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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBreitbart's Attack On Obama Attorney General Nominee Goes After The Wrong Loretta Lynch
Members of the conservative media are attempting to scandalize President Obama's Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch by suggesting she was involved in the Whitewater investigations of the 1990s. However, the Loretta Lynch that played a bit role in Whitewater -- an investigation into fraudulent real estate deals that did not include any wrongdoing by the Clintons -- is a different person than Obama's attorney general nominee.
According to a November 8 Breitbart.com article by Warner Todd Huston, "few are talking about" the fact nominee Lynch "was part of Bill Clinton's Whitewater probe defense team in 1992." Huston pointed to a March 1992 New York Times article that "reported that Lynch was one of the Clintons' Whitewater defense attorneys as well as a 'campaign aide.'" And in a November 9 article Huston's colleague, Breitbart.com Senior Editor-at Large Joel Pollak wrote, "The connection to Whitewater ought to provide additional fodder for Republicans during Lynch's confirmation hearings":
The connection to Whitewater ought to provide additional fodder for Republicans during Lynch's confirmation hearings. It is odd that Obama chose someone so close to the Clintons--or perhaps not, given the prominent role played by Clinton insider John Podesta in the second term of the Obama White House. Lynch has been rewarded throughout her career for her political loyalty--not an unusual path up the career ladder for federal prosecutors, but certainly one that will allow the GOP, as well as Obama, to raise the political stakes.
The Loretta Lynch referred to in the New York Times article is a California based attorney who has worked on several prominent political campaigns, not Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch.
full: http://mediamatters.org/blog/2014/11/09/breitbarts-attack-on-obama-attorney-general-nom/201511
bigdarryl
(13,190 posts)There stupid ass stories.
kelliekat44
(7,759 posts)a lie that they stated when proven wrong. They know that lies are what feeds their ignorant base. So it's out there now and no manner of exposing the lie will change the minds of the low-information folks who just want it to be true. And don't hold your breath for FOX or Drudge or Rush to correct the lie.
TexasProgresive
(12,157 posts)mercuryblues
(14,531 posts)there will be some teanuts that will laugh and say Obama is stupid for nominating the wrong one. He meant to nominate the other.
Yes. I have had teanuts tell me that even though Obama did one thing, they believe he really wanted to do the opposite and that is all that matters to them.
Archae
(46,327 posts)In small print at the bottom they say they have the wrong Loretta Lynch.
Figures.
TexasProgresive
(12,157 posts)Vinca
(50,271 posts)pscot
(21,024 posts)zombie web site stumbles on.