# Benghazi- give up the faux scandal already. It didn't work. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 12, 2012, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benghazi-give-up-the-faux-scandal-already-it-didnt-work/640825 "2012-11-12T20:57:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benghazi-give-up-the-faux-scandal-already-it-didnt-work/640825/161 "2014-02-21T22:25:47Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > No problem – I have to admit I was a bit surprised at the vehemence of that response, but no harm done. Like I said, I was rushed when I read that comment and I admit to not reading past the first sentence and ASSUMING that you were buying into the whole Benghazi nutjob conspiracy theory. ---
**Author:** ![Oliveritaly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oliveritaly/32/15233_2.png) [@Oliveritaly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oliveritaly)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benghazi-give-up-the-faux-scandal-already-it-didnt-work/640825/162 "2014-02-21T22:30:10Z")
Read his recent stuff Sam, dude’s trying. We need conservatives here and he’s putting forth an effort. I agree it’s a long road and all ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benghazi-give-up-the-faux-scandal-already-it-didnt-work/640825/163 "2014-02-21T22:47:45Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > I’ve seen them for about 13 years now. I must say that they don’t come as often as they used to. Age is catching up to him. Or perhaps the lack of a Republican President… Well, **Sam** , you may not have ever had it, but at least you knew it when you saw it. Give you that. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benghazi-give-up-the-faux-scandal-already-it-didnt-work/640825/164 "2014-02-21T22:56:32Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > I’ve seen them for about 13 years now. I must say that they don’t come as often as they used to. Age is catching up to him. Or perhaps the lack of a Republican President… Fortunately for us all, Sauron is hard at work breeding more of them. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benghazi-give-up-the-faux-scandal-already-it-didnt-work/640825/165 "2014-02-21T23:23:17Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > What Fox says. …Geringdingdingdingding geringeding? ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benghazi-give-up-the-faux-scandal-already-it-didnt-work/640825/166 "2014-02-21T23:43:24Z")
> [@Oliveritaly](#): > > Not at all sarcastic. > > Bricker is a poster that often makes me do a deep-dive mentally regarding my own positions. > > I’m as left leaning as the rest of you but he’s often given me the most rational version of what the right “wants” through his posts that you can’t help but respect him. > > I also like Adher … Me, as well. But I like adaher as a reverse barometer. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benghazi-give-up-the-faux-scandal-already-it-didnt-work/640825/167 "2014-02-21T23:56:36Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > (One possible exception: William Henry Harrison seems to have stayed clear of such mistakes) > [@elucidator](#): > > Sometimes life is just a bowl of cherries. > > (Doris Kearns Goodwin would get that joke…) Yes, she would laugh at YOU ( **luci** ) because you’re thinking about Taylor while writing about Harrison the Elder. Take it from me, you don’t want skinny, old Irish women laughing at you. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benghazi-give-up-the-faux-scandal-already-it-didnt-work/640825/168 "2014-02-22T00:02:25Z")
Quite right. On both counts. ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benghazi-give-up-the-faux-scandal-already-it-didnt-work/640825/169 "2014-02-22T14:25:49Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > But…I can’t think of a single presidential administration, of either party, that hasn’t made similar missteps of greater import. (One possible exception: William Henry Harrison seems to have stayed clear of such mistakes). . I just wanted to say I love your dry wit. This is great. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benghazi-give-up-the-faux-scandal-already-it-didnt-work/640825.md?page=8)