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kpete

(71,898 posts)
Thu Jan 24, 2013, 11:43 AM Jan 2013

FOX Analyst Gets One Right: GOP ‘Looked Like Weenies’ During Clinton’s Benghazi Hearings

Says GOP ‘Looked Like Weenies’ During Clinton’s Benghazi Hearings
By Ben Armbruster on Jan 24, 2013 at 10:17 am

Secretary of State Hilary Clinton forcefully pushed back against Republican theatrics during yesterday Capitol Hill hearings on the Benghazi attacks, compelling conservatives and right-wing media to — predictably — demonize her.

But one right-wing pundit saw it a bit differently. Fox News military analyst Lt. Col. Ralph Peters (ret.) — who has certainly not been known for his affection for progressives and liberalism — praised Clinton’s performance. “I came away with deeper respect for Hillary Clinton’s bureaucratic lawyerly brilliance,” Peters said. “I mean she was just tough and good and the Republicans looked like weenies:

PETERS: Hillary mops floor with congressmen and senators. She was as James Rosen pointed out, she was prepared. She had it down. She had answers — anticipatory answers ready.

And the congressmen and senators didn’t do their homework. They made speeches again as James Rosen pointed out. They — their questions were ill focused. They went down the red herring road with Susan Rice as you pointed out.

http://thinkprogress.org/security/2013/01/24/1490341/peters-clinton-gop-weenies/




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FOX Analyst Gets One Right: GOP ‘Looked Like Weenies’ During Clinton’s Benghazi Hearings (Original Post) kpete Jan 2013 OP
Their questions were ill focused because there is nothing to focus on... JoeBlowToo Jan 2013 #1
+1 for calling out the Republican nothing burger Berlum Jan 2013 #6
They looked like playground bullies in grade school. They were throwing appleannie1 Jan 2013 #2
Ralph Peters is rightwing? Ian Iam Jan 2013 #3
A novel about Russia invading West Germany? zeemike Jan 2013 #8
?? I assume that's a typo. Novels are fiction--not "non fiction." nt tblue37 Jan 2013 #9
Yes I will correct that. zeemike Jan 2013 #19
Actually, novels are Fiction (please review your post) Ian Iam Jan 2013 #12
Oops....sorry about that. zeemike Jan 2013 #18
Have you ever listened to him on Fox News? Comrade Grumpy Jan 2013 #14
What should be asked about him is who all pays his salary. LiberalFighter Jan 2013 #21
If The Repugs Were Smart (which, of course, they're not) They'd Let This be the End of It. dballance Jan 2013 #4
They are performing for their wingnut base, and tblue37 Jan 2013 #11
Sec. Clinton overpowered the room. EastKYLiberal Jan 2013 #5
kick samsingh Jan 2013 #7
It was just plain obvious that she walked all over them. hrmjustin Jan 2013 #10
Didn't that hearing cost money? butterfly77 Jan 2013 #13
hear here! BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2013 #27
She should have started the discussion/attack with, "Proceed gentlemen!" Auntie Bush Jan 2013 #15
The Republicans proving once again how out of touch they are. Beacool Jan 2013 #16
they didn't bother to familiarize themselves with the report BainsBane Jan 2013 #17
And Kerry made a point of getting it on the record with Johnson from Wisconsin. LiberalFighter Jan 2013 #22
What I saw of the hearings yesterday they were asking pure FOX news based questions Lone_Star_Dem Jan 2013 #20
I like that...."weenies" LOL judesedit Jan 2013 #23
THANK YOU LT COL PETERS Skittles Jan 2013 #24
They ALWAYS look like that sad-cafe Jan 2013 #25
"Looked like" implies ", but are not" Thor_MN Jan 2013 #26
Even a stopped clock is correct twice a day! RoccoR5955 Jan 2013 #28
The GOP have beat this dead horse to a pulp. DCBob Jan 2013 #29
They belong at Weenie Hut Harry Monroe Jan 2013 #30
 

JoeBlowToo

(253 posts)
1. Their questions were ill focused because there is nothing to focus on...
Thu Jan 24, 2013, 11:49 AM
Jan 2013

while he characterizes the Republicans correctly he still believes that there is something to "focus" on here. The bottom line is there is nothing to focus on and they are trying to draw this out until it seems like there is substance. The have failed and they should just slink away with tails between their legs.

Berlum

(7,044 posts)
6. +1 for calling out the Republican nothing burger
Thu Jan 24, 2013, 12:02 PM
Jan 2013

Repubbies have made a Grand Faloon out of Benghaszi and themselves - there is nothing there there. What a classic crass nothingburger.

appleannie1

(5,042 posts)
2. They looked like playground bullies in grade school. They were throwing
Thu Jan 24, 2013, 11:49 AM
Jan 2013

all kinds of shit hoping something would stick. The only thing it stuck to was their own faces.

 

Ian Iam

(386 posts)
3. Ralph Peters is rightwing?
Thu Jan 24, 2013, 11:54 AM
Jan 2013

Then how does he explain his novel Red Army, a book quite sympathetic to a successful Soviet invasion of what was then West Germany?

zeemike

(18,998 posts)
8. A novel about Russia invading West Germany?
Thu Jan 24, 2013, 02:10 PM
Jan 2013

Last edited Thu Jan 24, 2013, 04:24 PM - Edit history (1)

And that proves he is a commie sympathizer and so must be a liberal?...you do know that novels are fiction don't you?

 

Ian Iam

(386 posts)
12. Actually, novels are Fiction (please review your post)
Thu Jan 24, 2013, 02:30 PM
Jan 2013

And I am merely suggesting that, if Mr Peters wishes to posture as a rightist FOX commentator, he might wish to explain the following: http://www.allreaders.com/topics/info_13964.asp

zeemike

(18,998 posts)
18. Oops....sorry about that.
Thu Jan 24, 2013, 04:21 PM
Jan 2013

I will edit it.
But you present a book review as your proof?...Really?
Is it because of this?
"The real achievement of this novel is how Peters manage to portray the enemy as believable, fully fleshed out human individuals"
Again is that because he is liberal?...and a conservative would never do that?....well you might be right.

LiberalFighter

(50,477 posts)
21. What should be asked about him is who all pays his salary.
Thu Jan 24, 2013, 04:32 PM
Jan 2013

Wanna guess that he is meshed in with the military complex?

 

dballance

(5,756 posts)
4. If The Repugs Were Smart (which, of course, they're not) They'd Let This be the End of It.
Thu Jan 24, 2013, 11:58 AM
Jan 2013

McCain and Rand Paul most probably helped add a few points to Hilary's approval rating given their attempted hatchet job speeches before their lame questions. I didn't have the stomach to watch the House committee hearing after having watched the Senate. So I don't know who on that committee probably made a total ass out of themselves like McCain and Rand Paul.

The best thing the Republicans could do for themselves now on this issue is to declare congressional hearings, etc. done. There is no there, there on this issue. They didn't ask any questions to bring to light any new information and I didn't hear any new information being imparted.

McCain just proved he's still bitter and Rand Paul just displayed what a smarmy little bastard he is. If KY returns him to the Senate in 2014 they should be ashamed.

Republicans are just making themselves more and more unpopular with witch hunts like this.

tblue37

(64,979 posts)
11. They are performing for their wingnut base, and
Thu Jan 24, 2013, 02:29 PM
Jan 2013

from the reactions of most RW pundits, their performance has been well-received by their target audience. Most of them (Rand Paul excluded) are not aiming at a national election, so keeping their base happing is all they care about. Rand Paul is too stupid to realize that his behavior is not the sort of thing that will win him a wide following in a national election.

 

EastKYLiberal

(429 posts)
5. Sec. Clinton overpowered the room.
Thu Jan 24, 2013, 12:02 PM
Jan 2013

And made most people question internally why weak men like Johnson and Paul are biting at her ankles.

 

butterfly77

(17,609 posts)
13. Didn't that hearing cost money?
Thu Jan 24, 2013, 02:36 PM
Jan 2013

"WE GOT TO CUT THE SPENDING!" The GOP waste money on nonsense but want to cut money where it is really needed for people to survive. Assholes!

BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)
27. hear here!
Thu Jan 24, 2013, 08:42 PM
Jan 2013

Blowing taxpayers' money (and I do mean "blow&quot on their outraged "innocence wronged" charades while trying to steal it from the safety nets that protect people.

It's evil. Pure craven evil.

Beacool

(30,244 posts)
16. The Republicans proving once again how out of touch they are.
Thu Jan 24, 2013, 03:12 PM
Jan 2013

They wanted their pound of flesh, but unfortunately for them, the person they confronted was Hillary. She could have taken them all at once and not break a sweat. She's been dealing with these "weenies" for over 20 years.

BainsBane

(53,001 posts)
17. they didn't bother to familiarize themselves with the report
Thu Jan 24, 2013, 03:21 PM
Jan 2013

Secretary Clinton kept telling them to read the ARB because it was obvious they hadn't bothered.

Lone_Star_Dem

(28,158 posts)
20. What I saw of the hearings yesterday they were asking pure FOX news based questions
Thu Jan 24, 2013, 04:30 PM
Jan 2013

Which would mean that FOX snooze is also nothing but a bunch of ill focused weenies, correct?

 

RoccoR5955

(12,471 posts)
28. Even a stopped clock is correct twice a day!
Fri Jan 25, 2013, 09:08 AM
Jan 2013

I know that Fox Sucks, but even they can get one or two correct once in a while.

DCBob

(24,689 posts)
29. The GOP have beat this dead horse to a pulp.
Fri Jan 25, 2013, 09:22 AM
Jan 2013

There is no scandal there no matter how hard they try create one. Not just weenies.. they also look like desperate partisan fools.

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