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applegrove

(118,973 posts)
Mon Jun 15, 2015, 09:57 PM Jun 2015

House Benghazi Committee continues to spend millions going after Hillary Clinton

House Benghazi Committee continues to spend millions going after Hillary Clinton

by Laura Clawson at the Daily Kos

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/06/15/1393408/-House-Benghazi-Committee-continues-to-spend-millions-going-after-Hillary-Clinton

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The House Benghazi Committee's investigation rolls on, having spent $3.5 million and counting. Up next, a secret grilling of former Bill Clinton aide and longtime Bill-and-Hillary friend Sidney Blumenthal. Blumenthal sent then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton a series of emails about Libya, and House Republicans are seeking to make this look like one of the root causes of the deaths at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi.

Republicans want to know how the practice started, if it was really “unsolicited,” Blumenthal’s intelligence sourcing, if Clinton ever responded to or acted on his advice — and whether the handful of emails they already have comprise the entire scope of Clinton and Blumenthal’s correspondence on the matter.

Translation: Republicans want to imply that Blumenthal had information he shouldn't have had, that Blumenthal's information led Clinton to make decisions that endangered American diplomats, and that this was all done over email, emails Clinton has refused to turn over. That last means that not only do Republicans think Clinton and Blumenthal were engaged in a nefarious plot, but that they were so incompetent they did it over email. Jeez, guys, everyone knows you don't put big secrets in email!


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House Benghazi Committee continues to spend millions going after Hillary Clinton (Original Post) applegrove Jun 2015 OP
And this is what the GOP will spend time and money on if Hillary got elected president. djean111 Jun 2015 #1
I doubt it. leftofcool Jun 2015 #4
No. They won't treat any Dem differently. misterhighwasted Jun 2015 #6
I keep reading how hard of a time Bernie would have with a GOP Congress. djean111 Jun 2015 #8
LOL ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jun 2015 #12
What Democrat am I saying should be punished? If Hillary wins the nomination, djean111 Jun 2015 #15
And this is one reason I fear Hillary as our nominee. She'll be spending Exilednight Jun 2015 #2
they are rabid dogs. spanone Jun 2015 #3
+1 leftofcool Jun 2015 #5
They're crazy when it comes to the Clintons..absolutely off the charts. They make no sense and will Jefferson23 Jun 2015 #7
Actually, I think this is all for show. leftofcool Jun 2015 #9
The powers that be know there is nothing there. The duped pawns and patsies in the GOP believe it. applegrove Jun 2015 #13
Of course, but that is what makes it so crazy.Who is listening to this stuff? Jefferson23 Jun 2015 #14
My consolation prize if Sanders isn't elected and Clinton is gollygee Jun 2015 #10
They wont stop until the balance of power in the House & Senate is taken from them misterhighwasted Jun 2015 #18
That whole crew is insane madokie Jun 2015 #11
an integral arm of the rnc.... spanone Jun 2015 #16
Ben Gazhi? Other than a handful of crazed Republicans, and Fox, who even cares now? Fred Sanders Jun 2015 #17
Exactly Fred Sanders. misterhighwasted Jun 2015 #19
 

djean111

(14,255 posts)
1. And this is what the GOP will spend time and money on if Hillary got elected president.
Mon Jun 15, 2015, 09:59 PM
Jun 2015

Talks about the GOP Congress not working with a Dem president - I do believe that Bernie has better working relationships in Congress than Hillary does.

misterhighwasted

(9,148 posts)
6. No. They won't treat any Dem differently.
Mon Jun 15, 2015, 10:05 PM
Jun 2015

If they can't find scandalous dirt on Bernie, they'll make it up.
That is what they do & they don't give a crap how they have to spin it nor who it damages.

RW moffia plays by their own rules, & Bernie or any Dem is a figurehead barely worth their notice.

 

djean111

(14,255 posts)
8. I keep reading how hard of a time Bernie would have with a GOP Congress.
Mon Jun 15, 2015, 10:08 PM
Jun 2015

Hillary would not have an easier time. That's what I am saying.

ProudToBeBlueInRhody

(16,399 posts)
12. LOL
Mon Jun 15, 2015, 10:33 PM
Jun 2015

1) A Democrat should be punished because of the Republican's frivolous nature? Maybe Obama should resign right now because they might work with Biden better.

2) You are utterly clueless if you think teabag Republicans have any respect for Bernie. To them, he is lower than whale shit being a Socialist.

 

djean111

(14,255 posts)
15. What Democrat am I saying should be punished? If Hillary wins the nomination,
Mon Jun 15, 2015, 10:41 PM
Jun 2015

that is that. I just think it ridiculous that some here are almost asking why not just have Bernie drop out now, because Congress won't work with a Dem. Or - best to switch from Hillary to Bernie now, because Congress won't work with a Dem. Well, isn't Hillary a Dem?????? Why would they work any better with Hillary? I don't think either candidate has the edge with Congress, unless one of them agrees with the GOP anyway. My concern is that I am afraid of just what she will be triangulating and compromising on.

Oh, and not agreeing with you is not "clueless", it is just not agreeing with you on something that is complete conjecture on your part.

Exilednight

(9,359 posts)
2. And this is one reason I fear Hillary as our nominee. She'll be spending
Mon Jun 15, 2015, 10:00 PM
Jun 2015

Ridiculous amounts of cash fighting against attack after attack after attack.

It's the Bin Laden war plan: bankrupt your opponent while spending pennies on the dollar of your own cash.

Jefferson23

(30,099 posts)
7. They're crazy when it comes to the Clintons..absolutely off the charts. They make no sense and will
Mon Jun 15, 2015, 10:06 PM
Jun 2015

continue to double down. If they had to spend their own money maybe they would stop..what a waste.

leftofcool

(19,460 posts)
9. Actually, I think this is all for show.
Mon Jun 15, 2015, 10:29 PM
Jun 2015

So far, every scandal involving Hillary has been debunked. If they can keep Ben Gawzi alive for a while longer, they think this will derail her candidacy. It won't but they have to try.

Jefferson23

(30,099 posts)
14. Of course, but that is what makes it so crazy.Who is listening to this stuff?
Mon Jun 15, 2015, 10:38 PM
Jun 2015

These guys live in their own bubble wasting money and she'll be fine.

gollygee

(22,336 posts)
10. My consolation prize if Sanders isn't elected and Clinton is
Mon Jun 15, 2015, 10:31 PM
Jun 2015

will be watching Republican heads explode as they see that NO ONE CARES about their faux so-called scandal, so much so that she won the whole damn thing.

And they'll go after any Democratic president to a ridiculous degree. That's what they do.

misterhighwasted

(9,148 posts)
18. They wont stop until the balance of power in the House & Senate is taken from them
Mon Jun 15, 2015, 10:57 PM
Jun 2015

House is a big challange for that but the Senate is possible.
Its a start anyway.

madokie

(51,076 posts)
11. That whole crew is insane
Mon Jun 15, 2015, 10:33 PM
Jun 2015

if there was a wrong done by anyone it wasn't Hillary that did it. More like their own cutting funding that perpetrated this. sorry fucks, sorry for the language there.

I'll take one Hillary over the whole house full of CONs

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
17. Ben Gazhi? Other than a handful of crazed Republicans, and Fox, who even cares now?
Mon Jun 15, 2015, 10:45 PM
Jun 2015

In a perfect world the asshats known formerly as the GOP would be made to pay back ever penny wasted and stolen from the taxpayers for this partisan witch hunt.

I do hope this reminds the gentle left wing of the left wing of the Democraric Party to save their villianization for the folks in the enemy camp. The enemy camp is over there....

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