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New Benghazi E-mail Akin to Discovery of Nixon Watergate Tapes
Posted on 5/2/14 at 11:27 am
Posted on 5/2/14 at 11:27 am
So says Charles Krauthammer.
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The discovery, over a year after the September 11, 2012 terror attack in Benghazi, of an e-mail from a White House political operative that shows him suggesting that former United Nations ambassador Susan Rice underscore that the attack was a reaction to an Internet video is, according to Charles Krauthammer, like the discovery of the Nixon tapes that blew open the Watergate scandal in 1973.
“It’s to me the equivalent of what was discovered with the Nixon tapes,” Krauthammer said Thursday. “The point is that Republicans have done a terrible job in building the case. Even today I have to say, the questioning was disjointed, it was not organized. If they had appointed a special committee [a] long time ago the way it was done in Watergate, you would have had answers on this and the country wouldn't be tired.”
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Posted on 5/2/14 at 11:29 am to L.A.
Uh, no 
Posted on 5/2/14 at 11:30 am to Decatur
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Uh, no
well there you have it folks. Another example of the liberal brilliance at work. A reply filled with links, references, and logical thought out organized points of rebuttal.
You just cant see it because like obama's recovery...it's "transparent".
Posted on 5/2/14 at 11:31 am to L.A.
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“The point is that Republicans have done a terrible job in building the case. Even today I have to say, the questioning was disjointed, it was not organized. If they had appointed a special committee [a] long time ago the way it was done in Watergate, you would have had answers on this and the country wouldn't be tired.”
Agree with this statement 100%... But to tie it to that of Watergate is
I said it yesterday and I'll say it again. The coverup is worse than the actual action in this instance.
Posted on 5/2/14 at 11:32 am to L.A.
:inb4whatdoesitmatter:
Seriously, the email discovery might be akin to the Nixon Watergate tapes but the big difference is Nixon was Republican so expect a meh reaction from the media on Benghazi.
Now if the tables were turned and Obama was GOP, DC would be a shitstorm of media "doing their job".
Seriously, the email discovery might be akin to the Nixon Watergate tapes but the big difference is Nixon was Republican so expect a meh reaction from the media on Benghazi.
Now if the tables were turned and Obama was GOP, DC would be a shitstorm of media "doing their job".
Posted on 5/2/14 at 11:32 am to L.A.
Posted on 5/2/14 at 11:34 am to Lsut81
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The coverup is worse than the actual action in this instance.
the coverup is what doomed nixon. And this isn't near the level of watergate.
Posted on 5/2/14 at 11:35 am to Lsut81
quote:Agreed. Same with Watergate.
The coverup is worse than the actual action in this instance.
Posted on 5/2/14 at 11:35 am to Hawkeye95
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And this isn't near the level of watergate.
so like 8 or 12 people died in Watergate, not just 4?
Posted on 5/2/14 at 11:36 am to CptBengal
Posted on 5/2/14 at 11:37 am to CptBengal
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so like 8 or 12 people died in Watergate, not just 4?
the substance of the allegation is about politics playing a role in what rice said on tv, and the election, not what actually took place on sept 11. I mean, some critique of the response but everything I have seen has been about Rice's statement. After those people were dead.
Posted on 5/2/14 at 11:38 am to L.A.
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Agreed. Same with Watergate.
But watergate was a crime... This was just a complete frick up on the State Depts account in how they handled a combat situation.
They lied to cover their arse instead of admitting they dropped the ball.
Posted on 5/2/14 at 11:38 am to Hawkeye95
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And this isn't near the level of watergate.
Trick question: Which POTUS was attempting to influence the outcome of a national election. Which POTUS lied to us on TV?
Posted on 5/2/14 at 11:40 am to son of arlo
Half of them?
Posted on 5/2/14 at 11:42 am to L.A.
Dude, that was like two years ago.
Posted on 5/2/14 at 11:43 am to son of arlo
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Which POTUS lied to us on TV?
all of them... but I know what you mean.
Posted on 5/2/14 at 11:43 am to GumboPot
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Seriously, the email discovery might be akin to the Nixon Watergate tapes but the big difference is Nixon was Republican
i don't really comment on Benghazi stuff, but it doesn't even appear on the Wiki entry for list of federal scandals
while Bush has this listed
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Claude Allen Appointed as an advisor by President George W. Bush (R) on Domestic Policy, Allen was arrested for a series of felony thefts in retail stores. He was convicted on one count and resigned soon after.
Posted on 5/2/14 at 11:47 am to Hawkeye95
You ask ten different Republicans what the scandal in the Benghazi Scandal is and you're likely to get ten different answers.
Nixon attempted to cover up his own involvement in crimes. There was nothing criminal in anything Obama, Rice, or Clinton did or said regarding Benghazi. Krauthammer is a joke.
Hell, Rice didn't even definitely blame the video. She said it was the best assessment and that the FBI would give us a more definitive answer following an investigation. That's SCANDALOUS?
Nixon attempted to cover up his own involvement in crimes. There was nothing criminal in anything Obama, Rice, or Clinton did or said regarding Benghazi. Krauthammer is a joke.
Hell, Rice didn't even definitely blame the video. She said it was the best assessment and that the FBI would give us a more definitive answer following an investigation. That's SCANDALOUS?
This post was edited on 5/2/14 at 11:48 am
Posted on 5/2/14 at 11:47 am to son of arlo
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Trick question: Which POTUS was attempting to influence the outcome of a national election. Which POTUS lied to us on TV?
Both of them.
And the bush campaign did some pretty rotten things in 2004 too.
Its fricking politics. I am not saying what they did wasn't wrong, just that I think this isn't the same level of watergate. Watergate directly connected Nixon to the crime and the coverup. This email doesn't do this, just connects aids to the issue.
its wishful thinking on the part of the republicans around here.
Posted on 5/2/14 at 11:48 am to L.A.
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@EuromaidanPR
Obama: What we see in Eastern Ukraine is no spontaneous uprising. Normal people don't shoot down helicopters. | EMPR News #USA #Germany
Obama said this in his press conference with Merkel. Can anyone find any irony in this statement?
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