SALON: Hillary faces down the angry men

[Coyotl]

By Joan Walsh http://www.salon.com/2013/01/23/hillary_faces_down_the_angry_men/
Hillary faces down the angry men

From simpleton Ron Johnson to delusional Rand Paul, GOP senators swung at the Secretary of State and hit themselves

Three weeks after her release from a New York hospital with a blood clot on the brain – a health emergency mocked on the right as “Benghazi flu” — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave Senate Republicans their day of rage over the Sept. 11 Benghazi killings on Wednesday.

From the intellectually underwhelming Ron Johnson of Wisconsin to the ever-angrier John McCain, with cameos by unimpressive 2016 hopefuls Rand Paul and Marco Rubio, Clinton stood up to the raging bulls with grace and fire of her own.

The stature gap between Clinton and those possible 2016 rivals – OK, nobody’s announced they’re running, but I couldn’t help thinking about it – was enormous. When Rand Paul huffed “had I been President at the time and I found that you did not read the cables [from Benghazi] I would have relieved you of your duties,” it wasn’t intimidating but funny. President Rand Paul? Try to say that without laughing.

Steely yet sometimes emotional, Clinton defended the State Department’s handling ............

[Flashmann]

1. simpleton Ron Johnson

[elfin]

2. He is MY simpleton Senator, replacing Fearess Feingold

Even worse, MY reprehensible Rep. is Senselessbrenner.

Gets worse -- I live in Walkersha County.

I weep for Wisconsin.

[Rider3]

7. You have my sympathy

[Coyotl]

9. You might want to investigate election integrity in your state.

Oh wait, too late now!

[fleur-de-lisa]

10. Don't feel bad . . . you could live in my state . . .

Loser-iana! Bobby Jindal is dismantling civilized society as we know it, one day at a time!

[lpbk2713]

3. “Had I been President ... "

LMAO here. He's dreaming out loud.

Like that could ever happen in a brazillion years.

[Blue4Texas]

8. And why he will never be

[Coyotl]

20. That sure is hilarious. Talk about an excess of hubris

His ambitious arrogance is self-ruinous and laughable

[TwilightGardener]

4. I kinda wish the female angle was left out of it. I didn't think it did Susan Rice any good

for the media to portray her as some sort of female (or black) victim when she was being hounded. Women are just as tough, don't need to make a big deal out of the male/female thing.

[kelliekat44]

11. It may not be a BIG deal but it is a REAL deal. These men never forget the female angle and neither

do i.

[TwilightGardener]

12. I don't expect them to be any "gentler" to her because she's a woman, is all I'm saying.

I hate the whole "she was up against a panel of angry mean MEN and still held her own!" thing--it's demeaning.

[malaise]

5. Who was that scumbag who wouldn't let her talk? n/t

[pinboy3niner]

14. You mean the House hearing--Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA)

The guy who thought Hillary could have watched the attack in real time on a monitor. (I can't wait 'til the fact-checkers roast him!)

[malaise]

15. Same one - found out later

[butterfly77]

6. Ron Johnson...

another know it all POS,who knows nothing.

[graywarrior]

13. Hil has more balls than all republicans put together

[pinboy3niner]

16. That's why the 'Benghazi Flu' crap was so ludicrous

Hil "afraid" to face questioning on the Hill? Gimme a break!

[graywarrior]

17. Wait'll she really gets pissed!

Balls of steel!

[pinboy3niner]

18. She's chewing them up and spitting them out

They never had a chance against her.

[graywarrior]

19. She's tolerating them

I can't wait for her to breathe fire.