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UCmeNdc

(9,600 posts)
Wed May 18, 2016, 09:10 AM May 2016

Trey Gowdy Finally Admits The Truth About Benghazi

It's all about damaging Clinton's reputation.


In an interview with Bill Hemmer on Fox 'News', Trey Gowdy finally admitted the truth about Benghazi and his bogus committee. This comes on the heels of the Kangaroo Court's Benghazi Committee's lead investigator quitting and admitting that everything that could be done, was done.

One of the primary conspiracy theories swirling around the Benghazi Inquisition has been the notion of a "stand down order," and whether one was issued. The reason they've made this a central point in their witchhunt is to say that the military was ordered to stand down instead of responding.

Snip.......

Gowdy told Hemmer, "Whether or not they could have gotten there in time, they couldn't. I don't think there's any question about that."

Say WHAT? This was supposedly the foundation of the whole "stand-down order" myth! That the military could have gotten there in time to save the day had the evil Secretary Clinton and President Obama called them up into action instead of ordering them to stand down.

Gowdy is now spinning away from that by asking, "Why could you not? Why were you not positioned to do it?"

Nice goalpost move, there, bro, but you just shattered one of the reasons your Inquisition exists. Good going, pal.


http://crooksandliars.com/2016/05/trey-gowdy-finally-admits-truth-about

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Trey Gowdy Finally Admits The Truth About Benghazi (Original Post) UCmeNdc May 2016 OP
many on this board blamed hillary for this made up republican scandal MariaThinks May 2016 #1
Really? I take you at your word, but it's hard to imagine. byronius May 2016 #2
I think I've seen every Republican attack on Clinton over the last 30 years echoed on DU Nitram May 2016 #3
Yesterday I opened GDP and found a thread about Linda Tripp. auntpurl May 2016 #4
so our members are now quoting linda tripp MariaThinks May 2016 #7
That should be "Go, Bernie." randome May 2016 #22
Yeah...I mentioned that once here... maddiemom May 2016 #21
dozens MariaThinks May 2016 #6
Believe it. No RW lie is too putrid to sling at Hillary if it means they can make her lose this. Hekate May 2016 #11
Every time I drop back into DU for an election year, there are always Republican trolls to be found. Lord Magus May 2016 #20
Long overdue Jack Rabbit May 2016 #5
Retaliation for the lefts' complaints libodem May 2016 #8
That's what I've always said. skypilot May 2016 #10
But, it's still Obama and Clinton's fault NewJeffCT May 2016 #9
It's the Democrats refusing to fight the good fight shadowmayor May 2016 #12
$7 million* pissed away so far Botany May 2016 #13
has this lying pos resigned yet? better yet, give back his salary for the last four years, and THEN niyad May 2016 #14
Plus libodem May 2016 #15
So what do you say...? Bette May 2016 #16
K&R.nt silvershadow May 2016 #17
Does not belong in GDP apnu May 2016 #18
Anyone mention libodem May 2016 #19
Is it just me or does he bear a striking resemblance to Gollum? Aerows May 2016 #27
Not just you libodem May 2016 #28
This message was self-deleted by its author Turbineguy May 2016 #23
Treytor Gouges Taxpayers Brother Joe Observes May 2016 #24
Problem is, she damaged her own reputation. Many people, like me, didn't care a rats, until the se amborin May 2016 #25
Can we mention that the Republicans reduced funding of embassy security prior to the attack? peace13 May 2016 #26

MariaThinks

(2,495 posts)
1. many on this board blamed hillary for this made up republican scandal
Wed May 18, 2016, 12:46 PM
May 2016

it was a tragedy, but not of Hillary's making.

meanwhile bush still has taken no accountability for his failure to stop 911 attacks

byronius

(7,394 posts)
2. Really? I take you at your word, but it's hard to imagine.
Wed May 18, 2016, 01:37 PM
May 2016

Someone on the Underground who embraces Benghazi would have to be informationally delusional or a paid troll. That's kind of bizarre. Could you put a number to it? More than five?

I don't follow the subcurrents all day, and sometimes miss stuff. I'd appreciate a heads-up.

I see the Hillary-hatred, blah blah, heard it all before, but Benghazi? OMG. Do they also believe she murdered Vice Foster over a drug deal gone bad?

Woo, we live in silly times if DU is a Benghazi-peddler.

Nitram

(22,794 posts)
3. I think I've seen every Republican attack on Clinton over the last 30 years echoed on DU
Wed May 18, 2016, 01:42 PM
May 2016

during this primary.

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
22. That should be "Go, Bernie."
Sun May 22, 2016, 12:25 PM
May 2016

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Stop looking for heroes. BE one.[/center][/font][hr]

Hekate

(90,673 posts)
11. Believe it. No RW lie is too putrid to sling at Hillary if it means they can make her lose this.
Wed May 18, 2016, 05:43 PM
May 2016

Lord Magus

(1,999 posts)
20. Every time I drop back into DU for an election year, there are always Republican trolls to be found.
Sun May 22, 2016, 03:27 AM
May 2016

This year "I'm totally a liberal who will vote Trump in the general" is the standard trolling tactic.

skypilot

(8,853 posts)
10. That's what I've always said.
Wed May 18, 2016, 04:23 PM
May 2016

Republicans don't have a single original thought in their heads so that had to parrot what was being said about the OTHER Sept.11th attack.

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
9. But, it's still Obama and Clinton's fault
Wed May 18, 2016, 04:02 PM
May 2016

for not being able to read the minds of everybody in Benghazi and prevented this from happening before it started.

shadowmayor

(1,325 posts)
12. It's the Democrats refusing to fight the good fight
Wed May 18, 2016, 07:49 PM
May 2016

I am a Bernie supporter. That said, I'll vote for Hillary simply for the Supreme Court nominations coming up. Seen the list of ass-hats tRump is proffering? And I am not pleased at all with President Obama playing compromise with this friend of Robert's and like minded douche-bag Garland. Don't give a shit how nice folks say he is, only care about his positions on issues and his record. Shame on the Democrats who back this turd.

Where were the Democrats when Hillary was being blasted by Fox Noise and the Tea-turds in Congress? They should have gone with a full court press and blasted every newspaper, TV station, and Repuke who put out the BS about Benghazi. What a bunch of bullshit. One of the reasons why the right keeps doing this over and over is that the wimps in the Democratic party are loathe to fight back. I don't agree with Hillary on a number of issues, but the Benghazi, Vince Foster, e-mail server phony scandals should never been allowed to grow legs. But how many Democrats stepped up to call the people spreading these lies liars? Why can Fox Noise run with these crappy stories for months and months on end? And why is T. Gowdy not being ridiculed by his Democratic colleagues? Because our side is infused with all-too-polite cowards who act like reason and facts will squelch vitriolic emotions. Seems we never learn. Stay tuned for the tepid outrage and tut-tuts and tsks tsks. That'll show 'em!!!

niyad

(113,284 posts)
14. has this lying pos resigned yet? better yet, give back his salary for the last four years, and THEN
Wed May 18, 2016, 10:07 PM
May 2016

resign.

Bette

(65 posts)
16. So what do you say...?
Fri May 20, 2016, 12:22 AM
May 2016

I have a great idea and we should all do this as often as possible. I am going to start plastering these kinds of articles all over the right-wing web sites, from now until the election. If our Democratic party wants to be chicken and refuse to refute this, then it's up to the rest of us to get that out there. Personally, I don't care who the Dem nominee is, I will vote Democratic all the way..and right down the ticket. We must take back the senate..there's a good chance we can. As for the house, we can try to evict as many R's as possible. We've had 6 yrs of republicon hell and I'm not gonna take that anymore..Teagoobers must be the first to go, then the puppets can follow. What do you all think?

apnu

(8,756 posts)
18. Does not belong in GDP
Fri May 20, 2016, 04:33 PM
May 2016

I don't see how this has boo to do with the Democratic Primaries.

Glad you posted it, I just think this is the wrong spot for that.

Response to UCmeNdc (Original post)

amborin

(16,631 posts)
25. Problem is, she damaged her own reputation. Many people, like me, didn't care a rats, until the se
Mon May 23, 2016, 01:06 AM
May 2016

server scandal and the fiasco in Libya (after HRC's regime change) got us interested more broadly. Then, when one peruses the transcript of the hearings, one sees that, even there, HRC was lying repeatedly about her email correspondence with Blumenthal.

 

peace13

(11,076 posts)
26. Can we mention that the Republicans reduced funding of embassy security prior to the attack?
Mon May 23, 2016, 10:10 AM
May 2016

Just who is responsible for the deaths. I think we know.

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