[epluribus_2]

Paging Alexander Haig, Pagine Alexander Haig. (I am in charge here at the white house...)

[VRWC For Truth]

As I said before the ChiTown ‘Rat mafia rules the AR ‘Rat mafia hicks. This is pre-debate damage control.

[FredZarguna]

Not the least bit surprising. There is no huge payoff, and there are no deep dark secrets that 0 has on the Clintons. If anything, it's the other way around.

I posted this on another thread about 2:00 AM this morning:

"

It's an attempt to divide blame in order to diffuse it. Hillary has to take the fall for pre-9/11 security lapses, and for the events of 9/11. Barack has to take the hit for the cover up, because he and his flunkies continued with the preposterous video story for nine days after it became clear it was a lie.

No complicated conspiracy stories are required: Bill and Hillary discovered to their very great shock that race trumps gender in their party. It trumps EVERYTHING in their party, because without a 90+% black vote, the Democrats cannot win any election with national implications. Think about what it means: a net 80% of 13% of the electorate. They START with a 10% advantage because of a nearly monolithic block of voters.

The downstream implication for Bill and Hill is: if they want any chance of winning the nomination in 2016, they must have 0bama's blessing, and that is why BJC ate a huge sh!t sandwich and gave a rousing endorsement of a man he despises at the convention. The Clintons know perfectly well from their own prior experience that four years is forever in American politics, and it will all be forgotten in the next primary season -- anyone still remember BJC was impeached AND disbarred? Nope.

So Hillary is going to suck up every bit of the blame. The best outcome for them is that Zero loses, but they can't under any circumstances make that public knowledge. The lawyering up by Bill is nothing more than a warning shot to 0bama that he'll only take so much. So far we have not seen commentary with deniability by the Clintons' usual loyalists. Lanny Davis, Paul Begala, and James Carville are quiet. That says Hillary is going to bend over and take it all.

When you see someone on CNN talking to Donna Brazile about whether she thinks Hillary can weather the storm, and run successfully in 2016, and Brazile suggests that some of the blame goes higher than the SoS, you'll know there's a split brewing. Brazile is the obvious person to draw first blood if the Clinton's decide to come out swinging. My bet: they won't, unless it's 100% clear that 0bama is going to lose.

"

[The Cajun]

So who’s going to take responsibility for not doing anything while the attack was going on, for 6 hours according to reports?????????????

[rod1]

Wait she goes to Peru to make a statement!

[tellw]

The security failing is NOT the issue. The issue is the attempted COVER UP.

[WilliamofCarmichael]

"I want to avoid some kind of political gotcha," she added, noting that it is close to the election.

Democrats have always been such sticklers for decorum.

House Speaker Thomas Foley and Senate Democratic leader George Mitchell said during election 1992 about the Reagan "October surprise" of 1980 there are "persistent and disturbing" reports.

"We have no conclusive evidence of wrongdoing, but the seriousness of these allegations, and the weight of circumstantial information, compel an effort to establish the facts."

There is no evidence that is why we must investigate.

[Feckless]

At least Admiral Boorda had the good sense to commit soooo-ee-side.....

[Political Junkie Too]

"I take responsibility" for what happened on September 11..."

Who takes responsibility for what happened on September 12?

-PJ

[WilliamofCarmichael]

"Ha! Ha! Now she knows how I felt being forced to say 'I made the decision. The buck stops here.' They kept talking about what happened to poor Vince Foster.. so I thought what the hell . . . . "

[expat2]

Note she only took responsibility for the security of the diplomats, not for the intelligence mess or the lies of Susan Rice, Obama, Carney, and others.

[Deepest South]

“Clinton insisted President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden are not involved in security decisions, Clinton said.”

If that is the case then who ordered the killing on Bin Laden? and who should get the credit.

The President has been taking it so far

[expat2]

Note she only took responsibility for the security of the diplomats, not for the intelligence mess or the lies of Susan Rice, Obama, Carney, and others.

[Tuanedge]

I think a lot of female dem voters are going to be disillusioned with Zero after he used Hillary as his scapegoat...particularly those that campaigned for her presidential nomination.

I think he just dug his hole a little deeper for himself...

[Tennessee Nana]

So its Girlfriend’s fault...

With 2 main candidates who both dont like or have respect for women very much shes got nowhere to turn...

[norwaypinesavage]

A fish always rots from the head first. The next question to ask Hillary is: ‘Were you implementing, or opposing Obama policy when you made those decisions’?

[Windflier]

"Clinton: 'I take responsibility' for security ahead of Benghazi attack"

[CrazyIvan]

I remember someone by the name of Reno saying they would take responsibility for a Dem f. up once. That faded into oblivion.

[ex91B10]

So she "takes responsibility" and "the president doesn't make any decisions regarding State". So now the rest of the cabinet heads know they've got no cover. They will be hung out if needed.

Stranger still, does the kenyan not make any decisions regarding the other thirteen major departments of his cabinet?

(Well, besides the DOJ, DOE, DOT, DOD...but not DOS?)

The Kenyan must go.

[arrogantsob]

She is falling on the sword for The Disaster? What happened to the Hillary we all know and love? Pods?