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Fair enough.\u00a0 I\u2019m not one to jump all over someone for a simple gaff.\u00a0 Sure it\u2019s a gaff.\u00a0 The guy\u2019s in charge our our intelligence and didn\u2019t know what I knew from just watching the freaking news!\u00a0 But he\u2019s human, humans make mistakes, and I\u2019m sure it doesn\u2019t reflect on his capabilities or intelligence.\u00a0 And that seems to be how the MSM wants to cover it, as this article shows<\/a>.\u00a0 It more or less lets Clapper\u2019s spokesperson speak to the incident.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Now, let\u2019s go back a couple years to the 2008 presidential campaign.\u00a0 Sarah Palin is being interviewed.\u00a0 Charlie Gibson of ABC is interviewing her.\u00a0 He asks her about her ideas regarding the \u201cBush Doctrine\u201d.\u00a0 Palin asks for clarification \u2013 and ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE!\u00a0 From that point on, not from the infamous Katie Couric interview, from that point on she was a bimbo, a dolt, an airhead, a moron and on and on and on.\u00a0 And it\u2019s never gone back.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

So why is it the MSM isn\u2019t pouncing on this guy, whose job it is to know the very important thing that he didn\u2019t know when almost everyone else who had access to the Internet or a cable news show did know it?\u00a0 You guess.\u00a0 I have my suspicions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"