The Young Turks October 22, 2015 Hour 1

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Ben and Iadarola hosting. Hillary Clinton faced the Benghazi panel today. Video of Trey Gowdy talking about the “half a hundred” witnesses they’ve interviewed. Ben was perplexed by the use of the term half a hundred. Another video of Gowdy questioning the validity of the other Benghazi investigations, which were all conducted by Republicans. Polling on the validity of the Benghazi panel is a bit mixed. 72% say that the panel is being used for political reasons against Hillary, but far fewer think that they are going too far. Video of Clinton firing back at Rep Jim Jordan’s grilling by saying she’s sorry the facts don’t support his narrative. Ben Carson has taken a lead over Donald Trump by 8 pts in an Iowa poll at 28%. Sadly, Jeb Bush is polling at only 5% in Iowa. In response to the new numbers, Trump retweeted a tweet from someone that claimed Iowans have brain damage. He sent another tweet claiming that the “young intern” responsible apologizes.

Ben Carson’s appearance on Glenn Beck included his opinions on the War on Drugs. Video of him promising to intensify the War on Drugs because he’s visited the border. Paul Ryan has the general support of the Freedom Caucus, without agreeing to his demands. Video of Rep Huelskamp voicing his frustration with Ryan’s positions. An Omaha school district meeting on the school’s sex ed policy that would expand to same sex relationships and gender identity caused an uproar with most of the parents in attendance. Some worried about the purity of their daughters and claimed that Planned Parenthood is behind this.

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At Benghazi Hearing, Shouting Match Over Hillary Clinton’s Emails
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/23/us/politics/hillary-clinton-benghazi-committee.html

3 in 4 say Benghazi committee politically motivated
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/257709-3-in-4-say-benghazi-committee-politically-motivated

Watch: The moment the Hillary Clinton Benghazi hearing turned into a shouting match
http://www.vox.com/2015/10/22/9598658/benghazi-hillary-clinton-testimony-yelling

Finding Signs Of Unity, Paul Ryan Officially Enters House Speaker Race
http://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/10/22/450889034/finding-signs-of-unity-paul-ryan-officially-enters-house-speaker-race

Ben Carson Takes the Lead in Iowa
http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2015/10/ben-carson-takes-lead-iowa

Comments

  1. Half a hundred? You mean twice twenty-five?

    Corn is trending!

    Dufuq would someone burn a church for insurance money? Does the money go to an individual? If it goes to “the church” wouldn’t they just build a new church with it? The hell is Mankiewicz talking about?

    1. I miss Cenk too. I like Jon and Ben too, though. I must say I admire an insult using intellectual language. Nice to know I am not the only person hatin on Sycophants. Hee hee

  4. Half-a-hundred makes you think of one hundred more than 50. It’s to make “the conspiracy” (You know, the one Hillary did before the one where she used a secret government time machine to brainwash John Hinckley Jr.) seem bigger to the crazies. I’d bet money they start using that phrase all the time now. It’s gotta be a think tank approved phrase. It just sounds like one.

  5. The man, the myth, the legend: The one and only Ben Mankiewicz!!! And let’s not forget about that fabulous hair!! Trey Gowdy could learn a thing or two! This Benghazi committee was a complete joke. It was always a ruse by the Republicans to cripple Hillary and the revelation by Kevin McCarthy was just the nail in the coffin. This is political theater at its best and if the democrats had any sense they would use the media, just like the republicans did to push this bogus story, to tell the American people how taxpayer money is being misused to exploit the death of four Americans and this is nothing more than a thinly veiled attack of Hillary Clinton. Some of the presidential candidates actually used it as a fundraising opportunity! You guys are also right about half a hundred. I just asked my coworkers and my sister and none of them have ever heard that expression. It was clearly made up by the Gowdy. By the way, is it me or does Trey Gowdy look like Draco Malfoy?

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