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Bill USA

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55. always 'good' to hear from a GOPer 'for' Bernie. Democrats prefer to think for themselves
Fri Mar 25, 2016, 04:58 PM
Mar 2016
BENGHAZI BIOPSY: A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO ONE OF AMERICA’S WORST POLITICAL OUTRAGES

Beyond Disgraceful

In the end, one thing is clear: This rabid partisanship or unmitigated deception or utter incompetence conflicts with everything this country stands for. Four men died serving their country; it is beyond disgraceful that their memories are used for cartoons and political buttons and television shows all for the purpose of advancing outright falsehoods just to gain political points.

In their refusal to read documents or accept facts over fantasies, Republican conspiracy theorists have damaged this country in ways that cannot yet be fully comprehended. No doubt, the terrorists set on attacking America are cheering them on. Nothing could delight some terrorist sitting in a Syrian or Libyan or Iraqi hovel while hearing a top Republican congressman brag on television that a relatively small attack on a U.S.compound continues to threaten to transform a presidential election in the most powerful country in the world.

Ambassador Stevens and the three other men who died on that terrible day in Benghazi are not shiny objects to be dangled for political entertainment. They are American heroes. Serve their memories: Disband this inexcusable Benghazi committee, throw out the buttons and bumper stickers and fundraising letters. Allow the dead to finally rest in peace.


Kevin McCarthy Admits Benghazi Was All About Doing Political Harm To Hillary Clinton

Kevin McCarthy gleefully admitted to Sean Hannity Tuesday night that the entire purpose of the Benghazi Select Committee was to hurt Hillary Clinton's political chances.
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GOP lawmaker (Rep. Richard Hanna): Benghazi committee ‘designed to go after’ Clinton


One week ahead of her testimony before the House Select Committee on Benghazi, Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign is alleging the investigation has “zero credibility left” after a Republican lawmaker on Wednesday said it was “designed” to target the Democratic presidential front-runner.

In an interview with WIBX 950 in New York on Wednesday, moderate Republican Rep. Richard Hanna said House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy was speaking the truth when he said this month that the committee had successfully injured Clinton.

“Sometimes the biggest sin you can commit in D.C. is to tell the truth,” Hanna told the upstate New York radio station. “This may not be politically correct, but I think that there was a big part of this investigation that was designed to go after people and an individual, Hillary Clinton.”
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Ex-staffer: Benghazi committee pursuing 'partisan investigation' targeting Hillary Clinton

Washington (CNN)A former investigator with the House Select Committee on Benghazi is accusing the Republican-led panel of carrying out a politically motivated investigation targeting former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton instead of the thorough and objective fact-finding mission it was set up to pursue.

Maj. Bradley Podliska, an intelligence officer in the Air Force Reserve who describes himself as a conservative Republican, told CNN that the committee trained its sights almost exclusively on Clinton after the revelation last March that she used a private email server during her tenure as secretary of state. That new focus flipped a broad-based probe of the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi on September 11, 2012, into what Podliska described as "a partisan investigation."

Podliska, who was fired after nearly 10 months as an investigator for the Republican majority, is now preparing to file a lawsuit against the select committee next month, alleging that he lost his job in part because he resisted pressure to focus his investigative efforts solely on the State Department and Clinton's role surrounding the Benghazi attack. He also alleges he was fired because he took leave from the committee to fulfill his military service obligations, which would be an unlawful firing.

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Podliska told CNN that the committee, which has spent $4.6 million so far and is chaired by Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-South Carolina, pulled resources away from probes of other individuals and agencies to focus almost exclusively on Clinton and the State Department she helmed for four years. Clinton will testify before the committee for the first time Oct. 22, and the committee is set to release the findings of its investigation next year, in the heat of the presidential race.
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Re this post, is it another example of: Republican Operatives Try to Help Bernie Sanders: "We'll win every state if Bernie's their nominee" ???[/font]

This message was self-deleted by its author Kittycat Mar 2016 #1
You may have missed the punch line.... Matt_in_STL Mar 2016 #3
May have? Hey, where'd she go? TheCowsCameHome Mar 2016 #7
Did they look under the couch? Matt_in_STL Mar 2016 #2
Hahahaha. I see what you did. TheCowsCameHome Mar 2016 #4
Quit killing horses! Kip Humphrey Mar 2016 #5
+1 Jenny_92808 Mar 2016 #18
ROFL! Where DID you get those emoticons??? Kip Humphrey Mar 2016 #19
Let me share Jenny_92808 Mar 2016 #24
Wow! Thank you for the gif...gifts! Kip Humphrey Mar 2016 #26
My pleasure Jenny_92808 Mar 2016 #34
Here is another one... Jenny_92808 Mar 2016 #31
home, sweet home (DU, I mean)! Kip Humphrey Mar 2016 #37
Love it! Jenny_92808 Mar 2016 #50
You got that right Politicalboi Mar 2016 #6
LOL RiverLover Mar 2016 #8
Ok, that was good...! TheProgressive Mar 2016 #9
It depends upon what the meaning of the word 'ethics' is. Gwhittey Mar 2016 #10
Man, you are on fire today. nt VulgarPoet Mar 2016 #17
I agree with above! Hydra Mar 2016 #65
Ethics are an impediment if your goal is to amass great wealth and power. just sayin'. nm rhett o rick Mar 2016 #11
Thats what i was gonna say WDIM Mar 2016 #12
No shame either. pdsimdars Mar 2016 #13
cut it out - she was under fire SoLeftIAmRight Mar 2016 #14
Hah, took me a second. Good one! n/t Jester Messiah Mar 2016 #15
I'm more concerned about what is legal Martin Eden Mar 2016 #16
Hillary responds: marions ghost Mar 2016 #20
These are my principles, and I can't wait to win the election and find out what I can get for them. Scuba Mar 2016 #23
"Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others." thesquanderer Mar 2016 #33
Groucho is classic Fairgo Mar 2016 #54
+1. pacalo Mar 2016 #59
And what results she gets! AgerolanAmerican Mar 2016 #25
That really irritates me. pacalo Mar 2016 #58
As far as she knows. frylock Mar 2016 #43
looking for her ethics is like looking for Bernie's scandals !! Hiraeth Mar 2016 #21
LOL Snarkoleptic Mar 2016 #22
If she has nothing to hide, why doesn't she stop hiding and come clean? senz Mar 2016 #27
^^^This^^^^ n/t libdem4life Mar 2016 #41
epic truth! eom artyteacher Mar 2016 #28
I see what you did there. Blue_In_AK Mar 2016 #29
LOL, good one! Logical Mar 2016 #30
LOL. CharlotteVale Mar 2016 #32
Sometimes a thing can not be found because the thing does not exist Dragonfli Mar 2016 #35
Okay, I finally got it. senz Mar 2016 #36
See what you did there, I do. nt VulgarPoet Mar 2016 #38
No dead horses were ever found. dchill Mar 2016 #39
Perfect! MuseRider Mar 2016 #40
You rascal! frylock Mar 2016 #42
SNL/2008/Hillary: "I have no ethical standards." AtomicKitten Mar 2016 #44
I feel a little bad for laughing Bettie Mar 2016 #45
Thanks! K&R bobthedrummer Mar 2016 #46
They were purchased at a generous price by Goldman Sachs. Who expects a healthy Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2016 #47
I know, they didn't find any.... Segami Mar 2016 #48
If ABSCAM had happened today, it'd be 'old news'/'dead horse'/'no there there' closeupready Mar 2016 #49
It is not past tense...still happening. bkkyosemite Mar 2016 #51
The Ted Cruz campaign thanks you for this. Jackie Wilson Said Mar 2016 #52
First snicker of the day Fairgo Mar 2016 #53
always 'good' to hear from a GOPer 'for' Bernie. Democrats prefer to think for themselves Bill USA Mar 2016 #55
What about that FBI investigation? noiretextatique Mar 2016 #57
the FBI is not investigating Clinton, no matter how many times Repugnants & Bernie supporters say so Bill USA Mar 2016 #67
Okay. When they interview her noiretextatique Apr 2016 #68
Nor any evidence of any! lumberjack_jeff Mar 2016 #56
Absence of evidence is a rhetorical problem as is suggesting that future events HereSince1628 Mar 2016 #60
So you're suggesting that she could, conceivably, at some future date, do something ethical? Scuba Mar 2016 #61
I'm saying that your argument doesn't preclude that. It's hard to establish truth HereSince1628 Mar 2016 #62
Kinda like how Hillary's supporters imagine her doing something ethical, despite the ... Scuba Mar 2016 #63
Political supporters don't act like jurists, when they consider evidence HereSince1628 Mar 2016 #64
LOL vintx Mar 2016 #66
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