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Jonah Goldberg: Hillary Clinton Is A Liar, And Why She Lied Is Even Worse
Excerpted from nationalreview.com:
Excerpted from nationalreview.com:
- A lot of people in Washington apparently forgot how good Hillary Clinton is at not telling the truth.
Wednesday, in her testimony before the Senate and, later, the House, Clinton brilliantly fudged, dodged, and filibustered. Of course, she’s a pro. Clinton was slow-walking depositions, lawyering up, and shifting blame when many of her questioners were still civilians down on the farm.
Aided by a ridiculous format, she outfoxed most of the Republicans with ease.
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Just to be clear, Clinton lied and is still lying. When asked about the claim that the attack was sparked by a protest over a video, she responded, “I did not say . . . that it was about the video for Libya.”
That’s simply untrue. When she stood by the caskets of the four Americans killed in Libya, she directly blamed an “awful Internet video that we had nothing to do with.” Afterward, she reportedly told the father of Tyrone Woods, the former Navy SEAL who was killed in the attack, “We will make sure the person who made that film is arrested and prosecuted.” Why tell the man that if the video had nothing to do with it?
Moreover, Clinton was part of an administration that crafted an entire PR strategy to blame these attacks on “an awful Internet video.” White House press secretary Jay Carney was unequivocal: This was a “response to a video, a film we have judged to be reprehensible and disgusting.” In his address to the United Nations, President Obama mentioned the video six times but al-Qaeda once. When he appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman, he blamed the video directly. U.N. ambassador Susan Rice went on five Sunday shows blaming the video. All of this happened when they already knew it was not true on the day of the attack, and even the president of Libya had publicly called the protest explanation ridiculous.
But again, the lying, while outrageous, is incidental to the real offense, which is twofold. First, why did the administration lie? Well, it wanted to conceal its utter failure to prepare for terrorist attacks on September 11 — which is like being surprised by Christmas falling on December 25. Also, the Obama administration, by which I mean the Obama campaign, was desperate to protect its hyped record of fighting terrorism. A “spontaneous” attack invited not by the administration’s shortcomings but by some nutty video was just the ticket.
Indeed, on this score, Clinton was true to her word. While none of the murderers have been apprehended, the filmmaker is in jail, the picture of his arrest splashed across the globe.
Which brings us to the second part: the nature of the lie. Remember, not all lies are equally harmful. In this case, the U.S. government responded to the murder of four Americans by treating our constitutional rights as part of the problem. A former teacher of constitutional law, Obama was happy to watch the country argue new limits on free expression and the necessity of giving bloodthirsty savages and terrorists a heckler’s veto on what Americans can do or say.
Clinton was in on that lie, and that makes all the difference in the world.
Hillary Clinton's 'hacked' Benghazi emails: FULL RELEASE
http://rt.com/usa/complete-emails-guccifer-clinton-554/
http://rt.com/usa/complete-emails-guccifer-clinton-554/
I am sure I am the only one out of all of us who needs a Cliff Notes on these emails but I did notice the redundancy of the word "oil".
Makes me think of "drill baby drill" and get the heck out of the Middle East and leave them all to themselves.
I know - simple minded, once again.
Makes me think of "drill baby drill" and get the heck out of the Middle East and leave them all to themselves.
I know - simple minded, once again.
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Diogenes wrote: Makes me think of "drill baby drill" and get the heck out of the Middle East and leave them all to themselves./B]
If the western world had continued to pay for their oil instead of wanting to own their oil, my lifelong dream of strolling through a 'Persian Market' would still be possible. A tiny irritant in the larger scheme of things I know.
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Raggedyann wrote: If the western world had continued to pay for their oil instead of wanting to own their oil, my lifelong dream of strolling through a 'Persian Market' would still be possible. A tiny irritant in the larger scheme of things I know.
We have this in common as well. How I would love to see the Middle East as it was and should be.
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