Media Matters founder and Hillary Clinton ally David Brock has co-authored a 90-page e-book called “The Benghazi Hoax,” a tome intended as a counterweight of sorts to criticisms of the former Secretary of State and President Barack Obama over the 2012 attacks in Libya.
The book, which comes out Tuesday, is as much about pushing back against criticisms by the right that Obama is a weak president who has hurt America in the world, Brock said.
These groups are all relatively new and untested, he said. However, “Rand Paul, who may run for president, said that Benghazi was a disqualifier for Secretary Clinton for higher office, and you know, I mean, that’s baloney.
“And I think we show in the book that Secretary Clinton was involved in forming global anti-terror policies that were tough and successful moreso than I think the last administration’s [were],” Brock said. “She took responsibility for the security lapses even though [it was found] that she didn’t have knowledge of the reductions. That night she was engaged and a steady hand, and then after the fact, I think her focus was on trying to keep diplomats safe in the future. … I think every step of the way she did the right thing.”
The book offers a sweeping criticism of a number of Republicans, including last year’s GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney, as well as members of the media. That includes but is not limited to several Fox News anchors, whom Brock describes as “hoaxters” interested in tarnishing Obama and Clinton, and, by extension, former United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice.
“People have missed the fact that Benghazi was not only a tragedy, but it was a night of valor,” said Brock.
The book also addresses criticism of Cheryl Mills, Clinton’s chief of staff at State who was accused of trying to muzzle testimony from within her department.
Brock was adamant that people pay too much attention to the portion of Media Matters’ work that deals with the Clintons.
“I think that sometimes there’s inordinate attention to the work we do on the Clintons, because the media is obsessed with [the Clintons], especially lately,” he said.
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David Brock was to write THE Book about Hillary and he already had his title picked out, “The Seduction of Hillary Rodham Clinton.” He had made his bones with “The real Anita Hill” and was a conservative “Darling” on his way to slay Hillary. A funny thing happened. Brock was the one who was seduced when he found the White House crowd better social company than the staid old “Right Wing.”
I knew Brock then, and have seen how he has taken everything he can get from both the right and the left. His only loyalty is to his ego and his wallet. I’m not at all surprised that he became paranoid and hired bodyguards, nor that he seems to have mental problems. His evolution from Berkley, The Heritage Foundation, The American Spectator, and one of the many Bill and Hillary defenders was quite impressive if one admires turncoats. Brock spun like a ceiling fan and it is plain to see that he still spins.