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Mira

(22,380 posts)
Tue Oct 20, 2015, 10:15 AM Oct 2015

Benghazi Hearings Cancelled After Clinton Drops Out of Race - Borowitz reports this co-incidence



Washington was in turmoil on Tuesday morning as a House select committee abruptly cancelled its Benghazi hearings shortly after former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced that she was withdrawing from the Presidential race.

Secretary Clinton’s stunning announcement came at 9:00 A.M., followed by the committee chairman Trey Gowdy’s decision to cancel the hearings at 9:04.

“As you know, we have been preparing for this week’s hearings for months,” Gowdy said. “However, after meeting with fellow committee members over the past four minutes, we’ve come to the conclusion that we know all we need to know about Benghazi.”
Gowdy flatly denied that the decision to cancel the long-awaited Benghazi hearings had anything to do with Clinton’s sudden departure from the race. “We wish her well in whatever her future endeavors may be,” he said.

But shortly after Gowdy’s announcement, Clinton called an impromptu press conference at 9:13 to announce that she was jumping back into the race. “I was just trying to prove a point,” she told reporters, before heading off to campaign stops in Iowa and New Hampshire.

Minutes after Clinton’s second announcement, an irate Gowdy called her decision to reenter the race “beyond unethical” and revealed that the committee’s investigators had just uncovered fresh evidence about Benghazi.



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Benghazi Hearings Cancelled After Clinton Drops Out of Race - Borowitz reports this co-incidence (Original Post) Mira Oct 2015 OP
Awesome 6chars Oct 2015 #1
perfect! oldandhappy Oct 2015 #2
Sometimes Borowitz is quite the comic genius. nt BootinUp Oct 2015 #3
Sometimes Borowitz is quite the comic genius. AlbertCat Oct 2015 #8
Ab-so-lutely...Fab-u-lous... Thespian2 Oct 2015 #4
lol Love it. ctsnowman Oct 2015 #5
Ain't it the truth? Jack Rabbit Oct 2015 #6
That last line! d_legendary1 Oct 2015 #7
Ha! SoapBox Oct 2015 #9
I thought you did satire Andy. iandhr Oct 2015 #10
Clever!! kairos12 Oct 2015 #11
Give it a f-ing break Robbins Oct 2015 #12
Two RBIs without the satire Android3.14 Oct 2015 #13

d_legendary1

(2,586 posts)
7. That last line!
Tue Oct 20, 2015, 11:53 AM
Oct 2015

"Minutes after Clinton’s second announcement, an irate Gowdy called her decision to reenter the race “beyond unethical” and revealed that the committee’s investigators had just uncovered fresh evidence about Benghazi."

Robbins

(5,066 posts)
12. Give it a f-ing break
Tue Oct 20, 2015, 12:30 PM
Oct 2015

Clinton will not withdraw and you will have to listen to bengrzi and emails all through election day.

 

Android3.14

(5,402 posts)
13. Two RBIs without the satire
Tue Oct 20, 2015, 12:31 PM
Oct 2015

Ending of the Benghazi nonsense and Clinton climbing down off her rocking horse.

But it is satire.

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