Lindsay Graham grills Penetta, General Dempsey on Benghazi (and Obama)

[Monkeyleg]

I've never been a fan of Lindsay Graham, but his grilling of Leon Panetta and General Dempsey on Benghazi was really good. I wish he would have taken it just a bit further to put Obama into hotter water.

Video is here.

[lupinus]

I've actually been pleased with Graham lately.

He's either found some sense or seen the writing on the wall. I'm cool with either.

[longeyes]

Brave gestures but given the gravity of the actual situation it will require much more than that.  Let's see how far he's really willing to go in an administration of naked emperors.

[slingshot]

The real problem is that the Administration consciously prepared alternate rationales for what happened in Benghazi because they may have lost the election if the truth was known.  They should have lost.  For this reason, the president should probably be impeached for this along with his other abuses of power.  Penetta said he only spoke to the President once by phone that evening.  The President was disengaged and focused on his re-election.  Everyone seemed to be waiting for "orders" and they didn't happen.  In essence, the President didn't care about anything other than himself.  All this talk by the President about caring for the military is pure BS.

[Fitz]

Oh come on... at this point, what does it matter? 

[slingshot]

That is pretty much what Hillary said....  waits until it really doesn't matter.  This is unforgiveable.

[Fitz]

That is pretty much what Hillary said....  waits until it really doesn't matter.  This is unforgiveable.

I know... that's why i posted it. Should have put in the sarcasm smiley ;-)

[slingshot]

Isn't there any responsibility for actions taken any more?  It is always somebody else's fault.  Then they start the old.. we need to learn from this and take steps that it doesn't happen again.  The American people are so duped by many of our politicans that I find it hard to contain myself.

[Waitone]

Get back to me with praise of Graham when he does the same kind of work on Napolitano of DHS on border security.  Better yet, wait until Graham goes after Schumer on gun control.  Won't happen until he has to stand for re-election and then it will last until convenient to revert to form.  He should be arrested for flagrant waste of skin.

[Monkeyleg]

Even if Obama was pressed on this, he'd blame it on Bush.

He let four Americans die, and out and out lied to the American people about this. For three weeks he had his people lie to the media about the video, and lied himself about it.

This is much more serious than Watergate. Obama has used the State Department, the DoD and the CIA to cover for a monumental screw-up that resulted in the deaths of our ambassador and staff. That's huge.

There is absolutely nothing bad Obama can do that will be covered by the press, or investigated by congress or law enforcement.

[Waitone]

Romney had the opportunity to make it front and center in the election during the third debate IIRC and failed to do so. 

[longeyes]

It is about more than letting four Americans die, bad as that is. It is about our entire policy in the Middle East and North Africa.  Obama has destabilized the entire region and pushed it in the direction of the great caliphate. I do not believe this is accidental.

[Ron]

Lindsay Graham is part of the problem not part of the solution.

With him it seems for every tease there is a betrayal.

[slingshot]

Romney had the opportunity to make it front and center in the election during the third debate IIRC and failed to do so. 

Yes he did.  But if you remember the "debate" was about whether or not it was a terriorist act not if they were covering it up.  I think Romney knew that 60 minutes had it on tape that Obama said it was a terriorist act and chose not to push the issue.

[Fitz]

Don't blame Romney's terrible campaigning and soft handedness for his loss

Everyone knows the blame falls to people who voted for the candidates they actually liked

[grampster]

The most monumental betrayal of the American people lies in the lap of the MSM.  Government at any level cannot survive the scrutiny of a Free Press that is willing and able to do its job.

If Americans, en masse, cancelled all subscriptions and turned off the radio and TV for a week, I think the media might get the message.

[RoadKingLarry]

If we did that we might miss out on something worthless and unimportant some braindead pseudo-celebrity on one of those inane scripted reality shows we just have to watch. 

[Blakenzy]

The most monumental betrayal of the American people lies in the lap of the MSM.  Government at any level cannot survive the scrutiny of a Free Press that is willing and able to do its job.

If Americans, en masse, cancelled all subscriptions and turned off the radio and TV for a week, I think the media might get the message.

YES.

[Chester32141]

Would someone be so kind as to remind me what the time was in Washington for the start and finish of the attack ?

I'm under the impression it was from approximately 2pm est to 9pm est ... yet I read many people talking about it like it happened after dark Washington time ... which is it ?

Conservatives do not stand a chance, until the media can be reined in ...

[Monkeyleg]

IIRC, Panetta said that Obama was told around 5 pm.

[longeyes]

The MSN cannot be reined in.  They can be openly named and derided and discredited.  As many times as it takes.  With all the resources necessaty.  Apply same to academia and entertainment.  Play serious hard ball.

[RocketMan]

Conservatives do not stand a chance, until the media can be reined in ...

Conservatives do not stand a chance until the Republican leadership grows a pair.