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gejohnston

(17,502 posts)
12. few items my ass
Wed Sep 19, 2012, 07:08 PM
Sep 2012

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.

Same topic at... discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2012 #1
Mediamatters has had good coverage of the Darrell Issa witch hunt and the nutty conspiracy theories DanTex Sep 2012 #4
The NRA lied once again... rfranklin Sep 2012 #2
The government finds itself innocent. ileus Sep 2012 #3
If you don't like it why don't you leave... rfranklin Sep 2012 #11
he didn't say that gejohnston Sep 2012 #13
That's a stretch... rfranklin Sep 2012 #15
You don't find it fishy Missycim Sep 2012 #39
It is a way to keep NRA members in line and get more donations. Thinkingabout Sep 2012 #5
LOL bongbong Sep 2012 #6
Justice for Hoyt! DanTex Sep 2012 #16
This message was self-deleted by its author former-republican Sep 2012 #7
That's more than four paragraphs. Also you forgot a link. DanTex Sep 2012 #23
More than anything else gejohnston Sep 2012 #8
LOL. Keep your eyes on that consolation prize! DanTex Sep 2012 #10
few items my ass gejohnston Sep 2012 #12
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
I'll put it on my Nook and finish reading it. gejohnston Sep 2012 #17
LOL. So you're really going to pretend that it was just Alex Jones pushing the conspiracy theories! DanTex Sep 2012 #18
never said that gejohnston Sep 2012 #19
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
Your devotion to buzzwords is amusing. DanTex Sep 2012 #26
"Right-wing" is also a buzzword, along with "liberal", "heretic", and "unbeliever" friendly_iconoclast Sep 2012 #27
LOL. Yeah, god forbid I call Rush Limbaugh or Michelle Bachman "right-wing"! DanTex Sep 2012 #28
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
That's what you claim now... DanTex Sep 2012 #34
I note that you didn't actually *cite* the contents of those posts- so I will: friendly_iconoclast Sep 2012 #36
LOL. Yeah, comparing F&F to Watergate is "healthy suspicion". Keep digging... DanTex Sep 2012 #38
The fact remains that Fast and Furious was a FUBAR program ... spin Sep 2012 #9
I never thought it was a conspiracy Reasonable_Argument Sep 2012 #21
I always viewed it through Hanlan's Razor. sir pball Sep 2012 #24
If Eric Holder did not know Jenoch Sep 2012 #35
Exactly. The charitable explanation is that Holder is incompetent. friendly_iconoclast Sep 2012 #37
Either Eric Holder knew it went on or he didn't Missycim Sep 2012 #40
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