UN Ambassador Susan Rice’s statements regarding the attacks in Benghazi, Libya, and the resulting uproar from Republicans, have raised a host of interesting theories. So much guessing over so few talking points: Will Rice still be nominated for secretary of state? Can Senator John Kerry emerge as the Rice alternative? Is the controversy all some secret ploy in which Republicans object to Rice, support Kerry, and thereby get former Senator Scott Brown back in office by winning Kerry’s vacated seat? (They might be getting ahead of themselves: I think, if I’m right, people would still have to vote for Brown.) If Brown does run again, will he stick with the truck?
If this saga of hair-splitting over Rice’s words and foreign policy machinations over her future should be given a name (like the Cold War or the Age of Terrorism), it might be “Unforgiving Textualism followed by Rampant Speculation.”
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I have had the same conspiracy theory myself....that the Tea Party/GOP has chosen McCain and Graham (with supporting role by K Ayotte) to throw up (pardon the pun) huge resistance to Rice so that Kerry can get the nomination, become S of S and leave the door open for Brown to run for Kerry's vacated seat. But...really? Would the TP/GOP stoop that low? Oh yes, they surely would. Because this nonsense regarding Rice's comments are clearly a device of some sort. And who better than to beat the drum than crazy man McCain and Loony Tunes Graham? Oh yes, I forgot up and coming wacko Kelly Ayotte....yikes.
SouthshoreRick, I tend to agree -- after all, a "conspiracy" is simply a number of people with two agendas, one public and one hidden.
“Unforgiving Textualism followed by Rampant Speculation.” I would call it something else: dishonest.
Juliette: 4 Americans died in Benghazi. Of course it deserves scrutiny, even if Obama has already been re elected. I am shocked you would suggest otherwise.
What does "scrutiny" have to do with bashing someone for weeks about a talking point she read right after the event had happened? There IS a legitimate issue here, and it was the level of security at the consulate. It is NOT what Susan Rice said initially.
I'm "shocked" that Republicans would take a tragedy and try to turn it into a political point. After all it didn't work for Romney, why would they keep beating that drum? Must be in their very nature.
john kerry is staying as senator and scott brown will continue in his role as a guy who lost his senate seat for running a mean spirited race. We do not need vindictave , petty, shallow, and divisive people to represent the people of Massachusetts.
There is one answer to Kayymen's questions about issues in Washington: "OBAMA."
1. Rice was acting as Obama's political operative when she repeated Obama's talking points, over, & over, & over & over, & over . . .
2. There are no foreign trade agreements, because of Obama's lack of diplomatic cache (or brains, one or the other).
3. Obama is no master of the deal _no collaborator_ and it appears he has no understanding of bureaucracy.
Obama, the great Divider is back out on the campaign trail. Go figure!
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p.s. The false God who squeaked out an election win would not be in the White House if not for Jacob Lew, David Plouffe & the dirty political tricks of AXLEROD and the Democratic party.
If Obama's team used anything resembling dirty tricks to win, it was clearly a case of fighting fire with fire. Ever heard of Carl Rove? Countering liars, bullies and cheats with a dose of their own medicine works for me.
Ha-ha-ha! Tomorrow will be exactly one month since the election results, which apparently "Cantabrigian" continues to dispute and whine about. I guess he must be secretly glad for four more years to feed his addiction to "whine".
The people denouncing the uproar over Rice's statements are the very same people who would be leading and creating the uproar if there were a Republican in the White House. Review recent history. The hypocrisy of the left is astounding.
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They are alos sending subs off our coast
Subs? I'll have the cold cut combo, with everything on it.
A Russian nuclear submarine of project 971 ("Jaws", in NATO classification), armed with long-range cruise missiles, sailed for a long time without being detected in the waters along the U.S. coastline, the Gulf of Mexico, informs the Washington Free Beacon, citing an unnamed U.S. official.
The idiocracy on the right has their Rice mixed up. It's OK for one woman named Rice to deliberately lie in a manner which led to the deaths of thousands, while the other woman named Rice read a press release handed to her by the CIA, which led to no real consequences. The Repub-lycans are two-faced lying hypocrites and bullies.
aww, bullies? do we hurt your feelings? Bring up race next
I guess some peoples' "worlds" do in fact revolve around Benghazi.
like the families and friends of the 4 that died
Well, I'm certainly sorry and sympathetic regarding whichever loved one you lost in Benghazi, but my point is that, in this comments section, there seems to be quite an obsession with the event. There are larger issues facing the USA, and the best choice for Secretary of State will be someone who is capable of dealing with all of those challenges. Regardless of whether Ambassador Rice is the best choice, the opposition raised amounts to nothing but frivolous posturing. That works for the anti-Obama crowd and the anti-Democratic Party crowd, just as the anti-Republican crowd is still harping on their pet peeves, but sooner or later the adults need to be in charge, and I don't see that happening at the moment.
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What Rice said or didn't say, what the CIA wanted said or didn't want said has nothing to do with the four American's who lost their lives. This is purely political and purely stupid. McCain knows it. Graham knows it. Neither of them are as smart as Rice and both should be ashamed of themselves. Want to investigate something. Investegate why security wasn't good enough, not what someone said after the event.