Posted on 01/15/2014 4:24:55 PM PST by mandaladon
A newly-released Senate Intelligence Committee report, which found that the September 2012 attack at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi could have been prevented, has given Republicans newfound ammunition as they seek to undermine Hillary Clinton and thwart her potential presidential candidacy in 2016.
Republicans, after all, have continually tried to blame the then-secretary of state for the tragedy, which left four Americans dead, including Ambassador Chris Stevens. Conservative lawmakers frequently pointed to cables from Stevens and his staff requesting more security and accused the Obama administration of deceiving the country by initially suggesting the attack was something other than terrorism. GOP strategist Ford O’Connell said the right would certainly use the report “to discredit” Clinton should she become the Democratic nominee. “It adds more fuel to the fire and contributes to the overall narrative of her being unfit to be president.” Karim Mezran, a senior fellow with the Washington D.C.-based Atlantic Council said because the report blames the State Department so much “it will hurt her and be utilized to blame Hillary Clinton for an oversight even though it’s clear to everyone she wasn’t directly responsible for the attack.”
Even though the bipartisan report discredits many right-wing criticisms, conservatives are already pouncing on it. The report concluded that intel analysts inaccurately cited a protest at the consulate as the reason for the attack without enough information or eyewitness accounts. But the report also said National Security Adviser Susan Rice did not deliberately mislead the public when she used those talking points.
The report also said the State Department did not sufficiently address security concerns at the consulate but states that Stevens himself rejected to offers from General Carter Ham, the head of the U.S. military’s Africa command, for protection in the month before the attacks.
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This will be her ultimate excuse for not running.
Who the hell cares about Her Thighness at this point in time.
The REAL question is: ISN’T the September 11, 2012 ATTACK on Benghazi more than enough reason why Barak Hussein Obama (Mmm Mmm Mmm) should be facing Hearings on the Articles of Impeachment right this very minute??
For crying out loud, people!! What the HELL is it going to take?
Oh yeah. Right.
That's why she's appearing on all those talk shows, giving unscripted interviews, participating in round-table discussions, explaining clearly and confidently the decision-making process that led up to Benghazi, and the reasons why the post-Benghazi media story was an unbroken cavalcade of lies, deceptions, red herrings, blame shifting, finger pointing, double talking, and intelligence insulting.
Is she going to do another "listening tour" ?
Agree completely!
The beast will run. The excuses will flow.
That’s right, sasquatch - they are getting all the bad stuff out early so voters can ignore it - “What difference does it make?!”
What it’s going to take is for enough people to wake up and realize what is going on? IMHO, he is guilty of several impeachable offenses, but can’t impeach our first half black president, doncha know!
I don’t think Hitlery has a chance in hades, unless our candidate is another lame liberal—and I can see that happening.
TED CRUZ FOR PRESIDENT!
The MSM spent hours discussing how bridge-gate will affect Christie’s chances in 2016. How so HRC with Bengazigate?
And like it or not, Bubba remains as an anchor. Everytime he gets near a female, tongues will fly.
Hillary? You mean Monica Lewinsky’s ex-boyfriend’s wife?
Not surprising that the first two paragraphs were focused on criticizing the GOP...........LOL!
“The new Benghazi report: A thorn for Hillary Clinton?”
Not if the press decides it’s old news and we all ought to just “move along”
What impeachment requires is a favorable House vote.
What removal requires is a favorable senate vote.
Who believes they can get Harry Reid to roll over for that any time soon?
FMCDH(BITS)
Jesus Christ
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