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Archae

(46,327 posts) Tue Dec 9, 2014, 03:14 PM Dec 2014

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The torture talking points have gone out...(updated)

Last edited Wed Dec 10, 2014, 01:29 PM - Edit history (1)

In addition to continuing to lie about if the torture produced any results, (it didn't,) now this talking point is making the rounds:

Limbaugh: Torture Report Released Today "By Design" To "Dwarf" Gruber's Obamacare Testimony

http://mediamatters.org/video/2014/12/09/limbaugh-torture-report-released-today-by-desig/201817

Fox Hosts: Torture Report Was Released To Distract From Obamacare

http://mediamatters.org/video/2014/12/09/fox-hosts-torture-report-was-released-to-distra/201811

Like I said...

Peter King: 'Hate America' Club Used Torture Report To Distract From Obamacare

Submitted by Brian Tashman on Wednesday, 12/10/2014 11:50 am

Not only are conservatives outraged over the release of the Senate Intelligence Committee report on the use of torture by the CIA, but some even seem to think that the report was made public in order to distract Americans from a congressional hearing on Obamacare.

- See more at: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/peter-king-hate-america-club-used-torture-report-distract-obamacare#sthash.ggvMbMKG.dpuf

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The torture talking points have gone out...(updated) (Original Post) Archae Dec 2014 OP

Wow. That's the best they've got? gollygee Dec 2014 #1

Hopefully they'll make people curious about the contents too! arcane1 Dec 2014 #3

nothing changes the contents of the report. those are facts samsingh Dec 2014 #2

the rightwing comedians are getting huge laughs at my house!!!!! spanone Dec 2014 #4

Fox Hosts: Torture Report Was Released To Distract From Obamacare BeyondGeography Dec 2014 #5

And here I thought it was to distract from Ferguson. Downwinder Dec 2014 #6

Ferguson was a "false flag" to distract us from Benghazi... Archae Dec 2014 #7

gollygee

(22,336 posts)

1. Wow. That's the best they've got?

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Tue Dec 9, 2014, 03:16 PM

Dec 2014

Nothing about the report itself, just about the timing?

arcane1

(38,613 posts)

3. Hopefully they'll make people curious about the contents too!

Reply to gollygee (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 9, 2014, 03:22 PM

Dec 2014

samsingh

(17,598 posts)

2. nothing changes the contents of the report. those are facts

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Tue Dec 9, 2014, 03:17 PM

Dec 2014

spanone

(135,832 posts)

4. the rightwing comedians are getting huge laughs at my house!!!!!

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Tue Dec 9, 2014, 03:23 PM

Dec 2014

BWAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA

BeyondGeography

(39,374 posts)

5. Fox Hosts: Torture Report Was Released To Distract From Obamacare

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Tue Dec 9, 2014, 03:33 PM

Dec 2014

(But we'll take care of THAT.)

Downwinder

(12,869 posts)

6. And here I thought it was to distract from Ferguson.

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Tue Dec 9, 2014, 04:27 PM

Dec 2014

Archae

(46,327 posts)

7. Ferguson was a "false flag" to distract us from Benghazi...

Reply to Downwinder (Reply #6)

Wed Dec 10, 2014, 01:30 PM

Dec 2014

Well, that's what Alex Jones claims.

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