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The Latest House Republican Benghazi-gasm is So Irrelevant that It’s On C-SPAN 3
The House Oversight and Governmental Affairs Committee is holding a Benghazi hearing that is so irrelevant that it is on C-SPAN 3, and C-SPAN will only offer highlights later.
House Republicans are trying again to turn Benghazi into a major scandal, but outside of right wing media, no one is buying the Republican cries of wolf. House Republicans had their big chance to turn Benghazi into a major scandal when Sec. of State Clinton testified in January, but Clinton ate them alive, as the nation watched and asked themselves, “Why are Republicans screaming about Benghazi?”
House Republicans are not easily deterred by failure, so they are back today claiming, “mismanagement and political coverup.” Recently when asked for evidence of this coverup, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) couldn’t provide any, but this hasn’t stop them from wasting time and taxpayer money investigating a scandal that only exists in their own imaginations.
The bigger problem for the House Republican scandalmongers are boxed in on Benghazi. Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) told MSNBC today, “We need to know were these people culpable or not. If they were, why are they still on the payroll? Other than that, I’ve been able to read all the cables. I’ve seen the films. I feel like I know what happened in Benghazi. I’m fairly satisfied.”
Media attention of their attempts to drum up a scandal has dwindled to the point that C-SPAN’s only live coverage is offered on C-SPAN 3, and C-SPAN itself will only be offering highlights of the hearing later tonight.
It is the scandal that never was, but House Republicans talk about Benghazi in almost sexual terms. For them Benghazi is a cry of Obama conspiracy climax. They appear seductively aroused by blaming President Obama for the deaths of four Americans. Their perversion runs so deep that they keep holding a hearing in search of their Benghazi money shot.
This concept may strike you as sick and twisted, because it is.
A group of Republican Reps. led by Issa and Chaffetz are getting their political rocks off with a warped fantasy of presidential cover up.
The Senate doesn’t care. The media doesn’t care. The American people don’t care, but House Republicans are Benghazi-gasming all over themselves today. It is a good thing that nobody else is watching.
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48 Responses to The Latest House Republican Benghazi-gasm is So Irrelevant that It’s On C-SPAN 3
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Brandt Hardin
May. 8th, 2013 at 3:27 pm
The true shame in the Far Right’s obsession with this tragedy is the effect on the families of the victims. This entire process is being instrumented as a ruse to attempt to shame Hillary Clinton and our President. Our Republican Congressmen spend their days trying to Bamboozle Obama instead of doing what they are paid for by representing their constituents. See what kind of job they’ve done applying the blackface to the POTUS at dregstudiosart.blogspot.c... Their hands are sticking to this tar baby as the public is becoming increasing impatient with the nonsense and waste of taxpayer money.
lm945
May. 8th, 2013 at 5:09 pm
Not impatient enough apparently. The idiots in South Carolina just elected Mark Sanford, the lying, cheating, ethically challenged ex-governor, to the House.
In Republican circles, spending taxpayer money on a wild goose chase is a waste of neither time nor money when the goose is named Obama or Clinton.
Shiva
May. 8th, 2013 at 3:38 pm
I just got home from the gym and of course Fox news was glued to it. You could almost see the anchors leaning over their desks with their tongues down on the floor waiting.
I really wish the Democrats had the balls to take back the house and start investigating George W. Bush and his Embassy attacks. I wish they could pick him apart enough to send him to prison forever. At least tie him up in his library bathroom.
The people in our Congress are enemy combatants and they are wasting our money and our time
Churchlady320
May. 8th, 2013 at 5:44 pm
Wish the DEMS had the balls? Where are the VOTERS? Data show too many people who turned out for Obama in 2008 sat it out and did not vote ushering these jerks in. We turned a signficant number out in 2012, but unless and until VOTING and being involved in electoral politics is given as much weight as marching in front of cameras for a day or tow, whining on blogs, or holding stoner ‘discussions’ with equally stoned friends, we will NOT get the House back at all.
Time for progressives, liberals, and mainline Dems to do one thing well – VOTE. Hate the candidate? So what? It’s the HOUSE that matters, not your individual circumstance. Growing up in a democracy is too easy – we all need backbone and a dedication to the basics even if we don’t get our way every time.
PSzymeczek
May. 9th, 2013 at 2:39 pm
60 people died in attacks on our diplomatic missions worldwide between 2001 and 2008. Where was the Republican outrage then?
KarenJ
May. 8th, 2013 at 3:42 pm
Gregory Hicks’ testimony strikes me as being a bit of cover-your-ass.
It says right in the report November 1, 2012 (before the election) on THE BLAZE of all places that Rep. Jason Chaffetz reported that the first thing Hicks did the night of September 11, 2012 was ignore Ambassador Stevens’ calls for help.
Shiva
May. 8th, 2013 at 3:46 pm
that is certainly secondhand intelligence. I wonder if Mr. Hicks is going to testify
djchefron(Moderator)
May. 8th, 2013 at 4:00 pm
There is no there there.Anyone with a lick of sense and a computer would shread issa and his trolls to pieces.Dont count on the media to do it.Instead of existing to inform they only like pie fights.Look for this to drag on and on and on…..
kfreed
May. 9th, 2013 at 1:15 am
There’s your problem, right there: “On Glenn Beck’s The Blaze” (of all places) and “Rep. Jason Chaffetz reported”
“Rep. Jason Chaffetz reported that the first thing Hicks did the night of September 11, 2012 was ignore Ambassador Stevens’ calls for help.”
I’ll be taking that with a grain of salt, thankyouverymuch.
This coming from Glenn Beck, the man who was just up on Capitol Hill to “testify” that the Bostom bombing was a government cover-up (along with Alex Jones of all people).
We’ll thank you not to post links to Glenn Beck’s hallucinations. We don’t consider conspiracy theorists reliable news sources.
Charlie F
May. 8th, 2013 at 3:51 pm
The Republicans have no intentions of making a meaningful jobs bill, while Obama is president. So to fill their time they promote conspiracy theories, they believe need to be investigated, continue their war on women and austerity policies.
Our country suffers while they play their political games, and becomes further divided, along many lines.
mjh
May. 8th, 2013 at 3:57 pm
The Latest House Republican Benghazi-gasm is So Irrelevant that It’s On C-SPAN 3
Not exactly the “dam burst” Lindsey Graham thought it was going to be, is it?
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djchefron(Moderator)
May. 8th, 2013 at 4:07 pm
In a way that’s a good thing for the trolls.They have their hearings,the vast majority wont see how idiotic they sound but for the Reich wing echo chamber it will be the gift that keeps giving.
PSzymeczek
May. 9th, 2013 at 2:41 pm
The only dam that is going to burst is in Miss Lindsey’s silky drawers.
Michael C. Burgess
May. 8th, 2013 at 4:02 pm
It’s not that the media doesn’t care. The media don’t care. Media is plural.
kfreed
May. 9th, 2013 at 1:20 am
Thank you Assistant Deputy Dog of the Ministry of Correct Grammar Correction.
kfreed
May. 9th, 2013 at 1:29 am
BTW, your mistaken grammar miscorrection is beside the point. Let us direct our attention to the topic at hand, shall we?
ARWKoppen
May. 8th, 2013 at 4:08 pm
This might be get blocked of this site; I’ll not agree:
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My comment is f*ck of Republicans go s*ck your Pope and your own breeding habbits, without your use of safe sex. And shut up with your:
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Republicans? Take a Look at Your own background;
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My European knowledge just declares the complete Republican party as ‘NAZISM-fans’.
(*proof*)thru the PAST of former Germany; your children will be lost without a normal father.
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jess
May. 8th, 2013 at 4:34 pm
The Benghazi cover-up is real !!!
So, this coming November 2012 Presidential Election don’t vote for Obama, vote for Romney..
Oh, wait….
Jeremy
May. 8th, 2013 at 4:54 pm
This is one of the reasons the sequester and why there may be no grand bargain on the debt deal because these Republicans are wasting time holding hearings about something that happened in another country. The more time spent having hearings about Libya the less time there will be to real a grand bargain on the debt deal or reach something to end the sequester. I don’t understand in the first place the the Grand United States of America would have an embassy in a country where people do not take vacations in. An embassy is suppose to be in countries or places where there are a lot of American tourists. I don’t think there are American tourists in Libya. I don’t think anyone is going to use their life savings to go on a trip to Libya. I hate these Republicans with a passion. These Republicans have committed so many bad deeds that I am very tempted to not forgive them. You want to talk about cover ups I think Bush did a major coverup with the Iraq War.
djchefron(Moderator)
May. 8th, 2013 at 4:58 pm
The main purpose of embassies is to promote our interest in the host country.
porky ailes
May. 8th, 2013 at 7:51 pm
when you look up dog and pony show, darryl the felon issa and his bad hair dye is the photo. the repukes are very worried about hillary.
PSzymeczek
May. 9th, 2013 at 2:44 pm
BINGO!! These hearings are nothing but a bash-Hillary-fest, held because they are scared to death that she will run in 2016. They are trying to discourage her.
IGotAComment
May. 8th, 2013 at 8:07 pm
Obama administration officials are finally letting the attorney for a Benghazi whistle-blower get a security clearance — but the clearance is at such a low level that it will probably slow the congressional probe of how the administration handled last year’s terrorist attack on the embassy in Benghazi, Libya.
Victoria Toensing represents an unnamed government official who can help explain the reaction of top government officials to the jihadi attack on the U.S diplomatic site in Benghazi and killed four Americans last Sept. 11.
At least three officials will testify today at a House hearing about the scandal, and are expected to say top officials at the Department of State took actions to minimize political damage to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. In the days after the attack, officials claimed the attack had resulted from a spontaneous demonstration against an anti-Muslim film. That story was quickly refuted, …
Shiva
May. 8th, 2013 at 8:32 pm
Refuted by Americans, not by Libyan’s. The building attacked was a safe house and not an embassy. They had no way of knowing Stevens would be there. Its just as possible they went there and attacked beucase of the rioting around the ME
charlie
May. 8th, 2013 at 10:55 pm
Actually, Libya President Mohamed Yousef El-Magariaf unequivocally refuted the story as well.
“The way these perpetrators acted and moved — I think we, and they’re choosing the specific date for this so-called demonstration, I think we have no, this leaves us with no doubt that this was pre-planned, determined,” Magariaf said on CBS’s “Face the Nation.”
Libyans pointed fingers at Ansar al-Sharia.
www.politico.com/blogs/po...
charlie
May. 8th, 2013 at 10:58 pm
Also it was reported that the U.S. mission informed Libyan authorities in advance of Stevens upcoming visit and requested additional police support and protection during his stay. The Libyans failed to provide that support and speculation still exists that the attackers were tipped off about Stevens visit by some members of the “police” force itself. Benghazi’s head of police was fired by the government in Tripoli one week after the consulate attack.
www.foreignpolicy.com/art...
djchefron(Moderator)
May. 8th, 2013 at 11:13 pm
So thats the bombshell?Thats the impeachable offense?Is this what we learn in all this hoopla to smear Hillary?The whisleblowers had to go into hiding because they feared for their lives for this?
Help me out here.First it was we couldnt fly planes over the area.Then it was why the green berets wasnt called fast enough and now the libyans were inform,the Ambassador ask for extra protection which wasnt provided and this is the conspiracy?Pleae make it stop.
charlie
May. 8th, 2013 at 11:33 pm
Help me out here.
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What I just posted was reported within the first few days and weeks of the attack. It’s nothing new and basically has nothing to do with the testimony that was given today.
djchefron(Moderator)
May. 8th, 2013 at 11:43 pm
I just thought that today was the big day,the day we were finally going to learn something,get to the bottom of this vast conspiracy.I wish I could have learn something but a funny thing happen.The republican led by Chairman Issa denied any testimony from the military which could have shed some light on what was or wasnt the response.I wonder why?I mean we do want the truth dont we?
I did learn they are still mad at Susan Rice for repeating the talking points that were given to her by the intelligence community.I learn that Hicks was pissed because according to him he was demoted because we spoke out of turn.I did learn the reason why no names were reported in the intelligence was because they didnt want to give up sources and methods for the reason they might get leaked. I wonder what gave them that idea.So tell me what did you learn
charlie
May. 9th, 2013 at 12:21 am
So tell me what did you learn
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In all honesty, I would say that I heard a very riveting story by Hicks. He seems like a good man who has been devastated by the whole matter. Nordstrom too. I think you could see how it was very hard for them to revisit what happened. Thompson looked more angry about it all.
It looks like their testimony will lead to more hearings to figure out who changed the talking points that Susan Rice was given and they will probably try to get more info on the military angle too.
djchefron(Moderator)
May. 9th, 2013 at 7:22 am
A riveting story?Well cry me a river here I thought it was some vast conspiracy with Chicaostyle gangsterism to shut people up.Hillary getting her hair and nails done with why does it matter attitude.But I’m glad that it was a riveting story.SMDH
kfreed
May. 9th, 2013 at 12:51 am
Whether pre-planned or spontaneous, so what?
Here’s the problem: you don’t get to make a federal case out of Benghazi when your party was responsible for refusing to fund security:
“Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) said today that he voted to cut funding for U.S. embassy security amid political attacks from Republicans that the Obama administration did not do enough to secure the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya that was attacked last month.”
thinkprogress.org/securit...
Ahem: “GOP Star Witnesses Debunk Right-Wing Benghazi Conspiracy Theories”
thinkprogress.org/securit...
Also, too: “Seven U.S. Embassies And Consulates Were Attacked Under George W. Bush” i.e., where was the outrage?
mediamatters.org/research...
This is another tea bag clown show.
charlie
May. 9th, 2013 at 1:36 am
1) Whether pre-planned or spontaneous, so what?
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Hillary? Is that you?
2)your party
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Independents don’t have a party, but I’m starting to think maybe they should. They could call it the Screw All Those Other Guys Party. Whaddayathink?
3) cut in funding for U.S. embassy security
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You’re about 6 months behind. Sworn testimony was already given that funding was never an issue in the level of security that was allowed at Benghazi. Google Charlene Lamb Benghazi testimony.
4)“Seven U.S. Embassies And Consulates Were Attacked Under George W. Bush” i.e., where was the outrage?
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I don’t know. Where was it?
kfreed
May. 9th, 2013 at 1:33 am
How do you know the anti-Muslim film wasn’t used
by the Benghazi attackers to enflame participants in the attack?
charlie
May. 9th, 2013 at 1:50 am
How do you know the anti-Muslim film wasn’t used
by the Benghazi attackers to enflame participants in the attack?
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Do you mean was that part of their preparations before they attacked? As a way to get recruits? That would still be pre-planned and not anything spontaneous. Or maybe they were showing it to those passing by? And making popcorn?
IGotAComment
May. 8th, 2013 at 8:08 pm
Toensing’s client will not be able to testify at public or closed-door hearings because he or she has not been able to prepare classified testimony with the aid of a lawyer, Toensing told The Daily Caller.
Toensing, who previously held top-level security clearances while working as a Deputy Attorney General at the Justice Department’s anti-terrorism unit, has asked government officials to update her past clearances to let her work with her client.
Officials have now provided a 42-page security clearance form, which Toensing filled out and returned, … But the form is only for a basic security clearance, not a “top secret” clearance, she said.
That’s “not sufficient,” she said.
Toensing said she’s now pushing officials to get the higher clearance to ensure that her client is prepared to explain fully what happened to legislators during top-secret hearings.
djchefron(Moderator)
May. 8th, 2013 at 8:20 pm
Ho-hum So what.Other than soft porn for wing nuts what possibly does her client have to offer?OH MY GOD THEY DIDNT GO TO RED ALERT AND BOMB SOME BROWN PEOPLE RIGHT AWAY.
kfreed
May. 9th, 2013 at 1:36 am
We are quoting the Daily Caller? When you nutbags can quote us a source that isn’t a well-known extremist propaganda site, we’ll talk.
Meanwhile,ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.
Sandy Cunningham
May. 8th, 2013 at 9:23 pm
I am not the least interested in Bingazee. I just want to find any job and feed my family. How do you spell it? SHCCCC
PSzymeczek
May. 9th, 2013 at 2:48 pm
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kfreed
May. 9th, 2013 at 12:21 am
If you spend any amount of time perusing right-wing websites or RW “christian” broadcasting, you discover that this fake scandal-mongering is designed to drum up justificaton for impeachment.
Don’t underestimate these assclowns. They do nothing without a well thought out ulterior motive, no matter how crazy they sound.
kfreed
May. 9th, 2013 at 3:36 am
Jon Stewart has an answer for Benghazi in case anyone missed it:
www.mediaite.com/tv/stewa...
Heh. Yep.
djchefron(Moderator)
May. 9th, 2013 at 9:39 am
Charles Pierce is a national treasure and a must read every morning.
Ever wonder when there is nothing to a story you keep hearing about Democratic scandals like Whitewater and now this farce Benghazi?Well wonder no more
The Whitewater Of The New Century
www.esquire.com/blogs/pol...
djchefron(Moderator)
May. 9th, 2013 at 12:09 pm
The Truth About Attacks on Our Diplomats
Shocker: When terrorists attack US interests abroad, they don’t distinguish between administrations that are “projecting weakness” or practicing “peace through strength.”
www.motherjones.com/polit...
For those who just want the truth,
knight4444
May. 9th, 2013 at 12:24 pm
Will someone explain to me how blaming Obama on everything from Benghazi to the Lindbergh kidnapping is helping the country?? Republicans don’t give a about the truth! this country! you or me!! they just care about getting theirs!! the money!! it’s about the Benjamins! republicans and gangsta rappers actually have something in common! they’ll say ANYTHING for the MONEY!!
djchefron(Moderator)
May. 9th, 2013 at 1:10 pm
The lying liar will continue to lie.And yes I have proof
McCain Falsely Claims No Photos Exist Of Obama From The Night Of Benghazi Attack
thinkprogress.org/securit...
People [and you know who you are]will continue to run around,hair on fire yelling we want the truth.The problem is they want the truth from known liars.Theres a joke in there somewhere.SNICKER
charlie
May. 9th, 2013 at 6:13 pm
And yes I have proof
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I see! Ha-ha… I’m not sure if McCain even knows whether he should check his a$$ or scratch his watch…. and the odds are against ever seeing me defend the old coot. I don’t think McCain ever met a camera or an intervention he didn’t like.
The picture(s)? of Obama in the Oval Office on
9-11-12 are old news. Released back in January
I think. But if McCain is too senile to remember that and goes ahead and sticks his foot in his mouth…so be it.
Gary
May. 10th, 2013 at 2:35 am
@Igot a comment. Google old Victoria and see what you get. Her and the other lawyer are crooked assed far right Kochsuckers. Because Hicks got a bad job performance evaluation and is butthurt by it he is saying that they demoted him and changed his SWORN testimony from April.