Look, Americans know the Obama Administration lied about
what happened in Benghazi. We are all fully aware that the video didn’t cause a
spontaneous protest. We all know Hillary
knew that was a false narrative from the start yet repeated it even to the
grieving families of those killed.
There’s no reason to think there’s anything else there. That
should have been enough.
Rather than accept an open and shut case of lies, deception
and cover-ups so obvious to everyone, Republicans have once again managed to
screw this up. Their endless hearings and stupid gaffes have convinced the
public they are only focused on hurting Hillary’s Presidential aspirations.
Which is what Democrats have been saying from the
get-go.
The 11-hour trial by ordeal hearing yesterday produced
nothing new. Hillary looked composed and ready. Republicans looked obnoxious.
Republican after Republican on the panel tried to get that next-campaign
soundbite for themselves and only succeeded in appearing nasty. They didn’t come off as investigators as much
as inquisitors, inserting snide comments and invectives before even posing their
question. Meanwhile, Hillary didn’t
bite.
Goebbels made a point one time that if you repeat a lie
often enough it starts to gain traction. However in our age of short attention
spans, the reverse can also be true: if you restate the same information over
and over – no matter how true – it can lose impact. People will simply start tuning it out as
something they’ve already heard before. Call
it the point of diminishing astonishment or whatever but that’s one reason most
people have moved on from Benghazi.
The whole Benghazi thing is starting to take on the feel of
the Web Hubbell / Whitewater / Rose Law Firm investigations. Of course, people actually died in Benghazi
while no one – except perhaps Vince Foster – died in any of those. But the public got investigation fatigue on
those, plus it was too complicated for most to follow.
I think what happened in Benghazi was tragic. I think the cover-ups are unforgiveable and
belie a tendency by the Obama Administration to simply bury inconvenient facts
hoping whatever will eventually blow over.
Obama and his minions know the media will help them spin things to that
end, and they rely on the public to tire quickly. All of that speaks to a dangerous Nixonian scenario
where lying to the public becomes accepted policy.
There’s no doubt Hillary knows exactly what happened. But right now she has plausible deniability,
to continue the Nixon metaphor. The
bigger issue is that she lied so effortlessly – and shamelessly – to the
families of those killed in Benghazi. That’s a serious character flaw.
Then again, she’s never been known to have integrity,
whether she was getting a rapist off the hook in her Rose days, trashing the
women Bill had sex with or even those he allegedly assaulted. That’s just Hillary; no one is surprised she
lied about Benghazi.
Benghazi won’t hurt Hillary because the public already knows
she’s a liar and the Republicans haven’t been able to lay a glove on her. If
anything, I agree with Democrats that the Benghazi investigations – and especially
that fiasco yesterday – actually helped Hillary. If Benghazi comes up again she'll just shake her
head and say that she’s testified time and again and there’s nothing more to
say that hasn’t been said already and completely investigated. Next …
We can thank bone-headed Republicans for giving Hillary and
Obama a free pass on Benghazi; they won’t
have to deal with it again anytime soon.
I’m still hoping the FBI comes through for us.
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