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Posted on 05/31/2014 4:16:35 AM PDT by Kaslin
“It is inaccurate to state that every single one of them was influenced by this hateful video."
This statement is part of Hillary's 36 page "fog of war" chapter on Benghazi in her forthcoming memoir, a chapter obtained at least in part by Politico's Maggie Haberman, and it appears to be indicative of how she filled those 36 pages without answering any of the crucial questions about the events of that night and the following day.
This line refers to the killers.
And this line is of course a straw man, easily recognized after the president's straw man Woodstock at West Point earlier this week. It is also "inaccurate to state" that the whereabouts and actions of the president, the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense that night are well known or even understood in general outline. That Hillary even bothers to spend time on the laughable "the video made them do it" argument tells us that the chapter is an exercise in space-filling, an effort to appear to be transparent and forthright about the most obvious, tragic failure of her trail of tears tenure at State. This chapter appears to be just another part of the ongoing refusal to come clean about what happened that night both in Benghazi and much more importantly for Hillary's future political ambitions in D.C.
“I will not be a part of a political slugfest on the backs of dead Americans," Haberman quotes Clinton as writing. "It’s just plain wrong, and it’s unworthy of our great country. Those who insist on politicizing the tragedy will have to do so without me.”
This is a three-part lie: It is not "just plain wrong" to demand answers from those in charge that night, it is not "politicizing" to hold those people to account for their failures, and the investigation into Benghazi will indeed involve Clinton whether or not she agrees to be questioned about her collapse that night. This risible attempt at a "pre-emptive strike" on the subject will not work, not when the event it seeks to exile from the national debate involves the death of an ambassador and three other Americans at the hands of terrorists and not when her failure to anticipate the attack and her collapse in the face of it goes to her central claim of competency to be president.
When Hillary sits down with various journalists, they should all bear down on what did she know and when did she know it; what did she do and when did she do it --in the weeks and months before the attack and the night of the attack. They should press again and again --patiently and respectfully-- for detailed answers on chronology and specifics.
"It is our job to figure out what happened."
That is what then Secretary of State Clinton told Senator Ron Johnson immediately after her infamous "What difference at this point does it make?" outburst that defines her failure at State.
That is in fact the job of every journalist who gets to ask a question of the would-be president. None have dared tried yet, but eventually someone will, and if no one does, Hillary will ask for the country's votes without ever having given an account of her actions or her non-actions. Perhaps she can bluff, bluster and bully her way to the Oval Office but the country does not seem to be in the mood for another era of dodges, half-truths, and false outrage over being asked not only legitimate but absolutely essential questions.
Hillary's 36 page leak won't put out the fire and it won't stop the questions or the commentary. Only the detailed truth would do so, and given Hillary's adamant refusal to provide that, we can assume the truth is even more damaging than her continued stonewalling.
I saw the Hildebeast at the first “Hillarycare” tour in Seattle. She was going to take a bus down the West Coast to spew her propaganda about the Slickmeister’s new healthcare scheme. We blew her out with a mass demonstration that circled her speaking platform that was held back with barracades. Every sentence she spoke was a lie. I never saw anything like it.
I had a sign that said: “Harry to Louise: Healthcare will really cost when it’s free.” On the other side, the sign read: “Hillary, why take the bus? Fly your broom!” I split up laughing about that one.
I guess the American public forgot about Harry and Louise. When Obamacare was rolled out, we should have know it would not be cheap. I hope when Americans go to the polls in 2014 and 2016 that they don’t fall for the lying pigs again out of the other Washington.
My question is why does is the media swimming in the DemonRAT bed. They must feel like whores by now. Are they worried that we might turn them off and they will need to dip into the Government Trough to stay afloat? Are they worried that Big Government carries a big stick and will swat them out of business if they don’t perform like cheap whores for their pimps? This has been going on for way too long. Freedom of the press was meant to be a third rail against government misbehavior. It was never meant to be a cloak around bad conduct.
Bill and Hillary Clinton’s 1992 post-Super Bowl interview with Steve Croft was a big lie to win an election. During the interview we watched the following double talk:
Kroft: “You’ve been saying all week that you’ve got to put this issue behind you. Are you prepared tonight to say that you’ve never had an extramarital affair?”
Clinton: “I’m not prepared to say that any married couple should ever discuss that with anyone but themselves. I’m not prepare to say that about anybody.”
It is apparent that the Hildebeast will double talk and spin circles with lies about her record. It is a part of her inner core. She had the Slickmeister to show her the way.
I think the Hildebeast has a drinking problem. In this thread, we saw the video of her falling down at the top of the steps to her airplane. We also have seen photos of her arm in a cast from falling in the Department of State parking lot. I wonder how many other falls resulting from being falling down drunk? Maybe one of those falls caused trauma to the brain and the possibility that she is fighting dangerous health issues that she is hiding from the American public—something that FDR did as well as Kennedy.
On February 21, 2007, in an interview with NYT's Maureen Dowd, Geffen described Hillary Rodham Clinton and Bill Clinton in unflattering terms: "Everybody in politics lies, but the Clintons do it with such ease, it's troubling."
Geffen told Dowd that Hillary Clinton was "incredibly polarizing."
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Geffen described Bill Clinton as "reckless" and cast doubt on those who say Clinton has become a different person since leaving office.
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The NYT exposed the three tax-exempt Clinton Foundations rampant w/ shady deals, cronyism, nepotism, etc....large contributors indebted to the Clintons----and are, in effect, financing Hillary's ambitions.
Benghazi ping.
Let Republicanprofessor know if you want on or off this ping list.
One who is being investigated does have the option to set the terms of the investigation.
Keep having flashbacks of the British journalist who reported in to office that he had account numbers etc from Clinton’s off shore accounts. Since he was flying out of US early next morning he didn’t forward the information. He was found murdered in motel room when he was a no show in England Alamo do you remember that one?
How many journalist just don’t want to know because knowing endangers ones life ? The word gets out
Top journalist know to keep quiet until they are ready to release material.
News hound Bob Woodward Definitely Doesn’t Buy Hillary’s Benghazi Denial. Woodward doesn’t believe Hillary's whine that it's all about politics. The reporter known for making news claims there are still “serious, unanswered questions about this.”
Hillary's book stoutly declares that everything there is to know about Benghazi has already been revealed....she is hoping to silence Republicans by charging politics is behind the continuing probe.
Woodward will not be dissuaded. ".....one of the questions I have -- did she keep a diary? Obama confirmed to Woodward that he keeps a diary. Woodward noted. “Ronald Reagan kept a very detailed diary of Iran Contra, and he finally turned it over.”
The veteran Post reporter also knocked Clinton and Obama....... noting it’s not all about partisan politics. “There are facts,” he asserted. “There is neutral inquiry. And there is a way to look at this and get that information and see if there is new information.”
And he has enough experience to know you keep the bait hidden till you’re ready to spring the trap. IMO nothing he’d like more then one BIG exposé before he retires just to prove to his ego “he still has it”!
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