Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Unaccountable Hillary Clinton
Townhall.com ^ | January 24, 2014 | Brent Bozell

Posted on 01/24/2014 5:31:14 AM PST by Kaslin

CNN anchor Jake Tapper blandly admitted the obvious in a radio interview with conservative host Hugh Hewitt. The same reporters that insist their former Republican Party favorite Chris Christie is ruined for 2016 by traffic jams on a bridge are letting Hillary Clinton skate for embassy-security neglect that led to four dead government employees at Benghazi.

Why would so-called watchdogs of government suggest Clinton is a shoo-in in 2016 as if Benghazi never happened? Tapper strangely suggested that Benghazi always seemed like more of a White House scandal than a State Department scandal, and I don't blame him, because Clinton didn't grant him an interview.

"Hillary Clinton was on her way out, and you know, I can't tackle her," he said in self-defense. "I haven't had a chance to interview her since Benghazi happened. I don't even know, has she done interviews? I think she did some interviews on her way out."

That's awfully coy. In fact, after Clinton's ridiculous "what difference does it make" defense a year ago, lapped up by media lapdogs as some kind of "riveting" triumph, she quickly granted interviews to ABC, CBS and NBC. All three networks now pounding away at Christie were, and continue to be AWOL on Hillary. They have punted the chance to be watchdogs.

The most infamous one we remember is Steve Kroft's joint Barack Obama-and-Clinton interview for "60 Minutes," when Kroft asked two questions on her Benghazi testimony. First, "You had a very long day. Also, how is your health?" And second, "Do you feel guilty in any way, at a personal level? Do you blame yourself that you didn`t know or that you should have known?"

This allowed Clinton to express regret for her "personal loss" and insist against all the evidence that she was tremendously interested in embassy security.

On NBC, State Department correspondent Andrea Mitchell interviewed her pal Clinton, but they only showed snippets in two news accounts. Don't blink, or you'll miss the Benghazi seconds. Clinton said, "Well, Benghazi went wrong. You know, that was a terrible example of trying to get the right balance between being in a threatening place or not being there."

Mitchell had one question: "But in retrospect, shouldn't a cable warning of a security threat from an ambassador in a conflict zone, shouldn't that get the highest possible attention immediately?" Clinton responded, oh well, maybe next time: "Well, that's what we're hoping to make sure does happen in the future." Then it was on to Clinton's work for women's rights around the globe.

ABC's interview of her was performed by "Nightline" host Cynthia McFadden, a perennial Clinton toady. McFadden informed America that Clinton was "doubling down" on her Senate testimony. McFadden began: "It seemed as though you lost your temper at the hearing." Clinton said anyone trying to hold her accountable was using a "partisan lens."

"When someone tries to put it into a partisan lens, when they focus not on the fact that we had such a terrible event happening with four dead Americans, but instead, what did somebody say on a Sunday morning talk show? That, to me, is not in keeping with the seriousness of the issue and the obligation we all have as public servants."

McFadden softly nudged: Does she regret the "what difference" comment? Hillary repeated herself about the Sunday show questions and added: "I believe in transparency. I said, you know, let the chips fall where they may. Put it all out there. And I don't want that to be politicized."

Please laugh at the "transparency" part, but always pay attention when a Clinton says you can't proceed with a "politicized" line of questioning. It means you're getting dangerously close to asking them a tough question. On these occasions, none of the interviewers wondered what some reporters have: If Clinton believed in transparency, why didn't she do the Sunday morning shows after Benghazi instead of Susan Rice? For that, we can turn to Bill Clinton's draft-dodging language: She was "maintaining (her) viability within the system."

In fact, most journalists really don't feel Hillary Clinton should be held accountable. Time magazine had a cover story titled "Can Anyone Stop Hillary?" Nancy Gibbs, now the managing editor of Time, was asked on MSNBC by Mitchell how long Clinton can delay making the official declaration for the White House. Gibbs responded, "I think she can postpone it almost longer than anyone we have seen. It allows her to not have to answer every controversy that comes up, the latest obviously being the Benghazi report today."

Gibbs told Mitchell that only Hillary can stop Hillary. That must be because her liberal media bootlickers can't muster one tough question about how she mismanaged embassy security in Libya. They, too, always seem to be interested only in maintaining her viability within the system.


TOPICS: Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: enemedia; hillaryclinton

1 posted on 01/24/2014 5:31:14 AM PST by Kaslin
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: Kaslin

2 posted on 01/24/2014 5:39:37 AM PST by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Kaslin

Here are some quotations from the woman the liberal main stream media refer to
as the “Smartest Lady In The World”
you decide

“Where is the G-ddamn f**king flag? I want the G-ddamn f**king flag up every f**king morning at f**king sunrise.”
(From the book “Inside The White House” by Ronald Kessler, p. 244 - Hillary to the staff at the Arkansas Governor’s mansion on Labor Day, 1991)

“Come on Bill, put your dick up! You can’t f*uck her here!”
From the book “Inside The White House” by Ronald Kessler. p. 244 - Hillary to Governor Clinton when she spotted him talking with an attractive female at an Arkansas political rally

“You sold out, you motherf**ker! You sold out.”
From the book “Inside” by Joseph Califano, p. 213 - Hillary yelling at Democrat lawyer.

“It’s been said, and I think it’s accurate, that my husband was obsessed by terrorism in general and al-Qaida in particular.”
Hillary telling a post-9/11 world what a great commander in chief her husband was; Dateline, NBC 4/16/2004.

“You f*cking Jew Bastard!”
From the book “State of a Union: Inside the Complex Marriage of Bill and Hillary Clinton” by Jerry Oppenheimer. p. 153 - Hillary to Paul Fray, Bill Clinton’s Jewish campaign manager, on the night of Bill’s defeat for the House of Representatives in 1974

“You Jew Bastard!” “You Jew Mother-F*cker”
From the book “State of a Union: Inside the Complex Marriage of Bill and Hillary Clinton” by Jerry Oppenheimer. p. 155 - Common insults Hillary would use toward anyone who angered her.

“You Mother-F*cking Jew!”
From the book “Bitter Legacy: The untold Story of the Clinton - Gore yYears” by Christopher Ruddy. p. 11 - Hillary insulting Bill

“I have to admit that a good deal of what my husband and I have learned [about Islam] has come from our daughter.”
(TruthInMedia.org 8/8/1999 - Hillary at a White House function, proudly tells some Muslim groups she is gaining a greater appreciation of Islam because Chelsea was then taking a class on the “religion of peace”)

“F**k off! It’s enough that I have to see you shit-kickers every day, I’m not going to talk to you too. Just do your G-ddamn job and keep your mouth shut.”
(From the book “American Evita” by Christopher Anderson, p. 90 - Hillary to her State Trooper bodyguards after one of them greeted her with “Good morning.”

“Just keep smiling until these a*s h*les get their pictures.”
From the book “American Evita” by Christopher Anderson, p. 114 - Hillary to Bill while they were posing for photographers

“Who the Hell asked you?”
From the book “American Evita” by Christopher Anderson, p. 125 - Hillary to a staffer who expressed a view different than Hillary’s

“Bimbos, Sluts, Trailer Trash, Rednecks, Sh*t Kickers.”
(From the book “American Evita” by Christopher Anderson, p. 139 - Names Hillary commonly used to descripe Bill Clinton’s sex victims, girl friends and Arkansans.”

G*d d*mn it Bill, how long do you ex[pect me to put up with this sh*t?”
From the book “Bill and Hillary” by Christopher P. Andersen. p. 202

G*d d*mn L. D., did you see that family right out Deliverance? Get me the hell out of here!”
From the book “Blood Sport: The President and His Adversaries” by James B. Stewart, p. 105 - To L.D. Brown her state trooper bodyguard while at an Arkansas county fair regarding conversation with a family in bib overalls and cotton dresses.

“I want to get this sh*t over with and get these d*mn people out of here!”
From the book “The First Partner: Hillary Rodham Clinton” by Joyce Milton. p. 192 - Hillary on the Governor’s Mansion intercom as preschoolers posed for photographs on the Mansion lawn.

“We have to destroy her!”
From the book “The Final Days: The Last Desperate Abuses Of Power By The Clinton White House” by Barbara Olson. p. 13 - Hillary regarding Gennifer Flowers and her long affair with Bill

http://www.davidstuff.com/political/hillary-quotes.htm


3 posted on 01/24/2014 5:40:48 AM PST by PLD
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Kaslin

The best thing about this article is that the writer correctly used, spelled and hyphenated the term “shoo-in”. FWIW.


4 posted on 01/24/2014 5:40:57 AM PST by Tucker39 ("Having their conscience seared with a hot iron.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Kaslin

UNaccountable bureaucrats are socialists. Sociopath of State/youtube video/Benghazi/Hilarycare/cattle futures/lies-to-numerous-to-list ALERT!


5 posted on 01/24/2014 5:41:52 AM PST by PGalt
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Doogle

6 posted on 01/24/2014 5:43:55 AM PST by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Doogle

She’s not fit for the Presidency. Her lack of fitness results from the Benghazi fraud and ALSO for MANY other reasons.... But then, the current occupant of the WH is unfit for the Presidency...so this is almost a moot point.


7 posted on 01/24/2014 5:47:38 AM PST by SMARTY ("When you blame others, you give up your power to change." Robert Anthony)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: PLD

...good dig PLD, it’s a keeper for later...*smiles*


8 posted on 01/24/2014 5:52:21 AM PST by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: Kaslin

9 posted on 01/24/2014 5:54:48 AM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: PLD
“It’s been said, and I think it’s accurate, that my husband was obsessed by terrorism in general and al-Qaida in particular.”

Hillary telling a post-9/11 world what a great commander in chief her husband was; Dateline, NBC 4/16/2004.

Man that's just draw-droppingly blatant bullsh*t.

10 posted on 01/24/2014 6:00:59 AM PST by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: Rummyfan

She MUST be stopped at all cost.


11 posted on 01/24/2014 6:14:46 AM PST by DaveA37
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: Kaslin

Cosmic brilliance need not be accountable.

/S/

IMHO


12 posted on 01/24/2014 8:02:11 AM PST by ripley
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Kaslin

Hillary is an used up drunk.


13 posted on 01/24/2014 8:48:12 AM PST by VRW Conspirator ( 2+2 = V)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Kaslin
Planet Hillary?


14 posted on 01/24/2014 9:45:40 AM PST by NRA1995 (I'd rather be a living "gun culture" member than a dead anti-gun candy-ass.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: NRA1995
That's no moon; it's a space station!


15 posted on 01/24/2014 9:48:01 AM PST by NRA1995 (I'd rather be a living "gun culture" member than a dead anti-gun candy-ass.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]

To: Kaslin
The comparison between Watergate and Benghazi is appropriate and illustrative.

One suspects that Richard Nixon's extent of irresponsible, duplicitous and mendacious behavior in all phases of the Watergate scandal (which I do not defend) is microscopic compared with Mrs. Clinton's actions (before, during, immediately following the Benghazi terror murders, and currently).

Perhaps Rosemary Woods alleged tape erasure can be compared with intentionally deceitful, and false blame on a "video"?

.

16 posted on 01/24/2014 11:12:12 AM PST by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Doogle

bkmk


17 posted on 01/25/2014 1:21:08 PM PST by AllAmericanGirl44
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson