Marcy Wheeler: GOP Will Investigate Clinton's "Blow Job" But Not CIA

Marcy Wheeler of FireDogLake, appeared on MSNBC Monday to argue for an investigation of secret C.I.A. operations under President Bush. But all of the post-segment discussion focused on her use of the word "blow job", which drew an apology from the anchors.

Wheeler was responding to Townhall's Matt Lewis, who argued that looking backwards and "investigating policies and activities that happened in a previous administration" would set a bad precedent.

"[Y]our idea is that after investigating Bill Clinton for a blow job for like five years, we shouldn't investigate the huge, grossly illegal things that were done under the past administration, only because Alberto Gonzales was too much in the back pocket of Dick Cheney to do it while he was still in office," Wheeler said. "That's ridiculous."

After the segment ended, the Tamron Hall and David Shuster expanded on her "passionate" choice of words.

"I'm sure she apologizes for that choice of words, she's very passionate about it," said Hall.

David Shuster chimed in: "We all say things sometimes when we're passionate that we don't intend, and especially on a dayside family-oriented cable television news network."

"I'm sure she apologizes, and we do, too," concluded Hall.

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Comments

[AutumnWytch]

I hope she's NOT sorry for using it! It shows the simple hypocrisy going on here. And I'm sure during their "dayside, family friendly" cable show, the commercial breaks will be full of ads for male enhancement. Just a guess...

The American people aren't children and we're not that dim, either. We CAN handle the truth ~ if the media actually knew how to report it.

[LetsGetToWork]

Same here!

[HomerJFong]

Well, I always say if you're not passionate about blowjobs, then why even open your mouth...?

[LateeLady]

Thanks a lot! You just blew my cover at work when I LMAO at this comment

[HomerJFong]

Happy to be of service!

Here's hoping you weren't reprimanded...

[Hopeington]

Ok, that's funny...Thanks, I really needed a good laugh today.

[mwinik]

awesome.

[Shayrae]

Wow! What a passionate play on words.

[Portnoy]

The Republicans are more accustomed to gettin BJs from male interns. Lol

[duze]

Sure your right they just keep it to themselves. That's why there always so outraged when they find out it's a woman.

[Samuel Perry]

Personally, I think its a word we should hear more often. Like maybe every day. Who's with me? We should also become loquacious vocalizers and cunning linguists. Let's communicate, people, lets talk this thing out till its blew in the face.

[NedroidPrime]

hehe

+1

[Kelly Laraia]

Why is she talking about the republicans...they don't have to power to investigate a ham sandwich. She should direct her ire at the democrats and Barack Obama. They run the government and will decide who and what gets investigated. The republicans can do nothing.

[Hirnlego]

A "naughty" word = bad bad bad bad
War, torture, imperialism etc = yes yes yes yeeeeeess!

[LetsGetToWork]

Spot on!

F&F!

[123dee]

Her passionate choice of words?? She was just stating the facts.
No apologies needed.

[mredder4]

It seems really odd that people attempt to discuss the extremely adult world of politics through the filtered medium of television. Politics is not for kids, and cable news channels do not have the same restrictions as broadcast television. Any cable channel that has a no-swearing policy is a chump.

[BBCup]

Honestly, maybe Clinton lied because it was no one's business to begin with! I think most people would be hard pressed to discuss their sex lives in a public forum (unless you're a republican Governor).

The Republican administration lied, and on the power of those lies, service men and women lost their lives.

Yeah, Clinton got lucky, but at least he didn't kill anyone in the process.

[Json]

The clinton investigation was nonpartisan and important for the country because we really needed to know those details.
An investigation into bush would be partisan, because the only people who really care why we went to war are the democrats. WMD's?? Who cares?

[BBCup]

Ummm, what details exactly? The color of her lipstick?

I can see how that's much more important the starting an illegal war, stripping Americans of their rights in the name of "freedom," and sacking the economy to enrich one's buddies.

[AbsurdHero]

I'm pretty sure Json was being sarcastic there. Or at least I hope he was.

[Hirnlego]

Yes. Who cares about bogus lies which k1lled thousands?
Clinton probably k1lled more with wasted sp3rm.

[LetsGetToWork]

Great satire - thanks!

[cariintexas]

Evidently you didn't watch the same hearings that the public watched, there was nothing nonpartisan about it. The sickening part of it all was some of the republican members was doing the same thing, like Tim Hutchison R-AR. Your assertion that the only people who cares WHY we went to war is Democrats is unbelievable. Why don't you go tell the Famalies of our fallen soldiers or the famalies of the thousands of Iraqis that.

[TaxDayMan]

On Clinton they were investagating PERJURY (Title 18 USC) NOT BJs! You all want to investagate Bush for vague "lies", RIGHT?

[Json]

Because those are exactly the same thing...
Lying about a hummer is the same as lying to get us into a war.

[TaxDayMan]

Considering the shear number of election promises broken maybe an investagation of "the chosen one" is in order as in taxes, unemployment, the Afgan War, IGs, etc, etc, etc.

[TomInJax]

Clinton's lies did not start a war and cost millions of lives.

[TaxDayMan]

We were attacked on 911 so your argument is FDR is to blame for "millions" of deaths for his response to Pearl Harbour, oh forgive me he is an ICON of the Left so that was ok. Libs, LoL!

[Hirnlego]

Vague lies? Systematic lies designed to scare the public and allow a war.
Sure, very "vague".

[awaitingmd]

lying to the congress is what? gosh! get serious.

[cariintexas]

Vague? The facts that are slowly coming out now with more to come makes your comment null and void.

[AnthonyVolpe]

Maybe she needed Joe Scarborough's 7-second delay.

[gorideabike]

Marcy speaks rightly. Interesting reaction by shills Hall and Schuster. If we could get the feed from their ear-buds, now That would be News.

[lcdbsez]

We need more of Wheeler's honesty -- not less.

Time to act like adults, sheeple -- and take back the asylum from the inmates who've been running it for the last 4 decades.

[gorideabike]

That's why it is called Flock's News.

[obamanomics]

Another denier that Clinton committed perjury. A sitting President l!ed under oath, and that is what got him impeached.

[LetsGetToWork]

So saying, "We did not torture" does not qualify for impeachment?

[nmnana]

The only reason that we can't claim perjury on anyone in the Bush administration is that they would NOT allow anyone testifying before Congress to be sworn in. How many bushies were subpoenaed and totally ignored those same subpoenas????