Fox News Asking Questions Again: Was Petraeus Being Blackmailed by Obama?

Hate mongering fake news network pushes conspiracy theories to the right wing base
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The right wing has been ranting in unison about the Benghazi attacks and their conspiracy theories of a “cover-up” for months now, getting more and more insane, and today Fox News took it to the next level, as dim bulb Steve Doocy has a deranged wingnut daydream that Barack Obama “blackmailed” David Petraeus to keep him quiet about … something.

These people are completely off their rockers with hatred for the President.

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36 comments
1 mr.fusion  Wed, Nov 14, 2012 10:20:55am
Was Petraeus Being Blackmailed by Obama?

Nope

Next question

2 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Nov 14, 2012 10:21:57am

Glenn Beck may have left FNC, but his nutty "just asking questions" type of trolling. I'd therefore like to make a motion:

I move that the sort of "just asking questions" type of trolling Fox News is engaging in on Benghazi by hereafter known as "Beck Question Trolling. Will anyone second the motion?

3 blueraven  Wed, Nov 14, 2012 10:22:16am

That is so fucking stupid.

So Obama knew about the FBI investigation and was blackmailing Petraeus. Meanwhile all of the folks at the FBI and other outsiders know about the investigation.

Like this was never going to come to the surface. Give me a break. How stupid are these people?

Rhetorical.

4 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Wed, Nov 14, 2012 10:23:03am

What's more annoying to me in this whole thing is some of the guys I fish with thoroughly believe that Obama never called it an act of terror, that one of the seals was killed while using a target designator to call in a drone strike and that the CIA refused to provide backup. All of this they learned from watching fox news and all of it is bs.

5 blueraven  Wed, Nov 14, 2012 10:23:35am

re: #2 Dark_Falcon

Glenn Beck may have left FNC, but his nutty "just asking questions" type of trolling. I'd therefore like to make a motion:

I move that the sort of "just asking questions" type of trolling Fox News is engaging in on Benghazi by hereafter known as "Beck Question Trolling. Will anyone second the motion?

No it is Fox News Trolling...they own it.

6 Hercules Grytpype-Thynne  Wed, Nov 14, 2012 10:23:45am

No matter what the issue, they seem intent on ascribing malign motivations to Obama. Why do you suppose that is?

7 Charles Johnson  Wed, Nov 14, 2012 10:24:45am

re: #6 Hercules Grytpype-Thynne

No matter what the issue, they seem intent on ascribing malign motivations to Obama. Why do you suppose that is?

I don't know, but I'm sure it couldn't possibly be racism.

/dripping

8 Sol Berdinowitz  Wed, Nov 14, 2012 10:24:53am

There are Higher Truths. These being that Obama coddles terrorists, hates America and wants to help spread Jihad across the Midwest (the coasts will take care of themselves)...

Anything that serves to illustrate these points is seen as serving a Higher Truth.

Unfortunately, there are not enough drugs in the world to allow me to get High enough to see these Truths...

9 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Wed, Nov 14, 2012 10:25:16am

re: #6 Hercules Grytpype-Thynne

Because their entire existence revolves around destroying the president and his administration because Obama is a Democrat.

10 blueraven  Wed, Nov 14, 2012 10:25:40am

Obama news conference at 1:30pm EST

5 minutes away

11 mr.fusion  Wed, Nov 14, 2012 10:25:56am

re: #3 blueraven

So Obama knew about the FBI investigation and was blackmailing Petraeus.

But the funny thing is, and Charles pointed this out, is that they never say what Petraeus was being blackmailed for. They just know the evil communist, muslim/atheist in the White House was doing some nefarious blackmail-y stuff.....just not sure what his end game was

Oh Barky O-bow-ma.....what was your evil blackmail plan?!?!?!!!11!??

12 Ben G. Hazi  Wed, Nov 14, 2012 10:26:24am

re: #9 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

Because their entire existence revolves around destroying the president and his administration because Obama is a black Democrat.

FTFY...

13 Four More Tears  Wed, Nov 14, 2012 10:26:25am

Okay, this is kind of funny.

14 Obdicut  Wed, Nov 14, 2012 10:26:44am

Accusing someone of blackmail is actually slander. I'm sure they'd hide behind saying they just meant it rhetorically but they're coming stupidly close to accusing the president of being not just a criminal, but a very incompetent criminal.

15 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Nov 14, 2012 10:27:57am

re: #13 Four More Tears

Okay, this is kind of funny.

[Embedded content]

16 RadicalModerate  Wed, Nov 14, 2012 10:28:17am

I'm really surprised that Doocy still has a job, because even his colleagues on FoxNews have on several occasions been completely dumbfounded by his incompetence.

17 NJDhockeyfan  Wed, Nov 14, 2012 10:28:19am

re: #13 Four More Tears

Okay, this is kind of funny.

[Embedded content]

We recommend that no Hamas operatives, whether low level or senior leaders, show their faces above ground in the days ahead.

That would be wise.

18 Obdicut  Wed, Nov 14, 2012 10:28:53am

re: #15 Dark_Falcon

Not as funny as the response.

19 dragonfire1981  Wed, Nov 14, 2012 10:29:12am

re: #2 Dark_Falcon

Glenn Beck may have left FNC, but his nutty "just asking questions" type of trolling. I'd therefore like to make a motion:

I move that the sort of "just asking questions" type of trolling Fox News is engaging in on Benghazi by hereafter known as "Beck Question Trolling. Will anyone second the motion?

A friend of mine ran a local construction shop for many years and it was not unionized. He treated his employees very well, there was no need for union involvement.

Anyway one day a Union Rep stopped by the shop and asked if the employees had ever considered joining the Union. He proceeded to make a several implications that seemed to suggest that "It would be good for you to join the Union...OR ELSE.". He did this in a relatively calm "just asking questions" manner.

It took a threat of calling the police to get him to finally leave the premises.

To this day the shop is still not unionized (though my friend no longer runs it).

20 NJDhockeyfan  Wed, Nov 14, 2012 10:31:24am

re: #18 Obdicut

Not as funny as the response.

[Embedded content]

If this is true they got a bigger terrorist leader than Jabari.

21 Tigger2  Wed, Nov 14, 2012 10:31:58am

re: #19 dragonfire1981

A friend of mine ran a local construction shop for many years and it was not unionized. He treated his employees very well, there was no need for union involvement.

Anyway one day a Union Rep stopped by the shop and asked if the employees had ever considered joining the Union. He proceeded to make a several implications that seemed to suggest that "It would be good for you to join the Union...OR ELSE.". He did this in a relatively calm "just asking questions" manner.

It took a threat of calling the police to get him to finally leave the premises.

To this day the shop is still not unionized (though my friend no longer runs it).

I really don't understand the mindset of being against unions, after all the unions and their members helped build the great middle class this country had.

22 RadicalModerate  Wed, Nov 14, 2012 10:33:59am

Press conference is a bit late.

I'm guessing that the rapidly-occurring developments in Palestine/Gaza are likely contributing to this.

23 JAFO  Wed, Nov 14, 2012 10:34:47am

re: #22 RadicalModerate

Press conference is a bit late.

I'm guessing that the rapidly-occurring developments in Palestine/Gaza are likely contributing to this.

Watch it here.

24 Skip Intro  Wed, Nov 14, 2012 10:36:19am

re: #16 RadicalModerate

I'm really surprised that Doocy still has a job, because even his colleagues on FoxNews have on several occasions been completely dumbfounded by his incompetence.

Doocy is everything you need to know about Fox "News" in a single package.

25 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Nov 14, 2012 10:39:38am

re: #21 Tigger2

I really don't understand the mindset of being against unions, after all the unions and their members helped build the great middle class this country had.

Dragonfire isn't against unions, but in this case the management was and still is treating its workers well and the workers do not feel they need a union. He's not being anti-union, he's speaking about a union organizer who was behaving in a thuggish manner. He's not saying any other union people act like that, just that that particular union organizer behaved badly and used the "just asking questions" gambit.

26 Inconsequential Consequence  Wed, Nov 14, 2012 10:41:34am

re: #2 Dark_Falcon

Glenn Beck may have left FNC, but his nutty "just asking questions" type of trolling. I'd therefore like to make a motion:

I move that the sort of "just asking questions" type of trolling Fox News is engaging in on Benghazi by hereafter known as "Beck Question Trolling. Will anyone second the motion?

I'd like to but I easily get motion sick.

27 dragonfire1981  Wed, Nov 14, 2012 10:42:46am

re: #25 Dark_Falcon

Dragonfire isn't against unions, but in this case the management was and still is treating its workers well and the workers do not feel they need a union. He's not being anti-union, he's speaking about a union organizer who was behaving in a thuggish manner. He's not saying any other union people act like that, just that that particular union organizer behaved badly and used the "just asking questions" gambit.

Thank you, you saved me some typing. :P

28 Dark_Falcon  Wed, Nov 14, 2012 10:43:39am

re: #27 dragonfire1981

Thank you, you saved me some typing. :P

You are quite welcome.

29 Inconsequential Consequence  Wed, Nov 14, 2012 10:43:45am

With all the Repubs complaining about 'the bubble' in general and Fox specifically, Fox must be deep in fear of creeping irrelevance.

30 jaunte  Wed, Nov 14, 2012 10:44:43am

"...and some feel this:..."

Incredibly vague in sourcing but damningly specific in allegation.

31 NJDhockeyfan  Wed, Nov 14, 2012 10:45:36am

Now the IDF Navy is involved...

32 NJDhockeyfan  Wed, Nov 14, 2012 10:47:34am

And now I'm off to work...cheers!

33 Sol Berdinowitz  Wed, Nov 14, 2012 10:51:13am

re: #21 Tigger2

I really don't understand the mindset of being against unions, after all the unions and their members helped build the great middle class this country had.

re: #21 Tigger2

I really don't understand the mindset of being against unions, after all the unions and their members helped build the great middle class this country had.

I really appreciate America for its values of self-reliance and individual initiative.

What I do not understand, however, is the nothion that individuals and families with limited resources and income can be expected to negotiate on equal terms with multi-million/billion-dollar international corporations for terms of employment, financial services or insurance.

34 Ghost of Tom Joad  Wed, Nov 14, 2012 10:52:15am

re: #21 Tigger2

I really don't understand the mindset of being against unions, after all the unions and their members helped build the great middle class this country had.

What's happened is that people that aren't unionized have been turned against the unions. You have people who are working jobs with low pay, poor safety conditions, bad hours, no benefits (healthy/retirement/vacation etc.), and they've been told that the reason they don't have those things...is the unionized people who do.

So instead of fighting for the same things, they've found it easier to just blame the unions for their lot in life. Unions, I think, are necessary to a point, but some have become entities that are too powerful and pushing for things outside the realm of necessity.

In the above story, obviously a union isn't necessary since, as stated, the employees are properly compensated. Anybody pushing to 'unionize' in those situations seems like somebody who is looking to middleman the process and make money for themselves.

35 nines09  Wed, Nov 14, 2012 11:10:55am

"Fox News. You watch, we slowly suck the air out of the room. Film at 11."

36 Political Atheist  Wed, Nov 14, 2012 12:20:57pm

Fox News should merge with SyFy. They need an infusion of fresh fiction over there.


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