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Clinton accused of faking illness to avoid Benghazi testimony
LA Times ^ | December 19, 2012 | Paul Richter

Posted on 12/19/2012 4:11:19 PM PST by neverdem

Edited on 12/19/2012 4:13:18 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

The State Department slammed former United Nations envoy John Bolton over his suggestion that Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton falsely claimed a concussion to avoid a potentially embarrassing appearance before Congress to explain the deadly terrorist attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya.


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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 20120911; 20121220; benghazi; benghazigate; bolton; clinton; hillaryclinton; johnbolton; libya; statedepartment; thedogatemyhomework
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1 posted on 12/19/2012 4:11:27 PM PST by neverdem
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To: neverdem
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton collapsed, passed out, banged her head, got a concussion. She is listed as questionable for Sunday's game against the Ravens. - David Letterman

Must be true! LOL!

2 posted on 12/19/2012 4:16:31 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Gun control is not about laws. It's about confiscation.)
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To: neverdem

“I ran outta gas! I had a flat tire! I didn’t have enough money for cab fare! My tux didn’t come back from the cleaners! An old friend came in from outta town! Someone stole my car! There was an earthquake! A terrible flood! Locusts!! It wasn’t my fault I swear to God!!!”


3 posted on 12/19/2012 4:22:27 PM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

Hillary has an itch that her girlfriend needs to scratch!


4 posted on 12/19/2012 4:26:30 PM PST by laweeks
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To: neverdem

Give her a break. She has PTSD from her combat experience in Bosnia. Have you ever come under sniper fire? /s


5 posted on 12/19/2012 4:27:00 PM PST by forgotten man (forgotten man)
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To: neverdem
The State Department slammed former United Nations envoy John Bolton over his suggestion that Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton falsely claimed a concussion to avoid a potentially embarrassing appearance before Congress to explain the deadly terrorist attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya.

As they should. Since when is a hangover classified as a concussion?

6 posted on 12/19/2012 4:30:23 PM PST by Sarajevo (Don't think for a minute that this excuse for a President has America's best interest in mind.)
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To: neverdem

I’m on the fence on this. I don’t necessarily believe Hillary’s cover story, but I also think (at the moment) that Bolton’s comment was a little over the top. I’ll wait for the other shoe to drop before I reach an opinion.

Since Bolton is a conservative, the DBM will pursue this (non)”story” until Bolton issues an “apology” and his head is lopped off for being a conservative.

In case you don’t recognize it, we have become the America that Ayn Rand described at the end of Atlas Shrugged. Corrupt, bloated government; union thugs; anti-business environment; phony climate concerns and an anti-American, muslim POTUS born in Kenya. All that’s missing is Galt’s Gulch.


7 posted on 12/19/2012 4:31:03 PM PST by DustyMoment (Congress - another name for anti-American criminals!!)
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To: neverdem

I bet she has memory problems just like she did in Whitewater.


8 posted on 12/19/2012 4:32:59 PM PST by stboz
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

Her blue dress was stained. Oops, stike that. Wrong gal.


9 posted on 12/19/2012 4:33:09 PM PST by I Drive Too Fast
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To: neverdem

The response of America’s Secretary of State to this whole situation was childish in the extreme.

It didn’t help her cause when she came back and asserted that, “The dog ate my homework.”

Sorry, Hillary - when you play with the Big Boys, there are no excuses.


10 posted on 12/19/2012 4:43:46 PM PST by Jack Hammer
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
A terrible flood! Locusts!!
My dog ate my homework! This one I've actually had used on me from an employee: "My kid swallowed a nickel".
11 posted on 12/19/2012 4:44:05 PM PST by dainbramaged (Joe McCarthy was right.)
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To: neverdem

““It’s unfortunate that in times like this people make wild speculation based on no information”

That’s right, we have no information, no doctor’s report, neuro exam, or hospital record. Maybe she could get an excuse from one of those University doctors in Madison, WI that were giving out medical excuses for teachers that skipped school to go to the Capitol and protest.


12 posted on 12/19/2012 4:52:11 PM PST by grumpygresh (Democrats delenda est; zero sera dans l'enfer bientot)
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To: neverdem
A well connected Republican (not me) whispered in my ear that Hillary, who is leaving the Administration, is simply unwilling to read from Obama's script any longer. I have a hard time getting warm to the idea of Hillary Clinton: Paragon of Virtue, but I can certainly understand not wanting to lie for Obama. Especially if one harbored ambitions down the road.

This is not implausible. After all, it is not Hillary who would likely be embarassed by truthful testimony. Why should she risk perjury and a long running death of a thousand cuts to shield captain zero?

13 posted on 12/19/2012 4:54:17 PM PST by sphinx
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To: neverdem

So she couldn’t just say put off my portion of the hearing until I’m feeling better?


14 posted on 12/19/2012 4:58:22 PM PST by MacMattico
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To: neverdem

Would you believe any Clinton, or Kennedy or Pelosi?

Next question.


15 posted on 12/19/2012 4:59:28 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: neverdem

C’mon guys....that would make her a complete fraud!....../s


16 posted on 12/19/2012 5:01:50 PM PST by wesagain (The God (Elohim) of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is the One True GOD.)
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To: neverdem

Just as well her undies would burst into flame.. i.e. liar liar pants afire..


17 posted on 12/19/2012 5:09:45 PM PST by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: neverdem

Why would they even respond. Never mind. WH “stuck on stupid”.


18 posted on 12/19/2012 5:16:12 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: neverdem

If she wants to be President, she has to learn that she just can’t call in sick.


19 posted on 12/19/2012 5:22:26 PM PST by jmcenanly ("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

“I was underage when those pictures were taken.”


20 posted on 12/19/2012 5:24:52 PM PST by Cowgirl of Justice
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