I personally believe this is a witch hunt, but the Secretary of State is handling it with poise and seriousness. She even goes into more detail with her answers than the committee is asking for.
Here is her opening statement. I will have more later, but you all can treat this as an open thread if you so desire.
Update: Here is the live stream.
Live stream videos at Ustream My favorite part so far, courtesy of the Atlantic Wire:
Clinton getting angry as Johnson continues to harp on Rice. She lean forward in her chair and raises her voice when Johnson tries to challenge her on misleading info. "We had four dead Americans!... Whether it was attack preplanned by terrorists or it because of a guy out for a walk one night .. what difference does it make?"
And you Senator Johnson have JUST been taken to school!
Update 2: In case you missed it.
I really cannot watch this clip often enough.
Update 2: And they're done. Hillary is walking out of the chamber picking bits of Senator from between her teeth. Now she is going to the House for the second course.
Silly Republicans, committee hearings are for grownups!
I've been looking forward to this for some time, now.
ReplyDeleteAnd as I've said here (and elsewhere) before:
if those idiots think they can push Hillary around they've got another think coming.
(brb - need popcorn)
The Republicans on the committee are circling Hillary looking for a weak spot, but she keeps blocking their attempts to draw blood.
ReplyDeleteThey will never "Get" Hillary...I saw Rand Paul was hassling her...That little fucktard the ONLY reason he is Senator is b/c they cheated in '10 and next up
Deletehe's out like Scott brown!
What i want to know...
Who was behind the movie that started it all?
McCain? Romney? All the anti-Islamic fucktards trying for a "false flag" to upset the POTUS campaign that has now turned into a "witch hunt"
b/c people died.
Who was behind the movie? Where did that guy, a deadbeat get the backing for "innocence of Muslims" and who seeded the movie overseas?
Find that out, we will know "Who was behind Benghazi"!
She is looking and sounding very Presidential. The GOP should be very afraid if the best they have are Mario and Rand.
ReplyDeleteHillary just ripped a huge chunk out of one of the Republican Senator Ron Johnson's ass!
ReplyDeleteOh I think these idiots are regretting being in that room right now.
She is not taking any prisoners!
At the Hammer House, we're enjoying Hillary and our brand new FunTime popcorn machine ~ big, brassy wheels and all!
ReplyDelete(no kidding)
Even recovering from a concussion, this woman takes these children to the shed.
ReplyDeleteHow outraged are they about Algeria? If the private sector is the gold standard of conduct, how is it BP failed to protect their workers and property?
That's different.
DeleteThey can't blame that one on the President, although they will, no doubt, try their damndest.
Hilliary's response to questions from Senator Johnson about why the attack in Benghazi was not called a terrorist attack by Susan Rice on the Sunday talks shows: "we have 4 dead Americans!! What difference does it make?"
ReplyDeleteGotta love it!
Hillary is brilliant.
ReplyDeleteThe very thought that anyone who supported her could go on to fall for Sarah Palin is utterly mind boggling.
All John McCain saw was they both were women. There's no fool like an old fool and John McCain is old and a fool!
DeleteDo you think that note that Mr. Flake is fixin' to be passed says "Turn your name plate over, it's becoming an internet meme", to which he will promptly comply?
ReplyDeleteoh that is funny. thx
DeleteGood to see she has no lingering issues from her recent problems. She’s one-of-a-kind. I’d like to see Chelsea get involved in politics a bit more, but maybe she doesn’t have the stomach for such abuse. The republicans have threatened to bloody (?) Ashley Judd if she gets involved, but we need smart/tough women who have had the benefit of superior educations.
ReplyDeleteRemember... Ashley Judd took on Sarah Palin and her "Wolf killing" when she made the AD for Defenders of Wildlife!
DeleteLots of people didn't know what was going on about the wolves until Ashley Judd! I think she is up to it :)
John McCain is a stupid idiot.
ReplyDeleteNow they are unleashing the McCain.
ReplyDeleteThis ought to be good.
FUCK YOU McCain.
ReplyDeleteMy husband watched part of the hearing this morning and said she is amazing. This woman has been in politics all of her adult life and can rattle off info that some people never even learned. She will make a great prez.
ReplyDeletePat Padrnos
As much as I love Joe Biden, if it comes down to Joe or Hillary - I gotta go with Hillary. The right likes to say they have the prettiest women (whatever) we have the smartest, most accomplished women - I'll take that over fading stupid ass beauty queens any day.
ReplyDelete(paraphrasing)
ReplyDeleteMcCain: How could you let this happen?
Clinton: We asked you guys in March for the money to protect our ambassadors and you said NO!
McCain: (looks as though she just kicked him in the nuts...)
Dick Durbin creamed McCain with his mentioning Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq that we are still looking for.
Deletethat was a great moment
DeleteSweeeet!
Deleteoh how I wish I could have taken the day off to see this!!! thank you so much for having this open thread - keep the updates coming! It's all I have to stay connected until after work.
ReplyDeleteHilary for President!
Ron Johnson is a prick extraordinaire. The clueless rural dwellers of my state voted him in, and I can only hope that our state does not become any less blue, because it's Pricky enough with Walker already.
ReplyDeleteyou got that right fellow 'sconny resident. that little dick ass, how did it happen? the both of them, johnson and walker......
Deleteup in my neck, its the repubs moving over from the twin cities to ''live the good life'' on their 2.5 acre plot of weeds. go back to minnesota please
Rand Paul just said that if HE were President he would have fired Hillary for incompetence.
ReplyDeleteHillary incompetent? Hah!
Thankfully there is NO chance he would ever be President!
However when Hillary wins in 2016 perhaps she will make him eat his words.
When Hillary wins in 2016 she can make little Rand Paul her bitch. Rand has less of chance of being President than his father. But hey, what's a Republican primary without a little crazy?
DeleteRemind me agan, whose son was arrested for assault and underage drinking? Oh, yeah, Rand Paul.
Deletewhat a ridiculous thing to say. he wasn't even close to being a contender. he couldn't HIRE hillary much less FIRE her.
Deleteclueless.
WTF???
DeleteHillary vs McCain and Rand
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73Y1moGnbLk
Like shooting fish in a barrel!!
Rand has no clue what s d*ckhead
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, over at the pee pond, they are wishing Esther was there questioning Hillary and salivating at the smack down it would be.
ReplyDeleteYeah, for HILLARY! Like $arah knows anything let alone UNDERSTANDS anything about this. LOrdy, what a low-IQ "base" she has.
Are they really?
DeleteI'm beginning to wonder if that place is actually a bunch of fake Palin supporters thinking they're pulling one over on each other.
Are the delirious little nimrods kidding? Hillary would dissolve Esther to a pile of noxious dust with a mere glance.
DeleteHey, now!
Sarah Palin would be curled up into a fetal position after the 1st Senator's questions. Sarah has nowhere near the Intelligence of Hillary Clinton.
ReplyDeleteIt's Time To Stop Pretending John McCain Is A "Hero"
ReplyDeleteThe list of really stupid things that McCain has said and done over the years is indeed a long one, and too many times the traditional media and pundits let him of the hook because he's "hero." He was tortured after all! Some say his idea of a "joke" (recall "Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran....but seriously folks...") has turned him into one.
I disagree. He's not a joke. He's pathetic and a coward who hides behind something he once was. His "record" as a Senator proves it.
To "joke" as he does is to mock anyone who was tortured. To do so is to mock anyone who served, along with my father and my husband who both did, the latter in Vietnam. John McCain, of all people knows this. But he does it anyway.
Because he's a "hero."
Wrong. He's anything but. He ceased to be a long time ago.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/01/23/1181389/-It-s-Time-To-Stop-Pretending-John-McCain-Is-A-Hero
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) on Wednesday told Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that her testimony thus far at a hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the September attack in Benghazi, Libya was "not satisfactory."
"There are many questions that are unanswered and the answers that you've given this morning are not satisfactory to me," McCain said. He pointedly criticized the Obama administration for not providing "the security that was needed" in Libya after the fall of Moammar Gadhafi.
Clinton suggested that members of Congress are to blame for delaying some of the assistance that had been requested by the U.S. diplomatic mission in Libya.
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/mccain-says-clintons-testimony-not-satisfactory-to-me
The best example of McCain's worst judgement was his choice of Sarah Palin to be his VP. Of course SP wasn't McCain's first choice. He wanted BFF Lieberman. The Neocons and the Religious Right wanted Sarah, but since McCain was the nominee and his name was at the top of the ticket, he gets the blame for inflicting SP on us for four years.
DeleteBud Paxson 'FORCED' McCain to place Palin on the ticket. He was Blackmailing McCain with his Lobbyist Vicki Iseman Affair. But we are supposed to ignore that fact. McCain is no hero, he crashed many jets, and was captured because of his incompetent piloting. We really dodged a bullet.
DeleteYep! Tis why Tri-g is named Tri-G Paxson Van Palin.
DeleteThe name is a narrative.
The trisomy G xhild and Paxson make a VP
Except it backfired lol!
Hillary Clinton reaches new heights of political popularity
ReplyDeleteAs she heads to Capitol Hill this morning to testify regarding the death of four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, Hillary Clinton has something her former legislative colleagues lack: the broad support of the American public.
Fully 67 percent of all Americans in a new Washington Post-ABC News poll now express favorable views of the outgoing secretary of state, a record high in the survey for Clinton, albeit by a single percentage point. By contrast, just 19 percent of people said they approved of the way Congress was doing its job in a Post-ABC poll released last week.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/01/23/record-high-for-hillary-clinton-as-she-faces-little-regarded-congress/
We have proof now that the Congressional Republicans have learned absolutely nothing from the election. The GOP was soundly repudiated in November 2012 and they are as obstructionist and as seditionist as they were throughout President Obama's first term.
ReplyDeleteBeaglemom
Senator Murphy just bitch slapped Rand Paul's ascertion that Benghazi was the worst attack since September 11th by pointing out that this misunderstands the 4,000 dead on September 11th. This after Dick Durbin face punched McCain's bullshit question by pointing out the 5 most devastating words - IRAQ WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION! The Republicans are bombing in this total waste of time hearing.
ReplyDeleteSuch obvious, desperate attempts to generate video to be used in 2016 both against her as well as forge their own foreign relations bona fides. Sen. Paul reveals his FR knowledge goes as deep as the talking points he gets from FOX News, and that goes for the lot of them, such as Rubio and Johnson.
ReplyDeleteAlso, just on optics -- dismissively dealing with the most powerful woman in the United States? Good call, bros! What could go wrong?
Did this fool really just call Benghazi the "worst tragedy since 9/11?" The people of Kentucky should really be ashamed that they sent this lunatic to represent them. He is also proof positive that the nuts don't fall far from the tree.
ReplyDeleteI did not vote for him. Nor have I ever voter for Mitch The Turtle.
DeletePresident Bush invaded Iraqi knowing that the weapons of mass destruction did not exist. It was/is a tragedy. Invoking the shadow of 9/11 is the Republican method of trying to bury the crime.
DeleteThe memory of 9/11 should inspire us to greatness, not mindless obedience to misguided political power.
If the attack in Benghazi was the "worst tragedy since 9/11" I'd say the Administration has been doing a pretty good job, that means we've been pretty secure.
ReplyDeleteThis is glorious.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I won't hear them crying about her avoiding testifying anymore, I will hear them sobbing about her hiding the ¨facts¨ instead.
I wonder if the relocated quitter from Wasilla will beg Greta to be on tonight so she can call the "Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton" a dingbat??
ReplyDeleteThen Bristol will call Clinton an "airhead."
DeleteThat's funny, Bristol calling someone an Airhead. The Pride of Juneau and Wasilla High Schools' Special Education Classes. The Recipient of an Unearned High School Diploma just like her sister Willow. The Unwed Mother of several Babies and the Aunt of her Unwed Teen Sister's Baby (TRIG). The most seen names on Wasilla High School's Restroom Walls. BWAHAHAHA what a Joke.
DeleteHILLARY THROWS DOWN!'WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE?'
ReplyDelete..."With all due respect, the fact is we had four dead Americans," Clinton responded, raising her voice at Johnson, who continued to interrupt her. "Was it because of a protest or was it because of guys out for a walk last night who decided to kill some Americans? What difference at this point does it make? It is our job to figure out what happened and do everything we can to prevent it from ever happening again, Senator."
Clinton continued, defending the State Department's efforts in the wake of the assault.
"Honestly, I will do my best to answer your questions about this, but the fact is people were trying their best in real time to get to the best information," she said, before blasting the senator's line of questioning. "Give me a break, Senator Johnson. This whole thing is the biggest fairy tale I've ever seen."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/23/hillary-clinton-ron-johnson_n_2533819.html
Her testimony focused not only on the attack but the growing threat from extremists in northern Africa, pointing out that Libya was not an isolated incident.
ReplyDelete"The Arab revolutions have scrambled power dynamics and shattered security forces across the region," she said. "And instability in Mali has created an expanding safe haven for terrorists who look to extend their influence and plot further attacks of the kind we saw just last week in Algeria."
She said the Obama administration is pressing for a greater understanding of the hostage-taking and rescue effort there that left three Americans dead.
In a packed hearing room, Clinton parried tough questions from Republicans, offering a detailed timeline of events on Sept. 11 and the Obama administration efforts to aid the Americans in Libya while simultaneously dealing with protests in Cairo and other countries.
She also took House Republicans to task for recently stripping $1 billion in security aid from the hurricane relief bill.
In something of a valedictory, Clinton noted her robust itinerary in four years and her work, nearly 1 million miles and 112 countries.
"My faith in our country and our future is stronger than ever. Every time that blue and white airplane carrying the words 'United States of America' touches down in some far-off capital, I feel again the honor it is to represent the world's indispensable nation. And I am confident that, with your help, we will continue to keep the United States safe, strong, and exceptional."
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had an emotional moment Wednesday speaking in front of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee about the Sept. 11, 2012, terrorist attacks in Benghazi, Libya, that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans.
ReplyDelete"For me, this is not just a matter of policy, it's personal. I stood next to President Obama as the Marines carried those flag-draped caskets off the plane at Andrews. I put my arms around the mothers and fathers, the sisters and brothers, the sons and daughters, and the wives left alone to raise their children," she said, her voice breaking.
"It has been one of the great honors of my life to lead the men and women of the State Department and USAID," she continued. "They get up and get to work every day, often in difficult dangerous circumstances, because they believe, as we believe, the United States is the most extraordinary force for peace and progress the world has ever known."
"And when we suffer tragedies overseas, as we have, the number of Americans applying to the foreign service actually increases," she said. "That tells us everything we need to know about what kind of patriots I'm talking about."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/23/hillary-clinton-benghazi-hearing_n_2533439.html?utm_hp_ref=politics
O/T just saw this on Radar online
ReplyDeleteLevi Johnston’s Wife ‘Beat Him Mercilessly’ Claims New Report
8:00 AM Bristol? Wishing for some Scandal about Levi does not make you any better. You lost a good man and you are Manless. Your Jealousy of Levi and Sunny is just like the 5 years long Jealousy of your Mom towards the Obamas. GROW UP, SKANKS, and get a job. Sarahpac can't support your lifestyle forever. Your Dad's Pimping won't last too long after the Feds are finished with your Family.
DeleteRadaronline? Isn't that the RAG that the Palins have on Speed Dial? Who cares?
DeleteYes, and Bristol beat the shit out of her boyfriends.
DeleteRepublicans act as if every detail of this attack was known immediately. Sean Hannity continues to repeat the lie that the Benghazi attacks were "watched in real time" (not true), but the best rebuttal to this nonsense is the Sandy Hook tragedy.
ReplyDeleteThink about all the misinformation that swirled around those shootings, there was a second shooter,he was let in to the school, it was the mother's class, he was misidentified as his brother etc., it took days to get the real story. Sandy Hook took place in this country, in the daylight, with a single gunman in a single location.
Compare that to Benghazi; foreign country, foreign language, chaos all over the region, multiple attackers in multiple locations and it all took place in the dark. Yet according to republicans we should have had all the answers immediately, what nonsense.
Your comment is right on. The republicans who challenge Secy. Clinton don't have a leg to stand on. She held her own and did it with dignity.
DeleteNot one of those idiots questioning her could have done one iota of the job she has done. They are teabaggers and idiots. They don't even know what they are talking about. Johnson's "one phone call" was ludicrous .
I just hope that we get rid of many of them in the 2014 election.
Rand Paul was especially obnoxious ( use that word instead of what I really think) He, that bastion of integrity would have fired her??
He can't even control his own son who was drunk and assaulted a flight attendant on an airplane at 10:00 in the morning.
He needs to go home and tend to his own business and family.
Rand Paul is an ass. The rest of the republicans are just as bad . This insistence on "the American People" need to know everything that is going on-have they no sense of putting the country at risk by divulging sensitive information to the media? Or are they just playing politics? I guess I just answered my own question!!!
ReplyDeleteGood questiion. Good answer.
DeleteWow, I was so impressed with how Hillary conducted herself. You could tell from her tone of voice and her body language she wasn't going to let the GOP idiots push her around. She was factual and honest. I bet Sarah watched and was seething with jealousy on how smart and articulate Hillary is and with grace. Hillary is a powerhouse!
ReplyDeleteSarah wouldn't recognize smart & articulate if it smacked her up side the head.
DeleteI'll bet Sarah didn't watch. She wouldn't know what channel to turn her TV to. And if she did accidentally find it she wouldn't understand anything that was going on.
DeleteShe is a nothing. And so is McCain.
1. Hillary Clinton for President has paid off all its debt and has a $240,000 surplus.
ReplyDelete2. Hillary’s opening statement on Benghazi: “I take responsibility”. Other than a spirited John McCain not much has happened this morning. Republicans have caved on Benghazi like they have on the fiscal cliff and the debt ceiling. Perhaps this afternoon the House Republicans will ask some pertinent questions?
3. Don´t be idiots. Debbie Wasserman Schultz is the one.
As my grandpa would have said...she hit the floor with both balls bouncing this morning!
ReplyDeleteI'd vote for her today, I'd vote for her tomorrow, & I'll vote for her in 2016...given the chance. That said, she needs to keep Bill's in her pocket.
Someone should have pulled this guy aside and told him "She's really, really, smart. She might even be smarter than Bill, and he's way fuckin smarter than you, so don't be a dickface." But no one did.
ReplyDeleteI simply could not watch these Republican Senators spew their "gotcha" questions at Hillary. Such blowhards, especially McCain. "The American people deserve to know the truth." Oh really? McCain you could start yourself by unlocking the holds you have put on the investigations into the Palins lies, crimes, and misdemeanors.
ReplyDeleteNot to mention McCain's own secrets. All the planes he crashed that were to a large extent pilot error. And his capture and torture. I believe he was tortured but not to the extent of his fellow Americans. From what I've read they are not fond of him. He gave them away to the enemy and used his father and grandfather's positions to get favors. He was something like 5th from the bottom of his class at the military academy. He is NOT a hero or a patriot. Why Cindy stays with him is quite beyond my comprehension. She has all the money. Kick the ASS OUT.
DeleteRolling Stone has a wonderful article/essay on him. It's a little old but you can find it in the archives.
How bout Mccain's own secrets?
DeleteSenate and House hearings are about getting video clips for campaign ads. This is a game about retaining power not democracy in action.
ReplyDeleteOnce again the GOP asswipes show themselves to be media whores bent on destroying Obama and any of his staff. I know how embarrassing it is for you in Alaska to be associated with Palin, as it is for me with Christie in NJ (although I live in NV now), but Kentucky wins this one....Ron Paul and McConnell, the dynamic duo of one of the highest paid welfare states in the country. This hearing is such a disgrace dragging Clinton thru their mudslinging for politics sake, just another public spectacle on why the GOP should never be in charge of anything. Hillary has more knowledge and integrity in her pinkie than all those phoney jerks put together. I am grateful for the push back from Durbin and Murphy, but just the thought of Ron Paul...in his wildest drug induced dreams to think he could be president with the power to actually fire Hillary Clinton? It is just too funny for words...dream on Ron, just like your dad. Kentucky....you need Ashley Judd big time!!!
ReplyDeleteIt was Rand Paul not his father Ron. Both are idiots.
DeleteHey, Sarah Palin, watch an intelligent, articulate Secretary of State bedazzle those Republican DORKS.
ReplyDeleteYou can only wish that you could answer questions like she did. You will never be as smart and graceful as Hillary Clinton. You knew that you were in over your head when you accepted Bud Paxson's Bribed selection as McCain's FAILED V.P. But you were GREEDY for Fame and Money. How Lucky we are that Bloggers like Gryphen, Malia, SPHASH, and others exposed your INCOMPETENCE and Criminal Acts.
like 1000 times over.
DeleteMy wish come true would be...
ReplyDelete"Dr. Paul, I am very glad you will never be president of this great nation"
Hillary Clinton Eats the Republican Party for Lunch at Benghazi Hearing
ReplyDeleteSenate Republicans found themselves absolutely dominated by Sec. of State Hillary Clinton at today’s Benghazi hearing. Sec. Clinton didn’t just testify. She owned the room.
Here is Sec. Clinton smacking down tea party Sen. Ron Johnson’s Fox News talking points about “misleading” of the country over whether or not the Benghazi attack was caused by protesters or terrorists.
Clinton answered Johnson’s attempt to try to drum up a scandal for the White House sternly and directly, “With all due respect, 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! It is our job to figure out what happened and do everything we can to prevent it from ever happening again, senator. Now honestly, I will do my best to answer your questions about this, but the fact is that people were trying in real time to get to the best information. The IC has process I understand going with the other committees to explain how these talking points came out. But you know, to be clear, it is from my perspective, less important today, looking backwards as to deciding why these militants decided they did it than to find them and bring them to justice, and then maybe we’ll figure out what was going on in the meantime.”
Later, John McCain broke out his usual grandstanding for the television cameras and tried to blame the administration for the lack of security and military assistance in Libya, and he was slapped with some facts by Sec. Clinton.
Clinton replied to McCain, “With respect to helping the Libyans, and that also goes to the question Sen. Rubio asked, we will provide a list of everything we were doing and were attempting to do, but I will also tell you that since March 2011 congressional holds have been placed for many months for aid to Libya. We’ve had frequent congressional complaints. Why are we doing anything for Libya? It is a wealthy country. It has oil. Disagreement from some sources that we should have never been part of any UN mission in Libya. Currently, the House has holds on bilateral security assistance, on other kinds of support, for anti-terrorism assistance. So we gotta get our act together between the administration and the congress.”
This is the hearing that Republicans have been waiting for, and so far Sec. Clinton has absolutely eaten them alive. They have failed in their goal of pinning the failure of leadership badge on her in order to damage any potential 2016 presidential candidacy, and they have failed to turn this into the broader White House scandal that they so desperately crave.
As a former senator, Sec. Clinton understands the egos and grandstanding associated with these types of hearings. At times she looked flat out bored while Republicans droned on and on with their Fox News talking points and hints of conspiracies.
Sec. Clinton took responsibility for what happened, but also was very moving as she shed tears while talking about standing beside President Obama and watching flag draped caskets being carried off the plane. In a roomful of raging Senate egos, Hillary Clinton ran the show. The GOP’s past (McCain) and their future (Rubio) were no match for Clinton.
Mrs. Clinton looked like a president at this hearing. She was head and shoulders above her questioners. The scary thought for the Republican Party is that she did this to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. They’re supposed to be the smart Republicans. Things could get even uglier for GOP when she testifies before the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
http://www.politicususa.com/hillary-clinton-eats-republican-party-lunch-benghazi-hearing.html
Hillary spoke to the republican's as they should be talked everyday, with as little respect as possible, until they begin to act and think as full adults adults that are able show they have some intelligence.
DeleteSen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) on Wednesday said Hillary Clinton's testimony on the Benghazi, Libya attack amounted to "theatrics" intended to dodge Johnson's line of questioning.
ReplyDelete“I wasn’t trying to get under her skin, I was just trying to get a relatively simple question answered, which she didn’t really want to answer," Johnson said on Wisconsin's WTMJ radio, according to Politico.
“I’m not trying to be obnoxious here, I’m just trying to get the answers I believe the American people deserve to hear," he added. "It’s been four months."
A visibly riled Clinton shot back at Johnson during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, after he questioned why State Department officials didn’t retrieve information from evacuated U.S. diplomatic staff on the eve of the attack.
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/ron-johnson-responds-to-hillary-clintons-theatrics
I watched that segment. She answered his questions politely, reasonably, and patiently until approximately his third interruption to say essentially "Yes fine but what I'm asking is can't you just admit that this was a massive conspiracy and cover up? Because that's all I'm interested in."
It was at that point that she decided to kick his ass, not before.
I think it's a good strategy though, GOP, just keep it up. You can torpedo whatever remaining votes from women you still might get at this point and confirm that you're all a bunch of crazy conspiracy theorists, all at the same time.
Hillary tearing Ron Johnson a new asshole on live TV was pretty awesome theatrics. It's been nauseating watching Johnson and the rest of his Republican friends grandstand today. Secretary Clinton handled all their obnoxious posturing with grace and diplomacy.
I suspect that, after her kick-ass, take-no-prisoners testimony today, there were some wet panties among the prospective GOP candidates for 2016, contemplating the possibility of facing her in the next Presidential debates.
ReplyDeleteGive 'em hell, Hillary!
"What difference at this point does it make?"
ReplyDeleteThat woman's on FIRE!
The ebb and flow between high praise and monkey poo slinging is the perfect backdrop for Hillary's "Day Care" exercise. What a bunch of toddlers!
Proceed, Senator...
Even the Repubs on O'reilly's show (got stuck watching it at the gym) admitted Hillary wiped the floor with the ReTHUG questioners. Of course, tey blamed HIllary for being prepared and for the RETHUGS not doing their homework. BOR is a bore.
ReplyDeleteRon "T-bag" Johnson needs to be voted out of office. It is clear he spent more time going over Fox transcripts than reading the information presented to him by the St
ReplyDeleteate Department. Surely Wisconsin needs a dog catcher, somewhere.