[Alas Babylon!]

As always, soliciting FReeper comments, observations, and opinions.

[Alas Babylon!]

This is the Sunday Morning Talk Show Thread Ping List! If you want to be on it, reply to this post or FReepmail me (in case I miss it). If you want to be taken off, simply send me a FReepmail.

Liar! Why even have her on? What will be today’s lie?

[Diogenesis]

Under the unvetted, undocumented Obama, every single felon,
criminal illegal, terrorist (even the Cole bombers),
have gotten a better help, better care, and better
future — using US Taxpayer money — than US veterans.

This ALONE deserves impeachment IMMEDIATELY.

Where is, and why is, the EXEMPT Congress hiding on this?

[TomGuy]

The awkward hug threads deserves from notice. It was awkward, weird, eerie, strange, threatening. Carney's facial expressions and body language seem to tell conflicting stories, as does Obama's:

President Obama and Jay Carney Share the Most Awkward Hug Ever

Obama air kiss to Carney

Then, we have Hillary Clinton getting a jump on the Benghazi issue by, of all things, claiming she is the victim:

Hillary Clinton: I'm the Real Victim of Benghazi

Hillary playing the victim card ... again

It looks like FNS will be tackling the VA scandal, while MTP and TW punt and go for the distraction.

[Unrepentant VN Vet]

Only description for today’s lineup: Maximum Damage Control.

Got ‘em telling lies to cover lies that cover coverups of another few dozen layers of more lies....

Somebody got an over/under on when even these Sunday Morning Dreadfulls have to start editing off-camera groans and muffled laughter from guests and their own staff???

...hell, don’t bother. They’ve probably been doin’ it ever since Clinton.

[TomGuy]

FNS

Priebus: Clinton is trying to head off the Benghazi investigation. She seems to not know that al-Qaeda (or branch, thereof) was responsible.

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According to timelines, the State Dept [who was in charge of the State Dept? Rhetorical question] issued an email [to personnel and other government agencies] at 6:06 p.m. ET on 9-11-2012 saying Ansar al-Sharia claimed responsibility for the attack.

[That was even before the 10:00 p.m. ET phone discussion between Clinton and Obama, and the 10:30 p.m. ET on 9-11-2012 statement from Hillary Clinton that blamed “inflammatory material posted on the Internet” for the violence.]

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Extensive timeline:

http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2013/05/damning-benghazi-timeline-spreadsheet.html

[TomGuy]

FNS

McCaskill defends government officials for continuing to use the video/movie as the cause — ‘because that was in the talkingpoints.’

[D-U-N-C-E!]

Wallace lets that fly over his head.

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

Susan Rice on This week touting foreign policy has changed !

What a slap in the face of the men and women who have died defending this country I’m very happy this soldier is coming home but i am a grown up even i realize you can’t have it both ways and the American Military along with the American people are going to lose on this one ....

I’m so damn mad right now i could chew steal and spit nails !

[kabar]

Of course no one wants to leave anyone behind (although we probably did in Vietnam) and I am happy for Bergdahl and his family. Five years being held by the Taliban is a terrible thing. But you must consider the price we paid to get one man home. If our position is that we will give the enemy anything he wants just to get one of our own back, then we leave ourselves open to similar situations in the future. When you reward something, you get more of it.

We have been negotiating with the Taliban for some time over Bergdahl. The question remains, did we give too much to get him back? I can't answer that now. We will have to wait some time to see how it all plays out.

I am most concerned that Obama did not follow the law and consult Congress before agreeing to the exchange. Why didn't he? I suspect he knew that there would be some blowback on who was released. I would like to know if the intelligence community and DOD were consulted and what were their recommendations. Who signed off on it within the Executive Branch? These are important questions that need answers.

Obama and Dems often use emotion to sway the public. Obama did the same thing with his backdoor amnesty for over 1.8 million "Dreamers." 500,000 have already received legalization, SSNs, and work permits--all without Congressional approval. He should be impeached for that alone.

No doubt Obama will declare anyone who even questions what he did as being hard-hearted and not patriotic. The VA scandal has certainly cast the Administration in a bad light. What better way to burnish Obama's image as someone who cares about the military than to get the lone US POW released a day after Shinseki resigned. A coincidence? I think not.

[DanZ]

Ted the Cruz missile was his usual, way above average. I sure do hope he runs for president in 2016

[JPG]

I had the misfortune of seeing Candy Crowley 'interview' Susan Rice. Loosely translated:

Candy: I must also ask you about (gasp) Benghazi (Oh, God, do I have to?). Do you have any regrets about (telling lies) being misinformed when you appeared on all the Sunday shows? (Oh, Susan, please forgive me. You know I love you dearly but I have to ask so I might retain even a shred of credibility, otherwise, I'll be exposed again for being a flaming partisan hack).

Susan Rice: (kiss) Candy, that's all in the past and my plate is full dealing with present problems. (Candy, ya done good, I love playing the game)