I guess we have to ask ourselves
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GordonGecko
President
Or we could ask ourselves...
Why is it the Right is so adamant about pushing a "scandal"...that MITT ROMNEY and CONDI RICE don't think should be pushed as a "scandal"?
Except for political purposes, I mean?
Why is it the Right is so adamant about pushing a "scandal"...that MITT ROMNEY and CONDI RICE don't think should be pushed as a "scandal"?
Except for political purposes, I mean?
Arkady
President
Things must sound very different within the echo chamber. Out here in the real world, the conservative obsession with Benghazi just seems bizarre. I mean, attacks on our embassies and consulates have been happening on a regular basis for decades. They've actually been significant LESS frequent on Obama's watch than normal. This particular attack was pretty minor -- the kind of death toll you could get from an ambassador getting in a car accident on the way to the airport. And yet it's going on two months since it happened, and those within the echo chamber are still treating it as the biggest issue in the land. It's very weird.
gabriel
Governor
lol! i love how all those who demanded the removal of the tyrant saddam are so angry about the removal of the tyrant gaddafi
Arkady
President
Romney and Rice, I think, realize that centrists will be turned off by this obviously political attempt to create a scandal out of nothing but a minor national tragedy. So, Romney wants the obsession confined to the right-wing echo chamber. He's probably happy to have his proxies keeping the "scandal" stoked on Fox News, conservative radio, right-wing websites, and other habitual hangouts of the preternaturally stupid, where it will possibly gin up enough manufactured outrage to goose turnout a bit. But he doesn't want to deal with it personally, in forums where it'll be held against him.
