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Botany

(70,502 posts)
Fri Oct 28, 2016, 09:54 AM Oct 2016

Republicans by the # .... aka shut up about Benghazi

DURING BUSH ADMINISTRATION
13 Embassy attacks
66 deaths
3 American diplomats killed
22 Embassy employees killed
Number of investigations 0

DURING REAGAN ADMINISTRATION
10 Embassy attacks
318 deaths
1 US ambassador killed
18 CiA officers
254 Marines
Number of investigations 1

DURING CURRENT ADMINISTRATION
2 Embassy attacks
4 American deaths
Number of Investigations 13

Cost to taxpayers for partisan witch hunt 14 million. This is what Republicans think is more important than serving the American people.


http://www.snopes.com/u-s-embassy-attacks-compared/

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Republicans by the # .... aka shut up about Benghazi (Original Post) Botany Oct 2016 OP
K & R Arkansas Granny Oct 2016 #1
Please pass this post around on "the internets." Botany Oct 2016 #2
in addition to providing this information to your republican friends mnmoderatedem Oct 2016 #3
Love to have this post on image I can tweet. Panich52 Oct 2016 #4
Nice and concise - K/R! Old and In the Way Oct 2016 #6
Sounds like a wise investment on the GOP's behalf ffr Oct 2016 #7
"We're being dumbed down and let down by M$M" Botany Oct 2016 #9
This one never fails to cheer me up in the face of that: Saviolo Oct 2016 #13
Kick n Rec LiberalLovinLug Oct 2016 #8
Take it to Twitter bucolic_frolic Oct 2016 #10
Need to condense it to 140 characters somehow. ErikJ Oct 2016 #17
Bush-Reagan Benghazi 10 times more deadly bucolic_frolic Oct 2016 #19
Better yet: Bush's "Benghazi" 3000 Americans killed ErikJ Oct 2016 #22
You could use a URL converter bucolic_frolic Oct 2016 #24
Here ya go: tblue37 Oct 2016 #25
HYPOCRISY Equinox Moon Oct 2016 #11
Exellent lillypaddle Oct 2016 #12
k and r niyad Oct 2016 #14
Send this to the Trump mailing list and all 3 of the cable news channčls in her s pocket world wide wally Oct 2016 #15
And how much did each of those investigations cost? Initech Oct 2016 #16
14 Mil for the State Dept. Another 6.8 Million for the House. progressoid Oct 2016 #18
So doing the math - 13 * 14 million + 13 * 6.8 million = $270.4 million. Initech Oct 2016 #20
I think it's just 14 + 6.8 total. progressoid Oct 2016 #26
K&R smirkymonkey Oct 2016 #21
K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 Oct 2016 #23

Botany

(70,502 posts)
2. Please pass this post around on "the internets."
Fri Oct 28, 2016, 10:14 AM
Oct 2016

our "liberal" media sure isn't telling the American people the real story

mnmoderatedem

(3,728 posts)
3. in addition to providing this information to your republican friends
Fri Oct 28, 2016, 10:26 AM
Oct 2016

ask them if they don't think it's just a little bit odd that republicans focus 8,000,000,000,000% more attention on Benghazi than on the bin Laden raid.

ffr

(22,669 posts)
7. Sounds like a wise investment on the GOP's behalf
Fri Oct 28, 2016, 11:40 AM
Oct 2016

Look at all the mileage they get out of this red-herring and they didn't even pay for it. Not in dollars and not in votes.

It's the great American deception. Your analysis doesn't lie. We're being dumbed down and let down by M$M which should be catching this.

We're being led around my 36% of the electorate and the 24/7 RW media's deception and ignorance.

Saviolo

(3,282 posts)
13. This one never fails to cheer me up in the face of that:
Fri Oct 28, 2016, 12:20 PM
Oct 2016

Russell Brand schools those infotainment anchors at their own jobs. He drops the elbow on the whole room.



 

ErikJ

(6,335 posts)
22. Better yet: Bush's "Benghazi" 3000 Americans killed
Fri Oct 28, 2016, 01:29 PM
Oct 2016

GOP's "Benghazi" Bush Ignored 8 CIA warnings of 9/11 style attack for 5 months =3000 dead Americans. Lies of Iraq WMD kills 4000 more. 130+ characters.
No room for a link though. Might have to work on it. Or be more 'clever' as Twitter puts it.

bucolic_frolic

(43,149 posts)
24. You could use a URL converter
Fri Oct 28, 2016, 01:35 PM
Oct 2016

such as TinyUrl or one of them, or does Twitter convert them on the fly

Twitter urls are always short

tblue37

(65,340 posts)
25. Here ya go:
Fri Oct 28, 2016, 01:44 PM
Oct 2016

Bush 's "Benghazi": ignored 8 warnings over 5 mos. before 9/11-3000 died. Lies about WMDs kill 4000 more Americans in Iraq.

Characters (with spaces) = 116.

You maybe can fit in the link now.

progressoid

(49,988 posts)
18. 14 Mil for the State Dept. Another 6.8 Million for the House.
Fri Oct 28, 2016, 01:12 PM
Oct 2016

But like most govt agencies, it is probably more than reported.

Initech

(100,068 posts)
20. So doing the math - 13 * 14 million + 13 * 6.8 million = $270.4 million.
Fri Oct 28, 2016, 01:27 PM
Oct 2016

Who are the wasteful government spenders again?

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