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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBloomberg has Peter Schweizer on this morning. I will not be watching Bloomberg anymore. They are
just another whore of a network, pushing rumors and garbage without the evidence.
Of course like all good jerks he is pushing for a special investigation, and demanding release of all servers from the Clinton Foundation.
This is guilt by innuendo, without evidence or proof, yet the media propagates this mccarthy like accusations like they did the swift boaters, and other lies and misrepresentations.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/04/21/1379052/-Author-of-new-anti-Clinton-book-has-a-long-record-of-errors-and-falsehoods#
"Schweizer, a former speechwriting consultant for the George W. Bush White House, former Sarah Palin foreign policy adviser, and contributor to a Glenn Beck book, is yet another unneeded example of how Republicans can continue to get major media attention despite long records of failure and falsehood.
In a 2011 book, Schweizer accused Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of using his position to essentially commit insider trading. According to Schweizer, the Rhode Island Democrat unloaded a bunch of stock in 2008, after a congressional leadership briefing on the financial crisis. Problem being, Whitehouse was not in that meeting and selling stock wasn't some unique act during the financial crisis. Schweizer also suggested that Whitehouse sold stock in a company after learning, through his membership on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, that its Medicare reimbursements would be curtailed. Except Whitehouse was not on the HELP Committee at that time, and there were public questions about the company's drugs that made insider information sort of beside the point anyway.
In 2012, Schweizer's "Government Accountability Institute" made a splash with the claim that President Obama had skipped more than half of his intelligence briefings. Turned out, different presidents receive intelligence briefings in different ways, and while the ones named Bush like to be briefed in person by a CIA officer, that's not the only way to do itand not the way Obama has chosen. The Washington Post fact-checker called the claim "bogus" and noted that:"
Yeah MSM, this is why you have become more than worthless
Shame on Bloomberg and the New York Times for giving credibility to this liar
Human101948
(3,457 posts)exactly why this guy has no credibility. If they get enough negative feedback, they might not use him again.
still_one
(92,187 posts)Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)Positive side. Media Matters are investigating his lies and giving background on timelines and what should be happening. They are debunking the outright lies told by Schweizer. This will work in Hillary's favor. Now if Schweizer has written about Benghazi in the same way we can stop the hearings and again write them off as just more crap.
The real problem lies in the jealously of the Clintons raising in assets and the amount of money they have earned since Bill left the WH. Those already with big assets (mostly inherited) do not like the fact a little guy was able to acquire so much. The ones still left down the income/asset scale dont like to be left. I am happy for those who rise up, even if it is to just simply own a home. I am happy for those who work hard and play by the rules and can successfully support their families and help their children to achieve higher success than they have.