The agony of Susan Rice
As it happens, the mouthpiece defense probably has a lot to it. Rice was aiming to please the White House in a high-profile audition. If she’s nominated, Republicans shouldn’t let the ritualistic cries of racism scare them off of holding her accountable. On the other hand, they shouldn’t get distracted from more important questions involving the president himself.
Was he apprised of prior attacks on the consulate, and what did he do with that information? When did he get the accurate account of the attack from the intelligence agencies? What did he do when he learned of the hours-long attack, and what orders did he give to help the besieged Americans?
We know in great detail the president’s involvement in the Osama bin Laden raid. But Benghazi has been a closed book. If the White House had a good story to tell, presumably the New York Times already would have reported the details in a 5,000-word front-page article built on leaks by anonymous administration officials.
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Always blaming whitey and men for every time she screws up or gets caught in a massive lie must be painful indeed.
viking01 on November 22, 2012 at 6:04 PM
Screw her.
Blake on November 22, 2012 at 6:07 PM
Rice is tired with the pubs going on and on about that Ben Ghazi dude. She wasn’t embedded with him, ok? Now please stop.
tommy71 on November 22, 2012 at 6:08 PM
Can we please reconsider Affirmative Action after this whole ordeal?
Punchenko on November 22, 2012 at 6:21 PM
Not even with borrowed equipment.
Joe Mama on November 22, 2012 at 6:25 PM
The Democrats get away with this type of behavior because nobody in the Republican Party will take the lead and call them on it.
Politically correct language and behavior has allowed the Progressives to run roughshod over everyone and everything.
A polite FO to these people would work wonders in setting the new tone for discourse.
Sparky5253 on November 22, 2012 at 6:29 PM
Ritualistic and intellectually offensive cries of racism ought to be fought back against as hard as possible. The left seeks to tribalize this society and drag us all into the third world and they should not only not be allowed to do so but need to be, themselves, excised from polite society for even making the attempt.
We get screams of “raaacist!!” from inept retards who can’t even do 8th grade math and who celebrate an inaugural benediction that included the totally asinine and offensive plea that, “let us pray for the day … when white will embrace what is right.” How pathetic can you get? And people are scared of being called “raaaacists!!” by these same dregs of society whose entire existence is predicated on racial handicaps (since none of them could achieve anything without the cheating)? How far this society has fallen. Indeed.
ThePrimordialOrderedPair on November 22, 2012 at 6:34 PM
what is the problem with rice?just what she said about bengazhi?
nathor on November 22, 2012 at 6:35 PM
She wants John Forbes Kerry’s job at State. She also has a checkered past:
http://www.policymic.com/articles/19411/susan-rice-is-the-wrong-choice-to-replace-hillary-clinton-for-secretary-of-state
Punchenko on November 22, 2012 at 6:55 PM
The company has gone home, the dishes are done, and Susan Rice is still an unqualified affirmative action appointee that has no business at the UN, let alone SOS.
BettyRuth on November 22, 2012 at 7:00 PM
What “agony”? Hers or ours?
Qzsusy on November 22, 2012 at 7:13 PM
Obama mocked Romney in the second debate about the Benghazi consulate attack and claimed that he called it an act of terrorism the next day after the murder of the Ambassador.
Why did he then send Rice to lie about it days later as NOT being an act of terrorism?
Why didn’t Rice notice Obama has called it an act of terrorism the next day? Doesn’t she pay attention to what the president says?
The answers:
A) Obama never called the consulate attack an act of terrorism. He was lying about it, with Candy Crowley’s help (which he later retracted) during the debate.
B) Rice was lying about the “Muslim video”, since she knew it was an act of terrorism, as everyone with more than 2 brain cells did by the next day.
C) The entire Administration continues to pile lie upon lie as the Benghazi-gate mess curdles and entangles them and festers.
profitsbeard on November 22, 2012 at 8:05 PM
“…(which SHE later retracted) during the debate.”
Obama retracts nothing.
profitsbeard on November 22, 2012 at 8:26 PM