Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Politico Writer Shares Gif of Himself Burning American Flag



Politico Writer Shares Gif of Himself Burning American Flag
by Matthew Boyle 20 Nov 2013, 3:30 PM PDT
After Breitbart News had reported on Politico magazine writer Ian Murphy’s Twitter meltdown where he said former President Ronald Reagan “fucks Satan in hell,” Murphy tweeted out a gif of himself burning an American flag.

“Some of you folks are unfairly questioning my patriotism,” Murphy tweeted with a link to the animated image. “So here I am on a very typical Tuesday evening.”

Soon after, he riffed on an earlier tweet where he taunted a critic, saying, "Reagan fucks Satan in Hell":

Politico had published a screed from Murphy in its new magazine this week, in which he recounts how he prank-called Wisconsin GOP Gov. Scott Walker pretending to be one of the Koch Brothers. When Politico published Murphy’s reporting, it was lending its media platform to someone who raged against the concept of societal respect for the U.S. military.

In a 2008 piece titled "Fuck the Troops," Murphy argued that anecdotal evidence of misbehavior by American soldiers should be universalized to a general disrespect of the military. He specifically complains that in the public's view, "there are only bad apples, never bad orchards." Sprinkled in the text are casual references to service members as rapists, "rubes," and murderers—while describing amputee veterans as having "cool robotic limbs."

Politico has not responded to inquiries from Breitbart News on whether the publication was aware of Murphy's anti-military article before printing his anti-Walker article.

Politico
Robert L. Allbritton is the publisher for Politico, and a board member for the Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation.

Note: Robert S. Strauss is a board member for the Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation, a partner at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, and a senior adviser at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget was housed at the New America Foundation.
Vernon E. Jordan Jr. was a board member for the Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation, is a senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), a life trustee at the Urban Institute (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
Valerie B. Jarrett is Vernon E. Jordan Jr’s great niece, the senior adviser for the Barack Obama administration, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Commercial Club of Chicago, Members Directory
Please note: This link for the members of the Commercial Club of Chicago can no longer be found.
Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr. is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Joseph A. Califano Jr. is a life trustee at the Urban Institute (think tank), and a board member for the Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the New America Foundation, the Brookings Institution (think tank), the Urban Institute (think tank), and the Center for American Progress.
George Soros is the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, and was a supporter for the Center for American Progress.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Center for American Progress, and the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
Tom Daschle is a director at the Center for American Progress, a board member for the Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation, and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
Robert L. Hutchings is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), the dean of the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, and a board member for the Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation.
Robert L. Allbritton is a board member for the Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation, and the publisher for Politico.

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