RNC Chairman Reince Priebus: You Don't Plead the 5th if You're Innocent

Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus said Thursday that embattled IRS official Lois Lerner did more harm than good when she opted to invoke the Fifth Amendment and refused to answer questions at a House committee hearing on the agency's targeting of conservative groups.

During an appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," Priebus said that pleading the fifth "implies there are some criminal aspects" of the IRS scandal. John Heileman, a writer for New York Magazine who was sitting on the show's panel, cried foul at that characterization.

"But you don't need to plead the fifth if you've done nothing wrong," Priebus said. "That's not true. That's not what the Fifth Amendment says," Heileman retorted.

Lanny Davis on IRS Scandal: 'I Haven't Seen Anything This Incompetent Since Watergate'

Davis: 'Can you imagine sitting around in the White House saying, so we have this IRS train wreck coming down the track'....

President Obama's Prom Photo Unearthed

Photo 1979


The havoc time wreaks on fashion spares no one, not even the president of the United States.
In a newly unearthed photo published Thursday in TIME magazine, a 17-year-old Barack Obama is seen wearing a white dinner jacket as he poses with friends on the night of their senior prom in Hawaii.

The 1979 photo was snapped inside the home of former classmate, Kelli Allman, who was the prom date of the president's close high school friend, Greg Orme. The fourth person in the picture is Obama's date, Megan Hughes.

Allman said the two couples sipped Champagne before going to the dance, and then an after-party.
"It was a really fun, happy time. We were all cracking up and everyone was smiling," she told the magazine.

Allman also gave TIME a snapshot of Obama’s yearbook entry to her.
“You are extremely sweet and foxy,” he wrote. “I don't know why Greg would want to spend anytime with me at all! You really deserve better than clowns like us; you even laugh at my jokes!” (NBC Today)

Lindsey Graham: 'Not Only Does Susan Rice Not Deserve an Apology, She Deserves to be Subpoenaed' [Video]

On Sunday, White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer said Republicans owe Ambassador Susan Rice an apology for saying she played a part in formulating the White House’s response to the attacks in Benghazi. Graham fires back tonight on Fox News Greta. Not only did he say Susan Rice is not getting an apology, he slammed Pfeffier saying he's 'on a different planet,' Graham added that Dan Pfeiffer 'thinks everybody in the country is stupid.'

Graham pushed back hard tonight

• Susan Rice not getting an apology
• She should be apologizing to Gregory Hicks
• President not interested in finding the truth
• Graham not stopping 'til the people in Benghazi come to congress and tell what happened
• Susan Rice is gonna get a subpoena

Austan Goolsbee: It's Good That WH Counsel Didn't Tell Obama about the IRS Scandal Because the Pres. Can't Get Involved in Ongoing Investigations

Good one Austan.

Austan Goolsbee on CNBC's Kudlow

Marathon bombing Suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev Played Direct Role in 2011 Triple Homicide Outside Boston -Law Enforcement Official

CNN Susan Candiotti reports

CNN reported: -- Deceased Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev participated in a 2011 gruesome triple homicide outside Boston along with a Chechen killed early Wednesday during a confrontation with the FBI and Massachusetts State Police in Orlando, Florida, a federal law enforcement official told CNN.

Ibragim Todashev, who died during the interview with authorities, not only confessed to his direct role in slashing the throats of three people in Waltham, Massachusetts, but also fingered Tsarnaev in the deaths, the official said Wednesday.

 

Todashev was being questioned about the slayings and his acquaintance with Tsarnaev.

Todashev attacked an FBI agent, who shot him dead, a federal law enforcement official with direct knowledge of the case told CNN.

more here...

Fox News Poll Finds 63% Want to Keep Gitmo Open, While 28% Say Close & Move Terrorist Suspects to Federal Prisons in US

A majority of American voters wants to keep the military prison at Guantanamo Bay open, and many feel it has made the United States safer.

A new Fox News poll finds 63 percent of voters want to keep the detention facility known as Gitmo open, while 28 percent say it should be closed and the terrorist suspects moved to federal prisons in the United States.

There’s across-the-board agreement on keeping the prison open, although the degree of support varies by political party.  Democrats favor keeping Gitmo by a 7 percentage-point margin, independents by 31 points and Republicans by 66 points.   more at  foxnews.com



Poll internals: Even 49% of Dems  say keep in open (42% close)
81% of Republicans, 58% Ind.

Toby Keith, Native of Moore, OK Tours Tornado Damage, Says 3 of His Direct Family Members were Hit By Storm

Moore, Oklahoma native Toby Keith toured the tornado damage to his hometown Wednesday. The popular recording artist said he will plan a benefit concert to raise money to help the community recover, but the first priority is helping people now.

Toby Keith tells reporters that 3 family members who live in the area were hit by the storm and their houses are not 'wiped off the map' but unlivable