State Dept. wrote up tweets critical of Sen. Paul, CNN "reporter" tweeted them out on request

[randomname]

Elise Labbott, same reporter who is suspended for getting caught at editorializing on Trump

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[RandPaul4Prez]

She's just one of many lapdog liberals. I think her punishment should be a night on the town with Bill Clinton.https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B227LqGIQAMrA_X.jpg

she fugly too and of course she is pals with horseface.

[groverblue]

The title of the thread is not accurate. The State Dept did not write the tweets; they instructed the report to write one.

[WTLaw]

We can't even imagine how common this is. In the state where I work, I know all the papers are shills for big government. Work in politics and you see it. Its not a party thing, either. People are smarter than that. The liberals realize that some of the GOP candidates are on their side, and some are guys they should be deathly afraid of. There is a reason why you can google "rand paul news" almost any day of the week and get 2-3 articles that are smear pieces. All the channels are engaged. Prevent momentum at any cost. Drive up the negatives. For a guy who does free eye surgeries in Haiti of all things, and just wants a little peace and sound money and freedom. A guy who doesn't sleep with hookers, or have 5 different wives, or shady investment strategies or...the worst thing in his past is he got high in college and goofed off with his friends some night, involving an inside joke about aqua buddha.

[Valli6]

more info:

Emails: CNN Reporter Coordinated With Hillary Aide To Smear Rand Paul During 2013 Benghazi Hearing
Chuck Ross
12:23 AM 11/25/2015

A CNN reporter who was recently suspended for two weeks for violating the network’s editorial guidelines showed up in a new trove of State Department emails released on Tuesday in which she appears to have coordinated social media posts with a top Hillary Clinton State Department aide during the former secretary of state’s Jan. 23, 2013 Senate testimony about the Benghazi attacks.

The emails, which were released to the website Gawker, show that Elise Labott, a foreign affairs reporter at CNN, took guidance from Clinton aide Philippe Reines by posting a tweet criticizing Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul for asking Clinton tough questions during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the Sept. 11, 2012 Benghazi attacks.

Labott also coordinated with Reines to post a favorable quote from Clinton’s testimony, which she gave just a week before she left office.

In the Reines emails, which are the subject of a Gawker lawsuit against the State Department, Labott appears to pick up on a previous conversation she was having with Reines during the Benghazi hearing, asking him: “are you sure rand paul wasn’t at any hearings?”

Five minutes after sending that email, Labott sent Reines another message sharing what she had tweeted about Paul.


Sen Paul most critical on committee of Clinton, but a little late to the #Benghazi game.Not sure he was at many of the 30 previous briefings

Hours later, Labott and Reines were at it again.

"She was great. well done. I hope you are going to have a big drink tonight,” Labott wrote to Reines, complimenting Clinton’s performance.

Reines followed up that compliment by telling Labott that he had “suggested a good Tweet.”

Labott said that she had not received an email concerning another tweet. Reines wrote back “Pin,” an apparent reference to a private messaging system.

Labott wrote back “will get back to you.” Eleven minutes later she sent an email reading, “done.”...

More: http://dailycaller.com/2015/11/25/emails-cnn-reporter-coordinated-with-hillary-aide-to-smear-rand-paul-during-2013-benghazi-hearing/

[luctor-et-emergo]

Labott said that she had not received an email concerning another tweet. Reines wrote back “Pin,” an apparent reference to a private messaging system.


So this actually goes really deep. Pre-arranged private channels. Mockingbird anyone ?

[specsaregood]

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[limequat]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Rand bring this up at the CNN debate!

"Can you confirm that you did not coordinate these questions with the State Department?" "I wonder what Labott will tweet about this?"
"How much did Hillary pay CNN to act as her mouthpiece?"

The possibilities are as endless as they are delicious. Go for the jugular Rand!

[luctor-et-emergo]

And it sounds like that is probably illegal if she is using methods to avoid any tracking as part of her job.

I wasn't sure about it. I sure think it should be.

[specsaregood]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Rand bring this up at the CNN debate!

"Can you confirm that you did not coordinate these questions with the State Department?" "I wonder what Labott will tweet about this?"
"How much did Hillary pay CNN to act as her mouthpiece?"

The possibilities are as endless as they are delicious. Go for the jugular Rand!

That would be lovely.

[satchelmcqueen]

busted. just like we all thought. but were conspiracy folks right? just crazies here...

[KEEF]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Rand bring this up at the CNN debate!

"Can you confirm that you did not coordinate these questions with the State Department?" "I wonder what Labott will tweet about this?"
"How much did Hillary pay CNN to act as her mouthpiece?"

The possibilities are as endless as they are delicious. Go for the jugular Rand!
Hit it up before then in case Rand doesn't make the main card. Might even be better for him to hit it now with people not trusting the press and may give him a good bump so that he does make the main card.

[limequat]

Hit it up before then in case Rand doesn't make the main card. Might even be better for him to hit it now with people not trusting the press and may give him a good bump so that he does make the main card.

So he can do it AGAIN!

[limequat]

I would bet my 401k that this is the REAL reason that bitch got fired. It's one thing to "editorialize" in a tweet. It's quite another to coordinate with the state department to smear a sitting senator.

[Rede]

I would bet my 401k that this is the REAL reason that bitch got fired. It's one thing to "editorialize" in a tweet. It's quite another to coordinate with the state department to smear a sitting senator.
She was suspended for 2 weeks, not fired.

[limequat]

Tweeted to Glenn Greenwald.

[randomname]

The title of the thread is not accurate. The State Dept did not write the tweets; they instructed the report to write one.



“She was great. well done. I hope you are going to have a big drink tonight,” Labott wrote to Reines, complimenting Clinton’s performance.

Reines followed up that compliment by telling Labott that he had “suggested a good Tweet.”

Labott said that she had not received an email concerning another tweet. Reines wrote back “Pin,” an apparent reference to a private messaging system

[hells_unicorn]

Hit it up before then in case Rand doesn't make the main card. Might even be better for him to hit it now with people not trusting the press and may give him a good bump so that he does make the main card.

There's already a story on The Daily Caller (http://dailycaller.com/2015/11/25/emails-cnn-reporter-coordinated-with-hillary-aide-to-smear-rand-paul-during-2013-benghazi-hearing/) about Rand's staff calling out CNN on this nonsense. This combined with his recent stance on the Syrian Refugees may give him the bump he needs to stay in the game.

[timosman]

There's already a story on The Daily Caller (http://dailycaller.com/2015/11/25/emails-cnn-reporter-coordinated-with-hillary-aide-to-smear-rand-paul-during-2013-benghazi-hearing/) about Rand's staff calling out CNN on this nonsense. This combined with his recent stance on the Syrian Refugees may give him the bump he needs to stay in the game.

We should all thank CNN for this. I am only half joking. :cool:

[limequat]

There's already a story on The Daily Caller (http://dailycaller.com/2015/11/25/emails-cnn-reporter-coordinated-with-hillary-aide-to-smear-rand-paul-during-2013-benghazi-hearing/) about Rand's staff calling out CNN on this nonsense. This combined with his recent stance on the Syrian Refugees may give him the bump he needs to stay in the game.

That's the first article, the response from Stafford is here:


“CNN needs to address this bias and lack of journalistic integrity,” Stafford stated Wednesday. He also pointed to the next GOP debate, which will be hosted by CNN in Las Vegas on Dec. 15.

“This email revelation should give Republicans pause as to their coverage and possibility of fair treatment towards Sen. Paul during the next debate,” Stafford said. “All eyes will be on CNN’s response to their employee colluding with Hillary Clinton in order to attack a prominent U.S. senator on their dime."

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2015/11/25/rand-paul-slams-cnn-after-its-reporter-is-caught-colluding-with-hillary-clinton-flak/#ixzz3sYCXoRUT

[KEEF]

So he can do it AGAIN!
True dat!

[limequat]

Here's a version from Reason a little more detail:
https://reason.com/blog/2015/11/25/cnn-correspondent-collaborated-with-hill

And one from the Blaze.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/11/25/leaked-emails-reveal-suspended-cnn-reporter-worked-with-clinton-aide-to-target-rand-paul-in-2013/


Please click all of these and drive up their google ratings!

[KEEF]

You know the icing on the cake, as well as some vindication, would be some leaked emails about any media blackouts on Ron Paul in 08 and 12.

[KEEF]

Here's a version from Reason a little more detail:
https://reason.com/blog/2015/11/25/cnn-correspondent-collaborated-with-hill

And one from the Blaze.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/11/25/leaked-emails-reveal-suspended-cnn-reporter-worked-with-clinton-aide-to-target-rand-paul-in-2013/


Please click all of thse and drive up their google ratings!

I just found the dumbest comment under the Blaze article... I about punched my laptop.








galicant wiseword (http://www.theblaze.com/user/galicant-wiseword)-Nov. 25, 2015 at 12:22pm
Exceptional,
I like Rand, he just seems weak on foreign policy.
There now that we got the compulsory RINO talking point against Rand out of the way….
You are exactly right. The polls are a joke.
Just so we are all on the same page: Rands foreign policy positions are some wacky hand-me-down ideas from his father about abiding by the constitution and not going to war without congressional approval.

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Yes you read it correctly, abiding by the Constitution is wacky... God help us all.

[CPUd]

I just found the dumbest comment under the Blaze article... I about punched my laptop.



Yes you read it correctly, abiding by the Constitution is wacky... God help us all.

It was sarcasm.

[hells_unicorn]

Here's a version from Reason a little more detail:
https://reason.com/blog/2015/11/25/cnn-correspondent-collaborated-with-hill

And one from the Blaze.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/11/25/leaked-emails-reveal-suspended-cnn-reporter-worked-with-clinton-aide-to-target-rand-paul-in-2013/

Please click all of these and drive up their google ratings!

Done, it should likewise be noted that Rand's twitter page has also been proactive and has linked to the Daily Caller articles.


I just found the dumbest comment under the Blaze article... I about punched my laptop.

Yes you read it correctly, abiding by the Constitution is wacky... God help us all.

Glenn Beck has an uncanny ability for drawing in retards to his news outlets, though by and large the posters on The Blaze have been slightly less idiotic than the ones trolling Breitbart's page.

[KEEF]

It was sarcasm.
If it was, it didn't read that way. Blaze audience will read it exactly how it looked.

[Tinnuhana]

I hope Hillary's Dem opponents also pick up on this, since they could also be victims.

[squirl22]

This is at Foxnews.com which I found via a link on Yahoo News:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/11/25/paul-campaign-slams-cnn-says-emails-show-reporter-colluding-with-clinton-aide.html

[timosman]

Remember this at 1:10 - Rand Paul? + condescending smile


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAjSur1B_JU

[hells_unicorn]

This is at Foxnews.com which I found via a link on Yahoo News:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/11/25/paul-campaign-slams-cnn-says-emails-show-reporter-colluding-with-clinton-aide.html

There are a ton of people commenting on this one, and some of the comments are look a bit promising (though there's plenty of stupidity to boot, of course). I think this is going to help Rand, and hopefully enough to keep him on the main debate stage.

[CPUd]

There are a ton of people commenting on this one, and some of the comments are look a bit promising (though there's plenty of stupidity to boot, of course). I think this is going to help Rand, and hopefully enough to keep him on the main debate stage.

Just about all the political comment sections are looking like this right now. All out war between leftys, freepers and trumpeters (AKA whitewingers).

[hells_unicorn]

Just about all the political comment sections are looking like this right now. All out war between leftys, freepers and trumpeters (AKA whitewingers).

I do sympathize with some of the Trump supporters sentiments on demographics (I think Trump is an absolute liar so I take everything he says on the subject with a massive grain of salt), but they've gotten a bit ridiculous of late. A lot of this is a credit to the obnoxiousness of Obama's racial politics, which has largely created a wedge between white and non-white groups that makes rational discourse all but impossible. Trump is capitalizing on peoples' anger on a very real problem, and sadly most are too blind to catch onto it. Then again, I was never terribly impressed with the Free Republic crowd, they've been in full retard mode ever since Ron Paul's 2008 campaign.

[CPUd]

I do sympathize with some of the Trump supporters sentiments on demographics (I think Trump is an absolute liar so I take everything he says on the subject with a massive grain of salt), but they've gotten a bit ridiculous of late. A lot of this is a credit to the obnoxiousness of Obama's racial politics, which has largely created a wedge between white and non-white groups that makes rational discourse all but impossible. Trump is capitalizing on peoples' anger on a very real problem, and sadly most are too blind to catch onto it. Then again, I was never terribly impressed with the Free Republic crowd, they've been in full retard mode ever since Ron Paul's 2008 campaign.

It's not anger they're capitalizing on, it's hate.

[hells_unicorn]

It's not anger they're capitalizing on, it's hate.

One is form, the other is function. Furthermore, hate is occasionally justified, depending on the nature of the subject.

[PCKY]

I do sympathize with some of the Trump supporters sentiments on demographics (I think Trump is an absolute liar so I take everything he says on the subject with a massive grain of salt), but they've gotten a bit ridiculous of late. A lot of this is a credit to the obnoxiousness of Obama's racial politics, which has largely created a wedge between white and non-white groups that makes rational discourse all but impossible. Trump is capitalizing on peoples' anger on a very real problem, and sadly most are too blind to catch onto it. Then again, I was never terribly impressed with the Free Republic crowd, they've been in full retard mode ever since Ron Paul's 2008 campaign.
That's what my Twitter feed looks like most of the time.

[PCKY]

Hit it up before then in case Rand doesn't make the main card. Might even be better for him to hit it now with people not trusting the press and may give him a good bump so that he does make the main card.
Doug Stafford seems to be coordinating the campaign into having some leverage with CNN one way or the other. If Rand doesn't make the poll numbers required using this as evidence of a contrived effort to keep him out. If he does then using this as leverage to get more time. Brilliant!
Here's the quote: ” Doug Stafford said in a statement. “This email revelation should give Republicans pause as to their coverage and possibility of fair treatment towards Sen. Paul during the next debate. All eyes will be on CNN’s response to their employee colluding with Hillary Clinton in order to attack a prominent U.S. senator on their dime."

[KEEF]

Doug Stafford seems to be coordinating the campaign into having some leverage with CNN one way or the other. If Rand doesn't make the poll numbers required using this as evidence of a contrived effort to keep him out. If he does then using this as leverage to get more time. Brilliant!
Leverage into center podium :D

[squirl22]

Doug Stafford seems to be coordinating the campaign into having some leverage with CNN one way or the other. If Rand doesn't make the poll numbers required using this as evidence of a contrived effort to keep him out. If he does then using this as leverage to get more time. Brilliant!

Yes, Rand's campaign should be doing this. CNN is going to look very very bad if Rand is not included on the main stage.