Senator Shaheen:Benghazi should not be used as part of a political pep rally to fire up a crowd

[Skwmom]

or for anything political (so this applies to ALL political parties).


It is VERY disrespectful and insensitive to the family members of those lost. Imagine if you were one of the family members and you heard this. Rhetoric can get heated but some things should be out of bounds - even in the world of politics.
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Senator Jeanne Shaheen took a peculiar swipe at Hillary Clinton‘s rivals at a Clinton campaign rally earlier today. And it involves Benghazi.

Shaheen fired up the crowd as she talked about how well Clinton did at the 11-hour Benghazi hearing a few months ago. She asked, “Is there anybody here who thinks that anybody else in this race, Republican or Democrat, could have done what Hillary did?”

The audience shouted, “NO!”

Shaheen cried, “Not Donald Trump… not Ted Cruz… and not Bernie Sanders!”

Sanders has avoided talking about Benghazi on the campaign trail, though back in November he started saying there are valid questions about Clinton’s emails.

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/dem-senator-sanders-couldnt-have-faced-the-benghazi-committee-like-hillary-did/

[hrmjustin]

1. Oh get off your high horse!

And she is right!

[Skwmom]

2. Nothing like a lack of empathy for others...

[hrmjustin]

4. I have plenty of empathy.

[Skwmom]

8. Well, if you put yourself in the shoes of the family members, I can't understand why you wouldn't

agree that this was not okay.

[hrmjustin]

11. Politicians have been using for Benghazi for years and I have not heard the families complain.

You just don't like what the senator said because it was effective.

[virtualobserver]

25. 'Serial liar' is what Families of Benghazi victims call Hillary

That is why a Hillary surrogate should never utter the word Benghazi.

[hrmjustin]

26. Some, not all.

[840high]

28. So "some" don't matter to you?

[hrmjustin]

31. I never said that. Stop putting words in my mouth.

[hollysmom]

3. well what is good for the goose. be careful for what you ask for. .....

I would rather that the discussion be on a higher plane but apparently some people enjoy ludicrous fantasies.

[PatrickforO]

5. Yeah, I replied to Cali_Dem's post of this.

I mean, this is a pretty f-ing lame argument for Clinton. Oh, she had to endure months of grilling as the GOP spent millions of OUR tax dollars on these hearings. This makes her great? Presidential material?

I think not.

Unfortunately, she's on the wrong side of most of the issues this time around, because rank and file Dems have awakened and said, 'fuck this! We're tired of getting screwed over by Third Way people. We want a populist!'

Because, hey Third Way, it's not 2005 when you did that survey and most Dems that responded supposedly wanted to move to the right. But it didn't work, did it? All Third Way, Wasserman-Schultz, the Clintons, Shaheen and other Third Way types, like that Empty Suit Michael Bennet from Colorado, have done is fuck us over because they 'go along to get along,' and vote like they are scared to lose the next election instead of like they are trying to choose the best course for US.

That's fucked, you know? That's why I'll continue to be a fervent supporter of Bernie, who is showing every sign he's gonna win this thing.

[Skwmom]

6. Bernie just exudes humanity which I think is one of the major reasons people are so attracted to him

[murielm99]

7. Rovian tactic.

Attack Clinton's strengths.

Of course she appeared Presidential at this grilling, this republican sideshow. That is why the bernistas want to attack her for it.

[PatrickforO]

13. Well, with all due respect Muriel,

I seem to recall Bernie being smeared from here to eternity about how he has a 'race problem.' Isn't that a Rovian attack of one of Bernie's strengths? I mean, if you're gonna accuse the 'bernistas' of going Rove, that's kinda like someone in a glass house throwing a rock through someone else's window, isn't it? Not you personally, but plenty of Clinton surrogates.

[murielm99]

14. Bernie did not handle himself well when BLM

interrupted him. His supporters here have been shockingly racist. And most POC support Hillary, not Bernie.

Those things are facts, not smears.

[cali]

34. Much better than Hillary who said if they didn't like what she said she'd

only talk to white people.

[beam me up scottie]

35. Like when Hillary said "All lives matter" in an African American church in Ferguson?

Hillary Clinton, At Black Church Near Ferguson, Says 'All Lives Matter'

Talk about not handling yourself well...

[jeff47]

15. Uh...this is an attack from the Clinton camp. Not on the Clinton camp. (nt)

[tazkcmo]

33. Stupid comment.

It's because there were hearings at all. Because there are always hearings with the Clintons. Since day fucking one. They do this shit themselves and you think they look presidential? I'd love to see the total billions of dollars the Clinton's own actions have cost us in investigations. Skirting the law. Lies, deflections, what "is" is, sniper fire...so sick of this shit.

[CorporatistNation]

9. IF... IF Clinton Handled Libya Benghazi Apprpriately... There Never Would Have Been...

a disaster involving loss of American lives and if no war mongering less likely ISIS which partly evolved in the aftermath of Khadafi's overthrow. Poor judgement... Zero Leadership!

[840high]

29. .^that

[MeNMyVolt]

10. Yep, pretty much. Rock on Jean Shaheen. Oh, what can it mean.

[sadoldgirl]

18. Do you really think that her comparison

of Trump and Cruz with Bernie will be forgotten?
This will play a big part in her next election!

[restorefreedom]

12. wow...so they can rah rah about the benghazi hearings to rev up a crowd

and she is the only one who is allowed to exploit the family members and no one else can bring it up?

you HAVE to be fucking kidding me.

[Skwmom]

30. Notice I said my comments applied to ALL parties. Democrats and Republicans.

What is this? They did it so we can?

[restorefreedom]

37. yes, i was agreeing with you

i just find it laughable/appalling that anything a certain campaign does is ok. but if anyone ELSE does it they are hating or attacking.

interesting...

[sadoldgirl]

16. Why bring this up during the primary? Stupid!

A) In the GE this would be totally appropriate,

B) The e-mail issue is still not resolved (see FBI investigation)

C)To bring Bernie up into this issue is utterly ridiculous as well
as badly advised.


Shaheen should be aware by using this against Bernie, that her next
election may just depend on his supporters.

Some people are just not thinking very clearly right now.

[Skwmom]

17. No. It is never appropriate. Not in the primary, not in the GE. Some things should be off limits.

My god, imagine if it was your family member killed in Benghazi.

[sadoldgirl]

19. Agreed, but the issue turns more about

the hearings, I think, to show how strong HRC was.

Okay for that point, but comparing Trump and Cruz
to Bernie really takes the cake.

[Skwmom]

23. The comparison is just stupid (I don't care about that), the other is extremely insenstive. n/t

[Punkingal]

20. The Clintons have no moral compass...I believe they would do anything to win.

She has been attacked on Benghazi, but she will use it to her advantage when she feels like it.

[CharlotteVale]

21. Exactly....it's do as I say, not as I do.

[Punkingal]

22. And they seem to have an uncanny ability to get others to say completely crappy things...

Like McCaskill and Shaheen. Who knows who will pop up next?

[CharlotteVale]

24. I expect that from McCaskill but I thought better of Shaheen. I seem

To remember her standing up against the Catfood Commission...now with Hillary triangulating on Social Security, it feels like Shaheen has sold out too.

[bigwillq]

27. Shaheen and the Clintons are not the part of the party I want to be a part of.

The party can do better than them.

[Bernblu]

32. Disgraceful!

[beam me up scottie]

36. So now Hillary's surrogate is exploiting Benghazi?

How is this any less unethical than when the Republicans do the same thing?

It's one thing to be proud of how Hillary handled herself and quite another to use the tragedy to whip up support on the campaign trail.