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Washington Post Column: The character assassination of Hillary Clinton
Washington Post ^ | 01/01/2013 | Kathleen Parker

Posted on 01/01/2013 7:01:49 PM PST by SeekAndFind

The new year began not with a cannonball off the “fiscal cliff” but with an outbreak of conspiratorial cynicism.

This time it’s Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, whose fall and concussion, followed by a blood clot between her brain and skull, has prompted an embarrassment of theories. The gist: That woman will do anything to avoid testifying about Benghazi.

Several commentators on the right opined via Twitter and TV, those most deadly hosts for the parasites of rumor and innuendo, that Clinton was faking her concussion to duck out on her appearance before congressional committees investigating the attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Libya that killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans.

An independent report published last month placed substantial responsibility for the deaths on the State Department. Not only was security at the Benghazi compound weak, relying heavily on local forces with conflicting loyalties, but requests for additional security apparently were ignored or denied.

The sentiment that Clinton might not wish to testify on the matter is not without reason. It is hard to imagine the agony of knowing that one’s lack of vigilance may have contributed to four deaths. But the attacks on Clinton during her illness, essentially attacks on her character, have been cruel and unfair. What must the world think of us?

Clinton, who fainted as a result of dehydration after a bout of flu, hit her head and suffered a concussion, after which a blood clot was discovered. She had to be hospitalized while blood-thinning medications were administered and monitored.

Although her critics backed off once the clot was reported, initial responses ranged from “She’s faking” to demands for proof of her concussion.

One writer demanded her medical records. John Bolton, former ambassador to the United Nations, called Clinton’s affliction a “diplomatic illness”

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1 posted on 01/01/2013 7:02:04 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

So I guess Ms Parker doesn’t buy the secret mission to Iran and the plane incident....


2 posted on 01/01/2013 7:06:05 PM PST by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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To: SeekAndFind
What must the world think of us?

Kathleen Parker, concern troll. Lord knows how the world cursed us for the job done on Michele Bachman or Sarah Palin, right? Right, Kathleen?

3 posted on 01/01/2013 7:08:03 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: SeekAndFind
The character assassination OF Hillary Clinton?!?!

The Clintons record of destroying enemies is only exceeded by destroying friends.

5 posted on 01/01/2013 7:09:19 PM PST by Happy Rain ("Outlawing guns because of Adam Lanza would be like outlawing free speech because of Bill Maher.")
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To: SeekAndFind

What character?


6 posted on 01/01/2013 7:09:31 PM PST by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: SERKIT

I think Ms. Parker is saying that those who said that Hillary was FAKING her illness in order to avoid testifying before Congress about Benghazi are wrong (at best) or have sinister intentions (at worst).


7 posted on 01/01/2013 7:09:59 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Kathleen Parker: predictable.


8 posted on 01/01/2013 7:09:59 PM PST by Past Your Eyes (You knew the job was dangerous when you took it.)
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To: SeekAndFind

The Post certainly knows a lot about the subject as they practice real character assassination on just about every conservative they ever write about. I find it ironic that the Washington Post is whining about the “character assassination” of one of the people they like. Never mind the fact that she likely is faking to avoid the whole testifying about Benghazi thing.


9 posted on 01/01/2013 7:10:15 PM PST by jospehm20
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To: SeekAndFind

And the 2016 race begins :)


10 posted on 01/01/2013 7:11:31 PM PST by sickoflibs (Dems go for results, meaning winning. Rs go for symbolism and whining about losing.)
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To: SeekAndFind

She has no character to trash.


11 posted on 01/01/2013 7:12:31 PM PST by ZULU (See video: http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-first-siege-of-vienna.html)
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To: SeekAndFind

sniper sniper sniper.......three times she told the lie to get sympathy. She told a lie about her own name. She was an accomplice in Vince Foster’s murder. She was responsible for 800 FBI files suddenly found in the WH.

Well, let’s just say, she lies.


12 posted on 01/01/2013 7:12:47 PM PST by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: SeekAndFind

If she is really ill, why so many secrets? What exactly are they hiding?


13 posted on 01/01/2013 7:14:09 PM PST by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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I think Ms. Parker is saying that those who said that Hillary was FAKING her illness

I'm in the LYING ABOUT IT contingent.

HIllarys chronic alcoholism and drug abuse are very real

14 posted on 01/01/2013 7:14:47 PM PST by digger48
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To: SeekAndFind
The gist: That woman will do anything to avoid testifying about Benghazi.

OK, events have conspired to keep her from testifying........ pretty damned efficeiently so far.

15 posted on 01/01/2013 7:16:00 PM PST by umgud (No Rats, No Rino's)
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To: SeekAndFind

She has left her trail of lying and avoiding telling the truth from White Water to her plane being shot at when she was flying over some country close to Russia. Words that come out of her mouth cannot be trusted and she has had too many friends covering up for her before.


16 posted on 01/01/2013 7:16:00 PM PST by YukonGreen
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To: SeekAndFind

I didn’t see any protests from the WaPo back in 2008 when Democrat delegates were being stripped away from Hillary and given to Obama.


17 posted on 01/01/2013 7:16:49 PM PST by Hoodat ("As for God, His way is perfect" - Psalm 18:30)
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To: F15Eagle

Time to interrogate Parker as well. She has no reason to cover up for Clinton unless she was involved.


18 posted on 01/01/2013 7:19:26 PM PST by muawiyah
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To: SeekAndFind

How exactly could anyone assasinate the character of someone as scummy as PIAPS?


19 posted on 01/01/2013 7:20:58 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: SeekAndFind

It is also similar enough to her reluctance to testify about the 900 FBI records, the firing of the travel office personnel, and the cattle futures in her husband’s administration for her critics to see a pattern of behavior. It may not be a exact repeat, but it does rhyme.


20 posted on 01/01/2013 7:21:19 PM PST by Vince Ferrer
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