Remember when right wingers were screaming about $16 "muffins"?

[Quantum Windbag]

A couple of posts from the USMB:

http://www.usmessageboard.com/economy/186136-16-muffins-and-8-cups-of-coffee-wtf.html

http://www.usmessageboard.com/media/186559-16-muffins-8-coffee-served-in-justice-audit.html

http://www.usmessageboard.com/politics/188225-shumer-tax-the-millionaires-2.html#post4234673

http://www.usmessageboard.com/politics/185916-how-much-is-a-fair-share-11.html#post4192592

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Justice inspector general: Conference muffins weren't $16 - CNN

The Hilton chain and conference organizers vigorously challenged the initial cost assertion, which cited the $4,200 cost for 250 muffins at a conference reception. The hotel chain said the muffin and pastry costs included fresh fruits and beverages, and that space for the conference was provided free of charge.

That muffin didn't cost taxpayers $16 after all: USA Today

On Friday, the IG's office reversed itself, saying that it had received additional information concerning food and beverage costs and that the department did not pay $16 per muffin at the conference by the Executive Office for Immigration Review.
The additional information showed that the muffins were actually part of a modified continental breakfast priced at $16.80 and consisting of items such as pastries, fruit, coffee, tea and juice.

DOJ Watchdog: $16 Muffin Report Overcooked | Executive Gov

The original report said that the department spent $4,200 for 250 muffins, but the revised report indicates that the muffin figure included more than just a muffin. The revised report says the figure covered the cost of a continental breakfast at the conference, but does not break down the cost per item.

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When this story came out, I was thinking this was a smaller scale "Obama took a trip costing 200 million dollars a day". Turns out I was right.

O'Reilly Goes On Jon Stewart and Rants About Muffins - September 28, 2011 - YouTube

This only proves, if the story is too damn stupid to be true, then it's most definitely a "Republican Talking Point". America keeps voting them into office. We must be eating the muffins.

The report came from the Inspector General, and was based on the expense reports that were filed. Months later someone finally figured out that it was a continental breakfast, not just a muffin. That means they threw in a cup of coffee with that $16 muffin.

What really pushed it was the hotel that felt they had been slandered. Costs money to give 250 people a place to meet.

You must have missed your latest talking points issue. No one gets rich by themselves, so that hotel should be grateful that the government is holding a meeting there. If the government had not built the roads that hotel paid for it wouldn't even be in business.

 

[zonly1]

Is it determined ignorance or the inability to see reality?

Willful ignorance is the code word here.


Partisans have no pride.

They'll play the fool to fool the fools.

Republicans assume if you point out the Republican Party has become filled with dirty people and an ignorant base, you must be partisan.

The truth is the Republican Party has become filled with dirty people and an ignorant base. The worst thing that happened to the Republican Party is when all the liberals left and it was hijacked by conservatives. The father of MLK wore a "Nixon" button. Until Kennedy got his son out of jail for driving with an out of state license or some spurious shit.

Where do we start with democrats ..starting with Chappaquiddick?
Then a pattern develops with the same consistency...somewhere there is misery index, lying to the American people about fan/fred resulting in the biggest housing bobble in this country history and on and on while a mayor in oakland continues to promote bad behavior.