Republican Hypocrisy on Benghazi

[Galraedia]

You have to hand it to the Republicans and their right-wing media: they are persistent in pushing their conspiracy theories no matter how improbable or insignificant, just as they are relentless in covering up GOP wrongdoing even when that behavior strikes at the heart of democratic institutions or costs countless lives.

So, we have the contrast between the nine high-profile hearings about last September’s Benghazi attack and Republican determination to cover up Watergate, Iran-Contra, Iraq-gate, Contra-cocaine trafficking, and the two October Surprise cases (sabotaging President Lyndon Johnson’s Vietnam peace talks in 1968 and subverting President Jimmy Carter’s Iran-hostage negotiations in 1980).

In those cases and others, Republicans not only suppressed evidence but mounted counteroffensives against brave whistleblowers, diligent government investigators and conscientious journalists. The GOP and its right-wing media took pleasure in punishing anyone who dug up troublesome truths, even a conservative Republican such as Iran-Contra special prosecutor Lawrence Walsh.

The Republicans also showed little or no interest in delving into the facts surrounding terrorist incidents on George W. Bush’s watch, including his failure to protect the nation from the 9/11 attacks, or examining his war crimes, such as his deceptive case for invading Iraq and his approval of torture against “war on terror” detainees.

Read more: http://consortiumnews.com/2013/05/10/republican-hypocrisy-on-benghazi/

[NRaleighLiberal]

1. the shocker to me is why anyone is surprised - anyone - at their tactics - and expect anything

different. It is transparent, it is consistent....and yet there are still efforts to reach out to them, bring them in, convince them otherwise, hope they play different.

Why would they? their methods have worked for a long time.

There aren't two parties. There are two entirely, disconnected universes that are so far apart on pretty much everything that it is beyond belief.

[Thinkingabout]

2. I am beginning to think Benghazi is a smoke screen to cover up several actions of the GOP.

They know they voted to cut the budget for the State Department and we had a tragedy under the cut to protect our facilities in the world. Also they do not have a worthwhile platform to offer American citizens in order to attract votes. They tried the voter fraud and attempts to purge voters from the rolls to take away Democrat votes and that did not turn out well. The Democrat GOTV brought out our votes more than in past years. I also think they just may be trying to cover up the trickle down policy started in the Reagan administration, a policy which has not proven to work after all these years. The Dixiecrats have run to the GOP in hopes of getting around equal rights and the tired old white men keeps hanging onto failed policies.