Gowdy Opening Statement at Benghazi Select Committee Hearing

US House web site ^ | Tuesday, January 27, 2015

[Montana_Sam]

Politics is the art of the imperfect. And so it will be until Our Lord returns in glory.

Gowdy isn't perfect - true enough. But name the mortal who is.

[Montana_Sam]

Follow-on: more correctly and completely, Politics is the art of the imperfect attempting the impossible. We live in a realm of better, not best.

[Wolfie]

Still room for improvement. I'm sure he'll do better at the next Benghazi committee opening.

[Resettozero]

Sounds as if enough agencies have resisted the House special committee and will continue to thwart and draw this inquiry out until few citizens even remember what happened during that time regarding Benghazi.

Boehner was politically victorious by naming Gowdy the chairman. I have begun to wish Boehner had chosen one of his own henchmen. This is hurting my House rep badly, by neutering him on other matters, and it doesn’t look promising.

Not as angry as I once was but not as hopeful either.

[bert]

of course....... didn’t you know? everybody’s a rino

[hans56]

Don't get too excited.
Remember who his Uncle is.
Linsey Graham.
We need to know Linsey and McCain went there right after and I'm sure that will never come out.

[hans56]

“We need to know Linsey and McCain went there right after and I’m sure that will never come out.”

We need to WHY know Linsey and McCain went there right after and I’m sure that will never come out.

Sorry for got the why

[gogeo]

+1.

[gogeo]

+1.

[Resettozero]

And that, in a nutshell, is why conservatives will never be a dominant political force. We spend our time arguing over whether the person doing the work is conservative enough.

Perhaps that's an accurate observation, but other than to discourage Constitutional conservatives from trying, what use it?

[Bronzewound]

We need to WHY know Linsey and McCain went there right after and I’m sure that will never come out.

Second honeymoon?

[Bronzewound]

+1

If I remember correctly, this committee’s purpose has been characterized as an effort to prevent another Benhgazi, as opposed to holding responsible those who are complicit in this one.

Hillary’s uncontested agreement to testify doesn't make me feel any better about it. She will not walk willingly into this without already knowing she will leave unharmed.

Nevertheless, I hope I am completely wrong.

[SumProVita]

Trey Gowdy is one of the GOOD GUYS!

[Forward the Light Brigade]

i Love Trey! I would love to see this man in the White House! One vote does not a RINO Make! He is a patriot cast in the same mold as the Founding Fathers. Many of his detractors are not worthy to polish his brogans.

[Marcella]

“One vote does not a RINO Make!”

He didn't vote for anyone for speaker as weather where he was kept him from getting there in time for that vote. He likely would have voted for Boehner as I read he said he would have supported him, but you are correct, one vote doesn't label anyone - except on FR.

It's disheartening to see Freepers dump on Gowdy and Cruz and any other conservative member of congress who is making a conservative difference in government - one vote different from the way a Freeper would have voted and the congressional member is dead forever with that Freeper and he/she dumps on that person on FR forever after.

[onedoug]

Let’s just wait and see what comes of it. You may trust Congress if you want. I don’t.

[rdcbn]

ermin like you are why FR is going downhill from what Jim Robinson created years ago. You spew deception and twist the posts of others, all the while pretending to be what you can never be, an honest freeper. You work for the enemies of America. As for John Bonehead, he is a blackmailed Obama bitch, and you know it so you try to use that misdirection to stop me from exposing you. Gowdy on the other hand is far more a patriot than you could even pretend to be. You are disgusting, and the more you try to confuse readers here, the more obvious it is for whom you serve up your misdirection and disinformation.

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+1

This place is getting taken over by an increasingly large contingent people who are angry and intolerant of dissenting opinion and who are increasing drifting off to the lunatic fringe. In other words, Free Republic is becoming a right wing version of KOS Files or the Democrat Underground. Six years of Obama can drive anyone insane and it looks like our last six years stuck in Obamaville is taking it's toll on people

[Bronzewound]

Although Trey missed his flight and didn't make the vote, he publicly stated his vote would have been for Boehner.

I was initially excited about Trey and don't want to dump on him, but I'm wondering if what we’ve seen of Gowdy five minutes at a time is the same thing we will get in the long game.

When the guilty and the liars are held to account, we will see that he is real.

His hands may be tied, but he is obviously savvy enough to know that, and if he is serious, he will not participate in farce.

[Dagnabitt]

Your psychiatrist owes you a refund.