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View original postwhether or not Hillary was in control of the operations -- i'm pretty sure there are more important lessons to be learned than "did Hillary lead the Libya campaign from start to finish?" considering how many diplomats were lost during the GWB years WITHOUT a Congressional hearing, why did this particular loss of life demand SEVEN?

View original postrepublicans are always claiming that Social Security, welfare, and other social programs are a waste of taxpayer money. but for some reason creating a redundant committee to re-investigate a "scandal" that had already been settled SEVEN TIMES is not a waste when the target is anyone named Clinton. just as holding 50+ votes to repeal Obamacare is also apparently not a waste of taxpayer money, even though everyone agrees they are all wasting their time holding the vote to begin with.

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View original postso what have we learned, mr. I-know-everything-and-anything-about-all-things? was it that we learned the CIA mis-handled the talking points about the attack, in addition to the evidence? was it that security concerns were woefully under-funded and understaffed by the republican-controlled House? was it that that particular location was a terrible place to put a diplomatic outpost? all of these things were learned by the other SEVEN COMMITTEES that heard the evidence. most thinking people agree that, after one committee to investigate the attack and the House Intelligence Committee review of the data, there was literally nothing else to learn about Benghazi.

View original postso why did we need Trey Gowdy to start another committee, specifically to lecture Hillary about her email server? at what point during the last TWO YEARS did anything new come out about the specific attack that wasn't already covered by the other SEVEN COMMITTEES? keeping in mind that all SEVEN of those committees could find nothing criminal in anyone's actions inside the US government whatsoever? the whole "scandal" was just part of some elaborate republican fundraising ploy (http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/nrcc-takes-down-benghazi-fundraising) designed to make money off the death of innocent people. but then, making money off the death of innocent people seems to be one of the few things republicans actually stand for these days....