GOP Senator: Hillary Clinton Faked Emotional Outburst At Benghazi Hearing

[TomCADem]

Source: Think Progress

On Wednesday morning, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave an emotional testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the Benghazi terror attacks, tearing up as she described the “flag draped coffins” of the victims. Clinton lost patience when Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) pushed her on whether or not she had immediately determined the motivation of the attacks, leading the senator to accuse her of ducking questions with “theatrics.”

In an instantly viral outburst, Clinton shot back, “The fact is we had four dead Americans. Was it because of a protest? Or was it because of guys out for a walk one night who decided they’d go kill some Americans? What difference, at this point, does it make?”

After the hearing, Johnson complained to Buzzfeed that Clinton had planned to become emotional as a way to avoid answering questions:

I’m not sure she had rehearsed for that type of question. I think she just decided before she was going to describe emotionally the four dead Americans, the heroes, and use that as her trump card to get out of the questions. It was a good way of getting out of really having to respond to me.


Read more: http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2013/01/23/1487641/gop-senator-hillary-clinton-faked-emotional-outburst-at-benghazi-hearing/

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Republicans continue with their latest conspiracy theories and attacks on women for being too "emotional."

[bluestateguy]

1. You'll have to forgive me

I'm still not recognizing this person as the Wisconsin senator.

I'm still waiting for Russ Feingold's statement.

[sakabatou]

2. God, these GOP people are douche bags

[AsahinaKimi]

20. is there anything

beyond the description of douche bag, because these guys have far over stepped that term of endearment.

[sakabatou]

22. EXTREME douche bags

[Spitfire of ATJ]

23. How about "enema bag"?

[Turborama]

26. Leaking Colostomy Bags?

Hemorrhaging Ulcers?

Ruptured Hemorrhoids?

Prolapsed Bowels?

[TheTimmer]

55. I think

"Festering boils on the buttocks of humanity" has a nice ring to it

[dlwickham]

52. you're insulting douche bags

by comparing them to this, for lack of a better term, moron

[Deep13]

3. Can he sit down yet?

I'm guessing not after the ass-kicking Hillary Clinton gave him.

[Delphinus]

28. But see,

he did not, nor will any of his side, ever think of that as an ass-kicking. They will only ever see it as an evasion.

[lunatica]

32. But most Americans will, and we see the Republicans as fools

So there's that isn't there. They know exactly what we think of them and they prove our point on a daily basis.

So do you really care what they think or how they rationalize their idiocy?

[SemperEadem]

37. They also all thought that romney was going to win in a landslide 11 weeks ago.

That he and his ilk live in a false construct of a bubble doesn't erase what fell out in experience for everyone to see.

Hillary didn't let them intimidate her or push her around. She showed them why her rank in government was above theirs--and that is what the thugs cannot stand. She's got solid, credible international chops and they know she's a juggernaut when it comes to the next presidential election, should she choose to run.

the only thing they've got is bluster.

[Plucketeer]

43. They do not see it as evasion

They FULL WELL see it for what it really is. But if they conceded that this incident is what it really appears and IS, they'd be seen as singing in harmony with the Dems. Their god forbid THAT! So they're gonna keep bawling that Hillary's hiding the truth, and that the incident was a big bungle on the administration's part.

No - they see it for what it really is - they just figure they have to hang tough to their lies to have any credulity with their dimwit base. And by "base", I'm talking about the common dolts that vote for them - not the corporate entities they've long ago sold their souls to.

[Deep13]

46. So he needs a psychiatrist AND a proctologist. nt

[Wellstone ruled]

4. Bye Bye Ronnie Boy,

Your ass is grass and the voters of Wisconsin will be your lawn mower. This turd is headed for the one term list.

[Coyotl]

5. Here is the video

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022246776

[Volaris]

17. Madam fucking Secretary.

is there anyone over there she wouldn't absolutely CRUSH in a General Election?

[Deep13]

47. her raised hand in the still...

...is about to slap some sense--or try to--into Sen. Ignoramus.

[blue_heron]

6. what a typical chauvenist

of course, the female was faking it. But when Boehner cries he's authentic.

[complain jane]

8. +1

[ancianita]

27. Heh heh ... good one

[tavalon]

30. But he is authentic

Authentically an alcoholic.

[complain jane]

7. Ridiculous

The whole thing was theatrics on both sides; the difference is that Hillary is putting these idiots squarely in their place and the GOP look like the whining group of children that they are.

[Beartracks]

9. Accusing others of the crap you'd do yourself: It's the Republican Way. n/t

[Coyotl]

44. The Cognitive Dissonance Party

The CDP, aka the Completely Duped Politicians

[Beartracks]

50. So many dupe-able people...

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[NRaleighLiberal]

10. the only thing they can do is project. So pathetic.

[Coyotl]

11. Understand first this is a 'kneecaps are fair game' type of political warfare at work

The Rs want to inflict negatives on Hillary for all the obvious reasons, their own political gain.

[Warpy]

12. No, Johnson, it was real. She's sick of you people

and so are the rest of us.

Tar and feathers are too good for you.

[freshwest]

13. At least she didn't fake being a Senator like he's doing now. Someone show him the door.

[Marie Marie]

14. Maybe this man has just gotten used to women "faking it" with him.

Gee, sounds like a personal problem Sen Johnson. Perhaps he's one of those Minutemen.

[Grassy Knoll]

15. Excellent !...

[Ken Burch]

18. It's even better that it's a guy named "Johnson" who'd be used to that.

[lunatica]

33. That's not hard to imagine at all

[Scairp]

16. Senator Johnson

Fuck you.

[Ken Burch]

19. What difference does it make how soon the motivation for the attacks was determined?

No administration...including a Republican administration...would or COULD have handled Bengazi any differently.

Why do the Republicans keep acting like it one of theirs could have prevented those deaths?

Do they actually think keeping full troop strength in Iraq would have made any difference in a situation that occurred, rapidly, in Libya?

Or are they saying that McCain, had he been elected, could actually have PREVENTED the entire Arab Spring(or that McCain would have used U.S. force to keep Khadaffi in power)?

What...the...hell?

[lexw]

21. These GOP asses don't care about those 4 Americans.

It is soooo obvious they are looking for dirt in a clean room.

However, I must say that I can understand (by the way Hillary was looking at her notes while making her replies) why they feel her replies were thought out before hand—but hell, she HAD to be ready for those bastards. The GOP is looking for something to bring Obama down, and this is all they have.

CNN was interviewing a brother of one of the slain this afternoon. They asked him who he thought was to blame. The brother said he puts the blame on the groups and individuals who committed the murder. CNN replied, okay, so the killers are to blame, but what about on our side: do you think security was lacking, and who is to blame for that? He said yeah, there may have been an issue, but that will need to be investigated.

Talk about leading the witness!!!!

Folks, CNN is no better than Fox. I don't watch either (I saw this clip while at the gym), but it appears CNN may be the new Fox.

Sorry I didn't stay focused on my rant, but there it is.

[olegramps]

39. I totally agree. CNN is a bag of crap.

[MADem]

24. We need to thank all of the dumb, posturing GOP turdlets who tried, and failed to best HRC.

This hearing thing was an ALL DAY CAMPAIGN AD for HRC 16!!

It looked like jousting in the days of King Arthur....up they came, and just as quick, she knocked 'em down...one right after the other. They tried to goad and bait her, she treated them like kindergarteners who had pooped their drawers and needed to be sent to the nurse's office to wait for their parent to bring a change of clothes.

There's no usable footage that will benefit the GOP....however, there's plenty there to shame them and show them up as whining assholes!

[tavalon]

31. I hope she runs but she's said no to a run after the primaries

I, for one, would be happy if she went back on her word.

[MADem]

41. It wasn't a Sherman statement. There's no word to go back on.

It was an "I have NO PLANS to run...." An "I'm not thinking about that sort of thing right now. Right now I have no intention...."

After the primaries, she didn't say she'd join the cabinet either. She was going back to private life...for now.

Also, any declaration of a run after the primaries would have been a suggestion that she would challenge the incumbent at re-election time. The press was working hard to create and maintain a rift at that time.

When she coughs up something like this, people will be disabused of any suggestions of intentions--but she has not done that -- not even close.

The term derives from the Sherman pledge, a remark made by American Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman when he was being considered as a possible Republican candidate for the presidential election of 1884. He declined, saying, "I will not accept if nominated and will not serve if elected." Thirteen years prior, he had similarly asserted, "I hereby state, and mean all that I say, that I never have been and never will be a candidate for President; that if nominated by either party, I should peremptorily decline; and even if unanimously elected I should decline to serve."[1] These statements are often abbreviated as "If drafted, I will not run; if nominated, I will not accept; if elected, I will not serve."[2]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shermanesque_statement

[tavalon]

56. All very good points

I was going to ask what a Sherman pledge was but you gave me the answer. Thanks.

[In_The_Wind]

25. Unfucking believable!

Way to go, Hillary.

[xxqqqzme]

29. This is who Wisconsin

voters chose instead of Russ Feingold? Really?

This is hard to believe.

As a kid, we often vacationed in Wisconsin (my maternal grandfather's mother & father were from there - so there were cousins and extended family to visit) I always loved going there. The families were near the lake. It was beautiful, the people super friendly. The kids were welcoming. I am just so sad when I see that state duped into electing rethugs. It pains me to see what the rethugs are doing to the state.

[customerserviceguy]

34. And we're off

First skirmish of the 2016 campaign.

[Ferretherder]

35. Senator Johnson, please answer my question...

...on the morning of September 11, 2001, when you FIRST heard ANYONE tell you a plane had crashed into one of the World Trade Center buildings, did you IMMEDIATELY realize it was a terrorist attack, or did you, for even a fleeting moment, think it could just be a tragic aviation accident?

Sir, PLEASE answer my question!......NOW!

[John2]

36. That is

his only defense because she made him look petty. What does he think the Republicans are doing? The only thing I see from them is acting and they are terrible at it.

[Conium]

38. Republicans in Congress Cut Embassy Security Funding

Do not ignore the fact that Republicans cut embassy security funding. Put the blame where it belongs!

http://thinkprogress.org/security/2013/01/23/1487451/leahy-slams-republicans-embassy-funding/?mobile=nc

[Odin2005]

40. Senator, do you have no shame???

[MADem]

42. +1,000 !!!! On a number of levels, too!!!! nt

[NYC Liberal]

45. Fuck you Ron. I wonder if he ever said anything about this:

[Ian Iam]

48. Bloody Arsehole!

How apt that "johnson" is a euphemism for "dick," eh?

[tartan2]

49. let's just agree that the

best part of Ron Johnson ran down his mother's leg!!!!

[hrmjustin]

51. I wonder how the people of WI put in such an idiot in office.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

53. Isn't Johnson the knucklehead who claimed sunspots cause global warming?

[BadgerKid]

54. One look at the title made me think "double standard."

I'll just leave this here (John Boehner allegedly crying):