Outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spent five and a half hours on Wednesday testifying before various Congressional hearings about the September 11 attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. For the most part the affair was a love-fest with members of the House and Senate praising her for her time at the State Department. Almost 90 minutes passed in her first appearance before a Senate committee when Ron Johnson (R-WI) questioned her about the deaths of four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens. Hillary took offense at the question and responded ′What difference does it make now?′ in regards to why the American people have yet to hear from the survivors of the terrorist attack. When confronted by other serious questions, Clinton answered that she never read any cables from Stevens, had no input on the talking points given to U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice, and generally was too busy talking to world leaders to deal with details.
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), slammed Hillary Clinton, as he was unsatisfied with her answers. Sen. Paul told her that had he been president, he would have fired her. There was little hope that we would get any useful information out of Clinton on Benghazi Gate. Her appearance yesterday on Capitol Hill only confirms what we have known all along. That the Obama administration completely fumbled the ball on Benghazi. Efforts to rescue the besieged diplomats were minimal at best. Attention by policy makers in Washington to warning signs leading up to the attack were totally ignored. The cover-up and phony story about a You-Tube video being responsible were lame and contrived.
About the only real news, if we can call it such, from the hearings is that it is very obvious that Hillary Clinton will run for president in 2016. Just about every Democrat, and even some Republicans, gave her encouragement to run. Some even expressed the desire that they wished she had won in 2008! By sheer coincidence, the Hillary Clinton campaign debts from 2008, which had been as much as $30 million dollars, were magically paid off this week! How nice is that?
This pretty much wraps up the Benghazi Gate hearings. We may still have more later should survivors of the attack become available to give testimony. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testified before the Senate and House on Capitol Hill. Only Ron Johnson and Rand Paul gave her a hard time in the morning Senate session. Most of the panels spent their time making speeches or praising Hillary than asking her any real questions. In regards to what difference does it make now what started the attack on our consulate, resulting in the deaths of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans, goes to the roots of the Obama administration cover-up. The failures of the State Department will not be addressed and we are bound to see more of the same in the near future.
January 24th, 2013 at 10:45 am
Obviously Andrew, you and I watched 2 different Congressional hearings. I saw the one where Hillary schooled Ron Johnson and handed his ass back to him. I saw the one where Hillary sat in somewhat amusement as Rand Paul went into a howling incoherent loon fest that ranged anywhere from his presidential qualifications to some gun running conspiracy about transferring guns from Libya to Syrian rebels.
The last I heard, Hillary has an approval rating near 70% while the Republican Congress approval is closer to 10%. Today Paul is back peddling on his memory/reality lapse of “the worst tragedy since 9/11” spew and Johnson’s trying to save face with “I’m not sure she had rehearsed for that type of question”. It’s understandable that the ratings are where they are.
January 24th, 2013 at 11:45 am
Poor Ronald sounds angry again this morning.
The problem with Hillary is she has been sleep walking through her job for the last four years.
January 24th, 2013 at 12:10 pm
I’m not sure how you construe anger Patrick. But then again, what you construe within the parameters of your own little corner in your own little chair is obviously a product of your own making. Just wondering, do you play with the dust as it dances in beam through the window?
January 24th, 2013 at 12:14 pm
I construe that dust within its parameters, wordy man.
January 24th, 2013 at 3:18 pm
“The last I heard, Hillary has an approval rating near 70% while the Republican Congress approval is closer to 10%. Today Paul is back peddling on his memory/reality lapse of “the worst tragedy since 9/11” spew and Johnson’s trying to save face with “I’m not sure she had rehearsed for that type of question”. It’s understandable that the ratings are where they are.”
Benghazi is our worst tragedy since 911.
Do you have anything to prove otherwise or bolster your bs about a memory lapse ?
Who cares about Hillarys ratings ?
If they were 100% do you think that would solve the problem ?
The woman lied, more than once.
She did fact refer to the tragedy as a result of a video while testifying she said no such thing.
In addition, she new well ahead of time the murders were not a result of a video but instead a direct terrorist attack, a terrorist attack carried out by Al Queda,which everyone now knows was made clear to her by numerous staff and agencies.
It in fact does make difference whos to blame.
All Hillary has done is what most liberals do which is to minimize our enemies level of threat in order to make conservatives look like rabid over-reacting warmongers while making her and other liberals efforts look as if Kumbaya is working.
By avoiding the true “difference” we end up focusing our revenues and efforts in the wrong direction and consequently end up with tragedies like 911 and Benghazi.
January 24th, 2013 at 4:57 pm
One of Rand Paul’s questions. See if you can find the question. I think it is at the end, but it takes a while.
“One of the things that disappointed me most about the original 9/11 was no one was fired. We spent trillions of dollars, but there were a lot of human errors. These are judgment errors and the people who make judgment errors need to be replaced, fired, and no longer in a position of making these judgment calls.
So we have a review board. The review board finds 64 different things we could change. A lot of them are common sense and should be done. But the question is it’s a failure of leadership that they weren’t done in advance and four lives were cost because of this.
I’m glad that you’re accepting responsibility. I think that ultimately with your leaving, you accept the culpability for the worst tragedy since 9/11. And I really mean that. Had I been president at the time, and I found that you did not read the cables from Benghazi, you did not read the cables from Ambassador Stevens, I would have relieved you of your post. I think it’s inexcusable.
The thing is is that, you know, we can understand that you’re not reading every cable. I can understand that maybe you’re not aware of the cable from the ambassador in Vienna that asked for $100,000 for an electrical charging station. I can understand that maybe you’re not aware that your department spent $100,000 on three comedians who went to India on a promotional tour called “Make Chai Not War.”
But I think you might be able to understand and might be aware of the $80 million spent on a consulate in Mazar-e-Sharif that will never be built. I think it’s inexcusable that you did not know about this and that you did not read these cables. I would think by anybody’s estimation, Libya has to be have been one of the hottest of hot spots around the world. Not to know of the request for securities really I think cost these people their lives. Their lives could have been saved had someone been more available, had someone been aware of these things, more on top of the job.
And the thing is is I don’t suspect you of bad motives. The review board said, “Well, these people weren’t willfully negligent.” I don’t think you were willfully. I don’t suspect your motives of wanting to serve your country, but it was a failure of leadership not to be involved. It was a failure of leadership not to know these things.
And so, I think it is good that you’re accepting responsibility because no one else is. And this is — there is a certain amount of culpability to the worst tragedy since 9/11, and I’m glad you’re accepting this.
Now, my question is: Is the U.S. involved with any procuring of weapons, transfer of weapons, buying, selling, anyhow transferring weapons to Turkey out of Libya?”
What was the question?
January 24th, 2013 at 6:19 pm
I wonder what difference Hillary made? None!
It certainly was a love fest among the left. Hillary showed anger because the truth could not be revealed. The Republican, Ron Johnson, should not have backed down and should of handed Hillary her ass to her. Yeah, Hillary does have a 70% favorable rating among the useful idiots. She and her husband, Bill, certainly know how to spin reality.
Another survey came out reported that the left are always angry, narrow minded and cannot tolerate opposing opinions. Randy is that your problem?
January 24th, 2013 at 6:29 pm
“Another survey came out reported that the left are always angry, narrow minded and cannot tolerate opposing opinions.”
Where might I view that survey?
January 24th, 2013 at 6:31 pm
And who is this Randy you speak of?
January 25th, 2013 at 7:37 am
Hahaha! Hillary Clinton’s approval ratings in the polls is probably out of sympathy. The poor woman has been humiliated by every man in her life, from Bill Clinton to Barack Obama.
As for her tenure in the State Dept., what new, important treaties has she negotiated? What international crisis did she resolve? Gaza? Morsi seems to have more to do with that and he’s a real peach calling Jews a race of monkeys.
Speaking of polls, 83% of Americans think the federal government spends too much money. That does not seem to be very high on Obama’s list of things to fix.
January 25th, 2013 at 10:52 am
I listened to as much of that living wreck as I could stand… someone would ask her a question so she could burn up the rest of their time with endless, redundant bs so they couldn’t ask a follow up question. By the way; how many of y’all have been polled about anything. I think these polls are straw men pulled out of someone’s butt to lend liberals’ contrived “issues” credence.
January 25th, 2013 at 12:30 pm
I know the GOP had to be disappointed with the outcome.
Under the guise of “answers” it was obvious they were really seeking retribution.
Somebody’s head on a stick (preferably some guy that happens to live on Pennsylvania Avenue, but in lieu of that, somebody darn it).
All of this build-up and then, well, nothing.
Somebody, at least, needs to get “Scootered”.
Oh, well, everybody got to make a speech (in the form of a question), exhibit some outrage and at least make an attempt to embarrass Hillary Clinton.
January 25th, 2013 at 12:54 pm
Yes indeed, nothing matters to liberals except free condoms and freeloading.
Obama lied, people died.
January 25th, 2013 at 2:11 pm
The Real Clinton Legacy:
http://www.prorev.com/legacy.htm
January 25th, 2013 at 2:43 pm
What did you want to have happen yesterday?
Is it really a quest for the truth, or is at as I stated, that someone needs to pay?
Whenever there is an “inquiry” and the questions take up 90% of the time, the motives can be brought into question.
Oh, and where was the reference to condoms or freeloading or is that just some stereotype that needs to thrown out there every couple of days.
By the way, the people I work with all day and talk to on the phone are primarily Democrats, but we, you know, work for a living. That is why generalizations are nothing more than a method for denigrating someone that has the temerity to not share your views.
It is reminiscent of the use of “Marxist” on this site.
Democrats=Marxist
RINO=Marxist
Don’t believe in steadily declining taxes=Marxist
Disagree with the far-right agenda=Marxist
See, it kinda loses its weight after a while.
January 25th, 2013 at 3:24 pm
No, I don’t see. I do see that lefties who obsess with posting comments on blogs are disproportionately Marxists (Ronald, for example), socialists (Buzz, for example), and far left liberals. Your average Democrat does not comment on blogs so don’t confuse “Democrats” with the commenters here or elsewhere.
Commenters are usually humbled to know that less than 1 in 1,000 visitors bother commenting on an article. The ones who do are way disproportionately radicals who obsess with their political agendas. Everyone else reads with that author wrote in the column and move on with their lives.
January 25th, 2013 at 4:50 pm
At least Patrick, your analysis is consistent. As usual, it makes little sense, defies logic, and exposes your usual hatred towards anyone that doesn’t kowtow to your mindset.
So, from what statistics do you conclude that “your average Democrat does not comment on blogs”? And what do you call right wingers who “who obsess with posting comments on blogs”? Where do you rank?
January 25th, 2013 at 5:50 pm
Gosh no Ronald, “hatred” is a term best applied to liberals. I actually find you amusing, and what I’m saying is that you are amusing in an insignificant way that is not representative of Democrats. Buzz confused “Democrats” with Marxists and liberals-who-comment-on-blogs so I’m addressing that difference specifically.
January 25th, 2013 at 7:08 pm
“At least Patrick, your analysis is consistent. As usual, it makes little sense, defies logic, and exposes your usual hatred towards anyone that doesn’t kowtow to your mindset.”
Ronald…
Shut up.
Your posts contain more hatred and bigotry than any here.
One of these days you’ll realize that theres very few far right conservatives and republicans in RPs staff or readers/commenters.
The reason sound so consistently ignorant is because you approach anyone here disagreeing with you as a far right loon.
Your posts are always full of hatred and flat out bullsht designated for an audience that does not exist.
Its sad that the only way you can sound half coherent is to fabricate arguments so as to put you in the better light.
While ass holes like you and Buzz are worried about how well Hillary looked in front of that mindless gauntlet called a “panel” we still know little about why were lied to and why 4 Americans died.
Even Clinton showed some semblance of authority, leadership and conviction right after the Towers first bombing and the Cole by lobbing a few bombs (well intended but useless) at the enemy.
Right now, AQ in North Africa and especially Libya are laughing their asses off because theres more a chance of some liberal heads being thrown under the bus by Barry than there is a chance we’ll ever catch the terrorists who killed 4 Americans.
Does anyone seriously believe that the detainee being released and monitored in Tunisia will be stupid enough to lead any posse` to his lair and ilk ?
January 26th, 2013 at 6:59 am
Buzz,
I’m assuming when you say “Scootered” you are implying the sad truth that Hillary Clinton and Obama will slide out of any wrong doing since there is no special prosecutor investigating, nor even one targeting the wrong person despite knowing who really spilled the beans (about Valerie Plame – Richard Armitage).
January 26th, 2013 at 8:33 am
“While ass holes like you and Buzz…”
And there it is.
January 26th, 2013 at 8:35 am
“I’m assuming when you say “Scootered” you are implying the sad truth that Hillary Clinton and Obama will slide out of any wrong doing since there is no special prosecutor investigating, nor even one targeting the wrong person despite knowing who really spilled the beans (about Valerie Plame – Richard Armitage).”
So what is the real outcome you desire?
Who’s head on a stick are you looking for?
January 26th, 2013 at 8:41 am
Well, Buzz,
Hillary was in charge of State and claims that she assumes responsibility. Though I would like to know who started the whole video cover-up story. The video story is the key to the cover-up by the Obama administration. We can blame Hillary and other State Dept flunkies all day for ignoring the realities of the ground situation in Benghazi and the lack of security.
January 26th, 2013 at 1:24 pm
“While ass holes like you and Buzz…”
And there it is.”
Thats right. Your priorities are up your ass.
If you’re not disgusted by the number of her constituents that are lining up to suck her dick then I most certainly do have choice words for any person who blatantly disregards this fact.
These ass holes who call themselves congressmen and allies are simply lubricating her for the upcoming 2016 elections so they can redeem their frequent sucker miles once shes in office.
God forbid anyone on the left hold the b1tch responsible