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In reply to the discussion: Inspector General debunks Fast and Furious conspiracy theories [View all]gejohnston
(17,502 posts)12. few items my ass
Fortune article said the whistle blowers acted on their own, and lied to congress to get out of trouble, and painted Voth as Clint Eastwood's character in Heart Break Ridge. It might have varied from CBS slightly. I don't know anyone who thinks it was a Nixonian conspiracy outside of Alex Jones.
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Mediamatters has had good coverage of the Darrell Issa witch hunt and the nutty conspiracy theories
DanTex
Sep 2012
#4
Well, if you want to read all 500 pages of the IG report, and figure out exactly where and how it
DanTex
Sep 2012
#14
LOL. So you're really going to pretend that it was just Alex Jones pushing the conspiracy theories!
DanTex
Sep 2012
#18
Why haven't *you* read it, if it's such a vital source to rebut RW conspiracy theories?
friendly_iconoclast
Sep 2012
#20
LOL. You haven't read it, and yet you're pushing right-wing conspiracy theories.
DanTex
Sep 2012
#22
Your devotion to the genetic fallacy is almost admirable in an odd way.
friendly_iconoclast
Sep 2012
#25
"Right-wing" is also a buzzword, along with "liberal", "heretic", and "unbeliever"
friendly_iconoclast
Sep 2012
#27
That would be germane if we were discussing them. However, we are not.
friendly_iconoclast
Sep 2012
#29
But we are discussing equally ludicrous conspiracy theories, originated and spread
DanTex
Sep 2012
#30
And what CT do *you* believe I'm spreading? Holder is incompetent, not a crook.
friendly_iconoclast
Sep 2012
#31
Well, the right-winger you were quoting in your OP suggested that Holder knew about
DanTex
Sep 2012
#32
It's not a theory I ever gave much credence to, and I will defer to the old saw...
friendly_iconoclast
Sep 2012
#33
I note that you didn't actually *cite* the contents of those posts- so I will:
friendly_iconoclast
Sep 2012
#36