"when Clinton clashed with GOP...had the feeling of a Hummer colliding with a Smart Car"

[babylonsister]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dana-milbank-in-benghazi-hearings-hillary-clinton-storms-capitol-hill/2013/01/23/a27e571e-65ac-11e2-85f5-a8a9228e55e7_story.html

In Benghazi hearings, Hillary Clinton storms Capitol Hill

By Dana Milbank, Published: January 23

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But Clinton’s appearance on the Hill, expected to be her last before she is succeeded by John Kerry, provided a broader vindication of the one-time (and probably future) presidential candidate. There had been concern among Democrats that the Benghazi episode would mar her otherwise successful tenure at State — but in fact she is leaving the post more popular than ever.

A new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds that 67 percent of Americans view her favorably, a career high and roughly double the popularity congressional Republicans have. So when Clinton clashed with GOP lawmakers Wednesday, it had the feeling of a Hummer colliding with a Smart Car.

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Only gadfly Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) still had the stomach to fight with Clinton. “Had I been president at the time and I found that you did not read the cables from Benghazi .?.?. I would have relieved you of your post,” he charged.

“Ohhh!” exclaimed one of Clinton’s aides, appalled.

But Paul, a man of exotic opinions, is never going to be president, and Clinton deflected his provocation with a mild reply: “I believe in taking responsibility, and I have done so.”

That may have been Clinton’s most cutting response to a critic: Letting him know he’s not worth wasting her breath.

[liberal N proud]

1. Her responses yesterday make me want her to be President in 2016

If she ran and administration like that, she would have all those fucking republicans wish they had never been in office.