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Benghazi Panel; No New Evidence of Wrongdoing by Hillary Clinton
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Abstrusity
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SHE CAN'T KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT.webm
Grover Cleveland
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This investigation was longer than the time spent by the 9/11 Commission, the investigation into Pearl Harbor, the investigation into the JFK assassination, and the investigation into the government's response to Katrina.
Priorities and all that
minor effort
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I have trouble believing anyone outside of the immediate family members and colleagues of those who died in the Benghazi really, truly cares about these four deaths. The GOP has only cared about Benghazi as long as it could be used as a political football against a presidential candidate.
Had Hillary Clinton chosen not to run in 2016, 2012 would probably have been the last year the GOP had any interest in what happened in Benghazi.
Had Hillary Clinton chosen not to run in 2016, 2012 would probably have been the last year the GOP had any interest in what happened in Benghazi.
Agreed. This whole Benghazi thing has been farcical.
For sure.
LucidMomentum
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Maybe the GOP needs a Shadow Cabinet of their own to figure out just what happened to Benjamin Ghazi?
Imagine if all the time and money spent on the panel went to something useful, like actually helping people or figuring out why encrypted emails are such a cumbersome system for federal offices that many people sidestep them when prompt response is required?
Alex Jones am cry.
The GOP has said that verbatim, but of course since it's fact no one is going to believe it. Just like the outcome of this panel.
The families of the deceased probably wanted closure and some compensation, but the deceased knew what they signed up for when they enlisted. The GOP could have honored them as heroes, but apparently the 7 million was better spent trying to prove the impossible.
Imagine if all the time and money spent on the panel went to something useful, like actually helping people or figuring out why encrypted emails are such a cumbersome system for federal offices that many people sidestep them when prompt response is required?
Alex Jones am cry.
The GOP has said that verbatim, but of course since it's fact no one is going to believe it. Just like the outcome of this panel.
The families of the deceased probably wanted closure and some compensation, but the deceased knew what they signed up for when they enlisted. The GOP could have honored them as heroes, but apparently the 7 million was better spent trying to prove the impossible.
metalslimer
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How much fucking money has been wasted on this which could have done so much more good for actual people.
Suikoguy
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You know, that's a reasonable idea.
If after the first investigation, nothing is found, any future investigations that find nothing should be charged to those who started it.
Byakuya769
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Just wrapping this up to focus on the true scandal: her emails.
orthodoxy1095
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That's like one of the shittiest ideas for the future of criminal/incompetence/corruption investigations that I've ever heard.
This is probably the dumbest part of this inane conspiracy theory.
Treading various right-wing fever swamps, the "rationale" seems to be that by claiming the assault on BENGHAZI! was spontaneous and caused by a youtube video, this would somehow absolve Obama/Hillary because they could say that they weren't prepared for anything like that. By admitting that it was an actual pre-planned terrorist attack, they could be legitimately attacked for not having been prepared to defend the consulate, and dropping the ball.
This excuse makes no goddamned sense because Obama called it an act of terror THE NEXT FUCKING DAY. If their plan was to trick the American people into believing that any terrorist group was not involved in BENGHAZI!, then it was one of the shittiest planned plans in history as it fell a part immediately, by Obama himself!
But lets' not forget one of the other major questions raised by the Republican inquisition. Most right-wing conspiracy theories like IRS-gate at least make sense on some micro level in that we can clearly define who the supposed victims are in said conspiracy theory. In IRS-gate, the 'victims" were supposed to be god fearing Republican superpacs. At least I can understand that much, why Republicans would be pissed off.
On the other hand, when it comes to BENGHAZI!, the victim in this case is one of Obama/Hillary's OWN EMPLOYEES! Why would they want to let one of their own die?
And who are the people that are most pissed off by the betrayal for a fellow Democrat? Republicans. Every single one of them in this entire country, has collectively lost their shit and are slitting their wrists because of the death of this lackey from the Obama Administration. They love him so much in fact, that they are in fact arguing that we should have sent ANY amount of our brave troops to save him. This is literally the first time in history, where we've found the one democrat that Republicans love enough to sacrifice as many military men as it takes. A man that were he alive today, would be just ass hated as Eric Holder, Kathleen Sebelius, Susan Rice, Hillary Clinton, and everyone else in Obama's administration (including Obama himself).
Wag
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She knows exactly what she's doing...
I was watching a bit of this in the lobby of my doctor's office and the dude was prattling on about how Hillary's email to Chelsea was titled terrorism but the emails for public eyes left the terrorism description out and how earth shatteringly terrible this was.
Really? That's all you got? A bit of discression and foreign diplomacy?
Stupid.
Really? That's all you got? A bit of discression and foreign diplomacy?
Stupid.
madstarr12
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Finally, the people can now focus on her emails. Time to arrest her.
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i could know nothing about hillary. but i swear she just has one of those faces that irk me. just one of those faces you pass by and you're like "yup, don't ever trust that one".
eBay Huckster
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congrats, no one cares
evil solrac v3.0
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And you're allowed to vote. Awesome.
Reverend Funk
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maybe there ought to be another trial just to be sure
Ninja Scooter
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Surprise witness: The state calls BENJAMIN GAHZI HIMSELF TO THE STAND!
Head of Vengarl
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It's funny - I saw this thread title when I checked GAF in the morning, then I checked Reddit afterward and saw a thread titled "Benghazi Report: Hillary Lied and People Died" on the Donald Trump sub. Then I turned on the morning news and it was some in-between shit, not saying she was guilty but also saying she may be in trouble. Amazing how your reality can be completely different depending on what news sources you follow.
TheLaughingStock
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Between this debacle and her illegal email server, I propose the gov't lock Hillary up with 10 of Bill's mistresses for life without parole.
Suikoguy
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So, we just keep investigating forever if someone has a political motive or axe to grind?
There has to be a counter incentive of some kind, i'm not decided on what that should be. Voting them out does not seem to work due to gerrymandering and polarization.
What morning news? I caught the NBC Evening News and they said there was nothing new, other than some questions about the response from the agencies other than SoS.
eBay Huckster
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and you didn't have to post about how something about clinton just pisses you off in a thread reiterating for the millionth time that one of her "major scandals" is quite literally a nothingburger, yet here we are.
e: i quoted you again. guess that means i do care! (too bad you're still diet sexist at minimum)
Which is really all that matters when deciding who should run the free world, of course. The way their face looks.
Such a shining beacon of intelligence.
Chill....
Anyone that watched the hearing knew they had nothing - anything significant that is.
Gordon Shumway
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So when she going to jail already?
teruterubozu
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That's for the e-mails. This was supposed to expose her incompetence.
Having your character assasinated for 20+ years can change your demeanor.
Gordon Shumway
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Ah..so there's still hope!
Punchy4486
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Instead, it only exposed the Republicans.
Like, say, improving the security of foreign diplomats, funding for which House Repulicans denied prior to the incident.
Mainstream reporting on this has been a disgrace- presenting it as if it were a real investigation and doing Nothing to expose the blatantly partisan witch hunt and its sponsors and presenting the investigators as independent actors. Even NPR simply called the two "If She Did It" extra credit reports merely "unusual"
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