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Va Lefty

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Fri May 2, 2014, 03:32 PM May 2014

No cure for "Benghazi Fever"

Excellent article from Mother Jones:

"For Obama's political foes, the Benghazi narrative—that is, their reality-challenged version of it—offers too much benefit to be abandoned. It serves three fundamental desires of the right. The get-Obama crusaders have long wanted to show that the president is just another weak-on-defense Democrat, to demonstrate that he is not a real American worthy of being president, and to uncover an explosive scandal that eviscerates Obama's presidency and provides cause for impeachment. Benghazi, in their feverish minds, has had the potential to do all of this. It is a candy store for many conservatives—no matter that the bins are empty."


http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/05/gop-benghazi-fever-issa-boehner-ben-rhodes

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No cure for "Benghazi Fever" (Original Post) Va Lefty May 2014 OP
+ underpants May 2014 #1
yeah, rightwing radio - when the host doesn't talk about it, he gets calls demanding that he does Liberal_in_LA May 2014 #2
..another reason of course.. to smear Hillary Clinton OKNancy May 2014 #3
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