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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBenghazi Biopsy (Newsweek). QUITE the worthy read before tomorrow's hearing. . .
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But, as they have time and again, the Republicans on the Benghazi committee released deceitful information for what was undoubtedly part of a campaignas Kevin McCarthy of the House Republican leadership has admittedto drive down Clintons poll numbers. Republicans have impliedand some journalists have flatly statedthat Clinton was reckless and may have broken the law by sending an email that included thirdhand hearsay mentioning Koussas name. The reality is that the Republicans continue to be reckless with the truth.
The historical significance of this moment can hardly be overstated, and it seems many Republicans, Democrats and members of the media dont fully understand the magnitude of what is taking place. The awesome power of governmentone that allows officials to pore through almost anything they demand and compel anyone to talk or suffer the shame of taking the Fifth Amendmenthas been unleashed for purely political purposes. It is impossible to review what the Benghazi committee has done as anything other than taxpayer-funded political research of the opposing partys leading candidate for president. Comparisons from Americas past are rare. Richard Nixons attempts to use the IRS to investigate his perceived enemies come to mind. So does Senator Joseph McCarthys red-baiting during the 1950s, with reckless accusations of treason leveled at members of the State Department, military generals and even the secretary of the Army. But the modern McCarthys of the Benghazi committee cannot perform this political theater on their ownthey depend on reporters to aid in the attempts to use government for the purpose of destroying others with bogus scoops ladled out by members of Congress and their staffs. These journalists will almost certainly join the legions of shamed reporters of the McCarthy era as it becomes increasingly clear they are enablers of an obscene attempt to undermine the electoral process.
The consequences, however, are worse than the manipulation of the electoral process. By using Benghazi for political advantage, the Republicans have communicated to global militants that, through even limited attacks involving relatively few casualties, they can potentially influence the direction of American elections. The Republicans sent that same message after the Boston Marathon bombing, where they condemned Obama for failing toillegallysend the American perpetrators to Guantánamo, among other things. They slammed the president because federal law enforcement agents read the failed underwear bomber his rights after they arrested him in 2009. Never mind that federal agents did the exact same thing under President George W. Bush when they arrested the failed shoe bomber years earlier. Republicans even lambasted Obama when he spoke about ISIS decapitating journalists, saying the president did not sound angry enough.
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Benghazi Biopsy (Newsweek). QUITE the worthy read before tomorrow's hearing. . . (Original Post)
Triana
Oct 2015
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ffr
(22,665 posts)1. K&R. All strong, but the 3rd paragraph is the strongest.
Followed by the second, then the first.
Well written, informative and damning of the shameless way the GOP is unwittingly making our world more dangerous.
gwheezie
(3,580 posts)2. I can understand the gop
Being assholes and purposely lying about Clinton but what's wrong with democrats who use right-wing lies to undermine her campaign
Triana
(22,666 posts)3. Good question.
One of Democrats' biggest weakness IMO is their inability to unite behind their own. And then, there's that thing called "TRUTH" and they're missing that, too.
Stuart G
(38,410 posts)4. This third paragraph is worth the time to read...
The consequences, however, are worse than the manipulation of the electoral process. By using Benghazi for political advantage, the Republicans have communicated to global militants that, through even limited attacks involving relatively few casualties, they can potentially influence the direction of American elections.
The Republicans sent that same message after the Boston Marathon bombing, where they condemned Obama for failing toillegallysend the American perpetrators to Guantánamo, among other things. They slammed the president because federal law enforcement agents read the failed underwear bomber his rights after they arrested him in 2009. Never mind that federal agents did the exact same thing under President George W. Bush when they arrested the failed shoe bomber years earlier. Republicans even lambasted Obama when he spoke about ISIS decapitating journalists, saying the president did not sound angry enough
The Republicans sent that same message after the Boston Marathon bombing, where they condemned Obama for failing toillegallysend the American perpetrators to Guantánamo, among other things. They slammed the president because federal law enforcement agents read the failed underwear bomber his rights after they arrested him in 2009. Never mind that federal agents did the exact same thing under President George W. Bush when they arrested the failed shoe bomber years earlier. Republicans even lambasted Obama when he spoke about ISIS decapitating journalists, saying the president did not sound angry enough