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LittleBlue

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13. Yep, that was my first thought

Reply to cali (Original post)

Fri May 10, 2013, 12:22 PM

May 2013

They want to embarrass Hillary. But not so much that she decides not to run, they want something that they can make an issue of in the campaign. And if she gets elected, something they can continue to use throughout her presidency just like the birther nonsense.

If we choose another candidate who can't plausibly be connected to Benghazi, they'll literally have nothing except a bunch of shit unpopular policies.

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What do the republicans hope to accomplish with Benghazi? [View all] cali May 2013 OP

They have no one that can defeat Hillary so they are going to try to tarnish her. hrmjustin May 2013 #1

It's beginning to look as if that is their chief objective cali May 2013 #3

Far away places with strange sounding names.... jberryhill May 2013 #2

Errr...what are those? Archae May 2013 #7

"Benghazi" in 1960 jberryhill May 2013 #9

No wonder I never heard of them. Archae May 2013 #16

It is more about their hate for Hillary than Obama at this point liberal N proud May 2013 #4

They would see this country burn Kber May 2013 #19

They hope it will slow Hillary down. bravenak May 2013 #5

We all know there's nothing there. HooptieWagon May 2013 #6

Keep their mouth breather base riled up Populist_Prole May 2013 #8

Bingo. Perfectly stated. Buzz Clik May 2013 #10

I'm surprised that nobody has brought up Whitewater MiniMe May 2013 #11

I am thinking they may have been able to pull conspiracy at the time of Hillary running for Thinkingabout May 2013 #12

Yep, that was my first thought LittleBlue May 2013 #13

It is a tale PD Turk May 2013 #14

Good points, but it's doing double duty here.... Wounded Bear May 2013 #15

and that's an excellent point cali May 2013 #18

Yes, that's exactly what I think as well. Common Sense Party May 2013 #17

The usual, control the media by distraction. Ganja Ninja May 2013 #20