COMMENTS:
* Wow, when conservatives ridicule their own it''s obvious sanity is again becoming a priority for the GOP...
* That's not sanity. They're just trying to one-up each other.
* uh.....he is from Kansas.....need i say more.
* No, ... that about says it all. Boy, I feel sorry for his constiuents in KS. But, then again, many boobs live in KS, which is how Brownback became Governor......twice!!
* I heartily endorse Pompeo for Gas Bag of the Year award
* That's a tough call, SO MANY to chose from. Enough gas in those tanks to fuel the methane needs of the nation.
* Shameful. This "committee"- and indeed the entire GOP- is an embarrassment to our nation. The spirit of Tail Gunner Joe McCarthy is as strong as ever in the GOP.
* ... I did hear one Independent say she had not been planning on voting for Hillary Clinton until she watched her today, and now she is going to vote for her. Let's just hope enough people got swayed in that direction, and the GOP will get their reward
* ... My son and I are Bernie supporters, but we talked tonight about switching to Hillary. She was just so PRESIDENTIAL throughout all 11 hours of the hearing.
* I think the congressman who asked that bizarre question should be replaced with a republican more credible for that committee.
* If they were to get rid of all the less than credible members of the committee there would be no one left but the Dems.
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This Might Be The Dumbest Line Of Inquiry At The Benghazi Hearing
Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.) had perhaps the most bizarre line of inquiry at Thursday's meeting of the House Select Committee on Benghazi, where Hillary Clinton appeared for a second time to testify about the 2012 terror attacks in Libya.
The congressman alleged that Chris Stevens, the U.S. ambassador who died in the attacks, had less access to the former secretary of state than her friend Sidney Blumenthal, who repeatedly emailed Clinton about Libya in the months before Sept. 11, 2012.
"Ambassador Stevens didn't have your email, is that correct? Your personal email?" Pompeo asked.
"Yes, that's right," Clinton replied.
"Did he have your cell phone number?" Pompeo asked.
"No, but he had the 24-hour number of state operations at the State Department," Clinton said.
"Did he have your fax number?" Pompeo asked.
"He had the fax number of the State Department," Clinton responded.
"Did he have your home address?" he shot back.
"No, I don't think any ambassador has ever asked me for that," Clinton said.
"Did he ever stop by your house?" Pompeo asked.
"No, he did not, Congressman," Clinton responded, looking a bit exasperated.
Her answers proving sufficient, Pompeo proceeded to make his point.
"Mr. Blumenthal had each of those and did each of those things," he said. "This man who provided you so much information on Libya had access to you in ways that were very different than the access that a very senior diplomat had to you and your person."
It's fair to criticize Clinton for entertaining the attention-seeking antics of Blumenthal. But it's not really realistic to expect a secretary of state to remain in direct contact with every ambassador around the globe. Clinton says Stevens was her friend. But no number of house visits would have prevented the attack in Benghazi.
Pompeo's line of inquiry was even the subject of mockery by John Podhoretz, editor of the conservative Commentary magazine:
“That is factually not correct... I cover the State Department," Mitchell said on NBC's "Meet the Press." "That is just factually not correct.”
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This Might Be The Dumbest Line Of Inquiry At The Benghazi Hearing
Rep. Mike Pompeo veered into some weird territory on Thursday.
By Igor Bobic, October 22, 2015Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.) had perhaps the most bizarre line of inquiry at Thursday's meeting of the House Select Committee on Benghazi, where Hillary Clinton appeared for a second time to testify about the 2012 terror attacks in Libya.
The congressman alleged that Chris Stevens, the U.S. ambassador who died in the attacks, had less access to the former secretary of state than her friend Sidney Blumenthal, who repeatedly emailed Clinton about Libya in the months before Sept. 11, 2012.
"Ambassador Stevens didn't have your email, is that correct? Your personal email?" Pompeo asked.
"Yes, that's right," Clinton replied.
"Did he have your cell phone number?" Pompeo asked.
"No, but he had the 24-hour number of state operations at the State Department," Clinton said.
"Did he have your fax number?" Pompeo asked.
"He had the fax number of the State Department," Clinton responded.
"Did he have your home address?" he shot back.
"No, I don't think any ambassador has ever asked me for that," Clinton said.
"Did he ever stop by your house?" Pompeo asked.
"No, he did not, Congressman," Clinton responded, looking a bit exasperated.
Her answers proving sufficient, Pompeo proceeded to make his point.
"Mr. Blumenthal had each of those and did each of those things," he said. "This man who provided you so much information on Libya had access to you in ways that were very different than the access that a very senior diplomat had to you and your person."
It's fair to criticize Clinton for entertaining the attention-seeking antics of Blumenthal. But it's not really realistic to expect a secretary of state to remain in direct contact with every ambassador around the globe. Clinton says Stevens was her friend. But no number of house visits would have prevented the attack in Benghazi.
Pompeo's line of inquiry was even the subject of mockery by John Podhoretz, editor of the conservative Commentary magazine:
John Podhoretz ✔ @jpodhoretz
Were you and Chris Stevens Facebook friends? Did you follow him on Instagram?
12:18 PM - 22 Oct 2015
John Podhoretz ✔ @jpodhoretzPompeo has been beating the Blumenthal drum for some time. On Sunday, MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell rebuked him after he said Clinton relied on Blumenthal “for most of her intelligence.”
Why doesn't Pompeo just go over and swear her in for president now--if he goes on like this he'll practically get her elected
12:19 PM - 22 Oct 2015
“That is factually not correct... I cover the State Department," Mitchell said on NBC's "Meet the Press." "That is just factually not correct.”
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