Posted on 12/11/2016 10:34:42 AM PST by A_perfect_lady
This whole Russian hackers may be Wiki's source of HRC's emails and that means the Russians "hacked the election" narrative reminds me very much of the stunt an ambassador named Joe Wilson pulled in 2002, with the help of the New York Times. Anyone remember this? It was not long after G.W. Bush's State of the Union address, where Bush said that Saddam Hussein had sought to buy enriched uranium from Africa (presumably to make weapons of mass destruction.)
Joe Wilson, who was a liberal, decided to "investigate" this claim. He went to one country, Niger, for about 10 days and interviewed his contacts there in the embassy, who assured him (of course) that they did NOT sell anything to Saddam. Yes, he approached, but they didn't sell anything to him.
Wilson then wrote the letter, "What I Didn't Find in Africa", helpfully published by the NYT, in which he appeared to contradict everything Bush had said. I went to Niger and I can tell you, there is no evidence Saddam Hussein bought anything. This is just Bush lying and war-mongering. And the liberals trumpeted this far and wide.
Now, leaving out that Africa has more countries in it than just Niger, and that an ambassador hanging out at the embassy bar for a few days is not exactly what I'd call an in-depth investigation, what Wilson said actually supported what Bush said: that Saddam had tried. It showed the intention. But the Left spun it (with much eager help from NYT) to make it sound like some sort of "gotcha."
Then, when a journalist asked "How the hell did Joe Wilson get that job anyway?" and some member of Bush's circle opined that he probably got it because his wife worked for the CIA.... suddenly THAT was the scandal. They OUTED her! Put her life in danger! (She was based in Washington and was in no danger whatsoever, but remember. This is NYT.)
To prove how upset they were, Wilson and his wife posed for the cover of Vanity Fair (perfect place for them both) and the official narrative became: Bush lied about Saddam buying weapons and then he tried to get a CIA operative killed for helping expose his lies.
This is how the Left operates. Dissemble, reword, suggest, and then redirect. All that happened was that Wilson's wife was exposed as CIA, which was very well known in Washington DC. All the Wikileaks really did was expose things Hillary and Podesta did. But let's redirect attention to WHO exposed these things. THAT is the real issue, let's clamor about that until we have made the public forget what was exposed. Forget what was actually said. This is a textbook Leftist tactic.
ARGH!!! NYT, not NTY. Dammit.
Isn’t the head of the CIA a Muslim convert?
No wonder we were funding ISIS and Hillary and Podesta were taking tens of millions from Qatar and Saudi Arabia while Wikileaks revealed the two KNEW that those countries backed ISIS.
Benghazi was allowed to destroy the evidence and kill those in the know. Hillary was supplying arms to ISIS for $$$$$.
Isn’t the head of the CIA a Muslim convert?
No wonder we were funding ISIS and Hillary and Podesta were taking tens of millions from Qatar and Saudi Arabia while Wikileaks revealed the two KNEW that those countries backed ISIS.
Benghazi was allowed to destroy the evidence and kill those in the know. Hillary was supplying arms to ISIS for $$$$$.
Lib technique: Identify a false messenger and kill it. Blame Republicans.
Richard Armitage really first gave her up to Bob Novak.
The OBamatons mocked Romney for saying Russia is a threat to the USA. The Obamatons laughed at anyone who said there is still a “red menace” lurking about. Hillary’s email server was absolutely secure. Now... THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING.
And HOW does one “hack” a paper ballot?
Good call.
This tact about the Russians is what they are using to keep Trump out of office.
Their first goal is to delay the inauguration.
I know. But as I said, it was well known, and she wasn’t operating out in the field undercover. It was not any kind of revenge, it was just an opinion about how Wilson got that gig in the first place.
When I read your thread title, I knew exactly what you were referring to before I read the content. Great thread...thanks.
Hypocrites galore.
If memory serves, Joe Wilson actually had already lied about how he got the job. Something like he had been asked to go by Bush or Cheney or some such.
Brennan like Mike Morrell is a POLITICAL HACK ASS SNIFFING NEVER DID AN OP DESK JOCKEY WANNABE SPY... a meathead
distorting intel to meet political needs and a TOOL... in every sense of the word...
He is part of the leftwing cadre in the CIA and they undermine the essense of the agency... to gather unbiased facts.... NOT POLITICAL B.S.
the enture intel setup is screwed up becasue the CIA was supposed to be the focal point but after 9/11 the politicians piled on MORE USELESS BUREAUCRATS WITH THE DNI....
Clapper is another lying useless tool...THE ENTIRE DNI IS A WASTE .... 30000 USELESS GLORIFIED WELFARE PRINCESSES... DOING NOTHING... SHUFFLING PAPER...
Shotgun marriage? LGBT? Which one is the dyke?
She had already been “outed” by Aldrich Ames...that’s why she was another “Secret Squirrel” desk rat at Langley.
Dis-in-gen-ous-ness. A word invented to describe Leftist big government pukes.
Reminds me of Benghazi/ Internet video. In fact I think the lies are obvious. No matter who hacked DNC the American people made their decision.
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