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Did Clinton and Obama Believe Their Benghazi Baloney?
Townhall.com ^ | May 13, 2013 | Michael Barone

Posted on 05/13/2013 7:21:20 AM PDT by Kaslin

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To: Kaslin

The video lie was for the American public.

I’m sure there was some highly ‘classified’ lie tailor made for Romney - one that made him feel ‘in’... and made him drop the subject...

And another lie for Military brass - all puffed up with self importance and concerns about cushy jobs after retirement...

Yeah, the twerps knew... the lies were well thought out... My guess is the CIA helped with the ‘video’ clip lie... or maybe it was some dem PR firm... YouTube knows how the numbers came in - they went from almost nothing to hundreds of thousands in minutes.. YouTube would have a record of the lie if some member of the MSM called them...

Hey Washington Post - you still there?


21 posted on 05/13/2013 7:46:29 AM PDT by GOPJ ( A gang rape by Eight isn't 'immigration reform'... Send the millions of illegals home.)
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To: Kaslin
Its 'hard to escape' the conclusion that Hillary was intentionally misleading America.

Michael Barone has a mind like a steel trap.

22 posted on 05/13/2013 7:48:11 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: Kaslin
Obama made a calculated decision to lie to the American people prior to the Nov. 2012 elections.

Lie now, get reelected and then deal with "it" later was Obama's directive to Hillary.

23 posted on 05/13/2013 7:48:39 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: Kaslin

The two felons actually paid a hollywood producer to film an infomercial to air in Islamic countries apologizing for their famous “the video did it” claim. They aired it all over Islam about a week after Benghazi. They paid millions to pedal the story they knew was a lie.


24 posted on 05/13/2013 7:50:14 AM PDT by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: null and void

They only care about winning an election. Lying is the liberal/progressive way of life.


25 posted on 05/13/2013 7:53:02 AM PDT by Lumper20 (y)
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To: Kaslin

Probably just filled with immense hubris that, based on past experience, the MSM would continue to carry their water on ANY LIE they might choose to put out there.


26 posted on 05/13/2013 7:57:19 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Kaslin

“Did Clinton and Obama Believe Their Benghazi Baloney?”

Of course they did. They both suffer from GCS — “George Costanza Syndrome” — “It’s only a lie if you think it is a lie.”


27 posted on 05/13/2013 7:57:35 AM PDT by Polyxene (Out of the depths I have cried to Thee, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice.)
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To: null and void
RE :”It is against the law for one of us to lie to the government.

That is getting a bit off the topic of election lies....but...

For example , say the police are investigating a crime.... and say you are the suspect....they can tell you all the lies they want to get you to confess, or plea, or give up evidence... and still use it in court against you.

But you lying to police in the same context is illegal.

28 posted on 05/13/2013 8:05:02 AM PDT by sickoflibs (To GOP : Any path to US citizenship IS putting them ahead in line. Stop lying about your position.)
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To: Lumper20

“The presidents job was to win the election, that’s what he is supposed to do” - Geraldo Rivera, regarding Benghazi


29 posted on 05/13/2013 8:06:44 AM PDT by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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Question: "Did Clinton and Obama Believe Their Benghazi Baloney?"

Answer: They have lied so often that they have lost the capacity to discriminate between truth and falsehood.

30 posted on 05/13/2013 8:18:13 AM PDT by AEMILIUS PAULUS (It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
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"There were obvious cynical political motives for attempting to mislead voters during a closely contested presidential campaign." - Michael Barone, the Dean of Washington Political Analysts.

"He is known for being the principal author of The Almanac of American Politics, a reference work concerning US governors and federal politicians, and published biennially by National Journal. The Almanac has been called "definitive and essential for anyone writing seriously about campaigns and Congress." - Wiki you know who.

31 posted on 05/13/2013 8:19:52 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Mandatory BB Guns for 10 Year Old Boys would solve most of America's problems.)
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Why did they continue to lie?

Simple enough once you remember Hillary’s an attorney. She’s not very good at it, but she is an attorney and she thinks like one.

It’s your standard two bit attorney trick.

By repeating a lie that is so obviously a lie only an idiot would believe it, you can make people believe something else which also isn’t true.

People will believe what they want to believe although it isn’t true.

In this case they repeated the attack was a “spontaneous” response to a protest in Egypt so people would repeat over and over there was no connection to the protest and the attack.

They want people to believe the “spontaneous” lie was a lie created in response to the attack.

In reality the “spontaneous” lie was created before the attack.

The attack was planned then they planned the protest in Egypt to create the spontaneous lie.

At the very minimum the Obama adm. had to know about the attack months in advance in order to create the “spontaneous” lie.

Since the “spontaneous” lie is so outrageous no one above the level of idiot would believe it, we’re back to cheap attorney tricks again.

Projection. Accuse someone else of being guilty of what you have done.

Since everyone agrees the attack was planned, go back and listen to Hillary’s comments after the attack and see if you can figure out from what Hillary said, exactly who Hillary was planning on blaming it on.

Once you learn how to listen to a two bit attorney they will tell you everything you want to know.

Hillary’s no exception.


32 posted on 05/13/2013 8:33:12 AM PDT by IMR 4350
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It wasn’t confusion. If it was confusion, they could have cleared up the confusion in a later statement. It was an effort to cover up their roles before the election.


33 posted on 05/13/2013 8:55:06 AM PDT by popdonnelly (The right to self-defense is older than the Constitution.)
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No, they didn’t believe it...but they expected the low-information voters to believe it, and so far their bet appears to be holding.


34 posted on 05/13/2013 8:58:11 AM PDT by Cyber Liberty (I am a dissident. Will you join me? My name is John....)
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Michael Barone, apologist for Big Government. If these hacks are this devious, they aren’t worth a bucket of warm spit and should be brought up on corruption charges.


35 posted on 05/13/2013 9:15:26 AM PDT by txrefugee
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To: null and void; annieokie; penelopesire; maggief; Protect the Bill of Rights; thouworm; SE Mom; ...

They started out trying to lay a trap to snare Israel in. It blew up in their faces when Woods and Doherty disobeyed direct orders to stand down.
Ping


36 posted on 05/13/2013 9:15:54 AM PDT by MestaMachine
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To: Kaslin

Hard for me to keep up with all the details.
Was Gregory Hicks physically located in Tripoli at the time of the attack?


37 posted on 05/13/2013 9:28:06 AM PDT by Repeal The 17th (We have met the enemy and he is us.)
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Of course they were lying knowingly. As Mesta Machine just said, it was their freaking plan! Defeatists make the mistake of thinking that just because people are evil, they’re also geniuses. These people are evil, but they also ain’t too smart.


38 posted on 05/13/2013 9:45:58 AM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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There was such an attack on our embassy in Cairo earlier that day that fit that description.

No there wasn't.

The protests and attack in Cairo weren't about that stupid 'video.'

Brian Lilley: The MSM is lying about the muslim riots
Interviews on the streets of Cairo. 'Video' had nothing to do with protests and attack.

39 posted on 05/13/2013 9:51:01 AM PDT by TigersEye ("No man left behind" is more than an Army Ranger credo it's the character of America.)
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They don’t need to believe it. They just need others to (continue to)believe it.


40 posted on 05/13/2013 10:00:57 AM PDT by zlala (Thank you for the ultimate sacrifice Capt. Aaron R. Blanchard, KIA 4-23-13, Pul-E-Alam, Afghanistan.)
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