"In case you missed it: Jon Stewart blows the lid off Benghazirama:"

[ProSense]

Open thread: The worst thing since the last thing that was worse than Watergate

In case you missed it: Jon Stewart blows the lid off Benghazirama:

< video at link >

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/05/10/1208311/-Open-thread-The-worst-thing-since-the-last-thing-that-was-worse-than-Watergate

Inhofe Suggests Obama May Be Impeached Over Benghazi
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022825026

[ProSense]

1. Come on,

this is hilarious: Watergate plus Iran-Contra times 10!!!!

[freshwest]

8. People killed by death squads don't count to the GOP, huh. 2014, 2014, 2014!

“Nobody died in Iran-Contra”

By Dennis G. November 15th, 2012

That quote in the headline is something that John McCain actually said this week. Really. We all know that McCain is a bitter, angry old man and perhaps the sorest loser in the history of American politics, but that does not obscure the fact that at his center he is an ignorant, lying asshole.

At least 30,000 folks died as a result a direct result of the Contras and their war in Nicaragua. The Iran-Contra funded covert project spilled over into El Salvador where another 75,000 people lost their lives and to Guatemala where CIA funded death squads helped helped to push the body count to over 200,000. The Iraq-Iran war that Team Reagan was funding with the scandal added another 450,000 to the count. And then there was the death of the guy who disclosed Reagan’s partnership with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards.

I think it would be fair to add the death tolls from some of the other covert wars or the Reagan era as well. Angola is a good example of one them. To help prop up Apartheid South Africa, Reagan funded a civil war there where over 500,000 people were killed (and where hidden US funded land mines are still killing people every day).

Then there are the legacy/blowback body counts of the Iran-Contra scandal. It allowed Iran to promote the rise of Hezbollah in Lebanon: which led to the bombing of a US Marine barracks in 1983 and other acts of terror throughout the 1980s that the Reagan Administration responded to with gross negligence and weakness. Then there was the covert funding of Afghan rebels which led to the creation of al-Qaeda, the attacks on 9-11, the decade of the Bush Wars and the attack on Benghazi that John McCain is pretending to care about...

http://www.balloon-juice.com/2012/11/15/nobody-died-in-iran-contra/

The GOP are once again hiding behind the bodies of four people in Benghazi and are not being called out on the deaths of the untold thousands they have profited from. Yet Americans elected him. Apparently those deaths don't mean anything. So the deaths in Benghazi don't, either.

[Douglas Carpenter]

2. I had a funny thought today. The Republicans should be careful for what they wish for

As much as this whole Benghazi things is a Fox News/Right-Wing manufactured scandal - at least in terms of accusing the Administration of some big conspiracy - still in spite of that - what if all this hype did weaken Hillary enough that we ended up in 2016 instead of nominating and electing Hillary - nominating and electing Elizabeth Warren President of the United States. I'm not saying that will happen - I'm only saying the Republicans should be careful what they wish for... because it could happen.

[malaise]

3. It was great

[sheshe2]

4. Hillary Unglued?

[uponit7771]

5. "..and if it duhint, we'll have more until it does..."

[Jasana]

6. I love the way Jon does algerbra.

Sad that we have to get news from a "Comedy" channel.

[LannyDeVaney]

7. Thank you (times 1000000)

I so miss Jon Stewart...I go to bed way before The Daily Show and never remember to DVR.

I've been Benghazied to death this week by co-workers and this really calmed me down. I've shared it in every form it can be shared. Just awesome.