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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsout of their fucking minds: Gowdy vows to 'ratchet up' Benghazi investigation
?WASHINGTON The chairman of a special House committee investigating the deadly 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, promised Tuesday to "ratchet up" an inquiry he said is being hobbled by resistance from the Obama administration.
Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., said the committee has recently received 15,000 pages of new documents, but needs greater cooperation from the State Department and other agencies to do its job.
"Letters haven't worked. Southern politeness hasn't worked. We're going to ratchet it up," Gowdy said at the end of a two-hour hearing that at times turned into a partisan grudge match.
Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland, the panel's senior Democrat, complained that the committee's investigation was moving at a "glacial" pace and said he and other Democrats "have grave concerns about the partisan path this committee has taken over the past year."
Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., said the committee has recently received 15,000 pages of new documents, but needs greater cooperation from the State Department and other agencies to do its job.
"Letters haven't worked. Southern politeness hasn't worked. We're going to ratchet it up," Gowdy said at the end of a two-hour hearing that at times turned into a partisan grudge match.
Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland, the panel's senior Democrat, complained that the committee's investigation was moving at a "glacial" pace and said he and other Democrats "have grave concerns about the partisan path this committee has taken over the past year."
http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/us_politics/2015/01/gowdy_vows_to_ratchet_up_benghazi_investigation
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out of their fucking minds: Gowdy vows to 'ratchet up' Benghazi investigation (Original Post)
spanone
Jan 2015
OP
Well ...they need to look like they are doing something while doing nothing except getting paid...
L0oniX
Jan 2015
#5
Jesus H. Christ. Will they be able to fit it in between votes to repeal the ACA?
catbyte
Jan 2015
#11
Cha
(297,275 posts)1. They know all they have are completely dead horses to beat.. (poor horses):(
spanone
(135,843 posts)2. swift boating assholes...they have nothing. nada. zip. ziltch.
tell a lie enough times.......
shenmue
(38,506 posts)3. At this point, it's just theft, pure and simple
hollysmom
(5,946 posts)12. no, it is purely wasting taxpayer money by the boat load,.
it is trying to stop government from working.
BeyondGeography
(39,374 posts)4. Southern politeness
Jeff Murdoch
(168 posts)7. Well bless his heart....
BeyondGeography
(39,374 posts)10. I don't know how Cleaver keeps his cool
He'll take this guy apart like he did Issa. Slow but sure.
L0oniX
(31,493 posts)5. Well ...they need to look like they are doing something while doing nothing except getting paid...
for nothing.
Rex
(65,616 posts)15. That's it right there, they have fooled their voters into thinking they actually
do something for a living. Not that fooling a bunch of Foxnews zombies is hard to do. It's just sad that it is millions and millions of people imo.
Takket
(21,573 posts)6. GOP plans to keep this on life support and will...
really turn this into a huge deal again when Hillary is in the middle of her campaign. no doubt.
Blue Owl
(50,393 posts)8. Starring Trey Gowdy as Nurse Ratchet
n/t
arcane1
(38,613 posts)9. Hahaha! It's ALL THEY HAVE!!
catbyte
(34,393 posts)11. Jesus H. Christ. Will they be able to fit it in between votes to repeal the ACA?
Dipshits.
MFrohike
(1,980 posts)13. I hope he does
The more time they waste with that, the less time they have to screw my country. Hell, they should do a fact-finding junket while they're at it!
Rex
(65,616 posts)14. They worry about Benghazi, but try like hell to suppress a CIA torture report.
I ask again, what the fuck good comes from electing repukes? I swear I've never found one good reason. Ever.