She takes responsibility the way Janet Reno took responsibility for Waco.

What she´s saying is, I take responsibility. Let´s move on. I want to be president next.

Republicans have not held Obama accountable - for anything. Why should they scapegoat Hillary at this point in the charade?

The "president" appoints Van Jones, a communist (!!!) - no accountability
The "president" helps cover-up Fast & Furious - no accountability
The "president" grinds the economy to a halt - no accountability
The "president" slanders Mitt Romney - no accountability
The "president" schemes with the Russians to weaken US defense - no accountability
The "president" spews pro-socialist (= anti-USA) collectivist propaganda like "you didn´t build that" - no accountability
The "president" slanders the Tea Party, Sarah Palin, and Christian gun owners - no accountability
The "president" colludes in the corruption of the nation´s no-longer free press - no accountability
The "president" shreds his oath of office by declaring "the future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam" - no accountability

Meanwhile, Republicans desperately defend Democrat-Socialist Big Government schemes like Medicare and Social Security.

Why in the world should accountability start now?

i dont find medicare and soc sec a SCHEME.....i have paid into soc sec all of my working life.....

Sorry to bust your bubble, beca. Many people pay into many things only to find that they were schemes.

For all 7 hours, a woman sat to the right of Hillary and just a little back. She in Under Secretary Maria Otero who is responsible for security, counter-terrorism, and LGBT rights. She is responsible for the country assessments for counter=terrorism which came out in May 2012. She is also the State Dept point person for LGBT rights. Guess what was the priority in 2012. Maybe Senator Kerry could consider some different priorities.

What an odd combination of responsibilities, 5.

Great theatrics permitted by the morons we elect.

Reset!

Those hearing were a joke. The Republicans pandered and caved . . . I didn´t even have to stick my finger down my throat to puke. Disgusting gaggle of dolts.

In re #3, it is a scheme in that you have no ownership rights. If you die at age 60, and leave no spouse or minor dependants, all of that money goes away. As originally created the expected life expectancy was 66 years so the Social Security retirement age as set at 65. So, if you deferred 2.5% of your income for 45 years and your employer matched that deferment, you would have 2.25 years of income with an expected remaining life of one year. I´d call that a scheme.

And the Rinos are spouting that Obama wants to obliterate the Republican party? At this point those bunch of pansies deserve to be obliterated. You get what you vote for folks. We are sooo screwed. Witnessing this parade of butt kissing was breathtaking.

the dems do not care 4 Americans were killed. They haveto protect themselves.

Clinton played the Senators like a fiddle. Her shouting scene, “What difference does it does it make?” was a carefully rehearsed and perfectly executed feint meant to set up the next, and critical line; “Look there a four Americans dead here.”

What she did there is usurp the charge they wanted to bring against her. She took ownership of that line, flinging it at them before they could do so at her. It was a beautifully played finesse, no doubt planned and practiced, and executed with perfect timing.

It is fascinating to see the role of scoundrel played to perfection (and, of course, the role of the scoundrel’s befuddled foils done so well at the same time.)

I watched the entire thing as well, hoping that it would get better when the House got their chance. But, never happened. By the time they said their gratitudes for her service and stated the obvious each and every time, the questions were grouped together and no time for answers. Although I did hear one person say if they had allowed her to answer she would have spent the whole 5 min spewing nonsense anyway. But with all the lawyers and brains up there, you´d think someone would have developed a way to question witnesses so they cant avoid answering! I bet Trey Gowdy would have got some answers.

The rotten corpse of accountability has been stinking up the nation´s capitol since the Dem´s feted BJC after his impeachment. Yesterday the corpse was buried and we will never again have to consider accountability.
Ramona (the Pest)

Hillary was well trained for the show. That´s what she was doing during her delay in showing up. "What difference does it make" then she says we have to investigate to make sure it doesn´t happen again? If it doesn´t make any difference, why investigate?

The first question should be: Why were these people in Benghazi on 9-11?

No surprise there. Didn´t expect anything more.

The demoscum are trying to destroy the repub party?...How about the repubs have a death wish and are trying to destroy the repub party?....NOTHING has changed. At least the demos are united in their treachery; as the repubs form the circular firing squad. ´At some point we have to acknowledge that the repubs are just a bunch of weak kneed wankers that have to be replaced. At some point we have to acknowledge them to be in the FUBAR condition and replace them - they are useless. ´Swap them out for the NRA - at lest they fight back


´Just sick to death of this kabuki dance....

And the order to “Stand Down!” was issued by _______?

What exactly did one expect from an all out professional progressive, Saul Alinsky loving lawyer, that lies effortlessly and with MSM impunity?

notably, Rubio looked feckless and Rand Paul appeared to be a leader. If Republicans are not willing to hold the powers that be accountable for Benghazi, why have a Republican party?

American politics is a contest between the stupid party and the evil party.

Why in the heck do we pay the salaries of these pathetic public servants? They have to be the worst bunch of media whores (pardon my language) to come down the pike in a very long time. I started watching the proceedings but was fuming within five minutes. It was obvious this hearing was a dog and pony show. We learned nothing other than our elected officials are not interested in accountability. They failed in their responsibility to those families to find out what happened in Benghazi and who was to blame. It was a pathetic self-serving spectacle. Those four Americans deserved better.

It´s time to accept that the Republicans have taken an "everybody for himself" attitude. Their goal is now just to save themselves and to hell with the country. There´s not a one of them that is willing to sacrifice their job to sound the alarm. ( yet they expect a soldier to give his/ her life).

A corrupt people will demand a corrupt government.

It´s going to get a lot worse. We may also have to just think of ourselves and our family. And to hell with this government. If there ever was an example as to why to withdraw support from the Republican Party, these hearings were it. Lack of preparation, lack of nerve, and complete disregard for the job they were elected to do was in plain view.

In case you haven´t noticed- Accountability has been dead in this country for decades. ie, 55 million dead babies, 16.5 Trillion dollar debt, etc, etc. "Many anti-Christs have gone out into the world" and there all in Washington.

Agree that all of the Senators (R) completely let Hildebeast off the hook. Worse, they gave her a stage to act out all the scenes she´s been rehearsing the last few months while she was in hiding.

One Senator (R) actually held his own and that was Rand Paul. You can see the separation he is working to get from Marco Rubio. My guess is that there will be four main contenders in 2016 (if we all survive that long): Biden/Hillary, Rubio/Paul.

Paul laid the groundwork for Hillary to be taken out. While they let her slide, there were too many sound bites that can be used in campaign ads. "Q: Four Americans just died...what do you have to say Sec Clinton? A: What difference does it make?"

Paul also has shown us that he will take Hillary on toe to toe. Rubio was more of that "let´s be polite and civil" pablum a la McCain in 2008 and Romney/Ryan in 2012.

We need a hard charging conservative. Go Paul!

If any attendees of the hearing had been told they were going to a roast for Clinton, they would have emerged at the end of the debacle and stated they were misled and it was a big joke. What a sickening display of fawning, back slapping and petting. There seems to be a sick "you can do no wrong" code of honor within the beltway. Hey, you got some Americans killed! high fives and "don´t worry about it".

When Hildebeast said her Springer-esque statement about, "What difference does it make?", it would have been nice if someone had said, "The differnence it makes is you and your cronies tried to obscure the motives of the killers. Why did YOU want us to believe it was a local protest when it was obviously Al Qaeda operatives?!". Did anyone mention/ask her about gun-running?

Her flying off the handle and waving her hands indicate the probable behaviour before all those people were killed during the Clinton reign/co-presidency. Bill how could you have married a hag like that?! No wonder you had so many affairs. The troopers at the Arkansas Governor´s mansion/Forbes reported that once during one of her tirades she screamed to Bill she, "needed to be touched more than once a year". ha ha ha ha ha ha.

She claimed she never saw any real time videos until two weeks later !!!

Not possible.

Exactly #27 - what does it matter how they died except you and your boss made every effort to say they died because of this reason as opposed to that reason.

And her statements in that pseudo southern midwest drawl of "I believe in transparency.." made my skin crawl.

I really think Hillary was auditioning for 2016; the woman alone before all these men being grilled and the feigned touch of emotion at describing puttiing her arms around the family memebers. And all the tv and radio talking heads complimenting her on her performance.

With "leadership" like this, I say let all the women out there serve in front line combat units - just look at Hillary...

Anyone still mystified by the behavior of any and all in Washington - including ´our´ side - should take the time to drive a full loop around the DC Beltway.

Behold the New Rome. Yes, there are nominally private companies inside those gleaming, gilded edifices but they and their government paymasters are all in the business of taking your cash at the point of a sword and lavishing it on their cronies and, in turn, themselves.

It´s one thing to debate gun control, terrorism, or immigration on teevee but any thoughts of rocking the boat are quickly suppressed by the prospect of a luxurious existence provided by 300 million people you´ve never met and don´t care to.

She basically said: What difference does it make what happened, we have to find out what happened. Wha?? At least she washed her hair, (I think).

A preview of "All Is Lost In DC". Commie democrats, half dead vacant headed RINO republicans. The last performance of a sick, dying, once great circus. Communism is here, all laying out in obedience. Not one loud persistent voice in the lot. Marco Rubio, a traitorous zero, as if he´d been coached by the censoring TV actor Diane Sawyer. Marco fails the same day Mickelson apologises for speaking like a normal citizen, trying to avoid taxation tyranny. Where is the outspoken Breitbart today? Not a one in greed addicted Washington or out corrupted TV. Oddly enough, there isn´t even one spokesperson AT Breitbart, on their entire staff, that is willing to speak out and at least echo Andrew´s voice.
Starting with Bilary´s disgraceful pack of lies, it looks like they are all afraid of sudden, premature death. Is that ridiculous?

Rand Paul 2016. Rand Paul Rocks! ( special post for LIVs)

Accountability will have died if we out here throw in the proverbial towel.

We do have a formidable foe, a conglomeration of ruthless left-wing politicians and brown-noser media & entertainment toadies, who frame the arguments. This is compounded by the "opposition Party" which thinks everything is as it has always been.

These are the ones who have so diligently kept the public ignorant, fat and happy. Bread and Circuses for the 21st century.

#12, you are right. But this display of anger was counterpoint to her over-the-top emotional outburst as she recounted the tarmac event.

Looked at together, with the intervening cold and perfunctory responses, she really appeared psychotic.

Is she on meds? Was the so-called "blood clot" actually a computer chip which slipped from the cerebral cortex where aliens had inserted it when she was a student at Wellesley?

I mean, almost collapsing in a heap of blubbering tears and then pounding the table and flailing her arms about, gesticulating wildly.

Obviously something amiss... too much booze? too few prozacs? cutting back too quickly on the oxys?

Rant and rave all you want. It will not change a thing. Vote all the times you want. It will not change a thing. Politicians are in it for themselves, not for us peons. Get use to it and move on. Just because they ban guns doesn´t mean you cannot have guns. Just because abortion is legal doesn´t mean you have to have an abortion. Just because there is gay marriage does not mean you have to marry a gay. On and on and on. If all you are going to do is complain and vote for whoever they tell you too, life will suck for you (politically speaking). Simply take care of yourself and your family and do not rely on the Government for anything. Don´t like high taxes? Start your own business and easily hide most income. There are ways to live happily, even in this environment, but you have to take action, not just talk and vote.

Hillary certainly had plenty of time to rehearse her performance. In fact, I´ll bet she even bought those hideous glasses just for this occasion.

And dittos to #35.

Superb comments, folks. Four more years of this...

And it will get worse!

Have you picked your "flee to" country yet? Or are you nobly going to go down with this stinking garbage scow the USA has become?

There is another option: pick a freedom or liberty you will not let them take from you. Make your stand there, to die or be jailed. "When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.” --- Thomas Jefferson

The Republican Party is now DEAD.There is no need any longer to make noises about being a conservative thinking and acting individual.The noises will always remain but the actions are a thing of the past.The Preservation of Antiques should now make room for every individual in both houses tht call themselves Republican. Move on fellow conservatives. If you want a new vision of what it means to be a conservative gather together and start an new group under a different name.

Through the looking glass.

The U.S. Government is FUBAR, there´s no other way to put it. This is not a fixable problem, it needs to be rebuilt from the ground up. Accountability, honesty, integrity, courage - all gone.

The bootlicking by OUR side was most nauseating. Hillary Clinton, and her weird daughter, are treated like royalty by not only the Democrats. Accountability died awhile ago, not just yesterday. A CEO messes up and this same crowd of egotistical bureaucrats scream for their resignation AND work for the destruction of their lives. These clowns either break laws themselves or stand silent while the other party does - millions get hurt and nothing is done. The biggest disgrace? HOW can the survivors of Benghazi AND the widows stay silent (cover for) Clinton? What sort of person does that when your loved one died because of these people???

Like this was not expected? Come on there isn´t a Republician even near the Senate. The only thing I expected from yesterdays show is the hear 100% lies. The only way to kow what happened is to reverse the lies. Every time Hillary says "no" it means "yes", up is down etc.

Scolds can´t be elected. That´s the only good coming out of this mess.

During his inaugural address, Obama reiterated his intent to bully congressional Republicans into submitting to his socialist agenda. Yesterday’s hearings was a golden opportunity to demonstrate to Obama – through his surrogate, Hillary – that they will not be intimidated, and that they stand for the conservative principles (like accountability, honesty, a deep regard for human life, etc.) held by most Americans.

Instead, they groveled – on camera – before this lying, slimeball, partisan, al Qaeda-loving hag whose assistant, Huma, has strong ties to the Muslim Brotherhood and whose abject failure as Secretary of State led to the brutal murder of America’s Ambassador to Libya and 3 other Americans. Except for Rand Paul, who showed that he actually has a pair – the Republicans that participated in this pitiful charade evoked images of submissive, spineless wimps licking the stilettos of their repulsive dominatrix, Hillary Clinton, while repeating, mantra-like, “More humiliation please, mistress!” They are so afraid of what the liberal media might say about them that they are unwilling to do the job they were elected to do.

If that’s what the Republican Party has become, then they’ve lost this life-long Republican – forever. Ronald Reagan would be disgusted by lot of them.

This is nothing more than a perfectly orchestrated play, that even makes Hollywood look like amatures. Every last Rep., Sen., VP, Pres and MSM backing them are dirty rotten liars and need to be tried for treason of the highest degree.

They´re Republicans - what did you expect? Tough talk in the primaries; then wimp out when it counts.

Well what a waste of time watching the girations and self aclaim by this liar Hillary Clinton.´What´s the difference ´. Not one question asked about Obama perhaps where was he ,getting ready for a photo opt and vote getter at Las Vegas. The american people still did not get the answer why Obama,Panetta Hillary et al insisted that the attack on the Benghazi Compound was due to an antimuslim video. This scenerio was pushed on the public to bolster up a world wide announcement by Obama that El Quada was dead. In fact the US ambassador to UN parroted on several networks that indeed the spontaneous uprising was due to the video .About the interrogation what a farce , circus waste of time. Each Democrat who questioned Clinton spoke of platitudes affection what a great Secretary . Also each Republican questioning started with the niceties. Read on , Not one questioner got down to the nitties. Who issued the directive that it was fault of the movie. Who made the directive not to assist the occupant in the Conulate fighting for 5 Hours for their lives. Panetta spoke a few days later that they had no force equipped nearby that could assist. What hogwash . A fighter jet was 15 to 25 minutes away from Sicily. A troop carrier at the most an hour. No question asked the injured and others who were in the consulate . WHY THE GAG ! Boehner if he is to remain Speaker should have got all the Republican questioners and thrashed out the questions cut out the niceties. 4 heroes are dead as a consequence of incompetance starting with the occupant in the WH.

The ´60s/´70s lefty/lib radicalized dem pols & their puppet press have connived to blurr recognition of right from wrong. The dems´ world is apparently entirely GRAY now, ...bless their pitiful hearts. mmm mmm mmm

´´Don´t be afraid to see what you see.´´ Ronald Reagan

We do see and are appalled by the lack of integrity inside the beltway. The theatrical Oz curtain was pulled back yesterday & today in these show-biz shams called, ´Congressional Hearings,´ revealing apparently scripted corruption.

Hillary´s response in the middle of all her hysterics was "read the ARB report". Not just the public version, but the classified report.

One has to wonder exactly what is in the classified version, possibly everything that has been speculated on here about the true mission of the Bengahzi outpost and it´s CIA detachment.

The fact that these topics weren´t discussed in the public version of the ARB report, nor brought up by anyone at the hearing, strongly suggests there´s lots of deep background that will never see the light of day.

If you ask me, I think Republicans are too afraid of the eventual media backlash should they appear to really nail this lying weasel serving as SoS, on her lies.

While shrieking about being responsible, that´s the last thing the PIAPS wants to be held for.

H Clinton´s testimony clearly shows arrested moral development. She will likely get away with a huge failure...all in plain view. This is not "just politics." This is an instance of social degradation.

It´s hard to guess when accountability died......it is just that we are now able to uncover the lies and deceits with phone cameras and instant communication. I remember being puzzled and disappointed when the GOP had the opportunity to smack down some crook and didn´t. Now I realize they have a mutual agreement to cover for each other....they are all corrupt and no one wants to risk losing his place at the cash cow(us) teat. And now I understand why BOTH parties went on the attack of Palin or anyone who sided with tea party values. Can´t have any of that! There really has to be a complete turning out of the criminal government we have. I´m too old to fight, but I can help fund a real patriot.

I could care less anymore. What does it matter. Could care less! Dead bodies everywhere....who cares.

What difference does it make? The lack of accountability goes back at least as far as the murder of Vince Foster, doesn´t it Hilary? Huh? Oh, as far as schemes, I have a neighbor who paid into Medicare for one year before retiring and has been getting it for the last forty years for free. Social Security came up with SSDI, a totally unfunded gimmick which has done its part to destroy the system. And there are hundreds of thousands of old people who have gotten much more out of the system than they ever put into it. FDR was a jerk.

No 54 - how do we know if someone is a patriot when you vote for them as it seems that they talk like a conservative, country loving person until they get into congress or the senate and then, whamo, they go Washington on us. I don´t think there is anything we can do. I think the Republicans who failed to vote in the last election (about 3 million, I hear) have given our country away and there is nothing we can do. I think it is gone, forever......

Ditto every point made by Bryan Preston in this piece. Especially, Disappointingly, Sen. Marco Rubio asked no tough questions and he wasted the few minutes that he had to question the secretary. If he intends to be a leader, he missed a major opportunity today. He failed to lead. This is not a good sign from the popular Tea-flavored Floridian. It’s worth asking why he chose to further the Benghazi cover-up today.


I agree, #12. She also deftly employed that tactic perfected by her husband Bill, and "courageously accepted responsibility, as Secretary of State", while rejecting any and all personal blame for those deaths, and anything to do with Benghazi.

Those who did manage to remind people that this was a hearing to find answers about the horrific actions that happened on her watch, rather than a laudatory public farewell gathering and send off to her next personal political adventure, were cast as mean-spirited attackers.

Barbara Boxer is "infuriated" at Rand Paul for "attacking" Hillary.

All the time this "questioning" was going on I was thinking how I would love to have her sitting before a select panel of Ldotters. It might have been fun to see her try to wriggle out of those questions.

Hillary bungled the "Lance Armstrong choke-up".

Hillary claimed other scenario to a mob protest was "Some guys out on a walk looking for somebody to kill!"

NO, The complaint scenario was jihadists scoping out the consulate for weeks and American ambassidors requesting protection!

A lot of us here said this would happen. Sometimes it s***s to be right.

What a joke the hearing was. Nobody even asked Hill who gave the stand-down order. Incredible.