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In reply to the discussion: Can Someone Explain to me The Right Wing's Benghazi Conspiracy Theory? [View all]Proud Liberal Dem
(24,951 posts)I've listened to the stuff that McCain and Graham were pushing back when they were working feverishly to ensure that Susan Rice wouldn't ascend to SOS post and I still don't quite understand it. Some of the gist of it- I gather- is that President Obama, SOS Hillary Clinton, et. al sat around playing tiddlywinks while the consulate was being attacked and didn't lift a finger to stop Amb. Stevens from being killed and/or refusing to approve additional funding (that, ironically- or maybe not so much- Republicans themselves cut) for security. As is clear with any event that occurs, the first initial reports tend to be incomplete and inaccurate and things change based on additional information (i.e. whether it was a planned terrorist attack or the attack evolved out of a protest) but Republicans seem to believe that any shift of the story after the fact indicates some kind of cover-up or conspiracy. They are now alleging that the Obama Administration is intimidating State Department whistle-blowers, which is the subject of Issa's hearings tomorrow though when pressed on Fox News (of all places) this past weekend one of the Republican Congressmen making these accusations couldn't point to a single example and is relying on the allegations of previously discredited Republican lawyers, so we're pretty much left with either a VAST Obama Administration conspiracy that Issa will crack open hard tomorrow or none at all (take your pick, Occam).