the justice department wecht through legal terms to get the phone records. they will didn t buy that. we don t know what did he did. that s not a scandal. i m not willing. let me jump in here. bill: wait, laura. the idea that we re giving the administration the benefit of the doubt. i m not giving anybody the benefit of anything. i am saying fact. bill: the reason president obama didn t get away with saying all troubles caused by political attacks is that some on the right go way beyond established facts. and effect they are giving him power cover. irs pound conservative groups. if they did that evidence must come forth. we the press need to investigate it we will. i will. same thing with the a.p. if there was an abuse of power, facts must back that up. benghazi is different. there are facts and they point to misleading the
yemen. and made its way into the associated press. the fbi is trying to find out who the leaker is. all right? now, possibly could be the attorney general of the united states. so, holder steps back and says, you know what? i m not going to conduct an investigation that might even look at me. so, all right. that s what he he did. so there he can get up and he goes i don t know anything about it i recuse myself. it was my deputy who ordered the a.p. leaks. number one, does that make sense to you? it doesn t. because your deputy is still your deputy on everything else. certainly that person you need to put someone independent there. not someone who works direct little underneath you. here is the second problem. this was just targeted at the leaks, that s a valid law enforcement endeavor. the problem is this is such widespread. if you looked at what the request was and how widespread it was. what it basically feels like and you are seeing people in the press saying that by the way the
billo reilly.com. rancho maria, california, the obama administration is trapped, told so many lies and they can t come clean lest all their deceit will be revealed. bill, i m amazed that after all the deception, you still take the president at his word when he talks about the irs debacle. you can speculate out there in pittsfield. i can t. we ll see what unfolds. robert winstad, the president has deceived us about fast and furious, benghazi and the irs. and as usual you ll give him the benefit of the doubt. if you want obama bashing there s plenty around. if we tell you there s deceit, there is, but we won t tell you that unless we have strong evidence. that s the way the factor is built. not some off the top of your head presentation. james reuter, jacksonville, florida, we do not have to accept dishonesty in washington. trisha wilson, maryland, i
american public for political gain. there is no getting around rice s testimony or the shoddy security in libya. that story benghazi, that s huge. down the road, the irs and the a.p. stories might become nightmares for president obama, best of your recollection again, that has not yet been established. and that s the memo. now for the top story tonight. reaction. joining us from miami, the purveyor of bernard goldberg.com. mr. goldberg. quite a morning for me, bernie. yes, it was. let s start out with your chat with stephanopoulos. liberal reporters with a few exceptions have played down the benghazi story. we all know that. they played it down because president obama, their hero, wants it played down. there is a history in the liberal media of playing down stories that he wants played down and playing up stories that he wants played up. that s why during the campaign we heard so much about the war on women. because president obama wanted that story played
anublic for political gain. there is no getting around rice s testimony or the shoddy security in libya. that story benghazi, that s huge. down the road, the irs and the a.p. stories might become nightmares for president obama, best of your recollection again, that has not yet been established. and that s the memo. now for the top story tonight. reaction. joining us from miami, the purveyor of bernard goldberg.com. mr. goldberg. quite a morning for me, bernie. yes, it was. let s start out with your chat with stephanopoulos. liberal reporters with a few exceptions have played down the benghazi story. we all know that. they played it down because president obama, their hero, wants it played down. there is a history in the liberal media of playing down stories that he wants played down and playing up stories that he wants played up. that s why during the campaign we heard so much about the war on women. because president obama wanted that story played