Posted on 05/12/2013 11:25:21 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
On MSNBC Saturday morning, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said that she, too, wants to find out what happened in Benghazi, but that Republicans are taking political advantage of the investigation to distract from other, more important issues.
The obsession that some of my Republican colleagues have in the House doesnt look like its on the path to really finding a solution, but just to keeping an issue alive, she said.
We certainly have to give the full attention Benghazi deserves, but we cannot let it soak up all of the congressional attention, Pelosi said. What would be the purpose of that?
We want to find out what did happen, but then it becomes an issue that is subterfuge: Lets talk about Benghazi forever, so we dont have to talk about what the American people want us to talk about, Pelosi said. They want us to talk about jobs, they want us to talk about economic security, economic growth.
Much of what is being said out there by some of my colleagues in Congress is simply not true it simply isnt true, Pelosi said. So we have to make sure the public record is clear.
What would be the purpose of that? Oh, I dont know finding out the truth, maybe? And anyhow, there was plenty more going on on the Hill last week besides the Benghazi hearings, from immigration-reform to fracking rules, and as long as were at an economic-growth impasse, with Democrats demanding more stimulus measures and higher taxes and Republicans looking for regulatory rollback and tax reform, why dont we devote some attention to figuring out exactly whose failures led to the deaths of four Americans and the subsequent pre-election lies about the nature of the attack to the American people? And hey, if some of the focus is political, that door easily swings both ways the degree to which Republicans are obsessively trying to push the story is only matched by the degree to which Democrats are obsessively trying to minimize it.
And what is it Republicans are saying that simply isnt true? After this weeks hearings and ABC report on the changed talking points, even certain media outlets are cautiously admitting that, er, well yeah, actually, there are some substantive lingering questions here and the White House is starting to look kinda bad, even as theyre determinedly trying to steer the story to the State Department as some kind of completely separate entity and keep the focus off of their shoddy MidEast policies. Sorry, but the time for sweeping this under the rug is long past, and somebody is certainly trying to distract here but it aint the Republicans.
Nanzi Pelozi finds another way to say “who cares about the lives of our embassy and CIA employees?” One of the most notable things said during last week’s hearings was that “nothing has changed (re embassy security)” still. I don’t recall which one said that.
Does anyone have even the slightest doubt that if the situation was exactly the same, but the president had an R after his name that she would be leading the charge and staging massive demonstrations? The only difference is, is the republicans would not be circling the wagons for such a breach.
LOL...that will slow her down!
I see you have added some more stuff....thanks.
Sure Nancy, maybe congress can spend more time on steroids use in sports? Sports, sports, sports...yeah all that is valuable use of the American peoples dime/business.
They have NONE and should be politically eradicated using every means possible.
The question is, "What would 0bama have to do to get impeached?"
I agree!
Nanacy Pelosi may have a feeble mind, but she holds to a very high standard of consistency.
We are interested in Benghazi for one very important reason, to actually do something to AVERT any future “Benghazi” incidents.
Because with the Current Regime in the White Hut, this or a similar situation shall continue to happen again and again.
The Won has either A) blundered repeatedly in his conduct in office, or B) acted with malicious aforethought to bring great shame and grief upon the full faith and trust of the United States of America as a nation. After only days earlier pronouncing the al-Qaeda organization as “organizationally defunct”, the hit on the State Department post in Benghazi was made - by the supposedly defeated al-Qaeda organization. The Current Occupant boasted, spiked the ball, and danced on the demise of Osama bin Laden, which probably had no little bit to do with the revenge strike on the facility, and the subsequent deaths of four Americans, plus untold damage to US prestige in the world.
Mission accomplished.
In a surprisingly prescient slip of the tongue, the late Ted Kennedy drunkenly made the juxaposition between “Osama Obama”. How fitting.
I heard a liberal say the other day that he can not figure out why the Republicans keep asking the same questions. My answer to him was because the answers keep changing...I have no idea why it is so hard to understand that lies were told from the beginning and different lies are being told now.
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They say Benghazi happened a long time ago. Well, why are they still harping about that "Mission Accomplished" banner on a ship returning from deployment where President Bush gave a speech? Now that happened a long time ago, and the banner was about the crew returning from their mission, not about the war ending. So no, no "accurate" investigations by the left.
Bthen I faintly remember someone mentioning the attacks on the Embassy in Kenya .....don't remember who either.
Marine_uncle may have an answer when he comes back from Mothers Day Dinner....he spends a good amount of time reviewing CSPAN videos.
Love the sound of desperation in the morning. It smells like, I dunno....victory.
Well said.
I have an idea - why don’t you post all them Hillary pics on every single thread?
Paging Jon Fn Kerry the traitor, Paging Jon Fn Kerry the traitor, ... you're up next to testify.
CBS even let Sheryl Atkinson be seen .....on Face the Nation show.
And she got some approval from the Moderator.
And, we know that the curtain has only been opened a couple of inches. Will they dig now and ask WHY Hillary wanted a Consulate in Benghazi?
So four (4) dead Americans including an Ambassador is just a little bump in Nancy’s road that we don’t need to pay attention to???
Same with her criminal and falls vetting affidavits she issued 2008 to 49+1 States. Treason!!!
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