{"id":13197,"date":"2014-07-10T00:27:44","date_gmt":"2014-07-10T07:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=13197"},"modified":"2014-07-10T00:32:52","modified_gmt":"2014-07-10T07:32:52","slug":"oh-those-invented-scandals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2014\/07\/10\/oh-those-invented-scandals\/","title":{"rendered":"Oh Those Invented Scandals!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The closer to an election we get, the greater the likelihood that the Republican bubble machine will invent an eleventh hour scandal.  More often than not, Republicans just invent the lies that they present as news.  However, in 2012, it’s possible that a foreign government may have used the Republican bubble machine to propagate a lie that almost cost an innocent Senator his job.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"0710Menendez\"<\/p>\n

Sen. Robert Menendez is asking the Justice Department to pursue evidence obtained by U.S. investigators that the Cuban government concocted an elaborate plot to smear him with allegations that he cavorted with underage prostitutes, according to people familiar with the discussions.<\/p>\n

In a letter sent to Justice Department officials, the senator’s attorney asserts that the plot was timed to derail the ­political rise of Menendez (D-N.J.), one of Washington’s most ardent critics of the Castro regime. At the time, Menendez was running for reelection and was preparing to assume the powerful chairmanship of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.<\/p>\n

According to a former U.S. official with firsthand knowledge of government intelligence<\/strong>, the CIA had obtained credible evidence, including Internet protocol addresses, linking Cuban agents to the prostitution claims and to efforts to plant the story in U.S. and Latin American media… [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Rachel Maddow provided in depth coverage of the history of political hooker scandals, focusing on the hypocrisy of Republicans, and demonstrating how Republicans create news.<\/font><\/p>\n