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46. That's behind us. Are you agressive enough to ask H. Clinton why she betrayed the country

Thu Jan 29, 2015, 12:24 AM

Jan 2015

and help Bush/Cheney sell the war? She wants to be our president, but she sold Democrats down the river and bowed to the boy King. How bad off are we to have her as our leading choice? Rhetorical question as she has Wall Street money, Goldman-Sachs money behind her.

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'We Were Arrogant': New York Times editor Dean Baquet: We failed to do our job after 9/11 [View all] kpete Jan 2015 OP

'Bout time! Scuba Jan 2015 #1

we ARE arrogant uhnope Jan 2015 #29

Fuck you New York Times. Octafish Jan 2015 #2

+1 merrily Jan 2015 #4

Octa Bravos for thee. ChairmanAgnostic Jan 2015 #6

+1 navarth Jan 2015 #28

They are the big pipes of the mighty wurlitzer... Jesus Malverde Jan 2015 #34

+ quatro hibbing Jan 2015 #45

DUer SoCalDem summed it up succintly with this cartoon Art_from_Ark Jan 2015 #64

Bush Didn't Do His Job ON 911 billhicks76 Jan 2015 #50

And Because Of This Our Current Politicians Who Don't Question Are Not Worth A Dime billhicks76 Jan 2015 #51

You got that shit right. Enthusiast Jan 2015 #66

This message was self-deleted by its author calimary Jan 2015 #57

I suspect they felt that they were too tough calimary Jan 2015 #58

They were fully fledged participants. Their mission was to convey misinformation Enthusiast Jan 2015 #65

"Not aggressive enough" is quite the understatement. You made Pravda look good. You still do. merrily Jan 2015 #3

I was thinking the same thing actually because the truth is they rolled over and cstanleytech Jan 2015 #36

Na Zdorovie! forest444 Jan 2015 #42

No reason to not do it now, of course. Brickbat Jan 2015 #5

You only have the blood of 1,000,000+ innocent Iraqis dripping from your KingCharlemagne Jan 2015 #7

And nothing has changed as the NYT and others look away from Christian radicalism and denial Fred Sanders Jan 2015 #8

"Whiny, Table For One?" hatrack Jan 2015 #9

THIS^^^^ calimary Jan 2015 #59

Ya think??? Nay Jan 2015 #10

The MSM was complicit, not simply arrogant and not simply slow or human or anything else. nt deminks Jan 2015 #11

Two rules - Rule 1: Telling the truth is nothing compared to being able to keep their cushy jobs leveymg Jan 2015 #12

That's exactly it. closeupready Jan 2015 #18

ding, ding, ding kpete Jan 2015 #26

Or this Generic Other Jan 2015 #40

Barquet says the "next Snowden" should come to New York Times procon Jan 2015 #13

And the Times will hold off publishing it until *after* the next relevant election KeepItReal Jan 2015 #16

Nobody knew how many times Kahlid Sheikh Mohammed had been waterboarded malaise Jan 2015 #14

I did a double take on that sentence as well. KittyWampus Jan 2015 #55

"And we still are." nt bemildred Jan 2015 #15

Talk is cheap. Not impressed. closeupready Jan 2015 #17

So funny. NYT is not being aggressive enough on several issues TODAY. *cough* TPP *cough* stillwaiting Jan 2015 #19

Blah, blah, blah. We are the .01%. Blah, blah, blah. nt valerief Jan 2015 #20

Why I no longer subscribe. Abject failure to be a newspaper. Just a mouthpiece for the PTB. on point Jan 2015 #21

Don't apologize to us, apologize to the 4000 plus families missing a son or daughter or mother Rex Jan 2015 #22

Yeah, thanks for this bullshit confession after nearly 5000 American deaths, Downtown Hound Jan 2015 #23

This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Jan 2015 #24

No date given for a return to responsible journalism? Orsino Jan 2015 #25

More like compliment intimidated and probably blackmailed underpants Jan 2015 #27

it's what happens when install a nitwit into the White House Skittles Jan 2015 #30

Finally. I'm still waiting for the LA Times to admit its fault in its sloppy reporting on the pre- JDPriestly Jan 2015 #31

Yeah, like "They hate us for our freedom".... Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2015 #32

geez heaven05 Jan 2015 #33

As another reply already said, it wasn't arrogance, but complicity. They knew what they were doing dissentient Jan 2015 #35

And oh Dear God we can't lose our precious ACCESS!!!! calimary Jan 2015 #60

And you still suck on so many other levels....ack. n/t Jefferson23 Jan 2015 #37

we were fing saying this then. too little and too late samsingh Jan 2015 #38

They shouted us all down with vitriol and such a sense of superiority Generic Other Jan 2015 #39

Well said... KoKo Jan 2015 #41

Your memory of that time is undoubtedly similar to mine! Generic Other Jan 2015 #43

http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/hphotos-xap1/t51.2885-15/10661278_690549904368166_1036940458_a.jp blkmusclmachine Jan 2015 #44

That's behind us. Are you agressive enough to ask H. Clinton why she betrayed the country rhett o rick Jan 2015 #46

Yep. Only 3 choices in Iraq war crime for HRH: Complicit, Conned, Corrupt on point Jan 2015 #70

She shares a heavy responsibility for the deaths of our troops and Iraqi people. She rhett o rick Jan 2015 #72

Sorry we left all you anti war people hanging out there.. mountain grammy Jan 2015 #47

I HATE this kind of crap. THEY KNEW THEN. WinkyDink Jan 2015 #48

KnR Hekate Jan 2015 #49

NO SHIT! sakabatou Jan 2015 #52

How Painful! McKim Jan 2015 #53

Arrogant???...they allowed their reporters to LIE us into Iraq.... KoKo Jan 2015 #54

What's this "enough" shit? They weren't aggressive AT ALL!! arcane1 Jan 2015 #56

SMH Mr Dixon Jan 2015 #61

Of course this is the same Baquet that Greenwald smeared mercilessly Blue_Tires Jan 2015 #62

They knew the war was profiteering polynomial Jan 2015 #63

If they were sincere. They would start Enthusiast Jan 2015 #67

the media was treacherous, corrupt, stupid, bullies, and many other things after 911 samsingh Jan 2015 #68

Thank the Goddess libodem Jan 2015 #69

Begging for forgiveness should never be a fall back position Baitball Blogger Jan 2015 #71