Hillary Clinton just made a Benghazi ad

[DemocratSinceBirth]

There's a school of political thought that holds you should stay out of the fray when an opponent is wounding himself. That's not Hillary Clinton's way.

The Democratic presidential front-runner has come out with a devastating new ad that plays on House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy's now-famous Benghazi gaffe. In an interview on Fox News last week, McCarthy tied Clinton's sagging poll numbers to the special committee House Republicans created to investigate 2012 terrorist attacks in Libya.

It was a stunning acknowledgment of the political nature of the committee's work, and Clinton allies believe it will take the sting out of the investigation. Moreover, it couldn't have come at a better time — or on a better issue — for her. That's because she's locked in a primary against Bernie Sanders, and possibly Vice President Joe Biden, and some Democrats have been concerned about her handling of the email scandal at the center of the committee's work. Now, Democrats have a vivid reminder of just how much Republicans hate Clinton, which could help rally them to her defense.

http://www.vox.com/2015/10/5/9458669/hillary-clinton-benghazi-ad

That's my Hillary, slapping around Rethugs.

[MindfulOne]

1. "Hillary Clinton. Fighting for ME?"

Fighting for JP Morgan Stanley and most of the rest of the corporate world before she gives a fuck about my ass.

Bullshit.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. You seem a little upset this morning.

But kicking my thread was nice. A recommend would be better.


With love,
DSB

[Evergreen Emerald]

9. Hi: Welcome to DU

[uponit7771]

11. That's what republicans say

[hrmjustin]

13. Republican talking points.

[Alittleliberal]

31. Republicans are to the left of Hilary on corporations?

Is that what you are saying?

[hrmjustin]

33. did i say that, no.

[DrBulldog]

18. Remember, she spent the summer of 2014 in Canada . . .

. . . delivering speeches to the Canadian energy industries - and getting paid $1.6 million to do it.

[treestar]

2. Especially since they've had so many investigations

and keep beating that dead horse.

[Gothmog]

4. This is a very effective ad

[DemocratSinceBirth]

5. I can not disagree with your assessment.

eom

[Chan790]

6. We should run it a lot in McCarthy's district.

It'll probably cost him his seat. Conservative or progressive, nobody wants to vote for a moron. (Louie Gohmert excepted...I don't know what is up with the people in his district.)

I don't think it does anything for Hillary though, one way or the other. It's not really an endorsement of her performance...just a revelation that the GOP targeted her. That's not about her accomplishments, it's about their bad strategy. If they had perceived that Sanders was going to be this strong, they'd have found something to smear him with for the past couple years too.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

7. I googled his district. It's hopelessly gerrymandered for a Republican...

I can't believe the Republicans make him Speaker after this gaffe but I hope they do.

[jmowreader]

21. It's not gerrymandered for THAT Republican

[DemocratSinceBirth]

22. It is gerrymandered for any Republican

He was born and raised there. It would be hard to primary him.

[jmowreader]

25. {Insert picture of Eric Cantor here...}

As Congressman-for-Life Cantor will tell you if you can find him, eating your own is a GOP trademark. If McCarthy becomes too troublesome for the GOTP, they will depose him at the ballot box.

[mcar]

8. K&R

Glad she did this.

[Evergreen Emerald]

10. Please tell me how this guy even got elected?

He is an obvious complete dolt. He can barely speak and when he does, with that empty look in his eyes, he barely makes sense.

[uponit7771]

12. Republicans value stupid, makes them feel like the person is benign

[Lisa D]

15. Unfortunately, there are a lot of Republican dolts in Congress.

That seems to be one of the electability factors

[hrmjustin]

14. Great ad!

[floriduck]

16. I'm a Bernie guy

But that was a good ad. Kudos to her side.

[DrBulldog]

17. It's no accident that Andrea Mitchell is one of the first narrators in the video.

She has become a public shill for Hillary, having produced insultingly negative interviews of Bernie Sanders and now, this past week, she claimed Bernie was one of the favorites of the NRA . . . !

[Sorry bro]

29. Hillary took a shot at the media

With good reason.

[artislife]

19. It is criminal that they spent so much time and money on such a nonissue

Sure, I am sorry for the lives lost, but this was witchhunt. There was no "there" there. I am not a H supporter but I remember getting a massage for frozen shoulder and the the therapist went on and on about Benghazi. I made a mental note never to come back to her business. It was more painful to hear someone who believed it to be true than trying to move that blasted shoulder.

[leftofcool]

24. Too bad we can't get our tax money back.

4.5 million isn't much in the grand scheme of things but think of the food it would buy for poor families with kids.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

26. Folks ignore conventional wisdom at their own peril.

The cw was that the Clinton haters would eventually overplay their hand and they did.

[ffr]

20. K&R

Very effective and straight to the point.

No
More
Republis

[askew]

27. This ad is as tone deaf as her stupid ads about her mom.

Her campaign has nothing to do with the voters and is all about her. She isn't fighting for you with the Benghazi stuff, she is fighting for herself and her career. And quite frankly, that is the only type of fighting she's ever been successful at.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

28. It is the greatest ad I have ever seen in my entire life. It should be nominated for an ADDY

[oasis]

30. Bring on the GE.

[DCBob]

32. Wasn't it Carville that said "if your opponent is drowning, throw him an anvil."

I think that is the Clinton style... and I applaud it!

[lunamagica]

34. K&R. Love it. Short and drives the point home

[Ron Green]

35. I look forward to ads about issues that matter

to Americans. We may not get these ads, because we rarely have in the past. But 2016 brings the opportunity to talk about the corrupt and bought system and perhaps to build something better.