wall Street, and one for the rest of us.

I just wish we all lived by the same rules.

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Wed Jan 30, 2013, 12:52 PM

nineteen50 (1,187 posts)

14. It's about the

Money.

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Wed Jan 30, 2013, 01:00 PM

young_at_heart (3,673 posts)

15. Not under oath....why not??

Who let THAT happen?

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Wed Jan 30, 2013, 02:23 PM

bigbrother05 (5,995 posts)

17. House and Senate both in R hands, go figure

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Wed Jan 30, 2013, 05:49 PM

Octafish (55,745 posts)

22. No big brouhaha was raised by my Party. Then, too, the call was for "bi-partisanship.'

Lee Hamilton, the Un-Wise Man

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Wed Jan 30, 2013, 02:17 PM

ck4829 (34,292 posts)

16. You can't expect accountability from a Republican. 'Nuff said.

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Wed Jan 30, 2013, 02:26 PM

lunatica (53,410 posts)

18. The pile of Wrong from the Republicans grows daily.

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Wed Jan 30, 2013, 03:58 PM

Uncle Joe (55,215 posts)

21. Not only closed, but Bush the Least and Cheney would only do it together, probably because

they were afraid of having their testimonies (stories) trip each other up had they been questioned separately.

Thanks for the thread, Octafish.

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Wed Jan 30, 2013, 07:41 PM

libodem (19,288 posts)

24. Exactly

You said it!!!

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Wed Jan 30, 2013, 08:45 PM

Beartracks (12,093 posts)

27. Furthermore, those 3,000 died ON OUR OWN SOIL. n/t

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Wed Jan 30, 2013, 08:46 PM

Permanut (3,864 posts)

28. Benghazi is still the number one talking point..

Or close behind the gun control BS on right wing radio. Hannity, Larson, Levin, Huckabee all keep hammering away at it. I check in every day or so with these wingnuts, and even though I can't stand more than about five minutes of any of them, I still hear something about Benghazi.

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Wed Jan 30, 2013, 08:51 PM

raouldukelives (5,178 posts)

29. K&R

Couldn't agree more.

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Wed Jan 30, 2013, 08:53 PM

Cleita (75,480 posts)

30. Different rules for them and us, it seems.

Really disgusting.

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Wed Jan 30, 2013, 09:17 PM

robertpaulsen (8,632 posts)

31. Brilliant perspective!

What a contrast indeed. One investigation was a whitewash, the other investigation a witch hunt. Can you imagine Richard Ben-Veniste telling Condi Rice he would have fired her the way Rand Paul bloviated about Hillary Clinton?

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Wed Jan 30, 2013, 09:31 PM

ProudProgressiveNow (6,053 posts)

33. K&R nt

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Wed Jan 30, 2013, 10:10 PM

Hotler (10,163 posts)

34. Now is not the time time to point fingers.

Wow! I never thought about it this way. I should have. Thanks for posting this thought Octafish.

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