Mistakes were made.This, we are supposed to accept, is the conclusion to be drawn about the terrorist attacks in Benghazi, Libya, despite congressional testimony suggesting that significant efforts were made to camouflage those mistakes.As Democrats and Republicans alike know all too well: It’s always the cover-up.

A Facebook friend of mine has dug up THIS WONDERFUL STORY from four  years ago:

One morning back in 1977, I was having coffee with a certain prominent public official (an appointee, not a politician) whose judgment in most matters I usually respected.

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The right-wing noise machine has strongly implied, and falsely so, that the Obama administration doctored government emails concerning the Benghazi tragedy.

I’ve been thinking about Rick’s response to the notion that our first black president has gleefully presided over the lynching of a criminal suspect. What is Rick’s response? 99% like this! As if Facebook overrides the Constitution. And then I point out that it was unlikely that the federal government could have convicted bin Laden in a fair trial, and Rick responds that this is ok, because bin Laden was a dirt bag.

“My kitchen is a mystical place, a kind of temple … where the surfaces seem to have significance, where the sounds and odors carry meaning … from the past and bridges to the future.” – Pearl Bailey

It’s probably safe to say that many Americans think the current “scandal” at the Internal Revenue Service is about who has to pay how much in taxes.

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