Benghazi... It just keeps getting better

xyzzy

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Oct 15, 2015, 11:12:05 PM10/15/15

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First Kevin McCarthy accidentally told the truth.
Then a former committee investigator confirms it was just a partisan Clinton hunt.
Now, wingnut media's ex-CIA Benghazi expert turns out to be... We'll see for yourself:
http://mediamatters.org/research/2015/10/15/wayne-simmons-right-wing-medias-benghazi-expert/206194

Question: was Simmons' arrest reported on Fox News or anywhere in the VRWC?

Futbol Phan

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Oct 15, 2015, 11:31:41 PM10/15/15

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Wow. Pretty embarrassing. Another question: Does Fox News ever bother to check the 'credentials' of their 'experts'?

The Cheesehusker, Trade Warrior

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Oct 16, 2015, 6:48:41 AM10/16/15

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Prolly not - they're too busy trying to be like NBC

jim brown

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Oct 16, 2015, 9:21:19 AM10/16/15

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On Thursday, October 15, 2015 at 10:12:05 PM UTC-5, xyzzy wrote:

My biggest concern over Benghazi has always been Billary's coverup by claiming some ridiculous video was the cause, and the motive behind that. But the left has made it abundantly clear that none of her transgressions over the years matter at all, except to a few. Hell, they continue into the present with her blatant attempts to obfuscate her email-gate and her and Bill's "charity".

http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-clinton-charity-begins-at-home-1433459849

xyzzy

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Oct 16, 2015, 9:45:14 AM10/16/15

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You probably have a point. It's too bad that the GOP, in being attack dogs against her for over 20 years, have shredded the credibility they would have needed to do a credible investigation of, well, just about anything related to Hillary Clinton. The clumsy partisan Benghazi witch hunt that is now falling apart will definitely continue that pattern and help her gloss over many issues. Something about a boy crying wolf comes to mind.

Con Reeder, unhyphenated American

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Oct 16, 2015, 10:39:41 AM10/16/15

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None of these attempts to deny the problem by disqualifying sources mean
much. What is clear is that she 1) received urgent requests for better
security, 2) didn't read them and didn't make sure her subordinates were
acting on them, and 3) the attack was thus carried out and the ambassador
died. This is a far greater indictment than any video thing.

Her excuse that she was so busy that she couldn't look at such
messages rings hollow. SecDef Leon Panetta and the head of the JCOS
saw the messages and followed up on them, and they are equally busy
people. Clinton was derelict in her duty. She was derelict in her duty
of message security on her email server and probably in myriad other
ways with this pattern of incompetence.

Blame of others and attempts to discredit sources seem like winning
ripostes to liberals, but anyone with half a brain sees them as the
lame schoolkid excuses that they are.

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michael anderson

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Oct 16, 2015, 12:44:19 PM10/16/15

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We can keep the email thing and Benghazi thing in the news, but when we do so we have to keep it in the news as just more examples of how this women is in no way qualified to be president.

What has Hillary Clinton ever done to make anyone think she should be president of the united states? Heck, what has Hillary Clinton ever done to make anyone think she should be asst manager at the local target?

What I see is someone who:

1) married someone with ambition and stuck with them as their ambition led them to successs
2) became especially famous(even relative to the fame expected of a spouse of a famous person) for sticking with someone who was a predator of women and likely cheated hundreds if not thousands of times
3) used this infamy to be elected and appointed to various govt positions

This is not the CV of a president

The Cheesehusker, Trade Warrior

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Oct 16, 2015, 5:24:11 PM10/16/15

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On Thursday, October 15, 2015 at 10:12:05 PM UTC-5, xyzzy wrote:

BTW - it's drifting there now - Friday blog dumps and all that

http://www.teaparty.org/fox-news-talking-head-arrested-lying-cia-past-125016/

as well as on NewsMax and Freeper, etc. Hasn't hit the biggies like NRO or Instie or Powerline - at least didn't see via a quick gander - still pretty fresh story and I'm sure it'll be covered with much teeth gnashing and sour grapes

Con Reeder, unhyphenated American

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Oct 16, 2015, 6:19:43 PM10/16/15

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What does this have to do with anything? Some liar got caught, and canned
when he was found out. It wasn't anything like Brian Williams, who was
egregiously given a pass by management long after they should have known
he was FOS.

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