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Will the Benghazi Hearing Help Hillary?
MSN News ^ | October 21, 2015 | Priscilla Alvarez

Posted on 10/21/2015 12:10:44 PM PDT by detective

Few House hearings are must-see TV. But on Thursday, Hillary Clinton will testify ahead of the House Select Committee on Benghazi in one of the most-anticipated hearings of the year—but maybe not for the reasons originally predicted.

The hearing was never supposed to be easy for Clinton, whose campaign has been hampered by inquiries into her use of a private email server during her tenure as secretary of state. But the threat the committee once posed to her political fortunes has dissipated, as it has instead become a political challenge for House Republicans, as they try to prove that the focus of the committee is on the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya and not a political ploy.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: benghazi; clinton; hillary; hillaryclinton
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"despite Gowdy’s beset efforts to keep the hearing on track, it will devolve into a circus in which GOP lawmakers will compete to offer the most damaging interrogation. Clinton would then come off as sympathetic rather than secretive."

Get prepared to hear the word circus over and over again to describe the Republicans and the word sympathetic to describe Hillary.

1 posted on 10/21/2015 12:10:44 PM PDT by detective
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To: detective

It was guaranteed to be a circus because of the Democrats on the committee. Apart from protecting Hillary they have to protect Obama.


2 posted on 10/21/2015 12:14:18 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: detective

It will probably help her. The media will spin this a s witch hunt (no pun intended) with these awful men picking on this poor lady with their war on women. And, like always, it will work.


3 posted on 10/21/2015 12:15:32 PM PDT by Angels27
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To: Angels27

Did someone say, "Witch Hunt"
4 posted on 10/21/2015 12:17:29 PM PDT by BigEdLB (Congress will have blood on their hands if anything happens because of the Iran appeasement)
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To: detective

The GOPe has NEVER, NEVER, EVER gotten the best of the Clintons! They are too stupid to, and they never fail to overreach and come across as Clinton-hating smear artists.

Hillary will earn a lot of sympathy tomorrow.


5 posted on 10/21/2015 12:17:35 PM PDT by Menthops (If you are reading this..... the GOPe hates you!)
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To: detective

Will it be televised or behind closed doors?


6 posted on 10/21/2015 12:18:46 PM PDT by rainee (Her)
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To: rainee
Will it be televised or behind closed doors?

At this point, what difference does it make?

7 posted on 10/21/2015 12:24:01 PM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: detective

Gowdy has already won.

Hillary is being investigated by the FBI.

She will have eight full hours to trip herself up and disagree with what she has already said or what she’ll say to the FBI.

Hillary has used every trick she can and called in every favor she can to keep from being in front of this committee.

Believe me, Hillary having to do this really pisses her off.

She’s just a dirty little snot.

Grab her by the ear and march her out to the steps and kick her so hard in her fanny that her legs fly out in front of her while she flies through the air to land in the street on her donkey. Then say,

“You’re just a dirty little snot who got Americans murdered in Benghazi.”


8 posted on 10/21/2015 12:24:33 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: detective
These hearings will be the same ol-same ol..

Democrats will derail republicans for being political and never ask a serious question: "Now, Madam Secretary, you knew that Benghazi is a city in Libya, right?".. "Yes, I Do"..."Thank You for your honesty"

Cummings will yell, scream and cry foul

republicans will enjoy listening to themselves talk,

bitch Clinton will wave her hands in the air and saying:" I do not recall...I do not remember...nobody told me..."

Gowdy will do an post-hearing interview praising bitch clinton for her candidness.

Same shit different day..

9 posted on 10/21/2015 12:24:45 PM PDT by SGCOS
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If the media has their way Hillary will come out smelling like a rose. She will be painted as poised and heroic going up against horrific, partisan, republican devils. That’s the kind of lying, communist media we have these days.


10 posted on 10/21/2015 12:25:07 PM PDT by Bullish (Face it, insanity is just not presidential.)
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To: Menthops

Wittingly or unwittingly the GOP-e is all but guaranteed to help Hillary. Like you suggest, someone - anyone - tell me the last time a legitimate Republican committee proved effective in such politically charged circumstances.

No, I predict a smattering of “tough” questions interspersed with bombast from Democrats and then the GOP-e types then all falling over each other to be deferential and apologetic to Hillary who will then float out of there now guaranteed to become the next president.


11 posted on 10/21/2015 12:28:22 PM PDT by Obadiah (Mr. Obama, the time for honoring yourself will soon be at an end.)
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To: SGCOS

We share near identical evaluation of events as they will likely unfold(see post #11). Just a different day.


12 posted on 10/21/2015 12:31:31 PM PDT by Obadiah (Mr. Obama, the time for honoring yourself will soon be at an end.)
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The same fraud since Jan 2009. 40 hearings, no results.

Kabuki theater, meant to deceive Republicans that they are doing a REAL investigation.


13 posted on 10/21/2015 12:33:48 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: detective

Only if the Democrats on that panel serve her up softballs. Then too, she’ll keep screeching “What difference does it make” ....


14 posted on 10/21/2015 12:35:45 PM PDT by SkyDancer ("Nobody Said I Was Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
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To: stephenjohnbanker

——no results.-——

you haven’t been paying attention

hillary e mails


15 posted on 10/21/2015 12:36:24 PM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, ....carson is the kinder gentler trump)
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To: SkyDancer

Someone could make a lot of bucks with a Hillary doll that has canckles and screeches “what difference does it make”...I’d buy stock.


16 posted on 10/21/2015 12:37:24 PM PDT by tioga
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To: bert

Exactly what I was going to post, a LOT of e-mails from other participants is coming out and trust me Donald will use it!


17 posted on 10/21/2015 12:37:38 PM PDT by 100American (Knowledge is knowing how, Wisdom is knowing when)
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To: Obadiah

One of the criticisms of the committee is the way questioning takes place - each member gets to question & the train of thought/line of questioning is repeatedly broken as they all head off on their own tangents.

This will never happen, but I’d like to see each Repub member allot their 5 minutes back to either Gowdy or Jim Jordan (the 2 best interrogators - one should be designated to question Clinton during this hearing). Other than interruptions from Dem questioners, they could then keep the line of questioning going, for the most part.

I’m sure Hilly/Dems would be totally pissed off if this happened, but you might keep enough pressure on her to cause a crack in the veneer.


18 posted on 10/21/2015 12:38:35 PM PDT by Qiviut
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To: detective

Of course it will help Hillary after that IDIOT Kevin McCarthy put his foot in his mouth. We all know what he meant but he’s so stupid he and his handlers can’t even make a point without screwing it up.

The meme is already written - it’s all a partisan political ploy.

Thanks Kevin you a-hole. Kevin, it’s not enough to pull out of speakers race...RESIGN CONGRESS.


19 posted on 10/21/2015 12:40:24 PM PDT by Fledermaus (To hell with the Republican Party. I'm done with them. If I want a Lib Dem I'd vote for one.)
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To: bert

Has Hillary been convicted of anything?

Has she suffered anything as a result of this investigation?

No


20 posted on 10/21/2015 12:40:52 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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