The Benghazi sham being employed by the GOP is pathetic and will backfire

The GOP has been trying to make Benghazi into a political issue literally 10 minutes after it happened. We already know there was no "cover up" (there was nothing to cover up) and we know what went down. Constantly drilling and blaming people like Hilary Clinton for what happened in Libya is garbage. And to think that these are the people that wrap themselves in Bibles and Flags every election year. Mitt Romney pretty much blew any credibility the GOP had on this issue in the debates. Move on. Seriously, just move on. This is a new low, even for the GOP.

 

The GOP has over politicized it, but that doesn't mean that it isn't a real and serious issue.

The underlying issue that plays heavily into why this is so politicized is the appearance that Obama doesn't give a f*** about the troops. Obama's approval rating among military is 37%, from the last gallup poll I saw on it. Bush's low was 54% with the troops, from what I remember.



Obama doesn't visit the troops as often as Bush, and it's a very different scene when he does. Obama's proposed cuts to veteran benefits, has cut defense spending multiple times, and this just feeds in to his image. Those cuts have made a direct impact on the lives of service members.

Reality or not, the image - and not just with hardcore conservatives, but with pretty much everyone but Dems - is that Bush really cared about the troops, Obama not so much. If Obama didn't have that image, it wouldn't be possible for Benghazi to have been so politicized.

 

If Hillary's daughter had been the embassador, more would have been quickly done with no loss of life.

 

10 Minutes after it happened it was blamed on a "video" by the Obama Administration. We now know that was not the truth. And, during the last Presidential Debate, the Moderator and Obama lied and what Romney said turns out to be the truth.

I don't know if the Administration intended to mislead the public or if they just didn't know what was going on and mismanaged the situation. But, I disagree with you regarding the GOP. You don't have to be a Republican to question whether the Administration attempted to distort the facts. Possibly because they were in the middle of a Presidential Election/Campaign. Or possibly because the President wasn't on top of things as he was busy with his Campaign. There may not have been a cover up but we do know what they continued to report about it for nearly 2+ weeks following the attack was not what really happened. IMO that is not acceptable, and it shows a lack of competency.

 

That's a lie. Obama did indeed refer to the attack as a possible terrorist incident the following day.
I heard it from his own mouth as I watched on tv.
Romney tried to lie about it in the debates and was corrected by the moderator and then ripped apart by Obama for trying to turn the incident into a dishonest political football.
That's the moment that Romney lost the debate. From then on, he was a stammering fool who wanted nothing more than to exit, stage right.
Romney has done real damage to the repubs with his rhetoric.
The 47% comment was a death knell for his chances. His attack about Benghazi was another foot-in-mouth moment that went on to hurt him, and he has left the cons with those two crass, lying memes that they feel forced to keep kicking down the road hoping that they will bear fruit.

 

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.....we WANT the GOP to try with Obama the same thing they tried with Clinton.

Clinton left office with a 67% approval rating after their Impeachment Follies were over.

 

Its called the Big Lie and was described by Hitler. We must always be vigilant about its corrupting power. It got us into Iraq.

"All this was inspired by the principle--which is quite true within itself--that in the big lie there is always a certain force of credibility; because the broad masses of a nation are always more easily corrupted in the deeper strata of their emotional nature than consciously or voluntarily; and thus in the primitive simplicity of their minds they more readily fall victims to the big lie than the small lie, since they themselves often tell small lies in little matters but would be ashamed to resort to large-scale falsehoods. It would never come into their heads to fabricate colossal untruths, and they would not believe that others could have the impudence to distort the truth so infamously. Even though the facts which prove this to be so may be brought clearly to their minds, they will still doubt and waver and will continue to think that there may be some other explanation. For the grossly impudent lie always leaves traces behind it, even after it has been nailed down, a fact which is known to all expert liars in this world and to all who conspire together in the art of lying."
—Adolf Hitler , Mein Kampf, vol. I, ch. X[1]

 

You know, the more and more I age, and my time in the Military because more of a distant memory, I realize that what the troops think is pretty meaningless. Most of them can't tie their shoes, and are pretty pissed at Obama for not starting another war in some other Muslim country because if they aren't killing somebody they feel useless. Who cares.

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We live in the Mis-Information era dude. Sometimes even the Gubment gets it wrong. It was cleared up rather fast.

 

I can't understand the motivation behind an administration 'coverup'? What is there to coverup besides maybe the fact that they spoke too soon before they knew the real reason? They keep comparing this to Nixon issues but that comparison would only be valid if Obama masterminded said attacked. Which is of course completely insane, but will no doubt still be suggested.

 

The hearings SHOULD be about improving consulate and embassy security; instead, they (Republicans) are wasting both time and money pursuing a political advantage.

The Right is (in this case) its own worst enemy.

 

It's funny how some of you folks are so willing to excuse your government lying to your face, just because partisan allegiance. No wonder our government get's away with half the (*)(*)(*)(*) it does.

 

The CIA gave the White House the talking points about what happened. Attack, terrorist, Al-Qaeda all crossed out and replaced by video, spontaneous, demonstrations. Why? Someone lied to us and we want to know who and why.

The Secretary of State said that she did not read the cables coming from her Ambassador in one of the most unstable places on Earth. Is she incompetent or lying that she didn't see them?

Where is the Democrat curiousity on this matter? Where is the media's curiousity on this matter?

 

But....they didn't do anything wrong..

 

Why do you think it isn't there? CNN, MSNBC, Fox, NBC, BBC all have Benghazi stories on their front page right now.

 

You know nothing.

Zero.

Zip.

Squat.

Your President engaged in treason, pal.

A "cover-up" is the least of your problems.

 

8 Months later. A terrorist attack on America and if Fox and talk radio were not around this would of been swept under the rug.

 

lol wha

 

That sounds like something someone who never served would say. Sorry you had that bad of an experience but that's not what real military is like.

More to the point, I was explaining why Benghazi is an issue. If you don't care then don't bother asking.

 

I don't get involved in petty partisan issues. This though isn't petty. Not all the facts add up and that's what I would like to figure out. And yes their are those who are just simply politicizing this, but the flip side to that coin who just won't admit any kind of wrong doing even for the most heinous of actions.

 

Bush lied to our faces. No wonder, blah, blah, blah.

 

Ya, he did. But something tells me that you're ok with the current regime lying, because you have double standards, and what not.

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You're right, trying to mislead the public doesn't count for much.

 

Point is, Republicans were okay with Bush lying, but now have a problem with the Benghazi sideshow.

 

Apparently you couldn't be bothered to read what the president actually said.... And "Might have been my ass" it clearly was to anyone with a lick of sense. The dissembler in chief tried to have it both ways and his lackey here and in the press are more than willing to let him get away with. By the way when they continued to push the video tape nonsense for the next to weeks it was more than sufficient to make it obvious to anyone but a leftist stooge that the admin had atleast temporarily jettisoned the notion of a terrorist attack.

 

Ok, so republicans have double standards, does that mean it's ok for you to have double standards as well?

I'm guessing you have no problems with rolling around in the filth either.

 

I'm saying yeah, what's good for the goose is good for the gander. Republicans get a pass and democrats get investigated. If Republicans can get away with murder (literally) then why shouldn't dems too?