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Clinton: Ball ´dropped´ on Benghazi, but GOP needs to move on
Washington Examiner ^ | 7/25/16 | Anna Giaritelli

Posted on 07/25/2016 9:51:55 AM PDT by Nachum

Hillary Clinton held true Sunday to her age-old adage on Benghazi. The former secretary of state admitted there were mistakes ensuring the U.S. Consulate in Libya was secure but said the concerns about security never came to her attention. "You know, the ball was dropped — in security. And, you know, some of the decisions that were made — probably should have been rethought," Clinton said Friday in a taped interview with CBS "60 Minutes" host Scott Pelley, broadcast Sunday. But beyond taking generic responsibility as the secretary of state, Clinton has maintained Republicans have dramatically talked up the tragic

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KEYWORDS: 2016issues; benghazi; crookedhillary; hillary; hillary2016; soshillary
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To: Nachum

OK then, Hilliary! dropped the ball on Benghazi so let’s let her have the nuclear football to play with.

Sounds like “RAT thinking.


21 posted on 07/25/2016 10:11:12 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
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To: Nachum

We need to move on but my local pinko PBS station does a special on Watergate once a year.


22 posted on 07/25/2016 10:11:13 AM PDT by CrazyIvan (Socialists are just communists in their larval stage.)
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To: Nachum

The ball was dropped. Mistakes were made.


23 posted on 07/25/2016 10:11:25 AM PDT by omega4412
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To: Nachum

In your dreams, beyotch.


24 posted on 07/25/2016 10:12:05 AM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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To: Nachum

So, Benghazi was just a game and we lost 4 lives because some “unnamed” player fumbled?

“Sorry mom, a turnover killed your son. But it’s just a game, so don’t worry about it. Better luck next time.”


25 posted on 07/25/2016 10:17:24 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Kill TWITTER !!)
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To: Nachum

Typically, Hillary uses the passive tense in explaining what happened. “The ball was dropped,” instead of “I dropped the ball;” and “mistakes were made,” not “I made mistakes.” In Clintonworld, nobody ever actively does anything, so there’s never any culpability.


26 posted on 07/25/2016 10:30:38 AM PDT by DPMD (o)
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To: Nachum

I still recall Leon Lett dropping the ball in Super Bowl 27....

... and no one died....


27 posted on 07/25/2016 10:32:00 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: Flick Lives

And also between just making a mistake and using the time that had been available to avoid the mistake to make sure the talking points were arranged.


28 posted on 07/25/2016 10:36:58 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: Nachum

So Hillary, what does the fact that the ball was dropped on your watch, say about your qualifications to be President....Hmmmmmmm?


29 posted on 07/25/2016 10:38:17 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Nachum

No, a dime was dropped.


30 posted on 07/25/2016 10:43:48 AM PDT by polymuser (Enough is enough)
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To: Nachum
BBC, On This Day, 30 Apr 1973
President Richard Nixon has taken full responsibility for the Watergate scandal but has denied any personal involvement.

I accept the responsibility but not the blame. Let me explain the difference. Those who are to blame lose their jobs. Those who are responsible do not. Richard Nixon: A Fantasy by David Frye (1973)

31 posted on 07/25/2016 10:45:57 AM PDT by omega4412
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To: Nachum

Move on?

There is a plethora of scandals to move on to.


32 posted on 07/25/2016 10:51:20 AM PDT by Notasoccermom
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To: Gaffer
“The Buck Stops Here” was only for that dumb hayseed Democrat shit Truman.

Updated to "Send the bucks over to the Clinton Foundation."

33 posted on 07/25/2016 10:52:34 AM PDT by gogeo (I am a proud Trumpublican.)
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To: Gaffer

Just like her husband after Waco, “That wasn’t me, that was Janet Reno’s thing...”


34 posted on 07/25/2016 10:55:11 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Nachum

.org


35 posted on 07/25/2016 11:13:31 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Everywhere is freaks and hairies Dykes and fairies, tell me where is sanity?)
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To: Nachum

Note the passive voice: “ball was dropped” “decisions were made” “should have been rethought”. She has to phrase things that way or it would be clear SHE dropped the ball, SHE made the decisions and SHE should have “rethought”.


36 posted on 07/25/2016 11:16:40 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: omega4412
Hillary and Hussein Obama are totally responsible for BENGHAZI AND THE LIVES OF THOSE FOUR MEN...

THEY BOTH LIED...THEY BOTH STILL LIE...well to be fair, Hussein Obama remains silent of Benghazi...HE KNOWS HE DID WRONG, HE KNOWS HE IS RESPONSIBLE...

WE WILL NOT MOVE ON...WE WILL REMIND YOU DAILY, GRANNY BENGHAZI...DAILY...

37 posted on 07/25/2016 11:30:31 AM PDT by haircutter
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To: Nachum

Hmmm? I’m leaning toward Hill knowing some of the Benghazi emails might surface?! That would be FABULOUS.


38 posted on 07/25/2016 11:39:42 AM PDT by Ms Mable
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To: Nachum

I’ll say it again. Barry and Hillary ordered the hit on the Embassy. That’s why no security, no help, stand down orders. Something went sideways with the gun running or something else, and they had to get rid of witnesses, evidence and files.

Sean Smith was “just a computer guy” - his mom never understood why he was sent there. He must have known emails were being mishandled. He probably saw some stuff he shouldn’t have.

The 4 guys that ran to help anyway messed it up and the fight followed them back to the compound.

And that’s why Comey didn’t press charges. And why people were shitting themselves over the level of intel.

Look at the pics when the 4 caskets came home. Barry and Cankles looked guilty as hell and worried. Not mad, sad or angry. Guilty and worried.

As Sherlock said, the most obvious answer solves the crime. That makes all the pieces fit.

Then add in Extortion 17 - you think anything about setting those men up for slaughter is on her computer?

Rant over.


39 posted on 07/25/2016 11:58:55 AM PDT by CaptainPhilFan (islam is the worship of Satan)
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To: Kickass Conservative

No wonder the DNC built an 8 foot high 4 mile long fence around this convention site.

Their own natives are truly restless......

Hillary couldn’t provide proper security for a small spot in the world. How will she take care of all the other—much higher profile—locations of US Ambassadors???

She isn’t qualified to run a Domino’s Pizza....

With apologies to Domino’s


40 posted on 07/25/2016 12:30:25 PM PDT by ridesthemiles
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