The Truth About Benghazi

GostHacked · May 2, 2014

Romney lost, Shady.

This is not about Romney. This idiot Hillary Clinton could be the next POTUS. Look at it for what it is.

bleeding heart · May 2, 2014

Benghazi aside, I don't quite understand the liberal appeal of Hillary Clinton.

Is it her remarks about flattening Iran? Her position in an administration that murders at will? Or her once-position on the board of Walmart?

.....Scratch that. Her Establishment liberal credentials are strong indeed.

It's the admiration of her from some on the lefty end of the "liberal" spectrum that baffles.

cybercoma · May 3, 2014

This is not about Romney. This idiot Hillary Clinton could be the next POTUS. Look at it for what it is.

I can't stand Hillary Clinton. I wish she would have disappeared with Bill.

GostHacked · May 3, 2014

I can't stand Hillary Clinton. I wish she would have disappeared with Bill.

I think many of us here agree with that.

cybercoma · May 3, 2014

People who want to be politicians often make the worst politicians, imo. Hillary Clinton lives to be a politician.

bush_cheney2004 · May 3, 2014

Benghazi aside, I don't quite understand the liberal appeal of Hillary Clinton.

....It's the admiration of her from some on the lefty end of the "liberal" spectrum that baffles.

Hillary Clinton was going to be a lock for female POTUS in 2008 after President Bush, but she was derailed by a stronger candidate with greater "lefty" appeal (since betrayed). As stated before, race trumps gender in such things.

So now she can get a redo......maybe.

bleeding heart · May 10, 2014

Yes, she may well get her redo. time will tell. And I agree with your assessment.

As for what many see as Obama's betrayal...some on the Left were saying from the beginning--before the election, even--that the idea of Obama tracking far to the left of the Democratic power core would be institutionally impossible, or at least unlikely.

As I remember, one could get a sense from Obama supporters that such critics were, well...ruining the party, as it were.

monty16 · May 10, 2014

It really must be that the GOP can't get over Romney's screw up in that debate that literally clinched the presidency for Obama. They really do need to just get over it.

Why can't they stick with Obamacare as their issue?

Ohhhhhh, riiiggghhhttttt! They're on the wrong side of that one too.

So how about the colour of Obama's skin? That's been time tested and proven to work in that country!

Argus · May 10, 2014

This is not about Romney. This idiot Hillary Clinton could be the next POTUS. Look at it for what it is.

While I have little affection for Clinton, no country that survives eight years of George Bush needs to be concerned that Hillary isn't smart enough for the job.

Edited May 10, 2014 by Argus

Shady · May 10, 2014

While I have little affect for Clinton, no country that survives eight years of George Bush needs to be concerned that Hillary isn't smart enough for the job.

I agree that Hillary is no idiot. She's just not all that compentent of a person, and if it wasn't for her sex, and name, she'd have aboslutely no shot at winning anything.

Argus · May 10, 2014

I agree that Hillary is no idiot. She's just not all that compentent of a person, and if it wasn't for her sex, and name, she'd have aboslutely no shot at winning anything.

Probably true, but the same could have been said of George Bush

Shady · May 10, 2014

Probably true, but the same could have been said of George Bush

I agree.

cybercoma · May 10, 2014

If Barack wasn't black...

If Hillary wasn't a woman...

Blah blah blah.

Smallc · May 10, 2014

No kidding. People vote for their own reasons, race, colour, and Benghazi being near the bottom for most.

Shady · May 10, 2014

No kidding. People vote for their own reasons, race, colour, and Benghazi being near the bottom for most.

I mostly agree. I don't think it matters much to people. to the mainstream media though, it's all they care about. It's the meme they pushed in 2008, and it will be the meme they push in 2016. Records mean nothing.

Shady · May 10, 2014

They actually called Bill Clinton racist during the primary between Clinton and Obama. That's how ridiculous it got.

monty16 · May 11, 2014

Some women are competent Shady.What extreme right female politician do you think is more competent than Hillary? How about Michelle Bachman?

Michael Hardner · May 11, 2014

They actually called Bill Clinton racist during the primary between Clinton and Obama. That's how ridiculous it got.

You mean when he said something like "a few years ago he'd be getting our coffee" ?

Shady · May 11, 2014

You mean when he said something like "a few years ago he'd be getting our coffee" ?

I think it had more to do with him downplaying Obama's primary win in South Carolina by mentioning that Jesse Jackson had also won the primary in the past.

monty16 · May 11, 2014

Well Shady, it would never do to call Clinton a racist or accuse him of racist remarks when a person attempts to dispel 'all' racist remarks as not. Politically though, it is inconvenient!

Shady · May 11, 2014

Anyways, back to Benghazi.

Prosecutor Trey Gowdy is pretty amazing at this press conference. I'd urge anyone who doesn't know what questions need to be answered, to watch and listen to the litany of questions, and then get back to me.

Starts at the 1:00 minute mark.

Argus · May 11, 2014

Anyways, back to Benghazi.

Prosecutor Trey Gowdy is pretty amazing at this press conference. I'd urge anyone who doesn't know what questions need to be answered, to watch and listen to the litany of questions, and then get back to me.

1. Because he decided to go there

2. Because the CIA wanted to be there

3. Because the Republicans cut the state department's security budget

4. House defense oversight already dealt with this question, and according to its Republican chair, there were simply very limited assets available.

5. What allies do you think were going to have assets in a city which he's already said had been abandoned by everyone else?

6. Who cares? How does that affect anything?

7. Who cares? How does that affect anything?

8. Who cares? How does that affect anything?

Edited May 11, 2014 by Argus

monty16 · May 11, 2014

Yep, watched it and I'm back. It seems that the rabid right is going to make an issue over Obama saying he was going to get the perps and he hasn't yet. And beside that, they're going to ask a bunch of questions for which the answers have been provided, or if not then they haven't been able to get the answers from all the investigations.

Definitely, Obama should have got the perps by now, because he got Bin Laden and the fact that Bush2 didn't get him for 7 years of his presidency has nothing to do with it. Huhhhh? Ya think?

LOL

Hillary said it, what difference does it make?

They better pivot back to the failure of the ACA again! (snicker)

bleeding heart · May 11, 2014

I'm not trying to derail the thread, but I find the entire kerfuffle here quite odd.

The Obama administration, in keeping with proud tradition, is a profoundly criminal, violent organization. This particular episode scarcely ranks a mention in comparison to other matters....the ethical (and likely legal) rot of many drone strikes, for the most glaring example.

I suppose it's less of a political football because the aristocratic little gangsters (aka "The Republican Party") are quite onboard with murderous drone strikes...a few fringe exceptions, both in the Republican and Democrat parties, notwithstanding.

monty16 · May 12, 2014

You're right bleeding heart. The only redeeming factor with drone strikes is that they kill slightly more discriminately. It could be cruise missiles into China's embassy or one into an aspirin factory. Or even huge bombs destroying Iraqi air raid shelters full of women and children?