The xray tech I just saw tried to pull the Benghazi Bullshit on me! [View all]

[riderinthestorm]

I couldn't believe it! Went for a chest xray and while he's fiddling with the machine he casually asks if I've voted yet. I'm surprised at his question but decide whatthehell, I'll play along. I'm in an office in the middle of Dupage County IL, one of the reddest counties in the US so I have a pretty good idea what I'm going to run into.

"Not yet", I say. "I do plan to go do it after this however".

"Who you going to vote for if you don't mind me asking" he says.

"Obama". Then I laughed and added, "I'm a die-hard lefty liberal!"

His mouth gets tight and he asks me, "don't you care about the US reputation in the world? How trashed its become under Obama?"

"No way," I answered firmly. "I completely disagree..." whereby he proceeds to hurry up and interrupt me (because he's pressing me up against the plate and time is short)... "that's why they felt they could attack our embassy in Libya and kill our ambassador there. And now Obama isn't doing ANYTHING! to get those guys. They're getting away with it. It looks weak."

He walks back into his cubby to take the pic and I have to hold still and just breathe for the xray which gives me a moment to contemplate my answer. When the buzz tells me the xray's done I answer.

"Benghazi happened at our consulate. Not the embassy. It was a CIA post that was being targeted, not the ambassador, and all evidence looks as though this was a rogue insurgent group like AQ so you have some pretty serious facts wrong. Lastly, what exactly do you think Obama should do? Bomb the newly democratically elected government over something a couple of bad actors did?"

We stared at each for a moment. He turned away to send my xray to the doc and told me I could get dressed. When I walked out, he was nowhere to be seen. I'm absolutely certain I did nothing to persuade him on the issue since the mindset about the Benghazi Bullshit is fierce in the redlands but its definitely "the" issue for Rethugs.