On MSNBC right now, Chuck Todd reports that CIA Briefings released on Friday

[berni_mccoy]

SUPPORT the Obama Administrations statements throughout the two week period after the attacks and REFUTE Republican Criticism. He has Sen. Graham on right now and Graham is running from the attacks on the admin saying "Well, we didn't have the same briefings". Todd said that the Congress *did* get the briefings and everyone knew the Admin was saying exactly what the briefings reported as the best known information at the time. Graham insists they didn't see them (and looks obvious when he's lying). Simply stunning.

[powergirl]

1. It is fair to assume the Angry White guy

is lying. Or it is quite possible that he is just a total morAn.

[Flashmann]

9. fair to assume

There is no "or"......It's undeniably BOTH......

[JDPriestly]

25. Alternatively and very probably, he did not bother to read the briefings but just jumped

on the hyper-partisan bandwagon. He did not want to appear to be stepping out of the Republican Party line. That could have ended his career right there.

Face it. The Republicans are a fascist party, and no one dares contradict Fox or Limbaugh even to tell an obvious truth.

We have a serious problem here. The Republican Party is not democratic with a little d.

Do you recall how they treated the Ron Paul supporters in their party during the primaries?

[sadbear]

2. He must have been pissed to have to report that.

Poor Chuckie.

[lunatica]

5. It makes him the knower of all things though

So maybe he's using it to puff himself up as someone in the know.

[Cha]

15. That's sounds so accurate. nm

[Logical]

28. I imagine it pissed you off having to read a pro Todd post!

[sadbear]

33. How is that post pro-Todd?

[ProudProgressiveNow]

37. +1

[lunatica]

3. I've been trying to remind people that Mitt gets these briefings now

Which is why he's suddenly saying he's always been for diplomatic solutions with Iran.

More Romnesia...

[spanone]

4. graham is a pos

[chelsea0011]

6. The RW has a story and they are sticking to it going into the debate.

It really is a disgrace how political they have made this issue. They have an agenda and nevermind waiting for the investigation. We all want to know how and what happened and how to protect against it happening again. All, except the RW who want to make political hay out of a tragedy.

[Supersedeas]

16. the disparity in scope and in the indignation between 9/11/01 and 9/11/12 is really telling

Both from Right Wingers and from the MSM.

[IDemo]

7. I heard this on NPR this morning as well n/t

[liberal N proud]

8. Lindsey is just following the republican agenda of trying to limit Obama to one term

I wish someone would run an ad with the Turtle saying that line. Just repeat it for 30 seconds every hour from now to the election.

[ProudProgressiveNow]

38. I have often thought the same thing.

It would destroy many of the right wing chatter.

[progressoid]

10. Wonder how Fux is spinning this.

I sure as hell won't turn it on to find out.

[porphyrian]

11. How many lies can we bust republicans in before everyone stops taking them seriously? n/t

[bluestate10]

12. As a presidential candidate, Mitt Romney would have gotten the briefings also.

The President should point all of that out if Romney brings up Libya tonight.

[yellowcanine]

30. Yep. Sure would have. Putting in the "Caught with pants around ankles" folder.

[BlueStreak]

31. Exactly. I think his briefings started right after that. It would be very interesting ...

to know if he received this specific information in his briefings. If so that can only mean one of two things:

1) The Romney doesn't give a shit and just ignored the briefings, a la George W, Bush.

or

2) Romney received this CLASSIFIED information, knew it was CLASSIFIED so Obama could not speak about it, and he used that as his cover to lie about this story, with the confidence that Obama couldn't call Romney out without disclosing classified information.

[davidpdx]

13. Chuck Todd has a coronary, dies on camera with a stiffy

News at 11

[RagAss]

36. LOL !!...I'm pissing.

[davidpdx]

42. I guess I owe you a pair of pants

[malaise]

14. Stunning to whom exactly

ReTHUGs are pathological LIARS.

[nadinbrzezinski]

17. Was this the famous October Surprise

[McCamy Taylor]

18. CIA worships the Bush family.

Poppy must be mad at the way his son was slighted by the GOP this summer.

[condoleeza]

19. Actually,

I think his son probably was sent by poppy to the woodshed after he left office, he's been unusually "invisible" as a former POTUS, don't you think? Puppet lost his strings, doesn't know how to talk anymore, best to pack him in a box.

[OldDem2012]

23. Actually, he's probably more angry at what happened to his CIA operatives in Benghazi....

....once CIA, always CIA. And Poppy has been CIA for a VERY long time.

[OldDem2012]

20. Chuckie must have had to change underwear when he read this for the first time....

...because he was one of the media talking heads who pushed the right-wing version.

Now he's trying to cover for his role.

[Uncle Joe]

21. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, berni.

[proReality]

22. Graham was a JAG

And now he's a jagoff.

[LiberalFighter]

24. He didn't have the same briefings?

Then why spout off before getting the briefings?

Does he know how to read?

Did he forget his briefs and decide to use the briefings for underwear?

[Logical]

26. Wait I thought we hated Todd, I get so confused! LOL

[Ikonoklast]

35. Duck Wadd is trying to cover his own ass after pushing the wrong story line.

He is trying to run to the front of the parade here, before everyone else can call him out on his bullshit peddling.

But you don't see it for what it is.

Not suprised in the least.

[Logical]

39. LOL, the DU is a funny place.....

Jon Stewart is on our side, Jon is against us.

Chuck Todd is great, Chuck Todd is horrible

We like Nate Silver, We hate Nate Silver

No logic applies.

[Ikonoklast]

44. Who is 'we'? I despise Todd, full time.

Don't watch Stewart, or much of any tv for that matter.

Silver is fallible when given faulty data to work with.

Sweeping generalizations are also seldom logical.

[BumRushDaShow]

27. K&R

[yellowcanine]

29. "Well, we didn't have the same briefings"

Well maybe you should STFU then until you have more information.

[Pakid]

32. Republican caught in still another lie

No surprise there

[sad sally]

34. Why aren't staunch Republicans, like Graham, being questioned about the Issa dump that's put

NAMED libyans safety in jeopardy? If a Democratic congressperson had outed Libyans-working-for-the-CIA, he and McCain would be shitting biscuits over it. Issa should be under investigation - the State Dept. says many of the documents the committee posted weren't provided by State, so did Bush/Cheney people still working at the CIA hand them over without telling the Administration? So many questions - no wonder it's taking weeks to get to the bottom of the attack.

[Ninga]

40. K&r till the cows come home! N/t

[Tigress DEM]

41. Well, be fair, Sen GRAHAM probably DIDN'T READ them, so in his mind, he didn't see them.

He had his talking points and wasn't interested in facts as usual.

[spicegal]

43. Oh, so the Republicans are lying again? What a shocker.