Breitbart Hacks Still Doing the Benghazi Boogaloo - Now Hyping Discredited Group Run by Birther

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breitbart.com, the site dedicated to unrelentingly dishonest right wing attacks on President Obama, today has a hit piece by former Washington Times writer Kerry Picket, who just can’t stop doing that ol’ Benghazi Boogaloo: 700 Retired Military Special Ops Tell Congress to Form Select Committee on Benghazi.

And being breitbart.com, they’re not above exploiting the dead.

Seven hundred retired Military Special Operations professionals from the organization “Special Operations Speaks” sent a letter to the House of Representatives urging members to support H.Res 36, which will create a House Select Committee to investigate last September’s deadly terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya.

“It appears that many of the facts and details surrounding the terrorist attack which resulted in four American deaths and an undetermined number of American casualties have not yet been ascertained by previous hearings and inquiries,” the letter states. It continues further, “Additional information is now slowly surfacing in the media, which makes a comprehensive bipartisan inquiry an imperative. Many questions have not been answered thus far.” The letter puts forth over twenty unanswered questions the select committee should address.

Whoa! Seven hundred former military? That sounds impressive, does it not? Surely there must be something to this Benghazi stuff, if seven hundred Special Ops members are this upset about it, right?

Well, actually no.

“Special Operations Speaks” claims to be non-partisan, but in fact has extensive ties to the Republican Party. They’ve been launching one deranged attack after another on Obama — and their leader is a Birther.

Earlier this week, a different group of former Navy SEALS calling themselves the Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund rolled out its campaign to criticize Obama for leaking national security information and taking what it believes as undue credit for the killing of Osama bin Laden. That group claims to be non-political.

But the founder of SOS, a similar group with the same mission and the same tactics, says he has no problem admitting that he is against Obama’s politics, personality, and believes that America’s current president is lying about his origins.

“I have to admit that I’m a Birther,” said SOS founder Larry Bailey, a retired 27-year veteran of the Navy SEALs, in an interview. “If there were a jury of 12 good men and women and the evidence were placed before them, there would be absolutely no question Barack Obama was not born where he said he was and is not who he says he is.”

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Bulworth Mon, Apr 8, 2013 12:02:22pm

“There are still many questions, many concerns, need more information, like what the president had to eat before the Benghazi attacks, etc. “

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Targetpractice Mon, Apr 8, 2013 12:02:48pm

Six months later and they’re still trying to push this non-troversy. Perhaps they’d get farther if they could actually prove that a crime occurred, instead of expecting us to run on the idea that something must be hidden because they’re not satisfied with Obama still being president.

Kragar Mon, Apr 8, 2013 12:03:44pm

700 former military, also known as current civilians.

Bulworth Mon, Apr 8, 2013 12:04:08pm

700 Republicans….

Eclectic Cyborg Mon, Apr 8, 2013 12:04:18pm

I say if they want the Benghazi investigation, fine but they can pay every penny it will cost.

GunstarGreen Mon, Apr 8, 2013 12:05:14pm

re: #3 Kragar

700 former military, also known as current civilians.

Being former military is supposed to garner them automatic extra respect and consideration, as if having put on a uniform at one point in one’s life somehow changes the fact that one is currently a raving idiot and/or loon.

Eclectic Cyborg Mon, Apr 8, 2013 12:05:18pm

I am not sure of the reason why but I know a LOT of current and former military members who are very anti-Obama.

Skip Intro Mon, Apr 8, 2013 12:06:57pm

“If there were a jury of 12 good men and women and the evidence were placed before them, there would be absolutely no question Barack Obama was not born where he said he was and is not who he says he is.”

Evidence? What evidence? Hell, what’s the charge? Being President While Black?

Targetpractice Mon, Apr 8, 2013 12:07:02pm

re: #6 GunstarGreen

Being former military is supposed to garner them automatic extra respect and consideration, as if having put on a uniform at one point in one’s life somehow changes the fact that one is currently a raving idiot and/or loon.

Veterans are to be accorded unquestioned respect and admiration…unless they’re a Democrat, then you can accuse them of lying about their medals, lying about their injuries, and generally just being outright liars.

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Kragar Mon, Apr 8, 2013 12:07:18pm

re: #7 Eclectic Cyborg

I am not sure of the reason why but I know a LOT of current and former military members who are very anti-Obama.

Funny, I am a former military member and I work with active duty folks all the time and don’t have a problem with him.

Perhaps you’re just surrounded by assholes.

Charles Johnson Mon, Apr 8, 2013 12:08:45pm

More from SOS founder Larry Bailey:

Bailey isn’t shy about his dislike of Obama personally and admits freely that his extensive efforts to mobilize special operations veterans and their supporters around the country is rooted in his personal dislike of the president and his desire to see him replaced.

“Barack Obama’s a born red-diaper baby. He’s a socialist. His beliefs are the very antithesis of my beliefs. As far as I am concerned he is one of the most unlikeable and unprepared politicians we’ve ever had,” Bailey said. “I don’t like him because he believes that America is responsible for most of the problems in the world and he wants to cut her down to size.”

Batshit nuts.

erik_t Mon, Apr 8, 2013 12:08:47pm

re: #7 Eclectic Cyborg

I am not sure of the reason why but I know a LOT of current and former military members who are very anti-Obama.

Being former anything is well-correlated with being old.

Sol Berdinowitz Mon, Apr 8, 2013 12:08:55pm

re: #9 Targetpractice

Veterans are to be accorded unquestioned respect and admiration…unless they’re a Democrat, then you can accuse them of lying about their medals, lying about their injuries, and generally just being outright liars.

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And regardless of their party affiliation, they are being screwed out of medical care and treatment for the wounds, injuries and traumas they suffered during their service…

GunstarGreen Mon, Apr 8, 2013 12:11:41pm

re: #9 Targetpractice

Veterans are to be accorded unquestioned respect and admiration…unless they’re a Democrat, then you can accuse them of lying about their medals, lying about their injuries, and generally just being outright liars.

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To be fair, that’s really just an extension of the general IOKIYAR doctrine, and it’s logical correlate, INOKIYAD.

Targetpractice Mon, Apr 8, 2013 12:17:43pm

They’ve repeatedly compared this Benghazi to Watergate, when they’re not declaring it to be worse, yet the difference is that Watergate actually began with a crime and spun from there. There was never any doubt that something of an illegal nature had occurred, just how far down the rabbit hole the whole thing went.

By contrast, the entire “crime” of Benghazi boils down to accusing Obama of not doing enough to predict and prevent the attack on the Benghazi consulate or to magically move a rescue force into the city in time to stop the rioters.

Eclectic Cyborg Mon, Apr 8, 2013 12:19:23pm

re: #15 Targetpractice

They’ve repeatedly compared this Benghazi to Watergate, when they’re not declaring it to be worse, yet the difference is that Watergate actually began with a crime and spun from there. There was never any doubt that something of an illegal nature had occurred, just how far down the rabbit hole the whole thing went. By contrast, the entire “crime” of Benghazi boils down to accusing Obama of not doing enough to predict and prevent the attack on the Benghazi consulate or to magically move a rescue force into the city in time to stop the rioters.

re: #15 Targetpractice

They’ve repeatedly compared this Benghazi to Watergate, when they’re not declaring it to be worse, yet the difference is that Watergate actually began with a crime and spun from there. There was never any doubt that something of an illegal nature had occurred, just how far down the rabbit hole the whole thing went. By contrast, the entire “crime” of Benghazi boils down to accusing Obama of not doing enough to predict and prevent the attack on the Benghazi consulate or to magically move a rescue force into the city in time to stop the rioters.

See and here I thought it was all because of those damned talking points.

GunstarGreen Mon, Apr 8, 2013 12:20:00pm

re: #15 Targetpractice

They’ve repeatedly compared this Benghazi to Watergate, when they’re not declaring it to be worse, yet the difference is that Watergate actually began with a crime and spun from there. There was never any doubt that something of an illegal nature had occurred, just how far down the rabbit hole the whole thing went.

By contrast, the entire “crime” of Benghazi boils down to accusing Obama of not doing enough to predict and prevent the attack on the Benghazi consulate or to magically move a rescue force into the city in time to stop the rioters.

The appropriate comparison is that a Republican got impeached (well, quit before they could fire him) for something political, so it’s only fair that a Democrat gets impeached for something political.

Balance!!!11!!11!!!

Kragar Mon, Apr 8, 2013 12:21:40pm

Glenn Beck: MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry part of UN conspiracy to collectivize American children

Beck’s The Blaze website noted that the conservative radio host had also featured Harris-Perry’s promo on his Monday radio program, adding that he “referenced Agenda 21, which emphasizes ‘the collective’ over the individual, noting that it’s been branded a conspiracy theory among adults while children are learning about it in school.”

Conservatives have warned that Agenda 21 was a “conspiracy to transform America from the land of the free, to the land of the collective” through “a mind-control technique” called the Delphi technique.

Beck also linked the MSNBC advertisement to Common Core, an initiative to create nationwide testing standards for students.

“This is, I believe, the fulfilment of a couple of things that we said would happen,” Beck explained. “And they have. And they will be dismissed. And you will be made to look like a conspiracy theorist.”

“This is the announcement of where they’re headed,” he insisted. “This is exactly what we warned about, this is the fulfilment of so many things that we have said on this program.”

Beck went on to say that the “battle was on” to defeat Common Core because “it is a loss of parental sovereignty, of state sovereignty and it is also a loss of our children into a grotesque system.”

Targetpractice Mon, Apr 8, 2013 12:22:05pm

re: #17 GunstarGreen

The appropriate comparison is that a Republican got impeached (well, quit before they could fire him) for something political, so it’s only fair that a Democrat gets impeached for something political.

Nah, it’s another attempt at the impeachment game, thinking this time they’ve got something that will succeed where Monicagate failed. It’s why they want so badly for a select committee to be convened, because they’re hopeful that “concerns” about Benghazi can be used like “concerns” over Whitewater were to engage in an endless fishing expedition from now until 2016.

Kragar Mon, Apr 8, 2013 12:28:53pm

How One Multi-Millionaire Is Turning North Carolina Into A Tea Party Utopia

In 2010, Republicans took over both houses of the North Carolina legislature for the first time since 1870, due in no small part to the spending of a single, very wealthy Republican. As Jane Mayer reported in 2011, “three-quarters of the spending by independent groups in North Carolina’s 2010 state races came from accounts linked to” wholesale baron Art Pope. Of the 22 state legislative races targeted by Pope’s family and his organizations, 18 fell to Republicans. Yet Pope’s bought-and-paid-for legislature had limited reach until very recently thanks to the state’s Democratic Governor Beverly Perdue. That all changed last January, when Perdue was succeeded by Republican Gov. Pat McCrory.

With no remaining checks to Republican rule in North Carolina, the state has now become a haven for some of the most ideological — and ill-considered — tea party fantasies dressed up as legislation. Here are just a few of the bills being pushed in the house (and the senate) that Art Pope built:

darthstar Mon, Apr 8, 2013 12:29:51pm

These people wear the label “birther” like a badge of honor.

darthstar Mon, Apr 8, 2013 12:32:07pm

re: #18 Kragar

Glenn Beck: MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry part of UN conspiracy to collectivize American children

MHP can collectivize me anytime she wants.

Eclectic Cyborg Mon, Apr 8, 2013 12:36:58pm

re: #20 Kragar

How One Multi-Millionaire Is Turning North Carolina Into A Tea Party Utopia

It’s EXACTLY the same stuff in every state: Voter ID, Right to work, abolish income tax/boost sales tax, slap restrictions on abortion clinics and providers, school vouchers and something theocratic for good measure. Do we call this the ALEC effect?

Kragar Mon, Apr 8, 2013 12:37:22pm

re: #21 darthstar

These people wear the label “birther” like a badge of honor.

Strength in ignorance.
Pride in hate.
Unity in delusion.

Kragar Mon, Apr 8, 2013 12:38:59pm

Bobby Jindal’s Political Collapse Is Dangerous News For The National GOP

Sure the GOP may need a little outreach here and a little fine tuning there, but Republicans in Washington say they’re confident that a principled message of low taxes and cuts to social services will eventually propel them back to victory. They may want to take a look at Louisiana first.

Governor Bobby Jindal (R-LA), considered a leading presidential contender in 2016, is suffering a political meltdown in his home state. His approval rating plummeted to 38 percent in a poll last week by the non-partisan Southern Media Opinion & Research, down from 60 percent just a year ago. In an ominous sign for national Republicans, the immediate cause is a sweeping economic agenda with strong parallels to the House GOP’s latest budget.

darthstar Mon, Apr 8, 2013 12:39:09pm

re: #24 Kragar

Strength in ignorance.
Pride in hate.
Unity in delusion.

Notice he said a jury of ‘12 good men and women’ and not a jury of Obama’s peers, as you have to be a US citizen to be on a jury.
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darthstar Mon, Apr 8, 2013 12:42:07pm

re: #25 Kragar

Bobby Jindal’s Political Collapse Is Dangerous News For The National GOP

The worst thing about Jindal’s political collapse (god I liked typing that…Jindal’s political collapse..mmm…just floats from the fingertips) is that it’s early enough for the GOP to actually do something about with regard to damage control. Fortunately for the rest of us, the person responsible for most of that damage control is Reince Preibus which sounds a lot like scrubbing genitals.

Charles Johnson Mon, Apr 8, 2013 12:43:33pm

re: #27 darthstar

The worst thing about Jindal’s political collapse (god I liked typing that…Jindal’s political collapse..mmm…just floats from the fingertips) is that it’s early enough for the GOP to actually do something about with regard to damage control. Fortunately for the rest of us, the person responsible for most of that damage control is Reince Preibus which sounds a lot like scrubbing genitals.

Also see: Jindal Gives Up on Tax Swap Plan in Speech to Lawmakers, Calls on Legislature for Alternative Plan to Eliminate Income Tax | NOLA.com

stabby Mon, Apr 8, 2013 12:44:01pm

It’s amazing how the Republican hate propaganda doesn’t actually have a narrative.

Acorn was what? “hey they’re in favor of poor people voting, they’re full of liberals, hispanics and blacks, so they’re all dirty whores… ”
Makes no sense at all.

Bengazi comes down to “hey, come on! He’s a Muslim! He’s not on our side, do you know what I mean?”

There’s no argument, just prejudice.

stabby Mon, Apr 8, 2013 12:44:58pm

What kind of filthy mind do you need to even give these kinds of incoherent prejudiced based bullshit a listen?

Kragar Mon, Apr 8, 2013 12:45:24pm

re: #27 darthstar

The worst thing about Jindal’s political collapse (god I liked typing that…Jindal’s political collapse..mmm…just floats from the fingertips) is that it’s early enough for the GOP to actually do something about with regard to damage control. Fortunately for the rest of us, the person responsible for most of that damage control is Reince Preibus which sounds a lot like scrubbing genitals.

Reince Preibus will handle it with all the precision of the HMS Victoria executing a turn.

Targetpractice Mon, Apr 8, 2013 12:46:12pm

re: #28 Charles Johnson

Also see: Jindal Gives Up on Tax Swap Plan in Speech to Lawmakers, Calls on Legislature for Alternative Plan to Eliminate Income Tax | NOLA.com

Translation: “Take the bullet for me!”

Eclectic Cyborg Mon, Apr 8, 2013 12:46:26pm

re: #31 Kragar

Reince Preibus will handle it with all the precision of the HMS Victoria executing a turn.

Or the Titanic dodging an iceberg.

Eclectic Cyborg Mon, Apr 8, 2013 12:47:19pm

re: #32 Targetpractice

Translation: “Take the bullet for me!”

That or “let’s find a way to do this and be less obvious about it.”

darthstar Mon, Apr 8, 2013 12:47:36pm

re: #28 Charles Johnson

Also see: Jindal Gives Up on Tax Swap Plan in Speech to Lawmakers, Calls on Legislature for Alternative Plan to Eliminate Income Tax | NOLA.com

“Okay, okay, so I don’t know what I’m doing. Isn’t that why you elected me?”

Kragar Mon, Apr 8, 2013 12:48:26pm

re: #28 Charles Johnson

Also see: Jindal Gives Up on Tax Swap Plan in Speech to Lawmakers, Calls on Legislature for Alternative Plan to Eliminate Income Tax | NOLA.com

I propose an alternative tax scheme to actually go after where the money is, namely corporations, the wealthy, and capital gains.

Kragar Mon, Apr 8, 2013 12:49:38pm

re: #34 Eclectic Cyborg

Youtube Video

darthstar Mon, Apr 8, 2013 12:51:17pm

re: #34 Eclectic Cyborg

That or “let’s find a way to do this and be less obvious about it.”

Gambling revenues only go so far. Just ask Nevada, which has seen a huge drop in casino tourism due to the growth of California’s Indian casino market. The one east of Sacramento, about 120 minutes from Reno took $300,000,000 in profit in its first year. Another one about 1 hour from South Lake Tahoe is eating into their market share.

Kragar Mon, Apr 8, 2013 12:52:21pm

Oh boy, the fallout from this will be hilarious.

Beck: Gay Marriage Is Winning Because it is About Freedom and ‘the Principle of it is Right’

Beck said that fighting against the principle of maximum freedom by saying that marriage has always been between one man and one woman is why opponents have lost and been painted into a corner as bigots “because the principle of it is right”:

Kragar Mon, Apr 8, 2013 12:56:44pm

Apparently Marco Rubio is a communist:

You know who else supports amnesty besides Marco Rubio? Communist Party USA. po.st/MfE32h
— Bryan Fischer (@BryanJFischer) April 7, 2013

Eclectic Cyborg Mon, Apr 8, 2013 12:56:50pm

Well looks like I will be staying an extra day in Vegas with the old man thanks to the nasty storm rolling though Utah and Colorado today. Looks like by the time my wife and I leave the storm will be well east of us.

Eclectic Cyborg Mon, Apr 8, 2013 12:58:02pm

re: #40 Kragar

Apparently Marco Rubio is a communist:

The GOP will have to realize they will continue to have no luck with Hispanic voters unless they throw them a bone.

Bulworth Mon, Apr 8, 2013 12:58:51pm

re: #39 Kragar

Actually I think SSM advocates have done very little to link it to the principle of ‘freedom’ (Though there is a group called Freedom To Marry). For the most part, they’ve opted for ‘equality’. I think it would be better to base the appeal on ‘freedom’, but the movement seems to be doing pretty well as it is.

lawhawk Mon, Apr 8, 2013 12:59:50pm

re: #38 darthstar

You’ve hit on a big problem.

There’s a reason that states have enacted all kinds of taxes - corp/pers/sales/property/excise taxes/mineral-severance/fuel taxes. Doing so reduces variability due to changed economic conditions.

If you rely too much on any one tax for all your state’s revenues, a down year could result in massive shortfalls and one can’t expect the state to squirrel away a rainy day fund when the state runs a surplus.

A few states have abolished the personal income tax - Alaska being the most recent case. They could do so because severance taxes on petroleum could offset the lost revenue.

States generally don’t come into a new-found source of wealth.

Louisiana could conceivably do that since it could benefit from oil extraction in the Gulf and processing in state. But it’s already relying on that revenue. That’s why Jindal was looking towards the sales tax as the primary offset.

And everyone balked - including the businesses in-state.

Closer to home, NJ casinos are taking it on the chin in Atlantic City. Revel is going through bankruptcy. Others have changed hands a couple of times in the past year or so, and revenues and the tax collected by NJ is way down - primarily because casinos have opened up in PA close to Philly and even within NYC proper (Resorts International in Aqueduct). More are likely to be on the way - spreading where the casinos are located and reducing the taxes generated along the way - while giving gambling addicts even more of a fix than at present.

Oh, and I’ll repeat for good measure - casinos can and do go bankrupt. The House can and still does lose. And Revel got tax breaks from the state to get opened in the first place. That money will never get recovered.

BongCrodny Mon, Apr 8, 2013 1:00:34pm

re: #39 Kragar

Oh boy, the fallout from this will be hilarious.

Beck: Gay Marriage Is Winning Because it is About Freedom and ‘the Principle of it is Right’

RINO!

GunstarGreen Mon, Apr 8, 2013 1:00:48pm

re: #40 Kragar

Apparently Marco Rubio is a communist:

Stay Classy, Fundamentalists. Taking something that the rest of the intelligent world considers a joke (You know who else X? < insert historically distasteful person/group >) and saying it with a completely straight face.

HappyWarrior Mon, Apr 8, 2013 1:01:46pm

re: #40 Kragar

Apparently Marco Rubio is a communist:

Playing his game, he’s just like Stalin given their mutual opposition to birth control and homosexual rights.

Buck Mon, Apr 8, 2013 8:52:08pm

Chief Executive Officer (Usually considered “the leader”) of SOS is actually

Brigadier General Joseph S. Stringham, US Army (Ret.)

There are multiple people who are “Founders”. So Larry Bailey would be better described as a “Co-Founder”.

You can read about the background and career of Brigadier General Joseph S. Stringham, US Army (Ret.) by a simple google search

Having a Truther as one of the founders did not seem to bother anyone except me when it came to the supposed “Ground Zero Mosque”, so I am sure that the birther in their midst is also no big deal.

Charles Johnson Tue, Apr 9, 2013 11:28:04am

re: #48 Buck

BENGHAZI BENGHAZI BENGHAZI!

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