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SO, IS PUTTING A PRETTY SERIOUS
ACCIDENT IN THAT REPUTATION.
>> OKAY, DANA LASH, YOU TWEETED
THIS.
YOU SAID YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A
CHRISTIE FAN, AND YOU'RE NOT,
REALLY.
I THINK WE KNOW THAT FROM THE
START, TO NOTE THE STARTLING
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HANDLING A
BRIDGEGATE AND IRS/NSA BENGHAZI.
DO YOU THINK THERE'S A DOUBLE
STANDARD IN THE WAY THE
DEMOCRATS ARE GOING AFTER
CHRISTIE, GIVEN THE WAY THOSE
THREE OTHER SCANDALS PLAYED OUT?
>> WELL, I KNEW YOU COULDN'T
QUOTE ME, PIERS.
BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION,
YEAH, I DO THINK THAT THERE'S A
DIFFERENCE.
AND I WANTED TO ADD, TOO, TO
MARK'S POINT, WHICH I ACTUALLY
AGREE WITH.
I THINK THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF
POLITICAL RETRIBUTION GOING ON
HERE WITH THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
AS WELL, AFTER THE EARLY FUNDING
WITH HURRICANE SANDY.
BUT I DO THINK THERE HAS BEEN A
DOUBLE STANDARD.
I, MYSELF, HAVE ASKED MANY
TIMES.
I WISH THAT WE COULD GET MORE
ANSWERS AS TO HOW INVOLVED THE
PRESIDENT WAS WITH THE IRS.
WHEN WE KNEW THAT HIS TOP AIDES
KNEW.
WHEN IT WENT ALL THE WAY UP TO
THE TOP.
EVEN THE IRS' CHIEF COUNCIL.
WHEN I ASKED THAT QUESTION, I'M
ATTACKED AND OTHER CONSERVATIVES
ARE ATTACKED AND THEIR
CHARACTERS ARE MALIGNED.
I HAVE THE SAME QUESTION WITH
CHRIS CHRISTIE.
I, LIKE THE OTHER TWO ON THIS
PANEL, DON'T THINK ALL THE
QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED.
I STILL THINK THERE'S MORE TO
COME OUT.
BUT WHEN I ASK THAT SAME
QUESTION, WHAT DID CHRISTIE
KNOW, WHEN DID HE KNOW IT, I
DON'T SEE ANY OF THAT CRITICISM.
AND BRIDGEGATE, IN COMPARISON TO
THE THINGS THAT WE'VE SEEN WITH
BENGHAZI AND FIRST SCANDAL AND
FAST AND FURIOUS, THERE WAS A
LOT MORE AT STAKE WITH THOSE
OTHER SCANDALS.
>> I THINK THERE'S LIKE A VERBAL
TICK AMONG CONSERVATIVES, THAT
WHENEVER YOU MENTION ANYTHING
WITH A REPUBLICAN, THEY HAVE TO
SAY BENGHAZI.
>> A VERBAL TICK.
YOU CALL NO YOU AREFOUR DEAD AM
VERBAL TICK?
>> NO, NO --
>> MARK, LET ME SAY SOMETHING.
I THINK DANA RAISES A PERFECTLY
RELEVANT POINT.
THERE IS A HYPOCRISY THERE.
HAVING LIVED THROUGH THESE THREE
OTHER SCANDALS THAT SHE CITED, I
DO REMEMBER THE WAY THE
DEMOCRATS BEHAVED OVER THAT.
AND NOW, SUDDENLY, IT LOOKS LIKE
IT'S A DIFFERENT CITE, EVEN
THOUGH YOU COULD ARGUE THAT
BRIDGEGATE IS JUST AS SERIOUS AS
THE OTHERS.
PEOPLE'S LIVES COULD HAVE BEEN
LOST THERE.
IT MAY BE ARGUABLE THAT SOME OF
THEM WERE.
>> LET ME BE CLEAR SO I'M NOT
MISCHARACTERIZING.
I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT FOUR
DEAD AMERICANS ARE UNIMPORTANT.
I'M SUGGESTING THAT THE
CONNECTION BETWEEN PRESIDENT
OBAMA AND ALSO THE STATE
DEPARTMENT AND THOSE DEATHS ARE
NOT THE TYPE OF CONNECTION THAT
PEOPLE HAVE ALLEGED.
THAT'S THE CONCERN HERE.
THE IRS -- IT COMES DOWN TO
ACCOUNTABILITY, DOESN'T IT?
IT COMES DOWN TO ACCOUNTABILITY.
>> IF YOU'RE THE BOSS, IF YOU'RE
THE PRESIDENT OR A GOVERNOR, HOW
ACCOUNTABLE SHOULD YOU BE --
>> YOU SHOULD KNOW!
>> -- FOR THE ACTIONS OF PEOPLE
WORKING FOR YOU?
>> YOU SHOULD KNOW WHAT'S GOING
ON AND YOU SHOULD ALSO BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CULTURE YOU
CREATE IN THAT PLACE.
THAT'S WHY I THINK IT WAS
IMPORTANT TO CRITIQUE HILLARY
CLINTON IN THE STATE DEPARTMENT.
I THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT TO
QUESTION BARACK OBAMA WITH
REGARD TO THE IRS.