Now these b@st@rds at MTP want to START asking questions about Benghazi--only TWO months after the actual event of 9/11 and numerous reportings by Fox about the alleged coverup way before the election? These questions that MTP is now asking about Benghazi should have been asked BEFORE THE ELECTION, and MTP had at least two successive Sunday shows where they asked no Benghazi questions, but covered abortion and "war on women" type questions instead. Matter of fact, when Carly Fiorina tried to answer a question about "how could the American People trust Romney," David Gregory cut her off when she replied, "how can the American People trust the President on Benghazi," and David Gregory said,"we'll get back later in the show to Benghazi." They didn't. Why, despite him being fully aware of Benghazi? Because MTP wanted their "boy" Obama to win the election. NBC wanted to keep the American People misinformed about the facts damaging to Obama regarding Benghazi. Hey, David Gregory, will you please resign already for misleading the American People and breaking your trust? Your old boss, the late Tim Russert would be rolling in his grave over your intentional misleading on the American People. The American People can't get you impeached like we're going to do to your "boy" Obama for lying and covering up, so will you please save whatever honor you have left and RESIGN from being the moderator of MTP?
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The wonder of wondering. (Lead up omitted). The media-like 'meet the press' strategy for displaying political discussion has been to adopt the old carnival prize game of knocking over moving targets, so many hits you take a prize, the only requirement is luck and front money to take chance. The current adaptation, turning a few things around, is to maintain a set of talking points to prepare Myna bird like responses. The rotating array of obscure Republican operatives and want-to-bes appear with the regularity and precise timing that is often used by theater groups, the grouch series of the Republicans Muppets. The particular actor is as unseen as are the republican funded manipulators pulling the strings. The republicans appear in rotating sequence according to who needs the most campaign funding and is not likely to damage their career by spewing such forgettable messages. Even those that are destined for retirement making their last gasp appearance in front of the microphone. It would be the McCarthy like doll except that the narrator goes along with the ruse, without having his hand up the backside. The hidden manipulators operate a series of Rodney Dangerfield bug-eyed Sock Puppets, the object of the game is making a Laugh-in type comment and then to vanish until next week's show. The technique is to throw out an insult and disappear while those who are targeted are flabbergasted at the stupidity they are reduced to in respond to the vanishing insult.

This is low brow entertainment where the straight man crosses over to be the gag man, and then delivers who's on first.

The so called moderator takes the hit and has to rebut the Myna bird comment. In a reverse role the moderator has all the pressure to challenge, to follow up or to disagree and to make sound arguments. The Myna bird has only to make another comment. It does not matter if it is the moderator who has to respond, it could be a second guest who has to field the often ridiculous statement. If the Myna bird lands an unchallenged dropping, a challenger has to research the absurd argument, prepare a rebuttal, and find platform to responded, and make a coherent argument. This takes time away from the alternate view point, drowned in lengthy drawn out discussion.

The first statement dominates the agenda, just as a skilled player at tick-tack-doe who always starts first, carefully checks the square that blocks the challenger, the second player cannot win unless the first player fumbles. Thus a well-trained Myna bird guest with a few memorized phrases, can set the agenda, consume the available time and 'win the moment' at the least possible cost. This however does not allow for open free civil deliberation of problems and suitable exploration of solutions, instead we have the same rerun of the same nonsense that has blocked the future for years on end. Unlike carnival games, the distracted public does not notice that the discussion cannot be elevated, since it to directed to the lowest common denominator, the casuals and rarely inform viewer.

We may love the Muppets, but we do have a problem and all the solutions have been blocked for four years and counting. We are being cheated and we seem to like it, but it not for me to understand why we love being fooled.

In dealing with the fascal cliff.President Obama have all the marble in this game.Boner and Congress lead by Paul Ryan agreed to deep cuts in defense and to let the Bush tax cuts expire.They now want to cut $2.50 programs for every $1.00 raised through taxes.face it,Defense is the 800 pound gorilla in the room.At $790 billion dollars a year.Our defense budget is larger than the next ten countries behind us combined.China spends $85 million and Russia spends about $78 million.As long as we cut that $2.50 from defense and not social security and medicare,most American and the world would be happy with it.The only people that wouldn't be are Congressional leaders that have voted to keep our defense budget large to give the false impression of creating jobs. IT'S DEFENSE STUPID................PLEASE CUT IT....$1.00 of every $4.00 taken in by taxes is spent on defense