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"I probably need to be more careful"
Posted by Snidget on 02-20-13 at 01:25 PM
As apparently any bit of snark, dead pan or otherwise, farce, or satire is now taken to be absolute truth and the proof is everyone hangs up on you when you ask about it and any denial just proves the rumor!

http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/friends-hamas-rumor-started-article-1.1268284#ixzz2LReUROKL

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"RE: I probably need to be more careful"
Posted by Estee on 02-20-13 at 01:43 PM
*whistles*

Wow. Just -- wow.

But how do we know he isn't lying?

"RE: I probably need to be more careful"
Posted by cahaya on 02-20-13 at 01:51 PM
It's more common than you think.

GI Bill benefits for Guantanamo Bay prisoners?

Mitch McConnell (R-KY) got suckered too.

“I am writing on behalf of a constituent who has contacted me regarding Guantanamo Bay prisoners receiving Post 9/11 GI Bill benefits,” McConnell wrote. “I would appreciate your review and response to my constituent’s concerns.”

"RE: I probably need to be more careful"
Posted by Snidget on 02-20-13 at 02:07 PM
And here I would think Ol' Mitch would be good with crushing the souls of our enemies.

Or is it just not OK to do that with bureaucracy.

"RE: I probably need to be more careful"
Posted by AyaK on 02-20-13 at 04:01 PM
LAST EDITED ON 02-21-13 AT 10:54 AM (EST)

The incompetence shown by the blogger who spread the story is rivaled only by the incompetence of Hagel himself.

Here's a quick piece from Slate on how easy the story was to disprove, had someone at Breitbart chosen to do even a little bit of work before spewing it into the blogosphere.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2013/02/20/_friends_of_hamas_revisited.html

"RE: I probably need to be more careful"
Posted by AyaK on 02-20-13 at 07:22 PM
Just in case you think that conservatives are the only ones who pull this "is it true? I don't know" crap, here's an example of the same thing from a liberal directed at Fox News, which he has now updated to acknowledge that it too was a fake:

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/02/dave-chappelle-political-visionary/273267/

"RE: I probably need to be more careful"
Posted by dabo on 02-20-13 at 07:47 PM
Negrodamus foretold: Yes. Arsenio Hall will have a new show.
"RE: I probably need to be more careful"
Posted by Snidget on 02-20-13 at 08:02 PM
Oh there is plenty of idiocy to spread across the full spectrum of of the political universe.

No one is immune.

"RE: I probably need to be more careful"
Posted by cahaya on 02-20-13 at 11:14 PM
No one is immune.

Quote of the week, folks.